Tirocinium medicum; or a dissertation on the duties of youth apprenticed to the medical profession / [William Chamberlaine].

  • Chamberlaine, William, 1749-
Date:
1812
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Credit: Tirocinium medicum; or a dissertation on the duties of youth apprenticed to the medical profession / [William Chamberlaine]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    For whatever line of life a parent may destine his son, the writing a good hand is so indis- 'pemably necessary in many businesses, and so ornamental and useful in all; that parents ought to pay particular attention towards the perfec- tion of their children in this useful attainment. In the business of an Apothecary, it is not ab- solutely necessary that a young man should write like beautiful copper-plate writing; but still, as he will be expected to keep his em- ployer’s books, he ought to write a neat, clean, free, and perfectly legible, hand, both for the books, and for writing labels; for, how dis- graceful is it both to master and apprentice, to see labels and directions sent to patients, written in so shameful, slovenly, and careless a manner, with blots and bad spelling, as to cause patients to be afraid of taking the medicine, or oblige them to send it back'to have the writing explained. Besides, it may so happen that he may be called upon to manage a corres- pondence with some of his employer’s patients, or others, and in that case, how necessary is it that he should be able to be perfect in gram- mar and orthography, as well as good writing. As it will be expected, as I have just now observed, that an apprentice to an Apothecary shall keep the books, and write out the bills, the absolute necessity of being well versed in
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