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Medals and Prizes.
The Gaskell Gold Medal and Prize.
(Value not less 1/urn .@3o.)
This Medal and Prize was established, at the A nnual Meeting held on A ugust 9,
x886, in honour of Samuel Gaskell, Esq., F.R.C.S., at one time Medical Super
intendent of the County Asylum, Lancaster, and afterwards for 17 years a
Commissioner in Lunacy. Upon his death on March i6, i886, his sister, Mrs.
Holland, gave £1000 to the Association, and other members of the family contributed
further sums amounting to £340. The interest of this sum is given annually as a
prize to the candidate who most distinguishes himself in an Examination in the
subjects hereunder mentioned.
The examination must be held in England according to the terms of the Trust.
(i) Candidates must produce evidence: (a) Of having attained the age of 23. (b) Of having
been qualified Medical Officers in one or more mental hospitals or clinics in psychiatry in the
United Kingdom or elsewhere in the British Empire for at least two years. (c) Of possessing the
Certificate in Psychological Medicine of this Association or a degree or diploma in Psychological
Medicine of one of the Universities or Examining Boards having the power to grant medical
qualifications registrable in the British Isles or elsewhere in the British Empire.
(2) Candidates will be examined in: (a) Psychology. (b) Anatomy, Histology and Physiology
of the Nervous System, reproductive and endocrine glands; Pathology of the above, especially
in relation to mental disorders. (c) The diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and legal relations of
mental disorders. (d) Clinical cases.
An entry fee of £3 3S. is charged, returnable to bona-fide candidates.