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mitting the communication from the Council of the Queen’sCollege, called the attention of the Board to the fundamentallaws of the Hospital on this head. On the occurrence of a

vacancy in the staff of medical officers, the rules provide thatcandidates be invited, not only by public advertisement in thelocal, but also in the London journals, to offer themselves, and toforward their testimonials to the Council of the Queen’s Collegeon a certain day. On the receipt of the testimonials, the sameare submitted to the Professors, who are pledged on their honour,without fear, favour, or affection, to report on the qualificationsof the candidate or candidates; not simply whether such or suchcandidates are legally qualified, but to select the candidate or can-didates "who, in their judgment, is or are best qualified, profes-sionally and otherwise," and to specify the grounds which hadguided them in making such a selection. The report is thensubmitted to the Council for their judgment, and afterwards for-warded to the Hospital Board, who are required to take steps tosubmit the appointment for confirmation by the Governors of theHospital assembled at their annual meeting. By this plan it isfound that the best interests of the sick and suffering are pro-tected, and the candidate is not compelled to seek his appointmentthrough a lawyer’s office, or owe his election to the creation ofvotes at the eleventh hour, but stands on his own merits. Theappointments of the Queen’s Hospital are held for ten years, sub-ject to re-election once ; and in accordance with this rule thepresent medical officers will vacate their appointments, subject tore-election, at the next annual meeting.GRAVESEND AND MILTON DISPENSARY.—This Week,

the second annual meeting of governors was held, -Nlr. H.Ditchburn in the chair, when Mr. Stewart read the report,from which it appeared that during the year 529 patients hadbeen received, of whom 417 were discharged cured, 116 re-lieved, 77 were under treatment, and 19 were pronounced in-curable. Mr. Churchill, the resident surgeon, resigned, andMr. Hight was appointed his successor. In hand there was abalance of £298. The report complained very justly of thewant of an infirmary, as there was no hospital nearer thanMaid,tone or London; and it was ultimately resolved by thegovernors to adopt immediate and energetic measures to haveone erected in the locality.

MORAL TREATMENT OF THE INSANE. - In theWolverhampton pauper lunatic asylum, under Dr. Mannix,straps, and all similar restraints, are abolished, with the bestsuccess. If a patient becomes violent, the attendants areauthorized to call in as much help as they require until thearrival of the doctor. At Williamburgh, newspapers havebeen lately introduced into lunatic asylums, and are read withthe utmost avidity by the patients, upon whom such indulgencehas the most beneficial effect.

CONVICTION FOR ADULTERATED PEPPER. - AtChelmsford, an extensive grocer has been prosecuted by theInland Board of Revenue, and convicted in a penalty of £50,for selling adulterated pepper.—Provincial Paper.HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDING

SATURDAY, illAY 15.-The mortality of the metropolis exhibitsin this Return a considerable increase on that of the precedingweek. In the week that ended 8th May, the deaths fell to972; in the week ending last Saturday they rose to 1070. Lastweek was marked by a rise of mean temperature from 48’10to 52.7°; the wind, which had blown with remarkable con-stancy for nearly three months from the north-east, changedto south-west on Friday, the 7th, and continued in the samedirection throughout last week, and there were frequentshowers of rain. Compared with the facts of the previousweek, the present Return discovers an increase in deathscaused by epidemics from 193 to 234, while in those fromdiseases of the respiratory organs the numbers are almostidentical. There is an increase from 130 to 142 in deaths byphthisis. Diseases of the heart also rose in the two weeksfrom 37 to 45; those of the digestive organs from 60 to 74.Amongst epidemics the increase arises chiefly from small-pox,and in the next place from scarlatina. The former maladywas fatal last week to 38 children and 8 adults, altogether to46 persons; the latter to 44. In only 4 cases of small-pox isit stated that vaccination had been performed, apparentlywith effect, and in these the ages were as follow:-5, 18, 28,and 41 years. Zymotics in the aggregate produce at presentconsiderably more than the average mortality of the season.Last week, the births of 712 boys and 689 girls, in all 1401children, were registered in London. The average numberin seven corresponding weeks of 1845-51 was 1380.

THE

ANALYTICAL SANITARYCOMMISSION.

RECORDS OF THE RESULTS OF

MICROSCOPICAL AND CHEMICAL ANALYSESOF THE

SOLIDS AND FLUIDS

CONSUMED BY ALL CLASSES OF THE PUBLIC

In the next Report of the Commission, which will be pub-lished in THE LANCET of May 29th, the subject of

SPICES,AND THEIR

ADULTERATIONS,Will be continued.

PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIESOF

Members of the Medical & Surgical ProfessionOF

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

The subject of the next Portrait & Biography will be

ARCHIBALD BILLING, M.D., F.R.S.,EXAMINER IN MEDICINE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

A Quach’s Victim.—We regret that’it is not in our power to assist ourcorrespondent. Redress might be ottained in a court of law. As long asthe editors of newspapers admit into their pages advertisements of so

objectionable a nature, the infamous impostors and their accomplices arecertain to thrive. The proprietors of such journals we consider to bealmost as culpable as the extortionists themselves. The only way inwhich the plans and practices of these pests to society can be frustrated,is for the profession to denounce to their patients all those periodicalswhose columns are disgraced and polluted by the disgusting advertise-ments of travelling quacks and mock medical practitioners. The cliquementioned are all intimately connected with each other. One of them onlyholds a diploma, which answers all the purposes required by the " CoM’pany." It is, indeed, time that a reformation took place in the law re-specting persons assuming titles to which they have no claim. We need

only add, that the victims who are ensnared into their nets are personstotally ignorant of the frauds and dangerous doings of these impudentscoundrels. A Quack’s Victim would do well to consult a practitionerof known respectability.

IT would be giving the absurd fraud too much importance to publish thei " poetical effusion" of ill)-. Hudibras, junior.A Junior Member oftjze Profession.-The Students’ Namber of THE LANCET

is published in the last week of September in each year. Our correspondentcan obtain all the information he requires by perusing the number pub-lished in September last.

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An Army Surgeon may practise in surgical cases without fear of molesta- z,tion ; but if he attends patients in medical cases, and sends out and ’,charges for medicines, he clearly comes within the meaning of the provi-sions of the Act of 1815. Whether the legal adviser of the Society ofApothecaries would recommend a prosecution in such a case, we cannotdecide.

il’. P. K.-The article on the subject in Dr. Copland’s Dictionary of Prac-tical Medicine.

Capricum—Next week.A Visit01’, (Cheltenham.)-’Vould it not be giving the persons referred to animportance to which they are by no means entitled, by noticing in detailthe productions of either. We regret to see a respectable paper like theCTaeltenTeum Examiner lending itself to the promulgation of such twaddlinenonsense as that issuing from the pen of 11 Htigh Hastings, M.D., sur-geon, &c." What a striking contract does the remarks of the editor ofthe Bedfol’d Tinaes of the following week present. The Bedford editor

evidently understands the real position of the question, and we quote thefollowing with much satisfaction :-"We are now referring to those who really and truly practise homaeo-

pathy ; but it has been satisfactorily proved, that, under the mask ofhomoeopathy, many persons give the ordinary doses of medicines ; that, infact, the homceopathic globules and powders of some, supposed to containinfinitesimal doses, in reahty contain very large doses of the essential prin-ciples of some active medicines. Of course this is deception of the worstpossible character; but the love of truth compels us to state that somepersons who have not succeeded in getting into practice in the ordinaryroutine have courted the favour of the public by boldly announcing a moresuccessful mode of treatment by homoeopathy ; that manv of these practi-tioners have not dared to depend upon their infinitesimal doses in grapplingwith acute diseases, but have really had recourse to the old and ordinaryplan, under their professedly new method of treatment. One circumstance,we conceive, tells very greatly against homoeopathy as a real and bond fidesystem of medical treatment, and that is, that it is adopted by men whohave not succeeded in practice in the ordinary way, as a stepping-stone topractice among the many credulous and weak-minded members of generalsociety."A. B., (Birmingham.)-The Birmingham District Medical Protection Societyhas no connexion, we believe, with the highly respectable Society inLincoln’s-inn-fields. We do not perceive the names of any members ofthe profession connected with it. We cannot, under these circumstances,recommend it to our professional brethren in Birmingham.

hlr. J. Macdonald will oblige by calling at our office.]’f.D. St. Andrew’s.—There are two gentlemen of the same name. To which

of them does our correspondent a’lude ?Dr. Edward lYilliams, (Dublin.)-The Remarks on the Speculum contain nonew views on the subject.

lIfr. James Gilbert.—The first question will be found answered in any medi-cal almanack. the examiners are elected for life.

Ecce.-Oxide of silver, when taken, does not act on the skin like thenitrate. The dose is from a half to three grains two or three times daily.

Dr. Milman Coley, (Brussels.)-We will endeavour to find room for Dr.Coley’s paper in an early number.

A Student in Anatomy.—The 11 Microscopic Anatomy of the Human Body,"by Dr. Hassail, is the best work of the kind. It may be studied with greatadvantage.

THE BOTANICAL LECTURES AT CHELSEA.To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,—I beg to call your attention, and the attention of parents andguardians of medical pupils now studying in the metropolis, to a circum-stance which, in my opinion, has not received proper consideration, and asit affects the welfare of the students to a certain extent, I trust it will betaken notice of in the proper quarter. It is well known that during thesummer months the students attending the various lectures at the hospitalsare compelled also to attend the botanical lectures at Chelsea Gardens atan early hour in the morning; and as many of the students reside at adistance of five miles from Chelsea, I would ask how are they to get thereon a rainy morning without getting wet to the skin? In this state they areto attend the lecture; the consequence frequently is a severe rigor, followedby pneumonia or fever, or both. It also not unfrequently happens that onfine mornings, the students finding themselves fatigued by a sultry morning’swalk, feel disinclined to return to their usual hospital studies, retire toRichmond for a day’s pleasure, and thus day after day during the session isloa.Could not "the powers that be" effect an arrangement with some

omnibus proprietor to provide vehicles to start from various parts of themetropolis at an early hour, and thus convey the students and theirteacher unfatigued during the freshness of the morning? This plan, I feelcertain, would enable the student to cultivate a much better acquaintancewith botany than he does at present.

I remain, Mr. Editor, one of your oldest subscribers,Southwark, May, 1852. PATER.

C. A.—The fellow is a low travelling quack.A Lady need not feel alarmed. The adhesive material of the postage-stamp

is merely potato-starch.Stupid mistakes his power. We should be glad to hear from him again.Enquirer. - Write to Mr. Upton, the clerk of the Society, stating thecircumstances of the case, and your intention of presenting yourselffor examination, and a reasonable time will be afforded you for doing so.

A. B.-St. Thomas’s Hospital.Df. Duffey.-If any legal proceedings are instituted, the names of the parties

will be inevitably disclosed. We can assure Dr. Duffey that the facts havenot been misrepresented; but unnecessary publicity would only add tothe pangs of the chief sufferer.

M.D., and an Admirer of Religious Freedom.-The communication shallMeeive attention at our hands in the next number of THE LANCET.

P. T., (Newcastle.)-Three guineas would be a moderate charge.

T.-The question is one which we have no desire to entertain at the presenttime. The position of the person named must be well known to thegovernors of the institution, who must use their own discretion as tocontinuing their subscriptions.

A Young Subscriber.-The position is one of difficulty. A partnership is noteasily dissolved ; but it is probable that if money was obtained upon therepresentation that the party in practice was a regular and not ahomœopathic practitioner, a bill in Chancery might be filed against him.It would be better, however, to put the case in the hands of a respect-able solicitor.

WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE OF THE SEIN?

To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,— Being engaged in some microscopical observations on themucous membranes, I was induced to consult Dr. Carpenter’s " Manualof Physiology," 1851. So obscure was the information, as I shallshow, and spread over twenty-six pages on the subject of the Skin andMucous Membrane, that I consulted the "Dublin Dissector," (18a17, fifthand last edt on,) and there the obscurity of meaning was ten times worse! PI have read the following to a gentleman about to be examined, and he con-fesses himself in a perfect morass. I think this arises from authors nottaking care that they are comprehensible to others as well as to themselves.

Dr. Carpenter assigns to the" Skin. Ilueouslfembrane.

Art. 224. a. Epidermis. a. Epithelium.206. &bgr;. Primary membrane. /9. Primary membrane.204. &ggr;. Areolar tissue. T. Areolar tissue.

206. The primary membrane lies beneath the epidermis and epithe-lium. It is structureless-a thin fiim of coagulated gelatine.

206. The primary membrane forms the outer layer of the true skin.Ig8. Beneath the primary membrane is a layer of condensed areolar

tissue."

This is confusing enough; for Dr. C. makes three component cutaneouslayers; then he divides the skin into two, the primary membrane being the" outer layer," and I suppose the " condensed areolar tissue" is the innerlayer. Why is not the "structureless thin film," the primary membrane,entitled to a distinct position if it has no detectable organic structure, andits subjacent tissue is full of blood-vessels and nerves ? Why describe it as" a membrane under the epithelium, &c.," if it is only an outer layer ?The " Dublin Dissector" makes two layers (independent of the areolar

tissue) to the skin and mucous membrane, at page 587, vol. ii. "Each hasan external lamina named cuticle, epidermis, or epithelium ; the otherdeeper, named cutis vera, dermis, or chorion; beneath the latter is addedareolar tissue " Dr. Carpenter makes the same; but where is Dr. Car-penter’s other inner layer of the skin and mucous membrane? Split the" Dublin Dissector’s" cutis vera, and you have two areolar tissues ; for the e" Dublin Dissector" has a whole epidermis, a whole cutis vera, and " beneaththe latter is added ai-eolai- tissue. But the " Dublin Dissector" slips out ofhis own skin ; he says. page 592: "The cutis vera is composed essentiallyof areolar tissue, full of blood-vessels, &c." Again, same page: " 1n thedermis the areolar tissue becomes condensed, and presents beneath theepidermis numerous papitlse. This surface is often spoken of as a distinctlamina of the cutis, under the name of papillary membrane. It is not to beconsidered as a separate structure." This papillary surface and Dr. Car-penter’s primary or basement membrane are clearly identical; but the" Dublin Dissector" says it is not a sepurate st?-uctui-e, it is not a thin film,structureless, but condensed areolar tissue; and at page 5g3 says: " Thesuperficial or papillary lamina of the cutis is the seat of a vascular capillaJYplexus."Now, Sir, what does all this mean?Meade, in his Manual," (1846,) page 287, says: "The basement mem-

brane is the boundary between the cutis vera and cuticle."W’orse off than ever !Dr. Wythes (" Microscopist," 1852,) gives the skin a cuticle and cutis

vera, and to the mucous membrane an epithelium and basement membrane,and says no more.

This, Sir, is very perplexing, and much needs your aid ; for our two bestauthorities fail in informing us what our skins are composed of !

I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,Thames Ditton, May, 1852. C. B. GARRETT, Surgeon.

Mr. Brown’s request shall be attended to.Justitifi.-The work, of which a prospectus has been forwarded to us, can-

not, we think, fail of being useful.Inquirer.—There are many cases where persons have recovered after sub-mersion of one or two minutes; but we do not remember any wellauthenticated case in which animation returned after an individual hadbeen under water five minutes.

Viator.—All quack advertisements should be rejected. We know nothingof those to which Viator refers.

A Second Year’s Student.-Learn auscultation and percussion practically.You will lose your time by the hair-splitting which seems to occupy yourattention.

DELAYS IN SERIAL PUBLICATIONS.To the Editor of TEE LANCET.

SIR,—I enclose an advertisement which appeared in the British andForeign Medical Review for April, announcing that the fourth part of "Toddand Bowman’s Physiology" was ready, and part fifth in the press; and yet itis now May 7th, and the fourth part has not appeared. Surely this is not asit ouht to be. The authors of that work owe it no less to their subscribe; s

than to the medical public at large, to redeem their oft-pledged assurancesrespecting their book. I hope you will notice this transaction, and stir themup to better things than words without deeds. There is less excuse in theircase, because the whole material must have been given by them orallylong ago.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,Bristol, May 7th, 1852. HOPE DEFERRED.

Tyro, (Huddersfield.)—A certificate from the gentleman with whom a can-didate has served his apprenticeship is the one preferred by the Court ofExaminers. It is not, however, obligatory; the testimonial of any otherrespectable practitioner would be received,

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A Country Subscriber.-A surgeon is certainly liable to be taxed for keepinga horse. No doubt, most of our subscribers will agree in the opinion thatthe tax is odious and oppressive, particularly to surgeons in union prac-tice, who do so much for such little pay.

A Thankful Correspondent.-The licence of the Hall should be obtained. Itcannot fail to be of value in any reorganization of the profession whichmay be made.

THE BRITISH MEDICAL DIRECTORY.To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,—It is highly gratifying to observe, by an advertisement that appearedm THE LANCET of last week, that the legitimate practitioners of this coun-try will in a short time be able to possess a work in which the qualificationsand distinctions of the respectable portion of our calling will be shown intheir true light. The time has arrived when the insults and degradationsthat we have received by a certain publication called the London and Pro-’I1incilll Medical Directory, which you very appropriately denominate theQuacks’ Guide," should cease.

I say, let the charlatans who try to identify themselves with us, have aguide if they please ; but let the respectable and worthy practitioner sup-port a work that maintains the dignity of our profession.

I have one proposition to make-that at the end of this new Directorythere should be a space allotted for the names and addresses of the blacksheep in our flock, so that we should be able to refer to and shun those im-postors who disgrace our ranks.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,May, 1852. A PHYSICIAN.

The Editors of the BRITISH MEDICAL DIRECTORY have requested us,to.acknowledge the many valuable communications and suggestions they.have already received from members of the profession resident in all partsof the kingdom. We shall publish extracts from some of these letters.The promises of support for the new DIRECTORY are ardent and general.It appears that the QUACKs’ GUIDE has produced feelings of universaldisgust and indignation throughout the whole profession.

J. F.—As the case is stated, the conduct of Dr. S. is certainly inconsistentwith every acknowledged law of professional etiquette.

Dens.-The substance alluded to is of a most dangerous character. Weshould advise Dens to abandon its use.

Mr. France shall receive a private note."THE EAST WIND."

To the Editor of THE LANCET.SIR,—In reply to "An Inquirer," whose letter appeared in your valuable

journal of the sth instant, perhaps you will permit me to say that we havevery strong reasons for believing that the distressing influence of the eastwind depends upon its peculiar electrical condition. That its effects areproduced by the abstraction, from the body, of a large amount of vitalforce, in the state of electricity, seems highly probable. In confirmation ofthis view, I may mention, that some years ago, when the gigantic hydro-electric machine was first exhibited at the Royal Polytechnic Institution,the men whose duty it was to assist in the peculiar department to which itbelonged were almost constantly complaining of rheumatic pains, and ofaffections of the mucous membranes of the nose, &c., such as we frequentlynotice among invalids who are sensitive to the influence of an east wind.Suspectmg from preliminary inquiries that the cause was the abstraction

of electric force by the enormous boiler-machine, I was induced to watchthe cases more carefully, and thus was enabled to determine satisfactorilythat at those seasons when the apparatus was exhibited daily, the symptomswere persistent; that when it was exhibited merely on alternate days, theywere intermittent; and that when weeks or months elapsed without anyexperiment, the distressing effects upon the body and mind entirely dis-appeared, but only to be again renewed with the revival of the cause.

I may be allowed to remind you, Sir, that the great peculiarity of thehydro-electric machine is its negative condition. The steam, in its rapidescape, abstracts so much electricity, that the mass of insulated metal, inobedience to a natural law, seeks to recover its equilibrium by robbingsurrounding bodies of their electric force; and hence the loss of vitalpower. So rapid also have its effects sometimes been, that I have knowninvalid visitors suffer severely after having been in the room only a fewminutes.

I may mention, in conclusion, that the unpleasant effects to which I havereferred were perceptible during the working of the machine, whatevermight have been the condition of the external atmosphere.

I remain, Sir, yours faithfully,Gresham-street, May, 1852. JOHN RYAN, M.D., LL.D.

Mr. Anderson.—The details of the case have already been given in this

journal.WE will endeavour to publish a part of Mr. Lowther’s paper in an earlynumber.

A Country Surgeon, (Notts.)-The article may be procured of the qualitydescribed in the paper, if instructions to that effect are given to a whole-sale druggist.

NECESSITY FOR A GENERAL REGISTRATION OF SICKNESS.To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,—In your report of the transactions of the Medical Society of London,at their last meetmg, Mr. Hunt remarks upon the " contemporaneous occur-rence of so many case-- of carbuncle, boils, whitlows, abscesses, and pustules,showing a general tendency to purulent and pustular diseases." As in myown experience these observations have been confirmed, especially in theunprecedented prevalence of whitlows, boils, perinseal abscesses, andeethyrna, my conviction of such being greatly beyond what was ordinaryto the season, led me, in conversation with Mr. Farr, of the statistical de-partment of the Registration Office, two months ago, to give such as myopinion, and to remark how inefficiently the mortuary tables could be sup-posed to express or indicate the kind or degree of prevalent sickness, andwhich, although not of fatal character, might be suggestive of causes in-timately concerning the public health. The importance of a general regis-tration of sickness is MifBeientiy felt and understood; but it awaits, likemedical organization, the will of the profession itself-the power or aid ofthe state, never !

I am, Sir, yours obediently,Harley-street, May, 1852. A. C. MACLARM.

WE will endeavour to find space for the letter of Dr. Webster (Dulwich) inthe next number of our journal ; but after Dr. W. has seen the PharmacyBill as it has been amended by the Select Committee, he may not considerit necessary to publish any further remarks on the subject.

Vindex.—Is it possible. Mr. Hunter, of Hart-street, is a highly respectableman. It is his misfortune, and not his fault, that he has such a fellow fora relative.

M.R.C.S.-The degree is a highly respectable one, and confers honour uponthe possessor.

STARCH IN SKIN DISEASES.To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,—I perceive in THE LANCET of May 8, credit taken by some French.man for treating certain skin diseases with starch in combination with a fewtrifles, such as zinc, lead, &c.

I don’t know, Sir, what may be the practice at the Hospital for SkinDiseases ; but I have no doubt that starch is used there, both as a vehiclefor more important therapeutics, as well as in an uncombmed state. Atleast I know that I have been in the habit of employing this fecula largely,and certainly very beneficially, in my own practice at the Royal Free Hos-pital for several years, in numerous forms of skin disease, but more espe-cially in eczema and pompholyx. Its advantage as a vehicle over grease orfluid is really very great.Our continental neighbours must not be allowed to take more than their

due amount of credit.I remain, Sir, yours truly,

THOS. WEEDEN COOKE.Upper Berkeley-street, Portman-square, May, 1852.

A Subscriber, (Wolverhampton.) -1. Yes, to a certain degree.-2. It is avery dangerous and destructive practice.-3. Yes.-4. No.

Scientific.—1. At the Panoptican of Science and Art in Leicester-square.—2. We do not know when it will be open to the public.

Dr. Moore.—We believe the party is respectable and deserving, but unfor.tunate. The begging system" is very objectionable, and ought not tobe tolerated.

WHAT CAN THIS MEAN?To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,—In the Lady’s Newspaper for this week there is the followingadvertisement :-"To Widows of Surgeons, &c.-Wanted, diplomas, &c., of not later date

than 1845. Apply, with price, to C. J. P., Post-office, Bishops-Stortford,Herts."

I suppose that the person who has inserted this intends to personate thedeceased holder of some diploma, and practise in one of the colonies. Ibelieve that it is not an uncommon thing for diplomas to be sold in thismanner.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,Tarvin, near Chester, May 11, 1852. GEO. F. BODINGTON, Surgeon.

*** The parties selling diplomas, as well as those buying them, with intentto defraud the College, would be liable to an indictment for conspiracy.-SUB-En. L.

THE conclusion of Mr. Solly’s clinical lecture will be inserted nextweek.

ERRATUM.—IN the report of the discussion at the Royal Medico-ChirurgicalSociety, in THE LANCET of May 8th, in the case of hydrophobia mentioned

’ to Dr. T. Thompson by Mr. Hunter, the symptoms appeared eleven weeksi after the bite, not one week, as stated in the report.

COMMUNICATIONS, LETTERS, &c., have been received from-Mr. Guthrie;Mr. Simon; Dr. Marshall Hall; Mr. George Pettinger, (Manchester;)Mr. Hudibras; Non-Medicus; A Quack’s Victim; A. B.; A Subscriber ofTwenty-six Years; Dr. Joseph Duffey, (Dublin;) Mr. Marsden, (Skipton,Yorkshire;) ;) Mr. Radcliffe, (Leeds;) A Junior Member of the Profession;Scientific ; Juvenis; Mr. Phillips ; A Son of a Clergyman; Mr. Anderson;M.R.C.S.; A New Reader of THE LANCET; Dens; Mr. G. Critchett;Mr. G. B. Masfen; An M.R.C.S.E.; Mr. France; Dr. Moore; Mr.

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