Report by the College Committee of the Town-Council of Edinburgh, patrons of the University, regarding the statutes of the University relative to the degree of M.D.
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- 1846
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Credit: Report by the College Committee of the Town-Council of Edinburgh, patrons of the University, regarding the statutes of the University relative to the degree of M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![he must attend fourteen different classes; such attend- ance can only be given in this or in some other University having power to confer the Degree; one year’s attendance is, however, required in the University of Edinburgh. 2. That the Senatus propose to change this system, in so far as to place Teachers of Medicine connected with the London Hospital Schools, and the School of the College of Surgeons in Dublin, on a level with Professors in other Uni- versities. 3. That in this way, a Student, after completing his Course of Study by attendance for three years at the London or Dub- lin Extra-Academical Schools, and one at the University of Edinburgh, might present himself as a Candidate for the Degree. 4. That the Extra-Academical Lecturers of Edinburgh claim an equality of privilege with the Teachers of the Hos- pital Schools of London, and the School of the College of Sur- geons of Dublin ; and that the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons concur in opinion that this claim should be con- ceded, while the Medical Faculty object to the concession. 5. That while the University is entitled to the chief regard of the Patrons, it is of importance to the interests of Medi- cal Science, and of the City, to foster the Extra-Academical School of Edinburgh, to which the University is indebted for | ■ eight of the twelve Professors at present composing the Fa- ] ' culty of Medicine ; and, in the opinion of the Committee, the claim of the Edinburgh Extra-Academical School to an equa- lity of privilege with the Schools of London and Dublin, is fair and reasonable, and ought to be conceded by the Patrons. At the same time, the Committee cannot help thinking, that the Medical Faculty of the University have gone too far in proposing to open up the curriculum to the extent of three years out of four, in favour of the Schools of London and Dublin. No doubt, when they did this, they proposed to ex- clude the Extra-Academical School of Edinburgh from all advantage, excepting that to be gained by the attendance of those Students who might choose to repeat any particular course, which they were at liberty to do without the Univer- sity. But, as the Committee differ with the Medical Faculty on](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28043765_0008.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
