Apprentices in trouble: some problems in the training of surgeons and apothecaries in seventeenth century London.
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.
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