ART. 43] PRACTITIONERS OF MEDICINE. 655

ond year of study, who have, as verified by the certificate of the dean
of the college which they have attended, completed the studies of
anatomy, physiology, medical chemistry and materia medica in said
college, shall on application be examined in such studies by the State
licensing board, the result of said examination to be considered as part
of the final examination, the full regular fee to be paid at this time, no
part thereof to be returned, but placed to their credit for the remainder
of the examination yet to be taken. Medical students who have, as
verified by the certificate of the dean of the college which they have
attended, completed a full four years' course of studies and lectures,
but who have not yet received their diplomas, shall upon application
be examined in all the branches enumerated in Section 111 of this
Article by the State licensing board, the final certificate and license of
the said board being withheld until the diploma of the proper medical
college, with the candidate's name inscribed, be produced to the secre-
tary of the board. Diplomas presented by graduates of foreign colleges
may be accepted if the standards of such foreign colleges were, when
such diploma was issued, equivalent to the standard defined by the
Association of American Medical Colleges or the Intercollegiate Com-
mittee of the American Institute of Homeopathy, respectively.

See notes to this section (as it stood in 1911) in volume 1 of the Anno-
tated Code.

State Veterinary Medical Board.

1914, ch. 842.

150. From and after April 16, 1914, any person shall be re-
garded as practicing Veterinary Medicine and Surgery in the State
of Maryland who shall, in said State, append or cause to be appended
to his name the letters V. S., D. V. M., V. M. D., M. D. V., M. D. C.,
D. V. S., or M. R. C. V. S., or the words "veterinary," "veterinarian,"
"veterinary surgeon," "veterinary dentist," "veterinary farrier," "vet-
erinary horseshoer," "horse dentist" or "horse doctor," or who shall
prescribe, advise, or apply any drug or medicine or other agency, for
the relief or cure of any sick, diseased or injured animal, or who shall
publicly profess to do any of these things, and who charge or receive
therefor money or other compensation, directly or indirectly; provided,
however, that any person may without compensation apply any medi-
cine and perform any operation for treatment, relief, or cure of any
sick, diseased or injured animal. Provided further, however, sections
150 and 150A shall not apply to those persons who have been engaged
in the practice of gelding, but they shall be at liberty to continue the
said practice without registering with the State Veterinary Medica]
Board.