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be either Principles and Practice of Surgery or ClinicalSurgery, at the option of the candidate, one course, sixmonths. Midwifery and the Diseases of Women andChildren, one course, three months. Medical Jurisprudence,one course, three months. The six months’ courses deliveredin Scotland must consist of not fewer than 100 lectures, withthe exception of Clinical Medicine and Clinical Surgery.The three months’ courses must consist of not fewer than50 lectures.

Besides the above-mentioned courses of lectures, the can-didate must produce the following certificates :-Of havingattended six cases of labour under the superintendence ofthe practitioner who signs the certificate, who must be aregistered medical practitioner. Of having attended, forthree months, instructions in Practical Pharmacy; the cer-tificate to be signed by the teacher, who must be a memberof the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, or a chemistand druggist recognised by the College on special applica-tion, or the superintendent of the laboratory of a publichospital or dispensary, or a registered medical practitionerwho dispenses medicines to his patients. Of having at-tended, for twenty-four months, a public general hospital,containing on an average at least eighty patients. Ofhaving attended, for six months, tho practice of a publicdispensary specially recognised by the College, or of havingbeen engaged for six months as visiting assistant to a re-

gistered practitioner. Of having been instructed in Vac-cination ; the certificate to be signed by the teacher, whomust be a registered practitioner. Of having attended,for three months, the post-mortem room of a recognisedhospital.

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

and Chemistry.Candidates who desire to pass the First Professional Ex-

amination must apply to the Secretary on or before theSaturday preceding the day of examination, and must pro-duce tickets and certificates of attendance in regard to allthose courses of study which have reference to the subjectsof that examination. They must also produce evidence ofhaving passed the Preliminary Examination.The sum of £4 must be paid to the Treasurer of the Col-

lege for this examination not later than 10 A.M. of the daypreceding it. This sum will be considered as paid to accountof the entire fee of £ 10 payable for the diploma.In the case of a candidate being unsuccessful at this ex-

amination, £2 will be returned to him, the remaining £2

being retained to meet the expense of the examination.The Second Examination embraces Surgery and Surgical

Anatomy ; also Medicine, Midwifery, Materia Medica, andMedical Jurisprudence; and does not take place before the termination of the winter session of the last year of study.In the case of candidates who began their course of studyafter 16th October, 1866, it will not take place till four yearsafter the examination in general education.

Applications for examination must be made to the Secre-tary not later than the Tuesday previous to the day of theFirst Examination.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. Thetickets and certificates of his classes. 3. The certificate ofhis having passed the First Professional Examination. And4. A tabular statement (for which a printed form will befurnished by the officer) exhibiting the full amount of hisprofessional education, and distinguishing the classes, hos-pitals, and dispensaries attended during each session of hisstudies. If he have been an apprentice, he must also insertthe name of his master, the date of his indenture, and thelength of time for which he was bound. This statement,accurately filled up, must be attested by his signature, andwill be preserved by the College.,-If the candidate have been an apprentice to a Fellow ofthe College, he must also produce his discharged indenture.On the production of these documents, the Secretary will

give the candidate a letter authorising the examiners toreceive him as a candidate.The remaining fee payable to the College (being =86), to-

gether with the receipt for the fee paid for the First Pro-fessional Examination, must be lodged not later than 10 A.M.

of the day preceding the examination day in the hands ofthe Treasurer, who will certify this upon the Secretary’sletter..64 will be returned to unsuccessful candidates.

Candidates who have passed the First Examination in Ana-tomy, Physiology, and Chemistry, at any of the licensingboards recognised by the Medical Act, will be admissible tothe Second Professional Examination on producing certifi-cates of the whole course of study, of having passed theirPreliminary and First Professional Examinations, and ofhaving been registered. If any of the three subjects of thefirst examination have been omitted, such candidates willhave to undergo an examination on the omitted subjects;and none of the subjects set down will be omitted at thesecond examination, even if some of them should haveformed part of the first examination by another board. Thefee will be £ 10. Unsuccessful candidates under this regu-lation will receive back .88.

Candidates desirous of Special Examinations on otherdays than those fixed by the regulations, must prepare acase to be submitted to the consideration of the authoritiesof the College, with evidence to show why it was and is im-possible for them to avail themselves of the ordinary ex-aminations, past or future. They must at the same timeproduce certificates of the whole of the prescribed course ofstudy, and of having passed the Preliminary Examination,and must state the earliest and the latest days withinwhich they can present themselves. It is very desirablethat all such candidates, and especially those who are at a,distance from Edinburgh, should present their applica-tions as long beforehand as possible. The fees for specialexaminations, which must be lodged by 10 A.M. of the daypreceding the examination-day, are as follows, viz.:- £ 20for first and second examinations ; of which .815 will be re-turned to candidates remitted on the first examination, and£6 to candidates successful in the first, but unsuccessful inthe second examination. £17 for second examination whenthe candidate has passed the first under the conditions ofCh. V. § 14. Of this £ 10 will be returned to the candidateif unsuccessful. £13 for second examination when the can-didate has passed the first examination before the ex-aminers of the College. Of this £6 will be returned to thecandidate if unsuccessful. Each of the two ProfessionalExaminations require one day for the written, and one forthe oral part of the examination.

In order to test more effectually the practical knowledgeof candidates, recent dissections, anatomical specimens, andarticles of the materia medica will be employed during theexaminations : and all candidates will be required to writeout formulae of prescriptions. They will also be subjectedto a practical clinical examination in the surgical hospital,including the application of surgical apparatus, bandages,&c.No candidate shall be admissible to examination who has

been rejected by any other licensing board within the threemonths preceding his application to be examined.

ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,EDINBURGH.

The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and theRoyal College 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 diplomasof 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 examinationin Medicine, 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. The arrangement for thusconferring a double qualification by the co-operation of thetwo Colleges is in conformity with Section 19 of the MedicalAct, and has received the special sanction of the GeneralCouncil of Medical Education and Registration.

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The regulations as to professional education, and theexaminations for the double qualification, are almost iden-tical with those prescribed for the single diploma of theRoyal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh ; the fees, however,differ to some extent.

Candidates may obtain all necessary information from Dr.Gairdner, Inspector and Treasurer of the Double Qualifica-tion at 45, Northumberland-street, Edinburgh.

FACULTY OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONSOF GLASGOW.

Preliminary Examinations in General Literature, in ac- cordance with the regulations of the General Council, willbe held in the Faculty Hall during the session 1873-74 onthe following days, commencing at 11 o’clock-namely, Fri-day, Oct. 17th, and Friday, Oct. 31st, 1873; Friday, April24th, 1874; Friday, July 24th, 1874; and on each occasionthe examination will be continued on the succeeding day.Those who are unsuccessful may appear at one subsequentexamination without paying a second fee. The fee for theexamination and certificate is 10s., payable to the secretaryprevious to the examination.The course of study for the diploma and the regulations

generally correspond with those required by the Royal Col-lege of Surgeons of Edinburgh.The examination is held on the second Tuesday of every

month, and extends over the subsequent day. Candidates(not exempted from registration) will not be admitted tothe final examination until the expiry of four years from thedate of registration, which period must embrace at leastthree winter and two summer sessions, or four wintersessions, of study at a medical school.The regulations regarding special examinations are simi-

lar to those of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.The fee for the diploma is £10- £ 4 for the first and .26 6

for the second examination.

REGULATIONS REGARDING THE DOUBLE QUALIFICATION.

The Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, andthe Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, grant theirdiplomas conjointly before a board of examiners in whicheach body is represented, the object being to give to stu-dents facilities for obtaining from two separate bodies, andat less expense, a double qualification in Medicine and Sur-gery. Students passing this examination successfully willbe enabled to register two qualifications under the MedicalAct-namely, Licentiate of the Faculty of Physicians andSurgeons of Glasgow, and Licentiate of the Royal Collegeof Physicians of Edinburgh. The curriculum of studyembraces a course of Medicine, in addition to the subjectsrequired for a diploma of the Faculty. The fee for the firstexamination is £ 6; for the second, £10.The Examination for the Double Qualification will be held

in the Faculty Hall, Glasgow, at the following periods-namely. First Examination, 2nd October, 1873, and 15thJanuary, 2nd April, 7th May, 23rd July, and 6th August,1874. The Second Examination will take place, the writtenpart on each of the above days, and the clinical and oralparts on the succeeding day.

Applications to be admitted to either the first or secondexamination must be made to the Secretary of the Facultynot later than the Monday preceding the examination.The other regulations are nearly the same as those for

the diploma of the Faculty.

KING AND QUEEN’S COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANSIN IRELAND.

Candidates for the Licence in Medicine are required togive proof of having been engaged during a period of fouryears in the study of Medicine, and also to produce evi-dence of having studied, at a school or schools recognisedby the College, the following subjects: Anatomy, Physio-logy, Practical Anatomy, Chemistry, Practical Chemistry,Materia Medica and Botany, Medical Jurisprudence, Prac-tice of Medicine and Pathology, Surgery, Midwifery; andof having attended a medico-chirurgical hospital in whichregular courses of clinical lectures are delivered, togetherwith clinical instruction, for twenty-seven months, or suchhospital for eighteen months, with nine months’ attendance

on a medical hospital, and similar courses of clinical lec-tures and clinical instruction, the attendance in each casebeing for not more than nine months in any year, and theattendance on a medico-chirurgical hospital and medicalhospital not being taken out in the same year; and ofhaving attended Practical Midwifery for six months at arecognised lying-in hospital, or produce evidence satis-factory to the College, in each individual case, of havingattended Practical Midwifery. Candidates must also pro-duce certificates of character from two registered physiciansor surgeons. ,

The examinations are held on the second Tuesday andtwo following days in each month, except August and Sep-tember.

Gentlemen holding a Medical or Surgical qualification,who may desire to obtain the licence in Midwifery, will berequired to undergo a special examination.The fee for the Licence is .815 15s. Fee for the Midwifery

diploma, .83 3s. ; for the licences in Medicine and Mid-

wifery, if taken out within an interval of a month, £ 16.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND.

Letters Testimonial.-Every person requiring to be regis-tered as a pupil on the College books must first pay aregistry fee of five guineas. Registered pupils are admittedto the Preliminary Examination at any period previous tothe examination for Letters Testimonial. Students who arenot registered pupils are also admitted to the PreliminaryExamination upon payment of a matriculation fee of tenshillings ; but they are not enrolled as registered pupils, orentitled to the privileges reserved for such pupils, until theyhave paid the full registration fee of five guineas.The Preliminary Examinations are held quarterly-viz.,

on the third Wednesday in January, April, July, and Octo-ber in each year. Candidates are requested to enter theirnames, and pay the fee to the registrar, at least three daysprevious to the day of examination.Registered pupils are permitted to study in the Museum

on two days in each week, and to read in the Library everyday, from ten o’clock to three o’clock. They are also per-mitted to attend the Lectures on Comparative Anatomy, andto obtain certificate of such attendance, without payment ofany fee.A registered pupil is admitted to an examination for

Letters Testimonial if he shall have laid before the Councilthe following documents :-A receipt showing that he haslodged a sum of .821 in the Bank of Ireland to the credit ofthe President and for the use of the College. Certificatesthat he has passed an examination as to his acquaintancewith the Greek and Latin languages ; that he has been en-gaged in the study of his profession for not less thanfour years ; of attendance on a hospital recognised bythe Council, where clinical instruction is given, during threeyears ; of attendance on three courses of lectures on

Anatomy and Physiology, three courses of lectures on theTheory and Practice of Surgery, and of the performanceof three courses of Dissections, accompanied by demon-

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strations; also, of attendance on two courses of lectureson Chemistry, or one course of lectures on General and oneon Practical Chemistry, one course of lectures on Materia.Medica, one course of lectures on the Practice of Medicine,

. one course of lectures on Midwifery, one course of lectures

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on Medical Jurisprudence, and one course on Botany.Examinations are held quarterly, on the second Tuesday

in January, April, July, and December, at which candidatesare divided into two classes junior and senior.The junior class must produce certificates of having at-

tended three courses of lectures on Anatomy and Physiology,) three courses of lectures on Practical Anatomy, with dissec-r tions; two courses of lectures on Chemistry, one course of- lectures on Materia Medica, one course of lectures on. Botany, and one course of lectures on Forensic Medicine.- This class is examined in Anatomy, Physiology, and Materia, Medica.- The senior class must produce certificates of having at-1 tended three courses of lectures on the Theory and Practicei of Surgery, one course of lectures on the Practice of Me-r dicine, and one course of lectures on Midwifery; also, ofi attendance on a recognised hospital for three winter and

three summer sessions. This class is examined in Surgery,