Speech delivered at a meeting of the Senatus Academicus of the University of Edinburgh, on the 20th Nov. 1824, respecting a proposal for new regulations in granting the degree of doctor of medicine / by Andrew Duncan (Sen. Med. Theor. P.).

  • Duncan, Andrew, Jun., 1773-1832
Date:
1824
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Credit: Speech delivered at a meeting of the Senatus Academicus of the University of Edinburgh, on the 20th Nov. 1824, respecting a proposal for new regulations in granting the degree of doctor of medicine / by Andrew Duncan (Sen. Med. Theor. P.). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    undergo his examen privatissimum wholly in the Latin language, the honour of that title, from the University of Edinburgh, over the same de- gree from St Andrew's, Aberdeen, or Glasgow, will be completely terminated. The third edition of the new regulations is not only liable to these objections, but to many others. It has indeed the appearance of extend- ing the curriculum of study, required of every student, before he can become a candidate for a degree. It seems to require, that the candidate shall not be taken under examination till he has had more opportunities of acquiring knowledge than were formerly necessary. But where. Sir, is it required, that he shall obtain this informa- tion? Not from private study,—the principal source of information with every student; not in Universities,—who alone possess the power of conferring the highest honours in Medicine; but from self-appointed teachers, by whom, in place of being instructed, he may be misled. Of these teachers, there are some, whose pecuniary inte- rest, it is well known, has been promoted by mis- leading. There are some who have constituted themselves private teachers, not merely from the hopes of gain, but from the worst motives that can actuate the human heart, jealousy, envy, and revenge. Every private teacher is unquestion- ably entitled to give to his students such certifi- cates as he thinks they deserve. And the certi-