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Medica and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry,partly by printed papers and partly vivcc voce, and by experi-ments and demonstrations. The fee for this examination is .i::5.The examinations for Honours take place in the week fol-

lowing the commencement of the first M. B. examination, andare conducted by means of printed papers. If sufficient meritbe evinced, the examiners will award to the candidates mostdistinguishing themselves in examinations, exhibitions of JE40per annum for the next two years, payable in quarterly instal-ments, provided that on receiving each instalment the candi-date declare his intention of presenting himself at the SecondM.B. Examination within three years from the time of hispassing the First M.B. Examination. Under the same circum-stances, the first and second candidates in each subject receiveeach a gold medal of the value of E5.The SECOND M.B. EXAMINATION* takes place once in each

year, commencing on the first Monday in November.No candidate is admitted to this examination within two

academical years of the time of his passing the first examina-tion, nor without producing certificates-1. Of having passedthe First M. B. Examination. 2. That subsequently to havingpassed the First M.B. Examination he has attended a courseof lectures on each of two of the subjects specified, and forwhich he had not presented certificates at the first examina-tion. 3. Of having conducted at least twenty labours. 4. Ofhaving attended the surgical practice of a recognised hospitalor hospitals during two years, with clinical instruction andlectures on Clinical Surgery. 5. Of having attended the me-dical practice of a recognised hospital or hospitals during twoyears, with clinical instruction and lectures on Clinical Medi-cine. t 6. Of having, subsequently to the completion of hisattendance on surgical and medical hospital practice, attendedto practical medicine, surgery, or midwifery, with special chargeof patients, in an hospital, infirmary, dispensary, or parochialunion, during six months.

Candidates must also produce certificates of moral characterfrom a teacher in the last school or institution at which theyhave studied. These certificates must be transmitted to theregistrar at least fourteen days before the examination.

Candidates are examined in General Pathology, GeneralTherapeutics and Hygiene, Surgery, Medicine, Midwifery, andForensic Medicine. The examinations include questions inSurgical and Medical Anatomy, Pathological Anatomy, andPathological Chemistry ; and are partly in writing and partlyoral. They also include examination and report on cases ofmedical patients, demonstrations from specimens and prepara-tions, practical examinations in Forensic Medicine, andwritingprescriptions in Latin without abbreviations. The fee for thisexamination is jE5.Any candidate who has been placed in the first division at

the Second M. B. Examination may be examined for Honoursin Medicine, Midwifery, and Forensic Medicine. These ex-aminations commence in the week following the commence-ment of the Second M.B. Examination, and are conducted bymeans of printed papers. If sufficient merit be evinced, thecandidates who most distinguish themselves in this examina-tion will receive respectively-in Medicine, 950 per annum forthe next two years, with the style of University Scholar inMedicine; in Midwifery, jE30 per annum for the next twoyears, with the style of University Scholar in Midwifery; inForensic Medicine, .i::30 per annum for the next two years, withthe style of University Scholar in Forensic Medicine. Alsothe first and second candidates in each of the preceding sub-jects will each receive a Gold Medal of the value of E5.

Bachelor of Surgery. - The examination for this degreetakes place once in each year, and commences on the Tuesdayfollowing the fourth Monday in November. A candidate isadmitted to this examination on producing certificates-Ofadmitted as a candidate at the Second M.B. Examinatiou until after thelapse of at least twelve months from the time of his passing the Examina-tion in Phys ol"gy.

* Any candidate for the Second M.B. Examination who has passed the FirstM.B. Examination under the former Regulations, is required to have alsopassed the Examination in Physiology at some previous First M.B. Exami-nation carried on under the present Regulations, at which examination he isnot allonyed to compete for Honours.t The student’s attendance on the Surgical and on the Medical Hospital

Practice -pecified in the Regulations 4 and 5 may commence at any dateafter his passion the Preliminary Scientific Examination, and may be comprised either within the same or within dincrent years; provided that inevery case his attendance on Hospital Practice be continued for at leasteighteen months subsequently to his passing the First M.B. Examination.Attendan e diirinz three months in the wards of a Lunatic Asylum recog-nised by the University, with Clinical instruction, may be substituted for alike period of attendance on Medi, al Hasrital Practice.The 5eoate regard it as h hly desirable that candidates for the degree

of ;B1.[;. ;;hO" 1 practically acquaint themselves with the different forms oflasanity by attendance in a Lunatic Asylum.

having taken the degree of Bachelor of Medicine in this Uni-versity. Of having attended a course of instruction in opera-tive surgery, and having operated on the dead subject. Thesecertificates must be transmitted to the registrar at least four-teen days before the examination begins. The examinationsare conducted by means of printed papers, by vivrt voce inter-rogation, examination and report on cases of surgical patients,the application of surgical apparatus, and by the performanceof surgical operations on the dead subject. The fee for thisexamination is E5.Any candidate who has passed the B.S. examination maybe

examined for Honours in Surgery on Tuesday in the week fol-lowing the commencement of the pass examination. If suf-ficient merit be evinced, the candidate who distinguishes him-self the most will receive £ 50 per annum for the next two-years, with the style of University Scholar in Surgery. Thefirst and second candidates also receive a Gold Medal of thevalue of JE5.

Master in Surgery.-The examination for this degree takesplace once in each year, and commences on the fourth Mondayin November. A candidate is admitted to this examinationon producing certificates-1. Of having taken the degree ofBachelor of Surgery* in this University. 2. Of having at-tended, subsequently to taking the degree of Bachelor of Sur-gery in this University, to Clinical or Practical Surgery duringtwo years in an hospital or medical institution recognised bythis University; or to Clinical or Practical Surgery during oneyear in an hospital or medical institution recognised by thisUniversity, and of having been engaged during three years inthe practice of his profession; or of having been engaged duringfive years in the practice of his profession, either before or aftertaking the degree of Bachelor of Surgery in this University.’)*3. Of moral character, signed by two persons of respectability.These certificates must be transmitted to the registrar at leastfourteen days before the examination begins. Candidates areexamined in Logic and Moral Philosophy, and in Surgery.The examination is conducted by means of printed papers andvivd-voce examination, as well as by dissection and the per-formance of surgical operations. The fee for this degree is JE5.

If sufficient merit be evinced, the candidate who distinguisheshimself the most in Surgery will receive a gold medal of thethe value of 20.

, Doctor of Medicine.-The examination for this degree takesplace once in each year, commencing on the fourth Monday inNovember.A candidate is admitted to this examination on producing

certificates to the following effect :-1. Of having taken thedegree of Bachelor of Medicine in this University. 2. Of havingattended, subsequently to taking the degree of Bachelor ofMedicine in this University, (a) to Clinical or Practical Me-dicine during two years in an hospital or medical institutionrecognised by this University; (b) or to Clinical or PracticalMedicine during one year in an hospital or medical institutionrecognised by this University, and of having been engagedduring three years in the practice of his profession ; (c) or ofhaving been engaged during five years in the practice of hisprofession either before or after taking the degree of Bachelorof Medicine in this University. One year of attendance onClinical or Practical Medicine, or two years of practice, is dis-pensed with in the case of those candidates who at the secondexamination were placed in the first division. 3. Of moralcharacter, signed by two persons of respectability.The certificates to be transmitted to the registrar at least

fourteen days before the examination. Candidates are ex-

amined in Logic and Moral Philosophy, and in Medicine. Thefee for this degree is £5, excepting to such as having taken theirM.B. degree under the former regulations shall not have paidthe fee of £5 at the Preliminary Scientific Examination, andto whom therefore the fee for the M.D. degree is £10. Ifsufficient merit be evinced, the candidate who distinguisheshimself the most in Medicine shall receive a gold medal of thevalue of £20.

UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM.

Registration and Examination.-The name of every studentin Medicine shall be placed on a register kept by the registrar* Candidates who have obtained the degree of Bachelor of Medicine pre-

viously to 1866 will be admitted to the examination for the degree of Masterin Sureery without having taken the degree of Bachelor of Surgery; and inthe case of such candidates the attendance on surgical practice required byRegulation 2 may commence from the date of the M.B. degree.t One year of attendance on Clinical or Practical Surgery, or two rears of

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of the University, and every student who has been thus regis-tered shall be regarded as a matriculated student of the Uni-versity in the Faculty of Medicine. Every student who hasbeen thus registered shall receive a certificate of his registra-tion, signed by the registrar, for which he shall pay 5s.The Registration Examination at Durham is held twice a year;

shortly before the winter session, and shortly before the sum-mer session, of the Medical School of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.Every candidate for the Registration Examination shall send inhis name to the registrar one month at least before the day ofexamination, and pay at the same time a fee of £ 1. If he

passes that examination he shall receive a certificate, signedby the examiners, without further payment.One of the University Medical Scholarships, value .f:25 per

annum, tenable for four years, will be awarded after examina-tion in October next.The following are the subjects of examination for registra-

tion, Sept. 22nd, 1868, April 19th and Sept. 20th, 1869 (at9 A.M.):—The history contained in the Acts of the Apostles.The history of England to the end of the reign of Henry III.English grammar and composition. Arithmetic, includingvulgar and decimal fractions ; Algebra, including simple equa-tions. Euclid, books i. and ii. The geography of Great Bri-tain, Ireland, and France. (Candidates will be expected todraw from memory outline maps of these countries, showingtheir chief ranges of mountains and their principal rivers, andalso to answer questions connected with them.) Latin gram-mar : with, in April, Caesar, De Bello Gallico, lib. i. and ii.;in September, Virgil, Æneid, lib. i. and ii.-Optional subjects :Greek grammar, with Xenophon’s Memorabilia. Frenchgrammar, with Voltaire’s Charles XII. German grammar,with Goethe’s Dichtung und Wahrheit, book i. Elementaryquestions in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, and Pneumatics. Can-didates wishing to be examined in any of these subjects mustsignify their intention fourteen days before the examination.The following examinations are also accepted as qualifica-

tions for registration :-Durham Senior Examination of persons not members of the University; Durham Examinations forStudents in Arts in their first and second years.

Candidates are required to send, one month before theexamination, to A. Beanlands, Esq., Durham, a testimonial ofcharacter, and the examination fee, .61.

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Students who matriculate are enabled to proceed to a licencein Medicine, and then to the degrees of M.B., M.D., and M. C.

Licences and Degrees. -1. No one shall be held to be astudent in Medicine who has not been registered, and no oneshall be so registered unless he has passed the RegistrationExamination, or such other examination as the Warden andSenate shall deem equivalent. The Registration Examinationembraces the rudiments of religion, literature, and science.

2. No grace for a licence in Medicine shall be granted unlessthe petitioner is of the age of twenty-one years, has since hisregistration spent four years in medical study at one or moreof the schools recognised by the licensing bodies named inSchedule A of the Medical Act of 1858, and has passed twopublic examinations. No one shall be admissible to the firstof these examinations unless he has spent two years, nor tothe second unless he has spent four years, at least, in medicalstudy as above prescribed, and has passed the first examina-tion ; and no one shall be admissible to either of these exa-minations unless he has produced satisfactory testimonials ofconduct, and such certificates of attendance on lectures andhospital practice as the Warden and Senate shall require.

3. No grace for a degree of Bachelor in Medicine shall begranted unless the petitioner is a Licentiate in Medicine, andis of the standing of eighteen terms (six years) at least fromthe date of his registration or matriculation. No one who isnot a Bachelor of Arts shall be admissible to the degree ofBachelor of Medicine, unless he has kept three terms by resi-dence at Durham, and has passed both the final examinationfor the degree of Bachelor of Arts, or an equivalent to it, andalso the examination for the degree of Bachelor of Medicine,nor unless he has spent one year at least in medical study atsome School of Medicine in connexion with the University.The examination for the degree of Bachelor of Medicine isdirected chiefly to the practice of Medicine.

4. No grace for the degree of Doctor of Medicine shall begranted unless the petitioner is a Bachelor of Medicine of thestanding of twenty-one terms at least (seven years) from hisregistration or matriculation, and of three terms at least fromhis admission to the degree of Bachelor of Medicine, nor un-less he has performed such exercises as the Warden and Senaterequire.

5. No grace for a Licence in Surgery shall be granted unless

the petitioner is of the age of twenty-one years, has spentfour years in medical and surgical study since his registrationas a student in medicine, in some one or more of the schoolsrecognised by the licensing bodies named in Schedule A of theMedical Act, 1858, and has passed two public examinations.The first of these examinations shall be the first examinationappointed for students in medicine. No one shall be admissibleto it who has not spent two years in medical and surgical study,as above prescribed. The second of these examinations shall bepartly the same asthesecondexaminationappointedforstudentsin medicine, and shall be partly in surgical subjects. No oneshall be admissible to it who has not spent four years at leastin medical and surgical study, as above prescribed, and passedthe first examination. No one shall be admissible to either ofthese examinations unless he has produced satisfactory testi-monials of conduct, and such certificates of attendance onlectures and hospital practice as the Warden and Senate shallrequire. The second examination for a Licence in Surgerymay or may not be passed at the same time with the secondexamination for a Licence in Medicine.

6. No grace for the degree of Master in Surgery shall begranted unless the petitioner is a Licentiate in Surgery and alsoa Licentiate in Medicine, and is of the standing of eighteen terms(six years) at least from the date of his registration or matri-culation, and of three terms at least from the date of his ad-mission to the licence in surgery. No one who is not a Bachelorof Arts shall be admissible to the degree of Master in Surgeryunless he has kept three terms by residence at Durham, andhas passed the final examination for the degree of Bachelor ofArts, or an equivalent to it, besides the examination for thedegree of Master in Surgery, nor unless he has spent one yearat least in medical and surgical study in some School of Medi-cine in connexion with the University. The examination forthe degree of Master in Surgery shall be directed chiefly to thepractice of Surgery.

7. The Warden and Senate have authority to arrange forstudents in the Faculty of Medicine an examination equivalentto that for the degree of Bachelor of Arts by substituting forthe theological part of it an examination in Hippocrates, Galen,or such other ancient medical author or authors as they maythink fit.

8. Any student in medicine who was registered before Easterterm, 1868, shall be entitled to be admitted to the degree ofMaster in Surgery on the same conditions as are above requiredfor a licence in surgery.

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.

Three medical degrees are conferred by the University ofEdinburgh-namely, Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.), Master inSurgery (C.M.), and Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) The degreeof Master in Surgery is not conferred on any person who doesnot also at the same time obtain the degree of Bachelor ofMedicine.

1. The preliminary branches of extra-professional educationare English, Latin, Arithmetic, the Elements of Mathematics,and the Elements of Mechanics; and the proficiency of stu-dents in these branches is ascertained by examination prior tothe commencement of their medical study.

2. No candidate is admitted to a professional examinationwho has not passed a satisfactory examination on at least twoof the following subjects, in addition to the subjects mentionedabove-Greek, French, German, Higher Mathematics, NaturalPhilosophy, Logic, Moral Philosophy; and the examination onthese latter subjects also takes place before the candidate hasentered on his medical curriculum.

3. A degree in Arts (not being an honorary degree) in anyone of the universities of England, Scotland, or Ireland, or inany colonial or foreign university specially recognised for thispurpose by the University Court, exempts from all preliminaryexamination; and an examination in Arts by any corporatebody whose examination has been recognised as qualifying forentrance on medical study by resolution of the General MedicalCouncil of the United Kingdom, provided the said examinationby the said corporate body shall also be approved by the Uni-versity Court, shall exempt from preliminary examination inArts, on all subjects comprised in the said examination of thesaid corporate body.

4. No one is admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Medicineor Master in Surgery who has not been engaged in medical andsurgical study for four years. The medical session of eachyear, or annus medicus, constituted by at least two courses ofnot less than one hundred lectures each, or by one such course,and two courses of not less than fifty lectures each; with the