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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



branches thereof as the board may deem necessary that 

 the applicant should possess. 



Maryland. Testimonials to moral character. The 

 candidate should at least possess a high school educa- 

 tion. Must be a graduate of some reputable medical 

 school having a three years' course, but an effort is be- 

 ing made to extend the course to four years. Non- 

 graduates of a college of medicine are examined in 

 practice, surgery, anatomy, materia medica, therapeu- 

 tics, physiology, chemistry, jurisprudence, obstetrics, 

 gynecology, hygiene, and pathology. 



Massachusetts. Good moral character and twenty- 

 one years old. All applicants are required to pass a 

 satisfactory examination in surgery, physiology, pa- 

 thology, obstetrics, and practice of 'medicine. College 

 diplomas not a factor in testing an applicant's qualifi- 

 cations for practice. 



Michigan. Every graduate of any legally author- 

 ized medical college in the state^or in anv one of the 

 United States, or in any other country, shall be deemed 

 qualified to practice medicine and surgery in all its de- 

 partments after having registered. 



Minnesota. Good moral character. Evidence of igno- 

 rance in ordinary spelling and writing count against a 

 candidate, at option of examiner. The applicant for 

 license must present evidence of having attended upon 

 three separate courses of medical study at a college 

 having not less than six months' duration each. Study 

 with physician not necessary. [Other] applicants are 

 required'to pass an examination in anatomy, physiology, 

 histology, pathology, chemistry, medical jurisprudence, 

 preventive medicine, obstetrics, practice, surgery, dis- 

 eases of women and children, materia medica, eye and 

 ear diseases, toxicology. 



Missouri. The law prescribes no qualifications ; but 

 in regard to personal character and citizenship the board 

 has made a rule, which has not been questioned, accord- 

 ing to which an applicant must present two letters of 

 recommendation from physicians as to his moral and 

 professional character, and he must be a resident of 

 the state unless he makes affidavit that he resides in 

 a county of another state, which county lies upon the 

 border of Missouri. Under a recent decision of the 

 supreme court it is necessary only to be the possessor of 

 a diploma from a legally chartered medical school in 

 good standing to be admitted to registration. The good 

 standing of the school to be determined, like the repu- 

 tation of an individual, by testimony. The court de- 

 cided that the law did not authorize the board to set up 

 a standard. 



Montana. None ; but board may refuse to grant li- 

 cense on moral grounds. Applicants must possess a 

 diploma from a reputable school of medicine, whose 

 professors and teachers are graduates of a school of that 

 kind, and which, after July 1, 1898, requires attendance 

 upon four courses of lectures of at least six months 

 each, no two terms in one year. No credit for practice 

 of or study with a physician is given. 



Nevada. A medical education and a diploma from 

 some regularly chartered medical school, said school to 

 have a bona fide existence at the time when said diploma 

 was granted. 



New Hampshire. Good moral character and twenty- 

 one years of age. Must have graduated from a registered 

 college or satisfactorily completed a full course in a reg- 

 istered academy or high school, or had a preliminary 

 education considered and accepted by the regent (state 

 superintendent of education) as fully equivalent. Our 

 state pays now (1899) no attention to medical college di- 

 plomas except from Dartmouth. Since 1893 Dartmouth 

 graduates have been obliged to stand examination. Ap- 

 plicant must have studied medicine not less than four 

 full school years of at least nine months each, including 

 four satisfactory courses of at least six months each, In 

 four different calendar years, in a medical college reg- 

 istered as maintaining at the time a satisfactory stand- 

 ard. The regent shall accept as the equivalent for any 

 part of these requirements or those concerning a liter- 

 ary education, evidence of five or more years of reputa- 

 ble practice provided that such substitution be specified 

 in the license, or has either received the degree of bach- 

 elor or doctor of medicine from some registered medi- 

 cal school, or a diploma or license conferring full right 

 to practice medicine in some foreign country. (Recent 

 law.) 



New Jersey. Nothing as to citizenship, but at least 

 two physicians, one of New Jersey, must vouch for 

 personal character. Candidates must be graduates from 

 an accredited literary or scientific college, or have com- 

 pleted satisfactorily not leas than a three years' course 



j in an accredited high school or academy, or have re- 

 ceived a preparatory education covering the following 

 branches, viz., orthography, arithmetic, English gram- 

 mar and composition, geography, history of the Lnited 

 States, algebra, and physics, or what this board of ex- 

 aminers may consider their equivalent. Candidates 

 must have received a diploma conferring the degree of 

 doctor of medicine from some legally incorpo rated med- 

 ical college (which in the opinion of the board was in 

 good standing at the time of issuing said diploma) in 

 the United States or a diploma or license conferring the 

 full right to practice all the branches of medicine and 

 surgery in some foreign countrv, and have also studied 

 medicfne four years, including three courses of lectures 

 in different years in some legally incorporated Ameri- 

 can or foreign medical college or colleges prior to the 

 granting of said diploma or foreign license ; provided, 

 however, that two courses of medical lectures, both of 

 which shall be either begun or completed within the 

 same calendar year, shall not be considered as satisfy- 

 ing the above requirements. All examinations shall be 

 written in the English language and the questions 

 shall be, except in materia medica and therapeutics, 

 such as can be answered in common by all schools of 

 practice. 



New Mexico. Two certificates well accredited as 

 to personal character and professional standing. Our 

 board disproves of medical schools doing their own ex- 

 amination of candidates for matriculation. It requires 

 that each candidate for admission to a medical school 

 shall furnish as a minimum a high school certificate 

 preferably a college degree. No study with a physician 

 required. As to professional study our board has not 

 specified at length its requirements except as to time 

 (four years), and terms of lectures [courses] (four) and 

 conditions for matriculation. [A diploma of a legally 

 chartered medical institution in good standing will 

 admit to practice law.] 



New York. Certificate of good moral character 

 from not fewer than two physicians in good standing; 

 also evidence that applicant has the general educa- 

 tion required preliminary to receiving the degree of 

 bachelor or doctor of medicine in this state (medical 

 student certificate), or graduation from a registered 

 college, or satisfactory completion of a full course in a 

 registered academy or high school, or had a preliminary 

 education considered ana accepted by the regents of the 

 University of the State of New York as equivalent to 

 such high school course. Evidence that applicant has 

 studied medicine not less than four full years of at least 

 nine months each, including satisfactory courses of at 

 least six months each, in four different calendar years 

 in a medical school registered as maintaining at the 

 time a satisfactory standard. The applicant for license 

 to practice medicine in New York state [not a grad- 

 uate ] must pass examinations in anatomy, physiology, 

 hvgiene, chemistry, surgery, obstetrics, pathology, and 

 diagnosis, therapeutics, practice, and materia medica. 



North Carolina. Certificate of good moral charac- 

 ter from some one known to the board. Education 

 decided by character of papers handed in on examina- 

 tion. No attention paid to diplomas. Satisfactory ex- 

 amination in all branches of medicine. No study with 

 physician required. Examinations are comprehensive 

 but are liberal ; 80 per cent, is necessary to pass how- 

 ever. 



Ohio. Good moral character from two registered 

 physicians of the state. All medical colleges of the 

 United States requiring a minimum of three years of 

 study of medicine and two courses of lectures for 

 graduation prior to 1886, and possessing proper facili- 

 ties for teaching and a faculty embracing the chairs of 

 anatomy, physiology, chemistry, materia medica, ther- 

 apeutics, medicine, surgery, and obstetrics, shall be 

 recognized as jn good standing, and diplomas issued by 

 the same and properly verified shall entitle the holders 

 thereof to register as" graduates in medicine. For the 

 ten years ending in February, 1896, all medical colleges 

 exacting the foregoing requirements and possessing 

 facilities anda faculty as specified above shall, by virtue 

 of such facts, be recognized as in good standing to and 

 including the year 1892, but that no medical college 

 shall be recognized as in good standing^ which has not 

 since 1892 possessed the foregoing facilities and faculty, 

 and in addition has not exacted an entrance qualifica- 

 tion and attendance upon three regular courses of 1< 

 tures as a condition of graduation. On and after July 

 1,1899, no medical college will be recognized as in good 

 standing which does not require the entrance qualifica- 

 tion prescribed by the Association of American Medical 



