| Show MEDICAL MEN HOLD MEETING Two Great Questions Concern Concerning Concerning Concerning ing the Profession Being Discussed in Pittsburg Jan 2 An Important meet meetIng meetIng meeting Ing of leading medical men and educators educators tors torn of the country convened here today in the hall ball of or the Carnegie Institute Presidents of colleges and universities of or orthe the country and medical men both pro professors professors lessors and practitioners representing the American Academy of ot Medicine are in attendance The rhe meeting here Is not the convention of or the Academy but the work of or this council as it is termed will fur tur furnish furnish nish the leading heading thought thoughts for the an annual annual nual flush convention of the American Academy of ot Medicine to be held the see sec second ond week of June at Chicago Two great gre t questions probably the most important from a and educational view viewpoint vIewpoInt point will be discussed and the influence influence ence of this meeting carried to nearly every state In the Union to bear fruit First Realizing that four years in col eel college college lege and four years in a medical school are too much of a mans maas life to ask in preparation for tor his profession the th Academy of Medicine proposes to so ar arrange arrange arrange range the college courses and the medi medical medical medical cal courses that six years only wilt will be required This will be discussed from the view viewpoint vIewpoint viewpoint point of the college by President Jacob G Schurman of Cornell ornell university Da David David David vid Starr Jordan president of Leland Lei and Stanford Jr university James D Moffatt Moffatt Moffatt fatt president of Washington and Jef Jefferson Jefferson Jefferson ferson college and other leading educators educators tors tom Second State medical examination laws Each stats stata requires a state medical ex examination examinatIon animation before a doctor can practice within its borders The academy proposes that a uniform examination be had In every state and that a doctor who has passed this examination in one state may maybe maybe maybe be admitted to practice in any other state without again taking an examina examination tion |
