learning. Many of the subjects which form part of the curriculum at the Owens College are subjects with which Medical Students are required to be conversant, and in which they must undergo a searching examination. While the authorities of the College and the School were thus favourably disposed towards each other a munificent donation of ten thousand pounds from the late Miss Brackenbury (towards the establishment of a School of Medicine in connexion with the College) gave a healthy impulse to the amalgamation scheme. In the month of April, 1872, a meeting of some of the most influential members of the Council and Senate of the College, and of the leading members of the staff of the Medical School, was held in the Library in the old College buildings in Quay Street, "for the purpose of receiving a communication as to the incorporation of the Manchester School of Medicine into the Owens College, and for the formation of a Committee to raise subscriptions in aid of the Funds for the erection of new Medical School Buildings on a suitable scale." The appeal of this Committee resulted in an addition of about £5,300 to the Building Funds. At this meeting it was decided that a new building, set apart for Medical studies, should immediately be commenced. Mr. Waterhouse was requested to furnish the necessary plans. These plans, after being carefully revised by the Council and the authorities of the School (and being subjected also to the careful scrutiny of the Committee appointed to visit and report upon some of the more important Medical Schools recently erected), were finally adopted in November, 1872. It will thus be seen that no pains have been spared to render the school complete. The new building is situated at the western extremity of the College Estate, fronting Coupland Street. On the ground floor are two lecture theatres, one capable of containing 143 and the other 110 students, a large library 42 feet by 32, and a museum 47 feet 9 inches by 32 feet, with two galleries. Over the lecture theatres is a dissecting room measuring 78 feet 6 inches by 32 feet, and over the library a physiological laboratory. The building also contains Professors' private rooms, a students' common room, a microscopic room, and other smaller rooms. The Council state (in one of their late reports) that they believe this building will be exceeded by few medical schools in the kingdom either for the extent or for the quality of the accommodation which is offered. As regards the course of instruction which is afforded to the students it may be stated that three of the most important chairs, those of Anatomy, Physiology, and Chemistry, are held by professors who almost entirely devote their time to the work of instructing the students. The course of instruction at the school is such as not only enables the ordinary students to qualify for the examinations of the "College" and the "Hall," but affords the more aspiring every facility for qualifying themselves for the higher distinctions of their profession. Those who may wish to engage in deeper physiological or pathological researches, will find opportunities for study in the complete and well-furnished physiological laboratory. Two valuable physiological scholarships, founded by Mr. Robert Platt, of Dunham Hall, expressly for the promotion of original physiological research, will, it is believed, assist in encouraging a taste for this important branch of scientific medicine, and prove the means of leading to discoveries which may, in years to come, shed lustre upon the Owens College School of Medicine. The Session will be Opened with an Introductory Address by JOHN EDWARD MORGAN, Esq., M.D., M.A., F.R.Č.P., Professor of Medicine, on Monday, the 2nd October, 1876, at 4 p.m. SESSION 1876-7. 1. The WINTER SESSION comprises two terms, viz.: Commencing Michaelmas Term...... 1st Oct., 1876. Ending 22nd Dec., 1876. 28th Mar., 1877. 2. The Registration of former students will take place in the College on Monday and Tuesday, the 25th and 26th September, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.; and of new students on Wednesday the 4th October and following days up to and including Saturday the 14th October, between the hours of 12.30 and 2.30 p.m., after which last-mentioned day the Register will be finally closed for winter Session. Each candidate for admission will be required to produce (1) a testimonial of good character from his last instructor or such other testimonial as shall be satisfactory to the Principal; (2) a certificate of having passed the necessary Preliminary Examination in General Knowledge. Each student is, on his admission, required to sign a declaration of submission to the rules and regulations for the time being (see p. 27). Lectures will commence on Wednesday the 4th October. 3. Before entering on their professional studies students will require to have passed an examination in general knowledge. The subjects prescribed by the several examining bodies for this preliminary examination vary somewhat, but Latin, Mathematics, and English are required by all, and generally a Modern Language or one o the experimental sciences, such as Chemistry, or Natural Philosophy, at the option of the candidate, is required in addition. A list of the examining bodies recognised by the General Medical Council may be seen at the College. Among the examinations, the passing of which will be accepted as evidence of previous education, the following are held in Manchester: - Matriculation Examination of the University of London, the Oxford Local Examination (Senior and Junior), both of which are held in June, and the Cambridge Local Examination (Senior and Junior), in December. The Oxford and Cambridge certificates to include Latin and Mathematics. 4. The SUMMER SESSION will commence on Tuesday the 1st May, 1877, and terminate at the end of July. 5. The lectures of the School qualify for admission to the examinations of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and of Surgeons, and of the Apothecaries' Society, and to the examinations for the degrees in Medicine, and the Honours, Exhibitions, and Scholarships conferred by the University of London. The attendance of all students on lectures is registered. Certificates of attendance will be granted to those students only whose attendance and conduct throughout the whole session have been satisfactory. 6. A Composition Fee, which may be paid in one sum of £48, or in two sums of £25 each at the commencement of the first and second years of studentship, admits to the four years' course of study laid down at p. 73 (with the exception of the third session of Practical Anatomy). This course will qualify for the Examinations for Medical Degrees in the University of London, the Diplomas of the Royal College of Physicians, the Membership and (with the addition of a third course of Practical Anatomy) the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, and for the Licence of the Apothecaries' Society; and to attendance on the Class of Practical Anatomy during two Winter Sessions. Students desirous of repeating attendances on any class after the expiration of the four years' course, will be allowed to do so on paying for each attendance one-third of the fee payable by students who do not compound. A student, however, who desires to continue his study of Practical Anatomy beyond two sessions will be required to pay at the rate of £2 2s. for a three months' or £3 3s. for a six months' course. EXTRA FEES not included in the Composition Fee :Practical Course in Morbid Histology......£2 2 0 Operative Surgery... Demonstrations in the Comparative Anatomy Class...... Demonstrations in the Botany Class Medical Tutor's Class .... 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 ..... 2 2 0 A charge of £1 1s. is also made for the chemicals used in the class of Practical Chemistry. The following Scale of Fees is paid by non-compounding students : Physiology... Practical Physiology and Histology 330 Practical Anatomy (Dissections) 6 months 3 Comparative Anatomy, £4 14s. 6d.; or, exclusive of the Demonstrations Systematic Chemistry Lectures, Senior or Junior Classes, including Tutorial Class 3 3 0 Organic Chemistry........ Medicine Surgery 3 10 0 550 550 Ophthalmology .......£3 General Pathology and Morbid Anatomy... 4 Materia Medica 3 0 4 4 0 Medical Jurisprudence and Public Health.. 4 Botany 1 1 0 2 12 6 Museums of Human and Comparative Anatomy and Materia Medica are attached to the School. SUGGESTIONS TO STUDENTS. During the first winter session the student should give his chief attention to Descriptive Anatomy and Dissections and to Physiology and Systematic Chemistry. Students are strongly recommended to consider all these subjects as equally deserving of study, as, besides their independent claims, a competent knowledge of each is insisted upon by some of the Examining Boards. His first summer session should chiefly be devoted to Physiology, Practical Histology, Practical Anatomy, the Laboratory Course of Chemistry and to Botany. A certain portion of his time should also be given to the practice of the Hospital and Clinical Instruction. In his second winter session he should strive to obtain a more exact knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, and Histology, with the view of preparing himself for the primary examination of the College of Surgeons. He should also attend lectures on Medicine and Surgery, and the Medical and Surgical Practice of the Royal Infirmary. In his second summer session Materia Medica, Medical Jurisprudence and Hygiene, and Practical Pharmacy should be taken, and as much time as possible should be devoted to study in the wards, the post-mortem room, and the out-patients' rooms of the Infirmary. His third winter session should be devoted to the study of Medicine, Surgery, and Pathology, whilst in the ensuing summer session Midwifery along with other special courses, such as those of Pathological Histology and Ophthalmology should engage his attention. |