EXAMINATION FOR DEGREE OF BACHELOR
IN MEDICINE.

PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY.

DR. M'DOWEL.

1. Describe the portal venous system of the kidney.

2. Describe the external form and structure of the thymus gland, and its supposed uses.

3. Describe the ganglia of the spinal nerves. they supposed to be subservient to ?

What function are

4. What are the structures of which the retina is composed? 5. The origin and distribution of the pneumo-gastric nerve?

SURGERY.

DR. E. H. BENNETT.

1. State the diagnosis of intra-capsular fracture of the neck of the thigh-bone.

2. Compare the operations of Littré and of Amussat for the relief of intestinal obstruction, and give the circumstances which would determine your selection of either of these operations in any given case.

3. What are the causes which give rise to dry gangrene of the extremities? Give the symptoms characteristic of the affection, and the general principles of treatment applicable to it.

4. Describe in detail the operation of bleeding at the bend of the elbow.

5. Give the characters and treatment of lipoma testis.

PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.

DR. MOORE.

1. Describe a case of scarlatina anginosa, its complications and sequelæ.

2. Give the causes, symptoms, and pathology of asthma.

3. Detail the various effects of lead-poisoning, and the diseases they may be confounded with.

4. Enumerate the various symptoms and physical signs which may attend an aneurism of the transverse portion of the aortic arch.

5. What are the symptoms, physical signs, pathology, and treatment of typhlitis?

INSTITUTES OF MEDICINE.

DR. PURSER.

1. In what part of the digestive tract are Brunner's glands found? What is their structure? What is known of their secretion, and of its action in digestion ?

2. Describe any experiments you know which seem to explain the sudden death which sometimes follows blows on the abdomen, the abdominal viscera themselves being uninjured.

3. What constituent of the blood is mainly concerned in the conveyance of oxygen from the lungs to the tissues? Describe as fully as you can how this conveyance is effected.

4. What are the principal circumstances which influence the excretion of urea ?

5. In a nerve at rest, an electrical current is observed to circulate. What is the direction of the current, and how is its strength affected when the nerve is thrown into activity?

INSTITUTES OF MEDICINE (INCLUDING PATHOLOGY).

DR. A. W. FOOT.

I. Discuss the composition, origin, and metamorphoses of pus. 2. Discuss the usual pathological causes and effects of embolism of one of the cerebral arteries.

3. Describe the pathological effects produced by obstruction of the vena porta.

4. Describe the pathological appearances of the intestine from a case of enteric fever fatal at a very late period.

5. Describe the pathological conditions which are commonly regarded as testimony of visceral syphilis.

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE.

DR. TRAVERS.

1. By what circumstances, other than artificial, is the destructive putrefaction of the soft parts in the dead body liable to be modified? Distinguish those by which

(a) it may be accelerated;

(6) it may be retarded.

2. To what condition of the lungs in the new-born child has the designation of pulmonary atelectasis been applied? What is its significance in cases of suspected infanticide?

3. On what characters do you base your diagnosis between cadaveric hypostases and the ecchymoses of contusions?

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4. In what proportion of the air inhaled may carbonic acid gas be sent without producing any apparent ill effect? Mention the conditions under which it (either alone, or mixed with carbonic oxide) may accidentally prove fatal.

5. What are the means by which you would most readily distinguish recent blood-stains from those of vegetable or mineral colouring matters similar in appearance?

MIDWIFERY.

PROFESSOR SINCLAIR.

1. Describe the changes the cervix uteri undergoes from the first month of gestation till the termination of the last.

2. Give conclusive physiological reasons against the operation of clitoridectomy.

3. Who invented the cephalotribe, and what modern improvements has that instrument undergone?

4. Give a full description of a ripe Graafian follicle, and its contents. 5. What is kiestein ?

EXAMINATION FOR DEGREE OF BACHELOR IN
SURGERY.

MR.

SURGERY.

COLLES.

1. What is an Anthrax? Enumerate the various plans of treatment recommended for its cure.

2. How do you best open abscess in the vicinity of large vessels ? Give the name of the author who describes the operation.

3. What are the arguments in favour of operating on strangulated hernia without opening the sac, and the objection to this mode of operating?

4. Disease may commence in any one of the tissues forming the kneejoint. Give the early symptoms, distinguishing the different parts first affected.

5. What are the distinctions between polypus of the rectum and hæmorrhoidal tumors of that region ?

DR. E. H. BENNETT.

1. Give the symptoms and treatment of acute idiopathic glossitis. 2. State the diagnostic symptoms of syphilitic periostitis, and mention the local and general treatment of the affection.

3. Enumerate the varieties of dislocation of the hip backwards, and give in detail the symptoms of a single variety.

4. Compare the partial amputations of the foot known as Hey's and Lisfranc's.

5. State the circumstances under which you would apply the trephine in injuries of the head.

SURGICAL ANATOMY.

DR. M'DOWEL.

1. Describe the sterno-clavicular joint, and its ligaments.

2. With what structures is the deep surface of the parotid gland in contact?

3. What are the anterior relations of the oesophagus in the neck? 4. The attachments and uses of the interossei muscles? Mention their nervous supply.

5. Give the relations of the femoral artery between Poupart's ligament and the origin of the profunda femoris.

DR. LITTLE.

1. What bones enter into the formation of the Calvaria? Mention the principal anatomical peculiarities of its different regions; and state how these are concerned in modifying the operation of Trephining.

2. Enumerate, and indicate the precise situations of the Bursæ met with in the neighbourhood of the Knee-joint.

3. Describe the course of the External Jugular Vein. Mention the structures to which it is related, and the situation of its valves.

4. Describe the course and relations of the Vas Deferens.
5. Name the boundaries and contents of the Ischio-rectal Fossa.

1. Mention the processes by which free bodies are formed and set free

in serous and synovial cavities.

2. Describe the mode of arrest of the flow of blood from a divided artery when accomplished without surgical interference.

3. Define the term "secondary adhesion" as applied to the healing of wounds.

4. Explain the term "myxoma," and give an example.

5. Name and describe the accompanying specimen.

OPHTHALMIC SURGERY.

MR. WILSON.

1. Describe the symptoms, causes, and course of suppurative keratitis, and the appropriate treatment in its various stages.

2. Describe the operation of iridectomy, and mention the cases it is indicated in.

3. What are the conditions which render enucleation of the eyeball imperative or advisable ?

4. Mention the objective and subjective symptoms of detachment of the retina, its causes, and the prognosis. What are the methods of treatment adopted or advocated?

5. Describe the disease known as "tarsal tumour," its pathology and treatment.