Chick in ovo from its earliest appearance to the complete establishment of the adult form of the circulatory appa

ratus.

3. What elements enter into the construction of the Thorax of a Chelonian Reptile? Describe their connections with each other and with the vertebral column.

WEDNESDAY, November 19.

SURGERY.

Examiners, Mr. BACOT and Sir STEPHEN HAMMICK.

Morning, 10 to 1.

1. What is a Femoral Hernia? Describe the surgical anatomy of the parts with reference to this rupture: give the various conditions, symptoms and treatment of a femoral hernia, either in a reducible, an irreducible, or a strangulated state and when an operation is required, describe not only the method of performing it, but give your reasons for having come to that decision.

2. Describe the symptoms and treatment, both locally and constitutionally, of such injuries of the Bones of the Skull from external violence, as require the operation of the Trephine, either immediately after the receipt of the accident or at any subsequent period; with the manner of performing that operation.

Afternoon, 3 to 6.

1. Describe the different methods of performing an Amputation of the Thigh, at the highest point at which it can be done, without interfering with the cavity of the hipjoint. Mention which mode you would prefer, with your reasons: detail minutely step by step everything necessary for and attendant on such operation, with the subsequent management of the patient.

2. How is Ossific Matter formed? and how does the union in a simple fracture of a cylindrical bone take place? Describe the various causes which may retard, or finally prevent it, with the treatment of each case respectively, with the view of effecting a permanent bony union.

THURSDAY, November 20.

MEDICINE.

Examiners, Dr. BILLING and Dr. TWEEDIE.

Morning, 10 to 1.

1. Describe the symptoms of Saccharine Diabetes, including an account of the characters of the urine and of the blood in this disease. Give an outline of the treatment.

2. Describe the anatomical characters of Acute Laryngitis, its diagnostic symptoms and progress. In sketching the treatment, discuss the circumstances that render an artificial opening in the wind-pipe expedient.

3. Sketch the treatment of Acute Rheumatism and of its complications.

Afternoon, 3 to 6.

1. Describe the anatomical characters of Gangrene of the Pulmonary Tissue, its symptoms, diagnostic characters, progress, and terminations.

2. Under what circumstances does Urea become mixed with the blood? Describe the process by which it may be detected. What are the indications of treatment?

3. Describe the principal forms of Diarrhœa. Give the pathological causes and appropriate treatment of each form.

FRIDAY, November 21.-Morning, 10 to 1.

MIDWIFERY.

Examiner, Dr. RIGBY.

1. State the diagnosis between Ovarian Dropsy and Ascites.

2. Describe the symptoms and treatment of Inflammation of the Cervix Uteri.

3. Give the history of the operation for Turning the Child, and the names of those authors by whom it has been most improved.

4. Enumerate the distinguished Midwifery authors of England during the last century, giving, as far as possible, the dates of their works, and a slight sketch of what they were chiefly remarkable for.

FRIDAY, November 21.—Afternoon, 3 to 6.

STRUCTURAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL BOTANY. Examiner, Rev. Prof. HENSLOW.

1. Define, and illustrate by reference to examples, the terms Apocarpus and Syncarpus.

2. What is a Rhizoma? and what peculiar modification receives a distinct name ?

3. How are the Glans and its cupula formed; and what is their peculiarity of structure in Quercus, Castanea, Corylus?

4. Name the different descriptions of Dehiscence which occur in fruits; explaining the parts" valva" and "dissepimentum."

5. Explain the function performed by the Spongiola. 6. What purposes does Starch serve in the vegetable economy? In what parts of plants does it occur?

7. Describe the Specimens on the table.

DOCTOR OF MEDICINE.

MONDAY, November 24.—Morning, 10 to 1.

ELEMENTS OF INTELLECTUAL PHILOSOPHY, LOGIC, AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY.

Examiner, Rev. H. ALFORD.

1. GIVE an analysis of Locke's Essay on Human Understanding, and state your own opinion as to the character and tendency of that school of philosophy, of which Locke is one of the exponents.

2. What, according to M. Cousin, are the principal faults in the Essay? Accompany the statement of each with remarks of your own.

3. State in full, Cousin's criticism on Locke's theory of cause and effect and mention any other remarkable accounts which have been given by modern philosophers of the same matter.

4. Translate the following, giving a full explanation of the clauses in italics :

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'Je dis que, dans la question qui nous occupe, l'idée de la justice, l'idée de la loi morale, violée ou accomplie, est : 1o. la condition logique de l'idée du mérite ou du démérite, "qui certes jamais ne naîtrait dans l'esprit, si préalablement "n'était donnée l'idée du juste et de l'injuste. Or, Locke

après avoir confondu souvent la condition logique d'une “idée avec sa condition chronologique, confond ici à la fois "la condition logique et chronologique d'une idée avec " cette idée même, et même avec une conséquence de cette "idée : car l'idée de peine et de récompense n'est qu'une "conséquence de l'idée du mérite et du démérite; qui, à son tour, n'est qu'une conséquence de l'idée du bien et

"du mal, du juste et de l'injuste, qui est ici le principe su"prème, au delà duquel il est impossible de rémonter."

State the decision of Locke respecting innate ideas, and the arguments by which he supports it.

5. What place do you assign to Bacon in the history of inductive philosophy? State, as nearly as you can in his own words, the objects which he proposed to himself in the Novum Organon: and give an account of its contents.

6. Does Bacon seem to you to have rightly apprehended the logic of the ancients? Justify your answer by commenting on the following aphorisms :—

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"The common logic is better fitted to fix and establish errors, which are found in vulgar notions, than for searching after truth: so as to be more prejudicial than useful." Aph. 12.

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Aristotle corrupted natural philosophy with his Logic, "in forming the world of categories or predicaments .... “.... and imposing numerous other fictions, at his own

pleasure, upon the nature of things, being all along more "solicitous how men might defend themselves by answers, "and advance something that should be positive in words, "than to come at the inward truth of nature.” Aph. 63, 6.

Examiner, Mr. BURCHAM.

1. What conclusions can be drawn with respect to a moral government from the fact that man possesses a moral nature?

2. How does it appear that the notion of a moral scheme of government is not fictitious, but natural? What different methods have been used for proving the existence of moral government?

3. In what way does Butler consider the question of necessity? What are the arguments for the moral government of God which that question does not affect ?