Remarks on the new medical act, as affecting the curriculum of the student : being the substance of an address to students delivered at the opening of the medical session, 1861-62 / by George Buchanan.

  • Buchanan, George, 1827-1905.
Date:
1861
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Credit: Remarks on the new medical act, as affecting the curriculum of the student : being the substance of an address to students delivered at the opening of the medical session, 1861-62 / by George Buchanan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    that you will learn the most, but by patiently watching from day to day a certain limited number, during their whole progress. But this matter will be fully explained to you when you commence attendance at the Infir- mary. There is sometimes a little difficulty on the part of the student or his friends in deciding what qualification to practice he should apply for. This is of less import- ance at the present day, since the Medical Act has equalized all Diplomas. The Diploma of Glasgow is of as much value as that of London, Dublin, or Edinburgh. The curriculum and order of examinations are the same, and its holders are eligible for the same posts in the Army, Navy, or any public service. But if anything should occur, to make it desirable for you to take your qualification elsewhere, you will be received as candi- dates by any of the Royal Colleges. Recent regulations in most of the public services make it advisable that you should have what is known as the double qualification; that is, a Licence in medicine, as well as a Diploma in surgery. But for the ordinary private practice of your profession in any of its branches, a single qualification, as the Diploma in surgery, is quite sufficient. Those who desire to have the double qualification may obtain it in Glasgow—the Royal College of Physicians of Edin- burgh having appointed an examining Board to sit in Glasgow along with that of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, so that a candidate may undergo a series of simultaneous examinations, and if successful, will obtain a Diploma in Surgery and a Licence in Medicine