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Medical News.ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.-At the Comitia.Ma-

jom held on Monday, the 18th inst., the following gentlemen,having undergone the usual examination, were admitted Licen-tiates of the College:-

DR. MATTHEW STOVELL, Bombay Army.DR. DONALD DALRYMPLE, Norwich.DR. FRANK CHANCE, Birmingham.

At the same Comitia, the following gentlemen were also ad-mitted Licentiates under the recently enacted Bye-Laws:-

DR. GEO. THOMPSON GREAM, Upper Brook-street.DR. THos. WEST, Daventry.DR. Tsos. SMITH, Cheltenham.DR. JOHN DAVIES, Hertford.DR. WM. WALKINSHAW MACREIGHT, Wells.DR. GEO. MOORE, Hastings.DR. JOSEPH WILLIAMS, Tavistock-square.DR. WM. CEOLMELEY, Russell.square.DR. SAMUEL BLACKMORE, Bath.DR. HENRY MAPLETON, Army Medical Department.DR. JOHN BIRT DAVIES, Birmingham.DR. CHAS. DERBY WAITE, Old Burlington street.DR. THos. BUCHANAN WASHBOURNE, Gloucester.Dp. ROBT. GRE&’{HALGH, Upper Woburn-place.DR. EDW. BEVERSHAM HARMAN, Bayswater.DR. FRANCIS CORNELIUS WEBB, Great Coram-street.DR. JAS. BIRD, Hyde-park-square.DR. FRED. JOHN BIRD, Park-street, Grosvenor-square.DP. HUGH JAS. SANDERSON, Upper Berkeley-street.DR. JAS. GEO. DAVEY, Northwoods, near Bristol.DR. DANIEL NOBLE, Manchester.Dp. CHAS. HENRY FELIX ROUTH, Montague-square.DR. WM. CHAS. HooD, Bethlem Hospital.Dp. JOHN WM. MOORE MILLER, Southsea,DR. M. A. EASON WILKINSON, Manchester.DR. THOS. SHAPTER, Exeter.

. DR. JOHN MACLEAN, Portman-street, Portman-square.DR. FELix WM. LYON, Lyndhurst.SIR JAS. LOMAX BARDSLEY, Manchester.DR. THOS. PEREGRINE, Half-Moon-street, Piccadilly.DR. GEO. GODDARD ROGERS, George-street, Hanover-sq.DR. JAS. PROUD JOHNSON, Salop.DR. ALFRED HALL, Brighton.DR. ROBT. SLACK, Leamington.

We are informed that at a very full meeting of the RoyalCollege of Physicians of London, held on Monday last, thefollowing resolution was unanimously agreed to, in consequenceof certain regulations which have recently been passed by theCollege of Physicians of Edinburgh:-

" That the President and Censors be empowered to address,in the name of the College, a strong and immediate remon-strance to the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, re-

specting the terms on which they have recently proposed toconfer the licence of their College." ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.-The following members

of the College having been elected Fellows at previous meet-ings of the Council, were admitted as such on the 14th inst. :-BENFIELD, THos. WARBURTON, Leicester, diploma of member-

ship dated January 27th, 1843.BUDD, HERBERT WALKER, Worcester, May 29th, 1835.BURKE, JOHN PAGE, Staff-Surgeon R.N., June 29th, 1840.CANTRELL, WM., Wirksworth, Derbyshire, Feb. 24th, 1843.EvANS, Wnz., Marine-terrace, Herne Bay, May 6th, 139.GODFREY, THos., Herne Bay, October 8th, 1841.IMPEY, ELISHA U-EORGE HALHEAD, H. M. Bombay Army, j,

August 16th, 1839. !

INGOLDBY, FREDERICK, Finsbury-square, Nov. 5th, 1841.MANN, GEO. SMYTH, H. M. Bengal Army, April 26th, 1839. OWEN, HARVEY KIMPTON, Clapham-road, June 14th, 1839. IRISK, JAMES GEO., Beaumaris, North Wales, June 24th, 1842.RosE, CALEB, Suffolk-place, Pall Mall, May 13th, 1842.RYAN, MICHAEL, Newcastle, Staffordshire, Oct. 8th, 1841.SHEPPARD, EDGAR, Hanover-terrace, Regent’s-park, June 13th,

1842.STOVELL, MATTHEW, H.M. Bombay Army, Sept. 5th, 1828.THOMPSON, MosES DAVENPORT, Stalybridge, May 25th, 1838.VINE, GEO. JOHN, Hadlow, Kent, July 1st, 1839.WHITFIELD, FREDERICK, St. James’s.terrace, Harrow-road,

.aan. 7th. 1825.

WILLIAMS, JAMES, Mount Pleasant, Brecon, June 18th, 184t.WooD, Jogrr BLAND, Broughton, Manchester, Feb. 5th,1836.At the same meeting of the Council, Mr. W. J. SANDELS, of Rdyhead, was admitted ad eundem Member of the College.The following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary.

examination for the diploma, were admitted members of theCollege, at a meeting of the Court of Examiners, on the 15th,inset. : -

BAKER, THOMAS YOUNG, Hargrave, Northamptonshire.BELLRINGER, GEO. HEXT, Penzance, Cornwall.BETT, ROBT. LONGSTAFF, Howell, near Sleaford, Lincoln.

shire.BLAKER, EDGAR SHAw, Lewes, Sussex.DAVIES, THOMAS EDWARD, Grosmont, Monmouthshire.FARRINGTON, WM. HICKS, Ottery St. Mary, Devon.HARRISON, REGINALD, Stafford.PARKER, CHAS. RoBT. GEO., Torquay, Devon.QUENNELL, JOHN COOPER, London.SHERwIN, HENRY CHRIPPES, Petworth, Sussex.

(Students of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.)CRESSWELL, PEARSON ROBERT, Melbourne, Australia.MEREDITH, SPENCER, Middlesex Hospital.PEARSON, HENRY WALKER, London.WORTHINGTON, FRANCIS SAMUEL, Lowestoft.

(Students of the Middlesex Hospital.)HAMERTON, ERNEST, Elland, Yorkshire.MORETON, THOMAS, Marton, Cheshire.SiMMONS, EDWARD LAMBURN, Gippsland, Australia.

(St. Thomas’s Hospital.)SHARP, EDWARD, Truro, Cornwall.WORKMAN, WILLIAM, Reading, Berkshire.

(King’s College.)CORNLEY, JOHN MUSPRATT, High-street, Whitechapel.

(Guy’s Hospital)KIPLING, THOMAS, Durham.

(University College.)BRIGHOUSE, JOHN, Lindley, Huddersfield.EMPSOM, CHAS. FREDK., Headingley, near Leeds.HUDSON, GEO., Newport, Yorkshire.JONES, ROBT., Hulme, Manchester.

APOTHECARIES’ HALL. - Names of gentlemen whopassed their examination in the science and practice of medi-cine, and received certificates to practise, on

Thursday, April 14th, 1859.DAVIES, EDW., Llansilin, Denbighshire.DAWSON, JAS. EDM., Sedbergh, Yorkshire.DOWNS, PETER, Stockport, Cheshire.GREGORY, BRADLEY, Exeter.HILL, Tnos. JOHNSON, Melton Mowbray.HORNIBLOw, WM. ROBT., Shipston-on-Stour.REEVE, JOHN FOSTER, London.SHARP, EDW., Truro, Cornwall.SMITH, CHAS. SwABY, Burbage, Wilts.SUFFREIN, BENJ. THos., Indian Army.TERRY, WM., Wensleydale, Yorkshire.WATTON, CHAS., King’s Langley, Herta.

ROYAL MEDICAL COLLEGE. - The annual festival ofthe College was celebrated on the 6th inst., at the LondonTavern, with more than usual éclât. Lord Stanley presided,and made some excellent observations on the position of themedical practitioner both socially and politically. He showedthat he was totally unrepresented in Parliament, and hadno chance of obtaining political honours. Several excellentspeeches were made, and, as will be seen by our advertisingcolumns, the subscriptions and donations amounted to a.veryhandsome sum. The dinner and wines were of a superiorcharacter, and gave general satisfaction.ST.JAMES’S PALACE, APRIL 18TH. - The Queen has

been pleased to appoint Dr. William Baly, F. R. S. , to be Phy’-sician Extraordinary to Her Majesty.DUBLIN LYING-IN HOSPITAL.-At a meeting of the

governors of the Lying-in Hospital, Rutland-square, heldonthe 30th ult., Dr. Henry S. Halahan was elected Assistant-

Physician to the hospital.IN consequence of the prevalence of small-pox at Cape

Town, Cape of Good Hope, the Governor-General has issued aproclamation directing that vessels coming to Sydney fromthat quarter shall anchor off the port, and that na, person shallbe allowed to land without permission of the health officer.

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IMPORTANCE OF VACCINATION. - The report of theNational Vaccine Board to the Privy Council for the yearended March, 1859, was printed on Saturday last. The Board

report that 234,150 charges of lymph have been suppliedduring the year; that 12,418 letters have been received andanswered; that 6445 vaccinations have been performed by thestationary vaccinators in London connected with the establish-ment ; and that 130,697 vaccinations have been performed byprovincial correspondents of the Board. Supplies of lymphhave been sent to the most distant parts of the world, includ-ing Australia, China, Burmah, Canada, Styria, the Cape, andeven to such places as Boulogne and Bruges, which surely oughtto be provided with so essential an article as lymph. TheBoard have directed their attention more especially of late tothe most effectual method of increasing the supply of vaccinelymph, as they observed that the Vaccination Act of 1840,1841, and 1853, which had created and developed the parochialsystem of public vaccination, had tended greatly to reduce thenumber of applicants at the stations of the National VaccineEstablishment. It is shown that, while the operation of theselaws has reduced the number of vaccinations from which lymphis supplied for the public service, the demand for lymph hasgone on increasing; and whereas, ordinarily, the Board distri-bute about 215,000 charges of lymph, it must yet be consideredthat under peculiar circumstances the demand may rise (as ithas already risen) to 320,000-nearly 60 per cent. higher thanwas supplied in 1838, when the sources of supply were nearlythree times as numerous as now. Abundant sources of lymphexist, however, in the great parochial vaccinating stationsestablished at Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds,Sheffield, Newcastle, and other large towns. The supply, thepurity of the lymph, and the best means of affording instruc-tion in vaccination to medical students are still under conside-ration. From the medical journals of the past week we gatherthat revaccination, and even the vaccination of non-vaccinatedpersons who have undergone the disease of variola, is very de-sirable, if not absolutely necessary, and that lymph taken fromthe arm of a healthy subject is more efficacious than lymphtaken from glass. The Poor-law Commissioners for Ireland,in their recent report, state that, in spite of the recent Act,the number of vaccinations last year was very far below whatit ought to have been. They believe that the principle causesof the inefficiency of vaccination, under the Medical CharitiesAct, are the indolence and apathy of the poor, and the preju-dice widely prevailing amongst the peasantry in favour ofsmall-pox inoculation, as affording better protection than vac-cination against the loathsome natural disease of variola.Against this evil the provisions of the Act 21st and 22nd Vic-toria, cap. 64, are aimed, and are well calculated to lessen, ifnot to obviate it.-The Tiines, April 18th, 1859.SHEFFIELD HOSPITAL.-The workmen at the Washing-

ton Works, according to the Sheffield Ioadependent, have had ameeting for the purpose of aiding the subscription of 40,000shillings for the new public hospital. The meeting appears tohave been earnestly anxious to promote the object in view,and a committee was appointed to manage the collection of theshilling subscriptions. It appears, also, that by clubbing to-gether to the extent of 2s. 6d. a year, workmen will have thebenefit of securing three tickets for recommendation to thehospital authorities in case of necessity from illness.HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDING G

SATURDAY, APRIL 16TH.-The deaths registered in London,which were 1201 in the previous week, declined to 1084 in theweek that ended last Saturday. In the ten years 1849-58, theaverage number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with lastweek was 1118; but as the deaths returned for last weekoccurred in a population which has increased, they can only becompared with the average raised in proportion to that in-crease-namely, with 1230. The result of the comparison is,that the deaths of last week were less by 146 than the numberwhich would have occurred if the average rate of mortality forthe second week of April had prevailed. It is satisfactory tonote in the present return a decrease of scarlatina and diph-theria. The deaths referred to the former were in the previousweek 5S; last week they were 42. Those referred to thelatter were in the previous week 13; last week they were 9.The 9 fatal cases of diphtheria occurred in the following sub-districts : Chelsea South, 1; Hackney, 1; Old-street, 1 ; WestLondon North, 1; Haggerstone East, 1; Church (Bethnal-green), 1; Mile-end Old Town East, 1; St. Peter, Walworth,1; and Lambeth Church 2nd, 1. 16 persons, of whom 13 werechildren, and 3 were twenty years old and upwards, died ofsmall-pox. Measles exhibits a decided decrease, the fatal cases in the last two weeks having been only 15 and 16.

Whooping-cough, which was the most fatal of the zymoticdiseases, carried off 56 children last week. The total numberof deaths included in this class of diseases is 229, while thecorrected average for corresponding weeks is 265. Diseases ofthe respiratory organs, exclusive of phthisis, were fatal in 199cases, while the corrected average is 240. Zymotic and pul-monary diseases are those by which principally the mortalityrises or falls, and under both heads the results are favourable,as indications of the present state of the public health.

Obituary.BOOTH EDDISON, ESQ., F.R.C.S.E.

THIS gentleman died at Funchal, Madeira, on the 7th ult.,aged fifty years. The father of the deceased, Mr. John Eddi-son, resided at Gateford, Nottinghamshire, and died in 1812,leaving eight children, under eleven years of age, to the careof his bereaved widow, who was niece to the well-known Rev.Abraham Booth, late Baptist minister, London. The motherof Mr. Eddison, who has been dead some years, was remark-able for her cleverness in bringing up her large family, andfitting them for responsible and useful situations in life. BoothEddison, the subject of this obituary, was the fifth son, andbecame apprentice at the General Hospital, Nottingham, inthe year 1822, served the usual time of five years, and after-wards attended for two years at St. George’s and WestminsterHospitals, London. He then passed the College of Surgeons,Edinburgh, and the Society of Apothecaries, London. He waselected resident-surgeon to the General Hospital, Nottingham,having previously gained the confidence of the governors ofthat institution, and filled that responsible office for five years.Mr. Eddisou pursued his studies at the Lying-in Hospital in

Dublin, and also at the medical schools of Paris, and after-wards commenced practice at Leeds, but remained there onlya few months, having an offer of partnership from Mr. Higgin-bottom, sen., of Nottingham, which he accepted, and whichcontinued until the year 1842. After that period he practisedin Nottingham. A vacancy for a surgeon to the General Hos-pital occurring in 1850, Mr. Eddison was elected. For the

year 1857-58, Mr. Eddison was President of the British MedicalAssociation held in Nottingham, and was present at the nextannual meeting as Vice-President in Edinburgh. He stooddeservedly high in his profession, combining great judgmentwith accurate manipulation as a surgeon. The deceased was amember of the Society of Friends, by whom he has long beenheld in high esteem; and, in accordance with that worthy bodyof Christians, was a real utilitarian, desirous of benefiting hisfellow-creatures, and gave his cordial support to the variousphilanthropic societies of the day. He bid fair for a long life,having apparently a vigorous constitution, being temperatein his diet, and an early riser; but he subjected himself to toointense labour, both of body and mind, which proved too muchfor his frame. This he became aware of when too late to remedy

it. When he found his health giving way, he said to a friend," I have erred in having done two years’ work in one." Forseveral years he was in a declining state of health, and triedvarious changes: a residence for some time in Devonshire, Italy,and, in December last, Madeira, accompanied by his wife andtwo daughters. He arrived early in January. A letter fromMrs. Eddison to his brother, Mr. Edwin Eddison, Town Clerkof Leeds, dated the llth of March, announcing the death ofher husband, says: " My dear Booth had been rapidly sinkingfor the last month, and he anticipated the great uncertainty ofthe continuance of his life. At four o’clock on the 7th ofMarch, he quietly and sweetly breathed his last. We have,indeed, some very kind English friends here, whose attentionshave been most thoughtful and considerate; anything thatcould be useful to us, or acceptable to our dear invalid, wasfreely offered. The English merchants here are most liberal;and two of our friends undertook to arrange everything aboutthe interment. The dear remains were laid in a sweet spot,at the English Cemetery, in a quiet manner, on the 9th. Thefuneral was conducted very much as friends, and above twelveof the principal British residents respectfully followed to thegrave, the Consul amongst the number." The result of Dr. Lund’s post-mortem examination revealed

general tubercular infiltration of both lungs, with cavities ineach, enlargement of both kidneys, and oily liver.

Independently of his professional status, which was of ahigh character, Mr. Eddison combined integrity, industry, andperseverance in all his pursuits.