458 Medical News. APOTHECARIES’ HALL. - The following gentlemer passed their examination in the Science and Practice of Medi. cine, and received certificates to practise, on Sept. 16thy :- Betts, John, London-road, Brighton. Lett, Francis, Woolwich. As an Assistant in Compounding and Dispensing Medicines: Grainger, Robert Reed, Sunderland. The following gentleman also on the same day passed his first professional examination :— Marshall, John, Guy’s Hospital. THE PURIFICATION OF RIVERS.-The Rivers Pol- lution Commissioners have visited Dewsbury and Batley, and inspected several parts of the river Calder, and after- wards met the Sanitary Committees of the two towns at their several council chambers. Sir W. Denison, the Chief Commissioner, pointed out the necessity of abating the nuisance arising from the pollution of rivers, and said that irrigation was the best mode of dealing with the sewage of towns. The views of the Commissioners appear to have met with general concurrence.—T7M Globe. IMPRISONMENT FOR SELLING DISEASED MEAT IN DUBLIN.-A butcher named Daly was sentenced on Satur- day last, by Mr. O’Donel, a Dublin magistrate, to three months’ imprisonment, for offering for sale twelve quarters of beef which the city analyst, Dr. Cameron, described as 11 extremely diseased." This is the first time that any per- son in Dublin has been sentenced to imprisonment for selling diseased or otherwise unsound food. THE Hackney Board of Works has condemned some seven or eight houses at West Hackney, under the pro- visions of the Artisans’ and Labourers’ Dwellings Act, as unfit for human habitation. These houses have been a hot- bed of fever for many years past. AT the ordinary meeting of the Bethnal-green board of guardians on Tuesday, Mr. W. D. Collins presiding, the Chairman exhibited a portrait of an inmate named Joseph Smith, who was born at Ipswich in the year 1768, and is consequently over 101 years of age. THE NATIONAL ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL, 234, Great Portland-street, Regent’s-park, of which the Duke of Marl- borough is president, has been presented with the following sums:-The Mercers’ Company, .852 10s.; Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, j840; Mr. H. D. Barclay, 10 10s.; the Earl of Zetland, 20; Mr. R. N. Thornton, =820; Mr. E. Mackenzie, .820 ; Messrs. Coutts, 21 ; Messrs. Glyn, .810 10s., &c. THE young Duke of Norfolk has given 1000 to the funds of the Infirmary at Sheffield. His Grace’s ances- tors for seventy or eighty years have been Presidents of the Infirmary, an office which he has now undertaken, becoming at the same time a donor to the extent above mentioned. INFANT MORTALITY. — The last number of the Journal de. la Société StaUstiqt{e contains the following ratios of deaths of children under one year of age to every 100 live births in European States: Denmark, 932; Norway, 1033; Holland, 11-37; Scotland, 1]--91; Hanover, 13-99; Sweden, 14-35; England, 15-39; Belgium, 15-53; Austria, 17-03; Spain, 17-07; France, 17-25; Prussia, 20-07; Saxony, 22-55; Italy, 22-85; Russia, 26-81; Bavaria, 31-03. THE "ATRATO."—The "Gazette" of Tuesday contains an Order in Council directing that the Atrato, which has lately arrived from the West Indies, shall remain in quaran- tine at the Motherbank, off the Isle of Wight, until further orders, some passengers on board her having during her homeward-bound voyage been attacked by the yellow fever. HOIST WITH HIS OWN PETARD. - The medical officer of Pentonville Prison, in his report presented this year, mentions a remarkable case which occurred recently in that gaol. Convict "5211" was suddenly seized with vomiting of blood, and died of haemorrhage in a few hours. The post-mortem examination showed a counterfeit half- crown lodged in a pouch in the gullet, which had caused ulceration and perforation of the aorta. The prisoner had been a "smasher," and in order to escape detection swal- lowed this coin ten or eleven months before his death. The absence of any difficulty in swallowing food or other symp- tom indicative of the presence of a foreign body in the gullet is remarkable; and the surgeon is not aware of any other case in which a smooth body, like a coin, has been found to ulcerate from the gullet directly into the aorta.- The Times. WE regret to hear of the death of Mr. A. D. Brandes, M.R.C.S. Eng., of Forres, Morayshire, at the ripe age of seventy-eight years. A SHOCKING CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA has just occurred at Huddersfield, the victim being a child who was bitten by a rabid cur in July last. Previous to death, the unfortu- nate little patient is said to have "suffered great agony, commenced barking, and foaming at the mouth," and was so violent that he could with difficulty be held down in bed. THE 11 Veterinarian" says that the small-pox among sheep on the continent shows no sign of decline. It is still devastating the flocks in Schleswig-Holstein and Pomerania, and has also broken out in Southern Italy. ST. THOMAS’S HosPITAL.-The following is a list of the prizes and appointments for the past session of the Medical and Surgical College, which will be distributed by Francis Hicks, Esq., the treasurer of the hospital, on the 1st of October: - Third-year’s Students : H. W. Saunders, College Prize, 30, and Hon. Certificate ; L. M. Thomas, ditto, .620, and Hon. Certificate; M. F. Simon, ditto, 10, and Hon. Certificate. Second-year’s Student: Henry Wil- liams, College Prize, £ 10. First-year’s Students: B. Addy, College Prize, 30, and Hon. Certificate; H. M. Maybury, ditto, =820, and Hon. Certificate. Physical Society’s Prizes: H. W. Saunders, Society’s Third-year’s Prize and Hen. Cer- tificate ; J. S. Slater, Society’s Second-year’s Prize and Hon. Certificate; B. Addy, Society’s First-year’s Prize and Hon. Certificate. Resident Accoucheurs : Meredith Townsend, James Fielding, M.D., Frederick Pollard, and C. N. Bell, Hon. Certificate to each. Certificates of Honour for Attend- ance on Maternity Cases : A. Barrow, F. Clark, J. Fielding, M.D., D. G. Fleming, M.D., A. H. Hughes, 31.D., F. J. Parson, D. F. Pearson, E. Sergeant, M. F. Simon, J. Sut- cliffe, and T. M. Wilkinson. Ophthalmic Clerks : David Keagey, M.D., G. C. Franklin, and H. D. ]fale, Hon. Certi- ficate to each. Prosectors : M. F. Simon and J. Sutcliffe, Prize and Hon. Certificate to each. Certificates of Honour to the following Physicians’ Clinical Clerks : J. H. Cart- wright, S. Osborn, A. M. Palmer, W. R. Pike, E. Sergeant, J. S. Slater, J. Sutcliffe, G. M. Whitehead, and H. Williams. Certificates of Honour to the following Surgeons’ Dressers A. Barrow, G. Berry, E. J. H. Booth, G. C. Franklin, E. C. Hardyman, H. K. Hitchcock, H. D. Male, H. Meadows, F. J. Parson, G. B. Robathan, H. W. Saunders, E. C. Seaton, W. B. Slaughter, L. M. Thomas, and E. A. Waterworth. Surgery and Surgical Anatomy: L. M. Thomas, the Chesel- den Medal ; F. Simon, Prize and Hon. Certificate. For General Proficiency and Good Conduct: H. W. Saunders, the Treasurer’s Gold Medal. At a special Court of the Governors of this hospital, held last Thursday, for the election of a receiver and accountant, Mr. R. Brass was declared duly elected to those important duties. The number of candidates was reduced by the Com- mittee to three, and in the result the votes were-for Mr. Brass, 50 votes; for Mr. Henry Smith, 14; and for Mr. Henry Kelly, 5. - Medical Appointments. CAMEROX, Dr. H. C., has been appointed an Extra Surgeon to the Dispen- sary of the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow. COUPER, J., 31.D., F.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Surgeon to the London Hospital, vice T. B. Curling, F.R.C.S.E., F.R.S., resigned, and appointed Consulting Surgeon. : CRAWFOED, J. D., L.R.C.P.Ed., has been appointed Senior Surgeon to the Liverpool Cancer and Skin Hospital, vice J. S. Smyth, L.R.C.P.Ed., de- ceased. FuBNivALL, C. H., has been appointed Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator for the Albury District of the (huldford Union, vice E. Capron, M.D., resigned. HEWITT, S. M., L.K.Q.C.P.I., has been appointed Physician to the Dispen- sary for Skin Diseases, Bishop-street, Dublin, vice David Basil Hewitt, L.K.Q.C.P.I., resigned.
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Medical News.APOTHECARIES’ HALL. - The following gentlemer
passed their examination in the Science and Practice of Medi.cine, and received certificates to practise, on Sept. 16thy :-
As an Assistant in Compounding and Dispensing Medicines:Grainger, Robert Reed, Sunderland.
The following gentleman also on the same day passed hisfirst professional examination :—
Marshall, John, Guy’s Hospital.
THE PURIFICATION OF RIVERS.-The Rivers Pol-lution Commissioners have visited Dewsbury and Batley,and inspected several parts of the river Calder, and after-wards met the Sanitary Committees of the two towns attheir several council chambers. Sir W. Denison, the ChiefCommissioner, pointed out the necessity of abating thenuisance arising from the pollution of rivers, and said thatirrigation was the best mode of dealing with the sewage oftowns. The views of the Commissioners appear to have metwith general concurrence.—T7M Globe.
IMPRISONMENT FOR SELLING DISEASED MEAT IN
DUBLIN.-A butcher named Daly was sentenced on Satur-day last, by Mr. O’Donel, a Dublin magistrate, to threemonths’ imprisonment, for offering for sale twelve quartersof beef which the city analyst, Dr. Cameron, described as11 extremely diseased." This is the first time that any per-son in Dublin has been sentenced to imprisonment for
selling diseased or otherwise unsound food.THE Hackney Board of Works has condemned some
seven or eight houses at West Hackney, under the pro-visions of the Artisans’ and Labourers’ Dwellings Act, asunfit for human habitation. These houses have been a hot-bed of fever for many years past.AT the ordinary meeting of the Bethnal-green board
of guardians on Tuesday, Mr. W. D. Collins presiding, theChairman exhibited a portrait of an inmate named JosephSmith, who was born at Ipswich in the year 1768, and isconsequently over 101 years of age.THE NATIONAL ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL, 234, Great
Portland-street, Regent’s-park, of which the Duke of Marl-borough is president, has been presented with the followingsums:-The Mercers’ Company, .852 10s.; Sir J. YorkeScarlett, j840; Mr. H. D. Barclay, 10 10s.; the Earl ofZetland, 20; Mr. R. N. Thornton, =820; Mr. E. Mackenzie,.820 ; Messrs. Coutts, 21 ; Messrs. Glyn, .810 10s., &c.
THE young Duke of Norfolk has given 1000 tothe funds of the Infirmary at Sheffield. His Grace’s ances-tors for seventy or eighty years have been Presidents of theInfirmary, an office which he has now undertaken, becomingat the same time a donor to the extent above mentioned.
INFANT MORTALITY. — The last number of theJournal de. la Société StaUstiqt{e contains the following ratiosof deaths of children under one year of age to every 100 livebirths in European States: Denmark, 932; Norway, 1033;Holland, 11-37; Scotland, 1]--91; Hanover, 13-99; Sweden,14-35; England, 15-39; Belgium, 15-53; Austria, 17-03;Spain, 17-07; France, 17-25; Prussia, 20-07; Saxony, 22-55;Italy, 22-85; Russia, 26-81; Bavaria, 31-03.THE "ATRATO."—The "Gazette" of Tuesday contains
an Order in Council directing that the Atrato, which haslately arrived from the West Indies, shall remain in quaran-tine at the Motherbank, off the Isle of Wight, until furtherorders, some passengers on board her having during herhomeward-bound voyage been attacked by the yellow fever.
HOIST WITH HIS OWN PETARD. - The medicalofficer of Pentonville Prison, in his report presented thisyear, mentions a remarkable case which occurred recentlyin that gaol. Convict "5211" was suddenly seized withvomiting of blood, and died of haemorrhage in a few hours.The post-mortem examination showed a counterfeit half-crown lodged in a pouch in the gullet, which had causedulceration and perforation of the aorta. The prisoner had
been a "smasher," and in order to escape detection swal-lowed this coin ten or eleven months before his death. Theabsence of any difficulty in swallowing food or other symp-tom indicative of the presence of a foreign body in thegullet is remarkable; and the surgeon is not aware of anyother case in which a smooth body, like a coin, has beenfound to ulcerate from the gullet directly into the aorta.-The Times.
WE regret to hear of the death of Mr. A. D.Brandes, M.R.C.S. Eng., of Forres, Morayshire, at the ripeage of seventy-eight years.A SHOCKING CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA has just occurred
at Huddersfield, the victim being a child who was bittenby a rabid cur in July last. Previous to death, the unfortu-nate little patient is said to have "suffered great agony,commenced barking, and foaming at the mouth," and wasso violent that he could with difficulty be held down in bed.THE 11 Veterinarian" says that the small-pox among
sheep on the continent shows no sign of decline. It is stilldevastating the flocks in Schleswig-Holstein and Pomerania,and has also broken out in Southern Italy.
ST. THOMAS’S HosPITAL.-The following is a list ofthe prizes and appointments for the past session of theMedical and Surgical College, which will be distributed byFrancis Hicks, Esq., the treasurer of the hospital, on the1st of October: - Third-year’s Students : H. W. Saunders,College Prize, 30, and Hon. Certificate ; L. M. Thomas,ditto, .620, and Hon. Certificate; M. F. Simon, ditto, 10,and Hon. Certificate. Second-year’s Student: Henry Wil-liams, College Prize, £ 10. First-year’s Students: B. Addy,College Prize, 30, and Hon. Certificate; H. M. Maybury,ditto, =820, and Hon. Certificate. Physical Society’s Prizes:H. W. Saunders, Society’s Third-year’s Prize and Hen. Cer-tificate ; J. S. Slater, Society’s Second-year’s Prize and Hon.Certificate; B. Addy, Society’s First-year’s Prize and Hon.Certificate. Resident Accoucheurs : Meredith Townsend,James Fielding, M.D., Frederick Pollard, and C. N. Bell,Hon. Certificate to each. Certificates of Honour for Attend-ance on Maternity Cases : A. Barrow, F. Clark, J. Fielding,M.D., D. G. Fleming, M.D., A. H. Hughes, 31.D., F. J.Parson, D. F. Pearson, E. Sergeant, M. F. Simon, J. Sut-cliffe, and T. M. Wilkinson. Ophthalmic Clerks : David
Keagey, M.D., G. C. Franklin, and H. D. ]fale, Hon. Certi-ficate to each. Prosectors : M. F. Simon and J. Sutcliffe,Prize and Hon. Certificate to each. Certificates of Honourto the following Physicians’ Clinical Clerks : J. H. Cart-
wright, S. Osborn, A. M. Palmer, W. R. Pike, E. Sergeant,J. S. Slater, J. Sutcliffe, G. M. Whitehead, and H. Williams.Certificates of Honour to the following Surgeons’ DressersA. Barrow, G. Berry, E. J. H. Booth, G. C. Franklin, E. C.Hardyman, H. K. Hitchcock, H. D. Male, H. Meadows, F. J.Parson, G. B. Robathan, H. W. Saunders, E. C. Seaton,W. B. Slaughter, L. M. Thomas, and E. A. Waterworth.Surgery and Surgical Anatomy: L. M. Thomas, the Chesel-den Medal ; F. Simon, Prize and Hon. Certificate. ForGeneral Proficiency and Good Conduct: H. W. Saunders,the Treasurer’s Gold Medal.At a special Court of the Governors of this hospital, held
last Thursday, for the election of a receiver and accountant,Mr. R. Brass was declared duly elected to those importantduties. The number of candidates was reduced by the Com-mittee to three, and in the result the votes were-for Mr.Brass, 50 votes; for Mr. Henry Smith, 14; and for Mr.Henry Kelly, 5. - -
Medical Appointments.CAMEROX, Dr. H. C., has been appointed an Extra Surgeon to the Dispen-
sary of the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow.COUPER, J., 31.D., F.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Surgeon to the London
Hospital, vice T. B. Curling, F.R.C.S.E., F.R.S., resigned, and appointedConsulting Surgeon.
: CRAWFOED, J. D., L.R.C.P.Ed., has been appointed Senior Surgeon to theLiverpool Cancer and Skin Hospital, vice J. S. Smyth, L.R.C.P.Ed., de-ceased.
FuBNivALL, C. H., has been appointed Medical Officer andPublic Vaccinator for the Albury District of the (huldford Union, viceE. Capron, M.D., resigned.
HEWITT, S. M., L.K.Q.C.P.I., has been appointed Physician to the Dispen-sary for Skin Diseases, Bishop-street, Dublin, vice David Basil Hewitt,L.K.Q.C.P.I., resigned.
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HuMY, W. W., M.E.C.P.L., has been appointed Resident Surgeon to theBournemouth Dispensary and Cottage Hospital.
JACKSON, A., M.B.C.S.E., has been appointed a Lecturer on Anatomy at theSheffield School of Medicine, vice W. J. Le Tall, M.R.C.S.E., resigned.
JjAjED, Mr. J., has been appointed House-Surgeon to the Bootle Hospitaland Dispensary, vice R. Voog’ht Clampitt, L.R.C.P.Ed., resigned.
MAcDowALL, T. 1?., ]BI,D" late Assistant Medical Officer to the Perth Dis.trict Lunatic Asylum, lIurah!y, has been appointed Assistant MedicalOfficer to rhe Northern District Asylum, Inverness, vice D. 3,1’KayeCassidy, M D., appointed to the Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Broadmoor.
:M:’DOWELL, F. y" L.R.C.S.I., has been appointed Medical Officer, PublicVaecinator, and Registrar of Births &c., for the Ballickmoyler andNewtown Dispensary District of the Carlow Union, vice E. N. Bolton,M.D., resigned.
MACKINILAY, Y)., L.F.P. & S. Glas., Assistant-Surgeon to the LiverpoolCancer and Skin Hospital, has been promoted to Surgeon.
MoERrs, J. T., M.D., has been reappointed Medical Officer and Public Vac-ciuator for the Deddmgton No. 2 District of the Woodstock Union,Oxfordshire.
NEtvsjB.t.D, G., :1I.R.C,S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer for DistrictNo. 12 of the North Bierley Union, Yorkshire.
NonTON-, Mr. J. A., has been appointed Resident District Surgeon to theBristol Dispensary, vice R. Norton, M.R.C.S.E., who resigned afterserving the institution for twenty-eight years.
OGLE, J. W., JU.D, F.R.C.P.L.. Physician to St. George’s Hospital, hasbec-n appointed Hon. Physician to St. Leonard’s Hospital, Sudbury,Suffolk, and elected a Corresponding Member of the Medico-Chirur-glcal Society of Edinburgh.
PEBRY, G. J., has been appointed Medical Officer for DistrictNo. 4 of the Melksham Union, Wilts, vice E. P. Shorland, M.B.C.S.E.,resigned, and appointed to the Bratton District of the Westbury andWhorwellsdown Union.
PETTiN’&En, Dr., has been appointed a Surgeon under the provisions of theFactory Acts for the City of Manchester, vice Mr. Geo. Greaves, de-ceased.
PniLLirs, H. H., 1T.B., L.R.C.S.I., has been appointed Medical Officer andPublic Va.ceina.tor for the St. Giles’s District, Reading Union, vice H. H.Muggeridge, -,1.1t.C.S resigned.
PHILLIPS, Dr. J. J., has been appointed Physician to the Eastern Districtsof the Royal Maternity Charity, vice Dr. Barnes, resigned.
PoMEB, J., M.E.C.S.E., has been appointed House-Surgeon to the Chorlton-upon-Medlock Dispensary, vice Wm. Croudson Barnish, 1VLR.C.S.E.,resigned.
S.l.NDFORD, H. V., M.D., has been appointed Medical Officer for DistrictNo. 3 of the Bodmin Union, vice Monckton, resigned.
S13:0JlJ,.I.:’:BD, E. P., has been appointed Medical Officer fbr theBratton District of the Westbury and Whorwellsdown Union, Wilts.
SKINNER, W., L E.C.P.L., has been appointed a Lecturer on Anatomy atthe Sheffield School of Medicine, vice W. Skinner, 1B1.R.C,S.E., de-ceased.
SMITH, A. W., M.D., has been appointed an Extra Physician to the Dis-pensary of the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, vice J. 31’Cnll Anderson,M.D., appointed one of the Physicians to the Infirmary.
WINTER, W. T., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer for theBradley District of the Westbury and Whorwellsdown Union, Wilts.
WYLLIE, R., L’.R.6.P.Ed., has been appointed Medical Officer for the Fyling-dales District of the Whitby Union, Yorkshire, vice T. Allen, M.R.C.S.E.,,deeeased.
Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.
BRUMWELL.—On the 18th inst., at Mossley, near Manchester, the wife ofG. M. Brumwell, ill.D., of a daughter.
DiVER.—On the 16th inst., at Caterham, Surrey, the wife of E. Diver, M.D.,of a daughter.
EASTON.—On the 18th inst., at Connaught-square, Hyde-park, the wife ofJ. Easton, 31.D., of a son.
MALINS.—On the 17th inst., at Cradley-heath, Staffs, the wife of EdwardMalins, M.D., of a son.
BATTRAY.—On the 21st inst., at Brighton-place, Portobello, the wife ofA. M. T. Rattray, M.D., of a son.
SIMMS.—On the 13th inst., at Twickenham, the wife of Dr. F. Simms, ofWimpole-street, of a son.
STILWELL.—On the 20th inst., at Beckenham, the wife of R. R. Stilwell,M.D., of a daughter. ____
MARRIAGES.ALLBUTT—ENGLAND.—On the 15th inst., at Weeton Church, Yorkshire,
Thomas Clifford Allbutt, M.A., M.D., F.L.S., F.S.A., &c., of Leeds, toSusan, only daughter of Thomas England, Esq., of Weeton House.
GOODWORTH—SCARBROUGH.—On the 14th inst., at Winteringham, Dr. H. P.Goodworth, to Elizabeth, daughter of J. Scarbrough, Esq.
GRIESS—MASON.—On the 22nd inst., in London, John Peter Griess, F.R.S.,to Louisa Anne, only daughter of the late Wm. Mason, M.R.C.S., &c., ofBurton-on-Trent.
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DEATHS.COOKWORTRY.—On the 10th inst., at Sandford-Orcas, Sherborne, J. C. Cook-
worthy, M.D., of Plymouth, Consulting Physician to the PlymouthPublic Dispensary, aged 78.
Fox.-On the 16th of Aug., on board the Orwell," off Madeira, H. E. Fox,M.B.C.S.E., aged -12.
RICHARDSON—On the 16th inst., at Bridlington Quay, J. A. Richardson,M.R.C.S.E., Resident House-Snrgeon to the General Infirmary, Hull,aged 24.
TUACH.—On the 18th inst., at Boulogne, Wm. A. Tuach, M.R.C.S.E., ofDavies-street, Berkeley-square, aged 56.
WEIGHT.—ON the 21st inst., at Campfield House, Malton, Yorkshire, JohnJames Wright, M.D., aged 52.
Thursday, Sept. 30.ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, MOORFIELDS.—Operations, 10% A.M.ST. GEORGE’S HOSPITAL.—Operations, 1 P.M.UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL.—Operations, 2 P.M.WEST LONDON HOSPITAL.—Operations, 2 P.M.ROYAL ORTHOPÆDIC HOSPITAL.—Operations, 3 P.M.CENTRAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL.—Operations, 2 p.M.
Friday, Oct. 1.ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, MOORFIELDS.—Operations, 10½ A.M.WESTMINSTER OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL.—Operations, It P.M.CENTRAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL.—Operations, 2 P.M.
Saturday, Oct. 2.ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL.—Operations, 9½ A.M.ROYAL LONDON OPHETHALMIC HOSPITAL, MOORFIELDs.—Operations, 10½ A.M.ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL.—Operations, It P.M.ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL.—Operations, 1½ P.M.KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.—Operations, 1½ P.M.CHABIN&-CBOSS HOSPITAL.—Operations, 2 P.M.
Notes, Short Comments, and Answers toCorrespondents.
HEALTHINESS OF ABERYTSTWITH.FOUR medical practitioners of Aberystwith have written to The Times,
publicly to contradict a statement which they say is being systematicallymade at various inland stations, that illness is rife at that watering-place.The object of such a rumour is, of course, self-evident. It is set afloat to
keep visitors from going on, and is a proceeding exactly analogous tothat which a touting tradesman would adopt to secure customers. The
public may now learn, however, on the authority of Messrs. James,Roberts, Gilbertson, and Jones-all highly respectable practitioners-thatAberystwith is in " a remarkably good sanitary state," and that there is"not a town in the kingdom more free from ordinary illness" at the pre-sent time. Probably the fact that the Registrar-General has lately ascribedto Aberystwith a death-rate in the last June quarter of 24’4 per 1000 perannum may have had something to do with originating the rumour com-plained of. That death-rate referred to the subdistrict of Aberystwith,comprising an area of 15,440 acres, and a population of 8772 in 1861;whereas the town of Aberystwith contained a population of 5561 only in1861, on an area of 734 acres.
Juvenis.—The Medical Council enjoins that the course of professional studyrequired for a licence shall comprehend attendance during not less thanfour winter sessions, or three winter and two summer sessions, at a schoolrecognised by any of the licensing bodies mentioned in Schedule A of theMedical Act. Our correspondent might ask the question of the Registrarof the Medical Council.
A. B.—We will communicate with the gentleman who wrote the review.
RELATIONSHIP OF VACCINIA AND VARIOLA.To the Editor of THE LANCET.
SIR,—I have just read in Dr. Tanner’s excellent work on the "Practice ofMedicine," vol. i., page 281, article Cow-pox, that "Mr. Ceely has proved byexperiments that vaccinia and variola are one and the same disease, the
, virus in the former having become modified by being passed through thesystem of the cow." I confess my ignorance of these experiments, and shall
, feel obliged if you or Dr. Tanner will be so kind as to give a resume, or let, me know where I might find an account of them.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,’
Paris, Sept. 18th, 1869. A SUBSCRIBER To THE LANCET.
‘** Some of Mr. Ceely’s observations were published in the earlier numbersof the Transactions of the Provincial Medical ssociation."
