The plans and purposes of the Johns Hopkins Hospital : an address delivered at the opening of the Hospital, May 7, 1889 / by John S. Billings.

  • Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913.
Date:
1889
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Credit: The plans and purposes of the Johns Hopkins Hospital : an address delivered at the opening of the Hospital, May 7, 1889 / by John S. Billings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    conveniently dispose of. They hope that the Hopkins medical school and hospital will do two things. The first is, that it will demand of those who propose to be- come its students evidence that they have a sound basis of preliminary education before they commence, and that its standard in this respect shall be little below that of the requirements for granting the degree of bachelor of arts in the University. It is hoped that the men thus selected will go through a carefully graded course of study, including actual work in properly fitted labora- tories, and that after this they will be brought into con- tact with the sick, and thus obtain practical experience of the duties and responsibilities of the practitioner of medicine before they offer their services as such to the public. So much our physicians desire of every medical school, for the sake of the honor and dignity of the profession, and for the good of the public, and they desire especially that this school shall form an example to which they can point as showing how medical education should be con- ducted, and what should be required of the candidate for the degree of doctor of medicine. The very general interest in the combined Hopkins trusts felt by physicians and scientific men not only of this country but of the whole civilized world, is largely due to the belief that the relations which will here exist and be maintained between the University as a whole and its medical department, of which this hospital is to be an important part, will be close and intimate, so that the true University spirit will pervade, stimulate, and encourage the hospital work. In this country medical schools have either had no connection with Universities properly so called, or the connection has been slight and nominal, such as depends upon the formal conferring of medical degrees by the University. Here, however, through the influence of the biological department, there