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and the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
conferred the license on 63, 34, 55, 71, 73, and the Fellowship
on 15, 23, 10, 3, 5 candidates. The University of
Dublin granted the license in medicine to 3, 2, o, 2, 4, that
in Surgery to 1, 2, o, o, 3 candidates, and created 36, 44,
29, 29, 40 Bachelors, and 20, 17, 14, 15, 10 Doctors of
Medicine, 20, 18, 23, 23, 28 Bachelors, and 8, 5, 3, 3, 1
Masters of Surgery. The Queen's (now Royal) University
of Ireland created 53, 44, 47, 55, 64 Doctors of Medicine,
and 47, 35, 35, 34, 44 Masters of Surgery; the King's and
Queen's College of Physicians in Ireland gave the license.
in midwifery to 99, 8g, 79, 76, 78, and in medicine to 108,
86, 78, 88, 105, and elected 5, 2, o, 3, 4 Fellows; the.
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland gave the license in
midwifery to ii, 8, 10, 9, 10, and in medicine to 97, 99,.
106, 122, 103, and made 13, 5, 6, 15, 14 Fellows ; the
Apothecaries' Hall of Ireland licensed 22, 24, 23, 34, 42
candidates. These figures show that the number of doctorswho
pass university examinations as compared with the
number getting licenses from the medical corporations isin
England approximately as 1 to 8, in Scotland as 4 to 3,
and in Ireland as 1 to 2.
To distinguish the various degrees and qualifications
short forms are employed as is the case generally with titles,
in England. Thus F.R.C.P means Fellow of the Royal
College of Physicians; M.R.C.S., Member of the Royal
College of Surgeons ; L.S.A., Licentiate of the Society
of Apothecaries; M.B., Bachelor of Medicine; M.S.,.
Master of Surgery; M.D., Doctor of Medicine; to this is
generally added the name of the university from which the
degree has been obtained. The English public knows the
value and significance of the different kinds of medical
diplomas existing in the country, and is reminded upon
these points by the differences in the professional fees,,
which are regulated by custom.*
* Amongst general practitioners the fees are to a large extent regulated by
the house rental of patients.—E. H. H.