To the Editor of the "Norta-Cuina Dairy News."
Sir,—Registration of M.D.'s is of vital interest to every resident of China, where a high death rate subjects every man, woman and child to services of the medical profession at any time. None are immune against this necessity sooner or later, and it is therefore interesting to reflect upon this matter of life and death.
It is not generally known that China has no laws governing medical men, nurses, dentists, osteopaths, optometrists, oculists, opticians, hospitals, etc, and although much might be written on any of these professions, I wish te. draw your attention and that of the public, to the subject of medical men, because of its greater importance. Further, I have recently been confronted with instances of malpractice and_ injustice in connexion with both medical men and their patients, It is unnecessary to dwell upon the influence and responsibility" of action, word and practice of medicine and surgery, and lives simply but entirely entrusted to the care of the M. D.—Professional ethics, general honesty of purpose, self-sacrifice and the great and growing aid to humanity which M.D.'s for the most part are rendering, make facts connected with this correspondence matters of greater prominence.
Throughout Europe, laws governing the practice of medicine are very strict. In America, every State has its own medical awa with registration subsequent to University graduation, and searching examination in both theory erical and practical knowledge by the State Board of Examiners, Most medical laws require gradual tion by long years of University and hospital training before licence practise. Such examinations
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