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lectures on Cliuical Medicine and Surgery are delivered b3the physicians and surgeons, and post-mortem examinationeare conducted in the p,ttbological theatre by the putholo-gist, who also gives practical instruction in PathologicalAnatomy and Histology.Appointments - phere are five physicians’ and five sur-

geons’ assistants, who are boarded and lodged in the hos-pital at the rate of £25 per annum, and who perform allthe duties of house-physicians and house-surgeons. These

appointments can be held for twelve months, six in themedical and six in the surgical wards, and are open tostudents who have passed all their examinations but thelast, or to gentlemen who have a qualification in medicineor surgery. Clinical assistants, dressers, and dispensaryclerks are selected from the students without any additionalfee; and from the large number of accident cases andeases of acute disease received into the wards, these ap-pointments are numerous and invaluable to the student.

Class Fees.-For each course of Lectures, first session,.B2 2s ; second session and perpetual, £1 Is. The AnatomyClass fees are: First winter session,£4 4s.; first summerditto, £1 Is.; second winter ditto, £4 4s ; afterwards £1 Isper session. Any four of the medical classes required forgraduation in the University of Glasgow may be attendedin this school, but the regulations require that the fee forany class taken for graduation in Glasgow shall be thesame as that for the corresponding class in the University.Attendance on this school is also recognised by the Senateof the Queen’s University of Ireland.Fees for Hospital Practice and Clinical Lectures: first

year, £10 10s. ; second year, .81010s ; afterwards free. Forsix months, .86 6s.; three months, oC4 4s.

ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY -Contains about 300 beds.Consulting Physician: Dr. A. Harvey. Physicians: J. W.F. Smith-Sband, R. Beveridge, Angus Fraser. Physicians’-Assistant : William Henry. Consulting Surgeon: Mr. DFiddes. Surgeons: Messrs. W. Pirrie, A. Ogston, J. 0.Will, and R. J. Garden. Surgeons’-Assistant: AndrewNorris. Ophthalmic Surgeon: Dr. Alex. D. Davidson.

Pathologist : Dr. James Rodger. Dental Surgeon: Mr.Williamson. Resident Superintendent and Apothecary:Dr. R. Ra,ttray. Resident Assistant-Physician: Mr. J,)hn-stone Shearer, A M. Resident Assistant-Surgeon : Mr.George S. Trail, A.M. Pathologist and Curator of Mu-seum : Dr. J. Rodger. Treasurer and Secretary: Mr. W.Carnie.THE ABERDEEN ROYAL LUNATIC ASYLUM.-Contains

about 500 beds. Physician: Dr. Robert Jamieson. Cun-sulting Physician : Dr. John Macrobin.

IRISH HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL SCHOOLS.

QUEEN’S COLLEGE, CORK, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.—Thebuilding in which the medical school is located has beenimproved and considerably enlarged, aud is now one of themost complete in the kingdom. It is provided with a large,well lighted and well ventilated dissecting-room, physio-logical and toxicological laboratories, materia medica,anatomical and pathological museums, and a room for sar-gical, obstetrical, &c., instruments and appliances. Thereare well appointed physical and chemical laboratories, anda large natural history museum in the adjoining building,and part of the college ground is laid out as a botanicalgarden. The college library, which contains the principalEnglish, French, and German periodicals, and recent worksin every branch of medical science, is open every day tostudents of the school. Clinical instruction is given at theNorth and South Infirmaries, and Lying-in-Hospital; andstudents can also attend at the Mercy General Hospital, theMaternity, Children’s Hospital, and Eye and Ear Infirmary.By an Order of Her Majesty’s Privy Council in Ireland,clinical instruction can now be given to the students of’Queen’s College, Cork, by the resident medical superin-tendent of the Cork District Lunatic Asylum, which con-tains about 700 patients.QUEEN’S COLLEGE, BELFAST.—Fees: Anatomy and Phy-

aiology, first course, £3, each subsequent course, =82. Ana-tomical Demonstrations.and Practical Anatomy, each course,

, £3. Practical Chemistry, .63. Other Medical lectures:frist course, £2; each subsequent course, £1.

LEDWICH SCHOOL OF SURGERY, Peter-street, Dublin.-This suhool, founded in 1810 try the late John K1rhy, L S.D.,is in a central situation and in the irnmediate vicinty offour great medical and surgical hospitals, thus affording tothe student, the most ample opportunity of acquiring athorough knowledge of the symptoms and treatment, of dis-ease. Dettioristrators will be present in the dissecting roomat, all hours; and at the termination of the session prizeswill he awarded to the best answers in e-rch department.Applications to be made to Edward Ledwich, Secretary,7, Harcourt street, Dublin.SIR PATRICK DuN’s HOSPITAL, DUBLIN.—Consulting

Physician : Dr. W. Stokes. Consulting Surgeon: Dr Wm.Collis Physicians : Dr. J. M. Purser, Dr. W. M ’ore,Dr Aquilla, Smith, Dr. E. B. Sinclair. Surgeons: Dr. Ben..McDowel, Dr. Ed. H. B.-nnett, Dr. Thos. Evelyn Litrle, Dr.R G. Burcher. Resident Surgeon : Dr. John Barton.Hospital fee for twelve months, including nine months’Clinical L"ctures, £9 9s.RICHMOND (SURGICAL), WHITWORTH (MEDICAL), AND

HARDWICKE (FEVER) HOSPITALS, North Brunswick s’reet,Dutlliu -Tnese hospitals contain 312 beds, and haveattached to them the Ca,rmicba".l School of Medicine, anew building, with large dissecting-ronms, museums, andwhere lectures are given on all the diff rent branches ofMedicine and Surgery. Two clinical lectures are deliveredin each wepk, in addition to the usual bedside instruction,which is given daily by the physicians and surgeons. A

large dispensary is attached to both the Medical andSurgical Hospitals, where patientsare seen daily. Averagedaily attendance about 150. Practical Pharmacy is taughtunder the superintendence of the apothecary of the has-& .. The Richmond Institution for the Insane, containing1000 patients, adjoins these hospitals.CARMICHAEL SCHOOL OF ANATOMY, MEDICINE, AND

SURGERY, North Brunswick-street, DII blin (in immediateproximity to the largest hospital in Ireland). Open fordissections 1st October. Lectures begin 1st N vmber.Registrar: Dr. Harvey, 7, Upper Merrion-street, Dublin.DR. STEEVENS’S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL COLLEGE.-

Operations on Saturday at 10. Six months’ attendance,eight guineas; nine months’, twelve guineas. The hospitalcontains 250 beds.ROTUNDA HOSPITALS, RUTLAND SQUARE DUBLIN —Master:

Dr L be Atthill. Assistant-Physicians: R. D. Purefoy,M. B., W. H. Hart, M.B. Pathologist: Dr. G F. Duffpey. Thisinstitution consists of two distinct bospitals—namnely, theLying-in Hospital, into which 1200 labonr cases are on anaverage admitted annually; and the Auxiliary Hospital, setapart for the reception and treatment of patients sufferingfrom various forms of uterine and ovarian disease. About500 patients are received into this hospital during eachyear. There is also a large extern maternity in connexionwith the hospital, and a dispensary for diseasps peculiarto women, which is open daily. Pupils are admitted tothe practice of all these departments. Accommodation isprovided for a limited number of intern pupils. TwoCourses of Lectures are given yearly, th first commencingearly in November, the second early in May.

EDUCATIONAL VACCINATING STATIONS.Ijr order to provide for the granting of those special certificates of pro-

ficiency in vaccination which are required to be part of the medical quali-fication for entering into contracts for the performance of public vaccina-tion, or for acting as deputy to a contractor, vaccinating stations in Londonand the large towns are open, under certain spl’eilied conditions, for thepurposes of teaching and examination. The public vaccinators officiatingat these stations are authorised to give the required certificates of pro-ficiency in vaccination to persons whom they have sufficiently instructedtherein.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.OuR thanks are due to those gentlemen who have kindly supplied us withthe requisite information relative to the various medical examiningbodies, hospitals, and medical schools given in this Students’ Number ofTHE LANCET.

IN consequence of the present number being exclusively devoted to in-formation especially interesting to students, reference to other subjeets isnecessarily postponed until next week.