A complete collection of all the lavvs of Virginia now in force Carefully copied from the assembly records. To which is annexed an alphabetical table.
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A complete collection of all the lavvs of Virginia now in force Carefully copied from the assembly records. To which is annexed an alphabetical table.
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Virginia.
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London :: printed by T.J. for J.P. and are to be sold by Tho. Mercer at the sign of the Half Moon the corner shop of the Royal-Exchange in Cornhil,
[1684]
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"A complete collection of all the lavvs of Virginia now in force Carefully copied from the assembly records. To which is annexed an alphabetical table." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A65124.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.
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XCII. Chirurgeons Accounts regulated.
VVHereas the excessive and immoderate Prices exacted by divers a varitious and griping pra∣cticioners in Physick and Chirurgery, hath caused several hard-hearted Masters, swayed by profitable more than charitable respects, rather to expose a sick Ser∣vant to a hazard of the recovery, than put themselves to the certain charge of a rigorous, though unskilful Physician; whose demands, for the most part exceed the purchase of the Patient; many other poor people also being forced to give themselves over to a lingring Disease, rather than ruin themselves, by endeavouring to procure an uncertain Reme∣dy: for redress thereof for the future, Be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for any person or persons conceiving the Account of the Physician or Chirurgeon unreasonable, to Arrest the said Physician or Chirurgeon to the General or County Court, where the Physician or Chirurgeon shall declare upon his Oath the true Value, Cost and Quantity of the Drugs administred; for which, the Court shall grant Order against the Plantiff with Fifty per Cent. advance, and such consideration for his Care, Visits and Attendance, as they shall judge he hath deserved; and if it shall appear by Evidence, that the said Physician or Chirurgeon hath neglected his Patient while he was under Cure, the Court shall censure him to pay so much, as they in their discre∣tion shall think reasonable.
Notes
Appeal to the General or County Courts, when Physici∣cians or Chi∣rurgeons are unreasonable in their De∣mands.