Denver Medical Times Volume 15 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ... not to the interest of the medical profession for any medical college to be under state control. The medical colleges run under the guise of medical departments of the state universities are obviously in the interest, merely, of a board of physicians combining themselves together for self aggrandizement. Again, medical colleges under the control of the state exist at the expense of the taxpayers and, as a part of the state university, should be free, for it is not right that the state should be paid twice. Taxes are levied and collected to run the institution; therefore it is neither right nor technically legal for such schools to charge medical students, many of whom may be taxpayers. Furthermore, medical colleges manipulated by state officials advertise to take everybody, whether in or out of the state practically free of charge, as if the entire success of the school depened upon large classes. The larger the class, of course, the greater will be the tax levied. A state medical college comes in competition with other medical colleges that are not controlled by the state and that are not supported by the state. This interferes with the legitimate income of a legitimate enterprise, a thing the state has no more right to do than it has to run a dry goods store and supply dry goods to purchasers free of charge. But someone will answer that these medical concerns are a part of the state system of education. Why should taxpayers be called upon to educate doctors? The average young man, if he is of any account, can afford to educate himself. If he cannot, he is not worth educating. The state may, and should give its youth a liberal education--such education as will enable them to take up a trade or a profession. But on what grounds the state should take in han...