The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-12 00:00:00

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS..

The medical profession and the public generally
will be glad to learn that the new system of exa-
mining candidates for the diploma of membership of
this college, determined upon by the Council, has
come into operation. By its aid it is hoped
that the acquirements of the candidates who offer
themselves for examination will be more effi-
ciently tested than heretofore, and it is especially
sought to discountenance the plan of preparing
for examination by what is called " grinding" or
" cramming," i.e., substituting the mere cate-
chetical instructor of a grinding tutor for the
study of the fundamental principles of the art
of surgery in the dissecting-room and in the
wards of the hospital. The student is now required,
in the first place, to prove that he has practically
studied anatomy, by an examination upon the dead
body, and on another day he has to furnish written
answers to questions in physiology, or the functions
of the economy. These two tests, which are called
the "preliminary examination" cannot be submitted
to until the student has furnished proof that he has
completed two years' study in a medical school re-
cognised by the College, as offering due guarantees
of being able to conduct an efficient education.
After he has passed four years in such study of his
profession he may present himself for the two final
or pass examinations in pathology and surgery,
the one oral, the other written. By the system of
examination now abandoned (except in a few par-
ticular cases) all these subjects were inquired into
on the same evening, the student having only to
submit to a single examination at the end of his
studies. Already pupils have passed the prelimi-
nary examination, or " little go," as it is termed,
but which many have found far from being so in-
significant an affair. The following gentlemen,
having undergone the above examinations, were
admitted members of the College at a meeting of
the Court of Examiners last night—viz., Messrs.
Thomas Westcott Gale Stone, Lincoln's-inn•fields ;
Robert Parker, Churton, Chester ; Frederick
Woodcock, Dowker, Laysthorpe, Yorkshire ; John
Robert Nunn, Bedford ; James Adams Addington-
place, Camberwell ; Henry Ashlin Clare, Holland
Cottage, Kennington; David Lloyd, Carmar-
then ; Bradley Gregory, Exeter; Thomas Cann,
Seaton, Devon; Henry John Buck, Norwich;
John Henry Square May, Plymouth; and
Francis Hollis Woods, Northampton, students of
St. Bartholomew's Hospital ; Samuel Grose, Bo:-
ton, Lincolnshire; Charles Grabham, Lonsdale-
square, Islington ; Alfred Leete Griffith, Eden-
place, Old Kent-road; and Charles Henry Drake,
Kingsclere, Hants, students of St. Thomas's Hospi-
tal ; John Roberts, Crug, Carnarvon ; John Thomp-
son, St. Mary's, York ; and Rees Miles, Merthyr
Tydvil, University College; Joseph Bancroft, Stret-
ford, near Manchester, and Frederick Foulkes,
Swineton, Manchester, students of the Manchester
School; .Bransby Brooks, Henley-on-Thames (Guy's
Hospital); George Mamie Evans, Queen's-road
west, Regent's Park (King's College) ; Ebenezer
Bucknill, Stanley-street, Chelsea (St. George's Hos-
pital) ; and Richard Henry Blennerhassett, Tralee,
county Kerry, Ireland (Westminster Hospital).

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