Third Professional Examination.

Subjects.

1. Medicine. 2. Surgery. 3. Pathology. 4. Therapeutics. 5. Public Health and Forensic Medicine. Fee £9 9s.

Fourth (Final) Examination.
Subjects.

1. Medicine. 2. Surgery. 3. Operative Surgery. 4. Ophthalmic and Aural Surgery. 5. Midwifery. Fee £6 68.

Full information may be had on application to the Secretary of Committee of Management, Royal College of Physicians, Kildare-street, Dublin.

B.-Regulations of the Examining Board in England (Royal

College of Physicians and Royal College of Surgeons), for Candidates who commenced their Professional Studies on or after 1st January, 1892.

PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATIONS.

First Examination.

1. Chemistry and Physics. 2. Practical Pharmacy. 3. Elementary Biology.

This Examination may be taken in three parts at different times, or the whole may be taken at one time. Fee £10 10s.

Second Examination.

1. Anatomy. 2. Physiology. Fee £10 10s.

Third or Final Examination.

PART I.-Medicinc, including Medical Anatomy, Pathology, Practical Pharmacy (if not previously passed), Pharmacology, Therapeutics, Forensic Medicine, and Public Health.

PART II.-Surgery, including Pathology, Surgical Anatomy, and the use of Surgical Appliances.

PART III.-Midwifery and Diseases of Women.

Fee (for whole Examination) £15 15s.

Synopses indicating the range of subjects in the several examinations, and full information as to the course of study required, and certificates prescribed, may be obtained of the Secretary, Examination Hall, Victoria Embankment, London, W.C.

Regulations by General Medical Council, &c. 281

C.-Conjoint Examinations in Scotland of the Royal College of Surgeons and Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, and Faculty of Physicians, Glasgow (Triple Qualification), for Candidates who began study on or after 1st January, 1892.

The principal changes effected in the new Regulations are, (1) the addition of one year to the period of study; (2) the addition of Elementary Biology, Physics, Diseases of the Eye, Insanity, and Fevers, to the obligatory subjects of study; (3) the extension of the Hospital attendance; (4) four Examinations take the place of three.

First Examination.

Elementary Biology, Physics, Chemistry. Fee £5.

Second Examination.

Anatomy and Physiology, including Histology. Fee £5.
Third Examination.

Pathology, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy. Fee £5.

Final Examination.

Medicine, Surgery, Midwifery and Gynecology, Medical Jurisprudence, and Hygiene. Fee £15.

(The total Fee is raised to £30.)

The Registrar for Edinburgh is James Robertson, Esq., Solicitor, 1, George-square.

The Registrar for Glasgow is Alexander Duncan, Esq., Faculty Hall, St. Vincent-street, from whom full Programmes may be had.

IV.-REGULATIONS

PRESCRIBED BY GENERAL

MEDICAL COUNCIL RESPECTING MEDICAL
COURSES IN AND AFTER 1892.

With regard to the Course of Study and Examinations which persons desirous of qualifying for the Medical Profession shall go through in order that they may become possessed of the requisite knowledge and skill for the efficient practice of the Profession, the General Medical Council have resolved that the following conditions ought to be enforced without

exception on all who commence their Medical Studies at any time after January 1, 1892 :

(a) With the exception provided below, the period of Professional Studies between the date of Registration as a Medical Student and the date of Final Examination for any Diploma which entitles its bearer to be registered under the Medical Acts, must be a period of bond fide study during not less than five years.

The first four of the five years of Medical Study should be passed at a School or Schools of Medicine recognised by any of the Licensing Bodies, provided that the First Year may be passed at a University, or Teaching Institution, recognised by any of the Licensing Bodies, where the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology are taught.

The Examination in the Elements of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology should be passed before the beginning of the Second Winter Season.

The exception referred to above in (a) is as follows:

Graduates in Arts or Science of any University recognised by the Medical Council, who shall have spent a year in the Study of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, and have passed an Examination in these subjects for the Degrees in question, should be held to have completed the first of the five years Medical Study.

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V. THE BAR.

Extract from Educational Regulations of the Honourable Society of King's Inns :

XX. Graduates of the Queen's University in Ireland, Royal University of Ireland, Oxford, Cambridge, and London Universities, may qualify for call to the Bar by attending two continuous Courses of the Lectures of the two Professors at the King's Inns, and in the case of all such Graduates, except Graduates of the Royal University of Ireland, or of the London University, by attending for a year the Lectures of two of

the Professors of Law in their respective Universities, and passing the Examinations (if any) held by the Professors at the end of each Course; and in the case of Graduates of the Royal University of Ireland, by attending for one year the Lectures of two of the Professors of Law in one of the Queen's Colleges at Belfast, Cork, or Galway, and passing the like Examinations, if such be held, and in the case of Graduates of the University of London, by attending for one year the Lectures of two of the Professors of Law in University College, and passing the like Examinations if such be held.

VI.-EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR OF NATIONAL SCHOOLS.

1. A Competitive Examination, of nominated Candidates, for the office of Inspector of National Schools, will be held in the months of June (elementary) and August (advanced),

1897.

3. The Competitive Examination will be conducted by the Civil Service Commissioners, upon a programme-Elementary and Advanced Courses-approved by the Commissioners of National Education.

4. No candidate will be admitted to compete unless he shall have been approved as a fit person to be nominated by the Committee of Selection appointed for the purpose. Every Candidate desiring to compete must apply, in writing, to the Commissioners, for a nomination before the 10th day of March, 1897; before obtaining a nomination, he must furnish such evidence of his qualifications, good health, character, and conduct as may be required, and he must also present himself, at his own expense, when summoned, before the Committee of Selection at the National Education Office.

5. Candidates, not being National School Teachers or Inspectors' Assistants, must be between the ages of twentythree and thirty-four years on the 1st January, 1898.

6. Each Candidate successful at the Competitive Examination must be prepared, before his appointment as Inspector,

to undergo a course of training (about six months) in the duties of Inspector and in subjects of a professional nature, and at the conclusion of such course to pass a qualifying Examination in professional subjects, hereinafter referred to as the Professional Examination. The Professional Examination will be conducted by the Officers of the Commissioners, and the course of training and the programme of the Professional Examination will be prescribed by the Commissioners from time to time.

9. Any Candidate unsuccessful at the Competitive Examination in 1897 will receive a second nomination if he continues otherwise qualified, provided his answering shall have been, in the opinion of the Commissioners, sufficiently meritorious. Under special circumstances, a third nomination may be granted, but no Candidate will be admitted to compete more than three times.

COURSE OF EXAMINATION FOR CANDIDATES FOR INSPECTORSHIPS under the Board OF NATIONAL EDUCATION, IRELAND. There will be Two Examinations, viz. :

I. The Competitive Examination with two partsElementary and Advanced-in Subjects of general culture, to be conducted by the Civil Service Commissioners.

II. The Professional Examination in Professional Subjects, to be conducted under the immediate direction of the Commissioners of National Education.

In the case of each Candidate the Commissioners constituting the "Committee of Selection" must be satisfied

1. That his testimonials as to character and health are satisfactory.

2. That he expresses himself correctly and distinctly. 3. That he writes a fair legible hand.

4. That he spells accurately.

5. That, in the judgment of the Committee, he is a suitable Candidate for the office of an Inspector of National Schools.