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required to wear a chain curb collar, having a number stampedthereon, as well as the name of the town where it is issued.Such collars to be supplied by all tax-collectors at a charge ofIs. each, and the name and address of the owner of the doginserted in a register against the number of the collar issued.The police should be enjoined, and any individual be at liberty,to destroy at once any dog found straying at large having nocollar; and the constables should be allowed a reward of Is.for each dog so destroyed.

Obituary.JOHN CONOLLY, M.D.

ON the 5th of March, at his house in the village of Hanwell,near the asylum, in which he loved so well to work, andwhere he had effected so much good, died, at the age of seventy-one, John Conolly, a name that will long remain beloved andhonoured, as that of one of the foremost and most energeticin the humane task of ameliorating the condition of the

insane, and the abolition in their treatment of all physicalrestraint. A humane physician, an intelligent philanthropist,Dr. Conolly-to adopt the eloquent language of Lord Shaftes-bury-" had been called to do good work in his generation,and had answered to the call;" and his last days were madehappy by the realization of the wish of Lord Shaftesbury, ex-pressed on the same occasion, that he might feel " he had beeninstrumental in alleviating the miseries of mankind, and, underthe blessing of Almighty God, had served, and effectuallyserved, his fellow-creatures." "

Dr. Conolly was born on the 27th of May, 1794, at Market-Rasen, in Lincolnshire ; his father, a branch of the Conollysof Castletown in Ireland, died early, leaving the care andtraining of his family to their mother, awoman of much judg-ment and energy. Through this lady Dr. Conolly was con-nected with the family of D’Eyncourt, and with the PoetLaureate.

Dr. Conolly entered life at the age of eighteen as an ensignin a militia regiment. In 1818 he married Elizabeth, a daugh-ter of Sir John Collins ; and it marks the energy and deter-mination of his character that soon afterwards he entered him-self as a graduate in the University of Edinburgh, and took hisdegree with distinction in 1821, selecting "Insanity" as thesubject of his thesis in graduating as Doctor of Medicine.After some further prosecution of his medical studies in Paris,he engaged in the practice of his profession for a short time atChichester. He then removed to Stratford-upon-Avon ; he wasthere to some extent successful, and much liked, being twiceelected mayor of the town. In 1827 he came to London ; therehis charm of manner and his real talent engaged the attentionof Lord Brougham, and, mainly through that nobleman’s in-fluence, Dr. Conolly was appointed Professor of Medicine in theUniversity of London, a great distinction for so young a man.During the four years he retained this chair Dr. Conolly en-

gaged much in literary work, in conjunction with Dr. Tweedieand Sir John (then Dr.) Forbes ; he edited the " Cyclopaediaof Practical Medicine," contributing many articles. In 1830he published his first and best work, the " Indications of In-sanity." His other publications were, a work " On Asylums,"1847 ; a volume " On the Non-Restraint System," 1856 ; an"Essay on Hamlet," 1863 ; his admirable "Lectures" pub-lished in THE LANCET, and those delivered before theCollege of Physicians. There is much of his writing in theAnnual Reports of the Hanwell Asylum, 1839 to 1842. Thosewritten by him are models of composition and of sound prac-tical sense.In 1830 Dr. Conolly returned to the provinces, and be-

came inspecting physician to the asylums in Warwickshire. In1839 the great wish of his life was gratified by his appoint-ment as Physician to the Hanwell County Asylum.

In spite of his great and varied talent, Dr. Conolly wouldnever have attained any distinction as a general consultingphysician : the defects of his early training, his desultory edu-cation, and the late period of his life at which he entered uponthe study of medicine, combined to prevent his obtaining anymastery of its principles, or ever feeling that pleasure in itspractice without which no physician can hope to becomefamous.In his appointment to the direction of the Hanwell Asylum,

Dr. Conolly found the exact field fitted for his genius. He hadan intellect prompt at analysis : the functions of the mind inhealth, its deviations in disease, had been his favourite study.In his diagnosis of mental disorders he was singularly happy ;and the natural kindness and benevolence of his heart madethe system of treating the insane without mechanical restraint,which he inculcated with so much ardour and success, a labourof love indeed.

It is a mistake to suppose that Dr. Conolly originated thissystem. Without him it probably never would have attainedits present development, and might possibly have been strangledin its birth ; but to Dr. Conolly the merit belongs of in-

augurating a new feeling in relation to the insane-gentlenessand kindness, the utmost forbearance, the most tender pityfor those under his care, was the example he set and the lessonhe inculcated. A new school of physicians arose under hisauspices ; and, to again quote Lord Shaftesbury, Dr. Conolly" was an eminent instrument in a great work of wisdom andhumanity. "The labours of Dr. Conolly were fully appreciated by his

professional brethren. Few men had so many devoted friends.He was for years a Vice-president of the Medical Association,and on the unanimous vote of its members obtained the honourof the degree of D.C.L. from Oxford at the same time as SirJohn Forbes and Sir Charles Hastings. He was twice Presi-dent of the Medico-Psychological Association, and countedamong its members his most loved and cherished friends.

Dr. Conolly ceased to reside in the Hanwell Asylum in 1844,continuing to retain the title of its consulting physician. Hethen removed to Lawn House, Hanwell, and at various resi-dences in London obtained a very large consulting practicein cases of mental disease.

Dr. Conolly’s health had never been robust; he had sufferedmuch from rheumatic fever, which had left traces of heartdisease. Of late years he was unfitted for much exertion. Theproximate causes of those serious attacks which ultimatelyterminated his life was characteristic of his tender and sensi-tive feelings. In 1862 he lost a favourite grand-daughter.The day before the child’s funeral he spent an hour alone byits little coffin, weeping passionately ; the same night he wasattacked with convulsions of an epileptic character, followedby paralysis of the right side. In 1863 he had another similarseizure; and again a slighter one in 1864. Latterly his healthappeared to improve, and he talked of coming to reside inLondon. On Sunday, March the 4th, of this year, anotherslight attack was felt. This passed off, and no immediatedanger was apprehended; insensibility, with violent convul-sions, however, recurred on the morning of Monday, and,within an hour, the gentle and kindly spirit of John Conollyhad passed away to its everlasting home.

ANDREW MELVILLE M’WHINNIE, F.R.C.S.THis gentleman was articled pupil of the late Mr. Stanley,

and at an early age became one of the Demonstrators ofAnatomy at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. He was elected

assistant-surgeon to that establishment in 1852, but retiredbefore obtaining the surgeoncy. He was well informed, bothprofessionally and generally, but had with him a peculiarity ofmanner which interfered with his success as a lecturer. He

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was of kind disposition, and had many friends, who saw withregret the depressing effect of the disease from which he ulti-mately died.

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MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.’ JULIUS ALTHAUS, M.D., M.B.C.P., has been appointed Physician to the London; Infirmary for Epilepsy and Paralysis, Charles-street, Portman-square.

Prof. R. BELL has been elected a Member of the Chemical Society.D. CALDERWOOD, L.R.C.S.Ed., has been elected Medical Officer for the 10th

District of the City of Glasgow Parish, vice D. Cannon, Surgeon, re-signed.

Dr. F. CAMPBELL has been elected a Member of the Anthropological Society.i

E. CARVER, M.B., F.R.C.8.E., of St. John’s College, has been appointed De-monstrator of Anatomy in the University of Cambridge.

A. CoLLIE, M.D., has been appointed Assistant Medical Officer to the LondonFever Hospital.

Mr. W. H. CORFIELD has been elected a Member of the Chemical Society.Mr. F. S. DEwsof has been appointed Resident Dispenser at the Queen’s

! Hospital, Birmingham, vice Mr. G. Smith, resigned.. C. B. Fox, M.D., M.R.C.P., has been elected a Fellow of the Obstetricall Society of London.

H. S. GALE, M.B., has been elected Medical Officer to the Western District,

of the Poplar Union.F. W. GIBSON, M.B., has been appointed Assistant Medical Officer to the

; Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, near Wokingham, Berks.Dr. J. MonRis has been appointed Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator for

the Inkberrow District of the Alcester Union, vice Mr. G. P. Dunn, re-signed.

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R. J. TuNAL:E-7, M.R.C.S.E., has been elected Medical Officer and Public Vae-cinator for District No. 4 and the Workhouse of the Forehoe Incorpora- Ition of the Poor, Norfolk, vice T. E. T. Colman, M.R.C.S.E., deceased.

Mr. G. W. WEBSTER has been elected a Member of the Chemical Society.W. L. WsiTE, M.B., has been elected Assistant Medical Superintendent to

the Royal Infirmary, Dundee, vice Alex. Collie, M.D., resigned.W. RHYS WILLIAMS, M.D., has been appointed Resident Physician and

Medical Superintendent of the Royal Hospital of Bethlehem, vice W.Helps, M.D., deceased.

G. F. B. WILLING, L.R.C.P.Ed., has been appointed Medical Officer, PublicVaccinator, and Registrar of Births, &c., to the Great Wakering Dis-trict of the Rochford Union, Essex, and Surgeon to the Coast Guardof Great Wakering and Shocburyness, vice A. C. White, M.D., resigned.

J. V. WORTHINGTON, L.R.C.P.Ed., has been appointed Medical Officer forthe Garston District of the West Derby Union, vice C. Evers, M.D., re-signed.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

On the 15th of Jan., at Campbellpore, East Indies, the wife of Assistant-Surgeon Charles Mackinnon, 20th Hussars, of a daughter.

On the 28th of Jan., at Kurachee, Scinde, East India, the wife of Dr. R.Boustead, H.M.’s Bombay Army, of a daughter.

On the 27th ult., at Budleigh Salterton, Devon, the wife of H. J. Carter,Surgeon-Major (retired) H.M.’s Bombay Army, of a daughter.

On the 2nd inst., at Waterford, the wife of Dr. M’Cabe, of a daughter.On the 4th inst., at Watcombe, near Torquay, the wife of Dr. Caddy, R.N.,

H.M.’s Ship " Ganges," of a son.On the 4th inst., at Stroud, Gloucestershire, the wife of Robert Blagden,

L.R.C.P.L., of a son.On the 5th inst., at Arnold-terrace, Bow-road, the wife of C. F. A. Usher,

L.D.S. R.C.S.E., of a son.On the 5th inst., at Woodlawn, Mount Nugent, Co. Cavan, the wife of Dr. T.

Mawhinny, of a son.On the 7th inst., at St. John’s-road, Stockton-on-Tees, the wife of J. Far-

quharson, Physician and Surgeon, of a son.On the 8th inst., at Battle, Sussex, the wife of H. M. Champneys, F.R.C.S.E.,

of a daughter.On the 8th inst., at South Shields, the wife of A. Legat, M.D., of a son.On the 10th inst., at Glasgow, the wife of J. Barrie, M.D., of a daughter.On the llth inst., at West Malling, the wife of S. Prall, M.D., of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.On the 1st inst., at Moneymore, Samuel Fleming, L.R.C.S.Ed., of Newtown-

limavady, Co. Derry, to Margaret, daughter of the late Stewart Charles,Esq.

On the 7th inst., at All Souls’ Church, Langham-place, George Peaeocke,M.D., Army Medical Department, to Rose Emily Wilkinson, daughter ofGeorge Smith, Esq. ____

DEATHS.On the lst inst., J. M. Williams, M.R.C.S.E., of Bridgend, Glamorganshire,

aged 89.On the 3rd inst., W. Jones, M.R.C.S.E., of Byrom-street, Manchester, for-

merly of Henley-in-Arden, aged 51.On the 4th inst., Wm. Gray, M.R.C.S.E., formerly of Orford-hill, Norwich,

aged 35.On the 5th inst., Wm. Sankey, F.R.C.S.E., of Dover, aged 76.On the 5th inst., Stephen Hall, M.D., late of Exeter, formerly of Dulwich,

aged 63.On the 6th inst., at Hastings, H. W. Pearson, M.R.C.S.E., aged 29.On the 9th inst., at Coupar Angus, John Lowe, Surgeon, aged 84.On the llth inst., J. J. Paul, M.D., of Putney, formerly Assist.-Surgeon R.N.On the llth inst., Eliza (Lilly), second daughter of J. Macloghlin, Resident

Surgeon of the Wigan Dispensary, aged 13 years and 11 months.On the 12th inst., Wm. Tabrum, M.D., of Upminster, Essex, aged 81.

To Correspondents.Alpha.-We fear the present position of parties in Parliament, and the pres-

sure upon them of several very urgent and difficult questions, leave uslittle room to hope for any legislative action this year in amendment of theMedical Act; the more so as the Medical Council has fixed its meetinglate, and for Whitsun tide week, when Parliament will be having a holiday

WE have received 22 2s. from J. Toynbee, Esq., Savile-row, on behalf of theGriffin Testimonial Fund.

Pater.-The regulations are simple, and the plan of education is good.

THE B R I T I S H P H A R M A C O P O E I A.

To the Editor of THE LANCET.SIR,-As this appears to be the appropriate moment for suggestions re-

specting the new editon of the British Pharmacopoeia, I would venturemake one or two suggestions through your columns.The editors of the British Pharmacopoeia eliminated altogether the class of

"eerates" of the old Pharmacopoeia, replacing many of them, however, bycorresponding ointments. There is one, however, which has not been re-placed, and which is a great loss to the surgeon: I mean the ceratumhydrargyri compositum (P.L., 1851), which is so frequently employed in thetreatment of diseased joints as "Scott’s dressing." The British pharmaceu-tists would, no doubt, have us employ the unguentum hydrargyri; but prae-tically this is too soft and greasy, and soaks through the dressings-veryrapidly.Another most convenient mode of administering mercury has been taken

away by the removal of the old liquor hydrargyri bichloridi, which containedl-16th of a grain in the drachm. A solution of corrosive sublimate is in theBritish Pharmacopoeia, but is forty times the strength of the old liquor, andis intended merely for testing. It is obvious that any mistake by a dispenser

between the two solutions would be highly dangerous. ,

In conclusion, let me assure Dr. Garrod, from practical experience, thathis opinion of the value of the tincture of arnica is erroneous, and his experi- ments respecting the absorption of effused blood fallacious, from not havingused the tincture sufficiently strong. The undiluted tincture I find to be a most serviceable remedy when painted upon recent bruises, and a most ex-’ cellent preventive of " black-eyes."

London, March, 1866. Yours obediently,

AN HOSPITAL SURGEON.London, March, 1866. AN HOSPITAL SuziGEON’.

Mr. George Pettinger, jun. (Manchester), should possess himself of Lumley’sPoor-law Manual, in which he will find a fund of information, including ngthat which he more particularly requires.

A Surgeon, R.N.-We believe that the Report has not yet been made public.

PARASITIC FUNGI.To the Editor O/TSE LANCET.

SIR,-I do not wish to occupy your valuable space with what would onlyturn out to be a most unprofitable discussion-truly parasitic-in yourcolumns; nor shall I attempt so utterly hopeless and impossible a task asthat of " convincing a man against his will." I must, however, request per-mission to say, in answer to a letter in your last issue from Dr. Lowe, which,while intended to be argumentative, is simply abusive, and contains through-out a series of disingenuous misrepresentations of my papers published in theMicroscopical Journal, that if it is considered by him to be a criminal acton my part to be ignorant of the writings of so eminent an authority, "andonly once to ac:knowledge his existence," why then I fear to this part of thecharge I must plead guilty. For the rest, my papers published in theQuarterly Journal of MicroscopicaL Science, January, 1859 and 1866, are opento the judgment of any impartial reader who will take the trouble to comparethem with Dr. Lowe’s. Your obedient servant,

Bedford-square, March 12th, 1866. JABEZ ROGG.

Msa. THOMAS, the widow of the late Mr. J. Thomas, Surgeon, of Kennington,for whom the profession showed so kind and charitable a sympathy, has nowrecovered her health, and is anxious to find employment as nurse, matron,housekeeper, or companion. She has had much experience, and can offerthe best personal references.

The Weekly Reader should make application to the Registrars or Secretariesof the different institutions to which his communication refers.

HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS.

To the Ey ditoi- Of THE LANCET.SIR,-Will you allow me space in your journal to ask your correspondents

if they know of an instance of a general practitioner (M.D. or otherwise)being elected to the special medical department of an hospital ? I believe itis not uncommon, but I cannot call to mind such an occurrence.

I remain, Sir, yours truly,March, 1866. W.

Student, Second Year.- We think that there is not much likelihood of sucha thing happening. The time now required is almost too short for whathas to be undergone during its period.

Amicus, (New Ormond-street.) - The work of Hooker, "Physician andPatient."

THE ABMY AND NAYY MEDICAL SERVICES.

To the -Editor of THE LANCET.SIR,-I do not think the alleged boon of a retirement after twenty years’

service ought to be approved of with the proposed large reduction of the payfrom the present or new rate. The naval medical officers will find this rulemore unjust, as to attain twenty years’ full-pay service, a period of twenty-three years at least must elapse, owing to the system of placing them onhalf pay when a ship is paid off. No allowance is made for this enforcedhalf pay, and thus a considerable advantage is given to the army in countingperiods’of service. Your obedient servant,

Dublin, March 6th, 1866. FAIRPLAY.