3. What is the peculiar pulse of aortic valve disease? 4. What is the peculiar pulse of mitral valve disease?

5. Is an intermittent pulse a constant sign of any cardiac lesion? 6. What ingesta cause an irregular pulse?

7. What secretions produce the greatest amount of mischief by their retention in the system?

8. What is the mechanism of the dropsy in Cirrhosis of the liver?

9. Explain the mechanism of the hemorrhage that so frequently occurs in Cirrhosis of the liver, and which is so often its fatal termination.

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE.

PROFESSOR BRADY.

1. Describe the symptoms that precede the state of insensibility produced by prolonged exposure to severe cold, and the mode of treatment you would employ for the reanimation of the patient.

2. State the chief characters that indicate the age of the child about the ninth month of intra-uterine life.

3. The physiological action of poisons may be modified by a variety of causes; enumerate the most important of those modifying influences, and give examples of their operation.

4. Give a brief account of the symptoms resulting from the slow introduction of lead into the system, by drinking water contaminated with the poison; and state in what form the metal exists in the water, and in what manner it may be detected.

5. Describe a process for the detection of opium in organic mixtures.

MIDWIFERY.

PROFESSOR CHURCHILL.

1. Enumerate the signs of early and late gestation, and state their relative values.

2. State the differential diagnosis between pregnancy and ovarian dropsy.

3. How do you treat the hemorrhage preceding or accompanying abortion?

4. Mention the treatment of placenta prævia before labour sets in. 5. State the terminations of infantile remittent fever.

CHEMISTRY.

DR. APJOHN.

1. Describe the cylinder electric machine, and the manner of arranging it, so that upon rotation it will yield a continuous supply of positive

electricity. Explain also the manner in which the prime conductor acquires its positive charge.

2. What are the theoretic views of Franklin and Dufay on the subject of electricity, and what defect in Franklin's theory was pointed out by Epinus?

3. In what case will the current afforded by a single cell be as energetic as that yielded by a battery ?

4. Explain the different methods at present in use for estimating the relative energies of electric currents.

5. Write the formula of tartaric acid; state how a solution of it may be distinguished from one of citric or oxalic acid; and detail the processes by which the tartaric acid of the acid tartrate of potash may be converted into tartrate of lime.

6. If a half ounce of lemon-juice is just capable of saturating thirtytwo grains of crystallized carbonate of soda, how many grains of citric acid must it include?

7. Why is the iodine of a solution of iodide of potassium not entirely thrown down by sulphate of copper, and how would you render its precipitation complete ?

8. Mention the colour-tests for bile, and those constituents of it on which the action of each depends.

9. What is the name, and what the formula, of the copulated acid discovered by Liebig in human urine? How may it be prepared from the urine of the cow, and what are the proximate principles into which it is resolved upon being boiled with muriatic acid?

10. Describe and explain Liebig's method for determining quantitatively the amount of urea in urine.

11. How is valerianic acid artificially made, and how is butyrate to be distinguished from valerianate of zinc ?

12. Describe and explain the several steps of the process for preparing pure chloroform; write its formula; and point out how it may be obtained as a substitution product, by the action of chlorine on the chloride of methyle.

BOTANY.

DR. HARVEY.

1. By what structural characters may the wood of Coniferæ be known from ordinary exogenous wood?

2. What is the common arrangement of the cells of parenchyma in a leaf? and what purpose is particularly served by this arrangement?

3. What are ocreaceous-stipules? Name a natural Order in which they occur, and the medicines derived from that Order.

4 Explain the scorpioid-cyme; and state the natural Order of plants of which it is the characteristic inflorescence.

5. How does Colchicum differ from Crocus? Name and contrast the Orders to which they respectively belong.

6. Refer the plants before you to their natural Orders, and write a botanical description of any one of them, according to the following formula:(a) Stem, General character.

(b) Leaves, Arrangement.

Pistil, as to ovary, style, stigma, and placentation.
Fruit, General character, dehiscence, placentation.

Arrangement of embryo in seed.

Reasons for referring a specimen to a particular order; general characteristics of the order, and its geographical distribution.

1. Distinguish between the different provinces of Biblical Criticism and Interpretation, and point out some of their mutual relations.

2. State generally the considerations which lead us to conclude that the original text of the Scriptures has been, in the main, preserved to us in its integrity and purity.

3. There are four sources whence we derive the materials for the textual criticism of the Bible?

4. In the matter of MSS. the criticism of the New Testament stands on a more satisfactory footing than that of the Old?

5. The New Testament MSS. (Greek) fall into two great classes? Earliest known extant MS. of each class?

6. Give the names of the following MSS.: A, B, C, D, E, Z, 34; and state where each of them is at present deposited.

7. Give a brief sketch of the history of A and of B; and state the characteristic peculiarities of C and of D.

8. First printed edition for which B is said to have been collated?

The greater part of this Examination is conducted viva voce.

9. Give some account of Cardinal Mai's edition of B, and an estimate of its critical value.

10. Whence the importance of the Cod. Montfortianus ? Give a brief sketch of this famous controversy.

11. The first printed edition of the New Testament was not the first published? Why?

12. To account for what phenomena was the theory of Recensions invented?

13. What is the view generally held by modern Biblical critics (e. g. Tischendorf) as to the cause of these phenomena ?

14. The historical evidence adduced by the Recensionists in favour of their theory is not sufficient?

15. What did Hug mean by the Kový ekdoos? What MS. exhibits it, according to him? Whence did he transfer that epithet?

16. To what family of MSS. is the Textus Receptus most closely related? 17. State the arguments which have been adduced to prove the superiority of the text of that family over the text of the Alexandrian family. 18. State exactly what the Textus Receptus is, and on what former editions it is based.

19. On what critical principles did Dr. Bentley propose to readjust the text of the New Testament? What modern editor has pursued his method? State your opinion as to the general soundness of these principles.

20. A modern scholar claims to have made a discovery which, were it real, would settle an interesting question in reference to St. Matthew's Gospel?

21. What are the most important ancient Versions of the Old and New Testaments, respectively?

22. The Peschito is of especial value in reference to the Old Testament?

23. State the different theories that have been put forward respecting the Antehieronymian Latin Version ?

24. By what arguments has its African origin been established?

25. What portions of the Vulgate are translations from the original text, and what are not so?

26. When did it come into general use in the Western Church, and, consequently, receive its appellation of Vulgata ?

27. Jerome himself frequently uses the expression "Vulgata Editio;" what did he mean by it?

28. What edition of the Greek Testament did the revisers of our Authorized Version most probably follow ?

29. How many versions of the English Bible had been authorized before the edition of 1611, and which were they?

30. The title of "Douay Bible" is not strictly correct? What are the dates of the publication of the Old and New Testaments, respectively?

31. The present text of the Douay Bible differs widely from that of the original editions; when and by whom were the changes first introduced?

32. Translate and write out in full the following critical note of Tischendorf on the passage John, vii. 53-viii. 11:—

"Om. ABC (in A et C par foliorum quod periit pericopam de adultera non continuisse, certum est), et evgg. mult.; a, f. (1 hab. in mg.); Cop. sah. syr. arm. ar. go. ; etiam om. Amm. et Eus. in Can. ; in G "" no

tatur ad 7, 46, " ad 8. 19. Habent pericop. DF, pl. Cdd min. gr., ap. Hier. C, aeth. sl. sax; agnoscunt Hier. Amb. Aug.

et lat.

DR. LEE.

Write an essay on some one of the following subjects:

1. Discuss Heb. ix. 15-22, both critically and doctrinally.

2.

"Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation: that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man that it should be believed as an Article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation."

3. State in systematic order the various texts of Scripture relating to Baptism and the kindred doctrines; connecting them on the principles laid down in the Prayer Book in the three Baptismal Services, and in the Order of Confirmation.

4. Discuss the controversy between the Church and Presbyterianism.

JUNIOR CLASS.

DR. M'NEECE.

Subject for Composition.

"The Hebrew Prophets, and the place they held in the Mosaic

Economy."

1. Atheism and Pantheism may be regarded as hypotheses to help men out of the difficulties of Theism; state some of these difficulties, and show that the hypotheses in question involve greater difficulties than those which they attempt to solve.

2. Professor Mansel traces the difficulties of Theism to their origin, and proves that they are not peculiar to Religion?

3. To what does the utmost deficiency chargeable against human reason amount, as regards its knowledge of God? Does this affect our religious responsibility?

4. It has been objected by Socinians that men are required by the Church to believe certain doctrines, on peril of damnation, and yet that these doctrines are described by the Church herself as incomprehensible mysteries. How is this answered?