Observations on the present system of medical education,with a view to medical reform / by a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London.

  • Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London.
Date:
1834
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    PREFACE. Upon my return from the Continent last autumn, I found the cry for Reform in the Medical, as loud as it had been in the Political world; and, as I have had some opportunities of drawing comparisons be- tween the different modes of practising medicine at home and abroad, I venture to offer a few hints to those who, I understand, are engaged in so im- portant and praiseworthy an employment as en- deavouring to ameliorate what must be considered of vital importance to society in general. I have drawn a picture perhaps rather too severe of the abuses which have long disgraced the study of medicine in England; but I appeal to those, both young and old, who have passed through the different grades of medical education, if what I have asserted has not been often verified by their own experience.