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many of my medical brethren in this parish, of the greatunfairness evidenced in the complete monopoly of all theparish appointments by Mr. Jones, would have induced meto come before the medical public in this matter; and evennow I should not have done so, had it not been for feel-ing the necessity of some one interfering, as I am sorry to saythat the guardians of this union, in their partiality for Mr.Jones, seem wholly to have lost sight of the ordinary principlesof fairness, or they could not have given another appoint-ment to the family of this medical pluralist.

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I am, Sir, your obedient servant,Dean-street, Soho, Aug. 1852.

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J. ROGERS.J. ROGERS.

To Major Graham, Registrar-General.Dean-street, Soho, Aug. 13.

SIR,-I beg to draw your attention to what I conceive to begross unfairness to the medical gentlemen of this parish,in an appointment to which your sanction is at present, I be-lieve, requested.Mr. Jones, the poor-law surgeon of this parish, the surgeon

to the Strand Union Workhouse, vaccinator and registrar,alarmed doubtless at the eventual results of the oppositionfelt by the surgeons of this parish, to his monopoly of allthese offices, has made an application to the Strand UnionBoard, for the purpose of obtaining the appointment of deputy-registrar for his son, a young gentleman at present, I believe,not of age, and a student at one of the metropolitan hospitals;the majority at the board, who are his personal friends, haveacceded to his request.The reasons, I understand, assigned for this application, are,

that Mr. Jones feels that his time does not permit him tofully carry out the duties of his office.Now, Sir, I do trust that you will not permit so great a

wrong to the other surgeons of this parish to be perpetrated,knowing, as I do, that there are several to whom the emolu-ments arising from such an appointment would be a greatboon, and that by all the rules of fairness a person who holdsso many appointments ought not to have the privilege ofperpetuating them in his own family.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,40 --

J. ROGERS.J. ROGERS.

General Registrar Office, Aug, 13, 1852.SIR,- Your letter of this day’s date shall have my attention.The law permits a registrar of births and deaths to appoint

a fit person to be his deputy, subject to the approval of the Boardof Guardians.

I have the honour to be, Sir, yours faithfully,J. Rogers, Esq. GEORGE GRAHAM, Registrar-General.GEORGE GRAHAM, Registrar-General.

DR. M’CORMACK’S CASE OF RUPTURED JEJUNUM.To tlte Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,-I was much pleased with the very judicious and sensibleremarks of your correspondent, W. U. Whitney, Esq., on thecase of Ruptured Bowel, reported by me some time before. I

fully agree with him that the breakfast seems to have done themischief, and that the only chance we have in these cases is tokeep the stomach free from solid food; and such was my direc-tion to the nurse in attendance--that he was to have nothing butfluids, and that in very small quantities, until I saw him again ;but it appears the unfortunate man felt himself so much betterthe next morning, (in fact, as he expressed himself, "thatthere was nothing the matter with him,") that he disregardedmy injunctions, and partook of not by any means a heartybreakfast; hence I have no doubt the fatal termination, if notactually produced, was at all events hastened. I consider it onlyjustice to myself to state these particulars, as otherwise the re-marks made by your correspondent might lead persons to imaginethere had been some mismanagement in the case.

I remain yours obediently,M. J. M’CORMACK, M.B., M.R.C.S.L.

Shirley, Southampton, Aug. 1852.M. J. M’CORMACK, M.B., M.R.C.S.L.

EPIDEMIC CARBUNCULAR DISEASE.To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,-Mr. Hunt would perhaps like to know that in 1845-46, an epidemic of carbunculous boils prevailed in the villageof Denham, near Uxbridge, a place where typhus fever usedto be endemic. The poor were the sufferers. The symptoms,local and general, were severe, the latter being a modified sort

of typhus. It gave me great uneasiness, as it seemed to wantbut a little more severity in the general symptoms to makethe attack a sort of " plague."

Treatment.-Mineral acids and quinine; mercury-with-chalk,and rhubarb, as an alterative; yeast to the carbuncles as apoultice. There were no cases of death.The carbunculous boils were also common in parts of Wilt-

shire, in 1848-49, but not so severe; also among the poor. Ihave seen no fatal cases.

Latterly I have seen but few such cases, having but little todo with the poorer classes. I have noticed, however, a greatincrease of scrofulous abscesses of late, some of great extentand of very slow progress.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,Birches-green, Stroud, August, 1852. GEORGE S. GREGORY.

** Instead of sending this note to Mr. Hunt, we haveplaced it in our columns, as it contains information which

may be useful and interesting to the profession generally.-ED. LANCET.

GEORGE S. GREGORY.

DEATH FROM HÆMORRHAGE FROM LANCINGTHE GUMS.

To the Editor of THE LANCET.SIR,- The case of " death from hsemorrhage consequent upon

lancing the gums," recorded in THE LANCET of April 24th, ashaving occurred to Dr. Whitworth, recalls to my remembrance asimilar fatality that befel an infant under my care, many yearsago.Upon referring to my books, I find that, in October, 1838, I

was requested to lance the gums of an infant four or five monthsof age, who was suffering from swelling and inflammation therein.I scarified them ; and happening to pass the house about an hourafterwards, I was requested to visit the child again, as themother informed me that the bleeding from the incision still con.tinued. Having no styptic with me, I made use of pressure forsome short time, when the bleeding seemed to be completelyarrested. At about ten o’clock the same evening I was againsent for, and found that the child had suffered a rather severeloss of blood. I again resorted to pressure for some time, butwithout any beneficial effect; and I then cauterized the bleedingsurface of the gums with the nitrate of silver; this seemed per-fectly to arrest the hsemorrhage. I, however, left word that Iwas to be sent for if anything untoward happened to my patientduring the night. On riding over the following morning to seemy patient, I found it on the nurse’s knee, in articulo mortis, andwas told that oozing from the incision had been going on mostof the night; and yet they had neglected to apprise me of it, buthad sent for another surgeon. What he had done I am notaware of; the child, however, died the same day.

I am afraid that such cases are not so " unique" as your cor-respondent seems to think; and I fear that others may havesimilar disasters to record.

If you think the above worthy of room in the pages of THELANCET, I should feel obliged by your inserting it therein; andsubscribe myself, Sir, your obedient servant,

EDWARD DES FORGES.South Cave, Yorkshire, 1852.

EDWARD DES FORGES.

Medical News.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.-At the last meetingof the Council, the following members of the Collegewere admitted FELLOWS under the provisions of the recentcharter :-

ATKINS, JAMES RAMSEY, Stoke Newington, diploma datedJuly 1, 1825.

BAILEY, HENRY WOODRUFFE, Thetford, Norfolk, Sept. 7,1810.

BLATHWAYTE, WILLIAM, Louth, Lincolnshire, Sept. 27,1833.BLENKINS, GEORGE ELEAZAR, Whiteheads-grove, Chelsea,

Oct. 7, 1836.BLUNDELL, THOMAS LEIGH, New Broad-street, May 1, 1812.BOSSEY, PETER, Woolwich, April 2, 1828.BROWN, ROBERT, Preston, Lancashire, Sept. 7, 1821.CHAVASSE, PYE HENRY, Birmingham, Jan. 18, 1833.CHEYNE, ROBERT RosizEY, Berners-street, Jan. 31, 1834.CHILVER, THOMAS FARQUHAR, New Burlington-street, Oct.

17,1828.COURTENEY, JOHN, Artillery -place, May 27, 1831.

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CtRtiNG, HENRY, Ramsgate, July 28,1837.DANIEL, JAMES STOCK, Ramsgate, Oct. 20, 1826.DOUBLEDAY, EDWARD, Blackfriars-road, Oct. 6, 1820.DUMVILLE, ARTHUR WILLIAM, Alanchester, Nov. 20,1835.DUNKERLEY, ENOCH, Oldham, June 19,1829.GASQUET, RAYMOND, Euston-place, Feb. 15,1811. ’,GIBSON, CHARLES MENDS, Norwich, Jan. 27,1832.GREENWOOD, HENRY, Horsleydown-lane, Oct. 7,1814.HAINSWORTH, JoHN, late of Lincoln, Sept. 10,1830.HARE, SAMUEL, Langham-place, Feb. 3, ’1809.HARRIS, WINTOUR, Clapham-road, April 21,1835.HEANE, WILLIAM, Bury St. Edmunds, June 2,1834.HICKS, FRANCIS EDWARD, Henrietta-street, Cavendish-

square, Feb. 17,1832.HOGG, CHARLES, Finsbury-place South, May 27,1836.HUTCHINSON, WILLIAM BARCLAY, Guildford-street, Dec. 4,

1829.JONES, HENRY DERVICHE, Soho-square, May 8, 1835.JoNES, WILLIAM, Weston-super-Mare, Oct. 7, 1836.KELSON, GEORGE, Seven oaks, Feb. 7,1817.LACY, EDWARD, Poole, Dec. 6, 1822.LAVIES, JOHN, Great George-street, Oct. 15, 1819.LLOYD, WILLIAM, Army and Navy Club, Oct. 15, 1813.MALTON, CHARLES JAMES, Upper Seymour-street, April 15,

1836.MARLEY, MiLES, Cork-street, May 5, 1820.MATTHEWS, THOMAS LEMAN, Orsett-terrace, Hyde-park,

Jan.7,1820.MELLOR, THOMAS, Manchester, March 21, 1834.NICHOLS, JAMES, Savile-row, Sept. 21, 1827.ORD, GEORGE, Brixton-hill, Feb. 8, 1831.PHILLIPS, JAMES, Bethnal-green, March 21, 1828.POWELL, LEWIS, John-street, Berkeley-square, Feb. 6, 1818.PRICE, DAVID, Margate, May 15,1812.RADFORD, THOMAS, Manchester, August 1, 1817.RAWBONE, GEORGE, Chelsea, Oct. 4, 1822.SNOWDEN, GEORGE SYLVANUS, Ramsgate, Sept. 17, 1830.SoLE, WiLLiAM, St. Neots, June 19, 1829.STAUNTON, CHARLES FREDERICK, Royal Artillery, Woolwich,

Nov. 12, 1830.STEVENSON, THOMAS, Upper Grosvenor-street, Dec. 7,1821.STOKOE, RICHARD, Peckham-rye, Feb. 13, 1829.SYMONDS, FREDERICK, Oxford, April 28, 1837.THOMAS, WILLIAM, Pembroke-dock, Jan. 17, 1823.TUNALEY, CHARLES, Millbrook-place, April 13, 1830.WARD, THOMAS, Southgate, Oct. 21, 1831.WATSON, HENRY, Half-Moon-street, July 17, 1835.WEBSTER, GEORGE, Sussex-gardens, Feb. 25, 1831.WEST, WILLIAM CORNER, Great Malvern, April 29,1833.The next professional examination for this distinction will

take place in December next.APOTHECARIES’ HALL.—Names of gentlemen who

passed their examination in the science and practice of medi-cine, and received certificates to practise, on

Thursday, August 12th, 1852.ALLINSON, JoHN, Penrith, Cumberland.BEST, NopRis WiLLiAM, Wednesbury, Stafford.BLAKE, GEORGE AUGUSTUS, London.COMPLIN, EDWARD JOHN, London.HARTLEY, JAMES, Settle, Yorkshire.HESLOP, ROBERT, Manchester.KEELING, JAMES HURD, Edinburgh.KERR, JAMES, Leeds, Yorkshire.SHEPHERD, JAMES, Northallerton.SMITH, JoHN, Daventry, Northamptonshire.

BENEVOLENCE.-Messrs. John and W. Dent haveforwarded to the Gloucester Infirmary .f:400; and Mr. Brassy,contractor on the Hereford and Shrewsbury Railway, has sentt21 to the Hereford Infirmary, as an acknowledgment of theservices conferred by that institution in providing surgical andmedical aid for persons injured along the line.LINCOLN DiSPENSARY.-To the deep regret of the

governors, Dr. Charlesworth, who has been surgeon to the Lin-coln General Dispensary since its opening, has resigned his situ-ation, through, it is said, disgust at the manner in which thatinstitution is abused, by persons in good circumstances beingallowed to participate in its gratuitous benevolence.DISEASE AND FEVER IN IRELAND.-There are in

the fever hospital of Clonmel 34, and in the workhouse infirmary60 patients, whose disease has been generated by dirt andpoverty.

StRAND UNION. - APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTYREGISTRAR.-At a meeting of the Board of Guardians, held onthe llth instant, application was made by Mr. Jones, theregistrar, to appoint his son as deputy-registrar for the district.The Clerk of the Board stated that Mr. Jones had informed

him that no objection would be made to the appointment bythe Registrar-General, although the young gentleman was notof age.Mr. GEORGE (St. Anne’s) objected to the board granting

such a request. Mr. Jones held the various offices of parishsurgeon, surgeon to the union workhouse, vaccinator to thedistrict, as well as registrar of births and deaths; and frequentand loud had been the complaints that these offices were notdivided amongst the medical men residing in St. Anne’sparish, instead of being monopolized by one person, who itwas utterly impossible could properly perform all the variousduties; and this was but a continuation of the practice toobtain every disposable place in his own person or family.Mr. JACQUET (the presiding chairman) said he thought the

appointment would be quite illegal, the young man not beingof age. At any rate, he was aware this board had twicebefore refused to sanction similar appointments upon thisvery ground, and he should hope they would so treat Mr.Jones’s application.Mr. WALKER (of St. Paul’s) said, whether it was legal or

illegal he should move that Mr. Jones be allowed to appointhis son to the office.Mr. TYRRELL (St. Anne’s) seconded the motion, because Mr.

Jones had told him it would be of great convenience for himto have some one to do this work living in the same housewith him, and he (Mr. Jones) having so many public dutiesto perform.The board then decided by a large majority in favour of the

motion.

PROMOTIONS.-Surgeon Hugh T. S. Beverige, M.D.,(1844) to the Samson steam-frigate, at Portsmouth. Assistant-

Surgeons, J. Murphy (1848), from Imaum to the hospital,Jamaica; C. H. Chambers (1851), to the Niger, 14, screwsteam-sloop, at Portsmouth.MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.-Dr. Moorhead has been

appointed medical officer to the Frankford Diensary, viceDr. Thornton, promoted to the Ballinasloe District LunaticAsylum; and Dr. Heise, late of Maintroth, has been appointedto the Kenkitty District, vice Dr. Welsh, gone to Australia.-Dr. John Dawson to be superintendent of the Lord Aucklandconvict ship.-Dr. David Geddes (1831) to be superintendentof the Oriental Queen convict ship.-Acting Assistant-SurgeonJohn Angus, M.D., of her Majesty’s frigate Penelope, has been

. confirmed in his rank of Assistant-Surgeon, as has also ActingAssistant-Surgeon W. G. J. Ayres, of the 2’easer, tender to

I the Penelope.PUBLIC DISPENSARY, CAREY-STREET.-On Tuesday,

the 10th inst., the quarterly court of governors was held in the board-room of the institution, R. Twining, Esq, treasurer, in the chair.Mr. J. S. Phillips, the secretary, read the report of the managingcommittee, which stated that, during the past three months, noless than 1826 patients had been in receipt of medicines andadvice through the funds of the institution, of which number 222had been visited at their own homes, making a total number of226,934 persons who had received relief since the commencementof the charity. The report further stated that the institutionwas still in debt to the bankers, though a portion of that debthad been pad off. The report was ordered to be entered on theminutes, and the usual compliment to the chairman terminatedthe proceedings.MORTALITY AT THE SEAT OF WAR: Lamentable

’ accounts have been received of the mortality among the inha-t bitants of the trans-Vaal territory, arising from a contagious’ disease peculiar to the country, which has this season assumed

an unusual degree of virulence. Upwards of 300 of the settlershave been cut off in one locality. The disease, it is said, is very

rapid in its operation, generally ending in death within a few, hours of its appearance.. CHOLERA.-Cholera has found its way to this placet from Kalisch. Numerous cases have occurred which are

; declared by the board to be of the virulent Asiatic character.-Berlin Paper.

t MEDICAL PATRIARCH.-Dr. Denis Burke, a nativer of Ireland, aged about 100 years, died at Washington on thei 29th June. He was an assistant-surgeon for many years at

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HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDINGSATURDAY, AUGUST 14.-The health -of London exhibits someimprovement. The deaths, which were 1124 in the first week,have fallen to 1091 in the second week of August. Diarrhoeaand summer cholera are still fatal; of 15 deaths from cholera, I occurred in children under the age of 15, and 4 in old people of the age of 60 and upwards; 4 only of the deaths occurred on thesouth, while 11 occurred on the north side of the Thames. 201

persons were destroyed by diarrhoea, 174 were children, 15 wereof the age of 15-60, and 12 were of the age of 60 and upwards.The total deaths from all causes under the age of 15 were 611; between the age of 15 and 60, 303; at the age of 60 and upwards,171. The deaths of females (555) exceeded the deaths of males(536) by 19, a change in the proportion which was observed inthe corresponding week of 1849, when cholera was epidemic, and1116 males, 1114 females died. 16 persons died of small-pox, 14of measles, 47 of scarlatina, 47 of typhus, 122 of consumption,29 of apoplexy. The deaths referred to apoplexy occurred at allages, and in undue proportion under the age of 15. Disease ofthe heart and arteries was fatal in 36 instances, bronchitis in 29,and pneumonia in 31. Childbearing was fatal to 7 mothers, 3 ofwhom died from metria. 20 deaths from violence are recorded,including 4 by poison. 150 persons died in the public institu-tions of London, 106 in the workhouses, 31 in the hospitals, 7 inlunatic asylums, 3 in military and naval asylums, 3 in militaryand naval hospitals, none in prisons. There were 15 cases ofcholera registered in the week. " Summer" has been substitutedthroughout for " English" cholera or cholera Anglica, which isoften used in the medical certificates, although the disease is notconfined to England, and may with equal propriety be calledcholera Gallica, Italica, or Germanica; for it prevails in the sameform all over Europe.

Last week the births of 771 boys and 694 girls, in all 1465children, were registered in London. The average number inseven corresponding weeks of the years 1845-51 was 1335.At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the

barometer last week was so low as 29 380 in. The mean tem-perature of the week was 59.7°, which is 1.7° lower than theaverage of the same week in ten years. The wind during theweek was chiefly from the south-west, and blew at the averagerate of 140 miles a day. Nearly 12 in. of rain fell. The meantemperature of the Thames declined from about 690 66° onSunday to 66°-62° on Saturday. In the night it is still muchwarmer than the air.

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONTO

THE LANCET.

Post-office Orders to be made payable to EDWARD THOMAS,at the Strand Post-office. ’

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

A Surgeon, (St. Pancras.)-It appears to us that the complaint made byMr. Hickman and Mr. Hilles against Dr. Wildbore was exceedingly un-professional and improper. Had the unfortunate man, Cunnington, in thefury, cut the throats of several members of his family, what then wouldhave been said of Dr. Wildbore ? Why, he would have been charged,probably by the same parties, with having grossly neglected his duty, by notproviding for the patient a secure asylum in the workhouse. In cases of

insanity, the earliest possible attention is required, in order to afford thebest means of obtaining a permanent benefit. Delay in such cases andincurable insanity are almost convertible terms. Instead of being cen-sured, Dr. Wildbore and Mr. Robinson are entitled to credit for theirprofessional conduct on the occasion. If it be true that the man was in.furiated by the continued annoyances and misconduct of his wife, wasnot a removal from her presence the best means of diminishing the in-tensity of his cerebral irrita’ion ? When Mr. Hickman and Mr. Hilles sawthe man some days after his admission, it is very probable that the patientwas then as rational as themselves; but the condition of Cunnington atthat time would furnish no evidence as to his state when he was firstseen by Dr. Wildbore, and when the certificate of admission to the work.house was given.

A Constant Reader and Old Subscriber.-No new charter has as yet beengranted to the College of Physicians. Our correspondent had better waituntil he can avail himself of the provisions of the forthcoming enact-ment.

Guido.-Yes. The same individual.

THE Editors of the BRITISH MEDICAL DIRECTORY have requested us toexpress their hearty thanks to the many hundreds of the profession whohave already sent in the "official returns." They have also requested usto notice the striking fact that only one gentleman omitted to attach astamp to his communication; and in this instance it was quite evident.from the manner in which the return was made, that the omission wasaccidental, and not intentional.

Histology.- Several correspondents having requested information as to themeaning of this term, we have only to refer them to the " HistologicalCatalogue of the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons," to the"Lectures on Histology" by Professor Quekett, and to the work of Mons.Burggraeve, entitled, "Anatomie de Texture, ou Histologie, applique àla Physiologie et à la Pathologie." In these works our readers will finda more particular account of histology, the science of the minute stmc.ture of the organs of animals and plants, and which may be truly said tobe the creation of the present century. Professor Quekett states the termto be derived from l&sgr;&ggr;o&sfgr;, a tissue or web; and Ao’yo!’, a discourse. Mons.Burggraeve states: "L’anatomie humaine présente deux grandes divi-sions : tantôt elle étudie les organes sains ; c’est 1’anatomie physiologique;tant6t elle étudie les organes malades; c’est l’anatomie pathologique,Lorsque l’anatomie s’occupe de toutes les qua1ités des organes qu’onpeut observer sans les diviser, elle prend le nom d’anatomie des formes,des connevions, ou d’anatomie descriptbJe, Quand elle s’occupe de leurtexture intime, elle est désignée dans le nom d’histologie, ou d’anatomiede texture."

A Subscriber, (Winterton.)-Application should be made to Mr. Whitfield,St. Thomas’s Hospital.

Cymro.-There is no treatise that we are aware of published separately.Papers have appeared from time to time in the journals against the fraud,

Needful.-The various manufacturers issue prospectuses, with prices, &c.A note addressed to Mr. Weiss, of the .Strand, would produce a reply tothe question.

Parens.-The Students’ Number of THE LANCET will be published on the25th of September: The particulars respecting the various medical schoolswill therein be published, and Parens will be enabled to make his ownselection of a school for his son.

A Candidate.-The governors should be canvassed individually ; but if theappointment be obtained by such means or by the production of the supe.rior testimonials, a miracle will be performed. If our correspondent bedestitute of some family or private personal interest, we feel bound torecommend to him to devote neither time nor expense in endeavouringto obtain the office.

Mr. Nicholson shall receive a private note.T. P.-It is not necessary to pass the classical examination previous to thegeneral examination.

G. B.-With either qualification the office might be obtained by the meansstated; but the appointment would require the special sanction of thepoor-law commissioners.

WE have attended to the request of our valued correspondent, Dr. Glover.THE New Medical Reform Bill will be the subject of remark next week.Liverpool.-The party named in our correspondent’s letter is a legally qua.

lified practitioner.One who Looks on and Laughs.-The remark of Ross, that the fool has a

little money left," may be true enough; but the longer the cash lasts,the longer will be the fellow’s torture. He has brought all the sufferingon himself by a display of extraordinary stupidity and malignity. Neverwere loss, discomfiture, and pain, more richly deserved.

B. E.-Not in such a case. The practice is universally condemned.Dr. M‘Ewen, (Cork.)-We will attend to the request.M.R.C.S.E., (Wells.) - Our correspondent is requested to forward forperusal a report of his first case. After we have read it, he shall receivean immediate reply.

Juvenis.-1. Yes.-2. Yes.-3. The last Saturday in September.-4. tobelieve that there is no stated age.

A Suffrer, (Liverpool.)-The disease is perfectly under the control ofmedicine, and is not dangerous. Any respectable surgeon can treat thecase. The advertising quacks plunder their patients, and ruin theirhealth.

COMMUNICATIONS, LETTERS, &c., have been received from - Dr.Lockhart Robertson; Medicus; A Candidate; Dr. Muspratt; Needful;Mr. Cartwright ; Cymro ; Mr. David Nelson, (Birmingham;) Enquirer;A Subscriber, (Winterton;) A Constant Reader; A Six Years’ Subscriber,(Rugby;) R. S. T.; Parens ; Cyrus ; A. B. C., (Finsbury;) Mr. E. C.Buckbolt; N. (Isle of Man;) Mr. W. R. Warwick; Mr. J. P. Lacy; Mr.John Mackintosh; Mr. E. H. Swete ; Mr. S. Hickson; Mr. T. B. Oldfield ;Mr. R. H. Leach; A Subscriber; Mr. B. M. George; Mr. G. S. Gregory;Mr. J. Nance, (with enclosure;) Mr. J. Hughes; Dr. Fincham; Mr. J.L. Green; Dr. Thomson; Dr. J. C. Hall, (Sheffield;) Dr. H. JohnsoMr. Robert Ellis; A Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians; Mr.Salt, (Birmingham;) Mr. Hare; Mr. Swan, (Harrogate;) Mr. Wilkinsc(Wandsworth;) Dr. M’Cormack, (Shirley;) Dr. Glover, (Newcastleupon-Tyne;) Scrutator; M.R.C.S.E., (Wells, Norfolk;) G. B.; Mr. :Nicholson, (Rexham;) Dr. Garstang; A Graduate of King’s College,(Aberdeen;) Mr. Watson; Caustic, (Hull;) Mr. Nash, (Brighton;) Mr.Buckingham; A Victim of a Homœopathic Quack; A Subscriber, (Kil-kenny A Candidate; Mr. Nicholson; A Surgeon, (St. Pancras;) T. P.; One who Looks on and Laughs ; R. E. ; Dr. M’Ewen, (Cork;) A ConstantReader and Old Subscriber; Juvenis; A Sufferer, (Liverpool j) Rc. &c.