DCHP-3

medicarchy

Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a proposed association of doctors to provide medical service in Upper Canada.

Quotations

1832
Be it therefore enacted . . . That this Medicarchy be composed of an Archdoctor, who shall be established in the Metropolis; of eleven doctors, of whom one shall be established in each District; and of a sufficient number of physicians and surgeons, of whom two, a physician and a surgeon, shall be located in each township.