Calendar: 1869-1870 Page 256

256 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT On producing the above Certificates he will be examined before Board of Naval Medical Officers specially summoned by their Lordships on the fol- lowing subjects viz -Anatomy Surgery Physiology or Institutes of Medicine Practice of Medicine Chemistry Materia Medica Midwifery Botany Although competent knowledge of the above-named subjects is all that is absolutely required in Candidates for the appointment of Assistant-Surgeon favourable consideration will be given to those who are acquainted with the collateral sciences more immediately connected with the Profession such as Natural History Natural Philosophy and the use of the Microscope in diagnosis Such Candidates as shall have been found in all respects competent for the appointment of Assistant-Surgeon will be forthwith nominated to one of Her Majesty's Ships or to Naval Hospital at home or should their services not be immediately required their names will be duly registered for early appointments as vacancies may occur But it is distinctly to be observed that Candidates admitted into the Naval Medical Service must serve in whatever ship they may be appointed to and that in the event of their being unable to do so from sea-sickness their names cannot be continued on the Naval Medical List nor can they of course be allowed half-pay 10 After completing three years' Full Pay Service Assissant-Surgeons will be allowed to be examined for the rank of Surgeon before Board of Naval Medical Officers assembled at the Department of the Medical Director-General of the Navy but no Assistant-Surgeon can be promoted to the rank of Surgeon until he shall have served five years two of which must have been in ship actually at sea 11 By the rules of the Service no Assistant-Surgeon can be promoted to the rank 01 Surgeon until he shall have served five years two of which must have been in ship actually employed at sea after which he will be required to pass an examination before Board of Naval Medical Officers assembled at the Department of the Medical Director-General of the Navy 12 Their Lordships have been pleased further to direct that limited number of those Candidates who pass the best examination on entering the Service shall be promoted annually to the rank of Surgeon at an earlier period than would occur under ordinary circumstances and that these promotions shall be awarded as follows The Candidate who passes the best Examination of his year-after Years' Serv Ditto ditto second best ditto ditto ditto Ditto ditto third ditto ditto ditto Provided however that their second Examinations are passed in an equally creditable manner and that their conduct during the whole time they have been in the Service has in all respects been satisfactory