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PUBLIC DOCUMENT . No. 56. TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 'VNJVooàJa , Board of Registration in Medicine. J anuary, 1904. BOSTON: WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS, 18 P o st O f f ic e Sq u a r e. 1904. A p p r o v e d b y T h s S t ATE tOyvR») O'J ?UBvICATI.Oy Crnmnontoltlj af Jttassachusctts B o a r d o f R egistration in M e d ic in e , S t a t e H o u s e , D ec. 31, 1903. To His Excellency J ohn L Bates, Governor. Sir : — The number of persons applying for registration this year is 3(50, all of whom have been examined except 3. The number of applicants on the rejected lists who have been re-examined is 86, a small percentage of whom have secured registration. The whole number of individual examinations given this year is 443. The results are given in tabulation, as follows : — Percentage E xam ined. Registered. Rejected. rejected. March examination, ...... 59 42 17 29 May exam ination,.............................................. 32 18 14 43 July exam ination,.............................................. 199 156 43 21 September examination,..................................... 75 51 24 32 November examination,..................................... 78 56 22 28 T o t a l s , ........................................................ 443 323 120 30.6 The following tabulated data apply only to results in first examination of graduates : — Y ear of N um ber N um ber Graduation of NAME OF INSTITUTION. exam ined. registered. R ejected Applicants. H arvard U n iv e r s it y ,........................................................ 80 80 Tufts C ollege, ................................................................ 43 41 1899-1903. Boston U n i v e r s i t y , ........................................................ 29 25 1878-99-1902-03. Physicians and Surgeons, Boston, .... 11 7 1902-02-03-03. University of V erm o n t, .............................................. 17 11 1898-99-1902-02- 03-03. 4 REGISTRATION IN MEDICINE. [Jan. Y ear of N um ber Graduation of NAME OF INSTITUTION. N um ber exam ined. registered. Rejected Applicants. D artm o u th .............................................................................. 8 8 B ow doin.................................................................................. 2 1 1891. Jo h n s H o p k i n s , ................................................................. 5 5 Baltimore M edical, ....................................................... 19 16 1902-03-03. Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, 8 5 1902-03-03. Woman’s Medical, B altim ore,..................................... 1 1 B altim ore U n iv e rsity ,........................................................ 7 1895-95-97-98- 1900-03 03. Southern Homoeopathic,.............................................. 1 - 1903. Maryland Medical C o lle g e , ..................................... 4 2 1903-03. M c G ill,.................................................................................... 7 7 L a v a l , ................................................................................... 10 8 1901 03. F o r e i g n , .......................................................................... 15 12 1890-91-99. University of Pennsylvania, ..................................... 3 3 J e f f e r s o n , .......................................................................... 3 3 M e d ic o -C h iru rg ic a l,........................................................ 1 1 Hahnemann, Pennsylvania, ..................................... 1 1 University and Bellevue Hospital, .... 5 5 Physicians aud Surgeons, New York, 4 3 1903. Albany Medical, ........ 1 1 New York Medical College and Hospital for Women, 1 1 Long Island College H ospital,..................................... 1 1 American Medical Missionary College, 1 1 University of Michigan, ...... 2 2 Saginaw Valley, ................................................................. 1 University of L ouisville,.............................................. 1 i V a n d e r b il t,.......................................................................... 2 1 1894. Y a l e , .................................................................................... 1 i W e stern R e s e r v e , ........................................................ 1 1 Kentucky School of M edicine,..................................... 3 2 1903. Savannah M edical................................................................ 1 - 187S. Medical College of V irg in ia , ..................................... 1 - 1900. W om an’s M edical, Pennsylvania.................................... 2 2 Leonard Medical S ch o o l, .............................................. 1 1 Syracuse University, . ............................................... 1 1 P ulte M e d i c a l , ................................................................. i - 1902. New York Homoeopathic Medical College, 1 1904.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 56. o Tabulation showing number and average rating of graduates from the following medical schools : — N um ber A verage NAME OF INSTITUTION. exam ined. R ating. H arvard U n i v e r s i t y ,............................................................................................. 80 75.1 T ufts C o l l e g e , ...................................................................................................... 43 73.5 Boston U niversity...................................................................................................... 29 72.3 Physicians and Surgeons, B o s t o n , ................................................................. 11 68.4 U niversity of V e r m o n t , .................................................................................... 17 70.0 D a rtm o u th ,............................................................................................................... 8 78.1 Johns H o p k i n s , ...................................................................................................... 5 78.8 University of M a r y l a n d , .................................................................................... 5 74.4 Baltim ore M e d i c a l , ............................................................................................. 19 71.5 Physicians and Surgeons, B a l t i m o r e , ........................................................ 8 69.4 Baltimore U n iv e rsity ,............................................................................................. 7 49.2 M c G ill,........................................................................................................................ 7 76.0 L a v a l , ........................................................................................................................ 10 71.2 Foreign ( E u r o p e a n ) ,............................................................................................. 15 73.3 University and Bellevue H o s p i t a l , ................................................................. 5 74.4 Physicians and Surgeons, New Y o r k , ........................................................ 4 74.0 J e f f e r s o n , ............................................................................................................... 3 70.4 University of P ennsylvania, .......................................................................... 3 78.1 The regular meetings for the examination of applicants begin on the second Tuesday in March, July and November, at 9.30 a .m . , and close on the afternoon of the following day. Special meetings are held in May and September, on corre sponding days and hours. Applicants are admitted to examination by an “ examina tion ticket,” stating the applicant’s number and the date of the examination. Tickets arc issued to applicants on filing their applications ; also to applicants applying for a re-examination, when such applications are made not later than five days before the examination date. The examinations are conducted in writing, in the English language, and are intended to be “ sufficiently thorough to test the applicant’s fitness to practise medicine.” In each of the examinations held this year sixty questions, divided into sets of ten, have been given, and two hours allowed in which to 6 REGISTRATION IX MEDICINE. [ J an. answer each set. The applicant is required to designate his papers not by his signature, but by the number given to his application when tiled. This requirement insures an incognito rating of his entire examination work. The subjects on which the examinations are principally con ducted are anatomy, hygiene, physiology, pathology, surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, diagnosis and treatment of diseases. When the general average of the ratings given the several sets of papers of an applicant by the individual examiners is below 70 per cent., his examination is regarded as unsatisfac tory. If, however, one’s general average is found to be near the minimum requirement, his papers are reviewed by the Board in general session, and his ratings fixed by a consensus of opinion. Applications for an examination should be filed at least five days before the examination date, and must be made upon blanks furnished by the Board, signed and sworn to by the applicant, and must be accompanied by the required fee, which is twenty dollars. Certificates of registration in other States, or diplomas of graduation from medical colleges, do not exempt from an examination. Upon this point the law is mandatory, — that all mast be examined. A person refused registration by reason of failure to pass a satisfactory examination