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given from the chair, was responded to by Mr. Burdett,who, in concluding, proposed the health of the new Dean,Mr. Pearce Gould. The gathering was acknowledged by allto have been a great success, and it was marked by muchcordiality and heartiness. _

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.

THE annual dinner of the old and present students of theFaculty of Medicine took place at the Freemasons’ Tavernon Oct. 4th, under the presidency of Sir William Roberts,Professor of Medicine in the Victoria University, Fellow ofUniversity College. The chairman was supported on hisright by Dr. George Buchanan, and on his left by ProfessorMichael Foster. Among those present were-ProfessorRussell Reynolds, Professor Burdon Sanderson, Dr. HenryMaudsley, Dr. William Wood, Dr. Morris (Spalding), Mr.Waggett, Mr. Bluett (Chesterfield), Mr. Humphreys (Shrews-bury), Mr. Kiallmark, Dr. Allen (Hastings), Dr. Snow

(Bournemouth), Dr. Price (Cardiff), Mr. William Gill, Mr.Bernard Roth, Mr. Embleton (Bournemouth), Dr. C. Beevor,Mr. Hodson (Brighton), Mr. Peter Cooper (Blackheath), Mr.Buckston Browne, Dr. Percy Gabb (Guildford), Dr. AmandRouth, Mr. W. Rigden, Mr. J. Prince Bartlett, Dr. Magrath(East Grinstead), Mr. Foster Macgeah, Mr. Harvey (Bromley),Mr. Twynam (Sydney, N.S.W.), Dr. Easmon (Gold Coast),Dr. Pasteur, Mr. Campbell Williams, Mr. Drew (Oxford),Dr. Lewers (London Hospital), Mr. Williams-Freeman(Portsmouth), Mr. Stewart Norman (Havant), Mr. Swift,Mr. Peter Giles (Hereford), Mr. W. A. Meredith, Dr. Cock, Mr. Bowreman Jessett, Mr. H. A. Powell (Beckenham), Mr.Copley (Wisbech), Mr. Fraser Stokes, Mr. Frankish, Dr.Penrose, and others. The present members of the hospitalstaff and the professors of the Medical Faculty of the Col-lege were all present, with very few exceptions; and these,with a large contingent of students, made up a company ofabout 100. There was some excellent speaking from thechair, and from Dr. Buchanan, Dr. Michael Foster, Dr. BurdonSanderson, Dr. Wilson Fox, and Dr. Graily Hewitt; and theproceedings were enlivened by some first-rate singing by Dr.F. T. Roberts, Dr. Beevor, Mr. Campbell Williams, and Mr.Copley. This very pleasant reunion of old friends wasbrought to a close at about 11 o’clock.

WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL.

After the delivery of the introductory address on the4th inst., the Dean read his annual report for the year, anddrew attention to the fact that all the first-year’s studentswho came under the new regulations had passed the examina-tion recently instituted by the conjoint Board of the RoyalColleges of Physicians and Surgeons in Anatomy andPhysiology at the end of the first winter session. The prizesgained during the past year were given away by theVenerable Archdeacon Farrar, who afterwards addressedsome eloquent remarks to the students on the connexionbetween the medical profession and the clerical professionand literature, giving numerous illustrative examples, andhe concluded by exhorting his hearers to respect humanityand to respect themselves. The annual dinner of the staffand past and present students was held in the evening atthe Holborn Restaurant. The Hon. Mr. Justice Wills wasin the chair, and among the guests were Col. Duncan, R.A.,M.P., Col. Sparkes, Major Davis, the Rev. T. S. Echalaz, &c.

ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL.

A CROwDED audience of students and their friendsassembled in the operating theatre to listen to the intro-ductory address of Dr. Bristowe, on Friday last. Nearlyall the members of the hospital staff and lecturerswere present, and several students from other hos-pitals. The address, which we publish this week, waslistened to with great attention, abounding, as it did, insketches of bygone members of the staff who helped tomake it famous, and on its completion the lecturer wasgreeted with loud applause. In the evening the annualdinner took place in the Governor’s Hall, at which therewas a good attendance. Mr. C. W. Chaldecott, of Dorking,occupied the chair, a most pleasant evening being spent.The chairman proposed the usual toasts; Dr. Stone, in awitty speech, "The Health of the Visitors," which was repliedto by Professor Wm. Thomson and Dr. Savage. Alderman

Stone (treasurer) replied for the hospital. Dr. Bristowe,F.R.S., proposed "The Chairman," and Mr. J. R. Lunn, in theabsence of Mr. John Simon, C.B., F.R.S, " The Medical School,"to which Dr. Ord replied, referring to its increased pros-perity, and the additional accommodation recently providedin the anatomical and other departments, and to changes inthe teaching. Mr. Le Gros Clark, Mr. John Croft, Dr. AlfredCarpenter, and Dr. H. W. G. Mackenzie also spoke.

GUY’S HOSPITAL.PUPILS’ PHYSICAL SOCIETY.

IN order to mark the beginning of the session, the Pupils’-Physical Society held their first meeting on the evening ofOctober 4th, in the anatomical theatre, which was com-pletely filled, there being only standing room for severalmembers both past and present. The treasurer and manymembers of the staff attended. Dr. Wilks, LL.D., F.R.S, was in the chair, and in a short opening address he firstreferred to the great loss the hospital had sustained in the.death of Dr. Moxon, alluding especially to the manner in-which he had by his untiring industry, energy, and skillenriched the pathological department by the addition to itof the well-known and beautiful series of water-colour-drawings of pathological specimens which now hang on thewalls of the post-mortem theatre. Dr. Wilks pointed outthat, although the profession sustained from time to time-great individual losses, yet the profession itself went on,and we must by hard work keep ourselves ever ready to nil-up the gaps in the ranks. After congratulating the new-students upon having entered a school which he so loved,of which he thought so highly, and at which the opportuni--ties for work in all the departments were so numerous, thespeaker went on to tell the students of the antiquity of thePhysical Society of Guy’s, which is the oldest medical societyin London. He then mentioned the distinguished men, suchas Dr. Jenner, who had spoken from the same theatre as’that in which the Society now holds its meetings, and readextracts from the address delivered on similar occasions to-the present, many years ago, by such men as Dr. Babingtonand Mr. Allen. Finally, after telling the new students thatby joining Guy’s they had taken upon themselves an obliga--tion to work for the credit and fair name of the school to-which they were attached, he called upon the reader of thepaper of the evening to begin. Dr. Ryle, whose paper wasentitled " The Rise and Progress of Medicine," gave a mostinteresting and full account of our advanee from the time of-Hippocrates downwards, showing that that father of medical;art and science had a most wonderful insight into many ofthe problems of his craft, and that often there was an ex-actitude in his observations which it would bE! well if we-.nowadays were sometimes to imitate. Dr. Ryle proceededto read several very instructive reports of Hippocrates’ cases,.making comments upon them in passing. He then touchedupon all the epoch-marking periods of medicine, alludingespecially, first of all, to Galen, who had done as much toretard medicine as to advance it by promulgating with hi&great authority many ill-founded theories. After alludingto Harvey and some of the later masters in medicine,.Dr. Ryle concluded his paper. A brisk debate, carried on bythe past and present members of the society, followed, andthe reader of the paper replied. A vote of thanks to thetreasurer was proposed by Mr. Lund, the senior house--surgeon, and seconded by Mr. Beard, the junior house-surgeon. The Treasurer, in replying, alluded to the greatloss which the governors felt in the death of Dr. Moxon.He said it was a great pleasure to come to these meetings,.and that he never failed to hear something which gave-him marerial for deep thought for some time to come.Mr. E. W. Goodall, M.B., the senior house-physician, pro--posed, and Mr. Beard seconded, a vote of thanks to Dr.Wilks for presiding. In the course of his remarks Mr.Goodall said what a pleasure it was to the students thatDr. Wilks, although consulting physician to the hospital,still came down often in the afternoon and gave them thebenefit of his great knowledge. After a brief reply fromDr. Wilks the meeting broke up. During the evening the.museums were lit up, so that the past students had anopportunity of refreshing their memories by again lookingat the famous specimens and wax models for which theGuy’s museum is so well known. Many microscope specimenswere exhibited, and all who attended appeared to have’

, had a very pleasant evening.