Calendar: 1868-1869 Page 528

530 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT tion how may each be distinguished and separated from the rest Give an outline of the method of preparing sulphuric acid on the large scale What are the most insoluble of the sulphates Enumerate the chief impurities of the commercial acid and state how they may be detected How is red phosphorus procured and what are the principal chemical differences between it and the vitreous form -iHattria ffirtftca Give an account of the therapeutic action of iron and state the peculiarities in action of the more important officinal pre- parations Define diuretics Enumerate the most important medi- cines of the class and illustrate their mode of action State the composition physical properties and the mode of preparation of the salts of magnesia employed in medicine VI -JSotani Describe the structure of the vegetable cell Define tbe following vessel-cuticle-epidermis-epiphyte -parasite-ligule-bract-receptacle -thalamus-syngenesious -gynandrous and fruit Describe the structure of the bark of dicotyledonous plant Distinguish between indeterminate determinate and mixed inflorescences Enumerate the different kinds of placentation and explain the views generally entertained as to their origin Give the essential characters of the following natural orders Cruciferae- Malvaceae Leguminosae Umbelliferae Polygo- naceae and Orchidaceae