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MEDICAL SESSION, 1853-54.(Concluded from p. 272.)

ARMY MEDICAL SERVICE,12, St. James’s-place.

Inspector-General of Hospitals and Superintendent of theMedical Department-Dr. Andrew Smith.

Professional Assistant-Dr. Thomas Spence, Staff-Surgeonof the First Class.

Inspector of Medicines and Instruments-Staff-SurgeonPilleau, Second Class.

Apothecary to the Forces-F. M. Bassano, Esq.REGULATIONS-DATED FEBRUARY, 1840.

Candidates are required to produce the diploma of the Collegeof Surgeons of London, Edinburgh, or Dublin, and the followingtestimonials:- .’

Eighteen months’ attendance at an hospital of celebrity, wherethe average number of in-patients is not less than one hundred ;twelve months’ anatomy ; twelve months’ practical anatomy ;six months’ physiology; twelve months’ surgery, or (what ispreferred) six months’ surgery and six months’ military sur-gery ; eight months’ clinical surgery, a complete course of twoor three lectures during the week ; twelve months’ practice ofphysic, or six months’ practice of physic, and six of generalpathology; eight months’ clinical lectures on ditto, the same asrequired in surgery; twelve months’ chemistry ; six months’

practical chemistry; three months’ botany ; three months’materia medica ; three months’ practical pharmacy or appren-ticeship ; three months’ natural history ; three months’ mid-

wifery ; three months’ practical midwifery; one course naturalphilosophy ; one course logic.The candidates must be unmarried, not beyond twenty-five

years of age, nor under twenty-one years.Candidates who have had an university education, and have

the degree of A.B. or A.M., as well as that of M.D., will bepreferred; but a liberal education, and a competent knowledgeof the Greek and Latin languages, are indispensably requisite inevery candidate.The greater the attainments of the candidates, the more

eligible will they subsequently be deemed for promotion, asselections to fill vacancies will be guided more by reference to such acquirements, especially in the higher ranks, than to mereseniority.Although the British schools are specified, it is to be under-

stood that candidates who have received regular education inapproved foreign universities or schools will be admitted to ex-amination.With the exception of practice of physic and clinical medicineby one teacher, candidates must have attended separate lecturersfor each branch of science.

Before promotion from the rank of assistant-surgeon to anyhigher rank, every gentleman must be prepared for such otherexamination as may be ordered before a board of medical offi-cers.

Diplomas, tickets of attendance on lectures, and certificates ofregular attendance by each professor or lecturer, must be lodgedat this office for. examination and registry at least one weekbefore the candidate appears for examination ; likewise certifi-cates of moral conduct and character, one of them by the paro-chial minister, if possible. Baptismal certificates are required atthe same time, and if the parish register cannot be resorted to,an affidavit from one of the parents, or some near relative whocan attest the fact, will be accepted.The certificate of the teacher of practical anatomv must state

the number of’subjects or parts dissected by the pupil.Certificates of lectures and attendance must be irom physicians

or surgeons of the recognised colleges of the United Kmgdom,or of foreign universities.

All candidates for medical appointments are required to beconversant with Cullen’s Nosology.Note.-All communications to be pre-paid-or if not, to be

forwarded, addressed outside to " The Right Honourable theSecretary at War," with the words Army Medical Department"at the left hand corner. -

NAVAL MEDICAL SERVICE.Admiralty Office, Somerset House.

Director- Generol of the Medical Depantment of the Navy-Sir William Burnett, K.C.B., K.C.H., M.D., F.R.S. I

REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT-

SURGEON IN THE ROYAL NAVY.

The Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Ad-miralty are pleased to direct that the following regulations, rela-tive to the examination of candidates for the appointment ofAssistant-Surgeon in the Royal Navy, shall in future beadopted :-

That a candidate for entry into the Royal Navy shall make awritten application to that effect, addressed to the Secretary ofthe Admiralty; on the receipt of which application he will befurnished with the regulations, and a printed form to be filled upby him, to show if he possess the required qualifications.As vacancies occur, the number of candidates required will be

ordered to attend at the Admiralty Office, bringing with themthe requisite certificates, showing that they are fully qualified byby age, professional ability, &c., when they will be examined bya board of medical officers, to be named by their lordships.

Such candidates as shall have been found in all respects com-petent for the appointment of assistant-surgeon, will be forthwithnominated to one of the naval hospitals at home, to await ap-pointments to any of her Majesty’s ships; or, should their ser-vices not be immediately required, their names will be dulyregistered for early appointments, as vacancies may occur.That no person be admitted as an assistant-surgeon in the

Royal Navy who shall not produce a certificate from one of theRoyal Colleges of Surgeons of England, Edinburgh, or Dublin,or from the Faculty of Physicians or Surgeons of Glasgow, ofhis fitness for that office; nor, as a surgeon, unless he shall pro-duce a diploma or certificate from one of the said Royal Collegesor Faculty, founded on an examination to be passed subsequentlyto his appointment of assistant-surgeon, as to his fitness for thesituation of surgeon in the navy ; and in every case, the candi-date producing such certificate or diploma shall also undergo afurther examination, touching his qualifications in all the neces-sary branches and points of medicine and surgery for each of thesteps in the Naval Medical Service; and that, previously to theadmission of assistant-surgeons in the navy, it will be requiredthat they produce proof of having received a preliminary classi-cal education, and that they possess, in particular, a competentknowledge of Latin; also,

That they are of good moral character, the certificate of whichmust be signed by the clergyman of the parish, or by a magis-trate of the district.

That they have served an apprenticeship, or have been en-gaged for not less than six months in practical pharmacy.

That their age be not less than twenty years, nor more thantwenty six years; and that they are unmarried.That they have actually attended an hospital in London, Edin-burgh, Dublin Glasgow, Aberdeen, Manchester, or Bristol, foreighteen months subsequently to the age of eighteen, in whichhospital the average number of patients is not less than 100.

That they have been engaged in actual dissections of thehuman body twelve months; the certificate of which from theteacher must state the number of subjects or parts dissected bythe candidate.

That they have attended lectures, &c., on the following sub-jects, at established schools of eminence, by physicians or

surgeons of the recognised Colleges (,f Physicians and Surgeons,in the United Kingdom, for periods not less than hereunderstated; observing, however, that such lectures will not be admittedif the teacher shall lecture on more than one branch of science,or if the lectures on anatomy, surgery. and medicine be not at-tended during three distinct winter sessions of six months each :-

Anatomy, eighteen months; or general anatomy, twelvemonths, and comparative anatomy, six months.

Surgery, eighteen months ; or general surgery, twelvemonths, and military surgery, six months.

Theory of medicine, six months; practice of medicine,twelve months. (If the lectures on the theory and prac-tice of medicine be given in conjunction, then the periodrequired is eighteen months.)

Clinical lectures (at an hospital as above) on the practice ofmedicine, six months ; practice of surgery, six months.

Chemistry, six months; or lectures on chemistry, threemonths, and practical chemistry, three months.

Materia Melica, six months.Midwifery, six months, accompanied by certificates stating

the number of midwifery cases personally attended.Botany, three months.N.B.-Six months’ lectures on pathologv, if given at an

university where there may be a professorship on thatbranch of science, wi!1 be admitted in lieu of six months’lectures on the practice of medicine.

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In addition to the tickets for the lectures, certificates mustbe produced from the professors, &c., by whom the lectures were

given, stating the periods (in months) actually attended by thecandidates. The time also of actual attendance at an hospitalor infirmary must be certified; and the tickets as well as certi-ficates of attendance, age, moral character, &c., must be pro-duced by the candidate previously to his examination.

Although the above are the only qualifications which are abso-lutely required in candidates for the appointment of assistant-surgeon, a favourable consideration will be given to the cases ofthose who have obtained the degree of M.D. at either of theUniversities of Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Dublin, Glas-gow, London, or Aberdeen; or who, by possessing a knowledgeof diseases of the eye, and of any branch of science connectedwith the profession, such as medical jurisprudence, natural his-tory, natural philosophy, &c., appear to be more peculiarly eli-gible for admission into the service, observing, however, thatlectures on these or any other subjects cannot be admitted ascompensating for any deficiency in those required by the re-gulations.By the rules of the service, no assistant-surgeon can be pro-

moted to the rank of surgeon until he shall have served three

years (one year of which must be in a ship actually employed atsea), and can produce a diploma from one of the before-men-tioned royal colleges or the faculty of physicians and surgeons,and it is resolved that not any diploma or certificate of examina-tion from either of the aforesaid royal colleges shall be admittedtoward the qualification for surgeon, unless the diploma or certi-ficate shall be obtained on an examination passed after a period ofnot less than three years’ actual service, observing that no onecan be admitted to an examination for surgeon unless, as herein-before mentioned, he can produce a diploma, together with themost satisfactory certificates, that he has performed, on the deadbody, under the superintendence of a professor or teacher ofknown eminence, all the capital operations of surgery, and is per-fectly competent to perform any operation with skill and dexte-rity, and thoroughly acquainted wiih the anatomy of the partsinvolved in such operation; without which qualification, no onehereafter can be promoted to the higher branches of the service;and whenever assistant-surgeons already in the service (whoseprofessional education may not be in accordance with the above) obtain leave to study previously to their passing for surgeon, theywill be required, on their examination, to produce testimonials oftheir having availed themselves of the period of leave to com-plete their education agreeably to these regulations generally.

It is also to be observed, that candidates who may be admittedinto the naval medical service, must serve in whatever ships, &c.,they may be appointed to; and that in the event of their beingunable to do so from sea-sickness, their names cannot be con-tinued on the naval medical list, nor can they, of course, beallowed half pay.

Bv command of their lordships, -Admiralty, March I, 1853. R. OSBORNE.

By an Admiralty Circular, dated JIl1y 17th, 1850, assistant-surgeons are to be divided into two ciasses.The first class to consist of all who have completed three

years’ servitude from the period of their first entry, (one yearof which must be served on board a commissioned ship, and theother two may be served in one of the naval hospitals,) andwho have passed their examination for surgeon either at homeor abroad.

" Assistant-surgeons who have served more than three years,andhave passed the examination for surgeon under the aboveconditions, are to rank next to naval instructors, and are to messwith the ward-room officers, to be allowed cabins when the ac-commodation and space on board will admit."The second class of assistant-surgeons to consist of all those

who have not served three years, and those who have not passedthrir examination for surgeon.

First-class assistant-surgeons, who may be serving in smallvessels commanded by lieutenants, are to mess in the gun-roomwith the other officers.

ORDNANCE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT,63, Pull Mall.

Master-General of the Ordnance-Lord Raglan, G.C.B.Director- General-Dr. A. mith.Inspector-General-James Stewart, Esq. ,

Deputy- Inspector- General- Dr. Verling.Provisional List.-Medical students who have completed their

twentieth year, who have been well instructed in Ldtin andGreek, the elements of mathematics and natural philosophy, and

. who can produce satisfactory proofs of being diligent in the studyof their profession, and the sciences connected with it, may beentered in the provisional list of gentlemen desirous of beingadmitted candidates for the Ordnance Medical Department. Aknowledge of modern languages, though not indispensable at thetime of provisional reception, is highly desirable, and will beduly appreciated.Candidates.-No applicant is to be received on the list of

candidates before he is twenty-two, nor retained on it after he istwenty-five years of age. The age of every individual must beverified by a certificate of his baptism, if it can be procured;but if not, by a solemn declaration of one of his parents, or ofsome other person who can attest the date of his birth.

Qualifications,-Every candidate must bring proof of havingdiligently served five years to a surgeon and apothecary, ifeducated in England; but if not, qualification in the practice ofmedicine and pharmacy equivalent thereto.Of having attended the practice of surgery in a recognised

hospital or hospitals, where clinical instruction is constantlygiven for three years, three months being allowed for a vacationin each year. Of having attended :-

Anatomical lectures, demonstrations, dissections ; three anato-mical seasons or sessions.Morbid anatomy and pathology ; one course.Lectures on the principles and practice of surgery, delivered

in two distinct periods or sessions ; two courses, each comprisingseventy lectures, or one course of surgery and one of militarysurgery.

Natural history or comparative anatomy; one course.Chemistry; one course of 100 lectures.Botany; one course.Materia medica and therapeutics; one course of 100 lectures.Lectures on the principles and practice of medicine; two

courses, each 100 lectures, second and third winters.Medical practice, with clinical lectures, eighteen months, com-

mencing the second session-viz., twelve months in a recognisedhospital, and the remaining six months either in a recognisedhospital or a dispensary.

Medical jurisprudence, with toxicology; one course of fiftylectures.

Midwifery ; two courses, each of sixty lectures, second andthird sessions.

Practical midwifery, (not less than thirty cases;) after theconclusion of the first course on midwifery lectures, a certificateof having passed the usual examination is to be produced.

Diseases of the eye, (with attendance on patients of that class;)one course.

He must produce a diploma from either of the colleges ofLondon, Edinburgh, or Dublin-and, if not a graduated M.D. ofScotland or Ireland, after having actually passed an examinationin the university where he has ob’ained his degree; a cer-

tificate also of qualification from the Society of Apothecaries in,London.

It is likewise expected that candidates shall have attendedestablishments for the cure of diseases of the ear and skin, andfor the treatment of patients affected with mental derangement.The moral conduct and character of each individual must

be certified by the gentleman to whose care his education wasconfided, and also by a clergyman, who, if practicable, should bethe incumbent or officiating minister of the parish in which theapplicant usually resides.The candidate is required to sign, before the board that is

appointed to examine him, and to report upon his professionaleualifications, a Declaration to the effect that he has no complaintwhatever which can interfere with the effective performance ofhis duty ; that he is unmarried; that he enters upon his dutieswith a full conviction of their importance, and will endeavourthoroughly to fulfil them,

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EAST INDIA MEDICAL SERVICE.East India House, Leadenhall -street.

Commander-Lieutenant-Colonel Hay.Surgeons-Dr. Jackson and Mr. Westall.Public Examiner and Inspector-Major-General Pasley.Clerk for passing Cadets and Assistant-Surgeons-Mr. Clarke.Examining Medical Officer-Dr. Scott.

Regulations fnr the Admission of Medical Gentlemen into theEast India Company’s Service as Assistant-Surgeons for India.

ASSISTANT - SURGEONS’ CERTIFICATES.GENERAL CAUTIONS -1st. Notice is hereby given that should

it be discovered at the time the assistant-surgeon is appointed, or

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at any subsequent period, that his appointment has been obtainedby purchase, or agreement to pay any pecuniary or valuableconsideration whatsoever, either directly or indirectly, when theappointment is completed, the assistant-surgeon will not only bedismissed, and rendered ineligible to hold any situation in theEast India Company’s Service, under the Court’s resolution ofthe 9th August, 1809, but all the parties concerned in procuringthe appointment surreptitiously, or in disposing of, or receivingthe same under such circumstances, will subject themselves in-dividually and collectively to a criminal prosecution for a mis-demeanour, under the Act of the 49th of George III. cap. 126;and the Court of Directors of the East India Company do herebydeclare that they will prosecute any person or persons who shallhereafter be detected in such illicit traffic. 2ndly. The assistant-surgeons are desired to present themselves to Mr. T. R. Clarke,Clerk for passing Cadets and Assistant-Surgeons, at the EastIndia House, with their certificates, properly filled up and signed,by ten o’clock in the morning, or as soon after as possible, inorder that they may have their nominations prepared against thecommittee meet.AGE.-The assistant-surgeon must not be under twenty-two

years, proof of which must be given.QUALIFICATION IN SURGERY.—The assistant-surgeon, upon

receiving a nomination, will be furnished with a letter to theCourt of Examiners of the Royal College of Surgeons, to beexamined in surgery, and their certificate will be deemed a

satisfactory testimonial of his qualification ; but should the

assistant-surgeon be previously in possession of a diploma fromthe Royal College of Surgeons of London, or of the Colleges ofSurgeons of Dublin or Edinburgh, or of the College or Universityof Glasgow, either of them will be deemed satisfactory as to hisknowledge of surgery, without any further examinati n. He isalso required to produce a certificate, from the cupper of a publichospital in LondQn, of having acquired, aud being capable ofpractising with proper dexterity, the art of cupping.

QUALIFICATI,QN IN Physics.-The assistant-surgeon will alsobe required to pass an examination by the Company’s examiningphysician in the practice of physic, in which examination will beincluded as much anatomy and physiology as is necessary forunderstanding the causes and treatment of internal diseases, aswell as the art of prescribing and compounding medicines} andDr. Scott will then require him to produce satisfactory proof ofhis having attended at least two courses 6f lectures on thepractice of physic; and, above all, that he should produce acertificate of having attended diligently the practice and clinicalinstruction of the physicians at some general hospital in Londonfor six months; or at some general hospital in the country(within the United Kingdom) for six months, provided suchprovincial hospital contain at least, on an average, one hundredin-patients, and have attached to it a regular establishment, ofphysicians as well as surgeons. It is also expected that theassistant-surgeon shall produce a certificate of having diligentlyattended, for at least three months, the practical instructiongiven at one of the asylums for the treatment of the insane, andat one of the institutions or wards of an hospital especiallydedicated to the treatment of ophthalmic disease. He will also be required to attend a course of lectures on the principles andpractice of military surgery, if such a course shall be given atthe place at which he has been educated. No attendance on thepractice of a physician at any dispensary will be admitted.The assistant-surgeon is also required, as a condition to his

appointment, to subscribe to the Military or Medical andMedical Retiring Fund at his respective presidency, and also tothe Military Orphan Society, if appointed to Bengal.The assistant-surgeon is required, by resolution of Court of

the 21st May, 1828, to apply at the Office for Cadets andAssistant-Surgeons for his orders for embarltation, and actuallyproceed under such orders within three months from the date ofbeing passed and sworn before the Committee for passing MilitaryAppointments; he will then be furnished with an order to obtainthe certificate of his appointment, signed by the secretary, forwhich he will pay a fee of 15 in the secretary’s office.

N.B. After the 30th Apnl, 1854, the appointment of assistant-surgeon will cease to be in the private patronage of the EastIndia Directors, but will be subject to public competition.

HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN,Soho-square.

Physicians-Dr. Protheroe Smith, Dr. T. Il. Taniler.Consulting Surgeon-Mr. F. C. Skey.Surgeons-Mr. John Scott, Mr. H. J. Sandevson.Surgeon-Dentist-Mr. S. J. Tracy.Dispenser-Mr. Pointer. Secretary-Mr. Thomas Sanger,

Provincial Hospitals & Medical Schools.

QUEEN’S HOSPITAL, BIRMINGHAM.Honorary Physician-Dr. Booth.Physicians-Dr. Birt Davies, and Dr. Heslop.Honorary Surgeon-Mr. Cox.Surgeons-Mr. Sands Cox, Mr. Knowles, and li-r. Langston

Parker.

Lying-in Department-Mr. S. Berry.Medical and surgical practice of the hospital, for one year,

£10 10s. ; three years, .C21.The respective offices of physicians’ clerks and surgeons’

dressers are filled up by the medical officers from the studentsof the Queen’s Hospital, after public examination, and-theproduction of testimonials of good conduct, without any addi-tional fee.

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QUEEN’S COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM.

Principal-Lord Lyttelton, F.R.S. -.Vice-Principal and Warden-The Rev. Chancellor Law.Dean of the Medical Faculty- W. Sands Cox, F.R.S.

WINTER SESSION, COMMENCING OCT. 4, 1853.

Anatomy, General and Surgical: Mr. W. Sands Cox.Anatomy and Physiology: Mr. Langston Parker. Single

course, X6 6s.; perpetual, £ 10 10s.Medicine : Dr. Jas. Johnstone. Single course, £4 4s.; perpe-

tual, £7 7s.Surgery: Mr. W. Sands Cox. Single course, =63 3s.; perpe-

tual,£6 6s.Anatomical Demonstration: Mr. D. Bolton, and Mr. 0.Pemberton. Single course, X3 3s.; perpetual, 1:5 5s. -

Chemistry: Mr. G. Shaw. One course, S6 6s.; perpetual,X9 9s.

SUMMER SESSION, COMMENCING MAY 1, 1854.Materia Medica and Therapeutics: Dr. Heslop, and Mr.Knowles. Single course, £4 4s.; perpetual, X5 5s.

Midwifery: Mr. Berry. Single course, £3 3s.; perpetual,£6 6s.

Forensic Medicine: Dr. J. Birt Davies. Single course, .63 3s.;.perpetual, £5 5s.

Botany : Mr. Knowles. Single course, X3 3s.; perpetual,.,£5 5s.

Clinical Medicine and Surgery: Professors Johnstone, Eccles,.Davies, Heslop, Sands Cox, Parker, and Knowles.Resident Medical Tutor: Mr. R. C. R. Jordan.The three years’ course of study required by the regula-

tions of the College of Surgeons of England and the Societyof Apothecaries, may be attended on the payment of a compo-sition fee of £ 42, exclusive of college fees, £ 5 per annum, andhospital practice, ;E21. The payment may be made either atonce, or in two equal sums-viz., £ 21 on matriculation, and.621 twelve months afterwards.The Council have established Junior Departments of the

College, in order to afford students the advantage of receivinginstruction in Latin, Greek, and Mathematics, (with themodern languages and science,) from tutors of universityeducation. No particular age is fixed for the admission ofstudents.

COLLEGE EXPENSES AND TERMS OF TUITION. - College fees,£ 5; commons, residence, &c., £ 50, ta be made by three

; instalments,-£18 on October lst, £ 18 on January lst, and£12 on May 1st., Non-resident students to be admissible annually to the junior department. Such non-resident students to pay the, college fee, and the usual charge for tuition in such classes as.1 they attend.r Fellowahips are conferred by the council under the charter

of incorporation._ Four Warneford scholarships of X10 each, tenable for two,t years, are founded for students who have resided for twelve

months in the college, and are approved by the council.Two Warneford gold medals are awarded annually for

prize essays; and other medals, certificates, &c., are conferred.

SYDENHAM COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM.Principal-Dr. Bell Fletcher.Treasurer-Dr. James Russell.Honorary Secretaries-Mr. Alfred Baker and Mr. Alfred Hill.The winter session will commence on Monday, the 3rd ot