Special report from the select committee on the Medical Act (1858) amendement (no. 3) bill : together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence and appendix.

  • Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the Medical Act (1858) Amendment (No. 3) Bill.
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1880
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    BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Report, 1879 — continued. British Medical Association—continued. 1. Constitution, Objects, and Operation of the Association—continued. Reciprocity of practice one of the chief objects of the Reform Committees ; advantages con- templated through reciprocity, Waters 1546-1551 Statement that though the medical profession consists of more surgeons than physicians, the British Medical Association comprises all classes ; the President has been more frequently a physician than a surgeon, if*- 1555, 1556. Belief thai at the present time the elite of the medical profession aie members of the Association ; large number of Scotch graduates wliQare members. Waters 1556-1558 The Association really represents the med;cal profession, ib. 1560 Explanation of the extent to which direct representation is adopted in the election of members to the British Medical Association, ib. 1647-1652. 1664 Explanation of the mode of election of representatives to the Council of the Association, ib. 1876. 1922-1927. 1945. Reciprocity of practice desired by the Association with the Medical Council, Hart 3802- Information in regard to the Medical Reform Committee of the Association; representative character in the highest sense of the members of this Committee, ib. 3841 Meetings of the Association held annually in different, centres in Great Britain., ib. 3841-3845. List of members of the past and present Medical Reform Committees of the British Medical Association, App. 349, 350. Paper submitted by Mr. Hart showing in detail the constitution of the Medical Reform Committee of the Association, App. 441, 442. 2. Views and Action of the Association in regard to the Question of Direct Repre- sentation at the Medical Council, the Conjoint Scheme of Examination, Sc.: Agitation on the part of the' Association for direct representation on the Medical Council; object of the Association to neutralise the existing preponderance of the Cor- porations, Simon 740-751 Disagreement with the statement bv the Association that the constiiution of the Medical Council has hitherto retarded the satisfactory settlement of the one portal system; assertion, on the other hand, that the Association resisted the proposed legislation in 1870 with no other object but to obtain direct representation, ^.746-749.909-911. Absence of any title on the part of the Association to be represented on the Council; the grounds for this opinion are that the Association has nothing to do with the question of education, Simon 750, 751. 754, 755. Formation of a Medical Council brought about by the British Medical Association, but not in the form which was then intended: direct representation of the profession embodied in the first request from the Medical Council, Waters 1553, 1554. Desire on the part of ihe Association for a conjoint system of examination; approval of the scheme which has been agreed upon in regard to England, Waters 1573-1588. 1696-1700. 1703. 1706-1710. 1715-1718 Opinion that the compulsory nature of the present Government Bill is owing in a large measure to the action of the British Medical Associaiion, ib. 1585 Overpowering vole of the constituents of the Association in favour of the conjoint scheme being compulsory, ib. 1586-1588. Further evidence in explanation of the strong approval by the British Medical Association of the principle of direct representation of the profession upon the Medical Council; large majority of votes also given in favour of this question by the profession at large, Waters 1589 etseq. 1635-1646. 1652-1694. l 701-1 705. 1718 et seq. Assertion that the Asso- ciation has always endeavoured to work with, and not in opposition to the Medical Council, ib. 1704, 1705. Circulars issued by the Association upon the last occasion of the canvass of the pro- fession in relation lo the conjoint scheme and the question of direct representation. Waters 1875. Information respecting the Bills introduced into Parliament at the instigation of the Association ; contradiction of the statement that the Association used personal interest to defeat the Bill of 1870, in consequence of its not enjoining direct representation of the profession, Waters 1877-1884. 1892. 1946 Absence of antagonistic feeling on the part of the Association towards the Medical Council in regard to the question of medical reform, ib. 1883, 1884. Large proportion of the medical profession throughout the country which is repre- sented by the British Association in the action which it has taken on the matter before the Committee, Waters 1891 Strong contradiction of statements that the signaiures to the several petitions in favour of this object were obtained by the Association, ib. 1896-1898. 1943* 1944- Difference of opinion in the Associaiion with reference to the means to be adopted for remedying the present defects of the system of medical education and examination, Hart 3924-3926. See also Bill of 1870. Conjoint Scheme of Examinations. Medical Council. 320. 3 m 2 Brodie)