The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-13
The Examination OF TIedicai Landi
dates.

The Minnesota state board of medi-
cal examiners is composed of six reg
ular' and three homeopathic physi-
clans. The method Of procedure in ex-
aminlng those who would practice upon
the life and the health of the citizen
is fair and impartial. 1t has invited
no public criticism, and the special leg
1slatlVe committee which has been Sc
lected to formulate a new state med
ical law can begin its labors in no bet
ter way than by informing itself of its
details, as these are defined over the
signatures of the president and secre-
tary, to wit:
Applicants for license to practice medi-
cine IN thls state are examined at one of the
regular quarterly examinations held by This
board in the capitol building Examinations
are always in charge of the secretary or some
other member OF the board. Each applicant
SUBMITS his credentials to time pursued
in the study of medicine and nays his fee
FROM this moment the candidate is known
only by number until after all answer ra-
pers nave been examined and passed upon by
the members of this board at a meeting held
shortly after each examination A license Is
then granted to candidates represented by
certain numbers having received the required
average in all branches
IN order to insure fairness and impartiality
10 al, the procedure at present and for the
past eleven years has been as follows: En-
Veiopes are numbered in consecutive order
each containing blank with the correspond
ing number and upon which the cand date
writes his full name and address This is
returned to the envelope and sealed and re
mains sealed until final action is taken Inv the
BOARD on all numbers which represent candi-
dates. ~
NO name appears upon the enyeIope and mn
name or other mark Of Identification is al
lowed on the answer papers of the candidates
except the number which he draws and the
year in which he graduated or had taken his
last course in medicine. This latter provision
Is in JUSTICE to old practitioners and places
no UNDUE burdens on the recent graduate
The answer papers are sent by EXPRESS at
once under seal to the members of the boa rd
and papers upon subjects peculiar to any one
school of medicine are sent to the members Of
this board who are representatives of such
school.
The state board has examined $40
candidates during the past eleven
years They were from 127 different
medical colleges, located in England
Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Switzer-
land, Norway, Sweden, Denmark. Aus
tria, Canada and the United States
An idea Of the schools represented
and the number and percentage Of fall.
ures Is given by this table:
Number Examined. Failed. rfF Failed Iedl
Regular school, 1,221 3O3 Ok
Homeopathic school, s8... IA Is %
1SleItic 1t scnoo,' 70; -. .33 1-3
fnySio-lheuicai SCHOOL, a.. 1 .25
The Ramsey county delegation can
not afford to ignore the views of that
large body of practitioners who uphold
the state medical board. Give the os-
teopaths fair play. But insist that
everybody who would practice heal
ing shall undergo fair ex-
animation In DaSsinp xya NO.,
remark that if the osteopatbs
constituted the great majority of med
ical practitioners in Minnesota, the al
iopaths and the homeopaths would be
exceedingly glad to avail themselves of
measure such as was introduced in
this legislature. 1t was conservative