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especially if the student has in view the degrees of the
Royal University.
Anyone who is on the Medical Register is entitled to
practise as a dentist but it is usual and advantageous to
take a special dental diploma and to become L.D.S. or a
Licentiate in Dental Surgery. This qualification can be
obtained by itself but it is better if the student can see
his way to taking the medical and surgical qualification
of the conjoint board in addition. The special studies
required for the dental diploma are: two courses of dental
anatomy and physiology human and comparative; two
courses of dental surgery; two courses of dental mechanics ;
one course of metallurgy; practice of dental surgery in a
recognized school for two years ; and an apprenticeship in
dental mechanics to a competent practitioner.
The conditions of admission into the Army Medical Service
are that the candidate should be between the ages
of twenty-one and twenty-eight, and in good health, that
his.parents should be of unmixed European blood, that he
should possess the double qualification to practise medicine
and surgery, be registered under the Medical Act, and
furnish satisfactory certificates as to character. He has
then to undergo a competitive examination. The subjects
are (i.) Compulsory and (ii.) Voluntary. The former include
anatomy and physiology, surgery, medicine with therapeutics
and diseases of women and children, chemistry and pharmacy
and a practical knowledge of drugs. By this part of the
examination the eligibility of the candidate for admission
into the service is determined. The voluntary subjects are
French, German, comparative anatomy, zoology, natural
philosophy, physical geography, and botany.
The conditions of entrance into the Indian Medical
Service are similar, with the exception that the age limits
are twenty-two and twenty-eight, and it is only required
that the candidates should be natural-born subjects of her
Majesty. Among the voluntary subjects in the examination
for the Indian service Hindustani is included.