Edinburgh College of Physicians
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| Abbreviation | RCPE |
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| Motto | Non sinit esse feros |
| Established | 1681 |
| Type | Medical Royal College |
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| Coordinates | 55°57′18″N 3°11′47″W / 55.9550°N 3.1965°WCoordinates: 55°57′18″N 3°11′47″W / 55.9550°N 3.1965°W |
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Membership (2016)
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12,000 |
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President
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Professor Derek Bell |
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| Website | www |
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) is a Medical Royal College in Scotland. It is one of three organisations that sets the specialty training standards for physicians in the United Kingdom. It was established by Royal Charter in 1681. The college claims to have 12,000 fellows and members worldwide.
The RCPE was formed by a Royal Charter, granted in 1681, with Sir Robbert Sibbald recognised as playing a key part in the negotiations. Three applications preceded this and had been unsuccessful. There were 21 original Fellows, eleven of whom were graduates or students of the University of Leiden. The Universities (Scotland) Act 1858 resulted in several items from the College’s Charter becoming obsolete, and they obtained a further charter on 31 October 1861. In 1920 the College enacted changes that allowed women to be admitted on the same terms as men. The charter was amended on 7 May 2005.
In 1699 The College first published a medical guide with standardised recipes Pharmacopoea Colegi Regii Medicorum Edimburgensium; thirteen editions of this Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia were published unit 1841 when it was replaced by a British Pharmacopoeia.
In 1704 the College acquired a house and grounds on Fountain Close, on the Cowgate, in the Old Town.
On 27 November 1775 William Cullen laid the foundation stone for a new hall and library in George Street in the New Town. Architect James Craig, had ideas about expansion but the builders of neighbouring properties found favour instead. The hall was not fully completed until 1830. Unfortunately the great cost of the hall’s exterior exhausted the College’s finances leaving no money to finish the interior of a building. The College's debt was so much that there was talk of selling the Hall before it was even occupied. The Hall was sold to the Commercial Bank of Scotland in 1841 and was demolished.
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