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Principles and Practice of Medicine, including Therapeutic’.2. Oa one of the following subjects, to he selected by thecandidate :—(a) Pdthology, including Morbid Anatomy ;(b) Medical Jurisprudence and Public Health; (c) Midwiferyand the Diseases of Women ; (d) Psychological Medtdne.The Fellowship—No one shall be elected a Fellow of the

College until he has been at least one ) ear a Member thereof,and has attained the age of twenty-five years.The fee to be paid by a member is £31 10s. When a

licentiate is raised to the rank of a member, he pays 621,but if his licence has been obtained subsequent to August1st, 1876, he only pays £15 15s. When a member is rai-ei ito the rank of a fellow, the fee is £31 10s , exclusive of stampduty, which amounts to £ 25.

Qualification in Public Health.— The College now conferscertific’1,teR of competency in Public Health. Fee for ceiti-ficate, mo 10s.

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ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, EDINBURGH.Every candidate for a surgical diploma, must have followed

his course of study in a university or in an established schoolof medicine, or in a provincial school specially recognisedby the College of Surgeons of that division of the UnitedKingdom in which it is situate.Preliminary Examination. —All students who intend be-

coming candidates for the diploma of the College must havepassed the complete examination in general education asprescribed by the General Medical Council, and have hadtheir names inscribed in the Register of Medical Students atthe commencement of their professional studies. Exami-nations will he held on Oct. 13th, 15th, and 16th, 1883;April 8rb, 9th, and 10th; July 4th, 5th, and 7th;Oct. Ilth, 13th, and 14th, 1884.Professonal Exnamination.—Candidates are subjected to

two Professional Examinations, conducted at separate sit-tings, partly in writing and partly orally.The First Examination embraces Anatomy, Physiology,

and Chpmistry. Examinations will be held Oct. 16th, 1883;Jan. 22nd, March 25th, April 15th, July 15th, 1884.

Cadidates who desire to pass the First ProfessionalExamination must apply to the Secretary on or before theFriday preceding the day of examination, and must producecertificates of attendance in regard to all those courses ofstudy which have reference to the subjects of that examina-tion. They must also produce evidence of having passedthe Preliminary Examination. The sum of E6 6 6s, must bepaid to the treasurer of the College for this examination notlater than 9 A. M. of the Saturday preceding it. This sumwill be considered as paid to account of the entire fee ofjE15 15s. payable for the diploma.The Second Examination embraces Surgery and Surgical

Anatomy ; also Medicine, Midwifery, Materia Medica, andMedical Jurisprudence; and does not take place before thetermination of the winter session of the last year of study ;in the case of candidates who began their course of studyafter 16th of September, 1866, it will not take place till forty-five months after the examination in general education.

Application for examination must be made to the secre-tary not later than the Monday previous to the day of theexamination.Every candidate must produce to the secretary-1. Satis-

factory evidence of his having attained the age of twenty-one years, and of having been duly registered. 2. Thecertificate8 of his classes. 3. The certificate of his havingpassed the First Professional Examination. 4. A tabularstatement (for which a printed form will be furnished)exhibiting the full amount of his professional education,and distinguishing the classes, hospitals, dispensaries, andschools attended during each session of his studies. If hehave been an apprentice, he must also insert the name ofhis master, the date of his indenture, and the length oftime for which he is bound. This statement, accuratelyfilled up, must be attested by his signature, and afterwardsdelivered by the candidate to the officer of the Cullege, tobe preserved by the College. If the candidate have beenan apprentice to a Fellow of the College, he must also pro-duce his discharged indenture.The remaining fee payable to the College (being E9 9s ),

together with the receipt for the fee paid for the FirstProfessional Examination, must be lodged, not later than9 A.M. of the Tuesday prectdintf the examination day, inthe hands of the Treasurer. i5 5s. will be returned to un-s lccessful candidates.

Candidates who have passed the First Examination inAnatomy, Physio’ogy, and Chemistry, at any of the licensingboards recognised by the Medical Act, will be admissible tothe Second Professional Eximination on producing certifi.catea of the whole course of study, of having passed theirPreliminary and Filst Professional Examinations, and ofhaving been registered. If any uf the three subjects of thefirst examination have been omitted, such candida es willhave to undergo the first examination on the omitted sub-jects ; and none of the subjects set down will be omitted atthe econd examination, even if some of them should haveformed part of the first examination by another board. Thefee is £15 15s. Unsuccesfu.1 candidates under this regula-tion receive back Ell lls.No candidate will be admissible to examination who has

been rejected by any other licensing board within the threemonths preceding his application to be examined.The Dental Diplom.—Every candidate for the Dental

Diploma must have attended the general lectures andcourses of instruction required at a university or an esta-blished medIcal school recognised by the Cullege as quali-fying for the diploma in Surgery. The special courses ofinstruction may have been followed in a recognised dentalhospital or school, or by teachers recoguised by the College.The examinations will be both written and oral, and beconducted in the same manner as the ordinary surgicalexaminations.Candidates for the Dental Diploma mut produce evidence-

of having attained the age of twenty-one years, and willbe required to produce a certificate of having passed the Pre-liminary Examination in General Education required forthe ordinary licence in Surgery, or an examination equivalentto this, and recognised by the General Medical Council,except in the case of candidates who shall have commencedtheir professional education previous to the first day ofiAugust, 1878.

Candidates will also be required to produce certificates ofhaving been engaged during four years in the acquirementof professional knowledge, and of having been duringthatperiod, or at some time previous to their examination,engaged for not less than three years in the acquirement ofa practical knowledge of Mechanical Dentistry with a prac-titioner registered under this Act. The fee for the diplomais £10 l0s.

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ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS ANDSURGEONS, EDINBURGH.

The Royal College of Pnysicians of Edinburgh, and theRoyal Cullege of Surgeons of Edinburgh, while they stillcontinue to give their diplomas separately, under separateregulations, have made arrangements by which, after oneseries of examinations, the student may obtain the diploma9of both Colleges. The general principle of this joint ex-amination is, that it shall be conducted by a board in whicheach body is represented in those branches which are com-mon. to both medicine and surgery; but that the College ofPhysicians shall take exclusive charge of the examination inMedicine, and the College of Surgeons of the examinationin Surgery. The object of the joint examination is to giveto students facilities for obtaining from two separate bodies)and at less expense, a qualification in Medicine and a quali-fication in Surgery. Students passing that examinationsuccessfully will be enabled to register two qualificationsunder the Medical Act-Licentiate of the Royal College ofPhysicians of Edinburgh and Licentiate of the Royal Col-lege of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

FACULTY OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OFGLASGOW.

Preliminary Examinations in General Literature, in accordance with the regulations of the General Council, will beheld in the Faculty Hall during the session 1883-84 on thefollowing Fridavs, commencing at 9 o’clock-namely,October 19th, 1883, March 28th, June 27th, and Septemberhth, 1884 ; and on each occasion the examination will becontinued on the succeeding day. Those who are unsuccess-ful may appear at one subsequent examination without payinga second fee. The fee for the examination and certificate is lOs.The course of study is the same as that for the Royal Col.

lege of Surgeons of Edinburgh.The Professional Examinations are held at four periods-

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the dates at which the first, examination will begin in 1883-84 : Oct. 17th, 1883; Jan. 7th, April 7th, July 14th, 1884.The second examination will commence on Oct. 22nd, 1883 ;Jan. 14th, April 10th, and July 23rd, 1884.The subjects of the two Profsional Examinations are the

same as those for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edin-burgh. At the Primary Examination the candidate isexamined on Recent Dissections, aud is also called upon todissect in presence of the Examiners. At the final examina-tion the candidate is subjected not only to the written, clini-cal and oral tests, but is also examined in Operative Surgery.Every candidate is also examined in Clinical Medicine.Any candidate who shall produce satisfactory evidence of

having passed an examination in Anatomy, Physiology, andChemistry, conducted by any of the Bodies named inSchedule A of the Medical Act, 1858, and recognised by theFaculty as requiring a course of study and an examinationsatisfactory to the Faculty will be exempt from the subjectsof the First Professional Examination. But if the candi-date has not passed in all the three subjects, he shall be sub-jected to the full examination.Graduates in Medicine of any British University, and Licen-

tiates in Medicine of any of the Licensing Bodies authorisedto grant Diplomas in Medicine, shall be exempted from exa-mination in Materia Medica, and from the written and oralexaminations in Medicine, and shall be examined in Surgery,Clinical Medicine, Midwifery, and Medical Jurisprudence.Any candidate who has been twice remitted to his

studies, either at the Primary or the Final Examination,shall be ineligible to appear again until he has produced acertificate of having attended at a medical school or hos-pital a course of instruction on the subject or subjects onwhich he was found defective, the duration of the course tobe determined by the examiners, but not in any case to be lessthan three months ; and the candidate shall be ineligible toenter again till the expiry of six months from his rejection.The fee is fifteen guineas ; six guineas for the First, and

nine for the Second Examination. In the case of a candi-date remitted to his studies at the First Examination, thesum of three guineas is retained. At the Second Examina-tion the sum ot four guineas is retained. In the case of acandidate being remitted to his studies more than twice, nopart of his fee is returned to him at the third or any subse.quent rejection.Any candidate rejected by another Board is ineligible to

enter for examination for a period of six months from thedate of his rejection. If his rejection involved attendance uponan additional course of study at a medical school or hospital,he must produce evidence of having fulfilled this condition.REGULATIONS REGARDING THE DOUBLE QUALIFICATION.The Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and

the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, grant theirdiplomas conjointly before a board of examiners in whicheach body is represented, the object being to give to studentsfacilities for obtaining from two separate bodies, and at lessexpense, a double qualification in Medicine and Surgery.The curriculum of study embraces a course of Medicine, inaddition to the subjects required for a diploma of theFaculty. The fee for the first examination is eight guineas;for the second twelve guineas.The examination for the Double Qualification will begin

in the Faculty Hall, Glasgow, at the following periods-namely, first examination, October 17th, 1883 ; January 7th,April 7th, July 14th, 1884. The second examination willbegin on October 26th, 1883 ; January 21st, April 14th, andJuly 27th, 1884.Applications to be admitted to either the first or second

examination must be made to the Secretary of the Facultynot later than one week preceding the examination.Candidates are required to subscribe a declaration that

they have not been rejected by any examining board withinthree months before the exammation.The other regulations are nearly the same as those for the

diploma of the Faculty.

KING AND QUEEN’S COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANSIN IRELAND.

Examinations in the subjects of the First ProfessionalExamination are held quarterly, in January, April, July,and October. Examinations in the subjects of the FinalExamination for the licence in Medicine of the College andfor the licence in Midwifery are held in the week following

the first Friday in each month, except August and September.Every candidate for a licence mmt return his name to theRegistrar of the College, and lodge with him his certificates,bank (Royal Bank of Ireland) receipt of fees, and his

schedule, at least four days before the first Friday in eachmonth.Licence in Medicine.-Every candidate for the licence ofthe College to practise Medicine must produce satisfactoryevidence-1. Of character, from a Fellow of the College, orfrom two registered practitioners. 2. Of having passed anexamination in general education, held by some one of theexamining bodies recognised by the General Medical Council,3. Of having been engaged during a period of four years inthe study of Medicine. 4. Of having attended courses oflectures on the following subjects, at Echools recognised bythe College: Practical Anatomy, two courses; Physiologyor Institutes of Medicine, Chemistry, Practical Chemistry,Materia Medica, Medical Jurisprudence, Practice of Medi-cine and Pathology, Surgery, and Midwifery-each onecourse. 5. Of having attended for twenty-seven months arecognised Medico-Chirurgical Hospital, in which clinicallectures and clinical instruction in Medicine are given, theattendance not to be for more than nine months in any oneyear-viz., six winter, and three summer months. 6. Ofhaving studied Fever, for not less than three months, in arecognised clinical hospital, containing fever wards, ard re-corded from daily personal observation at least five casesof fever, to the satisfaction of the attending clinical phy-sician, as attested by his signature.27 7. Of having attendedPractical Midwifery and Diseases of Women for six monthsat a Lying-in Ho spital or Maternity recognised by the Col-lege ; or, where such hospital attendance cannot have beenobtained during the course of study, of having been en-gaged in Practical Midwifery under the supervision of aregistered practitioner holding public appointments; in eithercase not less than twenty labour cases must have beenactually attended. 8. Of having lodged the admission feein the Royal Bank of Ireland, Foster-place, Dublin, to thecredit of the College.The professional examination is divided into two parts : I.

Anatomy, Physiology and Practical Histology, Chemistry,and Materia Medica. 2 Practice of Medicine, ClinicalMedicine, Pathology Medical Jurisprudence, Midwifery,Hygiene, and Therapeutics. Candidates may be examinedin the subjects of the first part at the termination of thesecond year of study, on producing the certificates in thesesubjects, or in all the subjects of their education, on thecompletion of their medicat studies. No candidate can beexamined in the subjects of the first and second parts in thesame month.

Candidates qualified as follows are required to undergothe second part onlv of the professional examination, viz. :-(1) Graduates in Medicine of any university in the UnitedKingdom, or of any Foreign university approved by theCollege ; (2) Fellows, Members, or Licentiates of the RoyalColleges of Physicians of London or Edinburgh; (3) Gradu-ates or Licentiates in Surgery ; (4) Candidates who, havingcompleted the curriculum laid down above, shall havepassed the previous professional examination or examina-tions (where there are more than one) of any of the licensingmedical authorities in the United Kingdom.

Licerace in Midwifery.—Candidates for the licence in mid-wifery, who are not licentiates in medicine, may be admittedto examination on the following qualifications : (1) Thedegree or licence in medicine or surgery from any Universityor College of Physicians or Surgeons in the United King-dom ; (1) Testimonials as to character ; (3) Certificates ofhaving attended (a) a course of lectures on midwifery in aschool recognised by the College; (b) practical midwiferyand diseases of women, as in Section 6 of the regulations forthe Licence in Medicine.The fees are: For the licence to practise medicine, 915 15s,

Examination for the midwifery licence, E3 3s. For thelicences in medicine and midwifery, if obtained within amonth, to be lodged in one sum,28 E16 16s. In ca-e thecandidate be a graduate both in Arts and in Medicine of anyUniversity in Great Britain or Ireland, the fee for the licencein medicine shall be E5 5s. The admission fee, less the sum

27 Candidates who commenced their hospital studies betweenSeptember, 1876, and October, 1879, will be required to conform toRule 6, or to produce evidence of having attended for nine months ahospital which contained fever wards.28Any candidate rejected at the Examination for the Licence in

Medicine must pay the full fee of £3 3s. for the Licence in Midwifery.