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ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON.The licence of this College is no longer granted by itself,

except to students who commenced professional study priorto the 1st October, 1884, and consequently it is no longernecessary to publish the Regulations. :

EXAMINING BOARD IN ENGLAND BY THE ROYALCOLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON AND THEROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.

Regulations relating to the several Examinations applicableto Candidates who commenced their Professional Educa-tion on or after the 1st of October, 1884.Any candidate who desires to obtain both the licence of the

Boyal College of Physicians of London and the diploma ofMember of the Royal College of Surgeons of England is re-quired to comply with the following regulations, and to passtneexaminations hereinafter set forth.

Professional Examinations.—There are three ProfessionalExaminations, called herein the First Examination, theSecond Examination, and the Third or Final Examination,each being partly written, partly oral, and partly practical.These examinations will be held in the months of January,April, July, and October, unless otherwise appointed.Every candidate intending to present himself for examina.tion is required to give notice in writing to Mr. F. G.Halleth, Secretarv of the Examining Board, ExaminationHall, Victoria E bilnkment, W. C., fourteen clear daysbefore the day on which the examination commences,transmitting at the same time the required certificates.The subjects of the First Examination are-Chemistry,

Chemical Physica, Materia Medica, Pharmacy, ElementaryAnatomy, and Elementary Physiology. A candidate maytake this examination in three parts at different times.or he may present himself for the whole at one time. Acandidate will be admitted to the examination on Che-,mistry and Chemical Physics, Materia Medica, and Phar-macy, on producing evidence of having been registeredas a medical student by the General Medical Council,and of having received instruction in Chemistry, MateriaMedica, and Pharmacy ; or he may take Materia Medicaand Pharmacy as part of the Second Examination; but hewill not be admitted to the examination on ElementaryAnatomy and Elementary Physiology earlier than the endof his firsb winter session at a medical school, or than thecompletion of his first six months’ attendance at a recognisedmedical school during the ordinary sessions-i.e., exclusiveof the months of April, August, and September. A candi-date rejected in one part or more of the First Examinationwill not be admitted to re-examination until after the lapseof a period of not less than three months from the date ofrejection, and he will be re-examined in the subject or sub.jects in which he has been rejected. Any candidate whoshall produce satisfactory evidence of having passed anexamination for a degree in Medicine on any of the subjectsof the first and second parts of this examination conductedat a University in the United Kingdom, in India, or in aBritish Cjlony, will be exempt from examination in thosesubjects in which he has passed.The fees for admission to the First Examination are as

follows: for tha whole examination, £10 10s. for re-

examination after rejection in either of the parts, £3 3s.The subjects of the Second Examination are Anatomy

and Physiology. A candidate is required to present himselffor examination in Anatomy and Paysiology together untilhe has reached the required standard to pass in one orother of these subjects ; but no candidate will be allowedto piss in one of the subjects without obtaining at thesame time at least half the number of marks required to passin the other subject. A candidate will be admitted to theSecond Examination after the lapse of not less than sixmonths from the date of his passing the First Examination,on producing evidence of having completed, subsequentlyto registration as a medical student, eighteen months ofprofessional study at a recognised medical school or schools,and of having complied with the regulations prescribed inSection I., Clauses 4 and 5. A candidate rejected in eitherpart or in both parts of the Second Examination will notbe admitted to re-examination until after the lapse of a periodof not less than three months from the date of rejection,and will be re-examined in the subject or subjects in whichhe has been rejected.

The fees for admission to the Second Examination areas follows : for the whole examination, £10 10s. for re-examination after rejection in either of the two parts,f3 3s.The subjects of the Final Examination are: Medicine,

including Therapeutics, Medical Anatomy, and Pathology ;Surgery, including Surgical Anatomy and Pathology ; Mid.wifery and Diseases peculiar to Women. A candidate maypresent himself for examination in these three subjects orparts separately or at one time. A candidate will beadmitted to the Third or Final Examination on producingevidence—(1) of being twenty one years of age ; (2) ofhaving passed the Second Examination ; and (3) of havingstudied Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery, in accordancewith the regulations prescribed in Section I.. Clauses 2 and6 to 11. The Colleges do not admit to either part of theThird or Final Examination any candidate (not exemptedfrom registration) whose name has not been entered in theMedical Students’ Register at least forty-five months, nortill the expiration of two years after his having passed theSecond Examination. A candidate rejected in the Third orFinal Examination, or in one or more of the three parts intowhich he may have divided it, will not be admitted to re-examination until after the lapse of a period of not less thansix months from the date of rejection, and he will be re-examined in the subject or subjects in which he previouslyfailed to pass. Any candidate who shall have obtained aColonial, Indian, or Foreign qualification which entitles himto practise Medicine or Surgery in the country where suchqualification has been conferred, after a course of study andexamination equivalent to those required by the Regulationsof the two Colleges, shall, on production of satisfactoryevidence as to age and proficiency in Vaccination, be ad-missible to the Second and Third Examinations.The fees for admission to the Third or Final Examination

are as follows : for the whole examination, f:15 15s. ; forre-examination after rejection in Medicine, £5 5s. ; forre-examination after rejection in Surgery, :f5 5s. ; forre examination after rejection in Midwifery, £3 3s.

ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS AND SUR-GEONS OF EDINBURGH, AND FACULTY OFPHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF GLASGOW.

Tnese Colleges have made arrangements by which, afterone series of examinations, held in Edinburgh or in Glasgow,or in Edinburgh and Glasgow, the student may obtain thediplomas of the three Bodies.The three Bodies grant their Single Licences only to

candidates who already possess another and opposite quali-fication in Medicine or Surgery, as the case may be. Copiesof the Regulations for the Single Licence of any of theBodies may be had on application to the respectiveSecretaries.

Professional Education.—1. Candidates wbo commencemedical study before Jan. 1st, 1892, must have been en-gaged in professional study during forty-five months fromthe date of registration as’medical students by the GeneralMedical Council, which period shall include not less thanfour winter sessions’ attendance at a recognised medicalschool. 2. The candidate must produce certificates or othersatisfactory evidence of having attended the followingseparate and distinct courses of instruction : Anatomy, onecourse, during at least six months; Practical Anatomy,twelve months ; Chemistry, one course, six months ; Prac-tical or Analytical Chemistry, one course, three months; -,Materia Medica, one course, three months; Physiology, onecourse, six months; Practice of Medicine, one course, sixmonths; Clinical Medicine, nine months ; Principles andPractice of Surgery, one course, Lix months; Clinical Sur-gery, nine months ; Midwifery and the Diseases of Womenand Children, one course, three months ; Medical Jurispru-dence, one course, three months ; Pathological Anatomy,one course, three months. The six months’ courses

delivered in Scotland must consist of not fewer than100 lectures. The three months’ courses must consistof not fewer than fifty lectures. The number of lecturescertified as attended at any school not situated in Scot-land should not be less than three-fourths of the totalnumber of lectures delivered in a course. 3. The candidatemust also produce the following certificates :-(a) Of havingattended not less than six cases of labour, three of theseto be conducted personally under the direct superintendence

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of the practitioner who signs the certificate, who must bea registered medical practitioner. (b) Of having attended,for three months, instruction in Practical Pharmacy; thecertificate to be signed by the teacher, who must be a memberof the Pharmaceutical Society of Greab Britain, or thesuperintendent of the laboratory of a public hospital or dis.pensary, or a registered practitioner who dispenses medicinesto his patients, or a teacher of a class of Practical Pharmacy.(c) Of having attended for twenty-four months the Medicaland Surgical practice of a public general hospital contain.ing on an average at least eighty patients available forClinical instruction and possessing distinct staffs of phy.sicians and surgeons. (d) Of having attended for six months(or three months, with three months’ hospital clerkship)the practice of a public dispensary specially recognised byany of the above authorities ; or the out-patient practice’of a recognised general hospital, or of having acted forsix months as pupil to a registered practitioner who eitherholds such a public appointment, or has such opportunitiesof imparting practical knowledge as shall be satisfactory tothe cooperating authorities; this attendance should bemade after the student has passed the First and SecondExaminations. (e) Of having been instructed by a regis-tered medical practitioner in the Theory and Practice ofVaccination, and of having performed operations under theveacher’s inspection, during a period of not less than sixweeks.

Candidates will be subjected to three ProfessionalExaminations, herein called the First Examination, theSecond Examination and the Final Examination, to beconducted at separate times, partly in writing and partlypractically and orally.

, First Examination.—The First Examination shall em.brace the two divisions of (1) Chemistry,l1 (2) ElementaryAnatomy,12 and Histology,13 and shall take place notsooner than the end of the tirst year, including the period ofa winter and a summer session. For the whole examinationtaken atone time the sumof i5 5s. must be paid to the inspectorof certificates not later than 4 P.M. on the Friday precedingit, after which no candidate will be entered. After rejectionfor re-entry in all subjects, E3 3s ;for re-entry after obtainingan absolute pass in one or two subjects, f2 2s. ; forentering for one division of subjects separately, f3 3s.;and for each re-entry after rejection, dE2 2s. Any can-didate who shall proauce satisfactory evidence of havingpassed an equivalent examination in any of the subjectsof the first examination before acy of the boards specifiedin the Regulations will be exempt from examination insuch subjects.

Second Examination.—The Second Examination sballembrace the three subjects of (1) Anatomy, (2) Physiology,(3) Materia Medica and Pharmacy, each of which shall con.stitute a division of the examination, and may be enteredfor separately, and shall not take place before the termina.tion of the summer session of the second year of study, in.eluding two winters and two summere. The fees for admiasion to this examination, payable not later than one weplbefore the day of examination, are as follows :-For thEwhole examination, £5 5s. ; after rejection for re-entry inall subjects, jE3 3s.; for re-entry after obtaining au absolutEpass in one or two subjects, jE2 2s.; for entering for one subject) separately, i2 2s.; and for each re-entry after rejection£2 2s. Any candidate who shall produce satisfactory evidence of having passed an equivalent examination in anyof the subjects of the Second Examination before any of theboards specified in the Regulations will be exempt fronexamination in such subject or subjects.Final Examination.-The Final Examination shall em

brace the three divisions of-(1) the Principles and Practicof Medicine (including Therapeutics, Medical Anatomyand Pathology) and Clinical Medicine; (2) the Principles

11 The examination in Chemistry shall embrace the following par.ticulars: Chemical Physics (meaning thereby Heat, Light, and Elec-tricity) ; the principal Non-Metallic and Metallic Elements, and theirmore common combinations ; also the leading Alcohols, Organic Acids,Ethers, Carbo-hydrates and Alkaloids. The candidate will also be ex-amined practically in Testing.

12 Elempnuary Anatomy shall embrace : Anatomy of the Bones andJoints of the whole body and of the Muscles, chief Bloodvessels, andNerves of the Upper and Lower Extremities.

13 Histology will be held to include a knowledge and recognition ofthe morphological elements and structure of Skin, Bone, Cartilage,Fibrous Tissue, Hair, Nails, Teeth, Blood, Muscle, Nervous Tissue andthe appearance and distribution of all the different forms of Epithelium,along with a general knowledge of the properties of cells. The Exa.mination on this subject will be practical and oral.

and Practice of Surgery (including Surgical Anatomy andSurgical Pathology) and Clinical Surgery; (3) Midwiferyand Gynaecology, Medical Jurisprudence, and Hygiene (andwhich may be entered for separately at different times); andshall not take place before the termination of the full periodof study. The fees for this examination, payable not laterthan one week before the examination day, are as follows : For the whole Examination, taken at one time, in the caseof candidates who have passed the First and SecondExaminations, £15 15s., £10 10s. of which shall be returnedto unsuccessful candidates. For entering for each of thethree divisions of subjects separately, ;1.;6 6s., and on re-entryafter rejection, f2 2s. in respect of each division or partthereof. This rule will also apply to any subsequent reojection. Any candidate admitted to the Final Examina.tion, on the footing of having passed in the subjects ofthe First and Second Examinations at a recognised board,,shall, on entering, pay the full fee of f26 5s.

All candidates shall be subjected, in addition to theWritten and Oral Examinations, to Practical ClinicalExaminations in Medicine and Surgery, which shall includethe Examination of Patients, Physical Diagnosis, the Useof the Microscope, Pathology of the Urine, SurgicalAppliances, Bandages, Surface Markings &c.

REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES COMMENCING STUDYAFTER JANUARY 1ST, 1892.

The courses last for five years ; the fifth year should bedevoted to clinical work at one or more public hospitals ordispensaries. Six months of the fifth year may be passed bythe student as a pupil to a registered practitioner possess.ing such opportunities of imparting practical knowledge asmay be deemed satisfactory by the Committee of Manage.ment. The student’s regularity of attendance in the wardsand out-patient departments of the hospitals and at thepost-mortem examinations should be duly ascertained andnoted on the certificate.Candidates shall be subjected to four Professional Exami.

nations : the First Examination, the Second Examina-tion, the Third Examination and the Final Examina-tion, to be conducted at separate times, partly in writingand partly practically and orally. The necessary scheduleand certificates must be lodged, and the fees for these

, respective Examinations paid, at the period of entering for, the earliest of them. In the event of failure the fee paid

for any subsequent Examination from which a candidate,

had been precluded will be returned to the candidate.Candidates may enter for all the subjects of an Examination

, at one period, or may enter for and pass in any division of, subjects thereof. A candidate mav be exempted from, Examination in any subject of the First, Second, or Third

Examinations, on the production of a certificate proving. that he has passed au equivalent Examination before any of. the recognised Boards, such certificate specifying the sub.. jects of Examination. A candidate admitted to any Exami.

nation on the footing of having passed in the subjects of the; preceding Examination or Examinations at another Board

shall pay the fees exigible for such preceding Examination; or Examinations, in addition to the fee of the Examination- for which he enters.

First Examination. —The First Examination shall embracethe following divisions of subjecbe—(1) Physics, (2) Che-mistry, (3) Elementarv Biology. The fees payable foradmission to the First Examination shall be-for the whole

Examination, £6.Second Examination. —The Second Examination shall

embrace the following subjects :—Elementary Anatomyand Physiology, including Histology ; and candidates maybe admitted to this Examination ab the end of the fecondyear. The fees payable for admission to the Second Exami-nation shall be-for the whole Examination, :t6.

Third Examination.—The Third Examination sball em.brace the following divisions of subjects :—(1) AdvancedAnatomy, (2) Pathology, (3) Materia Medica and Pharmacy. The fees payable for admission to the Third Exami-nation shall be-for the whole Examination, :E6.Final Examination.- The Final Examination shall not be

passed earlier than the end of the fifth year of study, andshall embrace the following divisions of subjects :—(1) Medi-cine, including Therapeutics, Medical Anatomy, and ClinicalMedicine ; (2) Surgeiy. including Surgical Anatomy. ClinicalSurgery, and Diseases and injuries of the Eye ; (3) Midwiferyand Diseases of Women and of New-born Children; and

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(4) Medical Jurisprudence and Hygiene. All candidatesshall be subjected. in addition to the Written and Oral !Examinations, to Practical Clinieal Examinations in Aledi- Jcine and Surgery, which .hall include the Examination ofPatients, Physical Diagnosis, the use of the Microscope, iPathology of the Urine, Surgical Appliances, Ba.ndR.ges,Surface markings, &c. The fees payable to the Fmal :Examination shall be,-for the whole Examination, 12,for re-entry in all subjects after rejection, £6 : On enteringfor each division of subjects separately, £4, on re entry iueach division after rejection. £2.There are six periods of Examination annually, four in

Edinburgh and two in Glasgow, and candidates may presentthemselves at either examining centre irrespective of theplace of the previous examination. The Registrar in Edin.burgh is Mr. J. Robertson, 1, George-square ; and theRegistrar in Glasgow, Mr. A. Duncan, 212, St. Vincent-street, to whom fees and certificates must be sent.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND ROYALCOLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND.

Two sets of regulations are at present in force, underwhich examinations take place for the conjoint diploma ofthese badies. The older regulations, under which studentswho commenced their studies before Oct. 1st, 1891, maybe examined, have appeared in our Sdudpnbs’ N am her inprevious years, and wilt be found on pp. 477 and 478 of oursecond volume of 1888. The following regulations are

obligatory on all students commencing on or after the datealready mentioned

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION.

Every candidate for the Conjoint Examinations of theColleges shall produce evidence-(a) cf having, beforeentering on medical studies, passed a Preliminary Exami-nation in general education recognised by the GmeralMedical Council; and (b) of having bpen registered by that’Council as a Student in Medicine. Each candidate beforereceiving his diplomas must produce a registrar’s certificateor other satisfactory evidence that he has attained the ageof twenty-one years.Preliminary Examination.—The subjects for examination

are identical with those prescribed for the PreliminaryExamination by the General Council of Medical Educationand Registration, fx’;ept that it includes the additionalsubject of Physics, which may be passed at the PreliminaryExamination or at a subsequent Supplemental Examina-tion, at an extra fee of :E1 1 ls. In no case can Physics bedeferred to the First Professional Examination.

PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATIONS.

Every candidate is required to pass four ProfessionalExaminations, one at the end of each year of his profes-sional studies. No candidate shall be admitted to the Finalour Qualifying Examination within three months of hisrejection at the Final or Qualifying Examination by anyother licensing body. All examinations shall be conductedas far as possible by demonstration of objects placed beforethe candidates.

First Professional Examination.—Every candidate is re-quired, before admission to the First Professional Examina-tion, to produce evidence-(1) of having passed in the subjectsof the Preliminary Examination, including Physics ; (2) ofhaving been registered as a medical student by the GeneralMedical Council; and (3) ofhavingatbended in winteracourseof (a) lectures on Practical Anatomy, (b) Demonstrationsand Dissections, and (c) lectures on Theoretical Chemistry,{d) Practical Chemistry, three months’ summer course,,(e) Practical Pharmacy-(1) evidence of attendarce forthree months in the Compounding Department of a ClinicalHospital, which hospital shall have satisfied the Committeeof Management that its means of instruction are sufficient,and shall return to the Committee the names of ibs studentsat the commencement of the course, together with a recordof their attendance at its close ; or (2) evidence of attend-ance on a course of Practical Pharmacy in a recognisedMedical School, the course to consist of not less than twentydemonstrations; or (3) evidence of having served a fullapprenticeship of three years, or of having acted as paidassistant for not less than one year in the establishment ofa Licentiate Apothecary or of a registered Pharmaceutical

CiJemtst.J4 The fee for this examination is £15 15s. Thesubjects of the First Professional Examination are thefollowing :—1. Chemistry : Elementary Chemistry-In.organic and Organic, as found in Roscoe’s Lassons on Ele-mentary Chemistry—with a practical examination in the

Laboratory. 2. Anatomy : Bones, with attachments ofMuscles and Ligaments—Joints. 3. Pharmacy : PracticalPharmacy, Dispensing of Drugs, Methods of Administrationof Medicine", Reading of Prescriptions.

Second Professional Lixai2tincttion -Everv candidate is

required, before admts&ion to the Second Professional Ex-amination, to produce evidence of having passed the FusoProfessional Examination ; also certificates of having, inhis second or a later year of professional study, attended-(1) A Medico-Chirurgical Hospital for nine months, togetherwich evidence of having taken notes to the satisfaction ofthe physicians or surgeons in charge of the cases, aLdcerbified under their hands, of at leasa three Medical casesard three Surgical cases in the wards of a recognisedMedico-Chirurgical Hospital. (2) Courses of Lectures as

follow :-Winter courses: Practical Anatomy ; Demon-strations and Dissections. Summer Courses (three months) :fli.ct,)Iogv ; Materia Medica. The fee for this examinationis 910 10s. The subjects of the Second Professional Ex-amination are the following—1. Anatomy: The Anatomyof the whole Human Body. 2. Histology 3 HospitalPractice : Methods of Physical Diagnosis ; Application ofUrinary Tests ; General Principles of the Treatment ofFractures, of Dislocarions of Wounds and of Hsemorrhages;Bandaging ; General Principles of Case-taking. 4 Physio-logy : Circulation ; Respiration ; Digestion. 5. MateriaMedica Candidates are examined on three separate daye.

Third Professional Examination.—Every candidate is re-quited, before admission to the Third Professional Examina-tion, to produce evidence of having passed the Second Pro-fessional Examination ; also certificates of having in histhird, or a later, year of professional study attended—(1) AMedico-Chirurgical Hospital for nine months, or acted forsix months as resident pupil, together with evidence ofhaving taken notes to the satisfaction of the physicians andsurgeons in charge of the cases, and certified under theirbands, of at least three Medical cases aLd three Surgicalcases in the wards of a recognised Medico-Chirurgical Hos-pital. (2) C juries of Lectureg as follow :- Winter courses:Demonstrations and Dissections ; Medicine ; Surgery ;Physiology. Sammercourse (three months) : Medical Juris-prudence. The fee for this examination is jE9 9s. Thesubjects for the Third Professional Examination are thefollowing :-1. Anatomy : Surgical Anatomy. 2. Surgery :Surgery as in the Second Professional Examination ; also In-flammation, with its varieties and consequences ; Fractures ;Dislocations ; Injuries, mechanical, chemical, physical-their immediate and remote effects ; Hernia ; Surgical Dis.eases of Bloodvessels ; Diseases of Bones; Diseases of Joints;Pysemia; Septiesemia. 3. Medicine : Medicine as in theSecond Professional Fxamination; also Diseases of the Hearband Circalat01Y System. of the Respiratory Apparatus, ofthe Abdominal Cavity, t f the Skin; the Exanthema ; andthe Continued Fevers. 4. Physiology.Fourth or Final Professional Examination.—Every can-

didate is required before admission to the Fmal Examina-tion to proauce evidence-(1) of having passed the ThirdProfessional Examination ; (2) of having in his fourth or

, a later year of professional study (a) aùtended a Medico-Cbirargical Hospital for nine months as extern pupil, oracted for six months as resident pupil, unless a certificateto that effeeb has been asceptpd in the third year; (b)15 a

, winter course of lectures on Midwifery ; Certificates willalso be required—(1) Of havirg attended a recognised mid.

, wifery hospital or maternity tor six months in the winter, or summer of the fourth year, with evidence of having been

present ab thirty labours. (2) Of having for not less thanl three months, in either the third or fourth year, studied: fever in a recognised clinical hospital containing fever, wards, and recorded from daily personal observation at! least five cases of fever to the satisfaction of the attending

clinical physician, as attested by his signature. For thepurposes of this regulation the word "fever" is held to

14 Licentiate Apothecaries and Licentiates of the PharmaceuticalSocieties of Great Britain and Ireland are exempt from attendance onPractical Pharmacy.

’ 15 On and after July lst, 1891, a certificate of having attended acourse of lectures on Pathology will be required in addition to theabove-named lectures.