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162 medical department The most proficient Candidates shall be elected but in case of equality the preference shall be given to those who shall have served the office of Out-Patient Dresser for the full period of six months to the satisfaction of the surgeons The examination shall be pass examination and shall con- sist of viva voce and written examination-the former prin- cipally Anatomical the latter Surgical having particular reference to the nature of in-patient surgery Candidates shall also if required take case or cases chosen by the surgeons from patients in the house at the time of exami- nation In-Patient Dressers shall dress and register the cases ad- mitted into the Hospital under the direction of the Surgeon or House Surgeon and on the taking-in days of the Surgeon under whom they may be serving the senior Dressers shall be in readiness to discharge the duties of the House Surgeon in the event of his absence from the Hospital If any In-Patient Dresser is by any cause prevented from attending to his duties he shall provide substitute approved bv the Surgeon under whom he is serving House Surgeon -He shall be Member of the College of Surgeons and shall have served to the satisfaction of the surgeons the offices of Out and In-Patient Dresser for the full period of six months each He shall previously to his appointment produce certificate of moral character to the satisfaction of the Committee of Management He shall before entering into office pay the sum of 30 for board and lodging during his six months' residence in the Hospital The examination shall be both viva voce and written-the former in Anatomy and the application of Surgical Apparatus the latter in Surgery and Materia Medica including Toxi- cology The most proficient candidate shall be elected The House Surgeon shall visit the surgical wards daily between ten and twelve accompany the surgeon during his visit and prescribe under his direction shall see such patients in the evening as he may think necessary and shall be responsible for the proper management and dressing of all