326 PRESENT STATE OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. 
practitioners who belong to the Universities, College or Halls of the respective 
countries. 
2. That all who enter the medical profession shall, after five years, undergo 
a preliminary examination in mathematics, and the English, Greek and Latin 
languages. The examiners to be appointed by government, and not members 
of the medical profession. 
3. That the Medical Senate, or Examining Board, shall be at once formed 
of eighteen members, who shall be elected in the following manner. The six 
examiners in the practice of Medicine, ‘Pathology, and Medical Jurisprudence, 
by tbe fellows, members, licentiates, and extra licentiates of the College of 
Physicians, and all the graduates of British Universities who 'practise as 
physicians. The examiners in Anatomy, Physiology and Surgery, by the 
members of the College of Surgeons of London, and the graduates of the 
University of London. Six examiners in Chemistry, Materia Medica, 
Botany, Midwifery and Diseases of women and children, by the graduates of 
the University of London, the members of the Apothecaries’ Company, and 
all in practice before 1815, who register as general practitioners, excepting 
those who keep shops and openly trade in drugs. 
4. That the examiners shall not be teachers, and shall receive a fixed 
salary. 
5. That every candidate for the diploma of the Faculty shall undergo four 
examinations, and that there shall be an interval of six months between each. 
The first examination in Anatomy and Physiology ; 2d. Chemistry, Materia 
Medica, Midwifery, Diseases of Women and Children, and Botany ; 3d. 
Practice of Medicine, Pathology, and Medical Jurisprudence ; 4th. Surgery. 
6 That no candidate shall be allowed to present himself for the first of 
these examinations until he is twenty years of age, and has undergone such 
preliminary examination and course of study as the said Faculty shall direct. 
7. That the verbal examinations shall be open to every legally qualified 
practitioner. 
8. That all persons examined and admitted members of the said Faculty, 
shall receive the title of Doctor of Medicine and Surgery. 
9. That the sik examiners appointed by government for the preliminary 
examination, and the eighteen last mentioned examiners, shall constitute the 
Senate of the London Faculty of Medicine. 
10. That the Faculties of Ireland and Scotland shall be elected as before 
mentioned, and that all members of these Faculties shall be privileged to 
practise in any part of Her Majesty’s dominions. 
11. That the said medical Senate shall regulate all matters relating to the 
price of the diploma, the charge for attendance upon lectures and hospital 
practice, subject, however, to the control of government. 
12. That the Senate shall be empowered by law to enforce a general regis- 
tration of all legally qualified practitioners, and to prosecute all those who 
practise illegally. 
The above is only an outline of the plan which we believe could 
be easily carried out. Many modifications and improvements may 
be effected, but let the representative system be once established, 
and the matters of detail are of little importance. Some would 
prefer the election of a general council, who should choose the ex- 
aminers; but this, we think, would make the matter more compli- 
cated and expensive, and might also give rise to favoritism. It is 
important to bear in mind, that the Apothecaries’ Company agreed 
to relinquish their present powers as an examining body, provided 
