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the Institutes of Medicine; of Materia Medica and Pharmacy; of the 

 Theory and Practice of Medicine; the Botanical Lectures of the Pro- 

 fessor of Natural History and Botany; and a course of Lectures in 

 Natural and Experimental Philosophy. 



3. Each candidate shall signify his intention of graduating to the 

 Dean of the Medical Faculty at least two months before the time of 

 graduation ; after which he shall be examined privately by the Profes- 

 sors of the different branches of Medicine. If remitted to his studies, 

 the Professors shall hold themselves bound not to divulge the same; but 

 if he is judged to be properly qualified, a medical question and case 

 shall then be proposed to him ; the answer and treatment of which he 

 shall submit to the Medical Professors. If these performances are ap- 

 proved, the candidate shall then be admitted to a public examination, 

 before the Trustees, the Provost, Vice-Provost, Professors and students 

 of the College. After which he shall offer to the inspection of each of 

 the Medical Professors a Thesis written in the Latin or English lan- 

 guages (at his own option) on any medical subject. This Thesis, if ap- 

 proved of, is to be printed at the expense of the candidate, and defended 

 from such objections as may be made to it by the Medical Professors, at 

 a commencement, to be held for the purpose of conferring degrees in 

 Medicine on the first Wednesday in June every year. 



Bachelors in Medicine who wish to be admitted to the degree of Doc- 

 tor in Medicine, shall publish and defend a Thesis agreeably to the rules 

 above mentioned. 



The different Medical Lectures shall commence annually on the first 

 Monday in November, the lectures in Natural and Experimental Philoso- 

 phy about the same time, and the lectures on Botany on the first Monday 

 in April. Benjamin Franklin, 



President of the Board of Trustees. 

 William Smith, 

 Provost of the College and Secretary of Board of Trustees. 



On the 8th of June, 1790, the Commencement in the Medical 

 Department of the College took place. Dr. Smith, not forgetting 

 the recent act of restoration, sent the following polite invitation to 

 His Excellency the President and the Supreme Executive Council 

 of Pennsylvania: 



College of Philadelphia, June 7, 1790. 

 His Excellency the President and Supreme Executive Council of the 

 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are requested to honor the College with 

 their company at the Medical Commencement, to be held in the College 

 Hall to-morrow, at 10 o'clock a. m. William Smith, 



Provost of the College. 



