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170 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT SOCIETY ΟΕ APOTHECARIES Every Candidate for Certificate of Qualification to practise as an Apotlie- cary will be required to produce Testimonials of having served an Apprentice- ship of not less than five years to an Apothecary No gentleman practising as an Apothecary in England or Wales can give his apprentice legal title to examination unless he is himself legally qualified to practise as an Apothecary either by having been in practice prior to or on the 1st of August 1S15 or by having received certificate of his qualification from the Court of Examiners An apprenticeship for not less than five years to Surgeons practising as Apo- thecaries in Ireland and Scotland gives to the apprentice title to he admitted to examination Of having attained the full age of twenty-one years As evidence of age copy of the baptismal register will be required in every case where it can possibly be procured Of good moral conduct testimonial of moral character from the gentleman to whom the Candidate has been an apprentice will always he more satisfactory than from any other person And of having pursued Course of Medical Study in conformity with the ltcgula- tious of the Court Course of Study Every Candidate whose attendance on Lectures shall commence on or after the 1st of October 1819 must attend the following Lectures and Medical Practice during not less than three Winter and two Summer Sessions each Winter Session to consist of not less than six months and to commence not sooner than the 1st nor later than the 15th October and each Summer Session to extern from the 1st of May to the 31st of July EIRST YEAR Winter Session Chemistry Anatomy and Physiology Anatomical Demonstrations Similiter Session -Materia Medica and Therapeutics Botany and Vege- table Physiology Midwifery and Diseases of Women and Children SECOND YEAR Winter Session Anatomy and Physiology Anatomical Demonstrations Dissections Principles and Practice of Medicine Medical Practice Sui iiner Session -Medical Practice Midwifery and Diseases of AVoinen and Children Forensic Medicine Practical Chemistry Twelve months of the Medical Practice must be at recognised Hospital and six months at recognised Hospital or recognised Dispensary By Practical Chemistry is meant specific Course of Instruction in the Laboratory with an opportunity of Personal Manipulation in the ordinary Pro- cesses of Chemistry and of acquiring knowledge of the various Re agents for Poisons