SCIENCE 



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head of the Carnegie Foundation, has re- 

 cently stated that the full power of the 

 foundation, to whatever extent may be 

 necessary, will be used in the crusade 

 against the worthless medical schools 

 throughout the country. It is certainly 

 right to insist upon the closing of a di- 

 ploma mill, the physiological apparatus of 

 which consists solely of a sphygmograph, 

 when, in the same city, a physiological lab- 

 oratory exists in which the annual budget 

 reaches $30,000, and yet these two differ- 

 ent medical institutions have been main- 

 tained under the laws of the same state, 

 and, until this year, their graduates have 

 been treated on equal footing by the state 

 board of examiners. The fact that this low- 

 grade school does not appear in the list of 

 fully registered colleges this year shows 

 how the state can use its power to protect 

 its citizens. The legal power to defend the 

 community from the ill-educated lies with 

 the state boards who examine for the li- 

 cense to practise. In 1912, 5,466 physi- 

 cians were so licensed as the result of ex- 

 aminations in the various states. A com- 

 mon standard would be highly desirable 

 which would allow a physician licensed in 

 one state to practise in another. At pres- 

 ent it may happen that an impostor driven 

 from one state can readily obtain a license 

 to practise in another, and there continue 

 his misdeeds. This condition of affairs will 

 not much longer be tolerated. 



CONCLUSION 



It is lightly stated by some that the best 

 American schools are equal to those of 

 Europe. It would be satisfying if one 

 could really believe that this were true. 

 The American has never been self-satisfied 

 and he is outgrowing his ancient habit of 

 boasting, but he has always desired the 

 best and there is much hope that out of 



present conditions he will some time evolve 

 the best. 



APPENDIX 



1913. Class A Plus. — Acceptable medical col- 

 leges well organized and thoroughly equipped, giv- 

 ing acceptable courses and requiring for admission 

 one or more years of university science. Prepared 

 by the Council on Medical Education of the Amer- 

 ican Medical Association. 



State Town 



California, San Francisco, 



San Francisco, 



Connecticut, New Haven, 



Illinois, Chicago, 



Chicago, 



Indiana, Indianapolis, 



Iowa, Iowa City, 



Louisiana, New Orleans, 



Maryland, Baltimore, 



Massachusetts, Boston, 



Michigan, Ann Arbor, 



Minnesota, Minneapolis, 



Missouri, St. Louis, 



New York, New York, 



New York, 

 New York, 



Syracuse, 

 Ohio, Cincinnati, 



Cleveland, 



Institution 



Leland Stanford, 

 Jr., University. 



University of Cali- 

 fornia. 



i^ale Medical 

 School. 



Northwestern Uni- 

 versity Medical 

 School. 



Eush Medical 

 School (Univer- 

 sity of Chicago). 



Indiana University 

 Medical School. 



State University ->* 

 Iowa. 



lulane University 

 of Louisiana. 



Johns Hopkins 

 University Med- 

 ical Department. 



Harvard Medical 

 School. 



University of 

 Michigan. 



University of 

 Minnesota. 



Washington Uni- 

 versity Medical 

 School. 



Columbia Univer- 

 sity. 



Cornell University. 



New York Univer- 

 sity and Bellevue 

 Hospital Medical 

 School. 



Syracuse Univer- 

 sity. 



University of Cin- 

 cinnati. 



Western Eeserve 

 University. 



