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and electrolysis ; the conditions which determine and influence them and the 

 attendant phenomena. 



The whole to be treated in an elementary manner. 



Tersely worded as it is, this is infinitely superior to the 

 medical scheme as a statement ; but it is essentially the same 

 scheme ; not essentially different from the latter. The fusion 

 of organic with inorganic chemistry, which Dr. Wade speaks 

 of as having been tried with disastrous results, is treated, 

 it will be noticed, as an accomplished fact. 



Passing to the second year's course, we have the following : — 



The Curriculum in Organic Chemistry shall consist of not less than sixty 

 Lectures and sixty hours' Practical Work in the course of an Academic Year. 

 The Syllabus is as follows : 



I. For Lectures 



1. Purification of solids and liquids. 



2. Analysis of organic compounds. Estimation of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, 

 sulphur, phosphorus and the halogens. 



3. Empirical and molecular formulge. Determination of molecular weights. 

 Students will be expected to know the general properties of the following 



groups of compounds, illustrated in each case by reference to a few of its more 



important members : 



Aliphatic Scries 



Paraffins (especially methane and ethane). 

 Unsaturated hydrocarbons (especially ethylene and acetylene). 

 The different classes of alcohols and their derivatives (with special reference to 

 methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol, glycerol and mannitol). 



Aldehydes (with special reference to formaldehyde, acetaldehyde and chloral 

 hydrate). 



Ketones (with special reference to acetone). 



Acids (with special reference to formic, acetic, lactic, oxalic, succinic, malic, 

 tartaric and citric acids). 



The preparation and properties of the following derivatives of acetic acid :. 

 acetyl chloride, acetic anhydride and acetamide. 



Simple ethers (with special reference to ethyl ether). 

 Esters (with special reference to ethyl acetate and saponification). 

 Amines. Amido-acids. Glycocoll. 



Carbohydrates. Sugars (and more especially glucose, fructose, lactose,, 

 maltose and cane-sugar). Starches. Glucosides. 

 Cyanides. Urea. Uric acid. 



Aromatic Series. 

 Hydrocarbons : benzene, toluene and their simple derivatives. 

 Sulphonic acids. 



Phenols (with special reference to phenol, catechol, hydroquinone and 

 resorcinol). 



Benzyl alcohol. Benzaldehyde. 



Acids. Benzoic acid. Salicylic acid. 



Pyridine. 



(N.B.— The whole subject will be treated in an elementary manner.) 



