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 the usurpation, being contrary to the letter and spirit of its charter ... / [Samuel Ferris].

Samuel Ferris

Date:: 1795

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 the usurpation, being contrary to the letter and spirit of its charter ... / [Samuel Ferris]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$[ 166 ] Lordinance encontre les entremettours de fifyk et | de furgerie. Item, pur oufter mefchieves et perils, ge longement ont continuez dedains le roialme, entre les gentz, per my ceux, quont ufez larts et le pra&tik de fifyk, et furgerie, pretendantz foi’ bien et fufficeaument apris de mefmes les arts, ou de verite non pas eftes a grand deceite a le people. Si eft ordeinez, et affentuz, en cefte parlement, qu les feigneurs du counfeil du roy, pur le temps efteantz, alent poair, per auctoritie de mefme le parlement, de faire et mettre tiele ordinaunce, et puniffe- ment envers ceux perfones, ge defore enavant vorront entre- metter, et ufer le practik des dits arts, et ne font my hables, ne approves en y celles, come app’ent as mefmes les arts, cefs- taflavoir, ceux de fifyk en les univerfities, et les furgeons entre les meftres de cell arte, et ceo, come femblera as ditz feigneurs le plus convenable, et neceffarie, en le cas felonc lour bon advis et difcretione, pur le furete de le people. In plane Englifh. An ordinance again{ft intermeddlers in phyfic _and furgery. Alfo, to take away the mifchiefs and dangers, that have long continued, within this realm among the people, arifing from thofe, who have ufed the arts and practice of phyfic, and furgery, pretending themfelves to have been well and fuficiently inftruéted in the fame arts, when, in truth, they have not, to the great deceit of the people. Now it is ordained and affented in this parliament, that the lords of the king’s counfel, for the time being, fhall have power, by authority of the fame parliament, to appoint fuch order and punifhment for thofe perfons, who fhall hereafter intermeddle and ufe the practice of the faid arts, not being fkilful nor approved in them, as to the fame arts appertaineth, that is to fay, thofe in$

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