The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-10-04
Samples Of the Questions FIXTURE
Doctors Must Answer.
IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF REGISTRATION.
Who Will Be Sheriff of Penobscot County
Friends of the Two Candidates Call
on tho Governor and Urge Their Claims
ESPECIAL TO THE PRESS,

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Augusta. October 3-An important
meeting of new branch of the govern
ing bodies of the state was held here to-
day. The Medical Board of Registration
was in session forenoon and afternoon at
the State House and decided what
should be the character and scope of
the examinations which registered ply
sicians must pass before they may re-
ceive their certificates. The new medi-
cal registration law, it will be remem-
bered, permits persons who have prac-
ticed medicine in the state for three
years prior to the organization of the
board and graduates of regular colleges
Of medicine who were practicing here
at the date of the organization to regis
ter without examination. All other prac-
titioners must pass muster before the
board. The examinations will be writ
ten and the applicant will be called upon
to make answer to ten questions in. each
Of the seven principal subjects connected
with his profession, making in all list
of 20 questions. A member of the board
gave to the PRESS correspondent some
of the questions which may be asked, al
though it is hardly necessary to say that
the same questions will not be asked
at successive examinations. These are
the questions, and they will give good
idea of what the examinations will be
like:
Anatomy-Describe the bones of the
hand with their articulations. Describe
the hemispheres and lobes of the brain
Physiology-How are the vocal sounds
produced2 Describe the portal circulation
What are the functions of the spinal
cord?
Surgery-Give the symptoms and treat
mentfof acute absess How would you
prepare yourself for an septic operation?
Give symptoms Of surgical shock.
Pathology-What are the physical prop
critics of healthy pus? Distinguish acute
enteritis from acute dysentery.
Observation-Disclosures five properties of
iron and their uses. What is the physi-
ological action of pilocarpine?
Practice of Medicine-Give the auscul-
tatory signs of obstruction Of the mitral
valves OF the heart. What is the treat
ment of scabies? Define hypodermocly-
sis2 For what disease is it used?
Beside outbiding .the questions to be
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rules and granted registration to about
rs physicians. The times and manner
of holding the examinations will be some
what dependent upon the frequency of
the applications which may be received.
There is one class of practitioners
with whom the board may have trouble.
One travelling doctor who makes widely
advertised trips through the state has al
ready made claim to registration without
examination. He says that he has been
in pratice in the state for three years
cate, but the registers maintain that by
practicing ii the state three years the
law did not mean the making of OCCASION
al visits during that period, and they
have received an opinion from Attorney
General Powers that this view of the law
is the correct one. The doctor has, how
ever, another claim. He says he is col
lege graduate and was in practice here
when the board organized. Consequent.
nation on this ground. The board, how
ever, have investigated the Ohio college
which graduated the doctor and have
received information from the Ohio Sec
retary Of state that the college which
graduated him was organized under the
general law and has not complied with
the requirements necessary to permit
it to confer degrees. So the doctor claims
registration and the board deny it and
say he must pass the examination. There
are considerable number of doctors who
make periodical visits to the state, stop
ping in different towns where they treat
patients at the hotels. Others might
make similar claims and the point may
therefore prove an important one.
Gov. Cleaves this afternoon said that he