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work. The Medical Museum is in the same building.The Jane Laboratories for Physiology comprise alecture theatre, laboratories for practical work inchemical physiology, histology, and experimentalphysiology, and in addition small private researchrooms, including balance, galvanometer, and centri-fuge rooms. The J. C. White laboratories are fullyequipped for research in biochemistry. The Instituteof Pathology, which is adjacent to the Royal Victoria,Royal Maternity, and Children’s Hospital, providesfully equipped accommodation for Pathology andBacteriology, including class-rooms, demonstrationroom, lecture theatre, library museum. and researchlaboratories. There is an ample supply of materialfor investigation by graduates in morbid histology,clinical pathology, and the bacteriology of infectiousdiseases. A course in pathology or bacteriology isgiven to graduates, and members of this class have anopportunity of seeing the methods employed in thevarious investigations carried out in the departmentfor the Public Health Committee of the Corporationin connexion with water-supply, sewage disposal,meat- and milk-supply, and the diagnosis of cases ofinfectious diseases. The certificate issued to membersof the class in bacteriology qualifies for the 1-).P.H.degree. The Pharmaceutical Laboratory is fitted andequipped for the work of practically instructingstudents in the compounding and dispensing ofmedicines.

Clinical Instruction.-The following institutions arerecognised by the University as affording properopportunities for clinical instruction : the RoyalVictoria Hospital, the Mater Infirmorum Hospital,the Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, the RoyalMaternity Infirmary and Hospital, the Ulster Hospitalfor Women and Children (56 beds), the Benn UlsterEye, Ear, and Throat Hospital (30 beds), the BelfastOphthalmic Hospital (30 beds), the City Fever

Hospital, Purdysburn (360 beds), the Union FeverHospital (200 beds), and the Belfast District LunaticAsylum, where the Purdysburn Villa Colony has1350 beds.Further information can be obtained from the

respective Secretaries.Royal Victoria Hospital, BelfastThere are 436 beds. Students eligible for McGrath,

McQuitty, Malcolm, Coutler Smyth, and ElwoodScholarships aggregate annual value .8185. Twelvehouse surgeons and house physicians. Thirty-sixresident pupilships, three months each, annuallyfor senior students, of which a proportion is allotted towomen students, special departments for radiology,clinical pathology, V.D., dermatology, gynaecology,maternity, vaccine therapy, electrocardiography,dentistry, radium therapy. Post-graduate lecturesand demonstrations are given on Wednesdays through-out the year with the exception of holiday seasons.

Mater Infirmorum Hospital, BelfastThis hospital contains 270 beds and is open at all

hours for the reception of accidents and urgent cases.Clinical instruction is given daily by Physicians andSurgeons. Surgical operations are performed daily.The out-patient departments in medicine and surgery,also the special dispensaries for gynaecology, ear, eye,and throat, electrotherapeutics, venereal diseases,varicose veins, and haemorrhoids are very largelyattended and afford valuable opportunities to studentsfor the study of those subjects. There is a well-equipped electro-medical and massage department.A new extern has been erected beside the hospital onground given by the Government of Northern Ireland.This will relieve the congestion of the old externwhich at present is in the course of being convertedinto a new radiological unit and in part as accommoda-tion for resident students, the increase of X raywork indicating that the present department wasinsufficient. Separate rooms will now be availablefor screening and radiography, waiting and dressingcubicles for the patients, and a secretarial office andthe usual offices of the modern unit. A file of teaching

films is being constantly added to. A fine andextensive nurses’ home has also been built in thevicinity of the hospital. There is also a dentaldispensary. A house physician and two housesurgeons are elected every six months. Residentpupils are admitted as the vacancies arise. ThreeExhibitions and a Gold Medal are competed forannually in June. Certificates of attendance uponthis hospital are recognised by all the Universitiesand licensing bodies in the United Kingdom.Belfast Hospital for Sick ChildrenAt the hospital on Falls Road there are 79 beds,

and clinical instruction is given. During the winterand summer sessions courses of lectures are deliveredon the medical and surgical diseases incidental toinfancy and childhood. Demonstrations in ophthal-mology and pathology are given, and ampleopportunities are afforded in the wards and in theout-patient department for gaining a practical andtheoretical knowledge of the diseases of infancy andchildhood. A department for conservative dentistryfor small children has recently been equipped and isnow in use. This hospital grants Certificates inDiseases of Children, which are recognised by thevarious examining bodies. Certificates are also

granted for post-graduate study. A Gold Medal isoffered for competition at the close of the session.A Davis Scholarship is awarded every two years forthe best thesis on some branch of children’sdiseases.

Belfast Infirmary and HospitalThere are 1900 beds. Clinical courses are given

quarterly, and a course for D.P.H. in hospital.An intern venereal clinic in infirmary is under theCorporation scheme. The maternity wards are

recognised for practical midwifery training. Thecertificates of the vaccination class are recognised bythe Ministry of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland.There is a department for cancer with 32 beds,also X ray, bacteriological, dental, and massagedepartments.Royal Maternity Hospital, Belfast

This new building is in the grounds of the RoyalVictoria Hospital and supersedes the maternityhospital in Townsend-street. There are 100 beds andan antenatal department catering for a large district.There is also an infant clinic and a separate septicblock. The University obstetric tutor resides in thehospital and acts as senior resident medical officer.There are three house surgeons in addition, and residentaccommodation for 15 resident students or post-graduates.

IRISH MEDICAL CORPORATIONS

GRANTING DIPLOMAS

CONJOINT EXAMINING BOARD

The Conjoint Board of the Royal College ofPhysicians of Ireland and Royal College of Surgeonsin Ireland requires of candidates the passage eitherof its own preliminary examination in the subjectsof general education or proof that the candidatehas passed one of the tests accepted by the GeneralMedical Council as well as passing in the Pre-Registra-tion Examinations in Chemistry and Physics andBiology.

Professional Examinations.-There are three pro-fessional examinations, the first of which cannot becompleted earlier than the end of the second wintersession, nor the final before the conclusion of full fiveyears of medical study. Before being admitted toany of them the candidate must show that he hasstudied the different subjects in practice and theoryfor the requisite periods, certificates to this effectbeing accepted from the authorities of most of therecognised medical schools at home and abroad.The first examination consists of Part I. (a) Biology,

(b) Applied Chemistry and Physics ; Part II., Anatomyand Physiology. The second examination dealswith (a) Pathology, (b) Materia Medica, Pharmacy,and Therapeutics, (c) Forensic Medicine, Hygiene, andPublic Health, (d) Ophthalmology, and may be takenseparately.

Final Examination.-This is divided into threedivisions, which cannot be completed until at leastfive years have passed in medical studies other thanthose for the Pre-Registration Examinations, andfive years at least since the beginning of the curri-culum. The divisions are (a) Medicine, includingFevers, Mental Diseases, and Diseases of Children ;(b) Surgery, including Operative Surgery ; (c) Mid-wifery, including Diseases of Women and Children,and the Practice of Vaccination.Diploma in Psychological Medicine.-There are two

examinations in connexion with this Diploma:Part I. consists of (a) Anatomy and Physiology of theNervous System; (b) Psychology. Part II. : (a)Neurology, including Clinical and Pathological Neuro-logy ; (b) Psychological Medicine, including its legalrelationships.

Further information can be obtained from theSecretary of the Committee of Management, RoyalCollege of Surgeons, St. Stephen’s Green.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF

IRELAND

The College issues its Licences in Medicine and inMidwifery to Medical Men whose names appear on theRegisters of the General Medical Council or of SaorstatEireann.

The Licence in Medicine.-The subjects of examina-tion are : Practice of Medicine, Clinical Medicine,Pathology, Medical Jurisprudence,Midwifery, Hygiene,and Therapeutics.

The Licence in Midwifery.-Candidates must pro-duce certificates of registration. A registered medicalpractitioner of five years’ standing may be exemptedfrom the examination by printed questions.

The Membership.-Examinations for Membershipare held in February, June, and November.

The Fellowship.-Fellows are elected by ballot.An applicant must have been a Member of the Collegefor at least one year and must have attained the ageof 27 years.

Further particulars can be obtained from theRegistrar of the Royal College of Physicians ofIreland, 6, Kildare-street, Dublin.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS INIRELAND

The College issues its Licence in Surgery to

practitioners whose names are entered either on theMedical Register for the United Kingdom, the ColonialMedical Register, or the Foreign Medical Registerof the year in which he presents himself for examina-tion, and who satisfies the Council that he has passedthrough a course of study and Examinations equiva-lent to those required by the Regulations of the IrishConjoint Board.

Candidates are examined in General Surgery(paper and oral), Clinical Surgery, Surgical Pathology(oral), Operative Surgery, Surgical Anatomy (paper),and Ophthalmic and Aural Surgery (clinical).Diploma in Midwifery.-A diploma in Midwifery is

granted after examination to persons possessing aregistrable qualification.

Fellowship Examinations.-Candidates for the Fel-lowship shall make application to the President andCouncil to be admitted to examination. They arerequired to pass two examinations-Primary andFinal. Candidates may present themselves for theFinal Examination immediately after passing thePrimary part, provided they have complied with thenecessary regulations. The subjects for the PrimaryExamination are (a) Anatomy, including Dissections ;and (b) Physiology and Histology. The subjects for

the Final Examination are Surgery, including SurgicalAnatomy and Pathology. For admission to the FinalExamination the candidate must have passed thePrimary Examination, and must be a Licentiate orGraduate in Surgery of a university or licensing bodyrecognised by the General Medical Council; all suchcandidates must not be less than 25 years of age.

Further particulars can be obtained from theRegistrar of the College, Stephen’s Green West, Dublin.

Schools of SurgeryThe Schools of Surgery are attached by Charter

to the Royal College of Surgeons and have existedas a department of the College for over a century.They are carried on within the College buildingsand are specially subject to the supervision andcontrol of the Council, who are empowered to appointand remove the professors and to regulate the methodsof teaching pursued. The buildings have been recon-structed, the capacity of the dissecting-room nearlytrebled, and special pathological and bacteriologicallaboratories are fitted with the most approvedappliances in order that students may have theadvantage of the most modern methods of instruction.Winter Session commences in October; SummerSession in April. Scholarships and Prizes: CarmichaelScholarship, B15 ; Mayne Scholarship, B8 ; StoneyMemorial gold medal ; Operative Surgery, gold andsilver medals ; Barker Prize, 226 5s. ; H. Mac-naughton-Jones gold medal in Obstetrics andGynaecology ; and class prizes and medals. Pros-pectus and guide for medical students can be obtainedpost free on written application to the Registrar,Royal College of Surgeons, Stephen’s Green West,Dublin. ____________

APOTHECARIES’ HALL OF IRELAND

The Licence of this Hall is granted to students whopresent certificates of having fully completed the courseof study as laid down in the curriculum and who passthe necessary examinations. The diploma of theHall entitles the holder to be registered as a practi-tioner in medicine, surgery, and midwifery, with alsothe privileges of the Apothecary’s Licence.

Candidates must pass three Professional Examina-tions, called the First and Second ProfessionalExaminations and the Final Examination, which areconducted at separate times, partly in writing andpartly practically and orally. The Examinations areheld thrice a year-viz., in March,June, and November,or such other dates as may be determined.

Candidates who produce satisfactory evidence ofhaving passed an examination for a Degree or Licencein Medicine, conducted by any University or RoyalCollege in the British Empire, or by any ForeignUniversity whose Degrees are recognised, in the

Foreign List of the Medical Register, will be exemptedfrom the Primary Examination.The subjects for the First Professional Examina-

tion are : Anatomy, Physiology and Histology,including Biochemistry ; and for the Second Profes-sional, Materia Medica and Pharmacy, Pathology, andMedical Jurisprudence and Hygiene.For the Final Examination the subjects are:

(a) Medicine and Clinical Medicine and ClinicalMethods. (b) Surgery-Clinical, Ophthalmic, andOperative ; and Surgical Anatomy. (c) Midwifery andGynaecology, and Practical Pharmacy and MateriaMedica (if not taken at Intermediate Examination). ).Each candidate before receiving his diploma must

produce evidence that he has attained the age of 21years. The details of the course of education requiredand syllabus of the examinations will be suppliedby the Registrar at 95, Merrion-square, Dublin.

WE take this opportunity of thanking the officialsof Government Departments and the Deans andSecretaries of the various institutions for theirkind cooperation in enabling us to bring theinformation contained in our Students’ Number upto date.