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63.02.00a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Examination Paper, University of Melbourne, 1863-02 [63.02.00a]. 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/1860-9/1863/63-02-00a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Univeristy of Melbourne calendar, 1863-1864 , pp. ccv-ccvi. The examinations were held in February Term.
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF MEDICINE AND DOCTOR OF MEDICINE UNDER THE SPECIAL REGULATIONS.
MEDICAL BOTANY, MATERIA MEDICA, THERAPEUTICS, AND WRITING PRESCRIPTIONS WITHOUT ABBREVIATIONS.
(Richard Eades, A.M. and M.B., and Ferdinand F. Mueller, M.D. and Ph.D.)
I. —1. What are the distincive characters of the natural order of
Cucurbitaceae

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2. Enumerate the principal medicinal plants of the order of
Labiatae

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3. Describe the differences of the stems of dicotyledonous, monocotyledonous, and acotyledonous plants.
4. What is the botanical name of the plant yielding the Calumbo root, what its native country, its prominent medicinal principle and therapeutic value.
5. Explain the distinctive characters of
Convolvulaceae

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, and enumerate the principal medicinal plants of the order.
II. —1. Describe the characteristic action on the system of opium, aconite, and belladonna.
2. Describe the symptoms of an overdose of hydrocyanic acid, which would cause death in, say, from twenty to thirty minutes.
3. What are the principal foetid gum resins? Describe their action on the system.
4. Describe the difference in the physiological action of potash and chalybeates.
5. What are the simple bitter tonics, the astringent tonics, and the aromatic tonics?
PRESCRIPTION.
Write in Latin without contractions a purgative medicine, and an antiphlogistic mixture in the first stage of pleuritis.