Volume 4

Report ... with minutes of evidence, and appendix ... 1834.

  • Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Medical Education.
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[1834]
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Credit: Report ... with minutes of evidence, and appendix ... 1834. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ridout, John. (Analysis of his Evidence)—continued. Public examination would be attended with considerable embarrassment and consequent injury to the student, 635-649-Examinations at the universities are more of a scho¬ lastic kind than those that bear upon a man’s profession, 646-Several processes in the pharmacopoeia of 1824 have been deviated from and improved at the Hall, with the consent of the College, 652, 653-Whether the society has been consulted by the College of Physicians on the practicability of any of the new recipes to be introduced into their new edition of pharmacopeia, 654-More desirable to introduce the articles obtained from the chemical manufacturer into the materia medica, and give the means of testing their purity, than retaining in the pharmacopoeia the processes for preparing them, 654-659-Length of time occupied in examination of students at Apothecaries’ Hall, 662-Number of diplomas granted by the College of Surgeons during 10 years, 663 -Certificates by the Apothecaries’ Company during the same period, 663. [Second Examination.]—Supposed number of practitioners in England and Wales; grounds on which calculation founded, 1003-1006-No objection to admitting to the Court of Examiners persons of 10 years’ standing, not only members of the corporation but licentiates of the society, 1007-1010-Number of licentiates of 10 years’ standing resident within 10 miles of London, 1011-Regulations of the Court of Examiners ought to be laid before some public authority for confirmation, 1013-1014-Advan¬ tages afforded to students from the present system of apprenticeship, 1015-1021- Improved education of general practitioners of late years, 1019-Practice of medicine very essentially benefited by the system of apprenticeship, 1020-Reducing the term of apprenticeship, a longer attendance on lectures and hospital practice would be required, 1022,1023 -l)ispensary practice should be subsequent to hospital practice, 1024- 1026-Nature and extent of the duties of clinical clerks, and manner they are appointed, 1029-1031. Advantages that would be derived from appointing as house surgeons students who have proved themselves during their studies the most diligent and intelligent, 1032-1036- Important statistical information that would be obtained from keeping a register of cases at each hospital, 1037-1039-The formation of a mixed board for making regulations and examining candidates would give rise to jealousy and dissatisfaction, 1040-1044 --Nearly one-half of the existing general practitioners in England and Wales have become licentiates since 1815, 1045, 1046-Prosecutions are ordered by a committee of the court of assistants, 1047, 1048-Reason why the members of the College of Surgeons of Edinburgh were not included in the list of persons who were, by the Bill of last session, to be admitted to practise as general practitioners, 1049-1057-College of Surgeons in Edinburgh do not examine candidates in medicine, 1050, 1051. Course of study enjoined by the College of Surgeons of Edinburgh very comprehen¬ sive and judicious, 1052-Further evidence respecting the advantages derived by students from an apprenticeship, 1058-1063-Extent of the preliminary education required of students by the Society of Apothecaries, and how far it is complied with, 1064-1067-The distribution of prizes previous to matriculation would have the effect of rendering students diligent, 1068-1074-Students would congregate in London in greater numbers if apprenticeship done away with, 1075-Length of time passed by apprentices previous to entering on their studies, 1075-Circumstances under which apprenticeship might be dispensed with, 1075-Apprenticeship is preferable to a young man being sent to medical schools as they are at present constituted, 1078-1081. Rose, Mr. Decision of the House of Lords in his case has never been publicly disputed by the College of Phsicians, Nussey 2-9. Royal Western Hospital. Resolution of the Court of Examiners of the Apothecaries’ Society that it is not, in its present state, competent to fulfil the intentions of that court in respect to the practice of a physician at a hospital, App.p. 122, 123. S. Salicine. Is used, but not to any great extent, in adulterating quinine; it would not pay so well, Hennel-l 904. Scammony. A powerful purgative; adulterated with a quantity of marble dust previous to importation, field 899. Schools. More time occupied in study at medical schools previous to examination, for the purpose of obtaining a licence, than required by the regulations of the Society of Apothe¬ caries, Ridout 506-511-Principle on which the Court of Examiners have been guided in recognising teachers in provincial schools, Watson 665-674-Medical schools as at present constituted do not afford any control over students ; nor afford them practical information respecting those diseases which destroy more than one-half of the popu¬ lation, Ridout 1075——Return of the number of provincial medical schools existing in England on the 1st August 1815 and l January 1834, App.p. 127. See also Anatomical Schools. Scotch Students. See Examiners, Court of. Latin. Materia Medica. Students. Searchers of Drugs. Return of the persons appointed by the Society of Apothecaries of London to search drugs in the shops of apothecaries, in each year from 1816 to 1833, both inclusive, App. p. 119. 602.—III. z 3 Solicitor
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