2
1013 EADON, W. F. B., L.R.C P.Ed., L.R.C.S.Ed., has been appointed Medical Officer to the Fifth District of the Barton Regis Union. FOSTER, N. S., M.D., C.M., has been appointed Medical Officer to the ’ Stoke Lyne District of the Bicester Union. GAMGEE, J. S., F.R.S.Ed., M.R.C S.E., has been appointed Consulting Surgeon to the Queen’s Hospital, Birmingham. HAMILTON, R., M.B.. C.M., has been appointed Medical Officer for the Rytherwith Ozendike District of the Tadcaster Union. HILLIARD, H. C., M,D., L.R.C.P.L., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer to the Ca.terham District of the Godstone Union. HOPE, E. W., M.B., B.Sc., L.R.C.P.L., has been appointed Resident Medical Officer to the Netherfield Fever Hospital, Liverpool, vice W. Rushton Parker, B.A., M.B., M.R.C.S.E., resigned. , JACK, J. S., M.B., C.M., has been appointed Medical Officer to the Rothbury East District of the Rothbury Union. JONES. J. D., L.R.C.P.Ed., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer for the Shebbear District of the Torrington Union. MARSH, T. A. P., M.R.C.S.E., L.R.C.P.L., has been appointed House- Surgeon to the Weston-super-Mare Hospital, vice Rowlands, re- signed. MAY, B., M.B., F.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Honorary Surgeon to the Queen’s Hospital, Birmingham, vice Gamgee, resigned. MOORE, Mr. E. H., has been reappointed Public Analyst for the Western Division of the County of Sussex. SHEMILT, G. R., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., has been appointed Medical Officer to the Third District of the Highworth and Swindon Union. SMITH, C. R., M.B., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Surgeon to the Eye Infirmary, Wolverhampton. THOMSON, A., M.B., C. M., has been appointed Assistant Medical Officer to the Montrose Royal Lunatic Asylum, vice W. J. Dodds, M.D., resigned. WATTS. T. F., M.B., C.M., has been appointed Assistant Medical Officer to Her Majesty’s Prison Walton, Liverpool. Births, Marriages, and Deaths. BIRTHS. BIRCH. - On the 8th inst., at Sussex House, Downs-road, Lower Clapton, the wife of George Birch, Esq., M.R.C.S.E., of a daughter. CHARLES.-On the 7th inst., at West Cromwell-road, South Kensington, the wife of T. Cranstoun Charles, M.D., of a son. 6 DUKE.-On the 15th inst., at 1, Cavendish-terrace, Clapham-common, the wife of Benjamin Duke, M.R.C.S.E., of a daughter. EAGER.-On the 14th inst., at the County Asylum, Melton, Suffolk, the wife of Wilson Eager, Medical Superintendent, of a son. IRONSIDE - On the 7th inst., at Highbury New Park, the wife of R. A. Ironside, M.B., of a son. NiCHOLLS.—On the 2nd ult., at Dominica, West Indies, the wife of H. A. Alford Nicholls, M.D., of a daughter. RICE.-On the 5th inst., at Friar-gate, Derby, the wife of George Rice, M.R.C.S.E., of a son. MARRIAGES. BiRD—FREELAND.—On the 9th inst., at All Saints’, Paddington, Peter Hinckes Bird, F.R.C.S., F.L.S., of Norfolk-square, W., to Rosa M. Freeland, of Ovington-gardens, South Kensington. CLARKE—ALEXANDER.—On the 8th inst., at Glasgow, Henry J. Clarke, M.B., C.M., M.R.C.S.E., of Doncaster, to Isabella Margaret, youngest daughter of T. Alexander, Esq., of Glasgow. FORSYTH—RAYNER,—On the 8th inst., at the Parish Church, Birstall, by the Rev. John Kemp, M.A., Vicar, assisted by the Rev. F. T. White, M.A., Curate, Robert Adam Forsyth, M.D., to Annie Marguerita, younger daughter of Robert Rayner, Esq., M.R.C.S.E., of Newstall, Birstall. MORGENROOD—RElD.—On the 8th inst., at Anerley Congregational Church, William George Morgenrood, M.B., C.M., L.R.C.S., &c., second son of Philip D. Morgenrood, of Wynberer, Cape of Good Hope, to Jessie Wardlaw, second daughter of William Wardlaw Reid, of Selhouse Park, South Norwood. MuiR—BOSCAWEN.—On the 8th inst., at Marchwiel Church, Denbigh- shire, James Claudius Pollock Aluir, L.R. C.P.Ed.. L.R.C.S.Ed., to Isabella Nina, eldest daughter of the Rev. W. H. Boscawen, Rector of Marchwiel, and Rural Dean. DEATHS. GIBBON.- On the 2nd inst., at Pevensey-road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, Anne, widow of the late James Gibbon, M.D., of Windsor Lodge, Swansea, and daughter of the late Rev. Robert Wynter, Rector of Penderyn, Breconshire, aged 86. JONES.-On the 15th inst., at his residence, Sydenham-park, Edward Jones, M.D., aged 66. MATTHEWS.—On the 3rd inst., at his residence, The Acacias, Dover- court, Arthur Matthews, M.R.C.S.E. (formerly of Robertsbridge, Sussex), aged 75. N.B.-A fee of,5s. is charged for the insertion of Notices of Births, Marriages, and Deaths ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND. NOMINATION COMMITTEE.—Sir JAMES PAGET, Bart., Chairman. THE Committee, consisting of Messrs. Birkett, Savory, Marshall, Wood, Forster, Hutchinson, the President, and the Vice-Presidents, in pursuance of the resolution of the Council of the 13th ultimo, have taken into consideration the regulations under which the committee shall act in nominating candidates for election to College Examinerships, and have agreed to the following recommendations :- I. Constitution and Duties of the "Nomination Committee."-I. The Nomination Committee shall consist of seven members of the Council, together with the president and vice-presidents, and not less than three members of the committee shall be, or shall have been, members of the Court of Examiners. 2. The duties of the Nomination Committee shall be as follows :-(a) To consider applications from candidates for the offices of Examiner in Anatomy and in Physiology, in Medicine, in Mid- wifery, and for the Dental Section of the Board of Examiners in Dental Surgery ; to report thereon to the Council ; and to recommend the can- didates deemed fittest for election. (b) To be visitors of the examina- tions in Anatomy and Physiology, in Medicine, in Midwifery, and in Dental Surgery. (c) To make representations and recommendations to the Council respecting the aforesaid examinations. 3. The members of the Council appointed members of the Nomination Committee shall be ineligible for any of the before-mentioned examinerships. II. Notices respecting Elections, and Mode of Election of Examiners.- 1. Notice of intending elections to the examinerships shall be adver- tised in medical journals not less than one month prior to the date of those elections; and candidates shall be invited to send in their applica- tions to the secretary not less than fourteen days prior to the date of election. 2. The secretary shall forward to each member of the Council a list of all the candidates applying for the office of examiner within seven days of the expiration of the period to which the application of candidates has been limited. 3. Every member of the Council shall receive notice of each meeting of the Nomination Committee for con- sidering applications for the office of examiner, and shall be at liberty to nominate in writing to the secretary, before or at each such meeting, others than those applying as candidates for the said office. 4. The names of all candidates for the office of examiner, and the names of the candidates recommended by the Nomination Committee for the said office shall be inserted in the notice issued to the Council for the meeting appointed for the election. III. Absence of Exaiitzners.-I. In the event of any examiner being, through illness or any other unavoidable cause, unable to take part in any examination, the Nomination Committee shall be authorised, on behalf of the Council, to appoint a substitute for such examiner, report- ing thereon to the next meeting of the Council. 7 F. Number, Qualifications, and Duration of Office of Examiners.- 1. The Board of Examiners in Anatomy and Physiology shall consist of nine members, to be appointed by the Council, to conduct the examinations in Anatomy and Physiology for the Membership and the Fellowship of the College. 2. The examiners in Anatomy and Physiology shall be elected annually from the Fellows of the College. 3. An examiner in Anatomy or in Physiology shall not hold office for more than five consecutive years, but after an interval of one or more years shall again be eligible for election. 4. The chairman of the Board shall be elected annually by the members of the Board, and shall be chosen from that section of the Board, either Anatomical or Physiological, of which the members shall at the time constitute the majority of the Board. 5. The four examiners in Medicine shall be chosen from the Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians, and shall be elected annually at the Quarterly Council in July. 6. An examiner in Medicine shall not hold office for more than five consecutive years, but after an interval of one or more years shall again be eligible for election. 7. The two examiners in Midwifery shall be chosen either from the Fellows of the College or from the Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians, and shall be elected annually at the Quarterly Council in July. 8. An examiner in Midwifery shall not hold office for more than five consecutive years, but after an interval of one or more years shall again be eligible for election. (N.B.-The regulation limiting the period of office for any examinership to five consecutive years may, upon special recommendation of the Nomination Committee and the approval of the Council, be suspended.) 9. A member or members of the Dental Section of the Board of Examiners in Dental Surgery shall, as provided by tiie by-laws, be elected from "persons skilled in dental surgery," and shall hold office "for the period of five years." ____ ERASMUS WILSON TRUST. In pursuance of the resolution of the Council of March lOth, 1881, the president and vice-presidents have to report to the Council that they have taken into consideration the changes proposed in the Erasmus Wilson Trust, so as to provide that the proceeds of the fund shall be mnre advantageously employed than at present by appropriating them, in such proportion as the Council may from time to time determine, in part towards the payment of the salary of a pathological curator of the museum and in part for the payment of lectures or demonstrations on the pathological contents of the museum, to be given either by the pathological curator or some other person duly appointed for the pur- pose ; that they have consulted the legal adviser of the College on the subject, and, in accordance with his opinion, have instructed him to pre. pare a new deed, setting forth the objects of the Trust in its altered con- ditions, releasing the existing trustees from their obligations under the present Trust, and transferring to the College in its corporate capacity the observance of the conditions of the Trust so altered; and that the new deed will shortly be ready for execution. The president and vice- presidents have further to report that, in view of the proposed changes, they recommend to the Council that all regulations at present in force relating to the Erasmus Wilson Trust be rescinded; and that it be referred to the Museum Committee to inquire and report to the Council on candidates for the office of pathological curator of the museum, and on the regulations under which that office shall be held.
