State medicine : resolutions of the General Medical Council, adopted July 9 and July 12, 1869; together with the second report and appendix of the Committee on State Medicine, appointed June 27, 1868. July 13, 1869.

  • General Medical Council.
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1869
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Credit: State medicine : resolutions of the General Medical Council, adopted July 9 and July 12, 1869; together with the second report and appendix of the Committee on State Medicine, appointed June 27, 1868. July 13, 1869. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    QUESTIONS. 1. Various subjects, such as Forensic Medicine, Toxicology, Morbid Anatomy (Human and Comparative), Psychological Medicine, Laws of Evidence, Pre- ventive Medicine, Vital and Sanitary Statistics, Medical Topography, and portions of Engineering Science and Practice have been suggested as those in which examinations should be passed by candidates for a Diploma or Certificate in State Medicine. Would you state what are the subjects which, in your opinion, should enter into a programme for this purpose ? 2. What is the time which should be exclusively given to these subjects, supposing it to be commenced after the completion of the ordinary period of Medical study? 3. What might be the order of such studies ? What should be the method of study adopted ? 4. In which of these subjects of study would practical instruction appear necessary ? 5. To what extent should the study of these subjects respectively be carried ? Can you suggest any books which furnish an approximate standard of the knowledge you would recommend ? 6. What are the deficiencies which you have observed in Medical wit- nesses ? 7. How would you propose to remedy them ; by what education—legal or scientific ? 8. How should a Court of Examiners in this subject be constituted ? The Committee desire to record their best acknowledgments for the great attention that has been paid to their request by the eminent persons who have replied to the questions. Immediately following this Report is an Analysis of the Answers from English Correspondents. It has been thought desirable to keep this Analysis distinct from the Observations of the Foreign Authorities, whose letters cannot advantageously be dealt with in the same manner.