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549 and to registered medical practitioners. The subjects are (1) Morbid Anatomy and Histology ; (2) Bacterio- logy and Serology ; (3) Biochemistry. The examina- tion is held in December. Particulars may be obtained from the Academic Registrar, University of London, Bloomsbury, W.C.I. Particulars of the External Diploma in Clinical Pathology may be obtained from the External Registrar at the same address. ANÆSTHETICS English Conjoint Board Examinations for the new diploma of D.A. will take place twice yearly, in May and November. Tests will be written and oral. Subjects include history, theory, and practice of anæsthetics ; pharma- cology and elementary chemistry of anaesthetic drugs; pre- and post-operative conditions relevant to anaesthesia. A candidate must either have held a resident appointment in a recognised general hospital for twelve months, of which six shall have been as resident anaesthetist and six as house physician or house surgeon in the general wards; or he must have administered anæsthetics in a recognised general hospital on not less than one thousand occasions, at least one-half of which shall have been for major surgical procedures. These conditions may be modi- fied for candidates who have carried out original investigations in the science or practice of anees- thetics or whose studies have extended over a long period without fulfilling the exact conditions. During the next three years the diploma may be granted to anaesthetists of not less than ten years’ standing attached to a teaching hospital. CHILD HEALTH English Conjoint Board Examinations for the diploma of D.C.H. will be held in March and October. The examination (written, oral, and clinical) will comprise the following subjects, special emphasis being laid on their preventive aspects: (a) anatomy, physiology, and pathology of childhood ; (b) development of the child, physical and mental, including speech, with their disorders ; physical education in childhood ; (c) hygiene and dietetics of infancy and childhood ; (d) affections of the new-born ; (e) disease in infancy and child- hood, medical and surgical ; (f) therapeutics of infancy and childhood, including remedial treatment, physical and mental ; (g) legislation and public administration in regard to the care of children, including the methods of infant welfare centres and of the school medical service. The candidate must have been in a recognised children’s hospital or department as resident medical officer for six months or as clinical assistant for a year, though these condi- tions may be modified in the case of candidates who have carried out original research or whose studies and practice have extended over a long period. Forms of application, to be obtained from the secretary. Examination Hall, 8, Queen-square, London. W.C.1, must be returned at least 21 days before the examination. DENTAL SURGERY TEACHING INSTITUTIONS IN DENTISTRY REGISTRATION on the Medical Register entitles a practitioner to practise dentistry, although he cannot register as such without degree or licence in dentistry ; but few dental appointments at general or special hospitals or dispensaries are available save to those with a special diploma, and, until registered on the Dentists Register, no dental work under the Additional Benefit Scheme of the National Health Insurance Act can be undertaken. The examining bodies in dentistry which grant degrees and diplomas in the subject are as follows : Royal College of Surgeons of England, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and the following universities : Birming- ham, Bristol, Durham, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Sheffield, St. Andrews, Dublin (Trinity College), Queen’s University of Belfast, and the National University of Ireland. The student should apply to the secretaries of the various Conjoint Boards or to the deans of the medical faculties or medical schools for a syllabus. A graduate in dental surgery (M.D.S. or B.D.S.) of a recognised university in the United Kingdom shall in future be admitted direct to the second and final examinations of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. TEACHING INSTITUTIONS IN LONDON Royal Dental Hospital The Royal Dental Hospital of London, School of Dental Surgery, Leicester-square, is a school of the University of London. The school provides the special dental education required by the University of London for the B.D.S. Degree and the Royal College of Surgeons for the Licence in Dental Surgery. The general part of the curriculum may be taken at any general hospital. The hospital is open from 9 A.M. to 6 P.M., there being one honorary staff for the morning and another for the afternoon of each day. Pupils are received for the training in dental mechanics recognised by the curriculum. The instructor at the commencement of each session gives a course of lectures on Operative Dental Surgery. The two senior house surgeoncies and the six house surgeoncies are held for four months each and are open to all qualified students. The lecturers, in addition to their lectures, give special demonstrations on the Microscopy of Dental Anatomy and Dental Surgery. The lecturer on Dental Mechanics also gives practical demonstrations in the laboratory. Four entrance scholarships of £50 per annum for two years, subjects chemistry, physics, biology, and general knowledge; four scholarships of £25 per annum for two years, subjects dental prosthetics and dental anatomy. University College Hospital Dental School This Hospital and School, situated at the corner of Great Portland and Devonshire-streets, W., has recently been thoroughly reorganised, and is now fully equipped with all the most modern appliances. Students are entered as students of University College Hospital, and, as such, attend the classes of Anatomy and Physiology in University College, which is a few minutes’ walk from the Dental Department in Great Portland-street, hitherto known as the National Dental Hospital-the first Dental School to admit Women Students. Practical courses to comply with the R.C.S. curriculum are held. Clinical Lectures and Demonstrations are given, and each student on entering passes through a preliminary course under a demonstrator. Guy’s Hospital Dental School . The work of the Dental Department begins daily at 9 A.M. both in the anæsthetic rooms and in the conservation room. There is ample accommodation for extractions, both with general and local anaes- thetics, together with waiting and recovery rooms. Patients are admitted between 8.45 and 9.30 A.M., and are seen by the dental surgeon for the day, the staff demonstrators, the dental house surgeons, and the dressers. The Conservation Room is open

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and to registered medical practitioners. The subjectsare (1) Morbid Anatomy and Histology ; (2) Bacterio-logy and Serology ; (3) Biochemistry. The examina-tion is held in December. Particulars may be obtainedfrom the Academic Registrar, University of London,Bloomsbury, W.C.I. Particulars of the ExternalDiploma in Clinical Pathology may be obtained fromthe External Registrar at the same address.

ANÆSTHETICS

English Conjoint BoardExaminations for the new diploma of D.A. will

take place twice yearly, in May and November.Tests will be written and oral. Subjects includehistory, theory, and practice of anæsthetics ; pharma-cology and elementary chemistry of anaestheticdrugs; pre- and post-operative conditions relevantto anaesthesia. A candidate must either have helda resident appointment in a recognised generalhospital for twelve months, of which six shall havebeen as resident anaesthetist and six as house physicianor house surgeon in the general wards; or he musthave administered anæsthetics in a recognised generalhospital on not less than one thousand occasions, atleast one-half of which shall have been for majorsurgical procedures. These conditions may be modi-fied for candidates who have carried out originalinvestigations in the science or practice of anees-thetics or whose studies have extended over a longperiod without fulfilling the exact conditions. Duringthe next three years the diploma may be granted to

anaesthetists of not less than ten years’ standingattached to a teaching hospital.

CHILD HEALTH

English Conjoint BoardExaminations for the diploma of D.C.H. will be held

in March and October. The examination (written,oral, and clinical) will comprise the following subjects,special emphasis being laid on their preventiveaspects: (a) anatomy, physiology, and pathologyof childhood ; (b) development of the child, physicaland mental, including speech, with their disorders ;physical education in childhood ; (c) hygiene anddietetics of infancy and childhood ; (d) affectionsof the new-born ; (e) disease in infancy and child-hood, medical and surgical ; (f) therapeutics ofinfancy and childhood, including remedial treatment,physical and mental ; (g) legislation and publicadministration in regard to the care of children,including the methods of infant welfare centres andof the school medical service. The candidate musthave been in a recognised children’s hospital or

department as resident medical officer for six monthsor as clinical assistant for a year, though these condi-tions may be modified in the case of candidates whohave carried out original research or whose studiesand practice have extended over a long period.Forms of application, to be obtained from thesecretary. Examination Hall, 8, Queen-square,London. W.C.1, must be returned at least 21 daysbefore the examination.

DENTAL SURGERY

TEACHING INSTITUTIONS IN

DENTISTRY

REGISTRATION on the Medical Register entitles apractitioner to practise dentistry, although hecannot register as such without degree or licence indentistry ; but few dental appointments at general orspecial hospitals or dispensaries are available save tothose with a special diploma, and, until registeredon the Dentists Register, no dental work under theAdditional Benefit Scheme of the National HealthInsurance Act can be undertaken.The examining bodies in dentistry which grant

degrees and diplomas in the subject are as follows :Royal College of Surgeons of England, Royal Collegeof Surgeons, Edinburgh, Royal Faculty of Physiciansand Surgeons of Glasgow, Royal College of Surgeonsin Ireland, and the following universities : Birming-ham, Bristol, Durham, Leeds, Liverpool, London,Manchester, Sheffield, St. Andrews, Dublin (TrinityCollege), Queen’s University of Belfast, and theNational University of Ireland. The student shouldapply to the secretaries of the various Conjoint Boardsor to the deans of the medical faculties or medicalschools for a syllabus.A graduate in dental surgery (M.D.S. or B.D.S.)

of a recognised university in the United Kingdomshall in future be admitted direct to the second andfinal examinations of the Royal College of Surgeonsof England.

TEACHING INSTITUTIONS IN LONDON

Royal Dental HospitalThe Royal Dental Hospital of London, School of

Dental Surgery, Leicester-square, is a school of theUniversity of London. The school provides the specialdental education required by the University of Londonfor the B.D.S. Degree and the Royal College ofSurgeons for the Licence in Dental Surgery. Thegeneral part of the curriculum may be taken atany general hospital. The hospital is open from9 A.M. to 6 P.M., there being one honorary staff

for the morning and another for the afternoon ofeach day. Pupils are received for the trainingin dental mechanics recognised by the curriculum.The instructor at the commencement of each sessiongives a course of lectures on Operative Dental Surgery.The two senior house surgeoncies and the six housesurgeoncies are held for four months each and areopen to all qualified students. The lecturers, inaddition to their lectures, give special demonstrationson the Microscopy of Dental Anatomy and DentalSurgery. The lecturer on Dental Mechanics alsogives practical demonstrations in the laboratory.Four entrance scholarships of £50 per annum fortwo years, subjects chemistry, physics, biology, andgeneral knowledge; four scholarships of £25 perannum for two years, subjects dental prosthetics anddental anatomy.

University College Hospital Dental SchoolThis Hospital and School, situated at the corner of

Great Portland and Devonshire-streets, W., hasrecently been thoroughly reorganised, and is nowfully equipped with all the most modern appliances.Students are entered as students of University CollegeHospital, and, as such, attend the classes of Anatomyand Physiology in University College, which is a fewminutes’ walk from the Dental Department in GreatPortland-street, hitherto known as the National DentalHospital-the first Dental School to admit WomenStudents. Practical courses to comply with theR.C.S. curriculum are held. Clinical Lectures andDemonstrations are given, and each student on

entering passes through a preliminary course undera demonstrator.

Guy’s Hospital Dental School .

The work of the Dental Department begins dailyat 9 A.M. both in the anæsthetic rooms and in theconservation room. There is ample accommodationfor extractions, both with general and local anaes-thetics, together with waiting and recovery rooms.Patients are admitted between 8.45 and 9.30 A.M.,and are seen by the dental surgeon for the day, thestaff demonstrators, the dental house surgeons,and the dressers. The Conservation Room is open