Calendar: 1848-1849 Page 126

122 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT attended six months' in-patient medical practice The examina tion shall be viva voce and written the I'onner in anatomy and morbid anatomy-the latter in materia medica and the prae- tice of medicine Candidates shall also take case or cases chosen by the physicians from patients in the house at the time of examination The most proficient candidate shall be elected but in case of equality the preference shall be given to those who shall have served the office of Out-Patient Clinical Clerk to the satisfaction of the physicians for the full period of six months In-Patient Clinical Clerks shall serve for six months they shall attend regularly at the hour appointed for and accom- pany the physician during his visit and keep correct report of all the cases belonging to the physician under whom they respectively serve On the taking-in days of their respective physicians the senior Clinical Clerks shall be ready to undertake the duties of Physicians' Assistant during his absence from the Hospital Physicians' Assistant -He shall be qualified by some diploma to practise medicine and shall have served to the satisfaction of the physicians the oflice of In-Patient Clinical Clerk for the full period of six months He shall previously to his appoint- ment produce certificate of moral character to the satis- faction of the Committee of Management He shall before entering into the office pay the sum of 'Ml for board during his six months' residence in the Hospital The examination shall be both viod voce and written the former in anatomy and morbid anatomy the latter in materia medica toxicology practice of medicine and midwifery The most proficient candidate shall be elected The Physicians' Assistant shall visit the medical wards daily between the hours of ten and twelve accompany the physician during his visit and prescribe under his direc- tion shall see such patients in the evening as he may think necessary and be responsible for the proper treatment of the medical cases In the absence of the Physicians' Assistant the In-Patient Clinical Clerk of the day shall be his substitute