On hospital and medical reform in Dublin / by J.P. Doyle.

  • Doyle, J.P.
Date:
1887
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Credit: On hospital and medical reform in Dublin / by J.P. Doyle. 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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    interests, and to support the rights of the general practitioners, in having members returned to repre- sent them on the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons in England. The practitioners of Ireland should form, with the aid of the Press, which has nearly always supported right against wrong, a similar association, but one having wider aims. What is required in the practitioners of the future is quality and not quantity. An examining board should be formed by choosing what is best out of each of the universities. King and Queen's College of Physicians, Royal College of Surgeons, and the Apothecaries Hall. ISTo candidate should be allowed on qualifying to enter into the active practice of his calling until he should have treated cases under a qualified physician and surgeon. The system of teaching in many of the Dublin medical colleges and schools has not kept pace with the advances made, nor do many of the lecturers adapt themselves to the requirements of the examinations. Wliat is required is an amalgamation of the present tutorial and lecture system, having more of the colloquial and less of the sermon, to make the students see, feel, and reason for themselves. Systematic lectures on Anatomy, Surgery, Prac- tice of Medicine, Midwifery, and Materia Medica should be made optional; all teachers should be chosen by open competition, and none appointed that could not be able, by illustration or experiments, and in clear, intelligible language, to impart infor- mation. There are so-called professors in this city, some of them very able men, who cannot teach. It is lost time for students to be obliged to attend