A general view of the establishment of physic as a science in England, by the incorporation of the College of Physicians, London : together with an inquiry into the nature of that incorporation : in which it is demonstrated, that the exclusion of all physicians, except the graduates of Oxford and Cambridge, from the corporate privileges of the College, is founded in usurpation, being contrary to the letter and spirit of its charter / by Samuel Ferris, M.D. F.S.A. &c.

  • Samuel Ferris
Date:
1795
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Credit: A general view of the establishment of physic as a science in England, by the incorporation of the College of Physicians, London : together with an inquiry into the nature of that incorporation : in which it is demonstrated, that the exclusion of all physicians, except the graduates of Oxford and Cambridge, from the corporate privileges of the College, is founded in usurpation, being contrary to the letter and spirit of its charter / by Samuel Ferris, M.D. F.S.A. &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ *54 ] aut commodum cenfemus quemquam in focietatem noflram admittere, qui fidem alteri addictam habet. F. (Seep. 89, 90 J Statuimus & ordinamus, ut Humerus Candidatorum non exccdat duodecim * : Volumufque ut nemo admittatur in illorum or- dinem, qui non fit in medicina dodor, & natione Britannus, & medicinam exercuerit per quadriennium.—Quod fi Docto- ratus gradum in extera aliqua Academia adeptus fuerit; volu- mus, ut antequam admittatur ad examen, Diploma, five Lite- ras Teftimoniales veras & authenticas illius Academise profe- rat, & oftendat Collegio; & praeterea ab alterutra noftrarum Academiarum incorporationis fuae teftimonium habeat, & aducat. G. (Seep. 92, 93J Quoniam multi hue confluunt quotidie ad exercendam prax- in, e quorum numero complures funt, qui ante debitum tem- pus ex Academiis fuis emigrantes, ad tranfmarinas oras volitant, ut in exteris regionibus breviori fpatio, & minori impendio ad Doftoratus gradum perreptent, quam domi in Academiis noftris aflequi poterant. Idcirco flatuimus, ut quicunque vel in Col- legii focietatem, vel in Candidatorum ordinem, vel in Permif- forum numerum admittetur, fi Docloratus gradum apud exteros fufceperit, is, admilfioiiis tempore, duplo plus folvat Collegio Prajidi, T/ic/aurario, Regijlrario, aliifque Collegii officiariis, quam illi folvere folent, qui in nojlris Academiis Doftores creantur. Item, quicunque Dodlor creatus fuerit in noftris Academiis, fi tamen feftinantius ad gradum ilium fubvolando quam par eft, * The fame ftatute cxifts in all the copies prior to that of 1765, but in all fubfequcnt to 1693 the number of candidates is not limited.