I just got noticed that I passed the first two years' work before Michigan State Board. I passed with an average mark of 86 95/100. I got 93 on Physiology. I know you would be interested to know what kind of questions we had for physiology examination. You need not return the sheet.[Unsigned but written by Me-iung Ting. The rest of the letter is typed.]
MICHIGAN
STATE BOARD OF REGISTRATION
IN MEDICINE.
Examination at Ann Arbor, June 11, 12, 13, 1918.
PHYSIOLOGY.
Albertus Nyland, M.D.
1. Describe a cell. Name the properties of a living cell. Define each.
2. Describe the whole process of digestion, and state how the absorbed digested products reach the tissue cells.
3. Describe, fully, the lymphatic system, and give its functions.
4. Describe the heart and the sounds incident to a normal heartbeat.
5. Name some of the exercises that injuriously affect the heart.
6. Define the function of the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract.
7. Describe the physical changes going on in the body that are characteristic of senility.
8. What would be the result of destructive lesions in the cruracerebelli? Pons varolii? Medulla?
9. Explain the phenomena and causation of auditory vertigo, or Meniere's disease.
10. What are the functions of the cerebellum? What would be the effect of separating the two halves of the medulla by a median incision?