On the advancement of midwifery education in Scotland : a letter addressed to Dr. Andrew Wood, president of the Royal College of Surgeons / by J. Matthews Duncan.

  • James Matthews Duncan
Date:
1856
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Credit: On the advancement of midwifery education in Scotland : a letter addressed to Dr. Andrew Wood, president of the Royal College of Surgeons / by J. Matthews Duncan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ilie present moment is peculiarly favourable for the discussion of questions in regard to Medical Education, bor^ you are well aware that, of late years, numerous schemes, of what is called Medical Eeform,” have attracted very much the attention of the profession, and not only familiarized us with numerous details in re¬ gal d to Medical Education, but also led to the firm establishment of the great principles on which its laws should be founded. It is admitted on all hands, that the honour and dignity of our profession will ever be more beholden for its elevation and maintenance, to the character of its individual members, than to any laws of Medical Eeform, however just and necessary, which Her Majesty’s mini¬ sters may, in some happy time to come, be induced to consider and enact. ISTothing is truer than that the re¬ form of the profession, in its highest sense, lies with itself, and that the greater the confidence in State legislation, the less probable is the real advent of solid improvement Increased attainments generally, and increased practical qualifications specially, when diffused among the mem¬ bers of the profession, will elevate and ennoble it more than aught else; and it is delightful to know, that a Wise Government has left in our hands such powers as
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