1796] 
chafe additional degrees before admiffion ; 
or reduced to accept as a boon, what no 
merits, without a degree from Oxford 
or Cambridge, could intitle them to. 
The immortal Sydenham was excluded, 
Sioane, Mead, Pringle, Akenfide, and 
many other eminent men, who had gra- 
duated in the beft medical tniverfittes of 
their time, were cbliged to purchafe ad- 
ditrenal degrees before they were ad- 
mitted. Fothergill, and even Hunter, 
by whom almoft every medical graduate 
of Oxford and Cambridge, of his time, 
had been inftructed, were refufed ad- 
“miffion ; and except to the very few who 
take degrees at thofe univerfities, the 
right of admiffion into the College is de- 
nied toall the phyficians of Europe. And 
yet thefe are the liberal bye-laws which 
are held up as. the fureft fecurities 
of the dignity of phyfic in this country. 
Mr. Erfkine’s next obfervation was, 
‘ that the prefent bye-laws are built 
upon the moft ancient ftatutes; and if 
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413 
there is nothing in them repugnant to 
the charter, the Court always looks with 
-refpeét toa venerable and ancient ufage.” 
But fuppofing their repugnancy to the 
charter was not demonftrated, the an- 
cient and venerable ufage is in favour of 
the Licentiates: for the original found- 
ers of the college, had received fimilar 
educations with themfelves. During 
many years after the foundation, no 
diftin€tion was made with regard to 
{chogis. Sixty years after the firit in- 
ftitution, it was neceffary to pafs through 
the order of Licentiates, to be received 
into that of candidates, with a few ex- 
ceptions, which do not relate to the place 
of graduation. The ufurpation of the 
graduates of Oxford and Cambridge, 
has neither ancient nor uninterrupted 
ufage to fanétion it; for except when 
additional degrees could be cheaply pur- 
chafed at thefe Univerfities, it was never 
fubmitted to. 
[To be concluded in cur next. 

ACCOUNT or DISEASES in LONDON. 
From the 20th of May to the 20th of fune. 
ACUTE DISEASES. 
No. of Cafes. 
_ Meafles = =e = s 
9 
Scarlatina Anginofa = - - 7 
Smajl-pox = - - 7 
Chicken-pox - - - I 
Mal gnant, or contagious fever - - I 
Hooping cough - - ~ eas 
~ Catarrh tyes = - 6 
Peritoneal Inflammation s ~ 4 
Acute rheumati{m ° - = 4 
Slow fever = - - 3 
Bilious, or Summer fever = - e3 
Child-bed and Milk-fevers - = 6 
CHRONIC DISEASES. 
Cough and chronic dyfppza = == 22 
Spitting of blood Ene - - 5 
Palmonary confumption > - Iz 
Chronic rheumatifm == <a = 6 
Dropfy - - pete = 4 
Afthenia = .- = ay fe aay 
Hytteria = = = = 2 
Cephalea - = = 6 
Apoplexy oak ie cs : 
Paralyfis = - = © 4 
Chlorofis and Amenorrhea - 8 
Menorrhagia - - = 5 
Fluor albus - - - - 3 
Tchirrus uteri = - = - T 
Prolapfus uteri = Ne ey iy 2 
Prolapfus ani = ; Bia. I 
Hemorrhoids = - - 2 
Hernia 2 = = a BUS ja 3 
Gravel = 2 
‘Dandriff - = a 
No. of Cafes. 
Ifchuria = - ie ft 
A(fcarides = © - A. } 
Gaftrodynia - = = u 
Enterodynia - = us 
Schirrus liver - a = 
Jaundice “~ ie o 
Bilious vomiting = - es 
Diarrhea = o o 2 ig 
Lichen = = 3 Ss 
Dry tettar - 2 - - 
Itch and prurigo < zB 2 
Nettle rafh - es a s 
Noli me tangere - -  s 
Cancer Senn ~ = oe 
PERIODICAL DISEASES. 
Quotidian = = S a 
Tertian ‘e o pM 
Semitertian = Ss 
Hemicranium - oS eer 
Heética Adolefcentium = 5 a 
Heética Senilis = = is 
DISEASES OF INFANTS. 
Catarrhal fevers - he acres 
Fevers from teething and indigeftion 
Tabes mefenterica = “@u-ets ew 
Rickets! (4 sec 5 et ee zh 
Scrophula - - CERT es 
St. Vitus’s Dance te a SR ea 
Crufta La¢tea = a a 
Pet Ae VAP & PW wv 
me ew 
WY eR BWR AP 
Scalled head © = AE 
_. The feven cafes of fcarlatina anginofa | 
were in the children of one family, re- 
fiding 
