The sketch of a bill for the improvement of the medical and surgical, and veterinary sciences, and for regulating the practice thereof.

  • Harrison, Edward, 1759-1838
Date:
[1810]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The sketch of a bill for the improvement of the medical and surgical, and veterinary sciences, and for regulating the practice thereof. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    And no person who shall not before that time have acted as an apothecary or compounder, or vender of medicines or drugs, shall be entitled to be regis- tered to act, or shall be entitled or allowed to prac- tise or act as an apothecary for gain or reward, or as a compounder or vender of medicines or drugs, in a retail manner, until he shall have served an ap- prenticeship, by regular indentures, to a physician or surgeon, who dispenses medicines, or has the care of an Hospital or Dispensary, or to an apothe- cary, or compounder of medicines and drugs, nor until he shall have been examined by, and shall have obtained a certificate from the company of apothecaries in London, or Dublin, or in Edinburgh, from a medical board to be established by the com- missioners appointed to carry this act into execu- tion, and if he reside more than seven miles from such company or board, then either from the afore- said company or board, or from medical persons ap- pointed by the said commissioners for that purpose. And no person not having before that time prac- tised as a manmidwife, shall be entitled to be re- gistered to practise and act, or shall be entitled or allowed to act as a manmidwife for gain or reward, or to receive any remuneration or recompence for acting as a manmidwife, unless he shall be a phy- sician, surgeon, or apothecary, and shall have ob- tained a certificate from a board of midwifery prac- titioners, to be appointed by the said commis- sioners, No
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