Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-09-03

0ur energetic local and commercial editor, Mr..
J. N. MoKEn. furnishes Us With the vote for su- /
preme Judge in al except two wards Of the city.
The vsse stands as far heard from, for Judge |
WR1onr. 554; for Judge WALxzR, s7s. WEIoHT's
majority 17e. A considerable effort was made TO
concentrate the KnOw~NOthing vote on WALKER,
but With only partial success. There has been no
organized action Of the Democratic party, and not
third of the Democratic voters of the State knew
what party Judge WRIeHT acted with. On the other
hand we are informed thEt letters have been written
TO the prominent KnoW-NothiDgs in every county in
the State, urging them to bring out the full party
vote for WALKER. This movement was kept entire
ly secret from the Democracy, and only discov-
cred on the evening Of the election. We graft
fed to believe thatJudge WRIGHT viii be elected
in spite of the unfair and underhanded means nsed
to defeat him The vote on the convention to change
the Constitution is very small, and large majority
of the votes polIed in Nashville in the negative
The Nashville Monthly Record Of Medical
and Physical Science.
Edited ny DA1 F. NJ d. and THOMAS L. MADDS, NJ
/ D., Of Shelby Medical College
We have received the September number Of this
new medical periodical, and have perused with
great interest some of Its leading papers An article
from the pen of Dr.. WRIGHT, on EDUCATIONAL Re-
FORM" is worthy Of especial notice, both on &C.
count Of the valuable suggestions contains on the
subject of Medical Education, and the clear and for
chile style in which it is written The author has
evidently thought much ami closely on the practical
difficulties attending the establishment of uniform
system of medical instruction in the United States
The method by which he proposes to approximate
that desirable result though it might not be entire
y successful, could not fail to elevate the standard
Of Medical Education throughout the country, ant
prevent that partial and irregular system of in
struclion which has been pursued in some medica
schools of recognized responsibility. With thi
view DR.. WRIGHT proposed as early as 1856 the or
ganizstion of convention to consist of professor
from all the principal medical colleges in the Unite
States, who should be empowered to adopt set
rules for the regulation and government of such il
situtions. The following extract from article
9 | DR.. WRIGHT's, published in the MEHPHIs MEDICA
D RECORDER, of July, 1856, will give the reader
general idea of his plan:
We think that something like convention
e medical colleges is becoming not only very desrs
e BILE but absolutely indispensable. Might not some
thing Of the sort be engrafied upon the meetings
! The American Medical Association? These NEE
ngs are attended by the delegates from most Of th
: educational institutions recognized by the medcS
profession. Why might not these delegates be al
ihorized by their constituents to form sepsrat
f Educational COaVeRtioa to sgree upon the principle
. and provisions of 8 systematic reformation of Ii
Existing system Of medical instruction. If o coo
Of regulations could be agreed upon by such a cor
: veniiOn, and accepted by very large preponde
# aBce Of medical colleges throughout the country
undoubtedly then one step further ought to be mad
= Ehich would complete the work. Those who adop
ed the regulations should also refuse TO recognii
diplomas or certificates of attendance from an
d college which did not; for of course it would |
futile for institution to PROFOUND any condition
;, TO its own students which they were obliged
waive in the of students from other colleges.
e The wisdom Of the suggestion has been endorse
by its adoption at the last meeting of the Americ'
= Medical Association, who organized an Education
Convention according to DR.. WBIGHT's plan. TIL
De convention will meet at Louisville on the day pr
ceding the meeting of the Medical Association, al
we hope its action may realize the sntioipatiOns
d DR.. WRIGHT, who may be considered the author
y the scheme, and its other friends.
y "a Case of Spontaneous Modification" reports
" by DR.. THOMAS L MADDIS, Professor Of AnatOm
N is also very interesting and well written paper.
70 The Record is well gotten up in every respect
we consider it q valuable addition to our medic
| literature.