106 THE INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE. To the Editor of THE LANCET. SIR,-As you have done me the honour of prominently in- serting in the columns of THE LANCET some letters of mine, in which were exhibited the grievances of Indian army sur- geons, I trust you will permit me, now that most of the grievances have been redressed by the late Indian Army Medical Warrant, to state what will be the future prospects of those gentlemen who may enter the Indian medical service. First, as regards pay. Every assistant-surgeon on joining the service will probably be ordered to do duty for six months at the General Hospital, either at Calcutta, Madras, or Bombay, according to the Presidency he may select; after which he will be posted to the medical charge of a native regiment, when his pay will be £540 per annum; after five years’ service he will receive £720 per annum; after twelve years’ service he will be promoted to the rank of surgeon, with the relative ,rank of major, with :B960 per annum; and lastly, after twenty years’ service, will receive the title of surgeon-major, and the relative tank of lieutenant-colonel, with :B1200 per annum. Secondly, as regards pension. An officer having served seven- teen years will be entitled to retire on a pension of 9220 per .annum; after twenty-one years with .6292, and after twenty- four years’ service with X365 a year. It should be borne in mind that during the above period a furlough to Europe for three years will be allowed, during which time the medical officer of the Indian army will draw, when unemployed in England, the same rate of pay as is drawn by his confrères in the British army when employed. In conclusion, I may state that there is not a medical service in the world which offers such a high rate of pay as the Indian medical service, nor one in which a medical officer enjoys a more independent position. In addition to these high rates of pay, the emoluments are often supplemented by an allow- ance of £100 a year for the extra charge of a Civil Station, and -by the fees due for medical attendance on the families of judges, collectors, magistrates, revenue and survey officers, &c.; and sometimes by a lucrative practice amongst the non- official class of Europeans engaged in commercial and specula- tive pursuits, and which at some stations amounts to upwards .of :B300 a year. Thanking you for the bold and fearless manner in which you have always advocated the claims of the Indian medical service, allow me to subscribe myself, Sir, Your obedient servant, June, 1865. AN INDIAN ARMY SURGEON. THE VOLUNTEER MEDICAL OFFICERS AND THE "DAILY NEWS." WE need make no apology to our readers for publishing the following extract from an article which appeared in the columns of an influential contemporary, the Daily News, on the 18th inst. The pertinent remarks contained in it are highly impor- tant, as illustrating the sensible view of the subject which is taken by the public :- "But is there any real ground for supposing that the volun- teeri surgeons generally are incompetent to the care of gunshot injuries ? At the meeting to which we have referred, and which was attended by fifty medical officers, the large majority present were either hospital surgeons, or gentlemen holding positions in the public service. Out of the eleven officers who waited upon Colonel Erskine as a deputation, no less than six are described as surgeons to London hospitals. The records of accidents, offences, and suicides in the public journals show that, year by year, a large number of injuries from fire- arms take place in this country. Not a shooting season ever passes without the occurrence of many painful and serious ’casualties from this cause. It is not our habit upon such oc- casions to send for medical assistance to the nearest barracks. We are well satisfied with the aid of surgeons of the class from which the volunteer medical staff derives its members. Is there, then, so much difference between the-effects of a charge of No. 10 shot at close quarters and those produced by an En- field bullet? For our part, we should have quite as strong an objection to being killed by the one as by the other. It must be borne in mind, besides, that the hospital surgeons are really the teachers of the army medical staff. It is from our large medical schools that the military service is supplied. To some of the gentlemen who waited upon the Inspector-General of Volunteers the other day surgeons now in the army owe what- ever knowledge of surgery they possess. Added to this, the meeting which we have noticed was presided over by the highest surgical authority in the kingdom, himself an honorary surgeon to two metropolitan corps. We thus obtain some idea of the class of surgeons who constitute the volunteer medical staff. It is exactly from this class that the Army Medical Department, when it broke down under pressure of work during the Crimean war, derived most useful help. Some hundreds of civil surgeons proceeded to our army in the East, and performed their duties in a manner which has never been called in question. It is difficult to conceive that the descrip- tion of medical attendance which was found of the utmost value to our officers and men on actual service in the field should be improper for our volunteers engaged in shooting for amusement, and amongst whom comparatively few accidents can reasonably be anticipated." Medical News. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON.-At a general meeting of the Fellows held on the 17th inst., the following Members of the College were duly admitted Feubws of the same :- Dickinson, Wm. Howship, M.D. Cantab., Chesterfield-street, Mayfair. Sankey, Wm. H. Octavius, M.D. Lond., Sandywell Park, Cheltenham. Washbourn, Thomas Buchanan, M.D. Lond., Gloucester. At the same meeting, the following gentlemen, having un- dergone the necessary examination, and satisfied the College of their proficiency in the Science and Practice of Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery, were duly admitted to practise Physic as Licentiates of the College :- Blagden, Robert, Stroud, Gloucestershire. Brewer, Alexander Hampton, Victoria, Monmouthshire. Brockman, Edward Forster, Brunswick-gardens, Kensington. Compton, Thomas, Armetriding, Christchurch, Hants. Edgelow, Thomas, Teignmouth. Fenn, Edward Liveing, King’s College Hospital. Fernie, William Thomas, Great Malvern. Harvey, Walter Anstice, South Petherton, Somerset. Hilliard, Henry Charles, Shefford, Bedfordshire. Jones, David, M.D. Heidelberg, Welbeck-street. Leigh, William, Chiswick. Lush, William George Vawdrey, Wilton, Salisbury. Paddon, George, Hitchin, Herts. Pratt, William, M.D. Liege, Bervie, N.B. Raven, Thomas Francis, Great Percy-street. Richards, Frederick William, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Tibbits, Herbert, Charterhouse-square. Turner, Ebenezer Fulham, Upper Clapton. Walker, Henry George, Hereford. Wood, Miles Astman, Curzon-street, Mayfair. Wood, Thomas Arthur, M.D. Edin., Peel, Isle of Man. The following gentlemen were reported by the Examiners to have passed the first part of the professional examination for the Licence of the College :- Archer, Herbert Ray, St. George’s Hospital. Bainbridge, George, Leeds. Coombs, Rowland Hill, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. De la Cour, George Francis, King’s College. Dove, John Bathurst, London Hospital. Gibbes, John Murray, St. George’s Hospital. Groves, Joseph, King’s College. Hayden, James Augustus, Charing-cross Hospital. Haynes, Frederick Harry, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Heelas, Martin Luther, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Hopgood, Philip Downing, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Hopgood, Thomas Frederick, University College. Jackson, Frederick William, St. George’s Hospital. Keen, William, St. George’s Hospital. Little, Edward Moore, King’s College. Massiah, Clarence Henry, Bristol. 1IIurphy, Thomas Charles, University College. Perry, Michael, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Power, Frederick Douglas, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Prince, Frederick Tickell, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Royds, William Alexander Slater, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Spratt, William, Guy’s Hospital. Wilkinson, Hubert Henry, Sheffield. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.-The following gentlemen passed their primary examinations in Anatomy and Physiology at a meeting of the Court of Exa- miners on the 18th inst., and when eligible will be admitted to the pass examination:-
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THE INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE.To the Editor of THE LANCET.
SIR,-As you have done me the honour of prominently in-serting in the columns of THE LANCET some letters of mine,in which were exhibited the grievances of Indian army sur-geons, I trust you will permit me, now that most of the
grievances have been redressed by the late Indian ArmyMedical Warrant, to state what will be the future prospectsof those gentlemen who may enter the Indian medical service.
First, as regards pay. Every assistant-surgeon on joining theservice will probably be ordered to do duty for six months atthe General Hospital, either at Calcutta, Madras, or Bombay,according to the Presidency he may select; after which he willbe posted to the medical charge of a native regiment, when hispay will be £540 per annum; after five years’ service he willreceive £720 per annum; after twelve years’ service he will bepromoted to the rank of surgeon, with the relative ,rank ofmajor, with :B960 per annum; and lastly, after twenty years’service, will receive the title of surgeon-major, and the relativetank of lieutenant-colonel, with :B1200 per annum.
Secondly, as regards pension. An officer having served seven-teen years will be entitled to retire on a pension of 9220 per.annum; after twenty-one years with .6292, and after twenty-four years’ service with X365 a year. It should be borne inmind that during the above period a furlough to Europe forthree years will be allowed, during which time the medicalofficer of the Indian army will draw, when unemployed inEngland, the same rate of pay as is drawn by his confrères inthe British army when employed.In conclusion, I may state that there is not a medical service
in the world which offers such a high rate of pay as the Indianmedical service, nor one in which a medical officer enjoys amore independent position. In addition to these high ratesof pay, the emoluments are often supplemented by an allow-ance of £100 a year for the extra charge of a Civil Station, and-by the fees due for medical attendance on the families ofjudges, collectors, magistrates, revenue and survey officers,&c.; and sometimes by a lucrative practice amongst the non-official class of Europeans engaged in commercial and specula-tive pursuits, and which at some stations amounts to upwards.of :B300 a year.
Thanking you for the bold and fearless manner in whichyou have always advocated the claims of the Indian medicalservice, allow me to subscribe myself, Sir,
Your obedient servant,June, 1865. AN INDIAN ARMY SURGEON.
THE VOLUNTEER MEDICAL OFFICERS ANDTHE "DAILY NEWS."
WE need make no apology to our readers for publishing thefollowing extract from an article which appeared in the columns
of an influential contemporary, the Daily News, on the 18thinst. The pertinent remarks contained in it are highly impor-tant, as illustrating the sensible view of the subject which istaken by the public :-"But is there any real ground for supposing that the volun-
teeri surgeons generally are incompetent to the care of gunshotinjuries ? At the meeting to which we have referred, andwhich was attended by fifty medical officers, the large majoritypresent were either hospital surgeons, or gentlemen holdingpositions in the public service. Out of the eleven officers whowaited upon Colonel Erskine as a deputation, no less than sixare described as surgeons to London hospitals. The recordsof accidents, offences, and suicides in the public journalsshow that, year by year, a large number of injuries from fire-arms take place in this country. Not a shooting season everpasses without the occurrence of many painful and serious’casualties from this cause. It is not our habit upon such oc-casions to send for medical assistance to the nearest barracks.We are well satisfied with the aid of surgeons of the class fromwhich the volunteer medical staff derives its members. Isthere, then, so much difference between the-effects of a chargeof No. 10 shot at close quarters and those produced by an En-field bullet? For our part, we should have quite as strong anobjection to being killed by the one as by the other. It must
be borne in mind, besides, that the hospital surgeons are reallythe teachers of the army medical staff. It is from our largemedical schools that the military service is supplied. To someof the gentlemen who waited upon the Inspector-General ofVolunteers the other day surgeons now in the army owe what-ever knowledge of surgery they possess. Added to this, themeeting which we have noticed was presided over by thehighest surgical authority in the kingdom, himself an honorarysurgeon to two metropolitan corps. We thus obtain some ideaof the class of surgeons who constitute the volunteer medicalstaff. It is exactly from this class that the Army MedicalDepartment, when it broke down under pressure of workduring the Crimean war, derived most useful help. Somehundreds of civil surgeons proceeded to our army in the East,and performed their duties in a manner which has never beencalled in question. It is difficult to conceive that the descrip-tion of medical attendance which was found of the utmostvalue to our officers and men on actual service in the fieldshould be improper for our volunteers engaged in shooting foramusement, and amongst whom comparatively few accidentscan reasonably be anticipated."
Medical News.ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON.-At a
general meeting of the Fellows held on the 17th inst., thefollowing Members of the College were duly admitted Feubwsof the same :-
Dickinson, Wm. Howship, M.D. Cantab., Chesterfield-street, Mayfair.Sankey, Wm. H. Octavius, M.D. Lond., Sandywell Park, Cheltenham.Washbourn, Thomas Buchanan, M.D. Lond., Gloucester.
At the same meeting, the following gentlemen, having un-dergone the necessary examination, and satisfied the Collegeof their proficiency in the Science and Practice of Medicine,Surgery, and Midwifery, were duly admitted to practisePhysic as Licentiates of the College :-
Blagden, Robert, Stroud, Gloucestershire.Brewer, Alexander Hampton, Victoria, Monmouthshire.Brockman, Edward Forster, Brunswick-gardens, Kensington.Compton, Thomas, Armetriding, Christchurch, Hants.Edgelow, Thomas, Teignmouth.Fenn, Edward Liveing, King’s College Hospital.Fernie, William Thomas, Great Malvern.Harvey, Walter Anstice, South Petherton, Somerset.Hilliard, Henry Charles, Shefford, Bedfordshire.Jones, David, M.D. Heidelberg, Welbeck-street.Leigh, William, Chiswick.Lush, William George Vawdrey, Wilton, Salisbury.Paddon, George, Hitchin, Herts.Pratt, William, M.D. Liege, Bervie, N.B.Raven, Thomas Francis, Great Percy-street.Richards, Frederick William, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Tibbits, Herbert, Charterhouse-square.Turner, Ebenezer Fulham, Upper Clapton.Walker, Henry George, Hereford.Wood, Miles Astman, Curzon-street, Mayfair.Wood, Thomas Arthur, M.D. Edin., Peel, Isle of Man.
The following gentlemen were reported by the Examinersto have passed the first part of the professional examinationfor the Licence of the College :-
Archer, Herbert Ray, St. George’s Hospital.Bainbridge, George, Leeds.Coombs, Rowland Hill, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.De la Cour, George Francis, King’s College.Dove, John Bathurst, London Hospital.Gibbes, John Murray, St. George’s Hospital.Groves, Joseph, King’s College.Hayden, James Augustus, Charing-cross Hospital.Haynes, Frederick Harry, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Heelas, Martin Luther, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Hopgood, Philip Downing, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Hopgood, Thomas Frederick, University College.Jackson, Frederick William, St. George’s Hospital.Keen, William, St. George’s Hospital.Little, Edward Moore, King’s College.Massiah, Clarence Henry, Bristol.1IIurphy, Thomas Charles, University College.Perry, Michael, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Power, Frederick Douglas, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Prince, Frederick Tickell, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Royds, William Alexander Slater, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Spratt, William, Guy’s Hospital.Wilkinson, Hubert Henry, Sheffield.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.-Thefollowing gentlemen passed their primary examinations inAnatomy and Physiology at a meeting of the Court of Exa-miners on the 18th inst., and when eligible will be admittedto the pass examination:-
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Appleton, R. C., Newcastle. Hanne, J. J. A., St. Bartholomew’s.Attygalle, John, Calcutta. Morgan, Richard, Guy’s Hospital.Banks, H. P., Guy’s Hospital. Morison, J. W., Guy’s Hospital.Bates, Tom, Glasgow. Newcombe, F. W., Newcastle.Brownbridge, Dixon, Glasgow. Perrin, J. B., King’s College.Cheesman, Henry, Guy’s Hospital. Pringle, J. M., Newcastle.Clay, G. L., Birmingham. Smith, W. H. F., King’s College.Edwards, E. N., Guy’s Hospital. Taylor, F. A., University College.Fowke, F. W., Guy’s Hospital. Thomas, J. D., University College.French, Jacob, Guy’s Hospital. Ward, J. L. W., Guy’s Hospital.Gostling, H. W., St. Bartholomew’s. Waterhouse, Frederick, Leeds.Grace, E. M., Bristol.The following gentlemen passed on the 19th inst. :-
Adams, E. J., St. Thomas’s Hospital. Glanvill, John, St. Bartholomew’s.Bailey, Thomas, University College. Jackson, J. J., St. Thomas’s Hospital.Bossy, A. F., Guy’s Hospital. Kenyon, J. K., St. Mary’s Hospital.Bostock, A. S., St. Bartholomew’s. Lovell, F. H., St. Bartholomew’s.Calantarients, J. A., University Coll. Massiah, C. H., Bristol.Churchill, Frederick, Edinburgh. Owen, A. L., Dublin.Collins, George, Sheffield. Ryan, Albert, Dublin.Crew, Eli, King’s College. Stephens, W. K., St. George’s Hosp.De la Cour, G. F., King’s College. Sweeting, C. B., London Hospital.
APOTHECARIES’ HALL.-The following gentlemenpassed their examination in the Science and Practice of Medi-cine and received certificates to practise on the 13th inst:-
Ansell, William Henry, Islington.Bogle, Adam Linton, Hey, South Wales.Duke, John Challen, Wick, near Arundel, Sussex.Hall, John, Nottingham.Hursley, John, Wardour-street, Oxford-street.Nunneley, Frederic Barham, University College.
The following gentlemen also on the same day passed theirfirst examination :-
Booth, James Webb, St. Thomas’s Hospital.Coombs, Rowland Hill, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Hopgood, Philip Downing, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Jackson, Frederick William, St. George’s Hospital.Leggatt, Alfred John, St. George’s Hospital.Little, Edward Moore, King’s College.Parsons, Frederic William, King’s College.Perry, Michael, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Power, Frederic Douglas, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Prince, Frederic T., St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Pughe, David Roberts, St. Thomas’s Hospital.
NATIONAL ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL.-The first an-nual festival of this charity was held on the 10th inst. at theAlbion Tavern, Aldersgate-street; Dr. Little in the chair. Anumber of donations were announced during the evening,which left the institution free from any liability beyond the in-cidental current expenses. Indeed, the progress of the hospitalsince its foundation has been more satisfactory than its mostsanguine well-wishers could have anticipated. Vocal musicwas contributed by Mdlle. Drasdil, of Her Majesty’s Theatre,Miss Bauer-Meister, R.A.M., and Mr. Hamilton, R.A.M.PEACE JUBILEE AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.-The
fiftieth anniversary of Peace between Great Britain and Franceis be celebrated by an exhibition of skilled work from thehands of French and English working men, at the CrystalPalace in August, September, and October next. In bothcountries this project has met with general support, and aFrench and English committee has already been formed,aided in this country by the Society of Arts and authorities ofthe South Kensington Museum. The objects for exhibitionwill consist only of skilled work, whether from professional oramateur hands, and must be sent to the Crystal Palace betweenthe 10th and 22nd July. Besides prizes, a Bronze Medal,commemorative of the Peace Jubilee, will be presented to eachexhibitor. Mr. R. Coningsby is the secretary of the Englishcommittee at the Crystal Palace, to whom applications shouldbe made.
MUNIFICENT BEQUESTS. - The late Mr. RichardThornton, one of those merchant princes of whom the City ofLondon is so justly proud, and who died lately so enormouslyrich, has, in addition to large sums to other charities, notforgotten the medical charities of this metropolis, amongwhich he has distributed £24,000 in sums of JE2000 to each ofthe following, viz. : - St. Thomas’s, Guy’s, Bethlehem, St.Luke’s, Hospital for Idiots, Orthopsedic, London, St. Mark’s,Incurables, Dreadnought, Victoria Hospital for Consumption,and the London Truss Society.
ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL. - The plan proposed byMr. Henry Currey for the new building, now under the con-sideration of the committee, will present a river frontage of1200 feet, and will closely adjoin Westminster-bridge on thesouth bank of the river. The pavilion principle is adopted,there being seven separate blocks, 125 feet apart, connectedby corridors and service buildings. The wards are designedto be 28 feet in width by 120 feet in length, and 15 feet in
height, and will accommodate 28 beds, giving a cubic capacityfor each patient of 1800 feet. The number of beds will be 588.The waterclosets, lavatories, and bath-rooms attached to eachward are projected from the main building, and are cut offfrom the ward by intercepting lobbies. The chapel is placedin the centre of the building, and is designed to give 300 sit-tings. The museums, school-buildings, lecture-theatres, &c.,are proposed to be placed at the southern end of the ground.The building will have fireproof floors throughout, which willbe of oak, and the wall-surfaces finished with Keene’s orParian cement. The terrace towards the river will be kept4 feet above the public footway ; this, with the height of aparapet, 3 feet 6 inches, will prevent any overlooking by thepublic. The style adopted may be called, broadly, Italian.The approximate estimate, if the walls are of brick with stonedressings, is £330,000 ; but if the whole building be faced withstone, the cost would be about £30,000 more.MR. FITT’S SERIES OF MEDICAL CARTE DE VISITE
PORTRAITS.-A further series of photographs of medical menhas been submitted to us by Mr. Fitt, of 100, Regent-streetsThey include portraits (carte de visites) of Prof. Syme, Dr.Christison, Mr. Hilton, Prof. Huxley, Mr. Lane, Mr. Jas.Lane, Dr. Parkes, Dr. Andrew Wood, Dr. Arthur Farre, Dr.Watson, Dr. A. B. Garrod, Dr. Geo. J’ohnson, Dr. Goodfellow,Dr. Stewart, Dr. Fleming, Prof. Taylor, Dr. H. Tuke, Prof.Brande, Mr. Christopher Heath, Mr. Hancock, and Mr.Francis Mason. They are admirable likenesses, and many ofthem have very great artistic and photographic merits. Theyform, together with the series previously issued, a collectionof portraits of contemporary medical practitioners of highinterest, and of which undoubtedly many persons will desireto possess some as mementoes of valued friends, and manyothers as an artistic and interesting gallery of medical por.traits, presenting the personal characteristics of men of widereputation, and many of whose names are already of Europeannote, and will be hereafter of historic fame.
MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.J. F. ANDERSON, M.D., has been appointed Medical Officer to the Haver-
stock-hill and Malden road Provident Dispensary.L. ATTHILL, M.B., has been appointed Examiner in Midwifery in the Queen’s
University in Ireland.T. W. BELCBER, M.D., has been elected Hon. Librarian to the King and
Queen’s College of Physicians in Ireland.W. H. CLARKE, M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Assistant Medical Officer to
the Dorset County Lunatic Asylum, Dorchester, vice W. G. Coombs,M.D., resigned.
T. CROWTHER, M.D., has been elected Medical Officer for the Ovendon Dis-trict of the Halifax Union, vice M. H. Sloan, M.D., resigned.
W. W. DAY, M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer for DistrictNo. 3 and the Workhouse of the Bedminster Union, Somersetshire, viceH. J. Macy, M.R.C.S.E., deceased.
Dr. EASTLAKE has been elected a Corresponding Member of the Hufeland. Society in Berlin.G. M. EvAxs, 31.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer for District
No. 3 of the Bridport Union, Dorsetshire, vice F. Scott, M.R.C.S.E.,resigned.
’H. HOPE, M.R.C.S.E., has been elected Medical Officer and Public Vacci-nator for the Kessingland District of the Mutford and LothinglandIncorporation of the Poor, vice D. F. Tyerman, M.R.C.S.E., resigned.
W. J. IRVINE, L.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer for the WaltonDistrict of the West Derby Union, Lancashire, vice H. Johnson, M.R.C.S.Eng., deceased.
A. JoNES, M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed House-Surgeon to the Longh-borough Dispensary, vice J. T. Jones, M.B.
Mr. C. F. LETHBRIDGE has been appointed Assistant House-Surgeon to theNottingham General Hospital, vice J. Hall, M.D., appointed MedicalOfficer for District No. 2 of the Nottingham Union.
R. D. LYONS, M.B., has been appointed Examiner in Medicine in the Queen’sUniversity in Ireland.
R. M’DoNNELL, M.D., has been appointed Examiner in Surgery in theQueen’s University in Ireland.
R. MARLEY, M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer for the Brom-yard Union, Herefordshire, vice J. Owen, M.D., resigned.
H. MEADE, M.R.C.S.E., has been elected Surgeon to the Bradford Infirmary,Yorkshire, vice R. H. Meade, F.R.C.S.E., resigned.
R. H. MEADE, F.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Consulting Surgeon to theBradford Infirmary, Yorkshire, on resigning as Surgeon. ,
W. D. MOORE, M.D., has been appointed Examiner in Materia Medica andMedical Jurisprudence in the Queen’s University in Ireland.
J. ORWIN, M.D., has been appointed Medical Officer to the Haverstock-hilland Malden-road Provident Dispensary.
J. PALFREY, M.D., has been elected Physician-Accoucheur to the Far-ringdon General Dispensary, Bartlett’s-buildings, Holborn, vice E. E.Day, M.R.C.P.L., deceased.
W. T. PATER, M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Assistant Medical Officer tothe County Lunatic Asylum at Knowle, Fareham, vice F. J. Hamunond,M.R.C.S.E., resigned.
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G. D. POLLOCK, F.B.C.S., has been elected Surgeon to the General Lying-inHospital, York-road, Lambeth, vice J. F. South, F.R.C.S., resigned.
E. RixGxosr, M.D., has been appointed Medical Officer for District No. 1 ofthe Hatfield Union, Hertfordshire, vice J. Ringrose, M.R.C.S.E., resigned.
B. ROBERTS, M.H.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer for DistrictNo. 2 of the Eastbourne Union, Sussex.
C. E. SQUAREY, M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Resident Medical Officer tothe London Fever Hospital, Liverpool-road, vice H. Jeaffreson, M.B.,resigned.
F. J. SUTTON, M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer for the HursleyUnion and the Workhouse, vice W. T. Fernie, M.R.C.S.E., resigned.
M. THOMAS, M.D., has been elected Medical Officer and Public Vaccinatorfor the Rectory Registration District of the Parish of St. Marylebone,vice W. J. Bowden, M.R.C.S.E.
Mr. D. Tiionp has been appointed Resident Assistant Medical Officer to theLondon Hospital, vice E. S. Wright, M.R.C.S.E., whose appointment hasexpired.
M. ToNGE, M.D., has been appointed Visiting Physician to the Infirmary forConsumption and Diseases of the Chest, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square, vice W. S. Playfair, M.D., resigned.
MILITARY AND NAVAL MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.
C. V. S. BENNETT, M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Assist.-Surg. to the 2ndPembrokeshire Artillery Volunteer Corps.
R. BERNARD, M.B., Staff Surgeon R.N., has been promoted to Deputy In-spector-General of Hospitals and Fleets, and appointed to take chargeof the Naval Medical Department at Hong-Kong.
Surg.-Major BURKE, 1st Battalion 3rd Buffs, has taken over medical chargeof the Curragh Camp, in compliance with instructions from army head-quarters, Horse Guards, directing him to act as principal Medical Ofriceruntil further orders.
Mr. W. DEWAR has been appointed Assist.-Surg. to the 1st Forfarshire RifleVolunteer Corps, vice Miller, resigned.
W. F. T. IVEY, :M:.R.C.S.E., Staff Surgeon Army, having completed twentyyears’ full-pay service, has been promoted to Staff Surg.-Major.
J. J. MULOCK, L.R.C.S.I., Assist.-Surg. from the 1st Dragoon Guards, hasbeen promoted to Staff Surgeon, vice W. F. Daniell, M.D., placed uponhalf-pay, and since deceased.
A. S. PRATT, M.R.C.S.E., Surgeon R.N., has been appointed to the " Gannet." "Dep. Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals E. K. PRENDERGAST, has proceeded from
the Curragh to Barbadoes, there to be stationed.T. SEWARD, M.D., Staff Assist.-Surg. Army, has been appointed Assist.-Surg.
to the 59th Foot, vice Warren, appointed to the 1st Dragoons.W. D. STONE, M.D., F.R.C.S., has been appointed by her Majesty’s Emigra-
tion Commissioners Surgeon-Superintendent of the Government Emi-grant Ship " General Caulfeild."
H. R. WELLESLEY, Assist.-Surgeon R.N, has been appointed to ChathamDockyard.
G. V. WRIGHT, M.D., Assistant-Surgeon R.N., has been appointed to the" Arethusa."
H. WBi&BT, M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Assist.-Surg. to the East andNorth Yorkshire Artillery Militia.
Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.
On the 16th ult., at Devonshire-terrace, Globe-road, 1Iile-end, the wife ofFrederick J. Reilly, M.R.C.S., of a son.
On the 17th ult., at Antigua, the wife of Adam Nieholson, M.D., of adaughter.
On the 9th inst., at The Grange, Weybridge, the wife of J. J. Powell, M.R.C.S.Eng., of a son.
On the 10th inst., at Notting-hill-square, the wife of R. Jackson, M.D., of adaughter.
On the 10th inst., at Plaistow, Essex, the wife of W. Elphick, M.R.C.S.E., ofa son.
On the 10th inst., at Whickham, Durham, the wife of R. Taylor, L.R.C.P.Ed.,of a son.
On the 10th inst., at Charlotte-street, Hull, the wife of Edward S. Roberts,Surgeon, of a son.
On the 12th inst., at Dartford, Kent, the wife of R. Charlton, M.D., of a son.On the 13th inst., at Gloucester-place, Portman-square, the wife of Henry
Wottoa, F.R.C.S.Eng., of a daughter.On the 14th inst., at Clarendon Villas, Southsea, the wife of John W. Reid,
M.D., H.M.’s Ship " Victory," of a son.
MARRIAGES.On the 8th ult., at the Parish Church, Kingston, Jamaica (by the Rev.
C. P. Street, M.A.), and afterwards at 50, Duke street (by the Rev. A.Simond, Catholic Priest), John Stothert Gerrard, M.R.C.S.E., to EmmaAnn, daughter of the late Wm. Paterson, Esq., Justice of the Peace ofSt. Thomas-in-the-East, Jamaica.-No Cards.
On the 6th inst., at St. Saviour’s, Haverstock-hill, Chas. W. Latham, M.R.C.S.,of Hackney-road, to Emily, only daughter of W. H. Smith, Esq., ofHaverstock-hill and Bow-lane. ,
On the 13th inst., at St. Margaret’s, Lothbury, Wm. Gayton, L.R.C.P.Ed., Ito Mary Adelaide Seeley.-No Cards. i
On the 15th inst., at Hampstead Church, John W. Middleton, M.D., of ’,Brussels, son of W. Middleton, Esq., of the same city, to Ellen Maria, ’,eldest daughter of Arthur Scratchley, Esq., M.A., Barrister-at-law.-No IICards.
On the 17th inst., at Woodend Cottage, Kilmarnock, John Kerr Ramsey,M.D., of Galston, Ayrshire, to Eleanor Steele, eldest daughter of the lateWm. Maclatchy, Esq., Supervisor of Excise, Londonderry.-No Cards.
On the 18th inst., at St. Matthew’s Church, Oakley-square, James A.-
M’Donagh, M.R.C.S., of Mornington Villa, Hampstead-road, to Jane H. C.
Pattisson, daughter of the late Joseph Pattisson, Esq., J.P., DeputyLieutenant of Maldon, Essex, and of the 5th Dragoon Guards.
On the 18th inst., at Princes-Risborough, Bucks, the Rev. George EdwardBell, second son of the late Thomas Bell, Esq., of Sutton, near Hull, toMary Sophia, eldest daughter of Thomas Abbotts Warren, M.R.C.S.
On the 18th inst., at Aberdeen, Charles Orton, Surgeon, of Newcastle-under-Lyme, to Kate, only daughter of the late Rev. Wm. Leslie, of Turriff.
DEATHS.On the 17th of May, lost on board the Athens," Union Steam-ship Co.’s
Mail Packet, in Table Bay, Thomas Heath Curtis, M.D., second son ofWm. Curtis, Surgeon, of Alton, aged 27.
On the 3rd ult., at Aden, N. Carter, L.R.C.P.Ed., Assistant-Surgeon l09thRegiment.
On the 8th inst., at Dumfries, R. M’Kinnell Duncan, M.D., late of Bradford,aged 26.
On the 13th inst., at Appleby, Westmoreland, F. M. Dinwoodie, L.R.C.S.Ed.On the 13th inst., at Montrose, James Smith, Surgeon, R.N.On the 16th inst., at Elmhurst, near Glastonbury, H. G. Graham, late Deputy
Inspector-General of Hospitals Madras Army, aged 62.On the 16th inst., Frederick John, infant son of J. S. Loe, M.R.C.S., of
Leeds.
BOOKS ETC. RECEIVED.
Dr. Odling’s Practical Chemistry.Casper’s Forensic Medicine. Vol. IV. (New Sydenham Society.)Mr. S. Watson on Traumatic Keratitis.Dr. Tanner’s Practice of Medicine.Der Croup von Dr. Pauli.Mr. Warrington’s Phenomena of Radiation.Dr. Brochard on Sea-Bathing and Sea-Air.Wilson on the Skin. Part II.Dr. Fayrer’s Surgery in Bengal.Mr. Procter on Saturn and its System.Dr. Sansom on Chloroform.Physical History of the Earth.Dr. West on Diseases of Infancy.Prof. Tyndall on Radiation.Mr. Amesbury on the Pathology of Cholera. (Calcutta.)Dr. Ritchie on Ovarian Physiology and Pathology.Mr. J. Hunter on the Human Teeth.Nineteenth Report of the Commissioners in Lunacy.Seventh " " " 21 for Scotland.Dr. James on the Climate of San Remo.Dr. Smith on Hay Fever.Medical Register of New York, 1865.Ellis and Ford’s Illustrations of Dissections. Nos. 13, 14, and 15.Brande’s Dictionary of Science. Part IV.Dr. Thorowgood on Pulmonary Phthisis.Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences.Art Journal.Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.Rev. G. F. Browne on Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland.Dr. W. Strange on the Restoration of Health.Dr. Leared on Flatulence.Photographs of eminent Medical Men. Part I.Dr. Sturge’s Inaugural Address.Surgeon-Major R. S. Trible on Oxygen. (Madras.)
Medical Diary of the Week.Monday, July 24.
ST. MARK’S HOSPITAL MB FISTULA AND OTHER DISEASES 01 ’l:HB RECTUM.-Operations, 1½ P.M.
METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.
Tuesday, July 25.Gtnr’s HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1½ P.M.WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.3c.
