The Practitioner . Kiff. 1-ig. y. FAMOUS HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL SCHOOLS. 119 appointed as early as 1547, and it was not until some timebetween 1561 and 1567 that the first physician was only means, I think, that duly qualified practitioners wereappointed to serve the hospital, for the Barbers Companyfirst, and afterwards the United Company of Barbers andSurgeons, had the monopoly of licensing to practise in the Cityof London and in the suburbs for seven miles round. TheCollege of Physicians, founded in 1518, was a new body, itsmembers were very few, and the citizens would know
The Practitioner . Kiff. 1-ig. y. FAMOUS HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL SCHOOLS. 119 appointed as early as 1547, and it was not until some timebetween 1561 and 1567 that the first physician was only means, I think, that duly qualified practitioners wereappointed to serve the hospital, for the Barbers Companyfirst, and afterwards the United Company of Barbers andSurgeons, had the monopoly of licensing to practise in the Cityof London and in the suburbs for seven miles round. TheCollege of Physicians, founded in 1518, was a new body, itsmembers were very few, and the citizens would know muchless about them than they did about the members of theBarbers Company whose quarrels they had often been calledupon to settle. In 1564 the physician had 8 out-patientsunder his care; in 1670 he had 40, a number reduced to25 in 1675, whilst in 1710 100 patients were allotted tohim ; in 1715 150, and in 1749 200. In accordance withthe custom of the time the surgeons relegated some partsof their duty to those who were looke
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