Dec. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3451

Medical Nursing.

1. General description of duties.
2. Observations of sick, and inferences to be drawn from various symptoms.
3. Circulatory system: General symptoms and nursing-management of cardiac cases.
4. Respiratory system: Symptoms and nursing-management of bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia, phthisis-pulmonalis, pleurisy, broncho-pneumonia, pulmonary embolism; sputa.
5. Digestive system: Symptoms and nursing-management of dyspepsia, gastritis, gastric ulcer, colic, peritonitis, ascites, malignant growths; characteristics of vomit; abnormal fæces.
6. Urinary system: Symptoms and nursing-management of renal cases, anasarca, œdema; urine-testing.
7. Nervous system: Symptoms and nursing-management of cerebral meningitis, apoplexy, epilepsy, hemiplegia, paraplegia; general management of cerebral cases, hysteria, neuralgia, neuritis, massage, electricity, treatment for functional cases; Weir-Mitchell treatment.
8. Fevers: Symptoms and nursing-management of cases of enteric fever, measles, whooping-cough, scarlet fever, diphtheria, croup, rheumatic fever.
9. General diseases: Tuberculosis, syphilis, scurvy; skin-diseases—scabies, ringworm, erythema, eczema, acne, herpes, lupus.
10. Nursing of children: Common ailments of—gastro-intestinal catarrh, worms, convulsions, croup, chorea, rickets, &c. Idiosyncrasies of children with regard to drugs—morphia, mercury, &c.
11. Drugs: Classification; term used to distinguish their action—aperients, diaphoretics, hypnotics, &c.; doses of those more commonly used; dosage according to age. Idiosyncrasies of certain patients, &c.
12. Poisons: Symptoms of most common—carbolic, opium, strychnine, mercury, phosphorus, arsenic, atropine, hydrocyanic acid, digitalis.

Surgical Nursing.

1. Bandages and bandaging; padding of splints; application of strapping, plaster; massage; surgical application of electricity.
2. Instruments, names, uses and care of; instruments required for various operations.
3. Inflammation: Definition, description, and termination; causes; treatment.
4. Germ theory: Sepsis and asepsis; personal asepsis; toxins, antitoxins, immunity; phagocytosis; suppuration; abscess; sinus and fistula; gangrene; toxæmia; septicaemia; pyæmia; erysipelas; tetanus.
5. Ulceration; ulcers, varieties and treatment; skin-grafting.
6. Wounds: Definition, process of repair and treatment; burns, scalds—description and treatment.
7. Hæmorrhage: Definition; internal and external; capillary, venous, arterial; hæmophilia and scurvy; constitutional effects of hæmorrhage, and treatment; arterial hæmorrhage—primary, reactionary, secondary; temporary arrest of same; points of compression of the main arteries of the body; venous and capillary hæmorrhage, treatment.
8. Operations: Antiseptics, description; preparation of hands; preparation of patient for operation; preparation of instruments, solutions, swabs, sponges, dressings, ligatures, &c.; preparation of theatre and room which patient is to occupy; duties of nurse during operation.
9. After-treatment of various operations: Nurse’s duties and responsibilities.
10. Fractures: Definition, classification, management; splints, plaster-of-paris, extension apparatus; rupture of muscles and tendons.
11. Injuries to joints; sprains; dislocations; wounds.
12. Surgical emergencies: Pulse; collapse; shock, symptoms and treatment; retention of urine; acute peritonitis; strangulated hernia; head-injuries; insensibility; delirium; acute obstruction to respiration by foreign body or disease.

Elementary Hygiene.

1. Air: Composition; impurities; ventilation, amount required; natural and artificial ventilation of sick-room and hospital ward.
2. Food: Classification of foods; dietaries; preparation and serving of food.