Records of Harvey : in extracts from the journals of the Royal Hospital of St. Bartholomew / with notes, by James Paget.
- James Paget
- Date:
- 1846
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Records of Harvey : in extracts from the journals of the Royal Hospital of St. Bartholomew / with notes, by James Paget. 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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![“The xviii dayc of October [1549]. At the assemb' yn the p’sens of Mr. Dobys . . . [and of/ters]. “Agreyd at the same tyme at the request of the iij surgeons, for bycawsse things p’teynyng to their facultey be very dere that they shall have ev’ry one of them xviii' a yere and that to be payd them q’terly from Mykelm’s last passed. At various later times the salaries were increased; for in- stance, on the first of October, 1552, to £20 a year ; in 1610, to £30 a year, besides £6 a year for each surgeon for the cost of his salves, and a certain portion of the apparatus necessary for their pharmaceutic works, such as “ a greate kettill wayemg xxxxiiii lb. at ix<' the pound for the surgeons to boyle with.” For many years, also, one or more (usually the senior surgeons) were allowed extra charges, or received an additional stipend, for patients cured at Bridewell, the Savoy, or elsewhere out of the hospital. Besides, they were provided with scarves, as it thus appears in an order on the 21st of January lo5f. “ This day ys agreed that Rybbans and Scochyns shalbe pvyded for the Surgyons of the hospitall of lyttyll Saynt Bartholomewes, the same rybans & Scochyns to remayne styll in the Hospitall and at the charge of the said hospitall. The nature and purpose of which ribbands and escutcheons is somewhat explained by the bills for them; thus on the 15“' of March, 155|-. “ this day yt ys orderyd y‘ 24 Scochyns of y' armesofy'^ Cyttye be made at y^ peace” and in the discharge account for 1552-3 “Item for iii Rebands of whyte and greene’ sylke and vi Scochyns of th’armes of the Cytie to th’use of Surgyons of this howse and for xx Scochyns for the bedills and Susters . xx\ .1 The green and white were probably chosen for the eoloui's of the ribband^ because they were the family coloui-s of the house of Tudor. A green s a with white letters is still, “ conformably to ancient custom, presented to cac governor Of the Hospital on his election.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22371898_0038.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
