Remarks on some late animadversions of a licentiate upon the constitution of physick: intended to correct the misapprehensions of that author with regard to the College of Physicians and the English universities / by a Cantab.

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[1768]
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Credit: Remarks on some late animadversions of a licentiate upon the constitution of physick: intended to correct the misapprehensions of that author with regard to the College of Physicians and the English universities / by a Cantab. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fo many more fhops in the metropolis, the kingdom, and the colonies. It is to be lamented therefore, that the penalty for, illegal practice is not ten times five. As to imprifonment,—would it fuit “ the complexion of “ the times” ? Do not mountebanks,, and fuch like vagrant practifers impofe upon the good people of England unmolefted (may I not fay tolerated?) by the civil magiftrates in .allparts of the kingdom, and the environs even of London itfelf? If it be faid, this negledl of the officers of Police does not excufe the College, whole more immediate duty it is to watch over the health of the King’s fubjedts,. and to punifh every trefpafter upon that, health;—I mu ft be forced to own it. If then the power of the college be fufficient to prevent this quackery, as I neither pofiefs the mobbifh reftivenefs which impels our Licenciate to call the executors of an Adi of Parliament In- quifitors, nor fo much indolence as to feek for quiet by con¬ nivance at public mifchief; I wifh he had employed his whole , pamphlet on no- other fubjedl than this their cautious tamer nefs, and that he had poftefled the thunder of Demosthenes : for furely the language of no other could exprefs with fuffir cient force their difgraceful condudt. Our author next beftows about a dozen pages on Apothe¬ caries.. who viiit and diredl medicines. Page 17.. “ If a Phyfcian he intruded upon hint (the Apothecary) “ it is always in his power to difappoint his (the Phyfician’s) “ expectation^ by -omitting or fuhfituting one “ ingredient, for another : this were indeed confummate vil- i(- lainy, hit there are rafcalsf ’ Me*. Rafcals
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