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sults the public with boards which, on magisterial authority,we may say ought to be broken about his head, styles himselfa medical reformer.

It is as much the fashion now for rogues and fools to hidetheir features beneath the doctor’s cap and hood as it was for-

merly for rakes to masquerade in the police court as medicalstudents. We see no help for this nuisance in its presentform, and under present circumstances ; but we cannot forbearfrom uttering a word of remonstrance against the easy mannerin which these fellows are allowed to pass publicly under theirfalse titles, and the complaisance with which in newspaperreports they are often decorated with their assumed designa-tion through all the long detail of their villany and its punish-ment.

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SALUBRITY OF TASMANIA.

FROM some elaborate and well-arranged health-reports in theHobart Towra Mercury, we are glad to perceive that the vitalstatistics of the colony are of a very favourable kind. The

population of the whole island being taken at 91,000, and therehaving occurred 1367 deaths, a rate of mortality is shown (15per 1000) which is as low as that of the very healthiest regis-tration district in England and Wales, and nearly one-third lessthan the rate for all England and Wales. In the rural districtsof Tasmania, excluding Hobart City, Launceston, and their en-virons, there were 545 deaths in a population of 55,000, oradeath-rate of less than 10 per 1000 per annum. In comparison withthis, we observe that the rural death-rate of England andWales is about 19 per 1000. If the sanitary improvementsgoing on in the north and south of the colony shall prove aseffective-and why should they not ?-as analogous ones havedone in many English towns of nearly the same population-Ely for instance,- the death-rate for all Tasmania will be

amongst the lowest of any known country. The small pro-

,portion of the deaths under five years of age is very noteworthy,and is the best of all evidence of the natural salubrity ofthe climate. Infant life is well known to be not only morelargely sacrificed than the general life of a population underordinary circumstances, but is far more keenly sensitive tothose causes of increased mortality which produce exceptionallyhigh death-rates.

The actual deaths in " Hobarton registration district," in

1862, were 553, being only two more than in 1861. The onlyepidemic disease which prevailed in 1862 was whooping-coughduring the last four months of the year. At the census of

April, 1861, the total population of the island was 89,997. Bythe lst of July, 1862, the increase by births over deaths alonewould have raised the numerical amount to 92,000. But a

..question arises, Did immigration to the island counterbalanceemigration from it? The reporters are disposed to estimate aloss of about 1000 males in the prime of life by departure to.the newly discovered gold-fields in New Zealand, &c. Uponthe whole the colonists of Tasmania have ample cause to be.satisfied with the salubrity of their climate and the industry I- of their statistical reporters.

STONE VERSUS STONE AND APPLETON.

WE are glad to announce that in this memorable case a decreenisi for a new trial has been granted by the full court, on theground that the verdict was against evidence. The facts are,no doubt, within the recollection of our readers. The chargeof adultery, in which Mr. Appleton, as medical attendant, wasinvolved, received its chief support from the hastily expressedopinion of a medical man in reference to the maturity of theinfant whose legitimacy was thereby in dispute. The medicalevidence for the respondent was in direct conflict with theviews advanced in support of such a proposition. We thenventured to anticipate that which has since happened. Thewhole question will now be reopened, we trust to eventuatear differently.

GENERAL COUNCILOF

MEDICAL EDUCATION & REGISTRATION.

MINUTES OF MEETING, MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1863.DR. AQUILLA SMITH presented a report, in which the Com-

mittee appointed to consider and report on the publication anddistribution of the Register, and also on the expediency ofaccepting a proposal for the insertion of advertisements in theRegister, with a view to diminish the expense of publication,reported that, though advertisements were inserted in publica.tions more or less analogous in nature and purpose to theMedical Register, yet, considering the practical difficulties thatwould probably occur in exercising a censorship on advertise-ments which might be offered for insertion, even were theyrestricted to advertisements of books, and the risk of offencefrom what might be deemed undue admission or unfair exclu-sion, in particular cases, the Committee did not think that itwould be expedient to accept the proposal.The Committee submitted a list of public offices and func-

tionaries among which the 2000 copies to be supplied by theGovernment might be advantageously allotted, omitting theregistrars of births and deaths, whose number in Great Britainamounts to 3206.

Distribution proposed: - England, 1070 copies; Scotland,277 ; Ireland, 591: total, 1938.

Dr. Corrigan presented the Report of the Committee onAmendments of the Medical Act :-

" The course the Committee have adopted is to go throughthe sections of the Medical Act seriatim, and to append to eachsection such proposed amendments as seemed fit to be sub.mitted for consideration.

" The Committee do not propose that the General Councilshould at present express an opinion on the proposed amend-ments, nor are the Committee unanimous in some of theamendments suggested.

" The Committee suggest that the present course might pro-perly be, that the General Council, without expressing anyopinion on the proposed amendments, should give instructionsto the Executive Committee to have a Bill drawn up embody-ing the proposed amendments; that the Bill thus drawn upshould be transmitted to the several licensing bodies mentionedin Schedule A for their consideration; and that the amendedBill, with any alteration suggested by the several licensingbodies, should be submitted for consideration at the nextannual meeting of the General Council.

" There remains one point on which the Committee have notbeen able to suggest a satisfactory amendment-the licence inmidwifery. The difficulty has arisen from the charters of theseveral Colleges differing in power in regard to this licence.The College of Physicians of London and the Colleges of Phy-sicians and Surgeons of Edinburgh are not authorized to issueseparate licences in midwifery, while the College of Physiciansin Ireland and the Colleges of Surgeons of England and Irelandare empowered to issue such separate licences. This appearsto maintain an inequality of privilege that ought to be re-moved."

The following are the suggestions for the amendment of theMedical Act :-That a Bill be introduced to be termed " A Bill to Amend

the Medical Acts." The preamble to state that, in addition tothe expediency of distinguishing qualified from unqualifiedpractitioners, " it is necessary for the safety and protection ofthe public towards securing adequately educated practitionersin the several departments of medicine, surgery, and phar-macy," &c.The following alterations are proposed in the sections

quoted :-Sect. 10 to give extended powers for the appointment by the

General Council of so many clerks and servants as shall benecessary for the purposes of the Act; and every person soappointed to be removable at the pleasure of the Council, andto be paid such salary as the Council shall think fit. (Theprevious clause was absolute, and prescribed fixed duties tospecial officers.)

Clause 13 and proposed amendments, with Observations ofScotch Branch Council of No. 27, 7th Feb. 1863, to be referredback to Solicitor for observations.

Sect. 13 to provide that certain alterations be made in themode of keeping separate the accounts of the Branch Councils,and for the regulation of contributions from general fund.

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Sect. 14 to provide that if any person registered shall notify spector for England, one for Ireland, and one for Scotland,to the Registrar that he has ceased to practise, and wishes to whose duties shall be to inspect, as often as may be required,withdraw his name from the Register, the Registrar shall have e all shops where medicines are compounded, and to carry intopower to erase his name. effect the provisions of this Act in regard to such shops; andFor Sect. 20 to substitute a section to the following effect :- that such inspectors be paid such salaries out of the Consoli-

." It shall be lawful for the General Council tolaydown suchregu- dated Fund as the General Council, with the approval of thelations respecting the education and examination of practitioners Lords Commissioners of her Majesty’s Treasury, may from timein medicine, surgery, and pharmacy, as may appear to them to time determine."fitted to ensure adequate knowledge and skill in the several A section also to be added as follows :-departments of the profession; and the said General Council Sect. 57.-‘ ‘ No patent, quack, or other medicine shall be soldshall then submit such regulations to her Majesty’s most unless a sworn certificate of its composition be lodged with theHonourable Privy Council. And the said regulations, if sanc- Registrar of the General Council, and a copy thereof be opentioned by the said Privy Council, shall then be obligatory for inspection in the shop or place in which such medicine isupon all universities, colleges, and other bodies enumerated in sold; and any person or proprietor of a shop selling any secretSchedule A to this Act." remedy shall, on summary conviction, for each such offence beFor Sect. 21 to substitute the following :-" And it shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20."

lawful for the Privy Council, upon its being represented tothem that any university, college, or other body enumerated Report of the Special Committee appointed by the Generalin Schedule A does not comply with such regulations, to Council on 27th May, 1863, relative to the Pharmacopœia.declare that any qualification granted by such university, col- The Committee appointed " to take into consideration, andlege or body, shall not confer any right to be registered under to report what further steps it is desirable for the Generalthis Act. Provided always," &c. Council to take in reference to the Pharmacopoeia," have care-To Sect. 27, after the words " provisions of this Act," add fully considered various matters which have been put before

the words as proposed in the tabular statement,—namely, them and the Council, by the chairman of the Pharmacopoeia."And that he is not possessed of any qualification which Committee. They have to report that several of these matterswould entitle him to be registered in accordance with the pro- are of great importance, and require the attention of thevisions of this Act." Council before its present meetings come to an end; and theyFor Sect. 29, the clause as suggested by Mr. Ouvry, and recommend that these be all settled now, so that as little as

printed in the tabular statement, approved of,-namely, " The possible of the business connected with the Pharmacopoeia.Council may refuse to register any person who may have been shall be left over to another session of the Council.convicted in England or Ireland of any felony or misdemeanor, I.—The first subject to which the Committee have turned theiror in Scotland of any crime or offence; and if any registered attention is the expense attending the preparation and publica-person shall be so convicted, or shall, after due inquiry, be tion of the Pharmacopoeia, and the mode and terms of payment.judged by the General Council to have been guilty of infamous Every member of Council was, or might have been, awareconduct in a professional respect, whether before or after regis- that a Pharmacopoeia, which was to be an amalgamation oftration, the General Council may, if they see fit, direct the three national Pharmacopoeias, could not be prepared withoutRegistrar to erase the name of such person from the Register." a large expenditure. During the first session of the Council

Sect. 31.-" Every person registered under this Act shall there seems to have been a general understanding that, unlessbe entitled, according to his qualification or qualifications, to for the services of professional chemists and others, to whompractise medicine, or surgery, or pharmacy; or medicine, and the several branches of the Pharmacopoeia Committee mightsurgery, and pharmacy, as the case may be," &c. find it necessary to entrust a part of their duty, the CouncilTo Sect. 34 the following words to be added :-" According would escape any outlay on account of those engaged in pre.

to his qualification or qualifications." paring the work, The labour required of the sub committees,In Sect. 36, the word "apothecary" to be inserted after however, soon proved to be so great in prospect, that it was

" surgeon." (This recognises the status of that branch of the impossible to expect that so many professional men should sur-profession.)

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render their time without some compensation. Accordingly itFor Sect. 37 substitute the following :—" After the 1st day was stated by the chairman of the Pharmacopoeia Committee,

of January, 1859, no certificate required by any Act now in at the session of Council in 1859, that provision would haveforce or that may hereafter be passed, from any physician, to be made for a charge on this account. No idea could be

surgeon, or apothecary, or other medical practitioner, shall be formed at that period, however, of the probable charge, undervalid, unless the person signing the same be registered under any possible arrangement which the Pharmacopoeia Committee,this Act." or the Council, could then have proposed.

Sect. 40.-" On and after the day of 186 , it shall This Committee are confident that no one conversant withnot be lawful for any person, unless registered under this Act, the practical difficulties which surround the task committed toto pretend to be, or take or use the name or title of Physician, the Pharmacopoeia Committee will suppose that any part ofDoctor of Medicine, Licentiate in Medicine or Surgery, Master the work they have gone through was superfluous, or has beenin Surgery, Bachelor of Medicine, Doctor, Surgeon, Medical or the cause either of delay or of expense which might have beenGeneral Practitioner, or Surgeon Apothecary or Accoucheur, avoided. It may be added, that the extra expenditure occa-or Licentiate or Practitioner in Midwifery, or any other medi- sioned by the delay which originated in the question settled bycal or surgical name or title; and any unregistered person ’so the Council last October, relative to weights and measures,offending shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding =620, to be has been inconsiderable.recovered in a summary way before the justices of the peace." The mode of payment of all charges on account of the Phar-

Sect. 48.-Amend by introducing the words " Ireland, and macopœia has been clearly understood by its Committee; butthe Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons," after "England." little appears on the subject in the Minutes of the CouncilIn Sect. 55 omit the words "chemists, druggists, and." (This which can serve as a guide to the present Committee. The

brings them under the operation of the Act-see below.) understanding was, that the Council should advance from theA section to the following effect to be added:- Registration Fund such money as might be required for currentSect. 56.-‘ ‘ It shall not be lawful for any person to keep expenses, the payment of which could not be justly postponed;

open shop for the compounding of physicians’ and surgeons’ that these advances should be repaid from the proceeds of theprescriptions, unless he be a licentiate of the Apothecaries’ Hall sale of the Pharmacopœia; and that the other charges, in-of England or Ireland, or shall have received a certificate of eluding especially compensation to members of the sub-com-competency to compound medicine from either of the above mittees for their time and services at sub-committee meetings,bodies, or from the Pharmaceutical Society, or from some other must depend on the amount of these proceeds. Accordingly,body duly authorized, in England, Ireland, or Scotland, by the the advances made by the Council, on account of the Pharma-General Medical Council to institute the necessary examination copoeia, were applied to remuneration for much chemical, bo-and to grant such certificate, and at such rate of Fee as the tanical, and pharmaceutic advice and experiment; for theGeneral Medical Council, with the approval of the Privy attendance of nine members at two delegations, one in LondonCouncil, may sanction : and any person keeping open shop for and another in Edinburgh; and for lesser current expenses. Butthe compounding of medicine, unless qualified as aforesaid, the remaining charge, which relates to the services of secre-shall, upon a summary conviction for any such offence before taries and editors, to certain extensive chemical investigations,any justice of the peace, pay a sum not exceeding .S20. And and to attendance on sub-committee meetings, is still open forfor the better protection of the public, and to ensure the carry- consideration; and this Committee are of opinion that all theseing out of the provisions as aforesaid, it is hereby enacted that charges ought to be settled, as far as possible, by the Councilthe Medical Council may appoint from time to time one in- before its present meetings terminate.

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The Committee of Council beg here to observe, that the III. The third question submitted to the Committee is,Council, in advancing at different periods sums from the Regis- whether it may not be advisable that the publication of thetration Fund, for the current expenses of the Pharmacopoeia Pharmacopoeia be preceded by some explanation of its com-Committee, does not appear to have given any special autho- position, the principles of its construction, the changes intro-rity, or instructions, as to the particular items of current ex- duced, and the necessity under which the members of thepense which should be paid from these advances. The chair- several branches of the medical profession will lie of makingman of the Pharmacopoeia Committee made certain statements themselves acquainted with the British Pharmacopoeia, and ofon that head to the Council from time to time; and he consi. discarding all those which it is to supersede. The Committeedered himself entitled to endorse, and the treasurer of the are of opinion that a measure of this kind may prove not onlyPharmacopoeia Committee to pay, the charges mentioned above, acceptable to the medical profession at large, but likewise veryas in conformity with the statements made in Council, It serviceable for preventing inconvenient and even dangerousmight have been better had the instructions of the Council errors. The Committee do not think it necessary that thebeen more specific. But this Committee submit that the at- General Council should themselves prepare and authorize a,

tempt to make them so would probably have involved frequent publication of this nature. But the chairman of the Pharma-delays, on account of the necessity, under such instructions, copceia Committee has expressed his readiness to publish suchof references from the Pharmacopoeia Committee to the General a document, if agreeable to the Council.Council at times when the Council might not be sitting. IV. The next subject for the Committee’s consideration re-The Council should keep in view, before providing for the gards the means which may be taken by the present Council

payment of attendance on sub-committee meetings, that a large for supplying their members with the experience which theproportion of the fund accruing from the sale of the Pharma- Council has gained as to the most suitable machinery for pre-copceia will be required to replace what has been advanced paring future editions of the Pharmacopoeia, and publishingfrom the Registration Fund, and to defray the cost of printing them with the least possible delay and expense.and publishing the work, and remuneration still due for chemi- It appears to have been thought by some members of thecal investigations, and to secretaries and editors. Council, that the number of persons who have been engaged inThe terms on which the charges thus remaining due should be preparing the British Pharmacopoeia, and consequently the ex-

paid have received the most earnest attention of this Committee. pense, might have safely been less than on the present occa.Two distinguished chemists were requested jointly to under- sion. The Pharmacopoeia Committee might, indeed, have con-

take together extensive investigations essential for the chemis- sisted of a smaller number of members, had the Council not hadtry of the Pharmacopoeia. These gentlemen devoted their to reconcile three Pharcnacopceias, and the members of the me-whole time for many days to these investigations, and one of dical profession in the three divisions of the kingdom, who havethem had to leave his professional duties at Edinburgh in order been long accustomed to use them. Without a large repre-to meet the other at Dublin. The chairman of the Pharma- sentation in Committee from the several bodies concerned incopceia Committee informs us that these labours were under- those works, serious jealousies and obstacles would have arisen,taken on the footing that, in all probability, those who con- which it would have been highly undesirable to provoke. Butducted them would be paid by the Council an allowance at the the Council is now the sole authority, and alone incurs publicsame rate as members of the General Council for attending its responsibility, in regard to the Pharmacopoeia. It may hence-meetings ; and that this allowance would be very much under forth adopt without reserve the measures which seem most suit-the usual fees received by chemists in like circumstances. able for subsequent editions.The duties of the secretaries being over, or very nearly so, The Committee, on considering what measures may be now

the Committee are able to come to an opinion under that head of recommended to the Council, have been impressed with theexpenditure; and they recommend that the sum of £100 be recommendation of the chairman of the Pharmacopoeia. Com-paid to each of the secretaries of the Edinburgh and Dublin mittee, that the improvements in Medicine and Pharmacysub-committees; and the sum of X150 to the secretary of the ought not to be allowed to accumulate long without being in-London sub-committee, who has acted also as general secretary troduced by authority to the medical profession at large; andof the whole Committee. that therefore either a supplement or new edition of the Phar-The duty of the editors has now only begun. The Com- macopceia ought to be brought out every five years on an aver-

mittee have been informed that this duty will last four months; age ; and that for this purpose a charge should be given by theand as two of the editors reside at a distance,-one in Edin- Council to one or more competent persons to keep up the neces-burgh and the other in Dublin,-the labour of all three must sary information for the Pharmacopoeia on a level with advanc-be considerable. The Council should also be informed that it ing knowledge from month to month; so that the requisitehas no claim on these gentlemen, originating in membership of changes might be supplied to the Council within a very shortthe Council; for none of them is a member of this body. The period after demand.Committee are, therefore, of opinion that the Edinburgh and To this end the Committee advise that-Dublin editors ought to be awarded for their trouble a sum of 1. In each capital of the three divisions of the kingdom re-X50 each, and the principal editor in London a sum of £75. spectively the Branch Council should appoint a person to un-The payment to members of the sub-committees is a different dertake this duty who is a medical practitioner, acquainted

question. If the Committee look only to the professional posi- with the natural history and chemistry of Pharmacy.tion of most of the gentlemen who compose the Pharmacopoeia 2. That it should be an instruction to these gentlemen tosub-committees, and to the time and knowledge which they invite information as to improvements in the Pharmacopoeia,have given to the duty undertaken by them at request of the from the medical, surgical, and pharmaceutical bodies of theCouncil, this Committee could scarcely hope to compensate several divisions of the country.them for their services by an adequate remuneration. The 3. That, under the sanction of the Executive Committee,Committee, therefore, recommend that £500 should be voted the treasurer be empowered to pay to each of these gentlemenas an honorarium to each sub-committee. The sum of all the a sum not exceeding X20 annually for charges for scientific andsub-committee meetings has been during four years 407; and practical inquiries.the sum of attendances of all the members has been 1851. But 4. That they should inter-communicate their results half-even these numerous attendances give no idea of the amount of yearly.labour of the sub-committees, not a few of whose members have 5. That they should be ready every five years to give, at thegiven much of their private and individual leisure to the busi- request of the General Council, their conjoint opinion as to theness of the Pharmacopoeia. changes they consider advisable for a new edition, or a supple-

II. The next subject brought before the Committee relates ment, of the Pharmacopoeia.to the form or forms in which the Pharmacopoeia ought to be 6. That the Executive Committee should have charge ofpublished. After the statements put before the Council at the editing and publishing such new edition or supplement, aftermeeting of Council on the 26th inst., it is merely necessary for approval by the General Council.this Committee to report their opinion, that on the whole it is V. The last subject to be referred to by this Committeeadvisable that two editions be published contemporaneously,- is the recent introduction of a Bill into the House of Commonsan octavo and a duodecimo edition,-as proposed by the Execu- for altering the weights and measures of the kingdom to thetive Committee of the Council. The Committee find that the metrical decimal system of France and many other countries.duodecimo edition may be sold at the low price of 5s. a copy, The Bill contemplates that, if passed, the Act shall be per-and the octavo at 7s. 6d., without involving the Council in any missive for three years, and then compulsory. Pharmacy iseventual loss, although a portion of the advances made by the expressly included. The House of Commons takes up theCouncil may be for some time undischarged. second reading of the Bill on July 1st.The Council will recollect that the price of the work must The Council will observe that it is quite otherwise circum-

receive the sanction of the Lords of her Majesty’s Treasury. stanced in respect to this Bill than when it came to a decision

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last October on the question whether the French metrical sys- " The right of registration was to be given by the Act onlytem of weights and measures should be adopted at that time to the degrees and diplomas of the universities and colleges ofas the system for Pharmacy in this country. The Committee, the United Kingdom which are enumerated in Schedule A totherefore, beg to call the attention of the Council to the ap- the Act, and over which bodies the Medical Council can exer-proaching proceedings in Parliament. But they leave it to the cise, under the Act, certain visitorial powers.Council itself to decide whether any and what steps should be "But it is clear that the Act could not give such powers totaken by the Council in the present position of this important the Council, or at least that the Council could not exercisequestion. R. CHRISTISON, Chairman. them, over foreign or even colonial universities and colleges.Moved by Dr. Christison, seconded by Dr. Andrew Wood,

" It is open, however, to those universities and colleges toand agreed to,-" That the Report of the Special Pharma- make arrangements for the recognition of their degrees and

copeeia Committee be received and printed in the Minutes." diplomas with the bodies mentioned in the Schedule A above- referred to.Dr. Alexander Wood -presented the Report of the Committee "These bodies may be considered as the portals to the Me-

appointed to consider the Recognition of Foreign or Colonial dical Register.Degrees or Examinations. " For the attainment, therefore, of the object for which

REPORT. your letter of the 22nd of August appears to have been written,The applications are three in number : I would venture to refer you to the Universities, and the Col-

1st. One from McGill University of Montreal, dated 22nd leges of Physicians and Surgeons of the United Kingdom.August, 1862, and craving to have its degree recognised for re- " have the honour to be, Sir,gistration. ,

" Your most obedient servant,The Committee submit the correspondence between the Dean

I FRANCIS HAWKINS,of the Medical Faculty of McGill University and their Regis- "Registrar of the General Medical Council.

trar, feeling that they cannot add anything to the excellent co Geo. W. qampbel1, Esq., A.M., M.D.,

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letter of the latter, which fully explains the position of the Dean of the Medical Faculty of McGill University,Council.

" McGill University, Montreal, Aug. 22nd, 1862. The Committee recommend that the Council intimate that

" Sir,—I beg leave to make application, through you, to the they have no power to grant the application. , ,

General Council of Medical Education on behalf of the Medical 2ndly. An application from Codrmgton College, Barbadoes,Faculty of McGill University, to have its degree recognised for to have the "testamur" granted by that College receivedregistration.

’ o b among those regarded as a sufficient equivalent for the pre-

" McGill University, as will be seen from the calendar here- hmmary examination of the licensing bodies.with sent, holds a Royal Charter, and is in full operation in The Committee are satisfied that the qualifications requiredall its Faculties. The Medical Faculty, more especially, has by that College are amply sufficient to warrant the Council tobeen very successful, 159 students having attended its lectures grant to it the privilege which is sought.

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during last session. 3rdly. A request from the Tasmanian Council of Education," From its commencement as a Faculty, it has required a that the " Degree of Associate of Arts," granted by that

high standard of excellence in its professional examinations. body, be inserted among the educational qualifications men-" It has also earnestly endeavoured to elevate the preliminary tioned in the third section of the Report of the General Com-

examination to as high a standard as the educational institutes mittee on Education, adopted by the Council on -the 6th July,of the country would permit. 1861." As will be seen in the printed abstract of its regulations, a The requirements for this degree are very high, comprising

competent knowledge of Latin and of either English or French an examination on the following ten subjects.—1. English.composition is required; and after the 1st of May, 1863, a 2. Latin. 3. Greek. 4. French Grammar, or Italian. 5. Pure

student’s medical education will be held to commence from the Mathematics. 6. The Elementary Principles of Hydrostaticsdate of his passing this preliminary examination. and Mechanics. 7. The Elements of Chemistry. 8. Zoology" By referring to the regulations of the College of Surgeons and Botany. 9. Drawing and Architecture. 10. Geology.

of England, it will be found that the Council of the College The candidate is required to satisfy the examiners that hehas recognised our preliminary examination, and accepts cer- possesses a competent knowledge of four of these at least, oftificates of attendance upon our courses of lectures and hospital. which Latin or Pure Mathematics must be one.

" This question has been recently brought before our Faculty It thus appears that the regulations do not render both Latinby Dr. Elkington, one of the assistant-surgeons of the Grenadier and Mathematics imperative, and the Committee cannot re-Guards, who recently applied at the Medical Registration commend the Council to sanction any certificate which does

Office to have his McGill degree registered ; this was refused, not bear that the holder has passed a satisfactory examinationin conformity with Rule 2, Sect. A, of the printed regulations in Latin as well as Mathematics. As, however, many studentsof the Council.

’ , will probably pass in both these branches, their degree might" Several army surgeons, after attending lectures, obtained be accepted, if accompanied by a certificate that the Exam-

degrees in the course of May last from this University; and as iners were satisfied with the knowledge of the applicant inthe Director-General of the Medical Department of the Army these two departments in each particular case.will not recognise any professional title until registered, our ALEXANDER WOOD, Chairman.

Faculty has instructed me, as its dean, to make this application Moved by Dr. Alexander Wood, seconded by Dr. Apjohn,for recognition to the Council of Medical Education and Regis- and agreed to,-" That the Report on the Recognition oftration Foreign or Colonial Degrees or Examinations be received, andI have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, entered on the Minutes.’’

"GEO. W. CAMPBELL, A.M., M.D., ’ Dr. Alexander Wood presented the Report of the Committee

" Dean of the Medical Faculty of McGill University, Montreal. on Special Claims for registration."To Dr. Francis Hawkins, Registrar, Med. Council:’ REPORT.

General Council of Medical Education and Registration Only two special claims have been presented : ..

of the United Kingdom. 1st. Application from George Frederick Collier to have his32, Soho-square, London, W., Sept. 3,1862. degree of M.D., conferred by the University of Leyden on Dec.

" Sir,-I have had the honour to receive your letter dated 15th, 1828, registered. The application is accompanied by a22nd ult., and shall take the earliest opportunity of laying it certificate from the Dean of the Medical Faculty of the Univer-before the General Medical Council. sity of Leyden, certifying that the degree was conferred after

" In the meantime I beg to refer you to the Medical Act, regular examination.1858 (a copy of which is bound up with every copy of the The Committee recommend the Council to grant the applica-Medical Register), from which you will perceive that the tion.Medical Council has no power to order the registration of any 2ndly. Application from Dr. Peter Smith to have his degreeforeign or colonial degree, unless it were obtained after regular of M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, conferred Aprilexamination, and before the pasing of the Medical Act. The Ath, 1845, registered.truth is that the Medical Act was not intended to legalize The Committee have satisfied themselves that Dr. Smith wasforeign or even colonial degrees within the United Kingdom, in practice in the United Kingdom prior to the passing of theexcept so far as was necessary to prevent the Act from having Medical Act; and under very peculiar circumstances they re-a retrospective effect on persons already practising on such commend the Council to sanction the registration of his quali-degrees within the United Kingdom. fication. ALEXANDER WOOD, Chairman.

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Moved by Dr. Alexander Wood, and seconded by Dr.Apjohn,-" That the Report on Special Claims for Registrationbe received and entered on the Minutes."

Dr. Embleton presented the Report of the Committee onReturns from the Licensing Bodies.

REPORT

Your Committee, in presenting the Report on Returns fromBodies in Schedule A, in compliance with the 16th and 23rdRecommendations of the Report of the General Council onEducation (1861), beg to state-

1. That the Returns, in compliance with Recommendation16th, have, since the Report of last year, been received by theRegistrar from all the bodies named in Schedule A, and havebeen-sent by him to each member of the General Council.

These returns contain, as was recommended by your Com-mittee last year, the latest regulations of the bodies named inSchedule A, as regards both preliminary and professional edu-cation and examination; and the degree of their conformity ornonconformity with the Recommendations of the Report of theGeneral Council on Education (1861), is shown in the Tablealready laid before the Council, and which, in a corrected form,is appended to this Report.By this table, in which are incorporated some remarks by

members of the Council, it will be observed that the amount ofconformity in the printed regulations is considerable; and yourCommittee are glad to be enabled to state that several of theseeming nonconformities only faintly exist in practice, and thatthere is a general belief pervading the bodies in- Schedule A, asascertained from their representatives, that a still nearer ap.proach to conformity is attainable.

2. That returns, in compliance with the 23rd Recommenda-tion, have been received from all the bodies in Schedule A.The result of these returns may be seen in the accompanyingtable, which shows the number of students examined, and thenumber rejected by each of the licensing bodies.

Table of Returns itnder Recommendation 23.

3. The registers of students, with explanatory letters, havingbeen referred to them (No. 48, Minutes of General Council),your Committee further present the subjoined table of thenumbers of students registered according to Recommendations8 and 9, during the winter of 1862, by each of the bodies inSchedule A that keeps a register of students, showing thenumbers registered before and after the expiration of the fifteendays recommended by the Council to be allowed for registra-tion. From this table it will be seen that the numbers regis-tered after the expiration of the fifteen days are comparativelyfew ; satisfactory letters explanatory of the reasons for suchdelays have been sent in from the various bodies in whoseregistrations those delays have occurred, and doubtless next

year this table will be still more in accordance with yourrecommendation.

Register of Students, 1862, under Recommendations 8 and 9.

4. Your Committee, lastly, submit a table showing how farthe Recommendation No. 1 of the Council has been carried out.

Table showing the Number of Students registered by the LicensingBodies, Oct. and Nov. 1862, who have or have not passed aPreliminaly Examination before commencing ProfessionalStudy.

* 1, Examined by an American University.

On the whole, your Committee regard as satisfactory the re-sults brought out in these tables, so far as they go, and feelconfident that under a simpler mode of registration, and witha little more attention, these results will in future be foundmore completely in conformity with the recommendations ofthe Council. D. EMBLETON, Chairman.Moved by Dr. Storrar, seconded by Dr. Sharpey, and

agreed to,-" That the -Report of the Committee on Returnsfrom the Licensing Bodies be received, and referred to theEducation Committee."

The Council resolved itself into a Committee on Education.

Moved by Dr. Andrew Wood, and seconded by Dr. Thom-son,-" That four years of professional study, embracing atleast four winter sessions, or three winter and two summer ses-sions at a medical school be required, dating from the first re-gistration. "

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Dr. Andrew Wood, by permission of the Council, withdrewhis motion for the present session.Moved by Mr. Teale, seconded by Dr. Embleton, and

agreed to,-" That the following more simple form of registra-tion of students be adopted in the place of that which standsin the Education Report of 1861 :-

Moved by Dr. Acland, and seconded by Dr. AndrewWood,-" That the words medical school’ in the recommen-dations of the Medical Council, shall be held to mean any in-stitution where courses of lectures are delivered, or systematicpractical instruction given in departments of practicalmedicine, or of the sciences accessory to it, such institutionbeing recognised by any of the bodies named in Schedule A.Amendment moved by Mr. Hargrave, and seconded by Dr.

Stokes,-" That the consideration of this motion be postponedto the next session of the Council."Amendment carried.

The Council having resumed-The adjourned debate was resumed upon Dr. Leet’s motion

(see Minutes, No. 49, sect. 5), which, by permission of theCouncil, was amended as follows :-" That this Council is ofopinion that registered licentiates of the Apothecaries’ Com-pany of Dublin are, as Apothecaries, entitled to practise me-dicine in Great Britain and Ireland."

After some discussion, on the motion of Dr. Corrigan thedebate was adjourned.

MINUTES OF MEETING, TUESDAY, JUNE 2.The adjourned debate was resumed, on the motion of Dr.

Leet, seconded by Mr. Syme, viz ,--" That this Council is ofopinion that registered licentiates of the Apothecaries’ Com-pany of Dublin are, as apothecaries, entitled to practise medi-cine in Great Britain and Ireland."And on the amendment, moved by Dr. Aqnilla Smith, and

seconded by Dr. Corrigan, viz.,-" That the General MedicalCouncil having already had before them the question referredto in the memorial from the Apothecaries’ Hall of Ireland onthe several occasions, viz., 9th August, 1859; 19th June, 1860;4th July, 1861; and l9sh May, 1862, do not consider it expe-dient on their part to reopen the question. That conflictinglegal opinions on the question have, at various times, come be-fore the Council, and that the Registrar be directed to forwardto the Director-General of the Army, for his informati,ii3, thememorial of the Company of the Apothecaries’ Hall of Dublin,with the legal opinions of the Right Hon. Joseph Napier,Attorney-General for Ireland, 27th March, 1845; the RightHon. Sir Richard Bethel, Attorney-General for England, 15thFebruary, 1860; Mr. William Smith, 25th June, 1861; theRight Hon. Thomas O’Hagan, Attorney-General for Ireland,and James A. Lawson, Solicitor General for Ireland, llth Fe-bruary, 1863." Amendment put and negatived.

Dr. A. Smith required the names of the majority and mino-rity to be entered on the Minutes.Majority.-Dr. Burrows, Mr. Cooper, Dr. Bond, Dr. Em-

bleton, Dr. Storrar, Dr. Alexander Wood, Dr. Fleming, Mr.Syme, Dr. Thomson, Mr. Hargrave, Dr. Leet, Sir Charles

Hastings, Dr. Sharpey, Dr. Christison.Minority—Mr. Arnott, Dr. Acland, Dr. Andrew Wood,

Dr. A. Smith, Dr. Apjohn, Dr. Corrigan, Mr. Lawrence, Mr.Teale, Dr. Stokes.The motion was then put, and carried.Dr. A. Smith required the names of the majority and mino-

rity to be entered on the Minutes.Majority.—Dr. Burrows, Dr. Bond, Dr. Embleton, Dr. Stor-

rar, Dr. Alexander Wood, Dr. Fleming, Mr. Syme, Dr. Thom-son, Mr. Hargrave, Dr. Leet, Sir Charles Hastings, Dr.Sharpey, Dr. Christison.Minority.-Mr. Arnott, Dr. Andrew Wood, Dr. A. Smith,

Dr. Apjohn, Dr. Corrigan, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Teale, Dr.Stokes.

Dr. Alexander Wood presented the report of the committeeappointed to consider the requirement on the part of the Poor-law Commissioners of Ireland of a licence in midwifery fromcandidates for employment under them.The Committee on the Requirements of the Commissioners

for Administering the Laws for Relief of the Poor in Irelandhave to report-That by the general orders of that body no person can be

appointed as a medical officer of a dispensary or workhouseunder their control, without possessing a degree or licence topractise medicine, a diploma or licence to practise surgery,"and also a certificate from some board or court of examiners,or other body duly authorized to grant the same, of his possess-ing a competent knowledge of midwifery." A case was broughtunder the notice of the Committee, of a gentleman who hadobtained a licence in medicine from the Royal College of Phy-sicians of Edinburgh, and a licence in surgery from the RoyalCollege of Surgeons of England. This gentleman’s qualifica-tions were considered by the Irish Poor-law Commissioners tobe incomplete "inasmuch as he does not possess a certificatefrom some board or court of examiners, or other body dulyauthorized to grant the same, of his possessing a competentknowledge of midwifery." It will be seen in Schedule A tothe Medical Act, that the only body therein empowered tohave a licence in midwifery granted by them entered on theRegister, is the Royal College of Surgeons of England, so that,practically, every applicant for employment under the Poor-law Board in the land, would, if the order above quoted wereduly enforced, have to repair to London for this extra qualifi-cation.Your Committee are indeed aware that an application was

made to the Executive Committee by the Colleges of Physi-cians and Surgeons in Ireland, to have certain licences in mid-wifery conferred by them entered on the Register, which theExecutive Committee on the 7th of March, 1859, refused todo. This decision appears on the Minutes of the ExecutiveCommittee in the following terms :-

" The Executive Committee gave direction that in theGeneral Register no licence in midwifery should be enteredexcept that conferred by the Royal College of Surgeons ofEngland, because they are unable to find authority in theMedical Act for the registration of any other midwiferylicence."

Subsequently, however, on the 31st of May, 1859, on receiptof a letter from a solicitor employed by the College of Phy-sicians and Surgeons of Ireland, couched in peremptory terms,the Executive Committee yielded, and directed these quali-fications to be entered in the Register.The Executive Committee appears to have consented to yield

to the pres-ure thus applied, in consequence of a legal opinionobtained by them from Sir Hugh Cairns and Mr. Arthur Hob-house, from which the following is an extract :-

" 1. Whether the licentiates in midwifery of the Kingand Queen’s College of Physicians in Ireland, and of the RoyalCollege of Surgeons in Ireland, can lawfully be entered on theRegister ?

" 2. Whether the General Council can exercise towardsthese licentiates any power of dispensing with the provisionsof the Act ?

"1. It appears to us that no question of this kind can arisewith respect to the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland ; forby the extracts from the Charters which have been furnishedto us, it would seem that this body does not grant any licencesin midwifery except to persons already being fellows or asso-ciates of the body, so that all their licentiates in midwiferymust possess a previous and higher title to be registered. Thecase is different with the College of Physicians, who have powerto examine and license all midwives. The question must turnon the meaning to be ascribed to the word ’licentiate,’ inClause 3 of Schedule A." We are of opinion that the sounder construction of the

Act is to give to the term its literal and full meaning, unlessthere is something to forbid it, either in the general scope ofthe Act or in its terminology.

" The general scope of the Act militates rather in favour ofthan against the extended construction of the term ; for itseems not to be the intention to disqualify any duly qualifiedpractitioner, but to give to everyone licensed by a duly autho-rized body a recognised position in that calling to which he islicensed.

" There is very little in the Act to throw light on the par.ticular term used. The only instance in which it is used inconnexion with midwifery is in Clause 4 of Schedule A; andas we are given to understand that the general licentiates of

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’the English College of Surgeons are, and are styled, fellows or Dr. Andrew Wood required that the names of the majoritymembers, and that it has no licentiates so styled, except its and minority be entered on the Minutes.licentiates in midwifery, we do not see that any argument in Majority.—Mr. Arnott, Mr. Cooper, Dr. Acland, Dr. Bond,favour of restricting the use of the term in Clause 3 can be Dr. Storrar, Dr. Fleming, Mr. Syme, Dr. A. Smith, Mr. Har-drawn from its use in Clause 4. grave, Dr. Apjohn, Dr. Corrigan, Dr. Sharpey, Mr. Teale, Dr.

" In each case the terms used are sufficient to describe all Stokes.the practitioners acting under the authority of the body which Minority.—Dr. Embleton, Dr. Alexander Wood, Dr. Andrewis spoken of. Wood, Dr. Thomson, Dr. Leet.The result is that we are of opinion that every person who The motion was then put, and agreed to.

las received a licence is, for the purposes of this Act, a licen- Dr. Andrew Wood required that the names of the majoritytiate in that art to which his licence applies. and minority be entered on the Minutes.

"2. The answer to this question depends upon the construe- Majority.—Mr. Arnott, Mr. Cooper, Dr. Acland. Dr. Bond,tion of Schedule A, and is governed by the same considerations Dr. Storrar, Dr. Fleming, Mr. Syme, Dr. A. Smith, Mr.- as the answer to Question I." Hargrave, Dr. Apjohn, Dr. Corrigan, Dr. Sharpey, IBlr. Teale,

This opinion seems to be not very decided ; and your Com- Dr. Stokes.mittee are of opinion that, unless compelled by law to insert lbTiraority.-Dr. Embleton, Dr. Alexander Wood, Dr. Andrewthese qualifications, the General Council should refuse to do so, Wood, Dr. Leet.,as they are certainly injurious to the interests of other bodies,.and not calculated to elevate the character of the profession.In conclusion, your Committee would recommend- MINUTES OF MEETING, WEDNESDAY, Jems 3.

1. That the President be requested to correspond with the’ The consideration of the Report of the Special Pharmacopoeia,’Home Secretary, in order to have the Order of the Irish Poor- Committee was resumed.aw Commissioners rescinded. Moved by Dr. Christison, seconded by Dr. Andrew Wood,

2. That the bodies at present granting licences in midwifery and agreed to,-" That the price of the Pharmacopoeia beshould be requested to surrender this privilege in the event of 7s. 6d. for the large, and 5s. for the small edition, subject to:a, new Medical Act being obtained. the approval of the Treasury."

3. That should this be found impracticable, the amended Moved by Mr. Syme, and seconded by Dr. Andrew Wood,-Medical Act should be so framed as to confer the power of " That the several sums voted for the publication of the Phar-,granting certificates in midwifery on all bodies which duly macopoeia shall be paid at the end of six months from the timeexamine in that department of medicine. of its publication."

4. That the Executive Committee be instructed to take the Amendment, moved by Mr. Arnott, and seconded by Dr.,opinion of counsel unconnected with Ireland, on the propriety Acland,-" That the treasurers be authorized, under the di--of continuing to register those qualifications in midwifery which rection and sanction of the N:xecutive Committee, to advance- do not appear in Schedule A to the Medical Act. such sums of money as may be necessary to discharge the

ALEXANDER WooD, Chairman. expenses incurred in preparing, printing, and publishing theMoved by Dr. Alexander Wood, seconded by Dr. Leet, and Pharmacopoeia. "-Amendment put, and carried.

agreed to,-" That the report of the Committee on the require- Moved by Mr. Teale, seconded by Dr. Smith, and agreed to,ments of the Commissioners for administering the laws for the -" That Dr. Christison be requested to prepare and publishrelief of the poor in Ireland be received and entered in the an explanatory statement of the forthcoming Pharmacopoeia,Minutes." showing its composition, the principles of its construction, theThe report of the Special Committee appointed by the Gene’ changes introduced, and the necessity under which the mem-

.ral Council on 27th May, 1863, relative to the Pharmacopoeia, bers of the several branches of the medical profession will lie ofwas taken into consideration. making themselves acquainted with the British Pharmacopoeia,Moved by Dr. Christison, seconded by Dr.Sharpey, and in place of the Pharmacopœias which it is to supersede."

agreed to,-" That the sum of £94 lOs. be voted to Dr. Apjohn. Moved by Dr. Christison, seconded by Mr. Hargrave, andfor chemical investigations connected with the Pharmacopoeia. " agreed to,-" That the Council adopt the recommendations of

Moved by Dr. Christison, seconded by Dr. Sharpey, and the Special Pharmacopoeia Committee, which provide for theagreed to,-" That the sum of £174 7s. be voted to Dr. preparation and publication of the new editions of the Pharma-Douglas Maclagan, for chemical investigations connected with copceia."the Pharmacopoeia. " Moved by Dr. Sharpey, seconded by Dr. Christison, and

Moved by Dr. Christison, seconded by Sir Charles Hastings, agreed to,-" That it be an instruction to the Executive Com-and agreed to,-" That X150 be voted to Dr. Garrod, as gene- mittee to watch the progress of the Bill on Weights andral secretary of the Pharmacopoeia Committee, and secretary Measures, now before Parliament, and in the event of its pass-to the London Sub-Committee; £100 to Dr. Charles Wilson, ing the second reading, to take such steps, by petition in theand £100 to Dr. Aquilla Smith, as secretaries respectively of name of the Council, or otherwise, as may seem to them bestthe Edinburgh and Dublin Sub-Committees." calculated to prevent the enactment of any statutory restric-Moved by Dr. Christison, seconded by Dr. Acland, and tion or obligation affecting the use of weights and measures in

.agreed to,-" That to the principal editor in London, Dr. pharmacy, unless with such provisions as shall obviate the riskFarre, £75 be voted, to be received when the Pharmacopoeia is of its inconvenient or premature enforcement."published ; and that to each of the Edinburgh and Dublin Moved by Dr. Burrows, seconded by Sir Charles Hastings,.editors, Dr. Maclagan and Dr. Neligan, £50 be voted, to be and agreed to,-" That the Report of the Finance Committeereceived when the Pharmacopoeia is published." be adopted."Moved by Mr. Syme, and seconded by Mr. Hargrave,- Moved by Dr. Alexander Wood, seconded by Mr. Hargrave,

" That X500 be voted to each of the Sub-CommitTees, for pre- and agreed to,-" That the Standing Orders in regard to thecparing the Pharmacopoeia, as a honorarium for their time and ’ order of business,’ regulating the manner of taking the votes,services." be amended, as follows:-

The names of the gentlemen composing the Sub-Committees " 1. That if there be but one amendment, the vote shall be.are as follows:- first taken upon it; and if it is negatived, then on the original

London Pharmaceutical Sub-Committee : Dr. Watson. Sir motion..James Clark, Dr. Farre, Dr. Garrod, Mr. Green, Mr. Nussey, "2. That if there be more than one amendment, the amend-Mr. Squire, ment last moved shall be first put to the vote; and in the event- Edinburgh Pharmaceutical Sub-Committee : Dr. Christison, of its being negatived, then the amendments shall be put inDr. Begbie, Dr. Sellar. Dr. Wilson, Dr. Sanders, Dr. Maclagan, the inverse order to that in which they had been proposed. IfDr. Andrew Wood, Mr. Syme, Mr. Macfarlane (afterwards, on all the amendments are negatived, the vote shall then be taken-his death, Mr. Gardner), Mr. Robertson. on the original motion."

Dublin Pharmaceutical Sub-Committee: Dr. Apjohn, Dr. A. Moved by Dr. Alexander Wood, seconded by Dr. Leet, andSmith, Dr. Williams, Dr. Neligan, Dr. Barker, Dr. Leet. agreed to,--" That the Registrar be directed to send annually,

Amendment noved by Dr. Andrew Wood, and seconded by within one month after the meeting of Council, to the variousDr. Leet,-‘‘ That payments to the Sub-Committees on account bodies in Schedule A, the names of those who, during theof the Pharmacopoeia be delayed till next session of the Council, meeting of the Council, have been struck off the Register bywhen the Pharmacopoeia shall have been published, and the order of the Council, and to request the attention of each body- Council shall be enabled to form a correct judgment as to the to regulation 7, chap. viii., of the Standing Orders, which shallmoney they may be able to vote as a honorarium to them." be altered as follows:-‘ That the Council recommend that anyThe amendment was put, and negatived. person whose name has been once removed from the Register

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shall not be admitted to examination for any new qualification, of such Bill be forwarded to the Branch Councils for their ob-without the consent of the General Medical Council."’ servations thereon ; that the Executive Committee cause to beMoved by Mr. Teale, seconded by Mr. Hargrave, and prepared for the next Annual Meeting of the General Council,.

agreed to,-" That the Report of the Committee on Pecogni- interleaved copies of such Bill, with all suggested amendments;; stion of Colonial and Foreign Universities be adopted." and that the General Council at the same time desire it to beMoved by Dr. Corrigan, seconded by Dr. A. Smith, and understood that they refrain at present from expressing any

agreed to,-" That the Registrar be requested to apply to the opinion on the amendments now proposed." .

several licensing bodies mentioned in Schedule A to the Medi- First amendment.—Moved by Dr. Christison, and secondedcal Act, for copies of the Charters or Acts of Parliament by Mr. Syme,— "That the Report of the Medical Actsunder which those licensing bodies issue degrees or licences, Amendments Committee be recommitted."and possess or exercise any other powers in reference to medi- Second amendment.—Moved by Dr. Fleming, and secondedcine, Surgery, Midwifery, or Pharmacy." by Dr. Tnomson,-" That the Report of the Medical ActsMoved by Dr Corrigan, seconded by Dr. A. Smith, and Amendments Committee be forwarded to the Branch Councils

agreed to,-" That it be an instruction to the Executive Com- for their observations thereon."mittee to obtain returns of the regulations relative to education Second amendment put to the vote, and carried.and examination from the several licensing bodies mentioned Moved by Dr. Andrew Wood, seconded by Mr. Arnott, andin Schedule A; to ascertain in what particulars the regulations agreed to,-" That the report of the Committee on appoint-of any of those bodies may differ from the Recommendations of ments of members of the Council be received, entered on thethe General Medical Council; to request from those corporate Minutes, aad adopted by the Council."bodies whose regulations so differ such observations or explana The Committee appointed by the General Council to con-tions as they may deem fit to offer; and to submit the corre sider what steps should be taken by the Council in relation to-spondence, with their report thereon, to the next meeting of the retirement and election of its members recommend that a,the General Council." book should he kept containing the names of the members ofMoved by Dr. S okes, seconded by Mr. Syme, and agreed to, the Council, the bodies they represent, the date of appointment.

- " That, looking at the various curricula of professional edu of each member, the term for which he was appointed, and thecation enforced by the licensing bodies enumerated in ScheduleA date of the death or retirement of each member ; such book to.to the Medical Act, the Council are of opinion that the number be regularly kept up, so as at once to show the period at whichof courses of lectures required to be attended might be reduced each of the bodies having power to appoint should proceed towith advantage, so as to give the student a larger amount of a new appointment; also the same particulars with regard to°-time for self-education. Tha the overloading of the curriculum members appointed by the Crown.of education, whether as to the number of courses, or of lectures The Committee also recommend that a form for appointing;in particular courses, must be followed by results injurious to members should be prepared, and sent by the Registrar to thethe student." Secretary of SLate, and to each body having power to appoint,Mr. Lawrence required that the names of the majority and two months before the expiration of the term of the existing

minority be entered on the Minutes. appointment, so that the new appointment may be made to.-Majority.—Mr. Arnott. Mr. Cooper, Dr. Acland, Dr. Bond, take effect from the day on which the old appointing shall

Dr. Embleton, Mr. Syme, Dr A. Smith, Dr. Leet, Dr. Corrigan, expire.Sir C. Hastings, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Te.rle, Dr. Stokes. The Committee submitted a form of such appointment.

Minority.—Dr. Andrew Wood, Dr. Thomson, Mr. Hargrave, Moved by Dr. Andrew Wood, seconded by Mr. Hargrave,Dr. Christison. and agreed to,-" That the case prepared at the meeting ofMoved by Mr. Syme, seconded by Dr. Christison, and agreed the General Council in 1863, relative to the educational sections

to,-" That the Medical Council resolve to take into considera- of the Medical Act, with the opinion of counsel thereon, betion, at the next meeting, the propriety of recommending a received and printed on the Minutes."reduction in the number of courses of lecturer which the regu- Moved by Dr. Alexander Wood, seconded by Mr. Syme, andlations of the various licensing boards at present render obli- agreed to,-" That the Council is of opinion that the mattergatory. That, with the view of facilitating the consideration referred to in a memorial presented by Dr. Edwards Crisp,of this subject, the General Council request to be favoured with respecting the Carmichael prizes, is not within the powers of’the opinion of the bodies in Schedule A, on the possibility and the Council as limited by the Medical Acts, and the Councilpropriety of this, before next meeting." therefore decline to enter on its consideration."Moved by Dr. Acland, seconded by Mr. Hargrave, and Moved by Dr. Alexander Wood, seconded by Mr. Syme, and

agreed to,-" That the various resolutions and recommenda- agreed to,-" That the Council is of opinion that the mattertions of the Council, affecting directly the subject of medical referred to in a memorial presented by Henry Holmes, M.D.,education, be separately printed ; that a copy be furnished to M R. C. S., of Bridgnorth, respecting the conduct of the Salopianthe several bodies named in Schedule A; to the members of Medico Echical Society, is not within the powers of the Council,.the General Council, and other persons named by the Pre- as limited by the Medical Acts, and the Council therefore de-sident ; and that written communications be invited concerning cline to enter on its consideration."them from those to whom they may be sent." Moved by Dr. Andrew Wood, seconded by Dr. Embleton,.Moved by Mr. Teale, seconded by Mr. Hargrave, and agreed and agreed to,-" That it be remitted to Dr. Embleton, in

to,-"That the Council recommend to the various licensing c-anjunction with the Registrar, to prepare and print an index-bodies named in Schedule A of the Medical Act, the oonsidera,’ of all the Minutes, as well of the Gerieritl Council and Executivetion of the ad-eundem principle in the granting of degrees and Committee as of the Branch Councils."licences, with a view to the reduction of the number of ex- Moved by Dr. Andrew Wood, seconded by Dr. Thomson,aminations on the same subject which the student is now fre- and agreed to,-" That X200 of the General Registrar’s salary-quently obliged to undergo in order to obtain a plurality of of £500 be charged against the funds of the Branch Council for-qualifications. " England."Moved by Dr. Andrew Wood. seconded by Mr. Teale, and Moved by Dr. Chris’ison, seconded by Dr. Andrew Wood,.

agreed to,-" That the Medical Council, having by the Act of and agreed to,-" That the consideration of the report of theIncorporation a corporate seal, the bye-laws in reference to it, Committee on the requirements of the Commissioners for ad-which have been prepared by the solicitor, be adopted by the ministering the laws for relief of the poor in Ireland be deferredCouncil, and that it be remitted to the Executive Committee till the next meeting of the General Council."to carry them out." Moved by Dr. A. Smith, seconded by Dr. Corrigan, andMoved by Dr. Embleton, seconded by Dr. Thomson, and agreed to,-" That the Executive Committee be authorized to

agreed to,-" That it be referred to the Branch Councils to re- protect the copyright of the British Pharmacopœia, which isport to the next meeting of the General Medical Council as to vested in the General Council."the simplest mode of registpring Medical Students." Moved by Dr. Corrigan, seconded by Mr. Syme, and agreedMoved by Dr. Andrew Wood. seconded bv Dr Christison, to,-" That the Execurive Committee be requested to direct

and agreed to,-" That the Standing Order which provides for their attention, and take such steps as may appear advisable:the rising of the Council at six o’clock be suspended for this to them, towards obtaining from Government a suitable placeday." of meeting for the General Council."Moved by Dr. Corrigan, and seconded by Dr. A. Smith,- Moved by Dr. Andrew Wood, seconded by Mr. Teale, and

"That the Executive Committee be requested, in accordance agreed to,-" That the Executive Committee consist of thewith the recommendation of the Report of the Medical Acts President. Dr. Burrows, Mr. Arnott, Dr. Acland, and Dtr.Amendments Committee (see Minutes, June 1st, 1861), to have Sharpey."a Bill drafted embodying the amendments prepared; that copies After some lighter business, the Council adjourned..