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Philosophy Lectures now given by the Provost, and whose names have never been entered in the College, shall enter the same, and pay the usual Sum of Twenty Shillings matriculation money. 2. Every Student, on taking the Degree of Bachelor of Physic, shall pay not less than One Guinea to each Professor he has studied under in the College from the Time of his entering the Medical Classes and likewise f the usual Fees for the Seal to his Diploma, and for the Increase of the Library. 3. Each Medical Student who shall pay one Dollar for the Use of the Library (exclusive of the Fee at Commencements) shall have his name entered and have the free Use of any books belonging to the Medical Library of the College, during his continuance at the same, and attend- ance of Lectures under the Medical Professors. The fourth and last rule was in fact a request to Dr. Bond to keep alive the connection of the College with the Hospital: 4. Dr Thomas Bond is requested by the Trustees and Professors to continue his Clynical Lectures at the Hospital, as a Branch of Medical Education, judged to be of great Importance and Benefit to the Students. These Lectures Dr. Bond had begun in December, 1766, and his Introductory he submitted to the Managers of the Hospital which they directed to be inserted in the minutes of their Board. Finally the " Birthday of Medical Honors in America" arrived, and on 21 June, 1768, the first Medical Commencement was held. It is recorded that the Trustees being met at half an hour past nine in the forenoon, and the several Professors and Medical Candidates in their proper Habits, pro- ceeded from the Apparatus Room to the public Hall, where a polite assembly of their fellow citizens were convened to honor the Solemnity. The Provost having there received the Mandate for the Commence- ment from his Honour the Governor as President of the Trustees, intro- duced the Business of the Day with Prayers, and a short Latin Oration suited to the Occasion. Then followed 1. A Latin Oration delivered by Mr Lawrence, " De Honoribus qui omni JEvo in veros Medicinas Cultores, Collati fuerint. ' ' 2. A Dispute "whether the Retina or Tunica Choroides be the immediate Seat of Vision ? " The argument for the Retina was ingeniously maintained by Mr Cowell ; the opposite side of the Question was supported with great acuteness by Mr Fullerton, who contended that the Retina is incapable of the office ascribed to it, on account of its being easily per- meable by the Rays of Light, and that the Choroid Coat, by its being