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455 to the College as well as a laboratory devoted to instruction in public health. A block is devoted to pathology, and contains the post-mortem room as well as extensive laboratories for bacteriology, clinical pathology, and pathological chemistry. The Medical College Buildings include three large lecture theatres, .a large dissecting-room, laboratories for chemistry, biology, morbid anatomy and histology, and public health, as well as a spacious library (containing 14,500 volumes), a well-appointed museum of anatomy, physiology, comparative anatomy, materia medica, botany, and pathological anatomy. The patho- logical museum is complete. A new block in Giltspur- street has recently been acquired and has been fitted up as lecture theatres and laboratories for physics, chemical physiology, experimental physiology, histo- logy, and pharmacology. The College has recently bought the site and build- ings in Charterhouse-square (five minutes’ walk from the Hospital), formerly occupied by The Merchant Taylor’s School, and the whole of the preclinical departments will shortly be transferred there. Special Classes for the Primary and Final F.R.C.S. Examinations are held twice yearly. Instruction .in Preliminary Science is given to University of London students in chemistry, biology, and physics throughout the year. Facilities for research work are afforded in the Clinical Units and laboratories of pathological and other departments. Vacation Anatomy Courses are given in spring and summer. Scholarships given in aid of Medical Study.--Six Entrance Scholarships and Exhibitions are awarded annually—viz. : (1) and (2) a Scholarship of £ 100 and an Exhibition of 260 in any two of the following subjects : Human Anatomy and Embryology, Phy- siology, Pathology (including Bacteriology), Bio- chemistry ; (3) a Scholarship of 2100 in Chemistry, Physics, and Biology; (4) and (5) a Scholarship of 2100 and the Jeaffreson Exhibition of .650 in Mathematics, Latin, or Greek or French or German, a second Language or Chemistry or Physics ; (6) the Shuter Scholarship of t50 in Anatomy and Physiology, which is awarded after competitive examination among Cambridge Graduates. The more important of the other Scholarships and prizes are as follows : Four Junior Scholarships-(7) No. 1, 30, Anatomy and Physiology; (8) No. 2, 220, Anatomy and Physiology ; (9) No. 3, .825, Chemistry, Physics, and Biology; (10) No. 4, JE15, Chemistry, Physics, and Biology ; (11) Senior Scholarship, B50, Anatomy, Physiology, and Chemistry ; (12) Kirkes Scholarship, 230 and medal, Clinical Medicine ; (13) and (14) two Brackenbury Scholarships, 239 each, one in Medicine and one in Surgery ; (15) Sir G. Burrows Prize, 10 guineas, Pathology ; (16) Skynner Prize, 13 guineas, Regional and Morbid Anatomy ; (17) Matthews Duncan Medal and Prize, .620, Midwifery and Gynaecology ; (18) Luther Holden Research Scholarship in Surgery, awarded by election, ;6105 ; (19) Lawrence Research Scholarship and Gold Medal in Pathology, awarded by election, ;6115; and (20) Baly Scholarship in Clinical Medicine, B75, awarded by examination. The recreation ground of 10 acres, for the use of the members of the Students’ Union, is at Winchmore Hill. The Union’s premises at the Hospital contain a large reading and smoking room, a committee and writing room, luncheon and dining hall, and a minia- ture rifle range. Athletic amenities are also available on the new site in Charterhouse-square. Charing Cross Hospital The Hospital, to which the School is attached, contains 300 beds. There are special departments for mental diseases, midwifery, diseases of women, of children, of the skin, ear, throat, nose, and teeth, for orthopaedic cases, X ray work, and for electrical treatment. In the medical school demonstratorships and assistant demonstratorships are open to students of the school. Eight house physicians, six house surgeons, two obstetric and gynaecological house surgeons, six house surgeons to the special depart- ments, two resident anaesthetists, and four clinical pathologists are appointed annually. The following appointments are open to students after they have held resident appointments : resident medical officer, at a salary of 2400 per annum ; resident casualty officer, at 2200 per annum ; and five registrars to the medical, surgical, obstetrical, and ear, nose, and throat departments, at 2150 per annum each. Primary and Intermediate students receive their lectures and practical work at King’s College, and final studies are taken in the school and hospital, where systematic lectures, demonstrations, and tutorial classes are arranged in general and special subjects. In the Institute of Pathology, under a whole-time staff of scientific workers and in fully equipped laboratories, students receive their training in pre- ventive medicine, pathology, and bacteriology. There are special facilities for research, and post-graduate teaching is available. The course in practical ophthalmology is given in the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital. Courses in general medicine, surgery, and pathology, with the requisite clinical work in the wards and out-patient departments, are provided for students reading for dental qualifications. The pathological museum, containing over 4000 specimens and 3000 histological preparations, com- prises (1) the section on general pathology, and (2) the Cuthbert Lockyer Collection of over 1150 gynaecological and obstetrical specimens. The library contains 3950 volumes including the latest editions of text-books. The Students’ club, with smoking and luncheon rooms on the school premises, cloak room, telephone, &c., provides for the social comfort and convenience of the students. The club is controlled by a committee of students, and includes the Medical Society and the Dramatic Society. The Gazette is published quarterly. The sports ground, of 8 acres, at Colindale affords facilities for Rugby and Association football, cricket, hockey, and tennis (hard and lawn courts). In addition there are sections of the club devoted to athletics, boxing, swimming, golf, and badminton. Scholarships.-The following are offered annually (a) for students commencing medical studies- two scholarships, each of the value of 250 (b) for students commencing clinical studies-two Univer- sity " scholarships, each of the value of 2120, in Pathology ; one " University " scholarship, value 2120, and one " Open " scholarship, value E75, in Anatomy and Physiology. In addition there are a number of Exhibitions. Prizes.-The following prizes are offered : (1) " Llewellyn " Prize, .625, for highest distinction throughout the final course of studies ; (2) " William Travers" Prize, 615 ; (3) "J. H. Morgan" Prize, 210; other prizes in money are the " Pereira," " T. H. Green," and " Steadman," while prizes in money are offered for proficiency in clinical medicine and surgery, and all the different subjects of the curriculum. ____ St. George’s Hospital This hospital has a service of 436 beds, of which 180 are allotted to surgical, 150 to medical cases, and 100 are at the Convalescent Hospital at Wimbledon. There are all the usual special clinical departments. One ward is set apart for diseases peculiar to women, and there is a maternity ward of 11 beds. Children’s beds are placed in the women’s wards. There are two ophthalmic wards. Eight house physicians, eight house surgeons, and eight casualty officers are appointed annually. Special attention is directed to the following paid appoint- ments, among others, which are open to students after they have held house office : resident assistant physician and resident assistant surgeon at .S250 per annum each ; medical officer to the Atkinson- Morley Convalescent Hospital at 2300 per annum ;
