Remarks submitted to the medical professors of the universities of Scotland and Ireland, as well as to the licentiates : on the necessity of medical reform, as the consequence of the selfish conduct of the College of Surgeons, and the President and Fellows of the College of Physicians of London / by Machaon.

Date:: [cbetween 1800 and 1899?]

Credit: Remarks submitted to the medical professors of the universities of Scotland and Ireland, as well as to the licentiates : on the necessity of medical reform, as the consequence of the selfish conduct of the College of Surgeons, and the President and Fellows of the College of Physicians of London / by Machaon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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wholesome stream, with a view to cleansing the medical augean stable of its vain and contemptible pretensions. The College of Physicians may be regard as a rotten bo- rough of the very worst description, because it, as it were, robs the Licenciates of large sums of money, under the pro- mise of protecting them, while it affords them no protection in any form, unless degradation shall be construed into protection ; and, the influence of the said college, more- over, seriously tends to affect the purse as well as the health of the metropolis, as the most inexperienced of the profession are to be found amongst the Fellows of the College of Physicians : but, nothwithstanding this alarm- ing defect in their medical attainments, they are invariably thrust into all situations of importance and profit, by profligate means. It is folly for a Graduate of either Scotland or Ireland to offer himself as a candidate for any situation or hos))itul in the metropolis, whatever his expe- rience, merit, or attainments may be; because if I may so illustrate, a nine-days puppy of Oxford or Cambridge, as far as medical knowledge is concerned, will assuredly be preferred, in consequence of the unbecoming interference of the President and Fellows of the College of Physicians, which cor])orate body, instead of being the seat of liberality and learning, is, as it were, a kind of Cacus's den, (the proprietors being fond of live stock, carrying purses

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