Public Service; to the members of all the Learned and Scientific Bodies in the United Kingdom, and to persons introduced by them respectively; and to all learned and scientific Foreigners. The Secretary and Conservator will exercise their discretion in the case of applications for admission from other persons. Persons desirous of devoting especial study to particular departments of the Museum, may have access for that purpose on Fridays, from twelve to four in winter, and from twelve to five in summer, on making a written application to the President. Persons desirous of comparing specimens with those in the Museum, or of having specimens examined, or of gaining other information, are requested to present themselves on Saturdays between the hours of ten and one o'clock. Visitors are required to insert their names and residences in the book provided for that purpose.

LIBRARY.

The Library is open daily, Sundays excepted, to Members and Articled Students of the College, from Eleven a.m. to Five p.m., and except on Saturday, when the Library is closed at One p.m. Members have the privilege of personally introducing a Visitor.

Persons not members, desirous of admission, must make application in writing to the President or Library Committee, specifying their Christian and surname, rank or profession, and residence ; which application must be accompanied by a recommendation from a member that a ticket may be granted to the applicant.

Tickets of admission, which are not transferable, are granted for six months, at the expiration of which time application must be made for their renewal.

Readers wishing to refer to any book are requested to furnish the Librarian with the title or number thereof written on a slip of paper; and to return such book to the Librarian before quitting the Library.

Readers taking extracts from any book, may not lay the paper on which they write on any part of such book; nor may any tracings be taken from any plate without the permission of the Committee.

Books belonging to the College are not to be written upon; and any one observing a defect in a book is requested to report the same to the Librarian.

Readers desirous of consulting works not in the Library are requested to communicate their wishes in writing to the Librarian, in order that the same may be reported to the Committee.

Every person upon admission to the Library is required to insert his name and residence in a book provided for that purpose.

PRIZES.

Collegial Triennial Anatomical Prize, of Fifty Guineas.

The subject of this prize is-" The Anatomical Structure of those parts of the Eyeball which are contained within the Sclerotic and Cornea: with illustrations drawn from each of the five great divisions of the Vertebrata."

Jacksonian Prizes, of Twenty Guineas.

There are two Subjects for Prizes for 1866, namely-"Ovariotomy; Pathology and Diagnosis of Cases suitable for this Operation, with the best Method of performing it, and the Results of recorded Cases;" and "Fractures into Joints; their Modes of Union, with the Treatment and Result. The Dissertation to be illustrated by Cases, Preparations, and Drawings." These prizes are to be written for under the following conditions:-Candidates to be Fellows or Members of the College, not on the Council. The Dissertations to be in English, and the number and importance of original facts will be considered principal points of excellence:-recited cases to be placed in an appendix. Each Dissertation to be distinguished by a motto or device; and accompanied by a sealed envelope containing the name and residence of the author, and having on the outside a motto or device corresponding with that on the Dissertation. The Dissertations to be addressed to the Secretary at the College. The Manuscript Prize Dissertations and every accompanying Drawing and Preparation will become the property of the College. Those Dissertations which shall not be approved, with their accompanying Drawings and Preparations, will, upon authenticated application within the period of three years, be returned; together with the papers, unopened, containing the names and residences of the respective authors. The unapproved Dissertations which shall remain three years unclaimed, with their accompanying Drawings and Preparations, will become the property of the College; at which period the papers containing the names of the authors will be burned, unopened, in the presence of the Committee. The Dissertations for the Collegial Anatomical Prize must be delivered at the College, before Christmas-day 1867. The Dissertations for the Jacksonian Prizes for the present year, 1865, must be delivered at the College before Christmas-day next. The Dissertations for the Jacksonian Prizes for the ensuing year, 1866, must be delivered at the College before Christmas-day 1866.

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THE SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES.

Blackfriars, London. E.C.

CHARTERED 1616.

Master, Mr. Charles Higham; Wardens, Messrs. G. Cooper and T. Browne; Court of Exam.: Mr
T. Ansell (Chairm.); Messrs. W. Dickinson, R. Norton, G. Corfe, T. Parratt, C. Taylor, T. R
Wheeler, S. H. Ward, J. Randall, J. S. Lavies, J. S. Stocker, and F. C. Webb; Sec. to
Court, Mr. W. P. Brodribb; Exam. in Arts, Messrs. G. Buchanan, J. C. Griffith, and U. P.
Brodribb; Clerk to Soc., Mr. R. B. Upton; Prof. of Chem, and Mat. Med., Dr. W. T. Brande;
Exam. for Soc.'s Prize in Bot., Dr. J. D. Hooker; Exam. for Soc's Prize in Mat. Med., and Pharm.
Chem Dr. W. T. Brande; Cur. of Bot. Garden, Mr. T. Moore; Beadle, Mr. J. C. Sargeant.
Note.-Members are those who constitute the incorporated Society of Apothecaries; Licentiates,
those who have obtained their Licence to practise as Apothecaries.

REGULATIONS, ETC.

Every Candidate for a Certificate of Qualification to practise as an Apothecary, will be required to produce Testimonials-1. Of having passed a Preliminary Examination in Arts as a test of General Education. This Examination must be passed before the commencement of Professional Studies, which is defined by the Medical Council "to be the time of commencing Studies at a Medical School" 2. Of having served an apprenticeship or pupilage of not less than five years to a Practitioner qualified by the Act of 1815. This period may include the time spent in attending Lectures and Hospital practice. 3. Of having attained the full age of twenty-one years. evidence of age, a copy of the baptismal register will be required in every case where it can possibly be procured. 4. Of good moral conduct. 5. And of having pursued a Course of Medical Study in conformity with the regulations of the Court.

COURSE OF STUDY.

As

Every Candidate whose attendance on Lectures shall commence on and after the 1st of October, 1363, must attend the following Lectures and Medical Practice during not less than three winter and three summer sessions; each winter session to consist of not less than six months, and to commence not sooner than the 1st nor later than the 15th of October; and each summer session to extend from the 1st of May to the 31st of July.

FIRST YEAR.-Winter Session-Chemistry; Anatomy and Physiology; Dissections. Summer Session-Botany; Materia Medica and Therapeutics; Practical Chemistry.*

SECOND YEAR.-Winter Session-Anatomy and Physiology, including Dissections and Demonstrations; Principles and Practice of Medicine; Clinical Medical Practice. Summer SessionMidwifery and Diseases of Women and Children ;† Forensic Medicine and Toxicology; Clinical Medical Practice.

THIRD YEAR.-Winter Session-Principles and Practice of Medicine; Clinical Medical Lectures; Morbid Anatomy; Clinical Medical Practice. Summer Session-Practical Midwifery and Vaccination;t Morbid Anatomy; Clinical Medical Practice.

REGISTRATION OF TESTIMONIALS.

All testimonials must be given on a printed schedule, and the blanks therein must be filled up by the lecturers themselves. Students will be supplied with schedules at the time of their first registration; in London, at the Apothecaries' Hall; in the provincial towns from the gentlemen who keep the registers of the medical schools, and whose names may be known on application to the secretary of the court. All students, in London, are required personally to register the several classes for which they have taken tickets, and those only will be considered as complying with the regulations of the court, whose names and classes in the register correspond with their schedules. Tickets of admission to lectures and medical practice must be registered in the months of October and May. Due notice of the days and hours of such registrations will be given from time to time. The court also requires students at the provincial medical schools to register their names in their own handwriting, with the registrar of each respective school, within the first fifteen days of October, and first fifteen days of May.

EXAMINATION IN ARTS.

An examination in arts will take place at the Hall three times in the year, viz., on the last Friday and Saturday, in the months January, April, and September. By order of the Medical Council, an examination in arts is compulsory on all gentlemen commencing their studies on or after the 1st of October, 1861, and must be passed previous to registration. Testimonials of proficiency in general education will be received, as exempting from the examination in arts at this Hall, from the national educational bodies, and also from any of the licensing bodies under the Medical Act of 1858.

Testimonials of Proficiency in General Education will be received, as exempting from the

• By Practical Chemistry is intended a specific course of Instruction in the Laboratory, with an opportunity of Personal Manipulation in the Ordinary Processes of Chemistry, and of acquiring a knowledge of the various Re-Agents for Poisons.

+ A Certificate of attendance, on not less than 20 cases, will be received from a legally qualified Practitioner.

Examination in Arts at this Hall, from any of the Licensing Bodies under the Medical Act of 1858, viz. :-The Royal College of Physicians, London; the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh; King and Queen's College of Physicians, Ireland; Royal College of Surgeons, England; Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh; Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow: Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland; Society of Apothecaries, London. And also from the following National Educational Bodies, viz. :-A Degree in Arts of any University of the United Kingdom, or of the Colonies, or of such other Universities as may be specially recognised from time to time by the Medical Council. 2. Oxford Responsions or Moderations. 3. Cambridge previous Examinations. 4. Matriculation Examination of the University of London. 5. Oxford Middle Class Examinations (Senior). 6. Cambridge Middle Class Examinations (Senior). 7. Durham Middle Class Examinations (Senior). 8. Durham Examinations for Students in Arts, in their second and first years. 9. Durham Registration Examination for Medical Students. 10. Dublin University Entrance Examination. 11. Queen's University, Ireland, two years' Arts' course for the Diploma of Licentiate in Arts. 12. Preliminary Examinations at the end of A.B. course. 13. Middle Class Examinations. 14. Matriculation Examinations. 15. First Class Certificate of the College of Preceptors. 16. "Testamur" granted by Codrington College, Barbadoes. 17. Degree of Associate of Arts granted by the Tasmanian Council of Education, with a Certificate that the Student has been examined in Latin and Mathematics.

PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATIONS.

The Court of Examiners meet in the hall every Thursday, where candidates are required to attend at a quarter before four o'clock. Every person intending to offer himself for examination must give notice in writing to the Clerk of the Society on or before the Monday previous to the day of examination, and must at the same time deposit all the required testimonials, and the fee, at the office of the beadle, where attendance is given every day, except Sunday, from ten until four o'clock, Saturday ten to two. The examination of candidates is divided into two parts, and is conducted partly in writing and partly rivá voce. The first examination, which may be passed after the second winter session, embraces the following subjects:-Translating Physicians' Prescriptions; Anatomy and Physiology; General and Practical Chemistry; Botany and Materia Medica. Second examination, after the third summer session (the five years' pupilage being completed) :- Practice of Medicine and Pathology; Midwifery, including the diseases of women and children; Forensic Medicine and Toxicology.

All Graduates in Medicine of British Universities will be admitted to a Practical Examination in Medicine and Midwifery only.

Candidates must produce evidence that they have served an Apprenticeship of five years to an Apothecary; or at least that they have been engaged in such a course of study as shall be considered "serving after the manner of an Apprentice, for five years," in conformity with the Act of 1815.

Members of the Royal College of Surgeons, England, will be admitted as heretofore to an entire viva você examination the same evening.

Licentiates of the Royal College of Physicians, London; of the King and Queen's College of Ireland; of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, Edinburgh; of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow; and of the Apothecaries' Company, Dublin, will be admitted to a virà vocé examination in Medicine, Midwifery, Forensic Medicine, and Toxicology.

Any Candidate who has passed his first Examination for the Licence of the Royal College of Physicians, London; the Licence of the King and Queen's College of Physicians, Ireland; the joint Licence of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, Edinburgh; or for the single Licence of the College of Physicians, Edinburgh; the Licence of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow; the first professional Examination for the Degree of M.B., or Master in Surgery in the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, or London; or the second part of the Professional Examination for the Degree of M.B., or Master in Surgery in the Universities of Edinburgh, Aberdeen, St. Andrew's, and Glasgow; or the first Examination for Medical and Surgical Degrees in the Irish Universities; or the first Examination for the Licence of the Apothecaries' Company, Dublin, will be admitted to a single Examination in Materia Medica, Therapeutics, Medicine, Pathology, Midwifery, and Toxicology, part of which Examination will be conducted in writing.

Candidates who desire to avail themselves of the Modified Examination, must produce evi

dence,

1. That they are more than forty years of age. 2. That they have served an Apprenticeship of five years to an Apothecary; or at least that they have been engaged in such a course of study as shall be considered "serving after the manner of an Apprentice, for five years," in conformity with the Act of 1815. 3. Of good moral conduct. 4. That they have attended such Lectures and Hospital Practice, as were required of Students when their Medical Studies commenced, or such as shall be deemed equivalent. The Examination of the above Candidates will consist,-In the Translation of Physicians' Prescriptions. In such parts of Chemistry and Materia Medica as bear upon the Practice of Medicine, and on Toxicology. In Visceral Anatomy. In the Practice of Medicine, including Diseases of Women and Children, and in Midwifery.

Candidates, unless registered, will be required to produce their Diploma.

The examination of candidates for certificates of qualification to act as assistant. in compounding and dispensing medicines, will be as follows: In translating Physicians' Prescriptions in Pharmacy and Materia Medica. Fee, 2 guineas.

By the 22nd section of the Act of Parliament, no rejected candidate can be re-examined until the

expiration of six months from his former examination; and no rejected candidate as an assistant until the expiration of three months.

STUDENTS' PRIZES.

The Society of Apothecaries annually offer two Prizes for proficiency in the knowledge of Botany, and also two Prizes for proficiency in the knowledge of Materia Medica and Pharmaceutical Chemistry. The Prizes consist of a Gold Medal awarded to the Candidate who distinguishes himself the most in the Examination; and of a Silver Medal, and a Book, to the Candidate who does so in the next degree. The Examination in Botany will be held at the Hall of Society on the second Wednesday in August, at Ten in the Forenoon, and will be conducted by printed papers and vivá coce questions. Each Gentleman intending to compete for these Prizes must send a written notice of his intention to the Beadle, on or before the First day of August, which notice must be accompanied by evidence of his having entered upon the Second Summer Session of his Medical Studies, and by Certificates from his Teachers of his having attended their respective Lectures and Class Examinations with diligence and regularity. The Examinations in Materia Medica and Pharmaceutical Chemistry will be held at the Hall of the Society on the third Wednesday, and on the following Friday in October, from Ten in the Forenoon to One in the Afternoon of each day, by printed papers on the Wednesday, and by vivâ voce questions on the Friday. Each Gentleman intending to compete for these Prizes must send a written notice of his intention to the Beadle, on or before the Seventh day of October, which notice must be accompanied by evidence of his having entered upon the Third Winter Session of his Medical Studies, and by Certificates from his Teachers of his having attended their respective Lectures and Class Examinations with diligence and regularity.

METROPOLITAN HOSPITALS AND

SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE.

ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL.

West Smithfield. E.C.

Founded by Rahere, 1102.

Cons. Phys., Dr. Burrows.-Phys., Drs. Farre, Jeaffreson, Black, and Martin.-Cons. Surgs., Messrs. Skey and Lawrence.-Surgs., Messrs. Wormald, Paget, Coote, and Holden.-Asst.-Phys., Drs. Edwards, Harris, Andrew, and Southey.-Asst.-Surgs., Messrs. Savory, Callender, T. Smith, and Willett. Phys.-Acc., Dr. Greenhalgh.-Apoth., Mr. Wood.

This hospital receives within its walls upwards of 6000 in-patients annually, and its outpatients and casualties amount to more than 100,000 annually. It contains 650 beds, of which 403 are allotted to surgical, including ophthalmic, orthopedic, aural, and syphilitic, cases, and 247 to medical cases and diseases of women and children. One of the assistant-physicians sees the medical out-patients daily, between eleven and two; and one of the assistant-surgeons sees the surgical outpatients daily, between twelve and two. The casualty patients are seen at all hours in the surgery by the apothecary, house-surgeons, and dressers. Surgical operations on Saturday, at half-past one. The physicians and surgeons deliver clinical lectures weekly, during both the winter and the summer sessions. A record of all important cases is kept, under the superintendence of the Registrars. Inspections of morbid anatomy, in the pathological theatre, as opportunities offer-of the medical cases, by Dr. Andrew; of the surgical cases by the house-surgeons, under the superintendence of the surgeons.

WINTER SESSION.

Medicine: Dr. Black.-Surgery: Messrs. Paget and Coote.-Chemistry: Dr. Odling.-Descriptive and Surgical Anatomy: Messrs. Holden and Callender.-General Anatomy and Physiology: Mr. Savory. -Superintendence of Dissections: Messrs. Smith and Baker.--Assistant Demonstrators: Messrs. Vernon and Langton.-Demonstrations of Morbid Anatomy: Dr. Andrew.-Tutors: Dr. Duckworth, M. Baker, and W. Shepard.

SUMMER SESSION.

Materia Medica and Therapeutics: Dr. Farre.-Midwifery and the Diseases of Women and Children: Dr. Greenhalgh.-Botany: Dr. Harris.-Forensic Medicine: Dr. Edwards.—Practical Chemistry: Dr. Odling.-Comparative Anatomy: Mr. Callender.-Demonstrations of Operative Surgery: Messrs. Smith and Baker.

CHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL.

Charing-Cross. W.C.

Phys., Drs. Chowne and Willshire. - Asst.-Phys., Drs. Salter and Headland. — Surgs., Messrs. Hancock and Canton.-Asst.-Surgs., Messrs. Hird and Barwell.-Dentist, Mr. Roberts. Dispenser, Mr. Whitney.-Sec., Mr. H. Woolcott.

WINTER SESSION.

Principles and Practice of Medicine: Drs. Chowne and Willshire.—Physiology and Pathology: Dr. H. Salter.-Anatomy (Descriptive and Surgical): Mr. Canton.-Demonstrations and Dissections: Dr. Goldsbro.-Surgery: Mr. Hancock. Chem.: Mr. C. W. Heaton.-Natural Philosophy:

SUMMER SESSION.

Midwifery and the Medical Treatment of Women and Children: Dr. Chowne.-Materia Medica and Therapeutics: Dr. Headland.-Forensic Medicine: Mr. Hird and Mr. Tuson.-Botany: Mr. H. Coultas.-Practic ¿Chemistry: Mr. C. W. Heaton.-Comparative Anatomy: Mr. R. Barwell.