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THE FITZWYGRAM VETERINARY PRIZES. 
horse, sheep, and swine, and describe the best method for their destruc¬ 
tion. 
Questions on Chemistry. 
1. State approximately the composition of the Atmosphere. Say 
whether it is a mechanical mixture or a chemical compound, and give 
the reasons for your answer. 
2. Enumerate the compounds of Hydrogen and Oxygen, give their 
composition by means of symbols, and state how they may be prepared. 
3. Describe shortly the process at present employed in England for 
the preparation of Carbonate of Soda. 
4. Describe the effect of a red heat upon ( a ) Manganese Dioxide, ( b ) 
Sodium Chloride, ( c ) Calcium Carbonate, and (d) Potassium Carbonate. 
5. You are given Ammonium Carbonate, Potassium Nitrate, Sulphuric 
Acid, and Water, how would you prepare Laughing Gas therefrom ? 
6. How would you detect Zinc in presence of Lead and Aluminium? 
7. Describe Dumas’ method for the estimation of Nitrogen in organic 
compounds. 
8. Describe a process for the preparation of Alcohol from inorganic 
substances. 
Questions on Materia Medica. 
1. Enumerate the preparations of Mercury contained in the ‘ British 
Pharmacopoeia.’ Describe the preparation of the Perchloride or Cor¬ 
rosive Sublimate and the Subchloride or Calomel. State the physical 
properties of these two substances and their reactions with lime water. 
2. Name the preparations of Arsenic of the ‘ Pharmacopoeia ’ and 
and state the doses. 
3. Describe Iodine and Iodide of Potassium. How is the latter sub¬ 
stance prepared ? What are its occasional impurities and the mode of 
detecting them ? What are its therapeutic uses, and in what diseases 
and doses would you give it ? 
4. Mention the chief preparations of Opium in the ‘ Pharmacopoeia,’ 
and what is the dose of the Tincture for the Horse, Ox, and Sheep. 
5. Name the plant and order from which Castor Oil is obtained, and 
state the diseases and doses in which you would give it. What other 
plants belong to the order ? State their properties. 
6. Enumerate the plants contained in the natural orders Leguminosm 
and Umbelliferae. State the doses and actions of the most important 
drugs obtained from these two orders. 
7. What are the most important vermifuges, and mention the doses 
which you would give ? 
8. Name the chief purgatives, and state the doses in which they shoud 
be administered. Mention those of mineral and vegetable origin, and 
give a short history of three of the latter, mentioning the name of the 
plant and natural order from which each is obtained. 
Questions in Botany. 
1. Give the leading characters of any two of the following natural 
orders :—Rosaceae, Leguminosse, Cruciferae, Liliaceae. 
2. Refer the following plants to their natural orders:—buttercup, 
daisy, horsetail, dandelion, turnip, oak, ash, fox-glove, bramble, forget- 
me-not, banana, Irish moss. 
3. State briefly what you know of Insectivorous Plants. 
4. Describe the minute structure of a green leaf. 
o. What are the leading differences between Monocotyledons and 
Dicotyledons ? 
