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8 which their charter has encircled them. The Author of the observations here asks, "do they," (the Apothecaries) "wish to prefer their own body to the English Universities ? Would they prefer the ancient University of St. Andrew's, or the modern school of Edinburgh, or put them upon the same footing as the English Universities?" What the Apothecaries wish, I know not, but I answer, both good policy and common justice demand that Doctors of Physic of all the Universities of this land, provided they have regularly studied a certain period, at their respective Colleges, should be put upon the same footing as those who have graduated at Oxford and Cambridge, especially as the latter are not schools of medicine. It matters not, to his Majesty’s subjects, at what Universities, Physicians are