Minutes of meeting, Monday, April 25, 1864 [- Saturday, May 7, 1864] / General Council of Medical Education and Registration.

  • General Medical Council (Great Britain). Session (1864)
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Credit: Minutes of meeting, Monday, April 25, 1864 [- Saturday, May 7, 1864] / General Council of Medical Education and Registration. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [May 7, 1804. EoYAL College of Surgeons in Iueland, UubUn, March 17th, 1864. Sir, In reply to your communication, dated October 1863, but not received until February 18G4t-, I am directed by the President and Council to enclose a copy of the Eegulations now in force relative to the Education and Examination of Candidates for the Licence and Fellow- ship of this College, as altered and revised since the receipt of the Eecommendations of the General Council. I also transmit herewith, copies of proceedings of the Council with regard to the same subject since the passing of the Medical Act, as well as copies of the Charters Bye-Laws, Ordinances, and Eegulations of the College from time to time enacted since its foundation, to establish a liberal and extensive system of Surgical Education in this country. With respect to the contemplated measures to reduce the standard of Surgical Education, or to curtail the Curriculum or Course of Study prescribed for Candidates seeking the Licence of the College, I am directed to state that the President and Council cannot agree to any proposal having such objects in view. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant, (Signed) JAS. STANNUS HUGHES, M.D. Secretary of Cowncil. To Francis Hawkins, Esq., M.D. JRegistrar, General Medical Council. The Apothecaries' Hall of Ireland, Dublin, 6th November, 1863. Sir, I had the honour to receive your letter of the 29th of October, conveying the request of the Executive Committee of the General Medical Council, that in conformity with 18th section of the Medical Act, the Apothecaries' Hall, Dublin, will be pleased to furnish the Council with a copy of their present Eegulations relative to Education and Ex- amination, and further, if in any respects these Eegulations differ from the Eecommendations of the Council, that the Council may be favoured with such observations or explanations as the Apothecaries' Hall may deem fit to offer. * [It was forwarded in the month of October 1863, to the President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and a duplicate of it was also sent in i'^ebmary.—Registrar of the Geneiul Council.]