College, relating to Members, and will submit to such penalties as may be lawfully imposed for any neglect or infringement of them; and that you will, to the best of your ability, do all things in the practice of your profession for the honour of the College, and the good of the public." And after he has been admitted, he shall confirm this promise by affixing his name to the same words, previously committed to writing. The President, addressing the person to be admitted, and taking him by the hand, shall say-"I, A. B., President, do admit you a Member of this College." XXII. Every Member, at the time of his admission, shall have Letters Testimonial under the Seal of the Corporation in this form: A. B., SCIANT OMNES, NOS Præsidentem Collegii Regalis Medicorum Londinensis, unà cum Censoribus, examinâsse et approbâsse ornatissimum virum, C. D., [in florentissima Academia. ·Medicine Doctorem:] et cum consensu Sociorum ejusdem Collegii, auctoritate nobis a Domino Rege et Parliamento commissá, ei concessisse has Literas Testimoniales. In cujus rei fidem et testimonium, adjectis Censorum et Registrarii chirographis, sigillum nostrum commune præsentibus apponi fecimus. Datis ex ædibus Collegii die· mensis anno Domini millesimo octingentesimo · Censoribus, Registrario, N.B.-This document shall be signed by the Member with his usual signature, and by the Registrar, with the following words :-"I certify that C. D., to whom these Letters Testimonial have been granted by the College, and whose Signature is subjoined, has been duly admitted a Member of the College." Registrar. XXIII. The Fee to be paid for admission as a Member of the College shall be Thirty Guineas. XXIV. The College List shall be considered as containing a correct list of all Fellows, Members, Extra-urbem Licentiates, and Licentiates of the College, and it shall be incumbent on each one to ascertain that his name and residence are correctly entered thereon. XXV. Every official letter or notice which shall be sent by the Registrar or Bedell to any Fellow, Member, Extra-urbem Licentiate, or Licentiate of the College, addressed to him by his name, at his place of residence as entered on the College List, shall be considered to have reached him, and he shall be deemed to have sufficient notice of the contents of such letter or notice, and shall be bound and concluded thereby. OF THE DUTIES AND CONDUCT OF FELLOWS, MEMBERS, AND LICENTIATES ; AND THE PENALTIES FOR NEGLECT OR INFRINGEMENT OF THE STATUTES, BYE-LAWS, OR REGULATIONS. No Fellow of the College shall be entitled to sue for professional aid rendered by him. (This Bye-Law is made pursuant to the 21st & 22nd Vict., c. 90, and does not extend to Members.) No Fellow of the College shall divulge any of the proceedings of the Meeting held for the election of Censors, or other College Officers; or of Fellows or Members of the College; or of any Meeting, the proceedings of which he shall be required by the President to keep secret. No Fellow of the College shall leave a Meeting (except by permission of the President), until the President shall have declared such Meeting to be dissolved. No Fellow or Member of the College shall officiously, or under colour of a benevolent purpose, offer medical aid to, or prescribe for, any patient whom he knows to be under the care of another legally qualified Medical Practitioner. Every Fellow or Member of the College, in prescribing for a patient, shall write on his prescription the date thereof, the name of the patient, and the initial letters of his own name. If two or more Physicians, Fellows or Members of the College, be called in consultation, they shall confer together with the utmost forbearance, and no one of them shall prescribe, or even suggest, in the presence of the patient, or the patient's attendants, any opinion as to what ought to be done, before the method of treatment has been determined by the consultation of himself and his colleagues; and the Physician first called to a patient shall, unless he decline doing so, write the prescription for the medicines agreed upon, and shall sign the initials of the Physician or Physicians called in consultation, he placing his own initials the last. If any difference of opinion should arise, the greatest moderation and forbearance shall be observed, and the fact of such difference of opinion shall be communicated to the patient or the attendants by the Physician who was first in attendance, in order that it may distress the patient and his friends as little as possible. No Fellow or Member of the College shall be engaged in trade; or dispense medicines, or make any engagement with a Chemist, or any other person, for the supply of medicines; or practise Medicine or Surgery in partnership, by deed or otherwise. No Fellow, Member, or Licentiate of the College shall refuse to make known, when required by the President and Censors, the nature and composition of any remedy he uses. No Fellow, Member, or Licentiate of the College shall assume the title of Doctor of Medicine, or use any other name, title, designation, or distinction implying that he is a Graduate in Medicine of a University, unless he be a Graduate in Medicine of a University. Licentiates of this College shall not compound or dispense medicines, except for patients under their own care. No Licentiate of this College shall, by virtue of his Licence, represent himself as being a Fellow or Member of a College of Physicians. If it shall at any time hereafter appear, or be made known to the President and Censors, that any Fellow or Member of the College has obtained admission into the College, or that any Licentiate of the College has obtained the Licence of the College, by fraud, false statement, or imposition, or that any Fellow, Member, or Licentiate has been guilty of any great crime or public immorality, or has acted in any respect in a dishonourable or unprofessional manner, or has violated any Statute, Bye-Law, or Regulation of the College relating to Fellows, Members, or Licentiates, as the case may be, the President and Censors may call the Fellow, Member, or Licentiate so offending before the Censors' Board, and having investigated the case, may admonish, or reprimand, or inflict a fine not exceeding £10; or, if they deem the case of sufficient importance, may report the case to the College, and thereupon a majority of two-thirds of the Fellows present at a Meeting of the Fellows, which must be specially summoned for that purpose, may declare such Fellow to be no longer a Fellow, or a Member of the College, as the College shall determine; or such Member to be no longer a Member of the College; or such Licentiate to be no longer a Licentiate, and his Licence shall be revoked and withdrawn; and such Fellow, Member, or Licentiate shall forfeit all the rights and privileges which he does or may enjoy as a Fellow, or as a Member, or as a Licentiate, as the case may be; and his name shall be expunged from the list of Fellows, or from the list of Members, or from the list of Licentiates, as the case may be, accordingly. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON. [1867.] BYE-LAWS AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE EXAMINATION FOR THE MEMBERSHIP. Every candidate for the Membership of the College (except such as shall be admissible under the provisions of Sections XV. and XVI. of the Bye-Laws) will be required to pass the following Examinations: The FIRST EXAMINATION, on ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY, will be conducted on successive days, as follows:: On the First day: Evening, from Seven to Ten, by written questions. On the Second day: Evening, commencing at Seven o'clock, vivâ voce, on DISSECTIONS and PREPARATIONS. The SECOND EXAMINATION will be conducted on successive days, as follows: On the First day: Evening, from Seven to Ten, by written questions on SURGICAL On the Second day: Morning-The candidate's practical knowledge will be tested, This Examination will be conducted partly by written Evening, commencing at Seven o'clock, by written questions on The THIRD or PASS EXAMINATION will be conducted on successive days, as follows: On the First day: Afternoon, from Two to Six, by written questions on MEDICAL On the Second day: Afternoon, from Two to Six, by written questions on THE On the Third day: The candidate's practical knowledge will be tested, either at the On the Fourth day: Afternoon, commencing at Three o'clock, viva voce, on MEDICAL [The Regulations in italics apply to candidates who commenced their Professional Education in the United Kingdom on or after October 1st, 1865; and to candidates who commenced their Professional Education at a recognized Foreign or Colonial School on or after October 1st, 1866.] Examination of Candidates for the Membership of the College will take Candidates will not be admitted to the First Examination until after the termination of the second Winter Session of Professional Study at a recognized Medical School, nor to the Second Examination until after the termination of four years of Professional Study, nor to the Third or Pass Examination until after the completion of the required Course of Professional Study. Any candidate who shall be rejected at the First Examination, will not be re-admitted to Examination until after the lapse of Three months, VOL. VI. B and will be required to produce a Certificate of the performance of Dissections, or other Professional Study satisfactory to the Examiners, during that time. Any candidate who shall be rejected at the Second Examination, will not be re-admitted to Examination until after the lapse of Six months, and will be required to produce a Certificate of Attendance on the Practice of a recognized Hospital during that time, and also of Attendance on Clinical Lectures. Any candidate not approved by the Censors' Board at the Third or Pass Examination, will not (except by special permission of the College) be re-admitted to Examination until after the lapse of a year. : Every candidate must give Fourteen days' notice in writing to the Registrar of the College, of his intention to present himself for Examination, at the same time transmitting the following Certificates:For the Primary Examination.-Evidence of having passed an Arts Examination; of having been duly registered as a Medical Student; and of having completed the second Winter Session of Professional Study at a recognized Medical School. For the Second Examination.— Evidence of having completed four years of Professional Study; of having attained the age of twenty-one years; of Instruction and Proficiency in the Practice of Vaccination; and of having attended not less than twenty labours. For the Pass Examination.-Proof of having attained the age of twenty-five years; a Testimonial from a Fellow or Member of the College; evidence of having completed the required course of Professional Study. Blank Forms of the required Certificates of Attendance on Hospital Practice and on Lectures may be obtained on application at the College. Any candidate who shall produce satisfactory evidence of having passed an Examination on Anatomy and Physiology, conducted by any of the Bodies named in Schedule (A) to the Medical Act, and recognized by the College as requiring a Course of Study and an Examination satisfactory to the College, will be exempt from re-examination on the subjects of the Primary Examination. Any candidate who shall have obtained a Degree in Surgery at a University in the United Kingdom, after a Course of Study and an Examination satisfactory to the College, will be exempt from re-examination on Surgical Anatomy, and on the Principles and Practice of Surgery. Any candidate who shall have passed the Examination on Surgery conducted by the Royal College of Surgeons of England, or the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, or the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, after a Course of Study and an Examination satisfactory to the College, will be exempt from re-examination on Surgical Anatomy, and on the Principles and Practice of Surgery. Any candidate who has already obtained the Degree of Doctor or Bachelor of Medicine at a University in the United Kingdom, wherein the Courses of Study, and the Examinations to be undergone by the Students previously to graduation, shall have been adjudged by the Censors' Board to be entirely satisfactory, shall be exempt (if the Censors shall think fit) from all or any parts of the Examinations herein before described, except such as relate to the Third or Pass Examination; the *Hours of Attendance, from Eleven, A.M. to Four, P.M.; Saturday, from Eleven, A.M. to Two P.M. |