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pointment as union medical officers, which has been relinquishedfrom an inadequate salary."

Proposed by Mr. Faull and seconded by Mr. Morgan-4." That a subscription be immediately made, to assist in carry-ing out the objects of the Association, and the proceeds be for-warded to Mr. Griffin."

Proposed by Mr. Grace and seconded by Mr. Faull-5.That a vote of thanks be given to Mr. Clark for the interesthe has shown, and the able manner in which he has conductedthe meeting."

T. E. CLARK, Hon. Sec. and Treasurer.T. E. CLARK, Hon. S’ec. and Treasurer.

MEETINGS OF THE STUDENTS OF THE MANCHESTER SCHOOLOF MEDICINE.

A PRELIMINARY meeting of the students of the ManchesterSchool of Medicine, in support of Mr. Griffin’s movement, washeld on Thursday, the 19th ultimo,-W. Ramsden, Esq., inthe chair,-when a committee, consisting of chairman, secre-tary, treasurer, and seven members, was appoint d.A general meeting of the students took place on Tuesday

last,--Edward Pitman, Esq., in the chair,-when a series ofresolutions of the same purport as the preceding were unani-mously carried.

Medical News.APOTHECARIES’ HALL. - Names of gentlemen who

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

Thursday, February 26th, 1857. .BAYLE, THOMAS, Truro, Cornwall.EARNSHAW, HUGH GRANGFR, Clitheroe, Lancashire.EvANs, ABEL, Llandyssul, Cardigan.FULLER, SAMUEL, Army.MATTHEW, JOHN, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire.PARKER, THEOPHILUS ROBERT BUSH, Clifton, Bristol.THOMAS, JOHN, Cardigan.

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ROYAL MEDICAL AND’CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY.-The annual meeting was held on

Monday, the President, Mr. Cresar Hawkins, in the chair.From the auditors’ report, the receipts were shown to be£1 156. This exceeded the expenditure by a purchase of £ 200stock and a balance in hand of £54 11 s. 2d. The report of theCouncil stated that during the past year fourteen fellows hadbeen elected, eight had died, and one resigned. Two hundredand ninety-seven works had been added to the library. Arrange-mnts had also been made for publishing, at short intervals,t te " Proceedings’’ of the Society. The meetings of the Patho-logical Society would for the future be held in the room ofthis Society.-lblr. Hawkins then delivered the usual address.He congratulated the Society on its position, and, after ex-pressing his satisfaction that the Pathological Society wouldreturn to its original place of meeting, proceeded to give anaccount of the various resident, non-resident, and honoraryfellows of the Society who had died during the past year. Ofthe first class there was only one-Mr. Vickers, late of Baker-street. The non-resident fellows were-Mr. Salter, of Poole,Mr. Peregrine, late of Halfmoon-street, Sir Alexander Crich-ton, Dr. Archibald Ross, Mr. Warner, of Cirencester, and Dr.Macreight. The honorary fellows were Dr. Buckland, and Dr.Warren, of Boston, U.S.-On the motion of Dr. Webster,seconded by Mr. Hale Thomson, the President was requestedto publish his address in the forthcoming number of theSociety’s" Proceedings. " - Mr. Travels, in very eulogistict rms, proposed a vote of thanks to the President, on this hislast night in the chair. This was carried by acclamation, andthe Society adjourned.-The following gentlemen were electedoffice-bearers for 1857-58 :-President: Dr. C. Lococl,-.-Vice-Presidents: Dr. G. Budd, Dr. Seth Thompson, Mr. R. Quain,:and Mr. J. Dixon.-Treasurers: Dr. G. Cursham, and Mr,’T. B. Curling.-Secretaries: Dr. A. W. Barclay and Mr.:Spene,er Smith.-Librarians: Dr. Wm. yVegg and Mr. JohnBirkett.—Other Members of Council: Drs. A. Farre, H. Hunt,J. Snow, A. P. Stewart, F. Weber; Messrs. E. Cock, H. Lee,G. D. Pollock, G. J. Squibb, and N. Ward.CITY DISPENSARY.—Patients during the year, 14,439.

3000 visits had been paid to patients at their own houses, and700 urgent cases and accidents had been attended withoutletters of recommiendation.

THE DIFFERENTIAL STETHOSCOPE.-Dr, Scott Alison,of the Brompton Hospital, has invented a stethoscope whichhe calls the " differential stethoscope." The object which hehas had in view, and which he has fully accomplished, is tolisten to the sounds of the lungs and heart in different parts ofthe thorax at the same moment. The sounds of the healthyparts of the lung are compared with the diseased parts, withoutchanging in the least the position of the auscultation or of thepatient. The sounds of the two sides of the heart, eitherhealthy or diseased, are likewise so dealt with. These objectsare attained by adopting the principle of the binaural or doublestethoscope of Cammaun, and superadding to it the principleof collecting sound at different parts of the chest, which iscarried out by using two body pieces, instead of one, as in allstethoscopes heretofore made use of or designed. When onebody piece has been placed upon what is deemed the healthypart, the other is made to move from point to point, and totransmit its reports to one ear, to be at once compared withthat of the healthy part, which is being constantly read intothe other ear. The vast numbers of patients labouring underserious lung, heart, and pleural disease, who resort to theBrompton Hospital, have rendered very necessary any facilityfor accurate and expeditious diagnosis. Dr. Alison believeshis diagnosis will, by means of this modified stethoscope, begreatly expedited. It will be used every Tuesday and Friday,and Dr. Alison will, doubtless, be glad to see any member ofthe profession interested in this novelty. The instrument,which is-very elegant in appearance, and by no means costly,has been made by Mr. Coxeter, of Grafton-street.AMYLENE. - At the last meeting of the Medical

Society of London, Dr. Snow showed a specimen of amylenewhich had a less powerful and more agreeable odour than thatwhich he showed to the Society on a former occasion. Hesaid that the change had been produced by great care in itspreparation on the part of Mr. Bullock, and that the chiefobstacle to the use of this agent was in a great measure re-moved ; and he expected that the odour would be still lesswhen the amylene could be procured in a state of more absolutepurity. He had given the amylene in 69 operations, and in onecase of labour since he read the paper on Jan. 10th, making atotal of 91 cases. The results confirmed what he had statedon the former occasion, as to certain advantages it possessedover chloroform in a number of instances. A little vomiting

I had occurred in six of the cases; this was much less than wouldbe met with from chloroform, more especially as many of thepatients had taken a meal just before the operation.KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL. -- Income of past year,

£ 5587; expenditure .67858. The number of patients exceededthat of last year by 2005.ROYAL ORTHOPÆDIC HOSPITAL.-Number of patients

admitted during 1856, 1533. Receipts for the year £ 4022 15s. ld.SMALL-POX IN ST. GEORGE’S, HANOVER-SQlJARE.-Mr.

Jay, vaccinator of this parish, states that there are 20,000persons in his district, and that there has not been a singlefatal case of small-pox for more than a year and a half. £

SEAMEN’S HOSPITAL SOCIETY.-During the past year1851 patients had been admitted; the out-patients were 1658.The annual income is about £ 4000.

LONGEVITY.-From the returns of the Registrar-Generalit appears that in three years 266 persons have died in Englandand Wales of the age of one hundred years and upwards.HOME CIRCUIT : HERTFORD ASSIZES. - CHARGE OF

ATTEMPTING TO PROCURE ABORTION.-Charles Tipple, thirty--nine, a surgeon, at Baldock, surrendered to take his trial upon,a charge of having feloniously administered certain noxious.drugs to one Caroline Burley, and used other means to procureher miscarriage. The prosecutrix in this case was a young girlwho, at the time of the occurrence that was the subject. of the

! inquiry, was in the service of a chemist at Hitchin ;: and it

appeared that an improper intimacy took place between herand a young man named Richardson, who was her master’sassistant, the result of which was that she became. pregnant.Richardson, it appeared then gave, her some pavxders, whichhe said he had, procured from the prisoner, and which he toldher to take, representing that they would have the effect of

preventing her from giving birth to. a child. She took them,and was afterwards introduced by Richardson to the prisonergwho asked her what effect the powd-ers had. When she toldhim that they only made her sick, he said that, something elsemust be done, and, according to the ease for the prosecution,he upon Rrle occasion 3made use of an instrument with the

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object of destroying the child. The prosecutrix swore posi-tively to the prisoner having committed the act allegedagainst him. Upon being cross-examined, however, it ap-peared that after the occurrence she had gone to London,where she became acquainted with a person named Pass, whoshe said was a doctor, and who "took up her cause;" and itappeared that they proceeded together to Hitchin, where Passmade an application to Richardson for money, and obtained£ 10 from him. He also applied to the prisoner for money,but he refused to give him any; and the present charge wasnot made against him until after that refusal. The prosecutrix,it appeared, eventually gave birth to a child, which was stillalive. Serjeant Ballantine made a most earnest appeal to thejury on behalf of the prisoner, and said that there was nofoundation for the charge, and that the accusation had beentrumped up by the prosecutrix and the man Pass, for the pur-pose of extorting money. He also particularly called theirattention to the absence of anything like corroboration of theprosecutrix’s story, and to the improbability of any respectablemedical man acting in the manner suggested. The learnedJudge having summed up, the jury almost immediately re-turned a verdict of Not Guilty.HER MAJESTY’S LEVEE. - The following gentlemen

were present : Dr. Furlong, presented by Lieutenant-GeneralSir Colin Campbell; Dr. J. B. Gibson, on being appointed aC.B., by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ; Mr.Propert, by ’viscount Boyne ; Sir John Hall, Inspector-Ge eralof Hospitals, on his appointment as a K. C. B. , by Lord Pan-mure ; Assistant-surgeon W. Cartell, by Major-General Sir J.Y. Scarlett; Senior Surgeon Elliott, on return from the Crimeaand being nominated a C. B: , by General Sir. H. Ross.Doctors-Michael Faraday, Fergusson, M’Pherson, Mac-

laughlin, M’Cann, Smith.COURT OF QUEEN’S BENCH, FEB. 27TH. - MEDICAL

ATTENDANCE, &C.: ROBERTS v. KERFOOT. - The plaintiff,Thomas Roberts, was a surgeon and apothecary in Bridge-street, Southwark, and he sued the defendant, Thomas Ker-foot, a publican at Stockwell, to recover the sum of X46 6s. 7d.,being the amount of the plaintiff’s bill for his attendance as asurgeon and medicines supplied to the defendant’s wife. Fromthe plaintiff’s evidence it appeared that in the month of June,1850, he was called in to attend the defendant’s wife, and con-tinued to do so daily, and often twice a day, down to thebeginning of October. The defendant at that time was livingin the New North-road, Hoxton, and was keeping a public-house there. The plaintiff paid in all about seventy visits,having to treat his patient for femoral hernia. With the assis-tance of the surgeon from Guy’s Hospital, the hernia was re-duced, and the patient recovered of her other complaints, thoughshe died afterwards of consumption. The plaintiff charged 5s.for each visit, and when the defendant removed to Warwick-place, Pimlico, he charged 7s. 6d., and generally at Hoxtoncharged for two visits each day. The rest of the bill was madeup of charges for various medicines, which the plaintiff saidwere necessary for the cure of the defendant’s wife from thedisease under which she was labouring. The plaintiff wascross-examined to show that the case was a medical, and not asurgical case, and that he had undertaken to attend as a friend,upon the understanding that he should have refreshments,dinners, wines, spirits, &c., in lieu of payment. The plaintiffdenied this suggestion, though he admitted that he often hadtaken refreshment at the defendant’s house, and had had wine(two dozen) sent to him by the defendant. At the close of theplaintiff’s case, Mr. Turner submitted that, according to thecase of the Apothecaries’ Company v. Lotinga, an apothecary’sbill could not be recovered unless the plaintiff was proved tobe a licentiate of the Company. -Lord Campbell said there wasevidence to go to the jury.-Mr. Turner then examined thedefendant, who stated that in June, 1850, he called in theplaintiff to attend his wife for consumption, and that heattended as a friend, upon the understanding that he shouldhave refreshments, dinners, &c., free of charge. He said hehad at one time sent the plaintiff a dozen of wine, at anothersix bottles of whisky, and at another six bottles of rum. Healso produced an account of refreshments which, he said, theplaintiff had had at his house. This amounted to about £ 22;and, if correct, showed that the plaintiff had nearly every daydined at the defendant’s house, and taken ale, wine, brandy-and-water, cigars, &c.-The defendant relied on the length oftime which elapsed before the plaintiff demanded any money,as showing the terms on which plaintiff had attended. Butthe plaintiff said he had delayed his demand because the defen-dant, when asked, alleged his inability to pay. -Lord Campbell

summed up, and said, that if the agreement alleged by de-fendant existed, the plaintiff could not recover. But if the

jury thought there was no such agreement, the plaintiff mustrecover so much of his bill as related to attendance and medi-cines supplied as a surgeon. But, as the plaintiff was not alicentiate apothecary in 1850, though he was a licentiate now,he could not recover for services and medicines supplied in1850 as an apothecary.The jury found for the plaintiff-damages ;S20.HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDING

SATURDAY, FEB. 28TH.-The deaths in London have exhibiteda slow but constant decrease during the four weeks of February,In the week that ended last Saturday the total number regis-tered was 1216. In the ten years 1847-56 the average num.ber of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was1148. But the deaths now returned occurred in an increasedpopulation, and for comparison with the average the lattershould be raised proportionally to the increase, in which caseitwill become 1263. The result of the comparison is a differenceof 47, showing that the rate of mortality last week was ratherbelow the average. The zymotic class of diseases was fatallast week in 197 cases; the corrected average is 243. Thesefigures indicate a very favourable condition of health, especiallyamongst young persons, who are chiefly liable to many of thediseases included under this head. Hooping-cough is still themost fatal of the zymotic complaints, but it shows a decreaseon previous returns, the weekly deaths from it in Februaryhaving been 61, 70, 74, and 53. Of 45 deaths from typhusand eommon fever, only 6 occurred in the southern districts,although in the five divisions of the metropolis the south con-tains the largest population. The central districts also appearto have been comparatively free from fever, one death in thatdivision having been from scarlatina, and four from typhus. Awoman died in Long’s-court, in the Charing-cross sub-district,from cholera, after forty-eight hours’ illness. The deaths

from pulmonary diseases were last week 304, whilst the cor-rected average of corresponding weeks is 276. The excess isnot very considerable, and arises from bronchitis, which wasfatal in 166 cases, (the average being 134,) a greater numberby 75 than that referred to pneumonia. Phthisis, which stands.in the tubercular class, carried off 142 persons.

MEDICAL DIARY OF THE WEEK.

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WEDNESDAY,MARCH 11

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SATURDAY, MARCH 14

(ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.

METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL. - Operationsy2 P.M.

ROYAL OETH:op(EDic HOSPITAL. -Operations, 2L P.M.rGUY’s HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 P.M.ROYAL INSTITUTION.-3 P.M. Prof. Huxley, " On

Physiology: ’ROYAL MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY OF’l, LONDON.-8½ P.M.(ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 p.ns.UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL.- Operations2 P.M.ROYAL ORTnopCEDio HOSPITAL. -Operations, 3½ P.M.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.-4 P.M. CroonianLectures. Dr. Owen Rees, "On some Points re-sII lating to the Pathology of Urinary Affections."

NORTH LONDON MEDICAL SOCIETY.-8 P.M.GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY (Somerset House).-8 P.M.LETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY.-8! P.M.(MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL.-Operations, 12½ P.M.ST. GEORGE’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 P.M.

CENTRAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL.Operations, 1 P.M.

LONDON HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1½ P.M.

ROYAL INSTITUTION.-3 P.M. Prof. Tyndall, " On

Sound."UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SOCIETY.-S P.M.Mr. T. Howkins, " On Smoking."(OPHTIIALJUC HOSPITAL, MOORFIELDS. - Opera-

I tions, 10 A.M.

WESTMINSTER OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL. - Opera-

tions, 1½ P.M.. ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.-4 P.M. Croonian

) Lectures. Dr. Owen Bees, "On some Points re-lating to the Pathology of Urinary Affections.’

ROYAL INSTITUTION.—8½ P.M. Prof. Phillips, "OnL_ Geological Sketches round the Malvern Hills."(CHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL,-Operations, 12½ P.M.WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 P.M.ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 P.M.ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, Ii

! P.M.KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 r.M.I ROYAL INSTITUTION.-3 P.M. Prof. Phillips, " On

ill/’ the Limits of Variation in the State of the Globe- Climate.

LMEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.-8 P.M.