THE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CLASSES

Evening Star, Issue 3835, 9 June 1875, Page 3

THE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CLASSES

The Rev. Dr Stuart (the Vice-Chancellor) and the Hon. Dr Menzies, as representing the Council of the University, waited upon the Superintendent yesterday, and brought under his Honor’s notice the necessity for some alteration in the system under which the Hospital was managed, in order to adapt it to the purpose of a Medical School. The recommendations |of the Professorial Board of the University to that end were—“ That in order that the education given at the Dunedin HosEital may be recognised by the chief medical censing bodies in Great Britain, the following changes are necessary :-(l.) That the wards be divided into medical and surgical wards. (2.) That two efficient medical men be appointed to the surgical wards, and two others to the medical wards, and that the services of these gentlemen be obtained for the purposes of clinical instruction. (3.) That an efficient medical man. be appointed to re: side within the Hospital, to rank as assistant to the clinical teachers, and as Resident Medical Officer, (4.) That the dispensary of the Hospital be placed on such a footing and so conducted as to render it subservient to the instruction of classes in dispensing or pharmacy practice. (5.) That these changes be effected carefully but quickly, so as to enable the Otago University to use the Hospital practice and clinical instruction for the puipoae of medical education.” It was explained that while the proposed change would probably not diminish the expense of the institution, the additional staff would be honorary. The resident Surgeon would be attached to the Hospital, as now, but the Provincial Surgeon would not get the same salary as now in connection with the Hospital. At all events, the four gentlemen would be honorary surgeons. It might be necessary for a time to give them an honorarium, but certainly not a salary, and in the course of a few years the class fees would be a considerable source of emolument. His Honor hailed with satis faction the proposal to have the Hospital associated with the medical school, and undertook to bring the matter before the Executive.