2. Describe the commencement, course, and connexions of the internal iliac artery; state the names of the branches of this vessel. Professor REDFERN, M.D. 3. Describe the course and relations of the glossopharyngeal nerve outside the cranium; with its branches and their distribution. 4. Describe the parts of the external ear, which have received distinct names, and the distribution of its nerves and vessels. Professor CLELAND, M.D. 5. Describe the form, connexions, and movements of the semilunar cartilages of the knee-joint. 6. Describe the pelvic and obturator fasciæ, and the true ligaments of the bladder. PHYSIOLOGY. 6th October, 1874.-Afternoon. 1. Describe the process of mastication, and mention the properties and use of the saliva. 2. Explain the necessity for the constant action of the kidneys; mention the constituents of the secretion, and state the sources from which the principal organic matters are derived. Professor REDFERN, M.D. 3. Describe the changes which age produces in the structure and action of the organ of vision. 4. Describe the characters of the uterus of an infant, of an adult, and of an aged female, and state what changes occur in the uterine wall during utero-gestation, and after parturition. Professor CLELAND, M.D. 5. Describe the electric properties of muscle and nerve. 6. Describe the phenomena of contraction observable in a frog's heart on removal from the body and on division into parts; and draw any legitimate inference. DEGREES OF M.D. AND M.CH., AND MIDWIFERY. 10th October, 1874.-Morning. Examiner-Dr. J. RUTHERFOORD KIRKPATRICK. 1. Describe the operation of delivery by the forceps where the head is arrested in the pelvic cavity. 2. Mention the various causes of delay in difficult labour. Which of these occur during the first stage and which during the second stage of labour? 3. What means would you adopt for the resuscitation of an infant, when, on its birth, respiration was not established? 4. What symptoms would retroversion of the gravid uterus give rise to? About what period of pregnancy is such an accident liable to take place, and how would you treat it? 5. Describe the modes of plugging the vagina to arrest uterine hæmorrhage? In what variety of uterine hæmorrhage would such treatment not be proper, and why? 3rd October, 1874.-Morning. 1. What is Denman's classification of labours? Give the definition of each of the several classes. 2. Mention the causes of delay in the third stage of labour. 3. What other presentations might the face be mistaken for, and what are the characteristics of each? 4. What preliminary steps should be taken previous to delivering a patient by the forceps? 5. What are the different displacements the unimpregnated uterus is liable to? 6. What set of symptoms, arising during a difficult labour, where there was a prolonged second stage, would indicate the exhaustion of the patient? FIRST AND SECOND MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS-HONORS. ANATOMY. 6th October, 1874.—Afternoon. Professor CORBETT, M.D. 1. Describe the attachments, relations, and actions of the rectus capitis anticus major and minor muscles. Professor REDFERN, M.D. 2. Describe the dura mater of the spinal cord, its general characters and relations, its attachments, its processes, and uses. Professor CLELAND, M.D. 3. Describe in detail the articular part of the lower end of the humerus as seen from before and from behind. PHYSIOLOGY. 6th October, 1874.-Afternoon. Professor CORBETT, M.D. 1. Give a summary of the views, which have been proposed, in order to account for the rhythmic character and persistence of the movements of the heart. Professor REDFERN, M.D. 2. Describe the pyloric and ileo-cæcal valves and contrast them in their action: describe also the movements of the stomach and the advantages derived from them in stomach digestion. Professor CLELAND, M.D. 3. Describe the appearances observable by examination of connective tissue under the microscope. MATERIA MEDICA. 6th October, 1874.-- Morning. Examiner, Dr. WALTER SMITH. 1. Enumerate the fixed and volatile alkaloids, and mention the dose of each. What is the difference in their chemical composition, and to what class of substances in organic chemistry do you refer the alkaloids? 2. Give examples, among the volatile oils, of hydrocarbons, aldehyds, and compound ethers. To what special change are the aldehydic oils liable? 3. Give an account of the preparation, characters, tests, uses, and administration of chloral. What is croton-chloral, and for what purposes is it specially recommended? 4. What do you understand by the " physiological test" for a drug? Mention some cases to which this method is peculiarly applicable, and state why it is not suited to some active drugs, e.g., morphia. 5. In what important particulars do the views now generally held on the physiological action and elimination. of alcohol differ from those previously maintained? 6. Define faradisation and galvanisation, and specify their differential uses. ZOOLOGY. 7th October, 1874.-Afternoon. Professor MELVILLE, M.D. 1. Describe the structure of the skull in birds. 2. Give an account of the peculiarities in the structure of the Ophidia. 3. State the distinctive characteristics of the families of the Cetacea. Invertebrata. 1. Give a sketch of the anatomy of a turbellarian. 2. Describe the structure of the nervous, digestive, and circulatory systems in a dibranchiate cephalopod. 3. Give the names and diagnostic characters of the main groups of the echinodermata. Professor GREENE, B.A., M.D. Vertebrates. 4. Give examples of mammals with two superior venæ cavæ. 5. How does a bird's skull resemble that of a crocodile, and differ from that of most lizards? 6. Describe the skin of a placoid fish. What fishes belong to the group of placoids? Invertebrates. 4. Contrast the mandibles of insects with those of crustaceans. 5. Describe the atrial system of an ascidian. 6. In what invertebrate animals is the embryo ciliated? Professor CUNNINGHAM, M.D., F.L.S. Vertebrata. 7. Describe the structure of the cranium in the frog. 8. Describe the general characters of the cervical, dorsal, lumbar, sacral, and caudal vertebræ in birds. Invertebrata. 7. Describe the nature of the circulation in cephalopoda. 8. Describe the structure of the test (perisome) in echinoidea. BOTANY. 7th October, 1874.-Afternoon. Professor MELVILLE, M.D. 1. Describe the principal forms of æstivation. 2. Describe the phenomena of impregnation and development of the embryo in the angiosperms. 3. Give a sketch of the morphology and mode of reproduction in a fern and club-moss. |