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the latter in the subjects of Medicine with Therapeutics,Midwifery, Forensic Medicine, and Toxicological Chemistry.Any candidate who has passed his first examination for the

licence of the Royal College of Physicians, London ; the licenceof the King and Queen’s College of Physicians, Ireland ; thejoint licence of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons,Edinburgh, or for the single licence of the College of Physi-cians, Edinburgh ; the licence of the Faculty of Physicians andSurgeons, Glasgow ; the first Professional Examination for thedegree of M.B., or Master in Surgery, in the Universities ofOxford, Cambridge, or London ; or the second part of theProfessional Examination for the degree of M.B., or Masterin Surgery, in the Universities of Edinburgh, Aberdeen, St.

Andrews, and Glasgow; or the first examination for themedical and surgical degrees in the Irish universities ; or thefirst examination for the licence of the Apothecaries’ Com-pany, Dublin, will be admitted to a single examination inMateria Medica, Therapeutics, Medicine, Pathology, Mid-wifery, and Toxicology, part of which examination will beconducted in writing.The examination of candidates for certificates of qualifica-

tion to act as Assistant, in compounding and dispensingmedicines, is as follows :-In translating physicians’ prescrip-tions, in the British Pharmacopoeia, in Pharmacy, and MateriaMedica.By the 22nd section of the Act of Parliament, no rejected

candidate for the licence can be re-examined until the expira-tion of six months from his former examination. A can-didate rejected on his first Professional Examination canbe admitted to re-examination after the expiration of threemonths.Fees.-For a certificate of qualification to practise, six gui-

neas ; for an assistant’s certificate, two guineas.Students’ Prizes.-The Society of Apothecaries annually

offer two prizes for proficiency in the knowledge of Botany,and also two prizes for proficiency in the knowledge of Ma-teria Medica and Pharmaceutical Chemistry. The prizesconsist of a gold medal awarded to the candidate who distin-guishes himself the most in the examination ; and of a silvermedal and a book to the candidate who does so in the nextdegree.The examination in Botany will be held at the Hall of

the Society on the second Wednesday in August, at ten

A.M., and will be conducted by printed papers and vivu vocequestions.Each gentleman intending to compete for the prizes must

send a written notice of his intention to the beadle on or beforethe 1st of August, which notice must be accompanied by evi-dence of his having entered upon the second Summer session ofhis medical studies, and by a certificate of his having attendedthe lectures and class examinations with diligence and regu-larity.The examinations in Materia Medica and Pharmaceutical

Chemistry will be held at the Hall of the Society on the thirdWednesday, and on the following Friday, in October, from tenin the forenoon to one in the afternoon of each day ; by printedpapers on the Wednesday, and by vivâ voce questions on theFriday.Each gentleman intending to compete for these prizes must

send a written notice of his intention to the beadle on or be-fore the 7th of October, which notice must be accompanied byevidence of his having entered upon the third winter sessionof his medical studies, and by a certificate of his having at-tended the lectures and class examinations with diligence andregularity.The Society’s Botanic Garden at Chelsea is open daily (ex-

cept Suntlay) from ten till five o’clock P.M., and on Saturdays,from ten till two o’clock. Tickets of admission may be hadon application at the Beadle’s Office, Apothecaries’ Hall,Blackfriars, E. C.

APOTHECARIES’ HALL OF IRELAND.

A preliminary examination will be held at the Hall fourtimes in the year, viz., on the third Friday in the months of I

January, April, July, and October, at the hour of two o’clockP.M . Subjects : English, Mathematics, French, Latin, Greek,Natural Philosophy, Natural History.

Professional Education and Examination candidat.efor the licence to practise must produce certificates to thefollowing effect: - 1. Of having passed an examination inArts, previously to entering on professional study. 2. Of

being registered as a Studentin Medicine by one of the bodies

named in Schedule A of the Medical Act. 3. Of being atleast twenty-one years of age, and of good moral character.4. Of apprenticeship to a qualified Apothecary, or having beenengaged in practical Pharmacy with an Apothecary, for a periodof three years, subsequently to having passed the examinationin Arts. 5. Of having spent four years in professional study.6. Of having attended the following courses, viz. :-Che-

mistry, during one winter session ; Anatomy and Physiology,during two winter sessions ; Demonstrations and Dissections,during two winter sessions; Botany and Natural History,during one summer session ; Materia. Medica and Therapeu-tics, during one summer session ; Practical Chemistry (in arecognised laboratory), during three months ; Principles andPractice of Medicine, during one winter session ; Midwiferyand Diseases of Women and Children, during six months ;Practical Midwifery at a recognised hospital (attendance upontwenty cases); Surgery, during one winter session ; MedicalJurisprudence, during one summer session ; Instruction in thepractice of Vaccination. 7. Of having attended at a reco-gnised hospital or hospitals, the Practice of Medicine andClinical Lectures on Medicine, during two winter and twosummer sessions ; also the Practice of Surgery and ClinicalLectures on Surgery, during one winter and one summer

session.The examination for the licence to practise is divided into

two parts :-The first part comprehends Chemistry, Botany, Anatomy,

Physiology, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy.The Second-Medicine, Surgery (Principles of), Pathology,

Midwifery, Forensic Medicine, and Hygiene.The First Part may be undergone at the close of the second

winter session, and after the candidate has attended thecourses upon the several subjects named for this examina-

tion, and the Second not before the completion of the fourthwinter session.The Professional Examination will be held quarterly, and

will commence at eleven o’clock A.Th1., by means of printed orwritten questions, to which written answers will be required.Each candidate must have his paper completed (with his nameaffixed thereto) by the hour of two o’clock P.M., when thecandidates will be examined orally.

Candidates for the licence must lodge their testimonials,and enrol their names and address, with the clerk at the Hall,in Dublin, a week prior to the day of examination.A rejected candidate cannot be re-admitted to either the

Preliminary or the Professional Examination until after theexpiration of six months.

Candidates for the Certificate of Assistant to an .Apothe-cary, in Compounding and Dispensing Medicine, must havecompleted at least three years of his apprenticeship with anApothecary, or have a certificate from an Apothecary ofhaving been engaged at Practical Pharmacy for a period ofthree years, together with a certificate of good moralcharacter.The examination of the intended Assistant will berestrictpd

to the British Pharmacopoeia and to Pharmacy, scientific andpractical, including the history and character of Medicines,their preparation, combination, and doses, and the translationof Latin Prescriptions.

, An examination of Apprentices is held at the Hall in thefirst week in May annually, upon some subject of MedicalChemistry, which is announced by the Council of the Hall atthe commencement of the previous winter session, and a prizeof five guineas is awarded to the successful competitor.In reference to the foregoing education and examinations it

is required by the Council of the Hall that every candidatefor the Preliminary Examination, or certificate of Apprentice,shall have read all the books in the prescribed course, andshall pass such examination as will satisfactorily test hisgrammatical knowledge of the languages, his acquaintancewith the working of the several problems and calculations,and his familiarity with the leading events of English history,and with the elements of Physical and Natural Science.

This examination will be conducted by printed papers, andthe answers will be required in writing.

In the first part of the examination for "the licence" thecandidate is required to recognise and describe samples ofdrugs and plants used in medicine, and to indicate the che-mical and physical means of distinguishing them ; to enmne-rate and explain the pharmaceutic preparations of the Phar-macopoeia, with their uses and doses; to translate Latinprescriptions correctly; and to answer questions in HumanAnatomy, and in Vegetable and Animal Physiology. Thisexamination will be partly written and partly oral. In the

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second part, the candidate, having passed the first part satisfac- torily, must answer questions in the several departments of Practical Medicine, and demonstrate and define diseased struc-ture and injuries from pathological illustration, and give alsothe appropriate treatment and the form of prescription suit-able in each case.

This examination will be partly written and partly oral.

ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

6, TFhiteh all-yard, S.W.1. Every candidate presenting himself for admission

to the examination required for the Army Medical Servicemust be unmarried. He must produce a birth certificatefrom the district registrar, or a certificate of baptism in whichthe date of birth is stated ; or if neither of these can be ob-tained, an affidavit from one of the parents, or from someother near relative who can attest the date of birth, will beaccepted. The certificate or affidavit must show that the can-didate will not be above twenty-eight nor under twenty-oneyears of age on the date of admission [to the Army MedicalSchool. He must also produce certificates of moral conductand character, one of them from the parochial minister ifpossible.

2. He must make a declaration that he labours under nomental or constitutional disease, nor any imperfection or dis-ability that can interfere with the most efficient discharge ofthe duties of a medical officer in any climate.*

* He must alsoattest his readiness to engage for general service, and to pro-ceed on foreign service when required to do so.

3. He must possess a diploma in Surgery or a licence topractise it, as well as a degree in Medicine, or a licence topractise it, in Great Britain or Ireland.

4. Certificate of registration in accordance with the MedicalAct of 1858, and certificate of age and character, must belodged at the Army Medical Department, at least one weekbefore the candidate appears for examination.

5. On producing the foregoing qualifications the candidatewill be examined by the Examining Board in the followingsubjects :-Anatomy and Physiology; Surgery; Medicine, in-

cluding Therapeutics ; the Diseases of Women and Children;Chemistry and Pharmacy, and a practical knowledge of drugs.(The examination in Medicine and Surgery will be in partpractical, and will include operations on the dead body, theapplication of surgical apparatus, and the examination ofmedical and surgical patients at the bedside.)The eligibility of each candidate for the Army Medical Ser

vice will be determined by the result of the examinations inthese subjects only.

Candidates who desire it will be examined in ComparativeAnatomy, Zoology, Natural Philosophy, Physical Geography,and Botany, with special reference to Materia Medica, andthe number of marks gained in these subjects will be added tothe total number of marks obtained in the obligatory part ofthe examination by candidates who shall have been foundqualified for admission, and whose position on the list of suc-cessful competitors will thus be improved in proportion totheir knowledge of these branches of science.

6. The examiners in London will prepare a list in order ofmerit, with the marks affixed in the different subjects, to betransmitted to the Director-General, and communicated to theprofessors of the Army Medical School. If any candidate is ’,found to be deficient in any particular subject, this will bestated in the list so forwarded, in order that he may receivaspecial instruction on the point at Netley.

7. After passing his Preliminary Examination, every can-didate will be required to attend one entire course of practicalinstruction in the Army Medical School on Hygiene, Clinicaland Military Medicine, Clinical and Military Surgery, Patho-logy of Diseases and Injuries incident to Military Service, be-fore being admitted to his examination for a commission. Thiscourse to be not less than of four months’ duration.

8. At its conclusion, the candidate will be required to passan examination on the subjects taught in the School. If thecandidate give satisfactory evidence of being qualified for thepractical duties of an army medical officer, he will be eligiblefor a commission as assistant-surgeon.

* His physical fitness will be determined by a Board of Medical Officers,who are required to certify that the candidate’s vision is sufficiently- good toenable him to perform any surgical operation without the aid of giasses. Amoderate degree of myopia would not be considered a disqualification, pro-vided it did not necessitate the use of glasses during the performance ofoperations, and that no organic disease of the eyes existed.

9. During the period of his residence at the Army MedicalSchool, each candidate will receive an allowance of 5s. perdiem with quarters, or 7s. per diem without quarters, to coverall costs of maintenance ; and he will be required to providehimself with uniform (viz., the regulation undress uniform ofan assistant-surgeon, but without the sword).

10. All candidates will be required to conform to such rulesof discipline as the Senate may, from time to time, enact.The Examinations for admission to the service are held at

Chelsea on the second Monday in February and Augustrespectively, and following days.

ARMY MEDICAL SCHOOL.

Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley.All gentlemen who have been successful in the competitive

examinations, held twice a year (February and August), atChelsea, for appointments in the medical service of the army,attend subsequently, at the Royal Victoria Hospital, a courseof practical instruction in the duties they will have to performin the Army. The course lasts four months ; at the end ofthe session an examination is held to ascertain the progressmade by each candidate, after which the gentlemen are

gazetted as assistant-surgeons, taking their seniority accordingto the aggregate number of marks then gained at both theChelsea and Netley examinations. The lectures on MilitarySurgery include gunshot and other wounds ; arrangements forthe transport of wounded ; duties of army surgeons in thefield, during sieges, on transports, &c. ; and other special sub-jects. Those on Military Medicine refer to the tropical andother diseases of the British possessions and colonies, and tothe losses by disease in peace and war at home and abroad.The lectures on Hygiene comprise the examination of waterand air, of food, clothing, &c., of the soldier; his duties andexercise, and the circumstances affecting his health ; the sub-jects of meteorology, statistics, and prevention of the principaldiseases met with in the Army, on home or foreign service.The lectures on Pathology have reference chiefly to the scien-tific examination of tropical diseases, and of other complaintswhich the army surgeon is especially called on to investigate.The candidates also attend the wards of the hospital to studythe diseases of invalids under the Professors of Medicine andSurgery, the system of recruiting, and the modes of keepingthe army medical returns and records. They are also calledon to make post-mortem examinations, to operate on the deadbody, and pass through courses of practical instruction in thelaboratory on the modes of recognising the qualities and adul-terations of food, and in the microscope-room on the modes ofmicroscopic examination of morbid tissues and of adulterationsof food, &c.

INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE.

All natural-born subjects of her Majesty between twenty-two and twenty-eight years of age at the date of the examina-tion, and of sound bodily health, may be candidates for theappointment of Assistant-surgeon in her Majesty’s IndianMedical Service.They must subscribe and send in to the Military Secretary,

India Office, Westminster, proofs of their qualification similarto those required by the Army Medical Department.

Degrees, diplomas, licences, and certificate of their registra-tion in accordance with the Medical Act of 1858, must belodged at the India Office, for examination and registry, at

least one fortnight before the candidate appears for examina-tion. The regulations, subjects, and times for examinationare the same as for the Army Medical Department. Passageallowance to India on appointment will be given, or a passageprovided. When passages are provided on board the Indiantroop ships, a charge for messing will be made at the rate laiddown in the Royal Passage Warrant of 1865. Pay at 10s. aday will be allowed from date of passing Final Examinationat the Army Medical School.

Indian allowances and time of service for pension willreckon from date of arrival in India. The period of residenceat the Army Medical School will reckon as service for the fullpay pension only.The duties will be those hitherto performed by the medical

officers of the East India Company’s service, with the exceptionof those relating to European troops.

Surgical instruments are provided in India by the Govern-ments for the use of medical officer.When assistant-surgeons have served the requisite time they