Hints respecting the improvement of the literary & scientific education of candidates for the degree of doctor of medicine in the University of Edinburgh : humbly submitted to the considertion of the patrons and professors of that institiution / by a graduate of King's College, Aberdeen [i.e. John Thomson].

  • Thomson, John, 1765-1846.
Date:
1824
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Credit: Hints respecting the improvement of the literary & scientific education of candidates for the degree of doctor of medicine in the University of Edinburgh : humbly submitted to the considertion of the patrons and professors of that institiution / by a graduate of King's College, Aberdeen [i.e. John Thomson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In France, in conformity with the regulations lately established for the Schools of Medicine in that coun- try*, no one can enter as a student in these schools without producing certificates of his being Bachelor of Letters and of the Sciences, to obtain which it is ne- cessary for him to have studied, in the established col- leges, Arithmetic and Geometry, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and Natural History, Rhetoric and Philo- sophy. The course of Medical Study is of four years dura- tion, and comprehends the following branches, each of which is taught by a separate Professor.— 1st year.—Anatomy; Physiology; Chemistry; Medi- cal Natural Philosophy; Botany; and Hygiene. year.—Anatomy; Physiology; External Patholo- gy ; Hygiene; Operative Medicine; and Pharmacy. 3d year.—Operative Medicine; External Pathology j Internal Pathology; Clinical Medicine; Clinical Sur- ^■ery; Therapeutics; and Materia Medica. 4ith year.—CHnical Medicine; Clinical Surgery ; In»r ternal Pathology; Legal Medicine; Therapeutics ; and Midwifery. Whether any of the reforms which have been made in the preparatory or in the professional education of the Graduates in Austria and France shall appear to • See the ** Code cles Mddecins, Chirnrgiens et Pliarmaciens, &c. par J. l*. BeuUac. Paris, 1823. C