Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION
- PREFACE
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- University and College Expenses
- The Mathematical Tripos
- The Classical Tripos
- The Moral Sciences Tripos
- The Natural Sciences Tripos
- On the Study of Law
- Degrees in Medicine and Surgery
- On Preparation for the Theological Examinations
- The Ordinary or Poll Degree
- University of Cambridge Local Examinations
- The Oriental Triposes
- The Historical Tripos
- Non-Collegiate Students
- Detailed Account of the several Colleges
Degrees in Medicine and Surgery
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION
- PREFACE
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- University and College Expenses
- The Mathematical Tripos
- The Classical Tripos
- The Moral Sciences Tripos
- The Natural Sciences Tripos
- On the Study of Law
- Degrees in Medicine and Surgery
- On Preparation for the Theological Examinations
- The Ordinary or Poll Degree
- University of Cambridge Local Examinations
- The Oriental Triposes
- The Historical Tripos
- Non-Collegiate Students
- Detailed Account of the several Colleges
Summary
A Qualification to practise in Medicine or Surgery may be conferred by the licence or diploma of a College of Physicians or Surgeons; but a degree can be obtained only at a University. A degree in Medicine or the degree of Master in Surgery is a legal qualification to practise; and the degrees in Medicine and Surgery at Cambridge give the right to practise in every branch of the profession in any part of the United Kingdom.
Degrees in Medicine–Bachelor and Doctor– have long been given in the University. The degree of Bachelor of Medicine confers the right to practise medicine; and it confers in the University many of the privileges of the M.A. degree, but not a vote in the Senate. This last and certain other privileges are acquired with the Doctor's degree. The title of “Doctor” is often, by courtesy, accorded to the Bachelor of Medicine, but, by right, belongs only to one who has taken the Doctor's degree.
The degree of Master in SurgeryY has been instituted by the recent statutes of the University. It is also now given in the Universities of London, Edinburgh, Dublin and Glasgow. A licence to practise in surgery was in former times granted by this University, and a statute for the purpose existed till lately; but it had become quite obsolete.
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- The Student's Guide to the University of Cambridge , pp. 271 - 297Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009First published in: 1874