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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    5H Keport, 1879—continued. Simon, John, C.B., F.R.S. (Analysis of his Evidence)—continued. control exercised by medical bodies over individual members for breaches of professional usage which cannot be recognised by the ordinary law; opinion that so far as it is exercised it is undoubtedly of advantage to the profession, 1082-1087 Contention that the moral control can be best exercised by corporations, in connection with the granting of their higher titles, 1083-1087 Explanation of the powrer which the Medical Council possesses in regard to striking a person off the register for grave offences, 1085, 1086. Statement that the clause in the Bill for compulsory affiliation is principally intended to govern the admission of women into the medical profession, 1088, 1089. Addi- tional observations with reference to the expediency of raising the minimum of examina- tions of lower bodies to the standard of the higher bodies; necessity for such standard to be framed principally with reference to the requirements of the public, 1091-1101. Fourth Examination.]—Disagreement with the opinion expressed in the petition pre- sented by the Queen’s College, Cork, to the effect that the advancement of medical science will be largely retarded by the provisions of the present Bill, 1112 Conten- tion (with reference to a previous observation) that students who are working lor a mere necessary license will not on that account neglect the academic honours of the profes- sion ; decided belief that natural ambition and competition will lead men to try for higher honours, 1113-1115. Additional statement in regard to the shorter term of study in Ireland, that represen- tations had been made to the Medical Council that examinations meant to be pre- liminary were not, in fact, preliminary; explanation that the four years’ study prescribed by the Council is intended to be kept entirely free from the claims of preliminary education, 1116-1118 Further consideration of the system in the medical schools in Dublin; belief that a system of certificates relating to actual bodily attendance is very likely to be laxly administered, 1119-1124 Absence of official knowledge in the Medical Council in regard to any “ bogus ” certificates as to the attendance of students at the Dublin Medical Schools, 1121. Further examination regarding the favourable opinion held by the Medical Council of the conjoint scheme; principal aim of the Council in advocating the scheme to ensure efficiency and uniformity in the examinations, and in the different licensing bodies, 1125- 1129. 1135-1137. 1163. 1196-1203. 1228-1247.1253-1267. Desire on the part of the King and Queen’s College in Ireland, that a Select Com- mittee of both Houses of Parliament should be formed with the object of amending medical education and examinations, 1130 Statement that the members of the Medical Council do not, as such, possess visitorial power, 1131 Opinion, that if instead of passing the present Bill, the Council were to be strengthened and given extended power, it would not be sufficient to [meet the questions which require reform, 1132-1134. Information respecting the payment of fees for medical education in the different divisions of the United Kingdom; uniformity of fees under the present Bill, 1 138-1140. 1203-1209. 1248-1252. Examination with further reference to the question of direct representation of the pro- fession on the Medical Council ; introduction of this question into the several Bills which have been brought before Parliament in reference to medical reform, 1141-1153. 1163-1181. 1184-1195 Doubtful opinion as to the weight which should be attached to the petitions which have been so generally signed by the profession in favour of direct representation ; remarkable facilities for “ wire-pulling” given by the constitntion of the British Medical Association, which is in favour of that mode of election, 1146-1150. Further statement in regard to the loss of time incurred at the Council in con- sequence of the inclination to make speeches, 1154-1156 Unanimous feeling of the medical press in favour of direct representation, 1167 Communications between the Medical Council and the Privy Council on the subject of medical reform; circum- stances under which representations as to faults committed by licensing and examining- bodies should be made to the Plivv Council by the Medical Council, 1159-1162. 1182. 1241-1243. Explanation as to the mode by which the College of Surgeons elect a member to the Medical Council, 1167 Illustration of the practical difficulties of direct representation, 1167-1170 Argument that direct representation would have the effect of adding half-a-dozen members to a body which is already over large, and that such members would be specially charged with the duty of introducing matters which are beyond the province of the Council, 1171-1181. Decided opinion that no examination, no matter how high its character, should leave a patent of exception from the conjoint board ; the major titles conferred by universities and other medical bodies should never he given unless the minor examination of the conjoint board had been passed, 1197-1203 Grounds for the opinion that the doubling of the entrance fees for medical licenses would in no way retard the taking of higher degrees, 1205, 1206. 1213 Disapproval of the universities charging any examination fee
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