Regulations to be observed by candidates, for the diploma.

  • Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Date:
[1846]
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    NOTICE. Surgeons’ Hall, Edinburgh, 2d November 1846. The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, in revising, from time to time, their Regulations respecting the Course of Study to be followed by Candidates for their Diploma, have been uniformly anxious to extend and im¬ prove the education of those who receive that testimonial of qualification, so as more effectually to secure their being competent to perform their professional duties with credit to themselves and advantage to the public. It will be obvious to all who consider the extended and complicated nature of Medical Science, that much of the success of the student, in the prosecution of its various branches, must depend upon the previous cultivation of his mental faculties; and that it is consequently of the utmost importance, both as regards the interest of the public and the future comfort and respectability of the Practitioner, that all who apply to the study of Surgery should have previously received a liberal education. The College have enacted some regulations for securing this ob¬ ject ; and they confidently trust that Medical Practitioners in every part of the country will be disposed to second their endeavours, by recommending to the young men who may be placed under their care, or who may apply to them for advice, the study of the Latin, Greek, French, German, and Italian Languages; and of Logic, Mathe¬ matics, and Natural Philosophy, as the best means of pre¬ paring for the successful prosecution of their Medical and Surgical Education. And they would strongly urge their