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merited tribute just paid to his memory. (Hear.) Mr. Hume’s

public labours were only exceeded by his private worth. Henever made an enemy or lost a friend; and he trusted that agrateful people would not let the opportunity pass withoutsome fitting memorial worthy of himself and the country.(Hear, hear.)Mr. BROTHERTON wished to be permitted to pay a humble

tribute of respect to the memory of Mr. Hume. He had beenfor twenty-one years a witness of his labours, and he never sawa man less actuated by feelings of party than Mr. Hume, orwho had more claims to the respect and veneration of thecountry. If ever there were an honest member of Parliament,Mr. Hume was one. (Cheers.)The motion was agreed to.

INVALIDS FROM THE CRIMEA.

Colonel HARCOURT asked the Under-Secretary for Warwhether any of the offers said to have been made to theGovernment by the London or other hospitals, to receive acertain number of the sick and wounded who had come homefrom the Crimea, had been accepted ; or whether the Govern-ment had themselves provided the necessary accommodation,and whether they had made, or were making, arrangementsfor the fit reception and treatment of those who might here-after arrive from that quarter ?

Mr. F. PEEL said, the authorities of the hospitals had beeninformed that the Government would be very glad to availthemselves of their offers, should they have occasion to do so ;but the Government were making ample provision for the re-ception of sick and wounded soldiers in military hospitals, andat the present moment there was accommodation for no lessthan 1600 sick men on their arrival from the east.

MILITARY SURGERY PROFESSORSHIPS.

Mr. GROGAN asked the Under-Secretary of War-the Parlia-ment having voted a sum of X400 in the last session for theestablishment of Regius Professorships of Military Surgery inLondon, Dublin, and Edinburgh-what steps had been takenfor the establishment of such professorships in London andDublin, and when we might expect that such professors wouldbe appointed ?

Mr. PEEL said, there having already existed a Regius Pro-fessorship of Military Surgery in Edinburgh, it was proposedthat the plan should be extended to London and Dublin. Avote was taken last year, and would be renewed this year. A

proposal had been made for assimilating the system adopted inthe different colleges. He was not aware that it had yet beenarranged, but he saw no reason why there should be anyfurther delay, and therefore it was proposed that the mattershould be disposed of as soon as possible.

PUBLIC HEALTH BILL.

On the motion of Sir B. HALL, the following were nominatedthe select committee on the Public Health Bill and NuisancesRemoval and Diseases Prevention Act Consolidation andAmendment Bill :-Sir B. Hall, Mr. Irton, Mr. Wilkinson,Mr. Adderley, Lord R. Grosvenor, Mr. Horsfall, ViscountGoderich, Mr. Freshfield, Mr. Austin Bruce, Sir John Hanmer,Mr. Knight, Mr. Gore Langton, Mr. James Macgregor, andMr. Thomas Greene.

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MONDAY, MARCH 5TH.THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT IN THE CRIMEA.

Mr. LAYARD begged to ask the Under-Secretary-of-Statefor War, whether any brigade and divisional orders had beenissued in the army before Sebastopol, to the effect, " That noquestions must be answered by medical men attached to theforces, without permission from head quarters;" wherebymedical men attached to the army are precluded from givingcomplete evidence to the commission sent out to the East toinquire into the state of the medical department. Also, whe-ther it be true that Dr. Lawson has been appointed to thesuperintendpnce of, or to any other high employment in, thehospitals of Scutari, Smyrna, or Rhodes, and, if so, by whoseauthority such appointment was made, and whether it hasbeen sanctioned by the authorities at home.LORD PALMERSTON said he would answer the first question,

and his hon. friend, the Under-Secretary of War, would replyto the second. The Government had received no official in-formation of any such divisonal or brigade orders having beenissued as those alluded to by his hon. friend; but they hadreceived information from a private correspondent, that somesuch orders had been issued. He assumed that the meaning

of the orders must be that the medical officers were not toplace themselves in communication with the commissionerswithout having received authority to do so, as he could notpossibly conceive that the orders could go to the extent of in-terfering with the functions of the commissioners, or preventthem from obtaining information. His noble friend the Secre-tary for War had written out to obtain accurate informationon the subject, but all that the Government at present knewwas obtained from a private letter, which might not be accu-rate.

Mr. PEEL said, that with regard to the second question, hehad to say that Lord Raglan had ordered Dr. Lawson in thebeginning of last January to Scutari, where he had a subordi-nate office under Dr. Cumming, the head of the hospital there.There ,was no intention, on the part of the Government, toplace Dr. Lawson at the head of any hospital.Mr. LAYARD.—Was he not in charge of the hospital at

Scutari ?Mr. PEEL.-He received a general order to proceed to Scu-

tari, and report himself there; but he was not given the chargeof the hospitals in any way.

Mr. LAYARD.-Was he not sent from the Crimea to Scutariafter he had been charged with misconduct?Mr. PEEL. -He was sent from the Crimea after he had been

censured in general orders by Lord Raglan.

Medical News.ROYAL CoLLEGE OF SURGEONS.-The following gentle-

men having undergone the necessary examinations for the

diploma, were admitted Members of the College at the meetingof the Court of Examiners on the 2nd inst.:—

ALDERSEY, WILLIAM HuGH, Puckeridge, Herts.DALLAS, ALEXANDER MORISON, Kingston, Jamaica.DEW, HENRY RoBBiNS, Army.EDSALL, HORATIO, Army.HoRNER, THOMAS, De Beauvoir-square, Kingsland.HUSBAND, JOHN BAKE, Army.MARSTON, CHARLES HENRY, Kentish-town.MORRIS, MATTHEW, New Zealand.

’ ORMEROD, WILLIAM, Portland-square, Bristol.POWELL, ROBERT GEORGE, Liverpool.SHIPTON, JOHN NOBLE, Army.

The following gentlemen were admitted members on the6th inst :-

TUCKER, THOMAS JOHN, Salisbury.TURNER, ROBERT, Army.WATTS, JOSEPH, Army.ALLINGHAM, WILLIAM, London.BADER, CHARLES, Bunhill-row, Finsbury-square.BALY, GEORGE, Army.HEWARD, JOHN MITCHELL, Army.KIALLMARK, HENRY WALTER, Army.LUMSDEN, CHARLES GEORGE, Army.NEWSAM, THOMAS HENRY, Leeds.PICKEN, SAMUEL, Army.TURTLE, FREDERICK, Army.

APOTHECARIES’ HALL.-Names of gentlemen who passedtheir examination in the science and practice of Medicine, andreceived certificates to practise, on-

Thursday, March 1st, 1855.ARNOLD, RICHARD, Dawlish, Devon.BouLTON, WILLIAM WHYTEHEAD, Beverley, York.FAWCUS, JAMES, North Shields.GRANT, ALEXANDER, Aberdeen.LAW, THOMAS CHARLES, Accrington, Lancashire.SUTCLIFF, JOSEPH HARVEY.

NAVAL MEDICAL OFFICERS. - The following officialnotice has just been sent by the Admiralty authorities to allthe hospitals :-

Medical students are required as dressers for service on thehome or Baltic stations, subject to the following regulations, orsuch others as the Lords of the Admiralty, from time to time,may find it necessary to direct:

1st.-That medical students between the ages of eighteenand twenty-two be entered for temporary service of home orBaltic stations; the period of service to extend from about1st April to the 31st of October.

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2nd.-That they shall produce the following testimonials as be submitted to the Academy of Medicine, who answer,to their character and education :-Certificates signed by the through a committee appointed for the purpose, that the

professors and lecturers on medicine and surgery; of their remedies do not deserve any attention. When will such goodbeing of good moral character, of sound health, and capable understanding exist between the Government and the Collegeof performing the duties of a hospital dresser : of their having of Physicians or Surgeons.attended one course of lectures on Anatomy, one on Surgery, ROYAL MEDICAL COLLEGE.-The Bill for incorporatingone on Theory and Practice of Medicine, one in Chemistry and this noble institution was read a second time on Monday inMateria Medica; to be of six months’ duration. the House of Commons, preparatory to its doors being thrown3rd.-That they have been engaged at least six months in open in June next for the reception of twenty pensioners and

compounding and dispensing medicines, one hundred scholars. At the festival on the 28th ult., the4th.-That they have attended the practice of a Hospital, Treasurer read the following letters, which produced enthusi-

Poor-house, or Dispensary, for six months. astic applause:-5th. -Candidates will be required to undergo an examination 11 Buckin,-haTn Palace, Feb. 27th, 1855.

at the Admiralty as to their professional acquirements; such DEAR SIR,-I have had the honour to submit to her Majesty.examination to be in accordance with the preceding rudimentary the Queen, the purport of the conversation which I had withscale of education. you this morning, with respect to the Medical Benevolent

6th.-If found qualified, they will be admitted into the ser- College, and I have the pleasure to inform you that her Majestyvice for the before-mentioned period; and in order that they has been pleased to grant her patronage to the College, and tomay have the opportunity of resuming their studies during approve of the alteration of its designation to that of the Roy the winter, they will be discharged from it at one of the prin- Medical College. Yours truly,cipal sea-ports in this country about September or October. To John Propert, Esq. C. B. Finn’s."

7th.-Their pay shall be at the rate of six shillings per day ’ ’

°° 23, Ely-plaee, Feb. 24th, 1855.with rations. Their rank to be equal but subordinate to that DEAR SIR,-I am sorry to inform you that my lamentedof the acting assistant-surgeon. to

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ids shipmen , friend Ralph Howitt, Esq., departed this life on the l4th inst.,8th.-They will be required to join the midshipmen s mess, at Ventnor, but you will be pleased to hear that he has remem-paying monthly, as supernumeraries, their share of the ex- bered the Medical Benevolent College in his will, and has leftpenses ; in default of payment, their arrears will be deducted that charity a legacy of £500. Sir F. Thesiger, myself, andfrom their pay when discharged. Mr. Hood are the executors, and the will will be proved in9th.-Finally, should they be able to obtain certificates of due time. Hood are the executors, and the will will ’’’ proved ingood conduct from the captains and surgeons of the ship or

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Ihave the honour to be, dear Sir, faithfully yours,ships in which they have served, on being discharged they will John Propert, Esq., New Cavendish-street. CHARLES HYDE"be allowed a grttuity of £25. ° rged the ey will

JohnPropert, Esq., New Cavendish-street. CHARLES HYDE."

Such are the disgraceful terms upon which the Admiralty " Bolton le Moors, Lancashire, Feb. 26th, 1855.

propose to find medical aid for their, probably, wounded .sea- DEAR SIR,-I observe in the advertising columns of the

men; for it has long been notorious that many ships are so medical journals that the council and stewards of the Medicaldeficient of surgeons, that those overworked gentlemen are lent Benevolent College purpose, at their Anniversary Festival,from ship to ship. Should a general engagement take place, which takes place on Wednesday the 28th instant, making suchit will be frightful to contemplate our brave sailors consigned strenuous exertions to sufficiently enhance their funds so as toto the skill (?) of the first-year’s students. It is gratifying to enable them to develop the benefits of that institution bystate, however, that, with only one exception, the London June next. 1 am sure the members of the profession feel thatstudents spurn this Admiralty bait; knowing full well that if they owe a debt of deep gratitude, not only to yourself espe-the assistant- surgeons already in the navy were properly cially, but also to those philanthropic gentlemen, whose goodtreated, hundreds of volunteers would come forward. fortune it has been to conceive so happy a project, and through

THE STATE OF THE ARMY o whose untiring zeal and energy their labours are brought to soTHE SANITARY STATE OF THE ARMY AT SEBASTOPOL near a consummation. Although unsolicited to subscribe,is described as improving. The last accounts were up to the nevertheless, I consider my path of duty to be quite obvious-24th ult. It was still said, however, that a vast mass of viz., to contribute a portion of what it has pleased God to blessputrefying matters was lying about the camp, 147 dead horses me -with, in furtherance of an undertaking which has for itsin a heap in one spot. The climate was most capricious; aim and object the amelioration of the condition of those of mywarm and like summer one day, as on the 15th February- equally deserving, but less fortunate medical brethren, or theirperfect winter with snow and ice on the 20th of the same families, who are labouring under reverses of fortune, whethermonth. These changes were very trying to the soldiers, espe- arising from disease or misfortune, or to whatever calamitycially at night, when the north mnds were most piercing. such a precarious profession is liable. With my best wishesThe railroad had made great way, and rather astonishes our for the success of the undertaking, and in proof of my sincerity,allies, the French, who say we are going to make a siege like I beg to forward you the sum of £100.that of Troy, of ten years’ duration. Typhus and typhoid

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I am Sir, yours most respectfully,fevers were still very prevalent at Balaklava and Scutari. John Propert, Esq. SAMUEL TAYLOR CHADWICK."

THE STAFF OF THE SMYRNA CIVIL HOSPITAL AND PROTECTION OF THE HOSPITALS IN THE EAST.-TheDR. BARNES.-A paragraph has appeared in most of the daily Edina (s.s.), chartered by Government, is loading in thepapers in which the name of " Dr. Barnes" occurs as one of river, off Horselydown, for the Crimea. She will take outthe assistant-physicians to the civil hospital at Smyrna. We the body of firemen selected from the London fire-brigadeare enabled to state authoritatively, that the Dr. Barnes so force, and engines, for the protection of the hospitals atreferred to is not the gentleman so well known to the pro- Scutari.fession as an obstetric author and practitioner. HONOURS AND REWARDS TO MEDICAL MEN IN FRANCE.MEDICAL COMMISSION.-Lord Palmerston has sent a -The French Government have just distributed a large num-

commission to Paris, which, amongst other subjects of inquiry, ber of crosses of the Legion of Honour, and gold medals, tois to examine and report on the state and organization of the such medical men who, throughout the country, have shownmedical service in the French army. Government is willing zeal during the late epidemic of cholera. The students also,also, on this report, to endow a Regius Professorship of Mili- who had volunteered to the localities where medical assistancetary Surgery in London. was deficient, have received a certain number of medals. This

APPOINTMENT.-Dr. Henry R. Silvester has been ap- takes place in France, whilst in this country the labours of the

pointed to the Studentship of Human and Comparative Ana- profession are either forgotten, or remembered for the sake of

tomy at the Royal College of Surgeons. and compara Ive na-

beating down the just demands of the hard-worked Union-tomy at the Royal Coll lege of Surgeons. surgeons, who showed themselves so ready to give their assist-THE GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE AND THE ACADEMY ance under very trying circumstances. The same papers which

OF MEDICINE OF PARIS.-As the Emperor of the French is announce the above-mentioned facts, state likewise that aboutknown to be very solicitous respecting his army in the Crimea, a dozen medical officers of the French army in the East havevarious articles for the use and comfort of the soldiers are sent received the cross of the Legion of Honour, as a reward forto him. Amongst these is a fluid, prepared by a M. Broc- their unceasing exertions. Where are the honorary distinc-chieri, which is said to cause the immediate union of incised tions awarded to our military surgeons ? Would it not bewounds; and an ointment, manufactured by another philan- worth while to institute an order somewhat similar to thethropist, which infallibly cures chilblains and frozen toes. Legion of Honour, so that either civil or military merit mightWhat does the Emperor do? He directs both preparations to at oKce receive a distinguished reward.

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PAROCHIAL MEDICAL RELIEF IN MARYLEBONE.-Onthe 1st inst., a new system of parochial medical relief wasbrought into operation in the extensive and populous parish ofMarylebone. Under the old system the poor from all districtsof the parish, north, south, east, and west, had, on certainappointed days, to attend at the workhouse if they requiredmedical relief, but by the new arrangements the parish will bedivided into five districts, each district having its own medicalstation, at which the sick poor in their several districts are toattend for medical and surgical relief. £ This system, which hasbeen adopted and very successfully carried out for some timepast in St. Pancras, will be generally adopted in course oftime in the whole of the metropolitan parishes. In Marylebonethe parochial authorities consider that it will be the means ofgreatly lessening pauperism, as it not unfrequently happenedthat under the old system the poor made it a custom to attendat the workhouse for more substantial relief than medical, andhence whole families became pauperised and burthens on therates. The medical staff of the workhouse is reduced to oneunion surgeon and a dispenser, and the word " infirmary," asapplied to that portion of the building facing the New-roadwill in course of time become unknown. The district medicalofficers are paid at the rate of from £100 to X120 a year, out ofwhich they find medicines, &c. With the object of carryingthe new regulations more effectually into operation, the in-firmary entrance in the New-road has been ordered to beclosed.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDINGSATURDAY, MARCH 3RD.-The winter’s cold has passed away,but its effects still appear in the registers, on which during theweek that ended on Sasurday last the deaths of 1567 personsare inscribed. The deaths in the last seven weeks have been10,968, and have thus exceeded the weekly averages of theyear round by 2288. The average deaths from pneumonia,bronchitis, and asthma, in six weeks are 951; the deaths fromthe causes rose to 2347 in the six cold weeks. Influenza,hooping-cough, croup, and a few other diseases of the zymoticclass, mortification, cancer, scrofula, apoplexy, paralysis, epi-lepsy, heart-disease, terminated fatally in proportions abovethe average; so did consumption, but to a slight extent only.

Last week the births of 838 boys, and 8SS girls, in all 1726children, were registered in London. In the ten correspondingweeks of the years 1845-54 the average number was 1551.

Obituary.On Monday, the 26th ultimo, at Woolwich, from meningitis

supervening on an attack of scarlatina, E. W. CAMPBELL,M.R.C.S., Assistant-Surgeon, Royal Artillery, and lately astudent at Guy’s Hospital, where he entered in May, 1852.M. MAYOR, the well known surgeon of Geneva, who has

written several works on Surgery, attained a very high rankin his profession, and occupied several posts of importance inthe Government of his country, has just died in his seventy-sixth year.Of slow fever, in the Crimea, JAMES LAMONT, M.D., 41st

Regiment, and son of the Assistant - Commissary - GeneraLamont.At the hospital, Kulalee, on the Bosphorus, to which place

he had been invalided from the Crimea, Staff-Surgeon (firstclass) JOHN MARSHALL, senior medical officer in charge of the-second division of the British army before Sebastopol.At Coleraine, Ireland, Dr. HusTON, aged 105.At Liberty Elie, Fife, Scotland, J. T. BERWICK, M.D.,

aged 42.At Queen-street, May Fair, JOHN AVERY, Esq., F.R.C.S.,

surgeon to Charing-cross Hospital, aged 48.At Wrexham, North Wales, G. LEWIS, Esq., F.R.C.S.,

aged 65. The deceased had been connected with the professionover forty years.At Stoke Newington, W. R. ROBINSON, Esq., M.R.C.S.,

aged sixty-three.On the 26th ult., at Scutari, of fever, JOHN NEWTON, Esq.,

second class Staff-Surgeon, only son of the late J. H. Newton,Esq., M. R. C. S., and of her Majesty’s Forces.On the 8th ult., at Keynsham, ROGER EDWARDS, Surgeon,

aged seventy-seven.

Medical Diary of the Week.SATURDAY,March 10th.

MONDAY,March 12th.

TUESDAY,March 13th.

WEDNESDAY,March 14th.

THURSDAY,March 15th.

FRIDAY,March 16th.

CIIaR.-oPOSS Hos.Operations, 12’ P.M.

WESTMINSTER Hos.:Operations, 1 P.M.

ST. THOMAS’S Hos.:Operations, 1P. M.

, S’r. BARTH.’S Hos.:’ Operations, 1½ P.M.

KING’S COLL. HOS.:Operations, 1½ P.M.

ROYAL INSTITUTION,! 3 P.M.Dr. J. H. GLADSTONE:-"On the Principles of

Chemistry."

i R BOTANIC SOC. :34 P. M.

R. COLL. OF SURG.:4 r. M.

Professor OWEN:-" On the Structure andHabits of Extinct Ver-tebrate Animals."

MED. SOC. OF LOND. :8 P.M.

ROYAL FREE HOSP.:. Operations, 2 P.M.

: PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC. OF LONDON:

8 P.M.

iGUY’S HOSPITAL :

IOperations, 2 P.M.

ROYAL INSTITUTION :3 P.M.

Professor TYNDALL:-

"On Electricity."

R. COLL. OF SURG.:4 P. M.

Professor OWEN :-"On the Structure andHabits of Extinct Ver-tebrate Animals."

ROYAL MED. ANDCHIRURG. SOC.:

8 ½ P. M.

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nST. MARY’S Hosp.:Operations, 1 P.M.

UNIV. COLL. HOS.:Operations, 2 P.M.

R. COLL. OF PHYS. :4 P. M.

Lectures on MateriaMedica-

Dr. BENCE JONES:-" On Electricity as a

Means of Diagnosisand Treatment."

R. COLL. OF SURG. :4 P.M.

Mr. QUEKETT:-Histological Lecture.

HUNTERIAN SOC. :8 P.M.

Mr. CRITCHETT:-" On Strabismus, with aNew Method of Opera-ting."

MED. SOC. OF LOND. :8½ P.M.

Lettsomian Lecture-Mr. HIRD.

MIDDLESEX HOS.:Operations, 12z 1,.m.

ST. GEORGE’S Hos. : ’Operations, 1 P.M.

.CENT. LOND. OPHTH.HOSPITAL.

Operations, 2 P. M.

ROYAL INSTITUTION: . ‘3 P.M.

Mr. DONNE:-"On English Literature."

R. COLL. OF SURG.:4 F. M.

Professor OWEN:-On the Structure andHabits of Extinct Ver-tebrate Animals."

HARVEIAN SOCIETY:8 P. M.

Dr. HARE:-"On the Pathology andTreatment of Chorea."

ROYAL SOCIETY:S P.M.

LONDON HOSPITAL.O_perations, 1 P.M,

WEST. OPIITH. HOS.:Operations, 1 ½ P.M.

R. COLL. OF PHYS. :4 P.M.

Lectures on Materia..Medica-

Dr. 13F--i cE JONES:-"On Electricity as a

Means of Diagnosisand Treatment."

R. COLL. OF SURG. :4 P.M.

Mr. QUEKETT:-Histological Lecture.

WESTERN MED. ANDSURG. SOC.:

8 P.M.

ROYAL INSTITUTION :8½ P.M.

Dr. WM. ODLING:-

" On the Chemistry ofthe Hydro-Cayboias."