465 PARISIAN MEDICAL INTELLIGENCE. (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) THE epidemic of typhoid fever which prevailed during the latter part of the summer in Paris has now entirely ceased. The cases were for the most part mild in type. On referring. however, to the report of M. Lailler, member of the Prevailing Maladies Committee, I find the following : " During the month of July the mortality had attained the ratio of thirty-five pel cent., but this diminished to sixteen per cent. during August.’ "Thirty-five per cent. of deaths is pretty strong for a mild type of fever," you will say : and so it would be in England ; but here, cæteris paribus, in this particular form of disease the mortality is about double what it is in London. This fact must have ofren struck English medical men in the Paris hos- pitals. The entire absence of the beef-tea and stimulant prin- ciple in the French treatment is no doubt one of the chieJ reasons, and the indifferent ventilation in the older hospitals another. The value of the latter in the treatment of typhoid fever has been admirably illustrated by Dr. Shrimpton, one oj the oldest English medical residents here; and it would be good for the welfare of this capital did the French authorities take many " leaves out of his book." An action w,s recently brought by a medical practitioner oj Lyons (Dr. Bron) against the executors of the late Marshal Castellane for the purpose of recovering fees to the amount oi £80 for attendance during the fifteen days preceding his de- cease. It appeared from the statement of counsel, that the Marshal had been in the habit of giving his physician five francs (4s. 2d.) a visit, and that all was paid up to the 31st of August. After that date the state of the Marshal’s health made it neces- sary for the plaintiff to remain in attendance during five or six hours daily, and, on the Marshal’s death, to superintend the embalmment of the body. As compensation for these services, Dr. Bron demanded 2000 francs (.680). On the side of the de- fence it was argned, that the plaintiff had at first demanded only 440 francs, being 240 francs for the three daily vis-its and 100 francs each for two nights passed in attendance on the Mar- shal ; but that he afterwards demanded 1000 francs, and sub- sequently 2000. This amount was considered exorbitant by the executors, who refused to pay more than 500 francs. The Court, after hearing the plaintiff’s counsel in reply, gave judg- ment to the effect, that although the plaintiff’s devoted services could hardly be estimated in money. it resulted from the cir- cumstances of the case that the offer of the executors was sufficient, and accordingly awarded the plaintiff the 500 francs already paid into Court, leaving each party to pay their own costs. Dr. Bron has certainly been shabbily treated, not so much by the Tribunal pprhaps, but by the executors, and the "devoted services" admitted by the family to have been ren- dered to the deceased but indifferently requited. Eighty pounds, the whole sam asked for attendance and embalming’, is by no means an unnsual fee for the latter service alone. This trial has excited considerable interest in the profession here, from the fact that the Ttibunals are rarely called upon to decide difficulties of this nature. Dr. Ripps of Frankfort has recently employed with great success, in maladies attended with much depression and loss of muscular power, an extract of meat in the form of a syrup. The chief condition to be fulfilled by an extract of this nature is, according to Dr Ripps, " the containing uncoagtilated albu- men and salts in a soluble form; because it is precisely by the simultaneous action of these materials that the nutritive process is carried on." M. Trousseau formerly used pills, or rather boluses, made of chopped raw meat and jam, in various com- plaints of children, and with the best effects; and there seems to be every probability that such a syrup as that now given to the public may, in a more convenient form, answer the like purpose. Paris, October 13th, 1863. THE OPERATIONS AT THE HOSPITALS.-A great deal of dissatisfaction exists at the practice permitted at some of the hospitals, of the house surgeons and dressers, and sometimes the surgeons themselves, obstructing the view of the students. Those immediately around the operator should never lorget, that the main object in doing any operation in a special theatre is to give all present a chance of seeing and learning the prac- tical part of surgery. Medical News. APOTHECARIES’ HALL.-The following gentlemen passed their examination in the Science and Practice of Medicine, and received certificates to practise, on the Sth inst.:- Beverley, Michael, Seething, Norfolk. Cook, Robert Foreman, Gateshead-on-Tyne. Emanuel, Leonard, 6, Stanleygardeiis, Notting-hill. Harrisoo, Robert, Nether Leveus, Milnthorpe. James, Joshua, tiristol. Jones, Walter, Llansilin, Oswestry. Kempe, Charles Marshall, Augusta-place, Clapham-road. Morley, Frederic, Backer, Lincolnshire. Sheldon, Thomas, Stratford-on-Avon. Taylor, Hugh, Norwich. Turner, Richard, King’s College. The following gentlemen also on the same day passed their ’first examination :- Carpenter, Edward, Sf. Thomas’s Hospital Hiron, Wm. Nathaniel, Sydenham College, Birmingoam. THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE OF PARIS.-It is rumoured that M. Rayer, the Dean of the Faculty, has expressed a wish that a chair of the History of Medicine should be founded. The celebrated Rostan is said to be on the eve of retiring from his professorship of medicine. THE ANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF NEWCASTLE has undergone a complete and gratifying renova- tion. Numerous and useful additions have been,made by-the lecturers and. others. ADDENBROOEE’S HOSPITAL, CAMBRIDGE.-At the late quarterly meeting of the governors, held at the hospital, it was resolved to adopt the plan proposed by Mr. Digby Wyatt for the erection of the new building, subject to a modification by Dr. Humphry, made in accordance with his own views and those of the surgeons of the hospital. THE DEATH OF DR. DIAPER, garrison surgeon, at Chunar, on the 31st of July, is reported in the Delhi News. He had long been in declining health, suffering both from spleen and liver disease. The funeral ceremonies were con- ducted in the usual manner, except that there was no salute fired over the grave. IMPORTANT SANITARY MEASURE FOR LIVERPOOL.- The Liverpool Town Council, on the recommendation of the Health Committee, have resolved to apply to Parliament for powers to purchase the courts and alleys of the borough, in order to effect a complete sanitary reform, and check the growth of fever in overcrowded localities. WHITEHAVEN.-A special meeting of the trustees of the town and harbour of Whitehaven was held on Friday, the Sth inst., when it was resolved to adopt the Local Government Act. We trust that under the provisions of the Act the local authorities will now put an end to the disgraceful state of the town as regards its sanitary aspect. THE DANISH CENSUS.—From the last Danish census, just published, it appears that the increase in the population has been at the annual rate of 165 to every 1000 women between the ages of twenty and fifty. Of the whole number of children one in every ten or eleven has been illegitimate, and between four and five per cent. still born. Twins have been born in one case out of sixty-nine ; three children once in 5783 births ; .and four children at a birth only once in 211,062 cases. ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL, CHATHAM.-The new building was formally opened on Friday last. Ten patients were admitted on Saturday last, and as many more will be admitted on each succeeding Saturday until all the beds are occupied. The Lock wards will be occupied by as many patients as may offer themselves. At the annual meeting of the governors of the Chatham Dispensary, held on Monday, the 5th inst., it was resolved that it should remain open for twelve months longer, and not be closed, as had been previously intended, on the opening of the hospital. TRAINED NURSES.-At a recent meeting of the council of the Nightingale Fund, the report showed that of the proba- tioners who had completed their training as hospital nurses at St. Thomas’s Hospital, and been placed on the register as certified nurses, twenty were employed in various hospitals and infirmaries, principally in the provinces, and that the accounts received of them were most satisfactory. In con- sequence of the closing of the hospital during the removal to the Surrey Gardens, only a small number had completed their
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PARISIAN MEDICAL INTELLIGENCE.
(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)
THE epidemic of typhoid fever which prevailed during thelatter part of the summer in Paris has now entirely ceased.The cases were for the most part mild in type. On referring.however, to the report of M. Lailler, member of the PrevailingMaladies Committee, I find the following : " During the monthof July the mortality had attained the ratio of thirty-five pelcent., but this diminished to sixteen per cent. during August.’"Thirty-five per cent. of deaths is pretty strong for a mildtype of fever," you will say : and so it would be in England ;but here, cæteris paribus, in this particular form of disease themortality is about double what it is in London. This factmust have ofren struck English medical men in the Paris hos-pitals. The entire absence of the beef-tea and stimulant prin-ciple in the French treatment is no doubt one of the chieJ
reasons, and the indifferent ventilation in the older hospitalsanother. The value of the latter in the treatment of typhoidfever has been admirably illustrated by Dr. Shrimpton, one ojthe oldest English medical residents here; and it would be goodfor the welfare of this capital did the French authorities takemany " leaves out of his book."An action w,s recently brought by a medical practitioner oj
Lyons (Dr. Bron) against the executors of the late MarshalCastellane for the purpose of recovering fees to the amount oi£80 for attendance during the fifteen days preceding his de-cease. It appeared from the statement of counsel, that theMarshal had been in the habit of giving his physician five francs(4s. 2d.) a visit, and that all was paid up to the 31st of August.After that date the state of the Marshal’s health made it neces-sary for the plaintiff to remain in attendance during five or sixhours daily, and, on the Marshal’s death, to superintend theembalmment of the body. As compensation for these services,Dr. Bron demanded 2000 francs (.680). On the side of the de-fence it was argned, that the plaintiff had at first demandedonly 440 francs, being 240 francs for the three daily vis-its and100 francs each for two nights passed in attendance on the Mar-shal ; but that he afterwards demanded 1000 francs, and sub-sequently 2000. This amount was considered exorbitant bythe executors, who refused to pay more than 500 francs. TheCourt, after hearing the plaintiff’s counsel in reply, gave judg-ment to the effect, that although the plaintiff’s devoted servicescould hardly be estimated in money. it resulted from the cir-cumstances of the case that the offer of the executors wassufficient, and accordingly awarded the plaintiff the 500 francsalready paid into Court, leaving each party to pay their owncosts. Dr. Bron has certainly been shabbily treated, not somuch by the Tribunal pprhaps, but by the executors, and the"devoted services" admitted by the family to have been ren-dered to the deceased but indifferently requited. Eightypounds, the whole sam asked for attendance and embalming’,is by no means an unnsual fee for the latter service alone. Thistrial has excited considerable interest in the profession here,from the fact that the Ttibunals are rarely called upon to decidedifficulties of this nature.
Dr. Ripps of Frankfort has recently employed with greatsuccess, in maladies attended with much depression and loss ofmuscular power, an extract of meat in the form of a syrup.The chief condition to be fulfilled by an extract of this natureis, according to Dr Ripps, " the containing uncoagtilated albu-men and salts in a soluble form; because it is precisely by thesimultaneous action of these materials that the nutritive processis carried on." M. Trousseau formerly used pills, or ratherboluses, made of chopped raw meat and jam, in various com-plaints of children, and with the best effects; and there seemsto be every probability that such a syrup as that now given tothe public may, in a more convenient form, answer the likepurpose.
Paris, October 13th, 1863.
THE OPERATIONS AT THE HOSPITALS.-A great deal ofdissatisfaction exists at the practice permitted at some of thehospitals, of the house surgeons and dressers, and sometimes thesurgeons themselves, obstructing the view of the students.Those immediately around the operator should never lorget,that the main object in doing any operation in a special theatreis to give all present a chance of seeing and learning the prac-tical part of surgery.
Medical News.APOTHECARIES’ HALL.-The following gentlemen passed
their examination in the Science and Practice of Medicine, andreceived certificates to practise, on the Sth inst.:-
The following gentlemen also on the same day passed their’first examination :-
Carpenter, Edward, Sf. Thomas’s HospitalHiron, Wm. Nathaniel, Sydenham College, Birmingoam.
THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE OF PARIS.-It is rumouredthat M. Rayer, the Dean of the Faculty, has expressed a wishthat a chair of the History of Medicine should be founded. Thecelebrated Rostan is said to be on the eve of retiring from hisprofessorship of medicine.THE ANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF
NEWCASTLE has undergone a complete and gratifying renova-tion. Numerous and useful additions have been,made by-thelecturers and. others.
ADDENBROOEE’S HOSPITAL, CAMBRIDGE.-At the latequarterly meeting of the governors, held at the hospital, itwas resolved to adopt the plan proposed by Mr. Digby Wyattfor the erection of the new building, subject to a modificationby Dr. Humphry, made in accordance with his own views andthose of the surgeons of the hospital.THE DEATH OF DR. DIAPER, garrison surgeon, at
Chunar, on the 31st of July, is reported in the Delhi News.He had long been in declining health, suffering both fromspleen and liver disease. The funeral ceremonies were con-ducted in the usual manner, except that there was no salutefired over the grave.IMPORTANT SANITARY MEASURE FOR LIVERPOOL.-
The Liverpool Town Council, on the recommendation of the
Health Committee, have resolved to apply to Parliament forpowers to purchase the courts and alleys of the borough, inorder to effect a complete sanitary reform, and check the growthof fever in overcrowded localities.
WHITEHAVEN.-A special meeting of the trustees of thetown and harbour of Whitehaven was held on Friday, the Sthinst., when it was resolved to adopt the Local GovernmentAct. We trust that under the provisions of the Act the localauthorities will now put an end to the disgraceful state of thetown as regards its sanitary aspect.THE DANISH CENSUS.—From the last Danish census,
just published, it appears that the increase in the populationhas been at the annual rate of 165 to every 1000 women betweenthe ages of twenty and fifty. Of the whole number of childrenone in every ten or eleven has been illegitimate, and betweenfour and five per cent. still born. Twins have been born inone case out of sixty-nine ; three children once in 5783 births ;.and four children at a birth only once in 211,062 cases.
ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL, CHATHAM.-The newbuilding was formally opened on Friday last. Ten patientswere admitted on Saturday last, and as many more will beadmitted on each succeeding Saturday until all the beds areoccupied. The Lock wards will be occupied by as many patientsas may offer themselves. At the annual meeting of the
governors of the Chatham Dispensary, held on Monday, the5th inst., it was resolved that it should remain open fortwelve months longer, and not be closed, as had been previouslyintended, on the opening of the hospital.TRAINED NURSES.-At a recent meeting of the council
of the Nightingale Fund, the report showed that of the proba-tioners who had completed their training as hospital nurses atSt. Thomas’s Hospital, and been placed on the register ascertified nurses, twenty were employed in various hospitalsand infirmaries, principally in the provinces, and that theaccounts received of them were most satisfactory. In con-sequence of the closing of the hospital during the removal tothe Surrey Gardens, only a small number had completed their
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training during the past year. Twelve probationers are nowunder training there. The plan for training midwifery nursesat King’s College Hospital to be employed among the poor wasmaking progress. The probationers who have been sent outas trained nurses were employed in country parishes, and weregiving satisfaction. The committee state that, although thenumber of probationers who had completed their training inboth hospitals had from various causes fallen short of whatmight have been expected, they were satisfied with the generalresults obtained. Decided progress had been made in thenumber of applications for trained nurses on the part of thepublic, and there had been latterly some improvement both inthe number and in the character of the candidates who appliedfor the vacancies. The accounts of the receipts and expendi-ture for the year were ordered to be advertised. The vacancyin the council occasioned by the death of the late Sir JoshuaJebb was filled up by the appointment of Mr. Edward Mar-joribanks, jun.
TRIPLETS.—The wife of a medical man at Fuentemajor(Spain), has just been delivered of three girls, all strong andhealthy. The mother is forty-three years of age, and this isthe thirteenth time she has been confined of triplets. It would beinteresting to learn how many of these thirty-nine children ourprofessional brother is now blessed with. (We extract thisparagraph from the Gazette Médicale de Lyon, October lst,1863, with all due reserve.)DEATH OF AN OLD NAVAL SURGEON.-Dr. George
Bellamy, who served with Nelson in some of his great actions,died in his native town, Plymouth, at an early hour on Sundaymorning last. He was born on the 15th of November, 1773,and was therefore within a few weeks of completing hisninetieth year. Dr. Bellamy entered the service in February,1793. After participating in Lord Howe’s victory, he wascaptured by five of the enemy’s frigates off Brest, June 18th,1794. Restored to liberty, he joined the Garland, 28. Whileattached next, from September 1796 until 1800 to the Bellero-p7ton, 74, he was warmly engaged at the battle of the Nile,where the Bellerophon was opposed to L’Orient, 120, and sawother active service in the Mediterranean, the Bellerophonhaving borne the flag of Lord Nelson. He was subsequentlyemployed-from 1804 till 1808-in the Glory, 98, in whichship, commanded by various captains, he served under thevarious flags of Admirals Cornwallis, Orde, and Stirling, offBrest, Cadiz and Rochfort, and was a participator in Sir RobertCalder’s action. He was placed on the retired list in 1817.Dr. Bellamy was a member of the Royal College of Physiciansof London, and received a medal with two clasps for LordHowe’s action and the battle ot the Nile.
VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST A HERBALIST.-At Yeovil, on Tuesday, an adjourned inquest was held on thebody of Elizabeth Fox ; and after a lengthened inquiry thejury returned a verdict of "Manslaughter" against a well-known herb doctor, Robert Slade Colmer. The unfortunategirl, who was only twenty years of age, had remained atColmer’s house for a week, at the end of which time she hada miscarriage, and died on Sunday morning, the 4th instant.At the opening of the inquiry on Tuesday, the 6th instant, thewife and daughter were examined, and they stated that de- ’,ceased had come to the house, complaining that she had some- ’,
thing the matter with her liver, that she took no medicinewhile there, and that she died on the night after the mis- I,carriage. The inquiry was adjourned for a post-mortem Iexamination, which showed that the womb had been ruptured liby some violent application, and death must have been almost instantaneous. Colmer, who is a well-known herb doctor, has I
been living at Yeovil for about twenty years. His son, Dr. ’,Colmer, a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians atEdinburgh, lives with him, and, although he attended theyoung woman at her death, he stated at the inquest that herarely interferes with his father’s patients, although he haspatients of his own in the town. The prisoner, a man about
fifty, is said to have known something of "astrology," andwas consulted on matters touching the recovery of stolen sheep,pigs, &c.; but it is understood that he has refused to have any-thing to do with such matters for the past twelve months.However, some extraordinary revelations came out at the
inquest, which prove that Colmer has not altogether divestedhimself of a faith in the superstitious. He states that he tookthe child with the after-birth, &c., and burnt them, in accord-ance with the idea that such a proceeding would relieve thepains of the young girl. The deceased was a domestic employedat a rectory at Rimpton, Somerset, and her parents live in
Dorsetshire. She left the rectory with the avowed intentionof going home. The evidence of several surgeons was taken,and they considered that death was caused either by an im-proper interference of the hand, or an unskilful use of instru.ments.
THE CORONERSHIP FOR THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.-We understand that the coronership of Bridlington, Yorkshire,is vacant, and that an eligible medical candidate is in the field.The principle of the peculiar fitness of medical men for con-ducting inquisitions into the cause of death, may now, wehope, be considered fully established, and the reverae proposi-tion as to lawyers has recently been fully illustrated byinstances in point. We trust the profession in Bridlington willwork heart and hand to secure the election of the medical can.didate.
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN.-TheSessional Prizes, with the Herbaria and Pereira Medals, andJacob Bell Scholarships, were distributed at a meeting held atthe Society’s house on the evening of the 7th inst. ; Mr. Hills,vice-president, in the chair.-Chemistry and Pharmacy :Michael Carteigbe, Medal; Charles Umney, Cert. of Honour.-Botany and Materia Medica : Michael Carteighe, Medal; JohnWatts, Cert. of Honour; Charles Umney, Cert. of Honour;Jonathan Phillips, Cert. of Merit.-Practical Chemistry:Charles Umney, Medal; Henry A. Peele, Cert. of Honour;John Bourdas, Cert. of Merit.-Pereira Medal : Michael Car-teigbe.-Herbaria: Thos. Harrison, Silver Medal; Edward M.Holmes, Bronze Medal ; Henry Medd, Cert. of Honour.-Jacob Bell Scholarships (value .630 per annum, with freeLaboratory Instruction during the Session) : John Watts,Frederick E. Pasmore. Mr. Hills presented to the Societya marble bust of the late Jacob Bell, by T. Butler, whichwas recently exhibited at the Royal Academy.HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDING
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10.-The total number of deaths re-
gistered in London in the week that ended on Saturday was1258. The average number in the corresponding weeks of tenyears (1853-62), after the omission of dealhs from epidemiccholera in the forty-first of 1854, and a correction for increaseof population, becomes 1126. The actual result exceeds theestimated number by 132. Thirty-one deaths from small-poxwere returned ; and 146 from scarlatina. Sixteen fatal casesof the latter disease occurred in Marylebone, 14 in Islington,5 in the sub-district of White cross- s tree t, and 5 in that of St.Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey. A man died at the age ofninety-six years. A woman, aged seventy-seven years, died ofelephantiasis ; and a boy five years old from swallowing acherry stone.
Births last week-Boys, 662 ; girls, 911. Total, 1873.
MEDICAL VACANCIES.
Queen’s Hospital, Birmingham-Junior House-Surgeon, vice Mr. Thompsoappointed to the House-Surgeonev.
Royal General Dispensary, St. Bartholomew-close-Physician, vice DThorowgood, resigned.
MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.J. ANDERSON, M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed a Public Vaccinator by the
Parochial Hoard of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.M. F. ANDERSON, L.R.C.P.Ed., has been elected Honorary Medical Officer to
the Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital, vice J. Ogilvy, M.D., deceased.J. T. BECK, M.R-C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer and Public Vacci-
nator for the Union House and District No. 6 of the Chesterton Union,Cambridgeshire, vice A. R. Temple, M R.C.S.F., resigned.
W. J. CLT.G&, M.D., has been appointed Medical Officer and Public Vaccinatorfor the Brandwood District of the Rochdale Union. Lancashire.
J. D. COMRIE, L.R.C.S.Ed., has been appointed a Public Vaccinator by theParochial Board of Peterhead.
J. CoTToN has been appointed Dispenser to the Ross Dispensary, vice Perris,resigned.
A. DEWAR, M.D., has been appointed a Public Vaccinator by the ParochialBoard of Torryburn, Fifeshire.
S. D. DOWNING, L.R.C.P.L., has been appointed Medical Officer of the newWorkhouse, Birkenhead.
DYCE DucEwoETB:, M.D., has been appointed Resident Physician to theClinical Wards of the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh.
J. L. EARLE, M.D.. has been appointed Murgeon-Aecoucheur to the Queen’sHospital, Birmingham, vice J. Clay, M.R.C.S.E., resigned.
C. II. FAGGE, M.D., has been appointed Physician to the Royal Infirmary forDiseases of Children and Women, Waterloo-road.
D. FIDDES, M.D., has been appointed a Public Vaccinator by the ParochialBoard of St. Nicholas, Aberdeen.
J. HARLEY, M. D., Sub-Dean of King’s College, and Assistant-Physician to theLondon Fever Hospital, has been appointed Assistant-Physician to King’sCollege Hospital.
J. BRAXTON HICKS, M.D., has been appointed Physician to the Royal In-firmary for Diseases of Children and Women, Waterloo-road, vice Dr.Huttou, resigned.
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H. JACKSON. M.D., has been appointed a Public Vaccinator by the ParochialBoard of St. Nicholas, Aberdeen.
P. JAMIESON, L.R.C.S.Ed., has been appointed a Public Vaccinator by thEParochial Board of Peterhead.
T. KELLY, M.R.C.S., has been appointed Public Vaccinator for the Prince’s.end District of the Dudley Union, vice T. bIills M.D., resigned.
R. MUNGALL, M.D., has been appointed a Public Vace nator by the ParochialBoards of Ballingry and Beath, Fifeshire.
Mr. A. L. PEACOCK, late Assistant House-Surgeon to the Sheffield Public Hos.pital and Dispensary, has been appointed Resident Medioai Officer to th!St. Marylebone General Dispensary, Welbeck-street, Caven dish- square.
H. PRITCHETT. M.R.C.S.E., has been elected Medical Officer and Public Vacci.nator for the Rastrick District of the Halifax Union, vice Tempest Pollard,M.R.C.S.E., resigned.
J. TAYLOR, L.F.P. & S. Glas., has been appointed Surgeon to the Constabulary,Bailieborough and Grousehall, Co. Cavan, vice J. A. Johnston, L.K.Q.C. 0.Irel., deceased.
T. THOMPSON, M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed House-Surgeon to the Queen’sHospital, Birmingham, vice J. St. Swithun Wilders, M.R.C.S.E., resigned,and since appointed Assistant-Surgeon.
J. G. WILSON, M.D., has been elected Professor of Midwifery in Anderson’sUniversity, Glasgow, vice Dr. J. Peterson, resigned.
W. L. WINTEBBOTHAM, M.B., has been appointed burgeon to the BridgewaterInfirmary.
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MILITARY AND NAVAL MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.
J. R. ANDERSON, L.R.C.S.Ed., Surgeon R.N., has been appointed to the" Pelorus."
N. ALCOCE, Assist.-Surg. 35th Foot, Bengal, has been directed to assumemedical charge of the Regiment, vice Surg.-Major Chambers, proceededto England.
J. B. BAKER, M.R.C.S.E.. Assist.-Surg. 80th Foot, has been appointed StaffAssist.-Surg., vice Hare, appointed to the 80th Foot.
E. G. BALFOUR, Acting Depu’y Inspector-General of Hospitals, Madras, hasbeen removed from the Pegu Division to the ceded Districts during theabsence of Dr. Lovell on sick certificate, or until further orders.
C. BARCLAY, Surg.-Major Madras Service, has been removed from the 25thNative Infantry to the 22nd Native Infantry.
J. N. BELL, M.D., Staff Surgeon, has been appointed Surgeon to the 5th Foot,vice Surg.-Major F. Reid, who has exchanged.
T, M. BLECKLEY, M.B., Assist.-Surgeon 14th Foot, has been appointed StaffSurgeon.
A. BREBNER, M.B., has been appointed Staff Assist.-Surg. Army.E. CHANDLER has been appointed Staff Assist.-Surg. Army.W. CBHTK, M.B., has been appointed Staff Assist.-Surg. Army.C. L. Cox, Surg.-Major 20th Hussars, Bengal, has been directed to officiate as
Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals of the Sealkote Circle till furtherorders.
E. J. CRANE, L.R.C.S.Ed., Assist.-Surg., has been directed to take over medicalcharae of the 90th Foot, Bengal, from Assist.-Surg. A. P. M. Corbett, ofthe Royal Artillery.
J. CRERAR, L.R.C.S.Ed., Surgeon 60th Foot, has been appointed Staff Surg.,vice Todd, who has exchanged.
A. CROKER. L.R.C.S.I., Staff Assist.-Surgeon, attached to the A Battery 22ndBrigade Royal Artillery at Meerut, has been directed to assume medicalcharge of the Details in the Fort of Mooltan.
J. N. DAVIS, M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Staff Assist.-Surg. Army.A. DOIG has been appointed Staff Assist.-Surg. Army.W. E. DUDLEY has been appointed Staff Assist.-Surg. Army.F. FERGUSON, M.D., has been appointed Staff Assist.-Surg. Army.C. G. E. FORD, F.R.C.S.E., Acting Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals,
Madras, has been posted to the Pegu Division during the absence of Dr.C. J. Smith on sick certificate, or until further orders.
W. M. GIBAUT, M.R.C.S.E., Assist.-Surg. 17th Foot, has been appointed StaffSurgeon.
R. W. HARE, M.B., Staff Assist.-Surg. Army, has been appointed Assist.-Surg.to the 80th Foot, vice Baker, appointed to the Staff.
H. T. W. Iiwxtrxfs Surg.-Major Madras Service, has been removed from the22nd Native Infantry to the 25th Native Infantry.
J. M. JOSEPH. M.D., has been appointed to do duty with the 2nd MadrasNative Infantry.
R. B. KINSEY. Surg.-Major Bengal Service, recently appointed a Deputy In-spector-General with temporary rank, has been posted to the Dinapore Circle.
J. J. T. LAWRENCE, M.R.C.S.E., Assist.-Surg. 7th Bengal Cavalry, has beendirected to assume medical charge of the 2nd Native Light Infantry atMooltan, during the absence of Surg.-Major C. G. Andrews.
R. C. P. LAWRENSON, M.R.C.S.E., Assist.-Surgeon R.N. Jan. 2nd, 1857, hasbeen appointed to the " Cumberland" for Naval Barracks.
W. LIGERTwOOD, M.D., Assist.-Surg. on half-pay, late of the 22nd Foot, hasbeen appointed Staff Assist.-Surgeon, vice Sainter, appointed to the 94thFoot.
R. G. LORD, Assist.- Surg. Bombay Service, has been appointed Acting CivilSurgeon at Poona.
II. M. MACBETE, L.RC.S.T.,’ Assist.-Surg. 91st Foot, has been appointed tothe medical charge of a Squadron of the 12th Bengal Cavalry, in additionto his other duties, during the absence of Assist.-Surg. L. F. Dickson.
J. A. MACDONALD, Acting Assist.-Surg. R.N., has been appointed to the" Euryalus" (additional).
C. J. F. M’DoWALL, M.R.C.S.E., Assist.-Snrg. Bombay Service, has been ap-pointed to the medical charge of the 3rd Light Cavalry.
H. M. MACpHERSON, M.R.C.S.E., Surgeon Bengal Service, having completedtwenty years’ actual service, has been promoted to Surg.-Major under theprovisions of the Royal Warrant of Jan. 13th, 1860, and General Order bythe Governor-General No. 10 A, dated Dec. 26th, 1860.
D. M’RAB, Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals Bengal Service, has beentransferred from the Dinapore to the Sealkote Circle.
Surg. MAITLAND, Bengal Servicp, has been appointed to act as Staff Surgeonand Deputy Medical Storekeeper at Belgaum, vice Surg.-Major Glasse,Acting Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals.
R. MANTELL, M.B.. Assist.-Surg. Royal Horse Artillery, has been appointed toofficiate as Civil Surgeon of Sealkote, Punjaub, during Dr. Elton’s absence,or U1 t1 further orders.
T. J. MooaF, M.R.C S E., Assist.-Surg. R,N. Aug. 1st, 1861, has been ap-rointed to the ** indus.**D. T. MORTON, F.R.C.S.E., Surg.-Major Indian Service, has been appointed to
act as Staff Surgeon, Rangoon, during the employment of Dr. Ford onother duty, or until further orders.
P. O’BRIEN, F.R.C.S.E., Assist.-Surgeon Bengal Service, officiatinz MedicalStorekeeper at Allahabad, has been appointed Medical Storekeeper at,that Station, vice Scott.
J. C. Ovnxs, L.R.C.S.I., Staff Surgeon Army, has been appointed Surgeon tothe 5th Dragoon Guards, vice Fyffe, M.D., who has exchanged.
D. SCOTT, M.D., Surg. Bengal Service, Medical Storekeeper at Allahabad, andofficiatirig in that capacity at Umballa, has been appointed Medical Store-keeper at the latter Station, vice Surg.-Major R. BV. Faithfull, brought onthe permanent list of Deputy Inspector. Generals of Hospital.
G. J. SHAW, M.D., Surgeon Madras Service, Assay Master, has bdell directedto take charge of the Madras Mint until further orders.
J. SHAW, F.R.C.S.E., Acting Inspector-General of Hospitals Madras Service,has been promoted to Inspector.General of Hospitals, vice Dr. Mac-pherson, who has vacated under the provisions of Par. 6 of the Despatchfrom the Secretary of State published in G. 0. G. G. No. 115 A of July13the, 1863.
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Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.
On the 15th ult., at New York, the wife of Dr. H. King, Staff Assist.-SurgeonMadras Army, of a son.
On the lst inst., the wife of P. Vincent, M.R.C.S.E., of Camborne, Cornwall,of a daughter.
On the 3rd inst., at Compton-terrace, Canonbury, the wife of H. Bateman,F.R.C.S.E., of a daughter.
On the Sth inst., at Euston-square, the wife of Andrew MacgilJ, M.D., late ofGlasgow, of a son.
On the 6th inst., at Great Portland-street, the wife of J. Brook Shepherd,M.R.C.S., of a daughter.
On the 8th inst., at Rectory-place, Woolwich, the wife of R. G. Burton, M.D.,Staff Assist.-Surg. Army, of a son.
On the 10th inst., at Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square, the wife of Owen J.Llewellyn, R.N., Surgeon H.M.’s Ship "Archer," of a daughter.
On the llth inst., at Sion, Kilkenny, the wife of B. Delany, M.D., of a son.On the 12th inst., at Berwick-upon-Tweed, the wife of Dr. R. Carr, of a son.
MARRIAGES.On the 2nd inst., at Edinburgh, W. S. Charters, M.D., late of the H.E.I.Co.’s
Medical Establishment, to Anne, widow of the late B. Boswell, Esq.,Lieut.-Col. Bombay Army.
On the 7th inst., at Cardiff, J. J. Bnist, M.D., to Anne, daughter of R. Davis,Esq.
On the 8th inst., at Douglas, Isle of Man, F. Turton, L.R.C.P.L., of Wolver-hampton, to Mary, daughter of the late T. Hincks, Esq., of Douglas.
DEATHS.On the 17th of March, at Chibisa, Africa, whilst acting as Surgeon to the
Central African Mission, J. Dickinson, M.B., late of Jarrow, Durham,aged 33.
On the 18th of June, at Glenesk, N.S.W., F. Mackellar, M.D., aged 52.On the 27th ult., at Auchinleck, Ayrshire, R. Hutchison, L.F.P. & S. Glas.,
aged 44.On the 4th inst., F. A. Hansard, M.R.C.S.E., of Montacute, Somersetshire.On the 5th inst., at Princes-street, Truro, Dr. W. H. Bullmure, aged 63.On the 6th inst., at The Cottage, Brisco, near Carlisle, F. C. Hutchinson, M.D.,
aged 71.On the 9th inst., at Burton-crescent, E. Ralfs, M.R.C.S.E., aged 46.At Shop-street, Drogheda, J. Fulham, M.D., Coroner for the Borough ofDrogheda.
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