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REGISTRATION OF TESTIMONIALS.

All testimonials must be given on a printed schedule, withwhich students will be supplied at the time of their first re-gistration :-In London, at this Hall.In the provincial towns, from the gentlemen who keep the

registers of the medical schools.All students, in London, are required personally to register

the several classes for which they have taken tickets; andthose only will be considered as complying with the regula-tions of the Court whose names and classes in the registercorrespond with their schedules.

Tickets of admission to Lectures and Medical Practicemust be registered in the months of October and May; butno ticket will be registered unless it be dated within sevendays of the commencement of the course; and certificates ofattendance must be registered in the months of April andAugust. Due notice of the days and hours of such registra-tions will be given from time to time.The Court also require students at the provincial medical

schools to register their names in their own handwriting,with the registrar of each respective school, within the firsttwenty-one days of October, and first fourteen days of May;and to register their certificates of having duly attended lec-tures on Medical Practice within fourteen days of the com-pletion of such attendance.The registrars are requested to furnish the Court of Exa-

miners with a copy of each registration immediately after itsclose, as those students only will be admitted to examinationwhose registrations have been duly communicated to theCourt.

EXAMINATION.

Every person intending to offer himself for examination,must give notice in writing to the Clerk of the Society, on orbefore the Monday previously to the day of examination, andmust at the same time deposit all the required testimonials atthe office of the Beadle, where attendance is given every day,except Sunday, from ten until four o’clock.The examination of the candidate for a certificate of a

qualification to practise as an apothecary will be as follows:-In translating portions of the first four books of Celsus de

Medicina, and of the first twenty-three chapters ofGregory’s Conspectus Medicinæ Theoreticæ:

In Physicians’ Prescriptions, and the PharmacopoeiaLondinensis :

In Chemistry:In Materia Medica and Therapeutics:In Botany:In Anatomy and Physiology:In the Principles and Practice of Medicine, includingMidwifery and the Diseases of Children.

The examination of the candidate for a certificate of qualifi-cation to act as assistant to an apothecary, in compoundingand dispensing medicines, will be as follows:-

In translating Physicians’ Prescriptions, and the Pharma-copoeia Londinensis:

In Pharmacy and Materia Medica.By the 22nd section of the Act of Parliament, no rejected

candidate for a certificate to practise as an apothecary, canbe re-examined until the expiration of six months from hisformer examination; and no rejected candidate as an assistantuntil the expiration of three months.*’ An important regulation has been very recently adopted

by the Society, and the following notice to students is nowposted in the Beadle’s Office at Apothecaries’ Hall, relativeto the Preliminary Latin Examination, which it is thus seenmay again be passed at a period previous to the general exa-mination:-" On the first Thursday in every month, those students who

have completed two winter sessions of their medical studieswill be admitted to their Latin examination, on leaving theirschedules at the Beadle’s Office, by the Monday preceding.The attendance of such students will be required at half-pastthree o’clock, and their schedules may be received again onthe Saturday following, between the hours of ten and fouro’clock."The Court meet in the Hall every Thursday, where candi-

dates are required to attend at a quarter before four o’clock.The Act directs the following sums to be paid for certifi-

Cates:—For London and within ten miles thereof, ten guineas.For all other parts of England and Wales, six guineas.

Persons having paid the latter sum become entitled to prac-tise in London, and within ten miles thereof, by paying fourguineas in addition.For an assistant’s certificate, two guineas.For information relative to these regulations, students are

referred to the Beadle, at Apothecaries’ Hall, every day,(Sunday excepted,) between the hours of ten and four o’clock.

It is expressly ordered by the Court of Examiners, that nogratuity be received by any officer or servant of the Court.

Information on all subjects connected with the "Act forbetter regulating the practice of Apothecaries," may be ob-tained on application to Mr. R. B. Upton, Clerk of the Society,at the Hall, every day, (Sunday excepted,) between the hoursof one and three o’clock.

ARMY MEDICAL SERVICE,13, St. James’s-pluce.

Director General of the Medical Department—Sir JamesM’Grigor, M.D.

Professional Assistant—Dr. Andrew Smith.Superintendents of Surgical Instruments and Medicines-J. Clark, M.D., and Mr. Bassano.

REGULATIONS-DATED FEBRUARY, 1840.

Candidates for the medical department of the army arerequired to produce the diploma of either of the Colleges ofSurgeons of London, Edinburgh, or Dublin, and the followingtestimonials: Eighteen months’ attendance at an hospitalwhere the average number of in-patients is not less than onehundred; twenty-four months’ anatomy; twelve months’practical anatomy; twelve months’ surgery, or (what is pre-ferred) six months’ surgery and six months’ military surgery;eight months’ clinical surgery, a complete course of two orthree lectures during the week; twelve months’ practice ofphysic, or six months’ practice of physic, and six of generalpathology; eight months’ clinical lectures on ditto, the sameas required in surgery; twelve months’ chemistry; six months’practical chemistry; three months’ botany; four months’ ma-teria medica; three months’ practical pharmacy or apprentice-ship ; five months’ natural history; five months’ midwifery;five months’ natural philosophy.

2nd. The candidates must be unmarried, and not beyondtwenty-six, nor under twenty-one years of age.

3rd. Candidates who have had an university education, andhave the degree of A.B. or A.M., as well as that of M.D., willbe preferred; but a liberal education and a competent know-ledge of Greek and Latin are indispensably requisite in everycandidate.

4th. The greater the attainments of the candidates in variousbranches of science, in addition to competent professionalknowledge, the more eligible will they subsequently be deemedfor promotion in the service; for selections to fill vacancieswill be guided more by reference to such acquirements thanto mere seniority.

5th. The rank of physician to the forces, or assistant-inspectorof hospitals, requires that the individual should be a fellow orlicentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London, or agraduate of the University of Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh,Dublin, Glasgow, Aberdeen, London, or of the Faculty ofMedicine of Glasgow.

6th. Although the British schools are specified, candidateswho have received regular education in approved foreign uni-versities or schools will be admitted to examination.

7the. With the exception of practice of physic and clinicalmedicine by one teacher, candidates must have attended sepa-rate lecturers for each branch of science.

8th. Before promotion from the rank of assistant-surgeonto any higher rank, every gentleman must be prepared forsuch other examination as may be ordered before a board ofmedical officers.

9th. Diplomas, tickets of attendance on lectures, and certi-ficates of regular attendance by each professor or lecturer,must be lodged at the office at least one week before the can-didate appears for examination; and likewise certificates ofmoral conduct and character, one cf them by a clergyman,and that of the parochial minister, is desirable. Baptismalcertificates are required at the same time: if the parishregister cannot be resorted to, an affidavit from one of theparents, or some person who can attest the fact, will be ac-cepted.

10th. The certificate of the teacher of practical anatomymust state the number of subjects or parts dissected by thepupil.

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11th. Certificates of lectures and attendance must be from

physicians or surgeons of the recognised Colleges of Phy-sicians and Surgeons in the United Kingdom, or of foreignuniversities.Note.-All communications to be forwarded, " unsealed"

under cover, to "The Right Honourable the Secretary atWar," with the words, "Army Medical Department," at thecorner.

Army Medical Department, Feb. 1840.

NAVAL MEDICAL SERVICE, Admiralty Office, Somerset House.

Director General of Naval Hospitals and Fleets-Sir WilliamBurnett, F.K.H., M.D., F.R.S.

REGULATIONS—DATED FEBRUARY 1, 1845.A candidate for admission as an assistant-surgeon in the

royal navy must produce a certificate from the Royal Collegeof Surgeons of London, Edinburgh, or Dublin, of his fitnessfor that office; and for admission as a surgeon shall producea diploma or certificate from one of the said royal colleges,founded on an examination, to be passed subsequently to hisappointment of assistant-surgeon, as to the candidate’s fitnessfor the situation of surgeon in the navy; and in every casethe candidate producing such certificate or diploma shallundergo a further examination before the director-general ofthe medical departement of the navy, touching his qualificationsin all the necessary branches and points of medicine and sur-gery for each of the steps in the naval medical service. Pre-viously to the admission of assistant-surgeons into the navy,it is also required that they produce proof of a classical educa-tion and a competent knowledge of Latin; and,That they are of good moral character, the certificate of

which must be signed by the clergyman of the parish, or by amagistrate of the district.That they have served an apprenticeship, or been engaged

six months in practical pharmacy.That their age be not less than twenty, nor more than

twenty-four years ; and that they are unmarried.That they have actually attended an hospital in London,

Edinburgh, Dublin, Glasgow, or Aberdeen, for two years sub-sequently to the age of eighteen, in which the average numberof patients is not less than 150.That they have been engaged in actual dissections of the

human body twelve months--the certificate of which muststate the number of subjects or parts dissected by the candi-date.

That they have attended lectures &c. on the following sub-jects, at established schools of eminence, by physicians or sur-geons of the recognised Colleges of Physicians and Surgeonsin the United Kingdom, for periods not less than hereunderstated; observing, however, that such lectures will not beadmitted if the teacher shall lecture on more than one branchof science, or if the lectures on anatomy, surgery, and medi-cine, be not attended during three distinct winter sessions ofsix months each:-

Anatomy, eighteen months; or general anatomy, twelvemonths, and comparative anatomy, six months.

Surgery, eighteen months; or general surgery, twelvemonths, and military surgery, six months.

Theory of Medicine, six months ; practice of medicine,twelve months, (or eighteen montiis if given in con-junction.)

Clinical lectures at an hospital as above, twelve months—viz., on the practice of medicine, six months; on thepractice of surgery, six months.

Chemistry, six months; or lectures on chemistry, threemonths, and practical chemistry, three months.

Materia Medica, six months.Midwifery, six months ; accompanied by certificates

stating the number of midwifery cases personally at-tended.

Botany, six months ; or general botany, three months,and medical botany, three months.

N.B.-Six months’ lectures on Pathology, if given at auniversity where there may be a professorship on thatbranch of science, will be admitted in lieu of six months’lectures on the practice of medicine.

In addition to the tickets for the lectures, certificates must beproduced from the professors &c. by whom the lectures weregiven, stating the periods (in months) actually attended by thecandidates. The time,also,of actual attendance at an hospital orinfirmary must be certified; and the tickets, as well as certifi-

cates of attendance, age, moral character, &c., must be pro-duced by the candidate immediately on his being desired toappear for examination.A favourable consideration will be given to the cases of

those who have obtained the degree of M.D. at either of theuniversities of Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Dublin, Glas-gow, or London; or who, by possessing a knowledge of dis-eases of the eye, medical jurisprudence, natural history,natural philosophy, &c., appear to be more peculiarly eligiblefor admission into the service, observing, however, that-lectures on these or any other subjects cannot be admitted ascompensating for any deficiency in those required by theregulations.By the rules of the service, no assistant-surgeon can be pro-

moted to the rank of surgeon until he shall have served threeyears in the former capacity, one year of which must be in aship actually employed at sea. And it is resolved that notany diploma or certificate of examination from either of theaforesaid royal colleges shall be admitted toward the quali-fication for surgeon, unless the diploma or certificate shall beobtained on an examination passed after a period of not lessthan three years’ actual service, observing that no one can beadmitted to an examination for surgeon unless he be a memberof one of the above-named royal colleges, and produce themost satisfactory certificates that he has performed, on thedead body, under the superintendence of a professor or

teacher of known eminence, all the capital operations of sur-gery, and is perfectly competent to perform any operationwith skill and dexterity, and thoroughly acquainted with theanatomy of the parts involved in such operations; withoutwhich qualification no one hereafter can be promoted to thehigher branches of the service. And whenever assistant-surgeons already in the service (whose professional educationmay not be in accordance with the above) obtain leave tostudy previously to their passing for surgeon, they will be re-quired on their examination to produce testimonials of theirhaving availed themselves of the period of leave to completetheir education agreeably to these regulations generally.

Candidates who may be admitted into the naval medicalservice must serve in whatever ships &c. they may be ap-pointed to; and that in the event of their being unable to doso from sea-sickness, their names cannot be continued on theNaval Medical List, nor can they, of course, be allowed half-pay.

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ORDNANCE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT,63, Pall Mall.

Master-General—The Marquess of Anglesey.Director-General—Sir John Webb.Deputy-Inspector.General—Mr. Morgan Thomas.

The appointment of candidates for the ordnance medical de-partment, like that of gentlemen cadets for the military ser-vice, is entirely in the patronage of the Master-General ofthe Ordnance, and not in that of the superior medical officers.

Provisional List.-Medical students who have completedtheir twentieth year, who have been well instructed in theLatin and Greek languages, the elements of mathematics andnatural philosophy, and who can produce satisfactory proofsof being diligent in the study of their profession, and thesciences connected with it, may be entered in the provisionallist of gentlemen desirous of being admitted candidates foremployment in the Ordnance medical department. A know-ledge also of modern languages, though not indispensable atthe time of provisional reception, is highly desirable, and willbe duly appreciated.

Candidates.-No applicant is to be received on the list ofcandidates before he is twenty-two, nor retained on it after heis twenty-five years of age. The age of every individual mustbe verified by a certificate of his baptism, if it can be procured;but if not, by a solemn declaration of one of his parents, or ofsome other person who can attest the date of his birth.

Qualifications.—Every candidate must bring proof of havingdiligently gone through the following branches of professionaleducation:-

’ 1. Of having served five years to a surgeon and apothecary,if educated in England; but if not, qualification in the prac-tice of medicine and pharmacy equivalent thereto.

2. Of having attended the practice of surgery in a recognisedhospital or hospitals, where clinical instruction is constantlygiven, for three years, three months being allowed for a vaca-tion in each year.

3. Of having attended the undermentioned lectures :-Anatomical lectures, demonstrations, dissections ; three