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Principles and Practice of Physic,
Clinical Medicine,

Clinical Surgery,

Medical Jurisprudence,

Obstetrical Medicine,

and of having attended hospital practice during three years.

Subjects of the Second Examination.

12. The subjects of the second examination shall be :Physiology,

Pathology and the Practice of Physic,

Clinical Medicine,

Medical Jurisprudence,

The medical treatment of Surgical and Obstetrical
Diseases.

Examiners for the Second Examination.

13. The examiners for the second examination shall be :The Regius Professor of Physic,

The Professor of Anatomy,

The Downing Professor of Medicine,

A Doctor of Medicine, being a Member of the Senate, nominated annually by the Board of Medical Studies, and elected by the Senate.

Mode of conducting the Examinations.

14. The examinations shall be conducted partly by written questions, to which the person examined shall be required to give answers in writing; and partly viva voce.

Time of the Examinations.

15. The examinations for the degree of Bachelor of Medicine shall take place twice annually, commencing on the Monday following the completion of the first two-thirds of Michaelmas Term, and on the Monday following the completion of the first two-thirds of Easter Term.

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Public Exercise in the Schools.

16. The Act (Graces, May 6, 1858, and May 20, 1858) shall not be kept till after the candidate has passed both examinations.

Time of Admission to the degree of Bachelor of Medicine.

17. The student may be admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Medicine in the eleventh term after the completion of his first term of residence.

Inauguration.

18. (1) The inauguration of Bachelors of Medicine and the perfecting of their degree shall be on the day of the Magna Comitia.

(2) At the inauguration the names shall be arranged in order of seniority as follows :—

(a) Those who have been Bachelors of Arts, arranged alphabetically.

(b) Other Bachelors designate of Medicine, arranged alphabetically.

DOCTOR IN MEDICINE (M.D.)

Time to be spent in Medical Study.

19. All persons proceeding to the degree of Doctor of Medicine, shall be required to produce certificates of having been engaged in medical study during five years.

Examinations and Hospital Practice.

20. Masters of Arts, proceeding to the degree of Doctor of Medicine, shall be required to produce the same certificates of attendance on lectures and of attendance on hospital practice, and to pass the same examinations as are required for the degree of Bachelor of Medicine.

MASTER IN SURGERY (M.C.)
Preliminary Examinations,

1. The same as for Bachelor of Medicine.

Time to be spent in Medical Study.

2 and 3. The same as for M.B.: "Medical Study" being understood to include the study of Surgery, in which three years at least must be occupied.

Number of Medical Examinations and times of passing them. 4. The same as for M.B.

Subjects and Course of Study previous to the First Examination.

5,6, and 7. The same as for M.B., either the surgical or medical practice of Addenbrooke's Hospital being accepted as, in part, evidence of medical study in the University.

Subjects of the First Examination, Exemptions, and Examiners. 8, 9, and 10. The same as for M.B.

Requirements previous to the Second Examination.

11. Before admission to the second examination, the student shall have passed the first examination, and produce certificates of having attended :

A second course of lectures on Human Anatomy;

One course of lectures on the Principles and Practice of Surgery;

Lectures on Clinical Surgery during one year;

One course of lectures on Midwifery, and ten cases of Midwifery ;

One course of lectures on Medical Jurisprudence;

Of having practised dissection during a second season ; Of having attended the surgical practice during three years, and the medical practice during one year, of a recognized hospital (the medical and surgical practice being allowed to be attended at the same time), and of having been House Surgeon or Dresser for six months, at least, of such a hospital.

Subjects of the Second Examination.

12. The subjects of the second examination shall be :—

Surgical Anatomy,

Pathology and the Principles and Practice of Sur

gery,

Clinical Surgery,

Midwifery,

Medical Jurisprudence (the same examination as for the M.B. degree.)

Examiners for the Second Examination.

13. The examiners for the second examination shall be :The Professor of Anatomy;

Two Members of the Senate, being Masters in Surgery or Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons in England, nominated annually by the Board of Medical Studies and elected by the Senate:

In Medical Jurisprudence the same as for M.B.

Time and Mode of Conducting the Examinations. 14 and 15. The same as for M.B.

Public Exercise in the Schools.*

* 16. The candidate for the degree of Master in Surgery shall be required to keep one Act in the public schools after having passed both examinations for that degree.

The Professor of Anatomy shall assign the day and hour when the exercise shall be kept.

The Professor of Anatomy, or his deputy, and one at least of the two additional examiners, shall preside at the surgical Acts.

The candidate shall read a Thesis, composed in English by himself, on some subject approved by the professor and examiner: the professor and examiner presiding shall bring forward arguments or objections in English for the candidate to answer, and shall examine him in English, vivâ voce, as well on questions connected with his Thesis as on other subjects in the faculty of a more general nature; the exercise being made to continue at least one hour.

Public notice of the Act shall be given by fixing on the door of the Univer. sity schools, eight days at least before the assigned time, a written paper specifying the name and college of the candidate, the day and hour appointed for the exercise, and the subject of the Thesis; copies of the notice shall be delivered also, at the same time, to the Vice-Chancellor, to the professor, and to the examiners.

The above regulation was not adopted by the Senate; it is, however, expected to come into force at some future time.

Time of Admission to the Degree and Inauguration. 17 and 18. The same as for M.B.

Certificates.

1. The certificates required in each case shall be delivered to the Regius Professor of Physic.

Medical Study out of the University.

2. Medical study out of the University shall in all cases be understood to mean study at some well-known School of Medicine, which shall have been recognized by the Board of Medical Studies.

It shall be the duty of the Board to define, from time to time, what shall be sufficient evidence of such medical study.

Deputy Examiners.

3. In case any one of the ex officio examiners for medical or surgical degrees be prevented by illness or other reasonable cause from taking part in such examinations, it shall be competent for him to appoint a Member of the Senate to examine in his stead, subject to the approbation of the Vice-Chancellor; with the proviso that in the case of either the Regius Professor of Physic or the Downing Professor of Medicine appointing a deputy, such deputy shall be a Doctor of Medicine.

Appointment and Salaries of the Additional Examiners.

4. The election of the additional examiners for medical and surgical degrees shall take place at the first congregation after October 1 in each year.

Each of such examiners shall receive £10 from the University Chest.

EXAMINATIONS IN DIVINITY.

An University examination in Divinity was instituted, by Grace of the Senate, on May 11, 1842, and was brought

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