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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery''' (also known as '''Licentiate in Medical Practice''' in some instances) is a medical degree of historical importance in India. During the [[British Raj|British rule of India]] some universities conferred this qualification. The qualification was conferred on a candidate who, having completed a five-year course, passed the required examination.<ref name="Dasgupta2010">{{cite book|last=Dasgupta|first=Uma|title=Science and Modern India: An Institutional History, C. 1784-1947|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lrx3wLz4itkC&pg=PA490|year=2010|publisher=Pearson Education India|isbn=978-81-317-2818-5|page=490}}</ref> This was in contrast with the [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|MB degree]] which was of same duration but the curriculum was larger.<ref name="Dasgupta2010"/> [[Bhore committee]], a committee for public health improvement strategies, in 1946 decided to stop the LMC (or, LMP) degree, and recommended a single qualification for all doctors (MBBS).<ref name="hindu 8 Oct 2012">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/awaiting-the-new-foot-soldiers-of-community-health-care/article3975089.ece | title= Awaiting the new foot soldiers of community health care | newspaper= [[The Hindu]] | date= 8 October 2012 | accessdate= 8 April 2013| last = Antony |first = K.R.}}</ref> The qualification was known by some other names in some of the states/universities, such as Licentiate of Medical Faculty (LMF).<ref name="MCI 1956">{{cite web|url=http://www.mciindia.org/acts/Third-schedule.pdf| title=Recognised Medical Qualifications granted by Medical Institutions not included in the first Schedule, Indian Medical Council Act 1956 | publisher =[[Medical Council of India]] | accessdate= 8 April 2013}}</ref><br />
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The L.M.S. was also previously conferred in other former British colonies such as [[Ceylon]], [[Malaysia]] and [[Singapore]]. The name of the degree has been adopted to Finland, where physicians usually hold the L.M. instead of M.D.<br />
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