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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    WATERS. .521 Report, 1879—continued. Waters, Rickard, M.D., F.R.C.P.E. (Analysis of his Evidence)—continued. Information generally as to the defects in the present constitution of the Council • neglect by that body of the complaints as to the great ignorance of candidates in general education, 1599-1606. 1767-1777. 1808-1811. 1854/1855 Examples of cases in which the general education of medical candidates has been found to be largely deficient; opinion expressed by an examiner of the College of Surgeons that the spelling- 0f candi- dates was atrocious, 1607-1626. 1724-1735. 1863, 1864. Strong disapproval of the licensing bodies examining the candidates for the preliminary examinations; conteniion that the fault lies with the Medical Council for not insisting that the education be improved, '.615-1617. 1623-1626. 1679-1681 Enormous amount of money which has been spent upon the “Pharmacopoeia” by the Medical Council; opinion that this work has not been kept up to the requirements of the day 1629. 1677, 1678. Examination in regard to the special duties which should be undertaken by the Medical Council; conclusion that their primary duty is to promote the education of the general medical practitioners, 1630. 1665-1695. 1745-1747. 1752-1766 Neglect of the Council in regard to the education of vaccinators, 1630 Expediency of there being some body which should advise the Government on medical questions; importance that such a body should be one representing collective professional opinion, 1631-1634 Decided opinion that the interests of the profession are in no wise separate from the interests of the public, 1635, 1636. Memorial presented to the Medical Council by members of the medical profession in favour of direct representation ; a similar memorial also addressed to Her Majesty’s Government in the year 1869; 1640, 1641 Suggestions as to ihe mode which should be adopted for the election of medical representatives to the Council, 1643-1646. 1653- 1660. Explanation of the extent to which direct representation is adopted in the election of members to the British Medical Association, 1647-1652. 1664 Strong opinion that, under a system of direct representation, professional agitators would not have the remotest chance of election to the Council; belief, on the contrary, that the more eminent men of the profession would still be elected, 1660, 1661 Inexpediency of giving dentists, who are nut surgeons or physicians, the privilege of representation on the Council, 1662, 1663. Examination as to the power which the Council should have for the punishment of professional offences ; desirability of power to remove from the Register any person whose conduct is discreditable to the profession, 1669-1676. 1681-1693 Belief that in regaid to striking men off the Register greater confidence would be reposed in the Council if there were representatives of the profession on it, 1681 Necessity for the Council possessing a larger amount of disciplinary control over the profession, especially in regard to quack advertisers, 1682-1692. Conviction that a conjoint scheme will never be adopted unless ii is made compulsory by Act of Parliament, 1703 Assertion that the British Medical Association has always endeavoured to work with, and not in opposition to, the Medical Council, 1704, 17°5- Explanation of the course taken by the Association in regard to the rejection of the Bill of 1870; circumstances under which that hody was pledged to support no Bill that did not contain a clause providing for direct representation, 1711-1714. 1778-17S4 Advisability of legislation on the subject of medical reform being considered as a whole, and not carried out piecemeal, 1715, 1716. Belief that it will be difficult to pass any Bill which does not provide for direct repre- sentation of the profession, 1718. 1785, 1786 Inexpediency of decreasing, to any great extent, the present numbers on the Council; explanation that the present number facilitates the appointment of committees, by which means a large amount of work is transacted, 1719-1721 Statement that, if a compulsory conjoint scheme were adopted, theie would be no injury suffered by individual corporations in consequence of loss of fees, 1722, 1723. Further observations in support of the proposition to adopt a conjoint scheme of ex- amination ; decided opinion that a great boon would be conferred upon the public and upon the profession, if such a scheme were passed without delay, 1736, 1737. 1765, 1766. 1804-1807. 1812, 1839-1852. Additional evidence in support of direct representation of the profession on the General Council; reference hereon to the pan. taken by the British Medical Association in con- nection with Bills brought into Parliament, without any clause providing for direct repre- sentation, 1738-1744. 1748-1751. 1762-1764. 1778-1786. 1805-1807. Disapproval of the introduction of general topics of discussion at the meetings of the Council; expediency of limiting the speeches to a certain time, 1745-1747. 1752-1761. 1763-1765 Expediency of introducing medical jurisprudence as a subject for discus- sion at the Council, 1757, 1758. Considerable improvement which has taken place in general education within the last