Sundry papers on medical education, &c / by Charles Fishback.

  • Fishback, Charles.
Date:
1859
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    hereafter to enter upon the practice without such certificate, under heavy penalties. Such, your Committee regard as a rational course of preparation for the practice of a profession vastly more intimately related to all the earthly interests of the entire human family than any other. And they cannot believe it, in all its essential features* either unattainable, or attainable only at some remote period, unless the members of this Society, and other worthy members of the profession in this State, prove derelict of duty. Shall we go to work rationally and energetically, determined to attain so desirable and so glorious a result ? Or shall we sit down, fold our hands, sigh at the magnitude and glorious character of the object, wish it were attained, and put forth no rational, great-sustained efforts for its attainment? The old system, irrational as it evidently is, will struggle hard for life. Many who live by the craft, will cry out as of old, under similar impulses, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. And we may find some, who ought to be earnest coadjutors, wholly indifferent, if not actual opposers. But our noble pro- fession—noble in its nature, its origin, and its aims—degraded only by the unworthiness of its professed representatives—and poor, bleeding, suffering humanity call in trumpet-tones, and in agonizing wails, upon us to go for- ward, in the spirit of the Great Physician, to the accomplishment of the glorious and beneficent work before us. Resolved, That in view of the immense importance of this subject, its thorough investigation be earnestly recommended to every member of this Society, and to all local medical societies in the State ; and to this end, Resolved, That an extra session of this Society be held in this city [In dianapoHs], on the second Tuesday of January next [1858], and the two days following, for the discussion of this subject in connection with that of legislation—and that non-medical men of the State who feel interested, be cordially invited to participate in the discussion. Resolved, That a committee lie appointed to address a circular to one or more physicians in each and every county in the State, urging the forma- tion of county or district societies—where such do not already exist—and the more perfect organization, and more efficient working of those already formed, and suggesting a closer union of all local societies with the State Society, in the hope thereby of more effectually Maintaining union, harmony, and good government among the members of the profession, and promoting its interests, honor, and usefulness. Resolved, That it be earnestly recommended to all the members of this Society, to require of candidates for pupilage, good mental endowments, and preliminary education equal at least, to that recommended by the American Medical Association before cited—and also, more thorough pro- fessional qualification than merely sufficient to secure the diplomas of many of our medical schools. All of which is respectfully submitted on behalf of the committee CHARLES FISHBACK, Chairman. Steamer National, Red River, La., May 5, 1857. In the Norih American Medico- Chirurqical Review, edited by Drs Gross and Richardson, for July 185 7, will be found an article on the « American System of .Medical Education, coinciding remarkably with the views of tlii- Report. At the same meeting of the same Society, in May 1857, « Dr. Jameson,