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On Tuesday, October the 4th, Dr. Waller Lewis visitedStockton-on-Tees, where he met the Board of Guardians, theLocal Board of Health, and the medical and other authorities ofthe town, in order to assist them in the preventive measureswhich they appear to be disposed to carry into effect to theutmost of their power, before any decided outbreak of thepestilence has occurred. It is a significant indication that thecholera cloud is impending over the town, that there have beenfour deaths from the disease, of which three have occurred inthe same house.A partial house-to-house visitation had already been under-

taken by the resident medical practitioners, which, on theadvice of Dr. Lewis, has been made more regular and systematic,and arrangements have been prepared for the immediate in-crease of the visiting staff, should the result of the visitationnow going on render it necessary. One of the greatest diffi-culties which the authorities of this town are said to have metwith, in their attempts to put down nuisances, is their doubtas to the construction of the words "common lodging-houses." The beneficial results of placing common lodging-houses.under regulation have been strikingly shown at Durham, wherethe Local Board of Health have for the last two years appliedthe law to between 40 and 50 houses, occupied by tramps, &c.

’The medical officer of health, Mr. Oliver, stated to Mr. Grainger,nn his visiting Durham last week, that in the whole of theseregulated houses there have only been in the two years twocases of fever, one of which was imported from another

locality; that formerly fever was never absent; and that hehad reported to the Poor-law Board some years ago the case ofone of these filthy houses, in which there were at one time six.cases of fever. The Act had not, however, been applied in

Durham, as it had been in London and elsewhere, to the.densely-crowded houses occupied by the Irish, the state ofwhich, in the present condition of the public health, is mostdangerous.The attack of cholera at Walker has proved to be a severeone. One extra medical officer, two visitors, and an inspectorof nuisances have been appointed, and two houses of refugehave been established. Seven deaths have occurred since’.Monday midnight. Five have been found lying dead, andmany in a state of collapse, chiefly among the tenants of

lodging-rooms. The disease has thus been confined to twospots. Much over-crowding exists in those parts. The totalnumber of deaths since the 13th ult. (in a population of 3,200)- has been 17.

GATESHEAD, Oct. 3.-One death only registered for cholera.LIVERPOOL, Oct. 3.-Of the emigrants who were removed to Ithe workhouse sheds from the ship Silas Greenman, on Saturday,

- three died last night of decided cholera; and it is reported thatthere were several fatal cases in the town yesterday. On Satur-

day night and Sunday morning ten German emigrants and thecook of the establishment were removed to the workhousesheds from an emigrants’ home, in Moorfields, Liverpool,suffering from diarrhoea.

. PREVENTIVE MEASURES.-Meetings have been held in variousdistricts of the metropolis and elsewhere, to take measures to-carry out the recommendations of the Board of Health. Theauthorities have already commenced in the parishes of St.John’s and St. Margaret’s, and St. James’s, Westminster; St.

George’s, Hanover-square; St. Katherine’s Dock, where one

death from cholera has occurred; in Christchurch, Spitalfields;in Mile End New Town; St. Giles’s, Cripplegate; St. Mary’s,Whitechapel; St. Leonard’s, Shoreditch ; at Chiswick, Fulham,Chelsea, Brentford, Paddington, and other places.HAMBURG, Sept. 30.-The influence of cholera seems to have

been less felt in the north during the past week than for sometime previously. From the various towns of Denmark, Sweden,and Norway, where its ravages had carried off thousands, theaccounts are much more favourable. In Berlin several entirefamilies have been swept off. From forty to fifty cases arereported daily, one half of which on an average prove fatal;but many deaths are believed to occur that are not noticed bythe officials. The practice of collecting the refuse, &c., of thehouses on the landing-places of the several floors, which pre-vails in Berlin, and the open drains that lead from almost everyhouse into the street sewers, necessarily produce the mostoffensive smells, and are described as the fruitful source ofcholera and typhus fever, while the evils are greatly aggravatedby the want of a proper supply of water.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL MEDICAL COLLEGE.-We arerequested to state that Dr. Robert Knox has recovered from hisindisposition, and will deliver his introductory lecture on

Monday evening, October 10th, at seven o’clock.

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ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.-At the usual quarterlymeeting held on Friday, Sept. 30th, the following gentlemen,having undergone the necessary examinations for diploma, wereadmitted members of the College :-

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DR. CAI.LAWAY, London.DR. CooTE, Oxford.Da. BALLARD, London.

APOTHECARIES’ HALL.-Names of Gentlemen whopassed their examination in the science and practice of medicineand received certificates to practise, on

Tlaursday, Sept. 29th, 1853.EDWARD VAUGHAN, Keynsham.WILLIAM STEVENTON, Cheadle.JOHN BisHop KING, Brighton.STEPHEN JOHN BUNT, London.

MEDICAL BENEVOLENT FUND.-At the meeting of thecommittee, held Sept. 17th, the Treasurer announced that inJuly last the sum due to him was .629. Since the above datethe sum of Xl 00 17s. had been received in annual subscriptions,and =628 4s. in donations; the payments for benevolent aids, &c.,being £89 10s., leaving a balance due to the treasurer of £15 4s.

Cases.-1. An elderly medical man who had practisedthirty years in the parish of St. Marylebone, after many lossesand misfortunes is now in great distress. Recommended byMr. Squibb and Mr. Lavies. Voted £5.

2. The widow of a medical man residing in the east ofLondon, she has to support a son, a medical man at 31, who isinsane. Recommended by Mr. Self, Mr. Falconer, and Mr.Wilson. Voted .610.

3. The widow of a surgeon, who died after a long illness,leaving six children under eleven years of age, wholly unpro-vided for. Recommended by Mr. Lord, Mr. Alfred, and Mr.R. T. Smith. Voted .620; £10 to be given now, and X10 insix months.

4. The widow of a surgeon who died from cholera in 1849 ;relieved previously. Voted £5.

Several other cases were brought before the Committee,some were passed over as incomplete or as not suitable, otherswere deferred for further investigation.

’ CHANGE OF PROPAGATING SMALL-POX.-A case of aserious nature, and the first, we believe, under the new

Vaccination Act, has just occurred in Devonshire. It appearsthat a woman, residing at a village, called Tedham St. Mary,wished her children to go to Crediton, where the small-poxwas raging, to get the disease in a natural way, that is, byinfection. Accordingly she sent them, in charge of her nephew,to the house of a respectable farmer, who had a servant illin the small-pox. The wife of the farmer took the sick person’shandkerchief and tied it round the necks of the children.This had the effect contemplated, and the poor children tookthe disease. The farmer’s wife and the mother of the childrenwere brought before the magistrates, and charged under the newact with the offence. The former was committed to prison fora week, but the latter, through the perjury of the nephew, itappears, escaped punishment. The nephew was thereuponcharged with the offence of perjury, but on being brought up toundergo examination on Monday last, he was so dangerously illthat the case was not gone into. The chairman (Mr. BaldwinFulford) told him that the magistrates were unwilling to proceedagainst him in the present state of his health, but he wished itto be understood that in all cases where persons were found to

endanger the lives of children by exposing them to the small-pox in the way narrated, the extreme penalty of the law wouldbe inflicted. If death had ensued the parties concerned wouldhave been tried for murder.-Exeter Gazette.

CULPABLE HOMICIDE.-Andrew Thorn (49) lately prac-tising as a surgeon at Ellon, was brought up on running letters,charging him with culpable homicide, in so far as, on 19thApril, 1853, he having been sent for to attend medically AnnAuld, an infant, aged 6½ months, daughter of John Auld, flesher,residing in Ellon, did culpably and recklessly administer, orcaused to be administered, to the said Ann Auld 60 drops ofwine of opium in a small quantity of water and sugar, thequantity so administered of the said wine of opium being afatal and poisonous, or a highly dangerous or injurious, quantityto be taken by an infant of the age of the said Ann Auld ; andthe said Ann Auld having swallowed the same fell into a stateof stupor or insensibility, and died, in a few hours thereafter,

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from the effects of the said wine of opium so administered, andwas thus culpably bereaved of life by the accused. Thom plednot guilty; and the case went to proof. The parents of thechild were examined, and, with a little girl, their servant, testi-fied to the administering of the medicine-there being a tea-spoonful. Mr. Littlejohn, druggist, Ellon, proved the purchase-of the medicine, and identified the prescription, which hebelieved to be in the handwriting of the prisoner; he (witness)afterwards went to the house, to satisfy himself that wine ofopium was the medicine wanted, and Dr. Thom, who appearedto have been tasting spirits, assured him that it was. There weresome irregularities connected with the prescription and sale ofthe medicine, which induced Lord Ivory to caution this witnessto be more careful in such a case in future. Dr. Watson, Ellon,testified to having been called in to see the child, and describedits symptoms, which were those that would naturally result fromthe effects of a strong opiate, such as wine of opium. Mr.Samuel Smith, of the Leeds Infirmary, who happened to be inEllon at the time, and had his attention called to the case, wasnext examined. He also described the symptoms apparent inthe child: the eyes were closed, with no power of motion, thepupils insensible to light, and contracted; the surface of thebody pale and cold; the pulse slow, ceasing sometimes for aminute ; no power of motion in the limbs, or any other part ofthe body, &c. These symptoms were such as would naturallyresult from an overdose of a strong opiate. To a child of sixmonths old, be never prescribed such opiates-not even to theextent of a drop. Dr. J. Jamieson, Aberdeen, read reports ofa post-mortem examination of the child’s body, as well as of a chemical analysis of the medicine, part of which had beenpreserved. Unequivocal traces of the presence of wine of

opium were not found in the stomach-the immediate cause ofdeath was apoplexy. On examination, Dr. J. gave it as hisopinion, that in a case of death, where he was sure of even10 or 6 drops of wine of opium having been administered toan infant of six months, he would have concluded that deathhad been caused by such a drug being administered. Theabsence of traces of the opiate was easily accounted for, as wineof opium was of a character that -its effects would speedilybecome non-apparent. Two declarations of the prisoner werethen read, in which he stated that he had administered about15 drops of the wine of opium, which he considered not anoverdose. He also stated that he had at home a diploma ofmaster of surgery, from the medical school at Glasgow.

Mr. Cosens, prisoner’s counsel, addressed the jury, dwelling onthe fact that no culpable design was proved, and hence theprisoner could not be held guilty of culpable homicide.Lord Ivory summed up. There was no evidence of the

prisoner being a physician, entitled to practice; and if he had,.as stated in the declaration, a diploma from Glasgow, it shouldhave been produced. The plea of the prisoner’s counsel thatthere was no culpable design on the part of the prisoner was ofno avail; that was not charged-if a culpable design existed,the charge would have been that of murder. But if any oneassumed functions such as the prisoner had done, and, eitherfrom ignorance or negligence, death followed, such person wasguilty of culpable homicide. His Lordship then went over theevidence in a lucid address.The jury, after a very brief consultation;, returned a unani-

mous verdict of "guilty as libelled." ,

Lord Ivory gave a suitable admonition to the prisoner, andpronounced sentence of twelve months’ imprisonment.

STATISTICS OF LONGEVITY.-1751 persons were taken,all of whom had attained an hundred years, and were all livingat the same time. In one year they had diminished to 1587, inthe second year to 1442, in the third to 1280, in the fourth to1126 and so on till, out of the original 1751, only 143 reachedthe age of 120; 44 survived to 130, 12 to 140 ! and one old

gentleman actually resisted the effects of time and weather,till he had completed his ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH YEAR ! (-New Quarterly Review for October.VACCINATION IN THE SUNDERLAND UNION.-The guar-

dians of the Sunderland Union have resolved "that the wholeof the resident duly qualified medical practitioners be appointedpublic vaccinators to that union, on signifying their consent, inwriting, to the Board of Guardians, on or before the 6th day ofOctober next, of their acceptance of such appointment, andnaming the place, days, and hours at which they will vaccinate,and inspect the progress of such vaccination in persons sovaccinated." They have further agreed " that the fees payableto such medical practitioners for every person successfullyvaccinated, at the residence of such medical practitioners, orwithin twe miles therefrom by the nearest public road, be Is. 6d.

and for every person successfully vaccinated at any place more-than twQ miles distant from such residence, the sum of 2s..6d.,save and except when such medical practitioners have been, or -expect to be, paid by the parents or guardians of the child orchildren for such vaccination."

QUEEN’S COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM.-The session was openedon Tuesday last by the Right Hon. Lord Lyttelton; letters ex-pressive of regret at unavoidable absence were received fromthe Earl Howe, Lords Redesdaleand Leigh; C. N. Newdigate,Esq., M. P., R. Spooner, Esq., M. P., William Schofield, Esq.,M. P., and other influential governors. The Rector of the Parish,a large number of the Parochial Clergy, Members of the TownCouncil, Guardians of the Poor, Professors Johnstone, Davies,Heslop, Fife, Espin, Richards, Hunt, Sands Cox, Berry,Knowles, and Shaw were present. The following is the list ofprizes presented on the occasion :-

List of prizes.-Diploma of Fellowship, Franks, Webb.—London University Matriculation Certificates (first division),Coathupe, Davies, Lynch, Jauncey, Jordan.-Fourth Certificatein Mathematical Honours, John Alban Davies.-Professors’Prizes, Anatomy : ’Vincent, medal and certificate; Harris, certifi-cate. Surgery: Jordan, medal and certificate; Suckling,certificate. Demonstrations : Vincent, book; Waller, certificate.Medicine: Jacob, medal and certificate; Brierley, certificate.Midwifery : Jordan, medal and certificate; Suckling, certificate; pTownsend, certificate, Materia Medica: Bond, medal and cer-tificate ; Williams, certificate. Chemistry Jacob, medal andcertificate; Jordan, certificate. Forensic Medicine: Jacob, medaland certificate; Jordan, certificate. Botamy Bond, medal andcertificate.-Classical Tutor’s Prize Books; Bright.-Mathemati-cal Tutor’s Prize Books; Bache, Bright.-Medical Tutor’s Prize-Books, Casey (chemistry), Ruffe (anatomy), Bright (anatomy)..- The Piercy German Prize Books, Bright.-The WebsterFrench Prize Books, Coathape.-The French Master’s Prize-Books, Lynch, Copestake.-Drawing Master’s Prize, Bright.-The Governor’s Gold Medals, Waller, Brierley.-The Warneford:Scholarships, William A. Smith, Bond.-The Warneford Prizesygold medal, Scofield ; books, Suckling.

After the distribution by the Right Honourable The Principalxan opening address was delivered by Professor Shaw.ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.- From a report of the

receipts and expenditure of the College in the year from Mid--summer Day 1852, to Midsummer Day, 1853, it appears that.the former amounted to .614,823 7s. lld., derived from the,examinations for the diplomas for members, fellows, and.licentiates in midwifery, ad eundem admissions to the member-ships, &c. The fellowship appears to be a very profitable affair,amounting to nearly X3000 per annum, whereas during thepreceding year it amounted to only X220 10s. The disburse.ments amounted to .623,522 6s. 10d., includingnearly £12,000expended on the new building, which is now progressingrapidly to completion. From a summary of the whole, it.

appears that the incidental income of the college amounts to.613,757 17s. 7d., whereas the incidental expenditure reaches.619,271 3s. 8d. At the same time the permanent incomeappears to be only £1065 10s. 4d., and the expenditure£4251 3s. 2d.

QUARANTINE REGULATIONS AT LISBON.-A copy of adespatch received through the Secretary of State for ForeignAffairs, from Her Majesty’s Consul at Lisbon, has been pub--lished in the Gazette, dated Board of Trade, Sept. 30, 1853, bythe Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations,setting forth a resolution of the Council of Public Health ofthe kingdon of Portugal, by which the following articles ofcommerce, &c., are made subject to quarantine, viz., cotton, rawor manufactured; hair, manufactured or in any other state;hemp, raw or manufactured; letters, newspapers, and corres-pondence ; horsehair in any state; hides, fresh, dry or manu-factured ; fresh remains of animals; wool; flax, raw or

manufactured; skins and feathers, manufactured or in anyother state; silk, raw or manufactured.

BETHLEHEM HOSPITAL.-On and after the first of No-vember, Bethlehem Hospital will be open to visitors appointedby Government, and subject to the regulations and visits of thecommissioners like other lunatic asylums. It has been an

exception to the rule hitherto, and hence the flagrant abuseswhich were so lately exposed to the horror and disgust of thepublic.ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, IRELAND.-The mu-

seums, libraries, &c., were visited by one hundred and twenty.four persons of distinction during the week.

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COMPULSORY VACCINATION ACT.-The act passed in thelast session of Parliament which makes it compulsory on thefather or mother of every child born in England and Walesafter August 1, 1853, to have the said child vaccinated withinthree calendar months, is now in operation. The duty of

drawing up and issuing the various certificates and instructionsfor carrying out the provisions of this act has devolved uponthe Registrar-General, and the completeness and celerity withwhich this has been accomplished would astonish those whobelieve that nothing can be quickly and thoroughly executed inGovernment offices. It may be interesting to remark, that theissue of documents by the Registrar-General under this actinvolved the supply of the following items :-3,000,000 formsof "certificate of successful vaccination" (schedule A) made up,into 30,000 books of 100 forms each, with an example pre-fixed ; 3,000,000 forms of "duplicate certificate of successfulvaccination" (schedule A), made up into 30,000 books of 100forms each; 750,000 forms of "certificate of unfitness forsuccessful vaccination (schedule B),made up into 15,000 booksof 50 forms each, with an example prefixed; 750,000 forms of"certificate of incapacity to receive the vaccine disease "

(schedule D), made up into 15,000 books of 50 forms each withexample prefixed; 1,500,000 forms of "notice" (according toschedule C), addressed to the " father or mother " of the child,printed on loose sheets of foolscap, folded and put into parcelsof 25 forms each, and further put into packets of four parcelseach; 250,000 leaves of forms for the ‘‘ register of successfulvaccination," made up into 5,000 books of 50 leaves each, with"examples" and "instructions " prefixed ; 20,000 copies of theCompulsory Vaccination Act, 16 and 17 Victoria, cap. 100.THE LATE BRANSBY B. COOPER.-The personal effects-

of this lamented gentleman have been sworn under .S6000.NEWCASTLE DISPENSARY.-The annual meeting of the

governors of this institution was held on Thursday, JohnClayton, Esq., in the chair. The seventy-sixth annual report stated that the measure adopted a year ago, for extending the visiting district, and increasing the number of letters, hadworked satisfactorily. The number of patients admitted byletter and treated during the year ending August 31st, was33-0, (of these 3148 were new cases,) showing an increase ofabout 300 over the number admitted in the previous year. Theyear having been very healthy, several letters had not been used.The committee suggested that governors who had not applica- !tions for their letters, should transfer some of them, so thatthe benefits of the institution might- be more widely diffused.Among other topics referred to was the death of Mr. AldermanPotter, which was mentioned with regret. The cholera hadvisited the town since the close of the period embraced by thereport; but the committee added that they had kept open thedispensary night and day, and had authorized the residentmedical officer to call in assistance. Two assistants had been

engaged, making a staff of seven, most of whom, to economisetime, had resided within the building, having carriages at theircommand. During the existence of cholera upwards of 2000persons had received aid; and the committee were highlysatisfied with the zeal of their officers. They had, at the re-quest of the Board of Health Inspector, taken the charge of thetwo parochial districts nearest the Dispensary, as regarded casesof cholera and diarrhoea. The report, on the motion ofMr. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Priestman, having been adopted,thanks were voted, on the motion of Mr. Falconar, seconded byDr. Robinson, to the committee for the arrangements they hadmade with respect to cholera, and to the medical officers forthe manner in which those arrangements had been carried out.THE LORD LIEUTENANT’S VISIT TO LIMERICK.-Amongst

the distinguished guests invited to meet his Excellency, theEarl St. Germains, at the Limerick banquet, were, Drs. ThomasKane, Joseph Parker, Robert R. Geltston, and S. M’Mahon.SOCIETY FOR PURIFYING AND CLEANSING THE DWEL-

LINGS OF THE POOR.-At a meeting of this Society, held inGeorge-street, Hampstead-road, Lord Southampton in the chair,Dr. Stebbing moved, and Mr. Harris seconded, that the watercompany be requested to afford, daily, a copious supply of waterto the inhabitants, as being essentially necessary to the publichealth.HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDING

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1.-The number of deaths from all causesregistered in the metropolis in the week that ended on Saturdaywas 1212. This increase on the previous return arises chieflyfrom an excess of Coroners’ cases entered in the register booksat the end of the quarter. While the mortality from diarrhoeadeclines, cholera becomes more fatal; the deaths referred to it

having risen from 16 and 29 in the two previous weeks to 47 inthe last. Of these 47 deaths from cholera 31 were those ofmales, 16 of females, and they were thus distributed. overLondon. In the West Districts 3, in the North 6, in- theCentral 2, in the East 4, and on the South side of the River 32.

Last week the births of 824 boys and 800 girls, in all’1624children, were registered in London. In the eight correspond-ing weeks of the years 1845-52 the average number was 1368..At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the

barometer in the week was 29’636 in. The mean temperaturein the week was 524°. The wind blew generally from thesouth-west. ,

Obituary.AT Rochester, Deputy-Inspector STEPHEN JENNINGS SWAYNE,

M D. (1840), aged seventy-one. Dr. Swayne was the onlymedical officer on board the Volga in the action off Lissa in1811 ; of the Active at the capture of the French frigate.Pomone; of the Seahorse at the capture of Alexandria; and he.was also present at the subsequent operations on the American’coast, including the capture of the American flotilla on theLake Borgue, when the boats suffered dreadfully.-At Brentwood,,Essex, THOMAS MARSH, M.D., forty-seven, formerly of Coleford.- At New Orleans; ANDREW FERGUSSON, M.D., surgeon of thesecond class of the Army Medical Department. He arrived onthe 6th, and died on the 30th ultimo, leaving a wife and threechildren to deplore his loss-Shortly after his arrival, Assistant-Surgeon GIDEON J. GRIFFITHS, 3rd West India Regiment.-AtUp Park Camp, Assistant-Surgeon WILTON W. HARRIS, 1stWest India Regiment: At Hong Kong, murdered on board theArragon Assear, of Calcutta, Dr. THOMPSON, the surgeon, whosehead was nearly severed from his body by the Chinese crew,who mutined and massacred the captain, &c. Dr. Thompsonwas formerly connected with the Lady Mary Wood.-At Whitejrath, county Louth, JOHN LEARY, M.D., formerly of Dundalk.-Mr. W. KENNY, of the Hospital Staff.-At Maldon, after a pro-tracted illness, JOHN MACDONALD, surgeon, aged forty-six, late ofWoolwich.-At Hexham, Newcastle, Mr. FAIRBRIDGE, surgeon.

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- At the Hibernia School, Pheenix Park,. Dublin, deeply re-gretted, JAMES GOODALL ELKINGTON, surgeon, formerly of the17th Lancers, aged seventy, after forty-seven years service, in-cluding the Peninsula and Waterloo.-At sea, on his passage toEngland, on board the steamer Indiana, AUGUSTUS OCTAVIUSCURRIE, Assistant-Surgeon, Hon. East India Company’s Staff,fifth son of Claude Currie, Esq., late Physician-General, Madras.- During a pleasure-boat excursion in the direction of the northshore, at Auckland, New Zealand, Staff-Assistant-SurgeonMATTHEWS, Royal Engineers, who with several others perishedby the upsetting of the boat. The body was not found whenthe last despatch left Auckland.

THE BRITISH MEDICAL DIRECTORY.

THE Editors of this work have requested us to express theirgratitude for the prompt manner in which the "statisticalreturns " have been made by many thousands of the profession.The returns not yet sent in should be forwarded forthw,ith, orsome names may be altogether omitted.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.H. N.-The provisions of the new Act are of such a nature that we feel it.better to defer an answer to the question until a future occasion.

Inquirer.-The fellow has no legal qualification. He is known to us. His

doings will shortly be brought before the profession.A Sutdent.-We believe the College of Surgeons have refused to recognisethe school any longer, consequently its continuing open for the recep-tion of students would be absurd. The institution never ought to haveexisted.

A Reader.-The practice mentioned by our correspondent is quite correct,the coroner would act unjustly if he withheld the fees on such occasions.

A Pupil of the Hospital, ’(Dublin).-There can be no doubt of the im-propriety of the proceeding mentioned.

A Subscriber.-By referring to any important work on Surgery the ques-tion may be solved.

R. K.-The value of a " Certain Cure for Caneer " is easily estimated-it is worth nothing.

Mr. W. Ferguason, (Macclesfield). -NTo communication from the pen ofMr. Ferguson can be inserted in THE LANCET.