STATUTES OF N.Z. UNIVERSITY.-COURSE IN MEDICINE. VIII. The certificate of commencement of medical study shall be in this form : "I hereby certify that Mr. the study of Medicine in "To the Registrar has commenced [Signature of Master, or Teacher, or Official, in Medical School.] of the University of New Zealand." For the purposes of this certificate the signatures of the teachers of Biology, Chemistry and Physics, in any of the affiliated colleges, will be accepted. IX. The fee for medical registration shall be two guineas. THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF MEDICAL STUDENTS. [NOTE.-The Preliminary Medical Examination and the course of study of Medical Students in New Zealand are accepted pro tanto by the Universities of London, Cambridge, and Edinburgh. The Preliminary Medical Examination also qualifies for registration in England. At Cambridge and Edinburgh, students who have kept two years' terms in the University of New Zealand can enter and complete their medical course at those Universities. The University of London and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of England accept from the University of New Zealand certificates of attendance at all the classes in the Medical curriculum. Medical Students desiring to proceed to Cambridge are specially advised to obtain from the Registrar of the University, before they leave the Colony, the certificate of attendance at lectures in New Zealand, duly attested in the form specified by the University of Cambridge.] STATUTES OF N.Z. UNIVERSITY.—PRELIMINARY MEDICAL EXAM. I. Candidates for the Preliminary Medical Examination* must pass in the following subjects: I. ENGLISH LANGUAGE.-Grammar, composition, with précis-writing. 2. LATIN, including grammar, translation from specified authors, and translation of easy passages not taken from such authors; translation of easy passages from English into Latin. Prescribed Book:-1894, Cicero, De Officiis, Book I.; 1895, the same, Book II.; 1896, the same, Book III.; 1897, the same, Book I. ELEMENTS OF MATHEMATICS : (a.) ARITHMETIC.-Fundamental rules, vulgar and decimal fractions, proportion, square root. (b.) ALGEBRA, to simple equations inclusive, with easy problems. (c.) GEOMETRY.-Euclid, Books I., II., and III., with easy questions on subject-matter of the same. 4. One of the following subjects: (1.) GREEK. (2.) FRENCH. (3.) GERMAN. NOTE. The papers of the Matriculation Examination will be used, additional questions for Medical candidates being set in Latin and Geometry. II. Any student who has passed the first section of the examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, or Bachelor of Science, or Bachelor of Laws, may be registered as a Medical The Examination is held in December. Places of Examination-Auckland, Gisborne, Napier, Wanganui, Wellington, Nelson, Greymouth, Christchurch, Timaru, Oamaru. Dunedin, and Invercargill, STATUTES OF N.Z. UNIVERSITY.-PRELIMINARY MEDICAL EXAM Student on passing in such subjects of the Preliminary Medical Examination as he did not pass at Matriculation, and has not passed in a subsequent University Examination. III. The fee for the Preliminary Medical Examination shall be two guineas, subject to the provisions of the Statute, "Conduct of University Examinations." THE DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF MEDICINE AND BACHELOR OF SURGERY. I. There shall be an Intermediate Examination, and three Professional Examinations, for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. II. These shall be conducted, as far as possible, both by written questions and by vivá voce and practical examinations. III. There shall be two Examiners at every oral and clinical examination. IV. Excellence in one or more subjects at an examination shall not compensate for failure in others. V. A candidate who has failed in any of the subjects of the Intermediate Examination, or in the first or second Professional Examinations, may be admitted to a special examination, to be held in the month of April, if the Examiners so recommend. A candidate who fails in this special examination must keep terms before he can be re-admitted to examination in November; and candidates not so recommended by the Examiners, and all those who fail to pass the third Professional Examination, must keep terms for one year before they can be re-admitted to examination, STATUTES OF N.Z. UNIVERSITY.-M. R. AND CH.B. DEGREES. THE INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATION. : VI. The Intermediate Examination shall be held* not sooner than November in the candidate's first year, and shall include :(1.) Biology (One paper): I. GENERAL BIOLOGY as for the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science, but of a lower standard. II. The structure and life-history of the following types of plants and animals :-Bacterium, Saccharomyces, Mucor, Penicillium, Spirogyra, Nitella or Chara; Moss, Fern, Selaginella, any Gymnosperm, any Angiosperm. Amaba, Hæmatococcus, Vorticella or any Ciliate Infusorian; Hydra or any Hydroid Polyp; Fasciola, Tænia, Earthworm, Leech, Paranephrops or Palinurus; Mytilus, or Chione; Boltenia, or any simple Ascidian; Amphioxus, Geotria, Raia, or Mustelus; any Teleost, Frog, Lizard, Pigeon, Rabbit. The general characters of the chief classes of animals. The elements of the comparative anatomy of Vertebrata. The elements of the comparative anatomy of Angiosperms. (2.) Physics (One paper) : HEAT. Change of volume, measures of temperature; change of state, latent heat, hygrometry, specific heat, calorimetry; sources of heat, the conservation and dissipation of energy; convection, conduction; reflection, refraction, transmission and absorption of radiant energy. * Places of Examination-Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin. Candidates must send in notices to the Registrar, accompanied by the fee, not later than September 1st. STATUTES OF N.Z. UNIVERSITY.-M.B. AND CH.B. DEGREES. SOUND. The production and propagation of sound; the vibration of sounding bodies; the elements of the physical theory of music. LIGHT.-Nature, production and propagation of light; the laws of reflection and refraction at plane and spherical surfaces; prismatic dispersion and spectra; interference, double refraction, and plane polarisation; the principal optical instruments, and vision. STATIC ELECTRICITY.- Fundamental phenomena of attraction and repulsion, conduction, induction, and distribution; electrostatic units; electrical machines; condensers. MAGNETISM.-Fundamental phenomena of magnetic attraction, repulsion, and induction; magnetic units; terrestrial magnetism. CURRENT ELECTRICITY.-Voltaic batteries; galvanometers; electrolysis; Ohm's law; thermal effects of the electric currents; electro-magnetic units; the interaction of magnets and currents, and the mutual action of currents upon one another; thermo-electricity; induction of currents; magneto-electric and dynamoelectric machines. NOTE. The scope of the subject Physics is the same as for the degree of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science, but the standard is lower. (3.) Inorganic Chemistry (One paper) :— The chemical relations of cohesion, heat, light, and electricity; the general principles of chemical combination, notation, and nomenclature; the description and classification of the more important elements and compounds, qualitative analysis, and calculations of chemical problems. |