Medical Act 1876
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| short_title = Medical Act 1876
| type = Act
| parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title = An Act to remove Restrictions on the granting of Qualifications for Registration under the Medical Act on the ground of Sex.
| year = 1876
| citation = 39 & 40 Vict. c. 41
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| royal_assent = 11 August 1876
| commencement = 11 August 1876
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| repealing_legislation = Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976
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| status = repealed
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The Medical Act 1876The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978. (39 & 40 Vict. c. 41) or the Enabling Act 1876 was an act which repealed the previous Medical Act in the United Kingdom and allowed all British medical authorities to license all qualified applicants whatever their gender.{{cite book|title=British Medical Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Rw-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1079|year=1908|publisher=British Medical Association|pages=1079–}}{{cite book|author=John A. Wagner Ph.D.|title=Voices of Victorian England: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VqiSAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA211|date=25 February 2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-38689-3|pages=211–}}{{cite book|author=Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons|title=Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DKgTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA40|year=1892|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|pages=40–}} It was introduced by Member of Parliament Russell Gurney.{{cite web|url=http://www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/about-us/our-history?id=249:breaking-the-mould-matt-elsom&catid=60:about-the-company |title=BREAKING THE MOULD - Matt Elsom - Medical Women's Federation |publisher=Medicalwomensfederation.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2015-07-03}} The act obtained royal assent and became law despite Queen Victoria's strong private objections to women's medical training.
The Medical Acts was the collective title of the Medical Act 1876 as well as the following Acts:The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2
- Medical Act 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 90)
- Medical Act 1859 (22 Vict. c. 21)
- Medical Acts Amendment Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 7)
- Medical Practitioners Act 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 40)
- Medical Act 1886 (49 & 50 Vict. c. 48)