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NATURE 



[Sept. II, 1879 



ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES. 



DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART. 



During the Twenty-nirth Session. 1879-80, which will commence on the 

 1st of October, the followine COURSES of LECl'URES and PRACTI- 

 CAL DEMONSTRATIONS will be given :— 



1. Chemistry. By E. Frankland, Ph.D., F.R.S. 



2. Metallurgy. By John Percy, M.D., F.R.S. 



3. Biology. ByT. H. Huxley, LL.D., F.R.S. 



4. Mineralogy. 1 By Warington W. Smyth, M.A,, F.R.S., 



5. Mining. J Chairman. 



6. Geology. By John W. Judd, F.R.S. 



7. Applied Mechanics. By T. M. Goodeve, M.A. 



8. Physics. By Frederick Guthrie, Ph.D., F.R.S. 



9. Mechanical Drawing. By Rev. J. H. Edgar, M.A. 



The Lecture Fees for Students desirous of becoming Associates are ;^30 

 in one sum, on entrance, or two annual payments of £,10, exclusive of the 

 Laboratories. 



'J'ickets to separate Courses of Lectures are issued at £2 and £^ each. 



Officers in the Queen's Service, Her Majesty's Consuls, Acting Mining 

 Agents and Managers, may obtain Tickets at reduced prices. 



Science "Teachers are also admitted to the Lectures at reduced fees. 



For Particulars (free) or for Official Prospectus (price 6d., by post yii.) 

 apply to the Registrar, Royal School of Mines, Jermyn Street, London, 

 S.W. 



F. v. RUDLER, Registrar. 



ST. BARTHOLOMEWS HOSPITAL 

 AND COLLEGE. 



The WINTER SESSION begins October ist. The Hospital has a 

 service of 710 beds (including 30 at Highgate for convalescents). 



Students can reside within the Hospital walls, subiect to College regu- 

 lations. 



For particulars apply, personally or by letter, to the Warden of the Col- 

 lege, St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Smithfield, E.C. 



A Handbook forwarded on application. 



ST. BARTHOLOMEWS HOSPITAL 

 AND COLLEGE. 



OPEN SCHOLARSHIPS. 



Ihree Open Scholarships will be offered for competition on September 25th. 

 Candidates must be under twenty-five years of age, and not have entered to 

 the medical or surgical practice of any metropolitan medical school. 



Two in Science, of the value of;£i3o(nne limited to Candidates under 

 twenty years of age). Subjects : Boiany, Zoology, Physics, Chemistry. 



One, of the value of /50, in Latin, Mathematics, and French, German, or 

 Greek, at the option of the Candidate, not more than one to be taken by any 

 Candidate. 



For particulars and papers of former examinations apply, personally or 

 by letter, to the Warden of the College, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Smith- 

 field, E-C. 



ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL 

 AND COLLEGE. 



CLASSES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON MATRICULA- 

 TION EXAMINATION. 

 A Class is held from October 8th for the January Examination. Fee 

 ('ncluding all subjects), ;^ 10 los. 



PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC EXAMINATION. 

 A Class in all the subjects of this Examination, including practical work 

 is held from January to July. Fee to Students of the Hosjjital, £,Z Zs. ; to 

 others, ;^io loj. (including chemicals). 



FIRST M.B EXAMINATION. 

 A Class is held from January to July. Fee, £j -js. 

 All these Classes are open to Students of the Hospital and to others. 

 For particulars apply to the Warden of the College of St. Bartholomew's 

 Hospital, Smithfield, E.C. 



UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. 



SESSION i879-«o. 



The SESSION of the Faculties of Medicine, of Arts and Laws, and of 

 Science, will begin on OCTOBER ist. Instruction is provided f jr Women 

 in all subjects taught in the Faculties of Arts and Laws and of Science. 



The School for Boys between the ages of Seven and Sixteen will reopen 

 on September 23rd. 



Prospectuses and Copies of the Regulations relating to the Entrance and 

 other Exhibitions, Scholarships, &c. (value about ;^2,ooo), may be obtained 

 from the College, Gower Street, W.C. . .„,,,, . 



The Examinations for the Entrance Exhibitions will be held on the asth 

 and 26th of September. , , , ., 



The College is close to the Gower Street Station of the Metropolitan 

 Railway. 



TALFOURD ELY, M.A., Secretary. 



DUNHEVED COLLEGE (LIMITED), 



LAUNCESTON, CORNWALL. 

 Seren hours from London. Separate Bkdrooms. Systematic Teachinj 

 in Science, Foreign Languages, and Universitv Courses. 

 Calendar pnct free from 



The Principai.— benjamin RALPH. LL.B. Dub. 



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 Brachionus 

 itrceolnris, with sketch and description. He has also sent out Leptodora 

 hyalina and Hynlodaphnia kahibergensfs, found in another locality, also 

 Lachtularia socialis, Ophrydinm iCssills, riuTnatella re^ens, Volvox 

 globator, &c. 



Weekly announcements will be made in this place of organisms T, B. 

 is lupplymg. 



Specimen Tube, One Shilling, post-free, 



Tiveniy-six Tubes in course of Six Months for Subscription o/ £i is. 



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



Portfolio of Drawings, One Shilling. 



ST, THOMAS'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL 

 SCHOOL. 



ALBERT EMBANKMENT, LONDON, S.E. 



The WINTER SESSION 1879-80 will commence on October ist. 



TWO ENTRANCE SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIPS of ;£6o and £^0, 

 open to all First Years' Students without the condition of their having first 

 entered to the Hospital, will be awarded after an examination in Chemistry 

 and Physics, with either Botany or Zoology at the option of the Candidates, 

 to be held on October 2nd, ^rd, and 4th. Instruction by Special Classes in 

 all the subjects of the PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC EXAMINATION 

 of the University of London, with practical work in the Laboratories and 

 Museums, is given from October to July : and for the ist M.B. EXAMINA- 

 TION from January to July. All the Hospital Appointments are open to 

 the Students without charge. SCHOLARSHIPS and PRIZES to the 

 value of over ^£300 are awarded at the end of the Winter and Summer Exa- 

 minations, as also the following Silver and Gold Medals, &c., viz., tlie 

 " Mead," the " Cheselden," the " Solly," and the " Treasurer's " Medals, 

 and the "Grainger" and " Solly" Prizes. The fees may be paid in one 

 sum or by instalments ; special entries may be made to Lectures or to He s- 

 pital Practice, and Qualified Practitioners are admitted to Perpetual Attend- 

 ance for a small fee. Special arrangements.-are made for Students joining ir» 

 their 2nd or subsequent years, and also for Dental Students. Several Medical 

 Practitioners residing in the neighbourhood receive Students for residence 

 and super\ ision, and a register of inspected and approved lodgings is kept in 

 the Secretary's Office. For Prospectus and all particulars apply to Dr. 

 Gillespie, the Secretary, at the Hospital. 



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



OW^ENS COLLEGE, MANCHESTER. 



Principal-J. G. GREENWOOD, LL.D. 



Dean of the Medical School-PROF. GAMGEE, M.D., F.R.S. 



WINTER SESSION. 



Physiology and Histology— Arthur Gamgee. M.D., F.R.S. 



Anatomy, Descriptive and Practical — Morrison Watson, M.D., 



F.R.S.E. 



Comparative Anatomy— A. Milnes Marshall, M.A., D.Sc. 



Chemi.stry — Henry E. Roscoe, LL.D.. F.R.S. 



Organic Chemistry — C. Schorlemmer. F.R.S. 



Cli.nical Medicine — William Roberts, M.D., F.R.S. 



Principles and Practice of Medicine — J. E Morgan, M.D., M.A. 



Surgery — Edward Lund, F.R.C.S. 



Practical Surgery— Samuel M. Bradley. F.R.C.S. 



General Pathology and Morbid Anatomy.— Henry Simpson, M.D. ; 



Julius Dreschfeld, M.D. 



Hospital InstrI'CTION— The Physicians to the Royal Infirmary; 



the Surgeons to the Royal Infirmary. 



SUMMER SESSION. 

 Practical Physiology and Histology- Arthur Gamgee, M.D., F.R.S. 

 Midwifery and Diseases of Wo.men and Childrrn- John 'Ihorbum, 



M.D. 



Materia Medica and Therapeutics— Alexander Somers, M.R.C.S : 



Daniel John Leech, M.D. 



Hygiene and Public Health— Arthur Ransome, M.D., M.A. 



Medical Jurisprudence— Charles J. Cullingworth. M.R.C.P. & S. 



Practical Morbid Histology— Julius Dreschfeld, M.D. 



Ophthalmology— David Little, M.D. 



Practical Chb.mistry — Henry E. Roscoe, LL.D., F.R.S. 



Botany— W. C. Williamson, F.R.S. 



Demonstrators in Anatomy— Alexander Eraser, M.B. Henry S, 



Branfoit, M.B. 

 Demonstrator and Assistant Lecturer in Biology— Marcus M. 



Hartog, M.A., B.Sc. 

 The Lectures in Anatomy. Physiology, and Chemistry are recognised by 

 the University of Edinburgh, and attendance upon any two of these Courses 

 for six mmthswill count as one of the Winter Sessions required by the 

 University for the M.B. degree. 

 The next Session will commence on the ist October. 

 Prospectuses may be obtained from Mr. Cornish and other booksellers in 

 Manchester, and by application to the Registrar. 



J. HOLME NICHOLSON, Registrar. 



The POST of SENIOR MASTER in PHY- 

 SICAL SCIENCE at Clifton College, Brislol, is VACANT, owing to 

 Dr. Macgregor's acceptance of a Professorsh.p.— Apply to the Head- 

 Master, giving particulars and references. 



