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The authority must be derived from some broad and responsible principle , and vested in a body as far removed from a close corporation as possible . It is evident that no effectual retpecjy can be applied to evils so deeply rooted , except by the interference of the Legislature . The plan proposed for its
consideration by the writer in the ' London Review ' appears to us highly judicious . It is based on the principles that " there should be only one body comprehending the whole profession , in which should be vested the power of controlling everything which requires regulation ; " and that " the whole medical profession be considered as one faculty , " the controlling bqdy
being a senate seated in London , forpaed eukI regulated according to certain rules , the object of which is to secure " a pu ? e and efficient governing body containing the elite of the profession , " and elected every three years . Any attempt to deprive the present established corporations of their power would probably be unnecessary ; they would simply be " superseded . "
The adoption of such a plan as this would be the means of averting evil and promoting good in the highest degree , by raising the standard of medical knowledge and character . The way has been cleared for it by the full investigation which , has already taken place , and the community has a right tp expect that this investigation should promptly be followed by efficient measures for the reform of the lamentable abuses
which it has dragged into light .
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Written in Egypt during the years 1833 , 34 , and 35 . By Edward William Lane . 2 vols . London : C . Knight , 1836 .
• The descendants of the celebrated people who in ancient days possessed the fertile soil of Egypt now compose but a fraction of its population . Known by the name of Copts , and mostly professing a form of Christianity , they must be considered as a distinct race . The modern Egyptians , to whom the present work relates , are of Arab origin ; successors to the Moslem conquerors of the country . So much of the original character of both people still remains , that
they often present curious coincidences with the most ancient records we possess . Some of their customs and habits seem like illustrations of the Bible ; others accord with the descriptions of Herodotus ; and altogether they strikingly resemble the pictures of society given in the ' Arabian Night ' s
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Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians . @ 3
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AN ACCOUNT OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS QF THE MODERN EGYPTIANS .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 1, 1837, page 83, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1828/page/36/
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