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and Appliances, and will includc--(a) a wribten examination ;(b) a clinical examination as far as practiPahle ; (c) an oralexamination, with practical illustrations; (d) an examina-tion on Instruments and Appliancee.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.

The diploma of Member of this College is not now grantedapart from the licence of the Royal College of Physiciansexcept) tn students who commenced their professinal studiesprior to Oct. lat, 1884.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON.

The licence of this College is no longer granted by itself,excapt to studen’s who commenced professional study priorto the l’it October, 1881, and consequently it is no longernecessary to publish the Regulations.

EXAMINING BOARD IN ENGLAND BY THE ROYALCOLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON AND THEROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.9

Regulations relating to the several Examinations applicableto Candidates who commenced their Professional Educa-tion on or after Jan. 1st, 1892.

Any candidate who desires to obtain both the I!c’*nce of theRoyal College of Physicians of London and the diploma ofMember of the Royal College of Surgeons of England IS re-qaiIl..1i to comply with the following regulations and to passthe examinations hereinafter set forth.

Professional Examinations.-There are four Examinations,called herein the First Examination, the Se ’ond Examina-tion, the Third Examination, and the Final Examination,Pilch being partly written, partly oral, and partly practical.These examinations will be held in the months of January,April, July, and October, unless otherwise appointedEvery candidate intending to present himself for examina-tion is required to give notice in writing to Mr. F G.Hallett,Secretary of the Examining Board, ExaminationHall, Victoria E ubankmeno, W, C., fourteen clear daysbefore the day on which the examination commences,transmitting at the same time the required certificates.

Tb,-, subjects of the Firsb Examination are-Chemistry and Poysics, Practical Pharmacy, Etementary Biology, andElementary Anatomy. A candidate may take this exami-nation in four p Hts at different times. A candidate willbe admitted to examination in Chemistry and Pnysicsand Elementary Biology before registration as a medicalstudent, and to examination in Practical Pharmacy onproducing evidence (,f having been registered as a medicalstudent by the General Medical Council, or he ’maytake Pharmacy as part of the Third Examination; bub hewill not bd admitted to the examination on ElementaryAnatomy and Elementary Physiology earlier than the endof his first winter session at a medical school or than thecompletion of his first six months’ attendance at a recognisedmedical school during the ordinary sessions-i. e., exclusivelyof the months of April, August, and September. A canrii-date rejected in one part or more of the First Examinationwill not be admitted to re-examination until after the lapseof a period of nob leas than three months from the date ofrejecoioil) and he will b re-examined in the subjpct or sub-jects in which he has been rejected. Any candidate whoshall produce satisfactory evidence of having passed anexamination for a degree in Medicine on any of the subjectsof this examination conducted at ’a university in theUnited Kingdom, in India, or in a British colony will beexempt from examination in those subjects in which he haspassed.The fees for admission to the First Examination are as

follows : For the whole examination, £10 10s. for re-

examination after rejection in Part I. £3 3s., and for re-examination in each of the other parts, f:2 2s.The subjects of the Second Examination are Anatomy

and Physiology. Candidates will be required to pass inboth subjects at one and the sama time. Candidates will

9 The diploma of Member of the Royal College of Surgeons ofEngland and the Licence of the Royal College of Physicians of Londonare no longer granted except to students who commenced their pro-fessional study prior to Oct. 1st, 1884.

be admissible to the Second Examination at the expirationof two winter sessions and one summer session (or fifteenmonths during the ordinary sessions) from the date ofregistration as Medical Students and after the lapse of notless than six months from the date of passing Parts I., Ill.,and IV. of the First Examination.A candidate referred on the Second Examination will be

required, before being admitted to re-examination, to pro-duce a certificate thao he has pursued, to the satisfaction ofhis teachers, in a recognised place of study, his Anatomicaland Physiological studies during a period of Dot less thanthree months subsfquently to the date uf his reference.The fees for admission to the Second Examination are

£10 10s. for the whole examination and ;C6 6s. for re-

examination after rejection.The subjects of the Third Examination are : Part I.

Medicine, including Medical Anatomy, Pathology, PracticalPnarmacy, Pharmacology. Therapeutics, Forensic Medicineand Pubtic Health. Candidates who have passed inPractical Pharmacy at the First Examination will not bere-examined in that subject at the Third Examination.Part 11. Surgery, including Pathology, Surgical Anatomyand Apparatus. Part HI. Midwifery and Diseases peculiarto Women. Candidates may present themselves for exami-nation in Midwifery and Dispases of Women at. the ThirdExamination or at the Final Examination. Candidates maytake this examination in three paits at different times, orthey may present themselves for the whole examination abone time. They will be required to produce the followingevidence before being admitted to any part of the Thirdor Final Examination-viz., of having studied Medicine,Surgery aad Midwifery in accordance with the regulationsprescribed in Section L, Paragraph II., Clauses 6 (a) (b) (c) (e)(f) (g), 7 (a) & (b) and the following Special Certificatesbefore being admitted to the respective parts of theexamination-viz., in Medicine, of having attended Prac-tical Instruction 1D Medicice (Section I., Par. IL, Clause 6(h) ); Lecbures on Pathology (Section I., Par. II., Clause 6(d) ); Clinical Lectures on Medicine duaing nine months(Section L, Par. II, Clause 7 (c)) and of having dischargedthe duties of Medical Clinical Clerk (Section L, Par. II.,Clause 7 (e)); in Surgery of having attended PracticalInstruction in Surgery (Section I, Par IT., Clause 6 (h));Lectures on Pathology (Section 1., Par. IL, Clause 6 (d));of having performed operations upon the Dead Subject(Section I., Par. II.) Clause 6 (z) ); Clinical Lectures onSurgery during nine months (Section I., Par. IL, Clause 7(c)); of having discharged the duties of Surgical Dresser(Section I., Par. If., Clause 7 (e)’); in Midwifery, of havingattended Practical Instruction in Midwifery (Section 1,Par. IL, Clause 6 (h)); Clinical or other Lectures, withPractical Instruction in Diseases peculiar to Women(Section I , Par. II., Clause 7 (d)); and of attendance on 20Labours (Section I., Par. If., Clause 8).Fees for admission to the Third Examination, with or

without Midwifery and Diseases peculiar to Women, areas follows : For the whole examination, £10 10s. Part I. Frre-examination in Medicine, including Medical Anatomy,Pathology, Thelapputics and Public Health, :E3 3s. ; forre examination in Pharmacology, fa Is.; for re examinationin Practical Pharmacy (if taken at this examination) jE22s.Part II. For re-examination in Surgery, including Patho-logy, Surgical Anatomy acd Apparatus, £3 33. Paro III. Forre-examination in Midwifery and Diseases peculiar toWomen, £3 3sThe Final Examination sha’1 consist of (1) Clinical Medi-

cine, (2) Clinical Surgery, (3) Midwifery and Diseasespeculiar to Women. Candidates may prcssus themseln.sfor examination in Midwifery and Diseases peculiar toWomen at the Thud Examination or at the Final Exami-nation. The examination in Parts I. and II. consists ofWritten Papera and vivti voce on Patients. Candidates whohave passed the Thiri Examination will be admissible tothe Final Examination (n production of the required c9rti-ficates of study at the expiration of five years’ (five winterand nve summer sessions) study from the date uf registra-tion as medical studenta and ab the expiration of twelvemonths from the date of passing the Third Examination.Candidates will be requited to presenb themselves for exa-mination in Clinical Medicine and Clinical Sllrl2ery together.No candidate will be allowed to pass in one without obtain,ing at the same time at least balf the number of marks

required to pass in the other. A candidate referred on theFinal Examination will not be admitted to re-examination

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until afuer the lapse of a period of not) less than threemonths from the date of rejection and wi)l be required,before being admitted to re-examination, to produce a

certificate, in regard to Medicine and Surgery, of havingattended the Medical and Surgical Practice, or the Medicalor Surgical Practice., as the case may be, under the sameconditions as those specified in Section I., Paragraph II.,Clause 9, page 7, during the period of his reference ; and,in regard to Midwifery and Diseases peculiar to Women, acertiticate of having received, subsequently to the date ofhis reference, not less than three months’ instruction in thatsubject by a recognised teacher.The fees for admission to the Final Examination are as

follows : For the whole Examination, E5 5s.; for re-exami-nation after rejection in Clinical Medicine, £2 12s. 6d.; forre-examination after rejection in Clinical Surgery, £212s. 6d. ; ;for re-examination afcer rejection in Midwifery and Diseasespeculiar to Women, £3 3s.

ROYAL COLLEGES OF SURGEONS AND PHY-SICIANS OF EDINBURGH, AND FACULTY OFPHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF GLASGOW.

These Colleges have made arrangements by which, after- one series of examinations, held in Edinburgh or in Glasgow,or in Edinburgh and Glasgow, the student may obtain thediplomas of the three Bodies.The three Bodies grant their Single Licences only to

candidates who already possess another and opposite quali-fication in Medicine or Surgery, as the case may be, recognisedby them. Copies of the Regulations for the Single Licence.of any of the Bodies may be had on application to therespective Secretaries.

Professional Education.-1. Candidates who commence,medical study before Jan. 1st, 1892, must have been en-gaged in professional study during forty-five months fromthe date of registration as medical students by the GeneralMedical Council, which period shall include not less thanfour winter sessions’ attendance at a recognised medicalschool. 2. The candidate must produce certificates or othersatisfactory evidence of having attended the followingseparate and distinct courses of instruction : Anatomy, onecourse, during at least six months; Practical Anatomy,twelve months ; Chemistry, one course, six months ; Prac-tical or Analytical Chemistry, one course, three months ;Materia Medica, one course, three months ; Physiology, onecourse, six months; Practice of Medicine, one course, sixmonths; Clinical Medicine, nine months; Principles andPractice of Surgery, one course, six months; Clinical Sur-gery, nine months ; Midwifery and the Diseases of Womenand Children, one course, three months ; Medical Jurispru-dence, one course, three months ; Pathological Anatomy,one course, three months. The six months’ courses

delivered in Scotland must consist of not fewer than100 lectures. The three months’ courses must consistof not fewer than fifty lectures. The number of lecturescertified as attended ab any school not situated in Scot-land should not be less than three-fourths of the totalnumber of lectures delivered in a course. 3. The candidate- must also produce the following certificates:-(a) Of havingattended not less than six cases of labour, three of theseto be conducted personally under the direct superintendence.of the practitioner who signs the certificate, who must bea registered medical practitioner. (b) Of having attended,for three months, instruction in Practical Pharmacy; the- certincate to be signed by the teacher, who must be a memberof the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, or the- superintendent of the laboratory of a public hospital [or dis-pensary, or a registered practitioner who dispenses medicinesto nis patients, or a teacner or a class or rracmcai Pharmacy.(c) Of having attended for twenty-four months the Medicaland Surgical practice of a public general hospital contain-ing on an average at least eighty patients available forClinical instruction and possessing distinct staffs of phy-sicians and of surgeons, (d) Of having attended for sixmonths (or three months, with three months’ hospital clerk-ship) the practice of a public dispensary specially recognisedby any of the above authorities ; or the out-patient practiceof a recognised general hospital, or of having acted forsix months as pupil to a, registered practitioner who eitherholds such a public appaintment, or has such opportunities,of imparting practical knowledge as shall be satiafa.story tothe coöperating authorities ; this attendance should be

made after the student has passed the First and SecondExaminations. (e) Of having been instructed by a regis-tered medical practitioner in the Theory and Practice ofVaccination, and of having performed operations under theteacher’s inspection, during a period of not less than sixweeks.Candidates shall be subjected to three Professional

Examinations, and they may enter either for the whole ofan examination or for a division thereof.

First Examination.-The First Examination shall em-brace the two divisions of (1) Chemistry,10 (2) ElementaryAnatomy," and HistJology,12 and shall take place notsooner than the end of the first year, including the period ofa winter and a summer session. For the whole examinationtaken at one time the sum of £5 5s. must be paid to theinspector of certificates uot later than one week precedingit, after which no candidate will be entered. After rejectionfor re-entry in all subjects, £3 3s.; for re-entry after obtainingexemption from re-examination in one or two subjects,£2 2s.: for entering for one division of subjects separately,£3 3s.; and for each re-entry after rejection, 92 2s. Anycandidate who shall produce satisfactoxy evidence of havingparsed an equivalent examination in any of the subjectsof the First examination before any of the boards specifiedin the Regulations will be exempt from examination insuch subjects.

Second Examination.-The Second Examination sballembrace the three subjects of (1) Anatomy, (2) Physiology,(3) Materia Medica and Pharmacy, each of which shall con.stitute a division of the examination, and may be enteredfor separately, and shall not take place before the termina-tion of the summer session of the second year of study, in-cluding two winters and two summers. The fees for admis-sion to this examination, payable not later than one weekbefore the day of examination, are as follows :-For thewhole examination, f,5 5s.; after rejection for re-entry inall subjects, 13 3s.; for re-entry after obtaining exemptionfrom re-examination in one or two subjects, 92 2s.; forentering for one subject separately, £2 2s.; and for eachre-entry therein after rejection, ;E2 2s. Any candidate whoshall produce satisfactory evidence of having passed anequivalent examination in any of the subjects of theSecond Examination before any of the boards specified inthe Regulations will be exempt from examination in suchsubject or subjects. In such cases the fee is flO 10s.Final Examination.-The Final Examination shall em-

brace the three divisions of—(1) the Principles and Practiceof Medicine (including Therapeutics, Medical Anatomy, andPathology) and Clinical Medicine; (2) the Principles andPractice of Surgery (including Surgical Anatomy and SurgicalPathology) and Clinical Surgery ; (3) Midwifery and Gynae-cology, Medical Jurisprudence and Hygiene (and whichdivisionsma,y be entered for separately at different times); andshall not take place before the termination of the full periodof study. The fees for this examination, payable not laterthan one week before the examination day, are as follows:For the whole Examination, taken at one time, in the caseof candidates who have passed the First and SecondExaminations, E15 15s., of which £10 10s. shall be returnedto unsuccessful candidates. For entering for each of thethree divisions of subjects separately, 96 6s., and on re-entryafter rejection, E2 2s. in respect of each division or partthereof. This rule will also apply to any subsequent re-jection. Any candidate admitted to the Final Examina-tion, on the footing of having passed in the subjects ofthe First and Second Examinations at a recognises board,shall, on entering, pay the full fee of £ 26 5s.

All candidates shall be subjected. in addition to theWrit)ten and Oral Examinations, to Clinical Examinationsin Medicine and Surgery, which shall include the Examina-tion of Patients, Physical Diagnosis, the Clinical Use of

10 The examination in Chemistry shall embrace the following par-ticulars : Chemical Physics (meaning thereby Heat, Light, and Elec-tricity) ; the principal Non-Metallic and Metallic Elements, and theirmore common combinations ; also the leading Alcohols, Organic Acids,Ethers, Carbo-hydrates and Alkaloids. The candidate will also be ex-amined practically in Testing.

11 Elementary Anatomy shall embrace : Anatomy of the Bones andJoints of the whole body, and of the Muscles, chief Bloodvessels, andNerves of the Upper and Lower Extremities.

12 Histology shall include a knowledge and recognition of themorphological elements and structure of Skin, Bone, Cartilage,Fibrous Tissue, Hair, Nails, Teeth, Blood, Muscle, Nervous Tissue andthe appearance and distribution of all the different forms of Epithelium,along with a general knowledge of the properties of cells. The Exa-mination on this subject will be practical and oral.