Calendar: 1876-1877 Page 258

258 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT eligible be considered as having caterisparibus claim to be elected to the office of House Physician Physician-Accoucheur's Assistant -He shall be qualified by some Diploma to practise Medicine Surgery or Mid- wifery at the date at which his duties commence and shall have served the office of Out-patient or In-patient Clerk He shall before entering upon office pay the sum of 30 for board and lodging during his six months' residence in the Hospital Candidates will be examined in Midwifery and in the Diseases of Women and Children Student shall not be elected to this office at period later than six years from the date of his Matriculation in the Medical Department The duties of Physician-Accoucheur's Assistant are as follows He shall have the immediate superintendence of all the Midwifery cases under the direction of the Physician-Ac- coucheur or of the Assistant Physician-Accoucheur in the absence of the Physician-Accoucheur He shall apportion the cases see that efficient arrangements are made for due attendance upon them and accompany the Students to their first cases He shall require daily report from the Students in attend- ance and shall himself visit and hold himself responsible for the proper attendance of all recently confined women whose progress is not thoroughly satisfactory and shall report all such cases to the Physician and Assistant Physician- Accoucheur He shall keep an accurate account of the cases in the books supplied for the purpose shall send for the Physician- Accoucheur or Assistant Physician-Accoucheur in all cases requiring instrumental delivery and in all cases of difficulty and shall be held responsible for immediately reporting all cases of irregularity or neglect He shall keep record of such cases of interest in the Department for the Diseases of Women and Children as the Physician-Accoucheur may need He shall report to the Dean of the Medical Department