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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    on to a greater extent than ever (backed by the diploma of the Pharma- ceutical Society), by unqualified practitioners, to the detriment, especially of the junior members of the profession, shall be made illegal, as in France and other countries. t That as soon as the chemists aim druggists in the United Kingdom un- dergo a compulsory examinatioV* and a proper system of drug inspection is instituted, it will be desirableyn3 utr as is practicable, to separate medicine from the practice of pharmacy. That the state of the Veterinary profession, so intimately connected with the science of medicine, is in a most unsatisfactory and disgraceful con- dition in England and Scotland, and that in Ireland no Veterinary school exists. . That at the three Veterinary schools in France, as shewn by the Appendix, the course of instruction itor a Veterinary student is longer by eighteen months than that of a Medic^jVtudent in the‘United Kingdom; and that four subjects—betany, zoologwNhistology, and hygiene—form a part of the Veterinary student’s examindtionyin France that are thought by our Medical Council unnecessary for ai/English medical student’s examination. CONCLUSIONS, 1870. That from an analysis I have made of this year’s Irish Medical Directory, 1870,f there are 2,350 names recorded. Of the various practitioners enumerated, there are 2,136 Irish degrees, 1,903 Scotch and English—1,347 of the former, and 556 of the latter. That in Ireland 607 are practising with one degree only, and 187 of these with the Licence of the Dublin Apothecaries’ Company. That although the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Durham do not afford five Doctors of Medicine annually, they return three members to the Medical Council, whilst more than 20,000 members of the profession are unrepresented. That at the Pharmaceutical Society, consisting of about 3,000 members, the Twelve Examiners are elected by the Council, and the Council by the general body\ * Since this was written, (18G7,) the examination has been made compulsory, but the examiners are wholesale or rotail chemists and druggists. As regards counter practice this is not likely to be done away with until general practitioners abandon pharmacy. t As will be seen at page 41, in my first Carmichael Essay, 1859, the analysis of that year gave 981 Scotch degrees and 477 English. I select the names in the Directory, 1870, for tho purpose of comparison, but a largo number of the addresses are unknown ; pro- bably, 2,000 practitioners would be about the number, but this does not affect the general conclusion. All the analyses are made by myself.