examining boards appointed for the purpose, nor until he has filed duplicate certificates signed by a majority of said examining board, stating that they have found him qualified to practice either medicine or midwifery, nor until he has filed duplicate statements subscribed and sworn to by him upon blanks furnished, giving his name, age, place of birth and present residence, stating of what medical college he is a graduate, and the date of said graduation, together with such other information as shall be required. No person shall be eligible to said examination until he presents to the board, by whom he shall be examined, satisfactory evidence that he has received a diploma from some legally incorporated and reputable medical college and complied with the requirements of the law concerning preliminary education. Any person passing such examination and filing said certificates and statement shall receive from the State Board of Health, upon payment of two dollars, a certificate of registration, which shall state that the person named has been found qualified so to practice. He shall be registered in the town wherein he resides or the town nearest thereto-but shall be entitled to practice anywhere in this State without further registration. RULES FOR CONDUCTING EXAMINATIONS. First, Help of every kind must be removed from the reach and sight of the candidate. Any candidate detected trying to give or obtain aid may be instantly dismissed from the room, and his or her paper for the entire work canceled. Second, Questions must be given out and answers collected punctually at the time specified for that section. Third, If the candidate withdraws himself or herself without permission from the sight of the examiner, his or her examination shall be closed. Fourth, Pens, blotters, paper or blank books and ink will be supplied by the Secretary. No separate papers can be accepted unless thus supplied. Fifth, The examination shall continue two days, the session of the first day being from nine-thirty to eleven, eleven to one, two to four, four to six, respectively; the session of the second day being the same, but closing at four-thirty instead of six o'clock. I. EXAMINATIONS IN MIDWIFERY. Examinations in Midwifery will be held on the second Tuesday of March, July and November at the same time and place as for General Practice, and under the same rules and requirements. 2. Applicants to practice Midwifery will be examined in Midwifery only and must obtain a marking of 75 per cent. 3. Examinations will be in writing; but may be taken in the language of the applicant, the applicant to furnish and pay an interpreter acceptable to the Board. 4. The examination fee will be $10.00 and is payable at the time of taking the examination. 5. All applicants must be graduates of some reputable college or school of Midwifery and must present her diploma for inspection at the opening of the session. A photograph is also required. EXAMINATION QUESTIONS, NOVEMBER 12-13, 1912. (Two hours.) PHYSIOLOGY. I. Define systolic, diastolic and mean arterial pressure. What is an approximate, normal adult pressure and how is it ascertained? 2. Leucocytes; (a) number, normally; (b) important conditions affecting the number; (c) classification of varieties; (d) functions. 3. Describe the different coats of the eye and give functions of each. Define myopia, hypermetropia and astigmatism; state the causes of each. 4. State the origin, production and uses of lymph. 5. (a) What purpose is served by the arrangement of valves in veins, and where are they most abundantly placed? (b) Where absent and why? 6. State the physiological functions of the kidneys; (a) give physical appearance, composition and amount of normal urine; (b) how determine the amount of urea excreted in 24 hours? 7. Discuss the distribution and function of the recurrent laryngeal nerve. 8. What causes and sustains the tonicity of the heart muscle? 9. What are carbohydrate foods, and, in the human economy, what are the uses of the same? 10. Briefly discuss stammering speech; what part of the nervous system is involved? ANATOMY. (One and one-half hours.) 1. Give the origin and insertion of the following muscles:biceps (flexor cubiti), triceps, tibialis, anticus, rectus abdominis, levator ani (female subject). 2. Give the position of the facial nerve in relation to the parotid gland. 3. Describe the fissure of Rolando. Show diagrammatically the "motor area" on the lateral surface of the brain, plotting roughly the center for the toes, ankle, knee, hip, trunk, shoulder, elbow, wrist, fingers, mouth, tongue, larynx. 5. Give the origin and course of the middle meningeal artery. 6. (a) Give the nerve supply of the palmar interossei. (b) Give the action produced by the palmar interossei. 7. Show diagrammatically the formation of the deep and superficial palmar arches, naming the arteries and showing by sketch how far down the hand arch extends. 8. Discuss the course of the ulnar nerve in the arm and forearm and give the names of the muscles to which it is supplied. 9. Give the boundaries and contents of the popliteal space. Describe the bladder in the male. IO. II. Describe the prostate. (Two hours.) I. SURGERY. 1. You will be requested to take the blood pressure of a patient with a Janeway's sphygmomanometer, record the same on the first page of your paper, and explain why a frequent blood pressure record would be desired in (a) removal of a thyroid; (b) general chloroform anæsthesia. 2. Describe in full detail the pathology, diagnosis and treatment of non-impacted fracture of the neck of the femur (collum femoris). 3. Describe the microscopical and gross pathology of scirrus carcinoma of breast. 4. Describe in full detail the operation you prefer for complete amputation of the cancerous breast. 5. Give the symptoms of obstruction of the common bile duct and exact directions for the surgical relief of the same. 6. Name the symptoms and signs which would cause you to trephine the skull immediately. 7. Give the history, symptoms (in order) and physical signs of typical appendicitis before rupture. 8. Give history, symptoms (in order) and physical signs of peritonitis arising from a pus tube on the right side. 9. Define and differentiate hernia in scrotum from hydrocele and varicocele. IO. Describe fully a supra-pubic cystotomy for stone in the bladder. (Two hours.) OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. I. (a) Give the positive signs of pregnancy. (b) When are they detected? (c) Name two signs and two symptoms of presumptive evidence of pregnancy. 2. Describe the structure of the placenta at full term. 3. Give the mechanism by which the ovum gains access to the tube after escaping from the ruptured follicle. 4. (a) In bimanual examination should one normally feel a hard ovary in any of the four fornices of the vagina? (b) If a mass is felt in either of the lateral fornices, what could it be? (c) What might a hard body in the posterior fornix be? 5. Describe briefly: (a) Fibrous polypi. (b) Mucous polypi. (c) What are the pedunculated Nabothian follicles? 6. (a) What is threatened abortion? (b) What is inevitable abortion? (c) What is incomplete abortion? (d) What is complete abortion? (e) Treatment of inevitable abortion. 7. (a) State the bacterial theory of eclampsia. (b) The autointoxication theory. (c) Your treatment when it occurs at full term. 8. (a) How do you recognize brow presentation? (b) What treatment do you advise? 9. (a) Give the blood changes in pregnancy. (b) What purposes do these changes conserve? IO. (a) Name five organisms that have been found to cause puerperal infection. (b) Give symptoms and treatment of sapraemia. HYGIENE AND MEDICAL CHEMISTRY. (One and one-half hours.) I and 2. plague. 3 and 4. 5 and 6. Discuss thoroughly the prophylaxis of bubonic Discuss thoroughly the prophylaxis of typhoid fever. 7. What precautions should be observed by soldiers on the march to keep their feet in condition? 8. Describe the "Cameron Septic Tank." 9. (a) For what reason is "high pressure" steam sterilization superior to "low pressure" steam sterilization? (b) What is a simple means of projecting the sun's light into a room where there is a high, close confronting wall? (c) The advantages of the Welsbach light over the ordinary gas burner? (d) The advantages of incandescent lighting over gas or oil? (e) What is the composition of air by volume? 10. (a) Give Von Jaksch's test for the presence in the urine of diacetic acid. (b) What are the essentials for an accurate Fehlings test for sugar in the urine? MATERIA MEDICA AND THERAPEUTICS. (Two hours.) 1. Define Materia Medica. What is the official standard and how compiled? Define Therapeutics. What relation has the “official standard" to Therapeutics? Define tincture, extract, ointment; illustrate each. |