Apprentices in trouble: some problems in the training of surgeons and apothecaries in seventeenth century London

Yale J Biol Med. 1979 Mar-Apr;52(2):227-37.

Abstract

Mayor's Court interrogatories and depositions in six disputes between apprentices and their surgeon and apothecary masters in London in 1654-1684 are reviewed. Evidence is presented to illustrate aspects of the operation of the apprentice system.

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Education, Medical / history
  • Education, Pharmacy / history*
  • General Surgery / education*
  • General Surgery / history
  • History of Pharmacy
  • History, 17th Century
  • London