Records of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Pre 1600-2000

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Records of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Pre 1600-2000

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Royal College of physicians and surgeons of Glasgow

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The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, was founded in 1599 by a Royal Charter which was granted to Peter Lowe (c 1550-1612), a surgeon who trained in France, and Robert Hamilton, Professor of Medicine, by King James VI (1566-1625). The College originally had no corporate name but by the end of the 17th century had come to be known as the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Powers were granted to examine and regulate surgical practice in the baronies of G...