515 another approved University, whose previous in the opinion of the University, fitted them to profit by the Course; and (b) registered medical practitioners and other students who, though not graduates, have obtained a qualification and undergone a previous training which, in the opinion of the University, has fitted them to profit by the Course. A Course necessary to fulfil the regulations of this Diploma has been planned by the London School of
of this
or
Registrar, University of London, South
Kensington,
training has,
s.w.
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel-street. London, W.C., and full particulars with regard to the Diploma may be obtained from the Academic
DIPLOMA IN CLINICAL PATHOLOGY University of London The course of study for the Academic Diploma in Clinical Pathology extends over one calendar year, and is open to graduates in Medicine and to registered medical practitioners. The subjects are (1) Morbid Anatomy and Histology ; (2) Bacteriology and Serology ; (3) Biochemistry. The Examination is held in December.
DENTAL SURGERY TEACHING INSTITUTIONS DENTISTRY
IN
REGISTRATION on the Medical Register entitles a practitioner to practise dentistry, although he cannot register as such without degree or licence in dentistry ; but few dental appointments at general or special hospitals or dispensaries are available save to those with a special diploma, and, until registered on the Dentists Register, no dental work under the
Additional Benefit Scheme of the National Health Insurance Act can be undertaken. The Examining Bodies in Dentistry which grant degrees and diplomas in the subject are as follows :
Royal College of Surgeons of England, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and the following Universities : Birming-
ham, Bristol, Durham, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Sheffield, St. Andrews, Dublin (Trinity College), Queen’s University of Belfast, and the National University of Ireland. The student should apply to the secretaries of the various Conjoint Boards to the Deans of the medical faculties schools for a syllabus.
or
or
medical
TEACHING INSTITUTIONS IN LONDON
Royal
Dental
Hospital
The Royal Dental Hospital of London, School of Dental Surgery, Leicester-square, is a school of the University of London. The school provides the special dental education required by the University of London for the B.D.S. Degree and the Royal College of Surgeons for fhe Licence in Dental Surgery, The general part of the curriculum may be taken at any general hospital. The hospital is open from 9 A.M. to 6 P.M., there being one staff for the morning and another for the afternoon of each day. Pupils are received for the training in dental mechanics recognised by the curriculum. The instructors at the commencement of each session give a course of lectures on Operative Dental Surgery. The two senior house surgeoncies and the six house surgeoncies are held for four months each and are open to all qualified students. The lecturers, in addition to their lectures, give special demonstrations on the Microscopy of Dental Anatomy and Dental Surgery. The lecturer on Dental Mechanics also gives practical demonstrations in the laboratory. There is an Entrance Scholarship in
Chemistry
and Physics of the value of 225. One in Dental Mechanics and Metallurgy, value £ 25. For full information as to scholarships and prizes, and other matters connected with the course, application should be made to the Dean,
Scholarship
University College Hospital This Hospital and School,
Dental School situated at the
corner of Great Portland and Devonshire-streets, W., has recently been thoroughly reorganised, and is now fully equipped with all the most modern appliances. Students are entered as students of University College Hospital, and, as such, attend the classes of Anatomy and Physiology in University College, which is a few
minutes’ walk from the Dental Department in Great Portland-street, hitherto known as the National Dental Hospital. The first Dental School to admit Women Students. Practical courses to comply with the R.C.S. curriculum are held. Clinical Lectures and Demonstrations are given, and each student on entering passes through a preliminary course under A prospectus containing full infora demonstrator. mation as to lectures, fees, and prizes may be had on application to the Sub-Dean for Dental Students, who attends at University College Hospital Medical
School, University-street, W.C.1, on Wednesday mornings from 9.30 to 10.30, and at other times by appointment. Guy’s Hospital Dental School The work of the Dental Department begins daily at 9 A.M. both in the extraction rooms and in the conservation room. The Extraction Rooms: These There rooms have now been entirely reconstructed. is ample accommodation for both general and local anaesthetic extractions, together with waiting- and retiring-rooms. Patients are admitted between 8.45 and 9.30 A.M., and are seen by the dental surgeon for the day, the staff demonstrators, the dental house surgeons, and the dressers. The Conservation Room is open from 9 A.M. till 5 P.M., and is under the charge of the Director. It affords accommodation for about 100 dental chairs, with the necessary equipment of the most modern type for the use of the Dressers, who, under the supervision of the Staff, perform the various operations of Dental Surgery. There is a separate room for denture patients affording accommodation for 15 chairs and a separate department for children with accommodation for 20 chairs. The Members of the staff attend every morning and afternoon to give demonstrations and otherwise assist students in their work in the Conservation Room and Prosthetic Laboratory. The Probationers’ Laboratory is supervised by the Director of the Conservation Room assisted by the Staff Demonstrators, and instruction is given in " operative dentistry on a mannikin " to students first three months of clinical study. during their Students in Dental Prosthetics are received, and a graded, systematic, and full course of instruction, extending over two years, is carried out under the supervision of the Director of the Prosthetic Laboratory, assisted by four demonstrators, a house surgeon, and skilled mechanics. Dental students have the opportunity of attending at this hospital the whole course of instruction required by the examining board for the B.D.S. Lond. or L.D.S. Eng.-viz., the complete course in dental prosthetics, the special lectures and practice of the Dental Department, and the general lectures and practice of the Medical School. Students who enter for a medical as well as a dental course are allowed to pursue their study of Dentistry during any period of their medical course most convenient to themselves without further charge. Twelve house surgeons, 20 assistant house surgeons, and four student demonstrators of Dental
Histology are appointed annually. The following appointments are held by students : Full surgeon’s