The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-20 00:00:00

elves for examination, has had the smallest difficulty in
comprehending it.
The University requires—lst, That the pupil shall,
before he enters on the study of medicine, give proof of
having had a liberal education, by hi s passing the matri-
culation examination ; 21, that he shall be occupied four
years in the study of medicine ; 31, that he shall pass two
examinations for the degree of Bachelor of Medicine—
one at the end of the second year of his at ulies, and the
otht r when his studies are terminated ; 4th, the subjects on
which the candidate will be tested at each examination;
4re clearly pointed out, and thus the order in which they
may be best acquired is indrented to him. A less coin.
plicated system could scarcely Le imagined, or one more
suited to prepare the pupil for entering with advantage
on the study of medicine, and guide him in acquiring a
knowledge of the different branches of his profession,
caving him at the same time the utmost liberty in select-
ing his sources of instruction. But while the University
!eaves the utmost license to the pupil in the mode of ob-
taining information, it hiss endeavoured to render the exa-
minations red tests of the candidate's proficiency. With
his view, he is exam'ned on every subject laid down in
the curriculum : Ist. by means of written pa;ters; 21, by
visa race interrogations; and, 31, when the subject admits
of a practical examination, that is added.
It would be difficult, ac think, to device a system of
education better suited to stimulate both pupil and teacher,
or a mode of examination more calculated to test the can-
didate's proficiency, than that which has just been de-
scribed ; and now that the writer in the qrarterly Review
knows something of the regulations of the Metropolitan
University and their results hitherto, he may be disposed
to admit that the ni,.!inbers have given evidence of some-
thing more than '' good intentions," and that they do know
something of the st true principles of medical education."
Had they not taken a more liberal and enlightened view of
medical education than the Reviewer list of medical re-
form, the Metropolitan University would assuredly have
been a failure.
The truth is, that the University of London has already
done more to raise the standard of medical education, and
place the medical profession on higher ground, than all
the chartered medical institutions in the kingdom have
done from their first establishment up to the present time.
The University has been in active operation about two
years only, and at this moment there is not, we believe,
a medical school of any character in the British dominions
which has not applied to be recognised by it ; and col-
b.ges of general education over the whole country have
solicited the same recognition, and have in conseqaenee
increased the extent and raised the standard of their courses
of instruction to the requirements of the University, The
regulations of the Metropolitan University have thus given
a stimulus to education throughout the whole kingdom,
a result highly gratifying to the members of the institu-
tion, and which, had it been the only effect of their la-
bours would he sufficient to justify the expectations of its
founders and the expenditure which it has cost the country.