Advice to the physician, the surgeon, and the apothecary, and to their patients : after the manner of Dean Swift : with notes practical and illustrative, founded on long observation that may be beneficial to them all, and favorable to health and long life / by a physician.

Date:
1821
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Credit: Advice to the physician, the surgeon, and the apothecary, and to their patients : after the manner of Dean Swift : with notes practical and illustrative, founded on long observation that may be beneficial to them all, and favorable to health and long life / by a physician. 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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    Physician; another as a Surgeon; a third as an Apotliecary ; a fourth as an Accou- which body are not inferior to any of the other branches of the profession ; a class of men; many of whom of the highest attainments and most honourable sentiments ; and whose Receipts as they are now derived, are very often quite inade(piate to their expensive education and situation in life ; in comparison with soli- citors and attorneys, the apothecaries are re- warded about one third or one fourth of the amount to which the former are customarily paid : and there appears no sufficient reason why their remuneration should not be put on a better footing than it is ; at any rate, on an equal ratio of three and fourpence ; six and eightpence ; or thirteen and fourpence ; for their daily occupation of time and visiting; and let the medicine be either gratuitously provided ; or at cost-price, which cost price to be liable to taxation, if necessary ; on refer- ence to the materials of the draught or mix- i