, 1869-02-07
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The Medical Profession Of EsgIsnd
The Struggle for Practice.
Medical nsformers--AImy and
Navy 3mgeons--The Club.
Doctors and Country Practitioners.
From ON 0xn Correspondent.

From In, or r,,es,o,s.,+
| 1,ovoos j., :,
There ha erv amonp thc Fnr1fsh docto,,
that their profcsston ID orerstocted. Advrr
tI.ements are Issned far ona1Iacd .s..,t.nt.
10 dispense, ,tsit md rattend mid dvif,rV- n,
the rata Of flftv nonnd. re,r-,n.t ~,
Of younp men a, thr .r4 ~ ..rsnt.on ~
ready having snent sorne bnndrros m Nat,
eanca+ion T.. = ~. -rnnoaa. ,,ss..H ~. .-.. =.
uou, Az ~ ]1o noment PrensHng Il
epena 'Io@ ave nuna1ea 70 thousant
pounds to paa. four 5ears In acquiring thu
Geek a situation At dry pounds {
a,,- | P"us VI nj
Ehellen 4uatiatd surgeons And apothecar!cs
calculated come time ago, did not come te
so much as eighty pouuds per man. Aauy
starye in sccrrf many Hive unon thr,r frta, i,
ar unon nrtya,r means. mill the1r INN corno =,
70 eaIa oat OF puaaing' tne proies.lon
full of struggling men, whose competition
| with each other would be 1erce II It Nert
no: restrsined by reutIcm aulr feelinr and
Hold code ~ ctinr.tte Tbs to,,c - -. |
,n-s,t sss.,s. ~ nr,h,;o 49, ~. ,5 ~ Iue y
nofan1 among. tae puhllc ouefs Immense I'D
yantsgrs 10 ali wi DO will be humhugs.
pbv,,c,.ns md .n;er,n, IN pnr,.n1 =,
donht offen ohtaln . inrr.t;xc n-ac.1se =. ~
49," 49, oN .r Prs'cc os
psue' usaus 'uaa n's1e "sn.. AAne efea,
boon, opportunity comes IN their way, aod
they arc carried on to fortune. Ooe or tue
| most successful Of ,uy ACQUAINTANCE obtained
| Ria conrer+.,, ,h,,r,h = r,I,ro. sa.Is.-s
II. ,.a..,'. se,.,. a.eioeus
tl' ptook1 Va" "a "a'tiaG iot nun AZ sla
lion moi laF rom Londoo' aod 1t happened
l % N ~ In an xTf OBJ
met with serious disaster. Among he
passengers moro or less injured were pecr
and his laoy, and to them tie docto.
| offered Lis carnage, bis house and
h.a best Attention. They stayed nj
bis placc ior the nlght, aud be wa 4 made
man. lie was introduced to one good famil9 i
alter ANOTHER, and found In day tho door
open which IL pitilcsely closed al their life.
Time TO hundreds. The most celebrated are
not the most tkilful, but that is not peculiar
10 one profession. sometimes theory which
has no other Recommendation thau novelty ~.
curest them patlsn:s. Ono man persists that thu
e1crement Of snakes u fact u viii cbecf c IN.
sumption, aud he II III demaud direclly. Az.
other declares that an ice.baC opplird In In
aplne will cure our woes, and be Is famous
lurthwlih. A third performs one opera,Ion
which answers, and q thousand arms and i,.rs
arc ot bis service.
The ices OF q physician or eurreon Of thc
first class vary With the means OF the Rratf.
tndc Of The patient. Two hundred peund,
ts often charged for = simple operation Tor
stone. Such and such man mug do if.
thinks TIC AutIcrcr, because he Tas enraoed
by Lord this or Earl that. Frequently hair
! dozen arc called In, but my Observation is
| that the average nractitioE: ;,ss ~ ,na,s
cures as the larger number. Lord Iy1Ion,'
| In ono OF bls books, mentions the case oi A.,
exceedingly popular doctor who ccn0ocd hls
studies to SanauIshinr paIn. nnd thnu,h thc
poor creatures under lis carc i;sd he
was known Ia stay pain, aud vas in ncrr,s,nsj
request. Tue phrktctan WIN Il unsnoicd
By favor OF court or aristoc..cy and ne.
the knowledge he possesses at the dictairs
Of hosor and kindness Of hearf. Ia amonr ~
flnest OF beings, Euch was thc iair NJ ncn. Is
hmm Brpdin. n man Who wss a s~na ni,,Iaa
ihrop1st and pht1osonher. a. wr1I NJ ~ 49,
Of European surveous. ASS ruIe The h.ss
will scc PROFESSIONAL men at a email cost. nnf
where there Is celebri r thcr nsns,ir rsf".. ~.
10 ,ake anythmg. ~ , 'o's usually reuse
H1DnIF-c1.Ass nor-7oRs
The strnrpie: of Ihe doe,or u.b,-o ,,
is yct 10 e mede T. a SsTv .i.,ht '1ieas t
aspires to practice among trndespeonie or thc ns
..11ua nnrsn eAaTs, ne %tst Aeep nrongnam ana
ne rnnst d. t5at .ns ~. W 1ase ~ osea9,
10 - ~ 49, e0as aua, - nc caouot wei!
dr;ro N junet, ins = y. -. " lug coacn oo1 ano
~ ,;1.1'.. ~ Ne h;,t ~ ~ eoacumAn, LOW
ae pioSaes h'msenI NhAt economlesl What
IL
~, th.t 'Sea' ,s.' ~ naIn Hko common
Was ibid i uas ~ ros,,;. " nan ~, Haen
| das.a.s so;e y ~ n immature ninu snan LOT
use' nere annieotss @ ss ssss eons lnto frequent
dsc,or vii npoet tna aney asu, ont INC honest
d. into ds,1t' >oe" " 'onn'ns' rs many
I so,nc neon1a fasn,G - c.eat ueM o. competition
tEn;s r.op.o ra.c, oe sst'. eaaettns' 1acT make
ran+ T1,o.- hs,t ~ ~ dee4 ue E tnElf ser
hnoi. snd h,in@ nuoh NJ sbnn ~ ane neisnoof- i
bS thas obsIons c,ieuasi'n al IT, Gh M nli nro~
Stances. In nv nxn netafharhnoa VI ~ a's easeum-
of Inn';on ~ ,hsye o"a ~ npoanood; snbu's
m;Ic Inv snr.. tveentr ~ ne Ivy toaa, nalI
| mass hr ~ = r;rh+ usu.e - nsn. AZ
| {a11ns ~ at thcir Inor. onS count Ine req
alTsvsa antnht hs1I,. ,"ouues. J., !uele rs
p1ace, but uules, The locally IL n ,1onPleaoai i
Of tbe prn1essonais ron hs IT. tae slnmesrs ~;
tusbed. However. nrac,ice 1 nnre y an,a.S US,
heiIryed in md IL tn-,.sI'a uues eatacu or
man. Peonc no snuhSc'3 hin IL hseis eiaescn9 ~
| mcekly resign thcusclyrs now r., h. sn"i,hca
| Produce the conviction ihat he is fn,1,ff.,esnt
as 10 visiting them. b. il IA hnsv .na ~,
do anythinr be- nlratcs nna ae inaF
Wcrc = ocfyous man. I shou1d 1ool wiz,
dismay on the increase Of Inc medical nrn.
teselon. ahou1l tear 1t hcded NJ t1l~that
men would be uladc patients TO keep the doc.
sors: But this l. shoFt.ssshtea us well Is an
| the POLITICAL DOCTORS.
| A class has sprnIg up dice DR.. Sou.hvood
Smith rouscd Tho Country on sanitsrr ~.
form. whom will call +' political doctorsn
They have not, generally fpeak1ur. nnv
private practice nor have they any fam.
have chosen other paths. They iastsn uro1
some evil generally felt, such as The adultrr-
all3n Of toed or drinks tho ctowtJInr nf
dwellings,; or The bad fan, OF workhous,s'
and hsnItncr awsy at 1t until they are take,
Hcrccst of them ut,lsr,o. in th,s 49, nv ~
Simultaneous ta1nlDg. We had one ventlsnan
who made England ring with demnn<irrtIo1s
Of the narrowing scenes presented in Enrt
house iI!lfmarics, and was then Suddenly
service Of The State. Th1s i. AZ I1 49, ~ Iue ,s
the world.
y FathcT singular thoupb that
with these agitating gentlemen, one
never nbsoClates the ldea OF individual
professional sbllity. often meet tho mott
act'se among thcm, and VIC dcaounce In com.
should never dream Of askins then, the war
10 cure core throat.
MEDICAL MEN AND THE STATE,
&c greatest trouble is taken ty the Brit
hh Government to insure proper medical a.
tstaanco Tor thc troops. ky:ry medical 60 ..
es, .leman % dealrous of entering the army medi-
eal service must have two legal qnalisca-
IONS Ion sniitling him to practise anywhere In
Hc1 Majcssy's domlniou.. He {ln, then to
pass m examination III London, conducted
W examiners who arc independent Of and En-.
tarcly uneonncc!cd With the army medical
aepa1!mtnt' Afcr passing this examination,
Is sent to tho Army Medical School. auu IL
taught there !os :our mouths, after Which be
ms 20 undergo fccond examination On tue
slecitltfes OF nrny medical service, lf found
competent, he callers the nrmy, and, alter
I'VE ysals, lAs to submit 10 third exarnIua.
uon, Intended tn insure tlst he hs, kept no
Ills knoN ledge during that ttmr. Indfs ma