Observations on the present system of medical education, with a view to medical reform / by a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London.

Date:
1834
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Credit: Observations on the present system of medical education, with a view to medical reform / by a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 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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    CONTENTS. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. Importance of the English Medical Faculty—Age a passport to Practice—Career of the Private Physician—Advan- tages of a University Education—College of Physicians— College of Surgeons—Apothecaries' Hall—Division of Me- dical Labour—DiiFerence between Medical Men in Eng- land and on the Continent — Necessity for a Class of Working Doctors—Medical Practice of the Higher Cir- cles—Comparison between the higher and lower ranks of the Profession—Duties of a Physician . pog^ 1 SKETCH OF EARLY MEDICAL EDUCATION. The Apprentice—His professional and domestic Duties—The way to gain a good Character — Influence of bad Ex- ample — Drawing the first Tooth — Drawing the first Blood—Epsom Salts and Oxalic Acid—Scruples of Con- science, and how silenced—Certificates of Disability for the Militia—A Case of Midwifery—Case of presumed In- fanticide— Letter from a Medical Apprentice—Medical Apprenticeship unknown on the Continent . . 32
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