The Examiners are not those of his own Profession; but the Great Council of _Mandarines_; who are Men who have been found universally qualified in all the Branches of humane Literature, before they were admitted to be of this Council; which is the supream Council of the Empire, and some what resembles our House of Peers, only they seem to be vested with much higher Powers. When the Person so examin’d is found qualified, he has a Certificate sign’d by the President of the Court, which empowers him to practice, as a Doctor under the Regulations which are prescribed by it; from whence, he must deviate, upon no Account under the Pain of Death. The Physicians, are held in great Esteem and Veneration; are there modest in their Behaviour; of strict morals, and universal Benevolence, most of them observe as great a Chastity of Manners, as the Clergy; and value themselves upon their Piety and the Veneration of the Gods, whose Worship they think it is the Duty of their Function to propagate, as much as if they were daily at the Altar: They are Men of good Nature and Humanity, and abound in Acts of Benificence and Charity; Opportunities to exercise which, they covet as much as Employment in their Profession: They dare not refuse to attend the meanest Person who calls for their Assistance; and if a Beggar, send for a Physician, before a _Mandarin_, he must go to the Beggar, tho’ the _Mandarin_ should be in never so much Want of him; and the good natured Man, not only assists his Patient with his Counsel, but supplys his Wants. When the Physician, attends on a Patient, he enters upon a Book his Case, with every minute Circumstance relating to the Distemper; together with the Medicines administred and their Effects during the whole Process; whether the Patient dies or Lives, this Book, he is obliged to return within a limited Time, to an Office kept for that Purpose. If he upon any Occasion falsifies the Case, or has gone out of the ordinary, Course of Practice, if any Accident happens to the Patient he is surely punished.