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treatment of a case of obstruction of the Common Bile duct due to Gall-stone.

3. Mention the causes, and describe the symptoms, physical signs, and treatment of a case of Empyema (right-sided) in a child.

4. Describe the symptoms and physical signs, and discuss the diagnosis of Tuberculous Peritonitis.

5. Give, in detail, your treatment (hygienic, dietetic, and medicinal) of a case of Typhoid Fever in an adult. How would you deal with (1) Perforation, (2) Hæmorrhage, should they arise?

SYSTEMATIC MEDICINE.

THURSDAY, 30TH JUNE 1910-9 A.M. TO 12 NOON.

(Not more than four questions to be attempted.)

1. Describe the clinical features of a case of BronchoPneumonia occurring after measles, and discuss the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.

2. Enumerate the varieties of ulceration which may occur in (1) the small intestine, (2) the large intestine. Give the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of a case of simple ulcerative Colitis.

3. Give the causes, symptoms, physical signs, and discuss the diagnosis of acute Pericarditis.

4. Describe the symptoms and discuss the diagnosis and treatment of Uræmia.

5. Give the clinical features, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of a case of Pseudo-hypertrophic Muscular Paralysis.

EXAMINATION FOR DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC

HEALTH.

First Examination.

CHEMISTRY.

SATURDAY, 19TH MARCH 1910-9 TO 11 A.M.

1. Describe how you would determine the percentage of alcohol in a sample of beer.

2. Give an outline of the two principal processes used for testing for small quantities of arsenic.

3. What are the principal constituents of milk ? How would you determine the composition of a sample of milk for ordinary purposes? What conclusions are to be drawn from the results of such an analysis?

4. What preservatives would you be prepared to find in a sample of milk? How would you test for each of them?

5. Why is leakage of coal-gas in a dwelling-house dangerous? Which, from one point of view, is the most dangerous constituent of coal-gas? What other combustible gaseous mixtures, used technically, are in this respect more dangerous than coal-gas?

BACTERIOLOGY.

THURSDAY, 17TH MARCH 1910-3 TO 5 P.M.

(Four questions to be answered.)

1. By what methods would you proceed in order to obtain a growth in pure culture of the Bacillus tuberculosis from a caseous gland in the human subject? By what means would you determine whether the organisms separated were of the human or of the bovine type?

2. Describe fully the method of preparing and standardising diphtheric antitoxin.

3. How would you proceed to isolate the Bacillus typhosus from the body after death? By what cultural characters would you distinguish it from Bacillus coli communis?

4. What method would you adopt in order to decide whether or no a sample of meat submitted to you contained pathogenic micro-organisms? By what characters would you recognise the Bacillus enteritidis of Gærtner?

5. Give a method of procedure suitable for estimating quantitatively the bacteria present in the atmosphere of a schoolroom.

PHYSICS AND METEOROLOGY.

THURSDAY, 17TH MARCH 1910-9 TO 11 A.M.

1. How do you account for the fact that drinking-water, freshly drawn from the tap, is found to give off gas bubbles? What importance has this phenomenon in the economy of

nature?

2. Describe how, by means of the specific gravity bottle, you would find the specific gravity (1) of milk, (2) of a heavy insoluble powder, (3) of fragments of cork.

3. State, with reasons, how you would expect a district to be affected-in its rainfall and otherwise-by the cutting down of its forests.

4. Why does a thermometer, whose bulb is kept moist, give a lower reading than a thermometer with a dry bulb? How is the difference between such readings made use of in determining the humidity of the atmosphere?

5. Give an account of the action of chimneys, and explain the production of "back-smoke" in a chimney.

6. Describe a system whereby, by forcing in air, a building may be heated and ventilated. What are the best positions in a room for the air inlets and outlets in such a system? Give

reasons.

7. Contrast, with reasons, the climate of Dundee with that of any far inland city on the continent of Europe.

8. What reasons have we for believing that electricity has greater density at the points and corners of an isolated conductor than at its flat parts? Describe any practical applications you know of this property.

9. Describe the action and the use of the storage cell.

10. Describe how electricity of low potential may be converted into electricity of high potential, and point out the importance of such a transformation.

Second Examination.

SANITARY LAW AND VITAL STATISTICS.

THURSDAY, 30TH SEPTEMBER 1909-9 TO 11 A.M.

1. What power has been conferred on Port Local Authorities for the purpose of dealing with (a) certain diseases, and (b) foodstuffs?

2. Describe the procedure necessary to constitute a special water-supply district under the Public Health (Scotland) Act,

1897.

3. The business of a tallow melter has been established with the sanction of the Local Authority, and thereafter a nuisance is found to arise. What legal steps may the Authority take for its removal?

4. What legal provisions exist for the protection from misuse of water-closets used in common by two or more families?

5. What element of fallacy enters into a comparison of the death-rates of manufacturing towns and rural districts as published, and by what steps may this be corrected?

6. Illustrate by an example the method by which the RegistrarGeneral estimates inter-censal populations, and describe the circumstances which may tend to render this erroneous.

7. State generally the effect on the death-rate, at all ages and certain ages, of the elimination of Phthisis as a cause of death.

SANITARY LAW AND VITAL STATISTICS.

MONDAY, 21ST MARCH 1910-9 TO 11 A.M.

1. Describe generally the statutory provisions existing for the removal of nuisances under the Public Health Act, and specify those where legal action must be based on medical certificate.

2. What statutory provisions exist for regulating the sanitation of bakehouses, laundries, and domestic workshops?

3. Under what circumstances may a water-supply be regarded as a nuisance within the meaning of the Public Health Act, and what statutory provisions exist enabling Local Authorities to supply water for domestic and other purposes (a) in burghs, and (b) in districts other than burghs?

4. What fallacies underly the birth- and marriage-rates as generally stated in this country, and to what extent are they capable of correction?

5. What is meant by an Occupational Death-rate? Illustrate your answer by examples taken from the groups of (a) Metalworkers, and (b) Workers in Textiles.

PRACTICAL SANITATION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY.

THURSDAY, 30TH SEPTEMBER 1909-3 TO 5 P.M.

1. The only available water-supply for a small rural community is obtained from a hill stream which flows through land

occasionally under cultivation. How would you propose to utilise the source indicated, and what amount of (a) chlorine, (b) saline and free ammonia, and (c) albuminoid ammonia would you regard as permissible?

2. A vessel arrives at a port within ten days from the time of leaving another port where cholera exists and where she replenished portion of her water - supply which has not yet been used. Is the interval long enough to ensure that the water may be consumed with safety? On what evidence would you base your opinion?

3. A village community of 1000 people is replacing a wellwater supply by gravitation. What amount of water per head would you consider necessary, and what should be the capacity of the storage reservoir? It is proposed also to utilise the occasion for introducing water-closets. What method would you recommend for disposal of the resultant sewage?

4. What is understood by the terms "intermittent" and "continuous" with regard to the water-supply, and what are the advantages and disadvantages of each system? Where should house cisterns be placed, how should they be constructed, and what relation should their capacity bear to the total requirements of the household ?

5. Explain and criticise the usual method adopted for the standardisation of disinfectants.

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