"6. That none lurk here for relief only or for slight causes.
"7. That if any refuse to take their physic, they may be discharged by the Doctor or Apothecary or punished by some order.
"8. That the Chirurgions, in all difficult cases or where inward physic may be necessary, shall consult with the Doctor, at the times he sitteth once in the week and then the Master [_i.e._, the Surgeon] himself relate to the Doctor what he conceiveth of the cure and what he hath done therein. And in a decent and orderly manner proceed by the Doctor's directions for the good of the poor and credit of the house.[6]
"9. That no Chirurgion or his man do trepan the head, pierce the body, dismember [amputate], or do any great operation on the body of any but with the approbation and by the direction of the Doctor (when conveniently it may be had) and the Chirurgions shall think it needful to require.
"10. That no Chirurgion or his man practice by giving inward physic to the poor without the approbation of the Doctor.
"11. That no Chirurgion be suffered to perform the cures in this house by his boy or servant without his own oversight or care.
"12. That every Chirurgion shall shew and declare unto the Doctor whensoever he shall in the presence of the patient require him, what he findeth and what he useth to every external malady; that so the Doctor being informed may better with judgment order his prescriptions.
"The Chirurgions protest against this.[7]
"13. That every Chirurgion shall follow the direction of the Doctor in outward operations for inward causes for the recovery of every patient under their several cures, and to this end shall once in the week attend the Doctor, at the set hour he sitteth to give directions for the poor.
"14. That the Apothecary, Matron, and Sisters do attend the Doctor when he sitteth to give directions and prescriptions, that they may fully conceive his directions and what is to be done.
"15. That the Matron and Sisters shall signify and complain to the Doctor, or Apothecary in the Doctor's absence, if any poor lurk in the house and come not before the Doctor when he sitteth or taketh not his physic but cast it away and abuse it.
"16. That the Apothecary keep secret and do not disclose what the Doctor prescribeth nor the prescriptions he useth but to such as in the Doctor's absence may supply his place and that with the Doctor's approbation.