Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-09-01

SUM- IIfIH IIGhf.
Mr.. Fitch's testimony in the libe
suit, in regard to his study of medicine,
was as follows
Entered Bellevue College October,
1860 did not remember the day OF
the month was there four and halt
months before receiving diploma. At
tended the regular course of lectures al
that college. - About five
months is the time used as a regular
course in a medical college. All col.
lcgcs have the same term positively. -
The following extracts from the last
announcements" of four of the lead
ing medical colleges of America will
give an idea Of the actual requirements
of a graduate
Statement OF Bellevue Hospital Medi-
cal College "The requirements for
graduation are rigidly adhercd to no
honorary degrees are conferred, and no
degree is ever conferred except after a
full personal examination of the can
didatc upon all the departments taught
in the college. The courses of lectures
at certain colleges which have a con
tinuous session of nine months arc
Three years pupilagc, after eighteen
years of age, with a regular physician
in good standing, inclusive of the time
OF attendance upon medical lectures
attendance upon two full courses of
lectures, the last being in this college
certificates of at least one course of
practical anatomy or disscctions, either
at the Bellevue Hospital Medical Col
legc, or some accredited college en-
powered to confer the degree of NJ. -.
proper testimonials of character and a
satisfactory examination in each of the
seven departments of instruction, viz,
practice of medicine, surgery, obstetrics,
matcra mcdica and therapeutics, ply
slology, anatomy, and chemistry. The
examinations upon practice of medicine
and surgery include diseases of the
nervous system, pathological anatomy,
opthalmology and diseases of the skin.
Two full courses are absolutely required,
and no period of practice is taken as
an equivalent for one course"
Statement OF the Long Island College
Hospital "No student will be adj
mitted to final examination for the
degree of doctor of medicine unless
fifteen months shall have supervencd
between the beginning of his first course
of lectures and the date of his gradua-
ton, nor until the completion OF three
years Of medical study"
The Michigan College of Medicine
requires "1hc candidate for gradua-
ton must be twcnty-one years of age,
must present evidence of good charac-
ter, and proof of having attended two
full courses of lectures in some rcgu-
larly organized college of medicine and
surgery, the last of which must have
been in the Michigan College of Medi-
cine, and pass satisfactory cxamin-
alton in the subjects embraced in the
college curriculum" A "coursc" in
this college consists of "three sessions,
six months each, SO that by no posi-
bility, or by any amount of previous
study clscwhcre-cXcept he were a
graduate of some recognized college
could student graduate in less than
eighteen months from entering college.
A "course" in the New York Col
legc of Physicians and Surgeons con
sists OF seven months Here are the
requirements for graduation Candid
atcs for the degree of doctor in medi-
cine must have attended two full
courses of didactic lectures on anatomy,
physiology, chemistry, matcria medica
and therapeutics, obstetrics, surgery,
pathology and practical medicine The
second of these two courses must have
been given at this college during a
regular session or sessions. No two
consecutive courses of lectures will be
held to satisfy the above requirements,
if the said two courses shall both have
begun during the same calendar year" !"