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508 QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST There are six degrees in the Faculty of Medicine of the University-viz., Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.), Bachelor of Surgery (B.Ch.), Bachelor of Obstetrics (B.A.O.), Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Master of Surgery (M.Ch.), and Master of Obstetrics (M.A.O.). The University also grants a Diploma in Public Health and a Diploma in Psychological Medicine, particulars of which will be found in the University Calendar. The degrees of M.B., B.Ch., and B.A.O. are the primary degrees in the Faculty of Medicine, and are conferred at the same time and after the same course of study. No student is admitted to the final examination for these degrees until he has shown : (1) that he is a matriculated student of the University ; (2) that he has completed the prescribed course of study in the Faculty of Medicine extending over a period of not less than five academic years from the date of his registration as a student of Medicine ; (3) that he has passed the several examina- tions prescribed ; (4) that he has attended in the University during three academic years at least the courses of study prescribed for such degrees (the Senate may accept, for not more than two academic years of the required five, courses of study pursued in any other University or School of Medicine approved by the Senate) ; and (5) that he has attained the age of 21 years. Every candidate for admission shall matriculate or fulfil such other test of fitness as may be prescribed by the Senate, or may be exempted from the matriculation examination by having passed similar examinations elsewhere. For information as to Scholarships and Prizes, inquiry should be made of the Secretary of the University. Primary Degrees of M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O.-All candi- dates for these degrees must satisfy the examiners in the subjects of four examinations. The First Medical B’a’ci/MMtMoM.—The subjects of this examination are Chemistry (Inorganic and Organic), Experimental Physics, Botany, and Zoology. The examination will be divided into two parts which may be taken separately : I., Chemistry and Physics ; II., Botany and Zoology. The Second Medical Examination.-The subjects are Anatomy and Practical Anatomy, Physiology and Practical Physiology. Candidates who have pre- viously passed the First Medical Examination may present themselves for this examination at the close of their second year. The Third Medical Examination.-The subjects are: (1) Pathology and Practical Pathology; (2) Materia Medica, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics; (3) Medical Jurisprudence ; (4) Hygiene. Candidates who have previously passed the Second Medical Examination may present themselves for Part I. of this examination at the close of the third year, and for Part II. at the end of the Winter Session of the fourth year. Attendance on a course in any subject of the Third Medical Examination shall not entitle a student to a certificate of attendance unless he has previously passed in all the subjects of the Second Medical Examination. The Fourth Medical Examination.-The subjects are : (1) Medicine ; (2) Surgery ; (3) Midwifery and Gynaecology ; (4) Ophthalmology and Otology. Can- didates who have previously passed the Third Examination may present themselves for the Fourth Examination at the close of the fifth year, provided that they have fulfilled the necessary requirements as to attendance, &c., on the courses of instruction in the subjects of examination and on the clinical courses in the hospitals. Attendance on a course in any subject of the Fourth Medical Examination shall not entitle a student to a certificate of attendance unless he has passed in the subjects of Part I. of the Third Medical Examination. Degrees of M.D., M.Ch., and M.A.O.-These degrees are not conferred until the expiration of at least three academic years, or in the case of graduates of the University in Arts or Science of at least two academic years, after admission to the primary degrees in the Faculty of Medicine. Every candi- date must show that in the interval he has pursued such courses of study, or been engaged in such prac- tical work as may be prescribed. These degrees may be conferred by the Senate either (a) after an examina- tion, which includes written, oral, clinical, and prac- tical examinations ; or (b) on the submission of a thesis or other evidence of original study or research, to be approved by the Faculty of Medicine after an oral or other examination of the candidate on the subject. The Medical School.-The Donald Currie Chemical Buildings contain a lecture theatre, a preparation room, a chemical museum, a large class-room for elementary practical chemistry, laboratories for qualitative and quantitative analysis, rooms for water and gas analysis, dark room for photographic pur- poses and balance room, provided with all modern appliances. The Anatomical Department contains a large and well-lighted dissecting-room, a lecture-room, a professor’s and demonstrator’s room, a bone-room, and a laboratory for microscopic and photographic work. The Medical Museum is in the same building. The Jaffé Laboratories for Physiology comprise a lecture theatre, laboratories for practical work in chemical physiology, histology, and experimental physiology, and in addition small private research rooms, including balance, galvanometer, and centri- fuge rooms. The J. C. White laboratories are fully equipped for research in biochemistry. The Institute of Pathology, which is adjacent to the Royal Victoria, Royal Maternity, and Children’s Hospital, provides fully equipped accommodation for Pathology and Bacteriology, including class-rooms, demonstration room, lecture theatre, library museum, and research laboratories. There is an ample supply of material for investigation by graduates in morbid histology, clinical pathology, and the bacteriology of infectious diseases. A course in pathology or bacteriology is given to graduates, and members of this class have an opportunity of seeing the methods employed in the various investigations carried out in the department for the Public Health Committee of the Corporation in connexion with water-supply, sewage disposal, meat- and milk-supply, and the diagnosis of cases of infectious diseases. The certificate issued to members of the class in bacteriology qualifies for the D.P.H. degree. The Pharmaceutical Laboratory is fitted and equipped for the work of practically instructing students in the compounding and dispensing of medicines. Clinical Instruction.-The following institutions are recognised by the University as affording proper opportunities for clinical instruction : the Royal Victoria Hospital, the Mater Infirmorum Hospital, the Belfast Hospital for. Sick Children, the Royal Maternity Infirmary and Hospital, the Ulster Hospital for Women and Children (56 beds), the Benn Ulster Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital (30 beds), the Belfast Ophthalmic Hospital (30 beds), the City Fever Hospital, Purdysburn (360 beds), the Union Fever Hospital (200 beds), and the Belfast District Lunatic Asylum, where the Purdysburn Villa Colony has 1350 beds. Further information can be obtained from the respective Secretaries. Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast There are 436 beds. Students eligible for McGrath, McQuitty, Malcolm, Coutler Smyth, and Elwood Scholarships aggregate annual value .8185. Twelve house surgeons and house physicians. Thirty-six resident pupilships, three months each, annually for senior students, of which a proportion is allotted to women students, special departments for radiology, clinical pathology, V.D., dermatology, gynaecology, maternity, vaccine therapy, electrocardiography, dentistry, radium therapy. Post-graduate lectures and demonstrations are given on Wednesdays through- out the year with the exception of holiday seasons.
