The North American Medico Chirurgical Review 1860 Vol 4 Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from The British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review, or Quarterly Journal of Practical Medicine and Surgery, Vol. 25: July-October, 1860 Here lay the fallacy of the paradox with which a late Cabinet Minister startled his subordinates, and drew no little notoriety on himself. Lord Malmesbury failed to see the real point involved in the examinations for the diplomatic service. Their object was simply to attack ignorance and incompetence in certain requisites of everyday occurrence, and these only when carried to an intolerable and irreclaimable degree. It was perfectly true, as he affirmed, that there were qualities needed for the successful prac tice Of the diplomatic profession far more delicate and individual than reading, writing, and arithmetic; but it did not follow that the two either were or could be separated. Indeed, the pre-existence of the latter acquirements was necessary, or nearly so, for the proper exercise of the former and more exalted endowments. In a word, the examina tions were exclusive, and intended merely to cut off from the general body certain incompetencies justly considered incompatible with the exercise of even the highest intellect. It is just within the bounds of possibility that here, as in all similar adjudica tions, latent social merit, or great undeveloped capacity for political intrigue, might co-exist with an imperfect knowledge of the art Of spelling. But these exceptional cases did not need to be legislated for, as they were clearly out of the ordinary course, and ought to be referred to what has, in some museums, been termed the teratological compartment. The same remarks apply accurately to our own case as medical men; and hence the examinations with which we are now concerned being for the most part of a pass character, promise to work exceedingly well, and are susceptible Of considerable adapta tion to their proposed ends. Of those which vary from this standard we shall have to speak hereafter, and more especially of the Honours list at the London University, and the competitive examination for the post of Assistant Surgeon in the Indian army. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.