The New York herald., 1870-05-02
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL COL.
LEGES.


In the National Association OF. Medical Colleges
to-day additional credentials were presented as fol-
lOws:-Kansas City Medical College, Professor John
M. Forrest, Professor A. p. Lankl0rd; Missouri
Medical College, Professor A. Hammer University
OF Nashville, Professor W. r. Bowling ana W. f.
Briggs.
Professor N, g. Davis offered several rules for gov
erning proceedings, which were adopted.
Mr.. Davis offered resolution that the several
propositions adopted by the convention at cincinnati
in 1867 be taken up separately in the order they stand
In the printed report which was adopted. The first
proposition was taken up as follows:-
First, That every student applying for matricula
tion In q medical college shall be required to show
either by satisfactory certificate or by direct exam
nation by committee OF the faculty, that he pos
sesses a knowledge OF common English branches OF
education, including the series of mathematics the
elements OF natural sciences and sufficient know
ledge Of Latin ana Greek TO understand technical
terms OF the profession and that the certificate pre-
sented the result OF the examination thus required
be regularly died as part Of the records OF each
medical college.
Professor Logan offered an amcndatory resolution
that recommendations to the dinerent faculties OF
the medical colleges are not binding till ratified by
the several Institutions. After some discussion the
resolution was lost.
education" He said in institutions not repre-.
sented here the recommendations would be i'm.
possible and he. thought the tendency of the West
ern institutions would be to clear them up. We ex
clude men from our colleges simply because they
many instances our best physicians are without clas
sical educations
Professor YANDRLL, OF Kentucky, asked-In case
adopt the resolution is, does It enforce the
education Of medical studentsY He thought 1t would
not. You capnot make medical students have a
knowledge which students In other professions not
required 70 obtain before going into practice. While
he would have the medical profession attain the
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want without reference to his Latin or Greek know
ledge so that he s sensible and udiciOus man, and
possesses the confidence Of the public. These edu
cational attapments were impracticable In this
county. He did not think that success was the test
better system OF primary education should certainly
be encouraged, but he opposed this standard Of re-
Professor HAMMOND, in reply TO Professor Yandell,
said he was sorry TO hear such arguments advanced.
: He did not think any man. however possessed OF
sense, could become scientific man without
knowledge Of Latin or some other dead language.
He must enter his protest against such standard
esosso Yasss "a sd%s Nave to take the
are teachers. The people want men who CON cure
Professor HAMMER moved an amendment 10 the
amendment offered by DR.. Moon, to the effect thar
out and all else retained. GN
Professor DAVIS opposed the amendment 0fered
TO the original proposition, and advocated Gil
entering upon the study of medicine. BY wait
ing for the common tide OF ADVANCE
IfienJ III kuOWiedS6 Ine profession fnlgnb go
backward instead OF forward. Every man
worth having In the profession Will come up 10 the
required standard II 1t is well established and arbi
trary rule Of medical institutions OF the country.
line Of demarcaton should be drawn between those
worthy and the army Of parasites who were hanging
on the profession. He advocated the amendment
offered by DR.. Hammer and hoped II would be
adopted. QH
Professor MOORE said:-The gentleman's ideas OF
medical education are beautiful but would not apply
to physicians in the West where the medical faculty
had labor physically about as hard farmers do.
Dr. r. KEYBURN said he was surprised to hear that
q different standard was required in the Western
country than was required in the East. He though
the requirements should be uniform as possible
higher grade should be Insisted upon and 1t should
he made uniform.
Professor LOOMS said In regard to the Greek Ian
guage he did not think It so necessary the Latin.
In the scientific world Latin was the prevailing Ian
guage used. He would favor striking out the Greek
and retaining the Latin. Some standard should be
agreed upon.
Professor Cox was opposed to the amendment to
the amendment. He thought they were discussing
what formed the cornerstone Of the medical pr0Ies-
sion. We are hooded with charatans In the pro1es'
sion In consequence OF the loose manner IN whlch
medical institutions are conducted.
Professor YANDEII said the Anglo.Saxon charac-
ter could not be changed nor driven Into terms pre-
scribed by this Convention, and the resolution
adopted woa!d % unheedsg w the mealca col