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Woman

registered as apothecaries by the Apothecaries Amendment Act, 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 34), s. 5; as surgeons by the College of Surgeons Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 43), s. 2; and as medical

Barber-chirurgeons

Barber-chirurgeons, a corporation of London instituted by Edward IV. The barbers were separated from the surgeons by 18 Geo. 2, c. 15, and the latter were erected into a Royal College of Surgeons at

Mala praxis

Mala praxis. If the health of an individual be injured by the unskillful or negligent conduct of a surgeon, or apothecary, or general practitioner, in assuming to heal a dislocated or fractured limb, or internal disorder, an

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Conduct disgraceful in a professional respect

disgraceful in a professional respect, is not limited either to conduct involving moral turpitude or to a veterinary surgeon's conduct in pursuit of his profession, but may extand to conduct which, although reprehensible in anyone, is, in

Execution of criminals

execution must take place within the walls of the prison, in presence of the sheriff, gaoler, chaplain, and surgeon of the prison, and such other officers of the prison as the sheriff requires, or allows. Public execution

Hearing handicap

the rules made by the Board for the purposes of this section, which is certified by physician, a surgeon, an oculist or a psychiatrist, as the case may be, working in a Government hospital, and which has

Post-mortem

Post-mortem (after death), as a pot mortem examina-tion of a corpse by a surgeon, in order to discover the cause of death. Such an examination may be ordered by a coroner under

Medical practitioners

Medical practitioners. The term is applied to physicians and surgeons. By s. 32 of the (English) Medical Act, 1858, only a registered medical practitioner can sue for his

Medical witnesses

under the (English) Coroners Act, 1887 (50 & 51 Vict. c. 71), s. 21. The deposition of civil surgeon or other medical witness, taken and attested by a Magistrate in the presence of the accused, or taken

Physician

it is enacted, that no person within London or seven miles thereof, shall practise as a physician or surgeon without examination and licence of the Bishop of London or Dean of St. Paul's (duly assisted by the

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