650 GENERAL COUNCIL OF MEDICAL EDUCATION.

SESSION 1900-1901.

GENERAL COUNCIL OF MEDICAL EDUCA-TION AND REGISTRATION OF THE

UNITED KINGDOM.

Registration of Medical Students.-The following are theGeneral Medical Council’s Regulations in reference to theregistration of students in medicine :-Every medical student shall be registered in the manner

prescribed by the General Medical Council. No medicalstudent shall be registered until he has passed a preliminaryexamination as required by the General Medical Council andhas produced evidence that he has commenced medicalHudy. The commencement of the course of professionalstudy recognised by any of the qualifying bodies shall nothe reckoned as dating earlier than fifteen days before thedate of registration. The registration of medical studentsshall be placed under the charge of the branch registrars.Every person desirous of being registered as a medical studentshall apply to the branch registrar of the division of theUnited Kingdom in which he is residing ; and shall produceor forward to the branch registrar a certificate of his havingpassed a preliminary examination as required by the GeneralMedical Council, and evidence that he has commenced medicalstudy. The branch registrar shall enter the applicant’s nameand other particulars in the Students’ Register, and shallgive him a certificate of such registration. Each of thebranch registrars shall supply to the several qualifying bodies,medical schools, and hospitals, in that part of the UnitedKingdom of which he is registrar, a sufficient number of blankforms of application for the registration of medical students.Applications for special exceptions are dealt with by theStudents’ Registration Committee, which reports all suchcases to the Council.The Preliminary Examination in General Education,

required to be passed previously to registration as a medicalstudent, shall be as follows:-" 1. English language, including grammar and composition. 2. Latin,

including grammar, translation from specified authors, and translationof easy passages not taken from such authors. 3. Mathematics, com-prising (a) arithmetic, (b) algebra, as far as simple equations, inclusive;(c) geometry, the subject matter of Euclid, Books I., II., and III., witheasy deductions. 4. One of the following optional subjects: (ft) Greek,(b) French, (e) German, (d) Italian, (e) any other modern language."In many cases the Council will not accept certificates of pass in Pre-

liminary Examination in General Education unless the whole of thesubjects included in the Preliminary Examination required by theCouncil for Registration of Students of Medicine have been passed atthe fMM6 time.

Professional Education.-The course of professional studyafter registration shall occupy at least five years. TheFinal examination in Medicine, Surgery, and Midwiferymust not be passed before the close of the fifth academicyear of medical study.The following is a list of Examining Bodies whose exa-

minations in general education are recognised by theGeneral Medical Council as qualifying for registration as amedical or dental student the applicant producing satis-

factory evidence that he has passed them :-I.-UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

University of Oxford.-Junior Local Examinations. SeniorLocal Examinations. Responsions. Moderations. FinalExamination for a degree in Arts.

University of Cambridqe. -Junior Local Examinations.Senior Local Examinations. Higher Local Examinations.Previous Examination. General Examination. Final Exa-mination for a degree in Arts.

University of Durham.-Examination for Certificate ofProficiency. Preliminary Examination in Arts for Gradua-tion in Medicine and Science. Final Examination for adecree in Arts.

University of London.-Matriculation Examination. FinalExamination for a degree in Arts or Science.

Victoria University.-Preliminary Examination. EntranceExamination in Arts. Final Examination for a degree inArts or Science.

University of Birmingham.-Matriculation Examination.University of Wales.-Matriculation Examination. Final

Examination for a degree in Arts or Science.University of .Edinburgh.-Local Examinations (Senior and

Junior). Preliminary Examination for Graduation in Artsor Science or Medicine and Surgery. Final Examinationfor a degree in Arts or Science.

University of Aberdeen.-Local Examinations (Senior andJunior). Preliminary Examination for Graduation in Arts orScience or Medicine and Surgery. Final Examination for adegree in Arts or Science.

University of Glasgow. - Preliminary Examination forGraduation in Arts or Science or Medicine and Surgery.Final Examination for a degree in Arts or Science.

University of St. Andrews.-Preliminary Examination forGraduation in Arts or Science or Medicine and Surgery.Final Examination for a degree in Arts or Science or for thediploma of L.L,A.

University of Dublin. - Public Entrance Examination.Examination for the first, second, third, or fourth year inArts. Final Examination for a degree in Arts.Royal Uiziversity of Ireland.-Matriculation Examinatioi2,

Final Examination for a degree in Arts or Science.Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board.-

Lower certificate (to include all the required subjects at one, time). Higher certificate (to include the required subjects).

II.—MEDICAL LICENSING BODIES.

Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons in Ireland.-; Preliminary Examination.l

III -EDUCATIONAL BODIES OTHER THAN UNIVERSITIES.. College of Preceptors. -Examination for a First Class

Certificate.Intermediate Education Board of Ireland.-Junior or

, Middle Grade Examination ; Senior Grade Examination.Educational Institute oj Scotland. - Preliminary Medical

Examination.Scotch Education Departznertt. - Leaving Certificates in

Lower and Higher Grades and in Honours.Central Welsh Board.-Senior Certificate Examination.

. IV. - INDIAN, COLONIAL, AND FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES3 AND COLLEGES.

The Certificates from Indian, Colonial, and ForeignUniversities and Colleges must contain evidence that the

, Examination has been conducted by or under the authorityof the Body granting it, must include all the subjects requiredby the General Medical Council, and must state that all thesubjects of Examination have been passed in at one time;copies of the form of the required Certificate are supplied

by the Registrar of the Council for the purpose. In the caseof Natives of India or other Oriental countries whose ver-

’ nacular is other than English an Examination in a Classic;- Oriental Langusge may be accepted instead of an Examina-e tion in Latin.

e H. E. Allen, LL.B., Registrar of the General Council.’

and of the Branch Council for England, 299, Oxford-street,q London, W.-James Robertson, Registrar of the Branch

e Council for Scotland, 48. George-Equare, Edinburgh.-S. W.

y Wilson, L.R.C.P. Irel., Registrar of the Branch Council for

c Ireland, 35, Dawson-street, Dublin.

REGULATIONSOF THE

MEDICAL EXAMINING BODIES IN THEUNITED KINGDOM.

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.THERE are two degrees in Medicine, B.M. and D.M., and

two degrees in Surgery, B.Ch. and M.Ch.The B.M. and B. Ch. degrees are granted to those

members of the University who have passed the SecondExamination. Graduates in Arts (B.A. or M.A.) are aloneeligible for these two degrees. In order to obtain thedegrees of B.M. and B.Ch. the following examinations mustbe passed :-1. Preliminary subjects : Mechanics and Physics,Chemistry, Animal Morphology and Botany. 2. Profes-sional. (a) First Examination: Subjects -Organic Che-mistry, unless the candidate has obtained a first or secondclass in Chemistry in the Natural Science School; HumanPhysiology unless he has obtained a first or second class inAnimal Physiology in the Natural Science School; HumanAnatomy, and Materia Medica with Pharmacy. (b) SecondExamination : Subjects- Medicine, Surgery, Midwifery,Pathology, Forensic Medicine with Hygiene. The approxi-mate dates of the examinations are as follows :-Prelimi-naries—Mechanics, Physics and Chemistry, December and

1 The Council has recommended that this examination be diE-continued.