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A41429	The Royal College of Physicians of London, founded and established by law as appears by letters patents, acts of Parliament, adjudged cases, &c. : and An historical account of the College's proceedings against empiricks and unlicensed practisers, in every princes reign from their first incorporation to the murther of the royal martyr, King Charles the First / by Charles Goodall ...	Goodall, Charles, 1642-1712.	1684 (1684)	Wing G1091; ESTC R8914	319,602	530

both by Physicians and Patients upon which account he procured the following Letter from the Earl of Exeter To my very loving friends the President and Censors of the College of Physicians Good Mr. President I Have had almost 20 years experience of the civil carriage honesty and sufficiency of my servant John Reeve Apothecary and am confident that in all affairs of his vocation he hath as skilfully carefully and legally demeaned himself as any of his Profession whatsoever Neverthelesse I understand that at sundry times since May last he hath been molested with Messengers from you and the Censors to make his appearance personally before you when by reason of his great sicknesse my self was deprived of his desired attendance in my service and well might you in such case have spared him also But I conceive that the false information of malitious persons against him and the Messengers fond hopes to enforce unnecessary fees from him was the cause of his molestation His service is of such consequence and esteeme with me that he is daily and hourly upon every notice to attend me and I may not want him being well assured of his honest and fair demeanour as well in the affairs of his profession as in all his actions And therefore I desire you to forbeare sending Messengers for him or interrupting him any further wherein you will oblige me who in no wise would see him suffer to acknowledge your respects towards him and rest always Your very loving friend J. Exeter To this Letter the President and Censors returned the following answer Right Honourable WE have in our dutifullest manner received your Honour's Letter written to us the President and Censors of this College in the behalf of John Reeve Apothecary your Honour's servant of whom we are very glad to heare how honest and usefull he hath been to your Honour for the desire we have that your Honour should be well served and should be as glad to have had the like testimony from others of his behaviour towards them wherein how little he hath answered the good opinion that your Honour hath of him your Honour may please to understand by this ensuing report Which is That upon the 19th of January 1637. one Sibyll Butler came before us in our College and declared how John Reeve Apothecary finding her husband inclined to a Consumption and for a moneth before and at that time being afflicted with a continuall scowring did let him bloud and gave him a sleeping pill every other night for 3 weeks together whereupon he dyed and thereupon the said Reeve being convented before us the 26th of the same moneth the accusation was verifyed by witnesses and made soe plaine that he was brought to confesse how he had let the said Butler bloud twice and given him certain pills and other things all of his own head and as he said out of his own Judgment alledging for his so doing that there were Physicians that would not give poore folks Counsell if they wanted money This practice found soe soul and contrary to Art by the Censors in a person that hath no calling or ability to give Physick was the cause of our sending for him which whether it be a molestation or no as he informes your Honour we remit to your Honour's Judgment now that your Honour is truely informed of the truth wherein we humbly desire your Honour to believe us without counterpoising his report with ours and the rather for that we forbeare to aggravate his fault with such circumstances as he knoweth we are able to bring against him if it were not for putting him out of your Honour's favour And for satisfying your Honour and to shew how absolute a power your Honour hath over us and every of us we doe remit to your Honour how farre the same shall be pleased to command us to proceed in the matter of the complaint Onely we are humble Suiters to your Honour to excuse us in the point of calling him before us upon the like occasions except it be at such times as we shall know he is in actual service with your Honour for that this being the due way granted us for the execution of our duty unlesse we shall leave it as a precedent for all other Offenders to decline us we may not remit it being bound by the trust that the State putteth upon us and charged by the continuall commandments of the Kings and Queens of the Realme and other admonitions of the Lords of his Majestie 's honourable Privy Council and lastly tyed by Oath at our entring into these places to look diligently to the abuses committed by bad practisers upon the lives of his Majestie 's Subjects and in which we as yet were never interrupted by any solicitation and soe with our heartiest prayers for your Honour 's long and prosperous estate we humbly take our leaves From our College-house the 28. Decemb. 1638. Bartholomew Vanderlash was accused for practising Physick which he denied but yet confessed that he had given healing draughts Upon which order was given for prosecuting him in the Court of Exchequer After this he was complained of by Dr. Crooke for giving purging pills to a woman in a Fever and Physick to another person for a year and half Dr. Spicer likewise exhibited several informations against him to the President and Censors As likewise one Mrs. Fitten to whom for a small pain and redness in her leg and arme he had given a powder in white Wine which purged her vehemently upward and downward above 25 times and 12 times the next day After which he gave her 4 fluxing pills of which she took onely 2 which caused a salivation for above 20 days for which she was forced to seek ease from Dr. Argent Vanderlash denied not this fact but avouched that he gave her the physick by directions from Dr. Read But because he confessed that he had no bill from the said Doctour the Censors took it for his own practice which they declared to be very bad and sent him to Newgate thereupon with a fine of 20 li. Russel Hutton Surgeon was complained of for giving pills of Turbith Mineral to one afflicted with a Dysury upon which he fell into pissing of bloud ulceration of the mouth and other ill symptomes He was punished 40 s. which if not discharged by the next Censors day he was to be committed to prison for mala praxis Du Pont was accused for prescribing Mercurial powder to several persons who had received great mischief by them One of them having lost 14 teeth Another by a Mercurial fumigation prescribed by him fell into swooning fits lost her teeth and was so dangerously ill that 2 Physicians were called in for her relief Du Pont being taken by the Beadle and brought before the President was released upon his brother's engagement for his appearance before the Censors but he broke his word his brother excusing him that he durst not come lest he should be imprisoned