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APOTHECARIES’ HALL, LONDON.Names of Gentlemen who obtained Certificates of Qualification to practise

as apothecaries, on Thursday, 4th Sept. 1845 :-John Eardley, Blooms-bury-street, London; Thomas John Kent.

CORRESPONDENTS.A Medical Student.-The attendance at the particular place could not be

41 enforced." The master might reasonably require that the pupil shouldvisit some building or other devoted to the same purpose; but the pupil,or his parents or guardians for him, should have free liberty to choosewhich.Mr. Hooper.—The Gazette des Hôpitaux, which appears three times a

week, contains the most information, but the Archives Generales de Médecine,and the Journal de Chirurgie et de bledecine of M. Malgaigne, monthly peri-odicals, contain the most elaborate articles.The case of necrosis by Mr. Thomas Bourne (Bath) shall be inserted.We are not at present, we regret to say, acquainted with any one likely

to suit the views of Mr. Fitzgerald, (Wilts.)The circular forwarded to us by C. M. (that of a Mr. Mungo Park)’ is

decidedly unprofessional. The mode in which it appears to be circulated isreserving of the severest reprobation.Dr. Wigan will find his communication at our publisher’s.A Surgeon (Portsmouth.)-An Act of Parliament was passed on the 8th

of May, 1845, (8th Vict. cap. xiv.) to exempt ships carrying passengers toNorth America, from the obligation of having on board a physician, surgeon,or apothecary. By an Act passed in the previous session of Parliament, toconsolidate the laws relating to merchant seamen, it was enacted that everyahip having 100 persons or upwards on board, and every ship whose voyageshould be deemed to be one requiring a duration exceeding twelve weeks,having fifty persons or upwards on board, should have on board, as one ofher complement, some person duly authorized by law to practise in thiskingdom as a physician, a surgeon, or an apothecary. By the Act of thesession of IS45, so much of the former Act as enacts that certain ships carry-ing passengers from any port in the United Kingdom, or Guernsey, Jersey,&c., to the east coast of North’America, shall have on board a physician, asurgeon, or an apothecary, as often as the total number.of persons on boardshall amount to 100 and upwards, is repealed.

"DR. HILLIER,Having practised for twenty years as a surgeon and apothecary in London,

DURING WHICH PERTOD HE PAID UNREMITTING ATTENTION TO THE

CAUSES AND CURE OF ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN, AFFECTINGTHE FACE AND NOSE,

He is happy to inform the Public that he hasDISCOVERED A SIMPLE MODE OF EFFECTUALLY CURING THEM.

Dr. Hillier may be consulted,PERSONALLY,

Or by letter, at his residence, 5, O—d-terrace, H-p-, from 10 o’clocktill 2, daily."

To the Editor.-Sir: Can any of your readers inform me whether the-above respectable advertisement (which was cut from the Times newspaperof Friday, August the 29th) emanated from the Mr. H. B. C. HILLIER, of85, Gower-street,-lately, as it appears, transmogrified into a 11 DR.," andnow located amongst the West-end apothecaries,-who deserted the-medical reformers who proposed to meet, under the presidency of Mr.GuTHRrE, at the Freemasons’ Tavern,- at a moment when it was thoughthe might do his brother surgeons some harm, and his own private interestssome good, by throwing himself into the arms of the Committee of theHanover-square Association ? And is it true, moreover, that he has becomea partner in the firm of MEEN-FuN and Co., proprietors of the celebratedChinese " CELESTIAL SHIN-POWDER"?—I have the honour to be, Sir, yourvery obedient servant,

A FELLOW OF THE LONDON COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.There is nothing in the Medical Bill to prevent Dr. T. J. from registering

as a physician, and practising as a general practitioner, but he would not,in that case, be able to recover at law.The letter which we have received from Dr. Tenniswood, Carlisle,

is remarkable for the calm, gentlemanly tone in which it is written,but we must decline entering into the minutiae of the question, which is Itoo complicated, and of too local a nature for our pages. Dr. Tenniswoodwill find in one of the leading articles a few remarks on the subject.We advise Tasmaniensis to apply directly to the secretary of the Apothe-

caries’ Company. He will most likely be admitted to examination by theCourt of Examiners.

X. Y. Z.-The disease described may be owing to the presence of car-.bonate of lead in the tanks; indeed, it is very probable that such is thecase. We should advise slate-tanks to be used instead.

Mr. Mowbray’s letter will be inserted.Dr. Smythe’s paper shall be inserted.Professor Ansted’s Principles of Geology will answer the purpose of a

Twenty Years’ Subscriber.A Surgeon.-We believe that the Registrar-General has the power. To

render the late measures really beneficial to science, it is evident that theymust be generally enforced ; we can, therefore, scarcely blame the registrarfor enforcing compliance by all the means which he possesses.

Communications have been received from, Mr. J. Orwin-Mr. ButlerLane, Mr. Edward Bishop, Mr. H. Croft, Dr. Hughes, &c. &c.

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MAUGHAM’S PATENTED CARRARA WATER;sole wholesale agent, Mr. ARCHIBALD DuNior, 78, Upper Thames-

street, London.-Mr. Dunlop begs leave respectfully to acquaint theNubility. Gentry, and the Public in general, that he has obtamed the ap-pointment of SOLE WHOLESALE AGENT for the sale of the above PatentAerated Water.Mr. MAUGHAM, during a long course of chemical investigation, having

been forcibly struck by the very great imperfections and injurious effectsof Soda Water, Ginger Beer, Lemonade, and other such-like compounds,and seeing the almost absolute necessity which existed for the introductionof some beverage at once wholesome and grateful to the palate, devotedhis serious attention to the subject of Aerated Waters in general, and afterupwards of four years’ research, and a careful analysis of a vast variety ofartificial and natural waters, succeeded in producing the article now pre-sented to the public under the title of CARRARA WATER.

In endeavouring to effect his object, Mr. Maugham constantly aimed atthe production of a water that should in its composition assimilate as muchas possible to the water given us by nature for our common use, and notat the discovery of a new medicinal combination, which, however beneficialit might be as a temporary remedy in incidental cases, could not be recom-mended as an habitual beverage.

It is well known to practical chemists, that all water (except that fromrain and snow) contains a variety of extraneous substances, changing inkind and quantity in the various localities from which it is procured; butMr. Maugham, by analyzing the water taken from many dfferent sources,found that one substance was almost universally present-that substancewas LIME. This circumstance suggested the grounds for the compositionof the Carrara Water. A great and apparently almost insurmountable ob-stacle, however, presented itself to the employment of lime as the base ofan ordinarydrink-viz., the extremely unpleasant taste of the mixture; forlime-water itself is so nauseous to the palate, that even as a medicine fewpersons can be prevailed upon to take it.Undismayed, however, by this diHicu.ty, Mr. Maugham pursued his ex-

periments, which ultimately led to a simple and most efficacious means, notonly of entirely destroying the taste of the lime, but of producing a highlyagreeable and refreshing beverage. This was effected by the addition ofcarbonic acid gas, which was forced into the liquid by powerful machinery,and the two submitted to a pressure sufficient to liquefy the gas, whichcombining instantly with the lime held in solution by the water, formed anaerated solution of Bi-carbonate of Lime, which would, in fact, be theproper chemical title of the Carrara Water.Now, although this water is introduced to the public as an article of

luxury, yet as every aerated water, and indeed almost every article of food,possesses more or less medicinal properties, Mr. Dunlop feels it right tomention some of the cases in which the Carrara Water would be, and, in-deed, has been, highly beneficial when taken medicinally.Lime is considered by medical men to be one of the finest antacids

known, affording great relief to persons suffering from acidity of thestomach, heartburn, thirst, flatulency, and the many other forms of indi-gestion.In cases of temporary indisposition arising from indulgences of the tahle,

the Carrara Water will be found invaluable. Instead of producing thatchill caused by the use of common soda water in such cases, it imparts awarmth and glow to the stomach, acting as an agreeable tonic.Gouty subjects find great relief from alkaline remedies-the Carrara

Water will therefore be an excellent, as well as a most agreeable, meansof checking the great tendency to acidity to which such persons are liable.The cases, however, in which the daily use of the Carrara Water will be

of the greatest value and importance are in many forms of calculus, formedical men know of no certain means to check predisposition to thatterrible disease. The Carrara Water is not a composition of such a power-ful nature that a few bottles of it could be expected to afford a cure incases of confirmed disease, for if it were so, it could not be used as a dailybeverage, but is intended to produce its effects by habitual use, and to acton the constitution in the same manner as common water is well known toact on the general health of the inhabitants who drink it.The composition of the Carrara Water would of itself be a great recom-

mendation ; but Mr. Dunlop feels that the reputation of Mr. Maugham(who, besides being a practical and analytical chemist, has, for a great num-ber of years, practised as a surgeon, and held the appointment of Lectureron Chemistry and Medical Jurisprudence at one of our public hospitals)may be regarded as a perfect guarantee for its excellence and wholesome-ness. Such a guarantee is indeed required, for, unfortunately, the number-less compositions in the form of beers, liqueurs, aerated waters, &c., are

generally the productions of persons as totally unacquainted with the che-mistry of the human frame as they are with that of the mixtures which theycompound for its use.The title of " CARRARA" has been given to the new beverage, on account

of the Carrara marble being the source from which the purest lime is ob-tained, and which is employed in the manufacture of the water.The bottle made use of (in order to stand the great pressure) is con-

structed on the principle of high-pressure steam-boilers-viz., a cylinderwith semi-spherical ends.Mr. Dunlop will be happy to forward detailed prospectuses, with medical

and other testimonials, on application to him, at the Manufactory,No. 70, Upper Thames-street, City.

MAUGHAM’S PATENT CARRARA WATER.-We tender the accommodation of a few bottles for trial; we deliver

a single dozen or upwards, to order, at 4s. 6d. per dozen ; and we supplyChemists, Confectioners, and other Dealers, wmt any quantity, either ofthe CARRARA, or of the true NASSAU SELTERS WATER, on the lowestwholesale terms.

HENRY BRETT and Co., Old Fumival’s Inn, Holbom.

EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CLXVI.—ADVERTISEMENTSfor insertion in No. 166 of the Edinburgh Review, must be sent tothe Publishers by Wednesday, the 24th; and BILLS on or before Friday,the 26th inst.

39. Paternoster-row, Sept. 13th, 1845.

QUEEN’S COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY,Q BIRMINGHAM.-THE WINTER SESSION will commence on

WEDNESDAY, October 1st. at One o’clock. -

Students may be admitted to attend all the Courses of Lectures requiredby the Royal College of Surgeons and Society of Apothecaries, on the pay-ment of separate fees, or of a composition fee of Forty Guineas.The total expenses of Commons, Chamber Rent, Servants’ Wages, &c.

&c., will not exceed Forty-eight Pounds for the Academical year.Perpetual admission to the Medical and Surgical Practice of the Queen’s

Hospital, for composition Students, Twenty-six Pounds Five Shillings.Students who have not compounded, Thirty-one Pounds Ten Shillings.

Full particulars, respecting the Courses of Lectures, the Prizes, andScholarships, and the regulations of the Collegiate Department, maybe obtained of the Dean of the Faculty, 24, Temple Row, and the respectiveProfessors.

EDWARD JOHNSTONE, M.D., Principal.August 18, 1845.

PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY of GREAT BRITAIN.JL PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY,under the direction of the Professor of Pharmacy, Mr. REDWOOD.The Council, encouraged by the success which has attended this depart-

ment of the SCHOOL OF PHARMACY during the past season, and beingdesirous of providing efficient means of practical instluction for the risinggeneration of Pharmaceutical Chemists in this country, are making exten-sive additions and alterations for affording increased accommodation topupils. The new Laboratory will be opened on the 1st of October. Thepupils are here engaged throughout the day in the performance of thevarious operations connected with the preparation of medicines, the deter-mination of their strength, purity, and composition, the detection ofpoisons, and such other applications of Chemical Science as are involvedin the pursuits of the qualified Pharmaceutical Chemist and Druggist. TheLaboratory is open from Nine in the Morning until Six in the Evening,daily, except Saturday, on which day, as well as at other times, the pupilshave free access to the Museum and Library of the Society. The pupilsalso haye free admission to the Lectures on Chemistry, Pharmacy, MateriaMedica, and Botany. The season extends from the ist ot October to theend of July, without intermission. For further particulars apply to

G. W. SMITH, Secretary, 17, Bloomsbury-square.

INSANITY.

KENSINGTON HOUSE ASYLUM, (adjacent to Ken-sington Gardens and Hyde Park.)-The Proprietors beg the earlyattention of the Medical Profession to the highly important alterations forthe Insane by the Lunacy Act, 8 and 9 Vict. cap. 100. The new Forms ofAdmission, and particulars, may be obtained at this Asylum, established in1827, on most liberal principles, for the Cure and Care of the Insane andNervous. Under the direction of

WILLIAM M. BusH, M.D., F.L.S., Resident Physician,Mr. FINCH, Madeley Villa, Kensington,A Chaplain, Superintendent, and Assistants. ,

Consulting and Visitinc Physician, FnANCis R. PHiir, Esq., M.D., Cantab.,Physician to St. Luke’s Hospital, &c.,

28, Lower Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square.Medical gentlemen are provided with Male and Female Attendants from

Kensmgton House, Kensington.

LONDON HOSPITAL, Sept. 3, 1845.-A QUARTERLYJLj GENERAL COURT of GOVERNORS, held this day, having de-clared a VACANCY in the office of APOTHECARY, by the resignation ofMr. John Macmeikan, and appointed Tuesday, the l6th of September inst.,for the House Committee to receive applications from candidates, andexamine their testimonials, the House Committee will meet on Tuesday, thel6th inst., at One o’clock precisely, when the candidates must presentthemselves, with their testimonials, for examination. Further informationrespecting the duties may be obtained upon application to the Secretary.A SPECIAL GENERAL COURT will be held on TUESDAY, the 23rd

September inst., at Ten o’clock in the forenoon precisely, when the Electionwill take place.

W. B. BATHURST, Sec.

Extract from the By-Laws."The apothecary must be a licentiate of the Company of Apothecaries,

not under 25 or exceeding 40 years of age, unmarried, and produce testi-monials of moral character to the satisfaction of the House Committee, andfind two sureties to their satisfaction, to be bound with him in the penaltyof £200 for the faithful discharge of his duty; must not practise as anapothecary out of the house, nor attend to any other business except thato. the hospital, and is required to attend the service in the chapel regularly."

HEIGHAM RETREAT, NORWICH.-Under the Direc-tion and Medical Superintendence of Messrs. DALRYMPLE,CROSSE, and DALRYMPLE.—This establishment, which has long beenin successful operation, continues open for the reception of INVALIDSsuffering from NERVOUS and MENTAL DISORDERS. The building hasbeen expressly constructed for the purpose, upon the most approved plan,after an inspection of the best Establishments in this and foreign countries,and affords a most desirable Retreat for Patients of the higher and middleclasses of society; it is placed in a picturesque and airy spot, in the iin-mediate vicinity of the City of Norwich, yet offers all the requisite seclu-sion and quiet of the country. Above twelve acres of ground, tastefullylaid out in Lawn, Gardens, and Plantations, are devoted to the use of theinmates for exercise and recreation; and every method or indication ofrestraint is studiously avoided. The greatest variety of occupations andamusements is adopted for remedial purposes. Divine Service is regularlyconducted according to the forms of the Church of England. Privatea artments and special attendants are always obtainable, with carriage andhorses, if required.

For particulars, apply either in Norwich, to the Proprietors abovenamed, or to John Dalrymple, Esq. 5, Grosvenor.street; or to F. T.B’rcham, Esq. 15, Bedford-row, London.

THE. ATTENTION OF MEDICAL GENTLEMENand others, whose avocations expose them to the vicissitudes of the

weather, is respectfully invited to

ERDOE’S VENTILATING WATERPROOF FROCKS.These well-known and established garments are light and portable,adapted for general use, whether walking, riding, or driving, at all seasons.They are made in the best manner, are thoroughly gentlemanly andrespectable, equally free from vulgarity or singularity; are guaranteed(without confining perspiration) to exclude any rain whatever, and nountried novelty, having been in extensive use, chiefiy among the respect-able classes, more than six years, and by medical and professional gentle-men generally have long been very generally adopted, and afterwardsregarded as sine qua nons. (Price 45S.) Made only by

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ROYAL GERMAN SPA, BRIGHTON, under her Majesty’sespecial patronage. The Fump-room of this establishment (foundedin 1824 by Dr. Struve) is now Open for the season. Orders for Struve’sContinental Mineral Waters in bottle executed by the company at Brighton,by their agents, George Waugh and Co., Chemists to the Queen, 177, Regent-street, London, and by several other houses of known respectability.Struve’s bottled Chalybeate Waters (unlike any imported from the natural

springs) retain their proto-carbonate of iron m perfect and abiding solution—a most material point as regards the efficacy of Hissingen, Marienbad,Pyrmont, &c. For detailed information, see " A Treatise on MineralWaters," by Dr. Franz, and for a high estimate of the value of Dr. Struve’apreparations generally, Sir James Clark on Climate," &c., third Edition,pp. 352-354.

IMPORTANT INVENTION.Approved of by the Lords of the Admiralty and eminent Medical and Naval

Authorities.-By Royal Letters Patent.

PREPARED FLOUR, for making Bread at Sea, &c., by theaddition of water only. Manufactured by the patentee, HENRYJONES, 36 and 37, Broadmead, Bristol. By the use of this flour, captains,passengers to India, &c., may have fresh bread daily through the longestvoyage it is made in two or three minutes, and will be found far superiorto that by the ordinary mode. Sold in cases, (containing 141b,) 4s. 6d. ;(201b,) QS. 6d. ; sample cases, Is. 6d. each, forwarded to any part, on receiptof a post-office order.

(Copy of a Letter from the Board of Admiralty, London) :-"Admiralty, July 5, 1845.

" Sir,-With reference to your letter of the 27th ult., relative to yourPatent Prepared Flour, from the use of which nautical men may have freshbread, daily, during long voyages, I have to acquaint you, that their Lord-ships have tried the flour made into bread, which they find to be perfectlygood, and wish to know whether your patent can be applied to the flourmanufactured in the victualling establishments. I am, sir, your obedientservant, " WiLMAM LEYBURN,

" For Comptroller of Victualling.°° Mr. H. Jones, Broadmead, Bristol."N.B. To Millers, Naval Storekeepers, and others.-As the commission to

agents and carriage of the flour to distant ports would much enhance theprice, licences to manufacture this flour will be granted to one person ineach seaport town of the Umted Kingdom or British Colonies. A circular"containing the medical and naval testimonials received, method of using,&c., will be forwarded on application. All letters to be post-paid.

SELTZER WATER, Iced and Sparkling, 3s. per dozen,and every other known Mineral Water, both natural and artificial,at equally moderate prices. The Mitcham Seltzer contains ten times morecarbonic acid gas, and double the carbonate of soda than what is in theGerman Selters. Patronized by the Queen, principal physicians, and all theClubs. Eau de Cologne and Lavender Water, 24S. per dozen squarebottles. Sherry and Port, good dinner wines, iss. per dozen. Superiorfour-year old, 28s. Moselles, Clarets, Hocks, and Champagnes, of thefinest quality imported, 42s. per dozen quarts. All orders delivered freesame day, on receipt of order per penny post, R. LAMBE, Mitcham SeltzerSpa, Mitcham, Surrey.

PILULA COPAIBA ALKALINA.-The extensive use ofhis 11 Pilula Copaiba Alkalina" by the profession, having inducedMr. Farmar t try some experiments with ESSENTIAL OILS, in order torender them of " Pill Consistence," without alteration of their medicinalcharacter, and the result proving satisfactory, he now presents to theirnotice, in addition to the above,-

Pil ex 01 Copaibze Ess." ,, Cubebæ "

" " Sabinæ "

" " Terebinth "" Crotonis Tiglii." Kreosote.

They may be prescribed as containing one part Soda to three base, thevariation in the proportion of soda being very trifling. The whole havebeen extensively tested in private and public practice.

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