New-York tribune., 1883-06-15
HIGHER MEDICAL EDUCATIOM
ADDRESS OF DIR. ID. B. ST. JOHN ROosA BEFORE THE
MEDICAL GRADUATES or SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY.

ADDRESS OF DIR. d. B. ST. JOHN ROosA BEFORE THE
MEDICAL GRADUATES or SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
SYRACUSE, n. Y, June little address be-
ment Of syracuse University was delivered by DR. d. B.
81 John ROosa of New-York Taking for his theme Inc
NeXt Step for the Medical Profession OF tho United
states and after referring TO features OF the MS
torg OF medicine the contentious Of doctors ana the
origin systens schools he spoke in part as i9oWs
Venture 10 ask you TO consider with ne whaiI regard
as one the next steps TO be taken ny inc medical pro
fession OF State, and OF the Oner states OF our cou
try TO enable TO more perfectly iuhl our mission as
oae OF the powers of the Land IL seems TO me Pian
enough 10 be seen that all the nedca coeSes oi te
state should made 10 assume the same position now
taken by the Medical Department OF ts TS ,Ss
well as by that OF Harvard, In Cambridge. ms Is 'h9
next step required OF the profession OF our country
have had some acquaintance win nedica eotses' and
assert without fear OF successful contradlcuo tnat
the standard Of attainment In the best Oh tnem
in this state is too low You VIII not as
inely OF the opportunities for study that are given
in our colleges OF the city 2 % :caas sr Of tbe
old World as we'll OF this country know nocoeges
nrensron and who is dix during his three years,
may acquire better fundamental educati0h' But the
fatal defect systemDy which they are eonducted
that IN IA voluntary to such degree that many ncomIe-
tent men may and do attain tue degree OF ,Octor ~
Medicine Having once attained It from any chartered
college the graduate is pso Jaeo licensed 10 pracse ia
this state. ~ -, A.. ,.. ,,o, oro
OF various kinds. One OF the common ones may oe
stated as follows The requirements OF practitioners
coming from remote inaccessible districts OF country
sboud not be great because they cannot Afford to give
tbe reause time and money for better instruction. anu
healdeH,
men of scanty attainmentsare willing 70 go. some KIND
OF doctors be furnished to the frontiers and poor
settlcments and better ones than none. NOW, III
The want OF attainment In these poorly. equipped men
was in the direction Of the diagnosis OF are eases or In
e inability 10 perform great surgical operations In cases
that cond wen brook delay this view OF the case might
have some weight But the colleges do not even pretend
IN eve adequate instruction In these so-called special
sgbects They claim however. TO furnish the young
practitioner with sufficient knowedSe or tne ACCIDENTS
and exigences Of the average general practice MY issue
with them is that they do not even DO TINS. ,,..,
10 remodiei EndOWmeuts from Dflyate
may be secured and the colleges rendered In
dependent of tue size Of the classes IL was once my
onnon that this the most feasible method OF reiorm
practical experience OF several years In endeayorng
TO secure an endowment for one Of the medical colleges
so,ne objections 10 this plan The coun-
tTv h still so young and needy, so poorly educated on
te subiect OF endowing medical schools that for long
do% r" even one good school Let II there is any
matters that the labor OF securing the proper endow-
for thorough me Heal instruction shall come 9P8n
teachers find that the colleges must como up 10 certain
high m e. II e state be induced to 20
sep further IN the way OF legislation on medical subjects
a. high standard as the best one 1t would indeed be
great advance the time when the seventh son OF
eventb son. the carvoyant the cancer DOCTOR and the
her doctor practsed their arts without let or him
drance But II all our colleges were as good "a our
best tho law leaves untouched the chei ey ana tnat,
briefly stated the following: With the colleges remains
the power Of giving license TO practse U.s., ~ is an
teachers 10 confer legal privileges In New YORK City,
vhich think fairly call the centre or medical
Education in country the professors who teach the
sven nncpul branches and no )eiye share of the
dinoia fee who are, in fact, the propretOrs OF the
bnsiness enterprise that medical lege necessarily
and nroperly Is determine who shall practise medicine
n rho State OF New York This voluntary system has
heen improved In many respects and made worse In
Others by various makeslfs There Is but one remedy
Tor this state OF things. That remedy Is at our hand
rhere must be a Board of Examiners like the Army and
Nav boards or the Board of Examiners of the hospitals
where competition earnest, who shall decide, ndepen
IDENTIFY OF the colleges who shall practise medicine IN our
borsrs This Board established, the colleges will
soon see 10 It. each for ITSELF how the proper reforms
shall be made shall successful examination
for its graduates .. 4. A., -
munity at large, whether tho professors speak from
chairs that are endowed whether they are paid by fees
Tho colleges will TO all that For the college that
sends in one any considerable number or men be
fore the Board who fail TO pass Will soon close It's DOORS
The state of Illinois already has such law AS that which
urge upon you worthy OF your best influence to aid
its passage The profession is everywhere considering
this subjects united and earnest action necessary
that the needed reform may be made 10 Is the medical
nneson of our time We must impress II npon our leg
sators We shall soon trust In this State, dismiss the
acnonous discussion OF medical ethics and etiquette.
All the controversy this subject viii soon pass into the
nobo of the medical antiquary, with the tull-botomed
VIC sold headed cane, and coach-and-four Of the
eis6teenth century English physicians, and We shall
tIu,a for a wei question.