New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-07
AMERICAN STUDENTS IN FRANCE
FOREIGN CANDIDATES FOR MEDICAL DEGREE
MIST CONFORM TO THE SAME RULES
As FRENCWMFN.

FOREIGN CANDIDATES. FOR MEDICAL DEiRE'S
MIST CONFORM TO THE SAME RULES
As FRENCHMEN.
Ivasb,nstoo Aug Ga dispatch has just been
received by the Department OF state from the
American Embassy at Paris. from which II APP
pears that important notifications nave peen i'aoe
in tho regulations for the admission OF foreign stu
dar,s tn the medical schools Of France and FOR
granting then, permission 10 practise their profes-
sion
Heretofore, American medical students VINO came
~ Paris with the view of being graduated from
one of the medical schools Of France had certain
facilities to enter these schools. When they were
graduates of well-known American colleges. or hed
a dtploma Of Doctor of Medicine. issued by repu-
bic foreign scientific institution they were per.
mted upon application being mao reap corses
~ the French medical schools. exactly IKE Frehcp
students who hac been graduateu rom eae = thev
faculties ana at the end on me cUuIse ,a, NJ r
were successful in the final examination. my me- ae
ceived the same diploma as ~ j.,
which carried with it the privilege OF pracusins Ill
France. s.,. E. 1,roroo hov.
ing bv degrees Considerably increased ana the pro
norton Of those who, for certain tlihe az 49,,
aIsn become much larger. the French Government
has adopted a sricter rule for the admission OF
Foreigners to the French medical schools
In the future foreigners DESTROYS OF obtaining
the same diploma that awarded to Frenchmen
non French students: that is to say, before being
allowed TO register at any OF the ire sf
dents = French State diploma of Bachelor de
I'Fnseicnpment Classique." and the 'Certncat de
Sciences Physiques. Cliniques ct Natrfclles.
To tho foreign students who do not propose 10
practise medicine In France the 1acltes usuaIy
eytended TO them will be continued and even en-
Iarged But they will only be entitled TO special
dinIoms solely intended for foreigners OF that
class and granting no rights to practise In france
These regula tons were Issued on July Il. and are
NOT anplicable 10 foreign students already regis
tered.
American students who intend to study and prac-
tise medicine in France should not be discouraged
nv tho statements contained in this dispatch, which
refer to a temporary and not TO definite regua-
ton This is az least the opinion OF even the French
Ministerial organs which, like lie Temps COM
plain that the Minister Of Public instruction, NJ.
Romhaud has acted too hastily, inconsiderately,
and not in perfect accord with the sentiments of the
Chamber OF Deputies. The latter, indeed. In Its sit
ting OF Juns II declined 10 pass Dill demanding
that foreign medical students should not be ad-
mitted in the amphitheatres and clinics unless they
produced French certificates or classical ano scien-
inc studies: and that foreigner should be au-
thorzed to practise medicine in France unless he
should have been naturalized, have performed the
recnla~ military service exacted from all French
men and have secured all the diplomas and GER
tihcates required from French medical doctors
Jules Guesde, n Socialist Deputy. opposed the mo-
ton and the Chamber voted an order of the day
authorizing the Government TO take any temporary
measures calculated To prevent the inroad of for
French schools of medicine open to students from
abroad. Although II was shown that p per cent ~
the physicians practising In France were foreigners,
the Chamber understood that the reputation or the
country for Intellectual hospitality must not be
rced the selfish interest Of the native physicians