An outline of the history of pharmacy in Ireland / by William D. Moore.

  • Moore, William Daniel, 1813-1871.
Date:
1848
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An outline of the history of pharmacy in Ireland / by William D. Moore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    and mentions the new creation of the corporation by letters pa- tent, dated 3 James II., Oct. 27, and then goes on to state that, “ We, nevertheless, being willing, in order to the promoting of trade and traffick in our new city of Dublin, to renew the guild or corporation of Barbers, of which the barbers, chirur- geons, apothecaryes, and periwig-makers of the city of Dublin were members, to the intent that the several arts and mistereyes of barber-chirurgeons, apothecaryes, and periwig-makers may be the better exercised,” &c., “ do constitute one guild or fra- ternity of the arts,” &c., by the name of the Guild or Fraternity of St. Mary Magdalene, to consist of one master, two wardens, and of the brothers of the arts aforesaid, by the name of the Master, Wardens, and Brothers of the arts of Barber-Chirur- geons, Apothecaryes, and Periwig-makers of the Guild or Fra- ternity of St. Mary Magdalene. William, Earl of Limerick, John Barnwell, Knt., Robert Barnwell, Esq., Richard Arch- bold, &c., physicians and readers of anatomy, Charles Thomp- son, Henry Walker, and others, to be the first brothers of the guild. The corporation had power to punish every falsity, fraud, deceit, oppression, extortion, and every other crime committed by barbers, chirurgeons, apothecaryes, or periwig- makers in Dublin, or within six miles of it. They were em- powered to inquire into the character of apprentices previously to their being bound: the term of apprenticeship was fixed at seven years. Apprentices were required to enrol themselves contrary to the established laws, that by their means he might obtain a sur- render of the charter, and so settle the corporation in the hands of the Roman Catholics. But the Lord Mayor and aldermen having frustrated this design the Earl brought a quo warranto against the charter. The Lord Chief Baron Rice would not allow the city so much time to put in their plea as was suffi- cient to transcribe it with care. In the hurry a mistake was made in the date of one of the charters, which the city discovering prayed leave to amend, but this was denied, and judgment given against the charter upon this de- fect of pleading, the merits of the case never coming in question. The same way were most other corporations of the kingdom dealth with.”—Wliitelaw and Walsh’s History of Dublin, p. 219.