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the Homoeopathic and Eclectic boards, claimed by the promoters of the Bill to 

 have been extinguished; and 



Wliereas — In addition to all the foregoing objectionable features of the Bill, its 

 operation will, in all probability, cut off the recognition of our Medical diplomas 

 by the mother country, and thus deprive our young men of priviliges they have 

 not been slow to avail themselves of in the past — to their own credit and ours, 

 and which they would no doubt earnestly desire to have still continued open to 

 them ; be it therefore 



Resolved — That a Committee consisting of be appointed to draft memo- 

 rials to His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and the Legislative 

 Assembly, in accordance with this resolution, and respectfully requesting the 

 repeal of so much of the Medical Act as unites the Homoeopathic and Eclectic 

 bodies with the Medical Profession of this Province. 



The discussion on this resolution occupied the whole of two sede- 

 runts, when the following amendments were proposed: — 



Dr. Browse, seconded by Dr. Hamilton, moved that all after the 



word " Whereas," in the first clause, be struck out, and the following 



inserted : 



" That inasmuch as three licensing bodies existed in Medicine in the Province 

 of Ontario, whose privilege was to send forth practitioners of an inferior Medical 

 education, and whereas it is highly desirable to protect the public by allowing 

 only thoroughly educated men to receive a license to practice Medicine, notwith- 

 standing the objections many of this Council may have, and do now entertain 

 towards some of the clauses of the new Bill, we are prepared to use our best 

 efforts to make it acceptable to the Profession and beneficial to the community at 

 large, by raising the standard of Medical education throughout the country." 



In amendment to the amendment. Dr. Grant, M.P., moved, seconded 



by Dr. Bethune — 



" That, inasmuch as the Medical Bill, as at present constituted, is not in con- 

 sonance with the wishes of the Medical Profession generally, as it has legislated 

 into union members of various Medical bodies in such a manner as will not con- 

 duce either to their interests or prosperity, and that under these circumstances 

 every endeavor be made to obtain a repeal of so much of the Medical Bill as 

 unites these various bodies, and thus restore each again to its original status, 

 with such safeguards of the public interest as may seem necessary." 



This motion was lost. Dr. Browse's amendment was then voted on 

 and carried. Dr. Agnew called for the yeas and nays, when the fol- 

 lowing vote was recorded for the original resolution : — 



Yeas. — Drs. Agnew, Day, Mostyn, Oldright, Bethune, Grant, and 

 C. B. Hall— 7. 



Nays — Drs. Hyde, Edwards, Covernton, Hamilton, McGill, Dewar, 

 Browse, Aikins, Lavelle, and Pyne — (10 regular Practitioners) — and 

 Drs. Campbell, Field, Allen, Springer, Adams, Hopkins, Cornell, Car- 

 son, Hall, and Clarke — (10 Homoeopathists and Eclectics) — in all 20. 



