The Medical profession and societyDavid Clapp & Son, 1866 - 34 páginas |
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Página 10 - That no person within the city of London, nor within seven miles of the same, take upon him to exercise and occupy as a Physician or Surgeon, except he be first examined, approved, and admitted by the Bishop of London, or by the Dean of St. Paul's, for the time being, calling to him or them four Doctors of Physic, and for Surgery, other expert persons in that faculty...
Página 9 - ... no letters on the book, so far forth that common artificers, as smiths, weavers, and women, boldly and accustomably take upon them great cures, and things of great difficulty, in...
Página 9 - An act for the appointing of physicians and surgeons," — after reciting that " forasmuch as the science and cunning of physic and surgery (to the perfect knowledge whereof be requisite both great learning and ripe experience) is daily within this realm exercised by a great multitude of ignorant persons, of whom the greater part have no manner of insight in the same, nor in any other kind of learning ; some also can...
Página 9 - ... common artificers, as smiths, weavers, and women, boldly and accustomably take upon them great cures, and things of great difficulty, in the which they partly use sorcery and witchcraft...
Página 12 - And whereas it is clearly of importance that a just discrimination should be made between such as are duly educated and properly qualified for the duties of their profession, and those who may ignorantly and wickedly administer medicine, whereby the health and lives of many valuable individuals may be endangered, or perhaps lost to the community, — 7.
Página 17 - Life is short, and the Art long; the occasion fleeting; experience fallacious, and judgment difficult. The physician must not only be prepared to do what is right himself, but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals cooperate.
Página 9 - The strong and the weak, the high and the low, the rich and the poor, were bound together for mutual support and edification.
Página 15 - Majesty's subjects, the dutiful regard they bore to the maintenance of their privileges, and the strait band of oath and conscience, were of greater weight than they could release themselves of at pleasure : and, therefore, most respectfully refused to suffer either her or any other unqualified persons to intrude themselves into so great and dangerous a vocation, not only against good order, privilege and conscience, but, also, to the evident danger of the life and health of such of Her Majesty's...
Página 15 - God hath geven her an especiall knowledge, to the benefit of the poorer sort, and chiefly for the better maintenance of her impotent husband, and charge of Family, who wholy depend on the exercise of her skill: Forasmuch as now I am enformed, she is restrained either by you, or some other of your College, contrary to her Majesties pleasure, to practise any longer said manner of mynistring of Simples, as she hath doon, Whereby her undooing...
Página 17 - Eousseau, which Louis, to whom we owe so much in the advancement of medical science, adopted as the motto of his work on Typhoid Fever, " Truth is not in my mind, but in external things ; the less I put of myself in my judgments, the nearer I shall get to the truth.