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education of a Bachelor of Medicine comprises attendanceon the following courses of lectures in the School of Physic,provided that one, and not more than three, of the courseswhich begin in November be attended during each of foursessions. Three of these courses, at the discretion of the can-didate, may be attended in the university of Edinburgh. Thecourses are on Anatomy and Surgery; Chemistry; Botany;Materia Medica and Pharmacy; Institutes of Medicine;Practice of Medicine; Midwifery, (by the Professor to theCollege of Physicians;) Clinical Lectures at Sir Patrick’s Dun’sHospital, during at least one session, (six months,) as deli-vered by the professors in the School of Physic; the attendanceon such clinical lectures given by the professors to be extendedto three additional months of a summer session commencingin May. This regulation to affect all students commencingtheir medical studies after 1’7th July, 1841, and to be in lieuof attendance on the hospital from 1st May to the 1st Novem-ber following. The courses commence on the first Mondayin November; no student can be received after the 25th ofthe same month. The fees for attendance on the clinicallectures are .63 3s. to the professors for each three months’attendance, and (provided the student be of two years’ stand-ing in the university) £3 3s. to the treasurer of the hospitalfor the first- year, with a proportionate sum for any longerperiod. The fee for each of the other courses is £4 4s. Theexaminations are conducted by the regius professor of physicof the university, the six professors of the School of Physic,.and. the professor of midwifery to the College of Physicians.No further examination is requisite for the degree of doctorof, medicine, which may be taken at the expiration of threeyears from having taken the degree of M.B., provided thecandidate has graduated in arts. The fees for the degree ofdoctor of medicine are .622. The degrees are publicly con-ferred by the vice-chancellor, in the senate or congregationof the university.

THE KING AND QUEEN’S COLLEGE OFPHYSICIANS IN IRELAND.

Professor of Botany.-Dr. Allman.Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacy—Dr. Osborne.Professor of the Institutes of Medicine-Dr. Ferguson.

QUALIFICATIONS OF CANDIDATES FOR LICENCE.

Candidates must produce evidence of having been engagedin the study of medicine for four years, and of having at-tended two at least of the required courses in each year.Candidates, except those who have taken a medical degreeprior to 1840, must produce certificates of attendance onone or more courses of lectures on Anatomy and Physiology,Chemistry, Materia Medica and Pharmacy, Botany, Institutesof Medicine, Practice of Medicine, Principles and Practice ofSurgery, Midwifery, and Forensic Medicine. The lectureson anatomy, chemistry, botany, materia medica, institutes ofmedicine, and practice of medicine, are required to havebeen delivered by the respective professors of the School ofPhysic in Dublin, or in an university. The lectures on sur-

gery are required to have been delivered on at least threedays in the week, during four months, by a professor of sur-gery in an university or college of physicians or surgeons inthe United Kingdom, or by the surgeon of a medico-chirur-,gical hospital recognised by the college. The lectures onmidwifery are required to have been delivered by a professorof midwifery in an university or college of physicians or sur-

geons in the United Kingdom, or by the master of a lying-inhospital, Dublin. Certificates must also be produced of sixmonths’ attendance on anatomical demonstrations and dis-sections, and of at least two years’ hospital practice ; one

year in the hospital of the school of physic in Dublin orEdinburgh, the other in any recognised medico-chirurgicalhospital. The certificates must include attendance on theentire practice of the hospital, and on all the clinical lecturesdelivered in the hospital during such attendance. Candidateswho have taken a medical degree in an university will beadmitted to examination upon such degree alone. Everycandidate for licence, except those who have taken a medicaldegree prior to 1840, is examined on two separate days: onthe first day, on Anatomy and Physiology, Chemistry, Botany,Materia Medica, and Pharmacy; and on the second day, onAcute and Chronic Diseases, Midwifery, and non-Naturals,and on the translating of one or more of the following booksfrom the original Greek-viz., Hippocrates, Areteeus, andGalen. Graduates in medicine are only required to undergothe second day’s examination. The examinations, which arepublic, are conducted in the English language; but every

candidate, except graduates in arts of Oxford, Cambridge, orDublin, is required to translate medical cases from the Eng-lish into the Latin language, before he is admitted to exa-mination as to his professional acquirements. Fee forlicence, £30.The fellows are chosen from the licentiates of three years’

standing; they are required by statute (40 Geo. III., cap. 84,sect. 42) to have taken the degree of M.D. in one of theuniversities of Dublin, Oxford, or Cambridge; or to havetaken the degree of A.B. in one of these universities, and tohave received the medical education requisite for obtainingthe licence, for which a degree in medicine is not necessary.Fee to the college, on election to the fellowship, .620, withan additional stamp duty of .625.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND.REGISTRATION OF PUPILS.

Every person requiring to be registered as a pupil on thecollege books, shall, if the council think fit, be so registered,if he shall have laid before the council a receipt showing thathe has lodged to the credit of the president, and for the useof the college, in the Bank of Ireland, a registry-fee of fiveguineas.

QUALIFICATIONS OF CANDIDATES FOR LETTERS TESTIMONIAL.

Every registered pupil shall be admitted to an examinationfor letters testimonial, if he shall have laid before the councilthe following documents:-

a. A receipt, showing that he has lodged a sum of twentyguineas in the Bank of Ireland; to the credit of the president,and for the use of the college.

b. A certificate from the examiners of the college, that hehas passed an examination as to his acquaintance with theGreek and Latin languages.

c. Certificates showing that he has been engaged in thestudy of his profession for not less than four years, three ofwhich shall have been passed in attendance on lectures orhospitals in Dublin, London, Edinburgh, or Glasgow.

* d. Certificates of attendance on an hospital recognised bythe’ council where clinical instruction is given during threeyears.

e. Certificates of attendance-on three courses of lectures onanatomy and physiology, three courses of lectures on’ thetheory and practice of surgery, and of the performance ofthree courses of dissections, accompanied by demonstrations;also certificates of attendance on two courses- of lectures on-chemistry, or one course of lectures on general, and oneon practical chemistry; one course of lectures on materiamedica, one course of lectures on the practice of medicine, onecourse of lectures on midwifery, and one course of lectures onmedical jurisprudence. ,

f. Previous to the lst of July. 1848, candidates for letterstestimonial, not educated in strict conformity with the regulartions of the college, may be admitted to an examination, pro-vided they can satisfy the council by documentary evidencethat they have gone through a course of study equivalent tothat specified in these regulations.

QUALIFICATIONS OF CANDIDATES FOR THE FELLOWSHIP.

Every registered pupil or licentiate shall be admitted toexamination for the fellowship if he shall- have laid before thecouncil the following documents :-

a. A receipt, showing that he has lodged in the Bank of Ire-land, for the use of the college, the sum of ten guineas, in casehe is a licentiate, or of twenty-five guineas in case he is aregistered pupil, provided in either case he intends to residebeyond ten miles from Dublin. Should the candidate intendto reside in Dublin, or within ten miles thereof, he shall lodge,if he is a licentiate, twenty guineas, or if he is a registeredpupil, thirty-five guineas. Fellows entering on the countrylist, who may subsequently settle as practitioners in Dublin,or within ten miles thereof, shall pay ten guineas to thecollege.

b. A certificate that he is twenty-five years of age.c. A certificate that he is a Bachelor of Arts of some uni-

versity, or that he has been examined in such manner as the

* Resolution passed by the Council on the 23rd ofjanuary, 1846.-Candi-dates for letters testimonial, who shall have attended metropolitan hospitalsduring three winter sessions of six months each, shall be considered to haveperformed sufficient hospital attendance, if they shall be able to producecertificates of regular daily attendance during a like number of months at acounty infirmary or provincial surgical hospital, containing at least fiftybeds, provided the surgeons of such infirmaries or hospitals shall makereturns to this college, in the months of May and November in each year,of the number of students so attending.

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council may from time to time direct, with a view to ascertainthat he has obtained a liberal preliminary education.

d. A certificate, sighed by two or more fellows of thecollege, of good general conduct during his professionaleducation.

e. Certificates that he has been engaged in the acquisitionof professional knowledge for a period of not less than sixyears, during three of which he must have studied in one ormore of the schools and hospitals of Dublin recognised by thecouncil. He may have studied for the other three years inany school or schools of the United Kingdom which shall beapproved by the council, or in any foreign school of repute.It is also required that the candidate shall have had oppor-tunities of practical instruction as house-surgeon or dresserin a recognised hospital.

f. Certificates of attendance on the several courses oflectures required to be attended by candidates for letterstestimonial, together with one course of lectures on com-parative anatomy, one course of lectures on botany, and oneon natural philosophy.

g. A thesis on some medical subject, or clinical reports, withobservations of six or more medical or surgical cases taken byhimself.

A. Candidates of the required age, who shall have takenthe degree of Bachelor of Arts in a British or Irish university,and have complied with the foregoing regulations in otherrespects, will be admitted to examination at the end of fiveyears of professional study, of which three years must havebeen passed in one or more of the recognised schools orhospitals of Dublin.

i. Licentiates of the college who may not be able to showthat they have followed the course of study specified in thepreceding regulations, may, at the expiration of ten yearsfrom the date of their diploma, be admitted to the examina-tion required for the fellowship, provided they produce suchevidence as shall be satisfactory to the council that they haveconducted themselves honourably in the practice of their pro-fession.

QUALIFICATIONS OF CANDIDATES FOR THE DIPLOMA INMIDWIFERY.

Any fellow or licentiate of the college shall be admitted toan examination for the diploma in midwifery, upon layingbefore the council the following documents :-

a. A certificate showing that he has attended one course oflectures on midwifery, and diseases of women and children,delivered by a professor or lecturer in some school of medicineor surgery recognised by the council.

b. A certificate showing that he has attended the practiceof a lying-in hospital recognised by the council for a period ofsix months, or the practice of a dispensary for lying-in womenand children, recognised by the council, and devoted to thisbranch of surgery alone.

c. A certificate showing that he has conducted thirty labourcases at least.

Candidates for the midwifery diploma shall be publicly ex-amined on the organization of the female, the growth andpeculiarities of the fcetus, the practice of midwifery, and thediseases of women and children, and if approved of, shall re-ceive a licence or diploma certifying the same.

CONDUCT OF THE SEVERAL EXAMINATIONS.

a. Examination of Candidates for Letters Testirreonial.-Theexaminations of candidates for letters testimonial shall beheld from time to time, as the council may direct. Five ex-aminers at least shall be present at each examination.Each candidate shall be examined upon anatomy, physiology,

the theory and practice of medicine and surgery, materiamedica, and the form of prescription, and shall perform suchsurgical operations or dissections, or explain such anatomicaland pathological preparations as the examiners may require.

Candidates whose answering shall be found insufficient willnot be allowed to present themselves a second time until afterthe expiration of six months from their first examination.

b. Examination of Candidates for the Fellowship.-The ex-aminations for the fellowship shall be held at stated periods,as the council may direct. Five examiners at least, togetherwith the president or vice-president, and two members of thecouncil, shall be present at each examination.Each candidate shall be examined on two days, with such

an interval as the council may appoint.The subjects of the first examination shall be anatomy and

physiology (human and comparative;) those of the second

pathology, therapeutics, the theory and practice of medicineand surgery, and such other branch of medical science as thtcouncil may from time to time direct.

In addition to the oral examinations, candidates shall berequired to give written answers to written or printedquestions, to be delivered to them in such manner as thecouncil may direct.In the anatomical examination, the candidates shall also

perform dissections and operations on the dead body.Candidates whose answering shall be found insufficient will

not be allowed to present themselves a second time until afterthe expiration of one year from their first examination.

c. Examination in Midwifery.—The examination of candi-dates for the diploma in midwifery shall be conducted by theexaminer in midwifery and the examiners in anatomy andphysiology. Such examinations shall be held from time totime, as the council may direct.Should a candidate be rejected, he shall not again be ad-

mitted to an examination until a period of three months shallhave elapsed; and he shall then be obliged to produce satis-factory evidence of his having been engaged in the study ofthis branch of surgery subsequent to such rejection.CLASSICAL EXAMINATION, REGISTRATION, AND MATRICULATION.

, Registered pupils are admitted to answer the classical ex-amination at any period previous to the final examination forletters testimonial.

Students who are not registered pupils are also admitted toanswer the classical examination upon payment of a matri-culation fee of five shillings; but they are not enrolled asregistered pupils, or entitled to the privileges reserved forsuch pupils, until they have paid the full registration fee offive guineas.The examination in Greek is in the Greek Testament, and

confined to the gospel of St. John; in Latin, in the first fivebooks of the JEneid of Virgil.The certificates required by the by-laws to be laid before

the council by candidates for letters testimonial is granted to-registered pupils and students who answer this examinationto the satisfaction of the court of examiners.

Registered pupils are permitted to study in the museum onthree days in each week, (no particular hour,) and to read inthe library every day, from ten o’clock till one o’clock. Theyare also permitted to attend the lectures on natural philo-sophy and comparative anatomy, and obtain certificates of £such attendance without payment of any fee. No student isadmitted as a candidate to the sessional examinations, or tothe final examination for letters testimonial, until he has beenenrolled as a registered pupil.

SESSIONAL EXAMINATIONS.

Pursuant to a resolution of the council of April 7th, 1847,sessional examinations are to be held each year in the monthof May, to which such registered pupils as present themselvesas candidates are to be admitted, in two classes, a senior andjunior.

The pupils of the junior class are required to produce certi-ficates of attendance in the school of the college, or in a re-cognised school, during two winter sessions at least; and thoseof the senior class similar evidence of attendance -duringthree winter sessions.Such pupils as pass a sessional examination in each of these

two classes are subjected to an examination on one day onlyat the final trial for the letters testimonial of the college.Fee for letters testimonial or diploma, £31 10s.; and for

admission as member, (which takes place by ballot afterthree years’ standing as a licentiate, and confers corporaterights,) £31 10s.

APOTHECARIES’ HALL OF IRELAND.1791.

Law8 regarding the Education of Apothecaries.—Every candi.date must undergo two separate examinations-one for thecertificate of apprentice, the other for the licence to practise.Every candidate for the certificate of apprentice must have

attained the age of fifteen years, and will be examined in thefollowing books:-The works of Sallust; the first six books ofthe Æneid of Virgil; the Satires and Epistles of Horace; the.Greek Testament; the Dialogues of Lucian; the first fourbooks of Homer’s Iliad; the first six books of Telemachus, orthe History of Charles the Twelfth (in French); the first two,books of Euclid; and algebra---to simple equations.Every candidate for the licence to practise as an apothecary

must lay before the court the following documents:-1. The.certificate of apprentice. 2. The indenture of apprenticeship,.enrolled according to the Act of Parliament, and bearing thecertificate of the licentiate apothecary to whom he has been

, indented, that he is of good moral character, and has fulfilled.