An address by the Society of Apothecaries, to the general practitioners of England and Wales, on the provisions of the Bill 'for the better regulation of medical practice throughout the United Kingdom,' and their probable influence on the position and prospects of that branch of the medical profession.

  • Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London
Date:
1844
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Credit: An address by the Society of Apothecaries, to the general practitioners of England and Wales, on the provisions of the Bill 'for the better regulation of medical practice throughout the United Kingdom,' and their probable influence on the position and prospects of that branch of the medical profession. 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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    o5 but that they have also an imperative duty to per- form, ill advocating and protecting, as far as they are ■ able, the interests of the large class who have been educated under their auspices, and are now practising under the authority of their certificate. To enable the Society the better to perform this duty, they have invited the expression of the views and wishes of their brethren on the nature of the changes which it is desirable to advocate. They have already been favoured with the sentiments of several influential associations both in the metropolis and in the provinces, and they are anxihus to possess more accurate information of the wishes of the pro- fession generally, through the channel of their local associations, than the published resolutions of those bodies in relation to the present Bill have enabled them to acquire. And when in possession of this information, they will be prepared to co-operate with their professional brethren in endeavouring to pro- cure such a measure of medical reform, founded upon broad and liberal principles, as will satisfy the reason- able wishes and expectation of the general practi- tioners themselves, and will secure to the public a continuance of the services of a class of medical men wbich the public itself has called into existence, and who have become fully qualified for the efficient ])erformance of the duties which they are required to discharge. THE END.