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526 MODERN TIMES.
Those who desire to get a degree of M.D. have the opportunity
of acquiring it at one of eleven universities in the '
United Kingdom: Oxford, Cambridge, London, Durham,
Victoria, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, St. Andrew's,
Dublin, Royal. The University College of Medicine, Newcastle-on-Tyne,
is affiliated to Durham University. The
colleges of the Victoria University are Owen's College,
Manchester; University College, Liverpool; and Yorkshire
College, Leeds.
The School of physic of Trinity College is the chief
training ground for students of Dublin University; some,
however, instead of studying at this their own school, take
out their courses at the Carmichael College or the College
of Surgeons. The Royal University of Ireland, like the
London University, is a purely examining body.
In spite of these numerous universities the conditions of •
residence and other causes conspire to induce many qualified
practitioners to take the more rapidly procurable medical i|
doctorate of the University of Brussels.
However much or little there may be in a name there i
is no doubt that among the laity in England the letters J
M.D. form a combination to conjure with. The London
.student is at a peculiar disadvantage in regard to graduating
in medicine inasmuch as the only degree-granting body in
London—the London University—has by the duration and ,
severity of the curriculum placed its doctorate out of the
reach of the large majority of students.
On the other hand, as may be seen from the figures on a
previous page, the Scotch student in his own country has
facilities for taking this degree, of which he does not fail to
avail himself, and the same may be said, though to a smaller 1
extent, of the Irish student. A medical graduate of
Glasgow or of the Royal University of Ireland occupief,|
thus in the eyes of the public a favoured position as
compared with a licentiate of the Royal Metropolitan
Colleges or of the Apothecaries' Hall out of all proportion to
the difference in their professional education.