A guide to the examinations by the Conjoint Examining Board in England, and for the diploma of Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England / by Frederick James Gant.

  • Frederick James Gant
Date:
1899
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Credit: A guide to the examinations by the Conjoint Examining Board in England, and for the diploma of Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England / by Frederick James Gant. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    condyle of the femur ; from three to four years’ duration, in a youth seventeen years of age. Necrosis of the humerus, in the upper third of its shaft. Two fistulous openings on the inner aspect of the arm, presenting fungous granulations. Disease of the shoulder-joint, with marked flattening of the deltoid muscle. Epithelial cancer of the tongue; two months from date of its first appearance, in a man aged fifty-six. The histories indicated in connection with these various forms of injury and disease relate to some of the particulars which the candidate must himself ascertain by questioning the patient, after having examined the case. Then, in stating his diagnosis, he may mention the reasons for his opinion, if requested thus to supplement that opinion. One feature in these practical examinations seems espe- cially worthy of notice—it is the freedom from any embar- rassment or difficulty to the candidate, assuming him to be well prepared. This agreeable circumstance is partly due to the objective character of the examination, whereby readiness of language and much descriptive power are not at all essential to success ; and the composure of the student is aided by the calmness and considerate bearing of the examiners. In one case, a candidate who laboured under great impediment of speech, but who evidently possessed the requisite knowledge, was facilitated by answering in writing; just a word or two on a piece of paper with a pencil being quite sufficient to the questions—“ What’s this V* and “ What’s that Pathology and Surgery.—This concluding subject of the practical pass-examination is held in the Council-room and large library adjoining. It is oral or viva voce ; and each candidate is subjected to examination at two tables for a period of ten minutes at each table, making twenty minutes’ examination instead of half an hour, as had been the period. Examples : What is this ] an angular curvature of the spine. Point out the caries. What are its consequences ] In hip-joint disease, recognise the alterations which the head of the femur and aceta- bulum have undergone. Specimens of tumours or morbid growths, &c., &c. Pathology being so directly supplemental to Practical Surgery, this part of the College examination is most important. The College Museum, in its magnificent pathological department, might be further enriched by con- tributions from the Hospitals, where duplicate specimens of value for the purpose of testing the student’s knowledge are constantly accumulating.