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Office who had till now prevented this concession to medical officersand expresspd hopefulness of the beneficial effect of the concession.Captain Norton put forward the suggestion that the appointment of

Director-General of the Army Medical Department as one of the prizesof the profession should be for five instead of for seven years.Mr. Johnston and Mr. Hemphill spoke of the state of feeling among

medical men in Ireland with regard to the service.Colonel Blundell expressed the opinion that the relations between

the medical and the combatant officers would not be satisfactory untilevery medical officer was attached to a particular regiment.Captain Sinclair spoke in the same sense, though he should like very

much to see the scheme now proposed succeed.Mr. Brodrick, Under-Secretary of State for War, said the Department

could not fail to be gratified by the manner of the reception accorded totheir proposals. It was natural when one concession was made thatothers should be asked for, and he was not surprised therefore that anappeal had been made for a return to tne regimental system. Hewould point out, however, that there was great objection to that on theground of expense. In order to carry it out they would have to addsixty officers to the Medical Department, and he was quite sure that ifthe War Office were to set up an addition to the establishment whichwas not needed in order to preserve the army in health they shouldvery soon find a motion mtde in the House of Commons to cut it down.The suggestion that the Director-General should no longer be appointed-for seven but for five years was one which he should be pleased to bringbefore Lord Lansdowne for his consideration.. .The House then proceeded to the consideration of other business.

MONDAY, MARCH 28TH.Medical Officers of Irish Asylums.

Mr. Gerald Balfour, in reply to a question by Mr. William"Redmond, said that he had received a memorial from medical super-intendents and medical officers of district lunatic asylums in Irelandas to their position under the Local Government Bill, and he wouldgive it his attention. He must not, however, be understood as givingany pledge that the representations of the memorialists would beacceded to.

TUESDAY, MARCH 29TIT.Oysters and Typhoid Fever.

Sir William Priestley asked the President of the Local GovernmentBoard whether, in view of the report concerning a fresh outbreak of’typhoid fever from eating oysters, he proposed in the near future tctake steps which would, as far as possible, prevent oysters beingsupplied from polluted sources and. while giving greater security tcthe public, would assist in rehabilitating the oyster industry -MrChaplin replied ’.that the question of legislation on this subject waSreceiving his attention, but he could not at present make any mort,definite.statement in the matter.

Appointments.Successful Applicants for Vacancies, Secretaries of Public Institutions,

and others possessing information suitable for this column, are

invited to forward it to THE LANCET Office, directed to the Sub.Editor, not later than 9 o’clock on the Thursday morning of eaclweek for publication in the next number.

.ANDERSON, T. L., M.B. -Melb., has been appointed a Resident MedicalOfficer to the Freemantle Hospital, Western Australia.

.BoASE, R. DAVEY, L.It.C.P. Lond., M.R C.S., has been re-electedMedical Officer for the Penzance Port Sanitary Authority.

j3oND, ELEANOR C. M.D. Brux., L.S.A., has been appointed HouseSurgeon to the Belgrave Hospital for Children, London, S.W.

BULLMORE, W. KING, M.D. St. And., M.R.C.S., L.S.A., has been re-

appointed Medical Officer of Health for the Falmouth and TruroPort Sanitary Authority.

’CRATER, J. S., M.B. Lond., M.R.C.S., L R.O.P., has been appointedSenior House Surgeon to the Royal Surrey County Hospital,Guildford

COOPER, H. W., M.D. Balt., U.S.A., has been appointed a ResidentMedical Officer and Vaccinator at the Care6ar Hospital, New SouthWales.

.Cox, J. W., M.B., Ch.M. Edin., has been appointed a GovernmentMedical Officer and Vaccinator for the District of Nymagee, NewSouth Wales, vice H. R. H. Peare.

DICR, J. A., M.D. Edin., has been re- appointed an Honorary VisitingMedical Officer to the Randwick Asylum, New South Wales.

,DixsoN, T. S., M.B., Ch,M. Edin., has been re-appointed an HonoraryConsulting Physician to the Randwick Asylum, New South Wales.

EVANS, THOS., M.R.C.S., L.S.A.Lond., has been re-appointed anHonorary Consulting Surgeon to the Randwick Asylum, NewSouth Wales.

:.FLASHMa.N, J. F., M.B. Syd., has been appointed a Junior MedicalOfficer to the Hospital for the Insane, Callan Park, New SouthWales.

.FORBES, ARTHUR D., M.B. Aber(l., has been appointed Medical Officerfor the Seventh Sanitary District (Horsmonden) of the TonbiidgeUnion.

GREENWOOD, H. HAROLD, M.RC.S., L.R.C P., has been appointedSenior Assistant Medical Officer to the Derby County Asylum.

HISLOP, W., M.B. Univ.. N.Z , has been appointed a Public Vaccinatorfor the districts of Waikonaite and Palmerston, New Zealand.

HOBLING, JOHN HnnRY, L.S.A. Lond., has been appointed MedicalOfficer by the Bideford Rural District Council.

’tHuNT, J. S., L.R.C.P. Edin.. M R.C.S., has been appointed Manager ofthe Stock Department of Queensland.

MYDN, G. E., L.R.C.P. Lond, M.R.C.S., has been appointed anHonorary Consulting Surgeon to the Worcester Infirmary.

JAFFREY, FRANCIS, P.R.C.S. Hn);., has been appointed AssistantSurgeon to the St. George’s Hospital, London.

KIERNANDER, H. B., L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S.Edin.. has been appointedSurgeon to the Emnd Bay Railway Company, Tasmania.

LAWSON, T. C., M.1t.C.S., L.S.A., has been appointed Medical Officerfor the Fourth Sanitary District of the Devizes Union, vice S. F.Hulloway, resigned.

LLOYD. J. D., L.R.C.P. Edm., M.It C.S., has been re-appointed MedicalOfficer of Health by the Chirk Rural District Council.

McKENNA, J., M.D., Ch.M. Irel , has been appointed a Public Vacci-nator for Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, vice J. W. Harbison,resigned.

MADDOX, W. G., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., has been appointed anHonorary Medical Officer to the Launceston Hospital, Tasmania.

MASON, JAMES. M.D. Brux., L.R.C.P., L. R.C.S. Edin., L F P.S. Glasg.,D.P.H. Camb., has been appointed a Public Vaccinator for thedistrict of Otaki, New Zealand.

MILLARD, R. J., Jun., M.B., Ch.M. Syd., has been appointed a SeniorMedical Officer for the Hospital for the Insane, Kenmore, NewSouth Wales.

MYRR8, CHARLES J, M.R.C.S., L S.A., has been appninted MedicalOfficer of Health by the Louth Rural District Council, vice R.Domenichetti, resigned.

NBWMARCH. B. J., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., has be°n appointed anHonorary Secretary to the North Sydney Hospital, New SouthWa’es.

NICHOLL, E. H. B., L.R C P., L.R.C.S. Edin., his been re-appointedMedical Officer to the Mudgee Hospital, New South Wales.

NISBET, W. B., M.B., Ch.M. Edin, has been appointed acting Healthand Medical Officer for Townsvil1e, Queensland.

PETEHKIN, GEO., M.B., C.M. Edin., D.P.H,, has been appointed MedicalOfficer of Health and Police Surgeon for Forfar.

PIKE, C. J., M.B., Ch.B.Lond., M.R.C.S., has been appointed an

Honorary Medical Officer for the Launceston Hospital, Tasmania.PITCHER, S. W.. L.R.C. P., L.R.C.S. Edin., L F.P.S. Glasg., has been

appointed Officer of Health for the Shire of Creswick, Victoria,Australia, vice W. Corry, resigned.

PRATT. F., M.R.C.S., L.S.A., has been appointed Medical Officer bythe Northam District Council, vice E. Rouse, deceased.

PULLEK, F. B., L.R.C.P. Edin., L F.P.S. Glasg., has been appointed aSurgeon for the Walsh District Hospital, Montalbion, Queensiaad.

PuRDEY, J. M., M.B., Ch.B. Melb., has been appointed an HonoraryMedical Officer for the Launceston Hospital, Tasmania.

ROBINSON, R. A. McW., L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S. Edin., L F.P S. Glasg.,has been appointed a Government Medical Officer and Vaccinatorfor the district of Ooolamon, New South Wales.

STOCK, W. H., L.K.Q C.P. Irel., L F.P.S. Glasg., has been appointedacting Public Vaccinator for Clifton-hill, Victoria, Australia.

SUCKLING, C. W., M.D. Lond., M.R.C.P., M R.C.S., has been appointed’

a Consulting Physician to the Queen’s Hospital, Birmingham.SWlNDALE, JOHN ASTON, M.B., B.S. Durh., has been appointed House

) Surgeon to the Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Lancaster, vice W. H.Steele, resigned.

! SYMKS. R. H.. L K.Q.C.P. Irel., L.R.C.S., has been appointed MedicalOfficer for Hughenden, Queensland, vice J. S. Hunt, resigned.

VICKERS, CHARLES W., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Edin., L.S.A., D.P.H. Lond.,has been re-appointed Medical Officer of Health for Paignton,Devon.

VICKERS, C. W., L.R.C.P.Edin., M.R.C.S., D.P.H., has been re-

appointed Medical Officer of Health by the Paignton Urban DistrictCouncil.

WAL8HAM, W. J., F.R C.S , has been appointed Surgeon to St. Bar-tholomew’s Hospital, London.

’, WHICHER, A. H., M.R.C.S., has been re-appointed Medical Officer ofe Health by the Midsomer Norton Urban District Council.

Vacancies.For further injormation regarding each vacancy reference should. be

made to the advertisement (see Index).

BIRMINGHAM CITY ASYLUM.-Clinical Assistant. Board, lodging, andwashing provided.

BIRMINGHAM GENERAL DISPENSARY.-Resident Surgeon. Salarv.£150per annum, with an allowance of C30 per annum for cab-hire, andfurnished rooms, fire, light, and attendance.

BURY INFIRMARY.-Junior House Surgeon. Salary L60 per annum,with board, residence, and attendance.

CORNWALL WORKS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND DISPENSARY, Smeth-wick, Birmingham.-Medical Officer. Salary B400 per annum,

payable monthly, with certain midwifery fees payable by thepatients.

COUNTY ASYLUM, Rainhill, near Liverpool.-Assistant Medical Officer,unmarried. Salary commencing at .21CO per annum, with prospectof increase to E250, with furnished apartments, board, attendance,and washing.

COUNTY BOROUGH OF CROYDON.-Chemical and Analytical Adviser tothe Beddington Irrigation Farm Committee. Salary £120 perannum, payable monthly, subject to a certain annual percentagededuction. Applications to the Town Clerk, Town Hall, Croydon.

DARENTH SCHOOLS FOR IMBECILE CHILDREN, nea- Dartford, Kent.-Assistant Medical Officer, unmarried. Salary £160, rising .E20annually to B200, with board, lodging, attendance, and waning,subject to statutory deduction. Applications to the Clerk to theBoard, chief office of the Board, Norfolk House, Norfolk-street,Strand, London.

DERBY COUNTY ASYLUM.-Second Assistant Medical Officer, unmarried.Salarv :el00 per annum, rising to E120, with board, lodging, andwashing. Applications to B. S. Currey, Esq., St. Michael’s Church-yard, Derby.

EAST LONDON HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN. Glamis-road, Shadwell, E-Medical Officer for the Casualty Department, for six months.Salary at the rate of £100 per annum.

L GATESHEAD DispHNSARY.—Assistant Medical Officer. Sdlary :E120 perannum, increasing by annual addition of £ 10 to a maximum of

G B150 per annum without board or lodging.GENERAL HOSPITAL, Nottingham.-House Surgeon for two years.

i Salary ,Bl00, rising P. 10 a year to £120.HANTS COUNTY ASYLUM, Fareham.-Third Assistant Medical Officer.

r unmarried .Salary £100 per annum, increasing to .S12& after twelvemonths’ service, with furnished apartments, board, washing, andattendance.

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LONDON TEMPERANCE HOSPITAL, Hampatead-road, N.W.-ResidentMedical Officer tor one year. Salary 100 guineas per annum, withboard, lodging, and washing.

METROPOLITAN AsvLUMS BOARD.-Assistant Medical Officer at theFountain Fever Hospital, Tooting-grove, Lower Tooting, S.W.,unmarried. Salary :E160 the first year, :E180 the second year, andjE200the third and subsequent years of service, with board, lodging.attendance, and washing, subject to statutory deduction. Appli-cations to the Clerk to the Board, Chief Office, Norfolk-street,Strand, W.C.

METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL, Kingsland-road, N.E.-Assistant Physicianand also House Physician. Salary of the latter at the rate of £40a year, with board and residence.

MONKWEARMOUTH AND SOUTHWICK HOSPITAL, Sunderland.-HouseSurgeon. unmarried. Salary £80 per annum, with board, residence,and washing.

FARtSH OF ST. GILES, Camberwell.-Assistant Medical Officer for theWorkhouse at Gordon-road, Peckham. Salary :E120 per annum,with furnished apartments outside the Workhouse, and an allow-ance of £1 1s. weekly in lieu of board and washing. Applicationsto the Clerk to the Guardians, 29, Peckham-road, S.E.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE’S LYING-IN HOSPITAL, Marylebone-road, London,N.W.-Assistant Resident Medical Officer, for four months. Salaryat the rate of :E50 per annum, with board, residence, and washing.

ROYAL HANTS OOUNTY HOSPITAL, Winchester.-Honorary Physician.ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL, London.-Assistant Surgeon.SEAMEN’S HOSPITAL, Cronstadt.-Resident Medical Officer. Salary

£180 per annum, free lodging, lights, fuel, and attendance.Bachelor or widower without ct ildren. Applications to theChairman of Hospital Committee, British Consulate-General, St.Petersburg.

VICTORIA HOSPITAL, Burnley.-Resident Medical Officer. Salary £80,increasing by £ 10 per annum up to £100, with board, &c.

VICTORIA HOSPITAL, Folkestone.-House Surgeon. Salary :E80 perannum, rising to i:100, with board. residence, and washing.

WOLVERHAMPTON AND STAFFORDSHIRE GENERAL HOSPITAL.-TwoHonorary Assistant Physicians.

YORK DISPENSARY.-Resident Medical Officer to visit and attend sickpoor at their own homes, unmarried. Salary :El50 a year, withfurnished apartments, coals, and gas. Applications to W. Draper,Esq., De Grey House, York.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

HAYWOOD.-On Monday, March 28th, at Drayton House, Erdington,the wife of F. G. Haywood, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., of a daughter.

LONG.- On March 24th, at The Beeches, Greenodd, Ulverston, Lanes.,the wife of Frank T. Long, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., of a son.

OGDEN -On March 20th, at Sandyford-road, Newcastle-on-Tyne, thewife of Ogden Watson Ogden, M.D., of a daughter.

WILSON.-At Denham House, Goldhawk-road, London, W., on

March 28th, tne wife of James Wilson, M.D., of a son.

MARRIAGES.HARRIS-FAWCKNER.-On March 24th, at Dock-street Church, Newport

Mon., by Rev. Arthur Mursell, of London, uncle of the bridegroom,assisted by Rev. E. Walrond Skinner, of Newport, Frank DrewHarris, M.B.Lond, of Cowley-hill, St. Helens, Lancs., to IsabelMary, elder daughter of J. Follett Fawckner, Esq., of Newport,Mon. No cards.

SCHFIELD-McMILLAN.-On March 24th, at St. Michael’s, Chester-square, S.W., by the Rev. Canon Fleming, M.A., B.D., S. R.Schofield, M.B.lond., of Queen’s Club Gardens, West Kensington,son of S. K. Schofield, of Seafield, Waterloo, Lancashire, to Lily,only daughter of the late Rev. John McA. McMillan, M.A., LL.D.

T0RNEY-DODD.-On March 23rd, at Christ Church, Surbiton-hill, bythe Rev. Ralph H. Sneyd, M.A., cousin of the bridegroom, assistedby the Rev. H. J. Watney. George Parsons Torney, Medical Super-intendent. Bracebridge Asylum, Lincoin, eldest son of the lateThomas Torney, Esq., M.D., of Dublin, to Mildred FlorenceEthersey, fourth daughter of the late Captain A. I. Dodd, ofDitton-hill, Surbiton, and Moulmein, Burmah.

DEATHS.GALTON.-On March 26th, 1898, at 128, Brixton-hill, S.W., Edmund

Hoop.r Galton. F R.C,S , aged 61 years.GROSYENOR.- On Tuesday, March 29th. 1898, at his residence, Greville

Lodge, Church down, Gloucestershire, rather suddenly, WilliamGrosvenor, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., late of 9, Greville-place. Maida-vale, London, third son of the late William Grosvenor, of Alsager,Cheshire, aged 66 years.

HOARE.-On March 23rd, at Clifton House, Aston Manor, Birming.,

ham, Reginald Ratcliff Hoare, F.R.C.S., aged 54.MOYNAN.-On March 24th, at his residence, Woodstock-road, Redland,

Bristol, William Arthur Moynan, M.D.SHEPHERD.-On March 30th, at Myddelton-square, E.C., Surgeon-

Lieutenant-Colonel William George Shepherd, M.D., F.R.C.S.,late lst Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, aged 83 years.

TROUP.-On March 28th, at Douro-place, Dover. Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel Rohert William Troup, late Medical Staff, aged 56.

WATSON.- On March 28th, at Leonard-place, Kensington, John Watson,M.D.. in his 84th year.

WHEATLEY.-On March 30th, at 79, King Henry’s-road, N.W., MariaWheatley. sister of the late Benjamin R. Wheatley, for many yearsResident Librarian of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society,aged 73 years.

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SIRS,-Re the advertisement " Facilities for Clinical Study," &c., inTHE LANCET of March 26th. It has hitherto been customaryfor qualified practitioners to be allowed to occasionally attendthe clinical instructions given at the various metropolitan hos-pitals. It wou’d now appear by this advertisement that they willin future be excluded unless willing to pay a comparatively heavy fee,which amounts to the hospitals encouraging patients to apply at theseinstitutions and then asking the practitioner to pay for the privilege ofseeing the patients who should properly be his paiients.- -.. --

I am, Sirs, yours taithtully,Grosvenor Club, March 28th, 1898. FREDERICK W. UOLLINGWOOD.

THE ADVERTISING OPHTHALMIC SPICIALIST.WE have received a circular emaiiioing ’rom the " London

Ophthalmic Institute," accompanied by a little work by "ourconsulting specialist, one of the leading refractionists of the

day." The refractionist’s name is D. Shepperd and there is one

statement in his book with which we are in most hearty accord-namely, where he says : " One of the greatest curses existing ’in