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Ferdinand von Mueller to Examination Paper, University of Melbourne, 1862-02 [62.02.00b]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1860-9/1862/62-02-00b-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

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University of Melbourne calendar, 1862-1863 , pp. clxxxiii-clxxxiv.
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREES OF M.B. AND M.D. UNDER THE SPECIAL REGULATIONS.
FEBRUARY TERM, 1862.
MATERIA MEDICA AND BOTANY.
(EXAMINERS­—RICHARD EALES, M.A. AND M.B., AND FERDINAND MUELLER, PH.D. AND M.D.)
I. — 1. What are the characteristic differences in the escharotic action of SO3 and NO5?
2. What are the physiological effects of dilute SO3, and NO5, and Cl H? Is there any characteristic action peculiar to each? If so, state it.
3. What are the symptoms of poisoning by Cy H?
4. How does Potassa fusa act as an escharotic?
5. Write without abbreviations a Tonic mixture in Anorexia caused by drunkenness?
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II. — 1. In what consist the main distinctions of the natural order
Compositae

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2. Enumerate the principal medicinal plants belonging to the order
Solanaceae

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3. What are the main principles on which the divisions and subdivisions of Jussieu’s natural system of plants are based?
4. Give the botanical name of the plant yielding the true Ipecacuanha root, its native country, and the order of plants to which it belongs?
5. What are the distinctions between a monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plant?