or mechanical) employed in arriving at their ultimate results, and preserve, as far as possible, all specimens and records obtained. You will be held responsible for any damage, arising from careless handling, which may happen to the microscope entrusted to you. One hour will be allowed for this examination.] 1. Tease out the specimen of tissue provided; stain with hæmatoxylin; mount in glycerine; identify it. 2. You are supplied with two cut sections [(A) and (B)] in spirit Stain and mount the first (A), which has been infiltrated with paraffin, and state the method you have followed. Stain and mount the second (B). Identify each. SCHEMA B. [N.B.-Write your examination number and the letter indicating the section, on each of the glass slips on which you mount the sections. Candidates are reminded that they must leave a written record of all the processes (chemical, physical, or mechanical) employed in arriving at their ultimate results, and preserve, as far as possible, all specimens and records obtained. You will be held responsible for any damage, arising from careless handling, which may happen to the microscope entrusted to you. One hour will be allowed for this examination.] 1. Tease out the specimen of tissue provided; stain with hæmatoxylin; mount in glycerine; identify it. 2. You are supplied with two cut sections [(A) and (B)] in spirit Stain and mount the first (A), which has been infiltrated with paraffin, and state the method you have followed. Stain and mount the second (B). Identify each. PHYSIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. Test the solution provided for a proteid and a sugar. Give the results of your examination, and mention the steps of the process you pursue. EXAMINATION FOR THE M.B., B.CH., AND B.A.O. DEGREES. MEDICINE AND PATHOLOGY. FIRST PAPER. SECTION A. MEDICINE. PROFESSOR LINDSAY. 1. Describe minutely the murmur indicative of aortic regurgitation. 2. Discuss briefly the diagnosis of cerebral tumour. SECTION B. PROFESSOR LYNHAM. 3. Give the causes, symptoms, and prognosis of fatty degeneration of the heart. 4. Describe an attack of acute articular rheumatism, and give the treatment (including a prescription). SECTION C. PATHOLOGY. PROFESSOR E. J. McWEENEY; PROFESSOR O'SULLIVAN ; PROFESSOR LORRAIN SMITH. 5. Describe the naked-eye and histological changes seen in the kidney in a case of acute nephritis. 6. Give a pathological classification of the forms of inflammation, with special reference to the character of the exudate. SECOND PAPER. SECTION A. MEDICINE. PROFESSOR LYNHAM. 1. Give the etiology and treatment of diphtheria. 2. Describe a case of acute eczema and prescribe treatment. SECTION B. DR. O'CARROLL. 3. Discuss the causation and diagnosis of subphrenic abscess. 4. During an epidemic of small-pox cases of varicella and of syphilis are liable to be mistaken for it. Discuss the differential diagnosis of the skin affection in these diseases, in so far as they present the difficulty of diagnosis just referred to. SECTION C. PATHOLOGY. PROFESSOR E. J. McWEENEY; PROFESSOR O'SULLIVAN ; PROFESSOR LORRAIN SMITH. 5. Give an account of the pathology of tetanus. 6. Give an account of the various forms of ulceration of the intestines. PRACTICAL PATHOLOGY. 1. Apply to the sections marked A the tests for waxy degeneration. Briefly describe your methods and results. [N.B.-Slovenly mounts, and slides left without written description, obtain no credit.] 2. Make a film preparation illustrating the microscopic character of fluid B. Describe your results. SURGERY. SECTION A. PROFESSOR HAYES. 1. Mention how you would indicate a contrast between hernia of lung or pneumocele as contrasted with prolapse. The management of the conditions are to be described, including details of treatment. 2. Say how you would diagnose thrombosis of the lateral sinus, and supply essentials for necessary treatment. SECTION B. SIR THORNLEY STOKER. 1. In a case of chronic cystitis, with alkaline urine due to prostatic hypertrophy, state in their sequence the methods you would adopt to relieve the condition, without having resort to the removal of the gland. 2. Describe a case of cancrum oris, and state under what conditions the disease usually occurs. SECTION C. MR. STONHAM. 1. Describe the symptoms which will ensue on damage to the left middle meningeal artery, and state what means you would adopt to arrest the hæmorrhage. 2. What are the signs of stone in the kidney? What are the possible consequences of the condition, and what is the appropriate treatment? OPHTHALMOLOGY, MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE, AND SANITARY SCIENCE. SECTION A. [FOUR hours are allowed for answering this Paper.] DR. SYM; PROFESSOR WERNER; PROFESSOR SANDFORD. 1. What is nystagmus? Describe its objective signs, its symptoms, and its etiology. |