3. Describe the act of vomiting, and state why it is customary to assume the existence of a nervous centre which induces and regulates the accomplishment of this act.

4. What function does the skin perform as a regulator of animal heat ?

5. What do you mean by an associated movement? Give examples.

1. The cranial cavity being opened, and the brain with the roof of the orbit removed, give the dissection necessary to expose the optic nerve. 2. Describe the position and connexions of the anterior pillar of the fornix of the brain.

3. Name the parts which are brought into view when the deltoid muscle is reflected.

4. The cavity of the abdomen being opened, give the dissection necessary to expose the entire length of the superior mesenteric artery.

5. Give the structures which lie in relation to the root of each lung.

DR. T. E. LITTLE.

1. Describe the Twelfth Rib; mentioning all particulars you know of in which it contrasts with other ribs.

2. Mention the origin and insertion of the Psoas Magnus Muscle; and give its most important vascular, nervous, and osseous relations.

3. The formation, position, and anastomoses of the Deep Palmar Arch? 4. Enumerate all the motor branches of the Inferior Maxillary Nerve; indicating where you would find each of them.

5. Give the origin and insertion of the Middle Constrictor of the Pharynx also the parts related to its superficial, and to its deep surfaces.

PHYSICS.

MR. FITZGERALD.

1. State the principle of Archimedes, and apply it to calculate the volume of an object that weighed 354 grams in air, and 284 grams in distilled water.

2. Calculate the volume that a mass of gas would occupy, at o° C. and 760 mm., that had a volume of 1020 cc., at 91° C. and 540 mm.

3. What is meant by the mechanical equivalent of heat?

4. What is meant by polarization in a galvanic cell?

5. Describe any apparatus in which the principle of induction of electric currents is used, and explain how it works.

BOTANY.

DR. E. PERCEVAL WRIGHT.

1. Mention the chief changes found to take place in the cell-wall.

2. Describe the structures known as Phloëm and Xylem.

3. How does Cohn classify the Bacteria ?

4. State what you know as to the Yeast fungus.

5. Describe the origin and position of the spores in any Fern.

CHEMISTRY.

DR. EMERSON REYNOLDS.

1. Compare the composition of ordinary air with that expired from the lungs. How is the latter analysed?

2. How is ammonia gas made? Explain the process by an equation. Find the volume of one gram of the gas at o° C. and 760 mm.

3. How are mercurous and mercuric compounds distinguished? How is mercuric chloride converted into mercurous chloride?

4. How is hydrobromic acid prepared? Explain the process by an equation.

Deduce the formula of the body, and name it.

[Atomic weight-N=14. Cl=35.5. C=12. H=1.]

1. Give examples of drugs which act upon the iris (a) locally; (b) remotely.

2. Write a prescription in full for a lotion containing prussic acid. 3. In what form and dose, and for what purpose, would you administer the officinal preparation of Filix Mas? How is the preparation made?

4. Define the term Glucoside. Give examples of (a) purgative; (b) expectorant; (c) cardiac glucosides.

5. Enumerate the officinal oleo-resins. Describe the characters, uses, and modes of administration of the most important one of them.

PHYSIOLOGY.

DR. PURSER.

1. Enumerate, and give the chief distinguishing characteristics of the albuminous constituents of the liquor sanguinis.

2. Give the path followed by the accelerating nerves of the heart, and state the phenomena which have been observed to follow the stimulation of these nerves.

3. State the principal facts which show that secretion is an active process on the part of the gland cells, and not a mere process of filtration from the blood.

4. Describe the peristaltic movements of the intestine, and give the chief circumstances which influence these movements.

5. What are the principal constituents of milk?

ANATOMY.

PROFESSOR CUNNINGHAM.

1. Give the dissection necessary to expose the entire length of the median nerve in the forearm. Name the branches which it gives off in this part of its course.

2. Describe the ankle-joint under the following heads :

(a) the surfaces opposed to each other;

(b) the movements capable of being performed at the joint;
(c) its influence in maintaining the erect posture of the body.

3. The cavity of the abdomen being opened, give the dissection necessary to expose the descending and transverse portions of the duodenum. Name also the sources from which this portion of the intestinal canal derives its blood-supply.

4. Name the structures which form the floor of the third ventricle of the brain, and describe the passages by means of which this cavity communicates with the lateral ventricles and with the fourth ventricle.

5. What structures would require to be removed in order to expose the cervical plexus of nerves? Describe the superficial branches of this plexus.

DESCRIPTIVE ANATOMY.

DR. T. E. LITTLE.

1. Describe the surfaces and articulations of the Malar bone. What cranial fossae does it enter into the boundaries of ?

2. Describe the Anterior Annular Ligament of the Ankle. Give its attachments; and the exact relations of tendons, vessels, and nerves to it. 3. The attachments, relations, and innervation of the Thyro-hyoid Muscle?

4. Describe the Pituitary Body; and give its position-in relation to the skull, the brain, and its membranes-and its connexions.

5. Give the position and relations of the Sciatic Artery-(a) inside, and (b) outside the pelvis. Its branches and their anastomoses ?

EXAMINATION FOR DEGREE OF BACHELOR IN
MEDICINE.

PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.

THE REGIUS

PROFESSOR.

1. Discuss the treatment of Enteric Fever, and its complications. 2. What are the symptoms in the apoplectic condition which indicate a fatal termination?

3. Describe the form of Dyspnoea termed Cheyne-Stokes respiration. State the diseases in which it is met, the feature common to all, and its indication.

4. Enumerate some of the physical causes of Mental Disease-exciting and predisposing.

5. Describe a typical case of general Paralysis of the Insane, and give the diagnosis.

DR. FINNY.

1. Enumerate the different varieties of Headache. How do you distinguish them? What treatment do you suggest for any one variety named ?

2. What are the symptoms and treatment of Diphtheria ?

3. The symptoms, physical signs, and treatment of "Fatty Heart"? 4. Describe acute general Eczema. How should it be treated ?

5. The symptoms, general and local, of focal accumulation, and the appropriate treatment?

INSTITUTES OF MEDICINE (INCLUDING PATHOLOGY).

DR. J. W. MOORE.

1. Define the term "Edema," and describe the threefold origin of this condition.

2. Write a note on the pathology of Scarlet Fever.

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3. What clinical characters stamp a tumour as malignant" or benign"?

4. Analyse the structure of a syphilitic gumma, or syphiloma; and specify the parts of the body in which this form of neoplasm most commonly develops.

5. Supply a list of causes of albuminuria, exclusive of renal disease, adding any explanatory notes which may appear necessary.

THERAPEUTICS.

DR. WALTER SMITH.

1. Physiological action and therapeutic uses of fats?

2. Prescribe a soothing lotion for acute eczema.

3. Physiological action and uses of benzoic and boracic acids? How is the former acid eliminated?

4. What is the physiological action of simple bitters (e. g. quassia), and of aromatics (e. g. ginger)?

5. Write a prescription for an effervescing draught containing carbo. nate of ammonia.