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MEDICAL ACT. 
and recover in any Court of Law, with 
full costs of suit, reasonable charges for 
professional aid, advice, and visits, and the 
cost of any medicines or other medical or 
surgical appliances rendered or supplied 
by him to his patients: Provided always, 
that it shall be lawful for any College of 
Physicians to pass a bye-law to the effect 
that no one of their Fellows or Members 
shall be entitled to sue in manner aforesaid 
in any Court of Law, and thereupon such 
bye-law may be pleaded in bar to any ac¬ 
tion for the purposes aforesaid commenced 
by any Fellow or Member of such College. 
XXXIV. After the first day of January, 
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, 
the words “legally qualified medical prac¬ 
titioner” or “duly qualified medical prac¬ 
titioner,” or any woids importing a person 
recognized by lawas a medical practitioner 
or member of the medical profession, when 
used in any Act of Parliament, shall be 
construed to mean a person registered 
under this Act. 
XXXVI. After the first day of January, 
one thousand eighthundred and fifty-nine, 
no person shall hold any appointment as a 
physician, surgeon or other medical officer, 
either in the military or naval service, or 
in emigrant or other vessels, or in any hos¬ 
pital, infirmary, dispensary, or lymg-in 
hospital, not supported wholly by volun¬ 
tary contributions, or in any lunatic asy¬ 
lum, gaol, penitentiary, house of correction, 
house of industry,parochial or union work- 
house or poorhouse parish union, or other 
public establishment, body or institution, 
or to any friendly or other society for af¬ 
fording mutual relief in sickness, infirmity, 
or o.d age, or as a medical officer of health, 
uuless he be registered under this Act: 
Provided always, that nothing in this Act 
contained shall extend to repeal or alter 
any of the provisions of the Passengers 
Act, 1855. 
XXXVII. After the first day of January, 
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, 
no certificate required by any Act now in 
force, or that may hereatter be passed, from 
any physician, surgeon, or other medical 
practitioner, shall be valid, unless the per¬ 
son signing the same be registered under 
this Act. 
XL. Any person who shall wilfully and 
falseiy pretend to be or take or use the 
name or title of a physician, doctor of 
medicine, licentiate in medicine and sur¬ 
gery, bachelor of medicine, surgeon, ge¬ 
neral practitioner or apothecary, or any 
To Sect. XXXIV. the following words 
to be added:—“ According to his qualifica¬ 
tion or qualifications.” 
Sect. XXXVI.—The word “apothe¬ 
cary” to be inserted after “ surgeon,” in 
fifth line. 
For Sect. XXXVII.—Substitute the 
following:— 
After the first day of January, one thou¬ 
sand eight hundred and fifty-nine, no cer¬ 
tificate required by any Act now in force, 
or that may hereafter be passed, from any 
physician, surgeon, or apothecary, or other 
medical practitioner, shall be valid, unless 
the person signing the same be registered 
under this Act. 
On and alter the day of 18G , it shall 
not be lawful for any person, unless regis¬ 
tered under this Act, to pretend to be, or 
take or use the name or title of physician, 
doctor of medicine, licentiate in medicine 
or surgery, master in surgery, bachelor of 
