Apprentices in Trouble: Some Problems in the Training of Surgeons and Apothecaries in Seventeenth Century London
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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.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
دوره 52 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1979