A letter to Sir Francis Milman, Bart. M.D. President of the Royal College of Physicians, on the subject of the proposed reform in the condition of the apothecary and surgeon-apothecary, with an appendix containing the correspondence between the general committee and the three corporate medical bodies, by one of the committee.

Date:
1813
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Credit: A letter to Sir Francis Milman, Bart. M.D. President of the Royal College of Physicians, on the subject of the proposed reform in the condition of the apothecary and surgeon-apothecary, with an appendix containing the correspondence between the general committee and the three corporate medical bodies, by one of the committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    » as a mark of respect.” But as a counterba- lance to these advantages, which belong to the trading part of his, character, the Apothepary s attendance is often desired, and that daily, where little medicine is required ; and in the diseases of children it is “ impossible to send medicine “ in such a form as, fairly, to reward him for “ his time and talent.” . / *By continuing, also, to limit his remuneration to his charge for medicines, whatever superior qualification he might attain to, he would still preserve the stigma attached to him for sending more medicine than is necessary, which he^con- ceives to be the greatest evil he has to contend with; and tends to prevent that point being carried, which he regards as the primary object of his present exertions, the rendering the “ Profession superior to the Traded From all that has been advanced, it must, I conceive, be admitted, that it would be more advantageous to the Public, as it certainly would be more creditable to the Apothecary, were he to receive a fair compensation for time and skill, “ instead of his present va- “ riable and objectionable reward by high “ charges on the medicine he furnishes.” And it only remains to ascertain what the nature of G 2