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.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Penalty for forging a Diploma, or making any false repre- sentation, &c. 9. Republication of Certified lists of Medical Practitioners and Chemists and Druggists. 10. Clerks of the Peace, for every omission to comply with the provisions of this Act, liable to the penalty of ■£!>. to be recovered in a summary way. titloner who was in practice as a General Practitioner of Medicine, in any part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on or before the first day of August, 1815; and in the case of a Medical Officer in the Army, Navy, or in the Service of the Honourable East India Company ; and in the case of a Chemist and Druggist who was in practice or business before the passing of this Act, the said persons shall transmit an affidavit to that effect), together with the sum of to defray the expenses of Registration, free of expense, to the Clerk of the Peace for the County wherein he may reside, on or before the first day of October, 1841, and so again on or before the first day of October of each and every year thereafter; and the Clerk of the Peace, for each and every County of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, is hereby required, and shall, upon the receipt of the Diplomas, Certificates, or Licenses, and Affidavits, as afore- said, enter and register the same, with the dates thereof, in a Book or Books to be kept for that purpose to be styled and entituled “ Medical Register for the County of ”: and be it further enacted, that each and every Clerk of the Peace as aforesaid shall, on or before the first day of November, 1841, and so again on or before the first day of November in each and every year thereafter, publish and advertise in the London, Dublin, or Edinburgh Gazette, as the case may be, a true and faithful list, certified under his hand, of all legally-qualified Surgeon-Apothe- caries, and of Chemists and Druggists respectively, who may practise or act in these respective capacities in the County for which he is the Clerk of the Peace; and every person who shall neglect or refuse to register his Certificates as above, shall be inca- pable of acting as a Surgeon-Apothecary, or as a Chemist and Druggist, and shall be subject to the penalty of Five Pounds for each and every neglect or refusal as aforesaid, over and above the costs or expenses of prosecution, to be recovered in the manner here- inafter mentioned : and be it further enacted, that ifanyperson shall forge any such Diploma, Certificate, or License, or falsely represent himself as the person therein named and practise under such name, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of , and shall, on conviction thereof, be sentenced to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding And be it further enacted. That it shall be lawful for any person to print and publish, or to cause to be printed and published, the' whole or part of any certified list of Medical Practitioners and i| Chemists and Druggists, for any County or Counties, printed and I published under the Authority of this Act. And be it further enacted, That in case any Clerk of the Peace I shall, in any matter or thing, refuse or neglect to comply with any of the provisions hereinbefore contained, every Clerk of the Peace shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay the sum of Five Pounds ; and every such penalty shall, upon proof of the offence before any Justice of the Peace for the County within which such offence shall be committed, or by the Confession of the Party offending, or by the Oath of any credible Witness, be levied and recovered, together with the costs of the proceedings for the recovery thereof, by Distress and sale of the goods and effects of the party offending, by warrant under the hand of such Justice, which war-