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MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS 



Of iUperlalive perfection, illustrating Histology and every branch of Micro- 

 scopy. Catalogue post free and gratis on application. 



PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION, 1878. 



Pria Medal awarded for Excellence, Variety, dfc. 

 KDMUND WHEELER, 48N, ToUinEton Road. Holloway, London, N. 



LIVING SPECIMENS FOR THE MICROSCOPE. 



THOMAS BOLTON, MICROSCOPIST'S and NATURALIST'S 

 STUDIO. 17, ANN STREET, BIRMINGHAM. 



T. B. has last week posted to his subscribers specimens of a Marine Infu- 

 soria, Kondylostoma patens, with drawing and description. The Entonio- 

 stracon, distributed last week, has been identified by Prof. E. Ray Lankester 

 as the Hyalodaphnia Kahlbergensis of Schodier, a species new to this 

 country. He has also sent out Cristatclla mucedo, Stephanoceros EicJiornii^ 

 Volvox globator {xn the goiden or resting stage), Zoot/iamnium arbuscula, 

 Litnnias ceratophyili, &c. 



Weekly announcements will be made iu thi.s place of organisms T. B. 

 is supplymg. 



Specimen Tube, One Shilling, post-free, 



Twenty-six Tubes in course of Six Mont)is /or Subscription of £\ i*. 



Price List of Specimens on application, with stamped addressed envelope. 



Portfolio op Drawings, One Shilling. 



UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDOiST. 



PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC (M.B.) EXAMINATION OF THE 

 UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. 



The following Classes meet the requirements of Candidates; — 



CHEMISTRY.— Prof Williamson, PtD., F.R.S. Fees for General 

 Course, £,1 7J. ; for Elementary Practical Course, ;C5 5^. 



EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS.— Prof. G. C. Foster, F.R.S. Fee, 

 £(,(,s. 



ZOOLOGY.— Prof. Lankester, M.A, F.R.S. Fee for Practical Class, 



BuTANY AND VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY.— Prof. Oliver, F.R.S., 

 F.L.S. Fee, £■>, 13J. bd. 



Most of the above Courses enter into the ordinary Medical Curriculum, 

 and therefore enta.l no additional expense. 



Piospectuses may be obtained from the College, Gower Street, W.C. 



TALFOURD ELY, M.A., Secretary. 



BRITISH ASSOCIATION, 1879. 



CASTLETON, NEAR SHEFFIELD. 



The district of which Castleton is the centre is one 06 the most romantic 

 in the Peak. The Peveril Castle, the Peak Cavern, the " Shivering Moun- 

 tain," Mam Tor, the Pass of the Winnatts, and many other glens, caverns, 

 ai.d hills, with the ossiferous caves, present varied objects of interest. Mr. 

 John Tym (who is Assistant Curator of the Castleton Museum, the property 

 of Rooke Pennington, Esq.) has a great number of the fossils and minerals 

 from the locahty on sale (including teeth, Ac, o( the pleistocene mammalia), 

 and has also a most extensive collection of geological soecimens from all 

 pans of the world. Members of the Association will find his stock well 

 worth a vibit and his prices very reasonable. 



Catalogues Post-free. 



ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL, ALBERT 

 EMBANKMENT, S.E. 



The WINTER SESSION, 1879-80, will commence on OCTOBER ist. 



TWO ENTRANCE SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIPS of ;£6o and {,^o, 

 OPEN to all First Year's Students, without the condition of their having 

 first entered as Students of the Hospital, will be awarded in the first week of 

 October. Subjects : Chemistry and Physics, with cither Botany or Zoology, 

 at eption. SPECIAL CLASSES for the PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC 

 of University of London, with Practical Work in Laboratories and Museums. 

 we to be held from October to July, and for the 1st M.B. from January to 



Several Medical Practitioners in the neighbourhood receive Students for 

 residence and supervision, and a register of inspected and approved lodgings 

 is kept in the Secretaiy's office. 



Prospectus and all particulars may be obtained from the Secretary, Dr. 

 GiLLSSPiB, at the Hospital. 



W. M. ORD, M.D., Dean. 



GU'V'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL. 



OPEN SCHOLARSHIPS. 



A Scholarship of the value of One Hundred and Twenty-five Guineas will 

 be offered for open competition fin WEDNESDAY, September 25th. Sub- 

 jects of Examination— Classics, Mathematics, and Modern Languages. 



A Second Scholarship also of the value of Une Hundred and Twenty-five 

 Gu.neas wiU be offered fi-.r open competition on tlie same day. Subjects of 

 exammation — Inorganic Chemistry. Physics, Botany, and 7. ology. 



For further particulars apply tj the Dean, Guy's Hospital, S.E. 



OWENS COLLEGE, MANCHESTER 



PRiNcirAL— J. G. GREENWOOD, LL.D. 

 I.— DEPARTMENT OF ARTS, SCIENCE, AND LAW. 



,. , (J. G. GREENWOOD, LL.D. (Camb.), (Fell 



'^""^ \ Univ. Coll., Lond). 



Latin lA. S. WILKINS, M.A. (Camb.), (Fell. Univ. 



Comparative Philology ( Coll., Lond.). 



English Literature \A. W. WARD, LL.D., M.A. (Late Fell. St. 



History J Peter'sCoU, Camb.), 



17 r I, T o„ , •„ !T. NORTHCOTE T()LLER. M.A. (Late Fell. 



English Language \ Christ's Coll., Camb,). 



,, .. .. (THOMAS BARKER, M.A (Late Fell. Trin, 



Mathematics | Coll. Camb.). 



Natural Philosophy IBALFOUR STEWART, LL.D,, F.R.S.. 



Physical Laboratory (THOMAS H. CORE, M.A. 



Civil and Mechanical En-"! 



gineeiing lOSBORNE REYNOLDS, M.A., F.R.S. (Fell. 



Geometrical and Mechan. | Queen's Coll., C^amb,). 



Drawing ) 



Logic, and Mental and) 



Moral Philosophy ^ROBERT ADAMSON, M.A. 



Political Economy ) 



, . , ., lALFRED HOPKINSON, M.A., B.C.I.. 



Jurisprudence and Law....; ^j.,^^^„ p^„ ^^^ j,^,, _ ,)^f„^j) 



Chemistry and Metallurgy.H. E. ROSCOE, LL.D., F.R.S. 



Organic Chemistry C. SCHORLEMMER, F.R.S, 



Animal Physiology and^A. M. MARSHALL, M.A. (Camb.), D.Sc. 

 Zoology i (Lond.), Fell. St. John's Coll., Camb. 



^Botan}' ^.''.''.l°!°f?! f.'.'.'')^^- C- WILLIAMSON, F.R,S. 

 PhysioloCT and Histolo^.ARTHUR GAMGEE, M.D., F.R.S. 

 Geology and Palseomology W, BOYD DAWKINS, MA.. F.R.S. 



Mineralogy CHAS. A. BURGHARDT, Ph.D. 



Oriental Languages T. THEODORES. 



German HERMAN HAGER, Ph.D. 



French J. F. H. LALLEMAND, B.-is-Sc 



Free Hand Drawing WILLIAM WALKER. 



Harmony EDWARD HECHT. 



With Assistant Lecturers and Demonstrators in all the principal subjects. 



II.— DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE. 

 Dean of the Medical School: ARTHUR GAMGEE, M.D., F.R.S. 



WINTER SESSION. 



Physiology and Histology ...ARTHUR GAMGEE, M.D., F.R.S. 



^"praSc'al"^^"''"''^'''^'')'*''^^^'^'^^ WATSON, M.D., F.R.S. E. 



Comparative Anatomy A. M. MARSHALL, M.A., D.Sc. 



Chemistry HENRY E. ROSCOE, LL.D., F.R.S. 



Organic Cnemistry C. SCHORLEMMER, F.R.S. 



Clinical Medicine WM. ROBERTS, M.D., F.R.S. 



Principles and Practice of |j j. MORGAN, M.D., M.A., F.R.C.P. 



Medicine 1 



Surgery _.. EDWARD LUND, F.R.C.S. 



Practical Surgery S. M. BRADLEY, F.R.C.S. 



General Pathology and/HENRY SIMPSON, M.D. 



Morbid Anatjmy tjULIUS DRESCHFELD, M.D. 



(-THE PHYSICIANS TO THE ROYAL 



INFIRMARY. 

 THE SURGEONS TO THE ROYAl. 

 . INFIR.MARY. 



Hospital Instruction 



SUMMER session; 



Practical Physiology andu^.i.HUR GAMGEE, M.D,, F.R.S. 



Histology ) 



Obstetrics JOHN THORBURN, M D. 



Materia Medica andlALEXANDER SOMERS, M.R.C.S. 



Therapeutics (dANIEL JNO, LEECH, M.D. 



Medical Jurisprudence CHAS. J. CULLINGWORTH, M.R.C.P. & ■ 



Hygiene.. ARTHUR RANSOME, M.D., M.A. 



Practical Morbid His-jju^IUS DRESCHFELD, M.D., M.R.C.P. 



OphtMmoiogy ".'.'.'.'.'.'.""'.'."..DAVID LITTLE, M.D. 



Practical Chemistry HENRY E. ROSCOE, F.R.S. 



Botany W. C. WILLIAMSON, F.R.S. 



.... (ALEX. ERASER, M.B., CM. 

 Demonstrators in Anatomyjjj g ran FOOT, MB. 



III.— DEPARTMENT OF EVENING CLASSES. 



Classes conducted by the Professors and Lecturers of the College 3n 

 external Lecturers are held during the Winter Months in nearly all the A;- 

 and Science Subjects. 



The NEXT SESSION will COMMENCE:— In the Arts, Scar, 

 Medica! Departments, on the 7th October ; and in the Evening Classes on t'. 

 13th October. — Candidates for admission must not be under 14 years of ag! 

 th.ise under 16 will be required to pass a preliminary examination in EngliM*; 

 Arithmetic, and Elementary Latin. 



Prospectuses of the several Departments may be obtained from Mr 

 Cornish, Piccadilly, and other Booksellers in Manchester, and at the Collegt 

 J. HOLME NICHOLSON, Registrar. 



