MR. GRAY.

Translate the following passage into Latin Prose :

When a government flourishes in conquests, and is secure from foreign attacks, it naturally falls into all the pleasures of luxury; and as these pleasures are very expensive, they put those who are addicted to them upon raising fresh supplies of money, by all the methods of rapaciousness and corruption; so that avarice and luxury very often become one complicated principle of action, in those whose hearts are wholly set upon ease, magnificence, and pleasure. The most elegant and correct of all the Latin historians observes, that in his time, when the most formidable states of the world were subdued by the Romans, the republic sunk into those two vices of a quite different nature, luxury and avarice: and accordingly describes Catiline as one who coveted the wealth of other men, at the same time that he squandered away his own. This observation on the commonwealth, when it was in its height of power and riches, holds good of all governments that are settled in a state of ease and prosperity. At such times men naturally endeavour to outshine one another in pomp and splendour, and having no fears to alarm them from abroad, indulge themselves in the enjoyment of all the pleasures they can get into their possession; which naturally produces avarice, and an immoderate pursuit after wealth and riches.-THE SPECTATOR.

Translate the following passage into Greek Prose:

At length, when these two potentates had wearied themselves with waging war upon one another, they agreed upon an interview, at which neither of their counsellors were to be present. It is said that luxury began the parley, and after having represented the endless state of war in which they were engaged, told his enemy, with a frankness of heart which is natural to him, that he believed they two should be very good friends, were it not for the instigations of poverty, that pernicious counsellor, who made an ill use of his ear, and filled him with groundless apprehensions and prejudices. To this avarice replied, that he looked upon plenty, the first minister of his antagonist, to be a much more destructive counsellor than poverty, for that he was perpetually suggesting pleasures, banishing all the necessary cautions against want, and consequently undermining those principles on which the government of avarice was founded.-Ibid.

Translate the following passage into Latin Verse:—

Thro' groves sequester'd, dark, and still,
Low vales, and mossy cells among,
In silent paths the careless rill,

Which languid murmurs, steals along.
Awhile it plays with circling sweep,

And lingering leaves its native plain;
Then pours impetuous down the steep,
And mingles with the boundless main.

O let my years thus devious glide,
Through silent scenes obscurely calm ;
Nor wealth nor strife pollute the tide,
Nor honours sanguinary palm.

When labour tires, and pleasure palls,
Still let the stream untroubled be,
As down the steep of age it falls,
And mingles with eternity.

HAWKESWORTH.

Translate the following passage into Greek Verse :

Cas. A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
Bru. I do not, 'till you practise them on me.
Cas. You love me not.

Bru. I do not like your faults.

Cas. A friendly eye could never see such faults.
For Cassius is a weary of the world:

Hated by one he loves; brav'd by his brother;
Check'd like a bondman; all his faults observ'd,
Set in a note-book, learn'd and conn'd by rote,
To cast into my teeth. O I could weep
My spirit from mine eyes. There is my dagger,
And here my naked breast-within, a heart
Dearer than Plutus' mine, richer than gold;
If that thou be'st a Roman, take it forth.
I, that deny'd thee gold, will give my heart;
Strike as thou didst at Cæsar; for I know,

When thou didst hate him worst, thou lov'd'st him better
Than ever thou lov'd'st Cassius.

SHAKSPEARE.

EXAMINATION FOR DEGREE OF BACHELOR IN
MEDICINE.

INSTITUTES OF MEDICINE.

DR. LAW.

1. What is Prout's classification of alimentary substances?

2. Is there any single substance in nature competent to sustain life, and, if so, to what peculiarity of its constitution does it owe this competency?

3. What are the lesions that result to distant organs from pathological conditions of the heart?

4. What is the average weight of the adult human heart; to what extent may it exceed its normal weight; and what is the remote cause that usually leads to such excess of weight?

5. From what circumstance connected with a case of smallpox can you determine if the individual has or has not been vaccinated?

PHYSIOLOGICAL ANATOMY.

DR. M'DOWEL.

1. Trace the branches of Meckel's ganglion, and assign their functions.

2. State the anatomical and physiological differences which exist between the different portions of the duodenum.

3. Describe "Peyer's glands," and mention their probable uses.

4. The constituents of healthy urine, and the average diurnal amount of each ?

5. The physiological anatomy of a spinal nerve?

SURGERY.

DR. R. W. SMITH.

1. Describe a scorbutic ulcer. Mention the concomitant signs of scurvy. Where does the severe form of scorbutus occur as an endemic disease?

2. Contrast erysipelas and phlegmon.

3. What signs indicate the entrance of air into the veins during the performance of operations ?

4. Why is loss of blood so very dangerous in people of advanced age? 5. Composition of Warren's Balsam for arresting hemorrhage ?

MIDWIFERY.

PROFESSOR SINCLAIR.

1. Describe the left oecipito-cotyloid, and the right fronto-cotyloid posi tions of the head at the brim of the pelvis; and explain the manner in which each position usually passes through the brim, cavity, and outlet.

2. What is that condition known as vaginal cystocele, and under what circumstances is it found? The diagnosis and treatment of such a case? 3. Describe, minutely, the ripe graafian vesicle, together with its contents.

4. Mention as many symptoms as you can which are indicative of danger to the mother, in the second stage of labour-vertex presentation.

5. Upon examination a globular tumour is found in the vagina, which may be a fibrous polypus of the uterus, an inverted, or a prolapsed uterus. How would you distinguish each, and what treatment would you adopt for each?

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE.

DR. TRAVERS.

1. In attempting to estimate approximately the age of a cicatrix, on the living body, what are the circumstances to which you will direct your attention, and by which you will be guided in forming your conclusion?

2. What cadaveric changes within the body, are likely to be mistaken for morbid effects, produced either by natural disease, or the action of poisons?

3. Titia, convicted of a capital crime, pleads pregnancy in bar of execution. A medical practitioner, failing to detect any auscultatory sign of the gravid state, determines that her averment is unfounded. What reasons can be adduced to prove that his conclusion might be erroneous, as not necessarily resulting from, or justified by, the premisses?

4. Free Hydrocyanic acid, either largely diluted with water, or diffused through a mixture of alimentary matters forming a pultaceous mass either within the stomach or rejected from it, has been recognised; but it is required that the actual quantity of real anhydrous acid present should be ascertained. What means would you prefer for that purpose, and what correction, if any, should be introduced into your computation?

5. To obviate a possible change of malapraxis, based on a death that has apparently been caused by the administration of chloroform or other anaesthetic vapour, what precautions would you deem necessary previous to allowing such inhalation?

EXAMINATION FOR DEGREE OF MASTER IN SURGERY.

DR. ADAMS.

1. State, on anatomical and pathological grounds, what in reality is the true nature of the so-called partial dislocation of the head of the os humeri upwards?

2. Under what circumstances do we hear of the long tendon of the biceps having been dislocated from its groove, and thrown over the head of the os humeri? State whether, from the facts demonstrated and published as to such cases, you consider the lesion in question is attributable to accidental violence, or to be the result of chronic disease.

3. With what symptoms would you expect to see an infant of ten days old affected, who was fully under the influence of congenital syphilis ? Mention what should be your treatment of the case.

4. Suppose the case of a young girl whose cervical glands were proceeding to suppurate, and demanding incision to be made, in what direction should your incision be made as in your opinion least likely to be followed by an unseemly cicatrix ? Would you make your opening transversely on the line of the axis of the neck?

5. Describe a case of benign nasal polypus which you would deem it right immediately to remove by a surgical operation. On the other hand, describe a malignant polypus you dare not touch. Give, if you remember it, the description of the malignant polypus of the nose by Mr. Pott.

DR. BUTCHER.

1. Enumerate the different forms which a femoral hernia may assume; account for the difference in each; and describe a case which would demand immediate operation; also the steps of the operation.

2. Describe a case of scirrhus of the rectum, and the pathological conditions of the parts engaged, the colon, &c., &c.

3. Mention the injuries that may occur from violence in the elbow joint and its vicinity; and give accurately the diagnostic marks between each.

4. Describe the different directions in which the astragalus may be dislocated, and the characteristic symptoms of each; and the several modes of treatment according to the urgency of the case.

5. Mention the characters of a case of dislocation of the thigh bone into the ischiatic notch, and the mode of reduction by pulleys; describe the apparatus, position of the patient, &c.