The Regius Professorship of Physic is one of the oldest professorships at the University of Cambridge, founded by Henry VIII in 1540. "Physic" is an old word for medicine (and the root of the word 'physician'): it does not refer to the study of physics. The Regius Professor of Physic is ex officio head of the School of Clinical Medicine at the University.
According to a grant of 1590, the office of Regius Professor of "Physic" at Cambridge has a coat of arms with the following blazon:[1]
| Escutcheon: | Azure, a fesse ermines (? ermine) between three lozenges or, on a chief gules a lion passant guardant of the third, charged on the side with the letter M sable. |
| Crest: | On a wreath or and azure, a quinquangle silver, called "simbolum sanitatis." |
| Mantling: | Gules and argent. |