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A Lay View Of Medical Tests. It Is A Fol...
man who used five years well may have more experience than an old one who has misused fifty , it is undeniable that experience is the foundation of physic , and as undeniable that of it the present examinations are no measure , but only of what may be rapidly collected and adroitly applied from " Outlines , " "Manuals , " and " Vade Mecums , " How rapidly collected is seen from the fact that there are . gentlemen who , - for the trifling honorarium of ten guineas will pass any man of moderate capacity and very moderate diligence , through both examinations in six months . How
adroitly applied may be seen from the fact that men who have scarcely entered a ward or handled a scalpel survive the terrors of inquisition , and are let loose upon the world to try experiments on the " living subject , " fortified only by a system of Mnemonics , in those everrecurring emergencies which demand the amplest resources—the most suggestive ingenuity . Fancy on one side of a table an elderly gentleman , austere from a sense of public duty , and the conviction that nobody can inquire what Tie knows , perhaps playfully avenging on another his own well-remembered agitation ; fancy , on the other side , a palpitating
student perplexed between the fear of not knowing enough , which carries disgrace , and the danger of knowing « ' too much , " which is obyious impertinence , " Well , sir , how about the position of the vessels on the lung ? " The respondent ransacks memory in vain for a reply ; for some time ransacks memory in vain for the cabalistic word which is to revivify his knowledge . At length perhaps it comes . By a strange association of domestic royalty with visceral anatomy , he thinks of Victoria , Albert , and the Baby—V . A . B . —Vein , artery , and bronchial tube . He breathes again ; he i 3 safe .
These things justify the popular mistrust of diplomas , and excuse the feeling of most of us , that we would as soon have been the first to descend in a parachute as be the " -. first patient ; " that such things are so almost universal shows vast absurdity inherent in the system , or contingent on its mal-administration . The latter there is no reason to impute , but so long as tho system is in vogue ^ " cramming" can neither be frustrated nor supj ? ressed . The circuit of knowledge
to be embraced is limited , so also must be the range of questions ; and every ingenious novelty , every variety in the mode of interrogation , is conveyed to his " grinder" next morning by the candidate , whether triumphant or rejected . This blemish is ineffaceable from every book-examination , and therefore would not have been alluded to , were such the only practical test ; but we believe that , if unimpeachable , it would be insufficient . It is insufficient , because there is no assurance that the
student has seen what he may so volubly describe . It will be said , "if a man paint well enough to convince an experienced examiner that he has seen what he talks about , will ho not surely recognise it when it comes boforo him ? " There is no certainty that ho will . There arc few who do not trust their judgment in numberless cases , where the processes are so subtle as to bo unconscious ; we may be quite unable to e xpound a method , which m ; iy nevertheless guide us to legitimate conclusions ; different people receive impressions in different manners—no two individuals describo tho
same thing in tho same way ; delivering another person ' s experience- is very diflerent from turning your own ; and the student ' s notions of any phase of any disease —/ . hough of course they should respectfully accord with those of the admitted authority—may possibly bo altogether dissimilar , though quite as accurate . But suppose this difficulty overcome , and another Htarts up which we havo never seen mentioned , but which is incontestiibly of the iirtb magnitude . It appears to he forgotten that you never have symptoms collected and compendiously arranged : you huvu to
elicit them ; and this , however . simple it may seem , in really « i delicate and intricate task . You have to contend with the class who magnify " trifles light as air " into matters of " pith and moment ; " secondly , with those who never hud , have not , and never moan tohnvo , nny ailment whatever ; and lastly , with tho ignoranco which obstructs tho full exposition of the ease which the medical man requires , i ' aticnts don't know what to answer , they don't know how to answer ; with the best intentions in the world , they pour forth it great dual with which ho is acquainted , as well as a great deal with which he doesn't want to be acquainted , but omit some unobtrusive point which might remove nil cause for embarrassment . That this in no exaggeration will be granted , when wo say , that , men , the men tho most eminent in their profession , who from experience vS ^ yXNI ?* f " * > could best jipprecinto tho kind of information required , > £ f T \<^^^^•* : ¦ / K ^ ?¦ onHulliiiion with the ablest of their brethren , those W Ky ^ Vr / fk , '^^' -. OUost skilled iu the . search fbr it , have died , tho cause ttl'T '''' ' ^ j % X'K / ~ h > , denth undetected or mistaken . We believe wo do L -. |[ ii ^ f-. vi ~ y ^ ,- ^ ^ ot w in onumomtinijr tho cusoh of Sir Antley Cooper , * - - ' ; 1 ¦ ' ¦ (¦; . ' - . < .. ' ' \ r-A kMi : ¦" ¦¦" ¦ \ * S HSfev . v- *
Tyrrell , Callaway , and the late regretted Mr . Bransby Cooper . To propagate mistrust , where mistrust is inevitable , were a thankless task ; but not to do so when the cause is clear and removable were a crime . This seems an instance in point . We have shown that the present routine examinations are inadequate : we have striven to show they never ; can be otherwise ; because sagacity
and tact , shrewdness and observation , senses well trained to perceive , and intellect well schooled in using their perceptions , are necessary as well as the scientific acquirement which no one under-rates , but whose sole sufficiency every one , who thinks , will deny . The question then is , how are these superior qualities to be tried ? Certainly not by any of the appliances afforded at the Chamber of Horrors in Lincoln ' s-inn , or the sign of the Pestle and Mortar in Water-lane . But it seems to us , that if one of tho London hospitals , or each hospital in turn , were compelled to offer its selection of cases , and if a portion of the examination were conducted within their walls , meritorious students would be better satisfied , the public more secure , and the proverbial mischances of such inquiries as far as possible diminished . We now deferentially commend the suggestion to those in whose province the matter lies ; and if in these remarks we seem to have stepped out of our way , it is only because the subject is one of great and general importance , one which is entirely neglected , and one which , therefore , cries out for remark . V .
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There Is No Learned Man But Will Confess...
There is no learned man but will confess he hath much profited by reading controversies , his senses awakened , and nis judgment sharpened . If , then , it be profitable for him to read , why shouldit not , at least , be tolerable for his adversary to write . —Mir / roN ,
Spanish Filibusterism. (To The Jeditor O...
SPANISH FILIBUSTERISM . ( To the JEditor of the Leader . ) Sir , —One of the strong points made by Mi \ Piorro Soule " , in a remarkablo speech in the American Senate , was tho fact , that Spain was engaged , only half-a-dozen years ago , in tho most flagrant of filibustering . Tho " Flores expedition" was organized under the patronage of Queen Christina , during the administration of Iaturiz , in 18 < IG , who brought his entire influence to bear upon tho Hiiceessful accomplishment of the scheme . Tho Minister of War at that time , by similar collusion , granted general passports and leave of absence for one year to all the officers whom Flores had especially selected for their efficiency , to take part in tho expedition . The sergeants , corporals , and pickod privates , selected by Flores , were also granted discharges from tho regular service , on condition of their enlistment in tho oxpedition . The point ; of doparturo was tho port ; of Santandor , wliero tho forces wero concentrated to tho extent of 2000 men , and afterwards joined by 100 more from Lisbon , under tho command of Captain Yribarren , mostly consisting of escaped oriininiils of the very worst stamp , under sentence of death , and political refugees , all of whom , and tho Dutch vessel transporting thoin , were allowed to enter tho port , irrespective of nil forms and customs , and in dofknoo of all thoso laws of entry always no strictly enforced . Meanwhile , , tho Spanish portion of tho expedition wan waiting tho arrival of the allied British detach- "unit , consisting of J 000 Irish recruits to bo com- nuuulcd by , Hng ] ish officers , and which wero to bo brought over to Snntander in some transport ships , escorted by tho armed steamers , Monarch and Neptune , nil under tho command of British officers , who , to- gother with their immodiiito and ultimate destination , woro well known to their ( Wennnenf ; . Unfortunately for the j > nispin < r Christina , her in- trigiies in relation to tho Montpensier marriage wero diNclo . scd to tho Nu ^ iiHh Court , ; which , wanting any bettor nicauH of retaliation , resolved to tuko Hatwfuction
by embarrassing the interest of Christina , involved they were in this expedition to the extent of a miir ** or more of dollars . The expedition was a ^ cordi !? discountenanced and dispersed ; Christina receivingthe reward of her ambitious schemes , the sorry com promise of the two old steamers mentioned , which -we * rebaptised under the cognomens of the Cetro and Tti dente , and sent to Havana . to be sold , under control of Don Juan Antonio Parejo , her agent . I annex , in confirmation of these charges , transla tions of two handbills , with which the Peninsula w " flooded at the era of the expedition . They were posted at Madrid , at Cadiz , and in all parts of the kingdom ; and , it is needless to add , that their existence was well known to Government . The first is a general invitation to military emigrants :
" Colonisation of Ecuador . " Don Joaquin Acevedo y Mansi , appointed Commis . flioner by his Excellency , Don Juan Jose" Flores , Presiden t of the United Republics of Venezuela and Ecuador , hereby makes known to discharged soldiers of thearinyand Spanish emigrants , that if any such choose to pass as colonists to that country , although under the provisional diameter of soldiers , they can advise with Don Antonio F ; Prado resident at Lisbon , who will make known to them , as Charm 5 ad interim of the incethe sals of
prov , propo bount y and especial guarantees that are offered to all enlis ting in this expedition . " For the guidance of those interested it is notified that admission "will take place until the day of the present month , on presentation by each of his certificate of final discharge , or other document , proving the fact of his service in the army . " JoAQtTIN AcEVEDO X MAN 8 I , " Lisbon , Oct . 25 , 1846 . " Commissioner .
The second of these papers bears a similar caption , and announces the terms of enlistment : — - " Conditions of ' Service . " Don Joaquin Acevedo y Mansi , appointed Commissioner by Ma Excellency , Don Juan Josd Flores , President of the TJnitedJRepublics of Venezuela and Ecuador , finding himself at this Court , charged with the recruiting of troops of the class of Spanish , emigrants residing at the military dep 6 t of exiles in this kingdom , hereby makes known to all interested who may wish to enlist in this expedition , that tho proposals of bounty are as follows : —
" 1 st . Two hundred reals ( 21 . ) bounty , paid in the man . ner following : Five dollars ( 11 . ) the day prior to embarkation from the port of for that of ; and the other fivo dollars tho day before leaving tho last-named point for the Republics , independent of tho necessary provision for maintenance during the permanence in tho
province . " 2 nd . One hundred and twenty reals ( 11 . 6 s . ) monthly allowance of pay during the period for which then service as soldiers may bo considered necessary , which allowanco shall tako effect from tho day of leaving port . " 3 rd . On tho day of expiration of service under arms , they will havo ceded to them by the Republic twclvo yugadas ( about 120 acres of land ) , and four head of cattlo for breed and labour—guaranteeing , and causing them to bo guaranteed in all tho privileges of good citizens , as fully as if natives of tho country . of
" 4 th . If any , after having completed tho fivo years military service , were not content to remain in the country , and preferred to go to tho Peninsula , their country , tho Government , in addition to meeting tho oxponses of their transportation , will authorise thorn , with full power , to disposo of all property of which they may havo become possessed for means with which to establish themselvos wherever most to their convenience . " Norn . —In case of leaving Lisbon direct for tho Kcpublic , tho bounty will bo distributed the day boforo sailing ; also tho uniforms , and three real a ( tid . ) per day for maintenance , all under tho supervision of Captain Don Manuel Echavarria y Yribarren , of tho Principosu ltegiment , rosiding at No . 7 , Condes-streot . " JOA < iUIN ACMVEDO Y MaKHT , Principal Commissioner of tho KopubJw . " Lisbon , Oct . 26 , 1840 . " _____ ' _ 3 ST . Y . 1 ) . I ' -
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, ¦ < j I i i j \ . .. j . c negative and a positive signification , and ' writer can easily use i , t ; in one sijnse , ho tin to satisfy' (<»' oheat ) his own ' conscience , while ho intends tlmt "' readers shall swallow it ; in the other . An w : n « that loaches writing and ciphering-, withou t ruff" ' j any other branches of learning , moral or '"*' . ! " "' , may in a certain sense be called " godless , " jiwl u - tavern-bill may 1 ) 0 called " godless , " b ecause , in »< ^ tion to its various items , it does not contain a jon » grace before or after meat . jWwely » " thlti ^ J which conveys no reprehension whatever , may u m *' system be called » godless ; " und the sectarian < w ^ K K'io who employs the word is , to u certain cX correct , — Westminster llcvkio for
July' . ; the in Givk a Dog a Had Namij . —T here is , indeed , particular in the Luneasleriau controversy which i >»» y kindlo a feeling- of prido in the present generation . W « havo learned to call names better . When Archdcii *' " Daubeny proclaimed a man who insisted on the railing of the liible an infidel and a deist , ho mig ht with u very mild expenditure of logic havo been turned round o » his own words , and convicted of a eontrmludio in a <()< M < Hut tho word " deist , " used forty years ago , woitld notf have for its substitute the , word " godless , " winch ih I " " more suitable for its purpose . " G odless" lias I '" '"
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 10, 1853, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10091853/page/16/
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