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 LOWER eiH ABA- 
 
 
 
 
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 BY-LAWS, 
 
 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 OF THB 
 
 COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS 
 
 or 
 
 LOWER CANADA. 
 
 TO WHICH IS PREFIXED THE ACT OF INCOKPORATION, 
 10 AND 11 VICT., CHAP. 26. 
 
 MONTREAL: 
 
 PRINTED BY LOVELL A^D GIBSON, SAINT NIC 
 
 1848. 
 
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 ANNO DECIMO ET UNDECIMO 
 
 VICTOR I .>: R t: G 1 K .K . 
 
 CAP. XXVL 
 
 An Act to incorporate the Members of the Medical 
 Profession in Lower Canada, .uid to regulate tha 
 Study and Practice of Pliy^ic and Surgery therein. 
 
 [2Sth Jul]/, 1S47.] 
 
 Whkreas the laws now in force in Lower i'rea.»bie. 
 Canada, for regulating the Practice of Medi- 
 cine, Surgery and Midwifery, require amend- 
 ment; And whereas it is highly desirable 
 that the Medical Profession of Lower Cana- 
 da aforesaid be placed on a more respectable 
 and efficient footing, and that better means 
 should be provided for the conviction and 
 punishment of persons practising the same 
 without license: Be it therefore enacted by 
 the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and 
 with the advice and consent of the Legisla- 
 tive Council and of the Legislative Assembly 
 of the Province of Canada, constituted and 
 assembled by virtue of and under the autho- 
 rity of an Act passed in the Parliament of 
 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
 Ireland, and intituled, An Act to re-unite the 
 Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and 
 
Ordinance of 
 L.C,28Geo.3, 
 c. 8, repealed, 
 except so 
 much ai relates 
 to Druggists. 
 
 proviso : 
 Act 4 & 5 Vict, 
 c. 41, not to be 
 affected. 
 
 Proviso : 
 
 This Act not 
 to affect any 
 
 for the Government of Canada, and it is 
 hereby enacted by the authority of the same, 
 That from and after the passing of this Act, 
 the Act or Ordinance of the Legislative 
 Council of the late Province of Quebec, 
 passed in the twenty-eighth year of the 
 Reign of His late Majesty King George the 
 Third, and intituled, An Act or Ordinance 
 to prevent persons practising Physic and 
 Surgery within the Province of Quebec, or 
 Midwifery in the Towns of Quebec and 
 Montreal, without license, except so much 
 thereof as relates to the vending or distri- 
 buting of Medicines by retail,— and all other 
 Acts or parts of Acts in any manner relating 
 to the Practice of Physic, Surgery or Mid- 
 wifery in Lower Canada, or in any manner 
 relating to the mode of obtaining licenses to 
 practice Physic, Surgery or Midwifery there- 
 in, shall be and are hereby repealed, except 
 in so far as relates to any offence committed 
 against the same or any of them before the 
 passing of this Act, or any penalty or for- 
 feiture incurred by reason of such offence: 
 Provided always, that the Act of this Pro- 
 vince, passed in the fourth and fifth years of 
 Her Majesty's Reign, intituled. An Act to 
 enable persons authorized to practice Physic 
 or Surgery in Upper or Lower Canada, to 
 practice in the Province of Canada, shall not 
 be repealed or affected by this Act: Pro- 
 vided always, that nothing herein contained 
 
1(1 it is 
 le same, 
 tiis Act, 
 ;i8lative 
 Quebec, 
 of the 
 )rge the 
 'dinance 
 mc and 
 lebecy or 
 bee and 
 )o much 
 >r distri- 
 all other 
 relating 
 or Mid- 
 maaner 
 censes to 
 iry there- 
 d, except 
 ^mmitted 
 efore the 
 y or for- 
 i offence: 
 this Pro- 
 i years of 
 in Act to 
 Ice Physic 
 'anachf to 
 y shall not 
 ct: Pro- 
 contained 
 
 .hall have the effect of repealing any law or la^. ^^^^^ 
 part of law in force in Lower Canada, rela- uM... i.y 
 tive to Druggists and Apothecaries and the 
 vending ot Drugs by them in Lower Canada. 
 
 IL And whereas it is expedient that the ^j-JtcK;. 
 Medical Profession of Lower Canada, be r«te.i. 
 empowered under certain restrictions to 
 frame its own Statutes for the regulation of 
 the study of Medicine in all its departments, 
 and By-laws for its own government: Be it 
 therefore enacted, That Daniel Arnoldi, 
 Wolfred Nelson, M. D., M. McCulloch, M. 
 D., G. W. W. Campbell, M. D., H. H. 
 Sauv6, J. B. Valiquet, B. H. Charlebois, 
 M. D^ S. C. Sewell, M. D., Alexander G. 
 Fenwick, M. R. C. S. L., J. B. C. Trestler, 
 M. D., Hector Peltier, M. D., P. A. C- 
 Munro, Louis Boyer, M. D., Benj. 01. Val- 
 ine, M. D., W. Eraser, M. D., Hy. Mount, 
 M. R. C. S. L., Louis F. Tavernier, George 
 E. Fenwick, M. D., James J. Dickenson, 
 M. D., Arthur Fisher, M, D., Ed. Robillard, 
 Frederick Morson, M. R. C. S. L., A. Re- 
 naud, M. D., Chs. Huguet Latour, B, Pame- 
 nen, Wm. Suthei-land, M. D., Frs. C. F. 
 Arnoldi, M. D., Francis Badgley, M. D., A- 
 Hall, M. D., J. G. Bibaud, M. D., Horace 
 Nelson, M. D., John Anderson, A. H- 
 David, M. D., Henry Howard, M. D., Robt. 
 L. Macdonnell, M. D., F. Gushing, M. D^ - 
 B. G. Calder, M. D, W. Mayrand, M. D., 
 
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W. K. Scott, M. D., Alex. Long, M. D., F. 
 A. Caldwell, M. D., A. B. LaUocque, M. U, 
 W. A. Liddell, Surgeon, James Cruwlbrd, 
 M. D., Emery Coderre, Tha. E. d'Odet 
 d'Orsonneus, A. F. Holmes, M. D., J. B. 
 LeBourdais, E. J. Sewell, M. D., 11. H. 
 D'Amour, Pierre Brousseau, Chs. H. Keefer, 
 J. B. Meilleur, S. E., T. Bowie, M. D., G. 
 
 D. Gibb, M. D., S. B. Schmidt, M. D., A. 
 
 E. Regnier, P. E. Picault, F. Gushing, M. 
 D., Moses Nicolls, James B. Johnston, M. Dm 
 E.D. Worthington, M. D., A. A. Andrews, 
 T. Alcorn, M. D., — Fowler, Joshua Cham- 
 berlin, Horatio Nelson May, Thomas Boutil- 
 lier, Moses F. Colby, M. D., Frederick Steel 
 Verity, W. Fleury D'Eschambault, C. H. 
 Castle, — Lachapelle, Cleop. Bernard, C E. 
 N. Courteau, Ad. Dugas, M. D., J. Trudel, 
 Ant. LaFreni^re, M. D., A. R. Archam- 
 bault, F. Hudon, J. B. Gauthier, Leonard 
 Brown, A. F. Alexander, Rotus Parraelee, 
 P. M. Moreau, J. B. DeRosiers, M. S. 
 Glines, M. D., Benj. D'Amou, M. D., Frs. 
 Sheriff, M. D., Uriah Lafflin, Michl. Passe, 
 —Hildreth, — Von Iffland, — Grenier, H. 
 Cartier, T. Kimber, Hy. Lord, R. Cartier, 
 J. H. Beauchemin, C Pelisson, Felix Cdte, 
 Hy. Carter, S. N. Goin, L. H. Gauvreau, 
 P. O. Lassisseraye, Adol. Alexander, 
 
 — Smith, — Malhiot, — Rousseau, — Bras- 
 sard, Calvin Alexander, — Bourgeois, 
 
 — Landry DefiiletB, — Fortier, J. Trudel, Ed. 
 
 M'Don 
 R. Gil 
 
 seau, 
 
 Stewa 
 
 l)ub6. 
 
 Chape 
 
 Bedar 
 
 M. i: 
 
J[. D., F. 
 e, M. 1)., 
 ) raw lord, 
 ;. d'Odet 
 )., J. B. 
 I., 11. II. 
 I. Keefer, 
 I. D., Ct. 
 \/l. D., A. 
 ishing, M. 
 on, M. D., 
 Andrews, 
 ua Cham- 
 ms Boutil- 
 jrick Steel 
 ill, C. H. 
 lard, C K. 
 J. Trudel, 
 , Archam- 
 r, Leonard 
 Parraelee, 
 irs, M. S. 
 I. D., Frs. 
 ichl. Passe, 
 rrenier, H. 
 R. Cartier, 
 ?\lix Cdte, 
 Gauvreau, 
 Alexander, 
 Lu, — Bras- 
 Bourgeois, 
 Trudel, iCd. 
 
 M' Donald, ~ Lemaitre, — Badeau, W. A. 
 R. Gilmour, John Fitzpatrick, L. N. llous- 
 Hcau, John Clark, Josopli C6t6, W. A. 
 Stewart, Ed. Boudreau, J. B. Noel, C. P. 
 I)ub6, J. K. Hudon, H. P. Ouellet, L. T. 
 Chaperon, P. Charest, H. Dcsjardins, R. 
 Bedard, L, T6tu, J. G. G. MiviUe de Chenc, 
 
 D. S. Marquis, C. L6rois, M. De Sales La 
 Terri^re, A. Dubord, L. Tremblay, L. D. 
 Harvey, C. G. Couillard, L. T. J. Sinclair, 
 
 E. S. Belleau, H. Germain, R. F. Rinfret, 
 J. Marmette, A. T. Michaud, F. Poulin, P. 
 A. Dubois, R. MacKenzie, Joseph Morrin, 
 John Rowley, J. Z. Nault, Jas. A. Sewell, 
 M. 1)., C. Fremont, J. E. J. Landry, C. S. 
 Robitaille, Fran9ois Jacques S^guin, P. D. 
 Hubert, P. G. Tourangeau, M. D., J. B. 
 Blais, P. M. Bardy, Jos. Parent, Jos. Pain- 
 chaud, J. Blanchet, R. H. Rusael, M. D^ 
 J. P. Russel, M. D. E., — A. Jackson, P. D. 
 Moffatt, John L. Hall, John Watt, M. D., 
 John Racey, J. Douglass, Louis L. Roy, P. 
 Wells, J^ Painchaud, junior, A. T. Michaud, 
 F. Poulin, L. S. J. Sinclair, L. S. Tremblay, 
 and their successors, to be named and ap- 
 pointed as hereinafter described, shall be and 
 are hereby <5onstituted a body politic and 
 corporate by the name of The College of co^^oraj 
 Physicians nnd Surgeons of Lower Canada, power*. 
 and shall by that name have perpetual suc- 
 cession and a common seal, with power to 
 change, alter, break or make new the same; 
 
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 Holding 
 property, &c 
 
 Bwd they and their successors by the name 
 aforesaid may sue and be sued, implead and 
 be impl'^aded, answer and be answered unto 
 in all Courts and places whatsoever, and by 
 the name aforesaid shall be able and capable 
 in law to have, hold, receive, enjoy, possess 
 and retain for the ends and purposes of this 
 Act and for the benefit of the said College, 
 all such sums of money as have been or shall 
 at any time hereafter be paid, given or be- 
 queathed to and for the use of the said Col- 
 lege; and by the name aforesaid shall and 
 may at any time hereafter, without any Let- 
 ters of Mortmain, purchase, take, receive, 
 have, hold, possess and enjoy any lands, 
 tenements or hereditaments, or any estate or 
 interest derived or arising out of any lands, 
 tenements or hereditaments for the purposes 
 of the said College and for no other purposes 
 whatever; and may sell, grant, lease, demise, 
 alien or dispose of the same, and do or exe- 
 cute all and singular the matters and things 
 that to them sball or may appertain to do: 
 Provided always, that the real estate so held 
 i^Mut by the said Corporation shall at no time 
 exceed in value the sum of one thousand 
 pounds. 
 
 KameofMexn- HI- And be it enacted. That from and 
 
 Spfration. after the passing of this Act, the persons 
 
 who compose the College of Physicians and 
 
 Surgeons shall be called " Members of the 
 
 Proviso ; 
 
 College 
 Canadt 
 
 IV. 
 
 the sa 
 Board 
 fifteen 
 lege g 
 the D 
 from 
 Monti 
 in th( 
 Franc 
 
 ill 
 
r the name 
 kplead and 
 vered unto 
 er, and by 
 nd capable 
 oy, possess 
 >ses of this 
 id College, 
 sen or shall 
 ven or be- 
 B said Col- 
 L shall and 
 it any Let- 
 Le, receive, 
 any lands, 
 ly estate or 
 any lands, 
 lie purposes 
 er purposes 
 ase, demise, 
 I do or exe- 
 and things 
 rtain to do: 
 tate so held 
 at no time 
 le thousand 
 
 t from and 
 the persons 
 ysicians and 
 [ibers of the 
 
 College of Physicians and Surgeons of Lower 
 
 Canada." ^^ 
 
 IV. And be it enacted, That the affairs of G«;jX^,t 
 the said College shall be conducted by a ^^^^^Xl\.r.. 
 Board of Governors, thirty-six in number, rai Districts, 
 fifteen of whom shall be elected by the Col- 
 lege generally from among its Members in 
 the Districts of Quebec and Gasp6, fifteen 
 from among its Members in the District of 
 Montreal, and six from among its Members 
 in the Districts of Three Rivers and St. 
 Francis. 
 
 V. And be it enacted, That the said Board cojernor^^to^ 
 of Governors shall be, and they are hereby g^J««f «»» 
 constituted " The Provincial Medical Board," e^ajjine^an- 
 in which capacity they shall meet for the 
 examination of candidates not less than twice 
 in each year at such time and place as to 
 them Phall be deemed most fit, and on which 
 occasions seven shall be a quorum for the q«o,«./.. 
 transaction of business. 
 
 VI. And be it enacted, That from and No p^«o.uo 
 after the passing of this Act, no person shall -Hh-t,;^^;"- 
 receive a Ucense to practisT Physic, or Sur- the Board, &c. 
 gery, or Midwifery, in Lower Canada, unless 
 he shall have obtained a certificate of quali* 
 fication from the said Provincial Medical 
 Board; and which license the Governor of Licences ito be^ 
 this Province shall grant upon the produc- Governor. 
 Ition to him of such certificate of qualification. 
 
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 rroviao : 
 rersons having 
 ttbtained a me- 
 dical degree in 
 Her Majesty's 
 Dominions to 
 obtain a certi- 
 fieate without 
 examination. 
 
 VII. Provided always and be it enacted, 
 That every person who has obtained or may 
 hereafter obtain a Medical Degree or Diplo- 
 ma in any University or College in Her 
 Majesty's Dominions, shall be entitled to 
 such certificate without examination as to 
 his qualification. 
 
 No person to VIII. And be it enacted, That from and 
 a*9tudent or '^ after the passing of this Act, no person shall 
 w'ithoutTcer- be admitted as a student of Physic, Surgery 
 tiflcate, ^^ Midwifery, unless he shall have obtained 
 
 a certificate of qualification from the said 
 
 Provincial Medical Board. 
 
 None but li- IX. And be it enacted. That from and 
 
 censed persons -. . ^.i-ii uii 
 
 to practise after the passing of this Act, no person shall 
 LowM Canada, practise Physic, or Surgery, or Midwifery 
 in Lower Canada, unless he be a person duly 
 licensed so to practise, either before or after 
 the passing of this Act, under a penalty of 
 five pounds currency, for each day on which 
 any person shall so practise, contrary to the 
 provisions of this Act: And such penalty 
 shall be recoverable on the oath of any two 
 credible witnesses, before any Justice of the 
 Peace for the District in which the offence 
 shall have been committed, and in default of 
 the payment of such penalty on conviction, 
 the offender may be committed to the Com- 
 mon Jail of the District, until the same be 
 Proviso : paid: Provided always, that nothing herein 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 Mode of 
 enforcing such 
 penalty. 
 
 i contain 
 
 I duly li( 
 
 I in Upi 
 
 I in Lo> 
 
enacted, 
 :d or may 
 or Diplo- 
 i in Her 
 ititled to 
 ion as to 
 
 from anil 
 r8on shall 
 , Surgery 
 J obtained 
 the said 
 
 from and 
 irson shall 
 yiidwifery 
 srson duly 
 pe or after 
 penalty of 
 
 on which 
 ary to the 
 h penalty 
 f any two 
 tice of the 
 ;he offence 
 
 default of 
 jonviction, 
 
 the Com- 
 e same be 
 ing herein 
 
 11 
 
 contained shall extend to prevent any person A^i^to Pf JJo« . 
 duly licensed to practise Physic or Surgery p-cUsej^^^ 
 in Upper Canada, from practising the same 
 in Lower Canada, according to the provi- 
 fiions of the Act hereinbefore cited. 
 
 X. And be it enacted, That the said Col- Jo™ «'»!.. 
 lege of Physicians and Surgeons shall have 
 power, — 
 
 1. To regulate the study of Medicine, Rj.g;natu>n, « 
 Surgery, Midwifery and Pharmacy, by mak- 
 ing rules with regard to the preliminary 
 qualification, duration of study, curriadum 
 to be followed, and the age of the candidate 
 applying for a certificate to obtain a license 
 to practise: Provided always that such promo: 
 rules shall not be contrary to the provisions 
 of this Act. 
 
 2. To examine all credentials purporting inspecting 
 to entitle the bearer to a certificate for li- 
 cense to practise in this Province, and to 
 oblige the bearer of such credentials to attest 
 (on oath to be administered by the Chairman 
 for the time being) that he is the person 
 whose name is mentioned therein, and that 
 he became possessed thereof honestly. 
 
 3. To cause every member of the profes- JegUterin.^^^ 
 Bion now practising or who may hereafter tmo„j«m ^ 
 practise in Lower Canada, to enregister his 
 
i 
 
 Probation for 
 Membership. 
 
 To make rules 
 and regula- 
 tions, subject 
 to approval by 
 the Goveraor. 
 
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 name, age, place of residence, nativity, the 
 date of his license and the place where he 
 obtained it, in the books of the College. 
 
 4. To fix the period of probation which 
 persons must undergo before being eligible 
 for election as Members of the College, 
 which period shall not be less than four 
 years, and to make all such rules and regu- 
 lations for the government and proper work- 
 ing of the said Corporation and the election 
 of a President and Officers thereof, as to the 
 members thereof may seem meet and expe- 
 dient, which said rules and regulations shall, 
 before they shall come into effect, be sanc- 
 tioned by the Governor of this Province 
 after the same shall have been submitted to 
 him for approval and by him allowed. 
 
 Qualification XI. And be it enacted. That the qualifi- 
 MeSr' °^ cations to be required by the Board of Go- 
 vernors from a person about to commence 
 the study of Medicine in this Province, shall 
 be: A good moral character, and a compe- 
 tent knowledge of Latin, History, Geogra- 
 phy, Mathematics and Natural Philosophy; 
 Knowledge of and that from and after the end of the year 
 SilhTe* one thousand eight hundred and fifty, a 
 qmred after g^^^g^al knowledge of the French and Eng- 
 ^ lish languages shall also be indispensable. 
 
 Qualification XII. And be it enacted, That the qualifi- 
 JiaoUsT"*" cations to be required from a candidate for 
 
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 ativity, the 
 3 where he 
 ollege. 
 
 ition which 
 ing eligible 
 tie College, 
 I than four 
 ; aud regu- 
 roper work- 
 the election 
 Df, as to the 
 t and expe- 
 ations shall, 
 iCt, be sanc- 
 is Province 
 submitted to 
 )wed. 
 
 the qualifi- 
 Dard of Go- 
 ) commence 
 )vince, shall 
 d a compe- 
 ry, Geogra- 
 Philosophy; 
 of the year 
 ind fifty, a 
 h and Eng- 
 pensable. 
 
 ; the qnalifi- 
 andidate for 
 
 examination to obtain a certificate for a li- 
 cense to practise shall consist in his not 
 being less than twenty-one years of age; 
 that he has followed his studies uninterrupt- 
 edly during a period of not less than four 
 years under the care of one or more general 
 practitioners duly licensed; and that during 
 the said four years he shall have attended at 
 some University, College or Incorporated 
 School of Medicine within Her Majesty's 
 Dominions not less than two six months* 
 Courses of General Anatomy and Physiology 
 —of Practical Anatomy— of Surgery— of 
 Practice of Medicine— of Midwifery— of 
 Chemistry— and of Materia Medica and 
 Pharmacy,— one six months' Course of the 
 Institutes of Medicine,— one three months* 
 Course of Medical Jurisprudence,— and one 
 three months' Course of Botany, if obtainable 
 in Lower Canada; also, that he shall have 
 attended the general practice of an Hospital 
 in which are contained not less than fifty 
 beds, urder the charge of not less than two 
 Phvsicvf'ns or Surgeons for a period not less 
 thaii t ear, or two periods of not less than 
 six mont..s each; and that he shall also have 
 attended two three months' or one six 
 months' Course of Clinical Medicine, and the 
 same of Clinical Surgery, and to remove all Doubt»«^to^^ 
 doubts with regard to the number of Lee- »«ctnres^re^^ 
 turea which the Incorporated Schools of incorporated 
 
 , \, 1 t J Schools of 
 
 Medicine of Quebec and Montreal are bound Mediciue «t 
 
 D 
 
CJueSec and 
 
 Montreal, 
 
 remured. 
 
 14 
 
 to give yearlj: Be it enacted and declared, 
 that it is and shall be sufficient that the said 
 SchooJis of Medicine, respectively, shall year- 
 ly cause to be delivered one hundred and 
 twenty lectures on the subjects by law pro- 
 vided, in the English language or in the 
 French language, without its being necessary 
 that any lecture should be delivered in both . 
 languages, and each lecture, in whichever 
 language delivered, being reckoned as one of ' 
 the one hundred and twenty. 
 
 « 
 
 I 
 
 rersons licen- 
 sed to be called 
 Licentwtes, 
 and to be elipi- 
 ble as Members 
 of the College. 
 
 Corporation to 
 make rules 
 concerning the 
 «ioction of 
 Merabei's, &c. 
 
 ^^^■■:!:1 
 
 (Jovernor to 
 
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 tix the time 
 
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 and plac»» of 
 
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 the first meet. 
 
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 XIII. And be it enacted. That all persons 
 obtaining the certificate for license to prac- 
 tise from the College of Physicians and ISur- 
 geona of Lower Canada, shall be styled 
 Licentiates of the said College, and be con- 
 sequently in due course of time eligible to 
 be elected members of the same, and such 
 persons so elected shall be at once eligible 
 for election as Governors, and the said elec- 
 tion, either as member of the said College or 
 as Governor thereof as aforesaid, shall be 
 niade under such rules and regulations there- 
 for, and in such manner as the said Corpo- 
 ration shall make therefor, to be sanctioned 
 by the governor of the Province in manner 
 aforesaid: Provided always, that it shall be 
 lawful for the Governor of this Province by 
 Proelanjation, to fix the time and place for 
 the holding of the first meeting of the said 
 Corporijition and the Jirst President thereof. 
 
15 
 
 declnred, 
 t the said 
 tifill year- 
 dred and 
 
 law pro- 
 »r in the 
 necessary 
 d in both 
 whichever 
 as one of 
 
 il persons 
 to prac- 
 and fcjur- 
 )e styled 
 d be con- 
 ligible to 
 and such 
 e eligible 
 said elec- 
 ^oUege or 
 shall be 
 )ns there- 
 d Corpo- 
 inctioned 
 1 manner 
 t shall be 
 )vince by 
 place for 
 the said 
 t thereof. 
 
 XIV. And be it enncted, That the Board BoRrd n.aj fix 
 of Governors aforesaid shall regulate the tees i.ai.i by caud^. 
 
 "* . dates tor t-erti- 
 
 to be paid by all candidates about enternig titateii. 
 on the study of medicine^ provided the 
 amount of such fees do not exceed the sum 
 of one pound five shillings currency; and 
 also by all persons who obtain from the said 
 Board a certificate for licence to practise 
 medicine; provided that the said fee do not 
 exceed the sum of two pounds and ten shil- 
 lings currency; which fees the Governors 
 shall have the power to dispose of in such 
 manner as they shall deem most proper for 
 the interests of the College. 
 
 XV. Provided always, and be it enacted, Femaie« duly 
 That nothing in this Act contained shall be practice ivs 
 construed to prevent or prohibit any compe- 
 tent female from practising Midwifery in 
 Lower Canada, such female proving her 
 competency before any two members of the 
 College of Physicians and Surgeons and ob- 
 taining their certificate to that effect: Pro- Proviso, 
 vided that such certificate and proof shall 
 only be required in the Cities of Montreal 
 and Quebec and the Town of Three Rivers. 
 
 XVI. And be it enacted. That so much peri..dof 
 
 .^ T J., xi-uv* wv. T r\ prescription of 
 
 of any law heretofore in force in Lower La- claims oH 
 
 t' ••in Medical rrac- 
 
 uada, as may have fixed the period ot pre- titiouers «. 
 Bcription with regard to the claim {demande) 
 of any person duly licensed to practice l*hy- 
 
Frovko. 
 
 r«blic Act. 
 
 16 
 
 «ic, Surgery or Midwifery, for professional 
 services, attendance or medicine, shall be and 
 is hereby repealed; and any euch claim shall 
 be prescribed by the lapse of five years from 
 such attendance, service or medicine fur- 
 nished, without any act having been done to 
 interrupt the prescription, and not before: 
 Provided alvrays, that nothing herein con- 
 tained shall be construed to revive any such 
 claim actually prescribed before the passing 
 of this Act. 
 
 XVII. And be it enacted, That this Act 
 shall be a Public Act, and taken and received 
 as such in all Courts of Justice, and by all 
 persons in this Province. 
 
 His 
 
professional 
 hall be and 
 claim shall 
 years from 
 licine fur- 
 en done to 
 lot before: 
 erein con- 
 3 any such 
 le passing 
 
 it this Act 
 d received 
 and by all 
 
 PROVINCE OF CANADA. 
 
 His Excellency the Eight Honorable James, Earl of Elgin and 
 Kincardine, Knight of the Most Ancient and Most 
 Noble Order of the Thistle, Governor General of British 
 North America, and Captain General and Governor-in- 
 
 £L. S.] Chief in and over the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, 
 New Brunswick, and the Island of Prince Edward, and 
 Vice Admiral of the same, &c. &c. &c. 
 
 At the request of the Corporation of the Ctdlege of Physicians 
 and Surgeons of Lower Canada, I have perused and examined the 
 By-laws hereunto affixed, and the same, as far as I lawfully may, 
 (under the provisions of an Act of the Parliament of the Province 
 ^f Canada, made and passed in the tenth and eleventh years of 
 Her Majesty's Reign, intituled " An Act to incorporate the Mem- 
 bers of the Medical Profession in Lower Canada, and to regulate 
 the Study and Practice of Physic and Surgery therein,") I do by 
 these presents approve and allow. 
 
 Given under my Hand, at Montreal, in tlie said 
 Province, this tenth day of October, in the year 
 oof Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 
 forty-eight, and in the twelfth year of Her 
 Majesty's Reign. 
 
 (Signed,) ELGIN & KINCARDINE. 
 
 By Command, 
 (Signed,) J. Leslie, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
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 1. 
 
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 whoir 
 Colle{ 
 from i 
 six fr< 
 River 
 
 n. 
 
 every 
 The ] 
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 Meeti 
 in on( 
 and IE 
 in eae 
 
BY-LAWS, 
 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 ov turn 
 
 COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS 
 
 or 
 
 LOWEft CANAbA. 
 
 I. The affairs of the College shall bo conducted by a 
 Board of Governors, thirty-six in number; fifteen of 
 whom shall be elected from among the members of the 
 College, in the Districts of Quebec and Gasp^; fifteen 
 from among its members in the District of Montreal, and 
 six from among its Members in the Districts of Three 
 Rivers and St. Francis. 
 
 IL The above Board of Governors shall be elected 
 every three years, on the second Wednesday of July. 
 The Meetings for this purpose to be held in the Town 
 of Three Rivers, after at least one month's notice of such 
 Meeting having been published in the Qjfficial Gazettt, 
 in one Medical Journal of each District (if published), 
 and in at least one English and one French newspaper, 
 in eaoh District. 
 
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 III. The election shall take place by ballot, those 
 members being elected who have received the majority 
 of votes. 
 
 rV. All ties, whether in cases of election or ordinary 
 business of the College, to be decided by the casting vote 
 of the Presiding Ofl&cer, and this shall be his only vote. 
 
 V. All vacancies in the Board of Governors, whether 
 arising from death, resignation, removal from the District, 
 or otherwise, shall be filled up by the Board of Gover- 
 nors, from among the Members of the College in the 
 District where such vacancy shall occur, by an election 
 by ballot, at the next ensuing Meeting subsequent to the 
 occurrence of such vacancy. 
 
 VI. Any Governor who shall absent himself from the 
 regular Meetings of the Board twice consecutively, with- 
 out assigning for such absence a cause ratisfactory to the 
 Board, shall be cons'Jered as vacating })i« ?> at, and iht 
 Board shall ballot for a Member in Iiia j.'..m\j, 
 
 VII. Extraordinary Meetings of the Board may be 
 summoned at an time, by the President, on the requisi- 
 don of at least tw Ave Members belonging thereto. One 
 i? OEUi's notice of the said Meeting to be sent to each 
 Member of the Board, specifying the date and object of 
 such Meeting. 
 
 VIII. All Extraordinary Meetings shall be held alter- 
 nately at Quebec and Montreal. 
 
 IX. Every Governor attending the Semi-annual 
 Meeting, shall be allowed his travelling expenses, which. 
 
21 
 
 , those 
 ajority 
 
 rdinary 
 ig vote 
 y vote. 
 
 whether 
 )istrict, 
 Gover- 
 in the 
 election 
 t to the 
 
 rom the 
 r, with- 
 y to the 
 ind ;h'^ 
 
 may be 
 requisi- 
 0. One 
 to each 
 bject of 
 
 id alter- 
 
 i-annual 
 }, which. 
 
 are in no instance to exceed ten dollars, and for which 
 purpose, the funds (so far as they will go,) accruing 
 from Candidates' Certificates alone, shall be set apart. 
 But no Governor shall be entitled to travelling expenses 
 nnless he shall have faithfully attended to the business 
 of the Meeting until it shall have been duly closed. 
 
 ©fficerrf 0( t!)c ealUqt, 
 
 I. The Officers of the College shall consist of a Pre- 
 sident, a Registrar and Treasurer, and for each of the 
 Districts of Quebec and Montreal, of a Vice-President 
 and Secretary, who shall be elected by ballot, by the 
 Governors, from among their own body, the said Offi- 
 cers to be actually residing in the Cities of Quebec and 
 Montreal, and they shall continue in otfice until the 
 ensuing Triennial Meeting. 
 
 II. The President shall preside at all the Meetings 
 of the College, and sign all vouchers for the payment of 
 money. 
 
 III. In the absence of the President, the Vice-Presi- 
 dent of the District ohall possess all his powerf . 
 
 I. The Registrar shall keep in his possession, the 
 Books of Enregistration, one of which shall be for Stu- 
 dents entering upon the Study of Medicine, and the other 
 for the enregistration of the Members of the College, 
 and he shall have charge of the Seal of the College. 
 
 II. As Treasurer he shall receive all moneys due to 
 the College, whether from its Members, Licentiates or 
 
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 otherwise, and forthwith deposit the same in one of the 
 legally instituted Savings Banks of the Province, and 
 make a full Statement of all Receipts and Disbursetoents, 
 at each Semi-annual Meeting, (exhibiting at the same 
 time his Bank Book,) and also, at any other time he may 
 be called upon to do so by the President, and liiUst fur- 
 nish security to the amount of (£100) one hundred 
 pounds currency. 
 
 111. The Registrar shall receive as remuneration one- 
 half of all the enregitstration fees. 
 
 W^t |^etretarte)<. 
 
 The Secretaries shall keep correct Minutes of the 
 Transactions at all Meetings, and as soon as possible 
 after each meeting, communicate to each other a Copy 
 of such Minutes, which shall be regularly entered in 
 books provided for that purpose, and in consideration of 
 their services shall each receive annually the suifi of 
 twelve pounds, ten shillings currency, to be paid therti 
 from out of the contingent fund. 
 
 No one shall be recognised as a Member of the Col- 
 lege of Physicians and Surgeons of Lower Canada, who 
 shall not have enrolled his name, &c. &c., in the Regis- 
 ter of Members of the College, and taken out his Certifi- 
 cate of Membership, and as it is desired to include every 
 Member of the Profession who possessed a Provincial 
 license of at least four years date at the time of the pasS" 
 ing of the Act 10 and II Victoria, chap. 26, the Books 
 of the College shall be kept dpett for such bnregistration 
 
J of the 
 ce, and 
 ei^ents, 
 e same 
 he may 
 1st fur- 
 lundred 
 
 on one- 
 
 of the 
 possible 
 a Copy 
 iered in 
 •atioti of 
 
 mtt of 
 lid them 
 
 he Col- 
 ida, who 
 J Regis- 
 } Certifi- 
 :de every 
 rovinoial 
 the pass' 
 le Bodks 
 'istration 
 
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 for six months after (he sanction of these By-laws has 
 been obtained from the Executive, after which thefolhw 
 ing Rules will come into force: 
 
 I. No one can be admitted as a Member who has not 
 been a Provincial Licentiate of four jrears standing. 
 
 II. All applications for Membership must be accom- 
 panied by a document signed by two Members of the 
 College, testifying as to the moral qualifications of the 
 appHcant. 
 
 m. Immediately on admission as a Member, the 
 applicant shall sign the Rules and Regulations in posses- 
 sion of the Registrar, thereby binding himself to fulfil 
 all regulations provided in this behalf. 
 
 IV. Members of the College are at once eligible as 
 Governors; but no Member shall vote at any of the 
 Triennial Elections for the Board of Governors, unless 
 he shall have previously paid up all his dues. 
 
 V. Every person proposed as Member shall be consi- 
 dered elected by receiving a majority of votes of Mem- 
 bers present at the Board. 
 
 VI. All Members are entitled to the appellation of 
 " Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons 
 of Lower Canada." 
 
 VIJ. The Certificate of Membership shall be signed 
 by the President and all the other Officers of the College, 
 and the ^al of the College shall be affixed thereto. 
 
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 I. The Licentiates are those who have received a 
 Certificate of Qualification from the Board of Governors, 
 in their capacity as " The Provincial Medical Board," and 
 afterwards received a Provincial License, thereby be- 
 coming entitled to the appellation of « Licentiate of the 
 College of Physicians and Surgeons of Lower Canada." 
 
 II. After the expiration of four years such Licentiate 
 may apply for Membership, subject to the regulations in 
 that behalf. 
 
 IIL The Certificate of Qualification for License shall 
 be signed by the District President and Secretary, and 
 also by the Registrar and Treasurer, and have the Seal 
 of the College affixed thereto. 
 
 I. The Regular and Stated Meetings of the Board of 
 Governors shall be held on the second Tuesdays of May 
 and October, in each year. The May Meetings in the 
 City of Quebec, and the October Meetings in the City 
 of Montreal. 
 
 IL Should these days fall on a Fete (f Obligation or 
 Holiday, then the Meetings shall be held on the day 
 succeeding. 
 
 III. One month's notice of these Meetings shall be 
 given in at least one French and one English newspaper 
 in each District, if any be published, and in at least one 
 Provincial Medical Journal, signed by the Secretary of 
 the District in which the Meeting is to be held. 
 
;eived a 
 •vernors, 
 ird," and 
 reby be- 
 te of tbe 
 Canada." 
 
 iicentiate 
 iations in 
 
 inse shall 
 tary, and 
 the Seal 
 
 Board of 
 rs of May 
 gs in the 
 I the City 
 
 ligation or 
 1 the day 
 
 ;s shall be 
 newspaper 
 it least one 
 ecretary of 
 d. 
 
 25 
 
 £ s. d 
 Entrance fee of Members, including first 
 
 year's subscription, with Certificate, 2 10 
 
 Enregistration, 5 
 
 Annual Subscription, 10 
 
 Certificate recommending for License, includ- 
 ing the enregistration fee of 5s., 2 10 
 
 Certificate to allow Students to enter upon 
 the study of the Profession, including the 
 enregistration fee of 5s., 15 
 
 I. Any person possessing a Diploma, &c. from British 
 Universities, wishing to obtain a Certificate for License 
 to practice in this Province, is required to present himself 
 in person, and prove to the satisfaction of the Board 
 that he is the person whose name is mentioned in said 
 Diploma. 
 
 n. Candidates for Provincial License commencing 
 their studies subsequently to the passing of the Act of 
 Incorporation of this College, (July 28, 1847,) will be 
 required to submit to a Literary and Classical Examina- 
 tion on entering upon his studies, and a Professional one 
 at their close. 
 
 m. At the Preliminary Examination the Candidate 
 must furnish proof of his possessing a good moral cha- 
 racter, and a competent knowledge of Latin, History, 
 Geography, Mathematic!^, and Natural Philosophy, and 
 from and after the year 1850, he must also possess a 
 
 general knowledsre of the French and Endish laniruasrea. 
 
 
 
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 IV. The Professional Examination shall be held after 
 the completion of the Curriculum hereinafter enjoined, 
 and shall consist of an enquiry into the scientific attain- 
 ments of the Candidate, based upon the course of study 
 he has pursued. 
 
 V. Before his Examination be entered upon, the 
 Candidate for License mtist submit to the Board satis- 
 factory testimonials as to his moral character— of his 
 being of the full age of twenty-one years, and that he 
 has pursued his studies uninterruptedly during a period 
 of not less than four years, aiul that he has been regu- 
 larly indentured during the said period of four years to 
 one or more general Practationer or Practitioners duly 
 licensed. 
 
 VI. He m-ust further furnish proof that h-e has attend^ 
 ed at some University, College, or Incorporated School of 
 Medicine, within Her Majesty's dominions, the followiBg 
 branches of Medical Education: 
 
 Anatomy and Physiology, 
 
 Practical Anatomy, 
 
 Surgery, 
 
 Theory and Practice of Medicine, 
 
 Midwifery and Diseases of Women and 
 
 Children, 
 Chemistry, 
 
 Materia Medica aod Phairmacy, 
 IiastitHtes of Medieiae, one &ix months' Course. 
 Medical Jurisprudence and Botany, one thiree mouths* 
 
 Course of each. 
 
 Two sis 
 
 months' 
 
 Courses ot 
 
 €ach. 
 
27 
 
 d after 
 joined^ 
 attain- 
 ' study 
 
 in, the 
 I satis- 
 -of his 
 ;hat he 
 period 
 a regu- 
 rears to 
 !•» duly 
 
 attend^ 
 chool of 
 tUowiifg 
 
 wo SIK 
 lontbs' 
 arses at 
 eachi. 
 
 VII. He must furnish evidence of his having attended 
 for a period of not less than one year, or two periods of 
 not less than six months each, the general practice of an 
 Hospital containing not less than fifty beds — under the 
 charge of not less than two Physicians or Surgeons; and 
 that he has attended two three months or one six months* 
 Course of Clinical Medicine, and the same of Clinical 
 Surgery. 
 
 VIII. No Class or Hospital Tickets will be recog- 
 nised by the Board, unless accompanied with Certifi- 
 cates of faithful and regular attendance. 
 
 IX. No Tickets will be recognised from any Teacher 
 who lectures on more than one of the six months bran- 
 ches of Medical Study, previously enjoined — except in 
 the instances of Clinical Medicine, Clinical Surgery, and 
 Practical Anatomy. 
 
 Sltcratton 0f ISg'iLa&jiS. 
 No alteration of these Rules and Regulations can be 
 made except at the Triennial Meetings, and then not 
 unless the motion for such alteration be submitted by 
 any two Members of the College to the Board of Gover- 
 nors, at least six months before such Triennial Meeting, 
 and the same be then published in one Medical Journal 
 of each District if such Journal be there printed. 
 
 xoonths* 
 
 <&rtfcr 0( ifiu^mciEliS at CricnntaT MtttinzH. 
 Chair to be taken by the President of the College. 
 Minutes of last Triennial Meeting to be read. 
 Report of Proceedings of Board of Governors. 
 General Business. 
 
 1°. 
 2". 
 
 5". Election of Board of Thirty-six Governors.