History
In 1843 the Royal College of Surgeons of England decreed that
only Fellows [a very limited number of members of the College]
could have a role in the governance of that College, effectively
cutting out the majority of those practising general medicine from
having a say in the profession. A group of disaffected members set
up an Association [National Association of General
Practitioners of Medicine, Surgery and Midwifery]
which set about lobbying for an institution or College to represent
them. It quickly gained 4000 members but the attempt came to
nothing a year later.
References
For copies of articles about the founding of the National
Association of General Practitioners, and subsequent meetings,
appearing in The Lancet, 1845, i, pp.127-28, 326-27, 191-92,
356-59, 393, relating to nineteenth century attempts to establish a
College for general practitioners, see John Hunt Personal Papers,
B HUN A
1-1.
Catalogue
C HI A Records relating to the National Association of General
Practitioners.
A1. Transactions of the National Association of
General Practitioners, 1844 - 1845
Proceedings and reports of the National Association of
General Practitioners
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CHI A 1- 1
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Volume containing manuscript and printed transactions of the
National Association of General Practitioners and preliminary
meetings of Marylebone Medical and Surgical Association, with lists
and circular letters. Also copies of legislative Bills for the
better regulation of Medical Practice throughout the United Kingdom
and second report by the deputation of general
practitioners.
Item: Notice of 5th annual meeting of the
Metropolitan Counties Branch of the British Medical Association,
June 1857
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17 Aug 1844
- 5 Aug 1846
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A2. Reports of the National Association of General
Practitioners, 1845 - 1846
Reports of delegations from the National Association of
General Practitioners
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CHI A 2 -1
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Three reports of the joint deputation of the Society of
Apothecaries and the National Association of General Practitioners
appointed to confer with the Secretary of State, Sir James
Graham,on the subject of the incorporation of the General
Practitioners, with preface dated London 18 March 1846.
N.B. First report, 12 May 1845
Second Report, 5 August 1845
Third Report, 25 February 1846
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1846
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Exhibition
Posters from exhibition about this collection held at
Princes Gate. January 2002. Curated by Dr David McKinlay
FRCGP
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