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Royal College of Preceptors: Examination for a First-class Certificate.Universities of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay: Entrance Examination,

. certificate to include Lai in.M’Gill Coli. ge, Montreal : Matriculation Examination.University of Toronto: King’s College, Toronto; Queen’s College, King-

ston ; and Victoria College, Upper Canada: Matriculation Examination.King’s College, Nova Scotia: Matriculation Examination; Responsions.University of Fredericton, New Brunswick: Matriculation Examination.University of Melbourne: Matriculation Examination, certificate to in-

clude all the subjects required by the General Medical Council.University o’ Sydney: Matriculation Examination.

. CodrlUgton College, Barbadoes: 1, English Certificate for students of twoyears’ standing, specifying the subjects of examination; 2, LatinCertificate, or " Testamur."

Tasmanian Council of Education: Examination for the degree of Asso-ciate ot Arts, certificate to include I atin and Mathematics.

Christ’s College, Canterbury, New Zealand : Voluntary Examinations,certificate to include all the subjects required by the General MedicalCouncil.

The Examiners for Commissions in the Military and Naval Services of theUnited Kingdom: Certificate to include all the subjects required by theGeneral Medical Council.

Cape of Good Hope: Third-class Certificate in Literature and Science,granted by the Board of Public Examiners.

N.B.-A degiee in Arts of auy University of the United Kingdom, or ofthe Colonies, or of such other Universities as may be specially eco-gnised from time to time by the Medical Council, will be considered a sufficient testimonial of proticiency.

That the licensing bodies do not accept the certificate ofproficiency in General (preliminary) Education, unless suchcertificate testify that the student to whom it has been

granted has been examined in English Language (includingGrammar and Composition); Arithmetic (including ’Vulgarand Decimal Fractions); Algebra (including Simple Equa-tions) ; Geometry (first two books of Euclid) ; Latin (includ-ing Translation and Grammar). And in one of the followingoptional subjects: Greek; French; German; Natural Philo-sophy (including Mechanics, Hydrostatics, and Pneumatics).That students who cannot produce any of the testimonials

referred to above be required to pass an examination in Arts,established by any of the bodies named in Schedule A to theMedical Act, and approved by the General Medical Council.

Registration of Medical Students. - Every medical studentshall be registered in the manner prescribed by the GeneralMedical Council; but not until he has passed a preliminaryexamination, as required by the Council. The commence-ment of the course of professional study recognised by anyof the qualifying bodies shall not be reckoned as datingearlier than fifteen days before the date of registration.Every person desirous of being registered as a medical stu-dent shall apply to the Branch Registrar of the division ofthe United Kingdom in which he is residing, according toa form, which may be had on application to the severalqualifying bodies, medical schools, and hospitals; a.nd shallproduce or forward to the Branch Registrar a certificate ofhis having passed a preliminary examination, as requiredby the General Council, and a statement of his place ofmedical study.Age for Licence to Practise. -That twenty-one be the

earliest age at which a candidate for any professionallicence shall be admitted to his final examination, the agein all instances to be duly certified; and that no licence beobtained at an earlier period than after the expiration offorty-eight months subsequent to the registration of thecandidate as a medical student.

Professional Education.-That the course of professionalstudy required for a licence shall comprehend attendanceduring not less than four winter sessions, or three winterand two summer sessions, at a recognised school.That the following are the subjects without a knowledge

of which no candidate should he allowed to obtain a qualifi-cation entitling him to be registered:-Anatomy, GeneralAnatomy, Physiology, Chemistry (which should include aknowledge of the principles and of those details of the sci-ence which bear on the study of Medicine), Materia Medica,Practical Pharmacy, Medicine and Surgery (which shouldinclude a knowledge of systematic and clinical medicine andsurgery, and also of morbid anatomy), Midwifery, andForensic Medicine.

Professional Examination.-That the Professional Exam-ination for a licence be divided into two parts : the first em-bracing the primary or fundamental branches directly con-nected with the practice of medicine and surgery. That theformer be not undergone till after the close of the wintersession of the second year of professional study; and thelatter, or final examination, not until after the close of theprescribed period of professional study.That the examination in Physics, Botany, and Natural

History may be undergone at an earlier period than the firstProfessional Examination.That the Professional Examinations be conducted both in

writing and orally, and that they be practical in all branchesin which they admit of being so.That excellence in one or more subjects should not be

allowed to compensate for failure in others; and that if acandidate be rejected for failure in any one subject, heshould be re-examined in all.

REGULATIONSOF THE

MEDICAL EXAMINING BODIES IN THE UNITEDKINGDOM.

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

Every student must reside in one or other of the Collegesor Halls, or in licensed lodgings, for a period of three years,passing at least two examinations in Arts, and one in eitherMathematics, Natural Science, or Law and Modern History,when, if he obtain a first, second, or third class, he can takehis B.A. degree; if he do not gain such honour he has topass a third examination in Literis Humanioribus.A student deciding to graduate in Medicine must pass

the requisite examinations for the degree of B.A., andafterwards spend two years in study* prior to the first orscientific examination for the degree of Bachelor of Medi-cine, and two years more prior to the final or practical ex-amination for the same degree. Evidence must be broughtto show that he has studied the practical parts of his pro-fession in a first-class hospital.A dissertation has to be publicly read three years after

the M B., for the degree of M.D.The instruction in Natural Science is carried on at the

Museum, where there is practical instruction in Physics,Chemistry, and Anatomy and Physiology, together withcourses of lectures by the several professors in those andother subjects. Large collections illustrate the severalsubjects; there is a pathological series, including the col-lection of Schroeder Van der Kolk, in the medical depart-ment, and a medical laboratory. The Radcliffe Library,containing nearly 20,000 scientific volumes, is open to allstudents daily from ten to four, and on certain eveningsduring term. There are also lectures and practical instruc-tion in Botany at the Botanical Gardens; and clinical in-struction at the Infirmary.The medical examinations take place annually in the

Michaelmas term.Scholarships of about the value of =875 are obtainable at

Christ Church, Magdalen, and other colleges, by competitiveexamination in Natural Science. Every year a Radcliffe

Travelling Fellowship is competed for by any who, havingtaken a first class in any of the schools, or having obtaineda University prize or scholarship, propose to study Medicine.The Travelling Fellows receive ae200 a year for three years,half this period being spent in study abroad.More detailed information may be obtained from the Uni-

versity Calendar, from the Regius Professor of Medicine,and from the professors in the several departments.t

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

The student must enter at one of the Colleges, or as anon-collegiate student, and keep terms for three years byresidence in the University. The first part of the time isspent in classical and mathematical study, and he mustpass the previous examination in those subjects. He may

* If he have tak.n the higher honours in the Natural Science School hmay go in for the first M.B. examination on the first opportunity, and s)have a longer period of practical study before the second M.B. examination

t Regius Professor of Medicine-H. W. Acland, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S.Profess ir of Geometry-H. S. Smith, M.A., F R.S.Professor of Natural Philosophy-Rev. B. Price, M.A., F.R.S.Professor of Experimental Physics-S. Clifton, M.A., F.R.S.Professor of Chemistry-Sir B. C. Brodie, Bart., M.A., F.R.S.Linacre Professor of Physiology-G. Rolleston, M.D., F.R.S.Pr.,fessor of Zoology-J. 0. Westwoo I, M.A., F.L.S.Professor of Geology-J. Phillips, M.A.Professor of Botany—M. Lawson, M.A.Professor of Mineralogy-N. S. Maskelyne, M.A, F.P.S.

Lee’s Reader in Anatomy-J. B. Thompson, B A.Demonstrator in Anatomy-Charles Robertsosi, Esq.Demonstrator of Chemistry—T. H. G. Wyndham, M.A

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then devote himself to medical study in the University,attending the hospital and the medical lectures, dissecting,&c. -Or he may prcceed to take a degree in Arts, eithercontinuing mathematical and classical study, and passingthe ordinary examinations for B.A., or going out in theMathematical or Classical Tripos; or he may pursue thestudy of Natural Science, and take the B.A. degree, bygoing out in the Natural Sciences Tripos. This last plan ispreferred by many medical students, the subjects for thisTripos examination (Chemistry, Botany, Comparative Ana-tomy, &c.) forming part of the series of medical study; andstudents are not required to be again examined in any ofthose subjects in which they have shown proficiency in theTripos examination. Those who proceed to B.A. througha Tripos examination are said to take that degree withhonours.The expenses of residence, lectures, &c., at a college are

about C150 per annum; but these are in many cases lessened

by scholarships, ranging in value from .620 to ,680 a year,which are very numerous, and obtainable by most studentsof industry and ability. They are chiefly given for mathe-matical and classical proficiency. Some may be obtainedat once, even before entering ; and notices of the times ofexamination for these are given from time to time, underthe head of 11 University Intelligence," in The Times andother newspapers. Scholarships are given for NaturalScience in Trinity, St. John’s, St. Peter’s, Clare, Christ’s,Sidney, Pembroke, Caius, and Downing Colleges; the ex-aminations being at Easter, and in June and October. Oneat Caius is also given specially for Anatomy, another forChemistry.*

Non-collegiate students can reside at somewhat less ex- Ipense than those who enter at College. They are allowed ’to attend certain of the College lectures and all the pro-fessors’ lectures, and have the same University status andprivileges as the other students. They are under the super-intendence of the Rev. R. B. Somerset, Orford House, Cam-bridge, from whom further information may be obtained.

For the degree of Bachelor in Medicine.-Five years of medi-oal study are required, except in the case of medical studentswho have graduated with honours as Bachelors of Arts, fouryears being then sufficient. Part (a year and a half or twoyears) of this time of medical study must be in Cambridge,xcept in the case of a Master of Arts, who is not requiredto study medicine in Cambridge.There are three examinations. The first in Mechanicsand Hydrostatics, Chemistry (with heat and electricity), andBotany. The students who have taken honours in the NaturalSciences Tripos may be altogether, and those who have passedother University examinations be partially, excused fromthis examination. The second in Anatomy and Physiology(Human and Comparative), and Pharmacology. The third<art the conclusion of medical study) in Pathology and thePractice of Physic, Clinical Medicine, and Medical Jaris-prudence. The examinations are partly in writing andpartly oral, in the hospital, and take place twice annually.An Act has to be kept, which consists in reading an

original thesis, and passing a viva voce examination on thesubject of the thesis and other subjects.

Previously to the first examination, lectures must havebeen attended on Chemistry (with manipulations) andBotany. Previously to the second examination, the studentmust have attended lectures on Anatomy and Physiology((Human and Comparative), Materia ]’,ledica, Pharmacy, andPathology; have Dissected one season; and attended Hos-pital Practice one year. Previously to the third examina-tion, lectures must have been attended on the Principlesand Practice of Physic, Clinical Medicine, and MedicalJurisprudence; also Hospital Practice for three years.The degree of Doctor in Medicine may be taken three years

after M.B. An Act has to be kept, with vivd voce examina-tion ; and an extempore essay has to be written on somesubject relating to Physiology, Pathology, and Practice ofMedicine or State Medicine. A Master of Arts proceedingto M.D. is required to produce the same certificate and passthe same examinations as for M.B.For the degree of JJfaste1’ in Snrge1’y, the candidate must

have passed the three examinations fcr M.B., and have at-tended lectures on Human Anatomy (a second course), onFor an account of the Scholarships see THE L.4.NCET of the 12th April,

1862; and information may be obtained by application to the tutor of eitherof the colleges.

the Principles and Practice of Surgery, Clinical Surgery,Midwifery (with ten cases); also a second season of Dissec-tions, three years’ Surgical Practice at a recognised hospital,and a house-surgeoncy or dressership for six months. Heis then required to pass an examination in Surgical Anatomy,Pathology, the Principles and Practice of Surgery, andClinical Surgery.The following is a summary of the course which a student

(commencing at the University, say, in October, 1871) mayfollow :-He enters at any one of the colleges, or as a non-collegiate student, and pursues classical and mathematicalstudies. Previous examination (in Classics and Mathe-matics), April or October, 1872. He is then registered asa student of medicine. Medical study in the University(by attendance on lectures on Anatomy, Medicine, Surgery,Chemistry, Botany, &c., and the practice of Addenbrooke’sHospital) for two years. Natural Sciences Tripos examina-tion (in Comparative Anatomy, Chemistry, and Botany),December, 1874; this admits to B.A. degree. Second ex-amination for M.B. (in Human and Comparative Anatomyand Physiology, and Materia Medica), May, 1875. Thirdexamination for :Th1.B. (in Pathology and Practice of Physic,Clinical Medicine, and Medical Jurisprudence), Nov. 1876.Examination for M.C. (in Surgical Anatomy, Pathology, andthe Principles and Practice of Surgery, Clinical Surgery, andMidwifery), Nov. 1876. Degree of M.B. or M.C., Nov. 1876.Part of the period of medical study is thus spent in Cam-bridge, and part (say after the second examination) in Lon-don or elsewhere.Attendance at the hospital, and on the lectures on Ana-

tomy, Chemistry, &c., is recognised by the Universities ofCambridge and London, and (for one year) by the Collegeof Surgeons and the Society of Apothecaries.

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.

The Preliminary Scientific (M.B.) Examination takes placeonce in each year, commencing on the third Monday inJuly. The candidate must have completed his seventeenthyear, and have either passed the Matriculation Examinationor taken a degree in Arts in either of the universities ofSydney, Melbourne, or Calcutta. Fourteen days’ notice ofhis intention to present himself must be given to the regis-trar previous to the examination. Candidates are examinedin the following subjects : Mechanical and Natural Philo-sophy ; Inorganic Chemistry; Botany and Vegetable Phy-siology ; Zoology. Candidates will not be approved by theexaminers unless they show a competent knowledge in allthe subjects of examination. Fee for this examination, 5.Any candidate who has passed the Preliminary Scientific

(M.B.) Examination may be examined for honours in Ex-perimental Physics, Chemistry, Botany, and Zoology. Theseexaminations will commence in the second week after thePass Examination.The First M.B. Examination takes place once in each year,

commencing on the last Monday in July. ’

A candidate is admitted to this examination on producingthe following certificates:-1. Of having completed hisnineteenth year. 2. Of having passed the PreliminaryScientific Examination at least one year previously. 3. Thatsubsequently to having taken a degree in Arts or passedthe Matriculation Examination he has been a student-

during two years at one or more of the medical institutionsor schools recognised by this University ; and that he hasattended a course of lectures on each of three of the sub-jects in the following list: Descriptive and Surgical Ana-tomy, General Anatomy and Physiology, Comparative Ana-tomy, Pathological Anatomy, Materia Medica and Pharmacy,General Pathology, General Therapeutics, Forensic Medi-cine, Hygiene, Obstetric Medicine and Diseases peculiar o

Women and Infants, Surgery, Medicine. 4. That subse-quently to having taken a degree in Arts or passed theMatriculation Examination he has dissected during twowinter sessions. 5. That subsequently to having taken adegree in Arts or passed the Matriculation Examination hehas attended a course of Practical Chemistry, comprehend-ing practical exercises in conducting the more importantprocesses of General and Pharmaceutical Chemistry; inapplying tests for discovering the adulteration of articlesof the materia medica, and the presence and nature ofpoisons; and in the examination of mineral waters, animalsecretions, urinary deposits, calculi, &e. 6. That he has