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A. J. MAcGpE&on, L.R.C.P. Ed., has been appointed House-Snrgeon to thePoor-house, Barnhill, Glasgow, and Medical Superintendent of theLunatic Asylum, vice D. MacGregor, L.R.C.P.Ed., resigned.

Mr. A. C. MAYBURY has been appointed House-Surgeon to Gray’s HospitalElgin, vice R. H. B. Wickham, L.B.C.P.Ed., appointed Assistant-Phy-sician to the Royal Asylum for the Insane, Morningside, Edinburgh.

J. MOIR, M.D., President of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh,has been appointed Medical Referee to the North British and MercantileInsurance Company, vice .!. G.M. Burt, M.D., deceased.

R. C. MooN, M.R.C.S.E., has been app inted District Surgeon to the RoyalSouth London Dispensary, St. Ge’)rge’s-cross, Southwark, to Visit Out-patients in the Lambeth District, vice F. P. Atkinson, M.D.. resigned.

Mr. W. SHERWIN, jun., has been appointed Dispenser at the Derby UnionWorkhouse.

H. UsaEEE, 13.A., M.B., has been appointed Honorary Physician to tl.e Hos-pital and Dispensary for Women and Children, Vineent-square, Pimlico.

J. W. WARBURTON. M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer for theSouth Municipal District of the West Derby Union, Lancashire, vice A.Warburton, L.R C.P.Ed., deceased.

Mr. J. B. WELCH, of the " Dreadnought" Hospital Ship, has been appointedMedical Officer for the Female side of St. Pancras Workhouse, vice J. R.Perkins, L.R.C.S.Ed., resigned.

Dr. J. WHARTON, Surgeon to the Meath Hospital, and Lecturer in Surgeryin the Ledwich School of Stedicinp, has been appointed Examiner inSurgery in the University of Dublin, in conjunction with Mr. Adams,the University Professor of Surgery, and with Mr. Butcher.

MILITARY AND NAVAL MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.

E. ATKINSON. M.R.C.S.E., Assist.-Surgeon R.N., has been appointed to the11 Royal George."

W. H. F. BUCKLE, M.D., Assist.-Surgeon R.N., has been appointed to the" Victory."

G. M’G. CAROLiN, L.R.C.S.Ed., Staff Surgeon Army, has been appointedSurgeon lOth Foot, vice Muschamp. appointed to the 1st Dragoons.

T. CRAWFORD, M.D., Staff Surgeon Army, having completed twenty years’full-pay service, has been promoted to Staff Surg.-Major, under the pro-visions of the Royal Warrant of the 1st of April, 1867.

R. DANE, M.D., Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, has been promotedto Inspector-General of Hospitals, vice J. Mouat, C.B., F.R.C.S.E., placedupon half-pay.

R. HYDE, L.K.Q.C.P.I., Staff Assist.-Surgeon Army, has been appointedAssist.-Hurgeon 10th Foot, vice Tucker, appointed to the Staff.

C. A. INNES, M.D., has been promoted to Surgeon, and appointed to the 16thLancers, vice Macbeth, M.D., appointed to the Staff.

J. MACBETH, M.D., Surg.-Major 16th Lancers, has been appointed StaBSurg.-Major, vice Menzies, promoted.

J. M’CULLY, M.D., Staff Assist.-Surg’eon Army, has been appointed Assist..Surgeon 16th Lancers, vice Innes, promoted on the Staff.

C. D. MADDEN, L.R.C.S.I., Staff Surgeon Armv, has been appointed Surgeon4th Foot, vice Stanley, appointed to the Staff.

E. MENziES, M.R.C.S.E., Staff Surg.-Major Army, has been promoted teDeputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, vice Dane, promoted.

W. H. MUSCHAMP, M.R.C.S.E., Surgeon 10th Foot, has been appointed Surgeon 1st Dragoons, vice Jee, who has retired upon half-pay.

H. D. REYNOLDS, L.R.C.P Ed., has been appointed Assist.-Surgeon 2nd Pembrokeshire Artillery Volunteer Corps, vice Bennett, resigned.

E. STRIDE, M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Assist.-Surgeon 1st Administrative Brigade of Kent Artillery Volunteers.

S. SWEETNAM, L.R.C.S.I., Assist.-Surgeon R.N., has been appointed to th" Lion."

W. D. WODSWORTH, L.R.C.S.I., Assist.-Surgeon R.N., has been appointed the " St. George."

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Births, Marriages and Deaths.BIRTHS.

On the 2nd inst., at Beaufort House, St. Thomas, Exeter, the wife of MarkFarrant, M.R.C.S.E., of a daughter.

On the 2nd inst., at Manchester, the wife of H. Simpson. M.D., of a son.On the 2nd inst., at Johnstone, the wife of R. Gardner, M.D., of a daughter.On the 4th inst., at Wooiwich, the wife of C. K. Ord, M.D., H.M.’s Ship

" Fisgard," of a daughter.On the 4th inst., at Tenby, the wife of J. Harward Hooper, M.S., F.R.C.S.,

of a daughter.On the 6th inst., at Whits table, Kent, the wife of J. W. Hayward, M.R.C.S.,

of a daughter. i

MARRIAGES.On the 4th inst., at Brighton, Herbert Tibbits, L.R.C.P.L., to Maria, widow

of the late John Robson, Esq., of Burfield, Clifton, and Ciarendon-ter-race, Brighton.-No Cards.

On the 5th inst., at Llanbedr Church, near Ruthin, Evan Pierce Williams,M.D., of Salisbury-place, Denbigh, to Sarah Margaret, eldest daughterof the late John Jesse, F.R.S., of Llanbedr Hall.

On the 5th inst., at St. Philip’s Church, Sheffield, Frederick Hall, M.R.C.S.,of Leeds, to Frances Blake, daughter of W. Thompsun, Esq., of Upper-thorpe, Sheffield.

On the 5th inst., at St. Giles’s, Camberwell, Charles West, L.D S. RC S., ofHackney-road, to Emma Jarvis, niece of H. Wilson Walls, Esq., of Rye-lane, Peckham.-No Cards. _____

DEATHS.On the 13th of Jan,, at Lincoln, Mary, wife of Richard Sutton Harvey

Surgeon, aged 80.On the 29th ult., R. Wilson, L.F.P. & S. Glas., of Harrold, Bedfordshire.On the 3rd inst, John Watson, Surgeon, of Sunderland, aged 73.On the 3rd inst., at Southwark-bridge-road, Reginald Tregear, infant son

of John Sleeman, M.R.C.S.On the 5th inst., G. Fayrer, M.D.. of Henley in-Arden, aged 56.On the 7th inst., Thos. P. Collier, 31.R.C.S.E., of Worship-street, Finsbury-

square, aged 47.On the 7th inst., Edward Dix, M.R.C.S.E., of Old Steyne, Brighton, aged 68.

Medical Diary of the Week.Monday, March 16.

ST. MARK’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 9 A.M. and 1½ P.M.ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, MOORFIELDs.-Operations,10½A.M.METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGRONS OF ENGLAND.-4 P.M. Prof. Huxley, "On the

Anatomy and Physiology of Invertebrate Animals :’ .

MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. - 8 P.M. Dr. Andrew Clark, " On FibrousPhthisis."

Tuesday, March 17.ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, MOORFIELDS.- Operations, 10i A.M.GUY’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1½ p.M.WESTMINSTER HosPITaL.-Operations, 2 P.M.NATIONAL ORTHOPÆDIC HOSPITAL.-OPerations, 2 P.M.ROYAL INSTITUTION.-3 P.M. Mr. G. Scharf, "On Historical Portraiture."PATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.-8 P.M.

Wednesday, March 18.ROYAL LONDON OPHTH ALMIC HOSPITAL, MOORFIELDS.-Operations, 10½ A.M.MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 P.M.ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1½ P.M.ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1½ P.M.ST. MARY’s HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1¼ P.M.

; GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL.-Operitions, 2 P.M.

; LONDON HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 p.M.OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, SOUTHWARK.-Operations, 3 P.M.

i ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.-4 P.M. Prof. Huxley, On the,

Anatomy and Physiology of Invertebrate Animals."

- Thursday, March 19.1 ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HospiTAL, MOORFIELDS.-Operations, 10,½A.M.

CENTRAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL.--operations, 1 P.M.ST. GEORGE’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 P.M.UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.WEST LONDON HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.ROYAL ORTHOPÆDIC HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.ROYAL INSTITUTION.-3 P.M. Mr. G. Scharf, "On Historical Portraiture."

f SOUTH LONDON MBDico-CHiEUBGiCAL SOCIETY. - 8 P.m. Dr. Barrett, "Ona Case of Triplets."-Dr. Chabot, " On the Theory of Fermentation :’

- HARVEIAN SOCIETY OF LONDON.-8 P.M.

11 Friday, March 20.ROYAL LONDON OpMKALMio HOSPITAL, MOORFIELDS.-Operations,10½ A.M.0 WESTMINSTER OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 P.M

. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.-4 P.11. Prof. Huxley, "On the-

Anatomy and Physiology of Invertebrate Animals."ROYAL INSTITUTION.-8 P.M. Prof. Matthiessen, " On Alloys and their Uses :’

Saturday, March 21.ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 9n A.M.

.e ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, MOORFIELDS.-Operationas,10½ A.M.ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1½ P.M.

o KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1½ P.M.ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1½ P.M.CHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.ROYAL INSTITUTION.-3 P.M. Prof. Roscoe, " On the Non-Metallic Elements."

To Correspondents.THE ISLINGTON BOARD Or GUARDIANS AND THE DISPENSARY.

AT a late meeting of the Board, Mr. Novis, the Dispenser, asked for assist-ance in his department, in consequence of the increase in his duties. It

appeared that an assistant had been employed lately at, a salary of £1 perweek. Mr. Novis merely wanted the assistant reappointed. The motionwas eventually carried in favour of the reappointment; but a curious dis-cussion preceded this result. It was contended by more than one speakerthat the increase in the duties of the dispenser was mainly due to thewriting of "elaborate prescriptions" by the medical officer, containing anunnecessary number of drugs; some of these prescriptions were as "ela-borate" as those of a " West-end physician." It was argued that a " West-end physician" would not think of ordering more than three drugs in aprescription! It is due to the speakers, however, to state that, on thewhole, they expressed a kindly feeling to the poor under their charge, andseemed only under the impression that "new-fangled drugs" were reallyinferior to " old remedies."

Fiat Justitia.-Will our correspondent furnish us with a more detailed state-ment of the facts for our own satisfaction ?

Verb. Sapient.-The subject has not escaped our attention.

DR. BOWDITCH ON CONSUMPTION,To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,- Will you allow me to ask any of your readers who may possess a copyof Dr. Bowditch’s pamphlet-" Consumption in New England, or Localityone of its chief Causes" (Boston, 1862)-to do me the favour of lending it tome for a few days. I am desirous of adding an abstract of this paper, by wayof postscript, to a report which I have recently presented to the MedicalDepartment of the Privy Council, and I have not been able to meet with acopy. I am, Sir, your obedient servant,

53, Harley-street, March 7th, 1868. GEORGE BucnAJTAjr.

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Studens.-The following is the modification in the regulations respecting the Enquirer.-Clinical lectures had been for a long time discontinued in Pro-examinations in French and German at the Matriculation examination of fessor Griesinger’s Clinique of Psychiatry at Berlin, but were recommencedthe University of London (Calendar for 1867, p. 43) :-" The papers in in 1865 at the Berlin Charitó Hospital. The latter contains a departmentFrench and German shall contain passages for translation into English; for lunatics and patients with nervous diseases. The lectures are held onlyand questions in Grammar (limited to the Accidence) on subjects furnished in the summer season three times a week, from seven to nine o’clock A.M.by those passages." With regard to the examinations for Honours in Few pupils joined them in 1865; the number was larger the next year; andFrench and German at the first B.A. examination, the Calendar for 1867, at in 1867 some forty-six students inscribed their names, as also did manyp. 53, states :-= Candidates for Honours in French or German shall be foreign visitors. Generally the first half of the time is occupied by readingtested as to their power of maintaining a conversation in the language they a paper on it chapter of psychiatry; afterwards single patients are called inselect; in regard, on the one hand, to their ready comprehension of ques- from the wards, and the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment considered,tions addresstd to them by the examiners; and, on the other, to the inteJ1i- great attention being always paid to the etiology, hereditary disposition,gibility and grammatical correctness of their replies ; and no candidate syphilis, &c.who fails to pass this portion of the examination to the satisfaction of the Snip, Stz"p, Snorum.-The master is justified in supplying him with "neces-examiners shall be placed in the first class." sary refreshments." Who gainsays this ? Is there a case in point ? If so,

Alpha.-The fourth edition of Dr. Aitken’s Practice of Medicine, published let it be stated.in 1866, is now totally out of print. A fifth edition is in the press, and will A Subscriber.-Yes, but not by right ; courtesy would permit it. ’

be ready, we believe, shortly.Dr. Crichton’s interesting case of Triplets shall find a place in our next week’s REGENEEATION OF THE MAXILLA INFERIOR.

impression. To the Editor of THE LANCET.

IF Elpidos will send his name and address, he shall receive a private note. SIR,-In your journal of the 15th ultimo I observe some remarks on thepaper I read before the Odontological Society. Will you kindly allow me

T space f-)r a brief reply? ’

U TERINB HYDATIDS. It is stated that " the object of the paper was to support a view previouslyTo the Editor of THE LANCET. promulgated by Mr. Chalk, but opposed by Mr. Tomes and others, that when

SIR,-Dr. Morris, in his case of Uterine Hydatids reported in your last redevelopment of the maxilla takes place, as is so frequently seen after theissue, states that his patient " had aborted about five weeks previously, being occurrence of necrosis, a new development of teeth is possible There are

then as she supposed four months advanced. The ha-morrhage had continued two assertions in this sentence requiring correction. I did not say that re-

at intervals ever since " .

development of the maxilla inferior is "frequently" seen after the occurrenceAs I do not believe that the development of uterine hydatids is due to the of necrosis; but I maintained that, under favourable conditions and a certain

degeneration of any part of the fœtus or its membranes, it will be interesting mode of treatment in the )oung subject, the bone could be regenerated, butto know the grounds of the supposed abortion. It catinot be denied that tailing such treatment no regeneration would occur. Again I did not sayuterine hydatids may occupy a pregnant uterus, but I maintain only as a that a new development of teeth is possible ; but that new teeth could becoincidence. I need hardly remind so close an observer as Dr. Morris that and ivere formed in the new aw after the entire destruction of the bone itself"hmmon hage at intervals ever since" is as much evidence of the discharge and of the soft parts connected therewith.primarily of h, datids as of abortion, either leaving an uncontracted uterus. To occupy your space by any argument on the subject would be simply toThe enveiophig membrane broken into shreds might readily enough be taken repeat the opinion, alv-,tnced in my paper. I will only add that three of myfor placenta in its early months. The mammary glands are stimulated to patients are living; and should any of my professional brethren feel an in-secretion by the presence o! hydatid cysts in the uterus without impreguation. terest in the matter, I shall have much pleasure in affordirg them an oppor-It will be luund that the idea ot degeneration in connexion with hyaatids is tunity of seeing the cases, as well as the preparations and casts, and therebyerroneous. The eehinococci do not alter or convert tissues; they secrete their enable them to form their own opinion upon a matter of the highest practicalown structures. There is nothing malignant about them. The evils they importance. As regards myself, not a shadow of a doubt rests upon my mindoccasion are those of the existence and pressure of foreign and extraneous that in the young subject, after the destruction of the maxilla inferior, eithergrowths. The structures they inhabit are not necessarily disorganised or de- by strumous necrosis or caries, which as certainly involves the destruction ofstroyed except by pressure, which produces functional disturbance. Degene- the deciduous and permanent teeth, especially in the latter disease, the boneration almost presupposes a spontaneous generation of echinococci, which is may be regenerated, and new teeth developed.absurd. They must be introduced from without. Of their election of certain It is not denied that a new jaw-bone may be formed, and specimens besidesorgans in different subjects we know nothing; but every case is worth study- my own exist to prove it. If then the vis medicatrix naturœ extends thus far,ing, and, as Dr. Morris has done, worth recording. It is a certain fact, based IS there any valid reason why it should not complete the reparative processupon hundreds of cases noted by Hudson, Tracey, Whitcombe, and the writer, by the development of new teeth ?

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in Australia, that every person in whom they are found need not be pregnant; .

I am, Sir, yours, &c.,that they occupy the uterus of those who have borne children in preference Nottingham-terrace, March 9th, 1868. WM. OLIVER CHALK.to those who have not; that the supposed necessary connexion between theovum or its rnembranes and these cystic entozoa is based upon views derived Dr. David Leslie.-There is force in the arguments used by our correspond-from a limited experience, and will be found to be, not what we are all striving ent in his exposition of "medical abuses;" but they have been repeatedlyafter, truth. I am, Sir, faithfully yours, employed in this journal for many years past.Bawekne, Yorkshire, March 9th, 1868. W. L. RICHARDSON, M.D. Rawcliffe, Yorkshire, March 9th, 1868. W. L. RICHARDSON, M.D.

A Physician.-Write again.Dr. Duncan Smith.-The Italian-sounding name of Scanzoni has misled our Enquirer.-The information shall be obtained if possible, and given next

correspondent. The work of Dr. Scanzoni was published at Munich, in week.Bavaria, where he is now Professor of Obstetrics. This valuable production HOME-MADE BREAD.

has been translated into French, and our correspondent may, without To the Editor of THE LANCET.doubt, either procure the German original or the translation by giving an SIR-As the wife of a medical man, having a very large family, and payingorder to Wiiliams and Norgate, Ilenrietta-street, Covent-garden. Scan- 12s. per week for bread, I have read with interest your observations in THEzoni’s book was ably reviewed, together with the works of other recent LANCET of February 29th on the subject of " whole meal bread." I have for

obstetric writer;, in the Gazette Ilebdomadadre -; PUris in the year 1867. years past been aware of the great loss sustained in my household, both asobstetric Nvriters, in the Gazette Hebomadaire de .Paris. in the year 1867. regards health and money, by not being able to procure well-made breadThe index will show the page. composed of wheaten meal. At the suggestion ot’ my husband and other

31r. Myers will observe that several letters having reference to the subject , medical men, I have tried many formulæ for raising the bread, such asMr. Myers wi!l observe that several letters having reference to the subject muriatic acid and soda, butter-milk and soda, German yeast and Borwick’s sto which he alludes are inserted. baking-powder, but never yet succeeded in making a perfectly palatable

Delta.-We believe not. The information is contained in Lumley’s Manual. bread.. t t .t’ If some of your numerous readers would kindly suggest a proper receipt, itDISEASE OF THE GUMS.

would confer a great boon on me and many other heads of large families.DISEASE OF THE GUMS. I am, Sir, your obedient servant,Mr, II!Idite7i (Brighton) says := The teeth should be washed night and Dublin, March 9th, 1868. S. R.morning, a moderately small and soft brush being used; after the morningablution, pour on a seeund tooth-brush, slightly damped, a little of the fol- S. C A. (Aldershot) inquires what will erase the marks on paper caused bylowing 1,-,tion, and apply it to the affected parts: Carbolic acid, one scruple; taking off designs with black tracing paper.rectltied splits of wine, two drachms; (listilled water, six ounces. Lister’s taking off design:, with black tracing paper.brilliant inductions gave me the idea of using carbolic acid in these cases; Mr. J. Reldas.-Longmans and Co., Paternoster-row.by it snppurative action is kept under, and the gums soon get firmer and T.-Spencer’s Carbide Filter, 32 A, Euston-square; or Silicated Carbonless tender. But in cases such as ’M.R.C.S.’ describes, diseased action has . ..

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resulted in a loss, more or less, of structure, gum, and alveolar process, Filter Company, Church-road, Battersea, London. Effluvia Trap: Bunnettthus exposing a part of the tooth uncovered by enamel, and not fitted to and Company, Newcross Works, Deptford, Kent.resist attrition or chemical action: hence irritation and suppuration. The Dr. Stewart is thanked.cause-being thus ever present-can ouly be combated by a regular appli-cation of the remedy." 3f.J2.C-P. Land., (Liverpool.)-Very impudent; but surely not worth serious

M.D. (King’s Langley) states :-" A patient who had suffered for two years notice.frum a smiifar condition to that described by your correspondent, ’M.R.C.S., Ds. SIEGERT’s AROMATIC ANGOSTURA BITTERS.can.e under my notice a short time since, and experienced an immediate To the Editor of Tsa LANCET.cessation of the anuoyance on the extraction ot the tooth opposite to which SIR-I regret my inability to inform your correspondent, "Dyspepsia,"

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the discharge of inodorous pus occurred. I should add that injections and where be can obtain the Angostura Bitters; but I have not any doubt that heother mode. of treatment had been employed-a fact of which 1 am cer- can get the desired information from the Superintendent Provid re of thetain, as he happened to be an out-patient ot a public charity. Ro)’al Mail Steam-packet Company, 55. Moorgate-street, B.C., their steam-Innocence.-All the causes altuded to are in force to produce the baneful ships bemg always supplied with it. The prices on board are 2s. for the

the causes aluded to are in smaller (about baneful oz. and 4s. for the larger (about 12 oz.) bottles respectively.eneets of the habit. Yours obediently,A Workhouse 3MtCft! Officer would, we think, under the provisions of the March, 1868. PIKROS.

6th clause be entitled to receive the fees. 31r. S. D. Wells informs " Dyspepsia" that Dr. Siegert’s Aromatic AngosturaMr. Fred. J. Gray.-The communication shall be inserted. Bitters can be obtained of Mr. Hemming, 25, Moorgate-street London.

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AN6LO-GBEMAN HOSPITAL. L. S. T.-It has never yet been decided by the judges whether a licentiate ofWE have received long communications from the Secretary of the Anglo- the Society of Apothecaries of London is liable to a penalty for assumingGerman Hospital and from Dr. Arthur Farre with respect to the latter the title of "surgeon." In cases which have been brought before different

gentleman’s connexion with that institution; but as we have already given magistrates, different opinions have been held by them; but the real pointeach side the opportunity of being heard, we must decline to reopen the of law has never been settled. The fact is, the clause in the Medical Act

question, since the onus evidently rests upon the gentleman who acted as relating to titles is so loosely drawn up that, to use a phrase of the late

mediator between Dr. Farre and the institution, of the character of which Mr. O’Connell, you can drive a coach and six through it." This clause

we see no reason to alter our opinion requires amendment, and the Bill to be introduced in the present session of

Tim obituary of Dr. George Fayrer, of Henley-in-Arden, shall appear in our Parliament embraces that amendment.

next impression. IBMBULAEITY IN THE CoBONEB’a COURT.

CERTIFICATES OF VACCINATION. To the Editor of THE LANCET.To the Editor qfTIIE LANCET. SIR,-;-Al1?w e t0 call your attention to an irregularity in the Coroner’s.

Sir,-The following f from a letter received by me this mornin 9 Court A few in this district. ago I was sent for two see a gentleman who had been foundfrom the Medical Department of the Privy Council uffice ia, I think, suffi- A few days ago I was sent for to see a gentleman who had been fonnd

cientom important Department place Privy Council uffice is, I think, suffi- dead. I attended and reported the matter to the Coroner. A few days after

ciently important to demand a place in your pages:- is a police officer called on me, with a verbal request from Mr. Carttar for myEvery medical practitioner who has successfully vaccinated a child is attendance at the inquest. 1 declined to attend unless served with the properbound by section 30 of the Vaccination Act of 1867 to That to the regis- order. I heard nothing more till I learned that the inquest was held withouttrar certificate the form ’D’ given m the schedule., That form therefore any medical witness whatever. I suppose the jury were not informed why aan unqualified that the vaccination has the certificate would have to be signed witness was not present. Your obedient servant,an unqualified deputy, were to act, the certificate would have to be signed Blackheath, March 9th, 1868 FEEDERICK H SMITHeither by himself or his principal. If by himself, the certificate would be a Blackheath, March 9th, 1868. FREDERICK H. SMITH.

nullity; and if his principal signed it, he would be guilty of a misdemeanour An Assistant-Surgeon (Gibraltar.)-He is entitled by law only to practiseunder the section. ’

" Of course no grant of public money would be made under section 5 to any surgery.public vaccinator who employed an unqualified deputy." Veritas.-Personalities are objectionable.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,Slough, March 4th, 1868. CSABLES HOLMES, F.R.C.S. ALLEGED CBUEI. TREATMENT OF AN IMBECILE AT THE CHESTERFIELD

WORKHOUSE.G. L.-The article on the Administration of Carbonate of Lime in Cancer" WE shall reserve our comments on this case until the adjourned inquest has,

will be found in THE LANCET for October 12th, 1867. been completed.Quæro.-1. Not if very slight.-2. Yes.

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ASTHMA AND ECZEMA.Mr. Adamson will see that the subject to which his letter refers is discussed To the Editor of THE LANCET.

in another part of the journal. SIR,-I should be glad to hear from some of the profession whether theyDr. F. Ilderton.-King Chambers; Brinton, by Buzzard; Habershon. have found from experience that asthma and eczema are frequently present

in the same subject. I have so frequently noticed this to be the case that ITHE ROYAL MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY. deem it worthy of record. It is, of course, very natural for the skin and lungs

To the Editor of THE LANCET. to be associated in disease; still I have not seen this special case mentionedSIR,- In last impression, "An Old Fe llow " asks if it has become a by any of our authorities. Yours faithfully,SiR,-In your last impression, "An Old Fellow" asks if it has become a by any of our authorities. Yours faithfully, WooDWAED M D .

necessity that both the physician and surgeon of St. Luke’s Hospital should fforcester, march 4th, 1868. WM. WOODWARD, M.D.be members of the Council His question, however, should be put more EVERY communication, whether intended for publication or otherwise, muststrongly. The fact is that the visiting staff of this asylum consists only of be authenticated by the name and address of the writer. Papers notthree gentlemen-viz., Dr. Wood, Dr. Monro, and Mr. Moore. The Council be authenticated by the name and address of the writer. Papers notof the Medico-Chirurgical Society, knowing its own necessities, has put all accepted cannot be returned. Articles in newspapers, to which attentionthe members of this staff in office at the Medico-Chirurgical Society. So is sought to be directed, should be marked. Communications not noticedanxious was this body for the services of medical men devoted to the study in the current number of THE LANCET will receive attention the followingof insanity, that it actually selected Dr. Monro as a Councillor some fifteen week.years before his turn can come round. Might it not be convenient for the week.

Council to hold their meetings during the ensuing year at the establishment COMMUNICATIONS, L:MTE:M,&o.,haTebeenreceived from—Sir Ranald Martin;in the Old-street-road, instead of at Berners-street?-Yours, &c., Sir Henry Thompson; Dr. Basham; Mr. W. Leslie; Dr. Duncan Smith;March, 1868. A FELLOW. Mr. Hutchinson; Mr. Gale; Dr. Kennedy; Dr.-Pratt, Newport; Mr. Hoole;

E. A.-The question our correspondent proposes is rather a complicated one. Dr. Duncan, Oonaon; Mr. Eady, Chertsey ; Mr. Edwards, Cawnpore;It is probable that in woman the ovule escapes towards the termination of Dr. C. J. Smith; Dr. Baylis, Birkenhead; Dr. Thornley; Dr. Beatsonathe catamenial flow. The time occupied by its descent through the Fallopian Calcutta; Mr. W. E. Thompson ; Dr. H. Ussher; Mr. Hilditch, Brighton;tube and uterus is possibly eight or ten days. But nothing positive is known Mr. Wright; Dr. Oppert; Mr. J. Reldas, Highampton ; Dr. Smith, Black-

on this head; just as we are also ignorant of the length of time during heath; Dr. Fairless, Coupar Angus; Mr. W. French; Dr. Kemm; Dr. Gill,which spermatozoa can retain their vitality after they have been discharged Dover; Mr. Higginbottom, Dover; Mr. Chalk; Dr. Bruce, Stantonbury;into the female passages.

Mr. Jeffery, Tring; Dr. Blandford; Mr. Griffini, Genoa; Mr. Blake, Ross;Mr. Fred. Pratt is thanked for his communication. Mr. Hooper, Tenby; Mr. Hogg; Mr. Heim; Mr. Ferrand; Mr. Daniel;

Dr. Wills; Mr. R. Corfe, Ingatestone; Mr. (3rooin; Dr. Fagge; Mr. Sellers,TREATMENT OF E P I L E P S Y. Horndean; Dr. Prichard, Northampton; Dr. Edwards; Baron Haussmann;

To the Editor of THE LANCET. Dr. Dade, Laugharne; Mr. Duke; Dr. Smith, Sheffield; Dr. Somerville,SIR,-Will any of your readers inform me what treatment they have found Gosforth; Dr. Harper, Holbeach; Dr. Roberts; Mr. Moses, Burton-upon-

the most successful in epilepsy. 1 have tried all I can see recommended in Trent; Mr. Remy, Brunn; Mr. Woodhouse ; Mr. R. Jeffreys, Chesterfield;the various works, and without benefit, in a boy of fourteen years of age, who Dr. Buchanan, Glasgow; Dr. Richardson, Raweliffe; Dr. Eames, Ports-has been amioted nine months. Yours truly, Buckanan, Glasgow ; Greenwood, :. Oscotte, Dr. Crosswell, Lowis sh March 1868. nine months. Yours truly,

M.R.C.P., &o mouth; Dr. Letheby; Mr. Greenwood, Ossett; Dr. Cresswell, Lewisham;Mr. Hamilton, Liverpool; Dr. Steele, Seaforth; Mr. Cane; Dr. Boulton;

3fedicus.-The patent liquor of Mr. Newman shall be analysed and reported Mr. Mouat, Dublin; Mr. Rye, Banbury; Dr. Beigel; Mr. Palmer; Mr. C.upon when received. Walker; Mr. Wendle, Ulverstone; Dr. Stewart; Mr. Johnston, Liverpool;

J. S., M.D., F.B.C.S., will see that the subject to which he refers has not Mr. Thomas, Bristol; Mr. Adamson, North Shields; Dr. Lawrence, Crail;escaped our notice.

CASSAREEP Dr. Syson; Dr. Lister, A,-hton; Dr. Alexander, Dundonald; Mr. Wilkins ,.

To the Editor of THE LANCET Staplehurst; Mr. R. Jones, Llanover; Mr. Ellice, Swindon; Mr. Caldwell;To the Editor of THE LANCET. ’. Mr. Gray, Rugeley; Mr. Percy; Mr. Passmore, West Dulwich; Mr. Bevan;

SIR,-In reply to " Quærens," I beg to inform him that the bitter cassara- Dr Herapath, Bristol; Dr. E. P. Williams Dr A. Hewan; Dr. Crichton,root abounds in a poisonous milky juice, which by repose deposits the farina Dr. Herapath, Bristol; Dr. E. P. Williams; Dr. A. Hewan, Dr. Crichton,called cassara starch, of which tapioca is made; and the sauce called cassareep, Mortlake; Dr. Davies; Dr. Burnie; Dr. Dudfield ; Mr. Herbert, Brent-or cassireepe, is the concentrated juice of the roots flavoured by aromatics. wood; Mr. Myers, Nottingham; Mr. Goode, Derby; Mr. Brown, Hayle;During the evaporation the poisonous principle of the juice is either dissi- Dr. Wells, Dartmouth; Dr. Macrae, Middlesborough; Dr. Ilderton, Fair-pated or destroyed. Cassareep is used to flavour soups and other dishes, and field; Dr. Mitchell; Dr. Harrison; Dr. Hay Carlisle; Mr. Talboys, Man-is the basis of the West Indian dish, "pepper pot." The inspissated juice, field ; Dr. Mitchell ; Dr. Harrison; Dr. Hay, Carlisle; Mr. Talboys, Man-flavoured with capsicum pods, is used in the Brazils as a sauce, under the chester; Mr. Kemp; Dr. Martin; Mr. WlIlmer; Mr. Norton; Mr. Ingram;name of "tycupi." "Quærens" will find particulars in Pereira’s Materia Messrs. Krohne and Co.; Dr. Day; Dr. V. Bell; Mr. Maggs ; Mr. Taplin;Medica, and in the Pharmaceutical Journal for 1845. On inquiry for it at Dr. Gibson; Mr. Dove; Mr. Byng; Mr. Horne, Truro; Mr. Poole ; S. R.;Fortnum and Mason’s, I was told they were out of it, and at another shop it Medicus; The Secretary of the University of Edinburgh; Alpha, Wigan;conld not be recommended, as, not having nny sale, it had become bad. S. C. A. ; Q. S. T. ; An Assistant-Surgeon Gibraltar ; Respond ondens; L Hcould not be recommended, as, not Yours truly, had become bad. S.C.A.; Q.S.T.; An Assistant-Surgeon, Gibraltar; Respondens; L.H.;March, 1868.

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BULBOUS ROOT. The Marine Department of the Board of Trade; Hope; Patter; Enquirer;To the Editor of THE LANCET. Harveian Society; A Subscriber, Harborough; F. A. C. ; Delta; Veritas ;

SIR,- In answer to your correspondent’s query, I may say that I have A Physician ; A Constant Sufferer;’The Registrar-General of Edinburgh;always heard from West Indians that cassareep is prepared from the roots of M.D" King’s Langley; Scalpel ; F D.; &c. &c.the cassara plant, the poisonous principle being expelled by heat. It is em- THE Sheffield Daily Telegraph, the Leicester Advertiser, the Birminghamployed the condiment in the famous "pepper pot," and in this capacity I aph ,

. , . ’.can highly recommend it. I always obtain mine at Barto Valle’s shop, in the Daily Gazette, the Barnsley Chronic’ e, the Liverpool Albion, the Black-Haymarket. Yours, &c., burn Standard, the Surrey Advertiser the Brighton Gazette, the HertfordMarch, 1868. G. F. B. Mercury, the Islington Gazette, the Manchester Examiner, the Nottingham

Dr. W. J. Eames (H.M.S. Gladiator) informs us that cassareep may be ob- Cruardian, the General Advertiser (Dublin), and the Shields Daily Newstained of Mr. Glencross, Fore-street, Devonport. have been received.