Calendar: 1891-1892 Page 346

540 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT Syllabus Physics Gases examination of their physical properties their weight and bulk under varying alterations of pressure and temperature and the movements thereby set up diffusion with especial reference to warming and ventilation Anemometers and their use Liquids their physical properties their pressure and flow through tubes and conduits their action on gases Meteorological instruments their construction and use Barometers thermometers hygrometers rain-gauges II Chemistry The analysis of water for drinking-purposes including the qualitative and quantitative estimation of total solids lime magnesia chlorides sulphates nitrates and nitrites ammonia and lead and loss on ignition of solids determinations of hardness of organic impurities and of acidity and alkalinity Chemical methods of treating sewage The examination of air fur the detection of polluting gases Simple methods of eudiometry Estimation of the quantity of carbon dioxide in air III Microscopy The recognition of the constituents of food such as starche and muscular fibre The recognition of the chief fibres of clothing such as wool cotton and silk The recognition of constituents of ordinary dust as deposits from water IV Parasites and other Organisms Infesting Food-stuff or the Human Body Bacteriology including the Cultivation and Recognition of Micro-Organisins