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nevertheless, two deaths have taken placeduring the treatment, but under circum-stances entirely unconnected with the ope-ration. We will mention them in our next,

as they are interesting, inasmuch as theyshow the state of the venous canal, after theapplication of caustic. Most of the patientsoperated on have been perfectly cured ; andin those cases in which the varices have notbeen totally obliterated, such an ameliora-tion has been effected, as to render thepatients capable of returning to laborious

occupations, which previously they wereforced to desist from.

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON PRIZEEXAMINATIONS.

OF the fifty-two candidates inscribed for

examination, three retired before the ordealcommenced, four disappeared during theexamination, and seven were rejected. Thewritten answers were many of them excel-

lent, and did honour to the teachers underwhom the writers had been educated. Thevivâ voce examination in anatomy was con-ducted with the aid of a well-dissected body,and of a number of beautiful preparations.Several of the candidates who had fallenshort of the rest in the written, were enabledto regain their credit in the viva roce, exami-nation, and in the required demonstrationupon the body and preparations.

Tuesday, July 14, Morning, 10 to 1.ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.

Examiners, Mr. KIERNAN and Dr. SHARPEY.

CANDIDATES MAY ILLUSTRATE THEIR ANSWERS

BY SKETCHING THE PARTS THEY DESCRIBE.

1. Describe the parts successivelybrought into view in dissecting, from theskin of the perineum to the inferior fundusof the bladder, that space which is boundedanteriorly by the arch of the pubes, poste-riorly by the rectum, and on each side bythe ramus of the ischium and obturator in-ternus muscle.

2. Describe the internal structure of thekidney ; and state what you conceive to bethe relation of the blood vessels to the ducts,adducing the evidence.

3. Describe the intimate structure andchemical composition of interarticular car-tilage, and state in what respects it differsfrom articular cartilage.

Tuesday, July 14, Afternoon, 3 to 6.1. Give the dissection required to expose

the course of the vertebral artery, from thethird cervical vertebra to the foramen mag.num ; commencing at the integuments or,

the back of the neck, and describing theseveral parts successively met with in thedissection.

2. Describe the mucous membrane of thestomach and small intestine ; the descrip.tion to include that of the ultimate arrange-ment of the blood-vessels, the epithelium,the follicles of Lieberkühn, and the glandsof Brunner and Peyer. What recent inves-

tigations have been made into the structureof the last-named bodies? Describe alsothe development of the alimentary canal,with the exception of the mouth and fauces.

3. Describe the erectile tissue, and statewhat recent researches have been made intoits structure. In what other parts of thebody, besides the corpora cavernosa and

! corpus spongiosum, has it been said to exist,

and what is your own opinion upon thispoint?

Wednesday, July 15, Morning, 10 to 1.CHEMISTRY.

Examiner, Mr. DANIELL.1. How may carbonic acid be generated

and condensed into the liquid state ? Ex-plain the phenomena which occur whenliquid carbonic acid is allowed to evaporaterapidly.

2. Explain and illustrate the meaning ofthe term diathermancy : in what do dia-thermanous bodies differ from diaphanousand transparent bodies ?

, 3. What are the principal phenomena of

polarised light ; and how may light be

polarised ?4. How may the diffusion of gases be

measured ; and what is the law of theirdiffusion ?

5. Describe the construction and explainthe action of the electrical condenser.

6. Describe the mode by which a volta-type copy of a medal may be obtained, andexplain the process.

7. What is methylene? How is hydrateof methylene obtained, and what is its rela-tion to alcohol ?

8. What is the constitution of phosphoricacid ? What are its relations to water andsaliflable bases ?

9. What are the principal constituentsand characters of the fusible calculus, themulberry calculus, and of red gravel?

10. Describe the properties of sulphurand selenium ; state their equivalent num-bers, and the principal points of resemblance

between these two elements and their com-pounds.

Wednesday, July 15, Afternoon, 3 to 6.MATERIA MEDICA AND PHARMA-

CEUTICAL CHEMISTRY.

Examiner, Mr. PEREIRA.1. What are the crystals contained in thebottles marked respectively A, B, C, D, E,