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Medical News.ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. -The following gen-

tlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations in Ana-tomy and Physiology, terminating on the 30th ult., will be Iadmitted to the pass examination when qualified :-

Jas. Joseph Sewell, Egbert Charlton, Chas. Lovegrove, Buck-master Joseph Tuck, John Arminson, John Burkitt Hodgson,Edmund Waller Coleman, James Beddard, Alfred Hopkins, J.Daniel Hill, Wm. Thos. Salmon, Joseph May, Wm. John Addi-son, Alfred Edward Barrett, Thos. Holman, Alf. Wm. ArmourEvans, Wm. Rowbotham, Fred. Richard Webster, and JohnCook, of Guy’s Hospital.-Henry Mortlock Fernie, ArthurHenry Nowell, Wm. Howse, Geo. Richard Irvine, Wm. Stokes,Adolphus Wm. W. Caudle, Sam. Grove, H. T. H. Mead, R.Andrew Bolt, Geo. Griffith Phillips, Chas. John Smith, EdwinPayne, Albert Lloyd, John Griffith, and Collins Curtis, of St.Thomas’s Hospital.-John Thompson, Wm. Beamish Lane,Richard Istance, Vincent Whitgreave, Seth Smith, SimonBelinfante, Thos. Kipling, Chas. John Trotter, John Franks,John Roberts, Chas. Edward Orme, Wm. Goldsmid a’Beckett,Chas. Harden, and John Cooke, of University College Hospital.- am. H. Carlisle Weekes, Francis Vincent Hogan, Fredk.Chas. Spouncer, Wm. John Harris, Stouard Edye, Francis Jas.Hammond, and Wm. Lamb Shine, of St. Ba?,tholomew’s Hos-pital.-Thos. Henry Hawkins, Arnold Royle, G-. OverendDrewsy, Theodore Orton, Mark French Anderson, and GeorgeAugustus Hicks, of King’s College. -John Bride, Joseph KellettSmith, Wm. Miller, and Alfred Warburton, of Liverpool.-Fred. Victor Dickins, John Bland Jameson, and Aug. LittlewoodAndrew, of Alancheste2-. -Peter Cullen, John Reid, and Geo.Macartney Beckett, of Calcutta.-John Pearson Cresswell, andEdward Alfred Tyler, of Middlesex Hospital.-Benj. Cocks,and Edwin Chisholm, of St. Mary’s Hospital.-Arth. Roberts,and Fred. Fawson Lee, of St. George’s Hospital.-Thomas Ed-mund Ryland, and Thos. Wm. Bullock, Birmingham.-SidneyEdwd. Clarke, Westminsto- Hospital.-Robt. Elliott Huntley,.Nemcastle-on-Tyne.-John Wm. Bell, HulL.-Edwd. Chandler,Charing-cross Hospital.-W. Crisp Pechey, London Hospital.-Jas. Ebenezer Trevor, Grosvenor-place.-Thos. Rich. Jessop,Leeds.--Geo. Wm. Glasier, Edinburgh, and R Arnott Hall.APOTHECARIES’ HALL. - Names of gentlemen who

passed their examination in the science and practice of medi-cine, and received certificates to practise, on

Thursday, March. 31st, 1859.CHESHIRE, EDWARD, Vyse-street, Birmingham.CLAREMONT, CLAUDE CLARKE, Camden-town.ILLIN&WORTH, J. ALFRED, Mindee Newport, Monmouth.JOTHAM, EDWIN SPA.RHAWKE.LEWER, ALFRED, Merley Hall, Wimborne, Dorset.OGDEN, DAVID HENRY, Skipton Craven.QUENNELL, JOHN COOPER.SAUNDERS, G. J. SYMES, Charmouth.SMITH, C. J. OLIVER, Keyworth, Nottingham.SMITH, FRANCIS.SMITH, WALTER STEPHEN, Sheffield.WOOLRYCH, ARTHUR EDWARD.WYER, OTHO FRANCIS, Leamington Priors.

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SocIETY. - The following is a listof the officers and other members of Council for the session1859-60:-President: Benjamin Guy Babington, M.D., F.R.S.Vice-Presidezzts: Thomas Addison, M.D.; Thomas Alexander,C.B.; Sir Benj. C. Brodie, Bart., Pres. R.S.; Sir W. Burnett,K.C.B., K.C.H., F.R.S.; Rev. Thos. Dale, M.A., Canon Res.of St. Paul’s; R. D. Grainger, Esq., F.R.S.; Sir CharlesHastings, M.D., D.C.L.; Sir John Liddell, C.B., M.D., F.R.S.;John Nussey, Esq.; John Propert, Esq.; John Simon, Esq.,F.R.S.; Sir Andrew Smith, M.D., F.R.S., K.C.B.; ThomasSouthwood Smith, M.D.; Thomas Watson, M,D.-Treasurer:Thos. Addison, M.D., Vice-President.-Honorary Secretary:J. 0. M’William, M.D., F.R.S., C.B., R.N.-Other Membersof Council: C. L. Bradley, Esq.; A. Bryson, M.D., F.R.S.,R.N.; W. D. Chowne, M.D.; Robert- Cross, M.D.; HeadlamGreenhow, M. D.; Col. Hough; T. Hunt, F.R.C.S.; C. F. J.Lord, Esq.; J. F. Marson, Esq.; Charles Murchison, M.D.;E. Murphy, M.D.; W. Odling, M.D.; B. W. Richardson,M.D.; E. C. Seaton, M.D.; Spencer Wells, F.R.C.S. ; RNicol, M.D.; C. J. B. Aldis, M.D.; and Professor Symonds.THE charge of libel preferred by Dr. Godfrey against

the printer of the East London Observer has been postponed,upon the application of Mr. Sleigh, until next session.

DEVON AND DxETEg HOSPITAL. - Mr. Hayne, ofExmouth, who died a short time since, has bequeathed themunificent sum of £15,000 in aid of the funds of the abovecharity; in addition to which this benevolent gentleman hasalso contributed large sums to the Blind and Deaf and DumbInstitutions of Exeter.

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE.-The Queen has autho-rized that the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Doctor ofMedicine, already granted or conferred, or hereafter to begranted or conferred, by the above University, in the colonyof Victoria, shall be recognised as academic distinctions, thesame as those issued in this country.ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY, EDINBURGH.-The annual

dinner of this Society took place on the 30th ult., at Barry’sHotel, Queen-street. Mr. Dignum (in the absence of the SeniorPresident) took the chair, and was supported by the other twoPresidents, Messrs. Garrington and Bell. The dinner wasserved up in unexceptionable style on silver, and the wines wereexcellent. Upwards of forty-five gentlemen sat down, andamongst those present were, Professors Syme, Traill, Bennett,Laycock, Allman, Balfour, and Kelland, the Presidents of theColleges of l’hysicians and Surgeons, the Society’s law-agentand respected treasurer, Dr. W. T. Gairdner, &c., and manyof the practitioners of the city. Letters expressive of regret.for inability to be present, were read from Professors Alison,Christison, Henderson, Goodsir, Playfair, Miller, Rev. PrincipalLee, Rev. Drs. Guthrie and Coventry, Dr. Brown-Sequard, andothers. After the cloth was removed, the usual loyal and.patriotic toasts were given by the chairman, and enthusiasticallyresponded to.The CHAIRMAN then rose and proposed the sentiment of the.

evening, "Prosperity to the Royal Medical Society." Afteralluding to the great age and prosperous condition of the So-ciety, he referred to the pleasing nature of the alliance thus-maintained between professor and student, and concluded byglancing at the proceedings of the session just terminated. This-was received and responded to by all rising and cheering loudly.

Mr. GARRINGTON (President) then proposed "The Universityof Edinburgh and the Professors." After referring to the past;illustrious history of the University, he congratulated themthat by recent reforms, the expiration of their studentship would.not now sever the tie which bound them to their Alma Mater,and expressed the gratification he and his fellow presidents felt,at the large attendance of professors, showing that they did not.wish their connexion with them to be confined to the class-room of the College, or the wards of the hospital. This toastwas responded to by Professor Laycock.Mr. BELL (President) next proposed " The College of Sur-

geons," and remarked upon the high standing, both in militaryand civil life maintained by the licentiates of this College. Hementioned the honour they all felt at seeing one of the firstsurgeons of the age amongst them, (loud and continued ap-plause ;) and passed a high encomium upon the President of therCollege, Dr. Omond, who replied in suitable terms.

Mr. MACFARLANE then gave " The Royal College of Phy-sicians," in a speech full of the antiquarian research of its vene-rable author. This was responded to by the President, Dr.Alex. Wood.Mr. LITTLE, in a humorous speech, proposed " The Medical.

Council, with Mr. Syme," to which that gentleman responded,’ and alluded to what had been, and what still remained to be

done, by the Council.Professor SYME proposed, in a very kind and complimentary-

manner, the " Health of Messrs. Dignum, Garrington, andBell, the Presidents," expressing the pleasure it afforded himthus to meet them and the Society, and his admiration of the’manner in which they had carried out the arrangements of the

; evening. This was heartily responded to, and Mr. Garrington,in the name of his brother presidents, briefly replied.The following toasts were also given, " The Royal Infirmary,"’

"The Medico-Chirurgical Society," and "The Extra-Aca-demical School," (responded to by Professor Bennett, Dr. Gilles-

pie, and Dr. Gairdner,) "Our respected Treasurer," "TheFaculty of Arts and Professor Kelland," " The Office-bearers,"

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" The Graduates of Edinburgh and Professor Traill," and" The-Ladies." During the evening many songs and glees were sung,

! and the party broke up mutually gratified, and feeling thatsuch meetings of professor and students were both pleasant andprofitable.MUNIFICENT BEQUEST. - The Medical Benevolent

; Society of the department of the Seine has just been bequeathedoCl200 by the will of Dr. Bertrand, lately a practitioner in theFranrh capital

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THE CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY WITH THE BENNETT GANG.- The charge of conspiracy with the Bennett gang of swindlers,brought against Mr. Ambrose Haynes, was tried on Wednesdayat the Central Criminal Court. George Edwards repeated hisevidence as to the employment of urine, train oil, "cabbageoil," and cochineal, in the preparation of the embrocations, tinc-tures, and ear-drops prescribed; and said that on one occasionHaynes had prescribed for Mrs. Roach-ordered her two boxesof sawdust, and received two guineas; and that after the Ben-netts had absconded, Haynes had called for letters left, andopened and read them. Evidence was given in favour of thecharacter of Mr. Haynes. The Recorder said that there wasonly the uncorroborated evidence of accomplices, and the juryimmediately acquitted the prisoner.

VACCINATION. - An order has been issued from thePrivy Council Office, stating, that whereas by the PublicHealth Act of 1858 the Privy Council are empowered to issueregulations for securing the due qualification of all persons tobe contracted with by guardians and overseers of unions andparishes in England for the vaccination of persons resident insuch unions and parishes, it is enacted " That no contract forvaccination shall be entered into by such guardians or over-seers, except with a medical practitioner who shall be legallycompetent to practise both medicine and surgery in Englandand Wales. Provided, that if in any union or parish it shallnot be practicable for the guardians or overseers to contractwith a person residing in or near to the district for which heshall be required to act, fully qualified as aforesaid, the guar-dians or overseers may report the circumstances to the Poor-law Board, and the said Board may permit a contract to beentered into with a medical practitioner not fully qualified forso long a time as the said Board shall deem proper."APPOINTMENTS.-At a General Court of Governors,

held at the London Hospital on the lst of April, Dr. Barneswas unanimously elected Assistant Obstetric Physician to thathospital.-Dr. M’Cann, of Parliament-street, has been ap-pointed by the Earl of Malmesbury as Examining Physician tothe Foreign-office.-Dr. Adam Bealey has been elected Phy-sician to the St. Pancras Royal Dispensary.

TESTIMONIAL To PROFESSOR VARNELL.-A full meetingof the students of the Royal Veterinary College was held inthe theatre of that Institution on the 24th ult., to present toProfessor Varnell a testimonial expressive of their esteem andgratitude. It consisted of a massive silver salver and cruet-stand, together with an elegantly-worked cake-basket. Onthe salver was engraven the coat-of-arms of the Royal Collegeof Veterinary Surgeons, surmounted by their motto, " Visunita fortior," and also the following inscription :-March 24th, 1859. - This salver, with cruet-stand and

cake-basket, presented to Professor Varnell by the studentsof the Royal Veterinary College, as a mark of their esteem andappreciation of the kind and efficient manner in which he hasuniformly discharged his duties towards them. -Session 1858-9. "The honour of presentation devolved upon Mr. J. J. Chees-

man, who delivered an address appropriate to the occasion.Additional éclât was given to the proceedings by the presenceof the whole of the worthy Professor’s colleagues. Accom-

panying the testimonial was an illuminated vellum scroll bear-ing the names of the subscribers thereto.THE Aclz? NITRATE OF SILVER.-M. Crocq lately read

a paper before the Medical Society of Brussels, wherein he setsforth the advantages of a caustic solution hitherto not muchemployed-namely, the acid nitrate of silver. The authorstates that it should be used when the surface acted upon is tobe more or less deeply modified, without an intention of de-stroying much thickness of tissue-in fact, in those cases wherethe solid nitrate of silver or the acid nitrate of mercury are

generally used. The acid nitrate of silver is, however, superiorto the simple nitrate, as it penetrates much better into inter-stices, and as its action may at will be made superficial or deep,(the difference depending on the longer or shorter contact).It is also preferable to the acid nitrate of mercury, because itproduces no toxic effects, and never gives rise to alarmingsymptoms, however extensive the surface may be with whichit is brought in contact. Nor can it excite salivation. Itsaction can, moreover, be at once stopped when the vagina, themouth, or the eye are operated upon, as an injection of a solu-tion of common salt will immediately render it inert. Chancres,simple or sloughing ulcers, hospital gangrene, lupus, epithelialcancer, &c., can be treated with this caustic solution. It maybe prepared either from the simple nitrate or from metallicsilver. To obtain it from the lunar salt, it will be sufficient to

add eight times by weight of nitric acid, at 33°, to the nitrateof silver, and expose to heat in a stoppered bottle. Withmetallic silver, ten times the weight of nitric acid, at 35°,should be poured on the metal, and a gentle heat be used.-France Médicale.

NEW MEDICAL CORONER. - Mr. Humphreys, thenewly-elected Coroner for East Middlesex, has appointedDr. Challice his deputy, subject to the approval of the LordChancellor.

SYPHILIZATION IN VIENNA.-It appears that M. Hebra,of Vienna, is determined to test the value of syphilization.This physician has presented several patients so treated to theMedical Society of Vienna, and promises to continue the ex-periments. Some of the symptoms of syphilis actually dis-appeared whilst the patients were being inoculated; but whenit is remembered that derivation and good diet will do much,and that many such symptoms will vanish without any treat-ment, the value of the results obtained by M. Hebra will belessened.HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDING

SATURDAY, APRIL 2ND.-The returns for last week indicate afavourable state of the public health. In the week that endedMarch 5th, the deaths registered in London were 1215; in thethree weeks that followed, they averaged about 1160; in theweek that ended last Saturday, they declined to 1067, of which603 were deaths of males, and 464 those of females. In theten years 1849-58, the average number of deaths registered inthe weeks corresponding with last week was 1400; but as thedeaths in the present return occurred in an increased popula-tion, they can only be compared with the average raised inproportion to the increase-namely, with 1540. The result ofthe comparison is, that the deaths of last week were less by473 than the number which the average rate of mortality wouldhave produced. This great reduction is due in part to the factthat, by an improvement in the working of the registration,deaths on which inquests have been held are now registeredsoon after they occur, and therefore with greater uniformitythroughout the quarter, for violent deaths were last week 49,whereas the corrected average for the last week of the quarterin previous years is 128; but after making due allowance forthis circumstance, the chief part of the decrease in the deathsregistered must be assigned to a comparatively good conditionof health amongst the population. Scarlatina was fatal lastweek in 56 cases, diphtheria in 13, showing in the two diseasestogether but a small decrease on recent weeks. The deathsfrom diphtheria occurred in the following sub-districts :-St. Paul, Hammersmith, 1; St. Margaret, Westminster, 1; St.Mary, Marylebone, 1; Christchurch, Marylebone, 1; IslingtonWest, 1; Islington East, 1; Haggerstone West, 1; St. Olave,1; Borough-road, 1; St. Peter, Walworth, 2; Waterloo-road,first part, 1; Kennington, first, 1. There were 15 deaths fromsmall-pox, all, except 3, amongst children. A man, aged 72years, died in Grosvenor-street West of English cholera, afteran illness of 7 days.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

On the 23rd ult., at Wragby, Lincolnshire, the wife of JohnDeane Baker, Esq., M.R.C.S.E., of a daughter.On the 28th nlt., at Thorney-place, Camden-town, the wife

of C. C. Claremont, Esq.. M.R.C.S., of a son.On the 2nd inst., at Wimpole-street, Cavendish.square, the

wife of Henry Thompson, Esq., F. R. C. S., of a son.

MARRIAGES.On the 22nd nlt., F. Russell Hall, Esq., M.R.C.S., of Cam-

bridge, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late J. Gibbs, Esq., ofMount-street, Grosvenor-square, London.On the 6th inst., at St. John’s Church, Peterborough, Richard

Cockerton, Esq., M.R.C.S., to Louisa, eldest daughter of thelate Wm. Slack, Esq., of Cross-green House, Soham, Cam-bridgeshire. ____

DEATHS.

On the 24th ult., at Harpenden, Herts, Rebecca, wife of J.Quiter Rumball, Esq., M.R.C.S., aged 61.On the 5th inst., at Leinster-square, Bayswater, R. Driver

Kidd, Esq., M. R. C. S., aged 32.