LATIN 



AS A COMPULSORY QUALIFICATION IN THE MEDICAL 

 STUDENT'S PREPARATORY EDUCATION. 



At present English rule and custom require some 

 knowledge of Latin as a preliminary qualification to 

 registry as a medical student ; and a half century or 

 more ago, a similar prerequisite was demanded to en- 

 ter American medical colleges. 



In 1892 the general Medical Counsel of the 

 United Kingdom of Great Britain will require for 

 registration as a medical student the following com- 

 pulsory subjects: English grammar and composition ; 

 Latin, to the extent of grammar and the reading of 

 easy lessons ; Mathematics, comprising arithmetic and 

 the simple equations of algebra ; Geometry, with easy 

 deductions. Optional studies embrace one or more 

 modern languages, logic and Greek. Graduates in 

 Arts are exempt from preliminary examinations. 

 Without a University training a candidate for regis- 

 try must be acquainted with elementary physics, 

 chemistry and biology. 



In France the preliminary examinations embrace 

 a somewhat advanced knowledge of Latin, and a 

 thorough understanding of physics, chemistry, mathe- 

 matics, and zoology. In Germany a considerable 

 amount of Latin is required, with capacity not only 

 to translate, but to compose sentence after sentence, 

 and to read easy lessons in Greek. One modern lan- 

 guage besides German must be spoken ; and there 



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