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Obituary.CHRISTOPHER FLEMING. M.D., F.R.C.S.I.

THIS gentleman died on the 30th ult. at Donnybrook,County Dublin, aged eighty years. Dr. Fleming had forsome years retired from practice, but formerly held theappointment of visiting surgeon to the Richmond Hospital,and was a member of the Surgical Court of Examiners in theRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland, of which institutionhe was president in 1859-60. Deceased was a graduate inArts and Medicine of the University of Dublin, consulting-surgeon to Steevens’s Hospital, a member of the Roval IrishAcademy, and formerly corresponding member to the Surgi-cal Society, Paris. He was the author of some medical

papers, including one on the subject of chloroform in surgery,and published in 1877 a work entitled " Clinical Records ofInjuries and Diseases of the Genito-urinary Organs."

Medical News.ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON. -

The following gentlemen were admitted Licentiates of theCollege on Dec. 30th :-

Allen, Thomas William James, University Hospital.Bathe, Anthony John, Whittington Villas.Bull, Geo. Coulson Robins, London-street, Paddington.Carpenter, Arthur Bristowe, Duppas House, Croydon.Grayling, Arthur, Forest Hill.Harvey, Sidney Frederic, Catherina-terrace, Lansdowne-road.Macdowall, Cameron Joseph Francis Stuart, Osnaburgh-street.Maynard, Foster Fowler Martin, St. Andrew’s Park, Hastings.Mills, Thomas Wesley, M.D. McGill, Murray-street.Patten, Chailes Arthur, Marpool House, Ealing.Pearce, Walter, Oxford-terrace, Edgware-road.Phillipps, William Alfred, Longton-grove.Renshaw, Israel James Edward, Sale, Manchester.Wilkinson, Frank Tichborne, Dean-street.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND. -The following gentlemen passed the Primary Examinationin Anatomy and Physiology at a meeting of the Board ofExaminers on the 5th inst.:—Charles Slater, Thomas Rushbrooke, and Harry Groom, Cambridge;Edward Paxton and Joseph Whitt.Lker, Owens College, Manchester ;John F. G. Dill, Cambridge and Gny’s Hospital ; Charles W.Thompson, Leeds; Frank Pearse, Guy’s Hospital; Albert G. Cunning-ham, Bristol; William H. Burke, Dublin ; Henry S. Wood,Melbourne ; Thomas Kelly, llcGill College, Montreal; Joseph H.Powell, Bristol.

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The Library of the College will be closed on Friday, the 14th,and Saturday, the 15th inst., in consequence of the examina-tion for the Membership.

UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM. — The following nameshould have appeared in the list published in our issue oiDec. 18th of gentlemen who had conferred on them theM.D. degree :-

Bedford Fenwick, M.B., M.R.C.S.

LONGEVITY OF MEDICAL MEN.-The calendars Ojthe Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, London, giv(some rare examples of longevity amongst their fellows an(members-viz. : Archibald Billing, F.R.C.P., of Park-lanecompletes his ninetieth year on the 10th inst. ; JoseplHurlock, F.R.C.P., of Brighton, is eighty-eight; SirThoma!Watson, Bart., F.R.S., D.C.L., eighty-eight; AlexandeTweedie, F.It.S., F.R.C.P., eighty-six; James ArthuWilson, F.R.C.P., of Holmwood, near Dorking, eighty-fiveBisset Hawkins, F.R.S , F. R. C’. P. , eighty-four ; Sir JameAlderson, F.R.S., late President of the Royal College oPhysicians, eighty ; Christopher J. R. Allatt, F.R.C.P., oDover, eighty ; Sir George Burrows, Bart., F.R.S., D.C.L.late President of the Royal College of Physicians, seventynine ; James Muscroft, F.R.C.S., of Pontefract, ninety-five eT. M. Greenhow, F. R. C. S., of Leeds, ninety ; Robert TayleF.R.C.S., of Brighton, ninety-oue; James -Nionerieff ArnotlF.R.S., late President of the Royal College of Surgeons (

England, eighty -seven ; John Flint South, F.R.C.S, (

Blackheath, eighty-four ; Ca’sar Henry Hawkins, F.R.S

F.R.C.S., Serjeant Surgeon to the Queen, of Grosvenor.street, eighty-three; James Luke, F.R.S., F.R.C.S., COL-suiting Surgeon to the London Hospital, eighty-three;Robert M’Cormick, R.N., F.R.C.S., Deputy Inspector ofHospitals and Fleets, eighty-three ; this gentleman accom.panied Sir Edward Parry as Assistant Surgeon in HerMajesty’s ship Hecla in the attempt to reach the North Polein 1827.-The Daily Telegraph.MR. JOHN DUNCAN, a weaver, has presented to the

University of Aberdeen a collection of botanical specimens,which he had accumulated with his own hands, and whichis stated to be unique in respect of its value and complete-ness.

BEQUESTS AND DONATIONS TO MEDICAL CHARITIES.The late Sir Thomas Hare, Bart., of Stow Hall, Norfolk,bequeathed a legacy of £100 to the West Norfolk and LynnHospital.

PRESENTATION. - Dr. John Finigan, of AddisonLodge, Glasnevin, county Dublin, has been presented withan address and a valuable service of solid silver plate.THE Fishmongers’ Company have made a grant

of 100 guineas towards the cost of the new buildings at St.Bartholomew’s Hospital.THE salaries of Dr. Brett, medical officer to the

Union house and district of Watford, have been increasedfrom E55 and £70 to £70 and 9100 per annum respectively.

Medical Appointments.Intimations for this column must be sent DIRECT to the Offfice ofTHE LANCET before 9 o’clock on Thursday Morning, at the latest.

BENTHALL, W., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed House-Surgeon to theDerbyshire General Infirmary, vice Hough, resigned.

DOBSON, A., L.R.C.S,., L.R.C.P., has been reappointed Medical Officerfor the West District of the Holbeck Union.

DONKIN, W. F., M.A., has been appointed Public Analyst for;,theCounty of Wilts.

EVERARD, H. N., M.B., has been appointed House-Surgeon andApothecary to the Leicester Infirmary and Fever Hospital, viceMoore, resigned.

HOOPER, C., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., has been appointed Medical Officerof Health to the Aylesbury Rural Sanitary Authority.

HUMBLE, G. A., M.D., M.R.C.P.L., has been appointed (pro tem.)Physician to his Excellency the Governor of Patagonia (SouthAmerica) and Staff, vice Dr. Baraja, deceased.

HYSLOP, J., M.B., C.M., has been appointed Assistant-Physician to theRoyal Edinburgh Asylum, Morningside.

LEITCH, J., M.B., C.M., has been reappointed Medical Officer of Healthfor the Holme-Cultram Urban Sanitary District, Cumberland.

LONG FORD, H., L.K.Q.C.P.L, L.R.C.S.I., has been appointed MedicalOfficer to the Thirsk District and the Workhouse of the ThirskUnion, vice Ryott, deceased.

MALLINS, H., M.B., C.M., has been appointed Medical Officer to theWalton District of the Wayland Union.

MANBY, A. R., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., has been appointed Medical Officerfor the Reedham District of the Docking Union.

MOORE, Mr. E. H., has been reappointed Public Analyst for the EasternDivision of the County of Sussex.

PADDISON, E. H., M.B., has been appointed a Junior Assistant MedicalOfficer to the Surrey County Lunatic Asylum, vice Hosking, reosigned.

PATTINsoN, J., F.C.S., has been appointed Public Analyst for theBorough of Gateshead.

PAYNE, C. A., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., has been appointed Medical Officerof the Workhouse, Shoreditch Union, vice Hargreaves, resigned.

POTTER, H. P., F.R.C.S., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., &c., Medical Registrarof St. Thomas’s Hospital, has been appointed Resident MedicalSuperintendent to St. Mary Abbott’s, Kensington, at a salary of.f’300 per annum, rising to k350 after th9 first year, with house &c.,vice W. B. Whitmore, M.B., resigned.

, REDWOOD, T., Ph.D., has been reappointed Public Analyst for the’ Parish of St. James and St. John, Clerkenwell.

: STODDART, Mr. F. W., has been appointed Public Analyst for the Cityof Bristol, vice W. W. Stoddart, deceased.

! TOWLSON, H. J., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer to theBarrowden District of the Uppingham Union.

; VACHER, F., F.R C.S., has been reappointed Public Analyst for theBorough of Birkenhead.

WALTER, W., M.D., L:K.Q.C.P.I., L.R.C.S.I., has been appointedHonorary Surgeon to St. Mary’s Hospital, Manchester, vice Heslop,resigned.

if WELLS, A. G., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., has been appointed Medical Officer, to the Third District of the Fulham Union.