Report of the Executive Committee on the constitution and working of the General Medical Council : memorandum by Dr. Pitman and Sir James Paget : memorandum by Dr. Quain : and appendix containing documents in regard to the Council.

  • General Medical Council. Executive Committee.
Date:
1879
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    am inclined to believe that the danger would outweigh the advan^ tage of the Council having this direct and constant connection with the Government, and that the Council had better remain professional only. My answers to the questions proposed to me have extended to a far greater length than I contemplated and, I fear, than the Executive Committee desired. I am, my dear President, Faithfully yours, C^SAR H. HAWKINS. To Dr. Acland, F.K.S. President of the Medical Council. VIII.—Letter from Dennis Embleton, M.D. 1, Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne : JVovember 4, 1878. Mt dear Mr. President, My time was so much taken up last week that I was unable to send any reply to your letter respecting a reconstitution or modification of the General Medical Council. In the first place, let me thank you for your courtesy in asking the opinion of a former but unworthy member of the Council. The subject above-named I need hardly say is one of great difficulty, and it is with great deference and much respect to you that I venture to submit the following opinions. Of the proposals you have kindly sent me, I prefer No. iv {a) [see page 82], namely, that requiring all electing bodies to elect by votes of all their members respectively, so as, without altering the cardinal principle of the Council, to give, what is desired by some, a voice in elections to the whole medical profession. This, I think, ought to and would satisfy the desire of many, medical men to take part in the election of members of the Council who are to be really their representatives, and would have the further advantages— (1) Of not increasing the number of the Council, which is at present large enough ; and (2) Of not adding to the expense of the Council, which has hitherto been great.