Shaping of the Medical Profession

Traces the founding of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and its role, in the 18th century, as a exemplary centre of teaching. The text then covers the college's decline and subsequent re-emergence as a centre for high medical standards of learning and practice.

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Traces the establishment of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow as a licensing body to its eminence as a centre of teaching in the 18th century. The text then covers the subsequent decline of the college in the 19th century with an account of how, in conjunction with Glasgow University, it re-established itself as the guarantor of high medical standards of learning and practice.