826 OBITUARY.-MEDICAL NEWS.

the symptoms of his ill-health to the strain of the examinationsfor that degree. In practice he was courteous, ready,original and energetic. He was esteemed and beloved by hispatients. He had his peculiarities and even his faults likeother men ; but he had great virtnes, which were displayedin all the relationships of life, from those of his family down-wards. In the affairs of the parish, of the Church, and ofthe Parliamentary division, he took an active and intrliigentinterest. Of late years he had added to his other duties thatof Medical Lecturer to the Church Missionary College,Islington. Dr. Cribb was the son of the late Mr. John JenningsCribb, who practised medicine at Cambridge. Amongstthe facts of his earlier history were his education at theMiddlesex School and his house surgeoncy at Middlesex

Hospital. He was also house surgeon to the Tunbridge WellsInfirmary. For many years after commencing practice he i

was one of the most active members of the honorary staffof the Holloway and North Islington Dispensary, and up to ’,the time of his death he continued to be one of the mostvaluable members of the committee. He took much interest inthe Society for the Relief of Widows and Orphans of MedicalMen, and in other benevolent agencies of the profession. Anynotice of Dr. Cribb in our columns would be incompletewithout some account of his many illnesses, which were of asomewhat unusual character and which included a history ofone or more intense attacks of renal colic, and in later years-say the last twelve or fifteen-attacks of hæmatemesis andmelsena, with or without ascites at vary;ng and, latterly,shorter intervals. Throughout the whole of these hewas attended, kindly and constantly, by his neighbourDr. Stokes. At a post-mortem examination the followingfacts were observed :-The peritoneum was found to bethickened and opaque, with firm adhesions matting thevarious organs together, and the viscera to the back ofthe hard abdominal wall, which at points was like a solidplate. The spleen was considerably enlarged. Other organswere apparently healthy. The abdomen was the only cavityexamined. The pylorus was of normal size, and no evidenceof malignant new growth could be detected. Dr. Cribb leavesa widow, two sons and two daughters to lament his death.

PROFESSOR ALESSANDRO SOLIVETTI.

PSYCHOLOGY is one of the strong points of Italian medi-

cine, and few have done it more credit than the able and

industrious vice-director of the great Roman Manicomio and

professor of clinical " psichiatria " in the University who died

on the 26th ult. Dr. Solivetti had worked long and well in theinstitution with which he was connected, first under the latelamented Dr. Fiordispini, of whose exemplary career we

lately gave some account, and next under Dr. Fiordispini’shighly efficient successor. Shortly after graduation he madea round of visits to the leading medical schools of Germanyand France, studying particularly their asylum systemsand keenly noting anything novel or serviceable in their

management. He returned to Rome one of the most accom-plished alienists in Europe and for thirty-two years dedicatedall his time and means to perfecting the care and cure

of the insane in her chief asylum. He was, as alreadyindicated, Dr. Fiordispini’s "right-hand man, " beloved byhis chief and by his staff of assistants, beloved, too, bysuccessive relays of the students, who flocked to his

prælectiones in the "Sapienza." Personally lie was a mostamiable and agreeable man and he will be long missEd by thosewith whom he lived and laboured in Rome and its province.He was but fifty-seven when he died.

METROPOLITAN ASYLUMS BOARD.-The numberof patients remaining in the several fever hospitals of theBoard at midnight on April 4th was as follows :-EasternHospital, 123 scarlet fever, 51 diphtheria and 4 enteric fever;North-Eastern Hospital, 491 scarlet fever ; North-WesternHospital, 157 scarlet fever, 104 diphtheria and 7 entericfever; Western Hospital, 211 scarlet fever, 36 diphtheria,1 typhus fever and 7 enteric fever ; South-Western Hospital,213 scarlet fever, 42 diphtheria and 13 enteric fever ; South-Eastern Hospital, 247 scarlet fever, 23 diphtheria and 12enteric fever; Northern Hospital, 526 scarlet fever and 12diphtheria. There were on the same date 147 cases of small-pox on the hospital ships Atlas and Cccstalra and at GoreFarm 99 cases.

Medical News.EXAMINING BOARD IN ENGLAND BY THE ROYA1

COLLEGES OF PIIYSTCIANS AND SURGEONS-The followinggentlemen passed the Second Examination of the Board atthe meeting of the cxnnuncrs on the 1st inst :-

dmnlorrcrl and Physiology-Arthur C. B. Pierson, Thomas Spenrer;H nry Hailey and Ernest.J. A. Dodd, students Yorkshire College,Leeds ; Edward V. h. WOf dford and George E. F. Stammers, Bri&to!!Medical School ; Challeg It. Dykes, Bristol Medical School andMr Cooke’s School of Anatomy and Physiology ; Daniel Pettigrevear.d William H. F. Oxley, Khcffield Medical School; Robert D.Cran, William T. Burns and Arthur C. Oldham, Owens C llege,Manchester ; John H. Clements, Mason’s College, Birmingham’.Edwttrd H Roberts, St. Mung-o’d College, Gla gow; JohnG.McKay. Melbourne University; Frederick J. 1. Wiiley, Me1bourn",University and Bristol Medical School ; George E. Dodson, St.Bartholomew’s Hospital ; Jolin Gorman, Queen’s College, Belfast’,John It. Johnson, University College, Liverpool.

Anatomy only.-Alfred A. P. Moffatt, Owens College, Manchester",Wlltiam E. Maw, Edinburgh University and Yorkshire Collfge,Leeds ; F ancis R. M. Heggs, John C. Kyleale and William K.Bracy, Mason’s College, Birmingham ; Frederic Anthony, Bristol.Medtcat School ;Richard E. W. Jennings, Bristol Medical Schooland Mr. Co’ ke’s S,’hoot of Anatomy and Physiology : Edward K.Herring, Middlesex Hospital; Ernest G. L. Goff University Col-lege ; and Oguntola Sapara, St. Thomas’s Hospital

Physiology only.-Herbert k’.ng and and Herbert Hallam, SheffieldMeoical School ; Thomaq :llacDowell, Queen’s College, BelfastiStanley W. Williams, University College, Liverpool; John L.Elliott, Yorkshire Co’lege, Leeds ; Thomas Jones, Owens College,Manchetiter; William L. Freer, Mason’s College, Birmtngham;Edward Fielden, Durham University and Owens College, Man-chester.

Nine candidates were referred in both subjects, three in Anatomyonly and nine in Physiology only.

Passed on the 3rd inst :-Anatomy and Physiology.-Percy G. Lodge, student Yorkshire

Cottegf, Leeds; H. R BVtbb Ware, Oxford University; James’Jeinpest, Owtns College. Manchester; Stanley Stephens, St.Mark’s Hospital ; Cieor’e V. Worthington Cambridge University -,John H. Fenoulhet, Cambridge University and St.. Mary’s Hospital;John A. 0. Briggs and Willian R. Stowe, St. Bartholomqw’sHospital; Robert U. Moon and William A. Horton, Guy’s Hospital;John H. Crowley, Melbourne University anrt King’s CollegeHospital; Arthur D. Ketcha University College; wmia-m B.Woodbouse and Rupert Wheatley, Middlesex Hospital; CharlesIt. KEy,,4er, St. George’s Hospital ; Frederick H. Atkinson andAbraham L. Rozolaar, Cll%iing Cross Hospital.

Anatomy only.- Edmund E, Ltoyd, St. Mary’s Hospital; John F.Frr Ie. St. Bartholomew’s Hospital ; and Arthur C. Ede, Univer.sii y College.

Physiology omy.-Edwyn R. Grazebrook, King’s College; Albert V.MIJreton, 0 Nf ns College, Manchester; Uharlei C. Grummitt,Frarcis H. Maturin, hobert A Draper, Cambridge University;John S. Stansfeld, Oxford University ; James C. It. Braine-Hartnell, Middlesex Hospital ; Alexauder Baker, St. Thomas’sHospital; Harvty Hilliard, Charing Cross Hospital, and SydneyCrompton, Mason’s College, Birmingham.

Seven candidates were referred in both subjects, Bine in Anatomy onlyand five in Physiology only.

Passed on the 4th inst. :-Anato)iiy aud Physiology-William Ryan, Albert W. Heaiy, WilliamM Jo!itS and Howard Green, students of Charing Cross Hospital;Walter P. Jones and Sidney F. Smith, St. George’s Hospital; NolanDaly, Victor E. Collins, Arthur J. Dolman, Henry T. Hicks, Harr)’J, Williams and George K. Levick, Guy’s Hospital; Mich-shigeTakayasu, Richard W. Western, Allan Warner, Edward H Sut.cliff, St. Thomas’s Hospital; Ju<tus M. Schaub, Robert M. Cowicand Will am B. Bell, King’s College; Arthur J. H. Boyton,Alrxaoder B. Tucker and Arthur beatb. St. Bartholomew’sHospital ; William G. Savage, University College.

Anatomy only.- Edmund S. Hall and Eric N. cott,. Guy’s Hospital;Thomas B. Marshall, St. Thomas’s Hospital; Quintin H. Mtfler,Charing Cross Hospital; and Edward B. Eames, St. George’sHospital.

Physiology only.-Thomas A. Barron and Bernard Rowlands,St. Btri-hol-wmew’s Hospital; Frederic W. Page, St. Thomas’sHospital; Robert T. Brown. GUj’S Hospltal j and Daniel B. Bee-craft, Charing Cross IIu:pital.

’ Three candidates were reterred in both subjects, five in Anatomyonly and live in Physiology only.UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.-The following have

passed the first professional examination for the degTees ofBachelor of Medicine (M.B.) and Master in Surgery (C.M.) &mdash;James Adam, James Francis Agnew, Wm. Allen, John Anderson,M.A., Francit James Barker, M.A.. William Stevenson Bhir,Henry Broom, John Ritchie Brown, t harles Hodge Cairn-, DonaldM’Gregor Campbell, Frederick Burdett Cormick, Peter LatimerLeitch Craig, M.A. John ’ rawford, John Arthur Chrke Duonan,Chatlea E)phinstone Fleming, Joseph Green, William Hansen,George Hanson, Arthur Holt, Gavin Dalzell Hunter, Edwin Brook.1ago, Frederick James Jayne, Jame’ Will am Johnstone, ArchibaldLivingston, John Lunn, John M’Ewan Manford. M.A., JamesAndrew I)ixon lllulholland, Donald Munro, Neil M’Callum, JohnAllan Craigie Macewen, Edward Mackay, Wm. Jones Mackinnon,Alexander M’Donald Mevin, WilJi.tm John Orr, James MallochRobertson, John James Robertson, John Neil Robertson, WilliamKerr Russell, James Smith, Henry Hvslop Thomson, Joseph MilterThormey, Charles Kirk Toland, Harry Muir Watson, HerbertYearnshaw.

827NOTES IN PARLIAMENT.-APPOINTMENTS.

ramen Candidates.-Kate Isabel Clutterbuck, Edith Ellen GoodrichMary Philip Graham, Norah Kemp, Elizabeth Dorothea LyneRAMadge Speirs Maclean, Mary Roe ltiddall, Roberta Henrietta MStewart

The following have passed the under-noted portions of thefirst professional examination for the new degrees of Bachelorof Medicine (M, B.) and Bachelor of Surgery (Ch. B.) :-

1. In Bntnny and Physics.-George MacLellan Blair, William AdanBurns John Laird Simpson, Matthew Logan Taylor.

2. In Botany and Chemistry.-Andrew vv Janies Smitb.3. 1n Zoology and Physics. -Rot)ert Carswell, M.A.; Walter ScobiEFindlay, M.A., Dugald M’Kinlay, James M’Queen, M.A , JamesM’Whir. R9bett Wylie.

4. In Zoology and Chemistry.-David Louis Cairns, Francis JamesCbarteris, James Duncan uochran, Samuel Macfarlane Sloan.

,5. In Physics and Chemistry.-Douglas Swan.6. In Botany.-Alexander Smith Allan, Murdoch Macdonald, WilliamWyper.

. In Zoology -James Strang.Women Candidates.-ln Physics and Chemistry.-Mary Gardner, JessieHawkesworth Smith

The following have passed the second professional examina-tion for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.) andMaster in Surgery (C. M.) :-Robert Aitkenhead, Arthur Ro’and Anderson, John James Ander.3on,Thomas Angus, Alexander Blair, James Boyd, William Burns, JamesSouter Christie, Allen Aiken Clark, James Donaldson, John SharpDouglas, John Drummond, Richard John Edwards, Wm. BickertonEdwards, Samuel English, Daniel Ferguson, Albert Alfred Finkel-scein, James Forrester, Andrew Fleming Galloway, John Guy,James Henry, Francis Robert Hill, John Affleck Hope, AlbertBarnes Hughes, John Hunter, David Kerr, William James Kerr,Wilham Henry Lang, Arthur Lawton, David Lewis, James DuncanLove, James William Otto van Millingen, John Morton, GeorgeBain Murdoch, John Murray, Damel M’Coll, William M’Cormick,Donald MacDonald, John M’Laws, Moses Neil MacLay, SamuelM’Lean, Farquhar Macrae, Archibald Russell Oliver, WallaceAinsworth Pride, Daniel Richmond, Alexander Shearer, HughStevenson, James Stewart, Ernest Frederick Docetti Walker, JamesWells.

Women Candidates.-Alice Lilian Louisa Cumming, Margaret CochranDewar, lVIarion Gilchris:.

SCHOOL OF PHYSIC, TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN.-Prize Examination in Medicine: First prize, David F. Walker ;second prize, Michael J. Smith ; first honours, William S.Haughton and R. Travers Smith.MEDICAL MAGISTRATE.-The Lord Chancellor,

on the recommendation of Lord Rothschild, has appointedMr. S. Osborn, F.R.C.S., a magistrate for the county of13 ucks.

TYPHOID FEVER AT MOSTYN.-Some alarm hasbeen created by an outbreak of typhoid fever at Mostyn, in adistrict of which at least eleven cases have already beenreported. Energetic measures have, under the advice ofMr. James Williams, medical officer of health, been at onceadopted.ROYAL BRITISH NURSES’ ASSOCIATION.-On the

5th inst, a meeting was held at Edinburgh for the purpose ofreceiving a deputation from this Association in favour of aproposition to establish at Edinburgh a branch of the society.Dr. Bezly Thorne and Dr. Bedford Fenwick spoke on behalf ofthe Association and explained its objects. On the motion ofSir Douglas Maclagan, seconded by Dr. Underhill, it wasresolved that a Scottish branch of the Association be formedat Edinburgh. Some discussion arose on the question as towhether one year’s training in hospital, with a subsequentconnexion of two years in a training institution, should notbe considered sufficient, and this view, on the motion ofDr, Peel Ritchie, was recommended for adoption by theLondon authorities.

FORFARSHIRE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. - At a

quarterly meeting of the members of this Association, heldat University College, Dundee, Dr. Rorie, the President,spoke of the loss sustained by the Society by the death ofDr. Macleod, who had been one of its most active members,and who for four years had acted as treasurer. The secretarywas instructed to record an expression of regret in theminute-book. Dr. Pirie then showed a typical case of

Pseudo-hypertrophic Paralysis, which had been previouslyexhibited to the Association. Several pathological specimenswere then brought before the members. Dr. Kynock showeda Three Months’ Pregnant Uterus and Appendages removedfrom a patient who had died of acute tuberculosis ; Dr. Rorieexhibited specimens of Bony Spicula in the Dura Mater fromtwo epileptic patients ; Dr. Mackie Whyte showed the Liver,Spleen and Kidneys from a case of waxy disease and alsospecimens of Aneurysms. Finally, Dr. McGillivray showed aseries of Ophthalmic cases, and read notes of three cases ofMetastatic Purulent Choroiditis.

The annual meeting of t,lic National HealthSociety, for the distribut,ion of medals and certificates to thesuccessful competitors at the Society’s Medal Examination,is arranged for June 3rd at Grosvenor House, by the kindpermission of his Grace the Duke of Westminster, who, withthe Duchess, has consented to be present.FOOTBALL CASUALTIES.-A youth whilst playing

a game, on the 27th ult., at Stockton Heath, Warrington,fractured his arm. On Saturday last, during a Leaguematch, at Burnley, a goal-keeper sustained an injury to theface, part of the cheek-bone being splintered;" he wasremoved to the Burnley Hospital. On the same day, inthe course of a match in Nelson’s Field, Low-road, Hunslet,a youth, aged seventeen years, fractured his leg, and wasconveyed to the Leeds Infirmary. On Monday last, at

Hanson-lane, in a match Halifax against Hull, a playerfractured his clavicle.

NOTES IN PARLIAMENT.

Death Certification.THE Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed on the

motion of Dr. Cameron to inquire into the question of death certiflea.tion met on the 29th ult. to select a chairman and arrange the methodof procedure. The choice of chairman fell upon Sir Walter Foster,Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board, Dr. Cameronbeing the member who proposed him. It was arranged that the firstmeeting of the Committee for the hearing of evidence should be heldon Friday, April 14’h, and that thereafter there should be meetings twicea week, on Tuesdays and Fridays. In the first instance inquiry willbe directed to the present state of the law as to registration and burialand afterwards to suggested improvements. The members nominated tothe Committee are Sir Walter Foster (chairman), Mr. Arch, Mr. Brook-field, Dr. Cameron, Dr. Farquharson, Mr. Hozier, Mr. Heywood John-stone, Sir Thomas Lea, Mr. MacNeill, Sir Stafford Northcote and SirHenry Roscoe. The Committee have the usual powers "to send for

persons, papers and records."

The Oldbury Vaccination Cases.After the recess Mr. Hopwood will address a series of questions

to the President of the Local Government Board with referenceto the alleged cases of injury by vaccination at Oldbury, in the WestBromwich Union. Mr. Hopwood’s immediate purpose is to securefor the benefit of the board of guardians a copy of the report onthe subject made by Dr. Acland to the Royal Commission on Vaccina-tion. His information is to the effect that the report, though repeatedlyasked for, has been refused.

Resumption of the Session.After an Easter holiday of less than a week the House of Commons

resumed its wo’k on Thursday, when there was a very large attendanceof members. The House of Lords does not meet until Tuesday, the18th inst.

Seamen’s Provisiong Bill.In view of the Committee stage of this Bill, a large number of amend-

ments have been placed upon the notice paper of the House of Com-mons. Mr. Lawrence has given notice of two new clauses. One is tothe effect that in case the supply of butter, marmalade and jams, orany of them runs short, or it is imp ssible to procure them, one poundof salt meat and one pound of preserved meat may be issued inlieu of the full rations of these articles and proportionately for lesserrations. The other is to the effect that it shall be lawful for themaster and crew to mutually agree at any period for substitutes otherthan those provided in the schedule of the Bill. Mr. Havelock Wilsonhas drawn up a new clause providing that the Bill shall not apply incertain circumstances to Asiatics or Africans or to ships where, bymutual consent, no food is provided for the crews, but an allowance ofmoney given weekly as an equivalent.

Appointments.Successful applicantsfor Vacancies, Secretaries of Public Inetitutione, amd

others possessing information suitable for this column, are invited toforward it to THE LANCET Office, directed to the Sub-Editor, not laterthan 9 o’clock on the Thursday morning of each week for publication in,the nezt number.

ALLEN, JAMES, M.R.C.S., L.S.A. Lond., L.R.C.P., L.M. Edin., has been,reappointed Medical Officer of Health for the Bollington UrbanSanitary District.

ARMSTEAD, H. W., M.R C S., L.R.C.P., has been appointed SeniorHouse Surgeon to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.

BASH ALL, C. E., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., has been appointed AssistantHouse Surgeon to the South Davon and East Cornwall Hospital,Plymouth.

BATES, J. CURLING, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond., has been appointedMedical Officer to the Croydon Board of Guardians for the NorwoodDistrict.

BRIDGES, E. C., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., has been appointed Junior HousePhysician to S. Bartholomew’s Hospital.