Medical reform : a letter to the Right Hon. Viscount Melbourne with the outlines of a Bill for regulating the practice of surgeon-apothecaries and chemists and druggists ... and a plan for suppressing uneducated practitioners ... / by Martin Sinclair.

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[1840?]
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Credit: Medical reform : a letter to the Right Hon. Viscount Melbourne with the outlines of a Bill for regulating the practice of surgeon-apothecaries and chemists and druggists ... and a plan for suppressing uneducated practitioners ... / by Martin Sinclair. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lin except under the condition that previously to any candidate incorporation, for'such Diploma or License being admitted to examination, he “fwp£er shall produce evidence of having completed the twenty-first year conditions, of his age, of a good moral conduct, of having served an appren- ticeship, of Three Years’ duration, to a regularly licensed Medical Practitioner keeping a Shop, or Surgery, for the compounding and dispensing of medicines, or, of having attended, for at least Twelve Months, at the Shop or Surgery of a Public Hospital, Infirmary, or Dispensary, and of having, during that time, been engaged in compounding and dispensing medicines, and of having had a sufficient medical education ; anything contained in Section xv. of the before recited Act, 55 Georgii III, Cap. 194, to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding. And be it further enacted, That every person who has obtained, Produc^nof or who shall hereafter obtain, the Diploma of the Royal College a Diploma from of Surgeons of London, Dublin, or Edinburgh, or of the Faculty of of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, shall, upon the produc- London, Dublin, tion of such Diploma, be entitled to demand to be admitted to th<fr^cuity of °r examination by the Examiners appointed by the Master, Wardens, Physicians and and Society of Apothecaries of London and Dublin respectively, Glasgow! to for the certificate of his qualification to practise as an Apothecary : entitie ^hereof provided always, and be it further enacted, that such examination to betaken upon shall be confined to the subjects of the theory and practice of examination for Physic, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Materia Medica, and Botany, the Apothecaries anything contained in Section xv. of the before recited Act, 55 c?lnpa?y Georgn III, Cap. 194, to the contrary m anywise notwithstanding, or Dublin. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of 7. this Act, no person shall be entitled to practise, exercise, or carry Qualification on the business of a Chemist and Druggist by retail, in the vending an^Dimg^sts. of Drugs and Chemicals, in the compounding of Pharmaceutical Preparations, and in the dispensing of Medical Prescriptions, in any part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, except Persons already in practice or business as such, who has not served an Appenticeship of Three Years’ duration to a regularly licensed Chemist and Druggist, who has not completed the twenty- first year of his age, who is not of a good moral character, and who has not been examined, by, and received a Certificate or License from the Society of Apothecaries of London or Dublin, or from the Royal College and Incorporation of Suroeons and Apothecaries of Edinburgh, of his fitness to practise, exercise, and carry on the business of a Chemist and Druggist, anything con- tained in Section xxvm. of the before recited Act, 55 Georgii III, Cap. 194, to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding : provided always, and be it further enacted, that the sum of Six Pounds Six Shillings shall be paid for the Certificate or License of every person examined and found duly qualified to practise, exercise, and carry on the business of Chemist and Druggist, at the time of obtaining each and every such Certificate or License. And be it further enacted, That every person qualified as above, 8. to act as a Surgeon-Apothecary, or as a Chemist and Druggist shall Registration transmit his Diplomas, Certificates, or Licenses, authorising and ^Smerkof empowering him to act as a Surgeon-Apothecary, or as a Chemisttlie Reave, and Druggist, respectively, (and in the case of a Medical Prac-