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are taught; the fifth year should be devoted to clinical work,
but of it the student may pass six months as pupil to a
registered practitioner whose opportunities of imparting
practical knowdedge are considered satisfactory by the
medical authorities. The remaining resolutions are framed
with the object of securing for the student a thorough and
complete training in practical and clinical work.
* In regard to professional examination the resolutions
require that the time devoted to the practical part of all
examinations should be extended ; that the examination in
physics, chemistry and biology should be passed before
the beginning of the second winter session; that there
should be three professional examinations (antecedent to
the Final Examination) which should be passed before the
final year intended for clinical work ; that the Final Exami­
nation must not be passed before the close of the fifth year
of medical study.
In addition to the twelve Metropolitan Schools having
a complete curriculum (in which number is included the
London Medical School for Women) there are in London
no less than thirty Ancillary Schools of Medicine in which
departmental or preparatory subjects are taught. In the
provinces, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Newcastle-on-
Tyne, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Oxford and Sheffield
contain hospitals and medical schools.
In Scotland there are four University Schools of Medicine
—Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and St. Andrew's. Uni­
versity College, Dundee, now forms part of St. Andrew's.
Clinical instruction is given at the Royal Infirmary, Edin­
burgh, in medicine and surgery and in the various speciali­
ties. Clinical lectures and instruction are also given at the
Edinburgh Eye, Ear and Throat Infirmary. At Glasgow
the Western Infirmary, the Royal Hospital for Sick Chil­
dren, the Hospital and Dispensary for Diseases of the
Ear, and the Ophthalmic Institution subserve clinical
instruction. This is likewise imparted at the Aberdeen
Royal' Infirmary and the Aberdeen Royal Lunatic
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