BIOLOGY.-PART I. The Board of Examiners. All answers must, where possible, be illustrated by rough sketches." 1. Describe the structure of the various glands connected with the alimentary canal in (1) Fish, (2) Frog, (3) Bird. 2. Give an account of the development and structure of the brain in the frog. 3. What do you understand by the following terms:(1) gynoecium, (2) gamete, (3) oosperm, (4) endosperm, (5) sieve tube, (6) spore, (7) seed, (8) cotyledon, (9) intine, (10) chromatophore? 4. Give an account of the various modifications of the respiratory organs met with in fishes, amphibia, and birds. 5. Give an account of the structure and life history of Marchantia, comparing its life history with that of a fern. 6. Describe the structure and life history of Paramoecium, and give some account of the various locomotory structures met with amongst Pro tozoa. 7. Name as many forms as you know which live parasitically within man, stating to which group of the animal kingdom they respectively belong, and giving an account of the structure and life history of any one form. 8. Describe the formation of the mesoblast in (1) Amphioxus, (2) Rana, (3) Fowl. BIOLOGY.-PART I. LABORATORY WORK. The Board of Examiners. 1. Dissect the animal provided, so as to show the heart and arterial system. Sketch your dissection, and name the parts. 2. Identify and make preparations to show the structure of the specimens labelled A, B, and C. Sketch your preparation, and name the parts. 3. Identify, sketch, and briefly describe specimens labelled D and E. CHEMISTRY.-PART I. The Board of Examiners. N.B.-Candidates are instructed to give equations for chemical changes, and to supplement these equations verbally, e.g., as to the conditions under which the change occurs, the characters of the products, &c. 1. Give a full account of the changes which take place when oxygen is prepared from pure potassium chlorate. Calculate (a) the weight of oxygen, (b) its volume at 25° C. and 1,000 m.m. of mercury pressure, obtainable from 1 kilogramme of the salt. 2. State the laws of definite and multiple proportions; and add a short explanation of each, with examples. 3. Indicate and exemplify a classification of the elements based on the characters of their sulphides. 4. Explain and exemplify the terms normal salt, acid salt, and basic salt. 5. Give an account of the behaviour of ammonium salts when heated, and show how the nature of the acid radicle determines the character of the change. 6. What are organic amines? How may they be obtained? Give a few examples. 7. What is the chemical nature of animal fats? Explain the process of saponification. 8. Give an account of arsenic, indicating its chief analogies with other elements. 9. Explain the action of aqua regia on gold and platinum, and describe the resulting products. 10. Explain fully what is meant when one speaks of the alums. CHEMISTRY, PART I.-LABORATORY WORK. The Board of Examiners. Analyse qualitatively each of the substances marked respectively A, B, C, and submit a full written report of your experiments and results. N.B.-No credit will be given for correct results unless supported by full and satisfactory evidence of the work done. MATERIA MEDICA, MEDICAL BOTANY, AND ELEMENTARY THERAPEUTICS. The Board of Examiners. 1. What are Suppositories, and how are they prepared? Give a list of the officinal suppositories, with their strength. 2. Give an account of the officinal compounds of Bismuth, with their preparations, doses, and uses. 3. From what source is Creasote obtained? Describe its most important physical and chemical characters, its officinal preparations, and its therapeutic uses. 4. Give an account of the vegetable Anthelmintics recognised by the British Pharmacopoeia, stating their source, composition, preparations, special uses, and modes of administration. 5. Erythroxylon Coca. State what you know as to its source, composition, preparations, actions, and uses. N.B.-Officinal names must be written in full. THERAPEUTICS, DIETETICS, AND HYGIENE. PAPER I. The Board of Examiners. 1. Give the preparations, doses, and uses of Arsenic, Copaiba, Guiacum, Scilla, Salicylic Acid, Ipecacuanha. 2. Describe the mode of action of Belladonna, Senega, Podophyllin. 3. Discuss the different varieties of Baths and their uses. |