3. Give the symptoms, physical signs and treatment of alcoholic (portal) cirrhosis of the liver, and state briefly the differences between it and the hypertrophic biliary type of cirrhosis.

4.-(a) In a case of motor paralysis, state what points would guide you in deciding whether the lesion affected the upper or the lower motor neurone give examples of each.

(b) Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis. Discuss the aetiology and mode of spread, and give the main symptoms and physical signs, course and treatment.

N.B.-The answers to questions 1 and 2, and to questions 3 and 4, are to be written in separate books.

SURGERY.

1.-State briefly the cause, symptoms, and treatment of Tetanus.

2.-Mention the early symptoms met with in a child suffering from acute Intussusception. Why is it important to recognise them? State shortly the treatment you would adopt for such a condition.

3. Give a brief description of the varieties, clinical characters, diagnosis, and treatment of sarcoma of bone.

4.-How would you treat (a) an anal fissure, (b) bony anchylosis with flexion of the knee after tumor albus, (c) secondary hæmorrhage from a bullet wound of the radial side of the wrist, (d) acute gastrectasis, (e) persistent sinus after an operation for appendicitis?

MIDWIFERY.

(Time-Three Hours.)

1.-The Induction of Abortion.

In what conditions is this operation justified? How may it safely be performed in the earlier months of pregnancy? 2. Give the prognosis and treatment of :

(a) Prolapse of the cord.

(b) Cystic degeneration of the ovum.

(c) Congenital lues.

(d) Facial paralysis (post partum).

3.-Bipolar Version.

(a) What are the conditions essential to its safe performance? (b) Describe the steps of the operation.

4.-Discuss the causation and treatment of prolapse of the

uterus.

5.-(a) A primipara with mitral stenosis and some loss of compensation is in labour. State how you would manage each stage of the labour. When is the most dangerous time?

Or, (b) A multiparous woman has a sudden discharge of blood from the vagina early in the eighth month of pregnancy: when seen the bleeding, which was small in amount, has stopped. On examination the os is found to admit a finger readily, and to be soft and dilatable: the edge of the placenta can be felt to just reach the margin of the os: the membranes are unruptured, and labour has not begun. Give in detail the treatment of this case.

DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC HEALTH.

PHYSICS, ENGINEERING AND METEOROLOGY.

(Time-Three Hours.)

1.-Discuss the possible methods for the satisfactory ventilation of a school.

2. Describe in detail two methods for the purification of water on a large scale, as for a town.

3.-Describe the arrangements you would recommend in the construction of a slaughter-house for a large town.

4. What methods would you suggest for dealing with the effluvia in the manufacture of fish manure?

5.

What methods are in use for the continuous registration of (a) rainfall, (b) atmospheric temperature. State what you know regarding the rainfall within the British Isles, and the causes of variations between different localities.

6.

Discuss the causation of cloud and fog.

(Any FIVE questions to be answered.)

CHEMISTRY, MICROSCOPY, AND BACTERIOLOGY. (Time-Three Hours.)

1.-Analyses of two samples of milk gave the following figures (1) Fat 2.3 per cent., non-fatty solids 8.3; (2) Fat 2.6, non-fatty solids 8.2.

Mention the sophistications, if any, and calculate their amount in the two samples.

2.-Describe in detail the method to be followed in determining the purity of rag-flock under the Rag Flock Act.

3.-State some of the standards that have been proposed in connection with sewage effluents, and discuss the practical importance of these standards.

How is it em

4. What is the "Antigen Reaction"? ployed in (a) the diagnosis of disease, and (b) to identify bacteria.

5.-How would you proceed in the attempt to detect a carrier of the meningococcus? Indicate the difficulties which must be surmounted before a bacteriological diagnosis can be made.

6. How would you proceed in the bacteriological examintion of a suspected water? Indicate the principal organisms you would be on the outlook for, and the points by which they may be identified.

(Any FIVE questions to be answered.)

SANITARY LAW AND VITAL STATISTICS.

(Time-Three Hours.)

1. What are the Offensive Trades that Local Authorities have power to deal with under the Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1897, and what are these powers?

2. What are the principal provisions relating to Bakehouses in the Factory and Workshop Acts?

3. What are the chief provisions of the Acts relating to Margarine and Margarine Cheese?

4.-State what you know in regard to the periodicity of the more common zymotic diseases in this country.

5. What corrections must be made in the crude death-rates of different places in order to make them comparable?

6.-State what you know regarding variations in the progress of the birth-rate in different countries in recent times.

(Any FIVE questions to be answered.)

GENERAL HYGIENE.

(Time-Three Hours.)

1. What diseases are most likely to occur in epidemic form among troops engaged in war, and what precautions would you suggest against such diseases?

2.-Discuss the dieting of troops of active service.

3.-Describe briefly four parasitic diseases that can be communicated from animals to man.

4. What are the principal causes of Summer Diarrhoea and how may this disease be mitigated or prevented?

5.-Discuss the relation of defective drains and dampness of house and soil to Enteric Fever and Diphtheria.

6. What is meant by Anaphylaxis, and what is its importance? How is the condition explained?

(Any FIVE questions to be answered.)

SCIENCE.

FINAL B.Sc. EXAMINATION.

BOTANY.

FIRST PAPER.

1.-Discuss the floral structures exhibited by the genera of Ranunculaceæ native or commonly cultivated in Britain, pointing out how these structures are related to the methods of pollination.

2.-Name the sub-families of Rosacea, and briefly define the types of flower and fruit met with among those native or cultivated in Scotland, and indicate the methods of dispersal of the seeds in the forms noted.

3.-Discuss the types of symbiosis and of parasitism exhibited by British Angiosperms, naming plants as examples.

4. What is a seed? Explain its usual development and the homologies of its parts. State what you know regarding the development of the habit of producing seeds and of its influence on progress in evolution.

5.-Indicate the chief services to botanical science rendered by Malpighi and A. L. de Jussieu.

6. The following numbers of sepals were observed in 1813 flowers of Lepidium Draba. Find the type and degree of variability of the sepals:

7.-Describe the relation of light and of heat to photosynthesis.

NOTE. FIVE of the above questions, but not more, must be answered. Value will be allowed for useful sketches.

If No. 6 is answered, it should be on a separate sheet.

BOTANY.

SECOND PAPER.

1.-Give some account of the appearance of oogamy among Green Algae, and discuss the advantages of this method of reproduction.

2.-Describe the habitat, characteristic appearance and life history of any Ascomycete.

3. In what particulars do you consider that Liverworts have become specially adapted to life on land?

4.-Write an account of the stelar anatomy in any one group of Ferns.