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(b) Cheuaistry, Physics, Radiology, and Electrology in relation to Public Health ; (c) Physiology and Biochemistry in their application to nutrition and hygiene ; (d) Meteorology and Climatology in relation to Public Health. (4) Evidence must be produced of having received, during not less than 120 hours, at an institution approved by the Licensing Body granting the Diploma or Degree, instruction in (a) the Principles of Public Health and Sanitation ; (b) Epidemiology and Vital Statistics; (c) Sanitary Law and Administration (including Public Medical Services) ; (d) Sanitary Construction and Planning. (5) Evidence of attendance for three months on the clinical practice of a recognised hospital for Infectious Diseases, and has received therein instruction in the methods of administration. At least 24 daily attendances of not less than two hours each shall be required. (6) Evidence is required that the candidate has, during a period of not less than six months, been engaged in acquiring a practical knowledge of the duties, routine and special, of Public Health Administration under the supervision ol a Medical Officer of Health. University of Dublin (Trinity College) The examination for Part I. is practical, written, The Diploma in Public Health is conferred, after and oral. The examination for Part II. is written examination, under the following conditions. The and oral, and includes practical examinations in candidate must be a registered medical practitioner Infectious Diseases ; Food Inspection; Inspection of and have obtained a registrable qualification at Premises-dwellings, factories, workshops, schools, least two years before the second part of the examina- &c. be admitted to Part II. of No candidate tion. The candidate must have completed, subse- the examination for may a registrable Diploma or Degree quently to obtaining a registrable qualification, 280 in Public Health until after the lapse of not less than hours’ practical instruction in a chemical and bac- two years from the date of his obtaining a registrable teriological laboratory, or laboratories, approved qualification in Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery. in the must have received instruction by University, the following subjects : Physics, radiology, electrology, Royal Institute of Public Health physiology, biochemistry, meteorology, and climatare offered at this Institute for the course ology, the principles of public health and sanitation, of Facilities instruction for the Diploma in Public Health. vital and statistics, sanitary law epidemiology and administration (including public medical services), The laboratories are well equipped and pleasantly sanitary construction and planning ; must have situated. In the Chemical Department lectures and studied, practically, outdoor sanitary work for six courses of practical instruction are given by Dr. months under an approved officer of health, and Alan W. Stewart, D.Sc. The Bacteriological Laboramust have attended for three months at a fever tories are under the charge of Dr. E. Goodwin hospital where opportunities are afforded for Rawlinson, where practical instruction in Public the study of methods of administration. The De Health, Bacteriology, and lectures on Immunology Renzy Centenary Prize, value about .S15, is awarded are given. The analysis, both chemical and bacterioare to the candidate who obtains the highest marks at logical, of water, milk, sewage effluents, &c., the March and June examinations each year, provided undertaken at the Institute. Pathological examinasufficient merit is shown. A special prospectus may tions and investigations are carried out for medical be obtained by application to the Registrar of the practitioners, which include the routine examinations of throat swabs and sputa, as well as the serological School of Physic, Trinity College, Dublin. and bacteriological examination of blood and preparaNational University of Ireland tions of vaccines. The Harben Lectures will be At this University there is a Diploma in Public delivered onMonday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, Health. a B.Sc. in Public Health, and a D.Sc. in Oct. 10th, llth, and 12th, 1932, by Geheimrat Dr. Public Health. med. Max Neisser, Professor of Bacteriology in the University of Frankfurt-a-Main. Further information University of Belfast be obtained on application to the Secretary at may A Diploma in Public Health is given by examina- the Offices of the Institute, 23, Queen-square (and tion. Courses of instruction are given both for Part I. W.C. 1. Guilford-street), London, and Part II. of the examination, extending over a period of one academic year. The curriculum follows that laid down by the General Medical Council.

Public Medical Services) during not less than 20 hours; (d) Sanitary Construction and Planning during not less than 10 hours ; of having attended for three months the clinical practice of a recognised hospital for infectious diseases ; and of having been engaged during a period of not less than six months in acquiring a knowledge of Public Health administration in addition to practical instruction in the duties relating to : (a) Maternity and Child Welfare Service ; (b) Health Service for Children of School Age ; (c) Venereal Diseases Service ; (d) Tuberculosis Service ; (e) Industrial Hygiene; (f) Inspection and Control of Food, including meat and milk. The fee is 12 guineas for both examinations, or 6 guineas for either of them. A fee of 6 guineas is payable by rejected candidates for either examination. The examination is held twice yearly, in March in i, Glasgow, and October in Edinburgh. The published regulations provide detailed synopses of the subjects of examination. The Registrar for Edinburgh is Mr. David Thomson, 49, George-square, and for Glasgow, Mr. Walter Hurst, 242, St. Vincent-street.

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Every candidate for the Diploma in Public Health must observethe following rules : (1) A period of not less than two years shall elapse between the attainment by a candidate of a registrable qualification in Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery, and his admission to the Final Examination for a Diploma or Degree in Sanitary Science, Public Health, or State Medicine. (2) The curriculum for a Diploma or Degree in Sanitary Science, Public Health, or State Medicine shall extend over a period of not less than twelve calendar months subsequent to the attainment of a registrable qualification. (3) Every candidate shall produce evidence of having attended, during not less than 280 hours, at an institution approved by the Licensing Body - granting the Diploma or Degree, practical instruction in (a) Bacteriology and Parasitology, especially in their relation to diseases of man, and to those diseases of the lower animals which are transmissible to man ;

DIPLOMA IN PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE THE Universities of Cambridge, London, Durham, Leeds, Manchester, Edinburgh, Dublin, Ireland, and the English Conjoint Board now grant diplomas in psychological medicine under conditions that are fairly comparable in the standard of the tests and in the duration of the courses ; the details on these points can be obtained from the various examination bodies. , In London, courses of instruction for the Diploma in Psychological Medicine are given annually at the Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, which has recently been definitely recognised as a school of the University of London. The course consists of two parts, commencing in January, and is adapted for the diploma of the Conjoint Board, the University of London, or the University of Cambridge. The parts

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have held a resident medical appointment at a recognised institution for the treatment of Mental Diseases for 12 months, or who have held such an appointment for six months and have attended clinical instruction Maudsley Hospital at an approved institution for six months. Candidates Appointments as clinical assistants are obtainable at must also attend special courses of instruction and the Maudsley Hospital. The holding of such appoint- pass a special examination. Details can be obtained ments for varying periods satisfies the requirements from the Registrar of the School of Physic, Trinity of the different examining bodies in respect of practical College, Dublin. study- of mental disorders. The appointments and other facilities for clinical experience are open to National University of Ireland qualified medical practitioners apart from the courses This University confers a diploma in Psychological of instruction. A course for the Diploma in Psycho- Medicine ; application should be made to the Registrars logical Medicine is held annually from January to of the Constituent Colleges, University College, June at the Central Pathological Laboratory of the Dublin, University College, Cork, and University London County Mental Hospitals, which is situated College, Galway, for all information. in the Maudsley Hospital. Facilities and grants-in-aid are given for research work in psychiatry and allied subjects at the Laboratory. Inquiries as to lectures should be addressed to the Director of the Central DIPLOMA IN TROPICAL MEDICINE

Pathological Laboratory, Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, S.E. ; and as to clinical facilities, to the Medical Superintendent at the same address. Bethlem Royal Hospital A course of lectures and practical instruction for the Diploma in Psychological Medicine, granted by the various universities and the Conjoint Board, is held at Bethlem Royal Hospital, Orchard, Eden Park, Beckenham, twice annually, during the spring and autunm. Part A or Part B, however, may be taken separately. In addition to the above, clinical instruction in Psychological Medicine is given at Bethlem Royal Hospital every morning (except Wednesdays) at 11 A.M. A reduction is made to those who attend the Diploma Course. House physicians are appointed at Bethlem Royal Hospital for a term of six months, which may be extended. These appointments are made on Feb. 1st, May 1st, August 1st, and Nov. 1st in each year, and the vacancies are advertised in the medical papers. Apartments, complete board, attendance, and laundry are provided, and a salary at the rate of .6150 per annum for the first three months, rising if commendable service be given, to the rate of 2200 per annum for the second period of three months. Clinical assistants are often appointed from time to time for periods of three months or longer. These are nonsalaried and non-resident posts, but partial board is provided. The Physician-Superintendent, Bethlem

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qualification in tropical medicine has registrable by statute, a diploma is regarded as indispensable for appointments in the Colonial Medical Service and similar positions abroad. Systematic instruction for these diplomas is given at the Incorporated Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (founded in 1898) and at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel-street, Gowerstreet, London, W.C. ; while the University of Edinburgh and the English Conjoint Board grant a

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Hygiene and Tropical Medicine of instruction in tropical medicine and hygiene is divided into two parts : Section A, a three months’ course in clinical and laboratory instruction, and Section B, a two months’ course in tropical hygiene. Each section can be taken independently of the other, and the examinations of the Conjoint Board will follow closely upon the end of the corresponding course of study. This revised course is recognised by the University of London as a course for Associate students. The dates of the courses for the Session 1932-33 are as follows :— Section A (Clinical and Laboratory Instruction) : First course, Oct. 3rd to Dec. 23rd, 1932 ; second course, Jan. 2nd to March 24th, 1933 ; third course, April 3rd to June 22nd, 1933. Section B (Tropical Hygiene) : First course, Jan. 16th to March 17th, 1933 ; second course, April 18th to June 16th, 1933. The course of instruction under Section A includes clinical tropical medicine, applied pathology, medical zoology, and elementary bacteriology. Section B comprises instruction in tropical hygiene, including, in relation to hygiene, bacteriology, medical zoology, anthropology, and vital and medical statistics. Section A is so arranged, in three self-contained groups or blocks, as to allow of the admission of a student at the beginning of any block of work, subject to a place in the laboratory being available. Accordingly, applications can be received for admission : to the four weeks’ ’period of study in Protozoology and Haematology, or the four weeks in Helminthology, or the three weeks in Entomology, with. in each case, if the student so wishes, the corresponding clinical demonstrations, instruction in applied pathology, and special lectures. Further, students wishing to attend the clinics and clinical lectures only can do so for any period of four weeks during the course. The instruction in the Division of Clinical Tropical Medicine is given by the medical staff of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases and by visiting lecturers. In this way the resources of the hospitals of the Seamen’s Hospital Society at Endsleigh-gardens, at the Albert Docks, and elsewhere, become available for the clinical instruction of the students at the School. The

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Royal Hospital, Monk’s Orchard, Eden Park, Beckenham, will supply further particulars. University of Edinburgh Candidates for the Diploma in Psychiatry must be graduates in medicine and surgery of the University of Edinburgh or hold corresponding registrable degrees or qualifications of some other licensing body. Candidates are required subsequent to the date of graduation or obtaining a registrable qualification to have held (a) a resident appointment for one year in a hospital for mental disorders approved by the Faculty of Medicine, or alternatively (b) a six months’ appointment as defined in (a) and six months’ practical study of nervous diseases in a special or general hospital approved by the Faculty of Medicine. There are two examinations for the Diploma. Part I. comprises: 1. Anatomy of the Nervous System. 2. Physiology of the Nervous System. 3. Psychology and Experimental Psychology. Part II. comprises : 1. Neuropathology. 2. Clinical Psychiatry. 3. Clinical Neurology. 4. An additional subject selected by the candidate from a prescribed list. The examinations are held twice yearly in March and July. Candidates who have held an asylum appointment for a period of five years or more may be exempted from the course of study in one or more subjects of the curriculum. Full particulars can be obtained from the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine University of Dublin (Trinity College) The Liverpool University Diploma of Tropical A post-graduate diploma in Psychological Medicine Medicine (D.T.M.) is open only to those who have is conferred upon registered medical practitioners who been through a full course of instruction at