Regulations to be observed by candidates, previous to their being taken upon trials for obtaining diplomas from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

  • Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Date:
1829
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    and to increase, the anxiety of Candidates to raise their acquirements to the highest attainable stan¬ dard. The College are at the same time aware, that no Regulations which they can adopt will effect this desirable end, unless they are seconded by the influence of parents and guardians, and by the strenuous exertions of those who are devoting themselves to the study of the arduous and re¬ sponsible profession of Surgery. On this account, the College have now directed their Regulations to be printed and circulated as widely as possible, in order that all persons inte¬ rested may be informed of the nature and extent of the course of study required of those who mean to become Candidates for the Diploma of the Col¬ lege; and that the Public at large may be enabled to estimate the extent of professional attainments which the possession of that Diploma necessarily implies. SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE, COURSES OF LECTURES, QUALIFICATION OF TEACHERS, &c. Every Candidate for a Surgical Diploma must have followed his Studies in a University; or Es¬ tablished School of Medicine; or in a Provincial School specially recognised by the College, and which shall conform to such laws and regulations as have been, or may hereafter be enacted. Under the title Established School of Medicine, are comprehended all places in this country where Diplomas in Surgery are granted, and such foreign Schools as are acknowledged by the constituted authorities of the countries where they exist. No Provincial School shall be recognised where there is not a General Hospital, containing at least eighty beds, at which regular Medical and Sur-