A letter to the provost of Oriel, on a scheme for making Oxford more accessible to medical students generally / from C.H. Pearson.

  • Pearson, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1830-1894.
Date:
1858
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Credit: A letter to the provost of Oriel, on a scheme for making Oxford more accessible to medical students generally / from C.H. Pearson. 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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    troduction of the schools in Physical Science and Modern History. III. The student to bring a certificate of good conduct. IV. The student to pass the examination for re- sponsions instead of or in addition to that usually given for matriculation, thus proceeding to modera- tions at the end of tlie first year, and passing the final examinations or one of them at the end of the second year. V. That students who have resided two years, and passed the four statutable examinations, be permitted after the usual interval of three years, on passing the requisite examination, to obtain the degree of Bache- lor of Medicine. VI. That a delegacy be appointed to recommend for admission or admit the Colleges, which may apply for affiliation on these terms, and generally to carry the details of the scheme into effect. In its present form, this scheme is less exten- sive than was at first proposed. It has been cut down, in order that only so much might be recom- mended as should involve the smallest possible change in our actual system, while it should yet be- nefit a numerous class of students. I wish therefore simply to explain, why we thought a measure that only affects the position of Medical students suffi- ciently important in itself to be brought before the University. Of the three liberal professions which are de- voted to the study of Theology, Law, or Medicine, the latter seems to be the one which is most im- perfectly represented in Oxford. The number of