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NOTTINGHAM GENERAL DISPENSARY.—Resident Surgeon for the HysonGreen Branch, unmarried. Salary &200 per annum. Specialarrangement as to board, &c.

PARISH COUNCIL OF KINCARDINE, Ross-shire.-Resident Medical Officer.Salaries offered &52 10s. per annum as Medical Officer..E5 perannum as Vaccinator, with fees in lunacy in addition. Apply toMr. D. Ross, Inspector of Poor, Ardgay.

PARISH OF RousAY AND EGILSHAY.—Resident Medical Officer. Salary&51 sterling. Apply to the Clerk of Parish Council, Rousay,Orkney.

PARISH OF RESOLIS AND DISTRICT, Ross-shire.—Resident Medical Officer.Salary £72 lOs., with a good general practice.

PECKHAM HOUSE ASYLUM, Peckham. -Senior Assistant Medical Officer.Salary ,E200 per annum, with board, &e.

PRESTON ROYAL INFIRMARY.-Assistant House Surgeon. Salary .BeOper annum, with board, lodging, and washing, &e.

ROCHDALE INFIRMARY.-Resident Medical Officer, nnmarried. Salary&100 per annum, with board, residence, and washing.

ROYAL ALBERT HOSPITAL, Devonport.-Assistant House Surgeon, forsix months. Salary at the rate of :240 per annum, with board,lodging, and washing.

ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHHST, City-road. London.-House Physician for six month?. Salary at the rate of C40 perannum, with furnished apartments, board, and washing. AlsoResident Medical Officer for six months. Salary at the rate of&100 per annum, with furnished apartments, board, and washing.

ROYAL ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY HOSPITAL, Ryde.-Resident HouseSurgeon. Salary :250, and fee of £10 10s. for the annual course oflectures to the nurses.

SHEFFIELD UNION WORKHOUSE INFIRMARY.—Junior Assistant MedicalOfficer, for the Workhouse Infirmary, Fir Vale, Sheffield, for oneyear, unmarried. Salary &75, with furnished apartments, board,and washing. Apply to the Clerk to the Guardians, West Bar,Sheffield.

ST. PETER’S HOSPITAL FOR STONE, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden.W.O.-House Surgeon for six months. Salary at the rate of &100per annum, with board, lodging, and washing.

STOCKPORT INFIRMARY.—Junior Assistant House Surgeon for sixmonths. Salary at the rate of £24 per annum, with board, wash-ing, and residence.

TOTTENHAM HOSPITAL.—House Surgeon, for six or 12 months.Salary B50 per annum, with board, residence, and laundry.

WEST AFRICAN RAILWAYS EXTENSIONS.—Qualified Medical Officersrequired to accompany an important Special Survey Party leavingLondon early in October. Salary 240 to e50 per month.

WEST BROMWICH DISTRICT HOSPITAL.—Resident Junior House Surgeon.Salary &50 per annum, with board, lodging, washing, and attend-ance.

WEST LONDON HOSPITAL, Hammersmith-road, W.-House Physicianand also House Surgeon for six months. Board and lodgingprovided.

WOOLWICH UNION. -Assistant Medical Officer, for the Infirmary atPlumstead, unmarried. Salary 2120 per annum, rising &10yearly to a maximum of &150, with apartments, rations, andwashing. Appointment subject to statutory deductions. Applytothe Clerk to the Board. Union Offices, Woolwich.

WEITBY UNION.-Public Vaccinators for the Whitby Sub-district andthe Rural District respectively. Apply to the Clerk to theGuardians, Whitby.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

BIDWELL.—On Sept. 5th, at 59, Wimpole-street, Cavend ish- square, W.,the wife of Leonard A. Bidwell, F.R.C.S., of a daughter.

HAMILTON.—On Sept. 3rd, at Skew Gables, Cole-park, Twickenham,the wife of J. J. C. Hamilton. M.R.C.S.. L.R.C.P.. of a daughter.

MACPHERSON.—On Sept. lst, at Henley-on-Thames, the wife of W. H.Macpherson, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond., of a son.

MARTIN.—On August 29th, at Cranmere, Cosham, Hants, the wife ofStaff-Surgeon J. McOardie Martin, D.S.O., R.N., of H.M.S. Barfleur,of a daughter-stillborn.

SIMMON.—On Sept. lst, at Kynance, Farnborough, Hants, the wife ofCaptain J. Tracy Simpson. M.D., R.A.M.C., of a daughter.

WALLIS.—On Sept. 4tb. at Welbeek-street, London, W., the wife ofF. C. Wallis, F.R.C.S., of a son.

WILIAMS.—On August 28th. at Port St. Mary. Isle of Man, the wifeof Stanley W. Williams, L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., of a son.

MARRIAGES.HAMAN—JAMES.—On Sept. 4th, at the Parish Church, Weston-

super-Mare, by the Rev. G. Shalleross, rector of East Harptree,William Speed Hayman, M.B. Lond, Thorncliffe, Clapham-park, toLilian Emma, eldest daughter of W. H. James, solicitor, Fortfield,Weston-super-Mare.

HOWSE—HEAWOOD.—On August 28th, at St. Luke’s Church, Torquay,Arthur E. Howse, M.RC.S., of Falkland Lodge, Torquay, to EthelFlorence Logan, only child of Mr. James Heawood, of Shirenewton,Monmouthshire.

JAGO-ROBERTS.—On Sept. lst, at St. Clement’s, Barnsbury, ThomasDinnen Jago, M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P., eldest son of Thomas Jago,surgeon, Arundel-square, Barnsbury, to Annie Florence, seconddaughter of T. Andrew Roberts, surgeon, of Richmond-road,Barnsbury.

PAYNE-ALLISON.—On Sept. 1st, at St. Saviour’s, Croydon, WilliamHenry Payne, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond., of Vesta-road, Brockley,S.E., to Ethel Frances Warrell, of Norbury-ore scent, Norbury,youngest daughter of the late George Allison, Esq.

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Notes, Short Comments, and Answersto Correspondents.THE WILES OF A QUACK.

DURING the recent fatal illness of a late eminent physician the

following announcement appeared in an evening paper: " SirA- B-, M.P., is suffering from acute cancer of the liver andthere is little hope of his recovery." This appears to have caughtthe eye of an enterprising quack medicine vendor who had notsufficient knowledge of the personnel of the medical profession to beaware of the patient’s identity, for there is no allusion to it in thefollowing letter, which was addressed to the House of Commons witha request that it might be forwarded :--

" DEAR Six,—Noticing the above clipping I thought perhaps’twould not be out of place to let you know that cancer of the liverhas been cured repeatedly by medicine, and I will be happy to putyou in the way of being cured if you feel disposed to depute some-one to call upon me by appointment either by wire or letter. Ihave no object or motive in thus writing you other than a desire tohelp my fellow-creatures, more especially when laid up by adisease generally accepted as incurable. I ’am well known to anumber of gentlemen of position, among whom are some who arecognisant of my successful endeavours to help my fellow-creatureswhen laid up by diseases hitherto considered incurable.

"Yours faithfully," G. W. ROBERTSON."

It will be noticed that the benevolence of this gentleman towards his’ fellow-creatures did not take him so far as to induce him to forward! a sample of his wares gratis, and therefore we can hardly do him an

injustice if we assume that one object of the deputation which he waswilling to entertain on behalf of the patient would have been toarrange for a recompense in return for his intervention. While we donot suggest that the cure of cancer of the liver would not be amedical feat deserving recompense, we do protest against ill,and perhaps dying, persons, whose eminence may cause their con-dition to be a matter of notoriety, bsing solicited by strangers inthis revolting manner. We feel that our protest is hardly likely toremedy the evil. Any effective remedy would not be easy to find,The writer of the letter words his communication with some care;he infringes no law that we are aware of; probably his nostrumwould arrive, if purchased, under the cover of a Government stamp,and nothing in his communications would show any pretence of hisbeing medically qualified. And as it is extremely unlikely that hewould waste paper and stamps in offering to cure diseases hithertoconsidered incurable " unless from time to time his offer wereaccepted, we cannot expect him to desist from a profitable, if cruel.trade on account of a mere protest. He may send his communica+ionto some poor sufferer, until then ignorant of his or her hopeless con-dition, and so precipitate the end by shock. He would then be liableto penalties, but the circumstances would probably prevent therelatives from exacting them. We should like to hear from any ofour readers whose patients have been honoured with the attentionsof Mr. G. W. Robertson.

THE CARE OF AN EPILEPTIC.

To the Editors of THE LANCET.

SIRS,-I should be glad of your advice in placing a young girl, aged17 years, in a suitable home. She is an epileptic and of weak mind andat times is seized with fits of violence, when she will attack her mother,her sole companion during the day, and kick or even bite, break panesof glass, ornaments, &c., and as she grows stronger is getting quitebeyond her mother’s control. I have thought of the epileptic colonybut do not know the address or I should write for full particulars beforetroubling you. Your kind assistance will be thankfully received by

Yours faithfully, L.R.C. P. & S. IREL.

Sept. 4th, 1900.

’ Our correspondent had better communicate with the National

Society for the Employment of Epileptics. The secretary is Mr.G. Penn Gaskell and the office is at 12, Buckingham-street, Strand,London, W.C. The Meath Home at Godalming might also suit thepatient. The address is Westbrook, Godalming, Surrey, and thehonorary secretary is Mrs. Leonard Burrows.-ED. L.

CORONERS’ FEES.

To the Editors of THE LANCET.

SIRS,—I have recently had to give evidence at an inquest at Ipswichfor which I was allowed the usual fee of one guinea for the inquestand one guinea for the post-mortem examination. The inquiry washeld on a Saturday. The jury required a post-mortem examination tobe made. This I did on the following day (Sunday) and was assistedmost ably by Dr. Paterson of Ipswich. As the case was one of injuryfrom some explosive it was unusually prolonged and exhaustiveand most carefully conducted, as there was to be an adjournedinquiry in consequence of an official for the Governmentto attend at the adjourned inquest on the Friday following.