Royal College of Physicians, Ireland, Act, 1800

Oath to be taken by a professor, immediately after election.

XXII. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That immediately after every professor shall be declared duly elected, he shall take the following oath, or if a quaker, affirm the same:

I A. B. do swear, that I will diligently, and to the best of my skill and judgment, perform the several duties of the professorship to which I have this day been elected.

So help me God.

Which oath or affirmation the president, or in his absence, the vice-president of the King and Queen's college of physicians in Dublin, in the case of the King's professors, and the provost, or in his absence the vice-provost of Trinity College, Dublin, in the case of the university professors, are hereby respectively empowered and required to administer.