| Date | 1686 |
|---|---|
| Location | Edinburgh |
| Description | In recognition of their being "ane of the honourable and eminent corporations within the city… and the most part of them are gentlemen of liberal breeding and who by their great expence and pains have attained as much knowledge and experience in both the free arts of pharmacy and chirurgery and htat they are in favor to those who practise thesse arts either at parish or university touns abroad," and recommending that the decreet of separation of the two trades of pharmacy and chirurgery, obtained by the simple apothecaries and physicians, be laid aside and the "said Incorporation of Chirurgian Apothecaries be restored to the former privileges" since it has only led "to the ruin and decay of both the trades out of their not being able to maintain any person handsomely," and the practise of both these arts has fallen "into the hands of ignorants." |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Original Index Number | RCSEd 1/3/3/45 |
