2. What are the dangers to be apprehended after a penetrating wound of the abdomen attended with perforation of some part of the intestinal canal, -state how these dangers are most likely to be avoided. Describe the treatment proper for a wounded intestine.

3. Mention the diseases, and injuries for which the operation of tracheotomy may be required. Describe the manner in which that operation should be performed, and state the dangers to be guarded against in its performance.

QUESTIONS IN MIDWIFERY.

Answered by 4th Year Students.

1. With reference to the development of the ovum, describe the maternal and the foetal membranes, the office they perform, and the period and manner in which they eventually leave the uterus.

2. What are the signs of pregnancy; the changes it produces on the system and the relative certainty, and uncertainty of the diag

nosis.

3. Describe the progress of a natural labour, and the duties an obstetrician has to perform, from the commencement of the first, until the termination of the 3rd stage.

QUESTIONS IN MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE.

Answered by 4th Year Students.

1. Define the meaning of the term. "Wound" in a medico-legal sense, state the proof of a wound having been inflicted during life, and whether it was the result of suicide, homicide or accident.

2. State what you know of the detection of spots of blood.

3. How would you distinguish poisoning by opium, from apoplexy, and from intoxication by alcohol?

4. Enumerate the tests you would employ for the discovery of hydrocyanic acid in organic liquids. Describe the mode of employing each. State their effects, their relative value, and the nature of the chemical changes which ensue.

QUESTIONS IN ANATOMY.

Answered by the Candidates for the Anderson Scholarship.

1. Describe the dissection necessary to expose the internal iliac artery; state the course, extent and relations of that vessel, name its branches and trace the pudic artery, describing particularly its surgical relations, and mention those varieties of this vessel, which would complicate the operation of lithotomy.

2. In a space bounded in front by a vertical line drawn over the external angular process, behind by a similar line in front of the meatus, below by a horizontal line of an inch beneath the zygoma, and above by the temporal ridge. Describe all the parts in the order they are met with as far as the median line.

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3. Describe the relations of the crural ring, and mention the extent of the crural canal. Give an account of the arrangement of the superficial fascia of the groin, and mention all the coverings of a crural hernia, proceeding from without inwards.

EXAMINATION FOR THE VENAYAK GUNGADHUR SHASTREE PRIZE-IN BOTANY.

The competitors for the Venayak Gungadhur Shastree Prize, were S. A. De Carvalho, and Narayan Dajee, and the examination for awarding this prize, was conducted by laying before the Candidates living specimens of “Agati Grandiflora, and Carissa Spinarum,” and requiring them to write a systematic description of these plants. They were also required to reply to the following:---define the botanical characters of the natural family, Solanea; mention all the plants of this order with which you are acquainted, and describe in a general manner their properties and uses,

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