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declines any treatment the object of which is to cut short theattack, provided the inflammation be confined to the joints.Gout in the joints should not be tampered with; the efforts ofmedicine should all be reserved for visceral complications,which it is the first duty of the physician not to hasten or pro-voke by over zealous interference. In referring to the anti-quity of colchicum, and its employment in the treatment ofgout. he observed that the Hermodactylus, a plant mentionedby lliaius and Alexander of Tralles, as a specific, and concern-ing the identity of which so many speculations had been made,has eventually been recognised by M. Planchon, Professor ofBotany at Montpellier. as one of the varieties of colchicum.Concerning the use of colchicum, M. Trousseau remarked :-This drug, which constitutes the basis of all the secret pre- i

parations ever extolled for the purpose of curing gout, is a me- ’dicine which must be used with circumspection. It may and- does calm pain, but it does not cure the malady, and often setsup a degree of gastric and intestinal disorder which, in cer-tain cases, might prove fatal. When I employ this remedy, Imake use of the excellent formula proposed by M. Becquerel,and occasionally with surprising success. It is as follows :-Disulphate of quinine, twenty-four grains; extract of digitalis,-four grains; colchicum seeds, eight grains : to be made intoten pills, from one to three of which may be taken daily forseveral successive days. The waters of Vals, Vichy, and Carlsbad,although much employed in this disease, I deem dangerous in;gout, and infinitely prefer the use of other springs less richlyendowed with the alkaline ingredient-as, for example, thoseof Pougues, Contrexeville, Plombires, Spa, or Wiesbaden,which may be ordered with an amount of certainty as to suc-cess by no means possessed by the more strongly-chargedsources." "

I received a letter yesterday morning from Naples, which.{)onfirms the unsatisfactory account of the sanitary conditionof that capital. According to official documents, it is statedthat in the space of three months no less than two-thirds ofthe medical attendants, nurses, and persons engaged in thehospitals had fallen victims to typhoid fever, imported ori-

ginally from Gaeta; a large number of children have also been- carried off.

In Paris the same fever has also been prevalent, but is nowon the decline, as likewise the epidemic of erysipelas by whichit was accompanied.

Paris, May 14th, 1861.

MEDICAL TRIALS.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.LIABILITIES TO DENTISTS.—LEE V. GRIFFIN.

THIS was an action in which the plaintiff, a surgeon-dentistin Moorfields, sued the administrator of a Mrs. Penson to re-’cover the sum of twenty guineas, as the price of two sets ofteeth made for the deceased lady by her order. At the trialwhich took place some time since before Mr. Justice Cromp-ton, the plaintiff stated that he received a verbal order fromthe deceased lady to make her two sets of teeth; that he tooka model of her mouth, and some time after he wrote to her andasked her to make an appointment for an early day, as theteeth which she had ordered were ready for her. He also pro-duced a letter which he said he had received in answer, inwhich, after merely thanking him for his kindness, the de-ceased lady said, " My health will prevent my taking advan-

tage of the early day." The old lady died some time after,before the goods were delivered, and when the account wassent in to the defendant he disputed his liability.Mr. Justice CROMPTON expressed his opinion that this was

not a sufficient memorandum in writing within the Statute ofFrauds, and was about to nonsuit the plaintiff, when the plain-tiff’s counsel suggested that the plaintiff might recover underthe count for work and labour and materials.The verdict was then entered for the plaintiff for twenty

guineas, and the defendant had leave to move. A rule havingbeen accordingly granted,Mr. PATCHETT now showed cause, and contended, on the

authority of " Clay v. Yates" (1 H. and N., 73), that whenthe skill of the artist was the chief ingredient in the value ofthe article he could recover for his work, labour, and materials.He al-socontended that the letter of the deceased referring tothe plaintiff’s letter (the contents of which were proved bypaTol), together made up a contract in writing within the Sta-tute of Frauds.

Mr. J. 0. Griffiths, who appeared in support of the rule,was not called upon.Mr. Justice CROMPTON said he was of opinion that the rule

ought to be made absolute. There was no pretence for sayingthat there was any contract in writing within the Statute ofFrauds; and, independently of that (as had been observed byMr. Justice Hill), it was difficult to see what cause of actionthe plaintiff could have had, seeing that the contract was thatthe teeth were to be fitted to the lady’s mouth, which theynever had been. A question was raised at the trial whetherthis was a contract for work and labour and materials, or for achattel to be sold and delivered. His lordship thought it wasthe latter, and, as there was no contract in writing within theStatute of Frauds, the plaintiff ought to have been nonsuited.

Mr. Justice HILL and Mr. Justice BLACKBURN were of thesame opinion.—Rule absolute to enter a nonsuit.

Medical News.APOTHECARIES’ HALL.—The following gentlemen passed

their examination in the science and practice of medicine, andreceived certificates to practise, on

Thursday, May 9th, 1861.Calvert, George, H.M. Army.Cook, John, Buckinghamshire.Galliers, Thomas James, Lady Grove, Herefordshire.Harris, Benjamin, Park-street, Grosvenor-square.Harrison, George, jun.Houlden. Edward Robert, Crondell, Surrey.Maling, Edwin Allan, Bishopwearmouth.

Thursday, May 2nd.Kilburn, John Edward, West Auckland, Durham.

The following gentlemen also on the same day passed theirfirst examination :-

Evans, John Henry, Guy’s Hospital.Marshall, Walter Thomas, Birmingham.

UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS.—The following is a listof gentlemen on whom the degree of Doctor of Medicine wasconferred in May, 1861 :-Boiler, Joseph H., Penshurst, Kent. Manning, Frederick N., York.Barratt, Edgar, Brighton. Marston, Charles H., Devizes.Belinfante, Simon, Holland. Morris, Isaac, Lewes, Sussex.Burrell, Lionel, Westley, Bury St. Ed- Muncherjee, Beramjee Colah, Bombay.monds. Neatby, Thomas, Barnsley, Yorkshire.

Clieetham, Joseph, London. Park, William, Ulverston, Lancashire.Coleman, Edmund Walter, London. Pechey, William C., Walthamstow.Connell, Robert, Glasgow. Robertson, Alexander C., Army.Cuolahan, Hugh, Berrrondsey, Lond. Seaborne, Cleophas Wm. S., London.Dobson, Thomas, Leeds. Seabrook, Thomas E. F., London.Dudfield, Thomas Orme, Gloucester. Smith, David, Glasgow.Greenwell, Baker, London. Soloman, Alexander, Calcutta.Harland, Henry, Fletching, Sussex. Spyers, Thomas Charles, Weybridge.Harrison, Charles, Lincoln. Stephens, Joseph, Bayswater.Hawkes, John, Maidstone, Kent. Telford, Thomas, Dublin.Hepworth,Alfred J.L., RoyalArtillery. Todd, John Markwell, Bognor, Sussex.Jones, Edward, Dolgelly, N. Wales. Wells, Samuel, Madras.Kitching, John, York. Willett, John, Gt. Budworth, Cheshire.M’Conville, John, Glasgow. Young, George E., Mechlin, Belgium.The following gentlemen, having previously obtained the

degree of Doctor of Medicine, were candidates for honours:-First Class.

Belinfante, Simon, University College.Stephens, Joseph, Bishop’s-road, Bayswater.

UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOZV.—The following degrees wereconferred on the 24th ult.:-

DOCTORS OF MEDICINE.

A’uew, David, Scotland. Mackintosh, Angus, Scotland.Aitken, James M., Scotland. Marshall, John, Scotland.Alston, James, Scotland. Marshall, William, America.Baker, John C., England. Mather, George R., Scotland.Cassells, Thomas, Scotland. M’Cartney, James, Ireland.Chalmers, William, Scotland. Miller, Hugh, Scotland.Christie, James, Scotland. M’Neely, Hugh. Ireland.Crawford, James, Scotland. Murray, John, M.A., Scotland.Drysdale, John, Scotland. Robertson, George, Scotland.Farley, George C., England. Schmidl, Marcus M., Austria.Finlay, James, Scotland. Scott, Frederick B., England.Gaff, James D., Seotland. Scowcroft, James P., England.Grieve, Robert, Scotland. Smellie, James, Scotland.Hannah, John B., England. Smith, Thomas J., England.Kerr, Norman, i-cotiand. Somerville, John, Scotland.Lawrie, James, Scotland. i Whitelaw, William, Scotland.Macaw, Kennedy, Ireland.

MASTERS IN SURGERY.Cassells, Thomas. M’Nab, Duncan, Scotland.Farley, George C., England. M’Neely, Hugh, Ireland.Finlay, James, Scotland. Scott, Frederick B., England.Gaff, James D., Scotland. Smith, Thomas J., England.Mackintosh, Alex. J., Scotland.

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INDIAN FAMINE FUND. - The Subscriptions already A CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION. - THE REGISTRATIONamount to £100,000. ACT IN SCOTLAND.-The Glasgow Faculty of Medicine has

HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN. —The anniversary issued an address to the medical profession throughout Scot-festival of this charity was held on Wednesday last, at Willis’s- land inviting every member to petition Parliament against therooms,-Lord Taunton in the chair. gross injustice of exacting professional services from them not

QUEEN’S COLLEGE, BELFAST.-The Report for the year only without remuneration but under terror of penalties. The

ending March 1st, 1861, has been published. The medical address contains an able statement of the grievance inflictedstudents in attendance have increased since last year from 95 cannot profession to the Registration Act. We regret which weto 116. cannot find room to insert it; the petition, however, which weDR. CSAUSS, formerly professor at the medical faculty of cordially commend to the attention of our readers, will appearPesth, and who died last September, has left considerable pro- in our next number.perty to the Faculty, the Children’s Hospital, and the Hun- ST. MARY’ S HOSPITAL.—A dinner of the friends of thisgarian Academy.

’ , institution was held on the 7th instant at Willis’s Rooms,garian Academy. sta tes,-

the "Wiener Allgeme-

Z eitung 9t H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge in the chair. The ChairmanDR. ISCHER ’ , states, in the "Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung said that of the total expenses of £7000, only £4000 was madethat vomiting after inhalations of chloroform may be prevented up by annual subscriptions; and for the remainder the hospital,by making the patient take a glass of wine before the inhala having unfortunately no endowment, was forced to depend ontions are commenced. ... casual assistance. To keep up the full number of 150 in-patients,

SPIBIT.EVOEING IN SAVOY.-An epidemic of demono- and to continue the relief which since the opening of the hos-mania has been for some time past reigning in Savoy (Thonon pital in June, 1857, had been given in 113,794 cases, he there-district) ; and matters have arrived at such a pitch as to induce fore earnestly invoked the generous assistance of the friends ofthe Minister of the Interior to send Dr. Constant to the place the institution. The appeal was liberally responded to.in order to open an inquiry on the subject. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES,THE PARIS HYDROLOGICAL SOCIETY.-A misunderstand- (IRELAND) BILL.-The medical practitioners throughout Ire-

ing has occurred in this Society, in consequence of which Dr. land are greatly dissatisfied with the clause in the Bill for theMelier and several other office-holders have resigned. Dr. Registration of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, which requiressPidoux has been elected president, and Messrs. Mialhe and them to furnish, within a limited time, certificates of the death,Tardieu vice-presidents. of the parties on whom they may have been attending; im-MILITIA SURGEONS.—From a return just made to the posing a penalty in case of neglect, without providing that

House of Commons, it appears that the sums paid to militia they shall be paid anything for their trouble. This provisionsurgeons and civil practitioners, for the medical examination is not in the English Act, and the Cork Repol.ter, which takesof recruits for the Household Brigade and Line, including the up the cause of the doctors, asks, " Why is such a shamefulrecruits for the Indian army, amounted, in 1857-8, to .65120, and invidious distinction made ?"-Correspondent of The Times.in 1858-9, to X5038 15s. ; and in 1859-60, to X3400 4s. NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.—In 1853, M. SerreTHE COMET.—Mr. J. R. Hind has written a letter giving published a very important work on Phosphenes-i. e., the-

calculations to the effect that the comet arrived at its least dis- luminous rings produced by pressure on the eye. Excellenttance from the earth on the 5th instant, when it was distant diagnostic rules were deduced from the author’s researches, andfrom us rather more than 30,000,000 miles. Its brightness will his name is attached to the phosphenes. In L’Echo Medicalnow be slowly diminishing, though it may yet be well observed Suisse of the 25th ult. we find, however, a quotation from thefor a fortnight or three weeks. Giornale d’Oftalmologia, which tends to show, by a quotationTHE LEVEE.—The following gentlemen were presented from the thirteenth letter of the first volume of Morgagni’s

at the Levee held by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort great work, that this eminent philosopher had mentioned theon Wednesday afternoon in St. James’s Palace:-Assistant- existence of phosphenes. M. Serre has nevertheless the

Surgeon W. F. Davis, M.D., by the Secretary of State for great merit of having systematized the phenomena, and it is.

India; Surgeon-Major Frederick Mouat, by the Secretary of extremely probable that, without him, they would have re-State for India; Dr. O’Connor, by Lord Fermoy; Surgeon John mained in complete oblivion.Turner, by the Secretary of State for India. Dr. Charles Hood CEYLON.-Government has decided on building a largeattended. Sanitarium and Hospital for Soldiers on the healthy plains ofALLEGED CASE OF MALPRACTICE.-It will be remem- Neweralia, in the centre of Ceylon, at a height of about 8,000

bered by our readers that at the last Liverpool spring assizes a feet above the level of the sea-double that at which the mili-case (Quaile v. Hall) was tried against Mr. Hall, a surgeon in tary station at Newcastle, in St. Catherine’s Mountains in

Dalton, for alleged malpractice, in which the jury awarded the Jamaica, is situate. Captain De Butts, of the Royal Engineers,sum of X45 damages to the plaintiff. A rule nisi has since has been ordered from Kandy to put the design into execution.been obtained by the defendant, and the case will be argued Although situated nearly on the line, the cold of Neweralia, inbefore the judges during Trinity term, when it is to be hoped contrast with the heat of Colombo and of the lower plains, isthat the verdict may be set aside by a new trial. intense. Ice sometimes forms of the thickness of half-a-crown;THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN. and European invalids rapidly regain health and strength, par-

An interesting conversazione was held on GREAT BRITAIN.— of cholera and diarrhœa, which in thatthe rooms of the Pharmaceutical Society, Bloomsbury-square. part of the world are so prevalent.The various objects of scientific interest in the rooms were PUS-CELLS IN THE ATMOSPHERE.-The following dis-exhibited to the numerous company. Amongst the things covery, which of course will require careful examination, iswhich attracted most attention were Professor Way’s electric published in the Cosmos :-In the Orphan Asylum near Praguelight, and a series of photographies taken by Dr. yGTarren an epidemic of purulent ophthalmia lately broke out, and 92Delarue, representing a total eclipse of the sun as seen in children out of 200 were attacked. Great care was taken to

Spain. avoid the contact of the matter, but the medical attendants,ELECTIONS AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF and nurses nevertheless took the disease. M. Eiselt thereupon

IRELAND. -On the 7th inst. a meeting of the Council of the proceeded to examine the air with Pouchet’s aeroseope im-College was held for the purpose of electing seven Examiners proved by Purkynje, and in the atmosphere of a ward where-for the Letters Testimonial of the College, and three for the lay a great many of the children a large number of pus-cellsDiploma in Midwifery. The following was the result:-For were found. In fact, the cells were noticed upon the instru-Letters Testimonial : Mr. Butcher (chairman), Mr. Stapleton, ment immediately the air was made to pass through the appa-Mr. Richardson, Mr. G. Porter, Dr. Jerome Morgan, Dr. Stoker, ratus. A committee has been appointed by the Medical Societyand Mr. Jolliffe Tufnell. For the Diploma in Midwifery : Dr. of Vienna to investigate the facts published by M. Eiselt.Johns, Dr. Croly, and Dr. Quinan.-On the 9th inst. another KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.-On Wednesday eveningmeeting was held to elect a Representative of the College on the governing body of this hospital, and other gentlemen whothe General Council of Medical Education and Registration, in take an interest in it, to the number of about 300, dinedthe room of the esteemed and lamented Professor Porter, when together in the great hall of Lincoln’s-inn, the use of whichDr. Hargrave, Professor of Surgery in the School of the College, was kindly granted by the Benchers on the occasion, to cele-was chosen to fill that position by a large majority of the brate the completion of the new building in connexion withCouncil.-On the 14th of next month the Council will proceed the institution, which has recently been erected at a cost ofto the election of a Professor of Surgery, in the room of the some £40,000. The Right Hon. Lord Chelmsford acted aslate Professor Porter. chairman; and, in proposing the principal toast of the evening,

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he adverted in eloquent terms to the incalculable benefits con- 2’21; France, 2’36; Belgium, 2’52; Holland, 2 -76; Prussia,ferred by the hospitals, above all other charitable institutions 2’83; Spain, 2’85; Sardinia, 2’91. Some points of interest inin the metropolis, on the sick poor, and notably by that of relation to disease and mortality are noticed. Including the,King’s College, located in the centre of a teeming population, secondary diseases, twice as many women died from childbirththe great mass of which, before its commencement upwards of as in England. This is thought not much attributable to dis-twenty years ago, was left to depend for medical relief on a tance from medical aid, and the question is raised whether itsingle dispensary. The noble chairman briefly related the is not owing to certain anatomical conformations. It mayhistory of the hospital, and gave a series of statistics indicating seem strange to speak of Scotland as a place for the consump.its rapid progress from the beginning, both as a refuge for the tive, but Argyll and the western isles enjoy a remarkablesick poor and as a medical school; and after a few further immunity from consumption; those islands have a mild winterremarks, the company at his lordship’s request drank to the climate, with a more humid atmosphere than the mainlandsuccess of King’s College Hospital. In the course of the even- when the arid easterly winds prevail in spring.ing, Mr. Cheere, one of the committee of management, an- MEDICAL RELIEF IN IRELAND.-The Poor-law expendi-nounced that the subscriptions amounted to upwards of £3000, ture for last year amounted in Ireland to £558,835, but thatincluding £1720 from absent friends, one of whom, the Marquis includes £104,247 expended under the Medical Charities Acts,of Bristol, had sent a donation of £100. The dinner was pro- under which 596,325 patients were relieved at the dispensariesvided by Messrs. Ring and Brymer, and gave general satis- and 165,308 were attended at their own homes. The entirefaction.

- , , , country is divided into dispensary districts, the funds beingLJN IVBBSITY OF LONDON.-On Wednesday last a meet- raised in the same manner as the Poor-rate ; and the extreme

ing of members of the University of London and their friends distance of the limits of a district from the nearest dispensarywas held in the Convocation-room of the University, Burling- averages but about two miles. The dispensaries are under theton House, Piccadilly, for the admission of candidates for de. management of committees of guardians; but where the resi-grees. Earl Granville, K.G., the Chancellor of the University, dences of guardians and relieving officers are not so distributedpresided. Dr. Carpenter read the report, which was very en- throughout the district as to be within easy reach of the poor,couraging. The names of the candidates who had obtained resident ratepayers or wardens are appointed on the committee;honours in the course of the past year were read; but those and altogether there are about ten thousand persons distributedgentlemen only who had obtained scholarships, exhibitions, over the country authorized to grant tickets.medals, or prizes, were presented to the Chancellor, and that m BRITISH ANTI-TOBACCO SICIETY.—The seventh.in the following order:- THE BRITISH ANTI-TOBACCO SOCIETY. —The RoomM.B.—John Easton, King’s College, Scholarship and Medal anniversary of this Society was held in the Lower Room,in Physiology and Comparative Anatomy; Chas. James Bracey, Exeter Hall, on the 10th inst. The following resolutions wereQueen’s College, Birmingham, Scholarship and Medal in Sur- adopted :—1. That the more the influence of the employmentgery; Eustace Smith, University College, Scholarship and Medal of tobacco is investigated, the more conclusive UI the evidencein Medicine; John Harley, King’s College, Medal in Physio- that it is highly detrimental to the physical, intellectual, andlogy and Comparative Anatomy; Thos. Hiron Bartleet, Queen’s, moral condition of those who are subjected to it; and so mani.Birmingham, and King’s Colleges, Medal in Surgery; John festly are its injurious eonsequences on the increase as seriouslyHarley, King’s College, Medal in Medicine; John Easton, to threaten the deterioration of coming generations. 2. "ThatKing’s College, Medal in Midwifery. the evils proceeding from tobacco being such as are recognised

B.Sc.—Alexander Crum Brown, University of Edinburgh, ln the resolution which has been passed, this meeting wouldScholarship in Chemistry and Biology. urge, with all the earnestness of religious and patriotic sm.

First M.B. Examination. -John Bayldon, University of cerity, that the means which -have hitherto been employedEdinburgh, Exhibition and Medal in Anatomy and Physiology; with such encouraging success may be sustained, by increasedAlex. Crum Brown, University of Edinburgh, Exhibition and liberality and abundant personal co-operation, by the BritishMedal in Chemistry; Edw. Thos. Tibbits, University College public, whose interests are so deeply concerned m this move.Exhibition and Medal in Chemistry; Forbes Watson, St. ment.

Thomas’s Hottpitat, Exhibition and Medal in Materia Medica; COMPLIMENT TO THE DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF QUEEN’SFred. Thos. Roberts, University College, Medal in Anatomy COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM.—At a,recent meeting of the Professors,and Physiology ; Thomas Starkey Smith, University College, held to report upon the testimonials of candidates for the vacantMedal in Materia Medica.; Forbes Watson, St. Thomas’s Hos- Professorship of Physiology, presided over by the Dean of thepital, Medal in Botany. ; Faculty, and at which Professors Wade, Suckling, Hinds,

After the distribution of the prizes, the Chancellor gave a Divers, Postgate, Gamgee, Clay, Anderson, Foster, and Jordanvery effective and eloquent address. were present, after the formal business of the meeting hadVITAL STATISTICS OF 1860.-The Recristrar-General for been transacted, Professor Postgate proposed that the Pro-

England has issued his annual tables of the number of births, fessors should pay, as a body, a graceful.and lasting complimentEngland has marriages annual tables of the number of births, to the Dean of the Faculty—William Sands ds Cox, Esq., F R.S. co

deaths, and marriages in 1860. The number of births and Posgate.-’’"=

deaths, and marriages in 1860. The number of births and Mr. Postgate observed that Mr. Cox was an earnest man, whodeaths had been already stated in the last quarterly report, had struggled, and was struggling, was an earnest man, whobut the number of marriages (170,305) had not then been had ordinary nature, for the benefit to the town difficulties ofascertained. lt is larger than in any previous year; the no ordinary nature, for the benefit of the town and dastxicty

nearest approach to it was than in any previous year; the and he believed the course he had taken lately with regard tonearest approach to it was in 1859, when the number was the liabilities of the College would obtain the sympathy of167,723. The births in 1860 (683,440) were fewer by 6441 every honest man in the neighbourhood. He sympathy ofthan in 1859 but that is the only year in which they were every honest man in the neighbourhood. He was, therefors,than in The deaths (422,472) were happily less they were anxious that the Professors should evince their respect andexceeded. The deaths (422,472) were happily less by 18, 777 esteem for Mr. Cox and his exertions, and prove to the townthan in 1859, and less also than in 1858, 1855, or 1854. Allow- that unanimity prevails amongst the and Professor tawning for the estimated inerease of population, the irirths in 1860 that, unanimity prevails amongst the body. Professor Post-

were the estimated increase of population, the preceding 1860 gate’s proposition was cordially received by the Professors, butwere slighly above the average rate of the preceding ten declined by the Dean of the Faculty; at the same time, "hestill more marriages were more above it, and the deaths were felt deeply the kind approval ofhis colleagues of the course hestill more below it—all movements saw the right direction. As had taken, but until the College debts were paid, whichusual, the first half of the year saw the greatest number of

had taken, but until the College debts were paid, whichbirths, about 10 per cent. more than the last half, and the

had been contracted by others, and the College again placedbirths, deathsabout 10 per cent. more than the last half, and Se - smooth water, any recognition of his humble again placeddeaths in the first moiety were greater than in the last by the

in smooth water, any recognition of his humble efforts would

large ratio of 23 per cent. The last quarter was, as usual, the be premature.

marrying season, there being 50,702 marriages; while in the DR. PICK’S LECTURES ON MEMORY AT GUY’S HOSPITAL.first quarter there were only 35,198. Lincolnshire is always a —Dr. Pick, whose interesting lectures at the Oxford Uni-notable exception to this last rule; there the spring quarter is versity, before the International Statistical Congress, and else-the chief time for marriage. The termination of the ordinary where, we have already mentioned, delivered on Monday week,periods of service has doubtless much influence in this matter, to crowded audience in the Chemical Theatre, an introduc-,The Registrar-General for Scotland, who has hitherto issued tory lecture on his new and natural System of Improving the

no detailed annual reports, has just commenced the series, Memory. The lecturer, ’who was very warmly received, saidbeginning with his first year of office, 1855. The deaths in that he intended to teach them his method in order to facilitatethe year (a, year of more than average mortality) were only 206 their studies. He did not apply any artificial means, butin 10,000 persons, showing Scotland to be one of the very relied upon the laws by which the mind works. He firsthealthiest countries in the world. The annual per-centage of showed the results which could be obtained with his method,deaths to population is stated thus: Scotland, 2’06; England, in learning by heart instantly about eighty os ninety numbers,

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and after a few explanatory remarks the audience were able todo the same with a long series of words. The Professor thenshowed how his system would facilitate the study of languages,and said that he intended to form classes at the hospital forthis purpose. There can be no doubt about the importance ofa knowledge of foreign languages for medical students, and wethink other hospitals will imitate Guy’s. - (From a Corre-spondent.) )LONGEVITY.-In the parish of Ballachulish, died, on

the 22nd ultimo, Christina Mackintosh, or Macgillivray, atthe very great age of 106 years. She retained all her facultiesuntil her death.-A Haverfordwest correspondent writes, underdate April 23rd : " Edward Wallace was born in the town ofBallyriffe, parish of Athree, county of Londonderry, Ireland,on the llth of May, 1756. He would therefore have com-pleted his 105th year had he lived until the llth of May. He

enjoyed excellent health until within six months of his death,and retained remarkable vigour and bodily activity up to avery recent period. When he was more than a hundred yearsold he walked a distance of thirty miles in two days. He hadbeen in this country forty-three years, and in the exercise ofhis calling as a packman had travelled on foot through everypart of Great Britain."HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDING

SATURDAY, MAY 11TH.—In the week that ended on Saturdaythe deaths in London were 1240, showing but a small decreaseon the number in the previous week. The average number,as obtained from the returns of corresponding weeks in tenyears 1851-60, and corrected for increase of population, is1202; and, therefore, the mortality now returned exceeds, asit did also in the previous week, the estimated amount bynearly 40 deaths. The deaths from whooping-cough have de-clined from 124 to 89; but this epidemic disease is still as fatalas small-pox, measles, scarlatina, diphtheria, and typhus com-bined. There were 27 deaths from measles, 8 of which occurredin Somers-town, Camden-town, and Kentish-town; there were25 from scarlatina, and 16 from diphtheria. Seven infants diedfrom syphilitic disease; 9 from want of breast-milk. Phthisiswas fatal to 163 persons, bronchitis to 114, pneumonia to 87.Five nonagenarians died in the week, of whom a man was 90years old, a woman 91, a man 95, a woman 96, and an almsmanhad attained the age of 99 years. Nine infants were suffocatedin bed. A boy, aged 12 years, engaged in the manufacture oflucifer matches, was burnt by an explosion of the composition.

MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.Osr Monday last, Dr. Haviland was unanimously elected Physician toAddenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, in the room of Dr. Fisher, resigned.-On the 7th inst., W. Strange, M.D., and F. H. Hewitt, M.D., were unanimouslyelected Physicians to the Worcester Dispensary.-Francis Poole Lansdown,Esq., M.R.C.S., has been elected Surgeon to the Bristol General Hospital, viceJ. G. Landsdown, Esq., resigned. —William Terry, Esq., M.R.C.S., has beenappointed Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator for the Forton district, Gar-stang Union, Lancashire, in the place of W. W. Chapman, Esq., who held theappointment temporarily. - Thomas Asslyn, Esq., L.R.C.P. Edin,, has beenappointed to succeed the late Mr. Clark Barber as Medical Officer and PublicVaccinator in the Colsterworth district, Grantham Union, Lincolnshire.-John Rutherford Kirkpatrick, M.B.T.C.D., has been elected Assist.-Physicianto the Lying-in Hospital, Rutland-square, Dublin.

MEDICAL VACANCIES.THE office of Physician to the Eastern Dispensary, Bath, has become vacant

by the resignation of Dr. Coates.-There is a vacancy for an Assistant-Phy-sician at the Middlesex Hospital, it having been determined to have threeassistant-physicians instead of two.-The offices of Consulting Surgeon to theKent and Canterbury Hospital and Surgeon to the St. Augustine CountyPrisons at Canterbury are vacant by the death of D. B. Major, Esq.-At theRoyal Portsmouth, Portsea, and Gosport Hospital there are vacancies for tenMedical Officers; eight for the borough of Portsmouth, and two for the townof Gosport and parish of Alverstoke.—Dr. Jenner has resigned the Professor-ship of Pathological Anatomy at University College.-There is a vacancy for aSurgeon to the Broadclist district in the St. Thomas’s Union, Devonshire, bythe death of Dr. Merry.-The office of House-Surgeon to the Surrey Dispensaryhas become vacant by the resignation of Mr. Summerhayes.

MILITARY AND NAVAL MEDICAL INTELLIGENCE.14th Light Dragoons: Surg. W. Arden, to be Surg.-Major. 5th Foot:

Surg. W. K. Swettenham, M.D., to be Surg.-Major. Staff-Surg. G. William-son, M.D., to be Surg.-Major.Commissions signed by Lords Lieutenant.—2nd Royal Surrey Regt. ofMilitia: F. D. Ross, Gent., to be Assist.-Surg., vice Shirley, resigned. Cam.bridgeshire Militia: F. Fawsett, jun., M.D., to be Assist.-Surg., vice Lever,resigned. 2nd Middlesex Light Horse Volunteer Corps : J. H. Langworthy,to be Hon. Veterinary Surgeon. St. George’s Rifle Volunteer Corps: E. Ser-combe, to be Assist.-Surg. Queen’s (Westminster) Rifle Volunteer Corps: R.Cross, M.D., to be Assist.-Surg., vice Bizzard, promoted; J. Leonard, to beAssist.-Surg. 4th Argyllshire Artillery Volunteers: H. Campbell, Gent., to beHon. Assist.-Surg. 1st Corps of Northumberland Rifle Volunteers: Assist.-Surg. W. Bourne, to be Surgeon. 12th Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteer Corps:S. E. Brand, Gent., to be Assist.-Surg. 1st West Riding of Yorkshire Rifle

Volunteers: 0. A. Moore, Gent., to be Assist.-Surg. 5th Mid-Lothian RifleVolunteer Corps: T. Thompson, Surg., to be Hon. Assist.-Surg. 5th Carmar-thenshire Rifle Volunteers: B. Thomas, Gent., to be Hon. Assist.-Surg. 6thTower Hamlets Rifle Volunteer Corps: J. F. Reeve, M.D., to be Assist.-Surg.Acting Assist.-Surg. Wm. J. Thompson, to the Challenger. Surg. Wm. N.

Brake, from the Formidable to the Challenger, 22, at Sheerness.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

On the 5th inst., at Seaton-villas, Clevedon, the wife of Allan Webb, M.D.,Surgeon-Major Bengal Army, of a daughter.On the 9th inst., the wife of Thomas Symonds Howell, Esq., M.B.C.S., of

Wands worth, of a daughter.On the 10th inst., at Warwick-square, Belgrave-road, the wife of J. S.

Lavies, M.D., of a son.On the l0th inst., at Spring-gardens, the wife of Fred. John Hensley, M.D.,

of a daughter.On the 10th inst., at Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, the wife of Wil-

son Fox, M.D., of a son.On the llth inst., at Doughty-street, Mecklenburgh-square, the wife of Wm.

Abbotts Smith, M.D., M.R.C.P., of a son.On the llth inst., at Trevor-terrace, Rutland-gate, the wife of W. Martyn,

M.D., F.R.C.S., of a son.On the llth inst., at Berkeley-gardens, Kensington, the wife of Thos. Joyce,

Esq., M.R.C.S., of a son.On the llth inst., at Norland-square, Notting-hill, the wife of T. Spencer

Cobbold, M.D., F.L.S., of a son.On the 12th inst., at Porchester-terrace, Hyde-park, the wife of M. T. Kays,

M.D., of a son. -

MARRIAGES.On the 28th ult., at Corfu, Andrew Dyer, Esq., M.R.C.S., of Trowbridge,

Wilts, to Martha, eldest daughter of the late Mrs. M. Balson, of RedberryHouse, Corfu.On the 7th inst., at the Parish Church, Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, Oliver-

Beadles, Esq., Solicitor, London, to Eliza Wilton, second daughter of JosephAbell, Esq., late Surgeon to the 60th (King’s Own) Rifles.On the 8th inst., at Guernsey, J. Balfour Cockburn, M.D., Royal Horse Ar-

tillery, of Elm House, Guernsey, to Sophie Brownrigg, only daughter of S.Elliott Hoskins, M.D., F.R.S., F.R.C.P.On the 8th inst., at Steynton, Alexander Eugene Mackay, M,D., F.R.S.E.,Surgeon of H.M.S. Marlborough, to Alice Vaughan, daughter of the late GayerStarbuck, Esq., of the Priory, Milford, Pembrokeshire.On the 8th inst., at the Parish Church, Whitchurch, Thomas Groom, Esq.,

F.R.C.S., to Mary Anne, eldest daughter of the late J. Lowe, Esq., of EdgeleyHouse, near Whitchurch, Salop.On the 14th inst., at Westminster Abbey, Edw. Henry May, Esq., M.R.C.S.,

of Pentonville-road, to Sarah, third daughter of the Rev. James Lupton, of theCloisters, Westminster. -

DEATHS.On the 5th ult., at Madras, Ramsay Sladen, Physician-General, Madrass

aged 79.On the 3rd inst., at Sloane-street, Julia Ongley, daughter of Edward C.

Seaton, M.D., aged 17.On the 6th inst., Alice Anne, only child of H. S. Kirkes, M.D., F.R.C.P., of

Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square, aged 5.On the 8th inst., at Cavendish-place, Brighton, Wm. Dixon Grahame, M.D.,

aged 40.On the 9th inst., at Emberton, Mary Hughes, daughter of the late Thomas

Hughes, Esq., M.R.C.S., of Liverpool, aged 82.On the 9th inst., at Beaufort-street, Chelsea, William Maclise, Esq., Staff.

Surgeon, formerly of the 90th Light Infantry, and late of the 22nd Foot,aged 41.On the 10th inst., at Berkeley-square, Bristol, Henry Clarke, Esq., F.R.C.S,.

aged 60.On the llth inst., at Sandown, Isle of Wight, Margaret Jane, the daughter

of C. V. Ridout, Esq., M.R.C.S., of Egham, Surrey, aged 14.On the 13th inst., at Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Wm. Henry Filton, M.D.,

F.R.S., aged 82. ________________

BOOKS ETC. RECEIVED.

Mr. Brown on Diseases of Women.Scanzoni on Diseases of Women. By Dr. Gardner.Mr. Stapleton on the Great Crime of 1860.Mr. Chavasse’s Advice to a Wife.Mr. Maunder’s Operative Surgery.Dr. Falconer on the Bath Water Cases.Dr. Dalrymple on the Climate cf Egypt.Dr. Swayne’s Obstetric Aphorisms.Dr. Munk’s Roll of the College of Physicians of London.Dr. Winslow on Obscure Diseases of the Brain.Dr. Dalton’s Human Physiology.A Guide to Indian Investments.Dr. Gull’s Oration.Mr. Inwards on Alcohol.

’ Dean of Carlisle’s Why I have Taken the Pledge.Dr. Skae on Legal Relations of Insanity.Dr. Sibbald on the Cottage System.Dr. Bayes’ Address on Homœopathy.On the Action of Alcohol.Dr. Webb’s Rules for Operations in Surgery.

! Mr. Heath on Minor Surgery.! Sowerby’s Wild Flowers.

Pharmaceutical Journal. ,

North American Medico-Chirurgical Review.Journal de la Physiologie.