Volume 4

Report ... with minutes of evidence, and appendix ... 1834.

  • Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Medical Education.
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[1834]
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    »55 Field, Henry. (Analysis ofhis Evidence.)—continued. is any use in retaining- processes for the preparation of these articles in the pharmaco¬ poeia, 842-849-Company of Apothecaries are furnished with sulphate of quinine from France ; wholesale price thereof, 857-862. [Second Examination.]—Expensive nature of the apparatus required for manufactur¬ ing quinine, the principal cause of its not being manufactured by the Apothecaries’ Company, 867-870-No complaints of late years of any of the medicines purchased at Apothecaries’ Hall, as containing less than the proper quantity of active ingredients, 888- 890-College of Physicians, as a body, have not consulted the Society of Apothecaries respecting the processes to be introduced into the new editions of the pharmacopceai, 891-898-Adulterated compound medicines are sold to a very great extent; adultera¬ tion frequently takes place previous to importation, owing to the extent to which compe¬ tition is carried by wholesale druggists, 899-908. Cost of manufacturing sweet spirit of nitre according to the pharmacopoeia, 910-912 -Apprentices of members of the company have access to the laboratory whenever they choose to attend, 930-934-Censors of College of Physicians commence their visita¬ tions of apothecaries’ shops by examining the articles at Apothecaries’ Hall; visitations attended with good effects, 935-941-Extent of visitations that have taken place; impossible to carry the clause in the Act, relating to visitations, into effect, 942-956- General regulation of late years that apothecaries to public dispensaries should be mem¬ bers or licentiates of the Apothecaries’ Company, 959-961-Advantages gained by students, apprenticed to members of the corporation, 962, 963——No application for admission by purchase into the Society of Apothecaries during the last ten years, 964- 968. Expense attending botanical garden, at Chelsea, very great; doubts whether, in the event of the Act of 1815 being repealed, the corporation would not be compelled to re¬ linquish it altogether, 969-974-it should be optional with the general practitioner, either to charge for medicine or attendance, 975, 976-Advantages from apprentice¬ ships; present term too long; length of term requisite, 978-980-Prosecutions have not had the effect of putting down uneducated practitioners, 981-984-Informations on which prosecutions founded, are received from rival practitioners; very few instances of prosecutions against well-educated men; power of prosecution should be taken from the Company of Apothecaries, 990-1002. G. General Practitioners. .Decision of the House of Lords, that an apothecary is competent to ascertain the nature of a disease, and to treat that disease, has never been publicly dis¬ puted by the College of Physicians, Nussey 2-9-Very great difficulty in ascertaining correctly the number of, in London, and the other principal trading towns of England and Wales, Nussey 13, 14-Supposed number of apothecaries in England and Wales, in 1812, Nussey 10-14-Supposed number of, in England and Wales; grounds on which calculation founded, Ridout 1003-1006-Nearly one-half of the existing num¬ ber of, have become licentiates since 1815, Ridout 1045, 1046-Number of, licensed by the Society of Apothecaries since 1815, Ridout 1045. Evidence respecting the conditions on which the Apothecaries’ Company are prepared to recognise, as general practitioners, the medical graduates of the several universities, &c., Nussey 204-208-In removing the superintendence of, from the Apothecaries’ Company to any general council or board, they should be eligible for election to such council, Nussey 220-223-Power of regulating the education and examination of, being vested in the College of Physicians, would be very injurious to their interests, Burrows 307, 308-State of the medical profession, as regarded general practitioners, before the Act of 1815, Burrows 239-242-Army and navy surgeons have the privilege of practising as, Nussey 200, 201-Improved education of, of late years, Ridout 1019 -Very necessary that the}7 should undergo an examination in midwifery, and by whom it should be conducted, Burrows 354-358-In general pass examinations before the College of Surgeons and the Society of Apothecaries, Ridout 663. Will not take more apprentices than they require, merely from the circumstance of providing themselves at a cheap rate with assistants, Bacot 398-406-The prospect of obtaining apprentice fees a sufficient inducement to make general practitioners desirous of employing apprentices, Watson 702-Very desirable to allow them to charge for at¬ tendance instead of medicine, Nussey 135, 136, Burrows 329-332* Bacot 488-It should be optional with, to charge either for medicine or attendance. Field 975,97^-Are not satisfied with the present mode of remuneration, Watson 688-692-Lrequent com¬ plaints made by, that chemists and druggists interfere with their practice, Ridout 531- 533-Any power conferred on the Scottish and Irish corporations, to furnish medical practitioners to this country, would materially interfere with the jurisdiction of the Apo¬ thecaries’ Society, Nussey 749-753--See also Physicians. Grades. No definite line can be drawn between surgery and medicine, Bacot 48. Greenwich Hospital. Physician to, has the inspection of drugs for the use of the navy. Field 828. 602.—III. Y Henncll,
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