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medical body, by the authority of her Majesty in Council, 
when the number of such body amounts to 500, 66 provided 
it can be proved that the foregoing examining bodies do not 
provide means to enable the public to realise the certainty 
that the examination by these bodies tests sufficiently the 
knowledge required for the safety of the public,” &c. 
None but registered practitioners are to hold public ap- 
pointments, or to be entitled to recover fees or compensation 
for attendance, &c. The penalty for fraudulently assuming 
any name or title is not to exceed £ c 20 , nor less than £5. A 
registrar guilty of falsification is to be liable to fine and im- 
prisonment. The bill is not to prejudice or affect the lawful 
occupation or business of a chemist and druggist. 
This bill, although not effecting all that is desired by the 
medical profession generally, or by the several sections or 
bodies which it comprises, would, we think, with a little 
amendment, realise some additional advantage to the profes- 
sion and security to the public. It might also prepare the 
way for a further advance at a future time. The rock upon 
which medical bills usually split is the attempt to do what 
legislation cannot suddenly effect, the result of which endea- 
vour is the clashing of conflicting interests, and the formation 
of explosive compounds by the projected union of incompa- 
tible elements. A bill aiming at nothing but the registration 
of the members of each existing medical or surgical body, 
each individual being empowered to practise under the title 
in which he is registered, and a penalty being inflicted for 
the assumption of any unauthorised title, would be a step in 
advance. Certain powers of restricting irregular practice 
already exist, and although these powers are not so effectual 
as the several medical bodies desire, yet to a certain extent 
they operate as a check upon quacks. If, superadded to this 
partial protection, a complete register were established, with 
the means of summarily convicting and punishing all persons 
practising under false pretences or colours, the problem of 
medical reform would be in a fair way for solution. — Phar- 
maceutical Journal , 
A MONUMENT TO JENNER. 
Surely there is no human failing more common or ridi- 
culous than blind self-complacency. We have had lately a 
notable instance of it. After long years a bronze statue has 
been erected to the memory of Jenner, the greatest benefactor 
of mankind w r hom the century has produced. This great 
