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YOLR MkMOHIALISIH IIUMnUY KKPRK8KNT : -: ■^ • ■ • "■ ■; — ■• f ■■» •'■■' ■ • '^ .... / Tluvi !iy llio pOMtion of the ColU'i;i' of Pliysiyiuus nml Surifuoim, im roprufuiiliiiir tlio Mrdicnl profonMoii in tin; I'ro- vinco of Lower Ciumilii, it Ims been eiitniHti'il will) iutcrosU i)f grout \iuil im[)oitmK'0, iiinsinui'li ns llico interests itro intiuJiiU-'ly coniit'cloil with t\w wi-ifiiro ami liappiiK'ss of tin) ju'oplo : ;., That at u Bvnii-annual Convocation of iho Govoriiors of the College, held at Quebec, in the nioiilli of (Jetohor, 1850, a Re'^olnlion \v:is uiuuiinuniHly niJo|itetl by that body, appoinlinir a <\>in;niitee for the Dislriet of Quoltec, and another for that of Moutroal, for the iiU|M)rLinit piirjionu of "ascorlnninjj; iho best menus of extcnilina; the nsofidncHi of the Colhigc to the Medical profeBWon, and to the public in goniM'al " : That voltuninons IJleportH thereon, wore, at a HiiliHuipicnt ineetiup; ul'llu) Hoard of (Jovyrnors, snliniiilecl to it^ con- RJderation, and approved : That nt the nicetinir of the Board of (lOVornorH, hell at liiube<'. on the liUh Oi lober hist, it was deemed iieces- B»ry — founded on tiiu h'eport of the two t!onmdtteos specially :i;«iodylug «iiveral important measures. With rcfj; ird li> that, p-rtion which comes more immediiitely within the adion of Ijio lattur, your Me^lorialist^ would respect ally beji; I avo to draw your ENcelh'iicy's atlenlion to that part whicli has rel'erenee to (lie ednciiion and (jualitieation'^ i<( Apotlucaric''', Cliem- iBts,and lhugji;isls,wiih ii'?e,eMiary provi^iou lor tiie insjiection of l>rn'i^, and striuifi'iit regulation-, t'or lii" s;ii.' ofl'oisous. As it Uiust appear to your Excellency tiiiit this subjccl involves in I crest -« of the hi^ln'st impnrliucc to socict\,aiid in ft gro'it measure the safety end proteelioit of life, we would earnestly recommend to your I'lxcelleiicy's con-ideratioii tlio Bill iiereunto annexed, ns tnkon in pnit from Heetioim of 27lli Will. IV. ("hap. I, and entiiuled " Mill for llie Heguhition of the Studies of Apothecaries luid the Sale of Poisons." Tim other sidjects iiaduded in the Report of the Mo.ird of (ioveruors of the Cillei^e of I'liysi' iaiis and Siirn'coiiM, come mora immodiately niidor your l'^\colloney's pi'erogaiive, and among them oiut has reference to "the appcuninn ut, of n Commissiiiii under whose diro(^lioiH should bo enforc<'d lli.is(» hyjrii^nie rules or measures which h.ive been recog- n'\T.oi\ as Rer\iceablc, during the picvalein'c ot'epulemicn, for sei'uring the healih of towns, A-c," On this portion of the Report your .Nb'iuorialisls would respect I'ldly olnerve ; That as sanitary ineasuns are inoonteHtdbly of the highe>t importance to all countries, ami paitieulirly to (his Prov inci', w here JMigely populated localities extend, in a liiii'cl line of cnniiiiuuiention, several hundred miles, (bus brliig- ing tlie inliabiliints jnlu coiisiaiil and iminediiite intereoui.»e with tlio-i' but rei'ciitiy laudi'd from on beard of ship*, —111 whitdi uiii nnlreipn-ntly the ino-t malignant mid eoidagious diseases have picMuled during long voyages at sea, ■ — we regret, that tlie I'loviucid Act now in force, and cnminonly c.dled the "Central Hoard of llenllli Act," should Uhvu been so fiameil as (o prove oxUemLly del'eetive ill its operutionB. '^-iau:' 7 An extended experience of those ealamitouB and disastrous periods in which it has been enforced, has flilly oon- vinced your Memorialii'tA that this Act is ^together inrjflequat# fl>r ensujriag^ those {trompt, comprehensive, and vigo- rous incasuroB so urgently demanded on the approach and invasion of a great aikd diaslraotivfr p<»tilence or malignant diseaf e ; and the hotter to provide to the pupalaUon at laige the beiiefit and protection of wdlioonsidered and dBoietjt sanitary measures, with all the appliances that modern scien 'i can devise, wo would most earnestly reeommend to your Excellency that none but men of distinguished professional ac -;uirements atul practical experience should be entrusted with the execution of these measures, — the more especially as their minds will have been trained to the investigation and solution eclfully observe, in conclusion, that, an it has long been a matter of common assent in England, Ireland, the I'liitodStHtesof America, and Up])er Canada, strengthened by t!ie opinion of the highest judicial authorities in tliesu couiitrioH, that a knowledge of medical science, comprising medical jurisprudence, in the broadest acceptation of this term, is the most material (]ualiflcaUon for tho peculiar, and oflon difticiilt, complicated, and delicate functions which a coroner Inn to perform, they would earnestly solicit, that in the exercise of your Excellency's prerogative, appointments to an ofllce of such umjuestionablo importance in its connection with the criminal jurisprudence of the country, should alone be cunfuirod on i>ersons of acknowledged distinguished acquirements in the medical profession, as being more IHiciiliiirly ()Ui(litled to disulinrgo effuctuaily tiio dutiis of that office. And ns in duty bound, your Momoi-ialists will over pray. ^ A. VON IFFLAND, M.I),,^^^Xi^/^f V,ee-Pre»tdsnt/(ir the JJiitrkt of Quebec. ' ^ A. HALL, M.l)., L.ll;C.8.E., Vice- PrenideHt for the DUtriet of Muntrtul, V.jl^//. mm^mmmm 4 \ ' Vi i \ i \ ^ -^ \ J s .^ -a \ I „. i .••.^- M sfaa