Summary of Dr Crisp's Carmichael essay on medical reform and medical education : suggestions and conclusions as directed by Mr Carmichael under the three heads.

  • Crisp, Edwards, 1806-1882.
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[1870]
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    1762; and Toulouse, 1761. Inuring ifiree recent visits to Paris, I have made it my duty to visit the school oRAlfort, and to enquire into the course of study and mode of examinationH>f the students of this College. The regulations are the same at Lyons ancKTouIouse. All appointments, as at the medical schools, up to the grade of aggrege are competitive (by concours). The students are boarded and partly provided for by the Government. At the present time, (October 1867), there are about 260 students at this school, besides those of Lyons and Toulouse. Each student on admission must be between 17 and 25 years of age; he must produce certificates of birth and good conduct. Those only are admitted who can pass a satisfactory examination in the French language, arithmetic, geometry, geography, with a written narrative of some subject treating of geography and history. For his board, the student pays 450 francs yearly ; he remains at the school for four years, the only holidays being Sundays and fete days. In addition to his board, he finds his dress (blue clothes with gilt buttons), and his under-clothing. The diploma is fixed at 100 francs. Besides the ordinary students, 40 military students are maintained by the Government, who must be the sons of persons in the army, and recommended by the Ministers of War. No student leaves the establishment, which is- surrounded by extensive grounds, without permission from the Director. At the three Veterinary schools, 178 rewards (demibourses) are yearly given to the most deserving students, and the half-yearly reports ('notes semestrielles) of progress, are the only documents consulted by the minister for the distribution of these rewards. The course of study is as follows 1 st year, Anatomy, Natural Philosophy, Mechanics, Chemistry, Botany, and Histology. 2nd year, Anatomy, Phy- siology, Zoology, Chemistry, Materia Medica, Botany, Histology, and the structure of the different domesticated animals. 3rd, Pathology, Hygiene, and Agriculture. 4th year, Breeding of animals, Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology (theoretical and practical). Several Lectures are given daily by the Professors (paid by the Govern- ment), who have obtained their appointments by concours, and who have distinguished themselves by their various writings and discoveries. I need scarcely say that the examiners at the Medical and Veterinary schools have no pecuniary interest in the examination., I will not offend the reader b)\asking/hiin to contrast this state of things in France with that which I liav\ dejfcribed in the United Kingdom, but I ask him if a Veterinary surgeon in/France is required to be examined in Botany, Zoology, and Hygiene, why khould these important subjects not of necessity form a part of the ex^tinination-xof medical students in England ? It must be observed that these students are educated at the expense of the Government. They pay nothing for attendance upon Lectures, as the professors are remunerated by the State, and that when time is taken into account, the period, compared with that of the medical students in England is one year longer; for our medical session is only about nine months. When I passed the London College of Surgeons, it was necessary that a student should be twenty-two years of age, and that he should have been engaged for six years in the acquirement of professional knowledge; but now the age is twenty-one years, and the period of acquiring professional knowledge limited to four years, so much for the progress of science in England in this the 19th century 1 2,173 persons in the United Kingdom, in