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Henderson, G., M.A.Henderson, G. P.Henderson, J. H.Howden, I. D. C.Hughes, M.Hunter, W. H.Huntly, H. E.IIHusband, A. L.Hutton, D. M., B.Sc.Jenkins, G. J.Jones, D. J.Kelly, J. I.Ker,L.,M.A.Kirk, J.Landsborough, D.Landsborough, J.Laurie, L. V.Lawson, D.Leebody, H. A.Leith, It. M.Lewis, T. G.Lillie, W.Lundie, G. F., M.A.Lupton, A. C.Lusk, S. F.Lüttig, P. Ch., B.A.M’Camon, R.MacCarthy-Morrogh, A.Macdonald, A., M.A.Macdonald, F. B.M’Donald, J.Macdonald, W. M.M’Dowell, W. C. W., B.A.Macfie, T. H.Mackay, D. M.MacLaurin, C.MacLean, K.Macmillan, J. G.Macmillan, N. H.Malcolm, W. S.Mander, W. R.Martin, W. L., M.A., B.Sc,Momplé, F. J. R.Moortead, R. L.Norwell, J. S., B.Sc.Ormerod, T. T.Owen, E. LOwen, R.Parsons, J. A.

Peach, C. W.Pearson, H. C.Peill, A. D.Plante, G. R.Potts, W. A., B.A.Price, W. H.Procter, G. L.Rait, J. C.Rankine, D., M.A.Rau, M. S.. M.A., B.Se..Raymond, J. K.Reid, E. S.Richardson, H.Richardson, W. P.Risely, It. J.Roberts, G. L.Robson, R. G., M.A.Roddis, T. E. E.Ross, V. A.RoB’croft, R.Sadler, T. D.Samut, R.Scott, E. W. K.Selby, R. G.Simson, H. J. F.Skeete, E. M.Snijman. E. R.Somerville, J. E. W.Stanwell, F. S.Steele, W. H.Steven, A.Stewart, G. E.Stokes, W.Stuart, J. C.Stuart, T.Sutton, D. C.Taylor, W. M.Thompson, F. S. C.Thwaits, J. A.Tough, J. B. K.Veitch, J. 0.Wallace, G., M.A.Waterston, D., M.A.Watson, J. It., M.A., B.Se..Watt, J.§Wilson, A. R..M.A.§Wishart, W. de W.Wood, J.Wood, J. B.

THE DEGREE OF MASTER IN SURGERY.

Martin, E. F., M.D.

6 With first-class honours. With second-class honours.

Thesis Gold Medallists.-F. L. Ehrke, M.D. ; W. V. M. Koch, M.D.J. Ritchie, M.D. ; A. Walker, M.D.The following awards have been made :-The Ettles Scholarship,

J. E, Bowes; theBeaney Prize in Anatomy and Surgery, W. J. Garbutt;the Murchison Memorial Scholarship in Clinical Medicine, N. Macvicar;the Goodsir Memorial Prize, G. Mann; the Gunning Victoria JubileePrize in Obstetrics, A. Walker; the Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize inPublic Health, G. Newman ; the Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize in

Zoology, J. D. F. Gilchrist; the Buchanan Scholarship in Gynaecology,W. W. Chipman ; the James Scott Scholarship in Midwifery, D. J.Graham; the Milner Fothergill Medal in Therapeutics, E. M. Smith,M.D.; the Cameron Prize in Therapeutics, Professor Behring; and theEdinburgh University London Club Prize, R. Hutchison.

UNSOUND FRUIT.-An enormous number ofunsound greengages have been seized at a jam factory in theEast-end of London and condemned.

BEQUESTS AND DONATIONS TO HOSPITALS.—Mrs. Sarah Meadows, of Aylestone Hill, Hereford, has sent adonation of R500 to the general fund of the Hereford In-firmary, and E500 to be invested as a fund for incurables,such fund to take her name.-The late Mr. John Bell

Sedgwick, of St. Andrews-place, Regent’s-park, London,has bequeathed .E200 to the Middlesex Hospital.-HerMajesty the Queen has sent a donation of £100 to thebuilding fund of the Royal Free Hospital, Gray’s Inn-road,London.-The Treasurer of the French Hospital and Dis-pensary, Shaftesbury-avenne, London, has received E1000from M. Robert Lebaudy. -The Mercers’ Livery Company hassent a further donation of 100 guineas towards the rebuildingof the front of the Royal Free Hospital, Gray’s Inn-road,London.-The late Mr. Woodfindin, of Kenwood Bank,Sharrow, Sheffield, has bequeathed E400 to the SheffieldPublic Hospital, R200 to the Children’s Hospital, and interalia two-thirds of the residue of his real and personal estateare to be used in the erection, equipment, and endowment of aconvalescent home, to be called the "George Woodfindin Con-valescent Home."-The governors of the Haywood Hospital,Burslem, have received a donation of £100 from Mr. S.Round, of Cheddleton.-The late Mr. William Berry of Man-chester has bequeathed E10,000 to the Manchester Infirmary,t2000 to the Southport Convalescent Hospital, and .E1000 tothe Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester.-The Merchant Taylors’

Company has contributed 20 guineas to the new building funaof the Royal Ear Hospital, Soho-square, London.-Sir JohnWilliams, Bart., M.D., has contributed E250 to the rebuildingfund of’the North London or University College HospitalGower-street.--Mr. Henry Yates Thompson has sent on

behalf of his mother, Mrs. Thompson of Thingwall, £200’towards the endowment fund of the Crewe Memorial CottageHospital, and the Earl of Crewe has contributed £ 100 towardsthe same fund.

PRESENTATIONS.—Dr. A. Smith of WhickhamNewcastle-on-Tyne, has been presented by the members ofthe Whickham Ambulance Association with a carved oaksettee, bearing a suitable inscription, in recognition of his.services as their lecturer.-On the occasion of their goldenwedding Mr. W. U. Buée of Slough and Mrs. Bu6e have receivedfrom their friends and neighbours a most gratifying token offesteem and regard. A committee of residents in Slough and itsneighbourhood was recently formed to consider the terms ofthe presentation, and at its final meeting, presided over bythe Rector of Slough, reported that the scheme had been veryfavourably regarded by the public. Aa a substantial result of the-support which they had received the committee purchased the-lease of the house in which Mr. Bu6e had so long resided for the-remainder of the lives of himself and his wife, and moneywas also invested in Consols in their names. In order to.

spare Mr. and Mrs. Buee the fatigue incidental to a meetingat the Town Hall, it was resolved that the presentationshould be made by a deputation of three persons only, andthis part of the proceedings was accordingly carried out atMr. Buee’s house on Aug. 10th. The address, which boreupwards of 270 signatures, was illuminated on vellum andframed. After it had been read and the other documentshanded over, Mr. Buée responded on behalf of himself, his,wife, and their daughters, acknowledging the gratificationwhich they felt at the manifestation of so much kindness onthe part of their friends.

FOREIGN UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. - Berlin :Dr. Bonhoff, Assistant in the Hygienic Institute, has beenrecognised as privat-docent in Hygiene.-Breslau : The

Extraordinary Professorship of Ear and Throat Diseases,has been offered to Dr. Siebenmann of Basle, who hasdeclined it on the ground that there is no clinic to supply thenecessary teaching material, and that he would, therefore,have had to take some means of collecting patients himself.-Erlangen: : Dr. Zelenka, Professor of Zoology, has resignedahis chair for the purpose of undertaking a long scientific-

expedition in remote regions.-Giessen: Professor Strah1of Marburg has been appointed as successor to Pro-fessor Bonnet in the chair of Anatomy, he havinggone to Greifswald in place of Professor Sommer,whose health has unfortunately obliged him to retire.-IIalle: Dr. D. Ackermann, Professor of Pathological Anatomy,is about to retire, his chair being taken by Dr. Eberth,Professor of Normal Anatomy, and formerly Professor ofiPathological Anatomy in Zurich. To the chair of NormalAnatomy Professor Roux of Innsbruck has been appointed.-Konigsberg : Dr. Franz Meschede has been promoted to anExtraordinary Professorship of Psychiatrics. Dr. Gerberhas been recognised as privat-docent in Throat and EarDiseases.—Tübingen: Dr. Kallius of Gottingen has beenappointed Extraordinary Professor of Anatomy in place ofDr. Froriep, who has been promoted to the ordinary pro-fessorship, in succession to Professor Henke, retired.-

Prague : Professor Rollet of Gratz is expected to be the newProfessor of Physiology.

Parliamentary Intelligence.NOTES ON CURRENT TOPICS.

The Case of Dr. Ilerz.A MEMORIAL for presentation to the Prime Minister with reference

to the case of Dr. Herz has been prepared by Sir Edward Reed, and is’receiving the signatures of Members of Parliament. The memorial

says that no treaty can justly or reasonably be held to bind the,Government of this country to a course of conduct which was never*contemplated by the Extradition Treaty, and which must be repugnantto the feelings of both the French and English nations, because ibcannot be further prolonged without the infliction of certain death.Even .if every offence alleged against Dr. Herz had been proved a

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instead of being alleged only, it would nevertheless by this time,after so prolonged a period of imprisonment, have become a public duty,says the memorial, to solicit the intervention of Her Majesty’s Govern-ment for the terrnimetion of the custody in which Dr. Ilerr Las so longbeen held.

The Drains of the House of Commons.Representations have been made to the First Commissioner of Works

with reference to the state of’ the drains of the House of Commons

during the hot weather, and Mr. Akers Douglas is having specialenquiries made with a view to any defects being remedied.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

THURSDAY, AUG. 15TH.

Teaching L niversity for London.Earl Cowper, Chairman of the Royal Commission on this subject,

addressed the House with regard to it in the course of the debate onthe address. Everybody, he said, was agreed that it was a positivedisgrace that the great population of London was not possessed of thatwhich almost every capital in Europe possessed-a great teachinguniversity, because they could not call by that name the University ofLondon, which was merely an examining board, well as it did its work.and eminent as were the people connected with it, and which, in spiteof its name, had no more to do with London than it had to do with the’rest of the United Iiingdom. What was wanted was that for which foryears thinking people have been striving-namely, that there should be;a proper and economical system of teaching which would apply to poor as’well as to rich, and which would conduct the student from point to pointup to that final examination which could only be considered as theerowning of the whole, and by which the stamp of a completed- education would be cenferred. The plan proposed by the Com-mission of which he had the honour to be chairman hadreceived the support of all the bodies interested in the question,- and he urged the Government to act on the report of that Com-mission without any further delay.-The Duke of Devonshire,Lord President of the Council, said in reply that in the presentcircumstances of the situation the Government intend to proceednow with no legislative measures except such as were absolutely neces-sary for carrying on the business of the country. Like their pre-decessors, the present Government were strongly convinced of thedesirability and even of the necessity of meeting the views which hadbeen expressed in favour of the establishment of a Teaching Universityfor London. His noble friend had mentioned the unanimity withwhich the present scheme had been received by many important bodies-in the country, but he had passed over somewhat lightly the strong,objection taken to the scheme by a large and not unimportant section ofConvocation. It had not been possible for any of his colleagues to lookinto this matter very closely, and he was afraid that, as it was impossibleto legislate at present, it would be premature on his part to commit theGovernment wholly to the scheme in the shape proposed by the Com-mission of his noble friend. He could only assure him that the subjectwould receive careful attention on the part of the Government beforeParliament met again for legislative business.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

FRIDAY, ACS. 16TH.Cattle Disease.

A number of questions were addressed to Mr. Walter Long, the newPresident of the Board of Agriculture, with reference to the exclusion.of Canadian live cattle from this country. Mr. Long, in his reply, saidhe was aware that in certain districts it was desired to admit the cattle,but the question was one which he was bound to consider from thepoint of view of the interest of agriculturists generally, which, in his- opinion, imperatively required that every possible safeguard should betaken against the introduction of disease. So recently as the 10th ult.’two animals landed in this country from Canada were found to be.affected with pleuro-pneumonia, and in view of this fact and of all the.circumstances disclosed in the printed papers which had been laidbefore the House he had no alternative but to maintain in force the

’ requirement that Canadian cattle should be slaughtered at the port oflanding.

East London and its Water-supply.Mr. Chaplin, President of the Local Government Board, answering

questions on this subject, said it had been a matter of much regret tohim that so large a proportion of the inhabitants, and many of them- the poorest, of the district included in the limits of supply of theEast London Water Company had been put to very serious incon-venience by the limitation of the hours during which a supply was,obtainable, and, as he could not but feel that a continuance of this.limitation of the supply might be attended with danger to the publichealth, the condition of things had caused him some anxiety, and thematter had been receiving his constant attention. The difficulty inwhich the company had been placed had been occasioned by the,exceptional drought which existed until very recently and the in-sufficiency of the means of storage possessed by the company.The company had in a large number of streets set up standpipes.attached to the mains, which were constantly charged with water, and’this had, no doubt, been very helpful to a large number of personswhen the ordinary supply was cut off. Allegations had been made asto a very serious increase in the mortality in the district of the watercompany, but he had caused inquiries to be made on this subject in.connexion with the returns of the Itegistrar-General, and he was gladoto be able to state that, so far as means of comparison exist, it would.appear that the mortality of the district supplied by the company hadnot been greater than in districts within the limits of supply of othercompanies where there had been no deficiency in the water-supply. Asregards the statutory obligation of the company to give a constant- supply, he must point out that by Section 15 of the Metropolis WaterAct, 1871, it was provided that a company should not be subject to anyliability for not giving a constant supply when the want of such supply,arose from unusual drought or other unavoidable cause or accident.He was glad to be able to state that he was informed by the company

. that they found that through the recent rains they might now safely

extend the hours of supply from to-morrow, and that water would beturned on at about six in the morning and left on until about five inthe afternoon daily.

Provision for the Aged Poor.Mr. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, said, in answer to a ques-

tion by Mr. Channing, that the Government were in favour of afurther investigation into the various schemes for making provision

for the aged poor, and the principles on which it should be con-

ducted were now under their consideration.TUESDAY, AUG. 20TH.

The University of Wales.The Chancellor of the Exchequer, replying to a question by Mr.

Brynmor Jones, said that a grant of £3000 was made for the preliminaryexpenses of the University of Wales last year, and he understood thatas this sum was insufficient for the purpose, and his predecessor pro-mised a further grant of the same amount in the present year, a votefor that sum would be taken in a supplementary estimate.

The Marking of Foreign Goods.Mr. Ritehie, President of the Board of Trade, undertook to consider

the question of strengthening the Merchandise Marks Act and theregulations made under it, and invited members to supply him withinformation of cases where the law appeared to be evaded.

Health of the Mediterranean Squadron.In response to a request for the latest information as to the health

of the Mediterranean Squadron, Mr. Goschen, First Lord of theAdmiralty, said that on Aug. 13th the Commander-in-Chief telegraphedthat it was perfectly satisfactory.

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ALCAN, FELIX, Boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris.Le Phtisique et son Traitement Hygienique. Par Dr. E. P. Leon-

Petit. 1895. pp. 303.BAiLLiERB, TINDALL AND Cox, King William-street, Strand, London.

The Animal Tuberculoses and their relation to Human Tubercu-losis. By E. Nocard. Translated by H. Scurfield, M.D. Edin.,D.Ph. Camb. 1895. pp. 143. Price 4s.

CLOWES, WILLIAM AND Soxs. Charing-cross, London; S.W.The Volunteer Surgeon’s Guide. By Surgeon-Captain R. R.Sleman. 1893. pp. 95. Price 3s. 6d.

FANNIN AND Co., Grafton-street, Dublin.Ireland: its Health Resorts and Watering-places. By D. Edgar

Flinn, F.R.C.S., D.P.H. Second Edition. Illustrated and Maps.1895. pp. 177. Price 2s. 6d. net.

RICHARDS, W. A. AND SoNs, Government Printers, Cape Town.Cape of Good Hope Department of Agriculture: Report of theDirector of the Colonial Bacteriological Institute for the Year1894. 1895.

THE CALCUTTA CENTRAL PRESS COMPANY, Calcutta.Handbook to the Jeypore Museum. By Thomas H. Hendley.

Illustrated. 1895. -

Three Cases of Friedreich’s Disease (Hereditary Ataxy) associated withGenetous Idiocy: by M. J Nolan, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S. Irel.; reprint(John Falconer, Dublin, 1895).-Baby Buds : by Ellis Ethelmer (Mrs.M. Elmy, Buxton House, Congleton, 1895), price 1s.-HowtoEnjoy a Holiday (the Unicorn Press, Gray’s-inn-road, London, 1895), price Is.net.-Some Practical Points in Connexion with Rupture of theFemale Perineum : by M. D. Spanton, F.R.C.S. Eng. ; reprint (Pro-vincial Medical Journal, Friar-lane, Leicester, 1895).-A Baneful

Popular Delusion on the Subject of Motherhood: by Wm. WoodsSmyth (Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., London, 1895), price 6d. net),-Serpents’ Venom : by Thomas R. Fraser, M.D., F.R.S., F.R.C.P. Eng.;reprint (Neill & Co., Edinburgh, 1895).-Hastings and St. LeonardsCarnival, 1895, Official Handbook and Guide (F. J. Parsons, Hastings).-London Temperance Hospital; Report upon the Surgical and

Ophthalmic Cases admitted during the year 1894: by L. Wilde, M.D.,M.R.C.P., D.P.H. (J. Vincent & Son, Little Britain, London).-TheNatural History of Plants, Part 15 (Blackie & Son, London), price2s. 6d; .net.-Mittheilungen aus Kliniken und medicinischen Insti-tuten der Schweiz; Annales Suisses des Sciences Médicales; Ueber

Paget’s Krankheit, von Dr. Rolf Lindt, Hefte 10,11,12 (Carl Sallmann,Basel und Leipzig), 1895.

Appointments.SuccessfacL applicants for Vacancies, Secretaries of Public Ingtitutim,

and others possessing information suitable for this column, areinvited to forward it to THE LANCET Office, directed to the Sub-

, Editor, not later than 9 o’clock on the Thursday morning 01 each’, week, for publication in the next number.

ADAM, J. L., M.B., C.M. Aberd., has been reappointed HonorarySurgeon to the Lewes Dispensary and Infirmary and Victoria

j HospitalADAMSON, J., M.D. Glasg., L.R.C.S., L.M. Edin., has been appointed! Medical Officer of Health for the Hetton Urban Sanitary District.