Calendar: 1854-1855 Page 381

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT 383 and red barks and the extent of latitude over which they are respectively found Describe the physical and chemical charac- teristics of these barks the mode of separating their alkaline principles and the uses of all as medicines Enumerate the several alkalis and salts which are em- ployed to produce an alkaline state of the urine with notice of their respective advantages How is cod-liver oil obtained What are its characteristics and what its uses and doses as medicine Describe the different methods of preparing Elaterium the characteristics of the plant which yields it and the uses and doses of the drug as medicine What is the nature of Ergot of Rye What are its effects upon the constitution if taken for some time as food in the form of diseased grain And what are its uses and doses as medicine Enumerate the means which you would employ for con- trolling action whether arising from inflammation or from nervous irritability and contrast these with the methods you would pursue for recruiting strength and restoring health in cases of convalescence and of general debility JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIPS -Sliicitonii St State the differences which exist between foetal bone at full term and an adult bone Instance the differences between foetal and an adult occipital bone Describe the Os Unguis In what parts of the cranium are Wormian bones most frequent What is the theory of their formation Describe the Atlas and indicate its various parts with reference to typical vertebra In what particulars is the uppermost coccygeal bone de- ficient in vertebral elements