Calendar: 1889-1890 Page 308

306 medical department in case of equality the election shall be according to seniority on the Hospital Register Certificates will be given to each Student who shall have filled any office in King's College Hospital to the satis- faction of the Medical Officer or Officers under whom he may have served Application for such certificates must be made to the Dean on the expiration of the period of service No Student shall receive certificate who has not attended regularly during the entire six months of his appointment except the Clerks to the Physicians for Diseases of Women and Children and Physicians-Accoucheur who shall sever- ally remain in office for three months only If from any cause any gentleman shall be obliged to resign his appointment he shall immediately give notice writing both to the Dean of the Medical Department and to the Secretary of the Hospital If any Resident Medical Officer or his Assistant be pre- vented from attending to his duty for period of more than six hours he shall apply for leave of absence to the Hospital Committee in writing Such application shall state the name of the gentleman who proposes to supply his place and shall be initialled by the Physician or Surgeon in charge for the day in token of his approval If the emergency is pressing the Secretary shall be authorised to act upon the application which shall be laid before the Committee at their next meeting No Resident Medical Officer shall be absent from the Hos- pital at the same time as his corresponding Assistant except in the case of the Physician-Accoucheurs Assistant when summoned to Labour If Resident Medical Officer is temporarily less than six hours absent from duty and leaves an unqualified student in charge of his work he must make arrangements with one of the Resident Colleagues so that the unqualified locum tenens may clearly understand to which qualified Resident he may apply in case of emergencies