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.

  • Gant, Frederick James, 1825-1905
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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    Examination on the Principles and Practice of Medicine.—Candidates presenting themselves for the final examination for the membership or fellowship will be ex- amined in Medicine, unless claiming exemption under the published regulations of the College. But a candidate who has passed an examination in Medicine for the membership will not be required to pass any further examination in Medicine for the fellowship. ' These regulations cannot be too widely known, for they concern most candidates for the diploma of Member, and many candidates for that of Fellow. The following questions illustrate the nature of this examination : From 1.30 to 3 P.M.—1. Give a short account of scarlet fever, and its varieties ; your treatment of particular cases of the disease, and the method you would adopt to prevent its propagation. 2. Enumerate some of the commoner forms of the cutaneous diseases of the scalp, and their treatment. 3. Mention the principal Pharmacopoeial purgative agents, and give the composition and doses of each. Oral or vivd voce Examination in Medicine.—This ex- amination is held immediately at the termination of the vivd voce in Pathology and Surgery. The candidates who have undergone the written examination in Medicine enter the adjoining room, or small library, and are subjected to questions by the examiners in Medicine. Each candidate is submitted to this additional test for ten minutes. The kind of oral examination by which the candidate’s medical knowledge is thus further tested, will be seen in the following series of questions, as relating to four candi- dates. Such questions frequently arise out of some point in the written examination, wherein it seemed that some error or deficiency had been shown. What are the signs of aortic regurgitation % What is the character of the pulse, and the cause of it ] What condition of the left ventricle results ? What is cirrhosis of the liver ? What are its symptoms or signs, and its consequences ? What are the signs of ascites ? In the female, how would you diagnose ascites from ovarian dropsy % What other causes are there of hsematemesis besides cirrhosis h What are the different kinds of ulcer of the stomach ] What is the situation of the small circular ulcer, and the usual age of the patient What are the characters of the cancerous ulcer, and the probable age of the patient ] How would you diagnose this ulcer before hsematemesis occurs ? Another candidate