On the Present State of the Medical Profession in England: Being the Annual Oration Delivered Before the Members of the British Medical Association, 21St October, 1841

Robert Edmond Grant

ISBN 10: 037187761X / ISBN 13: 9780371877616

Published by HardPress Ltd, 2021

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• Title: On the Present State of the Medical Profession in England: Being the Annual Oration Delivered Before the Members of the British Medical Association, 21St October, 1841
• Publisher: HardPress Ltd
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 037187761X
• ISBN 13: 9780371877616
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 526 grams

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On The Present State Of The Medical Profession In England: Being The Annual Oration Delivered Before The Members Of The British Medical Association, 21St October, 1841 by Robert Edmond Grant. This work records Grant's critique of the English medical establishment as of 1841, arguing that Chartered medical corporations, monopolies, and fragmented governance hinder professional progress and public health. He surveys the history and antiquity of medicine, the role of scholastic and academic discipline, and the structure of medical education, including descriptions of Descriptive Anatomy, Pharmacology, and the divisions of medical study. Grant condemns the self-electing corporative bodies (Apothecaries, Surgeons, Physicians) and the University of London, contrasting with continental models where the state tightly regulates medical affairs. He advocates a unified, representative system of medical governance, possibly merging education, licensing, and hospital oversight under a central board or national reforms. He uses a vivid, moralizing rhetoric to urge reform, warning that existing monopolies degrade science and endanger public welfare.