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ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON.
496 ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON. The licence of this College is a qualification to practise Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery, and is recognised by the Local Government Board as a qualification in Surgery as well as in Medicine. Lice?i tia tes.- Every candidate for the College licence (except when otherwise provided by the bye-laws) is required to produce satisfactory evidence to the following effect :--Of having attained the age of twenty-one years. Of moral character. Of having passed before the commencement of professional study an examination in the subjects of general education recognised by the General Medical Council. Of having been registered as a medical student in a manner prescribed by the General Medical Council. Of having been engaged in professional studies during at least forty-five months, of which at least three winter sessions and two summer sessions shall have been passed at a recognised medical school or schools, and one winter session and two summer sessions in one or other of the following ways:— 1. Attending the practice of a hospital or other institution recognised by the College for that purpose. 2. Receiving instruction as the pupil of a legally qualified practitioner having opportunities of imparting a practical knowledge of Medicine, Surgery, or Midwifery. 3. Attending lectures on any of the required subjects of professional study at a recognised place of instruction. Of having atten.led, during three winter sessions and two summer sessions, the medical and surgical practice at a recognised hospital or hospitals.14 Of having discharged the duties of a medical clinical clerk during six months, and of a surgical dresser during other six months; and of having been engaged during six months in the clinical study of Diseases peculiar to Women. Of having received instruction in Chemistry, Practical Chemistry, Materia Medica, and Practical Pharmacy. Of having attended a course of lectures on the following subjects :-Anatomy (with dissections), during twelve months; Physiology ; a practical course of General Anatomy during a winter or a summer session, consisting of not less than thirty meetings of the class; Anatomy; Prineiples and Practice of Medicine; Principles and Practice of Surgery; Midwifery and the Diseases peculiar to Women; Forensic Medicine. Of having attended Clinical Lectures on Medicine during nine months, and also Clinical Lectures on Surgery during nine months, and of having been engaged during a period of three months in the Clinical Study of Diseases peculiar to Women. Of having passed the professional examinations, of which there are three, each partly written, partly oral, and partly practical. The subjects of the first examination are : -Chemistry, including Chemical Physics—viz., Heat, Light, and Electricity; Materia Medica and Pharmacy; and Osteology. The subjects of the second examination are Anatomy and Physiology. The subjects of the final examination are Medical Anatomy and Pathology, including Morbid Anatomy; the Principles and Practice of Medicine; Surgical Anatomy and Pathology, including Morbid Anatomy; the Principles and Practice of Surgery ; Midwifery and Diseases peculiar to Women; Forensic Medicine; Public Health and Therapeutics. Any candidate who shall produce satisfactory evidence of having passed an examination on Anatomy and Physiology, conducted by a university in the United Kingdom, in India, or in a British colony, or by the College of Surgeons in England, Scotland, or Ireland, or the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, shall be exempt from re-examination on those subjects. Any candidate who shall produce satisfactory evidence of having passed an examination on Chemistry and Materia Medica, required for a degree in Medicine at a university in the United Kingdom, in India, or in a British colony, will be exempted from re-examination on those subjects. Any candidate who shall have obtained a degree in Surgery at a university in the United Kingdom, after a course of study and an examination satisfactory to the College, shall be exempt from re-examination on Surgical Anatomy and on the Principles and Practice of Surgery. Any candidate who shall have passed the examination on Surgery conducted by the Royal College of Surgeons of England, or the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, or the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, or the Faculty
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A three months’ course of clinical instruction in the wards of a lunatic hospital or asylum may be substituted for the same period of attendance in the medical wards of a general hospital.
recognised
and Surgeons of Glasgow, after a course of examination satisfactory to the College, shaIn be exempt from re-examination on Surgical Anatomy and on the Principles and Practice of Surgery.
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ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND. REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE EDUCATION AND EXAMINATIONS APPLICABLE TO CANDIDATES FOR THE DIPLOA[A OF MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE.
Professional
Education.—The
following
are
recognised
modes of commencing professional educatlon:—(1) Attendance on the practice of a hospital, or other public institution recognised by this College for that purpose. (2) In-struction as the pupil of a legally qualified surgeon, holding: the appointment of surgeon to a hospital, general dispensary, or union workhouse, or where such opportunities of practical instruction are afforded as shall be satisfactory to the Council. (3) Attendance on lectures on Anatomy, Pbysiology, or Chemistry, by lecturers recognised by this.
College. Candidates, prior to their admission to the First or Primary Examination on Anatomy and Physiology, will be required to produce the following certificates, viz. :-Of having, prior to the commencement of professional study, been registered by the General Medical Council. Of having attended lectures. Of having peron Anatomy during two winter sessions. formed dissections during not less than two winter sessions. Of having attended lectures on General Anatomy and Physiology 15 during one winter session. Of having attended a practical course of General Anatomy and Physiology16 during another winter or a summer session, consisting of’ not less than thirty meetings of the class. Candidates who commenced their professional studies on. or after October 1st, 1882, and shall have pursued those studies in recognised medical schools in England, will be required, before presenting themselves for the Primary or Anatomical and Physiological Examination for the diploma of Member of the College, to produce certificates of having. passed an examination in Elementary Anatomy and Physiology, such examination to be conducted by their teachers at the several medical schools. (1) The periods at which the examination shall be held will be determined by the teachers. at the several medical schools, provided that an interval of’ not less than six months shall elapse between the date at which the candidates shall have passed the examination and the date of their presenting themselves for the Primary Examination at the College. (2) It shall be left to the teachers at the several medical schools to determine the nature and extent of the examination in Elementary
Anatomy and Physiology. Candidates, prior to their admission to the Second or Pass. Examination on Surgical Anatomy and the Principles and Practices of Surgery, Medicine, and Midwifery, will be required to produce the following certificates-viz.: Of beingtwenty-one years of age. Of having been engaged, subsequently to the date of registration by the General Medical Council, during four years, or during a period extending over not less than four winter and four
summer
sessions, in the
acquirement of professional knowledge. Of having attended’ lectures on surgery during one winter session. Of having attended a course of Practical Surgery during a period occupying not less than six months prior or subsequent ta the course required by the preceding Clause 3.17 Of having attended one course of lectures on each of the following subjects — viz.: Chemistry,18 Materia Medica, Medicine, 15 By the Practical Course referred to in Clause 5, it is meant that the learners themselves shall, individually, be engaged in the necessary experiments, manipulations, &c.; but it is not hereby intended that the learners shall perform vivisections. 16 The certificates of attendance on the several courses of lectures must include evidence that the student has attended the practical instructions and examinations of his teacher in each course. 17 The course of Practical Surgery referred to in Clause 4 is intended to embrace instruction in which each pupil shall be exercised in practical details, such as in the application of anatomical facts to surgery, on the living person or on the dead body ; the methods of proceeding and the manipulations necessary in order to detect the effects of diseases and accidents on the living person or on the dead body; the performance, where practicable, of the operations of surgery on the dead body ; the use of surgical apparatus ; the examination of diseased structures as illustrated in the contents of a museum of morbid anatomy and otherwise. 18 The course of lectures on Chemistry included in Clause 5 will not be required in the case of a candidate who shall have passed a satisfactory examination in this subject in his preliminary examination.
Pathlogical
14
A three months’ course of clinical instruction in the wards of a lunatic hospital or asylum may be substituted for the same period of attendance in the medical wards of a general hospital.
recognised
and Surgeons of Glasgow, after a course of examination satisfactory to the College, shaIn be exempt from re-examination on Surgical Anatomy and on the Principles and Practice of Surgery.
of
Physicians
study
and
an
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND. REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE EDUCATION AND EXAMINATIONS APPLICABLE TO CANDIDATES FOR THE DIPLOA[A OF MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE.
Professional
Education.—The
following
are
recognised
modes of commencing professional educatlon:—(1) Attendance on the practice of a hospital, or other public institution recognised by this College for that purpose. (2) In-struction as the pupil of a legally qualified surgeon, holding: the appointment of surgeon to a hospital, general dispensary, or union workhouse, or where such opportunities of practical instruction are afforded as shall be satisfactory to the Council. (3) Attendance on lectures on Anatomy, Pbysiology, or Chemistry, by lecturers recognised by this.
College. Candidates, prior to their admission to the First or Primary Examination on Anatomy and Physiology, will be required to produce the following certificates, viz. :-Of having, prior to the commencement of professional study, been registered by the General Medical Council. Of having attended lectures. Of having peron Anatomy during two winter sessions. formed dissections during not less than two winter sessions. Of having attended lectures on General Anatomy and Physiology 15 during one winter session. Of having attended a practical course of General Anatomy and Physiology16 during another winter or a summer session, consisting of’ not less than thirty meetings of the class. Candidates who commenced their professional studies on. or after October 1st, 1882, and shall have pursued those studies in recognised medical schools in England, will be required, before presenting themselves for the Primary or Anatomical and Physiological Examination for the diploma of Member of the College, to produce certificates of having. passed an examination in Elementary Anatomy and Physiology, such examination to be conducted by their teachers at the several medical schools. (1) The periods at which the examination shall be held will be determined by the teachers. at the several medical schools, provided that an interval of’ not less than six months shall elapse between the date at which the candidates shall have passed the examination and the date of their presenting themselves for the Primary Examination at the College. (2) It shall be left to the teachers at the several medical schools to determine the nature and extent of the examination in Elementary
Anatomy and Physiology. Candidates, prior to their admission to the Second or Pass. Examination on Surgical Anatomy and the Principles and Practices of Surgery, Medicine, and Midwifery, will be required to produce the following certificates-viz.: Of beingtwenty-one years of age. Of having been engaged, subsequently to the date of registration by the General Medical Council, during four years, or during a period extending over not less than four winter and four
summer
sessions, in the
acquirement of professional knowledge. Of having attended’ lectures on surgery during one winter session. Of having attended a course of Practical Surgery during a period occupying not less than six months prior or subsequent ta the course required by the preceding Clause 3.17 Of having attended one course of lectures on each of the following subjects — viz.: Chemistry,18 Materia Medica, Medicine, 15 By the Practical Course referred to in Clause 5, it is meant that the learners themselves shall, individually, be engaged in the necessary experiments, manipulations, &c.; but it is not hereby intended that the learners shall perform vivisections. 16 The certificates of attendance on the several courses of lectures must include evidence that the student has attended the practical instructions and examinations of his teacher in each course. 17 The course of Practical Surgery referred to in Clause 4 is intended to embrace instruction in which each pupil shall be exercised in practical details, such as in the application of anatomical facts to surgery, on the living person or on the dead body ; the methods of proceeding and the manipulations necessary in order to detect the effects of diseases and accidents on the living person or on the dead body; the performance, where practicable, of the operations of surgery on the dead body ; the use of surgical apparatus ; the examination of diseased structures as illustrated in the contents of a museum of morbid anatomy and otherwise. 18 The course of lectures on Chemistry included in Clause 5 will not be required in the case of a candidate who shall have passed a satisfactory examination in this subject in his preliminary examination.