Note 73 — 1. OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.
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An alien cannot now be a Fellow of the College, and there is good reason for this, as he may have judicial authority when elected to serve as Censor, &c.
By 9 J. 1. c. 5. s. 8. no Popish Recusant shall practice Law or Physic, or exercise any public office, or the trade of an Apothecary; but this Act is in part repealed by 31 Geo. 3. c. 32. There is also a considerable distinction in law between a person who is merely a Papist and one who is a Recusant.