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accomplishing the result. At the fourteenth annual

meeting of the Association of Military Surgeons of theUnited States, which opened in Detroit on Sept. 27th,the prize was awarded to Major Jefferson RandolphKean, U.S.A., of Washington, D.C., for a paper inwhich he presented statistical proof of the increase

among the soldiers of all kinds of disease secondary todissipation since the abolition of the canteen and he there-fore strongly recommended restoring it.

Diphtheria at the Naval Acadevay.An epidemic of diphtheria among the midshipmen at the

United States Naval Academy in Annapolis is giving muchtrouble to the authorities. All the students not affectedhave been removed to a training ship lying in the Severnriver and the building in which the outbreak started has beenvacated. As a further precaution the annual opening of theAcademy is to be postponed until Oct. 30th.

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Obituary.ROBERT SOMERVILLE, M.D. EDIN., F.R.C.S. EDIN., J.P.ON Oct. 15th Dr. Robert Somerville of Galashiels died

at the age of 69 years. He was for many years one

of the best known practitioners in the Border Counties,and was one of the pillars of the profession in the Southof Scotland. He graduated as a Doctor of Medicine at

Edinburgh University in 1859, having become a Licentiateof the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in theprevious year. He became a Fellow of the College 30years later in 1889. After graduating he began practicein Inverleithen, but on the death of Dr. McDougall inGalashiels he removed there and that town has been thescene of his medical and public work. He took an activeinterest in the Border Counties Branch of the British MedicalAssociation and the members of the branch showed theirconfidence in his judgment and capacity by sending him astheir representative to the council of the Association. Heheld the posts of certifying factory surgeon and medical

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officer to the Post Office. He was also a justice of the peacefor Selkirkshire. He contributed in the earlier part of hiscareer some interesting papers to the Edinburgh Medical Journal and the Practitioner. He had a large practice andwas highly valued as a family physician. For a number ofyears he was the senior practitioner in Galashiels. Dr.Somerville was not, however, only a successful practi-tioner, he was one of the most public-spirited men inhis district. He took a warm interest in educationalmatters and was a member of the first School Boardelected in 1873. For 15 years he was a member ofthe board and for nine of these he was chairman. After heretired from the board he was its representative on thecounty committee for secondary education. He took anactive part in the establishment of the free library and ofthe cottage hospital and continued to take an active interestin the administration of the latter, which he wished to seeextended for the reception of phthisical patients. At the

meetings of the town council and of the School Boardheld since his death the warmest tributes have been paid tohis public services and personal character. The chairmanof the School Board spoke of him as "one of the ablestand most prominent of our public men" and as "a manof honour and integrity and in all his public workactuated by the highest motives." The Provost referred tothe great loss the town had sustained in the death of oneof the best and ablest public men who had ever served it."Dr. Somerville was a warm adherent of the Baptist Churchand was President of the Baptist Union of Scotland in 1900.He is survived by a widow, three sons, and three daughters.One of the s-ons. Dr. James W. Somerville, has been associatedwith his father in practice for a number of years.

DEATHS OF EMINENT FOREIGN MEDICAL MEN.-Thedeaths of the following eminent foreign medical men areannounced :-Dr. Hess of Mayence, a well-known ophthalmicsurgeon, at the age of 74 years.-Dr. Emil Burckhardt, pro-fessor of surgery in the University of Basle, at the age of52 years. His Atlas of Cystoscopy is well known in allcountries.-Dr. Gregorio N. Chaves, professor of clinical

medicine in the University of Buenos Ayres.-Dr. Kostin,lecturer on physiology in the University of Odessa.-Dr.Hermann Munster, extraordinary professor of midwifery andgynæcology in the University of Konigsberg.-Dr. A. Cochez,professor of clinical medicine in the University of Algeria.

Medical News.UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.-In a Congregation

held on Oct. 21st the following degree in medicine wasconferred :Doctor of Medicine.-Richard Warren, New College.

The examinations for the degrees of B.M., B.Ch., will com-mence in the examination schools on Thursday, Dec. 7th.Names, accompanied in each case by the required certificates,must be sent in to the secretary to the Boards of Faculties,Clarendon Building, not later than 10.30 A.M. on Tuesday,Nov. 21st.

SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES OF LONDON.-Atexaminations in October the following candidates passed inthe subjects indicated :-Surgery.-F. C. H. Powell (Sections I. and 11.), King’s College Hos-

pital ; E. W. T. Watts (Sections I. and II.), Royal Free Hospital;and P. C. West (Sections I. and II.), Cambridge and St. Thomas’sHospital.

Medicine.-G. N. Biggs (Section II.), St. Thomas’s Hospital andDurham; W. G. H. Cable (Section I.), London Hospital; M. 0.Dollie (Sections I. and II.). University College Hospital; and P. L.Vawdrey (Sections I. and 11.), St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.

Midwifery.-R. C. T. Evans, University College Hospital; F. J.Macphail, Liverpool; J. L. Meynell, London Hospital; F. B.O’Dowd, Birmingham; C. S. Spencer, Manchester; and J. M.Wilson, Middlesex Hospital.

The diploma of the Society was granted to the followingcandidates entitling them to practise medicine, surgery, andmidwifery :-

G. N. Biggs, P. L. Vawdrey, E. W. T. Watts, P. C. West, and J. MWilson.

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.-At the specialgraduation ceremonial held on Oct. 21st the followingdegrees and certificates were conferred :-Degree of Dnctor of Medicine.-Llewelyn Wynne Davies, Wales, M.B.,

Ch. B., 1897.Degrees nf Bachelor of Medicine and Master in Surgery.-AlfredErnest White, England.

Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.-DavidCarnegie Alexander. Scotland ; William Forrest Archibald, India;William Basson, Cape Colony; Alfred Jordan Beattie, Scotland ;Edward James Black, Scotland ; Gilbert Britto, India ; RobertBryson Calwell, Ireland; David Clement Crole, Scotland; FrancisHenry Dickson, Scotland ; James Dundas, Scotland ; George Gunn,Australia; James Pringle Park Inglis, Scotland; Joseph FrainJames, England; George Perev Joy, England; Donald FrancisMackenzie, England; Kenneth William Duncan Macrae, England;Frederick Charles Mills, M.A., England; Oswald Moir Mirylees,Scotland ; Ronald Roderick Murray, Scotland ; Richard ErnestUpton Newman, Ireland ; Hubert James Norman, England ; HenryVernon Taylor, England; Robert Black Thomson, Scotland; JanHendrik du Toit, South Africa and Ashraf Nawaz Jung Vizarat,India.

Special University Certificate in Diseases of Tropical Climates.-Sorabji Jamasji Bhathena, L R.C.P. and S. Edin. (in absentid) ;Edward James Black, M.B., Ch.B. : John Richard Holgate, M.B..Ch.B. (in absentid); Ronald Roderick Murray, M.B., Ch B ; AshrafNawaz Jung Vizarat, M B., Ch.B. ; and Frances Margaret WakefieldM.B., Ch.B. (m absentid).

FOREIGN UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.-Cincinnati (Miami Medical College) : Dr. E. H. Shields hasbeen appointed to the chair of Dermatology.-Copenhagen : :Dr. Richard Kjer-Petersen and Dr. Oluf Thomsen havebeen recognised as privat-docenten in the MedicalFaculty.-Gratz : Dr. Hans Spitzy has been recognised asprivat-docent of Orthopædics.-Innsbruck : Dr. Alfred Greilhas been recognised as privat-docent of Anatomy.-Königsberg : Dr. Kretschmann of Magdeburg has beenoffered the chair of Otology and Rhinology in succession toProfessor Berthold who is retiring.-Leyden : Dr. P. vanCalcar has been recognised as privat-docent of Hygiene andBacteriology.-Prague (Bohemian University) : Dr. FranzSamberger has been recognised as privat,-docent of Dermato-logy, Dr. Othomar Volker as privat-docent of Anatomy, andDr. Josef Pelnár as privat-docent of Internal Medicine.-Rome Dr. Salvatore Ottolenghi has been appointed Pro-fessor of Forensic Medicine.-San Francisco (University ofCalifornia) : Dr. J. C. Spencer has been appointed to thechair of Urinary and Venereal Diseases and Dr. A. B.

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Spalding to that of Midwifery.-Turin Dr. Mario Carrarahas been appointed to the chair of Forensic Medicine.-Vienna: Dr. Julius Rothberger has been recognised asprivat-docent of Experimental Pathology.BAZAAR IN AID OF THE WEST HAM HOSPITAL -

At the request of the Duchess of Marlborough the

opening of the Grand American bazaar at the Town Hall,Stratford, in aid of the West Ham Hospital has been post-poned to Nov. 23rd. The committee make an earnest appealto the public for assistance either in money or in gifts whichshould be sent to the honorary secretaries, Mr. G. Bush, 20,Clova-road, Forest Gate, E., and Mr. P. J. S. Nichol, 2,Romford-road, Stratford, E.

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. - Dr. DonaldMacAlister has been elected chairman and Dr. LaurenceHumphry secretary of the Special Board for Medicine.-The examinations for the M.B. degree in the present termwill begin on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. llth and 12th.The M.C. examination will begin on Thursday, Dec. 14th.The names of candidates must be sent, through the Collegeofficers, to the registrary by Saturday, Nov. 25th.-Thenumber of freshmen matriculated on Oct. 21st was 1008.The number on the corresponding date last year was 884.From returns kindly supplied by the tutors it appears thatthe number of freshmen intending to study medicine in theUniversity is 117. Last year the number was 89.-Mr.A. M. Sheild, M.B., B.C., of Downing College, has beenappointed an examiner in surgery in the place of Sir HectorCameron, resigned.

ST. JOHN’S HOUSE OF REST, MENTONE.-In con-sequence of the pressure of other work Prebendary Ingramand Dr. C. Theodore Williams, respectively the honorarysecretary and consulting physician in London to theSt. John’s House of Rest, have found it necessary to resign.The Rev. W. H. Oxley and Dr. L. Thorne Thorne have

placed their services at the disposal of the committeeand, in addition, some 25 medical men in different partsof the country, in order to save applicants who resideat a distance the trouble and expense of a journey to

London, have promised to undertake the independentmedical examination required by the committee. The house,which is supported chiefly by voluntary subscriptions, isintended for clergymen and other professional men possessedof but small means who, in consequence of illness or over-work, require under medical advice rest and change duringthe winter months in a mild climate. The house is openfrom Nov. lst to May lst. The inclusive charge for boardis 20s. a week, the voluntary subscriptions making up thebalance. Special consideration is given to the cases ofthose who, desiring to be guests, are not able to affordto pay even this moderate sum or the railway fare to

Mentone. Inquiries should be addressed to the Rev. W. H.Oxley, Petersham Vicarage, Surrey.PROPOSED REVIVAL OF THE CHELTENHAM SPA.

-A deputation from the Cheltenham Chamber of Commerceand from the medical committee ef the town recently waitedupon two committees of the Cheltenham town council to

urge the governing body to take steps to revive the spa. Mr.E. B. Wethered (Local Government Board Inspector), whospoke on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce, pointed outthat the mineral waters of the town were in days gone byregarded as very efficacious, that according to expert adviceand analysis they had lost none of their potency, and that inthe Winter Gardens the corporation possessed a propertysome portion of which might be utilised at no greatexpenditure to provide a spa for the dispensing of thewaters, a lounge, and a recreation room, with the greatprobability that the use of the waters would be exten-

sively revived and that a large influx of visitors would result.He emphasised the fact that the chamber did not advocateany great expenditure at the outset. It advised the corpora-tion to proceed tentatively but believed that if an attractivespa were created at a moderate cost the scheme woulddevelop the town, which was not at present making thebest use of a very valuable asset.-Dr. Herbert Bramwell, onbehalf of the medical profession, remarked that a certainpercentage of Cheltenham’s visitors came at present undermedical advice to drink the waters but that there seemed tobe a great want felt for an adequate and more imposingplace in which to drink the waters. If a central spa wereestablished and proper and efficient means were provided fordispensing the waters, and if the comfort and recreation of

the visitors were also cared for, he believed that medical menwould send many more of their patients to Cheltenham, the-medicinal value of the waters of which was well known inthe profession.-Mr. G. A. Cardew, Dr. J. R. Collins, andothers also spoke in favour of the suggested scheme and itwas recommended that the mineral waters committee andthe town improvement committee should make a joint reportand recommendation to the town council on the subject.OLDHAM AND CREMATION.-The Oldham town

council recently considered the question of extending thecemetery and a proposal was made that a crematoriumshould be provided. 50 per cent. of the people, the proposersaid, were ready to adopt a more hygienic system thanburial, but the council decided to extend the cemetery.TAILOR AS DENTIST.-The Leicester education

committee has appointed Mr. Campbell H. Baxter of Leicesterdentist to the industrial school at Desford. The work ofextracting teeth at the institution has hitherto been per-formed by the tailor.ENTERIC FEVER AND SHELL-FISH.-At the

meeting of the Newton Abbot (Devon) urban district councilheld on Oct. 16th the medical officer of health (Dr. H. B.Mapleton) reported some cases of enteric fever caused byeating cockles, and it was determined to issue public noticescautioning the residents as to the danger of eating thisshell-fish.

ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY CLUB, LONDON.-TheNovember dinner of this club will be held at the TrocaderoRestaurant, Shaftesbury-avenue, London, W., on Wednesday,Nov. 15th, at 7 P.M. Dr. James Galloway will be in thechair. Members desiring to be present should communicatebefore Nov. llth with the honorary secretary, Dr. R. J.Collie, 25, Porchester-terrace, Hyde Park, London, W.THE SHREWSBURY WATER QUESTION.-The result

of a poll of the ratepayers of Shrewsbury in reference to a newwater scheme for the borough was made known last week.Two schemes were submitted-viz., the Castle Pulverbatchscheme which it is estimated would cost 140,000 apartfrom the cost of the gathering ground and a river schemewhich it is estimated would cost 88,000. It was stated onthe voting papers that one or other of the schemes must becarried out, as it was absolutely necessary that steps shouldbe taken immediately to provide an adequate and improvedwater-supply. The voting was as follows : for the CastlePulverbatch scheme, 1903 ; for the river scheme, 923.There were 526 spoiled papers and 2207 voting papers werenot returned. The result of the poll practically leavesunsolved the problem which has engaged the attention of thelocal corporation for many years. Last year the ratepayersrejected the Castle Pulverbatch scheme and before thecouncil can proceed it must obtain an Act of Parliament.To do that the sanction of two-thirds of the ratepayersmust be obtained. It is considered quite likely that whenanother vote is taken the scheme will be rejected, theratepayers apparently being content to endure the presentunsatisfactory dual supply in order to avoid any large outlay.TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS IN GERMANY.-

The following figures are quoted by Mr. Schwabach, BritishConsul at Berlin, regarding the success of the treatment oftuberculosis in the " Heilstatten " (tuberculosis sanatoriums)erected in connexion with the Imperial working men’sinsurance. The number of patients was, in 1894, 3374, andin 1902, 16,489, who were treated at an expense of .651,355and £292,931 respectively. The anti-tuberculosis movementis at present carried on in Germany principally by threesocieties-viz., (1) Deutsches Zentralcomite sur Errichtungvon Heilstatten fiir Lungenkranke; (2) Berlin-Branden-

burger Heilstattenverein fiir Lungenkranke ; and (3) Volks-heilstattenverein vom Roten Kreuz, Heilstatte Grabowsee.In 1904 there existed in Germany 27 private sanatoriumsand 71 " Heilstatten " for tuberculous patients, thelatter institutions providing 5600 beds in all. Accordingto the Imperial Board of Health (Kaiserliches Gesund-heitsamt) at Berlin the average results for the years1896 to 1901 were as follows: Of 100 patients therewere at the end of the treatment 6’7 3 per cent. fully able toresume their old occupation, 7 - 1 per cent. fully able to takeup another vocation, 14 6 per cent. partly able to work, and11 per cent. permanently incapacitated from work. That isto say, 87’ 7 per cent. were dismissed as either cured or con-valescent, 8. 8 per cent. as not improved, 3’1 1 per cent. had

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become worse, and 0. 5 per cent. had died. Of course,the condition of the patients when admitted into the’ ’Heilstätten " greatly influenced the result. Of patients inthe first and second stage of tuberculosis a higher percentagethan that cited above could be cured or considered as

improved-viz., 95’2 and 89’9 per 100 respectively. To

appreciate fully the value of these statistics it would be

necessary to compare them with the figures showing theresults after a lapse of time.

MEMORIAL TO THE LATE DR. E. CROSSMAN.-On Oct. 21st the Bishop of Bristol dedicated two handsomefrescoes which have just been placed in the sanctuary ofthe chapel attached to the Diocesan Training Institute at

Fishponds, Bristol. They represent the raising of the

daughter of Jairus and Christ blessing the children and area memorial to the late Dr. Edward Crossman of Hambrookwho for over 50 years was medical officer to the institution.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.-The new edition ofEllis’s " Demonstrations of Anatomy," upon which Dr.Christopher Addison has been engaged for some time past,will be published by Messrs. Smith, Elder, and Co. on

Nov. lst. The matter has been altogether re-arranged andit now follows the ordinary course of dissection as carriedout by students. New illustrations have been added, many ofthem, together with several of the old ones, being reproducedin colours, and a good deal of new matter has been introducedespecially in the parts dealing with the viscera.

DIRTY SCHOOL CHILDREN.-At a meeting of theLeicester education committee on Oct. 23rd a subcommitteereported that in order to cope with the dirty condition- of many of the scholars attending the Overton-roadcouncil school a nurse had been engaged to examine thechildren and to visit their parents. Mr. Baines, thechairman of the committee, in moving the adoption ofthe report, regretted that such an appointment hadbecome necessary. He trusted, however, that in future

parents would exercise more care and attention and thatthe continuance of the services of a nurse would not be

necessary. If, however, it was found that parents continuedto neglect their children in the matter of cleanliness drasticsteps would have to be taken to bring home to them theirresponsibility. Alderman Windley, the chairman of the

sanitary committee of the Leicester town council, in second-ing the motion, suggested that inquiries should be made as to’the cleanliness of the children attending other schools in theborough. It was quite time that this disgraceful neglect ofthe parents was brought home to them. Dr. F. W. Bennettsaid he was afraid that they would not succeed in theirobject by merely getting the children clean ; they wantedto get the homes of the children clean. After furtherdiscussion the report was adopted.VITAL STATISTICS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.-The

report for the year 1904 issued by the Registrar-General ofbirths, deaths, and marriages in South Australia is a

lengthy document which, together with the appended tables,fills 53 large pages of print. The most important of the’ data and results are as follows : South Australia proper hasan area of 380,070 square miles, while the Northern Terri-tory, which is sparsely peopled and is not for statisticalpurposes included with South Australia proper, has an

area of 523,620 square miles. On Dec. 31st, 1904, theestimated population of South Australia, exclusive of theinhabitants of the Northern Territory and of aborigines,was 368,652-namely, 187,906 males and 180,746 females.There were 9100 births registered (4665 males and 4435

females), giving a birth-rate of 24 89 per 1000, as comparedwith 23 - 43 per 1000 in 1903. Of the total births 365 were

illegitimate, so that the proportion of illegitimate to totalbirths was 4’ 01 per cent. ; in 1903 this ratio was 4 - 18 percent. and the Registrar therefore assumes that there hasbeen "rather a decline in immorality." The deaths regis-tered in 1904 numbered 3719, being fewer by 154 than thoseof the previous year and being the lowest number recordedin any year since 1892. The death-rate per 1000 of themean population was 10’ 17, which was not only lowerby 0 - 54 than that of 1903 but was the lowest death-rate on record. The deaths attributed to the zymoticclass of diseases were fewer in 1904 than in any of thepreceding 20 years. Of the total deaths from all cause.,3

7.77 per cent. were attributed to pulmonary tuberculosis,against 7’ 64 in the previous year, while the proportion of.deaths from this disease per 1000 of the mean population

was 0 - 79, against 0’ 82 in 1903. The deaths from cancer(including all malignant new growths) numbered 226 (112males and 114 females) ; the proportion of deaths from thisdisease per 1000 of the mean population was 0’ 62, against0 - 72 in the previous year. The deaths of infants under one

year of age were in the proportion of 7’ 0 to 100 births

registered. The marriages registered in 1904 numbered2526, being the highest number recorded in any year since1884. The marriage rate-that is, the rate of marriages, xotof persons married-per 1000 of the mean population was6’ 91 and was the highest rate recorded since 1891. The

highest shade temperature recorded at Adelaide Observatorywas 114’ 0° F. in December and the lowest was 36 90 in Mayand also in July ; the total rainfall was 20’ 31 inches.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF IRELAND.-Atthe annual meeting of the President and Fellows of the RoyalCollege of Physicians of Ireland the following were electedfor the coming year:-President: Sir William J. Smyly.Vice-President : Mr. E. E. Lennon. Censors : Mr. Lennon,Dr. A. R. Parsons, Dr. J. H. R. Glenn, and Dr. W. R. Dawson.Additional examiners to take the place of an absent censoror examiner: Medicine, Dr. W. J. Thompson; MedicalJurisprudence and Hygiene, Mr. A. N. Montgomery ; andMidwifery, Mr. T. Henry Wilson. Examiners for thelicence to practise midwifery: Mr. A. J. Horne andDr. Henry Jellett. Additional examiners under theConjoint Examination scheme : Biology, Dr. E. MacDowelCosgrave ; Chemistry, Mr. E. Lapper and Dr. N. M.Falkiner; Physics, Dr. W. A. Winter and Dr. G. J.Peacocke; Pharmacy, Materia Medica, and Therapeutics,Dr. H. C. Drury and Dr. M. J. Dempsey; Physiology, Dr.H. C. Earl; Pathology, Dr. A. C. O’Sullivan; Medicine,Mr. J. Murphy and Dr. R. Travers Smith ; and Hygiene andForensic Medicine, Dr. H. T. Bewley. Examiners for the

Conjoint Diploma in Public Health: Hygiene, Dr. Bewley;Chemistry, Mr. Lapper; and Meteorology, Dr. Winter. Easternexaminers in preliminary education : Mr. E. H. Alton, Mr.R. A. P. Rogers, and the Rev. Professor Murphy. Repre-sentative on the General Medical Council: Sir John W.Moore. Representatives on the committee of management:Dr. Walter G. Smith, Sir John Moore, and Dr. James Craig.Treasurer : Dr. Bewley. Registrar : Dr. Craig. Librarian :Mr. R. G. J. Phelps. Architect: Mr. A. E. Murray. Law

agents : Messrs. Stephen Gordon and Son. Agent to the

trust estate : Mr. C. U. Townshend, J.P.

Appointments.Successful applicants for Vacancies, Secretaries of Public Institutions

and others possessing information suitable for this column, areinvited to forward to THE LANCET Office, directed to the Sub-Editor, not later than 9 o’clock on the Thursday morning of eachweek, such information for gratuitous publication.

AITKEN, D. MACRAE, M.B., Ch.B. Edin., F.R.C.S. Edin., has beenappointed Assistant Medical Officer at the Bolingbroke Hospital,London, S.W.

ALFORD, E. FRANK R., M.R.C.S. Eng., L.RC.P.Lond.. has beenappointed House Physician at the City of London Hospital forDiseases of the Chest, Victoria Park, London, E.

ASH. B. M., has been appointed Assistant House Surgeon at theSalisbury Infirmary.

BATHURST, LACEY, M.B., B.S., LR.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., hasbeen appointed Senior House Surgeon to the Croydon GeneralHospital.

DAVIS, HARRY, L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S.. L.S.A., D.P.H. Cantab.,has been appointed Medical Officer of Health for the CallingtonUrban District (Cornwall) for three years.

GRAHAM, LEWIS, L.R.C.P. Lond., M. R. C. S., has been appointed JuniorHouse Surgeon to the Croydon General Hospital.

HENDERSON, THOMAS BONHÔTE, M.B.. B.Ch. Oxon., has beenappointed House Surgeon at the Salisbury Infirmary.

HUMMEL, J. J., M.Sc., has been appointed Resident Clinical Assistantto the Leeds Hospital for Women and Children.

KERR, JAMES R., M.B., Ch.B. Glasg., has been appointed HouseSurgeon to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow.

LEACH, H., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond., has been appointed HouseSurgeon at the Leeds Hospital for Women and Children.

McELWAINE, THOMAS, L.R.C.P. & S. Edin., L.F.P.S. Glasg., has beenappointed Public Vaccinator for the Stoke District by the Devon-port Board of Guardians.

SAUNDERS, ERNEST GEORGE STTMES, M.D., C.M. Aberd., has beenappointed Assistant Surgeon to the Royal Albert Hospital,Devonport.

SCOTT, T. GRAHAM, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond.. has been appointedHouse Anaesthetist at the Royal Dental Hospital, London.