Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-04-18
TALK OF MEDICAL COLLEGE.
Proposed Addition to State University
Considered.

~A'
That twenty-one state universities,
including all state universities OF the
first rank, give full four years OF the
medical course, and that the Unlvef
sitv of Wisconsin is the only unlVer-
sity of Importance that does not. pro
vide adequately for students who de-
sire to study medicine, was brought
out before the joint meeting of the leg
fslative committees on education, Inc
committees had under consideration
Bill No. 10, S. F., which provides SON.
900 per annum for the establishment
of a college of medicine at the uni
versity equipped to give the hrst TWO
wears of the medical course. Ii was
shown that the medical authorities OIL
the state, including the officers OF the
State Medical society, the state Doafu
.of health and the state board OF medl-
cal examiners. together with huS9
proDOrtion of the leading physicians
of the state, favor the plan. Proihl-
nent medical authorities OF the couh-
try are agreed that the first two years
of the medical course can be better
done at a university than in colleSe
Of medicine independent OF unlVer-
sity. That a university Whlch uoV0
not offer clinical instruction can, new
nrtheless. do the pre-clinical WORK 10
the best advantage, was empnaslzeu
nv letters in support of the proposeu
Dlan from the president of the AmefF
ran Medical association, the president
of the Association OF American Meui-
cal Colleges and the chairman OF the
council ON medical education OF the
American Medical association.
The recent trend in medical educa
ton il was shown, is along the Hne
proposed At the University OF Caii-
fornia where until a year ago all the
medical work was done in san frdh-
cisco. the first two years OF the meul-
cal course have been recently trans
Ferred to Berkeley, where the unlVef-
sitv is located. When Rush Medlcal
college was united with the unlVersl-
tv of Chicago, a few years ago. inc
first two years of the medical course
were transferred from Rush 10 the
University of Chicago. This actloh'
together with the unanimous lndorse-
ment of the plan for giving the hrst
Two years of medical work IN ulil-
versitv nv scores of the most eminent
medical men in the country, was pc
Iieyed TO be strong reason for a TWO
year medical course at the UnlVerSlt!
of Wisconsin.
Unless the university incorporates
into a medical college its present pre-
medical work, which covers over d
wear of the required medical course II
will be impossible, it was pointed OUT
for graduates of the pre-medlcai
course to receive any credit for thelr
university training. Because OF recent
rulings in surrounding states 1t is nee
nssary for students who have taken
the university pre-medical course 10
sDend four years in a medical college
before they can get the diploma OIL
medicine. If the plan proposed De
adODted the medical boards Will give
credit for two years work at the uni
versitv. and the other two years can
he done at any standard clinical medl-
cal college. Thus the combined AGA
demic and medical course can be
completed in a shorter time and with
less expense to the student. Unless
the medical college is incorporated al
the university. the present pre-medl-
cal course will necessarily suHer
greatly. because students will go TO
universities where they can complete
their academic work and medlcai
course in much shorter time.-W