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burg Faculty Was attempted this year for the first time, andthe trial, as far a 3 the students are concerned, has beenvery Successful. Their attitude was remarkably calm andattentive, and contransted favourably with the one usuallyheld. by the Paris students on such occasions.At Bordeaux, the opening of the school of medicine was

amalgamated tjlis year with that of the other faculties, law,theology, &C. It thereiore offered no distinctive feature,and ended in a distribution of prizes. At Nantes, ProfessorLapeyre delivered a remarkable discourse " On the Place ofMan in the Animal Series." M. Laennec, a descendant of thegreat discoverer of auscultation, then read a report on theresults of the different concours and examinations.

MEDICAL ATTENDANCE ON FRIENDLY SOCIETIES IN FRANCE.

A few years since, the medical men of various depart-ments of France, having to complain much of their con-nexion with the various unions, appointed a syndicate ineach important locality, with the object of settling suchvexed questions as sala,rLt, time, professional dignity, &c.This idea has been a very valuable one, and certainly de-serves to be noticed. There is even now a question pendingbetween one of the local syndicates and the Committee ofFriendly Societies. The Syndicate very wisely suggestedthat each member of the union might be free to choose hisown medical attendant, who would then apply to theSociety for payment. But the Committee states that itwill continue to appoint a fixed number of medical officers,to whose attendance the members must necessarily submit.The only answer which they afford to the liberal suggestionof the medical Syndicate is, that the existing regulationsstate it so. They thus leave no door open to reform, andshow at once the narrow spirit which animates them, aswell as the necessity of maintaining such institutions as theone I have mentioned for the defence of professional rightsand dignity. The Committee wish to choose their ownmedical officers, and thus foster a system of favouritism,whilst they illiberally refuse to each member of the unionthe right of choosing the medical man in whom he hasmost confidence.

OCCURRENCE OF CHARBON AND GLANDERS IN THE YOUNG

HEIFER AND ITS POSSIBLE PERNICIOUS INFLUENCE

IN ANIMAL VACCINATION.

It may be well to add a few facts to the question of theoccurrence of glanders and charbon in the young heifer,and its possible pernicious influence in animal vaccination,which was started at the Academy during the discussion onvaccine, and to which I briefly alluded in a former letter.The fact of this occurrence had been vigorously asserted byM. Colin, and as vigorously denied by another veterinarymember, M. Bouley. Then M. Leblanc objected that thismight occur, but never in the very young heifer. M. Colinthen stated that he had frequently observed the fact. Henow produces letters from the veterinary surgeons in thecountry, who state that they have observed charbon onsucking lambs and on heifers of only a few months’ old.M. Colin adds that the cases he had seen were not observedat Aifort or in the environs of Paris (a fact which wouldexplain how MM. Leblanc and Bouley, both professors atAlfort, had never witnessed similar cases), but in the de-partment of Saone and Loire, where charbon is very pre-valent.

Paris, Dec, 21st, 1869.

Obituary.DR. ALEXANDER CARROLL MAINGAY.

MEDICINE and natural history have alike to deplore theloss of a young and proficient votary in the death of Dr.Alex. C. Maingay, superiutendent of the Convict Prison atRangoon. On Nov. 15th eight of the felons in the buildingrose, overpowered their guards., and took possession of theguardroom, where the arms and ammunition of the policewere lodged. Dr. Maingay, or hearing the disturbance,immediately made for the guardroom, but on his waythither was shot through the body and killed. In the

struggle four persons in all lost their lives, and two were

wounded, while the eight convicts who had effected theirescape were (not without difficulty) recaptured. Dr. Main-

gay graduated in medicine with much distinction at Edin-burgh in 1858, and, among fifty-eight competitors, was oneof the three who gained prizes for their inaugural theses.He was also a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeonsin the same city. He had for many years been collectingand arranging in botanical order every plant he could pro-cure in the Malay Archipelago and Durmah, and leaves forpublication researches which will long retain a melancholyinterest for the profession, as at once the primitiœ et reliquiœ of a bright and exemplary brother, whose sun went downwhile it was yet day.

Medical News.ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON. - At

an extraordinary meeting on the 22nd inst., the followinggentlemen, having’ conformed tothe bye-laws and regulationsand passed the required examinations, had licences grantedto them to practise Physic, including therein the practiceof Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery:-

Abbott, George, Guy’s Hospital.Austen, JObiah, Surg. B.N., Vale House, Ramsgate.Crook, John Evelyn, M.D., Northfleet, Kent.

: Daly, Joseph Harding, Kingston-Bagpuize, Abingdon.Hardey, Edward Peu’ce, Westbourne-grove.Harris, Robert, Darnley-road, Hackney.Harrison, Henry Frank Egbert, St. Mary’s Hospital.Inman, Robert Matthews, Redbourn, St. Albans.Knight, Thomas, M.B., Brill, Bucks.

. Litchfield, Henry Robert Campbell, Augusta Villa, Twickenham.Miller, Fredk. Montague, Claremont Villa, Stoke Newington-rd.Robertson, Frederick Marrant, Guy’s Hospital.Rudge, Charles King, Redland-vale, near Bristol.Sainter, Jas. Dow, Staff Asst.-Surg. Army, Ladbroke-road, Notting-

, hill-gate.Sloman, Samuel George, &t. Bartholomew’s Hospital.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND. - Ata meeting of the Council held on the 9th inst., the under-mentioned gentleman was admitted a Fellow of the Collegeby election :-

Shirley, Henry John, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., F inchagfield, Essex.

The result of the preliminary examination in Arts for thediploma of Member and Fellow of the College, which hasjust terminated, will not be made known for two or threeweeks, the number of candidates, both for the Membershipand Fellowship, being considerably greater than at anyprevious examination.

APOTHECARIES’ HALL. - The following gentlemenpassed their examination in the Science and Practice of Medi-

cine, and received certificates to practise, on Dec. 16th :-I Barnes, Edgar George, Haannersmith.’, Drew, Geo. Frederick Augustus, Plymouth.

Ling, John Milford, Saxmundham.’ Napper, Albert Arthur, Cranleigh, Guildford., Palmer, Frederick Stephen, Brixton., Pearse, Francis James, St. George’s-square, S.W., Sheard, William, Alford, Lincolnshire.The following gentlemen also on the same day passed theirfirst professional examination:-

Clark, Frederick, S’. Thomas’s Hospital.Willcocks Isaac, St. Dartholomew’s Hospital.

UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN. - The following degreeswere conferred on the 15th inst.:---

DEGREE or M.B.-John Drought Bird, Wm. Henry Blenkinsop, William’ Cameron Grant, Eyre Jevers, R. A. Lett, George Parsons, Richard

Rainsford, Gilbert Smith, Arthur A. West, Oscar Woods.DEGREE or M.C.-Eyre Jevers.

I DOCTOR IN MEDICINE. -Selim Myer Saiaman.THE guardian.-! of the Holborn Union have unani-

mously adopted the report of a Committee on Out-doorMedical Relief, recommending that a letter be addressed tothe Poor-law Board requesting their views on the followingpoints:-1, the establishment of dispensaries; 2, and, if

desirable, the area and population which should be attachedto each; 3, the amount of accommodation; 4, the numberand duties of the staff, 5, the desirability of improving theform, and checking the abuse, of medical orders; 6, theadministration of extra medical comforts; 7, the giving ofreports and certificates, and the form of the reports. TheBoard also request to know whether the Poor-law Boardintend to issue any general instructions as to the provisionof furniture, the stock and supply of drugs, and the general

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administrative details-in fact, instructions similar in

principle to those which are now in force, and which ema-nated from the Poor-law Board. The guardians state thatthey, before making any new arrangements for medical re-lief, would desire to know the wishes of the Poor-lawBoard, as they think it important to fall, if possible, into ageneral plan, rather than to attempt to carry out whatmight otherwise be a merely local and imperfect scheme.THE WELSH FASTING GIRL.-At the inquest on

this girl on Tuesday the only remarkable evidence was thatof Messrs. Thomas and Phillips, surgeons, who made thepost-mortem examination. The body was plump and well-formed, with indications of puberty. The brain showed nosigns of palsy. There was no obstruction in the ali-

mentary canal. The stomach contained three teaspoonfulsof semi-gelatinous substance. The small intestines were

empty. In the colon and rectum there was half a pound ofhard excrement. There was no malformation anywhere.The body was free from. disease. It was believed the de-ceased was afficted with hysteria. Mr. Phillips spoke of alarge hollow under the left arm capable of secreting a half-pint bottle. Mr. Davies, the surgeon, deposed that the girlwas in a fit for one month in 1867, when there was a diffi-

culty in ascertaining whether she was dead or alive. The

inquest was adjourned. INSPECTORSHIP OF PUBLIC VACCINATION. - The I

Lords of the Privy Council have conferred upon Dr. Rogers(of Grosvenor-street) the inspectorship of public vaccina-tion, rendered vacant by the resignation, which we notedsome time ago, of Dr. Wiltshire, who gave up in the earlypart of last year his private practice in London, to becomeone of the inspectors for the purposes of the CompulsoryVaccination Act.

THE new North Staffordshire Infirmary was openedon the 16th instant by the Duchess of Sutherland, therebeing present Lady Florence L. Gower, the Marquis ofStafford, and a fashionable assemblage of the nobility andgentry. When the ceremony was ended, the Duchessvisited the wards, spoke to each patient, and distributedflowers.

THE Working Men’s Fund for the extension of theQueen’s Hospital at Birmingham has reached a total of.81981 9s. 4’d., and the rate of progress steadily increases.The Committee includes representatives from all the sub-scribing works.

Medical Appointments.AIREY, Mr. G., has been appointed Dispenser at the Wigan Union Work-

house Infirmary.EVANS, J., M.B., has been appointed Assistant-Physician to the Victoria

Hospital for Sick Children.GEBWCOOE, J. B., M.R.C.S,E., has been re-elected Medical Officer for the

Eckington District of the Pershore Union, Worcestershire.HicKs, R., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer for the Rams-

gate District of the Isle of Thanet Union, vice H. Curling, F.R.C.S.E.,resigned.

HOSFORD, Mr. T. S., has been appointed House-Surgeon to the EvangelicalProtestant Deaconesses’ Institute and Training Hospital, Tottenham.

RBiTH, A., M.D., has been appointed Medical Officer and Public Vaccinatorfor the East District of the City Parish, Aberdeen, vice J. Christie,M.D., deceased.

SYMONS, H. E., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed House-Surgeon to St. Bar-tholomew’s Hospital.

WALFORD, Mr. E., has been appointed Resident Medical Officer to the Rams-gate and St. Lawrence Royal Dispensary.

[FERRATUM.-Dr. R. T. Lodge and Mr. G. E. Walker have been appointedadditional Honorary Surygeons to the Liverpool Cancer and Skin Hos-pital, not " Assistant Medical Officers," as stated in our last issue.]

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

ANGUS.-On the 16th inst., at Went worth-place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, thewife of James Acworth Angus, )61.R.C.S. E., L.S.A., of a daughter.

GRIFFITH.-On the 18th inst., at Portmadoc, Xorth Wales, the wife ofSamuel Griffith, li.D., of a son, still-burn.

KING,-On the 19h inst., at Rochfurd, Essex, the wife of Thomas King,M.R.C.S.E., of a son.

WHITE.-On the 21st insi., at W@oodstock, the wife of Dr. Gregory White, ofa daughter.

WOODHOUSE.-0n the 19th inst., at Ranelagh Lodge, Fulham, the wife ofThomas James Woodhouse, M.D., F.R.C.S., of a son.

MARRIAGES.CLARKE-PARR,-On the 9th inst., at the Parish Church, Preston, Lancashire,

Alfred F. S. Clarke, M.D., Royal Artillery, only son of the late FrederickH. Clarke, Esq., Barrister, of Lincoln’s-inn, to Janet Annie, youngestdaughter of the Rev. Canon Parr, Rector of Preston.

DICKSON-PARR,-On the 9th inst, at the Parish Church, Preston, Lan-cashlre, Charles Anthony Dickson. Eq., second son of J. Diekson, Esq.,of West Cliffe, Preston, to Louise Harriett, daughter of the Rev. CanonParr.

TREVOR-BOKENHAM-On the 22nd of Sept, at the Carolina Nitrate ofSoda Works, in the Province of Tarapaca, Peru Arthur Trevor, 11. R.C.S.,NI.R.C.P., to Enriqueta. daughter Of the late Dr. Bokenham. of Iqmquc.

WOOD-JONES.-On the 13th insi., at the Parish Church, Dymehurch,Francis Henry Wood, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., of New Romney, to EmilvFlorence Stoakes, eldest daughter of John Jones, Esq., of Grove House,Dymchurch.

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DEATHS.

BAGG.-On the 20th inst., at his residence, 28, Tulbot-road, William Bagg,Esq., aged 66.

HANDYSIDE.-On the 8th inst., at Stokesley, Yorkshire, Hannah, wife ofJohn Hepburn Handyside, Surgeon.

MORRIS.-On the Uth inst., John Morris, M.R.C.S.E., of Burslem, Stafford-’

shire, aged 59.SMITH.-On the 20th inst., at Weston-super-Mare, Nathaniel Smith, F.R.C.S.,

late of Clifton, in his 88th year.WOOD-On the 13th inst., S.unuel Wood, M.B., of Bandon, Co. Cork,

aged 63.

Notes, Short Comments, and Answers toCorrespondents.

TEE BUABOX ACCIDENT HOSPITAL.

WE have received a letter from Dr. Burton, replying to our annotation of afortnight since, and explaining that as each colliery has a surgeon attachedto it, and is bound to find all surgical appliances and medicines, he andhis colleague, Mr. Roberts, had expressed their willingness to act in thesame manner towards the inmates of the hospital, who would in all pro-bability have been their Club patients had they remained in their ownhomes. This is exactly the explanation we anticipated in our article; andunder the peculiar circumstances of the district, and the fact that thehospital is to be restricted to cases of accident, the arrangement is nodoubt justifiable, particularly as we understand that the surgeon willreceive the same remuneration for each case whether in hospital or

, not. At the same time this peculiar case must not be drawn into a pre-cedent in village hospitals, where no restriction is placed on the admissionof patients, and where the parish doctor is the proper attendant of theactual poor. Already complaints reach us that Poor-lew surgeons are de-

i frauded of their fees by the admission of paupers into local charities, andthe profession should set its face in the country no less than in townagainst being burdened with gratuitous labour.

THE LONDON Utrrow SOCIETY.WE are glad to find that this Society, which aims et supplying students atthe colleges and medical schools of London with a means of meeting forthe discussion of political and social questions similar to that enjoyed atOxford and Cambridge in the well-known. " Unions " oi’those Universities,is making steady and satisfactory progress. We had the pleasure of beingpresent at the Society’s debate on Wednesday evening, the 15th instant,at King’s College, upon the proposition " That the influence of the PublicPre,s, generally considered, is destructive of Political 2dorg-lity," and canbear witness to the ability with which the subject was handled. The

opener, Mr. Purcell, of the University of London, who, by the way, avowedhimself "a journalist," fought with considerable bnvery an up-hill battlein attempting to prove a number of assertions, all tending to brand thepress of this country with a character of the most noxious description ;while the gentleman who led the opposition (Mr. Xuma Hartog, B.A. ofTrinity College, Cambridge, and Senior Wrangler of 1S68), had clearly thesympathy of a large audience entirely with him in his calm and persuasiveexposition of the fallacies of his opponeut. The speech of the evening,however, was that of a gentleman (Mr. Cotton), who, as a member of theOxford Union, was present as a visitor. It was a logical, incisive, and irie-futable argument throughout in favour of the press, and was listened towith intense gratification, as was evident from the applause which greetedthe speaker when he sat down. In the end a majority of 25 against 5 votesattested the belief of the Society in the generally upright and honourablemanner in which English journalism 13 conducted.

BALLINROBE UNION. THE guardians of this union lately adopted a resolution, calling on the Poor-law Commissioners to institute a sworn inquiry into the death of an inmateof the workhouse there, named Hyland, who died saddeniy whilst in thatinstitution. The Conuni&sioners, however, have refused to grant an in.quiry in the matter. The medical officer, Dr. Kelly, considered the womanto have died from disease of the heart. We understand that the guardiansseem inclined to hold an investigation whether the Commissioners willagree to it or not.

X. Y. Z.-Carpenter’s Human Physiology; Milne-Edwards.