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His connexion with the General Medical Council had beenalways a matter of pride and pleasure to him, and his greatdesire had always been to maintain the honour and efficiencyof the Council. When he had to lay down his office itwould be with every wish for the welfare of the Counciland of its members.

Medical News.ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND -

The following gentlemen having passed the necessary exa-minations, and having conformed to the by-laws aDd

regulations, have been admitted Members of the Collegeand are now entitled to register and to practise medicine,surgery, and midwifery, viz. :-

Ahlswede, Oscar Jacob Louis, L.R.C.P.Lond., Hamburg, Freiburg,and Berlin Universities, and St. Thomas’s Hospital.

Amenabar, Julio Daniel, L.R.C.P. Lond., Owens College and RoyalInfirmary, Manchester.

Beadles, Hugh Stanley, L.R.C.P. Lond., St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Bean, Louis Constantine, L.R.C.P. Lond., University College. Hospital.

Betts, Edward Hetley, L,RC.P. Lond., St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Brebner, Arthur, L.R.C.P. Lond., University College Hospital.Brodribb, Arthur Hubert, L.R.C.P. Lond., St. Mary’s Hospital.Brushfield, Archibald Nabauld, L.R.C.P.Lond., Owens College andRoyal Infirmary, Manchester, and St. George’s Hospital.

Burn, Alfred, L.R.C.P. Lond., St. Mary’s Hospital.Butler, Sydney George, L R.C.P. Lond., London Hospital.Callum, Harold Sidney Hill, L.R.C.P. Lond., Yorkshire College andGeneral Infirmary, Leeds.

Campbell, Alfred. L.R.C.P. Lond., University of Sydney and RoyalInfirmary, and Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.

Carter, Arthur Burnell, L.R.C.P. Lond., Cambridge University andGuy’s Hospital.

Case, Hugh Martin, L.R.C.P. Lond., Middlesex Hospital.Chambers, John Miles, L.R.C.P. Lond., St. Thomas’s Hospital.Clowes, Ernest Francis, L.R.C.P. Lond., Guy’s Hospital.Cock, Herbert Edgeumbe, L.R.C.P. Lond., Guy’s Hospital.Coop, Edward John Ernest, L.R.C.P. Lond., Mason College,Birmingham, and Westminster and St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.

Cooper, Harry Gordon, L.R.C.P.Lond.. Cambridge University andOwens College and Royal Infirmary, Manchester.

Cowie, Robert Macnamara, L.R.C.P. Lond., King’s College Hospital.Crisp, George Bedford, L.R.C.P. Lond., St. Mary’s Hospital.Croker, Edward Ussher, L.R.C.P. Lond., St. Thomas’s Hospital.Dickson, Avery Winn, L.R.C.P. Lond., St. Bartholomew’ Hospital.Dodgson, George Stanley, Exams. for L.R.C.P. Lond., CambridgeUniversity and Middlesex Hospital.

Dove, William Bathurst, L.R.C.P. Lond., Cambridge University andLondon Hospital.

Dykes, Percy Armstrong, L.R.C.P. Lond., University College andRoyal Infirmary, Bristol, and Guy’s Hospital.

Dyson, Malcolm Goodworth, L.R.C.P.Lond., St. Bartholomew’sHospital.

Ellwood, Thomas Ashcroft, L.RC,P. Lond., Charing-cross Hospital.Evans, Charles Robert, L.B.C.P. Lond., Guy’s Hospital.Evans, John James, L.R.C.P. Lond., Edinburgh University.Facey, Samuel Henry, L.R.C.P. Lond., St. Mary’s Hospital.Fegan, Richard Ardra, L.R.C P. Lond., St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Fenn, Joseph Hiorns, L.R.C.P. Lond., London Hospital.Foote, Vivian Percival, L.R.C.P. Lond., Charing-cross and West-minster Hospitals.

French, Louis Alexander Wetherhead, L.R.C.P. Lond., UniversityCollege Hospital.

Gairdner, John Francis Robert, L.R.C.P. Lond., University ofGlasgow and London Hospital.

Gardner, Thomas Hudson, L.R.C,P. Lond., King’s College Hospital.Gilbertson, William, L.R.C.P.Lond., Cambridge University and

St. Thomas’s Hospital.Goode, Henry Norman, L.R.C.P. Lond., St. Thomas’s Hospital.Granville, Alexander, L.R.C P. Lond., St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Gundlach, John, L.R.C.P. Lond., St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Hall, John Spencer, L.R.C.P. Lond , St. Thomas’s Hospital.

. Hayward, William Curling, L.R.C.P.Lond., Charing-cross Hos-pital.

Hindley, Godfrey John Douglas, L.R.C.P. Lond., Oxford Universityand St. Thomas’s Hospital.

Howard, Edwin, L.S.A. Lond., St. George’s Hospital and GloucesterInfirmary.

Hunt, George Henry, L.R.C.P. Lond., Cambridge University andSt. Mary’s Hospital. ’

Hunt, Spencer, L.It.C.P.;Lond., St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Hyde. Reginald Henry, L.R.C.P. Lond., University College Hos-

pital.Ireland, Archibald Edward, L.R.C.P. Lond., St. Bartholomew’s

Hospital.Jonas, Herbert Charlton, L R.C P. Lond, St. Thomas’s Hospital.Knowles, Artour, L.R.C.P. Lond., Yorkshire College and General

Infirmary, Leeds.Knox, Robert George, L.R.C.P. Lond., King’s College Hospital.Lange. Massillon Henri Joseph, L.R.C.P.Lond., King’s College

Hospital.

Laurence, Bertram Eustace, L.R.C.P.Lond., St. Bartholomew’sHospital.

Lee, William Howe, L.R.C.P. Lond., Firth College, Sheffield, andLondon Hospital.

Le Geyt, Edward, L.R.C.P. Lond., London Hospital.Littlehalea, Arthur Gascoyne, L.R.C.P. Lond., Westminster

Hospital.Lovitt, Arnold Edward. L R.C.P. Lond., London Hospital.Low, William Stewart, L.R.C.P. Edin., University and RoyalCollege of Surgeons, Edinburgh, and St. Thomas’s Hospital.

Lower, Nynian Yeo, L.R. C.P. Lond., Guy’s Hospital.McClean, John Francis, L.R C.P. Lond., St. Thomas’s Hospital.McKie, Gordon Mackenzie, L.R.C.P. Lond., King’s College Hospital.MeSorley, Alexander Somerled, L.R.C.P. Lond., King’s College

Hospital.Manasseh, Antonius Joseph, L.R.C.P. Lond., Yorkshire College Md

General Infirmary, Leeds.Manning, Herbert Cambell, L.R.C.P. Lond., St. Bartholomew’sHospital.

Martin, James Sackville, L.It.C.P.Lond., Edinburgh University,St. Thomas’s Hospital, and Firth College, Sheffield.

Mellish, John Stafford, L.R.C.P. Lond., St. George’s Hospital.Michael, Cyril Eden, L.R.C.P. Lond., Cambridge University andGuy’s Hospital.

Mills-Roberts, Richard Arthur, L.R.C.P. Lond., Durham Universityand St. Thomas’s Hospital.

Moore, Joseph, L.R.C.P. Lond., Royal Hospital, Belfast, LondonHospital, and Oxford University.

Muir, Joseph Corbett, L.R.C.P. Lond., Cambridge University andOwens College and Royal Infirmary, Manchester.

Mundy, Herbert, L.R C P. Lond., St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Myers, Walter, L.R.C.P. Lond., Cambridge University and St,Thomas’s Hospital.

Nowell, Walter Salmon, L.R.C.P. Lond., Middlesex Hospital.Parkinson, William, L.R.C.P. Lond, Firth College, Sheffield, andYorkshire College and General Infirmary, Leeds.

Pearse, William Henry, L.B.C.P. Lond., Middlesex Hospital.Peile, William Hall, L.R.C P. Lond , University College Hospital.Phipps, John Hare, L.R.C.P. Lond., Owens College and Royal

Infirmary, Manchester.Porter, Arthur Edward, L.R.C.P. Lond., Cambridge University andGuy’s Hospital.

Prince, Peregrine Charles, L.R.C.P. Lond., Cambridge Universityand Guy’s Hospital.

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[ Ralstone, Robert Gow, L.R.C.P. Lond., Edinburgh University andSt. Bartholomew’s Hospital.

, Read, Edward Hemy, L.R.C.P. Lond , London Hospital.Rouillard, Jean Antoine Abel. L.R.C.P.Lond., St. Thomas’

Hospital.Rowland, Sydney Domville, L.R.C.P. Lond., Cambridge Universityand St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

Rygate, Arthur Montague, L R.C.P. Lond., Durham University audGuy’s Hospital.

Sandilands, John Edward, Exams, for L.R.C.P. Lond., Cambridge’ University and St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.

Sanguenet i, Harold Herbert, L R.C.P. Lond., Oxford University1 and St. Thomas’s Hospital.

Seymour, Lionel William, L.R.C.P. Lond., St. George’s Hospital.Smith, Arthur Lionel Hall, L.R.C.P. Lond., University College

Hospital.Smith, Edwin Charles Temple, L.R.C.P.Lond., Mason College,Queen’s, and General Hospitals, Birmingham.

Smith, Julius Hodgetts, L,R.C.P. Lond., St. Thomas’s Hospital.Stamford, Robert Basil, L.R.C.P. Lond., Guy’s Hospital.Thomas, William John, L.R.C.P. Lond., Middlesex Hospital.

. Thorman, William Henry, L.R.C.P. Lond., Cambridge Universityand St. Thomas’s Hospital.

, Thornton, George Lestock, L.R.C.P. Lond., Cambridge Universityand St. George’s Hospital.

Thursfield, James Hugh, L.R.C.P. Lond., Oxford University andSt. Bartholomew’s Hospital.

Tressider, Morton Everard, L.R.C.P. Lond., Guy’s Hospital.’

Turner, Harry Fulham, L.R.C.P. Lond., Guv’s Hospital.Walker, John Norman, L.R.C.P. Lond., St. Thomas’s Hospital.Walker, Sydney Robert, L.R.C.P. Lond., Westminster Hospital.Weekes, Charles Peterson, L.R.C.P.Lond., Guy’s Hospital.Westcott, Warren Guy, L.R.C.P. Lond., St. Mary’s Hospital.Williams, John Cadwaladr, L.R.C.P. Lond., University of Edin-burgh and Guy’s Hospital.

Wilson, Alexander Gordon, L.R.C.P. Lond., London Hospital.Wood, Percival, L.R.C.P. Lond., St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.

’ Woolcombe, Alfred, L.R.C.P. Lond,, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Woolliscroft, William Winfred, L.R.C.P.Lond., Charing Cross

’ Hospital.

DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAINAND IRELAND.-The annual general meeting and conferenceof this society was held on May 26th, at 20, Hanover-

- square, W. Dr. J. F. Payne, the president, gave his annualaddress, leading up to the subject which had been chosen

7 for discussion-viz , "The Influence of Light and other. Forms of Radiant Energy on the Skin and Tissues, i.e., the

Effects of Roentgen Rays, Solar Light, and the Electricl Light."-Dr. R. Bowles opened the discussion, and Dr. H.

Radcliffe Crocker followed, touching more especially on

x-ray dermatitis and the etiology of freckling.-The patientsexhibited included two cases of Leprosy, shown by Dr. H.Radcliffe Crocker, and one of Seborrhœa of long standing,shown by Dr. Harrison, of Clifton -The following officers

1 were elected for the session 1897-98 : - President: Dr.

Joseph Frank Payne. Vice-Presidents : Dr. Robert L. Bowles,, Dr. A. J. Harrison, Mr. Jonathan Hutchinson, Dr. Philip H.-

Pye-Smith, Mr. Buxton Shillitoe, and Dr. Walter G. Smith.

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Treasurer: Dr. Jas. Herbert Stowers. Hon. Secretaries:Mr. George Pernet and Mr. William T. Freeman. The firstannual dinner was held at Limmer’s Hotel after the meeting,and was attended by upwards of fifty members and guests.The health of the guests was proposed by Mr. JonathanHutchinson, who referred in his speech to the great lossdermatology had sustained by the sad death of Dr. Feulardin the recent disaster at Paris.

DIPHTHERIA IN LONDON.- In the two weeks>ended May 29tb, the registered deaths from diphtheria inLondon have been 33 and 36 respectively. The formernumber in the week ended May 22nd was 3 below thecorrected decennial average for the twentieth week of theperiod 1887-96. Camberwell was credited with 4 and

Islington with 3 of the deaths, all the 33 being of youngpersons aged under twenty years ; 7 were infants under oneyear of age, and 15 were under five years of age. On Sa’u1 daythere were 785 patients suffering from the disease still in

hospital, the admissions during the week having been

108, against 102, 107, and 94 in the three precedingweeks. In the outer ring there were 12 deaths regis-tered from diphtheria, of which 3 were in Edmonton and’3 in West Ham registration districts, whilst 2 belonged toWillesden. Last week the 36 registerFd deaths from diph-theria in London were 2 in excess of the corrected decennialaverage for the corresponding week of the period 1887-96,.only one being of a person aged over twenty years, and onlyone of an irf ant, though 24 were of children aged from one-to five years. There were 3 deaths referred severally to Ken-sington, to Chelsea, and to Newington sanitary areas. On lastSaturday there were 786 patients still in hospital, theadmissions during the week having been 122. In the outer

ring 7 deaths from diphtheria were registered in the week.PRIZE DAY AT CHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL.-The

scholarships, medals, prizes, and certificates awarded in theCharing.cross Hospital Medical School during the summersession, 1896, and the winter session, 1896-97 were presentedto the successful competitors on June 2nd. Field-MarshalSir John Lintorn Simmons, who was in the chair and made<the presentations, delivered an address in the course of whichhe said: ",It has given me great pleasure to have beenable to distribute the prizes to those students who have wonhonourable distinction by their attention and industry duringthe present year. While congratulating them on their successI would remind them that the studies they have gone through.are only a beginning of a lifelong labour in which they willhave to exert their best energies in order to keep up withthe progress of knowledge. As an old soldier now in the-sixtieth year of service in Her Majesty’s army, I with deepgratitude recall some of the benefits derived from the modernapplication of science in the treatment of diseases andwounds to which members of the military and naval pro-fessions are especially liable. For instance, during theCrimean War, anaesthetics were almost unknown and werenever used until towards the end of the war, so that practi-cally all operations were performed without them. Again,:a very considerable number of officers and men died fromgangrene and hospital fever, but now owing to the discoveryof antiseptics these diseases have become almost unknown.To my mind one of the most remarkable features of oursocial condition in this country is the amount of gratuitouswork done by members of your profession for the relief ofsuffering among the poorer classes, and we may be thankfulthat the sense of obligation felt by the public for the benefitsderived from our great hospitals permits of their being main-tained independently of all State assistance. Among thefamous names associated with the school I would particularlymention those of Huxley the philosopher, Livingstone the-traveller and missionary, and Llewellyn, who sacrificed himselfto a sense of duty-men whose achievements may possibly berivalled by some of those to whom I have the pleasure of,presenting prizes in this the Diamond Jubilee year of our’much-loved Queen." The Dean’s report showed a verysatisfactory state of affairs. In seven out of the.eight groups of subjects at the examinations of the’Conjoint Board the percentage of passes was abovethe average. Taking all subjects together the averagepercentage was 63, while the percentage of passesfrom Charing-cross was 73 At the first Fellowship exa-mination of the Royal College of Surgeons 7 out of 10 candi-dates from Charing-cross passed, while the average per-centage was only 37. The names of the prize-winners willbe announced in a later issue.

Parliamentary Intelligence.NOTES ON CURRENT TOPICS.

The London Water Question.THE second reading of the Bill of the Government to give further

protection to water consumers in the metropolis will probably be takenon Monday, June 28th.

Dangerous Performances Bill.The Bill to raise the limitof age within which dangerous performances

are prohibited has received a second reading in the House of Commons.Midwives Registratian Bill.

The order for the second reading of this Bill was reached in theHouse of Commons on Wednesday, June 2nd, and was postponed untilWednesday, June 30th.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

TUESDAY, MAY 25TH.

Ente.ric Fea6r among the Black Watch.

Colonel Wyndham Murray asked the Secretary of State for Indiawhether an outbreak of enttrio fever had occurred among the BlackWatch Regiment at Subathu; whether the same regiment sufferedseverely from the same disease la_t summer in the same place ; whetherat that time the prevalence of the disease was accounted for by oneof the reservoirs being infected with the particular bacillus whichis associated with this disease, the water being found to beswarming with the characteristic microbes; what steps hadbeen taken in the matter since last summer; and, if all pre-cautions had been taken, what special advantages exist a, thisplace that it should be maintained longer as a troop station.-Lord George Hamilton : A fresh outbreak of enteric fever has, I regretto say, occurred among the Black Watch which arrived at Subathu onMarcb 24th last. A telegram from tne Viceroy dated May 23rd statesthat eighteen cases have occurred, fourteen of which, however, arebelieved to have been contracted on the march up from the plains.Two cases have resulted fatally. EvEry possible sanitary precautionhas been taken, and a thorough bacteriological examination into thecause ot the disease is being made. A scheme for improving the per-manent water-supply, involving the acquiRition of land and springs, isbeing carried out, meanwhile the laving of a temporary pipe is nearlycompleted. Subathu, which is 4500ft. above the sea, has a good climateand is not usually unhealthy.

THURSDAY, MAY 27TH.Sa’e of Food and Drugs Bill

Mr. Balfour said, in answer to Mr. Dillon, that this Bill would beintroduced, but he did not think there was much chance of its beingpassed into law during the present session. Of course, if it shouldunexpectedly turn out that there was a universal enthusiasm for themeasure it might possibly be carried.

British Wines.Mr. Lough asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether cider,

perry, and British wines containing up to 15 per cmt. of alcohol couldbe manufactured and sold without duty being paid on them; whetherany statistics existed of the quantity ot these beverages manufactured;and whether they were chiefly made in England; and, if so,whether any compensating immunitv from duty could be grantedto the native stimulants produced in Ireland and Scotland.-Sir Michael Hicks Beach replied that there was no duty on the manu-facture of the liquors mentioned by the hon. Member, but a licenceduty had to be paid on the sale of them by retail. There were no recentstatistics as to the production of them, but it was found after anexhaustive inquiry which was made in 1887 that about one-sixth of thewhole annual production of British wines came from Ireland, and itwas estimated that about the same amount came from Scotland. Theseliquors contained very varying amounts of alcohol-some very littleindeed.

FRIDAY, MAY 28TH.Tuberculosis.

When the house was in Committee of Supply discussing the vote for theBoard of Agriculture a debate took place on this subject. Mr. Channingasked the President of the Board whether the department had con-sidered the advisability of extending the facilities for the voluntaryuse of the tests which were applied in Denmark and France in regardto tuberculosis. The results of the experiments on the Continentcertainly tended to establish the accuracy of the test in the greatmajority of instances, and its general adoption would enable agri-culturists to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy animalsin their herds. Whatever might be the report of the Royal Com-mission there could be little doubt that the general adoptionof the experiments, which had been carried out with some success bythe hon. Member for Mid-Lnthian (Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael) onhis estate in Scotland, would result in enormous saving to farmers atcomparatively little cost.-Mr. Lees Knowles took the view thatnothing could be expected from the department until they hadreceived the report of the Royal Commission.-Mr. Radcliffe Cookesuggested that the example of the United States and Canada shouldbe followed and experimental farms established.-Mr. Walter Long,President of the Board of Agriculture, replying to these and otherspeakers, said that the report of the Royal Commission would be in theirhands before long, and until then he was certainly not prepared tomake any recommendations as to Government interference. He wasnot a believer in the system of experimental farms carried on by theGovernment, but he did believe in experimental farms attached toagricultural colleges and similar institutions, and he would gladly dowhat he could to assist educational centres, county councils, or greatagricultural colleges to obtain land in order that practical instructionin agriculture might be given to students. He agreed that it wasunfortunate to find how greatly orchards had been neglected in many