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Medical News.APOTHECARIES’ HALL. - The following gentlemen

passed the examination in the Science and Practice of Medi.eine and received certificates to practise on the 28th inst. :-

Gristock, William, Blandford-square.Johnson, William Henry, Hogsthorpe, Lincolnshire.Marriott, Frederick Thomas, Western General Dispensary.Marsh, Frank, Tilliugton, near Stafford.Oxley, Alfred James Richard, Conisbro’, Yorkshire.

The following gentleman also passed the Primary Pro-fessional Examination :-

Burt, Alfred, Guy’s Hospital.

UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN. - The following degreeswere conferred on June 28th :-BACHELOR IN MEDICINE. - John James Adams, Travers Boyne Barton,Henry Joseph Battersby, William Arthur Booker, William Byrne, Chas.Alfred Cooper, Freeman Wills Crofts, Arthur Francis Dobbs, WilliamHamilton, Henry Malet, Malachi O’Dwyer, John Patterson, Henry D.Shepherd, William Butler Walsh, Erving Whittle.

DOCTOR IN MEDICINE. — Thomas Elliott, James Joseph Moran, JamesMurphy, Samuel Lane Popham, Joseph Francis Porter, Henry D. Shep-herd, James Thompson, Arthur Annesley West, Cadwallader BrookeWolseley, Erving Whittle.

LICENTIATE IN MEDICINE. — James Campbell Hall, George Henry Man-ning.

BACHELOR IN SURGERY. - John James Adams, Henry Joseph Battersby,William Arthur Booker, William Byrne, John Vincent Conolly, FreemanWills Crofts, Arthur Francis Dobbs, William Hamilton, FrederickFitzgerald M’Cartie, Henry Malet, Malachi O’Dwyer, Henry DroughtShepherd, James Edward Thompson.

MASTER IN SURGERY. - Henry Joseph Battersby, Rudolph M’Dermott,Sidney Hamilton Taylor.

LICENTIATE IN SURGERY.-James Campbell Hall.MASTER IN OBSTETRIC ARTS.-Arthur Vincent Macan, Alfred H. M’Clin-tock (honoris causa.), Edward Burrowes Sinclair (honoris causa.).DR. DAVID BIGGER, of Portadown, has been drowned

in the River Bann, by the capsizing of a boat.DR. THOMAS H. MEIKLE, of Strathearn House,

Crieff, has been placed on the Commission of the Peace forPerthshire.

DR. HETLEY, of Norbury-lodge, ’Upper Norwood,has been appointed a Justice of the Peace for the countyof Surrey.MR. HENRY W. Joy, late medical officer to the

Kent Prison, Maidstone, has obtained a superannuationallowance of £150 per annum.

MR. JOSEPH DixoN, of Hove, Brighton, medicalofficer to Court °‘ Lansdowne " of the Ancient Order ofForesters, has been presented by the members with a

surgeon’s ribbon, to which was attached an emblematicalsilver medal and a silver bar, the latter bearing the follow-ing inscription : "Presented to Bro. Joseph Dixon, Esq.,after 21 years’ service as surgeon to Court Lansdowne."VACCINATION GRANTS.-The following gentlemen

have received from the Local Government Board gratuitiesfor successful vaccination :-Mr. George Okell, Winsford,£819 10s., Mr. J. R. White, Blackmore, Ingatestone, £2 19s.

BIRMINGHAM MEDICAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.-Atthe annual meeting of this Society the following officerewere elected for the ensuing year :-President, Mr. AlfredFreer, Stourbridge; President Elect, Mr. Watkin Williams;Vice-Presidents, Mr. Kimbell (of Knowle), and Mr. J. C.Bracey; Treasurers, Mr. Berry and Dr. Wade; HonorarySecretary, Mr. T. H. Bartleet.CARMICHAEL PRIZE FUND. - The Council of thE

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland lately applied tcthe Master of the Rolls for liberty to devote .;8150 out oithe surplus fund for the payment of £ 50 each to three ojtheir body for examining the various essays sent in for thieprize. The application was refused, with costs, as a mos1unjustifiable one.

DONATIONS TO MEDICAL CHARITIES. - MajorMoriarty has given £ 500 to the Great Northern Hospital£100 to the Samaritan Free Hospital for Women ancChildren, and £100 to the Royal Westminster Opthalmi(Hospital. The Goldsmiths’ Company and the Merchan1Taylors’ Company have each given .8100 to the CharingCross Hospital Extension Fund. Mr. Thomas Buckmastehas given £ 100 to the Westminster Hospital. The PoplaBoard of Guardians has granted a donation of ten guinea:to the Seamen’s Hospital at Greenwich.

ENLARGEMENT OF MERCER’S AND THE ADELAIDEHOSPITALS, DUBLIN.—Mercer’s Hospital, one of the oldest,if not the oldest, of the hospitals in Dublin, will shortly haveadditional accommodation, consisting of forty or fifty beds,.by a new wing which is nearly completed, and which is to-be called the "Napier" wing. It is also intended to en-large and improve the Adelaide Hospital, by the addition ofseveral surgical wards, a new operating theatre, and de-tached fever hospital. A new wing, to be styled the" Madeline" wing, capable of containing three wards, eachholding fourteen beds, for surgical cases will be -shortlycommenced. These extensive additions in connexion withthe Adelaide Hospital are estimated to cost nearly ten;thousand pounds.THE HARVEY STATUE.-The recurrence of another

Harveian oration reminds one that the three hundrethanniversary of Harvey’s birth is at hand. Our readers areaware that a movement to erect a statue of Harvey atFolkestone, his birthplace, has been started. We learn thattthe sum already paid in amounts to about £ 520, whilst afurther sum of X400 has been promised. The total is notas yet sufficient to warrant the committee in entrusting the-work to an artist for execution, and they therefore appealto the members of the medical profession generally to comeforward and help in this good work. It is not necessary thatevery one should give a large donation, but if a small sum--say ten or even five shillings-were given by every readorof these pages, the committee would at once be relieved ofall anxiety respecting the result of their appeal. We shall!be glad to know that-our advocacy of this project has beensuccessful. Subscriptions may be sent to Sir G. Burrows,Bart., or Mr. Prescott Hewett, the honorary treasurers; orto Mr. George Eastes, M.B., 69, Connaught-street, Hyde-park-square, London, W., or Mr. W. G. S. Harrison, townclerk, Folkestone, the honorary secretaries to the fund.

Medical Appointments.ALEXANDER, J. D., L.R.C.P.Ed., L.F.P.S.G., has been appointed Mediott

Officer to the Workhouse, and Medical Officer and Public Vaccinatorfor the Second Eastern District of the Freebridge Lynn Union, viceBarrett, resigned.

ALLAN, R. M., L.K.Q.C.P.I. & L.M., L.R.C.S.I., has been appointedMedical Officer to the Pegswood Medical Society, Pegswood Colliery,Morpeth.

ANDREWS, Dr. (of Nenagh), has been appointed Medical Officer for theSilvermines Dispensary District of the Nenagh Union, vice Jones,deceased.

BBYDEN, R. T., L.R.C.P.Ed., L.R.C.S.Ed., has been appointed MedicalOfficer for No. 13 District of the North Brierly Union, Yorkshire, viceTreharne, resigned.

CHAPMAN, Dr. J. M., has been appointed Resident Physician to the Royal, Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Children, for six months from the

1st inst.CHARMS, Dr. D., has been appointed Medical Officer, Public Vaccinator, &c.,

, for the Bellaghy Dispensary District of the Magherafelt Union, vice,

Adamson, resigned.DALT, T., L.R.C.P.Ed., L.R.C.S.Ed., has been appointed Medical Officer for

the Chawleigh District of the Crediton Union, Devon.DAVIES, J., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., has been appointed a Medical Officer to

the Bath Lying-in Charity, vice Hanham, deceased.Dicgsox, J. D., M.D., C.M., has been appointed Resident House-Surgeon,

. to the Buckinghamshire General Infirmary, Aylesbury, vice Keyworth,’

resigned.’ GREENFIELD, W. S., M.D., M.R.C.P., has been appointed Assistant-Physician’ to St. Thomas’s Hospital, vice Ord, appointed Physician.

HALL, E., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., has been appointed Medical Officer of’Health for the Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn Urban Sanitary District,

! at 240 for one year.HARRis, V. D., M.D., M.R.C.P., has been appointed an additional Assistant*’

Physician to the West London Hospital.HAYWARD, T. E., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Registrar and Chloro-

formist to the Evelina Hospital for Sick Children, vice Andrews.. resigned.

JAMES, H. G., L.R C.P.Ed., has been appointed Assistant Medical Officer tothe East Riding Lunatic Asylum, Beverley, vice Croudace, resigned.

KELLAND, J., M.B., C.M., L.R.C.P.Ed., L.R.C.S.Ed., has been appointedHouse-Surgeon and Apothecary to the General Infirmary, Salisbury,

. vice Horne, resigned.LIVY, Dr. J., has been appointed Certifying Factory Surgeon for the

District of Little Bolton, vice Garstang, deceased.’ MACAuLAY, Eneas, L.F.P.S.G., has been appointed Medical Officer to theTeesdale Medical Club, vice Hunter, resigned.

t MARTYN, R. J., L.R.C.S.I., has been appointed Resident Surgeon to theRichmond Hospital, Dublin, vice Gordon, resigned.MERciEE, C. A., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed an Assistant Surgeon-

r Accoucheur to the Norwich Lying-in Charity, vice Waddell.OTTLEr, W., F.R.C.S.E., M.B., B.Sc., has been appointed an additional

. Assistant-Surgeon to the West London Hospital.PEARSE, S. F., has been appointed Physician’s Assistant to the Middlesex

Hospital, vice Brown, resigned.

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PLAYFAIR, Dr. W., has been appointed Consulting Physician to the EvelinaHospital for Sick Children, vice Farre, resigned.

SHEPPARD, H. H., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer to theFriendly Societies’ Medical Institute, Northampton, vice Campbell,

resigned.SWETE, H., M.D., has been reappointed Medical Officer of Health forthe Droitwich Urban Sanitary District, till 5th May, 1879, at .830per annum.

’ToMKIN, T. M., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., has been reappointed Medical Officerof Health for the Witham Urban Sanitary District, Essex.

WADDELL, J. C., M.D., has been appointed Surgeon-Accoucheur to theNorwich Lying-in Charity, vice Gibson, deceased.

WALKER, J. D., L.R.C.P.Ed., L.R.C.S.Ed., has been reappointed MedicalOfficer of Health for the Fylde Rural Sanitary District, Lancashire, andhis salary increased from jE60 to £ 70 per annum.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

BARLOW.-On the 30th ult., at Albion-road, Dalston, the wife of RobertBarlow, M.R.C.S.E., of a daughter.

CLOTHIER.—On the 28th ult., at Ridgmount-terrace, Highgate, the wife ofHenry Clothier, M.D., of a son.

GRiEVE.-On the 1st inst., at Berbice, the wife of Robert Grieve, M.D., ofa son.

GRIMSHAW.—On the 2nd inst., at Molesworth-street, Dublin, the wife ofThomas W. Grimshaw, M.D., of a son.

HAWARD.—On the 29th ult., at Montagu-street, Portman-square, the wifeof John Warrington Haward, F.R.C.S.E., of a son, still-born.

MACSWINEY.—ON the 23rd ult., at Dover, the wife of Eugene ValentineMacSwiney, M.D., Army Medical Department, of a son.

PAIRMAN.-On the 1st inst., at Robert-street, Hampstead-road, the wife ofRobert Pairman, M.D., of a daughter.

PRINGLE.-On the 27th ult., at Angelton. Bridgend, the wife of Henry T.Pringle, M.D., Medical Superintendent of the Glamorganshire LunaticAsylum, of a son.

STONEY.-On the 30th ult., at Abbeyleix, Queen’s County, the wife ofHugh B. Stoney, M.B., of a son.

THOMPSON.-On the 24th ult., at the City and County Lunatic Asylum,Stapleton, Bristol, the wife of George Thompson, L.R.C.P.L., MedicalSuperintendent, of a son.

MARRIAGES.TURNBULL-ROCHFORT.-On the 28th ult., at St. Barnabas, Kensington,

George Wardlaw Turnbull, M.D., to Ellen, widow of Colonel Roch-fort.

UNDERHILL-FAITHORNE.-On the 14th ult., at St. John’s, Perche,Ontario, by the Rev. Isaac Barr, Vicar, assisted by the Rev. ThomasEllerby, Francis William Underhill, Surgeon, of Mosely-road, Bir-mingham, to Ellen Julia, second daughter of Colonel Faithorne, RoyalCanadians, of East Range, Sarnia, Canada.

DEATHS.BRIDICK.-ON the 28th ult., at the County Infirmary, Durham, John Burke

Bridick, late, and for many years, House-Surgeon there, aged 59.GOMPERTZ. - On the 23rd ult., William F. L. Gompertz., M.R.C.S.E.,

aged 55.HANKS.—On the 26th ult., at Mile End-road, Mary Ann Dinah, the beloved

wife of Henry Hanks, L.R.C.P.Ed., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A., after elevenyears’ severe suffering, borne with extreme fortitude.

MACHILL. - On the 3rd May, at Kirkstall, Joseph Machill, L.S.A.L.,aged 71.

O’REILLY.-On the 30th ult., at Ballinagh, co. Cavan, Thomas S. O’Reilly,M.R.C.S.E., aged 56.

WHITE.-On the 28th May, at Indore, Central India, Edith Leatitia, thebeloved wife of Surgeon-Major Charles White and the much-lovedyoungest daughter of Joseph Seaton, M.D., of Halliford House,Sunbury. _____

[N.B.—A fee of 5s. is charged for the insertion of Noticea of Births,Marriages, and Deaths,]

BOOKS ETC. RECEIVED.

Dr. W. Richardson: The Action of Alcohol on the Mind.Veterinary Obstetrics. Part IX.The Sunday at Home. July.The Leisure Hour. July.M. F. Anderson on Phosphates.’The Sunday Magazine. July.Good Words. July.British Journal of Dental Science. June.’The Veterinarian.Dr. C. Spinzie on Cholera.Medical and Surgical Reports of the Boston City Hospital.The Veterinary Journal. July.’The Journal of Mental Science. July.’The Monthly Homoeopathic Review. July.Dr. J. Kraus: Carlsbad and its Natural Healing Agents.H. W. Chisholm on the Science of Weighing and Measuring.JS. Hobday: Cottage Gardening.J. Hullah: Music in the House.:Sir W. Scott’s Lady of the Lake.J. P. Lewis: The Human Body.Dr. G. Heaton on Rupture.Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. July.Medico.Chirurgical Review. July.Microscopical Journal. July.Hardwicke’s Science Gossip. July.

Notes, Short Comments, and Answers toCorrespondents.

INSURAffCE IN BURIAL AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

THERE are few more important subjects for investigation than the rates ofmortality among infants and children insured in Friendly Societies; andwe cannot but agree with the Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies, whoin his last Annual Report dwelt upon the desirability of the Registrar.General publishing returns of the number of certificates issued by regis-trars for the payment of money on Friendly Society policies. Although areturn of the number of deaths of insured lives would afford but a slightclue to the rate of mortality, unless the numbers of the insured wereknown, it would be a decided advantage to have returns showing theextent of insurance in Friendly Societies in different parts of the country,Dr. J. B. Russell, the indefatigable medical officer of health and sta.tistician of Glasgow, has, in a Quarterly Report just issued, suppliedsome valuable figures, showing the numbers and proportions of deaths inGlasgow among persons insured in Friendly Societies. In noticing thedecline in the proportion of uncertified deaths of children in Glasgow,Dr Russell suggests that the Friendly Societies Act, by placing difficultiesin the way of issuing a certificate for the payment of money unless thecause of death has been duly certified, has probably conduced to thedecline of the uncertified cases. Whether this decline in Glasgow be dueto the operation of the Friendly Societies Act, or to the public attentionwhich Dr. Russell directed to this subject rather more than twelve monthsago, no one can doubt the interest of this evidence of the extent to whichthe lives of the people of Glasgow are involved in the operation of theFriendly Societies Act. It appears that 36 per cent. of all the deaths

registered in Glasgow are of persons registered in Friendly Societies;among children and adults aged over five years the proportion is 39 percent., and it follows that the proportion among all infants and childrenunder five years of age was little less, although the actual proportion isnot stated. Among legitimate infants under one year of age the propor-tion of insured to deaths is 21 per cent., while only 4 per cent. of theillegitimate are insured; between one and five years 47 per cent. nf thelegitimate children are insured, and 22 per cent. of those born out ofwedlock. In accordance with the Friendly Societies Act, a childiunderfive years may not be insured for an amount exceeding .E6, nor a childaged between five and ten years for a sum exceeding .610. These sums

Dr. Russell thinks are sufficient, even after deduction of the costs ofburial on the most liberal scale, to give parents a pecuniary interest in thedeaths of their children. In this case it is an important fact to haveascertained that nearly half the children dying in Glasgow between theages of one and five years are insured, and it is to be hoped that somemeasures will be adopted to supply similar information with regard todeaths of insured children in some of our large English towns. Bearingin mind the grave responsibility assumed by Insurance Societies thatunder-take this industrial business, they should be obliged to give the greatestpublicity to carefully prepared statistics showing the number of lives in-sured at different ages, and the number and proportion of deaths occur-ring annually among the insured. The profits on lapsed policies in thisform of insurance is so enormous that the Companies can unfortunatelyafford to suffer from excessive rates of mortality without imperilling theirrevenue. These considerations should not, however, exonerate the Com-panies from giving the most accurate facts relating to the rate of mortalityamong children insured in Societies doing business of this character.

Mr. . de Watteville’sletter on " Induction Coils" shall appear next week.

LICENSED LODGING-ROUSES AT CAMERIDGE.

To the Editor of THE LANCET.SiR,—I see that in your valuable journal attention is directed by a eocre-

spondent to the sanitary condition of the lodging-houses at Cambridge, and,bein personally interested in the uncomfortable condition of one of thesehouses, I venture to ask your permission to corroborate his statements.In my own lodging I find it impossible to make use of the accommodation

supplied, owing to its uncleanness and want of ventilation. From theformer I conclude that there is but one such apartment in the house; whilethe latter is apparent from the noisome vapours which, in warm weather orduring a dearth of rain, float up the stairs, and permeate the atmosphere ofmy sitting-room. I can well recollect that my fellow-student on one occa-sion, driven to desperation, purchased a bottle of Condy’s disinfecting fluid,and poured it upon the stairs, to the slight detriment of the carpet, but thepleasant relief of our oppressed senses.

I remain, Sir, yours obediently,July, 1877. ANOTHER UNDERGRIDU4TIt.

HYPODERMIC INJECTION OF SALICYLIC ACID IN ERYSIPELAS.PROFESSOR FERDINAND PETERSEN, of Kiel, in a communication to theDeutsche Med. Wochen., states that he has thrice arrested the. progress oferysipelas by injecting a concentrated solution of salicylic acid under thehealthy skin surrounding the diseased part. Several such injections woremade simultaneously in each of the cases. He does not, however, positivelyassert that the good effect was simply owing to the operation.

Mr. W. Houghton.-The treatment of phthisis with hypophosphites- hasbeen discussed in these columns.

Dr. Madden.-We cannot insert communications addressed to other journals.