Remarks on the state medicine qualification : read in the Section of Public Medicine at the meeting of the British Medical Association, August 1873 / by Henry W. Rumsey.

  • Henry Wyldbore Rumsey
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1873
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    [From the British Medical Journal.] THE STATE MEDICINE QUALIFICATION. Read in the Section of Public Medicine at the Meeting of the British Medical Association, August 1873. By HENRY W. RUMSEY, M.D., Cheltenham. Now that the University of Dublin has not only instituted a diploma in State Medicine, but also granted it to some accom- plished and distinguished scholars, while the older English universities—Cambridge notably—have recommended the like addition to their degrees, it is obvious that this question, so long a matter of speculation and inquiry, is at last fairly landed on the firm ground of experiment. A very recent notice of motion in the Council of the English College of Surgeons shows that our corporate bodies have be- gun to recognize the necessity of a qualification, which cannot reasonably or safely be included in their ordinary licenses. It seems, therefore, that the British Medical Association, in its Public Medicine Section, is bound to take this important matter fairly into consideration ; and, after the prolonged and thorough inquiry made by the General Medical Council in 1868, 1869, and 1870, the subject can hardly be considered foreign to our objects and deliberations. This section may not be fully aware of the steps already taken, and the resolutions passed by the General Medical Council on this question, or even know that the proceedings of that Council