Mitham P J
Can Bull Med Hist. 1996;13(1):83-108. doi: 10.3138/cbmh.13.1.83.
This article discusses the several attempts to organize and regulate the medical profession in New Brunswick, Canada, between 1793 and 1860. It examines medical legislation during the colonial era, culminating in the creation of the Medical Faculty of New Brunswick in 1859. Also, it explores the desire within the profession itself for increased protection and recognition. This desire inspired the formation of several medical societies in the years following 1827. A central figure in professional organization was Robert Bayard (1788-1868), who graduated from Edinburgh in 1809. The article examines his relationship with his colleagues, notably Thomas Paddock, John Boyd, and Alexander Boyle, to identify personal tensions affecting the development of the medical profession. The article concludes that the medical profession acquired a significant degree of authority in New Brunswick only following the enlistment of legislative support. The search for greater authority stemmed from the advent of sectarian doctors in the province. Although sectarian practitioners never flourished in New Brunswick, the law of 1859 gave the province's regular doctors a sense of identitiy that facilitated the establishment of medical societies and the province's first general public hospital, in Saint John.
本文探讨了1793年至1860年间加拿大新不伦瑞克省为组织和规范医学专业所做的几次尝试。它审视了殖民时代的医学立法，最终在1859年成立了新不伦瑞克医学院。此外，它还探究了医学专业内部对加强保护和认可的渴望。这种渴望促使在1827年之后的几年里成立了几个医学协会。专业组织中的核心人物是罗伯特·贝亚德（1788 - 1868），他于1809年毕业于爱丁堡大学。本文考察了他与同事们的关系，尤其是托马斯·帕多克、约翰·博伊德和亚历山大·博伊尔，以确定影响医学专业发展的个人矛盾。本文得出结论，只有在获得立法支持之后，医学专业才在新不伦瑞克省获得了相当大的权威。对更大权威的追求源于该省宗派医生的出现。尽管宗派从业者在新不伦瑞克省从未兴盛起来，但1859年的法律赋予了该省正规医生一种身份认同感，这促进了医学协会以及该省第一家综合公立医院在圣约翰的建立。
