26

Argyll-place, Regent-street; Alexander Sloan, Argyll-place;Brooke Muriel, Wellington-street, London-bridge; StephenJ. P. Parker, M.D., Hammer smith ; Henry Hanks, Bath;Samuel Barnett, Ombersley; John --Nl. Greensill, Great Witley,Worcestershire, and R. C. Conduher, Medical Assistant, 31,Great Marlborough-street.

Medical News.ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS,—The following gentlemen,

having undergone the necessary examinations, were admittedmembers on the 25th ult.-viz., Messrs Theophilus Taylor,Hereford; William Hand, Northwich, Cheshire; HoratioHarrison Smith, Ramsgate; Robert Horne Kemp, Brighton;Charles William Latham, London; Edward Vye, Ilfracombe,Devon; James Tarzewell, Dorchester; William LeysonThomas, Neath, Glamorganshire; Augustus Grant, Thayer-street, Manchester-square; and Arthur William WatsonSmith, Chertsey, Surrey. At the same meeting of the Court,Mr. Nicholas Littleton passed his examination for naval sur-geon ; this gentleman is a member of the College, his diplomabearing date December 22nd, 1840.

APOTHECARIES’ HALL.-Names of gentlemen who passedtheir examination in the science and practice of medicine,and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, June 17th,1847.-John Richardson, Hindon, Wilts; Edward Lund,Faversham, Kent; Charles Palmer, Liverpool; Charles War-ren Price, Abergavenny ; Jonathan Wybrants, SheptonMallett; William Davies, Merthyr, Glamorganshire; JosephW. Raleigh Baxter, England.—Thursday, June 24th: HermanHenry Tribe, Chatham; John Riggs Miller Lewis; GeorgeAugustus Jeffery, London; William Jones, Anglesey; GeorgeHawkesford, Birmingham; William Crosby, York; ThomasClayson Mourilyan, Deal; John Dickson, Ebrington, York-shire ; John Griffiths Doidge, Cornwall; Charles Broughton,Mundham, Loddon, Norfolk; John Taylor Rowland, Mytton,Salop.Poop LAW MEDICAL OFFICERS.—In a recent debate, Mr. Fer-

rand, M.P. for Knaresbro, told the House of Commons, that amedical man had once stated to him, he could have cured apatient ill of a dangerous disease, but that the necessarymedicine would have cost him a year’s salary. This was men-tioned as proving a vicious fault in the new poor-law. Mr. Roe-buck, however, stoutly defends the law, and attacks the medicalofficers. He is reported to have said, " A contract being madewith medical practitioners in each particular union, to providemedical skill, but not medicine, if any surgeon told the honour-able gentleman that he had seen a patient die under his handswhom lie could have saved, but would not, because the dearnessof the medicine would have taken away all the profit of his con-tract, that person was guilty of a great dereliction of duty."Such cases as that mentioned by Mr. Ferrand must be veryrare, not from the justice of poor-law guardians, but from thehumanity of medical men. Still the anecdote puts in a mostodious light the unjust system of farming out the medicalattendance of the poor to the highest bidder.PoprLAR PHYSIOLOGY.—A few days ago, a formidable riot

took place in Edinburgh, arising out of the delivery of a courseof popular lectures on physiology to a body of operatives, byMr. A. Hunter. A number of medical students attended inthe Hall in Adam-square. It seems the students indulged inwitty sarcasms and in ridicule of the lecturer and his subject tosuch am extent, as to infuriate the working men, who, towardsthe close of the lecture, attacked the students, and seized themone by one in a most cowardly and vindictive manner. Thepapers state, that twenty or thirty of these pseudo-physiologi-cal pupils were hammering away at single students. As soonas one was sufficiently mangled he was kicked from the Halland another singled out for attack. Altogether there wereabout twenty students, every one of whom were more or lessinjured. Perhaps this unparalleled outrage may do somethingto bring popular physiology, or physiology for the people, intocontempt. Here in London there are lecturers and writersby the score, who do their best to reduce physiology to thevulgar comprehension. One of them labels a HottentotVenus with the text of Scripture, " Know thyself !" and ini-tiates demure quakeresses and saints, who would think them-selves undone by the mere sight of a ballet dancer, into all themysteries of the "mons veneris." We do not wonder atstudents of medicine setting themselves against the matterin all its trumpery or vulgar forms. The title of the lecturesat Edinburgh was, " Physiology, demonstrating the injuriouseffects of over-labour upon the human system, and illustrated

by diagrams"—a. subject on which physiology must shed asmuch light to working men, as attempting to square thecircle would be.CAMBRIDGE UNION.-At a recent special meeting of the

guardians, the application of the medical officer for increasedremuneration was considered. It was allowed that the dutiesof the medical men were greatly increased, and that theremuneration was altogether inadequate to the services ren.dered. After a lengthened discussion as to when any in.crease whatever should be made, the first motion for an in.crease was negatived, after which it was respectively proposedthat the salaries should be increased 201., 51., 10l.; and by twoof the guardians, Messrs. Wells and West, one farthing, then251., 201., and 10l., besides several amendments which fell to theground. A show of hands was taken six times, and it was ulti-mately decided that the salary for the workhouse should be601.; for the first district, comprising a population of upwardsof 14,000, 901.; and for the second district, with a population of11,000, SOl.; or an increase of 10, 5, 15, and 10l. So much dis-cussion about a parsimonious administration of medical reliefis disgraceful to the community in which it occurred.

IRISH MEDICAL REMUNERATION,—Considerable excitementhas been created among the medical profession in Ireland, byan insulting communication from the lords of the Treasury,bearing the signature of Mr. Trevelyan, in reference to theremuneration of the profession for attending the hospitals.Their lordships deem 5s. per day fair payment for a regularlydiplomatized doctor, to devote all his time to the over.

crowded lazar houses, called fever hospitals. The carpenters,slaters, and painters engaged in the manual labour on theoutsides of these bnildings get 5s. 6d. a-day ! There i3 not anassurance office in Dublin that would insure tho life of one ofthe practising physicians at present.FEVER ON THE CONTINENT.-According to the foreign papers

there appears to be be a great amount of sickness on the con-tinent. The Gazette de Metz relates that typhoid fever deso-lates the neighbourhood of Nancy; and it instances the villageof Maxérille, where entire families have been attacked, andin a few days several of their members carried off by it.This prevalence of fever in this district is attributed to theemanations from the canal between the Maine and the Rhine,corrupting the surrounding air. Again, a disease appearingto partake of the characters of typhoid fever and of scurvy,has broke out among the troops forming the garrison ofArdennes, and in the central house of correction of Clairvauxa frightful mortality decimates the prisoners. Out of 1,968inmates, there were, on the 24th of May, 363 sick, and 165 con-valescent. There were 60 deaths in the month of April, andfrom that till the close of May, 57 more have occurred. Outof 410 women, there were 119 sick; and lastly, 117 personshave died in less than 60 days; and upwards of 500 deathshave taken place in 32 months, among 2,000 prisoners. Thehealth of the population in the neighbourhood of the prison isexcellent; and, consequently, the prevalence of so much dis-ease within the latter must be looked for from the regimento which its inmates are subjected. At Paris, the large opensewer of Montfauon is producing sickness among the inhabit-ants in its neighbourhood, and intermittent and other feversdevastate the country around the marshy valley of theHuveaune. In all the preceding instances, the causes of thesickness and death are known, or can be discovered, and nodoubt may almost all of them be removed; that some of themmay is certain. A commission has already been appointed toexamine some of the sickly localities, and no doubt remedialmeasures will be adopted. The above seems to afford ex-amples of the local origin of fevers.Luvamic ASYLUl’IIS IN SPAIN.—There exists in Spain but two

establishments set apart for lunatics; one is at Toledo, theother at Saragossa. The asylum at Toledo accommodates

, 400 to 500 patients. The physician is the director of the, asylum, and he is assisted by the priests and the sisters of

charity. In the other parts of Spain, those who are of un-, sound mind are disposed in special apartments in the gene-

ral hospitals. There are some private establishments near. Madrid, but they are of no note. A model lunatic asylum is,, however, to be constructed, by royal command, in Madrid; a. second one is to be constructed in Andalusia, and a third in. the north of Spain.. PHYSIOLOGY.-At the current meeting of the British Asso-; ciation for the Advancement of Science, the principal paper at· one of the meetings of section E, Physiology, was on " Hydro’; pathy, as a means for the preservation of health and the pre-! vention of disease." The paper was written by Mr. Humpage,and contained the usual amount of hydropathic nonsense

27

respecting the tonic, reductive, alterative, and sedative treat-ment of chronic maladies by cold water. The paper was re-

ported as seriously discussed, and set by for further considera-tion. The perpetration of such quackery must tend to bringboth the Association and the science of physiology into con-tempt. It is one of the results of the manner in which genuinephysiologists and its legitimate cultivators have been treatedfor the last twenty years at the Royal Society. Mr. Humpagemust possess no inconsiderable quantity of self esteem to in-trude himself in such a place with such a subject; the folly ofthe committee of the section is equally extraordinary.THE ABENDBERG Asylums.—An institution for the cure and

instruction of the Cretins of Switzerland has for the lastfew years excited much attention on the continent. Itis situated on the Abendberg, a mountain near Insedaken,one of the spots most visited by travellers in Switzerland.Dr. Goggenbuhl, the benevolent founder of the establishment,has lately made a short visit to England, and during the timemade the acquaintance of several physicians, and others inte-rested in the alleviation of one of the greatest miseries of thehuman race, hitherto entirely neglected. He visited most ofour charitable institutions in London and the neighbourhood,for the relief of either body or mind, and he is now returnedto prosecute his labours with renewed ardour and resolution,having devoted his life and exertions to this one object. The

patience and perseverance required for the work can only beknown by those who have seen what cretins are, in their worstand most coxnplete state of helplessness, mental as well as bodily.He has now twenty-five children under his care, want of suf-ficient funds preventing a greater number from being admitted.Only one of them is able to pay a small sum for its mtinten-ance, the rest are all from the poorer class of peasants. The ex-perience of the last six years has proved that the unremittingexertions of Dr. Goggenbuhl have not been in vain; a con-siderable number of children have been restored to health andvigour of body, and have had their dormant minds awakened:on returning home to their parents, they have attended theschools with other children, and in some instances have shownan unusual capacity for learning. One case described in thefirst published report is very remarkable. It is usually de-sirable that the children should be taken to the institution atan early age, but the little boy F. was six years old before be-ing brought there : at that time he could scarcely speak at all;until lie was three years old he had not been able either tospeak or walk. "No emotion was visible on his lead-colouredcountenance; the muscles were powerless, the extremitiesof the limbs weak and useless, and the head extremelylarge. After some months of exertion and care, his capacitiesbegan to be developed, his bodily powers strengthened; speechbecame fluent; he learned several things, and showed a greataptitude in arithmetic. He made satisfactory progress inreading, though writing was difficult to him, as it is to mostcretins." This boy is now so far advanced in learning, that hesurpasses many children of his age, and it is hoped thathe may be able to remain in the institution as a teacher of therest; and this is a striking example of the permanence as wellas completeness of the cure. It may be said that this is not asubject to call forth much sympathy in England, as cretinismis generally supposed to be peculiar to Switzerland and otherAlpine regions ; but there are many states of disease, weak-ness,andiimbecility, here and elsewhere, that might derive greatrelief from the skill and other advantages to be obtained inthe hospital on the Abendberg. Two young English childrenhave already been under the care of Dr. Goggenbuhl for morethan a year, and although when they left England they wereunable to walk, they are now sufficiently recovered to ride andwalk with ease and activity. Whilst in this country Dr.Goggenbuhl went to visit some friends in Cornwall, who arevery zealous in their care of the poor. Amongst these poorpeople he found many cases of children in a deplorable stateof weakness and idiocy, in some instances very nearly ap-proaching to some of the forms of cretinism. It may not begenerally known how large a proportion of idiots and helplesschildren exist amongst the poor of our densely populatedmanufacturing towns. In the hot narrow dales of Derbyshireand in other counties, many women are also afiiicted withgoitre, one of the accompaniments of cretinism. On the nextvisit of Dr. Goggenbuhl, he intends to explore those districtsand examine into the causes that. may possibly produce theseeffects, and in what point the localities resemble, though on asmall scale, those of Switzerland, where the disease prevails.Cretinism under its various forms is at last become a subjectof accurate study and investigation, and no doubt can anylonger exist of the practicability of cure in many of the states ofthe disease. If the earnest intentions of the founder of the insti-

tution are fully carried out, an establishment will also be madefor the reception of scrofulous and rickety children, and othersof less deplorable condition than that of the true cretin. Fromthe results already obtained, the best hopes may be enter-tained, if funds sufficient to prosecute the benevolent workwith vigour are collected.

BRITISH MUSEUM.—A commission has just been appointedby the Queen "for inquiring into the constitution and govern-ment of the British Museum." This splendid institution,founded by a member of the medical profession, (Sir HansSloane,) is to be examined into, but not a single medical nameis included in the commission of inquiry. Government in thiscountry seems to be hardly aware of the existence of such abody as the medical profession. One might have supposedthat, apart from any consideration of their personal merit, thepresidents of the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons wouldhave been included in the commission as a just compliment tothe profession. The commissioners are, the Bishop of Nor-wich, Lords Ellesmere, Langdale, and Wrottesley, Sir PhilipEgerton, Sir C. Lemon, and Sir R. J. Murchison, and Messrs.Andrew Rutherford, Joseph Hume, Samuel Rogers, and R.M. Milne.

MEDICAL POLITICS.—It was remarked a short time since, thatso low was the political influence of the profession, that not asingle medical name was to be found on the Oxford ElectionCommittees. Since then, medical men seem to have come outin the political world, and the committee for conducting theelection of Lord Fielding for the University of Cambridge,actually includes several physicians; among them are, Dr.Aldis, Dr. Darker, Dr. A. Farre, Dr. F. Farre, and Dr. Leeson.Such activity among the Cambridge medical graduates ishighly commendable.HARVEIAN ORATION.—On Saturday last, Dr. Southey, formerly

physician to the court, and now one of the Metropolitan Com-missioners of Lunacy, delivered the Annual Oration in Com-memoration of Harvey, at the College of Physicians. TheOration was an excellent one, and well attended by the fellowsand licentiates. Last year, it will be remembered that theauthorities pretended it was impossible to pass over themesmerist,who stood on the list by rotation. This year the Ora-tion should have fallen to Dr.Young, of Plymouth, who declinedthe honour, and next to him, to Dr. Ramadge, of Ely-place.Dr. Ramadge was, however, passed over, under the plea thathe had infringed the by-laws of the College. The professionwill ask how much had the exertions of THE LANCET respect-ing the mesmeric oration to do with this increased respect forprofessional opinion on the part of the College.PooR-LAW MEDICAL OFFICERS.—The medical care of exten-

sive districts is confided to the lowest bidder in an open com-petition, or to any adventurer who chooses to undertake it ata a beggarly stipend fixed by the board and sanctioned by thecommissioners. The medical officer cannot give propermedicine for the money. Mr. Ferrand was once told by theofficer that he could save a certain poor man’s life, butit would cost all his salary. Mr. Roebuck says, the law putthe surgeon there, and paid him to do his duty. If he neg-lected his duty, he was to blame; he murdered his patient,and not the law. But does this really acquit the law? Mr.Roebuck’s reply would be just as valid if the Poor-law Com-mission assigned the medical care of all England to one manfor 50l. a year. It has no relation whatever to the facts of thecase. The fact is, that the medical districts are too large, themedical officers too few and ill-paid, and the poor are neglectedor improperly treated.—Times Leader, June 26th.THE ARSENIC PROPHETESS.—Mr. John Battishall Parker,

the credulous dupe of the Mrs. Bird, the witch of Vhipton,has addressed a Jesuitical letter to the Editor of the Jl’ester7bTirzes. Some points in Dr. Mac Gowan’s letter are contra-dicted, but the contradiction rests chiefly on the credibility ofMrs. Bird. If Mr. Parker can believe anything spoken bythis woman after the exposures which have taken place, hemust indeed be fitted in an extraordinary degree to be a

desciple of Mesmer.CHIROPODY.—A chiropodic quack is’ fio-,urinfr away at

Leicester and the neighbouring towns, by the aid of real orfalse certificates obtained from medical men. He advertisescertificates from Dr. W. W. Arnold, and Messrs. Gill Bridges,John Trull, H. F. Prosser, J. Denton, J. H. Scullard,J. H. Spencer, all of them surgeons. It might have beensupposed that the recent exposures in the case of the noto-rious Woolf and others, would have been sufficient to deterqualified men from patronising itinerant corn-cutters such asthis Mr. Young.

28

OBITUARY.-On the 20th of May, at Erzeroom, on his wayfrom Persia, in the thirty-fourth year of his age, George JosephBell, M.B. Baliol College, Oxford; K. C. T. S.; Radclyffe Tra-velling Fellow; and Physician to her Majesty’s Mission inPersia; second son of the late Professor George Joseph Bell,of Edinburgh. -- On the 28th ult., after a few days’ illness,Edwin John Quekett, Esq., M.R.C.S.E., F.L.S., of Wellclose-square, aged thirty-eight. It is with deep regret that we havethus to record the death of a most worthy member of the pro-fession, from the same disease as that which carried off Dr.Lynch, and at precisely the same age. He was surgeon to theTower Hamlets’ Dispensary, and a member of the Council ofthe’ Linnæan Society, to the Transaetions of which he eon-tributed some valuable papers on vegetable anatomy andphysiology; he was also, until a recent period, lecturer onbotany at the London Hospital. Mr. Quekett was one of theearliest members, and, we believe, one of the founders, of theMicroscopical Society. He was unmarried, but he leaves threebrothers and two sisters to deplore the great loss they havesustained.FEVER IN LONDON.—Dr. Tweedie has written a letter to the

daily papers, tending to allay the alarm recently felt respect-ing the increase of typhus fever in the metropolis. He deniesthe statement which had gone abroad, that the Fever Hospitalhad ever been so full as to refuse patients, and states that theaverage amount of fever cases in the hospital, during thepresent year, is only slightly above the average of other years.Still much alarm is felt, particularly among the public, fromthe prevalence of severe or fatal sore-throat, similar to thatwhich carried off Dr. Lynch and Mr. Quekett.MEDICAL REFORM IN AMERICA.—The United States National

Medical Convention, consisting of upwards of three hundreddelegates from every part of the Union, have, among others,come to the following resolution respecting the term of studyfor the doctorate in medicine or surgery. "1st. That it berecommended to all the colleges to extend the period employed Iin lecturing from four to six months. 2nd. That no studentshall become a canditate for the degree of M.D., unless heshall have devoted three entire years to the study of medicine,including the time allotted to attendance upon the lectures.3rd. That the candidate shall have attended two full coursesof lectures, that he shall be 21 years of age, and in all casesshall produce the certificate of his preceptor, to prove whenhe commenced his studies. 4th. That the certificate of nopreceptor shall be received, who is avowedly and notoriouslyan irregular practitioner, whether he shall possess the degreeof M.D. or not. 5th. That the several branches of medicaleducation already named in the body of this report be taughtin all the colleges; that no less than 100 lectures be deliveredby each professor, and that the number of professors be in-creased to seven. 6th. That it be required of candidates thatthey shall have steadily devoted three months to dissections.7th. That it is incumbent upon preceptors to avail themselvesof every opportunity to impart clinical instruction to theirpupils ; and upon professors to connect themselves with

hospitals, whenever it can be accomplished, for the advance-ment of the same end. 8th. That it is incumbent upon allschools and colleges granting diplomas fully to carry out theabove requisitions. 9th. That it be considered the duty ofpreceptors to advise their students to attend only such insti-tutions as shall rigidly adhere to the recommendations hereincontained." The meeting of the Convention held at Phila-delphia, after transacting other important business, finallv re-solved itself into the American Medical Association, and thefollowing gentlemen were returned by a committee selectedfor the purpose as its oicers-Dr. Chapman of Philadelphia,president; Drs. Knight of Newhaven, Stevens of New York,Moultrie of S. Carolina, and Buchanan of Tennessee, as vice-presidents ; Drs. Stille of Philadelphia, and Dunbar of Balti-more, secretaries; and Dr. Hays of Philadelphia, treasurer.The next meeting is to be held in Baltimore.MEDICINE AT CoURT.-The Court Circular notifies that Dr.

Cresswell, the late Professor of Pathology in University Col-lege, and at present Physician in Ordinary to the King of theBelgians, was included in the royal dinner party on Monday,the 28th ult., at Buckingham Palace. It is not often suchevents are chronicled.

POOR-LAW SURGERY.—A letter in The Times of Thursdaylast, fully explains the meaning of Mr. Roebuck’s extras forattendance in extraordinary medical or surgical cases. The

following is an extract:—" In reading your paper of this day,(June 29,) I find Mr. Roebuck is reported to have said, that" there was a regulation in the (poor) law which gave magis-

trates and boards of guardians power, in special cases of extra-ordinary emergency, to order relief, both in food and medicine;such extra relief to be paid for by the union." From thisstatement I imagine Mr. Roebuck cannot be conversant eitherwith the poor-law or its working. I would ask Mr. Roebuck,when do magistrates interfere to order medicine to be chargedas extras to the union ? or when do boards of guardians makesuch an order ? Boards of guardians have no power to order,except at the board meetings; consequently, in all cases of" sudden and urgent necessity," the churchwardens or overseersare the persons legally entitled to order relief, and then onlyin kind, but no medicine or medical relief to be charged asextra, except that which the law allows in ordinary cases. Bythe way, in the debates in the House on the subject, I have seenno allusion made to the manner in which boards of guardiansget over these extras, which are ordered to be charged by thepoor-law commissioners, in order that the poor may havebetter medical attendance. Why, in many cases, the adver.tisements are issued, tenders received, and contracts drawn upand signed, according to the form prescribed by the poor-lawcommissioners, but an understanding taking place betweenthe medical officers and the board of guardians, that no extrasare to be charged, the threat being held over them, that if theycharge extras their tenders will not be received another year;the guardians, consequently, taking heed that the appointmentbe only from year to year."

CORRESPONDENTS.Dr. Gavin MiLroy.—We had already, and with the greatest pleasure, an-

ticipated the request of Dr. Milroy.A Subscriber to THE LaNCET.-2vone but thoughtless medical men, who

do not care for the respectability of the profession, and others who sacrificeprofessional repute to the quackish desire to see their names in print, wouldgive certificates to the chiropodic quacks.Mr. Thompson, (Aberfeldy, Perthshire.)-We have appreciated our corre-

spondent’s able opposition to the quackeries which flourish in his district.The case of apoplexy shall be inserted as early as possible.

T. M.—The examinations would be the same as that of an ordinary sur-geon under the Bill.

Dr. S. Wilson.-We cannot undertake to print the form required. An

ordinary undertaking to pay for services rendered, or a written agreementfor any special sum, would be sufficient.

J. S.-We are obliged for the guarantee that both Mr. Romily and Mr.Warburton were in favour of the Medical Registration and Medical LawAmendment Bill. A great majority of the House of Commons would havevoted for the Bill had it been possible to proceed with it. We have no doubtit will be received with equal favour in the next Parliament. Now is thetime for canvassing; every medical man who has signed a petition in favourof the Bill should ask every candidate who may canvass him, to support theMedical Registration Bill, and, if possible, should obtain a distinct pledge tothat effect. Medical men must not suffer themselves to become lethargicbecause of the temporary suspension of the measure.Adam Gu)?2bottle is informed that there is reason to fear the new county

courts would be inoperative.D. Af. S. wishes for further information respecting the case of hydro-

phobia cured by mercury, recently published in this journal. He considersit can hardly be regarded as an instance of hydrophobia, as the peculiardread of water, or rather, the fearful spasm on exposure to the air alone,was not present.The suggestion offered by I Disbeliever in Miracles is not admissible.Mr. Nisbet.-The numbers of THE LANCET have been despatched as re-

quested.A Young Student can obtain the copy of the regulations of the University

of London from the University publisher, Mr. Taylor, Red lion-court. Hemust specify the particular examinations he wishes to be informed about.Or the whole regulations may be seen in the London University Calendar.The College of Surgeons requires certificates of five years’ study. Appren-ticeship is not absolutely necessary, but the College must be satisfied thatthe study of the profession is bon,,t fide.

, P. C.-The Bill is withdrawn for the present session. Affidavits would besufficient in such a case.i Dr. Gardner’s case of ether shall be inserted.’

*<.* We beg to acknowledge the receipt of the Glasgow Courier, the Scot-tish Guardiun, Payne’s Leicester .4d?,-ertiser, the Western Times, &-c.ERRATA.-In page 677, line 25 from bottom of first co1.,fm’ Dr. POBTBB,

read Dr. HARGRAVE.&mdash;In our acknowledgment, last week, of the communi-cation received from Mr. ii’ilkinson, (Barton, Lincolnshire,) the name ofthat gentleman was inadvertently spelled Atkinson.Communications have been received from-Dr. Bence Jones; Mr. Holmes

Coote; Mr. Wilkinson, (Barton, Lincolnshire;) Mr. James Sheppard, (Stone-house;) Mr. W. Bird Herapath, (Bristol;) Porceps; Dr. Gavin Milroy; Mr.Wilde, (Dublin;) A Subscriber to THE LANCET ; Permessus; Mr. Campbell,(Aberfeldy;) Mr. Benjamin Ridge; Mr. Corfe, Middlesex Hospital; Mr. T.Snow Beck; Mr. W. Nisbet, (Liverpool;) A Young Student; Dr. Hargrave,

(Dublin;) Mr. Rayner, (Uxbridge;) Dr. Gardner; Mr. Fraser, (Sunderland.)