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242 no complaint of anyone having received Epsom salts instead of oxalic acid. The widow of the deceased, although she had somewhat prevaricated in her identification of the person who served her, picked out Mr. Pound in the inquest room. Packets of salts and oxalic acid were produced by Mr. Pound, the acid being in white covering and the salts in blue. The oxalic acid was boldly labeled " Poison," and the paper covering what had been in -vlrs. Ferrall’s possession was also labeled " Poison." She, however, could not read. The Coroner, having snmmed up, said that if an act of carelessness by Mr. Pound or any of his assistants had been committed, it would amount to manslaugh- ter ; but if by the act of the woman herself, a verdict of acci- dental poisoning would meet the case. The jury considerep with closed doors for some time, and eventually returned a verdict of "Accidental poisoning by oxalic acid," and they appended the following:-’- The jury cannot separate without expressing a strong conviction that sufficient caution was not used in Mr. Pound’s establishment in the selling of the drugs through which the fatal result occurred in the case of Patrick " PARISIAN MEDICAL INTELLIGENCE. (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) THE medical element rather predominated last week at the Academy of Sciences, thanks to a valuable paper by M. Claude Bernard on the Vascular and Calotific Functions of Nerves, and to a communication from M. Demarquay on the Removal of Naso-Pharyngeal Polypi by a new Osteo plastic Method. The deductions drawn by M. Claude Bernard, after a varied series of experiments on the function of the sympathetic nerves supplying the upper extremity, are: that there exists a perfect independence, both as to position and action, between the vas- cular and calorific nerves, and the muscular nerves properly so called ; that consequently the vascular system possesses a spe- cial vaso-motory apparatus whereby the course of the blood may be accelerated or retarded in the vessels, either generally or locally, without any participation on the part of the muscular system. As examples of this independence of the circulation in the normal state, M. Bernard points to the local and func- tional congestions which take place in certain organs, and, as an instance of the same in the pathological condition, to fever. The distinguished physiologist is now about to investigate the reflex powers of the sympathetic system. M. Demarquay’s operation consists in getting at the naso- pharyngeal polypus through the superior maxillary bone, the ascending process and portion of the body of which is removed by the sub-periosteal method, the tumour then being got at through the enlarged nostril. In two cases recorded by the operator, not only was the disease effectually removed, but the bony elements likewise were completely restored. A correspondence published in the Gazette des Hôpitaux, re- lative to the propriety of inducing early abortion in cases of extreme deformity of the pelvis, is at present engaging the attention of the French obstetricians. The discussion origi, nated in a letter from Professor Finizio of Naples, in which he stated that having in his clinique at that moment four pregnant women afflicted with deformities of the pelvis, whereby the antero-posterior (sub-pubic) diameters were reduced from five to seven centimetres, and the pregnancy in one case being of six months, and in the others from three to four, he was de- sirous of obtaining from his French confrères some advice as to how he should act. " Here at Naples," he added, " there are still surgeons who woultl prefer waiting for the ordinary period of delivery in ot der to perform the Caes.trean operation." It is not the first time that this question has been seriously discussed in France. In 1852 the Academy of Medicine, after a length- ened consideration, pronounced :t verdict which, without being absolute, favoured the early induction of abortion, leaving at the same time considerable latitude to those following the pre- cepts of the other school. Vi. Pajot, in answer to Dr. Finizio, wrote shortly thus Below six centimetres induced abortion seems to be the only course, and few accoucheurs in France hold a different opinion. At full period, with a diameter of less than six centimetres, I perform cephalotripsy according to my method-that is to say, I commence my operation as soon as the dilatation is sufficient, and repeat the crushing process as often as may be necessary, without ever pulling. The expulsion generally takes place spontaneously after the third or fourth repetition of the ope- ration. With regard to the Caesarean operation, which is the infancy of our art, it should be reserved for those cases in which the cephalotribe will not pass, and such are very rare. To allow a pregnancy of four months to run to its full period when there exists but tive centimetres of antero-posterior diameter appears to me not only bad surgery, but a bad action." Next succeeded a protest from Dr. Stoltz, of Strasbourg, in which, in virtue of his seniority as a teacher of obstetrics in France, he deems it his duty to protest against such doctrines, and against so careless a contemplation of foeticide. "This is not the first time," says Dr. Stoltz, " that I have felt myself called upon to oppose this doctrine, English in its origin, the promulgation of which upon the Continent has of late years been attempted. This homicidal practice it is which bears the imprint of the infancy of art; and whilst a reaction is taking place in England, in France we are attempting to uphold superannuated opinions." These observations were unlikely to be passed over in silence by M. Pajot, who accordingly ex- pressed himself as radically differing from the eminent ac- coucheur of Strasbourg. Within the prescribed limits of five centimetres diameter, so long as the cephalotribe can pass, he deems the Cæsarean operation inadmissible. " If the Caesarean operation," he observes, " numbers its successes by hundreds, it counts its failures by thousands. The act of choosing hys- terotomy resembles the inspiration of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to obtain the fruit." Public opinion in France seems almost unanimously in favour of the views expressed by M. Pajot. During the last twenty years this teacher has been in the habit of putting the question to each of his pupils as to which alternative he would select in a case of extreme deformation of the pelvis : " Out of nine thousand students of medicine, one only," says M. Pajot, "preferred that of the Csesnrean operation." With regard to the complementary courses of lectures which it is said to be the intention of the Government to establish in the Faculty of Medicine, the following names are mentioned in connexion with the respective chairs: Diseases of the Skin, M. Hardy; Diseases of the Eyes, M. Fullin ; Diseases of Children, M. Henri Roger; Syphilitic Diseases, M. Verneuil; Disorders of the Urinary Passages, M. Voillemier; Mental Disorders, M. Lassegue. The absence of such names as Sichel, Desmarres, Cazenave, Blache, as well as those of so many others who have more especially cultivated and taught with success these particular branches, will no doubt excite surprise; but the list as it stands embodies the flower of the risiug gene- ration, and consists of men all of whom sooner or later were destined to rise to the top of the tree. M. Jobert de Lamballe has for some time past been employ- ing as a mydriatic agent in his ophthalmic practice, and as a substitute for the various preparations of belladonna, a simple solution of daturine. The facts upon which he founds his pre- ference for this drug are the following : Daturine is three times as strong as atropine and its salts, and may consequently be used in proportionately smaller doses. When introduced be- tween the eyelids no pain is produced, neither is the vision dimmed, as when belladonna is employed. The effects pro- duced are, moreover, more reliable and constant, as well as more durable. Paiis, August 26th, 1862. Medical News. APO’sgECAmFS’ HALL.-The following gentlemen passed their examination in the Science and Practice of Medicine, and received certificates to practise, on the 21st inst.:- Cocker, Willam Henry, Blackpool, Lancashire. Cookson, Edward, Notting-hill Dispensary. Ellerton, John, Wakelield, Yorkshire. Fouraere, Robert Perriman, PJymouth, Devon. Harvey, John, St. Mary’s Hospital. Mallett, Frederic Blakeslev, Bolton-le-Moors. Norton Arthur Trehern, St. Mary’s Hospital. O’Connor, Alaurice Jas., Morpeth, Northumberland. The following gentlemen also on the same day passed their first examination :- Frankish, John David, Guv’s Hospital. Mason Thomas Edward, Guy’s Hospital. THE FRENCH CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—Twelve Doctors of Medicine are members of the Chamber of Deputies.
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no complaint of anyone having received Epsom salts instead ofoxalic acid. The widow of the deceased, although she hadsomewhat prevaricated in her identification of the person whoserved her, picked out Mr. Pound in the inquest room. Packetsof salts and oxalic acid were produced by Mr. Pound, the acidbeing in white covering and the salts in blue. The oxalic acidwas boldly labeled " Poison," and the paper covering whathad been in -vlrs. Ferrall’s possession was also labeled " Poison."She, however, could not read. The Coroner, having snmmed up,said that if an act of carelessness by Mr. Pound or any of hisassistants had been committed, it would amount to manslaugh-ter ; but if by the act of the woman herself, a verdict of acci-dental poisoning would meet the case. The jury considerepwith closed doors for some time, and eventually returned averdict of "Accidental poisoning by oxalic acid," and theyappended the following:-’- The jury cannot separate withoutexpressing a strong conviction that sufficient caution was notused in Mr. Pound’s establishment in the selling of the drugsthrough which the fatal result occurred in the case of Patrick

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PARISIAN MEDICAL INTELLIGENCE.

(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)

THE medical element rather predominated last week at theAcademy of Sciences, thanks to a valuable paper by M. ClaudeBernard on the Vascular and Calotific Functions of Nerves,and to a communication from M. Demarquay on the Removalof Naso-Pharyngeal Polypi by a new Osteo plastic Method.The deductions drawn by M. Claude Bernard, after a variedseries of experiments on the function of the sympathetic nervessupplying the upper extremity, are: that there exists a perfectindependence, both as to position and action, between the vas-cular and calorific nerves, and the muscular nerves properly socalled ; that consequently the vascular system possesses a spe-cial vaso-motory apparatus whereby the course of the blood

may be accelerated or retarded in the vessels, either generallyor locally, without any participation on the part of the muscularsystem. As examples of this independence of the circulationin the normal state, M. Bernard points to the local and func-tional congestions which take place in certain organs, and, asan instance of the same in the pathological condition, to fever.The distinguished physiologist is now about to investigate thereflex powers of the sympathetic system.M. Demarquay’s operation consists in getting at the naso-

pharyngeal polypus through the superior maxillary bone, theascending process and portion of the body of which is removedby the sub-periosteal method, the tumour then being got atthrough the enlarged nostril. In two cases recorded by theoperator, not only was the disease effectually removed, but thebony elements likewise were completely restored.A correspondence published in the Gazette des Hôpitaux, re-

lative to the propriety of inducing early abortion in cases ofextreme deformity of the pelvis, is at present engaging theattention of the French obstetricians. The discussion origi,nated in a letter from Professor Finizio of Naples, in which hestated that having in his clinique at that moment four pregnantwomen afflicted with deformities of the pelvis, whereby theantero-posterior (sub-pubic) diameters were reduced from fiveto seven centimetres, and the pregnancy in one case being ofsix months, and in the others from three to four, he was de-sirous of obtaining from his French confrères some advice as tohow he should act. " Here at Naples," he added, " there arestill surgeons who woultl prefer waiting for the ordinary periodof delivery in ot der to perform the Caes.trean operation." It isnot the first time that this question has been seriously discussedin France. In 1852 the Academy of Medicine, after a length-ened consideration, pronounced :t verdict which, without beingabsolute, favoured the early induction of abortion, leaving atthe same time considerable latitude to those following the pre-cepts of the other school.

Vi. Pajot, in answer to Dr. Finizio, wrote shortly thusBelow six centimetres induced abortion seems to be the onlycourse, and few accoucheurs in France hold a different opinion.At full period, with a diameter of less than six centimetres, Iperform cephalotripsy according to my method-that is to say,I commence my operation as soon as the dilatation is sufficient,

and repeat the crushing process as often as may be necessary,without ever pulling. The expulsion generally takes placespontaneously after the third or fourth repetition of the ope-ration. With regard to the Caesarean operation, which is theinfancy of our art, it should be reserved for those cases inwhich the cephalotribe will not pass, and such are very rare.To allow a pregnancy of four months to run to its full periodwhen there exists but tive centimetres of antero-posteriordiameter appears to me not only bad surgery, but a badaction." Next succeeded a protest from Dr. Stoltz, of Strasbourg, in

which, in virtue of his seniority as a teacher of obstetrics inFrance, he deems it his duty to protest against such doctrines,and against so careless a contemplation of foeticide. "This is

not the first time," says Dr. Stoltz, " that I have felt myselfcalled upon to oppose this doctrine, English in its origin, thepromulgation of which upon the Continent has of late yearsbeen attempted. This homicidal practice it is which bears theimprint of the infancy of art; and whilst a reaction is takingplace in England, in France we are attempting to upholdsuperannuated opinions." These observations were unlikelyto be passed over in silence by M. Pajot, who accordingly ex-pressed himself as radically differing from the eminent ac-coucheur of Strasbourg. Within the prescribed limits of fivecentimetres diameter, so long as the cephalotribe can pass, hedeems the Cæsarean operation inadmissible. " If the Caesareanoperation," he observes, " numbers its successes by hundreds,it counts its failures by thousands. The act of choosing hys-terotomy resembles the inspiration of the savage who cutsdown the tree in order to obtain the fruit."

Public opinion in France seems almost unanimously in favourof the views expressed by M. Pajot. During the last twentyyears this teacher has been in the habit of putting the questionto each of his pupils as to which alternative he would select ina case of extreme deformation of the pelvis : " Out of ninethousand students of medicine, one only," says M. Pajot,"preferred that of the Csesnrean operation."With regard to the complementary courses of lectures which

it is said to be the intention of the Government to establish inthe Faculty of Medicine, the following names are mentionedin connexion with the respective chairs: Diseases of the Skin,M. Hardy; Diseases of the Eyes, M. Fullin ; Diseases ofChildren, M. Henri Roger; Syphilitic Diseases, M. Verneuil;Disorders of the Urinary Passages, M. Voillemier; MentalDisorders, M. Lassegue. The absence of such names as Sichel,Desmarres, Cazenave, Blache, as well as those of so manyothers who have more especially cultivated and taught withsuccess these particular branches, will no doubt excite surprise;but the list as it stands embodies the flower of the risiug gene-ration, and consists of men all of whom sooner or later weredestined to rise to the top of the tree.M. Jobert de Lamballe has for some time past been employ-

ing as a mydriatic agent in his ophthalmic practice, and as asubstitute for the various preparations of belladonna, a simplesolution of daturine. The facts upon which he founds his pre-ference for this drug are the following : Daturine is three timesas strong as atropine and its salts, and may consequently beused in proportionately smaller doses. When introduced be-tween the eyelids no pain is produced, neither is the visiondimmed, as when belladonna is employed. The effects pro-duced are, moreover, more reliable and constant, as well asmore durable.

Paiis, August 26th, 1862.

Medical News.

APO’sgECAmFS’ HALL.-The following gentlemen passedtheir examination in the Science and Practice of Medicine, andreceived certificates to practise, on the 21st inst.:-

Cocker, Willam Henry, Blackpool, Lancashire.Cookson, Edward, Notting-hill Dispensary.Ellerton, John, Wakelield, Yorkshire.Fouraere, Robert Perriman, PJymouth, Devon.Harvey, John, St. Mary’s Hospital.Mallett, Frederic Blakeslev, Bolton-le-Moors.Norton Arthur Trehern, St. Mary’s Hospital.O’Connor, Alaurice Jas., Morpeth, Northumberland.

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

Frankish, John David, Guv’s Hospital.Mason Thomas Edward, Guy’s Hospital.

THE FRENCH CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—Twelve Doctorsof Medicine are members of the Chamber of Deputies.

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CIVIL SERVICE. -Dr. William Henry Sherwood has than fifty -six deaths arising from fever alone. There appearsbeen appointed a Member of the Legislative Council of her to exist, however, a determination to remedy the evil as earlyMajesty’s Settlements on the river Gambia. as possible.THE PROPOSED LUNATIC ASYLUM FOR CAERMARTHEN, THE DANGERS OF ACROBATISM.---MlSS Selina Young,-

CARDIGAN, AND PEMBROKE.-The plans for this asylum, though known as the female Blondin, - aged thirty-two, was ad-approved by the Secretary of State, have not been proceeded mitted into St. Bartholomew’s Hospital (Queen ward), underwith on the score of expense. the care of Mr. Lawrence, on the 15th instant, having sus-

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. tained severe injuries the day before at Hicyhbury Birn, byTHE WOUNDED SOLDIERS OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY. falling from a tight rope. She was much bruised about theThe sick and wounded soldiers in the city of Richmond are body, especially on the left side, and had sustained a fractureassiduously attended by volunteer nurses and by negroes. of the neck of the left thigh bone within the capsule. ThereOwing to the vitiated atmosphere of the hospitals and the was much swelling and bruising about the right shoulder andswarms of flies, wounds are generaily fatal. scapular region ; but she was too sore to permit of a minuteRUSSIAN HospIT-aL AT JERUSALEM.—Among the works examination at this part. Crepitation was heard in the scapular

now in execution at Jerusalem, under the auspices of the Rtis- region, between the scapula and the chest, and a fracture,sian government, is an hospital to contain sixty beds. The either partial or complete, was suspected to have occurred inbuilding has now reached the first floor, and will be completed that situation, especially as she felt sharp pain on deep in-during the present year. spiration. The fractured limb was properly put up in a long

. splint, and for some days it was necessary to support the pa-INSANE INMATES OF WORKHOUSES. -During the year tient’s strength with brandy and other stimulants.1861 there were reported in the several workhouses throughout On the 2jth inst. she was much better in every re-

England and Wales 6071 insane, idiotic, and imbecile inmates. spect, and expressed herself as feeling tolerably well. MuchAs returns were not given from two or three places, the entire of the bruising and swelling had already disappeared, and shenumber may be stated to be about 6100. could throw out and move the right arm and shoulder with

BRITISH SYPHILOGRAPHY.-The Lectures of Mr. Henry perfect freedom and without pain. She has now no pain any-Lee on Syphilis recently published in THE LANCET, having where, and is expected to make a good recovery.already been translated into the German language, are now The fractured limb is extended to nearly the same length asundergoing translation into that of the French. French syphi- the opposite one ; she has borne extension pretty well; and itlographers deservedly rank high in medical literature, and it is is anticipated that in all probability there will be but verysatisfactory to find them resorting occasionally for materials little shortening ultimately.and criticisms to the English school. The patient stated that she was suddenly seized with crampIRONSTONE AND COAL MINING - The medical officers in the fingers, which compelled her to let go the pole previousIRONSTONE AND COAL MINING.—the medical omcers to her fall.

go the pole

appointed to report upon the trades and occupations of Wolver- Uuder the assiduous attention of Mr. Butler (Mr. Lawrence’s hampton state that bronchial The prevalent chronic exist house-surgeon), and Mr. Battye (the patient’s dresser), she has

extensively amongst slower in The prevalent chronic bron- progressed most favourably. No internal injury of any kind

among appears to be slower in its progress than is the case was sustained. The chief force of the fall seems to have been

among tin, copper, and lead miners-that the miners suffer in spent upon the left side of the body, more particularly over thea mitigated form, and are more likely to recover. hip and thigh. She is apparently a stout, well-buiilt person, ofLUNATICS IN 1861.-On the authority of the Sixteenth short stature, but with powerful limbs.

Report of the Commissioners in Lunacy just published, there Mme. Jas. Potter, the daring wire-walker, who, by a sin-were in county and borough asylums in England and Wales in gular coincidence, was precipitated to the ground at the Hip-1861, 1’-’.592 lunatics; in hospitals, 2lc.U; in metropolitan podrome on the same day that her intimate friend the "femalelicensed houses, 1953; in provincial licensed houses, 2150: Blondin" met with her terrible accident at Highbury Barn, is,total, 24,845. Of these, 4952 were discharged, 313") having we are happy to learn, progressing favourably towards con-recovered ; deaths, 2648. The total number of patients on valescence.Jan. lst, 1862, was 26,200. AN ENTEROLITH WEIGHING NINETEEN OUNCES.-

NOXIOUS VAPOURS -The report of the Lords’ Com- We find, in the Ga---ette Hebdomadaire, an account of this case,

mittee appointed to inquire into the injnry resulting from given by Dr. (le Toca. The patient was a lady, aged 45, in

noxious vapours evolved in manufactures has been published. whom a ttiiiiour appeared in the right hypogastnc region, andThe principal recommendations are-that the provisions of the -ittained, in the space of five years, the size of a full-grownSmoke Prevention Act should be extended to the evolution of foetus’s head. When small it had fluctuated and yielded some

gases and all noxious vapours; that full effect should be given pus ou being incised. At last, when the tumour had reachedto the Act 23 and 24 Vict., c. 77, s. 13; and that medical in- the size just mentioned, and the foreign body, formed, it wasspectors shonld have the right of free access to all works where thought advisable to remove the foreign body, which had longspectors should have the right of free access to all works where been ascertained by probing to be of the petrous kind.gases are evolved.

before been ascertained, by probing, to be of the petrous kind.°

* evolved ’

The fistulous tracts were slit open, and after the mass, whichMALIGNANT SORE-THROAT.-The Registrar-General for was largely adherent, had been carefully detached from the

Scotland reports that, in the second quarter of this year, tileer- viscera, it was removed, and found to weigh nineteen ounces.ated sore-throat and diphtheria were remarked in scattered Its layers were concentric, and composed of phosphate andlocalities; and that in Mid and South Yell (Shetland), the carbonate of lime, mixed with some fatty matter, the nucleussore-throats were accompanied by an affection of the hands, consisting of scybala. The patient died of peritonitis sevenwhich raises the suspicion tha,t sore-throat and diphtheria in days after the operation, and no post-mortem examination wasthe human subject is but a variety of that epidemic disease obtained.in cattle known by the name of murrain or eptzootic aphtha, ANOTHER OPERATION OF OVARIOTOMY IN PARIS.characterized in them by the aphthous and ulcerated month M. Nélaton performed this operation on the 9th of July lastand sore buofs. An intelligent veterinary surgeon has brought upon a patent forty-one years of age, who had been tapped aunder notice a few cases in which it was very clearly established dozen times before. The cyst was multilocular, and the abdo-that the milk of cows affected with murrain caused aphthous minal development considerable. The patient has done ex-mouths and diphtheria in children, and fatal aphthæ, terminat- tremely well, and forty days after the extirpation of the cysting in ulcerous affections of the mouth, throat, and windpipe, the wound was healed up. All the usual precautions in ope-in the case of pigs. rations of this kind were scrupulously enforced, and M. KelatonTYPHOID FEVER AT ROTHERHAM.-The Local Board may congratulate himself upon the issue of this case. It is very

of Health at Rotherhnm, some time since, adopted a system of likely that other surgeons will be inclined to imi ate the Pro-drainage and water-supply calculated to dIect a most complete ftcssor,. who, it will be remembered, became reconciled to thesanitary improvement in the town ; but owing to a derieieacy operation by witnessing a series of them performed by Mr. Lin the funds, the water requisite to supply the increased (le- Baker Brawn.manel arising from the great extension ot the sewerage cannot THE LATE DR. TICE.-It is seldom we have to recordbe procurml. The result is a most alarming spread of typhoid the death of a more devoted servant of the public than Dr. Tice.fever, most prevalent amongst the more wralthy portion o: the Having joining the army iu early hfe, he was long employed incommunity who have becn the first to secure a connexion with severe and honourable service abroad and at home, until thethe new sewers The present number of fever patients cannot outbreak of the Russian war, hen he was sent to llalta, andbe less than 600 or 700. In .ix weeks there have been no less acted Rs brigadier-suregon in the Light Division under Sir

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George Brown in Bulgaria. When the cholera broke out inthe army he laboured most strenuously for its relief. He ac-

companied the brigade to the Crimea, and under fire at theAluia was active and conspicuous in the discharge of his duty.He had charge of the medical departm nt at Balaclava. until,owing to an attack of illness, he was obliged to go to Scutari.He organized the beautiful hospital at Kutalee. At the closeof the Crimean War he was appointed to Chatham, and thencewas hurried off to In ia, where he joined Lord Clyde’s campbetore Lucknow in 1858. He was employed in the RohilcundExpedition, in which he behaved with great gallantry, underthe command of General Walpole. Thence he was transferredto Lucknow; and now, when his time had nearly expired, wehear of his premature and lamented death, caused by an over-zealous discharge of his duty, which prevented his leaving thecountry until too late. He died on his return home, only afew hours after he had left Calcutta.

KING’S COLLEGE. - The Chair of Materia Medica isvacant at this College by the appointment of Dr. Johnson, whopreviously held that otflce, to the Chair of Medicine, vacantby the resignation of Dr. Budd. Dr. Semple, an examiner ofthe Apothecaries’ Company, is in the field as candidate for theappointment, for which he is known by his acquirements andlong acquaintance with the subject to be peculiarly well fitted.Hitherto the examiners of the Apothecaries’ Company havebeen precluded from lecturing at any of the medical schools,according to the rules of the Company ; but that rule havingbeen recently relaxed, the present candidate is enabled to takethe field.

ADULTERATION OF MILK.-At the Birmingham PoliceCourt, on Monday last, a milk-dealer was fined 20s. and costsfor adulterating milk with annatw, a vegetable powder, which,it appears, has the effect of speedily bringing the cream to thesurface, and concealing the presence of water.

AcTtON FOR LIBEL. - An Australian letter says :-A fertile subject of conversation here has been an action forlibel brought against the Argus by Dr. Bowie, the surgeon-superintendent of the Yarra Bend Luttatic Asylum. The de-fendanis to a certain extent succeeded in proving that con-siderable amount of wrong doing had been practised, and thejury returned a verdict substantially for the Argus, but on onecount for the plaintiff, with damages £100.CHELTENHAM OPHTHALMIC INFIRMARY.-The decision

of the committee of the Cheltenham Ophthalmic Infirmary isprirnci facie unjust and oppressive. Any such imputation onthe reports of the institution is offensive and groundless.HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDING

SATURDAY, AUGUST 23RD.-The deaths in London rose to 1254.In the first week of the current month the deaths from diarrhoeawere 89 ; in the second 116 ; last week they were 123. A large proportion of these 123 cases occurred to infants under threeyears of age. Besides the deaths referred to diarrhoea, 7 from"cholera,," or " choleraic diarrhoea," were returned, and thesealso were chiefly amongst children. There were 9 deaths inthe week from small-pox, 2 of which were those of adults.Typhus and scarlatina were fatal in nearly equal numbers ofcases, the former in 69, the latter in 68 ; diphtheria numbered16 deaths; measles declinecl to 39.The births were-boys, 942 ; girls, 908 ; total, 1850.

MEDICAL VACANCIES.

THE office of Medical Superintendent of the Devon County Lunatic Asylumhas become vacant by the resignation of Dr. Bucknill.There is a vacancy fur a Rouse-Surgeon at the Northampton General In-

firmary. _____

MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.Mr. J. MAGOE CARDELL, Surgeon to the Salisbury Infirmary, has been ap-

pointed Deputy Coroner tor the Southern District ot Wrltshire.Dr Augustus Hves, Consulting Surgeon to the Cheltenham General Hos-

pira!, has Leen elected Yresideat of the Gloucestershire Medical and SurgicalAssociation.

Mr. Philip R. Tomlinson has been appointed Assistant House Surgeon (anewly-created office) to the li’est of Luudon Hospital and Dispeuszry, Ham-El’T-mith.

::’Jr, Edward Pratt has been elected a Surgeon to the Barustaple and NorthDevon Dispensary.

Air. George Okell hs been elected Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator forthe over District of the Northwich U..iun, Cheshire, vice .Mr. ’ihomas Wilson,resigned.

Mr. James Bendall has been elected Medical OFic2r for the West lloncktonDistrictof the Taunton Union, Somersetshire, vice Mr. Samuel Tarrant, whosetermt t uthl:’2 has expired.Me, Edward R. Barker has been appointed Assistant Medical Officer (a

newly-created appointment) to the North. Wales Counties Lunatic Asylum,Denbigli.

Mr. Charles S. Smith has been elected Medical Officer and Public Vacci.nator for the Fulbpck District of the Newark Union, Nottinghamshire, viceDr. Wm. Newman, resigned.

Dr. Wm. E. Robbs has bsen elected Surgeon to the Stamford, Rutland, andGeneral Infirmary, and also Medical Officer for the Ryhall District of theStamford Union, Lincolnshire, vice Mr. Mak Wm. Jackson, deceased.

Dr. AlbertGunther, Assi-ttnt (1st Class) Zoological Department, British Mu.seum, has been elected a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London; and Dr.D vid Walker, bte Surgeon and Natnra bt on board the R.Y.S. Fox, and nowproceeding to British Columbia, has been elected a Corresponding Member ofthe Society.

Air. Andrw Jackson has been elected Medical Officer and Public Vaccinatorfor the High District of the Longtown Union, Cumberland, vice Mr. WilliamGraham, whose term of office has expired.

Assistant-Surgeon Dr. J. W. Moore has been appointed Acting Assistant.Sm geon to the European General Huspital, Bombay.Mr. John Williams Pridham has been elected Medical Officer and Public

Vaccinator for the fourth and fiflh Districts of the Weymouth Union, Dorset-shire, vice Mr. Adam Stanleton Puckett, who, it will be remembered, waskilled, while in the execution of his duty, by a pauper lunatic.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

On the 12th inst., the wife of Henry Wm. Hubbard, L.R.C.P.Lond., of St.Peter’s Lodge, Kensington-park, of a son.On the 22nd inst., at Upper Brunswick-place, Brighton, the wife of William

Kebben, M.D., of a daughter.On the 23rd inst., at Warwick-square, Belgrave-road, the wife of J. S. Lavies,

M.D., of a son.On the 24th inst., at Blakesley House, Toweester, Northamptonshire, the

wife of T. Osborne Walker, Esq., M.R.C.S., of a daughter.

MARRIAGE.

On the 21st inst., at St. Matthew’s, B1yswater, William T. C. De Bentley,M.D., to Matilda, second daughter of Timothy Bourne, Esq., of Claughton,Bukenhead.

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DEATHS.

On the 18th inst., at Gnadau, Prllssia, W. Vivian Foote, Esq., second surviv-ing son of the late W. H. Foote, M D.On the 20h inst., at HaTnhstead, William, eldest son of Wm. Shaw, Esq.,

M.H.C.S., !)g’ed 19.On the 21st inst, at Aimeneetose, Arhroath, William Arrott, M.D., aged 89On the 24th inst., at Auchenhay, Kirkeudbrightshire, Robt. Arbuckle, M.D.,

of Anchenhpy.

Medical Diary of the Week.St. MARK’S HOSPITAL FOR FISTULA AND OTEEB

MONDAY, SEPT. i J DISEASES OF THE RECTUM.-Operations, 1¼ P.M.

MONDAY,SEPT.1 METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL.-Operations2 P.M.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 2 .... GUY’S HOSPITAL.—Operations, 1½ P.M.TUESDAY SEPT. 2 WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.

(MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 P.M.WEDNESDAY SEPT. 3 ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL.—Operations, 1 P.M.WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 3 MARY"S HOSPITAL.-Operations, I P.M.DAY , SEPT.3 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE IiosPI2eL. - Operatione,

2 P.M.

(ST. GEORGE’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 P.M.

CENTRAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOBPITAL.

Operations, 1 P.M.LONDON HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1½ P.M.KoxAL FzEj: HOSPITAL.—Operations, 1½ P.M.HOYAL FREE H0SPITAL.-Operations, 1½ P.M.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 4 GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, KING’a CROSS.-Operations, 2 P.M.

LONDON SURGICAL HOME.-Operations, 2 P.M.WEST LONDON HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.ROYAL ORTHOPÆDIC HOSPITAL. - Operations, 2ROYAL ORTHOPÆDIC HOSPITAL. - Operations 2P.M.

FRIDAY, SEPT. K f WESTMINSTER OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL. - Opera-FRIDAY, SEPT. 5 ......,.. WESTMINISTER OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL. - Opera-FRIDAY, SEPT. 5 ......... tions, 1 1/2 P.M.(ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 P.M.ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 1/2

SATUBDAT, SEPT. 6 ...<; P.M.

KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.&mdash;Operations, 1 1/2 P.M.CHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL. - Operations, 2 P.M.CHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL.&mdash;Operations. 2 P.M.


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