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MEDICAL NEWS.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND. -The following

gentlemen passed their primary examinations in Anatomy and Physio-

logy at a meeting of the Board of Examiners, on the 13th instant, and

when eligible will be admitted to the pass examination.Messrs. A. J. Glanville Barker and Thomas Phillips, students of University Col-

lege; Charles A. MacAnally andErnest R. B. Archer, of Guy's Hospital;James B. Sutton, of the Charing Cross Hospital; and Charles P. Maguire, of

the Dublin School.Eight candidates, having failed to acquit themselves to the satis-

faction of the Board of Examiners, were referred to their anatomicaland physiological studies for three months, including two who had an

additional three months.With this meeting, the primary examinations for the present session

were brought to a close. Of the 252 candidates examined, no fewerthanI02 were rejected for three months, including 13 who had an

additional three months.The following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary exa-

minations for the diploma, were admitted Members of the College at

a meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 17th instant.Messrs. Charles J. Parkinson, L.S.A., Greenheys, Manchester; Ernest F. Neve,

M.B.Edin., Hurstpierpoint; Herbert H. Ashdown, M.B.Edin., Edinburgh;Siva Prasad Roy,M. B. Calc., Calcutta; John B. Nash, M.B.Edin., New

South Wales; George deJ. Patterson, M.B.Dub., Dublin; Joseph S.B1olton,M.B.Edin., Finstock, Oxon; Arthur C. Keep,MMB.Edin., Wollaston, North-

amptonshire; Malcolm A. Nicholson, M.B.Toronto, East Dulwich; Bernard

L. Mills, M.B.Edin., Edinburgh; Granville Jameson, M.B.Edin., Heywood,Manchester; Ernest A. Hyrons, L.R.C.P.Ed., Pedmore, Stourbridge;Narendra Prasanna Linha, L.M.Bengal, Calcutta; Joseph J. Stapleton,M.B.Edin., New South Wales; Joseph Collier, L.S.A.,MIanchester; and

William H. Dobie,M%}.B.Edin., Chester.Two gentlemen passed in surgery, and when qualified in medicine

will be admitted Members of the College, and nine candidates were

rejected.The following gentlemen passed on the18th instant.Messrs. Frank E. Musgrove, Leeds; Arthur H. Vilson, Liverpool; John D. Price,

Dudley; William H. Horrocks, Bolton, Lancashire; John Valdy, Darling.ton; John H. North, Walsall; Harold Hindley, Hammersmith; Sandford S.

Lessey, Ealing; William C. Wilkinson, Sydney, New South Wales; John S.Withers, Sale, Cheshire; Bowen S. Mends, Blackheath; WValter Scatchard,Boston Spa; George Prestoii, Barton, near Manchester; Alfred T. Perkins,L.R.C.P.Ed., Stoke Newington; James Montford, L.R.C.P.Ed., Church-stoke, Montgomeryshire; Herbert N. Milton, L.S.A., Clapham; and

Charles M. Chadwick, L.S.A., Tunbridge Wells.Two gentlemen passed in Surgery, and when qualified in Medicine

will be admitted members of the College, and nine candidates were

rejected.The following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examina-

tions, were admitted Licentiates in Dental Surgery, at a meeting of theBoard of Examiners on the 2Ist instant.

Messrs. AlfredW. G. Barnard, Putney; AlfredT. Bandry, Brussels; Herbert G.

Blackmore, Canonbury; Arthur L. Curle, Hammersmith; Walter Harrison,Brighton Arthur A. Matthews,BIradford ; and Arthur H. Mountford, Wey-

mouth, students of the Middlesex Hospital; Henry G. Read, Finsbury

Square; and Alfred Slate, Ockendon Road, of St. Bartholomew's Hospital.(The last named gentleman was admitted a Member of the College on July28th, i88o.)

Only one candidate was rejected.

APOTHECARIES' HALL.-The following gentlemen passed their Exa-mination in the Science and Practice of Medicine, and received certi-ficates to practise, on Thursday, July I3th, I882.

Duff, Charles Henry,2oi, Gray's Inn Road.Howse, PercyWilliam Mcdowell, London Hospital.Munckton, Alfred, Lydiard St. Lawrence.Parkinson, Charles Joseph, Manchester.Parsons, Charles William, The Crescent, Copeland Road, Hackney.Reynolds, JamesJcxnes, Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk.Ryan, Thomas, Scarborough.

The following gentlemen also on the same day passed their PrimaryProfessional Examination.

Langston, John James, London Hospital.McDonogh, William Frederick, Westminster HospitaWingrave, V. Harold W., Middlesex Hospital.

KING AND QUEEN'S COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS IN IRELAND.-Atthe usual monthly examinations for the Licences of the College, heldon Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, July IOth, I Ith, I2th,and I3th, the following candidates were successful.For thle Licences to tractise .Vedicine andMidwifery.-Sydenham Davis Chand-

lee, Dublin; Austin Nathaniel Cooper, St. Dolough's, Co. Dublin; John

Crimmin, Bruff, Co. Limerick; Owen Henry Evans, Anglesea; AlexanderFleming Harper, Dublin; Robert John Ileatly, Dolkey, Co. Dtublin; John

James Irvine, Dublin; John Henry O'Dowd McGuinness, Dublin; JohnM\IcMullan, Dtngannon, Co. Tyrone; John Robert Mallins, Dublin; Katherine

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Mitchell, London ; Julia Caroline Mitchell-Swaagman, London; Robert James

Tate, Manorhamilton; William Henry Stoney Walker, Glasgow; David Wil-

liams Whitfield, Chirk, North Wales; Michael Thomas Yarr,I)ublin.For the Licence to fractise Medicine only.-Alfred Benjamin Bake, Seacombe,

Cheshire; Walter Boyd, Dublin; Matthew O'Reilly, Dublin.

Foor tlhe Liceice tofirctise Midwifery only-Edmond MacWilliam Bourke, Cur.

raghleagh, Co. Galway; Alfred Adolphus Hayes, Cheltenham; William Reith

Scroggie, Co. Down.

At the quarterly First Professional Examination, held on Monday

and Tuesday, July Ioth, and i th, the following candidates were suc-

cessful.

Paul Robert Dillon, Dublin; Mrs. Mary Emily Dowson, London; Annie McCall,

London; Agnes Russell, London; Florence Nightingale Toms, London; Jane

Harriett Walker,London.At a special examination, held on Thursday, July 6th, the following

candidate received the Licence to practise Midwifery.

Richard Campbell,M.D.Q.U.I.,Millisle, Co. Down.

The following Licentiate in Medicine of the College, having com-

plied with the by-laws relating to Membership, pursuant to the pro-

visions of the Supplemental Charter of 1878, has been duly enrolled

Member of the College.

Richard Francis Tobin, Licentiate 1874, Surgeon-Major A.M.D.

ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND.-At a meeting of the Senate of

the University, held on Thursday, JulY 13th, i882, the Right Honour-

able the LordO'Hagan, Vice-Chancellor of the University, conferred

the following Degrees in Medicine and Surgery and Diplomas in Ob-

stetrics.

Doctor of Medicine.-Percy Allport, Mlartin Henry Atock, Thomas Cahill, Wil-

liam Courtney, Timothy Joseph Crowley, Pierce Joseph Daly, Luke Gerald

Dillon, Patrick JosephGallwey, John C. Hackett, William Edward Hadden,

Henry Aylmer Haines, Samuel Hamill, Samuel Hamilton, Charles James

Holmes, James Macgregor Lithgow, Connor Joseph O'Loughlin Maguire,

Robert Carmichael Moore, Patrick O'Gorman, Thomas Henry O'Shaughnessy,

John Mortlock Phillips, Leonard Robinson, George Atkins Rountree, Arthur

W. Sandford, James M. F. Shine, Samuel Stronge, John Wilgar Taylor,

Joseph H. Whelan, John W. Williams, James Vance YoungMaster of Suirgery.-Percy Allport, Thomas Cahill, William Courtney, Timothy

J. Crowley, Charles Daly, Pierce Joseph Daly. Luke Gerald Dillon, John C.

Hackett, William Edward Hadden, Samuel Hamilton, Charl-s J. Holmes,

Samuel William Johnson,Willnim Kelly, Daniel Lehane, Edward M'Connell,

John J. M'Cormick, Connor Joseph O'Loughlin Maguire, Robert Carmichael

Moore, Thomas H.O'Shaughnessy, Leonard Robinson, Robert Leonard

Rutherford, Ferdinand A. Purcell, Arthur W. Sandford, James M. F. Shine,

Samuel Stronge, John Wilgar Taylor, Joseph H. Whelan, John WV. Williams,Charles Wiseman.

Dsiiorma in Obstetrics.-Percy Allport, Thomas Cahill, James Craig, Timothy T.Crowley, Pierce J. Daly, Patrick J. Gallwey, John C. Hackett, William Ed-

ward Hadden, Charles J. Holmes, William Nelson, Arthur W. Sandford

James M. F. Shine, Joseph H. Whelan, Charles Wisensan.

MEDICAL VACANCIES.

The following vacancies are announced:-ARDWICK AND ANCOATS DISPENSARY AND ANCOATS HOSPITAL,

Mill Street, Manchester-Resident Junior House Surgeon. SalaryZioo per

annum. Applications by August ist.

BRADFORD FRIENDLY SOCIETEIS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION-Assist-antMedical Officer and Dispenser. Salary £120 per annum. Applications by

Augusti8th.CUMBERLAND INFIRMIARY, Carlisle-Assistant House-Surgeon. Salary,

£6oper annum. Applications byJuly 25th.

DOWNPATRICK UNION-Medical Officer for Portaferry Dispensary District.

Salary,Zioo per annum, with£75 yearly as Medical Officer of Health, exclu-

sive of registration and vaccination fees. Election on 8th August next.DURHAM COUNTY HOSPITAL-House-Surgeon. Salary,£ioo per annum.

Applications by July 24th.EAST SUFFOLK HOSPITAL-House-Surgeon. Salary, £ioo per annum.

Applications by the26th instant.

EAST WARD UNION-Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator. Salary,£17 per

annum. Applications by the 27th instant.

FLINTSHIRE DISPENSARY-House-Surgeon. Salary,£ioo per annum.Ap-

plications byJuly24th.GENERAL HOSPITAL, Birmingham-Residenit Medical Officer. Salary,£I30

per annum. Applications by the 3ISt instanit.GENERAL HOSPITAL, Birmingham-Residett Surgical Officer. Salary, £230

per annum. Applications by the 3Ist instant.

HARTLEPOOLS' HOSPITAL-House-Surgeon. Salary, L8o per annium. Appli-

cations byJuly 24th.

HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, 49, Gt. Ormocld Street, Queen's Square,

W.C. Clinical Assistant. Applicatioijs to Dr. Lee, 6, Savile Row, XV.KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL-House-Surgeon. Salary, £8o per

annum. Applications by the 26th instanit.KILKENNY COUNTY INFIRMARY.-Apothecary. Salary, £-o per annum

Election on the 28th instant.

LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY FOR CHILDREN-Assistant House-SurgeonApplications to H. R. Robertson.

MALLOW UNION.-Medical Officer. Salai\, ZI2o ape um, \itlh /,12 IOSyearly as Medical Officer of Health, registi-ationi aid \ acciinatOln fces. Liect oa

on the 25th instant.

NATIONAL DENTAL HOSPITAL, 149, C;reat Por0sand Street, .s 'antDental Surgeon. Applications by Atigtust 2-_nc1.

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NATIONAL DENTAL HOSPITAL, 149, Great Portland Street, W.- House-Surgeon. Salary, .£50 per annum. Applications by August 22nd.

RATHDRUM UNION.-Medical Officer for Aughrim Dispensary District. Salary,£120 per annum, with registration and vaccination fees. Election on the 2gthinstant.

RICCARTSBAR ASYLUM, Paisley-Assistant Resident Medical Officer. Salary,£6o per annum. Applications to R. Rowand, Inspector of Poor, Paisley.

ROYAL ISLE OF WIGHT INFIRMARY, Ryde-House-Surgeon and Secre-tary. Salary £o5 per annum. Applications by August 8th.

RUBERY HILL BOROUGH LUNATIC ASYLUM, Bromsgrove-AssistantMedical Officer as Locum Tenens for seven weeks. Applications to Dr. Lyle,Medical Superintendent.

SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES, London-Eraminers in Medicine. Applica-tions for the above office to J R. Upton, Clerk to the Society, Apothecaries'Hall, E.C.

SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL, Brighton-Assistant House-Surgeon. Salary£40 per annum. Applications by July 26th.

WAREHAM AND PURBECK UNION-Medical Officer of Health. Salary,Cioo per annum. Applications by July 25th.

WREXHAM INFIRMARY AND DISPENSARY.-House-Surgeon. Salary.£xoo per annum. Applications by August 8th.

MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.ALPIN, W., M.R.C.S., appointed Assistant House-Surgeon to the Metropolitan Free

Hospital.ANDERSON, James, M.D., appointed Assistant Physician to the City of London

Hospital for Diseases of the Chest.BARROW, Roger W., L.RC.P., M.R.C.S.E., appointed Assistant House-Surgeon to

the Liverpool North Dispensary.BATTEN, R. D., M.R.C.S., appointed Resident Clinical Assistant to the Hospital

for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest.BROOK, W. F. M.R.C.S., appointed Medical Officer to the Fareham Workhouseand District, vice W. Barnard, M.R.C. S., resigned.

DENNING, C. E., L.R.C.S.I., appointed Junior Assistant Medical Officer to theCounty Asylum, Shrewsbury.

FENWICK, Bedford, M.D., appointed Assistant Physician to the City of LondonHospital for Diseases of the Chest.

FOTHERGILL, J. Milner, M.D., appointed Physician to the City of London Hos-pital for Diseases of the Chest.

HANLY, E. A., M.D., appointed Resident Medical Officer to the British Hospital,Buenos Ayres.MORTON, C. A., M.R C.S., appointed House-Surgeon to the Stanley Hospital,Liverpool, vice A. Macpherson, M. B.OLIVER, J., M.B., appointed House-Physician to the Hospital for Women, Soho

Square, vice E. H. Edwards, M. B., resigned.ORR, H., L.R.C.P., appointed District Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator to theScarborough Union, vice C. W. Scrivener, L.R.C.P., deceased.

OWEN, H. J., M.D., appointed Assistant Physician to the Hospital for Consumptionand Diseases of the Chest, vice W. Ewart, M.B., resigned.

PEREZ, G. V., L.S.A., appointed Resident Clinical Assistant to the Hospital forConsumption and Diseases of the Chest, to enter office next month.

RAWLE, F., M.R.C.S., appointed Medical Officer to the Titchfield District, Fare-ham Union, vice W. F. Brook, M.R.C.S.

ROWLANDS, W., M.B., appointed Junior House-Surgeon to the Stanley Hospital,Liverpool, vice R. Protheroe, M. R.C.S., resigned.RUSSELL, M. W. H., M.R.C.S., appointed Resident Medical Officer to the RoyalUnited Hospital, Bath, vice R. Prott, M.R.C.S., resigned.TAYLOR, J., M.B., appointed Assistant Medical Officer of the Borough LunaticAsy-

lum, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, vice John J. S. Crampton, L.R.C.P. Eng., resigned.THOROGOOD, J. C., M.D., appointed Consulting Physician to the City 6f London

Hospital for Diseases of the Chest.WILSON, J. A., M.B., appointed Assistant Medical Officer to the Govan Poorhouseand Asylum, Merryflats, Govan, vice A. Martin, M.B., resigned.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.The charge for inserting announcements of Births, Marriages, and Deaths

3s. 6d., which should be/foswarded instam,jSs with the announcements.BIRTHS.

COATS.-On July 14th, at 7, Elmbank Crescent, Glasgow, the wife of Joseph Coats,M.D., a daughter (Olive Mary).

MACLEAN.-On the xlth inst., at 23, Greek Street, Stockport, the wife of KennethMaclean, L.R.C.P.(Edin.), of a son.

NEILL.-July 17th, at 3, The Terrace, Ryde, the wife of Channing Neill, M.D., ofa son.

SHARPLES.-July I5th, at Wellfield House, Farington, the wife of T. Sharples, Sur-geon, of a son.

MARRIAGES,DAVIEs-DESPARD.-July x3th, at Stapleton, Bristol, by the Rev. George Despard,assisted by the Rev. William Start, uncles of the bride, David Samuel Davies,M.B.Lond., to Louisa Gertrude, daughter of the late Richard Carden Despard,Esq., C.E.

MACLEOD-MARJORIBANKS.-On the irth July, at the Parish Church, Scotby, Car-lisle, by the Rev. George. Burnett, Vicar, assisted by the Rev. A. Edwards, Vicarof Kirkland, M. D. Macleod, M.B.Edin., Mem. Brit. Med. Assoc., MedicalSuperintendent East Riding Asylum, Beverley, to Daisy, youngest daughter of Ithe late Samuel Marjoribanks.

DEATHS.ANDERSON.-July i4th, at his residence, Southfield House, Hessle, East Yorkshire,

Francis Bine Anderson, aged 85. R.I.P.DoDGsoN.-On July ioth, at Derwent House, Cockermouth, Henry Dodgson,M.D.Edin., L.R.C.S.E., L.S.A., F.R.A.S., F.M.S., aged 49.

SILVER.-On the x6th inst., athis residence, UpperTooting, AlexanderSilver, M.A.,M.D., M.R.C.P., Of 2, Stafford Street, Old Bond Street, Physician to CharingCross Hospital, aged 41 years. (Interment will take place at Brompton Cemeteryat x o'clock on Saturday.)

HEALTH OF FOREIGN CITIES. -The following statistics, derivedfrom a table in the Regiftrar-General's last weekly return, affordtrustworthy indications of the recent health and sanitary condition ofvarious foreign and colonial cities. In the three principal Indian cities-Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras-the annual death-rate averaged27.4; it was only 21.4 in Bombay, whereas it was 30.6 in Madras, and34.8 in Calcutta, where no fewer than 1I5 fatal cases of cholera werereturned. It is scarcely necessary to say that the table does not includethe usual return from Alexandria. According to the most recent weeklyreturns, the average annual death-rate in twenty-one European citieswas equal to 25.2 per IoOO of their estimated aggregate population,against 19.2, the average rate last week in twenty-eight of the largestEnglish towns. In St. Petersburg, the rate was as high as 49.5,against 48.9 and 44.4 in the two previous weeks; 24 deaths were re-ferred to scarlet fever and 25 to diphtheria. In three other Northerncities-Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Christiania-the average death-rate did not exceed 22.0, the highest rate being 25.9 iin Copenhagen,where 4 deaths from scarlet fever were reported. In Paris, the death-rate was but 20.5, and was considerably lowerthan that recorded inthiscity in any previous week of the year; typhoid fever, however, caused44, and small-pox II, deaths during the week. The 149 deaths inBrussels were equal to a rate of I9.0 per IoO, and included 6 cases ofsmall-pox. The death-rate in Geneva did not exceed 11.3. In thethree principal Dutch cities-Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and the Hague-the death-rate averaged 22.2, and ranged from 19.8 in Rotterdam, to23.8 in Amsterdam, where 6 fatal cases of whooping-cough were .re-turned. The Registrar-General's table includes eight German andAustrian cities, in which the death-rate averaged 28.5 per IOOO, andand ranged from 20.1 in Hamburg and 25.6 in Vienna, to 36.I and37.4 in Buda-Pesth and Breslau ; diarrhoeal diseases caused i8o deathsin Berlin and 29 in Breslau ; and IO deaths were referred to small-poxin Vienna, 7 in Buda-Pesth, and 5 in Prague. In three large Italiancities, the death-rate averaged 25.6, and ranged from 21.2 in Rome to33.6 in Venice; measles caused 14 deaths in Turin, and 5 in Rome;and 6 deaths were referred to typhoid fever in Turin. In four of theprincipal American cities, the death-rate averaged 23.7; it was equal toI7.7 in Pliladelphia, 20.7 in Brooklyn, 28.5 in New York, and 29.2in Baltimore. Typhoid fever caused 20 deaths in Philadelphia, andsmall-pox 4 deaths each in New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore.A NEW journal devoted especially to neurology is announced to ap-

pear soon. It will be published at Naples bimonthly, and will beedited by Professor Francesco Vizioli of that city.TURPENTINE AND CARBOLIC ACID IN TYPHOID.-Dr. J. F. Peace

reports in the Medical Briej, fifty-four cases of typhoid fever, of which30 were treated with carbolic acid, given in one to three drop doses,three to four times per diem ; and twenty-four were treated with tur-pentine, given in five to ten drop doses, three to four times a day. Theduration of the disease was shortest in those treated with carbolic Acid,and they all recovered. Of those treated with turpentine, two died.The supporting treatment was the same in all.HOME HOSPITAL.-The Goldsmiths' Company has recently made a

third grant of £too towards the extension of the Home Hospital (forPaying Patients), Fitzroy House, Fitzroy Square. The managing com-mittee have also received second grants of/105 from the Clothworkers',Fishmongers', Grocers', and Mercers' Companies, while the Skinners'Company has contributed two grants amounting to 673 IOS., and theMerchant Taylors', Salters', Leathersellers', and Vintners' Companieshave made grants of 100, 50, and 25 guineas respectively.STRANGE CASE OF POISONING.-A case of poisoning was Investi-

gated this week at an inquest held at Oldham. Mary Ogden had beenin delicate health for some time, and her husband obtained a prescrip-tion from a Spaniard named Maurize Picano. This prescription con-sisted of laudanum, peppermint, and essence of camphor. Deceasedpartook of some, and shortly afterwards she began to be sleepy, anddied. The medical opinion was, that deceased had died from an over-dose of camphor. The jury censured the chemist, Mrs. Wild, who gavethe mixture for the prescription, for not intimating how the medicinewas to be taken.

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OPERATION DAYS AT THE HOSPITALS.

MONDAY...... Metropolitan Free, 2 P.M.-St. Mark's, 2 P.M.-Royal LondonOphthalmic, iI A.M.-RoyalWestminsterOphthalmic, 1.30P.M.-Royal Orthopmdic, 2 P.M.

TUESDAY...... Guy's, 1.30 P.M.-Westminster, 2 P.M.-Royal London Ophthal-MiC, Is A.M.-Royal Westminster Ophthalmic, I.30 P.M.-WestLondon, 3 P.M.-St. Mark's, g A.M.-Cancer Hospital, Brompton,3 P.M.

WEDNESDAY.. St. Bartholomew's, 1.30 P.M.-St. Mary's, 1.30 P.M.-Middlesex, I

P.M.-University College, 2 P.M. -London, 2 P.M.-Royal LondonOphthalmic, I1 A.M.-Great Northern, 2 P.M.-Samaritan FreeHospital for Women and Children, 2.30 P.M.-Royal WestminsterOphthalmic, 1.30 P.M.-St. Thomas's, x.30 P.M.-St. Peter's, 2 P.M.-National Orthopedic, 10 A.M.

THURSDAY.... St. George's, i P.M.-Central London Ophthalmic, I P.M.-CharingCross, 2 P.M.-Royal London Ophthalmic, iI P.M.-Hospital forDiseases of the Throat, 2 P.M.-Royal Westminster Ophthalmic,1.30 P.M.-Hospital for Women, 2 P.m.-London, 2 P.M.-North-west London, 2.30 P.M.

FRIDAY........ King's College, 2 P.M.-RoyalWestminster Ophthalmic, '.30 P.M.-Royal London Ophthalmic, XI A.M.-Central London Ophthal.mic, a P.M.-Royal South London Ophthalmic, 2 P.M.-Guy's,1.30 P.M.-St. Thomas's (Ophthalmic Department), a P.M.-EastLondon Hospital for Chsldren, 2 P.M.

SATURDAY .... St. Bartholomew's, I.30 P.M.-King's College, I P.M.-Royal Lon.don Ophthalmic, iI A.M.-Royal Westminster Ophthalmic, 1.30P.M.-St. Thomas's, 1.30 P.m.-Royal Free, 9 A.m. and 2 P.M.-London, 2 P.M.

HOURS OF ATTENDANCE AT THE LONDONHOSPITALS.

CHARING CROSS.-Medical and Surgical, daily, i ; Obstetric, Tu. F., x.30; SkinM. Th.; Dental, M. W. F., 9.30.

Gui's.-Medical and Surgical, daily, exc. Tu., 1.30; Obstetric, M. W. F., I.30; Eye,M. Th., I.30; Tu. F., 12.30; Ear, Tu. F., X2.30; Skin, Tu., 12.30; Dental, Tu.Th. F., X2.

KING'S COLLRGEG.-Medical, daily, 2; Surgical, daily, X.3o; Obstetric, Tu. Th., S.,a; O.P., M. W. F., 2.o30; Eye, M. Th., 2; Ophthalmsc Department, W., x; Ear,Th., 2; Skin, Th.; Throat, Th., 3; Dental, Tu. F., xo.

LONDON.-Medical, daily exc. S., 2; Surgical daily, I.30 and 2; Obstetric, M.Th., 1.30; o.p., W. S., 1.30; Eye, W. S., 9; kar, S., 9:30; Skin, W., 9; Dental,Tu., 9.

MIDDLESEX.-Medical and Surgical, daily, x - Obstetric, TU. F., 1.30; O.P., W. S.,'.30; Eye, W. S., 8.30; Ear and Throat, Tku., g; Skin, F., 4; Dental, daily, 9.

ST. BARTHOLOMEw's.-Medical and Surgical, daily, 1.30; Obstetric, Tu. Th. S., 2;o.p., W. S., 9; Eye, Tu. W. Th. S., 2; Ear, M., 2.30; Skin, F., x.30; Larynx,W., 1X.30; Orthopadic, F., 12.30; Dental, Tu. F., 9.

ST. GRORGE'S.-Medical and Surgical, M. Tu. F. S., I; Obstetric, Tu. S., x; o.p.Th., 2; Eye, W. S., 2; Ear, Tu., 2; Skin, Th., I; Throat, M., 2; Orthopmdcic,W., 2; Dental, Tu. S., 9; Th., I.

ST. MARY'S.-Medical and Surgical, daily, 1-45; Obstetric, Tu.F., 9.30; o.p., Tu.F., 2; Eye, Tu F.. 9.I5: Ear, M. Th., 2; Skin, TU.Th., 1.30; Throat, M. Th., I.45;Dental, W. S., 9.30.

ST. THoMAS'S.-Medical and Surgical, daily, except Sat., 2; Obstetric, M. Th., 2;O.P., W. F., 12.30; Eye, M. Th., 2; , daily, except Sat. 30 ; Ear, Tu., 12.30;Skin, Th., 12.30; Throat, Tu., 12.30; Children, S., I2.30; bentaI, TU. F., Io.

UMNIVRSITY COLLEGE.-Medical and Surgical, daily, I to 2; Obstetric, M. Tu. T.,F., 1.30; Eye, M. Tu. Th. F., 2; Ear, S., 1.30; Skin, W., 1.45; S., 9.15.Throat, Th., 2.30; Dental, W., 10.3.

WxSTMINSTssR.-Medical and Surgical daily, 1.30; Obstetric, Tu. F., 3; Eye, M.Th., 2.30; Ear, Tu. F., g; Skin, Th., I; Dental, W. S., 9.I5.

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frs. cts. frs. cts.Sir R. Wallace, Bart. 2500 0 E. Ttuckerman, Esq. 125 0H.E. Lord Lyons .oo o Mr. E. Forbes. 250 0Tl. Yeatman, Esq. 250 jV. Jelly, T). - I25 35J. 1X. Bennet, M.D.100 0 P. Frank, Ml) . 250 75J. D. Miac Gavin, .D. 500 0 .c.J. 1.. illiams, l.l 263 0Hon. A. Herbert, l.D. 500 0 WV. Marshall, MI). 125 25Ernest Hiart, Esq. 250 0 J. M. Duincan, E'sq.25I 25J. w. Crane, Esq. 20 0 l. Watsonj, iMl.D. 25I 25J. C., Paris.I00 0 J. B. Waters, Esq. 26 25Mlonsignor Rogerson. ......... 50 0,Rev. F. Mooran 250 0Rev. A. Mackay. 250 0Professor Gairdnier, M.D. 225I 0Seymour Burrows, Esq. 30 o J. G. Swayne,M.D.263 55J. Whiteley, M.D..... Ioo0 -Gilruth, Esq. 25 20D. Duckworth, M.D... 79 95 R. 0. Maughain..00 o0T. B. Curling, Esq. 250 75 G. Montgomery, Esq. 125 50J. M!cIntyre, M.D. 263 30 Sir nVm. Gull, Bart .. 251 0W. Priestley, M.D. 263 3o Hon. R. B. Hamilton .25 50D. Maclagan, M.D. 501 50 J. Bell, Esq. 25I 0T. C. Tuchran, Esq. 250 o Dr. G. Milroy. 75 0D. Sandilands, Esq. 125 0 Dr. Mac Farlani 250 0R. Chandler, Esq. iloo o Dr. Geo. Buchanan I31 25A. Broad, Esq. I00 0o

Sir James Paget and Dr. C. J. B. Williams have joined the Committee formed inLondon for the purpose of raising a fund for the family.

CERTIFICATES OF DEATH.SIR,--Will yotu kindly allow me to ask you for information tipon the following point?

In Scotland, we must grant a certificate of the cause of death, under a penalty ifwe refuse. What are the provisions of the law in England upon this point? andin Ireland? I shall feel much obliged by your kind attention.-Yours faithfully,

C. D.Section 20 of the English Births and Deaths Registration Act of 2874 con

tains the following words: " In case of the death of any person who has beenattended during his last illness by a registered medical practitioner, that practi-tioner shall sign and give to some person required by this Act to give informationconcerninig the death a certificate stating, to the best of his knowledge and belief,the cause of death." The Registration Act for Ireland contains a very similarcompulsory clause.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS oi, ENGLAND.THE following questions were put to the candidates at the recent examination for the

Licence in Denital Surgery. Anatowjy andi I'hysiology. i. Describe the Palate-bone and its connections. 2. IDescribe the branches of the third division of thefifth pair of Nerves, and specify the structures to which they are distributed.-Surgeiy anzdi Pathology. I. What is the process by which union of an IncisedWound is effected? How can this process be best promoted? 2. What do youunderstand by a Dislocation of the Jaw? What force produces it? How wouldyou reduce it?-Dental Anatomy and Phiysiology. i. Describe the positions ofthe (rypts of the several Periianent Teeth, anid their relation to the Roots of theTemporary Teeth at the age of six years. State what 'Teeth, complete ard in-complete, are found in the jaws at that period. 2. Give briefly the Situation,Function, and Minute Anatomy of the. T'issues named respectively Nasmyth'sMembrane, Membrana Preformativa, and Membrana Eboris. 3. Give the DentalFormuZi of Mlan, Old.World Monkeys, and New-World Alonkeys. Which Teethof the typical Mammalian Dentition are absent in them ? In what respects do theTeeth of the higher Apes differ from those of Man '-Deatal Surge,y and Patho-logy. i. In a case of Crowded Teeth in a Contracted Arch, mentioii the points towuhich you would give attention in deciding between the Extraction of Teeth andthe Expansion of the Arch. How would you effect the latter? 2. W"hat is meantby Impaction of Teeth in the Jawvs? Which Teeth are most frequently Inpacted?and why? 3. WN'hat are the causes of Hemorrhage following 'T'ooth-Extraction'?What methods of Treatment are commonly purst'ed, anid what are their respectiveadvantages and disadvantages ?

SINGLE QUALIFICATION.SIR,--Aft-sO,OS to the letter of "W. B.", in the JOURNAL of June 24th, would you

kindly answer the following? i. Can an M.D. practise with one (qualification onhis own accounit? 2. Can he call himself "Surgeon"'? 3. Is he allowved to signideatl-certificates in surgical cases? I have heard all the above points hotly con-tested amongst mcoical mnen.-Your obedient servant, Q. U. I.P.S.-Is niot the legal status of an M.I). and an L.S.A. identical?

i. An MI.D. of any British university can legally practise N.'ith one qualifi-cation on his own account, in medical cases. 2. He cannot legally call himselfsurgeon. 3. He can, if registered, sign death-certificates in surgical as well as inmedical cases. 4. The legal status of an M.I). anid of an L.S.A. differs in that theM.D. is legally enititled to call himself Doctor, while the L.S.A. is not; on the otherhand, an L.S.A. is, under the Apothecaries' Act, entitled to recover reasonablecharges for medicine, as well as for advice, while Ml.D. can only recover the barecost of medicine supplied, not by virtue of his being MI.D., but merely because heis a registered nmedical practitioner.

UNPROFESSIONAL ADVERTISING.THE subjoined advertisement has, we are informed, beeni appearing daily for a long

time in the .lanchester Gzuardiani. It is also reported that Mr. Smith has agood-sized placard posted in a hair-dresser's shop not far from his rooms.

" Smith on Deafness. New edition; price 2S. 6d.; by post 2S. 8d. John Hey-wood, Deansgate, Manchester. The Ear, practically illustrated. B3y S. E. Smith,Esq., M.R.C.S.England, surgeon to the late National Ear Institution, London,inventor of a new method of treating Diseases of the Ear, by the application ofremedial ageiscies to the Cavity of the 'rympanum. Opinions of the Press: ' Mr.Smith is the most practical aural surgeon of the day, and his work is the bestwritten upon diseases of the ear.'-London Medical .l'evie7z. 'Mr. Smith is themost skilful operator of any known aural surgeon.'-American Medical Timnes.'He treats diseases of the ear with immense success.'-Christian' Nte7vs. 'He hasbeen renmarkably successful in deaf and dumb cases.'-Edinburgh Review. At.tendance at 22, Victoria Street, Manchester, from II till 2 o'clock."

i6o THE BRITISh MEDICAL 7OURNAL. fJuly 22, I882.

THE SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES OF INHALATION.SIR,-AiAro0los of Dr. R. J. Lee's remarks on this subject in your JOURNAL of June

24th, will you permit me to state that some years ago, when I was quite a lad, andnot, of course, a member of the medical profession, I designed an apparatus fordiffusing certain disinfectants under steam-pressure. It occurred to me that, byboiling the solutions under pressure, and thus increasing the boiling point (212' F.),they would be more effectually mingled with the atmosphere in the chamber inwhich the apparatus was used than by any other method.The apparatus, which was constructed after various artistic designs, was made

to contain the solution in a closed chamber with a vent-hole of only just sufficientsize to allow the steam to escape at such a pressure as would cause both the waterand the disinfectant to be equally diffused, as the boiling point of most descriptionsof the latter are invariably in excess of that of water. Being acquainted with thetheory upon which " Nero's engine" was constructed, it also occurred to me thatby balancing a small tube on a pin projecting from the top of the apparatus, thesteam after leaving the vent-hole might, in its effort to escape, force its way, withthe air, into a small hole in the tube, when the latter would revolve with consider-able rapidity, and in doing so would diffuse or spread the steam in a way no othermeans could effect.Not being at the time a member of the medical profession, it did not occur to

me to direct the attention of the leading medical journals to my contrivance,though many scientific men who saw it pronounced it to be an admirable apparatusfor disinfecting sick chambers and the like. As an amusing scientific contrivance,it met with incredible success, thousands of grosses being sold at prices varyingfrom sixpence to half a guinea, according to the quality and beauty of the design.I may add that, besides various other large areas, the Agricultural Hall at Isling-ton has been disinfected and perfumed in this manner, namely, when the Messrs.Sanger produced their equestrian and other entertainments-a fact which wasnoticed in the Tines, Daily Teiegraffi, Standard, and other well known papers.-I am, sir, yours obediently, R. FITZRry BENHAM, M.R.C.S.

CLINICAL THERMOMETERS.SIR,-An " Old Member" cannot do better than get one of Casella's " standard hos-pital clinical thermometers". It is only 4s. Fd. post free, and one of the very bestI have had. A good work for non-medical use on diseases of children is Dr.Chavasse's, published by Churchill.-I am, yours truly,Hayward's Heath, July I8th, I882. A. H. NEWTH, M.D.

REMOVAL OF Tu5rOUR OF JAWS.SIR,-In the report on the proceedings of the last general meeting of the Stafford-

shire Branch, a mistake has unwittingly been made by myself in reporting the caseof a woman operated upon for the removal of a tumour extensively occupying thefront of the upper jaws. It is said that she " returned to her home in the UnitedStates". It should have said she left the hospital to return to her home in a fewweeks, having promised to show herself frequently before her departure.This correction is important, as at a recent visit a slight return of the disease

required her re-admission for its removal.-Yours very faithfully,VINCENT JACKSON.

Waterloo Road South, Wolverhampton- July ioth, I882.

TRICYCLE AND BICYCLE EXERCISE."C. R." suggests that it would be very interesting to many of us if our corre-spondents, who are discussing the use of tricycles in country practice, would givetheir experience as to the sanitary or therapeutical value of such machines. Hebelieves that tricycle-riding is more exhilarating than walking, but is far inferior tohorse-exercise. It puts too great a strain on the lower limbs. Does it produceany other evils, or compensating advantages? Bicycle-riding seems to exercisethe arms and trunk, as well as the legs; but the difficulty and danger attendingthe learning and practice of this machine will always stand in the way of its useas a mere therapeutical agent.

SIR,-Allow me to formulate the following propositions in reference to the expendi-ture of force in tricycles as compared with walking, my calculations having refer-ence to a man weighing iE6o pounds and a tricycle weighing go pounds.

I. The expenditure of power in walking consists mainly in lifting the body aboutan inch at each step; this will amount to 1,877 foot-pounds per minute when walk-ing four miles an hour and stepping thirty inches.

2. The same energy exerted on the tricycle would result in a traction-force of3.5 pounds at six miles an hour. On any surface, therefore, on which the tricyclewould run with a traction-force of 3.5 pounds, walking at four miles an hour andriding at six miles an hour would require the same expenditure of energy.

3. Given, therefore, the force required to draw a tricycle and its load along anydescription of level road, it is a question of proportion to determine the relationbetween the power required to propel it and the energy required for walking. Thedrawing-force can be determined by attaching the hook of a spring-balance to thetricycle, and noting the number of pounds the balance registers when the loadedtricycle is drawn by it.

4. In ascending an incline of I in 70, the additional power required on footamounts to 8oo foot-pounds; on a tricycle, it is 1,250 foot-pounds, supposing thespeed in both cases to be four miles an hour. On a grade of I in 35, it would ofcourse be I,6oo foot-pounds in the one case, and 2,500 foot-pounds in the other, atonce making manifest the loss of power on hilly roads.

5. The present arrangement of tricycles -is fundamentally wrong. The driversits and exerts force mainly by the extensors of the thighs. He ought to stand andthrow the weight of his body alternately on each crank by a motion preciselysimilar to walking. There is no question that, in the action of walking, power isgenerated with less fatigue than in any other voluntary movement, and whoeveradapts the walking motion to driving the tricycle will have approached very nearto the ideal which is "not for an age, but for all time".-Yours, etc.,Parsonstown. A. W. WALLACE, M.D.

FASTING GIRLS.SIR,-A certain superstition still lingers around this class of case, and a fictitious

interest is excited as to the length of time that such patients live on jellies, sweets,cinders, and all descriptions of trash. A morbid anorexia is at the root of allsuch cases; and if they were steadily treated by nutrient enemata given threetimes a day, a certain cure would be effected in a longer or shorter time, andseveral lives saved which mi&ht eventually prove to be valuable. Almost all casesare more or less connected with neurosis in some form. In that recorded by Dr.McNeill of Holm, Orkney, in the JOURNAL for June 24th, fright seems to havebeen the exciting cause, but the therapeutic indications remain the same: tonourish the body, and support the strength until the disease passes by, and is thussurseded.-I am, sir, yours obediently, D. DE BERDT HOVELL.

Five Houses. Clapton Middlesex June 24th, z882.

HOMES FOR EPILEPTICS.3IR,-I should be obliged if any of your numerous readers could tell me of a homeor institution (except the National Hospital for Epilepsy) where a young womanslightly afflicted with epilepsy could be received free, or upon a small weekly payment.-Yours truly, A SUBSCRIBER.

SIR,-With reference to the letter of " Member", which appeared in the JOURNALof the 8th instant, I beg leave to state that a good private home can be obtainedin Aberdeen.-I remain, sir, yours very faithfully, R. STEWART.

55, Grosvenor Street, Stalybridge, July ioth, 1882.

ERRATUM.-By a typographical error in theJouRENAL ofJune 24th, page 949, column2, last paragraph, small-pox and fevers were stated to be prevalent in " Ireland"instead of " Iceland".

COMMUNICATIONS, LETTIERS, etc., have been received from:-Mr. Wm. Smith, Eccles; Dr. W. Murrell, London; Mr. Vincent Jackson,Wolverhampton; Mr. F. Dodgson, Cockermouth; Mr. T. M. Stone, London;Dr. Groves, Carisbrook, Isle of Wight; Mr. E. P. Hardey, Hull; Dr. Cresswell Baber, Brighton; Dr. J. W. Moore, Dublin; Mr. R. W. Barrow, Liverpool; Dr. J. W. Cousins, Portsmouth; Dr. J. W. Taylor, Scarborough; Our Glas-gow Correspondent; Dr. B. Yeo, London; Dr. W. R. Cossham, Cirencester; Dr.Simon Fitch, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Dr. W. Lomas, London; Our Dublin Cor-respondent; Mr. L. M. Marshall, Nottingham; Mr. Nelson C. Dobson, Bristol;Messrs. Webster and Brother, Liverpool; Dr. Herman, London; Mr. W. H.Cousin, London; Dr. Fernie, Barnstaple; Mr. Bennett May, Birmingham; TheSecretary of the City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Chest; Mr. Geo. C.Rowland, Richmond; Mr. David Davies, Bristol; Dr. Ogston, Aberdeen;Mr. F. T. Paul, Liverpool; Dr. H. Snow, London; Mr. R. Stear, Kirkintil-loch; Dr. B. Foster, Birmingham; Dr. A. Dempsey, Belfast; Mr. G. Hanbury,London; Mr. W. R. Dovey, London; Mr. J. G. Waters, Wick; Mr. C. Young,Bridgewater; Mr. H. N. Wallice, Leven; Mr. W. Whitehead, Manchester.;Mr. H. Nelson Hardy, London; Dr. McKane, Byers Green; Dr. Cole, Bath;Dr. B. Anningson, Cambridge; Mr. R. H. B. Wickham, Newcastle-on-Tyne;Dr. Stevenson, London; Mr. Litton Forbes, London; Dr. Thin, London; Mr.F. H. Hedges, Leicester; Dr. W. J. Gray, London; Mr. G. R. Moore, Durs-ley; Dr. A. H. Newth, Hayward's Heath; Mr. T. Sympson, Lincoln; Mr.J. E. Ingpen, London; Dr. R. Kirkwood, Largs by Greenock; Mr. J. P.Graven, Waterford; Mr. J. D. Mortimer, London; Mr. B. F. Smallman, Spald-ing; Mr. Alexander Stewart, Bathgate; Mr. W. Allard, Tewkesbury; Dr. G.A. Turner, Glasgow; Dr. W. Kerr, Melksham; Dr. D. Allen Charles, Bellaghy,Londonderry; Dr. W. N. Thurfield, Shrewsbury; Dr. David Drummond,Newcastle-on-Tyne; Mr. J. E. Adams, London; Mr. J. Oswell Bury, Wrexham;The Secretary of Charing Cross Hospital; Mr. J. Clarke, Leicester; Mr. J.Knight, Carlton; Dr. W. H. Barlow, Manchester; Mr. G. H. Wilson, Vent-nor; Dr. J. C. Steele, London; Mr. L. Mackenzie, Tiverton; Mr. W. J. S.Corfield, London; etc.

BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED.

Legal Medicine. Part I. By Charles Meymott Tidy, M.B., F.C.S. London:Smith, Elder, and Co. I882.

A Treatise on Surgery, its Principles and Practice. By T. Holmes, M.A.Cantab.,Surgeon to St. George's Hospital. Third Edition. London: Smith, Elder,and Co. I882.

Diseases of the Ear. By George P. Field, M.R.C.S. Third Edition. London:Henry Renshaw. 1882.

Manual for the Physiological Laboratory. By Vincent Harris, M.D., and D'ArcyPower, M.A. London: Bailliere, Tindall, and Cox. I882.

Transactions of the American Gynmcological Society. Volume VI, for the yearI88I. Philadelphia: Henry C. Leas, Son, and Co. I882.

Diseases of Women, including their Pathology, Causation, Symptoms, Diagnosis,and Treatment: a Manual for Students and Practitioners. By Arthur W. Edis,M.D.Lond., F.R.C.P. Second Edition. London: Smith, Elder, and Co.1882.

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