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been engaged in acquiring a knowledge of Mechanical Dentistry
under a practitioner registered under the Dentists Act.*
2. Candidates must have attended the following curriculum:
Anatomy, one winter session; Anatomy of Head and Neck, not
less than twenty lecturesf; Dissection, nine months; Physiology,
one course of six months; Chemistry, one course, six months;
Practical Chemistry, with Metallurgy, one course, three months;
Surgery, one course, six months; Medicine, one course, six
months; Materia Medica, one course, three months; attendance
at a recognized surgical hospital, with Clinical Instruction, not
less than six months. Also the following courses, special to
dentistry: Dental Anatomy and Physiology, Human and Com-

parative, not less than twenty-four lectures; Dental Surgery, not
less than twenty lectures; Metallurgy, not less than twelve lec-
tures; Mechanical Dentistry, not less than twelve lectures or
demonstrations; attendance for two years on a recognized Dental
hospital, or the dental department of a recognized general hos-
pital.
3. The examination shall be conducted at two sittings. At
the first of these the subjects shall be Anatomy, Physiology, and
Chemistry (with Metallurgy). At the second the subjects shall
be Surgery, Medicine (with Materia Medica), and the subjects
special to dentistry, viz.: Dental Anatomy and Physiology, Dental
Surgery and Pathology, and Dental Mechanics.
4. The examination shall be conducted both by written
papers and oral questions. Preparations, casts, instruments,
drawings, etc., may be employed at the discretion of the exam-
iners. Candidates are also tested in manipulative skill by an ex-,
amination in a dental hospital.
The fee for the dental diploma shall be ten guineas, four
5.
guineas being deposited with the Secretary on entering for the
first part of the examination, and six guineas on entering for the
second part.
6. Unsuccessful candidates are remitted to their studies for
not less than six months.
In the case of a candidate being unsuccessful at the first
7.
part of the examination, the sum of two guineas of the fee depos-
*The three years' instruction in Mechanical Dentistry may be taken either before or after
registration as a student; but no year of such mechanical instruction shall be counted as one
of the four years of professional study unless taken after registration. One year's appren-
ticeship after registration may be counted as one of the four years of professional study.
f Or, as an alternative, a second course of Anatomy.