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22,000. Clinical Lectures by the Physicians and Surgeons.Hon. Sec., J. C. Hall, M.D.SHEFFIELD HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN, Figtree-lane.—Medical

officers : Dr. Jackson, Dr. Keeling, Dr. Hime, and Mr. F.Woolhouse. The hospital is devoted more especially tocases requiring obstetric operations and difficult midwifery.Out-patients are attended daily at the hospital. Midwifery ,,

cases are attended at their homes by the hospital midwives.Students can attend the practice of the hospital, and besupplied with cases of midwifery, on payment of a fee ofone guinea. ____

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE INFIRMARY, Hartshill, Stoke-upon-Trent.-The new North Staffordshire Infirmary was openedin 1869, and is built on the pavilion plan. It has accommo-dation for nearly 200 patients. In-patients last year 1270;out-patients, 5443. The hospital is duly recognised by theCourt of Examiners of the Royal College of Surgeons ofEngland, and students have great facilities for acquiring apractical knowledge of their profession.WOLVERHAMPTON AND STAFFORDSHIRE GENERAL HOS-

PITAL.-210 beds. Attendance recognised by examiningboards. Pupils resident and non-resident. The hospitalcontains large male and female accident wards, generalmedical and surgical wards, a children’s ward, a ward fordiseases of women, and a fever wing. The out-patient de-partment, commodious and convenient, is semi-detachedfrom the main building. ____

YoRK COUNTY HOSPITAL. -Established 1740; rebuilt1851. 100 beds. In-patients, 744; out-patients, 5315.Physicians: Drs. G. Shann and W. Matterson. Surgeons:Messrs. W. D. Husband, G. Hornby, and R. Hewitson.House-Surgeon : Mr. Samuel Wreford. Secretary : Mr. R.Holtby.

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SCOTTISH HOSPITALS AND MEDICALSCHOOLS.

ROYAL INFIRMARY, EDINBURGH.—Beds are set apart forclinical instruction by the professors of the University ofEdinburgh. Courses of Clinical Medicine and Surgery arealso given by the ordinary physicians and surgeons. Specialinstruction is given in the medical department on Diseasesof Women, Physical Diagnosis, &c., and in the surgicaldepartment on Diseases of the Eye. Separate wards aredevoted to fever, venereal diseases, diseases of women,diseases of the eye, also to cases of incidental delirium or

insanity. Post-mortem examinations are conducted in theAnatomical Theatre by the Pathologist, who also givespractical instruction in Pathological Anatomy and Histo-logy. Hospital tickets: Perpetual in one payment, £10 ;annual, .85 5s. ; half-yearly, £3 3s. ; quarterly, .1 11s. 6d.

Separate payments for two years entitle the students to aperpetual ticket. No fees are payable for any medical orsurgical appointment. The subordinate appointments areopen to all students and junior practitioners holding thehospital ticket during the period over which the appoint-ment extends. These appointments are as follows :-1.Resident physicians and surgeons are appointed, and livein the house free of charge. Candidates must be registeredas legally qualified practitioners. The appointment is forsix months, but may be renewed at the end of that periodby special recommendation. 2. Non-resident clinical clerksare appointed by the physicians and surgeons for suhperiods and under such conditions as they deem expedient.3. Dresserships : Each surgeon appoints from four to ninedressers, the appointment being for six months. 4. Assist-ants in the Pathological department are appointed by thepathologist.SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, EDINBURGH.—The lectures qualify

for the universities and the Royal Colleges of Physicians andSurgeons of the United Kingdom.In accordance with the statutes of the University of

Edinburgh, any four of the medical classes required forgraduation, or two complete anni medici, may be attendedin this school, each of which anni medici may be constitutedby attendance on two of the six months’ courses, or on oneof these and two three months’ courses. The regulationsrequire that the fee for any class taken for graduation in

Edinburgh shall be the same as that for the correspondingclass in the University.The whole of the education required for graduation at the

University of London may be taken in this school.The minimum cost of the education in this School of

Medicine for the double qualification of physician andsurgeon from the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons,including the fees for the joint examination, is X90 4s.,which is payable by yearly instalments during the periodof study; whilst the minimum cost for the single qualifica-tion of either physician or surgeon, including fees for ex-amination, is £ 80.

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ANDERSON’S UNIVERSITY, GLASGOW. - The winter sessionwill be opened on Tuesday, October 27th; the summersession on the first Tuesday of May. Anatomy, ProfessorA. M. Buchanan, II.D.; Chemistry, Professor Dittmar;Institutes of Medicine (Physiology), Professor E. Watson,MD. ; Surgery, Professor Dunlop, M.D.; Materia Medica,Professor Morton, M.D.; Practice of Medicine, ProfessorWood Smith, M.D.; Midwifery (in summer), Professor J.G. Wilson, M.D. ; Medical Jurisprudence (in summer),Professor Alexander Lindsay, M.D.; Botany (m summer),Mr. Hennedy; Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery, Dr. Wolfe.

Class Fees.-For each of the above courses of lectures, firstsession, £2 2s.; second session, 1Is. afterwards free.Anatomy Class Fees: For both courses (lectures and de-monstrations on Practical Anatomy), first session, .84 4 4s. ; ;second session, .64 4s. The dissecting-room is free for twosessions to those who attend both courses of Anatomy.After the second year the fee for admission to the dissecting-room is 61 Is. per session.The fees for all the lectures in the Medical School required

of candidates for the diplomas of physician and surgeonamount to .830.

Diploma in Medicine and Surgery.-Gentlemen who havestudied in this School are eligible for examination beforeany of the Royal Colleges, and in Glasgow they may obtainthe diplomas of physician and surgeon or general practi-tioner.GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.-The

winter session commences on lst November, and the sum-mer session on 1st May. Lectures are delivered on all

subjects necessary for qualifying, and extra courses are

given on practical subjects now required by ExaminingBoards. During summer Lectures on Insanity will begiven by Dr. A. Robertson, and the City Parochial Asylumunder his charge is free to students of this school.The Royal Infirmary contains 570 beds ; of these 240 are

for medical, and 330 for surgical cases, with a special wardfor the treatment of Venereal Disease in males. Diseasesof the Eye, Ear, and Throat are specially treated in theout-door department.

Appointments.—There are five physicians’ and five sur-geons’ assistants, who are boarded and lodged in the hos-pital at the rate of X25 per annum, and who perform allthe duties of house-physicians and house-surgeons. Theseappointments are held for twelve months, six in the medicaland six in the surgical wards, and are open to those studentsof the Infirmary who have passed all their examinationsexcept the last, or who have a qualification in medicine orsurgery. Clinical assistants, dressers, and dispensary clerksare selected from the students without any additional fee;and, from the large number of accident cases and cases ofacute disease received into the wards, these appointmentsare numerous and invaluable to the student.Fees.-For each course of Lectures, first session, 2 2s.;

second ditto and perpetual 1 Is. The Anatomy Class feesare : First session, 64 4s. ; second ditto, £4 4s. ; afterwards.61 Is. per annum for Practical Anatomy. The fee forunlimited attendance on the practice of the Infirmary andon the courses of clinical instruction does not exceed .621.Further information may be obtained from Dr. Thomas, theSuperintendent of the Hospital.

ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMERY.—Contains about 300 beds.Consulting Physician: Dr. A. Harvey. Physicians: J. W.F. Smith-Shand, R. Beveridge, Angus Fraser. ConsultingSurgeon: Mr. D. Fiddes. Surgeons: Messrs. W. Pirrie,A. Ogston, J. 0. Will, and R. J. Garden. Ophthalmic Sur-geon : Dr. Alex. D. Davidson. Pathologist: Dr. JamesRodger. Dental Surgeon: Mr. Williamson. Resident

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Superintendent and Apothecary: Dr. R. Rattray. ResidentAssistant-Physician: Mr. Johnstone Shearer, A.M. Resi-dent Assistant-Surgeon: Mr. George S. Trail, A.M. Patho-logist and Curator of Museum : Dr. J. Rodger. Treasurerand Secretary: Mr. W. Carnie.THE ABERDEEN ROYAL LUNATIC ASYLUM.—Contains

:about 490 beds, Physician: Dr. Robert Jamieson. Con-

sulting Physician: Dr. John Macrobin.

IRISH HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL SCHOOLS.

QUEEN’S COLLEGE, BELFAST.-Fees : Anatomy and Phy-siology, first course, .63 j each subsequent course, £2. Ana.tomic Demonstrations and Practical Anatomy, each course,£3. Practical Chemistry, £3. Other Medical lectures:first course, 62; each subsequent course, £1.BELFAST ROYAL HOSPITAL.—Physicians: Dr. Smith, Dr.

Ross, Professor Cuming, and Dr. H. S. Purdon. Surgeons:Drs. Browne, Murney, James Moore, and John Moore.There is an extern department for the treatment of diseases.and injuries not admitted into the hospital. Four pupilsare permitted to enjoy the advantages to be derived fromresidence in hospital; .830 per year is charged for board, &c.

Fees.-For Clinical Instruction, including hospital feesand 10s. 6d. registration fee at the beginning of eachsession: Winter session, five guineas; summer session,X2 2s. Perpetual fee, 10 10s., payable in two instalments.The Malcolm Exhibition is competed for annually in May,

and the Coulter Exhibition, value .820, annually at the endof the winter session.LEDWICH SCHOOL OF SURGERY, Peter-street, Dublin.-

All the several courses of Lectures required by the variouslicensing bodies to entitle the student to present himselffor examination are delivered in the theatre of the institu-tion, and are fully recognised. The school is in a centralsituation and in the immediate vicinity of four greatmedical and surgical hospitals, thus affording to the studentthe most ample opportunity of acquiring a thorough know-ledge of the symptoms and treatment of disease. De-monstrators will be present in the dissecting room at allhours. At the termination of the session, prizes will beawarded to the best answers in each department. Appli-cations to be made to Edwd. Ledwich, Sec., 7, Harcourt-street, Dublin.

SIR PATRICK DUN’S HOSPITAL, DUBLIN.—ConsultingPhysician: Dr. W. Stokes. Consulting Surgeon: Dr. Wm.Collis. Physicians: Dr. J. M. Purser, Dr. W. Moore,Dr. Aquilla Smith, Dr. E. B. Sinclair. Surgeons : Dr. Ben.McDowel, Dr. Ed. H. Bennett, Dr. Thos. Evelyn Little, Dr.- R. G. Butcher. Hospital fee for twelve months, includingnine months’ Clinical Lectures, .89 9s.RICHMOND (SURGICAL), WHITWORTH (MEDICAL), AND

HARDWiCKE (FEVER) HOSPITALS, North Brunswick-atreet,Dublin.-These hospitals contain 312 beds, and haveattached to them the Carmichael School of Medicine, a;new building, with large dissecting-rooms, museums, andwhere lectures are given on all the different branches ofMedicine and Surgery. Two clinical lectures are deliveredin each week, in addition to the usual bedside instruction,which is given daily by the physicians and surgeons. A

large Dispensary is attached to both the Medical andSurgical Hospitals, where patients are seen daily. Averagedaily attendance last year, 150. Practical Pharmacy is

taught under the superintendence of the apothecary of thehospitals. A house-surgeon is appointed every secondyear; he holds the appointment for two years, and receivesa salary. Eight resident clinical clerks are appointed eachhalf-year, and provided with furnished apartments, fuel, &o.The Richmond Institution for the Insane, containing 1000patients, adjoins these hospitals.CARMICHAEL SCHOOL OF ANATOMY, MEDICINE, ANB

SURGERY, North Brunswick-street, Dublin (in immediateproximity to the largest hospital in Ireland). Open for dis.sections lst October. Lectures begin 1st November. Pre.miums to the value of .860 are awarded at the end of thesession; and the Mayne Scholarship, value .815, will bEgiven for proficiency in purely Practical Medicine, Surgery,and Anatomy, as tested by clinical examinations in thfhospitals and by operations and dissections on the subjectRegistrar: Dr. Harvey, 7, Upper Merrion-street, Dublin.

DR. STEEVENS’S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL COLLEGE.-

Operations on Saturday at 10. Six months’ attendance,seven guineas; nine months’, nine guineas. Lpctures andHospital Practice, College and Hall, seventy-eight guineas,in two instalments. The hospital contains 250 beds.ROTUNDA LYING-IN HOSPITAL, DUBLiN.—Master : Lombe

Atthill, M.D., F.K.Q.C.P., &c. Assistant-Physicians: ArthurMacan, M.B., M.Ch. T.C.D., &c., Rd. D. Purefoy, M.B.T.C.D. Contains wards for the treatment of Diseasespeculiar to Women, in addition to the wards (ten in

number) appropriated to lying-in cases. The lectures arerecognised by the Royal Colleges of Surgeons in Ireland,London, and Edinburgh; the King and Queen’s College ofPhysicians; the Apothecaries’ Hall of Dublin and London;the Army and Navy Medical Boards; and all the other

licensing bodies. Accommodation is provided for a limitednumber of intern pupils.

ST. MARK’S OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY FORDISEASES OF THE EYE AND EAR, Lincoln-place, Dublin.-Senior Surgeon : Vacant. Junior Surgeon: Mr. HenryWilson. Assistant-Surgeon and Assistant-Secretary: R.Rainsford, M.B., late assistant in Professor Politzer’s AuralClinique at Vienna. Consulting Physician: Dr. WilliamStokes. Consulting Surgeon: Mr. G. H. Porter. ResidentMedical Officer: J. B. Storey, M.B.

EDUCATIONAL VACCINATING STATIONS.IN order to provide for the granting of those special certificates of pro-,

ficiency in vaccination which are required to be part of the medical quali-fication for entering into contracts for the performance of public vaccina-tion, or for acting as deputy to a contractor, vaccinating stations in Londonand the large towns are open, under certain specified conditions, for thepurposes of teaching and examination. The public vaccinators officiatingat these stations are authorised to give the required certificates of pro-ficiency in vaccination to persons whom they have sufficiently instructedtherein.

MEDICAL TEACHERS.The Drs. POWER continue daily their Classes for the various Competitive

and Pass Examinations, at 8, Red Lion-square, Holborn, W.C.Mr. THOMAS COOKE, F.R.C.S., Senior Assistant-Surgeon to the West-

minster Hospital, assisted by Demonstrator)-, continues his Lectures andDemonstrations at the School of Anatomy, Physiology, Operative Surgery,and Preparatory Medical School, 102, Stamford-street, Waterloo-bridge.

Dr. W. HANDSEL GRIFFITHS, Lecturer on Chemistry, Ledwich School ofMedicine, Dublin, and Librarian, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland,has Classes on Materia Medica, Chemistry, Botany, and Medical Jnrispru-dence, preparatory for the Universities, Royal Colleges of Physicians andSurgeons, Apothecaries’ Hall, Pharmaceutical Society, and the Public Ser.vices.-Laboratory, Ledwich School of Medicine, Peter-street, Dublin. ,Mr. THOMAS LYLE, F. R. Hist. S. (of the University of London), prepares

gentlemen for the Preliminary Arts Examination of the Apothecaries’ Halland the Royal College of Surgeons, and for the Matriculation at the LondonUniversity. Resident Pupils received. - Fern House, 48, Navarino-Ioad,Dalston, N.E.Mr. HIINRY SERGEANT, B.A., 8, High-street, Camden-town.N.W., prepares

gentlemen, in private, in class, or by post, for the London University Matri.culation; also for Royal College of Surgeons, Apothecaries’ Hall, BritishPharmaceutical Society, &c., Preliminary Examinations.Mr. S. ELLIOTT, B.A. (University College, London), Emery Hill’s Hospital,

Rochester-row, S.W., prepares candidates for Matriculation, Preliminariesof the College of Surgeons, Apothecaries’ Hall, &c., either privately, in class,or by letter.-Terms on application.Mr. G. HIND will continue his Demonstrations, commencing on the 15th

iust., at 12 noon, at 29, Newman-street, Oxford-street.Mr. F. A. WHITE, B.A. (Classical and Mathematical Honours, Cambridge),

prepares pupils for the Matriculation at the London University, and for theExaminations at the Royal College of Surgeons and Apothecaries’ Hall.-63, Westmoreland-road, Westbourne-park.Mr. JOHN JAMES EBEBLE, L.R.C.P., Easingwold, Yorks.—Young gentle.

men leaving school received as Pupils, and prepared for the London andProvincial Hospitals and Schools. Gentlemen also assisted by corre-

spondence.! Mr. A. RAMSAY, M.A., prepares candidates at his Chambers, 142, Gower-

street, in all subjects, for London Matriculation, for the Preliminary Phar-maceutical and Apothecaries’ Hall Examinations, and for the Preliminary

’ and Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons. Competitors carefully. prepared for the Entranee Scholarships of the various London Hospitals.

Excellent references, and terms strictly moderate.i Rev. G. STREETER, B.A. (Double Honours), Clare College, Cambridge,

prepares for Apothecaries’ Hall, College of Surgeons, London University,Army, and Navy.-Derwent House, Lee, Kent.

’ TO CORRESPONDENTS.OUR thanks are due to those gentlemen who have kindly supplied us with

t the requisite information relative to the various medical examiningbodies, hospitals, and medical schools given in this Students’ Number of

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IN consequence of the present number being exclusively devoted to in-

’ formation especially interesting to students, reference to other subjects isnecessarily postponed until next week.