Guide to European universities : containing the regulations for obtaining the 'M.D.' at most of the European continental universities : also, a directory of British medical practitioners possessing foreign or colonial degrees or diplomas / by Herbert Junius Hardwicke.
- Hardwicke, Herbert Junius.
- Date:
- 1878
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Guide to European universities : containing the regulations for obtaining the 'M.D.' at most of the European continental universities : also, a directory of British medical practitioners possessing foreign or colonial degrees or diplomas / by Herbert Junius Hardwicke. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![31] 3. —Tlie writfcn oxamination consists in the answering of five questions having refar- ence to Anatomy, Physiology, Pathological Anatomy anl Pathological Physiology, Special Pathology and Therapeutics, and Surgery. 4. —In case of rejection, the Faculty can apipoint a time for a repetition of the examination, before which time the candidate cannot be re-examined. 6. —The whole of the professors of the I’aculty are invited to the verbal examination. The following are the subjects. Anatomy, Phy.siology, Pathological Anatomy and Physiology, Special Pathology and Therapeutics, Materia Medina, Surgery, Midwifery. C.—The examination by one examiner must not last longer than half an hour. 7. —The degrees in which doctorships are granted are “ Summa cum laude,” “ In.signi cum laude,” ” Magna cum laude,” “ Cum laude,” and Rite.” 8. —In adjudicating on both the written and verbal examination, not only will the special knowledge in the respective branches be taken into consideration, but also the possession of a general scientific knowledge, and especially a compre- hensive knowledge of Natural Science. 9. —120 copies of the treatise must be delivered to the Faculty. 10. —Promotions are not granted to applicants who have not passed the examinations here ; but the Faculty can confer the degree of doctor on notable and eminent physicians “honoris causa.” 11. —The fees for the examinations amount to 350 francs, viz. : 100 for the Tentatum, 200 for the Rigorosum, and 50 for the Promotion. 12. —If the candidate be rejected after either examination, he forfeits the fees. The re-examination is free of charge. Bale (or Basle), the Roman Basilica, is situated at the north-western corner of Switzerland, on the north side of the Jura, 900 feet above sea level, and beautifully watered by the river Rhine. It is a well-built and large city, with a population of 44,840 inhabitants. The University is celebrated for its ethnological collections. The most direct route from London to Bale is via Paris, Troyes, Chaumont and Mulhouse. The best hotels are “ Hotel des Trois Rois” and “ Hotel Euler.” UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN. The conditions for Promotion to the Doctorate of Medicine, Surgery, and Mid- wifery, at the Royal Frederick William University at Berlin, are as follows. 1. —Candidates wishing to be admitted to the Promotion examination must have studied medicine at least four years in one or more Universities regularly con- stituted. Universities and Bledical Colleges abroad are deemed equivalent to the Universities in Germany. 2, —Candidates under 30 years of age who have not matriculated at this University, or who have left previous to their application for promotion, must matriculate again. This can be done free of cost. Both these and matriculated students of this University must, before making application for promotion, take out a preliminary certificate of having left, and will not receive the real certificate until after promotion. 3, —The candidate has to make application to the Dean, handing in at the same time the documents mentioned under 1 and 2. Then he has to pass a written and verbal preliminary examination before the Dean, to show his capacity, before being admitted to the “ examen rigorosum ” before the Faculty. The verbal examination is generally conducted in the German or Latin language, and extends, according to the judgment of the Dean, to all branches of theoretical and practical medicine. At the written examination, an “ ex tempore ” essay must be written, without any assistance, in a given time. According to the result of the preliminary examination the Dean will or will not permit the candidate to be admitted to the “ examen rigorosum.” 4. —After the preliminary examination, the Dean will lay before the Faculty the documents having reference to the personality and the course of studies of the candidate, the judgment respecting the preliminary examination, and the essay composed thereat. Should that body decide for admission, the Dean will](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22350135_0038.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
