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Aberdeen, his health succumbed to excess of work, and hewas urgently advised to repair to New South Wales. Butthe advice came too late. He died on board the Damascuson the voyage out from London to Sydney.

GUSTAVUS IRWIN KNIGHT, M.R.C.S., L.S.A.WE regret to have to record the sudden and unexpected

death from apoplexy of Gustavus Irwin Knight, of Dorking,Surrey, where he had been in practice for upwards oftwenty years. He was born in 1823, at Woolwich, became alicentiate of the Apothecaries’ Society in 1847, and amember of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1848. He diedon the llth inst., much respected, especially by the poor ofhis neighbourhood, and truly lamented by all who knewhim.

Medical News.ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND. -

The following Members of the College passed the requiredexamination and were admitted Licentiates in Midwifery ata meeting of the Board on the 26th inst. :-Broom, Henry, L.K.Q.C.P.I. & L.R.C.S.Ed., Sheffield. (Not a member.)Charleswcrth, Henry, Longnor, Derbyshire.Morrisson, Stammers, Albert-quare, Clapham; diplom. memb. 1866.Ward, Walter Alfred, Metropolitan Free Hospital; diplom.memb. 1872.

The following gentlemen passed the first part of the profes-sional examination for the Fellowship of the College on the26th and 27th inst. :-W. Furner, E. Chambers, W. E. Buck, R. M. Boodle, C. S. W. Cobbold,

J. C. Verco, and R. T. Thomas, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital ; W. H.Harsant, J. C. Ferrier, T. S. Morley, and H. Clarke, Guy’s Hospital ;J. T. Penhall and C. E. Saundera, St. Thomas’s Hospital; E. B. Roche,J. C. Dickenson, and E. M. Cooke, King’s College; R. B. Anderson andS. Woodman, St. Mary’s Hospital; J. M. Finzi, G. R. Steil, A. Clarke,and H. Cass, University College ; G. E. Wiliamson and C. A. Mercier,London Hospital; H. C. Pope, Liverpool; J. M’Carthy, Dublin andLondon.

The annual meeting of the Fellows of the College for theelection of four Fellows into the Council will be held on the3rd of July next.

COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, IRELAND.-At examina-tions recently held the following gentlemen obtained thelicences in Medicine and Midwifery:-MBDICINE.-Annesley Charles Castriot De Renzy, JohnM’Creery, MichaelPower O’Connor, William Taylor, Thomas John Tighe.

MiDwiBEB.—Ancesley De Renzy, Geo. William Joseph, John M’Creery,William Taylor, Thomas John Tighe.

THE death-rate in London last week was 19 per1000 per annum.

DR. CASHEL, of Nenagh Dispensary District, hasreceived a superannuation allowance of =680 per annum,after twenty-one years’ service as medical officer.MR. CHARLES SEMON, of Broughton Hall, near

Skipton and Bradford, is about to erect on an elevated siteat Ilkley a Convalescent Hospital, at an expenditure of.E6000.

A CONCERT given last week in aid of the funds ofthe Royal National Hospital for Consumption at Ventnorwas honoured by the presence of H.R.H. the Princess ofWales.

A DEPUTATION of persons engaged in textile manu-facture waited upon Mr. Bruce on Tuesday last, with theview of urging upon the Government the necessity ofdealing with the Nine Hours Factory Bill.

GROUSE.—While on the north side of the Dee thegrouse disease is again prevalent, there is no appearance ofthe disease on the south side. Nesting is in the latterlocality well advanced, and the prospects of coming sportare said to be excellent.

CONTAGIOUS DISEASES OF CATTLE IN IRELAND.-At a recent meeting of the Board of Guardians of the Ne1lRoss Union, it was resolved to petition Parliament againsithe contemplated measure to stop the movement of all catthin Ireland and the stopping of all fairs for the months ojJune and July.

MR. C. T. BLACKMAN, the public vaccinator for theWhitechapel district, has just received a Governmentgrant of X81 for successful vaccination.HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN.-The twenty-first

annual meeting of this excellent institution was held lastweek in the board-room of the hospital, Great Ormond-street. From the report it appeared that during the pastyear 844 in-patients-namely, 557 in the hospital, and 287in the country home at Highgate, had been treated, whilethe number of out-patients amounted to 11,900. The ex-penditure had been .67285, while the income slightly ex-ceeded .E8000.

BROMIDE OF POTASSIUM IN ANGINA PECTORIS.-In a memoir lately presented to the Society of Medicine ofAntwerp, Dr. Papillaud related various cases of anginapectoris in which the use of bromide of potassium affordedthe best results. He begins with half a drachm of thesalt daily, and increases the dose by half a drachm weeklyuntil he reaches the dose of two drachms. Generally, theintensity of the fits rapidly abates, and recovery takesplace after two or three months.-Annales de la Soci6td deMddecine d’Anvers, March, 1873.

DONATIONS &C. TO MEDICAL CHARITIES. - TheGoldsmiths’ Company have voted X1000 in aid of theLondon Hospital Extension Fund. The National Hospitalfor the Para lysed and Epileptic has received a fifth .E100&from 11 W. X." St. Mary’s Hospital has received a fourth.81000 from 11 D. T. H." Miss Ann Strutt, of DerwentBank, has bequeathed X500 to the Derbyshire GeneralInfirmary and X200 to University College Hospital. TheSeaside Convalescent Hospital, Seaford, has received ae45(}in aid of the Land Purchase Fund from 11 R. S.," and .63from the magistrates of the Wandsworth Police Court. Thelate Thomas Murphy, Esq., has bequeathed the sum of onehundred guineas towards the funds of the City of DublinHospital.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1872.

I [In the following list the letters " P.S.D." signify Port Sanitary DistrictsI " E.S.D." Rural Sanitary Diatriot, and U.S.D." Urban Sanitary District.]

793

Medical Appointments.Azzeaix, W. H., M.B., M.R.C.P.L., has been appointed an Assistant-

Physician to the Westminster Hospital, vice Anstie.AJM19RTON, W., L.R.C.P.Ed., L.RC.S.Ed, has been appointed Medical

Officer for District No. 6 of the Ormskirk Union.ANSTIE, F. E., M.D., F.R.C.P.L., has been appointed a Physician to the

Westminster Hospital, vice Radcliffe, resigned.BACOT, W. G., M.D., L.R.C P.L., F.R C.S.E., has been appointed Medical

Officer to the Blandford Branch of the Dorsetshire Friendly Society.BA.ifcitopT, Mr. J. J., has been appointed Public Analyst for Denbighshire.BARCLAY, A. W., M.D., has been appointed (provisionally) Public Analyst

for Chelsea.BLAKE, J. FF., L.S.A.L., has been appointed Hcuse-Phraieian to the Charing-

cross Hospital, vice A. W. Orwin, M.R.C.S.E., L.R.C.P.Ed., whose termof office had expired.

BLUNT, Mr. T. P., has been appointed a Public Analyst for Shropshire:138. 4d. for each analysis.

BsowN, Dr. J. C., has been appointed Public Analyst for Cheshire: d6100per annum, and 6s. for each analysis. Also Public Analyst fcr Car-narvonshire : 25 per annum, and 21 Is. for each analvsis.

CASB, H., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Assistant Medical Officer to theMetropolitan Asylum District Asylum for Imbeciles, Leavesden, viceSkelton.

CozLixs, Mr. J., has been appointed Public Analyst for Bolton: e30 perannum.

Coit7al33E3lLuDm, W. 11., M.D. (Professor of Hygiene and Public Health at Uni-versity College, London), has been appointed Public Analyst for St.George, Hanover-square: .13350 per annum as Medical Officer of Healthand Analyst.

D3L.kMOTTE, P. W., M.RC.S.E., has been appointed Resident Accoucheur tothe Charing-cross Hospital, vice Blake, appointed House-Physician.

EAGAR, R. T. S., M.B., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Assistant MedicalSuperintendent of the Buckinghamshire Lunatic Asylum, Stone, viceAlexander, resigned.

OiTTEN’s, Dr. T. J., has been appointed Medical Officer to the GovernmentSmall-pox Hospital, Lota, Chili, South America.

GOULD, H., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed a Surgeon to the Gravesendand Milton Dispensary, vice Gramshaw, resigned.

BEAM, A. L., M.R.C.S E., has been appointed House-Surgeon to the West-minster Hospital, vice Lawton, resigned.

HILTON, J., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer for DistrictNo. 4 of the Ormskirk Union.

3lxns, Dr. J., has been appointed Medical Officer for Division No. 1 ofDistrict No. 1 and the Workhouse of the Halsted Union, vice Astles,resigned.

1IORBLEY, J., F.C.S., has been appointed Public Analyst for Gloucestershire:ae1l5 per annum, with offices, &c.

HUTCHISON, G. W., M.D., has been appointed Medical Officer for the Chip-ping Norton District of the Great Western and Western Midland Rail-

way Provident Association, vice Smith, deceased.Joaxaox, H., M.D., has been appomted a Public Analyst for Shropshire:13s.4d. for each analysis.

KxjfSBY, T. B., M.D., has been appointed Medical Officer to the Fever Hos-pital, Atby, Co. Kildare, vice Clayton, deceased.

n2H$sy, Dr. H., has been appointed a Public Analyst for Hertfordshireand for East Sussex.

LYDnON, C., L.R.C.P.Ed., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed House-Surgeonto the Kidderminster Infirmary, vice Greening, resigned.

M’CAMHT, J. P., M.D., L.R.C.S Ed., has been appointed Medical Officer,Public Vaccinator, and Registrar of Births &c., for the Abbeyfeale Dis-pensary District of the Newcastle Union, and Medical Attendant to theRoyal Irish Constabulary, Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick, vice Macauliffe,deceased.

MAC]Kiy, A. F., L.R.C.P.Ed., L.F.P. & S. Glas., has been appointed MedicalOfficer and Public Vaccinator for District No. 8 of the City Parish,Glasgow, vice M’Gill, resigned.

MCLEAN, A., M.B., C.M., L.R.C.S.Ed., has been appointed a Medical Officerto the Royal Portland Dispensary, the Dorset Co. Club, and Foresters’and Odd Fellows’ Clubs, and Admiralty Surgeon and Agent for Port-land, vice Carruthers, deceased.

MAMOLMSOt), J. A., M.D., has been appointed House-Surgeon to the NorthRiding Infirmary, Middlesborough.

Mdamrx, H. A., M.D., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer to theCosham District of the Fareham Union, vice Probyn, resigned.

MASotf, G., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer for DistrictsNos. 7 and 9 of the Wisbech Union, vice Maynard, resigned.

H’Lu2a8, Dr., has been appointed Public Analyst for Streatham, Tooting,and Balham.

NALLY, W. J., L.R.C.P.Ed., L.R.C.S.Ed., has been appointed Medical Officer,Public Vaccinator, and Registrar of Births &c., for the Ardrahan Dis-pensary District of the Gort Union, Co. Galway, vice Ireland, resigned.

N])wjtEAM, L. J., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Honse-Surgeon to theCharing-cross Hospital, vice Delamotte, appointed Resident Accoucheur.

O’DoBMTT, J., L.R.C.P.Ed., L.F.P. & S. Glas., has been appointed MedicalOfficer to the Inishowen Workhouse, and Medical Officer, Public Vac-cinator, and Registrar of Births &c., for the Carndonagh DispensaryDistrict of the Inishowen Union, vice Kearney, deceased.

RoaB, H., L.D.S. R.C.S E., has been appointed Surgeon-Dentist to theMetropolitan Free Hospital, Devonshire-square, vice Gregson, resigned.

SBABM, G. C., M.R.C S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer for the Brix-ham District of the Totnes Union, vice Brooking, resigned.

Sunm, C., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer for DistrictNo. 2B of the East Preston Union, Sussex, vice Worthington, resigned.

Sraxes, R., M.B., C.M., has been appointed Resident Physician to the RoyalHospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, vice Bell, resigned.

SUTTON, Mr. F., has been .ppointed Public Analyst for Norfolk.TIDY, C. M., M.B., F.C.S. (Health Officer, Lecturer on Chemistry, and Pro-

fessor of Medical Jurisprudence at the London Hospital), has been ap-pointed Public Analyst for St. Mary, Islington.

TiTENtR, G., M.R.C.S E., L.R.C.P.L., has been appointed Public Analyst forthe Borough of Portsmouth : £ 50 per annum.

WMTMOM, J., M.D. (Medical Officer of Health and Gas Examiner), hasbeen appointed Public Analyst for St.Marylebone: Salary to be deter-mined at the end of the year.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

GBMS.—On the 19th inst., at Brighton, the wife of G. Geere, M.R.C.S.E.,of a daughter.

Goon -On the 28th inst., at Wilton, Wilts, the wife of Dr. Joseph Good,of a daughter.

HA.TB’BBMr.—On the 12th inst., at Wellington-street, Park-side, Notting-ham,.the wife of H. R. Hatherly, L.R.C.P.Ed., of a daughter.

JAMES.—On the 1&th inst., at Clarendon-road, the wife of Richard James,M.R.C.S.E., of a daughter.

MANNING.—On the 21st inst., at Abington-street, Northampton, the wifeof J. Manning, M.R.C.S.E., of a son.

PAMiNsoN.—On the 26th inst., at Brolton, near Saltburn-by-the-Sea, thewife of J. Taylor Parkinson, M.B., of a son.

YOUNG.—On the 15th inst., at North Castle-street, Edinburgh, the wife ofJ. Young, M.D., of a son. -

MARRIAGES.FRASER—TUKE.—On the 14th inst., at St. George’s, Edinburgh, John Fraser,’, M.B., C.M., Medical Superintendent of the Fife and Kinross Lunatic’ Asylum, to Catherine, daughter of John B. Tuke, Eq.SAUNDERSON—RUSSELL.—On the 20th inst., at Rathmines, Robert Saun-

derson, M.D., of Pettigo, to Kate, daughter of Joseph Russell, Esq.WOOD—COLLINS.—On the 21st inst., at St. Matthew’s, Upper Clapton,

J. E. Wood, M.R.C.S.E., of Wallop, to Annie, daughter of the late Thos.Collins, Esq. _____

DEATHS.CLARKE.—On the 18th inst., T. Clarke, M.R.C.S.E., of Hall-gate, Doncaster,

aged 55.LESLIE.—On the 16th inst., at East Broughton-place, Edinburgh, T. C.

Leslie, F.R.C.S.E.LOMBARD.—On the 18th ult., at Rawul Pindee, Daniel E. Tyrrell Lombard,

L.K.Q.C.P.I., Staff Surgeon Indian Army.MAC ROY.—On the 24th of March, at Hong Kong, R. W. M’Coy, L.K.Q.C.P.I.,

Colonial Surgeon, aged 36.PoDB.-On the 25th inst., Chas. C. Pode, M.B., of Exeter College, Oxford,

aged 32.PRINGLE.—On the 23rd inst., at Osmotherey, Catherine Mary, daughter of

R. Pringle, L.R.C.P.Ed., aged 9 months.ROBERTS.—On the 15th iiast., J. Roberts, M.R.C.S.E., of Golear, aged 56.SAVERY.—On the 16th inst., J. G. Savery, M.R.C.S.E., of Wellington-place,

Hastings, aged 42.

Notes, Short Comments, and Answers toCorrespondents.

GENTLEMEN forwarding newspapers containing paragraphs to which theywish to draw our attention are particularly requested to mark suchpassages.

G. B. R.—1. An ovum is discharged from one or more Graafian follicles ateach menstrual period, but not the Graafian follicle itself. It is probablethat in the majority of cases only one ovum is so thrown off from one orthe other ovary.-2. Probably in the case of twins.-3. Not known. Pro-

bably not.3&. H. J. W., (Boston.)-The disease is probably due to a vegetable para-

site, the presence of which might, perhaps, with the aid of proper re-agents, be detected by the microscope. Our correspondent should ask hismedical attendant to examine the hair for this purpose.

Alpha.—It is kind to believe that some good degrees may come out ofPhiladelphia; but such faith should not be relied on, and we can onlyrepeat the advice we have given to the owners of Philadelphia degrees-viz., to make a profound secret of their possession.

B. B.-The licence of the London College of Physicians includes the rightto practise medicine, surgery, and midwifery.

Galen.—Professor Corfield’s work on the Utilisation of Sewage.

STRONG BEEF-TEA.

To the Editor of THE LANCET.SIR,—In reports of cases of acute disease one not unfrequently observes

the prominent part that strong beef-tea" obtains in the dietary. For in-

stance in the account of the illness of the late Mr. J. S. Mill, contained inyour issue of May 24th, it is said that he had " strong beef-tea at frequentintervals." Perhaps we are not to conclude that no better nourishment wasgiven. But I would venture to take the opportunity of asking whetherthere is not a considerable number of practitioners who, in common withthe public, still assign an undue place to this fluid ? If testimony on thesubject be needed, I would quote from a recent article by the late BaronLiebig, in which, while advocating the value of his extract of meat, heclasses it with tea and coffee. He says : " It will be well understood, there-fore, that by the addition of extract of meat to our food, we neithereconomise carbon for the maintenance of the temperature, nor nitrogen forthe sustenance of the organs of our body, and that, therefore, it cannot becalled food in the ordinary sense."’ In regard to any alleged advantage ofbeef-tea over meat-extract, he further remarks : " Both extract of meat andbeef-tea are prepared from the same material exactly in the same manner,and the difference of the former from beef-tea consists simply in extract ofmeat being beef-tea condensed to the consistency of honey."Misapprehension on this matter may surely lead to grave consequences in

acute disease. Your obedient servant,Eastbourne-terraee, May 28th, 1873. W. WXLBXRFORGR SMITH.