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not stand against the cruelty practised upon him, but his friendsrallied round him so handsomely and liberally that it was im-possible for him to misunderstand the meaning of their conducttowards him, and it gave him fresh courage. The spirit shownat the public meeting presided over by Dr. Copland, and thesentiments then put forth, were enough to make any manproud. He expressed in the warmest terms his thanks to thecommittee, to Dr. Sibson, and especially to his oldest medicalfriend, Dr. Langmore; also to the medical journals for thehandsome manner in which they had forwarded and advocatedhis cause. His practice, he was glad to say, was as good asever, and his patients stauncher friends than before.

Dr. Sibson, in proposing that the best thanks of the com-mittee be offered to the editors of THE LANCET and the otherjournals for the valuable and important aid they had so dis-interestedly afforded in contributing to the success of the FieldTestimonial, observed that the conduct of THE LANCET in thematter was such as to entitle it to all praise, and call forspecial notice.The expenses which Mr. Field has incurred amount to about

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Medical News.APOTHECARIES’ HALL. - The following gentlemen

passed their examination in the Science and Practice of Medi-cine, and received certificates to practise, on Oct. 3rd :-

Cuddeford, Thomas, Plymouth.Hurtord, John Gerge, Guy’s Hospital.Jenner, William, Thorney Abbey, Cambridgeshire.Shedd, Ebenezer, Manchester.Wilkinson, George Frederick Eachus, Sydenham.

[In the list of gentlemen who passed the Preliminary Ex-amination at the Hall on the 28th ult., and published in ourlast number, for I IF. R. Fendick," read T. R. Fendick.] ]ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, EDINBURGH.-The

undermentioned gentleman, having passed an examination inthe Science and Practice of Medicine, has received a certificate topractise :-

John Crouch, F.R.C.S. Eng. and M.S.A. Lond., Bayswater.

CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 8TH.-Candidates intending tooffer themselves for examination for medical and surgical de-grees in the present term at the anatomical schools are requiredto signify the same to the Regius Professor of Physic on orbefore the llth of November, and to send at the same timetheir certificates. The first and final examinations for thedegree of M. B. will begin on Monday, the 25th of Novem-ber, at nine A.M. The second examination for the M.B. degreeand the examination for the degree of Master in Surgery willbegin on Monday, the 2nd of December, at nine A.M.

DR. RICKARDS has been elected physician to theRoyal Free Hospital.THE Liverpool Royal Infirmary has become entitled

to E4000 under the will of Mr. Benjamin Scott Riley, of Bath.DR. TAGGART has been elected Coroner for Carrick-

fergus.THE Royal Naval Hospital at Bighi, for the first

time since its establishment, is without a patient.WE regret to announce the death, on Monday last,

from prussic acid, of Dr. Smith, of Mortimer, who had beenin a desponding state of mind for some time past.THE Birmingham General Hospital has been pre-

sented with £ 10,000 by an anonymous friend through Mr.Sampson S. Lloyd.

DR. GRIGOR, of Nairn, was thrown from his gig afew days since and sustained a fracture of the right leg abovethe knee.

DR. EATON, a half-brother of the late President Lin-coln, dropped dead at Mumfordsville, United States, on the20th ult., while mixing medicine for a patient.THE death of M. Bouley, Physician to the Necker

Hospital is announced. His funeral took place on the 1st ofOctober, at the church of Notre Dame de Passy.THE Garioch and Northern Medical Association

held their annual meeting at Inverurie on the 28th ultimo.The members and several guests afterwards dined together,Dr. Mitchell, of Rayne, the president, acting as chairman. ’,

M. PIORRY is proposed as a candidate for the vacancyin the French Academy of Sciences, caused by the death ofM. Velpeau.THE Quekett Microscopical Club have decided to

publish Transactions quarterly, under the editorship of Mr.W. Hislop, F.R.A.S.THE next International Ophthalmological Congress

will be held in four years’ time at Berlin ; while for the nextyear’s meeting of the German naturalists and physiciansDresden has been chosen.

. M. COSTE replaces M. Velpeau in the Commissionfor awarding prizes in medicine and surgery ; and M. Bussyand M. Decaisne award the Barbier Prize, which MM. Velpeau.and Rayer would have given.THE inquest on the body of the murdered man,

M’Donnell, was held on Monday, at University College, butwas postponed till Monday next, after sufficient evidence hadbeen taken for the identification of the body, so that it mightbe buried.A COMMISSION has been appointed to inquire into

the subject of dietary in the Irish county prisons, with a viewto the establishment of a uniform system. The Commis-sioners are Dr. Stokes, Dr. Hill, Poor-law inspector, and Dr.Burke, Physician to Steevens’s Hospital.AT an inquest held by Mr. Carttar, at Greenwich,

on the body of a man named Campbell, aged seventy-two, Mr.Lowe, the surgeon, stated in evidence that, on the post-mor-tem examination, he found seven gall-stones, weighing in theaggregate one ounce and two grains. One of the stonesweighed 148 grains.ON Sunday night last several large aerolites fell in

the neighbourhood of Kiltealy, in the county of Wexford, andcontinued burning for some time after they reached the earth.Some fires, which have recently occurred in farmers’ yards,involving the destruction of hay and grain, are attributed tothe descent of aerolites.

LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY SCHOOL OF MEDI-CINE.—After the introductory address of the session, thefriends, present and former pupils of the School of Medicine,dined together at the Adelphi Hotel, under the able presi-dency of E. R. Bickersteth, Esq. About seventy gentlemenwere present, and the meeting passed off with the greatestsuccess.

CHOLERA is not increasing at Valetta. From Sept.26th to Oct. 4th, amongst the civil population, there havebeen 141 attacks and 90 deaths. The military are free fromthe epidemic. An outbreak has taken place in the Dominicanconvent, during which, out of a community of twenty, therewere eleven attacks and ten deaths. This outbreak, however,is attributable to local causes.

THE newly-formed section of Public Health, at themeeting of German naturalists and physicians, was very nu-merously attended. Under the presidency of Prof. Griesingerthe first question, on the Etiology of Typhus Fever, was dis-cussed. The communications made by Pettenkofer, Jurgensen,Obernier, Virchow, and others are not only of great interest,but contain the results of minute investigations made at dif-ferent towns of Germany.

ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL COLLEGE.The results of the examinations of 1867, as to prizes andscholarships, were as follows :-Senior Scholarship in Anatomy,Physiology, and Chemistry: J. R. Rouch, A. F. Field. JuniorScholarships, 1866: J. R. Rouch, F. de H. Hall, T. H. Hend-ley. Bentley Prize : L. Newton. Kirkes Medal: L. Newton,W. Square. Practical Anatomy, Senior: T. H. Hendley(Foster prize), E. Groves, E. A. Brickwell, F. J. Glencross, D.Smart, J. T. Hartill, J. R. Rouch, B. S. Ringer, C. Bennett,J. G. Williamson. Wix Prize: W. D. Butcher. HichensPrize: W. D. Butcher, A. F. Field. Practical Anatomy,Junior: H. A. Smith (Treasurer’s prize), C. J. Davis (Exam-iner’s prize), F. H. Turner, C. F. Gray, E. H. Cooke and C. J.Wharry (equal).GLASGOW FACULTY OF MEDICINE.--At a meeting

held on the 4th inst., the following gentlemen were electedoffice-bearers for the session 1867-8,-viz.:-President, Mr.James McInnes. Vice-President: Dr. Hugh Thomson. Trea-surer : Dr. Thomas Lapraik. Secretary : Dr. Daniel McLean.Librarians: Mr. George McEwan and Mr. James R. Buchanan.

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Seal-keeper : Dr. Robert Cowan. Vaccinator : Dr. RobertRenfrew. Directors: Mr. John Dougan, Mr. David Calder-wood, Dr. Josh. H. Menzies, Dr. Robert Renfrew, Mr. Alex-ander Morton, Mr. Andrew McFarlane, Mr. William Patrick.Factor : Mr. James Donald. Officer : John Mitchell.THE Guardians of the Poor of the parish of St.

Pancras have begun to carry out their new arrangements forthe administration of relief to their outdoor poor ; instead ofthe 7600 outdoor poor of this extensive parish being compelledto attend at the workhouse to receive relief, they will nowhave to attend at the offices attached to the districts intowhich the parish has been divided for this purpose. Untilpermanent buildings can be erected, Grafton Hall, near Fitz-roy-square, and Milton Hall, near the Red Cap, Camden-town,have been opened as district relief offices; and a plot of groundin Compton-place, near Brunswick-square, has been taken onlease from the governors of the Foundling Hospital, for thepurpose of building another district relief office, for the poorof the Gray’s-inn-road and Somers-town districts; and also adispensary, under the provisions of the Metropolis Poor Act,1867, sections 38 to 40.-Pall Mall Gazette.CANADIAN MEDICAL REFORM.-The Medical Society

of Quebec is endeavouring, now that the Act of Union haspassed, to give a certain uniformity to the medical examina-tions of the universities and colleges of the Canadian Union. Akind of congress is convened, where resolutions, agreed to bythe Society, should be discussed. The purport of these is torender the degrees conferred a merely honorary matter, a centralboard being appointed to examine the candidates who proposeto practise in the Canadian dominions. Now this is the verysystem of which many German physicians, especially Dr.Rudolfs, of Bremen, are complaining. It is well known thatthe governments of the various German States have depriveduniversities of their rights, by ignoring their examinationsaltogether, and making ir, incumbent upon whomsoever wishesto practise to submit to examinations instituted by the State.Whether the universities, by laxity or other causes, deservedthe slight, is another question ; but the Canadians had betterlook to it before they wantonly lower the value of their uni-versity and college examinations. By this act bad will becomeworse, if bad really exists. The State, in Germany, is notonly tyrannical as to examinations, but the petty restrictionsfrom one tract of land to the other are very vexatious. Infact, the medical profession in Germany may be looked uponas being under a heavy thraldom. Let a medical council, suchas we have in this country, watch over and control the univer.sities and corporations, but let not these be lowered to thie

ground.

MEDICAL VACANCIES.

Birmingham General Hospital-House-Governor and Secretary, vice Mr.Hughes,resigned.

Derbyshire General Infirmary-House-Surgeon.Dover Hospital-Resident Medical Officer.Preston Dispensary-Junior House Surgeon.Royal Isle of Wight Infirmary-House-Surgeon and Secretary.Suffolk General Hospital-Physician.West Ham, Stratford, and South Essex Dispensary-House-Surgeon and

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MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.T. D. ATKINS, L.R.C.P.Ed., has been appointed Resident Surgeon to the Bir-

mingham Lying-in Hospital and Dispensary for Diseases of Women andChildren, vice Crane, resigi3ed.

E. BOROUGH, L.R.C.P., Al.R C.S., has been elected Senior Assistant ResidentMedical Officer to the Leeds Public D spensary, vice J. R. Perkins,L.R.C.S.Ed., late House-Ph,sician to the Royal Hospital for SickChildren, Edinburgh, appointed Resident Medical Officer to the Femaleand Children’s Ward of the St. Pancras Workhouse.

W. E. CLENDINNEN, L.R.C.S.Ed., has been appointed Medical Officer andPublic Vaccinator for the Cheswardine District of the Drayton Union,Salop, vice M. Mackereth, M.R.C.S.E., whose appointment has expired.

J. S. A. CUNINGHAM, M.D., has been appointed Medical Officer to the BallybayDispensary District of the Castleblayney Union, Co. Monaghan, and

. Medical Officer to the Constabulary, Ballybay and Cremartin, vice J. W.Young, M.D, appointed Physician to the Mountjoy Prisons, Dublin.

J. L. DE LA GARDE, M.I3.. has been appointed Surgeon to the West of Eng-land Eye Infirmary, Exeter, vice J. Edye, M.R.C.S.E., resigned.

E. GRIESBACH, M.R.C.S., has been elected Junior Assistant Resident MedicalOfficer to the Leeds Public Dispensary, vice Borough, promoted.

H. C. HOPKINS, M.R.C.S., has been elected House-Surgeon to the Royal FreeHospital, Gray’s-inn-road.

R. N. INGLE, M. U., has been elected Hon. Surgeon to the Salford and Pendle-ton District of St. Mary’s Hospital, Manchester, vice J. A. J. Ashburner,L.K.Q.C.P.I., resigned.

R. JONES, L.R.C.P.Ed., has been appointed Medical Officer and Public Vac-cinator for the Llaufihanvel District of the Festiniog Union, Merioneth-shire, vice J. Jones, M.R.C.S.E., esigned.

J. LEONARD, L.A.H. Dub., has been appointed Resident Apothecary to theHouse of Industry (Government) Hospitals, Dublin, vice J. G. Kisby,

L.A.H.Dub., who retires after a period of service extending over a quarterof a century.

S. MANNING, M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer, Public Vacci-nator, and Registrar of Births &c., for the Rathdrum Dispensary Districtof the Rathdrum Union, Co. Wicklow, vice S. R. S. Manning, L.R.C.P.Ed.,deceased.

Dr. S. PARKES has been appointed Medical Officer, Public Vaccinator, andRegistrar of Births &c., for the Aghalee Dispensary District of theLurgan Union, Co. Armagh, vice A. Neeson, M.U., deceased.

J. RussELL, L.K.Q.C.P.I., has been appointed Medical Officer to the Con-stabulary, Thurles and Killatiara, vice G. Bradshaw, M.R.C.S.E., de-ceased.

G. ST. G. TYNER, L.K Q C.P.I., has been appointed Resident Medical Super,intendent of the Auxiliary Lunatic Asylum, Clonmel, vice J. Edmundson-M.D., appointed to the District Lunatic Asylum, Castlebar, Co. Mayo.

Dr. J. WHITE, Medical Officer of Poyntzpass Dispensary District, has beenappointed Medical Officer, Public Vaccinator, and Registrar of Births&c., to the Rich-hill Dispensary, Armagh Union, vice Dr. Gibson, re-signed. -

MILITARY AND NAVAL MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.

F. C. ANNESLEY, M.R.C.S.E., Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals Army,has been promoted to the honorary rank of Inspector-General of Hos-pitals, on retiring upon half-pay.

C. D. MADDEN, L.R.C.S.L, Assist.-Surgeon Royal Artillery, has been pro-moted to Staff Surgeon, vice J. Dunlop, M.D., deceased.

S. E. MAUNSELL, L.K.Q.C.P.I, Assist.-Surgeon 97th Foot, has been ap-pointed Assist.-Surgeon Royal Artillery, vice Madden, promoted on theStaff.

C. E. E. WELCHMAN, M.R.C.S.E, has been appointed Assist.-Surgeon 1stKing’s Own Staffordshire Militia, vice Hearden, resigned.

J. W. Whnzrss, M.D., has been appointed Hon. Assist: Surgeon 4th Forfar.shire Artillery Volunteer Corps.

A. G. P. WILKS, M.B., has been appointed Hon. Assist.-Surgeon lst GlamorganArtillery Volunteer Corps, vice Griffiths, promoted.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

On the 28th of Aug., at Darjeeling, the wife of A. L. Bogle, M.D., Surgeon20th Bengal Native Infantry, of a daughter.

On the 1st ult., at Chingleput, Madras Presidency, the wife Assist.-SurgeonC. M. Cullinan, Zillah Surgeon and Superintendent of the Gaol H.M.’s sIndian Service, of a daughter.

On the 15th ult., at Beyrout, Syria, the wife of Dr. ’Whish Brigstocke, of ason.

On the 26th ult., at Barrow-in-Furness, the wife of Dr. Stark, of a son.On the 29th ult., at Chesterfield-street, May-fair, the wife of W. H. Dickin-

son, M.D., of a daughter.On the 29th ult., at St. Paul’s-road, Canonbury, the wife of Robert Mack,

, L.R C.S.I. f a daughter.On the 2nd inst., at Molesworth-street, Dublin, the wife of Thomas Wrigley

Grimshaw, M.D., of a son.On the 2nd inst., at Upper Berkeley-street, Portman-square, the wife of Dr.

Harley, of a son.On the 2nd inst., at Wivenhoe, Essex, the wife of S. N. Squire, M.R.C.S.E.,

of a son.On the 3rd inst., at Blackheath-park, the wife of J. F. South, F.R.C.S.E., of

a daughter.On the 4th inst., the wife of Charles Pridham, F.R.C.S.Ed., of a son.On the 5th inst., at Queen-square, Westminster, the wife of J. S. Bristowe,

M.D., of a son.On the 5th inst., the wife of W. D. Slyman, M.R.C.S.E., of Caversham-road.

of a daughter.On the 9th inst., at 140, Minories, the wife of Thomas Thyne, M.D., of a son.

MARRIAGES.On the 10th ult., at St. James’s, Dover, George Owthwaite Spencer, M.D., of

Upper Holloway, to Frances, second daughter of E. Elwin, Esq., ofDover.

On the 26th ult., at the Cathedral, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Henry Skey Muir,M.D., Medical Staff, to Marie Louise, daughter of Edward Wier, of NewYork, and niece of the Hon. B. Wier, Senator D.C.

On the 3rd inst., at Holywell Church, Oxford, Henry Matthews Tuckwell,M.D., to Martha Grace Maclean, daughter of the late C. J. Bishop, M.D.

On the 8th inst., at St. Andrews, Hotborn, George Evan Farr, Esq., Assist.-Surgeon R.N., Haslar Hospital, to Emily, second surviving daughter ofthe late Charles Weston, Esq., of Fletton, Huntingdonshire.-No Cards

DEATHS.On the 14th of Aug., Geo. Bradshaw, M.R C.S.E., of Thurles, Co. Tipperary.On the 31st of Aug., at Montreal, Canada, Elizabeth, relict of James Ellice

Campbell, Esq., and maternal grandmother of Sir G. Duncan Gibb,Brt., M.D., aged 91.

On the 31st of Aug., at Ludlow, Richard Valentine, M.R.C.S.E., aged 65.On the 16th ult., at Umballah, David Scott, M.D., Surgeon-Major Bengal

Service, aged 44.On the 20th ult., at the residence of W. E. Jones, Esq., The Warren, Bushey-

heath, Herts, W. Augustus Norton, M.D., aged 34. Deeply lamented.On the 25th ult., W. Leslie, M.R.C.S. E., of Golden-square, Aberdeen, aged 70.On the 26th ult., in Canada, Dr. R. Hogan, Staff Assist.-Surgeon Army,

aged 23.On the lst inst, at York-crescent, Clifton, J. Macgregor, L.R.C.S.Ed., Deputy

Inspector-General of Hospitals Army, aged 57.On the 2nd inst., Henry Henderson, Suraeun, of Hendon, late of Upper

Gloucester-place, Dorset-square, aged 64.On the 2nd inst., at Sowerby, Yorkshire, in consequence of a kick from a

horse, Eat Ringrose, M.D., of Potter’s-bar, Herts, aged 31.A few days sinc,, at Royal Avenue-terrace, Chelsea, J. H. Williams, M.R.C.S.

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