 Therapeutics

Original volume: Examination papers for the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine by the University of Oxford (1864–1867). Open the original paper in the scanned volume, PDF pages 93–93.

Original questions are transcribed from the public-domain edition. Credit: Wellcome Collection; original supplied by Royal College of Physicians, London. Source and public-domain rights statement.

The historical discussions reconstruct defensible reasoning available in December 1867; they are not an official answer key. Each is followed by a present-day correction where the underlying theory or treatment has changed. Clinical descriptions below are hypothetical teaching patterns, not records of actual patients. Historical quantities describe historical practice and are not current prescriptions.