Report on medical education, medical colleges and the regulation of the practice of medicine in the United States and Canada, 1765-1890 / by John R. Rauch, Secretary.

  • Illinois State Board of Health.
Date:
1890
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Credit: Report on medical education, medical colleges and the regulation of the practice of medicine in the United States and Canada, 1765-1890 / by John R. Rauch, Secretary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    From the foregoing tables it will be seen that for the session of 1887-88, as compared with that of 1886-87, there was an increase of 1,034 in the total nnmber of matriculates, and in 1888-89, compared with session of 1887-88, there was an increase of 1,187. In the session of 1887-88, in the United States, there was an increase of 759 matriculates, and for session of 1888-89, compared with previous year, there was an increase of 1,135 students; a greater increase than has occurred within the last seven yeais. The inci-ease, however, of students in the United States, has been only 1,471 for eight years. The total number of gi'aduates is an increase of 62 for the session 1888-89, compared with that for the session 1881- 82; but in the United States there has been a decrease of 113 in the same pei-iod. In Canada, there has been an increase in the same period of 170 graduates. There has been a slight increase in the per cent, of gradu- ates to matriculates for the session of 1888-89, as compared with that of 1887-88. This is more marked in the United States, as since the session of 1881-82 the percentage has been yearly decreasing. When the requirement of four j'^ears of study and three annual courses of lectures is carried into effect, the decrease in per- centage will again occur, and continue until it reaches an aver- age of 25 per cent. As a general rule, the percentage of gi'ad- uates to matriculates in individual schools is a good crite. of the character of the work done; there are, however, ex tions, in which (a) more rigid preliminary requirements, (b) the desire of students to avail themselves of superior ical advantages that are possessed by some, but not bj colleges, tends to swell their percentage. This exceptional result obtains more especially in those sch which heretofore have required but two courses of lect before graduation. In anticipation of the increased length of time of study the additional requirements before graduation, the probabil are that there will be an increase of students and also of g uates in the next year. The influence and results accompli by the requirement of four years’ study and three coui’f- lectui'es will not become fully apiiarent until the end of the Sion 1892-93. By way of contrast to the good results alread3'' accompV there has been an addition, during the past j^ear, of eigl colleges to the list, a greater increase than occurred fo. years ])reviousl3-. In this connection it becomes a s<‘t question to consider in regard to any new school, whethe properly equip]led from a teaching, a laboratory and clii standpoint. Can it be said with truth that there is any^ n sity for additions to the present large number of medical scla some of which are not now properly provided for, and then hold out inducements with results which tend so much to