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MEDICAL department attended six months' in-patient medical practice The examina- tion shall be viva voce and written the former in anatomy and morbid anatomy-the latter in materia mediea and the prat- tice of medicine Candidates shall also take case or casos 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 ecpiality 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 accompany the physician during his visit and keep correct report of all the cases belonging to the physician under whom they respect- ively 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 office 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 30 for board during bis six months' residence in the Hospital The examination shall be both viva 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 diree- tion shall see such patients in the evening as the Physician may think necessary and be responsible for the proper treat- ment of the medical cases In the absence of the Physicians' Assistant the In-Patient Clinical Clerk of the day shall be his substitute