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Report of the Number of Medical Practitioners in Delaware. 



Dr. Couper, on behalf of the delegates from the State of Dela- 

 ware to the National Medical Convention of 1847, begs leave to 

 submit to the American Medical Association the following report, 

 viz.: — 



The number of practitioners of medicine in the State of Delaware 

 is one hundred. Of these, forty-eight reside in Newcastle County, 

 twenty-seven in Kent County, and twenty -five in Sussex County. 

 Of the whole number, seventy are graduates, and hold the license of 

 the State ; two are graduates, but practice without any legal autho- 

 rity ; seven are not graduates, but practice under the State license, 

 and twenty-one are neither graduates nor licentiates. 



Under the general law regulating the practice of medicine and 

 surgery in the State of Delaware, every practitioner is required to 

 take out the license of the State. The graduates of any respectable 

 medical school, and such other persons as shall sustain a satisfactory 

 examination before the Medical Board of Examiners, are entitled to 

 this license on the payment of a fee of ten dollars. But under spe- 

 cial acts of the legislature, passed since the date of the general law, 

 Homoeopathists and Thompsonians are permitted to practice without 

 diplomas, and without examination by the board, or the payment of 

 a fee. 



All which is respectfully submitted. 



JAMES COUPER. 



