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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY.
Origin of this book - List of the London medical schools,
with the number of students at each-Description of our
course of training-How the profession has been improved
by the exertions of its own members,
CHAPTER II.
OUR LECTURES.
Lecture-theatres-Lectures and lecturers-The "rising man
-The "good man "-The "stick"-" Regretting ”—Dis-
cipline-Synopsis of lectures-Varieties of students-Hats
--First-year men-Class-examinations-Brilliant students
-Student-critics,
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How dissecting affects different men—Arrangement of the dis-
secting-room-How bodies are obtained and prepared for
dissection "Ellis "-" Heath". "Parts"-Dissection-
wounds-The tyro's expectations-" Connective tissue ❞—
Worshippers of Juggernaut-Professor Virchow and Count
Bismark-Dr Grant and Professor Schwann-Appetite after
dissecting Smoking after dissecting-What becomes of
the bodies-The dissecting-room porter-How he injects
bodies,
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CHAPTER IV.
DISSECTING-ROOM OFFICIALS-CURIOSITIES IN ANATOMY.
The "demonstrator of anatomy "-Distinguish him from the
lecturer on anatomy-" Assistant-demonstrators "-" Pro-
sectors"-Impossible to learn anatomy without dissecting
-List of structures-Aliases-Instances of nature's me-
chanics-Pianoforte muscles-Music-stools-How to play
gracefully-Why the ring-finger is so weak-The great
"hippopotamus question- " Ape v. angel "— BODFI-
The "sea-horse" Hippocampus minor "-How to make
a model of the brain-What the cerebellum is not,
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"Stinks"-HS-How to use a blow-pipe-Students at work
in squads-Dirt-Burning the demonstrator-What it is
the fashion to say-Dispensing and pharmacy- These
might be taught at the Pharmaceutical Society's Hall-
Prescriptions-A substitute for "Gregory's powder "-An
after-dinner mixture. Dog Latin "
- Children's enjoy-
ment compared with that of adults-The man who had an
"annual dinner" every week,
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CHAPTER VI.
THE HOSPITAL.
Clinical lectures and instruction-St Vitus's dance-Organisa-
tion of a London hospital staff-Clinical clerks and dressers
Bathos by the chairman-Number of beds in the various
hospitals of London - The Children's Hospital -- Conva-
lescent hospitals-How to dress sick children-The sliding-
scale-The tumult,
CHAPTER VII.
THE WARDS.
Arrangement, description, and diagram of a ward-Christmas
decorations - Beds - Screens-Stamps-Bazaars-Walls-
Floors-"Tommies"-Brackets- Prescription - papers--
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Clothes-box Bracket-chair and bed-table-Sisters of
Mercy v. paid nurses-District visiting-Costume-Nurses'
duties and costume-Wards for patients of a better class—
Proposed alterations for provincial hospitals and dispensa-
ries-Fourth-year men might be unpaid assistant medical
officers,
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CHAPTER VIII.
OUR OUT-PATIENTS-HOSPITAL ABUSES AND HOSPITAL REPORTS.
Division of labour by out-patient dressers-By out-patient
clinical clerks Very uninteresting-Muffles and bonnet-
strings-Abuse of hospitals by out-patients-A nut for Mr
Bright to crack-Cause of the abuse, and suggestions for
its remedy-Governors' letters-Out-patients at hospitals
and dispensaries-Annual reports at present mere balance-
sheets, while they might be good statistics,
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Allotment of patients to students-Irish patients-Classifica-
tion of diseases-The visits-" Conservative surgery
Operations-Chloroform-Students' faces at operations-
Captain Grant-Stretchers-Medical cases-Classification of
diseases-Chest and heart sounds-Favourite diseases of
different physicians-"An interesting P.M."-Relatives at
"P.M.'s”—Rokitansky of Vienna--“ A swell diagnosis
A "broken heart "-A lecturer at home,
CHAPTER X.
MEDICAL STUDENTS' LEISURE HOURS.
Our Medical Society-Amusements-Clergymen's sons-Visits
to the learned societies - Our "ancestors "-The Darwin-
ian theory-Warning to male flirts-Outdoor amusements
-The value of Sunday-Students' politics-London and
Cambridge life contrasted-Resident medical officers in
hospital-Egyptian students-"Putting his foot in it "-
Nox Utopiana-A student's song,
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CHAPTER XI.
OUR DIPLOMAS, AND HOW WE READ FOR THEM.
Object of medical studies-Dr Latham's and Sir Thomas Wat-
son's lectures-Choice of a hospital-General practitioners
-Anagrams "The College and Hall"-L.R.C.P. versus
L.A. C.-House-surgeoncies to country hospitals-Regula-
tions to be changed, and why Is L.R.C.P. equivalent
to Dr?-Cram-papers-Foreign medical schools,
CHAPTER XII.
THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.
Proposed amalgamation of the Colleges of Physicians and Sur-
geons with the University of London, and why-Alternative
till this can be effected, in order to prevent "Hossing
What a "doctor" should be-Difference between University
College and the University of London-Origin of both
explained "Stinkomalee "The Anti-Jacobin' - In-
goldsby's parody-Origin of King's College - Stormy de-
bates before obtaining the charter for the University-What
it still wants-Parting words,
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