das filberhelle Wasser, glaubte hier neue Krafte zu sammeln und trank. Aber der rasche Wechsel zwischen Hiße und Kälte wirkte schädlich auf ihn nnd er sank zu Boden. „Ach, schändliches Gift!" rief er; „wer hätte unter einem so reis zenden Anscheine eine solche Bosheit vermuthet?" „Ich ein Gift," sprach die Quelle. „Wahrlich, Du verläumdest mich. Sich, die Flur rund herum grünt und lebt durch mich. Ven mir tränken sie die Herden. Tausende deiner Brüder fanden hier einen erfrischenden Trunk. Nur, Uebermaß und Unvorsichtigkeit machten den Genuß dir schädlich. Ich bin schuldlos an deinen Schmerzen; selbst an deinem Tode, wenn er erfolgen sollte, würde ich es sein. JUNE EXAMINATIONS. DEGREES OF M.D. AND M.CH., AND DIPLOMA PRACTICE OF MEDICINE. 12th June, 1874.-Morning. Examiner, HENRY KENNEDY, M.B. 1. State the diagnosis of fatty heart as laid down by Stokes. 2. The pneumonia of childhood differs materially from the same disease in the adult. Describe these differences, and say in which case the diagnosis is easiest. 3. What is embolism? With what diseases may it be confounded, and what affections has it been known to cause? 4. Who described tympanitic dulness, and under what circumstances has it been observed? 5. When uræmia from obstruction occurs it commonly gives rise to very specific symptoms. Give a sketch of these, their duration, and the usual mode of their termination. 6. Excluding surgical cases, state in detail the several affections which cause acute peritonitis. 7. Under what circumstances has spasm of the glottis been observed and what theories have been advanced to account for the disease? SURGERY. 16th June, 1874. Examiner, Professor BROWNE, M.D. 1. Give a description of two forms of carbuncle; their most usual situations, their progress, and the structures affected; the different treatments recommended, and by whom? 2. In acute gonorrhoea what are the most common complications which occur during its course? Name not less than four; describe them, and state the means you would recommend for their prevention and cure. 3. In a case of punctured wound of a limb from which blood has ceased to flow, what would lead you to believe that a large artery has been wounded? Believing this to be the case what would you do? 4. Describe the symptoms of scrofulous disease of the hip-joint. What structure does the disease first attack, and what are the changes which occur during the course of the disease? 5. Describe the symptoms, local and general, of a case of acute necrosis of the tibia. What are the ordinary results in such a case, and what treatment would you adopt in its different stages? 6. Describe the symptoms as they usually arise in a case of syphilitic iritis, and the treatment you would adopt for its arrest and cure. 1. Describe the symptoms and possible consequences of rupture of the urethra from a blow or fall on the perineum, and give the appropriate treatment in such a case. 2. State the symptoms and appearances by which you distinguish a case of glaucoma from that of cataract. 3. Describe two modes of resection of the elbow-joint, and state shortly the cases of injury or disease for which such operation is recommended. 4. State the difference between a "congenital" and "acquired" oblique inguinal hernia, and the points which are characteristic of the one and the other. 5. Describe an ordinary case of cancer of the rectum, its symptoms, and progress; and state your reasons for opening the colon should you think it necessary; also the situation in which you would perform the operation. 6. A patient is brought into hospital gored by a bull. He has a lacerated wound two inches in length on the left side, and about two inches above Poupart's ligament, through which a large portion of intestine and mesentery has protruded; there is also considerable bleeding, which you believe to be arterial. What would you do, and what would be your continued treatment in such a case? 7. What are the most common dislocations of the elbowjoint without fracture? State the proper mode of reduction in each. 8. In a case of punctured wound of the palm of the hand, with copious arterial hæmorrhage, what treatment would you adopt? 9. What are those injuries of the head for which removal of bone by trephining, or otherwise, would be recommended as advisable without delay ? MIDWIFERY." 17th June, 1874.-Morning. Examiner, Dr. J. RUTHERFOORD KIRKPATRICK. 1. Mention the different signs of pregnancy. 2. How are hæmorrhages occurring toward the end of pregnancy divided, and what causes the essential difference between them? 3. How would you treat a patient attacked with pro fuse post-partum hæmorrhage? 4. What are the disorders of menstruation? 5. Describe the operation of version where the hand or shoulder presents. 6. What are the different points of information to be ascertained when you make a vaginal examination of a woman in labour? 7. Describe the symptoms of ulcerative stomatitis in a child of three or four years of age, and the treatment you would adopt in such a case. MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE. 1. What are the proofs of an infant having lived for a short time after birth? 2. Describe the appearances of incised wounds produced (a) during life, and (b) some hours after death. 3. Some flour was mixed with "white lead." How would you proceed to detect the poisonous metal in the mixture? Give three tests. 4. Describe and explain Marsh's, Reinsch's, and any two other tests for arsenic in solution that you may be acquainted with. What objections may be urged against the several tests? 5. Describe and explain Liebig's delicate "sulphur test" for hydrocyanic acid. 6. Describe the symptoms and state the treatment you would adopt in a case of poisoning by opium. 7. How would you distinguish by chemical tests between oxalic acid, "Epsom salts," and "white vitriol "? 8. Mention the symptoms usually observed in poisoning by oxalic acid, and state the special treatment you would adopt in such a case. MIDWIFERY. 17th June, 1874.-Morning. Examiner, Dr. J. RUTHERFOORD KIRKPATRICK. 1. Mention the different signs of pregnancy. 2. How are hæmorrhages occurring toward the end of pregnancy divided, and what causes the essential difference between them? 3. How would you treat a patient attacked with profuse post-partum hæmorrhage? 4. What are the disorders of menstruation? 5. Describe the operation of version where the hand or shoulder presents. 6. What are the different points of information to be ascertained when you make a vaginal examination of a woman in labour? 7. Describe the symptoms of ulcerative stomatitis in a child of three or four years of age, and the treatment you would adopt in such a case. ANATOMY. 12th June, 1874.—Afternoon. Professor CORBETT, M.D. 1. State the relations of the spleen; describe its surfaces, borders, and fissures; give a brief account of its internal structure. 2. Describe the articulating parts of the bones and ligaments of the hip-joint. Professor REDFERN, M.D. 3. State the steps of a dissection which will expose the superficial surface of the supinator brevis muscle, mentioning the parts in the exact order in which they are met with. (No description of the parts themselves need be given, but the steps of the dissection and the position of each part must be carefully indicated.) 4. Give an account of the anastomoses of the branches of the femoral artery with each other and with other arteries, and state where each anastomosis takes place. Professor CLELAND, M.D. 5. State the district of skin supplied by each cutaneous nerve of the lower limb, from the crest of the ilium downwards. 6. Describe the anatomy of the ducts by which the tears are conveyed from the eye to the nasal cavity, so far as it can be studied without microscopic aids. PHYSIOLOGY. 13th June, 1874.— Afternoon. Professor CORBETT, M.D. 1. Describe the periosteum and animal basis of bone; mention the mineral components; state the provisions for the nourishment of its superficial and internal parts. 2. Describe the course of the blood in a fully formed fœtus, and the changes which occur immediately after birth. |