A letter addressed to Henry Warburton, Esq., M.P., &c. &c. &c., chairman of the Committee of Enquiry into the State of the Education and Practice of the Medical Profession, &c. &c., on the grievances affecting the medical profession / by a Junior practitioner.

Date:
1834
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Credit: A letter addressed to Henry Warburton, Esq., M.P., &c. &c. &c., chairman of the Committee of Enquiry into the State of the Education and Practice of the Medical Profession, &c. &c., on the grievances affecting the medical profession / by a Junior practitioner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The circumstance of it having been proposed by certain 'parties, to bestow the power upon a limited number, who should be nominated by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, ' shows, that those who exercise the present power without controul or responsibility, do not alto- gether despair of retaining it by some secret influence. 1 have said but little as to the improvements which it may be desirable to effect in the educa- tion of medical practitioners, because this will be one of the first and most important subjects for the faculty to consider. It is, however, most an- xiously to be desired, that those noble institutions of national benevolence, which are at present de- voted to the interests of an exclusive party, may no longer be permitted to descend as heir-looms to their connexions, and to the privileged few, who alone are able, at a heavy cost, to purchase the advantages which they afibrd. Much discussion has arisen as to the propriety of arresting the practice of empirics. It is much to be feared, that so long as incur- able diseases exist, those afflicted with them, having no other prospect of relief, will confide in the delusive promises of pretenders; but it is the duty of the government to protect those who are duly qualified: and if the diploma of the faculty he any test by which the public may