title: Apprentices in trouble: some problems in the training of surgeons and apothecaries in seventeenth century London.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000266:history*; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education* / Q000266:history; D000077406:History of Pharmacy; D049670:History, 17th Century; D008131:London