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mpta et penitus destructa, non solum virgam, sed genitalia,et alii habuerunt membra sua per luxuriam corrupta itaquod cogebantur propter poenam caput virgse abscindere.Item homo Oxoniae scholaris, Morland nomine, mortuus fuitOxonise ex corruptione causata per actum luxurie." (p. 37.)"Novi enim ego, Magister Thomas Gascoygne, licet in-

dignus, sacrse theologise doctor, qui hsec scripsi et collegidiversos viros qui mortui fuerunt ex putrefactione mem-brorum suorum genitalium et corporis sui, que corruptio etputrefactio, ut ipsi dixerunt, causata fuit per exercitium

copula carnalis cum mulieribus. Magnus etiam dux inAnglia, scilicet J. de Gaunt, mortuus est ex tali putrefac-tione membrornm genitalium et corporis sui causata perfrequentationem mulierum. Magnus enim fornicator fuit,ut in toto regno Angliae divulgabatur, et ante mortem suamjacens sic infirmus in lecto eandem putrefactionem. RegiAngliae Ricardo ijo. ostendit, cum idem rex ipsum ducem insua infirmitate visitavit, et dixit mihi qui ista novit, unusfidelis theologise baccalaureus. Willelmus etiam Longe, virmature aetatis et decentis, mortuus est ex tali putrefactionemembrorutu suorum genitalium et corporis sui causata percopulam carnalem cum mulieribus ut ipsemet pluries con-fessus est ante mortem suam quum manu sua propria elee-mosinarie distribuit, ut ego novi anno domini millesimoccccmo. xxxmo. " (p. 47.)"Unde tales libidinosi plures habent pcenam in eadem

re in qua maxime delectantur sicut putrefactiones et cor-

ruptiones in membris secretis, et corruptionem corporis."(p. 53.)

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ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SlR,—In your leader in THE LANCET of this day’s date,on the subject of the new Warrant for the Army MedicalDepartment, one very important question appears to haveescaped your notice ; it is, whether the Indian Governmentwill grant the allowances appertaining to the rank of captainto surgeons coming in on this new Warrant on their arrivalin India, for it should be borne in mind that the allowancesto which they were justly entitled were withheld fromsurgeon-majors for a considerable time by that Government,but were eventually tardily conceded.As a large portion of the service of every medical officer

has to be passed in India, and as men are almost certain tobe ordered there immediately on being commissioned, it isdesirable that this question should be cleared up as soon aspossible, so that intending candidates may know whether ornot for the first five or six years of their service they willhave to endeavour to subsist on the miserable pittance off24 a month, which, owing to the fall in value of the rupee,is what their pay and allowances, with the rank of lieu-tenant, would entitle them to now, being infinitely worsethan they were some ten years ago, when they amountedto f31 14s. I am, Sir, your obedient servant,London, Nov. 15th, 1879. M.D.

NAVAL MEDICAL SERVICE.To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,-Owing in a great measure to your able advocacy ourarmy brethren are about to receive a liberal scale of pay and

retirement’’; and as doubtless, sooner or later, it will befound necessary by the naval authorities to assimilate ourcondition in these respects to that of the more popular service,I beg to direct attention afresh to the disadvantages of theXaval as compared with the Army Medical Service.Apart from all questions of pay or retirement, the follow-ing grievances render our service unpopular, and require tobe dealt with in a liberal and broad-minded manner :-

1. Compulsory half-pay. In the November Navy Listthere are eighty-nine fleet surgeons, and deducting fromthese nine who attained the rank before completing twentyyears’ service (i.e., special promotions for war, &c.), thereremain eighty who, before they attained fleet rank, lost inthe aggregate 160 years and 276 days, an average of twoyears and four days.

2. With rare exceptions there is no sick leave on full pay.lvhen an officer is invalided home from a foreign station heis placed on half pay the day he lands in England.

3. We have no roster ; by that I mean a list open to the

inspection of medical officers. and which might be regulatedin a similar manner to that of the Marines.

4. We are not permitted to exchange.5. Choice of quarters (i.e., cabins) is not according to our

rank. And this is a more important point to us than toour army confrères, for daylight and fresh air are importantfactors in the prolongation of life. The mortality amongstnaval medical men is very large. Of those whose namesappear in the January Navy List of 1865, a period of lessthan fifteen years, more than one-third are dead.

6. To the end of your service you must expect to be con-fined to the ship or to hospital every alternate day, and this

, extends to the administrative grades. For instance, at ourlarge naval hospitals, a deputy inspector, a fleet or staffsurgeon, and two surgeons, are always on duty, and confinedto the hospital precincts.-I am, Sir, yours, &c.,

: Nov. 17th, 1879. SPERO MELIORA.

Medical News.ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND. -

The following gentlemen, having passed the required ex-amination for the diploma, were duly admitted Members ofthe College at a meeting of the Court of Examiners onthe 17th inst. :-

Bowe, Francis, L.S.A., Shipley, Yorkshire.Cama, Rastamji Hormasji, L.M., Bombay.Fellowes, H. T. A. Butler, L.S.A., Chobham.Gabe, John, L.S.A., Merthyr Tydfil.Harrison, James, L.S.A., Windermere.Mead, George Owen, L.R.C.P. Ed., Newmarket.Murray, Henry Walker, 1BI.B. Dub., Limerick.Parsons, Herbert Flower, L.S.A., Frome, Somerset.Pearce, John Puckey, L.S.A., Biscovy.Purkiss, Arthur, 1Z.B. Aberd , Lansdowne-road.Sanders, fohn William, L.S.A., Trowbridge.Veale, William Edward, L.S.A., Plymouth.Walker, John Sydenham, L.S.A., Adelphi-terrace.Whiteley, George William, L.R.C.P. Ed., Wakefield.

The following gentlemen passed on the 18th inst. :-Ansted, H. L. Petrel, Melton, Suffolk.Benthall, A. Elliott, Sherborne, Dorset.Betts, E. George, L.S.A., Holloway-road.Cleaver, J. C. Carleton, Kingston, Canada.Davies, J. M. Lloyd, L.R.C.P. Ed., Cardigan, S. Wales.Farrer, R. Thompson, Bryhouse, Yorks.Fialho, J. Henrique, L.R.C.P. Ed., Goa.Gwynn, R. Henry, L.R.C.P. Ed., Caterham, Surrey.Haycroft, C. Henry, L.S.A., Starcross, Devon.Hill, H. Gardiner, Earl’s Court, Kensington.Howell, T. A. Ives, L.R.C.P. Lond., Wandsworth.Hudson, T. Joseph, Cottingham, Yorks.Jefferson, A. John, L.S.A., New Hampton.Jones, Charles M. Handfield, Green-street.Lawford, J. Bowring, M.D. McGill Coll., Montreal.Liebstein, H. John, L.S.A., Highbury-hill.Luckman, E. Llewellyn, Manchester.Maberly, H. Edward, Birmingham.Maddick, E. Distin, L.R.C.P. Ed., Brixton.Michell, J. Thomas, M.B. Aberd., Adelaide, S. Australia.Morgan, James, L.R.C.P. Ed., Holloway-road.Parker, W. Rushton, Liverpool.Penruddocke, Charles, Bristol.Preston, H. Folver, M.B. & C.M. Aberd., Bournmouth.Priest, J. Damer, L.S.A., Waltham Abbey.Pilkington, George, L.R.C.P. Ed., Yarm-on-Tees.Smith, Sydney, L.R.C.P. Lond., Weston-super-Mare.Steele, Richard, L.R.C.P. Ed., Blackheath.Sutcliffe, John, Staleybridge.Swindells, J. Adam, Holmes Chapel, Chester.Tarleton, Paul, L.R.C.P. Ed., LeamingtonTaylor, David, M.D. Dub., Belfast.Thomson, G. J. Crawford, L.S.A., Amberly.Vinrace, F. CouIsonBirmingham.Willoughby, J. F. Digby, South Audley-street.Wright, C. St. John, L.S.A., Priors Marston.

The following gentlemen passed on the 19th inst.:-Barnes, John B., Thornhill-crescent.Bernard, Alfred G. F., Birmingham.Close, Percy, York.Compton, Francis C., L.R.C.P. Ed., Hans-place.Cuffe, Edward 1B1:" Woodhall Spa.Firth, Robert H., Ware, Herts.Griffith, Edward P., Oakley-square.Gwillim, Richard D. H., Marlborough, Wilts.Hare, Francis W. E., Welbeck-street.Henderson, William H., M.D. Kingston, Canada.Humphry, Laurence, Princes-square.Jones, George H. W., L.S.A., Eckington, Chesterfield.Millican, Kenneth W., Shepherd’s-bush.Nicholson, Ranald W. E. H., Exeter.Penny, William J., Crewkerne.Pollard, Bilton, West Dulwich.Rentoul, Robert Reid, L.R.C.P. Ed., Lisburn, co. Antrim.Smyth, Sydney, East Worlington, Devon.Swabey, Louis W., Faringdon, Berks.

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UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. - The following is a listof the candidates who have passed the recent Second M.B.Examination:-

FIRST DIVISION.

Andrews, William Stratford, University College.Barling, Gilbert Harry, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Bond, James William, University College.Boyd, James Stanley Newton, University College.Buckell, Arthur Edward, University College.

Colquhoun, Daniel, Charing-cross Hospital.Cross, Francis Richardson, King’s College.Dunbar, James John Macwhirter, St. George’s Hospital.Fuller, Thomas Warberton, Guy’s Hospital.Gabb, James Percy Alwyne, University College.Hayward, Thomas Ernest, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Herman, George Ernest, London Hospital.Hine, John Edward, University College.Hughes, Richard, St. Bartholomew’s and Middlesex Hospitals

and Manchester Royal Infirmary.Mackern, George, Guy’s Hospital.Pughe, Tiaeliesin Wilim Owen, Liverpool Royal Infirmary and

Guy’s Hospital.Russell, George Hannah, Guy’s Hospital.Sainsbury, Harrington, University College.

. Sheppard, Charles Edward, St. Thomas’s Hospital.Smith, Robert Percy, St. Thomas’s Hospital.White, William Hale, Guy’s Hospital.Williams, Dawson, University College.

SECOND DIVISION.

Barker, Frederick Rowland, St. Thomas’s Hospital.Beevor, Charles Edward, University College.Dymott, Donald Frederick, University College.Forsbrook, William Henry Russell, Westminster Hospital.Gill, Richard, B.Sc., St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Rayle, Thomas Hahnemann, Owens College and Manchester

Royal Infirmary.Hudson, James, University College.Lendon, Alfred Austin, University College and Middlesex

.HospitalMaylard, Alfred Ernest, Guy’s Hospital.Neale, William Henry, University College.Shain, William Frederick, Liverpool School of Medicine.Taylor, Harold Gilbertson, King’s College.

APOTHECARIES’ HALL. -The following gentlemenpassed their examination in the Science and Practice of Medi.cine, and received certificates to practise, on Nov. 13th:-

JefFerson, Arthur John, New Hampton, Middlesex.Liebstein, Herman John, Highbury-hill.Priest, James Damer, Waltham Abbey.Rice, Richd., Little Barrington Vicarage, Burford, Oxon.Thorn, Wm. Hershell Perceval, Harrow-road.

The following gentleman on the same day passed the PrimaryProfessional Examination :-

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Bertolacei, John Hewetson, St. George’s Hospital.COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS IN IRELAND. -At ths

November examinations the following gentlemen obtainedthe licences in Medicine and Midwifery of the College :-

MEDICINE.—Wm. Henry Bourke, Robert Jonathan Baylor, WinthorpBenj. Browning, Valentine Plunket Dillon, Francis Joseph Doyle,Joseph Langan, Lucas Alfred Middleton, Arthur Patrick O’Connor,Daniel Ryan, Frederick Thomas Skerrett, John Christopher George .3

Staley, Richard Henry Symes..MIDWIFERY.—Wm. Henry Bourke, Robt. Jonathan Baylor, AbrahamCohen, Valentine P. Dillon, Francis J. Doyle. Joseph Langan, Lucas

Alfred Middleton, Arthur P. O’Connor, John Dominic Quin, DanielRyan, Richard Henry Symes.

DR. WILLIAM JONES has been unanimously electedMayor of Ruthin for the ensuiug year.MR. HENRY CARTER, M.R.C.S. Eng., has obtained

a superannuation allowance of £56 per annum on resigningas medical officer for the Portsea town district of the PortseaIsland Union.

VICTORIA HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, CHELSEA.-On the 2nd of December a concert will be given at St.James’s Hall, under the immediate patronage of the Prin-cess Louise, who has promised to be present, for the benefitof the hospital.

QUEEN’S COLLEGE, CoRK.-The magnificent equa-torial telescope, constructed for the new observatory of theQueen’s College, Cork, and which at the Paris Exhibitionwas considered one of the most successful achievements ofmodern mechanical science, has been placed in position.CAPTAIN W. H. ALLSOPP, Worcestershire Militia,

has introduced a sample waistcoat, which cannot fail to bea great boon to the private soldier during the winter months.It fulfils all medical requirements, and for utility, comfort,economy, warmth, aud good taste, can hardly be surpassed.It can be worn either inside the trews or outside, when inbarrack square or camp. It commends itself to all assim2nlex munditiis.-United Service Gazette.

THE MEDICO-PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION.—Thequarterly meeting of the Association was held on the13th inst., at 53, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Dr. Lusk,M.P., President of the Association, in the chair. Dr. WilkieBurman read a paper on the separate care and treatment ofacute and curable cases in asylums, with proposals and sug.gestions for a detached hospital for special purposes, in con-nexion with very large public lunatic asylums. An in.teresting discussion followed, and the further considerationof the subject was adjourned till the next meeting. Dr.Hack Tuke exhibited a brain preserved by Giacomini’smethod.THE will of Dr. Patrick Black, formerly of St.

Bartholomew’s Hospital, but late of Queen Anne-street,who died on the 12th ult., was proved on the 5th inst. byMrs. Jane Louisa Black, the widow, Miss Jane EmmaBlack, the daughter, and Mr. Arthur Black, the son, theexecutors, the personal estate being sworn under £60,000.The testator makes bequests to members of his family andservants ; to his wife he leaves his residence in QueenAnne-street, with the goods, chattels, and effects. Theresidue of his property is to be held upon trust for her forlife, and at her decease for his issue as she shall by deed orwill appoint.—City Press.GENEROUS DONATIONS.-A wealthy City parish

(says the City Press) having of late considerably augmentedthe income arising out of a charitable bequest, and findingthat the proceeds far exceed the provisions of the ancientdonor, has decided to apply to the Charity Commissionersfor authority to make the following donations-viz. : TheLondon Hospital, £1000 ; Metropolitan Free Hospital,;S500; King’s College Hospital, £250 ; Victoria Park Hos.pital, £250; Westminster Hospital, £250; and the City ofLondon College, £250,—making a total of £2500; in additionto advancing the allowances to the qualified recipients of thecharity 25 per cent. The London Hospital has before’

received from the same source a similar gift of £1000.

Medical Appointments.ARMSTRONG, H. G., has been appointed Assistant-Surgeon to the Royal

Berks Hospital.BEATTIE, J. A., L.K.Q.C.P.I., L.R.C.S.I., has been appointed Assistant

Medical Officer, Hospital for the Insane, Paramatta, New SouthWales, vice Scholes.

BLACKMAN, J. G., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., has been appointed MedicalOftioer for the Portsea Town District of the Portsea Island Union,vice Carter, resigned and superannuated.

BLAXLAND, H., L.R.C.P.L., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed AssistantMedical Officer, Hospital for the Insane, Gladesville, New SouthWales, vice Erith.

CARRE, F., L.K.Q.C.P.I. & L.M., F.R.C.S.I., has been appointedCertifying Factory Surgeon for the District of Letterkenny, co.

Donegal.CHEESE, J., L.R.C.P.L., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Resident

Medical Officer to the Exeter Friendly Societies Medical Association,which will be opened on the 1st of January next.

COOPER, J. N., L.K.Q.C.P.I., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed MedicalOfficer and Public Vaccinator for the No. 7 District of the Ashton-under-Lyne Union, vice Beecroft, resigned.

CROPP, F. J., L.R.C.P.Ed., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., has been appointedMedical Officer for the No. 9 District of the Hexham Union,

. Northumberland, vice Roberts, resigned.DAVIES, D., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., has been appointed Lecturer on

Hygiene at the University College Medical School, Bristol.DUKES, W. P., L.R.C.P.Ed.. M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Surgeon

to the Social Union Friendly Society, Duke-street, Aldgate, viceSamuel, resigned.

EDMUNDS, R., L.R.C.P.Ed. & L.M., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointedMedical Officer and Public Vaccinator for the Pontypool District ofthe Pontypool Union, and Certifying Factory Surgeon, vice Pearse,resigned.

EVANS, F. M., L.R.C.P.L., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed a MedicalOfficer to the Royal Pimlico Dispensary, vice Seccombe, resigned.

FREEMAN, W. T., L.R.C.P.L., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed House-! Surgeon to the Brighton and Hove Lying-in Institution and Hospital

for Women and Children.GUTTERIDGE, E. P., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., has been reappointed Medical

Officer of Health for the Maldon Port Sanitary District, Essex, at£10 10s. per annum.

HININGS, J. W., L.R.C.P.Ed., L.R.C.S.Ed., M.R.C.S.E., has beenappointed Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator for the No. 2

! District of the Bromyard Union, at £150 per annum, vice Etheredge,deceased.

HUGOE, W. P., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., has been appointed MedicalOfficer and Public Vaccinator for the St. Agnes District of theTruro Union, and Medical Officer of Health for the St. AgnesSub-district of the Truro Rural Sanitary District, vice Markby,resigned.

IRVING, C., L.R.C.P.L., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Surgeon to theCyprus Police.