4. Describe the origin, course, and distribution of the deep epigastric artery.

5. Describe the human placenta.

6. Describe the membranous semicircular canals, and explain their development.

7. Follow the fibres of the fifth cranial nerve to their nuclei.

PHYSIOLOGY.

5TH OCTOBER 1900-11 A.M. TO 1 P.M.

1. Describe fully the nervous mechanism of Respiration. 2. Describe the microscopic structure of the Retina, making special mention of those parts which present special features.

3. State the composition of Human Milk and of Cow's Milk. In giving Cow's Milk to an infant, what preparation of the milk is advisable?

Describe the microscopic appearance of milk.

4. Define "Blood-pressure": enumerate the factors producing it. By aid of a diagram give the tracing of a carotid Kymogram (dog), and show on it the effect of (1) cutting both vagi; (2) stimulating one vagus; (3) stimulating the central end of one cut sciatic, all other nerves being intact.

PRACTICAL PHYSIOLOGY.

5TH OCTOBER 1900.

1. Mount and describe the Section given to you.

2. The Fluid given you contains some of the Proximate Principles. Find those present.

PHYSIOLOGY.

22ND MARCH 1901-11 A.M. TO 1 P.M.

1. Describe the structure and functions of the iris and the muscular and nervous mechanism concerned in its movements. 2. Describe and explain the digestion and absorption of fat. 3. Give the following particulars regarding the human arterial pulse:—

(a) The pulse rate of both sexes in adult life and in childhood.

(b) The rate of propagation.

(c) How its character may be recorded.

4. Describe the production of red blood-corpuscles in the adult, and give a general description of their chemical composition.

5. Indicate the relations of the sympathetic to the central nervous system, and point out some of the special functions of the former system.

6. Give a succinct account

(1) Of the physiological anatomy of the lymphatic system.

(2) Of the formation of lymph.

(3) Of the forces concerned in the movement of lymph.

MATERIA MEDICA AND THERAPEUTICS.

4TH OCTOBER 1900-10 A.M. TO 12 NOON.

1. What are the preparations containing free mercury and free iodine? Give the strengths of the active ingredients in each case, and, where necessary, the doses.

2. Describe the pharmacological action of amyl nitrite. Mention any other official substances possessing a similar action, and state wherein they differ from it. For what purposes, and in what doses, are these substances employed?

3. Enumerate the purgatives most commonly used, and describe in detail the pharmacological action of any three of them. Write out a prescription for a purgative pill containing calomel.

4. What parts of Digitalis purpurea are official? Mention the active principles found in this plant, give the preparations with their doses made from it, and describe its pharmacological action and therapeutic uses.

MATERIA MEDICA AND THERAPEUTICS.

20TH MARCH 1901-9 TO 11 A.M.

1. Enumerate the preparations of opium. Give the composition, dose, and amount of active ingredients in each case. 2. Describe the pharmacological action and therapeutic uses of caffeine.

3. Enumerate the official compounds of arsenic, with their preparations and doses. Describe the pharmacological action of this substance, and briefly allude to its therapeutic uses.

4. Write out a prescription containing ammonium carbonate and a preparation of squills. Describe in detail the pharmacological action of the various ingredients, and state in what diseases it might be beneficial.

Third Professional Examination.

PATHOLOGY.

23RD MARCH 1901-12 TO 2 P.M.

1. Describe as regards their naked-eye appearances and microscopical characters the various forms of cirrhosis of the liver. 2. Give an account of the changes occurring in the pleura in the development of fibrous adhesions of that membrane.

3. Enumerate the end arteries of the human body, and describe in detail the development, structure, and results of the hæmorrhagic infarction of the lung.

4. Describe in general terms the structure, the habitat, and the life-history of the hæmatozoon malariæ.

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

25TH MARCH 1901.

1. How would you distinguish a burn inflicted a few hours before from one inflicted a few hours after death?

2. Describe the different methods employed in the identification of criminals.

3. Describe the symptoms and post-mortem appearances in a case of poisoning by oxalic acid. Give two tests for the acid. 4. An outbreak of typhus fever has occurred in a town. With what conditions are the origin and spread of this disease associated? What steps would you take to check it?

EXAMINATION FOR DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC

HEALTH.

First Examination.

CHEMISTRY.

MARCH 1901.

1. What preservatives might you expect to find in milk? How would you test for them?

2. A sample of beer is stated to contain arsenic. Describe exactly how you would confirm its presence.

3. Give an account of any process for determining tannic

acid.

4. How are the results of a water analysis to be interpreted from the hygienic point of view?

PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY.

MARCH 1901.

(Candidates must prepare the solutions used in the determinations.)

1. Estimate the amount of nitrogen as nitrite in the sample of water given you.

2. Test the samples of bread for the presence of alum.

PHYSICS AND METEOROLOGY.

(Two hours allowed.)

1. Explain the construction and method of action of the Aneroid Barometer.

How is it that a barometer enables us to determine approximately the height of a mountain?

2. Find the conditions for the floating of a body in a liquid. How would you determine the density of sea water?

3. How does the pressure in a flowing liquid change with the speed, and why?

Mention some phenomena which depend upon the principle referred to.

4. Explain the action of a chimney. What is the effect of the length of the chimney on the draught?

5. What is the dew-point? Describe any instrument which enables us to determine it.

What are the atmospheric conditions necessary for the formation of dew?

6. What is the influence of the sea on the climate, and to what properties of water is this influence due?

7. Describe the construction and use of a weather chart. State the chief differences between cyclonic and anticyclonic systems.

8. In what order would you arrange the following substances with respect to their conductivities for heat: mercury, air, copper, silver, iron, water? How could you compare the conductivities of these substances?

9. What is meant by the surface tension of a liquid? Show how it is explained on the molecular theory. Explain the rise of water in a capillary tube.

10. State the laws of induction of currents by other currents and magnets.

How is an induction coil constructed, and how does it act?

BACTERIOLOGY.

MARCH 1901.

(Time-two hours.)

1. How would you conduct the bacteriological examination of a case of suspected Bubonic Plague?

2. A sample of milk from a cow supposed to be suffering from Tuberculosis is submitted to you. State how you would establish proof of the presence of Tubercular disease.

3. In what forms may potato be used as a culture medium? Detail the more common modes of preparation.

4. What are the general microscopical characters of the following organisms?-Bacillus diphtheria, Bacillus coli communis, Bacillus typhosus, Bacillus tuberculosis, Streptothrix actinomyces. How would you stain the two last mentioned in a tissue?

5. Enumerate some of the more common pigment-producing microbes. State which are pathogenic.

6. What is the rationale of Gram's method of staining bacteria? Mention some microbes which are decolourised by this method.