The dental proceedings of the General Medical Council, July 1882 : an address ... at the Annual General Meeting of the British Dental Association ... August, 1882 on the proceedings of the past years (1878-82) in regard to the registration of dentists ... / by J. Tomes.

  • John Tomes
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[1882]
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Credit: The dental proceedings of the General Medical Council, July 1882 : an address ... at the Annual General Meeting of the British Dental Association ... August, 1882 on the proceedings of the past years (1878-82) in regard to the registration of dentists ... / by J. Tomes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    true as Dr. Quain says, that he or any other member of the Coun- cil may draw up a case and get opinions from counsel, but that is quite a different thing altogether to the Dentists' Association getting opinions from counsel. It is not for me to follow Dr. Quain in a criticism as to what the Dentists ought to have done and what they did not do. To recommend that they should have got an inde- pendent Act of their own, and not an Act hung on this Medical Council, is not only impugning the Dentists but impugning this Council. [Dr. Quain : No, no.] I beg your pardon, the Den- tists' Bill was sent down to this Council and they made it a condi- tion that the legislation for the dentists should be incorporated with the Medical Act. Dr. Quain : No, no. I rise to order. They have never said anything of the kind. Dr. Storrar : They have said something very like it. Dr. Quain : No. I rise to order. Dr. Storrar : It was done. Dr. Quain : I rise to order. This is the resolution of the Council -.—''That luith reference to the Lord Presidenf s Bill entitled the Medical Act, 1838, Amendment Bill, as ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, the Council desires to express its wish that the Bill entitled the Dental Practitioners' Bill be brought into con- fonnity with the Dental clauses of the Lord Presidents Bill, and that was not done. Dr. Storrar : We had this Bill sent down to us ; we made cer- tain alterations; and it was sent back to the Duke of Richmond The Government for reasons of their own, which reasons I do not know, did not adopt all our recommendations, but is that the fault of the dentists may I ask.? * Dr. Quain : Is it our fault ? Dr. Storrar : Well it is not our fault ? Dr. Quain : You said it was. Dr. Storrar : The Government did not choose to take our l^^T '° g° back and assume omni- cience as to what should have been done by what was done we ^mplv ?hT I'l'^'^'J^^^-^^-^ons will cease. I will say this Sterk ir Act exists it is our duty to ad- sho?n^;anhfj::JZ::f;°;; f//--;;^;,^er at page 65. in which it is desired by the Councr aIso page;;'4!5!'^ ^'^'^ conform^,,^' as