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as (a) Chemist and Druggist and (b) PharmaceuticalChemist. Courses of Instruction are given for theseexaminations.A two years’ course for the Final Examination

for the degree of B.Pharm. of the University ofLondon is also given. Medical students are admittedto the lectures and laboratory work. Certificates ofinstruction in the School are received by the Con-joint Board of the Royal Colleges and by the Univer-sity of London. Graduates of approved Universitiesmay carry out the research work necessary for thethesis for the Ph.D. of the University of Londonin the Society’s Research Laboratories ; this degreemay be taken in Pharmacy, Pharmacognosy, Pharma-ceutical Chemistry, and Pharmacology. Severalscholarships are also offered. Further informationmay be obtained from the Dean, 17, Bloomsbury-square, London.

MEDICAL SCHOOLS OF THE UNIVERSITYOF LONDON

St. Bartholomew’s Hospital and CollegeThe hospital contains 845 beds, of which 775 are for

patients in the hospital at Smithfield and 70 at theAlexandra Hospital, Swanley. Special departmentshave been organised for diseases of women andchildren, the eye, ear, larynx, and skin, as well asfor orthopaedic and dental surgery, and for electro-therapeutics and X ray work. Whole-time ClinicalUnits under professors of medicine and surgery havebeen established. A new surgical block of ten wards,with accommodation for 250 patients, and connectedwith a block of five new operation theatres is nowin use. A new medical block was opened in July,1937, containing 250 beds.Ten house physicians and ten house surgeons

are appointed annually, are provided with rooms

and board, and receive B80 a year as salary.A resident midwifery assistant, an ophthalmichouse surgeon, and a house surgeon for diseasesof the throat, nose, and ear, and a house surgeon fororthopaedic surgery are appointed every six months,and are provided with rooms and board and receivea salary of 280 a year. Three resident administratorsof anaesthetics are ’appointed, the senior for one

year at a salary of .8150, and two juniors for sixmonths with a salary at the rate of B80 per annum,with board and rooms. An extern midwifery assistantis appointed every three months, and receives a

salary of 280 a year. The clinical clerks, theobstetric clerks, the clerks to the medical out-patients, the dressers to the surgical in-patientsand to the out-patients, and the dressers in the specialdepartments are chosen from, the students.There are quarters for the resident staff, casualty,

medical, surgical, and special out-patient departments,casualty wards, dispensary, and clinical lecturetheatre. A block is devoted to pathology, andcontains the post-mortem room as well as extensivelaboratories for bacteriology, clinical pathology,and pathological chemistry. The Medical CollegeBuildings include three large lecture theatres, labora-tories for clinical pathology, chemical pathology,bacteriology, morbid anatomy and histology, andpublic health, as well as a spacious library (contain-ing 14,500 volumes). The pathological museum iscomplete.The College has recently bought the site and build-

ings in Charterhouse-square (five minutes’ walk fromthe Hospital), formerly occupied by the MerchantTaylors’ School, and the whole of the preclinicaldepartments have now been transferred there.Spacious new laboratories are now in use for theteaching of chemistry, physics, biology, anatomy,physiology, &c.

Special classes for the Primary and Final F.R.C.S.Examinations are held twice yearly. Instructionin Preliminary Science is given to.University of Londonstudents in chemistry, biology, and physics throughout

the year. Facilities for research work are affordedin the Clinical Units and laboratories of pathologicaland other departments. Vacation Anatomy Coursesare given in winter, spring, and summer.

Scholarships given in aid of Medical Study.-SixEntrance Scholarships and Exhibitions are awardedannually-viz. : (1) and (2) a Scholarship entitlingthe holder to free undergraduate medical educationfor a period of three years ; and an Exhibition of 260in any two of the following subjects : Human Anatomyand Embryology, Physiology, Pathology (includingBacteriology), Biochemistry; (3) a Scholarship of2100 in Chemistry, Physics, and Biology ; (4) and (5) aScholarship of 2100 and the Jeaffreson Exhibition of250 in Mathematics, Latin or Greek or French orGerman, a second language or Chemistry or Physics ;(6) Helen Cave Memorial Scholarship, awarded afteropen competition to sons of Registered MedicalPractitioners, value about .8200, conditions obtainablefrom the Dean ; (7) Shuter Scholarship of 250 inAnatomy and Physiology, which is awarded aftercompetitive examination among Cambridge Graduates.The more important of the other Scholarships andprizes are as follows: Four Junior Scholarships-(8) No. 1, .830, Anatomy and Physiology ; (9) No. 2,.820, Anatomy and Physiology; (10) No. 3, .826,Chemistry, Physics, and Biology; (11) No. 4, .815,Chemistry, Physics, and Biology ; (12) Senior Scholar-ship, .850, Anatomy, Physiology, and Chemistry;(13) Kirkes Scholarship, 230 and medal, ClinicalMedicine ; (14) and (15) two Brackenbury Scholar-ships, 239 each, one in Medicine and one in Surgery ;(16) Sir G. Burrows Prize, 10 guineas, Pathology ;(17) Skynner Prize, 13 guineas, Regional and MorbidAnatomy ; (18) Matthews Duncan Medal and Prize,.820, Midwifery and Gynaecology ; (19) Luther HoldenResearch Scholarship in Surgery, awarded by election,.8105 ; (20) Lawrence Research Scholarship and GoldMedal in Pathology, awarded by election, jB115 ; and(21) Baly Scholarship in Clinical Medicine, JB75,awarded by examination.The recreation ground of 17 acres, for the use of

the members of the Students’ Union, is on theFoxbury Estate at Chislehurst. The Union’s premisesat the Hospital contain a large reading and smokingroom, a committee and writing room, luncheon anddining hall, and a miniature rifle range. Athleticamenities are also available on the new site inCharterhouse-square.

Charing Cross HospitalCharing Cross Hospital Medical School is a school

of the University of London in the Faculty of Medicine.It is situated in the very centre of the Metropolisand access by train, tube, bus, and tram is unrivalled :students residing in town, in the suburbs, or in theopen country are equally well provided for. Theschool provides courses of instruction for the wholeof the medical curriculum. Students are admittedafter matriculation, and by arrangement with King’sCollege, pursue at that institution the courses ofstudy in the subjects of the first and second examina-tions for medical degrees.The hospital contains 300 beds, and in order to

ensure that each student shall have a full complementof clinical material in his personal care duringthe important periods of clerkship and dressership,overcrowding is avoided by limiting the entry ofstudents to 30 each year. As a result, the " nrms "are small and each student is responsible for not lessthan six beds. Similarly, in the theoretical courses,the classes consist of not more than thirty students,between whom and the staff close and intimatecontact is preserved throughout the period of train-ing. Every student holds appointments as clerk ordresser in every department of the hospital.In 1936, 5156 patients were admitted to the wards

of the hospital, 32,614 new cases were seen in the out-patients’ department, and attendances numbered165,732. In addition to the departments of medicine

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and surgery there are special departments for mid-wifery, diseases of women, children, dermatology,ear, nose, and throat, ophthalmology, orthopaedics,psychological medicine, radiology, and electro-therapeutics, anaesthetics, teeth, casualties, fracturecases, tuberculosis, and arrangements are made tocover instruction in fevers, venereal diseases andvaccination.

Six house physicians, six house surgeons, twoobstetric and gynaecological house surgeons, eighthouse officers to the special departments, and tworesident anaesthetists are appointed annually. Thefollowing senior appointments are open to studentsafter they have held resident appointments : residentmedical officer, at a salary of 2400 per annum ; residentcasualty officer, at :B200 per annum ; and six registrarsto the medical, surgical, obstetric, and ear, nose, andthroat departments.

In the pathological institute, under a whole-timestaff of scientific workers and in fully equippedlaboratories, students receive their training inpreventive medicine, pathology, and bacteriology.There are special facilities for research. For thecourse in practical ophthalmology the facilities of theRoyal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital are availableas additional instruction. Courses in general Medi-cine, surgery, and pathology, with the requisiteclinical work in the wards and out-patient depart-ments, are provided for students reading for dentalqualifications.The pathological museum, containing over 4000

specimens and 3000 histological preparations, com-prises (1) the section in general pathology, and (2) theCuthbert Lockyer Collection of over 1150 gyneeco-logical and obstetric specimens. Its usefulness isenhanced by a complete catalogue, illustrated byactual photographs. The library, which is largeand comfortable, contains over 4000 volumes. Thetext-book section, numbering some hundreds of books,is added to each time a new edition of a standard workis issued.

Scholarships and prizes.-The following scholarships,exhibitions, and prizes are offered annually. (1) TheThomas Henry Huxley scholarship in anatomy.(2) The Benjamin Golding, and (3) the DavidLivingstone scholarships in pathology or biochemistry;value of each ;S120. (4) The Edith and Mary Donaldscholarship, value 75, in anatomy and physiology.(5) The George Verity and (6) the entrance scholar-ships, by nomination ; 250 each. The examinationsfor (1) to (4) are held in June or July. In additiontwo exhibitions of 60 each may be awarded on theresults of the same examination. Periodically,elections are made to the Epsom College and theCranleigh College scholarships. The following awardsare made on the results of the Easter term classexaminations: (1) The Llewellyn scholarship, ;B25,the Llewellyn certificate of merit (with £ 10 ) forhighest distinction throughout the course of finalstudies; (2) William Travers prize, 15; (3) J. H.Morgan prize, 210 ; (4) Dr. H. W. C. Vines prize inpathology, :65 ; (5) Dr. Russell Reynolds prize in

radiology, j35; (6) and (7) T. H. Green prize andPereira prize for clinical commentaries, B5 5s. each ;Steadman prize in pathology and class prizes inmedicine, surgery, and all the different subjects ofthe medical curriculum.The Students’ Club, with smoking and luncheon

rooms on the school premises, cloak room, telephone,&c., provides for the social comfort and convenienceof the students. The club is controlled by a committeeof students, and includes the Medical Society and theDramatic Society. The Gazette is published quarterly.The sports ground of eight acres at Colindale affordsfacilities for Rugby and Association football, cricket,hockey, and tennis. In addition there are sectionsof the club devoted to athletics, boxing, swimming,golf, badminton, and squash rackets. The order hasbeen given for the erection of a new permanent brickbuilt pavilion, with changing rooms, baths, tea-room, bar, and so forth.

St. George’s HospitalPlans are being prepared for the complete

rebuilding of the whole of the Hospital and MedicalSchool on its present site, and it is hoped that thenew hospital will contain at least 500 beds and amuch larger Medical School. In the meantime thework of the Institution will be continued unaltered.

This hospital has now a service of 436 beds, of which180 are allotted to surgical, 150 to medical cases, and100 are at the Convalescent Hospital at Wimbledon.There are all the usual special clinical departments,including fracture clinics, a psychiatric department,and a department for nervous diseases. During thepast year lecture-demonstrations in psychiatry forpost-graduate students have been inaugurated andare given on alternate Thursdays at 5 o’clock duringterm time. As is the case with the neurologicaldemonstrations which have been given for manyyears past at 5 o’clock on Thursdays, they are openwithout fee to all members of the medical professionand medical students. One ward is set apart fordiseases peculiar to women, and there is a maternityward of 13 beds. One ward is set apart for the medicaldiseases of children. There are two ophthalmicwards.

Eight house physicians, ten house surgeons, andeight casualty officers are appointed annually. Theyare provided with board and lodging in the hospital andreceive honorariums of JE40 per annum. In additionthe following appointments are open to all qualifiedstudents of the hospital: resident assistant phy-sician at .6250 per annum ; medical officer to theAtkinson-Morley Convalescent Hospital at JE300 perannum ; two medical registrarships at £ 100 perannum ; two surgical chief assistants (resident) atJB200 per annum ; assistant curatorship of themuseum at 6100 ; obstetric assistantship (resident)at B100 ; the post of resident anaesthetist at .8100.The teaching and laboratories are devoted to clinical

subjects, and arrangements have been made with theauthorities of King’s College for students who enterthe first, second, or third year of the curriculum asstudents of St. George’s to carry out the necessarycourses of instruction at this College. Students thencomplete their course, without payment of anyentrance fee, in a school entirely devoted to clinicalwork.

Scholarships and Prizes.-At this school 11 entrancescholarships and exhibitions are given, the moneyvalue and the subjects of examination being as

follows : (a) and (b) two William Brown Exhibitions,JB120 and B80 respectively ; (c) and (d) two AnneSelina Fernee Scholarships, B80 each ; (e) Devitt-Pendlebury Scholarship, 50 (approx.) ; (f) and (g)two Anne Selina Fernee Exhibitions, ;E60 each,Anatomy and Physiology, except in the case of (c)and (f) subject of examination for which is GeneralPathology.

In addition to the above, Exhibitions each of thevalue of 240 and up to four in number may be awardedto candidates of approved merit in the EntranceScholarships Examination. The others are as follows :(h) Allingham Scholarship in Surgery for Studentsqualified not more than two years, B87 ; (i) and (j)two Brackenbury Prizes, one in Medicine and one inSurgery, B33 each, open to students of not more thanfive years’ standing ; (k) H. C. Johnson MemorialPrize, B20, Practical Anatomy ; (l) Pollock Prize,B24. Physiology, Physiological Chemistry, and Histo-logy ; (m) Clarke Prize, 25; (n) Thompson Medal, B9,Clinical Reports; (o) Brodie Prize, j68, Clinical Reports;(p) Webb Prize, open to perpetual pupils, ;034,Bacteriology ; (q) Laking-Dakin Research Fellow-ship, B115 (approx.), open to students havingregistrable qualifications.The Library is fully stocked with the latest and best

text-books. The Pathological Museum has recentlyundergone complete revision. In addition to itswell-known specimens of great historical interest, itcontains a complete range of pathological conditions,