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London, England, 1856-03-08 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE, srn Maui!, 11156.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the an-
t„,„nexed CODE of REGULATIONS for the ADMISSION of
4',,„'DIDATE.4 at the EXAMINATIONS to be held for the
th` rOINTMENT of ASSIST ANTI SURGEONS in the SERVICE of
tn„ EAST INDIA COMPANY, has been framed by the Board of
.41nissione rs for the Affairs of India, under the provisions of the
1147 i6th a:ad 17th Viet., cap. 95, sec. 38.
IItILATIONS FOR TOO ADMISSION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE APPOINT-
k ti,
, TOF ASSISTANT•SURCEON IN TRH SERVICE OF TIM LAST INDIA
vo3tpAtir.
tiAll natural-born subjects of her Majesty between 22 and 28 years
t°l4age, and of sound bodily health, may be candidates for admission
t•
he service of the East India Company as Assistant Surgeons.
Vey mast subscribe and send into Dr. Sc dst, the Physician to the
sit,eurable East India Company, 10 days before the period Axed for
C 4 examination, a declaration to the following effect :
)I,‘l (Christian and surname at full length), a candidate for ern-
e:YEnent as an Assistant-Surgeon in the service of the East India
"kpany, do hereby declare, that I was years of age on the
te,„o day of last, and that I labour under no constitu-
-41 disease or physical disability that can interfere with the due
"arge of the duties of a medical officer ; and I also attest my
Cdulass to proceed on duty to India within three months of receiv-
V3Y appointment."
"ul declaration must be acconnianied by the following doca-
liehts
, :
14',... Proof of age, either by extract from the register of the parish
to ^,hish the candidate was born, or by his own declaration pursuant
Pie Act 5 land 6 Wm. IV., c. 62.
• A certificate of moral character from a magistrate, or a minis-
who sf the religious denomination to which the candidate belotigs,
, has personally known him for at least two preceding years.
A diploma in surgery, or a degree in medicine provided an ex-
to'mation in surgery be required for such degree:from some body
rn)etent by law to grant or confer such diploma or degree.
)1,,,' A certificate of having attended two courses of leures, cr, six
~.liths each, on the practice of physic, and of having attended tor
l*: plenthe the practice and clinical instruction or'
onea at
o.lltle hospital, containing at least, on an average, hundred in-
t', the
; or of having attended one course of lectures of six months
s‘lie practice of physic, ftnd clinical instruction for twelve months.
A certificate of havidg attended for three months the practical
Crtietion given at one of the public asylums for the treatment of
', tisane.
417' A certificate of having attended for three months one of the in-
Lutions or wards of an hospital especially devoted to the treat-
'4 , eet of ophthalmic disesse.
keandidates who may not )lave been able to attend the practice of
),..4>lutn for the insane, or of an ophthalmic hospital, for 3 months
b,"',10 Us te their offering themselves for examination, will not be
,Zeutded from examination, but will, if successful in obtaining re-
etZl4lendatlen for appointments, be required to produce certificates
%., ItYing attended such practice during the interval between the
I,4thttion and the time of proceeding to India.
wif A certificate of having attended a course of lectures ou mid-
r3', and of having conducted at least six labours.
I,i, A certificate of having acquired a practical kr owledge of cup -
g.
k,,cliclates may also, at their option, send in certificates of attend-
ki;,,e at any hospitals, or on any course of lectures, in addition to the
Ire. Attendance on a course of military surgery, and the practi-
- nudy of surgical cperations on the dead body, are recommended.
The Examination will include the following subjects :
. Surgery in all its departments.
1,4' Medicine, including
an thete diseases of women and chil&on, The-
Nunes, Pharmacy,ygiene.
!. Anatomy and Physiology, including Comparative Anatomy.
'„,' Natural History, including Botany and Zoology.
',',,Lle following are the books recommended in-
-""CY and Comparative Anatomy—
ert)ntlilleb of the Structure of the Animal Kingdom, by Rymer Jones,
k eohrs Elementaire d'Histoire Naturelle, par Milne Edwards.
Stuiy_
14,,,nelley's School Botany, or
mhdley's Elements of Botany.
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The Examination will be conducted—
ty means of written questions and answers.
objtect examinations and experiments, when the subject ad-
-4 or ea chests.
e2',,13,7 practical examLeatien ef•patients, and by operations oa the
let
By body,
viva voce examination.
,„`,lO persons who shall be pronounced by the examiners to be the
11-,', qualified in all respects will be appointed to till the ratuisite
eleber of appo ntments as assistant-surgeons in the E tst India
441►Pany's Service, and, so far as the requirements of the service
Ns,tt! Permit, they will have the coice of the Presidency in India to
*'deli
they shall tea appointed, accordsnj to the orde •of merit in
'deli they stand on the list resulting from such examination.
144,,l assistant-surgeens are required to subscribe to the tary or
then'''. al, and medical retiring funds, at the presidencies to which
~,`Y May be respectively appointed, and to the Military Orphan So-
-eV also, if appointed to Bengal.
skli assistant-surgeons who shall neglect or refuse to proceed to
r:,ktla under the orders of the Court of Directors, within three months
1) 41the date of their appointmen••, will be considered as having for-
ttj'ea it, unlais special circumstances shall justify a departure from
regulatio'
01;,_ Copy ot these regulations, and any further information, may be
',lined on application to the Secretary of the Military E eparttnent,
-tst 'tulle House.
th,The
yearnsexaminatio will take place in the months of January ani
tr In each and due notice will te givens by publtc adver-
4,"nent of the days appointed, and of the probable nuzber of can-
lutes to be selected.
lulls Examines for Asistant Surgeon in the Honourabeast
Company.;r Service,s having received many inquiries asl t tithe
z leet and extent of the Examination desomp Anatomy,
t?,°!•lty. and Botany, have considered it irable to anumnee that
'etr objects are,—
t;u to To ascertain who of the Candidates have devoted especial atten-
e any of theSe sciences, and are hence qualified to undertake
tries requiring a knowledge of thou, as well as the general duties
O their profession. Proficiency in these sciences will, in classifying
" Candidates by merit, be entitled to great coasideration.
42. To encourage all Candi tides to acquire an elementary kno‘v-
lirre or the structure and affinities of the principal natural families
4iiimais and• of Plants, with the general p all upon which these
e constructed, and the functions and relations of their most limper-
nt organs. 1-
dtiJ 'At promote the study of Natural History as a most important
end or preliminary to a liberal medical education; that of Com-
lrative Anatomy, Zoology, or Botany, if properly cultivated, by
i"eans of specimens, ter even a short period, being eminently calcu-
ked to develops" habits of close observation, and to strengthen those
tZwers of reasoning upon observed facts. which must be habitually
ee,;reised by medical men everywhere, but which must be exercised
2"lt the greatestenergy and promptitude by those who practise in a
'Nett climate, and who are once thrown wholly upon their own
onrces.
Ivirthe eeneral examination in thesescieires will he elementary, and
ts embrace a very limited range of techn'cal terms At the written
tii'elnination a considerable number of questions will be put, with
at,_"iew of ailowine each Candidate to select such subjects as he has
wended to, and, thereby, of enabling the Examiners to ascertain
te Pal ticular departments of science in which the verbal examine-
shod be conducted.
„With those Candidates who have attained proficiency in any branch
hr. these sciencee, the verbal examination will be pursued in the
selected,so as to ascertain the full extent of their knowledge.
thlr is now announced that the next examination will be held at
house on the 14th July next, and succeeding days, and that the
I!:euable number of vacancies in the medical establishment of the
4sl India Company, to be then filled up, will be thirty.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

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