139 sioning persons who had not given their whole time to their I duties; but, as the amendment partially met his objections, he would not press his opposition. Thf amendment was then agreed to, and the Bill passed through committee. - HOUSE OF COMMONS. JULY 19TH. THE SERPENTINE. Captain GROSVENOR called attention to the works in pro- gress at the Serpentine; and moved a resolution declaring that the bed, after being thoroughly cleansed of mud, should be filled up to a maximum depth of six feet in the summer, and four in the winter, with an easy slope, and a constant supply of fresh water. Mr. B. Cochrane seconded the motion, but Lord Galway protested against an extravagant expenditure of public money to curtail the liberty of foolish people who would insist on being drowned, spite of all warnings; and Mr. Goldnev took much the same view. Mr. AYRTON gave an account of the works now going on at the Serpentine under Mr. Layard’s contract, which he himself had extended by directing the removal of the mud at an additional cost of ,65500. These works, he contended, were ample for all purposes. Anybody would be able to bathe with safety, and to fill up the bed to the depth sug- gested would cost some <=828,000. To reduce the depth to four feet would be unwholesome, and he objected to this large expenditure merely for the sake of the bathers and skaters. As to the first, the question of public bathing- which, as practised at the Serpentine, he characterised as " indecent, disgusting, and obscene,"-ought to be consi- I dered as a whole ; and as to the skaters, the shortest way I to protect them was to keep them off the ice when it was I unsafe. Mr. T. Chambers and Sir H. Hoare supported the motion which was opposed by Mr. Hambro, and on a division was negatived by 149 to 46. THE GOVERNMENT MEDICAL BILL. °rHZS Bill was down for a second reading on Thursday evening; but, by the pressure of other business, was post- poned to Monday evening next. Never was there such an influx of harmonious petitions on a medical subject from all parts of the kingdom. The one prayer of nearly all these petitions is that the House will either procure an undertaking from the Government that the Bill shall be amended in the two points-the constitution of the Medical Council, and the reinsertion of the 18th Clause,-or, failing this, throw out the Bill. The brief interval between this and Monday will not be useless. If there is any body of medical men in the kingdom which has not petitioned, they should do so before Monday; and individual mem- bers of the profession who have not already done so, should communicate with their representatives in Parliament. An attempt will be made to organise and consolidate the opposition to this Bill so that its amendment or its rejection may be the more secure. If there are no defaulters among those members more particularly representing medical men, the opposition can scarcely fail of success. If these members are found faithless, the opposition may still succeed, but will not soon forgive its misrepresenta- tives. What will Mr. Lowe do ? In a speech of great sagacity two years ago, he pointed out the three great faults of the Council: first, it was made up too exclusively of corporations and examining bodies ; secondly, it did not sufficiently represent the medical profession; thirdly, it was very expensive in its working. Surely he will not withhold his assistance now when such energetic and wise attempts are being made to improve the Council, and make it more respected. There are two other gentle- men in Parliament, Dr. Lyon Playfair and Mr. Gordon, who represent four Universities which are represented in the Medical Council by two members. This principle of linking is the key to the solution of the difficulty-how to improve the Medical Council without increasing its size. And we may hope for the assistance of these members in using the key. But we trust that, without relying too much on special representatives, the profession may carry its wishes on this question in the House of Commons. Medical News. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON. -At an extraordinary meeting of the College on the 18th inst., the following gentlemen, having conformed to the by-laws and regulations and passed the required examinations, were granted licences to practise Physic, including therein the practice of Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery:- Allen, Thomas, King’s College Hospital. Bateley, John, 11LR C.S., Southtown, Great Yarmouth. Butt, William Frederick, M.R.C.S., Sontli-street, Park-lane. Davies, Wm. Bowen, M.R.C.S., Edmund-terr., Cornwall-rd. Goodsall, David Henry, 11LR.C.S., St. Mark’s Hosp., City-rd. Hodges, William, M.R.C.S., Ashley-road, Bristol. Millson, George, Donington, Spalding. Price, William, M.R.C.S., University College Hospital. Raynor, Arthur, M.R.C.S., Warden-road, Kentish-town. Robinson, Tom, M.R.C.S., London Hospital. Smith, Wm. Wilberforce, M.R.C.S., Bisliop’s-road. Spencer, Henry Banks, M.D. St. And., High-street, Oxford. Thorne, Wm. Bezlev, 1BLR C S., Upper Baker-street. Timothy, Peter Vincent, M.R.C.S., Worship-street. Way, Edward Willis, lB1.R.C.S., Adelaide, South Australia. The following candidate, having passed in Medicine and Midwifery, will receive the College licence on his obtaining a qualification in Surgery recognised by the College :- Holmes, Charles, Ogden-street, Ardwick, Manchester. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND. -- At the meeting of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons on the 14th July, 1870, it was moved by Sir William Fer- gusson, seconded by Mr. Erichsen, H That the Secretary be directed to attend at the House of Commons this evening to support, in every way in his power, the prayer of the petition of the Fellows and Members of this College- namely, that the original Clause 18 should be restored to the Bill, or that the Bill should be thrown out" ; and the votes of the Council having been taken thereon the same was carried nem. con. The President stated that a can- didate for the preliminary examination, by name Harry Wilson, had been detected in an attempt to obtain before- hand from the printer’s apprentice, copies of the examina- tion-papers ; that he (the President), with the concurrence of the Vice-presidents, had, on public grounds, directed Mr. Wilde to take proceedings against Wilson, and that the case had been twice before the magistrate at Guildhall; and that, as Wilson failed to appear, a warrant for his apprehension had been granted by the magistrate. The thanks of the Council were unanimously voted to Mr. Csesar Hawkins for his services to the College as its late representative in the General Council of Medical Education and Registration, and a copy of the resolution, signed by the President, was directed to be forwarded to Mr. Hawkins. The thanks of the Council were also voted to Mr. Cock, for his services as president during the past year. Mr. Gay gave notice of the following motion at the next meeting of the Council:-" 1. That, in the opinion of this Council, the Royal College of Surgeons of England is entitled to a greater number of representatives in the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom than that which is assigned to it by the Medical Act of 1858. 2. That, in any increase of number, provision should be made that one at least of the representatives of the College should be elected by the Fellows and Members. 3. And that a copy of the foregoing resolutions be for- warded to the Lord President of the Privy Council." The following Members of the College were, at the above meeting, admitted Fellows :- Gosse, William, Adelaide, South Australia. Harris, Henry, Redruth, Cornwall. Taylor, Thos., Warwick House, Warwick-place, N.W. The following gentleman, having passed in Surgery, and subsequently obtained a medical qualification, was admitted a Member of the College on the 19th inst.:- ’, Hasard, John, L,S,A.
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sioning persons who had not given their whole time to their I
duties; but, as the amendment partially met his objections,he would not press his opposition.Thf amendment was then agreed to, and the Bill passed
through committee. -
HOUSE OF COMMONS.JULY 19TH.
THE SERPENTINE.
Captain GROSVENOR called attention to the works in pro-gress at the Serpentine; and moved a resolution declaringthat the bed, after being thoroughly cleansed of mud, shouldbe filled up to a maximum depth of six feet in the summer,and four in the winter, with an easy slope, and a constantsupply of fresh water.
Mr. B. Cochrane seconded the motion, but Lord Galwayprotested against an extravagant expenditure of publicmoney to curtail the liberty of foolish people who wouldinsist on being drowned, spite of all warnings; and Mr.Goldnev took much the same view.
Mr. AYRTON gave an account of the works now going onat the Serpentine under Mr. Layard’s contract, which hehimself had extended by directing the removal of the mudat an additional cost of ,65500. These works, he contended,were ample for all purposes. Anybody would be able tobathe with safety, and to fill up the bed to the depth sug-gested would cost some <=828,000. To reduce the depth tofour feet would be unwholesome, and he objected to thislarge expenditure merely for the sake of the bathers andskaters. As to the first, the question of public bathing-which, as practised at the Serpentine, he characterised as" indecent, disgusting, and obscene,"-ought to be consi- Idered as a whole ; and as to the skaters, the shortest way Ito protect them was to keep them off the ice when it was Iunsafe.Mr. T. Chambers and Sir H. Hoare supported the motion
which was opposed by Mr. Hambro, and on a division wasnegatived by 149 to 46.
THE GOVERNMENT MEDICAL BILL.
°rHZS Bill was down for a second reading on Thursdayevening; but, by the pressure of other business, was post-poned to Monday evening next. Never was there suchan influx of harmonious petitions on a medical subjectfrom all parts of the kingdom. The one prayer of nearlyall these petitions is that the House will either procure anundertaking from the Government that the Bill shall beamended in the two points-the constitution of the MedicalCouncil, and the reinsertion of the 18th Clause,-or, failingthis, throw out the Bill. The brief interval between thisand Monday will not be useless. If there is any body ofmedical men in the kingdom which has not petitioned,they should do so before Monday; and individual mem-bers of the profession who have not already done so, shouldcommunicate with their representatives in Parliament.An attempt will be made to organise and consolidatethe opposition to this Bill so that its amendment or itsrejection may be the more secure. If there are no defaulters
among those members more particularly representingmedical men, the opposition can scarcely fail of success.If these members are found faithless, the opposition maystill succeed, but will not soon forgive its misrepresenta-tives. What will Mr. Lowe do ? In a speech of greatsagacity two years ago, he pointed out the three greatfaults of the Council: first, it was made up too exclusivelyof corporations and examining bodies ; secondly, it did notsufficiently represent the medical profession; thirdly, itwas very expensive in its working. Surely he will notwithhold his assistance now when such energetic and wiseattempts are being made to improve the Council, andmake it more respected. There are two other gentle-men in Parliament, Dr. Lyon Playfair and Mr. Gordon,who represent four Universities which are represented in
the Medical Council by two members. This principle oflinking is the key to the solution of the difficulty-how toimprove the Medical Council without increasing its size.And we may hope for the assistance of these members inusing the key. But we trust that, without relying toomuch on special representatives, the profession may carryits wishes on this question in the House of Commons.
Medical News.ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON. -At
an extraordinary meeting of the College on the 18th inst.,the following gentlemen, having conformed to the by-lawsand regulations and passed the required examinations, weregranted licences to practise Physic, including therein thepractice of Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery:-
Allen, Thomas, King’s College Hospital.Bateley, John, 11LR C.S., Southtown, Great Yarmouth.Butt, William Frederick, M.R.C.S., Sontli-street, Park-lane.Davies, Wm. Bowen, M.R.C.S., Edmund-terr., Cornwall-rd.Goodsall, David Henry, 11LR.C.S., St. Mark’s Hosp., City-rd.Hodges, William, M.R.C.S., Ashley-road, Bristol.Millson, George, Donington, Spalding.Price, William, M.R.C.S., University College Hospital.Raynor, Arthur, M.R.C.S., Warden-road, Kentish-town.Robinson, Tom, M.R.C.S., London Hospital.Smith, Wm. Wilberforce, M.R.C.S., Bisliop’s-road.Spencer, Henry Banks, M.D. St. And., High-street, Oxford.Thorne, Wm. Bezlev, 1BLR C S., Upper Baker-street.Timothy, Peter Vincent, M.R.C.S., Worship-street.Way, Edward Willis, lB1.R.C.S., Adelaide, South Australia.
The following candidate, having passed in Medicine andMidwifery, will receive the College licence on his obtaininga qualification in Surgery recognised by the College :-
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND. -- Atthe meeting of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeonson the 14th July, 1870, it was moved by Sir William Fer-gusson, seconded by Mr. Erichsen, H That the Secretary bedirected to attend at the House of Commons this eveningto support, in every way in his power, the prayer of thepetition of the Fellows and Members of this College-namely, that the original Clause 18 should be restored tothe Bill, or that the Bill should be thrown out" ; and thevotes of the Council having been taken thereon the samewas carried nem. con. The President stated that a can-didate for the preliminary examination, by name HarryWilson, had been detected in an attempt to obtain before-hand from the printer’s apprentice, copies of the examina-tion-papers ; that he (the President), with the concurrenceof the Vice-presidents, had, on public grounds, directed Mr.Wilde to take proceedings against Wilson, and that thecase had been twice before the magistrate at Guildhall;and that, as Wilson failed to appear, a warrant for hisapprehension had been granted by the magistrate. Thethanks of the Council were unanimously voted to Mr.Csesar Hawkins for his services to the College as its laterepresentative in the General Council of Medical Educationand Registration, and a copy of the resolution, signed bythe President, was directed to be forwarded to Mr. Hawkins.The thanks of the Council were also voted to Mr. Cock, forhis services as president during the past year. Mr. Gaygave notice of the following motion at the next meeting ofthe Council:-" 1. That, in the opinion of this Council, theRoyal College of Surgeons of England is entitled to a
greater number of representatives in the General Councilof Medical Education and Registration of the UnitedKingdom than that which is assigned to it by the MedicalAct of 1858. 2. That, in any increase of number, provisionshould be made that one at least of the representatives ofthe College should be elected by the Fellows and Members.3. And that a copy of the foregoing resolutions be for-warded to the Lord President of the Privy Council."The following Members of the College were, at the above
The following gentleman, having passed in Surgery, andsubsequently obtained a medical qualification, was admitteda Member of the College on the 19th inst.:-
’, Hasard, John, L,S,A.
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The following gentlemen passed the primary examinationin Anatomy and Physiology at meetings of the Court ofExaminers on the 19th and 20th inst.:—Frank G. A. Rogers, Ebenezer Cullen, J. P. Brumwell, and Charles A. G.Barrow, Gu’s; t-dward B. Ae)<ng. Alfred P. Gould, Luther Eminson,and Samuel H Blake, UIJÌversily College; W. E. Battersby and G. PO’Farrell, Dublin ; Samuel H Robey, thomas Gould, and G. F. Blake,Birmingham; Alfied H. Authoni, Aberdeen; Thos. L. Tims, Calcuttaand Guy’s; George M. Warren, Toronto; John L. Whitm Tbh, London;Frederick Clark Toronto and St. Thomas’s; Wm.D. James, Sheffield;W. A. Ward, St. Rntholomew’s; Robert E. Deane, Leeds; Hugh W.Davies, St. Ma)y’s ; Arthur Hands, Birmingham; Edmund F. Thomas,Arthur R. Dunnage, Vaugnan D. W. Jones, John L. Murley, William E.Bennett, Norman B. Elliott, and Clement F. Bryan, Guy’s; Philip W. G.Nunn, William G. Bland, and Abithar Wall, St. Bartholomew’s; W. K.Henson, Hull; John Appleyard and John Bellwood, University College;Frank Steele, Liverpuul; James K. White and Henry H. Cockerton,London; Harold Jenkinson, Leeds; Henry Young, Edinburgh; SamuelW. Hope, St. George’s.
Thirty other candidates were examined on the above-nameddays, but failed to satisfy the Court, and were referred backto their anatomical and physiological studies for a periodof three months.
APOTHECARIES’ HALL. -The following gentlemenpassed their examination in the Science and Practice of Medi-cine, and received certificates to practise, on July 14th :-
Thomas Arthur Crackle, Nottingham. I
Lang, John Alfred Thomas, Stoke Newington.
-As Assistants in Compounding and Dispensing Medicines:-Baker, William Ritchie, Wimbledon. !
Ritson, George, Sunderland.The following gentlemen also on the same day passed theirfirst professional examination :—Thomas Vaughan Ajlen. Robert Maxwell Boodle, Reginald E. W. Brewer,
Alfred Thomas Corrie, and John S. Cowley, St. Bartholomew’s; JohnHanbury Bonser, St. Thomas’s ; Thomas B. Donahoo, Guy’s; ArthurE. Davies, l.eon Mcses Finzi, and George Robert Shemilt, UniversityCollege.
SIXTY deaths from sunstroke occurred in New Yorkm the 19th inst.
VACCINATION.-In various parts of Lancashire asrusade is being carried on against the objectors to vac-cination. At Oldham twenty-nine summonses have latelybeen heard against parties refusing to comply with theVaccination Act, orders having been received from themedical department of the Privy Council for enforcing itsprovisions, and it having been alleged that in consequenceof the public negligence small-pox had become very preva-lent in that union. In seven of the cases, where the parentsobjected to have their children vaccinated, the full penaltyof 20s. and costs was imposed ; in the remaining cases thefines were 10s. At Rochdale, too, similar proceedings havebeen taken.
DISEASED MEAT : A NEW TRICK.-Within the lastfew days the officers of the Corporation of Dublin stopped,near Rathfarnham, close to the city, a hearse which, horribleto relate, was loaded with carcases of diseased meat dressedfor market. Bread carts, laundry vans, and other vehicles arealso used in Dublin by the vendors of unwholesome meat toescape detection. Zozi1ms, the Dublin Punch, lately recom-mended that, on conviction, the owners of diseased foodshould not only be imprisoned, but also, during their termof confinement, subsist on the unsound food they attemptedto dispose of ; and, seriously, we think that the miscreantswho used a hearse as a cover for their infamous practicesrichly deserve such punishment.THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN FRANCE.—In
this Court, which met at Blois on July 10th, to try thepersons accused of having plotted against the life of theEmperor, there are six doctors and one pbarmacien. Asthese trials generally last several days, and these gentle-men have long journeys to undertake, the confidence placedin them may prove very inconvenient as regards practice.THE KING OF ITALY AND THE BLIND.-Foi’ty-five
thousand francs have been collected to present the King ofItaly with a national crown. This sum has been handedover by his Majesty to the municipality of Florence, to-wards the foundation of a hospital for the blind. The Kinghas, at the same time, sent a contribution of five thousandfrancs to the Ophthalmic Hospital established at Turin byDr. Sperino; and three thousand francs to the Sea-coast
Hospital of Viareggio, instituted for the reception of neces-sitous boys belonging to the elementary schools of Florence.
LADY DOCTORS IN SWEDEN.——The Kmg ha justpromulgated a decree by which women are authorised topractise medicine in Sweden, when proper examinationshave been undergone. Special lectures will be delivered forfemale students at the Carolin Institute, and the professorsof the universities are invited to manage their teaching sothat their lectures may be attended by both sexes. The
King has desired the Minister of Public Instruction towatch the working of the new regulations.
SANITARY MEASURES IN THE EAST.-The SanitaryCommissioners who have been sent to the Red Sea on boardthe steamer Rhetymo, of the Turkish navy, have been com-pletely successful. They have fixed upon a site near theStraits of Bab-el-Mandeb, on which will be erected a.
lazaretto-a hospital for convalescent patients, and an ex-tensive hotel for all nations. The French journal, La Patrie,states that the Rhetymo has reached Suez, and is bound forConstantinople, where the members of the InternationalConference of 1867 will soon meet. They will la,y down tbe-regulations of the establishment above alluded to, the con-struction of which is to be forthwith begun.-L’InternationaL.
MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS. BRIERLEY, J. B., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Assistant Resident House*
Surgeon at the North Infirmary, Liverpool, vice John De Vere Hill,M.R.C.S.E., resigned.
BiNGBjtM.J.J., L.R.C.P.Ed., has been appointed Medical Officer for Dis-trict No. 6 of the Mansfield Union, vice W. A. Stamford, M.R.C.S.E,Tresigned.
Box, W. H., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer for St. Martin’sDistrict of the Oswestry Incorporation of the Poor, vice J. Edmunds,M.R.C.S.E., deceased.
CopMK&.EK, A. W., L.R.C.P.Ed., has been appointed Resident MedicalOtticer at the Bath Mineral-water Hospital, vice Henry Clothier, M.D.,resigued.
D.Lvis, G. H., L.R.C.P.Ed., has been appointed Medical Officer for DistrictNo.1 of the Bradfield Union, Berks, vice F. Izod, M.R.C.S.E., resigned,
EDWARDS, M. J., M.D., has been appointed Resident Medical Officer to theRoyal Orthopaedic Hospital, Hanover-square.
FRYER, C., L.K.Q C.P.I, has been appointed Assistant House-Surgeon andDispenser at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, vice Wm. Hanna,De la Maine Bradshaw, M.B., appointed Resident House-Surgeon at theVVeston-super-VI re Hospital and Dispensary.
HO.RSF-’-L’L, J., F.R.C.S.E., has been apl,ointed Hon. Surgeon to the LeedsPublic Dispensary, vice T. R. Jesop, F.R.C.S.E., resigned.
HUNT, Dr, of Hoxton House Asylum, has been appointed Lecturer onMeutal Diseases at Cbarlllg-c10ss Hospital.
Liswis, W. B, L.R.C.P.L., has been elected Resident Medical OTcer to theRotherham Dispensary, vice H. Darwin, L.S.A.L., decessed.
LIGHTBURNE, Dr., of Trim, has been appointed Medical Offic er for the Mullaghglaos Dispensary District of the Newry Union, vice H. G. Gray,M.R.C.S.E., resigned.
M’DERMOTT, L. N., L.K.Q.C.P.I., has been appointed Medical Officer, PublicVaccinator, and Registrar of Births &c., for the Foxford Di pessaryDistrict of the Swiuford Union, Co. Mayo, vice Eccles Gawley, M.D.,resigned.
M’GREGOR, A., L R C.P.Ed., has heen appointed Assistant Resident MedicalOfficer at the Toxieth-park Workhuuse Infirmary, Liverpool, vice J. J.Bmgham, L.R.C.P.Ed., resigned.
MILEAN, C., M .B., has been appointed Medical Officer for the Districts ofGlenelg and Iinoydart, in the Parish of Glenelg, iiiverness-shire, viceW. J. Pasley Kidd, M.D., deceased.
MARR, J., L.R.C.P.Ed., has been Mppointed 11edical Officer for the Stamford.ham District of the Castle Ward Union, Northumberland, vice R. S.Davison, M.R.C.S.E., resigned.
MATTHEWS, J., L.It.C.P.Ed., has been appointed Junior House-Surgeon atthe Royal luntmary, Liverpool, vice G. H. Orton, M.B., F.R.C.S.E.,resigned.
PALMER, W. G., L.R.C.P.Ed., has been appointed Medical Officer and PublicVaccinator for the Loughborough District and the Worhhuuse uf theLoughborough Union, vice W. C. Palmer, M.R.C.S., E., resigned.
PARAMORE, n., L.S A.L, has been appointed Medical Officer to the Infants’Home, Great Coram-street; a:so Medical Referee to the PrudentialAssurance Company, and Medical Officer to the Cnited Klugdom Assur-ance Curporatiun.
PENNEFATHER, J. P., TJ.H.C S, 31.K Q.C.P.I., &c., has been appointed oneof the surgeons to the Royal Dispensary for Diseases of the Ear, Dean-street. Soho.
PowEp, R E., L.R.C.P.L., has been appointed a Medical Officer to the Con-vice PrLbOn, Dartmoor, vice H. F. Askham, JM.R.U.3.E., appointed to the Female Convict Prison. Woking.
QvicR:, J. R, L.F.P. , S. Glas., has been appointed Medical Officer for theBrampton-Brian District of the Knighton Union, Radnorshire, vicerJ. A. T. Cartwrigh’, M.R C.S E., res gued.
RAY, W. J. P., L.S.A.L., has been appointed Assistant House-Surgeon atthe H allfax Infirmary and Dispensary, vice Mr. J. O’Connal Hynes,resigned.
RENTON, W.M., M.D., has been elected Medical Officer and Pub’ic Vacci-nator for the Western Division of Dtstriet Xo. 3 of the Hextum Uniun,Northumbertjnd, vice his father, J. Renton, L.R.C.S.E., deceased.
SOMERT, J. L., L.R.C.P., has been appomted Medical Officer, Public Vacci-nator, and Rraietrar of Dn.ths &c., for the Subdlstnct of Ballybritt, mthe Roscrea Dispensary District of the Rosorea Union, Tippcriiry, viceH. X. Dudley, :1l.B., appointed Medical Officer to the Kennitty Dis-pensary District of the Parsonstown Unior.
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SYMES, E. W., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Assistant Resident MedicalOtheer to the .Leeds Public Dispensary, vice T. Davies, L.R.C.P.Ed.,resigned.
TABUYEAU, J. :11.. M.B., has been appointed Medical Officer, Public Vacci-nayor, aud Rezistrar of Births &c., for the Cloneygowan DispensaryDistrict of the Mountmellick Union, Queen’s County, vice A.E.Tabuteau,M.D, resigned.
TOWNSEND, E. R, iII.D., has been elected a Trustee of the South CharitableInfirmary. Cork.
WILLETT, A., F.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Surgeon to St. Luke’s Hos-pital for Lunatics, vice C. H. Moore, F.R.C.S.E., deceased.
Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.
HUNTER.—On the 12th inst., at Eckington, Derbyshire, the wife of W. M.Hunter, M.D., of a son.
MIDDLETON.-On the 12th inst., at Manorhead House, Stow, N.B., the wifeof James Middleton, M.D., of a son.
MORE.-On the 6th inst., at Rothwell, Northamptonshire, the wife of Dr. liJames More, of a daughter. IOLIVE.-On the 14th inst., at Northampton, the wife of Eustace H. Olive,
M.R.C.S., of daughter.OVENS.-On the 16:h inst., at Alva Thorp Villa, Leopold-street, Leeds, the
wife of J. Coote Ovens, Surgeon 5h Dragoon Guards, of a daughter.RHIND.-ON the 12th inst., at tVMrfield, the wife of John Rhind, M.D., of a
daughter. _____
MARRIAGES.CLOTHIER-CARR.-On the 13th inst., at Tiverton, Henry Clothier, M.D., to
Mary Elisabeth, daughter of Isaac Carr, Esq.REED-INSTONE.-On the 13th inst., at St. Paul’s Church, Hammersmith,
Samuel Cartwright Reed, M.D., of Fulham, to Florence, only daughterof S. Instone, Esq., of Acton. _____
DEATHS.JONES.-On the 10th inst., at Cerrig Cottage, Holywell, J. Lloyd Jones,
Surgeon, son of the late Geo. D. Jones, of Treborth. Friends willplease accept this intimation.
KIDD.-On the 19th inst., at Newton-terrace, High-road, Lee, S.E., FannyPakenham, youngest child of Leonard Kidd, M.B., Surgeon ArmyMedical Staff, aged 8 months.
LAURENCE.-On the l8tn inst., after a lingering illness of sixteen months,John Zachariah Laurence, F.R.C.S., M.B., of St. Peter’s-square, Ham-mersmith, and late of Devonshire-street, Portland-place, in the 42ndyear of his age.
SCUDAMORE.-On the 17th inst., Edward Scudamore, M.D., of Harbledown,Canterbury, aged 84.
Medical Diary of the Week.Monday, July 25.
ST. MARK’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HosPITAL,1VIOOBFIBLDS: Operations,10 ½ A.M.METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.
Thursday, July 28.ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, MOORFIELDS.--Operations, 10 ½ A.M.ST. GEORGE’s HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 P.M.UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.WEST LONDON HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.ROYAL ORTHOPÆDIC HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.CENTRAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.
Friday, July 29.ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, MOORFIELDS.-0perations, 10 ½ A.M.WESTMINSTER OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 ½ P.M.CENTRAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.
Saturday, July 30.Sr. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 9 ½ A.M.HOSPITAL roR WOMEN, Soho-square.--Operations, 9 ½ A.M. ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, MOORFIELDS.-Operations, 10 ½ A.K.ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL.-Operations. 1 ½ P.M.KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1; P.M.CHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL.---Operations, 2 p.M.
Notes, Short Comments, and Answers to
Correspondents.THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DisEASB.
WE were invited on Wednesday afternoon to attend a descriptive lecture"on th’s subject at the rooms of the Social Science Association, the ex-positor beiug Mr. Alfred Haviland, whose name is already known in con-nexion with certain theories about the localisation of cancer and of heartdisease. It is but simple justice to say that Mr. Haviland deserves creditfor the great labour and time he has bestowed upon his endeavour to re-present pictorially the distribution of disease in England. The idea is notnew, inasmuch as, if we mistake not, some of the Reports of the GeneralBoard of Health and of the Registrar-General contain maps shaded toshow the greater or less intensity of certain forms of disease. But when aprivate individual sacrifices his time, as Mr. Haviland has done, in carryingout an undertaking which he, no doubt, honestly believes will be an im-portant contribution to the study of disease localisation, we feel bound topraise his effort, though we dispute the soundness of his conclusions as tothe causes of such localisation. It is an interesting fact to know that.scrofula abounds in this or that locality, and the reasons for its preva-lence are well worth investigation. But we want better assurance thanwe yet possess that Mr. Haviland has taken ii2to account all the elementscalculated to disturb his theory of its causation. Looking at his mapsand listening to his exposition, we could not resist the conviction thatenthusiasm for his subject had carried him into a position which he wouldhave great difficulty in maintaining against searching criticism.
M. A. Dureau (Paris) will find that his request has been attended to.
A T R O P H Y 0 T H E STOMACH.
To the Editor of THE LANCET.
SlR,-I have read with interest Dr. Fenwick’s case of so-called " Atrophyof the Stomach," for I am aware that he has given much atteation to thesubject. But, from my own observations, I have always entertained a sus-
picion that in these cases the appearances observed have been really due topost-mortem changes. Under certain circumstances entire portions of thestomach become self-digested after death. What is, therefore, more likelythan that, under certain conditions, the delicate gastric glands should be-come more or less disorganised by the action of their own contents as soonas their vitality is at an end. It was remarked by Dr. Handfield Jones thatin some cases in which the disorganisation in question was to a great extentpresent, no symptoms during life indicated its occurrence. In Dr. Fenwick’scase the dyspeptic symptoms were not well marked. He speaks of flatulence,want of a petite, and occasional bilious vomiting ; but no mention is madeof a sense of oppression or of pain after food-symptoms which might beexpected as indicating a deficient supply of gastric juice. Dr. Fenwick has,indeed, antiopated the objections that may be raised against a reliance onmicroscopical examination for the detection of disease. But the point towhich I wish to draw attention is the possibility of the entire absence ofgastric symptoms during life in these cases, This makes me hesitate toadmit that atrophy of the gastric glaBds has heen proved to constitute a dis-ease. The researches of Drs. H. Jones and Fenwick are, nevertheless, bothpraiseworthy and instructive. Your obedient servant,
July, 1870. ARTHUR LEANED, M.D.
Dr. William Paterson.-When one medical man is in attendance on a case,and the friends of the patient or the patient himself wish to make achange, it is to the interest of all parties that the change should be made.The only other point is that it be made candidly and courteously, and thatthe second medical man sent for requires that due notice be given to themedical man who has been attending. A medical man should not be readyto take another man’s patient, but rather reluctant. Still all parties gainin the long run by patients being perfectly free to consult whom theyplease. We cannot see that Mr. Dawson erred in taking the patient inquestion, provided he took no unprofessional course to alienate him fromhis regular medical attendant. He might have replied to Dr. Paterson’ssecond letter ; but Dr. Paterson had better not have written it. Gentle-men are not to be cross-examined if their main and first answers are satis-
factory.Mr. Thomas Unde1’hill’s communication has not been received.
PUERPERA.L CONVULSIONS.
To the Editor of THE LANCET.SIR,-In your last impression is reported a case of Puerperal Convulsions
treated by the Chloral Hydrate."I would wish to inquire the reason why the forceps were not earlier ap-
plied, and whether it is not possible by such means the convulsions mighthave been prevented, especially as there appears to have been no pre-vious history of such a complication in the family. If I understand rightly,the foetal head was allowed to press upon the perineum for the space ofeight hours; the case was a primipara, and the patient nearly sixteenyears of age. Dr. Barnes and others advocate the early use of the forceps inprimiparze, especially when there is threatened exhaustion or convulsion. Iam at a 1 ss to understand how an enema could be administered at such astage of labour, and also in what manner the sinapism could be supposed toact, and whether there would not be a great difficulty in getting a patient toswallow and then retain a calomel powder.
I should feel much pleasure if the doctor in charge of the case wouldkindly favour with a further explanation.-Yours obediently,
