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Attendance of the physicians and surgeons at the Dispensary,Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, at eleven A.M.

Pupils entering to the surgical practice of the hospital, orattending the surgical lectures, will be allowed to attend thepractice of the Ophthalmic Institution without additional fee.

Clinical instruction is given by the physicians and surgeonsof the hospital in their visits, and also by Dr. Laycock, bymeans of lectures and examinations upon the cases at the

dispensary. Payment included in the hospital fee.Clinical lectures in medicine and surgery will be given by

Dr. Simpson, Dr Belcombe, and Mr. Hey, at the hospital, andby Mr. Moore and Mr. Keyworth, at the dispensary.

YORK MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SCHOOL.

WINTER SESSION’.

Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathological Anatomy: Mr. E.Allen and Mr. Hornby, daily, at four. Entire course,X6 6s.; perpetual, £10 10s.

Anatomy, Demonstrations, and Dissections: Mr. Hornby andMr. North, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, athalf-past nine. Entire course, X4 4s. ; perpetual, £7 7s.

Medicine: Dr. Laycock, daily, (except Saturday,) at three.Entire course, X5 5s.; perpetual, =S8 £8 Ss.

Surgery: Mr. H. Keyworth, Monday, Wednesday, andFriday, at seven P.M. Entire course, £3 3s.; perpetual,£5 5 s.

Chemistry: Mr. Procter, daily, (except Saturday,) at eightP. M. Entire course, =E5 5s.; perpetual, £7 7s.

SUMMER SESSION.

Materia Medica: Mr. C. Williams, daily, at half-past nine.Entire course, £5 5s. ; perpetual, £7 7s.

Midwifery, &c.: Mr. J. Allen and Mr. Anderson, daily, ateight A.M. Entire course, X3 3 s. ; perpetual, £5 5s.

Medical Jurisprudence : Mr. Procter, four days a week, at ten.Entire course, £2 12s.; perpetual, £4 4s.

Botany: Mr. Moore, daily, at five. Entire course, X2 12s.;perpetual, X4 4s.

_ Perpetual fee to all the above courses, £42.

Student’s subscription to the medical library, 10s. 6d. perannum.

Introductory lecture by Mr. Hornby, on the 2nd of October,at two.

Scotch and Irish Universities, Colleges, andMedical Schools.

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.

THE Session will be publicly opened on Tuesday, October31st, at two o’clock P.M., when an address will be deliveredby the Principal, Dr. John Lee.

FACULTY OF MEDICINE.

Dietetics, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy : Dr. Christison, atnine.

Chemistry: Dr. Gregory, at ten.Surgery: Professor Miller, at ten.Institutes of Medicine: Dr. Bennett, at eleven.General Pathology : Dr. Henderson, at eleven.Clinical Surgery, Monday and Thursday: Professor Syme,

at twelve.Clinical Medicine, Tuesday and Friday: Drs. Alison, Christison,and Bennett, at twelve.

Anatomy: Professor Goodsir, at one.Natural History: Professor Edward Forbes, at two.Midwifery and Diseases of Women and Children : Dr. Simpson,

at two.Practice of Physic: Dr. Alison, at three.Royal Infirmary, at noon, daily.Practical Anatomy, under the superintendence of Professor

Goodsir.Practical and Analytical Chemistry, under the superintendence

of Dr. Gregory.During the summer session, lectures will be given on the

following branches of education :-Botany, by Dr. Balfour;Histology, by Dr. Bennett; Medical Jurisprudence, by Dr.Traill; Theory of Music, by Professor Donaldson; MilitarySurgery, by Sir George Ballingall; Clinical Medicine; Clinical

Surgery, by Professor Syme; Comparative Anatomy, by Pro-fessor Goodsir; Anatomical Demonstrations, by ProfessorGoodsir; Practical Chemistry and Pharmacy; Practical Ana-tomy ; Natural History.MATRICLULATION.-Every student, in the Faculties of Arts,

Law, and Medicine, before entering with any professor, mustproduce a matriculation ticket for the ensuing session.

STATUTES RELATIVE TO THE DEGREE OF M.D.

The candidate must have been engaged in medical study forfour years, during at least six months of each, in the Universityof Edinburgh, or in some other university where the degree ofM.D. is given; unless, in addition to three such sessions, hehas attended, during six winter months, the medical andsurgical practice of a general hospital, with at least eightypatients, and during the same period a course of practicalanatomy.He must give sufficient evidence-That he has studied, under professors of medicine in this

or in some other university, anatomy, chemistry, materiamedica and pharmacy, institutes of medicine, practice ofmedicine, surgery, midwifery, and the diseases peculiarto women and children, general pathology, practicalanatomy, (unless it has been attended in the year ofextra-academical study allowed,) during courses of sixmonths.

Clinical medicine-that is, the treatment of patients in apublic hospital under a professor of medicine, by whomlectures on the cases are given, during courses of sixmonths, or two courses of three months each.

Clinical surgery, medical jurisprudence, botany, andnatural history, including zoology, during courses of atleast three months each.

That besides the course of clinical medicine, he hasattended, for six months of another year, the medical orsurgical practice of a general hospital accommodatingeighty patients.

That he has attended, for at least six months, byappren-ticeship or otherwise, the art of compounding and dis-pensing drugs.

That he has attended, for at least six months, by appren-ticeship or otherwise, the out-practice of an hospital, orthe practice of a dispensary, or that of a physician,surgeon, or member of the London or Dublin Society ofApothecaries.

That he has studied, for one year previous to his gradua-tion, in the University of Edinburgh.

Every candidate for the degree of Medicine must deliverbefore the 31st of March of the year in which he proposes tograduate, to the dean of the Faculty of Medicine,-

First.-A declaration, in his own handwriting, that he istwenty-one years of age, or will be so before the day ofgraduation; and that he will not be then under articlesof apprenticeship to any surgeon or other master.

Secondly.-A statement of his studies, as well in literatureand philosophy as in medicine, accompanied with propercertificates.

Thirdly.-A medical dissertation, composed by himself,in Latin or English.

Before a candidate be examined in Medicine, the MedicalFaculty shall ascertain, by examination, that -he possesses acompetent knowledge of Latin.They shall then proceed to examine him, either vivâ voce or

in writing-1st, on Anatomy, Chemistry, Botany, Institutes ofMedicine, and Natural History, bearing chiefly on Zoology; and,2ndly, on Materia Medica, Pathology, Practice of Medicine,Surgery, Midwifery, and Medical Jurisprudence. Studentsmay be admitted to an examination on the first division at theend of the third year of their studies.

If the candidate have satisfied the Medical Faculty, he willbe summoned, on the 31st of July, to defend his thesis; andfinally, if the senate think fit, he shall be admitted, on thefirst lawful day of August, to the degree of Doctor.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, EDINBURGH.ABSTRACT OF THE REGULATIONS RELATING TO ADMISSION TO

THE FELLOWSHIP, DATED AUGUST, 1852.

No one is admissible as a Fellow who has not obtained thedegree of Doctor of Medicine. All petitions for the Fellowshipare determined by ballot.

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an examination before the examiners of the College, whichshall consist-

1. Of a dissertation in English, on some subject in the prac-tice of physic selected by the examiners.

2. Of a vivâ voce examination in English, chiefly on Symp-tomatology, Pathology, and Therapeutics of Diseases; but in

part, also, on Anatomy, Chemistry, Botany, and Physiology.3. The examiners may institute such examination as they

may consider advisable for satisfying themselves that the can-didate has received a competent education.The mode of election of a non-resident is the same as that of

a resident Fellow.The fees for a resident Fellowship amount to £ 105, and for a

non-resident, £55, both inclusive of stamp-duty. Fee paid bya resident or non-resident Licentiate, £55, exclusive of any taxpayable to government. Every resident Fellow pays an annualsubscription of .61 1s. to defray the College expenses.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, EDINBURGH.REGULATIONS. - COURSE OF STUDY.

1. Preliminary li2sti-uctioii. -Every candidate must have re-ceived regular instruction in the elements of mathematics, andmust have acquired a knowledge of the elements of mechanicalphilosophy. He must also have been well instructed in theLatin language.

2. Professional Iiistritctio;?. -The candidate must have beenengaged, during a period of not less than twenty-seven months,including three winter sessions, in attending-Anatomy, two courses of six months each. Practical

Anatomy, twelve months. Chemistry, Materia Medica, andPharmacy, Institutes of Medicine or Physiology, Practice ofMedicine, and Clinical Medicine, of each one course of sixmonths, or of the last, two courses of three months each, duringthe period of hospital attendance. Principles and Practice ofSurgery, two courses, six months each; or Principles andPractice of Surgery, and Military- Surgery, one course,six months each. Clinical Surgery, two courses, three monthseach, during the period of attendance at the hospital wherethey are delivered. Midwifery and Diseases of Women andChildren, Medical Jurisprudence and Practical Chemistry, ofeach one course of three months; or, instead of the last, Ana-lytical Chemistry, three months. ’,

Also a course of instruction in Practical Pharmacy, at thelaboratory of a surgeon or apothecary; or of a chemist-anddruggist recognised by the College; or of a public hospital ordispensary; and he must produce evidence that he has beenengaged in compounding and dispensing medicines for sixmonths, or a certificate of having been for two years a privatepupil or apprentice of a regularly-licensed medical practitionerkeeping a laboratory for dispensing medicines.

3. The six month’s courses delivered in Edinburgh mustconsist of not fewer than 110 lectures, with the exception ofclinical medicine, clinical surgery, and military surgery. Thethree month’s courses must consist of not fewer than sixtylectures. Two London courses of three months each, on anyof the above subjects, will be taken as equivalent to one sixmonth’s course.

4. The candidate must have also attended, for twenty-onemonths, a public general hospital containing on an averageeighty patients.

All candidates for the diploma must be registered at theCollege, for which, annually, a fee of 5s. is paid.Every candidate, on applying for examination will be required

- 1st. To produce satisfactory evidence of his having attainedthe age of twenty-one years; and 2ndly, to present a tabularstatement exhibiting the full amount of his professionaleducation. Unsuccessful candidates will be remitted to theirstudies for a period not, in any case, less than three months.Every candidate will be required to translate into English

some portion of a Latin author.The sum payable for a diploma by ordinary candidates is

£10, including all fees. Apprentices of those who were Fellowsprior to 1851, pay £5 for a diploma.Note.-The Licentiates of the Royal College of Surgeons in

Scotland and in Ireland are exactly on the same footing inEngland, as to privilege in surgery, with the members of theRoyal College of Surgeons of England.

* The course of Military Surgery must be delivered by a professor of thatbranch in an university; or by a lecturer who, in addition to the otherrequisite qualifications, has served in the medical department of the army ornavy, and it must consist of not less than sixty lectures.

SURGEONS’ HALL, EDINBURGH.WINTER SESSION.

The introductory address will be delivered by Mr. Spence,on Wednesday, November 1st, at two P. M.Chemistry: Dr. George Wilson, at eleven.Surgery : Mr. Mackenzie and Mr. Spence, at ten.Natural Philosophy: Dr. George Lees, at twelve.Clinical Medicine: Dr. W. Robertson, at the Royal Infirmary,Tuesday and Friday, at twelve.

Clinical Surgery: Mr. Mackenzie, at the Royal Infirmary,Tuesday and Friday, at twelve.

Anatomy: Dr. John Struthers, at one.Materia Medica, and Dietetics: Dr. Douglas Maclagan, at two.Practice of Physic: Dr. Alex. Wood and Dr. W. T. Gairdner,

at three.Analytical and Practical Chemistry, (three months’ course:)

Dr. Wilson and Dr. Macadam, nine till four.Practical Anatomy: Dr. John Struthers and Dr. Greig, nine till

four.Anatomical Demonstrations: Dr. John Struthers, at four.Pathology: Dr. Rutherford Haldane, Royal Infirmary, at noon,

daily.All the courses are for six months, if not otherwise specified.

SUMMER SESSION, 1855.

Natural Philosophy : Dr. Lees.Medical Jurisprudence : Dr. Rutherford Haldane.Midwifery: Dr. Keiller and Dr. J. Matthews Duncan.Clinical Surgery : Mr. Mackenzie.Practical Anatomy, with Demonstrations: Dr. John Struthersand Dr. Greig.

Practical and Analytical Chemistry: Dr. Wilson and Dr.Macadam.These courses are of three months each.FEES.-For the first of each of the above courses, X3 5s.; for

the second, ;E2 2 us.; perpetual, £5 5s. To those who havealready attended a first course in Edinburgh, the perpetual feefor that class is X2 4s. The fees for the following courses are- Natural Philosophy, Practical Chemistry, and PracticalAnatomy, 13 3s.; Anatomical Demonstrations, X2 2s.; Prac-tical Anatomy with Demonstrations, £4 4s.; Analytical Che-mistry, £2 a month, or £10 for the winter session. RoyalInfirmary, perpetual ticket, £12 17s.; annual, £5 7s. 6d.;half-yearly, ;S3 5s. 6d. ; quarterly, £1 13s.; Edinburgh Mater-nity Hospital, six months, £1 3s.The above courses of lectures qualify for examination at the

Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh, England, and Ireland;the Apothecaries’ Hall, London; the Faculty of Physicians andSurgeons of Glasgow; the Boards of the Army, Navy, andEast India Company; and also, so far as required, for theUniversities of London, Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrew’s,Aberdeen, and the Queen’s University, Ireland.

UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.

Principal- Duncan Macfarlan, D.D.Clerk of Senate-Thomas Anderson, M.D.

FACULTY OF MEDICINE.

SESSION I853-54, commencing Wednesday, Nov. 1st, 1853.Surgery: Dr. Lawrie, at nine A.M.Practice of Physic : Dr. John Macfarlane, at ten.Chemistry, Practical Chemistry, and Analytical Chemistry:

Dr. T. Anderson, at ten, twelve, and from half-past ninetill half-past four.

Anatomy, Anatomical Demonstrations, and Practical Anatomy:Dr. Allen Thomson and Dr. William Aitken, at one, eleven,and from ten till four.

Botany: Dr. Walker Arnott, at seven P.M. (from May 7th.)Medical Jurisprudence: Dr. Rainy, at one.Materia Medica : Dr. John Couper, at four.Midwifery: Dr. Pagan, at five.Institutes of Medicine: Dr. Buchanan, at seven.Eye, (Waltonian Lectures:) Dr. Mackenzie, at six.Royal Infirmary, visit at two.Clinical Lectures, at three.

Fees for each class, £3 3s., with the following exceptions:-Practical Anatomy, six months, (when taken along with Lec-tures on Anatomy,) Practical Chemistry, three months, andLectures on the Eye, each X2 2s. ; Analytical Chemistry,X4 4s. for three months, including apparatus and re-agents.ROYAL INFIRMARY.-Hour of visit by the physicians and

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surgeons, two o’clock. Hour of the clinical lectures, threeo’clock. Fee for two years and perpetual, £8 8s.; for one year,S5 5s. A deduction is made to those who have previouslyattended an hospital for eighteen months, and to those whohold a diploma.ENROLMENT. -By the regulations of the Senate, every

student must, at the beginning of the session, enrol his nameat the library before entering into any class. Library fee forthe winter session, 7s.; for the summer session, 3s. 6d.MATRICULATION.- The matriculation of public students takes

place on the 14th of November. Those only who are matricu-lated are members of comitia, or university meetings, and canvote at the election of Lord Rector, which takes place on the15th of November.DEGREES IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY.-The curriculum for

the degree of Doctor of Medicine comprehends attendanceduring four winter sessions on the medical classes afterwardsmentioned, at this or some other university, or at one of theschools of London or Dublin. One of these winter sessionsmust be at the University of Glasgow. The courses of instruc-tion required are the following-viz.: Anatomy, Practical

Anatomy, Chemistry, Institutes of Medicine, Materia Medica,Practice of Surgery, Practice of Medicine, Midwifery, each ofsix months’ duration; Forensic Medicine, Botany, Practical

Chemistry, each of three months’ duration. Attendance on a

general hospital, in which clinical instruction is given, twoyears.The candidates, who must not be under twenty-one years of

:age, are required to lodge their certificates of age, character,and qualifications, and their Inaugural Essays, with the clerk ofSenate on or before the lst of March or the 10th of June forthe two terms respectively.The qualifications for the degree of Master in Surgery are

the same as those for M. D.The degrees are conferred at two periods of each year—viz.,

aan the last Wednesday of April, and the first Wednesday of August. The examinations commence in the last week ofMarch and June for the two terms respectively.

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The fee for the degree of M.D. (including the governmentstamp of £10) is X25 3s. The fee for the degree of O.M. is£10 los.The Brisbane and Walton Bursaries may be held by students

of Medicine attending the University of Glasgow; and theHutchinson’s, by a student in any Faculty.

ANDERSONIAN UNIVERSITY, GLASGOW.The medical session commences on Tuesday, the 7th of

November, 1854.

Anatomy, Descriptive: Dr. M. S. Buchanan and Dr. GeorgeBuchanan, at five.

Anatomical Demonstrations: Ditto, at one.Practical Anatomy: Ditto, daily.Chemistry, and Practical Chemistry : Dr. F. Penny, at ten and

eleven. Laboratory Manipulation, daily.Surgery: Dr. R. Hunter, at nine.Institutes of Medicine: Dr. E. Watson, at ten.Midwifery: Dr. Paterson, at eleven.Medicine : Dr. Andrew Anderson, at twelve.Materia Medica: Dr. Easton, at four.Medical Jurisprudence: Dr. Crawford, at six.Natural Philosophy: Dr. Taylor, at eleven A.M.Mathematics: Mr. Laing, at two or six.Botany: Dr. Bell, in summer.Royal Infirmary visit, at two.Clinical Lectures, at three.All the classes (except Practical Chemistry and Botany)

meet for six months. Fees for each class, £2 2s.; perpetual,£3 3s. Royal Infirmary, perpetual, with Clinical Lectures, 8 8s. Eye Infirmary, £2 2s. for six months. Lying-in Hos-pital, 10s. (M. for six months. Dressers to the surgical wardsof the infirmary are appointed from the students attending.

SUMMER SESSION, during May, June, and July :-Midwifery : Dr. Paterson, at ten.Practical Chemistry : Dr. Penny, at twelve.Anatomy, Demonstrative and Surgical: Dr. M. S. Buchananand Dr. George Buchanan, at one.

Botany: Dr. Joseph Bell, at eight A.M.Fee for each class, £2 2s.; aggregate fee for all the classes

and hospital practice required by the College and Hall, £40.

Certificates of attendance on the above courses are receivedby all the licensing bodies in England and Ireland, by theUniversities of Aberdeen and St. Andrew’s, by the RoyalCollege of Surgeons, Edinburgh, and by the Faculty of Physi-cians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

FACULTY OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,GLASGOW.

PRELIMINARY INSTRUCTION. -Every candidate for thediploma of this Faculty must produce evidence of his havingattained the age of twenty-one years. He must, either previouslyto or during his medical education, have received regular instruc-tion in Latin and Mathematics; and must have subsequentlyattended a course of Natural Philosophy of at least threemonths’ duration.

PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTION. -The candidate must havebeen engaged in attending the following separate and distinctcourses of lectures during a period of not less than twenty-seven months, in which must have been included three wintersessions of six months’ duration each :-

Anatomy, Practical Anatomy, and Surgery, of each twocourses of six months, (or Surgery and Military Surgery, onecourse of six months each;) Chemistry, one course of sixmonths; Practical Chemistry, one course of three months;Institutes of Medicine, Practice of Medicine, Materia Medica,Midwifery and Diseases of Women and Children, and MedicalJurisprudence, one course of six months each; Clinical Medicineand Clinical Surgery, two courses of three months each; Botany,one course of three months; General Hospital, with at leasteighty beds, twenty-one months; Practical Pharmacy, sixmonths.The Faculty recommend,enxd the following-viz. :-Lectures on the Eye, and Hospital for Eye Diseases. (A

three months’ course of lectures on the Eye, with six months’attendance on an Eye Hospital containing at least twelvebeds for operation-cases, will be considered equivalent to threemonths of a General Hospital.) Lying-in Hospital. Hospitalfor Syphilitic Diseases. Pathological Anatomy. NaturalHistory and Comparative Anatomy. Greek, French, German,and Italian.Each candidate shall be examined, partly orally, and partly

by written question and answer, without the use of books.He shall translate Latin, write prescriptions, and be examinedin preparations.The Committee of Examiners being satisfied with these

trials, the candidate shall be entitled to his diploma, on

taking and subscribing the declaration authorized by law, inplace of extra-judicial oaths.The unsuccessful candidates shall be remitted to their

studies for a period of not less than three months after a firstrejection, and six months after a second, and their namesshall be concealed. The whole of the deposited fee shall bereturned to an unsuccessful candidate on his first rejection;but on every future similar occasion, whether the examinationmay have been before the Faculty, or any other licensingboard, or when the candidate, prior to application for a

surgical licence, may have been live years in practice, twoguineas shall be retained.The Faculty register is open during the month of November,

for the signatures of those students who wish to obtain thediploma, and the classes attended by each during the currentsession.An examination in Latin will be held on the second and

following Saturdays in December.The regulation examination days are the first and third

Tuesdays in each month.The fee for the diploma is £10.

ROYAL INFTRMARY, GLASGOW.

Physiciars-Dr. Easton, Dr. Bell, Dr. M’Gregor, Dr. Weir.Surgeons-Dr. Hunter, Dr. Fleming, Mr. W. Lyon, Dr.

Corbett.The clinical lectures on the medical cases will be delivered

by Dr. Easton and Dr. Bell.The surgical clinical lectures will be delivered by Dr. Hunter

and Dr. Fleming.Perpetual fee for attendance on the medical and surgical

practice, an on all the lectures, X8 8s.

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EYE INFIRMARY, GLASGOW.

Surgeons-Dr. Wm. Mackenzie, Dr. Andrew Anderson.Assistant-Surgeon-Dr. Wm. Brown.Consulting Surgeon-Dr. Harry Rainy.Hour of visit and operation, one P.M.Fee for six months, X2 2s.

UNIVERSITY AND KING’S COLLEGE, ABERDEEN.Chancellor-The Earl of Aberdeen.Lord Rector-The Earl of Ellesmere.Principal-Sub-Principal--David Thomson, M.A.Secretary-George Ferguson, A.M.

REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN GRANTING DEGREES INMEDICINE.-I. Candidates for the degree of M.D. must be ofthe age of twenty-one years complete, previous to examina-tion.

II. Candidates must produce satisfactory certificates ofmoral character, and of having studied the classics and mathe-matics at an university, or at an academy of acknowledged re-putation.

III. All candidates, with the exceptions mentioned below,must have been engaged in the study of Medicine for at leastfour years-one of which must be passed at King’s College,Aberdeen-and must produce evidence of having attended, insome recognised school of medicine :-

Six Months’ Courses : Anatomy, two courses; Chemistry,one course; Materia Medica, one course; Surgery, one course;Institutes of Medicine and Physiology, one course; Practice ofMedicine, one course; Midwifery, one course.

Three Months’ Courses: Dissections, two courses; PracticalChemistry, one course; Medical Jurisprudence, one course;Clinical Surgery, one course; Botany, one course; ClinicalMedicine, two courses.

In addition to the above, every candidate must have attendedfor two years the wards of an hospital containing 100 beds;and during three months, a shop or dispensary for the com-pounding of medicines.

Previous to commencing the medical examination, candidatesnot having the degree of A. M. will be required to translate apassage from Celsus.

IV. The preceding regulations will be strictly enforced inthe case of all students who commenced their medical studiesat a period subsequent to the 1st of October, 1840. But prac-titioners who possess a licence or diploma from any of theRoyal Colleges of Physicians or Surgeons, or from the Apothe-caries’ Company, and who have been engaged for at least fiveyears in the practice of Medicine, will be admitted to examina-tion on producing their licence or diploma, along with satis-factory evidence of good moral character, and of having studiedthe classics at an university, or at an academy of acknowledgedreputation.

V. Practitioners who commenced their medical studies be-fore October, 1840, and who have not been in practice for five years, will be admitted to examination under the conditionsprescribed in Section III. and in Section IV., with the excep-tion of a year’s residence at King’s College. Fees, X26 5s. 6d.N.B. " The University and King’s College is the only insti-

tution in Aberdeen which has a legal power of granting degreesin Medicine. All medical diplomas purporting to be from theUniversity of Aberdeen, and not signed by the principal andprofessors of King’s College, are illegal and void. "--Extractfrom Official Prospectus of King’s College.

WINTER SESSION.

Introductory Lecture on the first Monday of November, attwo o’clock P. M.

Midwifery: Dr. Rainy, at eight. Fee, X3 3s.Anatomical Demonstrations: Dr. Redfern, at nine. X2 2s.Chemistry: Dr. Fyfe, at a quarter to eleven. £3 5s. 6d.Materia Medica : Dr. Templeton, at twelve. £3 3s.Practice of Medicine: Dr. Williamson, at one. X3 3s.

Anatomy and Physiology: Dr. Redfern, at two. 1:3 3s.

Surgery: Dr. Kerr, at three. £3 3s.Institutes of Medicine, (Physiology :) Dr. Christie, at four.

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Botany: Rev. J. C. Brown, at eight..62 2&Practical Chemistry : Dr. Fyfe, at twelve. £3 5s. 6f7.Anatomical Demonstrations: Dr. Redfern, at two. £2 2s.

Medical Jurisprudence: Dr. Reid, at three..E2 2s.Histology: Dr. Redfern.Natural Philosophy: David Thomson, M.A..E2 2s.Natural History: Rev. J. Longmuir.! The rooms for practical anatomy are personally super*intended by Dr. Redfern.

Students are required to matriculate within the first month.of the winter session, and within the first fortnight of thesummer session, and no certificate of attendance will be givenwithout such matriculation. The matriculation fee for all theclasses is one sum of 5s.

THE ROYAL INFIRMARY contains upwards of 300 beds.Separate courses on Clinical Medicine and Clinical Surgery aredelivered there three times a week.

Physicians-Dr. Dyce, Dr. Kilgour, Dr. W. Williamson,Dr. Nicol.

Surgeons-Mr. W. Keith, Mr. W. Pirrie, Mr. David Kerr,Mr. A. J. Lizars.

Ophthalmic Surgeon-Mr. John Cadenhead.Lectures on Clinical Medicine and Surgery by Dr. Iiilgour,

and Mr. W. Keith.Fee for the medical and surgical practice of the hospital,

first year, £3 3s.; second year, making perpetual, £3 3s.; orone sum of X5 5s.

Clinical medicine, for each of the three first courses, .61 1 ls.,making perpetual; or one payment of £2 2s., perpetual.

Clinical surgery, foreach of the three first courses, £1 Is.,making perpetual; or one payment of £2 2s., perpetual.DISPENSARY.-The Aberdeen General Dispensary, Vaccine,

and Lying-in Institution, is open to the student on applicationto the medical officers. There are annually about 5000patients, either prescribed for at the institution or visited attheir own houses.LUNATIC ASYLUM. - The Asylum contains about 240

patients. A limited number of students are admitted to see.the practice. Fee, for a course of three months, .61 Is.

Consulting- Pltysician-Dr. Macrobin.Resident Physician and Superintendent-Dr. R. Jamieson.

MARISCHAL COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY,ABERDEEN.

Chancellor-The Duke of Richmond.Rector-Col. W. Sykes.Dean of Faculty-Alex. Thomson, Esq., of Banchory.Principal-The Very Rev. D. Dewar.

REGULATIONS FOR GRANTING MEDICAL DEGREES.

Curriculum.-Four years of attendance on medical classes,of which two years may be passed at a recognised medicalschool; but two in an university, and one at least in this Uni-versity. The attendance in each year must embrace not fewerthan two medical classes of six months each, or one of sixmonths, with two of three months each. The attendance mustinclude the following classes, each for a course of six months :-Anatomy, Practical Anatomy, Chemistry, Materia Medica,Institutes of Medicine, Practice of Medicine, Surgery, Mid-wifery ; and the following classes, each for a course of threemonths :-Botany, Practical Chemistry, Medical Jurisprudence.Every candidate must produce a certificate that he has dis-

sected all the parts of the human body.Eighteen months of attendance on the medical and surgical

practice of an hospital containing not fewer than eighty beds,along with attendance for six months on lectures on ClinicalMedicine, and for three months on lectures on Clinical Surgery.

Six months of compounding and dispensing medicines in thelaboratory of an hospital, or of a public dispensary, or of alicensed general practitioner, or of a regular dispensing druggist.Examinations.-Examination terms in each year commence

on the second Tuesday of April, and the third Tuesday ofOctober.Every candidate who is not a Master of Arts, nor possessed

of a diploma or a licence in Medicine or in Surgery from anyauthority established by law within the United Kingdom,shall undergo a preliminary examination on the Latin lan-guage, (the book to be used being Celsus de Medicine;) on theEtymology of such Terms in the Medical Sciences as are de-rived from the Latin and the Greek; and on the Elements ofMental Science, (the book to be used being Abercrombie onthe Intellectual Powers.)Every candidate shall undergo two separate professional ex-

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animations. First examination: Anatomy, Physiology, Botany,Chemistry, Materia Medica. Second examination: MedicalJurisprudence, Midwifery, Surgery, Practice of Medicine.

Physiology will comprehend the Doctrines of Physic, illus-trative of Animal Structure and Function.No longer interval than two years will be allowed to inter-

vene between the two examinations.Cases aaa which Medical Practitionors may be admitted, with-

out residence, to Examination for Aledical Degrees-Practi-tioners may be admitted, without residence, to examination forthe degree of M.B. who have held a diploma or a licence inMedicine or in Surgery, for at least five years, and who producesatisfactory evidence of good moral character, and of havingbeen engaged in practice during that period.

Practitioners may be admitted, without residence, to exami-nation for the degree of M. D., who have held a diploma or alicence in Medicine or in Surgery for at least ten years, &c.

Practitioners who have held, for at least three years, thedegree of M.B., obtained without residence, may receive thedegree of M.D. upon producing satisfactory evidence of goodmoral character, and of having been engaged in practice duringtheir possession of the inferior degree.Confering of Degrees.-The degree of Bachelor of Medicine

may be conferred on any candidate who has passed the pre-scribed examinations. Fee, £l6 5s.The degree of Doctor of Medicine may be conferred on any

candidate, after passing the prescribed examinations, who is

twenty-two years of age, or on any candidate who has been atlei1d twelve months a Bachelor of Medicine of this University,after residing therein. Fee, C26 5s.

Graduates who have attended the several medical classes inthis University will be charged no graduation fees.

FACULTY OF MEDICINE.

WINTER SESSION, COMMENCING NOVEMBER 6TH, 1854.

Anatomy: Professor A. J. Lizars, at twelve. Fee, .63 3s.Practical Anatomy and Anatomical Demonstrations: ProfessorA. J. Lizars and Dr. Beveridge, at two. £2 2s.Chemistry: Dr. Clark and Mr. Brazier, (assistant,) at three.

.63 3 s.Practical Chemistry : Dr. Clark and Mr. Brazier, at eleven.X3 3s.

Materia Medica : Dr. Henderson, at nine. £3 3s.Institutes of Medicine: Dr. Ogilvie, at four..63 3s.Practice of Medicine: Dr. Macrobin, at three. £3 3s.Surgery : Professor Pirrie, at one..63 33.Midwifery, and Diseases of Women and Children: Dr. Dyce,

at four. £3 3s.Natural History: Dr. Nicol, at eleven..63 3s.

Janitor’s fee for each of the above classes, 2s. 6d. No otherfees are charged.

SUMMER SESSION.

Botany: --, at eight. £2 2s.Practical Anatomy and Demonstrations: Professor A. J.

Lizars and Dr. Beveridge, at twelve. £2 2s.Medical Jurisprudence: Dr. Ogston, at nine..62 2s.Dietetics and Hygiene: Dr. Henderson, at one..62 2s.Hospital Practice and Clinical Lectures at Glasgow Royal

Infirmary.The various courses delivered in this University qualify for

examination here, and at the Universities of London, Dublin,Oxford, Cambridge, Glasgow, and St. Andrew’s; the RoyalColleges of Surgeons of England, Edinburgh, and Ireland; theApothecaries’ Hall, London; and the Medical Boards of theArmy and Navy, and Hon. East India Company.

UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS.REGULATIONS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MEDICINE.

I. Every candidate for a diploma in Medicine, upon pre-senting himself for examination, shall produce satisfactoryevidence-

1. Of unexceptionable moral character.2. Of having had a liberal and classical education.3. Of having completed the twenty-first year of his age.

II. Fellows, Members, and Licentiates of the Royal Collegesof Surgeons of England, Edinburgh, and Dublin; of the RoyalCollege of Physicians of London; of the Faculty of Physiciansand Surgeons of Glasgow; and of the London Apothecaries’Company, are eligible as candidates for the degree of Doctor ofMedicine, on producing their diploma or licence.

III. Candidates not holding any of the qualifications

enumerated in the above clause must produce satisfactoryproof that they have regularly attended lectures delivered byprofessors in some university, or by Fellows of the RoyalColleges of Physicians or Surgeons of London, Edinburgh, orDublin, for four complete winter sessions, or for three winterand three summer sessions, on the following branches:-Anatomy, two courses of six months each; Practical Anatomyor Dissections, twelve months; Physiology, one course of sixmonths; Chemistry, one course of six months; PracticalChemistry, one course of three months; Materia Medica andPharmacy, one course of three months; Midwifery and Dis-eases of Women and Children, one course of three months;Surgery, one course of six months; Clinical Surgery, one

course of six months; Practice of Medicine, one course of sixmonths; Clinical Medicine, one course of six months ;-andthat they have diligently attended for at least two entireyears the medical practice in some public hospital in GreatBritain or Ireland, containing not less than one hundred beds,and having a regular establishment of physicians, as well assurgeons.

REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE EXAMINATIONS.

Examiners ,for Degrees i;a Medicine-Dr. George E. Day,Mr. Arthur Connell. and Dr. William Piper.

Assistant Examiner-Dr. Andrew anuerson.

The examinations take place twice in the year, commencingon the first Wednesday in May, and the third Wednesday inOctober. The graduation fee is twenty-five guineas. In theevent of a candidate being found unqualified, he shall forfeitfive pounds of the graduation fee, which, however, will beaccounted for to him when he passes his examination at a.

subsequent trial.Candidates can only be admitted to examination at other

periods by a special grace of the Senatus Academicus. Thegraduation fee in this case is fifty guineas.The examination extends over two days, and is conducted

partly in writing and partly orally.On the first day, candidates are required to give a written

translation of a passage from a Latin medical author, and areexamined in the Elements of Chemistry, in Materia Medica,and in Anatomy and Physiology.On the second day, they are examined in Pathology and the

Practice of Medicine, in the Principles of Surgery, and inMidwifery.i The degree is conferred on the following morning by theRector, in the hall of the public library of the University,and the diplomas are signed by the Principals and Professorsof the University.Every candidate is required to present himself for registra-

tion to the Secretary on or before the day preceding the exa-mination, and to communicate by letter with the Professor ofMedicine, at least a fortnight previously, stating what diplomaor certificates he intends to produce.

THE QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY IN IRELAND.REGULATIONS TO TAKE EFFECT FROM THE 1ST OF OCTOBER, 1852.

Every candidate for the degree of M.D. shall produce a cer-tificate from the Council of one of the Queen’s Colleges that hehas passed a full examination in the subjects of study prescribedin the course of matriculation for Arts, and has been admitteda matriculated student of the College in the Faculty ofMedicine.The curriculum shall extend over a period of at least four

years, and shall be divided into two periods of at least twoyears each.The first period shall comprise the following lectures :-

Chemistry, Botany, and Zoology, Anatomy and Physiology,Practical Anatomy, Materia Medica and Pharmacy, six monthseach.The second period shall comprise the following :-Anatomy

and Physiology, Practical Anatomy, Theory and Practice ofSurgery, Midwifery and Diseases of Women and Children,Theory and Practice of Medicine, six months each; MedicalJurisprudence, three months.

In addition to the above courses of lectures, candidates shallhave attended during the first period of the above curriculum-Practical Chemistry, three months; Medico-Chirurgical Hos-pital, containing at least sixty beds, with Clinical Lectures,six months.And during the second period-Practical Midwifery, six

months; Practical Pharmacy, three months; Medico-Chirurgical Hospital, with Clinical Lectures, eighteen months.

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Candidates, before being admitted to the degree of M.D.,shall pass two examinations: the first examination comprisingthe subjects of the first period of the curriculum; the secondcomprehending subjects of the second period of study. It shallbe competent for students to present themselves for their firstexamination at the termination of the first period of thecurriculum, or at any after-period to be fixed by the Senateprevious to their undergoing the second examination.By the charter of the Queen’s University, candidates are

required to have attended at least one-third of the courses ofmedical lectures in some one of the Queen’s Colleges. For theremainder of the courses of medical lectures, authenticatedcertificates will be received from the professors or lecturers inuniversities, colleges, or schools recognised by the Senate ofthe Queen’s University in Ireland.

Candidates will also be required to have attended in someone of the Queen’s Colleges, Lectures on one Modern Languagefor six months, and Lectures on Natural Philosophy for sixmonths. *

The examinations will be conducted principally by printedpapers, to which written answers shall be given; but the exa-miners shall also be at liberty to add such vivfi voce examina-tions on the subject of the written paper, and to call for suchdemonstrations and experiments as they may deem necessary.The above regulations will be binding on all students com-

mencing their medical studies on or after the 1st of October,1853; but students already engaged in their medical studiesare at liberty either to complete their courses according to theordinance of the 30th of June, 1850, or according to the presentordinance.

EXAMINERS FOR THE YEAR.

Chemistry: Dr. Edmund Ronalds.Anatomy and Physiology: Dr. Charles Croker King.Medicine: Dr- John Banks.Surgery: Dr. James S. Hughes.Materia Medica, Pharmacy, and Medical Jurisprudence:

Dr. Aquilla Smith.Midwifery, and Diseases of Women and Children: Dr. Henry

L. Dwyer.Zoology and Botany: Dr. George Dickie.

QUEEN’S COLLEGE, CORK.President - Sir Robert Kane, M.D., F.R.S., M. R. I. A.Vice-President-John Ryall, LL.D.

FACULTY OF MEDICINE.

Dean of Faculty-Alexander Fleming, M.D.Anatomy and Physiology, and Practical Anatomy: Dr.

Joseph Corbett.Practice of Medicine: Dr. D. C. O’Connor.Practice of Surgery: Dr. Dennis B. Bullen.Materia Medica: Dr. Alexander Fleming.Midwifery: Dr. J. R. Harvey.Natural Philosophy: Dr. Geo. Fred. Shaw.Chemistry and Practical Chemistry: Dr. J. Blyth.Natural History and Botany: Mr. Wyville Thompson.Modern Languages : Mr. R. De Vericour.

Clinical Medicine and Clinical Surgery, at the North andSouth Infirmaries, by the Physicians and Surgeons of theseinstitutions. Clinical Midwifery, at the Lying-in Hospital.MATRICULATION.-On Tuesday, the 17th of October, a

matriculation, or entrance examination, will be held forstudents in Medicine. Candidates for entrance are requiredto send in their names to the registrar on or before Friday, the14th of October. The medical session will be opened on Tuesday, the 31st of

October, at one o’clock, by an address from the Dean.FEES. -The expenses of the College having been provided by

public grants, in future the fee on matriculation and frst yearwill be ten shillings; second, third, and fourth years, fiveshillings each year. ,

CLASS FEES. -Anatomy and Physiology, £3; each subsequentcourse, ;S2; Comparative Anatomy, £ 10.s.; Practical Anatomy,£3; Practical Chemistry, £3; Natural Philosophy, .81 10s.;Botany, £1 10s. For all the other classes-first course, .S2;each subsequent course, £1.

SCHOLARSHIPS. - The examinations for scholarships willcommence on Tuesday, the 17th of October. In the session1854-5, and in all subsequent years, eight scholarships will beawarded to students in Medicine, thus:-Six junior scholarships

* Candidates will of course be examined in these subjects.

of X20 each, to students commencing their first, second, andthird years, (two to each year;) and two senior scholarships,of X40 each, to students commencing their fourth year. Thescholarships are tenable for one year only, but the scholars ofeach year are eligible at its expiration to the scholarships ofthe succeeding year. The scholar must attend, during the yearof his appointment, the classes recommended for his year ofstudy in the order of the curriculum. A scholarship of thesame year in the same faculty cannot be held twice by the samestudent. The scholarships of the first year are open to allstudents who have passed the matriculation examination.Those of the second, third, and fourth years are open to allstudents who have passed the examinations and attended thelectures prescribed in the preceding part of the course. Twoscholarships will be awarded to students of the first year: onefor proficiency in literature; the other for proficiency in science.

QUEEN’S COLLEGE, BELFAST.

[The regulations, scholarships, &c., are precisely alike ineach of the colleges.] ]

President-Rev. P. Shuldham Henry, D.D.Vice-President-Dr. Thos. Andrews.

COURSES OF SIX MONTHS.

Anatomy and Physiology: Dr. Hugh Carlile.Practical Anatomy, under the superintendence of the Professorof Anatomy and Physiology, the Demonstrator of Anatomy,and Mr. H. Shaw, Anatomical Assistant.

Anatomical Demonstrations: Dr. Henry Murney.Practice of Surgery: Dr. Alexander Gordon.Practice of Medicine : Dr. John C. Ferguson.Materia Medica: Dr. Horatio Stewart.Midwifery: Dr. William Burden.Chemistry and Practical Chemistry: Dr. Thomas Andrews.Botany: Dr. George Dickie.Medical Jurisprudence: Dr. John F. Hodges.No student will be allowed to enter for any of the foregoing

courses later than the 24th of November.

COURSE OF THREE MONTHS.

Practical Chemistry, under the superintendence of the Pro.fessor of Chemistry.LABORATORY PUPILS. -The laboratory is open on five days

in each week, during the College session, from ten till four, forpractical instruction in chemical manipulation and analysis,under the direction of the professor of chemistry and hisassistant. Fee for working six months, £10; one month, £3.

KING AND QUEEN’S COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANSIN IRELAND.

Visitors-The Lord High Chancellor of Ireland, the Lord ChiefJustice of the Queen’s Bench, the Lord Chief Justice of theCommon Pleas, the Chief Baron of the Exchequer.

President-Dr. Evory Kennedy.Vice-President-Dr. Thomas Brady.Censors-Drs. Thomas Brady, James Foulis Duncan, WilliamBarker, - Lees.

Treasurer-Dr. John Mollan.Registrar-Dr. W. E. Steele.Librarian--Dr. G. A. Kennedy.Professor of Midwifery-Dr. W. F. Montgomery.Professor of Medical Jurisprudence-Dr. Thomas Brady.Examiners in Midwifery-W. O’Brien Adams, Henry LawDwyer, Fleetwood Churchill.

Inspectors of Apothecaries’ Shops-The Censors.(Officers elected October 18th, 1853.)

Physicians practising in Dublin, and within seven milesthereof, and those attached to county infirmaries and prisonsin Ireland, are required by the charter and statutes to possessthe licence of the College.

Candidates for the licence who have completed the followingcourse of education are admissible to examination : Anatomy,Chemistry, Practice of Medicine, Materia Medica, Institutesof Medicine and Midwifery, Demonstrations and Dissections,of each six months. Botany, Medical Jurisprudence, of eachthree months. Medico-Chirurgical Hospital, two years and a,

half; and Lying-in Hospital, six months.Graduates in Medicine of any university in the United

Kingdom, and surgeons of four years’ standing or upwards, areadmissible to examination on producing their diplomas.

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Surgeons under four years’ standing are required to haveattended Botany, Institutes of Medicine, and a Lying-inHospital.

Candidates are required to undergo two days’ examinationon the above subjects, except medical graduates and surgeonsof seven years’ standing, who are examined in the subjects ofthe second day only-viz., Practice of Medicine, Institutes ofMedicine, and Midwifery.

Surgeons who are A.B.’s, in addition to these subjects, areexamined also in Botany and Materia Medica.Members of any Apothecaries’ Company are ineligible for

admission to the licence.Licentiates of three years’ standing, who are graduates of

the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, or Dublin, are aloneeligible for election to the Fellowship.Fee for the licence, £30; stamp duty, .E15.Fee for the fellowship, £20; stamp duty, £25.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, IRELAND.President-Charles Benson.Vice-President-Sir Philip Crampton, Bart.The Council-Alexander Read, Arthur Jacob, A. Ellis, R. C.Williams, R. Adams, J. Barker, W. Colles, J. H. Power,Edward Hutton, J. Macdonnell, H. Irvine, J. S. Hughes,Robert Pentland, Robert Mayne, Richard G. H. Butcher, Augustus E. Tabuteau, Samuel G. Wilmot.

Honorary Secretary of the College-Edward Hutton.Secretary of the Council-Henry Maunsell.Court of Examiners-T. Rumley, C. Fleming, O’Brien Belling-ham, R.. Tuohill, Thomas Byrne, Francis Battersby, M. H.Stapleton.

Examiners in Midwifery-W. Jameson, Alfred M’Clintock,Samuel L. Hardy.

PROFESSORS.

Anatomy and Physiology: Dr. Arthur Jacob.Descriptive Anatomy: Dr. J. H. Power and Dr. Bevan.Surgery: Mr. H. Porter and Mr. W. Hargrave.Medicine: Dr. C. Benson.Chemistry : Dr. W. Barker.Materia Medica: Dr. R. C. Williams.Midwifery: Dr. T. Beatty.Medical Jurisprudence: Dr. T. P. Geoghegan.Botany: Dr. A. Mitchell.Practical Chemistry: Dr. Barker.Comparative Anatomy: Dr. Jacob. I

Logical Science: Dr. John Murray.Dissections under the direction of the professors of Anatomy,

assisted by the demonstrators, Messrs. Hargrave, Malcolmson,Morgan, and Mapother.The fee for each of the above courses is £2 2s.Fellows of the College are members of the Corporation, and

are admitted by examination; letters testimonials are grantedto Licentiates, and a diploma in midwifery to Fellows andLicentiates educated and examined in that branch of surgery.

Candidates for the Fellowship must be twenty-five years ofage, and must give proof of liberal preliminary education, andgood conduct during professional education. They are requiredto produce certificates of surgical studies for six years, (threeof which must be for exercises in Dublin,) and also of practiceas house-surgeon or dresser in an hospital; as well as certifi-cates of attendance on hospitals, lectures, and dissections, asrequired from Licentiates; with the addition of Botany, Com-parative Anatomy, and Natural Philosophy. Fee, =626 5s.;if the candidate be a Licentiate, £10 10s.

Candidates for Letters 7estimonial are required to producecertificates of preliminary classical education, of four years’professional study, (three of them in metropolitan schools,)also three years’ attendance on hospital lectures and dissections.Fee, .e21.

Candidates for the Midwifery Diploma must be Fellows orLicentiates of the College, are required to produce certificatesof attendance on midwifery lectures and practice, with proofof having attended thirty cases of parturition.

Candidates for the Fellowship and Letters Testimonial arepublicly examined on two separate days, in Anatomy, Physio-logy, Surgery, Practice of Medicine, and Pharmacy. Theexaminers are elected by a sworn jury of the Council appointedby lot, teachers being ineligible. Fellows and Licentiates ofthe College are qualified to practise as surgeons in any part ofthe British dominions, and to be appointed medical officers tothe army and navy, public hospitals, infirmaries, dispensaries,and workhouses.

CITY OF DUBLIN HOSPITAL.

The course of practical, medical, and surgical instruction inthis hospital will commence on the 2nd of October, 1854.The Clinical Lectures will be delivered on three days in each

week, during the session, by Dr. Jacob, Dr. Benson, Mr. Har-grave, Mr. Williams, Dr. Geoghegan, and Mr. Tufnell; andon Diseases peculiar to Women and Children by Dr. Beatty.

Dr. Jacob’s Clinical Lectures on Diseases of the Eye, illus-trated by the cases in the hospital, are open to the pupils inattendance.

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Consulting Surgeons-Sir Henry Marsh, Sir Philip Cramp-ton, Mr. Cusack, and Dr. Apjohn.

DISEASES OF THE EYE. —Dr. Jacob will deliver a full courseof Lectures on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Optical Me-chanism of the Eye, during the ensuing session, in the Collegeof Surgeons; and also a separate course on its Pathology andDiseases, with the Operations required in their Treatment, inthe City of Dublin Hospital.

APOTHECARIES’ HALL OF IRELAND.LAWS REGARDING THE EDUCATION OF APOTHECARIES.

Every candidate must undergo two separate examinations,one for the certificate of apprenticeship, the other for thelicence to practise.Every candidate for the certificate of apprentice will be

examined in the following books :-In Latin: the Catiline Warof Sallust, and the first three books of the Æneid of Virgil.In Greek: the Gospel of St. John, and the first twenty Dia-logues of Lucian, or the first two books of Homer’s Iliad. InFrench : Telemachus, or the History of Charles XII. InScience: the first two books of Euclid, and Algebra to theend of simple equations.

Every candidate for the licence to practise as an apothecarymust lay before the court,-the certificate of apprentice; theindenture of apprenticeship, enrolled according to the Act ofParliament, and bearing the certificate of the licentiate apothe-cary to whom he has been indented, of a good moral character,and of having fulfilled the period of his apprenticeship ; certifi-cates, duly signed, that he has diligently attended at leastone course of lectures on each of the following subjects deli-vered at the School of Apothecaries’ Hall, or at some otherschool of medicine recognised by the Court: - Chemistry,Anatomy and Physiology, six months; Practical Chemistry,* *Botany and Natural History, three months; Materia Medica,tDemonstrations and Dissections, Theory and Practice of Physic,Surgery, Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women and Children,six months; Medical Jurisprudence, three months.The order of study here laid down is recommended for the

guidance of students.Attendance for the entire period of eighteen months on the

medical and surgical practice in an hospital or hospitals re-cognised by the Court.

Also, a certificate of having assisted in at least thirty casesof midwifery practice, twenty of which must be attended in arecognised hospital.The examination for the licence to practise as an apothecary

will be as follows :-In Chemistry and General Physics; Phar-macy, Theoretical and Practical ; Materia Medica and Thera-peutics; Natural History and Medical Botany; Anatomy andPhysiology; the Theory and Practice of Medicine; Midwifery;Medical Jurisprudence.Gentlemen who are graduates in Medicine of any of the

British or Irish Universities, or who possess letters testimonialfrom any of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons in Great Britainor Ireland, will be admitted to examination for the licence ofthe Hall on producing proof of three years’ legal apprentice-ship to a qualified apothecary practising with open shop inIreland, and of a professional education equal to the curriculumprescribed by the Council.The Court of Examiners sits every Friday, at two o’clock.

Candidates are required to lodge their testimonials a clearweek before the day of examination.A rejected candidate cannot be re-admitted to examination

until the expiration of six months.An examination of apothecaries’ apprentices takes place at

the Hall, on the first week in May, annually, upon some sub-ject in Pharmaceutic or Pathoiogical Analysis.

* The Practical Chemistry must be attended in a laboratory, and no certifi-cate will be received by the Court that does not testify that the candidate hasprepared the several pharmaeopceial preparations which are usually made inthe laboratory.t The Materia. Medica, if attended in summer, must consist of two courses

of three months’ duration each-

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DUBLIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, PETER-STREET.WINTER SESSION.

Anatomy and Physiology : Dr. J. H. Sawyer and Dr. EdwardHamilton, daily, at one.

Practical Anatomy and Dissections : Dr. E. Hamilton and Dr.G. H. Kidd, daily, at eleven.

Theory and Practice of Surgery and Operative Surgery : Mr.Andrew Ellis, late President of the Royal College of Sur-geons of Ireland, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, atthree.

Theory and Practice of Medicine : Dr. J. Moore Neligan,Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at twelve.

Midwifery and Diseases of Women and Children : Dr. JohnRingland, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at twelve.

Chemistry : Dr. John Barker, Tuesday, Thursday, and Satur-day, at two.

SUMMER SESSION.

Materia Medica : Dr. Humphrey Minchin.Botany : Dr. Cristopher Asken.Practical Chemistry : Dr. J. Barker.The dissecting rooms, lighted with gas, for the accommo-

dation of those who cannot attend during the day, are openfrom seven in the morning till ten at night, under the con-stant superintendence of the Lecturers on Anatomy and theDemonstrators. Dissections commence on the 1st of October.

A CASE IN WHICH LOCAL ANÆSTHESIAWAS EMPLOYED IN AN OPERATION ONTHE EYE.

BY GEORGE CRITCHETT, ESQ., F.R.C.S.,SURGEON TO THE ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL; SENIOR ASSISTANT-

SURGEON TO THE LONDON HOSPITAL, ETC.

As the following case is, I believe, the first example of theemployment of Dr. Arnott’s ingenious suggestion in operationsupon the eye, and as it presents some other points of interest,I am anxious to bring it before the notice of the profession.- I was requested by my friend, Mr. Hovell, of Clapton, toineet him in consultation, together with my friend and colleague,Mr. Dixon, in the case of a gentleman, somewhat past the middleperiod of life, who had recently come up from the country toplace himself under Mr. Hovell’s care, on account of severe,painful, and protracted disease of the right globe. It appeared,from the history of the case, that the disease had commencedvery insidiously about two years ago, attacking first the innersurface of the cornea, spreading to the iris, and then by degreesinvolving the choroid, retina, and humours, producing secondarycataract, and entirely destroying vision. All these seriousresults took place without any acute symptoms, and with veryslight pain, and in spite of mercury and other active measures.Things remained in this condition for several months, withoutany obvious change, when suddenly, about six weeks previousto our seeing him, he was attacked with symptoms of acuteinflammation of the globe, attended with intense pain of aparoxysmal and intermittent character, and radiating from itssource along the branches of the fifth pair of nerves. Our

patient described this pain as being almost unbearable when atits acmé, as resisting all ordinary means of relief, andas subsiding only to renew itself with increased force. Onexamining the globe, the vessels were found to be in a state ofextreme congestion, the pupil was widely dilated, and a hardcataract could be seen thrust forward, pressing upon the iris,and nearly in contact with the cornea; the globe felt veryhard, and was extremely tender to the touch. It was quiteevident that these symptoms were due to tension of the globe,caused by abnormal accumulation of fluid within its dense, un-yielding, fibrous case, pressing the hard lens against the nervesof the iris, and thus involving the entire fifth pair of nerves.It was one of those cases which, if unrelieved, must eitherexhaust the powers of the patient, or find vent in the givingway of the cornea and sclerotic, and the occurrence of staphy-loma. Seeing, then, that the eye was lost, that the lens wasacting as a foreign body, that the globe was suffering fromtension, and that no relief could be expected while this stateof things lasted, the obvious suggestion that occurred to us wasto make a section of the cornea, allow the lens and some of thevitreous humour to escape, and thus get rid of the cause of thesuffering. There were, however, some serious and well-grounded objections to this proceeding; the highly inflamedstate of the globe would render such an operation intensely

and almost unbearably painful, and the lengthened periodduring which the eye had been diseased, the enlarged state ofthe bloodvessels, and the extreme spasm of the muscles, wouldalmost inevitably cause the humours to be suddenly forced out,and the vessels to give way, distending the globe with blood,occasioning hæmorrhage to a serious extent, and probablyrousing up the old pain with increased severity. It is truethat some of these objections might have been obviated by theuse of chloroform, but it was deemed quite inexpedient to haverecourse to general anæsthesia, because our patient had recentlysuffered from hemiplegia. It was suggested that it would bemore desirable to wait until the eye subsided into n quietstate; but as this would have necessitated inconvenient delay,and as there was a liability at any moment to a severe

relapse, our patient, when the " pros" and " cons" were fairlylaid before him, determined to have the operation per-formed without loss of time. It then occurred to me thatit would be a favourable case for the employment of localanæsthesia, with the threefold object of destroying the

sensibility of the part, constringing the vessels to preventhæmorrhage, and diminishing the liability to subsequent in-flammation. With this view some pounded ice was put into abladder, mixed with salt, and placed over the right eye,temple, cheek, and brow, and kept there for about twentyminutes. At the end of that time, all sensation being lost, Imade a rapid section of the cornea, which was immediatelyfollowed by the cataract and some portion of vitreous humour.Some slight hæmorrhage occurred, but slowly, and not to anextent beyond half an ounce. As sensation returned, ourpatient complained of extreme soreness and discomfort aboutthe eye, and some of the old pains, taking the course of thefifth pair of nerves, came on. All this, however, speedily sub-sided, and ive had the satisfaction of seeing him in a

few days quite free from pain, the section of the cornea

gradually approximating, and with every prospect of a speedyand complete recovery, without fear of relapse, now that thecause of all the suffering was removed.

It seems to me that the application of cold fulfilled, in thiscase, all the indications that were desired, and from the slighthæmorrhage that occurred, and from my previous experienceof somewhat similar cases, I am of opinion that if the operationhad been performed without local anoesthesia, there would’have been very severe pain at the time, extensive bleeding,consequent painful distention of the globe, and a tediousrecovery.

Finsbury-square, Sept. 1854.

ON THE NATURE, CAUSE, AND TREATMENTOF CHOLERA.

BY DAVID LEWIS, M.D.,LICENTIATE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, LONDON; PHYSICIAN TO

THE ROYAL GENERAL DISPENSARY, ALDERSGATE-STREET.

IN the midst of so many specincs for the cure of cholera, andsuch numerous theories to explain its cause, I venture tosubmit the following observations to notice with considerablediffidence. But I am emboldened to speak plainly, because, tothe best of my belief, I speak the truth-a belief founded uponimpartial observation, and confirmed by a lengthened expe-rience. I have treated many hundreds of cases of diarrhoeaaccording to most of the methods generally reported to succeed,and the result of my experience is, that two only of the variousplans avail to cure-viz., the employment of alkalies, or thestronger acids. Both these plans appear to fail so seldom thatI now invariably prescribe them with perfect confidence. Buthow can remedies, so opposed in all their characters, produce,when administered, similar effects ? What is their action ?

I believe the almost universal cause of diarrhoea to be anexcess of acidity in the stomach and intestines, and I believethat alkalies act by neutralizing, and the mineral acids bydestroying, this morbid condition. That diarrhoea is so generallycaused by the presence of a morbid material, of an acid cha-racter, I think is proved by the following facts:-A gentlemanof high standing in society partook heartily of some cherry-piefor supper; he was attacked with diarrhoea in the night, anddied of cholera next day. Another gentleman being in delicatehealth, drank two glasses of ehampagne at dinner; he wasattacked with diarrhoea in the night, and died of cholera innine hours. Another man drank a quart of sour beer, wassoon attacked with diarrhoea, and died of cholera in twelve ehours.