The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-08
LICENSING THE DOCTORS
This Year AIT Passed the State
Examination-New York
in the Lead.

0Ns
TRENTON, May 8, 1s95.-The State
Board Of Medical Examiners nave just
issued their annual report-the fourth
| report since the State Board was or
ganized. Since the date of the third
report, two members of the board died
DIR. Eugene T.esler, of Orange, and
DR.. George w. Brown. of Long Branch.
DR.. F. B.. Lane, of East Orange, has
succeeded DR.. Tiesler, and DR.. William
Perry Watson was elected secretary in
DR.. Browns place.
During the year the board examined a
total Of 100 candidates and issued ITO GER
t~ificates to practice medicine and sur
gerry in the State. Twenty candidates
were refused a license, giving a per-
centage of reflections of 1887 as COM
pared with % per cent. in 1893, 24.47 in
1892, and 1881 in 1891.
"As we are now working under an en-
tirely new law, which went into effect
on July 4, 1894" says the board. sit
nay be profitable to take a brief re-
Prospect of the work done by the board
during our four years of existence. Dur
ing this time. i.e.. from July A. 1890
we lave examined 54 candidates, in
GLIDING those taking their preliminary
and final examinations as well as those
re-examined. and we lave issued AT
licenses
W. have had repealed the charter of
the Medical and Surgical College of New
Jersey, at Jersey CITY, which was be-
coming a stencil In the nostrils of the
respectable member of the profession;
We have secured the passage of a law
regulating the practice of midwifery in
this State, which has been in successful
operation during the last two years.
W. have firmly impressed upon can
didates that they must secure a good
academic and medical education before
in this State; WI have elevated the stan
dard of the medical profession, at least
Of the incoming members. to a much
fore.
"And, finally, we nave secured the
passage. of a new medical law, ap-
operative july 1, 1884, Which, Without
exception, IS the best State medical law
in this country today, and If wisely and
dound to the glory of those securing
ST the medical profession Of New Jer-
During the year the board issued 81
ing 9 total Of 26s licensed midwsfes in
OF the AT physicians licensed by. the
board, the largest number-62-are from
the University Of New York, and the
of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia
College. Other principal colleges are as
follows:-
University OF Pennsylvania, 50: Belle
vue Hospital Medical College, 49,. Hahn
sman Medical College, Philadelphia, 81;
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia.
80; Baltimore College of Physicians and
Surgeons, IT; Long Island College Hos
oital, Brooklyn, TO-. New York Medical
College and Hospital for Women, 1e.
Other States colleges represented are
in Massachusetts,, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Vermont, Nebras-
ka, Missouri and District of Columbia.
Among the foreign diplomas passed on
were diplomas from Dublin University,
at Warzburg, London School of Medi-
cine. McGill University at Montreal,
Queens University, Kingston, Ontario;
Rogue College of Surgeons, ireland; Trim
ity Medical College. Toronto; uniyer-
lin, Borin, Bostock, Breslan, Cracow.
Genoa, Leips-c, Leyden in Holland.