...send delegates to a Convention, to be held in Philadelphia on the first Wednesday in May, 1847. " 4th. Resolved, that it is desirable that a uniform and...elevated standard of requirements for the degree of ' MD1 should be adopted by all the Medical Schools in the United States, and that a Committee of seven...

...in that city. He also read the whole of the report made to that Convention under the resolution—" that it is desirable that a uniform and elevated standard of requirements for the degree of MD r should be adopted in all the Medical Schools in the United States." After the reading of these reports,...

...of examination, this committee has nothing to do. But being charged with the duty of reporting upon a uniform and elevated standard of requirements for the degree of MD, whatever alteration in the present system it may recommend, will more immediately bear upon the interests...

...Wednesday in May, 1847, on the, following subjects, viz : — 1st, On n plan of organization ; — 2d, On a uniform and elevated standard of requirements for the degree of MD; — SA, On the standard of acquirement which should be exacted of young men commencing the study of...

...and from it we anticipate the happiest results. The committee appointed to report on the subject of a uniform and elevated standard of requirements for the degree of MD, of whom Dr. Haxall, of Richmond, Virginia, was chairman, also presented an able and interesting report,...

...REPORT COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL EDUCATION. VOL. XVI.— 38 REPORT OF TEE COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL EDUCATION. " Resolved, That it is desirable that a uniform and...requirements for the degree of MD should be adopted by all of the medical schools in the United States, and that a committee of seven be appointed to report on...

...attained. One of the first objects proposed in the organization of the American Medical Association was, " that a uniform and elevated standard of requirements for the degree of M. 1)., should be adopted by all the Medical Schools in the United States;" and it was resolved that,...

...creation, you stand committed to a reform in medical colleges, which, in your own language, shall establish "a uniform and elevated standard of requirements for the degree of MD" You have already done much good in some directions, but so far as your original object is concerned,...

...endeavoring to induce forty or fifty medical colleges, with conflicting interests, to agree voluntarily upon a "uniform and elevated standard of requirements for the degree of MD," and adopt it in good faith, has become almost a Utopian idea, a forlorn hope. Though urged with all...

...creation, you stand committed to a reform in medical colleges, which, in your own language, shall establish "a uniform and elevated standard of requirements for the degree of MD" You have already done much good in some directions, but so far as your original object is concerned,...