Calendar: 1898-1899 Page 241

FACULTY OF MEDICINE 237 Classes are also arranged for the higher surgical examina- tions and for the Army and Navy If two Students take one subject Fee of £5 5s each will be charged including therein the cost of the subject If three or more Students combine to use one subject the Fee will be £4 4s each In addition to this practical work descriptive demonstra- tions are given from time to time at the Hospital as may best suit the teacher dealing with the operations which are undertaken on various regions of the body Notice of these special classes will be posted from time to time in both College and Hospital MATERIA MEDICA AND THERAPEUTICS Ν Tirard Professor In this Course an account is given ot the natural history chemical composition and mode of action of the Substances used as Medicines and of their Therapeutics The Lectures are illustrated by Experiments and by the Drugs and Pharmaceutical Preparations presented to King's College by the Society of Apothecaries and other donors to the College The Museum is further enriched by the col- lection of the late Professor Royle and has an extensive series of coloured drawings of plants Collection of Materia Medica has been formed expressly for the use of Students PRACTICAL PHARMACY This subject is taught in the Hospital by the Head Dispenser Fee £2 2s The object of this Course is to give practical knowledge of writing and dispensing prescriptions The most com- monly used pharmaceutical processes are demonstrated to and worked by the Students Most of the important officinal and other preparations are made as Infusions Decoctions Pills Powders Solutions Tinctures Liniments Lotions Ointments Suppositories Plasters Mixtures Emulsions Syrups