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required under the Imperial Medical Acts.
By the laws of the United Kingdom the only for-
eign countries whose medical graduates and diplomates
are eligible for registration in the British "edical
Register are those which His Majesty in Council has
held to offer just privileges of practice to British
At present the Kingdom of
Medical Practitioners.
Italy and the Empire of Japan have alone established
such rolations of reciprocity with this country. As
regards Japan the General Medical Council has recog-
nized only the medical degrees of the Imperial Uni-
versibias of Japan, on the ground that the course of
study and examinations for these degrees extends over
a poriou of at least six years and is more than equi-
valent to the minimum course required in this country.
The like is true of the degrecs of the Universities of
Italy.
The General Medical Council has not recognized
the diplomas of non-university schools and colleges in
Japan pending the coming into operation of a new law
which purports to assimilate them to the University
qualifications.