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Physicians and Surgeons ; and Students are appointedas assistants in the pathological department. Furtherinformation may be obtained from the MedicalSuperintendent.

___ IUNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN.

The University of Aberdeen grants four degrees inMedicine and Surgery-viz., M.D., Ch.M., M.B., andCh.B. The Degree of Doctor of Philosaphy (Ph.D.) )is also granted in the Faculty of Medicine.

Degrees of M.B. and Ch.B.-Candidates, beforeentering on the curriculum, must have passed thePreliminary Examination or hold a qualificationrecognised as exempting from such examination,have attained the age of 17, and have passed thePre-registration Examination in Physics andChemistry.The curriculum for the degrees extends over a

period of five years, during which attendance isTequired in the following subjects : Botany, Zoology,Physics, Chemistry (Systematic and Practical),Anatomy (Systematic and Practical), Physiology(Systematic and Practical), Materia Medica andTherapeutics, Practical Pharmacy, Pathology (Sys-tematic and Practical), Medical Jurisprudence, PublicHealth, Surgery, Medicine, and Midwifery.

Candidates must attend for at least three years themedical and surgical practice of a recognised hospital;-they must have attended courses of at least ninemonths in clinical medicine and clinical surgery,and have acted as clerk in the medical and dresser inthe surgical wards of a hospital. Attendance isrequired on the practice of a dispensary or the out-practice of a hospital and also on courses in MentalDiseases, Fevers, Ophthalmology, Post-mortem Exami-nations, Venereal Diseases, Tuberculosis, and otherspecial subjects. The candidate is also required tohave been properly instructed in Vaccination and tohave attended at least 20 Midwifery cases.

Degrees of M.D. and Ch.M.-Candidates for eitherof these degrees must already hold the degrees ofM.B. and Ch.B. of Aberdeen. A thesis (in duplicate)has to be presented and an examination has to bepassed in Clinical Medicine (or in some specialDepartment of Medical Science) or Clinical Surgery,as the case may be.

Degree of Ph.D.-For this degree candidatesmust pursue a course of special study or researchduring a period of nine academical terms as ResearchStudents in the University of Aberdeen or in anyCollege or Institution that may be affiliated thereto.A Thesis (in duplicate) must be presented for approval.A diploma in Public Health is granted by the

University to graduates in Medicine of a Universityin the United Kingdom, after a special examination.

Scholarships and Prizes.-In the Faculty of Medicineof the University of Aberdeen there are the followingBursaries, Scholarships, and Prizes :-Bursaries :about 15 Bursaries (competition and presentation)are open each year, of 215 to 230 per annum in value,most of them being tenable for three years. Scholar-ships : five Post-Graduate Scholarships, value 236to B160 per annum. Prizes and Medals : 15 GoldMedals and Prizes for proficiency in special depart-ments.

ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY (335 beds).-Themain clinical work of the students is done in theInfirmary with its general and special facilities.A Department of Clinical Chemistry has recently beeninstituted by the physicians and surgeons on thestaff ; and, besides the Royallnfirmary, students havethe opportunity of attending the following institutions :City Fever Hospital, Sick Children’s Hospital, GeneralDispensary and Lying-in and Vaccine Institutions,Royal Lunatic Asylum, Ophthalmic Institutions, andthe Aberdeen Royal Mental Hospital. This hospitalcontains, with hospital attached to main institutionand agricultural branch, about 950 beds. Clinicalinstruction is given to students during threemonths’ in summer. Physician-Superintendent, Dr.R. Dods Brown.

SCOTTISH MEDICAL CORPORATIONSGRANTING DIPLOMAS.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF EDIN-

BURGH, ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONSOF EDINBURGH, ROYAL FACULTY OF

PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONSOF GLASGOW.

These Colleges have made arrangements by which,after one series of examinations, held in Edinburgh orGlasgow, or both, the student may obtain the diplomasof the three bodies. This is the Scottish ConjointBoard.The three bodies grant their Single Licences only to

candidates who already possess legal qualifications inMedicine or Surgery.The hospitals which are recognised by the Scottish

Conjoint Board as places where professional study fortheir diplomas can be pursued are all those institutionswhich feed the medical faculties of the universities,as well as all the places which are recognised bythe English and Irish Conjoint Boards.

Professional Education.-The candidate must pro-duce certificates or other satisfactory evidence ofhaving attended the following separate and distinctcourses of instruction: Physics, three months;Elementary Biology, three months ; Chemistry, sixmonths; Practical or Analytical Chemistry, threemonths; Anatomy, during at least six months;Practical Anatomy, twelve months; Physiology,six months ; Practical Physiology, three months;Materia Medica, three months ; Pathology (includingPractical Pathology), nine months; Practice ofMedicine, six months ; Clinical Medicine, nine months;Principles and Practice of Surgery, six months;Clinical Surgery, nine months ; Midwifery, threemonths ; Gynaecology, one course of not less than 13meetings ; Diseases of Children, one course of not lessthan 13 meetings ; Medical Jurisprudence and PublicHealth, three months. The certified attendance onlectures, demonstrations, and practical work must notbe less than three-fourths of the total number ofroll-calls. Every student undergoes a course ofPractical Midwifery, but before attending at labourshe is required to attend a course of lectures on Surgeryand Midwifery and to hold the offices of ClinicalMedical Clerk and Surgical Dresser. He must alsoattend for two and a half months instruction inPractical Pharmacy ; the certificate to be signed bythe teacher, who must be a member of the Pharma-ceutical Society of Great Britain, or the superintendentof the laboratory of a public hospital or dispensary, ora registered practitioner who dispenses medicines tohis patients, or a teacher of Practical Pharmacy.The student must attend for 27 months the Medical

and Surgical practice of a public general hospitalcontaining on an average at least 80 patients availablefor clinical instruction, and possessing distinct staffs ofphysicians and of surgeons. He must act as SurgicalDresser and Medical Clinical Clerk for not less thansix months in the wards in each case, and receivepractical instruction in administration of anaesthetics.He must attend for six months the practice of apublic dispensary especially recognised by any of theabove authorities, or the out-patient practice of arecognised general hospital. This attendance shouldbe made after the student has passed the First andSecond examinations.

Candidates are also required to attend the followingcourses : Diseases and Injuries of the Eye, threemonths; Insanity, three months ; Infectious Diseases,three months ; Gynaecology, three months ; Diseasesof Children, three months.The curriculum lasts for five years, the fifth year

being devoted to clinical work. ’

There are four professional examinations :—

First Examination includes Physics, Chemistry, andElementary Biology.

Se,cond Examination includes Anatomy and Physio-logy and Histology ; and candidates may be admitted