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The first part of the Professional Examination shall not beundergone until after the termination of two years of profes-sional study at a recognised medical school, and the secondpart not until after the termination of four years of professionalstudy, and at least eighteen months after the candidate haspassed the first examination, exept in the case of students whohave commenced their professional education before October,1861.Any candidate who shall fail to pass either of these exami-

nations will not be readmitted to examination until after the

lapse of six months.Every candidate intending to present himself for examination,

is required to give fourteen days’ notice in writing to the regis-trar of the College, at the same time transmitting the follow-ing certificates :-For the first part, evidence of having passedan Arts examination ; of having been duly registered as a

medical student ; and of having completed two years of pro-fessional study. For the second part, evidence of having com-pleted four years of professional study; of having attended notless than twenty labours ; and of having attained the age oftwenty-one years. A testimonial of moral character is requiredof every candidate.The fee for admission to the first part of the examination is

five guineas, to the second part ten guineas ; and there is nofurther fee for the Licence. Should any candidate fail to passeither examination, the fee will not be returned, but he maybe admitted to a subsequent examination, as the case may be,without the payment of an additional fee.Any candidate who has already obtained the degree of Doctor

or Bachelor of Medicine at a university approved and recognisedby the College, after a course of study and an examination satis-factory to the College, shall be exempt from the first part of theProfessional Examination for the Licence.Any candidate who has already obtained the Licence of the

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, or of the King andQueen’s College of Physicians in Ireland, after a course of studyand an examination satisfactory to the Examiners appointed bythe College, shall be exempt from the first part of the Profes-sional Examination for the Licence.Any registered medical practitioner whose qualification or

qualifications shall have been obtained before the 1st January,1861, having been, with the consent of the College, admitted acandidate for the Licence, will be examined on the Principlesand Practice of Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery; but he willbe exempted from such other parts of the Professional Examina-tion as his qualifications may seem to the examiners to renderin his case unnecessary. ?

Examinations of candidates for the College Licence will takeplace as follows :-First part, commencing Oct. 4th, 1864, andDec. 6th; the second part, Oct. llth and Dec. 13th. The firstpart, commencing Feb. 7th, 1865, April 4th, June 6th, July 4th,Oct. 3rd, and Dec. 5th; the second part, Feb. 14th, April llth,Jane 13th, July llth, Oct. 10th, Dec. 12tb.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.

Lincoln’s-inn-fields.

Admission to the Fellowship by Examination.

1. Except in the cases and instances hereinafter provided forto the contrary, every candidate for the fellowship, whether amember of the College or not, is required to produce certificatessatisfactory to the Court of Examiners-That he is twenty-fiveyears of age. That he is (if found qualified upon examination)a fit and proper person to be admitted to the fellowship, whichcertificate must be signed by three fellows. That he has passedthe preliminary examination in Classics, Mathematics, andFrench appointed by the Council; or that he has passed in theUniversity of Oxford or Cambridge or London the examinationin Arts required in those universities, respectively, of candi-dates for their degrees in Medicine. That he has been engagedfor six years in the acquirement of professional knowledge inrecognised hospitals or schools, and that not less than threewinter and three summer sessions thereof have been passed inone or more of such hospitals in London. That he has studiedAnatomy and Physiology by attendance on lectures and demon-strations, and by dissections, during three winter sessions ofnot less than six months each, at a recognised school or schools.That he has attended lectures on the Theory and Practice ofMedicine and on Clinical Medicine, and also on the Theory andPractice of Surgery and on Clinical Surgery, during two sessionsof not less than six months each, at recognised schools andhospitals. That he has attended one course of lectures on each

of the following subjects-viz., Chemistry, Materia Medica,and Midwifery, with attendance on cases, Medical Jurispru-dence, and Comparative Anatomy, at’ one or more recognisedschool or schools. That he has attended the surgical practiceof a recognised hospital or hospitals during four winter andfour summer sessions, and the medical practice of a recognisedhospital or hospitals during one winter and one summer session.And that he has served the office of house-surgeon or dresserin a recognised hospital in the United Kingdom. He is alsorequired to present clinical reports, with observations thereon,of six surgical cases taken by himself at one or more recognisedhospital or hospitals in the United Kingdom, with satisfactoryevidence of their authenticity and genuineness.

2. In the case of a candidate who has taken by examinationthe degree of Bachelor or Master of Arts in any university inthe United Kingdom, it will be sufficient to produce a certifi-cate that he has been engaged for five years (instead of sixyears) in the acquirement of professional knowledge in recog-nised hospitals or schools, but in all other respects he mustproduce the certificates of the foregoing course of study.

3. Any person who was a member of the College on the 14thof September, 1844, will be admitted to examination for thefellowship upon the production of a certificate, signed by threefellows, that he has.been eight years in the practice of the pro-fession of Surgery, and that he is a fit and proper person to beadmitted a fellow, if upon examination he shall be found quali-fied.

4. Any person who shall have become a member of the Col-lege after the said 14th of September, 1844, will, after theexpiration of twelve years from the date of the diploma, beadmitted to examination for the fellowship upon the productionof a certificate, signed by three fellows, that he has been fortwelve years in the practice of the profession of Surgery, andthat he is a fit and proper person to be admitted a fellow, ifupon examination he shall be found qualified.The Preliminary Examination in Classics, Mathematics, and

French is held in the month of October, and if required in themonth of April; to which candidates are admitted upon havingcompleted the eighteenth year of their age, and on the pay-ment of the fee of ten guineas.The Professional Examination is held in the months of May

and November, and occupies two days, either successive, or atsuch interval as the Court of Examiners may appoint.The subjects of the first day’s examination are Anatomy and

Physiology; those of the second day, Pathology, Therapeutics,and Surgery. The candidate has to perform dissections oroperations on the dead body.A candidate whose qualifications shall be found insufficient

upon his professional examination will not be allowed to pre-sent himself a, second time until after the expiration of oneyear from such examination.The following are the subjects of the Preliminary Examina-

tion of the candidates for the Fellowship of this College duringthe year 1865 :—

Classics-Demosthenes, De Corona, down to the end ofchap. ccv. ; Sophocles, Antigone and Ajax; Tacitus, Histories,books i. and ii. ; Virgil, Æneid, books v. and vi. Each candi-date is required to bring up one of the above Greek, and oneof the above Latin authors; one prose writer, and one poet.Mathematics-Arithmetic; Algebra, as far as to include the

doctrine of Proportion, and Simple Equations with one or twounknown quantities; Euclid, books i., ii., and iii.; Statics,Hydrostatics, Optics, and Acoustics. In the physical subjectsit will be sufficient to be prepared with general explanations ofthe leading phenomena, such as may be found in treatises onPhysics, except in the case of Statics and Hydrostatics, inwhich mathematical demonstrations of the elementary pro-positions will also be required, such as may be found in any ofthe following books :-Barrett’s Propositions in Mechanics andHydrostatics; Snowball’s Cambridge Course of ElementaryNatural Philosophy; Whewell’s Mechanical Euclid; Williams’sElements of Mechanics and Hydrostatics. In Optics, carefuldrawings will be required of the course of rays transmittedthrough lenses, &c., illustrating the formation of images.French-The translation into English of a passage in two of

the following works, at the option of the candidate :-La Hen-riade, Voltaire; Etudes de la Nature, Bernardin de St. Pierre;Les Girondins, Lamartine. Grammatical questions on theparts of speech, particularly the conjugation of the irregularverbs in the selected passages.This examination will be held in the month of October, and,

if required, in the month of April.Candidates are admissible to examination upon having com-

pleted the eighteenth yaar of their age, and on payment of thefee of tep guineas.

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Regulations respecting the Education and Examination of Can- the spelling will be taken into account.didates for the Diploma of Member.Prelimimary General Education and Examinaion.

Professional Education.Preliminary General Education and Examination.

professional studies are not recognised prior to the date at.

Professional studies are not recognised prior to the date atCandidates who commenced their professional education on which the candidate shall have passed an examination in

or after the lst of January, 1861, will be required to produce General Knowledge in conformity with the preceding regula-one or other of the following certificates :-1. Of graduation in tion. (This regulation applies to candidates who commencedArts at a university recognised for this purpose. The follow- their professional education on or after the 1st of October, 162.)ing are the universities at present recognised-namely, Oxford, The following will be considered as the commencement ofCambridge, Dublin, London, Durham, Queen’s University in professional education :— 1. Attendance on the practice of anIreland, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and St. Andrews; hospital, or other public institution recognised by this CollegeOalcutta, Madras, and Bombay; Canada-McGill College for that purpose. 2. Instruction as the pupil of a legally(Montreal), and Queen’s College (Kingston). 2. Of having qualified surgeon, holding the appointment of surgeon to anpassed an examination for matriculation, or such other exami- hospital, general dispensary, or union workhouse, or wherenation as shall, in either case, from time to time be sanctioned such opportunities of practical instruction are afforded as shallby the Council of this College, at a university in the United be satisfactory to the Council. 3. Attendance on lectures on

Kingdom, or at a colonial or foreign university, recognised by Anatomy, Physiology, or Chemistry by lecturers recognised bythe Council of this College. The following are the examina- this College.tions at present recognised under this clause-namely, Oxford : The commencement of professional study, otherwise than byResponsions or Moderations; Middle class Examinations, senior. attendance on lectures in recognised medical schools, or by at-Cambridge : Previous Examination; Middle-class examinations, tendance on the practice of recognised hospitals, will not besenior. Dublin : Entrance Examination. London: Matricu- admitted until a certificate thereof shall be furnished to thelation Examination. Durham : Examination of students in Secretary for registration at the College, by the practitionerArts in their second and first years ; Middle class Examina- whose pupil the candidate shall have become, or by the medicaltions, senior; Registration Examination for Medical Students. superintendent of the hospital or other institution to the prac-Queen’s University in Ireland: Two years’ Arts course for tice of which he shall have entered; and will, consequently,diploma of Licentiate in Arts; Preliminary Examinations at date only from the reception of such certificate by the Secre.end of B.A. course; Middle-class Examinations; Matricula- tary, the certificate to be accompanied by proof of having passedtion Examinations. Queen’s College, Belfast : Preliminary the necessary Preliminary Examination in General Knowledge.Examination for Non-matriculated Students. Edinburgh : Candidates will be required to produce the following otherExtra-professional Examination for Graduation in Medicine. certificates :-1. Of being twenty-one years of age. 2. OfCalcutta, Madras, and Bombay: Matriculation Examinations. having been engaged during four years in the acquirement ofMcGill College, Montreal: Preliminary Examination in General professional knowledge. 3. Of having studied Practical Phar-Literature. Queen’s College, Kingston, Canada : Matriculation macy during three months. 4. Of having attended lectures onExamination ; Preliminary Examination of students in Medi- Anatomy, delivered not less frequently than four times in eachcine. University College, Toronto, Canada : Matriculation week, during two winter sessions. 5. Of having performedExamination. 3. Of having passed the Preliminary Examina- Dissections during not less than two winter sessions. 6. Oftion of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 4. Of having attended lectures on Physiology, delivered not less fre-having passed the Preliminary Examination for the Fellowship quently than twice in each week, during two winter sessions.of this College. 5. Of having passed the Preliminary Exami- 7. Of having attended lectures on Surgery during two winternation of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. 6. Of sessions, of which one course must not be earlier than the thirdhaving passed the Preliminary Examination of the Royal Col- winter session at a recognised medical school. 8. Of havinglege of Surgeons of Edinburgh. 7. Of having passed the Pre- attended one course of lectures on each of the following sub-liminary Examination of the Faculty of Physicians and Sur- jects :-Chemistry, Materia Medica, Medicine, and Midwifery.geons of Glasgow. 8. Of having passed the Examination in 9. Of instruction and proficiency in the practice of Vaccination.Arts of the Society of Apothecaries of London. 9. Of having 10. Of having attended, at a recognised hospital or hospitalspassed the First-class Examination of the Royal College of Pre- in the United Kingdom or Colonies, the Practice of Surgery,ceptors. 10. Testamur of the Codrington College, Barbadoes. and Clinical Lectures on Surgery, during three winter* and11. Degree of Associate of Arts granted by the Tasmanian two summert sessions. 11. Of having attended, at a recognisedCouncil of Education, with a certificate that the student has hospital or hospitals in the United Kingdom or Colonies, thebeen examined in Latin and Mathematics. 12. Candidates Practice of Medicine, and Clinical Lectures on Medicine, duringwho shall not be able to produce one or other of the foregoing one winter and one summer session. 12. Of having subse.certificates will be required to pass an examination, in English, quently to the completion of two years’ professional educationClassics, and Mathematics, conducted by the Board of Exami- taken charge of patients under the superintendence of a sur-ners of the College of Preceptors, under the direction and geon during not less than six months, at an hospital, generalsupervision of the Council of this College. The following are dispensary, or parochial or union infirmary recognised for thisthe subjects of this examination during the years 1864 and purpose, or in such other similar manner as. in the opinion of1865, namely:-Part 1. Reading aloud a passage from some the Council, shall afford sufficient opportunity for the acquire-English author ; writing from dictation ; English grammar ; ment of Practical Surgery.writing a short English composition, such as a description of a Certificates will not be received on more than one branch of

place, an account of some useful or natural product, or the like; science from one and the same lecturer ; but Anatomy andarithmetic (no candidate will be passed who does not show a Dissections will be considered as one branch of science.competent knowledge of the first four rules, simple and com- Certificates will not be recognised from any hospital in thepound, of Vulgar Fractions, and of Decimals); questions on United Kingdom unless the surgeons thereto be members ofthe geography of Europe, and particularly of the British Isles; one of the legally constituted Colleges of Surgeons in the

question on the outlines of English History-that is, the suc- United Kingdom; nor from any school of Anatomy and Phy-cession of the sovereigns and the leading events of each reign; siology or Midwifery, unless the teachers in such school beEuclid, books i. and ii.; translation of a passage from the first members of some legally constituted College of Physicians orbook of Cassar’s Commentaries, De Bello Gallico. Part II. Surgeons in the United Kingdom ; nor from any school of Sur-Papers will also be set on the following seven subjects, and gery, unless the teachers in such school be members of one ofeach candidate will be required to offer himself for examination the legally constituted Colleges of Surgeons in the Unitedon one subject at least, at the option of the candidate; but no Kingdom.candidate will be allowed to offer himself for examination on No metropolitan hospital will be recognised by this College.more than four subjects: Translation of a passage from St. which contains less than 150, and no provincial or colonialJohn’s Gospel in Greek ; translation of a passage from Voltaire’s hospital which contains less than 100 patients.Histoire de Charles XIL; trsnslation of a passage from the The recognition of colonial hospitals and schools is governedfirst two books of Schiller’s Geschichte des dreissigjahrigen by the same regulations, with respect to number of patientsKrieges ; (besides these translations into English, the candi- and to courses of lectures, as apply to the recognition of pro-date will be required to answer questions on the grammar of vincial hospitals and schools in England.each subject, whether compulsory or selected;) Mathematics Certificates of attendance upon the practice of a recognised(Algebra to Simple Equations inclusive); Mechanics (the ques-tions will be chiefly of an elementary character); Chemistry The winter session comprises a period of six months, and, in England,

tions will be chiefly of an elementary cnaracter), unemistry commences on the 1st of October and terminates on the 31st of March.(the questions will DO on the elementary facts of chemistry); t The summer session comprises a period of three months, and, in England,Botany and Zoology (the questions wilt be on the classification commences on the 1st of May and terminates on the 31st of July.

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provincial or colonial hospital unconnected with, or not in con-venient proximity to, a recognised medical school, will not bereceived for more than one winter and one summer session ofthe hospital attendance required by the regulations of this Col-lege ; and in such cases clinical lectures will not be necessary,bat a certificate of having acted as dresser for the period of atleast six months will be required.

Certificates will not be received from candidates who havestudied in London, unless they shall have registered at theCollege their cards of admission to attendance on lectures andhospital practice within fifteen days from the commencementof the session ; nor from candidates who have studied in theprovincial schools in England, unless their names shall be dulyreturned from their respective schools.Those candidates who shall have pursued the whole of their

studies in Scotland or Ireland will be admitted to examinationupon the production of the several certificates required respec-tively by the College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Faculty ofPhysicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and the College of Sur-geons in Ireland from candidates for their diploma, togetherwith a certificate of instruction and proficiency in the practiceof Vaccination, and satisfactory evidence of having been occu-pied at least four entire years in the acquirement of professionalknowledge; and in the case of candidates who shall have pur-sued the whole of their studies at recognised foreign or colonialuniversities, upon the production of the several certificates re-quired for their degree by the authorities of such universities,together with a certificate of instruction and proficiency in thepractice of Vaccination, and satisfactory evidence of havingbeen occupied at least four entire years in the acquirement ofprofessional knowledge.Members or licentiates of any legally constituted College of

Surgeons in the United Kingdom, and graduates in surgery ofany university recognised for this purpose by this College, willbe admitted to examination on producing their diploma, licence,or degree, together with proof of being twenty-one years ofage, a certificate of instruction and proficiency in the practiceof Vaccination, and satisfactory evidence of having been occu-pied at least four entire years in the acquirement of professionalknowledge.Graduates in Medicine of any legally constituted college or

university recognised for this purpose by this College, will beadmitted to examination on adducing, together with theirdiploma or degree, proof of being twenty-one years of age, acertificate of instruction and proficiency in the practice of Vac-cination, and satisfactory evidence of having been occupied atleast four entire years in the acquirement of professional know-ledge.N.B. At the registration in October, candidates who shall

have commenced their professional education subsequently tothe 1st of October, 1862, will be required to produce a certi- ’,ficate of having passed one or other of the Preliminary Exami-nations in General Knowledge recognised by this College.

Professional Examination.This Examination is divided into two parts. 1. The First

or Primary Examination, on Anatomy and Physiology, is partlywritten and partly demonstrative on the recently dissectedsubject, and on prepared parts of the human body. 2. TheSecond or Pass Examination, on Pathology, Surgery, and Sur-gical Anatomy, is partly written and partly oral. 3. ThePrimary Examinations are held in the months of January,April, May, July, and November; and the Pass Examinationsgenerally in the ensuing week respectively. 4. Candidateswill not be admitted to the Primary, or Anatomical and Phy-siological Examination, until after the termination of the secondwinter session of their attendance at a recognised school orschools; nor to the Pass, or Pathological and Surgical Exami.nation, until after the termination of the fourth year of theirprofessional education. 5. The fee of five guineas paid by eachcandidate prior to his Primary Examination will not be re-turned, but will be allowed in the fee on his admission as amember. 6. A candidate having entered bis name for eitherthe Primary or Pass Examination, who shall fail to attend themeeting of the Court for which he shall have received a card,will no be allowed to present himself for examination withinthe period of three months from the date at which he shallhave so failed to attend. 7. A candidate referred on the Pri-mary Examination is required, prior to his admission to re-examination, to produce a certificate of the performance ofdissections during not less than three months, subsequently tothe date of his reference. 8. A candidate referred on the PassExamination is required, prior to his admission to re-examina-tion, to produce a certificate of at least six months’ furtherattendance on the surgical practice of a recognised hospital,

together with lectures on clinical surgery, subsequently to thedate of his reference.

Regulations of the Council 2-espectinq the Professional Educationof Candidates for the Certificate of Qualification

in Midwifery.1. Persons who were fellows or members of the College prior

to the 1st day of January, 1853, will be admitted to examina-tion for the certificate of qualification in Midwifery upon pro-ducing their diploma.

2. Persons having become members of the College subse-quently to the 1st of January, 1853, will be admitted toexamination on producing their diploma, together with a cer-tificate or certificates of having attended twenty labours.

3. Members or licentiates of any legally constituted Col-lege of Surgeons in the United Kingdom, and graduates inSurgery of any university requiring residence to obtain degrees,and recognised by this College, will also be admitted to exami-nation on producing, together with their diploma, licence, ordegree, proof of being twenty-one years of age, of having beenoccupied four years in the acquirement of professional know-ledge, of having attended one course of lectures on Midwifery,and of having attended not less than twenty labours.

4. Graduates in Medicine of any legally constituted collegeor university requiring residence to obtain degrees, and recog-nised by this College, will also be admitted to examination onproducing, together with their diploma or degree, proof ofbeing twenty-one years of age, of having been occupied fouryears in the acquirement of professional knowledge, of havingattended one course of lectures on Midwifery, and of havingattended not less than twenty labours.

5. Persons having commenced their professional education,either by attendance on hospital practice or on lectures onAnatomy, prior to the 1st of January, 1853, will be admittedto examination on producing the several certificates of profes-sional education required for admission to examination for thediploma of member of this College at the period when suchpersons shall respectively have in such manner commencedtheir professional education.

6. Persons having commenced their professional education,either by attendance on hospital practice or on lectures onAnatomy, after the 31st day of December, 1852, will be ad-mitted to examination on producing certificates of being twenty-one years of age, of having been engaged during four years inthe acquirement of professional knowledge, of having completedat recognised schools the professional education required ofcandidates for the diploma of member of this College, of havingattended one course of lectures on Midwifery and the Diseasesof Women and Children, and of having personally conductedthirty labours.N. B.-The fee for the certificate is as follows : 1. Persons

who were fellows or members of this College prior to the 1st ofJanuary, 1853, two guineas. 2. Persons admitted fellows ormembers of this College subsequently to the lst of January,1853, three guineas. 3, 4. Persons producing any other diplomaor certificate of degree which may be considered by the Councilto afford satisfactory proof of sufficient surgical and medicaleducation, three guineas. 5, 6. All other persons, ten guineas.

SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES.

Blackfriars, E.C.

Every candidate for a certificate of qualification to practiseas an Apothecary will be required to produce testimonials-1.Of having passed a preliminary examination in Arts, as a testof general education. (This examination must be passed beforethe commencement of professional studies, which is defined bythe Medical Council to be "the time of commencing studies ata medical school.") 2. Of having served an apprenticeship orpupilage of not less than five years to a practitioner qualifiedby the Act of 1815. (This period may include the time spentin attending lectures and hospital practice.) 3. Of havingattained the full age of twenty-one years. (As evidence of age,a copy of the baptismal register will be required in every casewhere it can possibly be procured.) 4. Of good moral conduct.5. Of having pursued a course of medical study in conformitywith the regulations of the Court.’ Course of study.—Every candidate whose attendance onlectures shall commence on or after the lst of October, 1863, mustattend the following lectures and medical practice during notless than three winter and three summer sessions (each wintersession to consist of not less than six months, and to commencenot sooner than the 1st nor later than the 15th of October;and each summer session to extend from the 1st of May to the31st of July) :-

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First Year.-Winter Session : Chemistry ; Anatomy andPhysiology; Dissections. Summer Session : Botany; MateriaMedica and Therapeutics ; Practical Chemistry.*Second Year.-Winter Session : Anatomy and Physiology,

including Dissections and Demonstrations; Principles and Prac-tice of Medicine; Clinical Medical Practice. Summer Session:Midwifery and Diseases of Women and Children;! ForensicMedicine and Toxicology ; Clinical Medical Practice.

Third Year.-Winter Session : Principles and Practice ofMedicine ; Clinical Medical Lectures ; Morbid Anatomy ; Cli-nical Medical Practice Summer Session: Practical Midwiferyand Vaccination; Morbid Anatomy; Clinical Medical Practice.

Registration of Testimonials. -All testimonials must be givenon a printed schedule, and the blanks therein must be filled upby the lecturers themselves. Students will be supplied withschedules at the time of their first registration : in London, atthe Apothecaries’ Hall ; in the provincial towns, from gentle-men who keep the registers of the medical schools, and whosenames may be known on application to the Secretary of theCourt.

All students in London are required personally to registerthe several classes for which they have taken tickets; andthose only will be considered as complying with the regulationsof the Court whose names and classes in the register correspondwith their schedules.

Tickets of admission to lectures and hospital practice mustbe registered in the months of October and May. Due noticeof the days and hours of such registrations will be given fromtime to time.The Court also require students at the provincial medical

schools to register their names, in their own handwriting, withthe registrar of each respective school, within the first fifteendays of October and the first fifteen days of May.

Examination in Arts.

An (xamination in Arts will take place at the Hall threetimes in the year-namely, on the last Friday and Saturday ofthe months of January, April, and September. By order ofthe Medical Council, an examination in Arts is compulsory onall gentlemen commencing their studies on or after the 1st ofOctober, 1861, and must be passed previous to registration.Testimonials of proficiency in general education will be received,as exempting from the examination in Arts, at this Hall, fromthe following national educational bodies, and also from any ofthe licensing bodies under the Medical Act of 1858 :-The RoyalCollege of Physicians, London; Royal College of Physicians,Edinburgh ; King and Queen’s College of Physicians, Ireland;Royal College of Surgeons, England; Royal College of Surgeons,Edinburgh ; Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of GlasgowRoyal College of Surgeons, Ireland ; Society of Apothecaries.London; and also certificates of having passed the examination:enumerated in Recom. 3 of the General Council (for list of whiclsee Regulations of College of Physicians, p. 322.)

Professional Examinations.The Court of Examiners meet in the Hall every Thursday,

where candidates are required to attend at a quarter beforefour o’clock. Every person intending to offer himself for exa-mination must give notice in writing to the Clerk of the Societyon or before the Monday previous to the day of examination,and must at the same time deposit all the required testimonialsand the fee at the office of the beadle, where attendance is

given every day, except Sunday, from ten to four o’clock ;Saturday, ten to two.The examination of candidates is divided into two parts, and

is conducted partly in writing and partly viva voce.The First Examination, which may be passed after the

second winter session, embraces the following subjects :—TheBritish Pharmacopoeia, Latin of physicians’ prescriptions :Anatomy and Physiology; General and Practical ChemistryBotany and Materia Medica.

Second Examination, after the third summer session (thEfive years’ pupilage being completed) :-Practice of Medicin<and Pathology ; Midwifery, including the Diseases of Worneiand Children ; Forensic Medicine and Toxicology.The Court of Examiners have determined that all graduate:

in Medicine of a British university be in future admitted to :practical examination in the Practice of Medicine and Midwifery only.

* By Practical Chemistry is intended a specific course of instruction in thlaboratory, with an opportunity of personal manipulation in the ordinary prccesses of chemistry, and of acquiring a knowledge of the various reagents fopoisons.t A certificate of attendance on not less than twenty cases will be receive

from a legally qualified practitioner.

The examination of candidates for certificates of qualificationto act as assistant, in compounding and dispensing medicines,will be as follows :-In translating physicians’ prescriptions inthe British Pharmacopoeia, in Pharmacy and Materia Medica.By the 22nd section of the Act of Parliament, no rejected

candidate can be re-examined until the expiration of six monthsfrom his former examination; and no rejected candidate, as anassistant, until the expiration of three months.

Fegs.&mdash;For a certificate of qualification to practise, six guineas,for an assistant’s certificate, two guineas.

Students’ Prizes.-The Society of Apothecaries annually offertwo prizes for proficiency in the knowledge of Botany, and alsotwo prizes for proficiency in the knowledge of Materia Medicaand Pharmaceutical Chemistry. The prizes consist of a goldmedal awarded to the candidate who distinguishes himself themost in the examination ; and of a silver medal and a book tothe candidate who does so in the next degree.The examination in Botany will be held at the Hall of the

Society on the second Wednesday in August, at ten in the fore-noon, and will be conducted by printed papers and viva vocequestions.Each gentleman intending to compete for these prizes must

send a written notice of his intention to the beadle on or beforethe 1st of August, which notice must be accompanied by evi-dence of his having entered upon the second summer session ofhis medical studies, and by certificates from his teachers of hishaving attended their respective lectures and class examinationswith diligence and regularity.The examinations in Materia Medica and Pharmaceutical

Chemistry will be held at the Hall of the Society on the thirdWednesday, and on the following Friday in October, from tenin the forenoon to one in the afternoon of each day, by printedpapers on the Wednesday, and by vim voce questions on theFriday.Each gentleman intending to compete for these prizes must

send a written notice of his intention to the beadle on or beforethe 7th of October, which notice must be accompanied by evi.dence of his having entered upon the third winter session of hismedical studies, and by certificates from his teachers of hishaving attended their respective lectures and class examinationswith diligence and regularity.

, ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

6, Whitehall-yard, S.W.1. Every candidate presenting himself for admission to the

: competitive examination required for the army medical service, must be unmarried. He must produce a birth certificate from; the district registrar, or a certificate of baptism, in which the. date of birth is stated. Or, if neither of these can be obtained,

an affidavit from one of the parents or from some other near1 relative who can attest the date of birth, will be accepted.

The certificate or affidavit must show that the candidate is notabove twenty-six,* nor under twenty-one years of age. Hemust also produce certificates of moral conduct and character,

, one of them from the parochial minister if possible.2. The candidate must make a declaration that he labours

under no mental or constitutional disease, nor any imperfectionor disability that can interfere with the most efficient dischargeof the duties of a medical officer in any climate. He must alsoattest his readiness to engage for general service immediatelyon being gazetted.

3. The candidate must possess a diploma in surgery, or alicence to practise it, as well as a degree in medicine or alicence to practise it, in Great Britain or Ireland.

4. Degrees, diplomas, licences, and certificates of age andcharacter must be lodged at the Army Medical Department,for examination and registry, at least one week before the can-didate appears for examination.

5. On producing the foregoing qualifications the candidatewill be examined by the Examining Board in the followingsubjects :-Anatomy and Physiology ; Surgery; Medicine,including Therapeutics, the Diseases of Women and Children,Chemistry and Pharmacy, and a practical knowledge of drugs.(The examination in Medicine and Surgery will be in partpractical and will include operations on the dead body, theapplication of surgical apparatus, and the examination ofmedical and surgical patients at the bedside.) The eligibilityof each candidate for the army medical service will be deter-mined by the result of the examinations in these subjects only.Candidates who desire it will be examined in ComparativeAnatomy, Zoology, and Botany, with special reference to

Materia Medica ; and the number of marks gained in these* The age has been extended to thirty for the Examination in Feb. 18C5.

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subjects will be added to the total number of marks obtainedin the obligatory part of the examination by candidates whoshall have been found qualified for admission, and whoseposition on the list of successful competitors will thus be im-proved in proportion to their knowledge of these branches ofscience. The subjects for this part of the examination willbe taken from the following books :-" Animal Kingdom," byW. S. Dallas, F.L.S. "Outlines of the Structure and Func-tions of the Animal Kingdom," by Rymer Jones; or " CoursElementaire d’Histoire Naturelle," par Milne Edwards.Lindley’s " School Botany;" Lindley’s " Medical and EconomicBotany;" Henfrey’s "Elementary Course of Botany." Can-didates who may desire it, may also be examined in the Ele-ments of Physics and in Physical Geography. The followingbooks are recommended for this purpose :-" Elements ofNatural Philosophy," by Golding Bird and C. Brooke. " Phy-sical Geography," by Mrs. Sommerville.

6. The names of candidates who pass the Preliminary Exa-mination of the Examining Board will be sent to the Director-General, and communicated to the Professors of the ArmyMedical School. The names will be arranged in three classes,according to order of merit.

7. After passing his Preliminary Examination, every can-didate will be required to attend one entire course of practicalinstruction at the Army Medical School, before being admittedto his examination for a commission, on Hygiene, Clinical andMilitary Medicine, Clinical and Military Surgery, Pathologyof Diseases and Irjuries incident to Military Service. Thesecourses to be of not less than four months’ duration.

8. At their conclusion the candidate will be required to

pass an examination on the subjects taught in the school. Theexamination will be conducted by the professors of the school.The Director-General, or any medical officer deputed by him,may be present, and take part in the examination. If thecandidate give satisfactory evidence of being qualified for thepractical duties of an army medical officer, he will be eligiblefor a commission as assistant- surgeon.

9. During the period of his residence at the Army MedicalSchool, each candidate will receive an allowance of 5s. perdiem with quarters, or 7s. per diem without quarters, to coverall costs of maintenance. And he will be required to providehimself with uniform-viz., the regulation undress uniform ofan assistant surgeon, but without the sword.

10. All candidates will be required to conform to such rules ofdiscipline as the Senate may from time to time enact.

ARMY MEDICAL SCHOOL.

Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley.

All gentlemen who have been successful in the competitiveexaminations, held twice a year (February and August), at

Chelsea, for appointments in the medical service of the Army,attend subsequently, at the Royal Victoria Hospital, a courseof practical instruction in the duties they will have to performin the Army. The course lasts four months, after which anexamination is held to ascertain the progress made by each can-didate. The lectures on Military Surgery include gunshot andother wounds; arrangements for the transport of wounded ;duties of army surgeons in the field, during sieges, on trans-ports, &c., and other special subjects. Those on MilitaryMedicine refer to the tropical and other diseases of the Britishpossessions and colonies, and to the losses by disease in peaceand war at home and abroad. The lectures on Hygiene com-prise all duties relating to the examination of water, air, food,clothing, &c., of the soldier ; his duties and exercise, and thecircumstances affecting his health; the subjects of meteorology,statistics, and prevention of the principal diseases met with inthe Army, on home or foreign service. The lectures on Patho-logy have reference chiefly to the scientific examination oftropical diseases, and of other complaints which the army sur-geon is especially called on to investigate. The candidates alsoattend the wards of the hospital to study the diseases of inva-lids under the Professors of Medicine and Surgery, the system ofrecruiting, and the modes of keeping the army medical returnsand records. They are also called on to make post-mortemexaminations, to operate on the dead body, and pass throughcourses of practical instruction in the laboratory on the modesof recognising the qualities and adulterations of food, and inthe microscopic room on the modes of microscopic examinationof morbid tissues and of adulterations of food, &c. During hisservice at Netley, each candidate receives an allowance of 5s.per diem and free quarters, with attendance. He wears uni-form, attends the medical staff mess, and is under the usualmilitary discipline.

NAVAL MEDICAL SERVICE.

Admiralty Office, Somerset House.

I A candidate for entry into the Royal Navy as assistant-sur-geon shall make a written application to the Secretary of theAdmiralty, on the receipt of which he will be furnished witha printed form to be filled np.No person is admitted as an assistant-surgeon in the Royal

Navy who does not produce a certificate of being registeredunder the Medical Act, and a diploma from one of the RoyalColleges of Surgeons of England, Edinburgh, or Dublin ; fromthe Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow; fromTrinity College, Dublin ; or from some other corporate bodylegally entitled to grant a diploma in Surgery ; nor as a sur-geon, unless he can produce a certificate from one of the saidColleges, Faculty, or corporate body, founded on an examina-tion to be passed subsequent to his appointment of assistant-surgeon, as to his fitness for the situation of surgeon in theNavy ; and in every case the person producing such diplomaand certificate shall undergo a further examination touchinghis qualifications in all the necessary branches and points ofMedicine and Surgery, both at the time of his entry and afterserving three years, to render himself eligible for surgeon. Pre-viously to the admission of assistant- surgeons into the Navy, itwill be required that they produce proof of having received apreliminary classical education, and that they possess in par-ticular a competent knowledge of Latin ; also, that they are ofgood moral character, the certificate of which must be signedby the clergyman of the parish, or a magistrate of the district ;that they have served an apprenticeship, er have been engagedfor not less than six months in practical pharmacy ; that theirage is not less than twenty nor more than twenty-six years ; ;that they have actually attended a recognised hospital foreighteen months subsequently to the age of eighteen, in whichhospital the average number of patients is not less than 100 ; ;that they have been engaged in actual dissection of the humanbody twelve months, the certificate of which, from the teacher,must state the number of subjects or parts dissected by thecandidates; that they have attended lectures, &c., at the re-cognised Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons in the UnitedKingdom for periods not less than hereunder stated ; observing,however, that such lectures will not be admitted if the teachershall lecture on more than one branch of science, or if the lec-tures on Anatomy, Surgery, and Medicine, be not attendedduring winter sessions of six months each.Anatomy, eighteen months; or General Anatomy, twelve

months, and Comparative Anatomy, six months.Surgery : General Surgery, twelve months; or Military

Surgery, six months, and General Surgery, six months.Theory of Medicine, and Practice of ditto, six months each.

If the lectures on the Theory and Practice of Medicine begiven in conjunction, the period required is tvrelve months.

Clinical lectures (at an hospital as above) on the Practice ofMedicine and on the Practice of Surgery, six months each.

Chemistry, six months ; or lectures on Chemistry, threemonths, and Practical Chemistry, three months.

Materia Medica and Midwifery, six months each.Botany, three months.

PRIVATE TEACHERS.THE DRs. POWER continue daily their lectures and examinations for the

competitive and pass examinations at the Junior Medical College, 32, Queen’s-square, Bloomsbury, W.C.

Dr. STEaGALL gives instruction to medical students in all the branches oftheir studies, including examinations in Arts, at his residence, 2, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury-square.

Dr. BARRON gives courses of medical and surgical tuition adapted to stu-dents for professional examination, at his class-room, Millikin’s Chambers,Southvrark-street, Borough.Mr. TU80N continues his instruction and demonstrations in anatomy, phy-

siology, pathology, and surgery, daily, at his residence, 6, Devonshire-street,Portland-place these private examinations being illustrated by recent dissec-tions, models, and anatomical preparations.Mr. SAMUEL HiGBLEY, F.G.S., F.C.S., &c., on the U,e of the Microscope

Evening class at 8. Fee, &pound;1 is. Also on mineralogy, geology, zoology, andphotography in its application to natural history and pathology. EducationalMuseum, 18, Green-street, Leicester.square, London, W.C.Mr. G. Hnm, F.F.C.S., gives, daily, demonstrations and examinations at 29

K ewman-street, Oxford-street.lIr. R. BOYLB continues to prepare pupils for all the literary examinations

required to be passed by the various medical societies, as also for the Uni-verities, the Civil Service, and the other public examiuations, at 113, Seymour-street, N.W.Mr. COALES, B.A., prepares gentlemen for the B.A. preliminary scientific

and matriculation examinations of the University of London, and for the medi-cal examinations in arts. Address, 10, Trinity-square, Borough, or 43, UpperGower-street, Bedford-square.Mr. T. P. LOVELL prepares gentlemen for the examinations in arts at the

CoJlege of Surgeons and Apothecaries’ Hall. Address, 27, Devonshire-street,Queen-square, Bloomsbury.