Report from the Select Committee on Medical Registration : together with the minutes of evidence, appendix, and index.

  • Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Medical Registration.
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[1847]
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    [ • ] MINUTES OF EVIDENCE. Venerisi 4® die Junii, 1847. MEMBERS PRESENT. Mr. Acland. Mr. Aid am. Mr. Bannerman. Mr. Dennistoun. Mr. Fitzstephen French. Sir James Graham. Mr. Hamilton. Sir Robert Harry Inglis. Mr. Lascelles. Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. Mr. Wakley. Colonel T. Wood. The Right Hon. T. B. MACAULAY, in the Chair. John Ayrton Paris, Esq. m.d. President of the Royal College of Physicians, London, called in; and Examined. 1. Sir James Graham.~\ YOU are President of the College of Physicians?— I am. 2. Has your attention been directed to the Bill which is now before the House of Commons, introduced by Mr. Wakley and Mr. Warburton ?—It has. 3. Has your College in its corporate capacity petitioned against that Bill ?— It has done so. 4. Has the Bill been considered by the corporate body over which you pre- side ?—It has. 5. By the governing portion of that body ?—It has been repeatedly con- sidered. 6. What is the governing portion of that body ?—A special committee was appointed by the college, for the purpose of examining and considering the various clauses in the Bill, and that committee went into an examination of it. 7. Who appointed that committee?—The vote of the college appointed that committee. 8. When you say the college, what is the body to which you refer?—The college at large; at the comitia majora, or general meetings of the body, it is usual for the president to propose the names^ of gentleman for a special com- mittee, who are then balloted for and elected by the college at large. 9. How many members of the college were present at the comitia majora, at which this committee was appointed ?—I am not clear as to the exact number, hut I should say about 40 or 50, or perhaps more ; not exceeding 60. 10. Were there present most of the eminent members of your body upon the occasion ?—The most active and the most eminent were present on that occasion. 11. Who were the members of that committee that was appointed ?—The committee was a large committee, and then that committee was found to be too large for practical purposes, and a sub-committee was formed, and that sub- committee consisted of (1 will mention if you please the principal names) the president of the college. Dr. Burrows, Dr. Latham, Dr. Holland, Dr. Todd, Dr. W atson, and the registrar, Dr. Francis Hawkins ; so far as my recollection serves me, those were the gentlemen who principally attended. A. Paris, Esq. M. D. 4 June 1847.
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