Observations regarding medical education : in a letter, addressed to the President of the Royal College of Surgeons / by John Simon.

Date:
1842
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Credit: Observations regarding medical education : in a letter, addressed to the President of the Royal College of Surgeons / by John Simon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OBSERVATIONS, Qua ipse verisimililucline dubiis in rebus cOgnitioneque. dignissimis duoor, V •»•'' plurimos velle certos facere, ut aut reprehensione aliorurn me corrigere, mil comprcbalione conjirmarepassim.—P. Bkmbi epist. Sir, I beg leave respectfully to propose for your consideration the following pages, which are written in some experience of the present system of Medical Education, and after frequent and earnest thought on the possibility and means of amend- ing it. The importance of the subject—whether in regard to the well-being and social rank of the profession, or in its larger implication of domestic interests, or in its bearing on the moral economy of the country—can hardly be overrated ; and I venture to hope that this, its acknowledged gravity, may excuse my freedom in addressing you, and may procure me the indulgent attention, for which I am incompetent to advance any personal claims. A conviction of need for sounder, more extended, and more vigilant teaching, than belongs to the existing system, has long and deeply impressed me ; and there are circum- stances in the present day, which give to that need, as I be- Here, a peculiar and immediate urgency. B 2