BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL,

BEIN4 THE

JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSO.CIATION.

EDITED FOR THE ASSOCIATION BY

WILLIAM 0. MARKHAM, M.D.,FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIAN TO ST. ZARYS HOSPITAL.

VOLUME I FOR 1865. '

JANUARY TO JUNE.

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British Medical Journal.] ASSOCIATION INTELLIGENCE. [Jan. 7, 186,5.

WEST SOMERSET BRANCH.A QUARTERLY meeting of this Branch will be heldat Clarke's Castle Hotel, Taunton, on Wednesday,January 11th, 1865, at 7 P.Mi.

Notice ofpapers or cases to be coimmunicated shouldbe sent to the Honorary Secretary previous to themeeting. W. M. KELLY, MI.D.,

Honorary Secretary.Taunton, December 10th, 1864.

BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND COUNTIESBRANCH.

THE next Meeting of the Birmingham and MidlandCounties Branch will be held at the Medical Depart-ment, Old Library, Union Street, Birmingham, onThursday next, at Six o'clock.

MEDICAL PROVIDENT FUND.THE following contributions have been made towardsthe Guarantee Fund.London and MIiddlesex: £. s. d.

W. Adams, Esq .............................. 5 5 0S. S. Alford, Esq ............................... 2 2 0Joseph Blackstone, Esq. ........ .............. 10 10 0William Bowman, Esq., F.R.S. ...... .......... 10 10 0T. B. Brown, Esq. ........... ................. 5 5 0F. J. Burge, Esq. (Hammersmith) ...... ........ 5 5 0Dr. Burrows, F.R.S. .......... ................ 21 0 0George Cooper, Esq. (Breiitford) ................ 1 1 0Robert Dunn, Esq ............................. 5 5 0Sir Charles Locock, Bart., M.D ................. 31 10 0C. J. F. Lord, Esq. (Harnpstead) ................ 10 10 0Dr. Markham .............. .................. 10 10 0J. Paget, Esq., F.R.S ........................... 10 10 0Richard Quain, Esq., F.R.S ..................... 10 10 0Dr. A. P. Stewart .............................. 5 5 0Henry Thompson, Esq ......................... 5 5 0T. Spencer Wells, Esq ........................ 5 5 0Dr. C. J. B. Williams, F.R.S. ....... ........... 21 0 0Erasmus Wilson, Esq., F.R.S ................... 21 0 0

Bedfordshire:Dr. Barker (Bedford) ...... 5 5 0H. Veasey, Esq. (Woburn?).o. 5 0

Berkshire:G. May, jun., Esq. (Reading) ....... ........... 5 5 0

Buckinghamshire:R. (Jeely, Esq. (Aylesbury) ....... ............. 5 5 0E. Daniell, Esq. (Newport Pagnell) . ........... 5 5 0

Camnbridgeshire:Dr. Paget (Cambridge) ................. ...... 10 10 0

Devonshire:Dr. Radelyffe Hall (Torquay) ........ .......... 10 10 0J. H. James, Esq. (Exeter) ........ ............ 10 10 0

Gloucestershire:E. Bartleet, Esq. (Chipping Campden) .......... 5 5 0Dr. Symonds (Bristol) ........... ............. 21 0 0Dr. D. L. Thorp (Chelteuham) ....... ......... 21 0 0

Herefordshlire:Dr. Bull (Hereford) .............. ............ 1( 10 0Dr. Lingen (Hereford) ........... ............. a 5 0

Kent:Dr. Armstrong (Gravesend) ..................... 10 10 0T. Heckstall Smith, Esq. (St. Mary Cray)........ 10l 0

Lancashire:E. Lund, Esq. (Manchester) .................... 5 5oDr. Radford (Manchester) ...................... 21 0 0G. Southam, Esq. (Manchester) ....... ......... 5 5 0T. Turner, Esq. (Manchester) ........ .......... 10 lo 0Dr. Eason Wilkinson (Manichester) ...... s...... 5 5 0

Leleestershire:Thomas Paget, Esq. (Leicester) ....... ......... 10 10 0

Northumberland:Dr. C. J. Gibb (Newcastle) ....... ............. 5 5 0

Somerset:Dr. Coates (Bath) ........... ................. 5 5 0Dr. Falconer (Bath) ......... ................. r5 5 oRichard F. George, Esq. (Bath) ...... .......... 5 0 0Dr. Jenks (Bath) .............................. 10 10 0John Soden. Eso. (Bath) ............s,------- 5 5 A

Surrey :Sir James Clark, Bart., M.D. (Bagshot) .......... 10 10 O0Dr. C. lIolman (Reigate) ...................... 5 0Dr. Paul (Camberwell) . 5 0Joseph Ward, Esq. (Epsom) .5 0 0Dr. E. Westall (Caterham) .5 5 O

Sussex:Dr. Ormerod (Brighton) ........ .............. 10 10 0

lVarnvickWshirc:M. H. Clayton, Esq. (Birmingham) .......... .. 5 0Dr. Fayrer iHenley-in-Ardeni) ..................10 10 0Dr. Johnstone (Birmingham) .................. 3 0

TViltVaire:Charles Bleeck, Esq. (Warminster) ...... ...... 5 5 0

Worcestershire:11. D. Carden, Esq. (Worcester) ............. i...II 10 0Sir Charles Hastings M.D. (WVorcester) ........ 10 10 0

Yorkshire;Rev. Dr. Bell (Goole) ........................ 10 10 0

North W1'ales:T. 'Taylor Griffith, Esq. (Wrexhain) ............21 0 0

Further contribut#ons will be announced.Gentlemen desirous of contributing to the Gua-

rantee Fund, will oblige by forwarding their namesand the amount of their donations, either to theChairman (Dr. Richarcdson, 12, Hinde Street, Mllan-chester Square, WV.); or to the Secretary (Dr. Henry,15, George Street, Portman Square, W'.)

B. W. RICHARDSON, M.D., Chairnian.ALEXANDER HENRY, M.D., Secretaoy.

Loudon, 5th January, 1860.

snrtRSpirnutwnccCASE OF PRYCE v. BOWEN.

LETTER FROM EDWARD LUND, ESQ.SIR,-I must ask you to allow me to reply to a re-

mark in your leading article, in last Saturday'sJOURNAL, on the unfortunate case of Pryco v. Bowen,in which you say, " Mr. Lund is without excuse."

If it is to be considered as an acknowledged rule inour profession, that under no circumstances whateverare we to express an opinion on the profes'sionaltreatment of patients by other parties, then I am in-deed "&without excuse," and must plead guilty, tothe fullest extent, of improper conduct in giving anyevidence in this case.

I can assure you, I deeply regret the consequenceswhich have arisen from my having given an opinionin respect of the particular treatment of the caseduring the first nine days after the accident, as setforth in the plaintiffs declaration, which was readover to me, and upon which my opinion was founded.But as to the other charge brought against me, thatI sided with a " bone setter" in giving my evidence, Iwish distinctly to state that I knew nothing what-ever of Evan Thomas, the person referred to, nor wasI aware, until I saw him in the witness-box, that hewould be in any way brought forward in this trial.

I trust that, although so strong a feeling is ex-pressed against me at the present time, the profes-sion will at least withhold their final judgment onthe case, until I have laid before them, as I hope todo through the medium of your JOURNAL, the writtenopinion I gave in the first instance, and a report ofthe exact words used by me in my evidence; wllich,when compared with the questions which suggestedthem, will, I hope, show that I am not fairly charge-able with the gzoss misconduct which has been at-tributed to me. I am, etc.,

EDWARD LUND.Manchester, January 3rd, 1865.

[Far be it from us to advocate the idea, that underno circumstances ought a medical man to give evi-dence in a law-court on the professional treatment of

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patients by another medical man. What we con-demn is the dragging of a medical man into courtwhen there are no sufficient grounds, or no groundswhatever, for doing so. We know our brethren inLiverpool enough to believe, that if Mr. Bowen orany other medical man had injured his patient bygross ignorance or negligence, there would never havebeen wanting high-minded men among them to enterthe witness-box and say so; that it never would havebeen necessary for the plaintiff to send to Manchesterfor a medical witness. We believe from Mr. Lund'snote, that he has acted under an error of judgment.EDITOR.]

MEDICAL CHARGES.LETTER FROM J. A. BOLTON, M.D.

SIR,-I send you Pacrticulars, as Required, forreview. I think the names associated in these twocases are sufficient to warrant me in appealing to theprofession and its Council for a tariff of legal, or, touse a pleasanter term, legitimate charges. We nevergo to law, as a body, without strong compulsion orstrong temptation. When we yield to either force, itis only becoming in us to give our brothers the fullbenefit of our experience.With this object in view, I have put the cases of

Jackson v. Gee and Crossley v. Morley into pamphletform, for the benefit of the profession at large. Toindemnify myself against unnecessary loss, I havepriced the compilation at threepence, and have or-dered 500 copies for distribution in the profession. Theprofession may judge from it whether we need atariff sanctioned by the Medical Council, or whetherwe are to remain in statu quo, and pocket publicabuse instead of pay for our professional services.Against the practice of giving advice gratis, either

in hospital or private practice, you have wisely. cau-tioned the profession for years past; nay, more, youhave rebuked and chastised, and marked the spotwhere charity begins, and where it ought to end, inwhat we do for the public weal. My plaintive appealin this instance is, to invoke your aid in helping usthrough the county court, when taken or drivenwthere; that we may in future avoid and avert thenecessity of calling a brother to say black is white, orthat brown is a genteel mixture of the two, the exactmixing of which " no fellah on earth can understand,"though gifted with the genius of a Seljeant Miller asjudge. I am, etc., JOHN A. BOLTON.

Campbell House, Jeicester, January 23rd, 1S65.

ENUCLEATION or EYES. Whenever the eye is theseat of chronic inflammationi and its sight is lost, itshould be enucleated, says Dr. MIeeker.

Is FEVER CONTAGIOUS? The Secretary of the Lon-don Fever Hospital writes as follows on this subject."Contagion is stayed; or, to speak more correctly,is tranisferred fromi the habitations of the poor to thewards of the hospital, where the officers, nurses, andservants not unifrequently become its victims. I findthat during the present year two assistant medicalofficers were attacked, one of whom died. Seventeenof the nurses had typhus, three of whom died. Theengineer also had typhus, and died; and at the pre-sent mnoment the excallent matron of the hospital isin a hazardous condition under typhus. Referring tothe last three months of 1863, I observe that withinthat short period the resident medical officer and twoassistant medical officers, together with four nurses,had typhus. One of the nurses died. The proportionof casualties among those whose humane vocation itis to grapple with disease here exceeds that of thebattle-field."

APOTHECARIES' HALL. On December 29th, 1864,the following Licentiates were admitted:-

Chabot, Frederick, Camberwell RoadGoss, Tregeitna Biddulph, Newingtoni Place, Kenniington ParkHarris, HeInry George Benvenuto, Filchileyliawkins, Henry AMortimer, St. Mary's Road, PeckhamAt the same Court, the following passed the first

examination:-Loanie, John, London IHospital

APPOINTMENTS.VALPY, W. IT., Esq., to be Colontial Surgeon for Her Mejesty's Settle-

nients in the Falkland Islands.

ARMY.ABBOTT, Assistant-Surgeon F. T., 41st Foot, to be Stnff-Surgeoni.ABBOTT, Staff-Surgeon F. T., to be Surgeoni 24th Foot, vice J. L.

Holloway.ARMSTRONG, Staff-Surgeon L., M.D., to be Surgeon 13th Hlussars,

vice Fl. M. Webb, M.D.HOLLOWAY, Surgeon J. L., 24th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon, vicc J. B.

C. Reade.KELLY, Staff-Assistant-Surgeon, J., to be Assistant-Stirgeon Roval

Artillery, vice J. A. Scott.MACBETI;, Assistant-Suirgeon H. Ml., 91st Foot, to be Staff-Assistant-

Suirgeon, vice J. A. Scott.MIACBETH, Surgeon-MIajor J., M.D., 74th Foot, to be Surgeon 16tl

Lancers, vice WV. K. Perk.MAKER, Staff-Assistant-Surgeoni V., to be Assistant-Surgeon 41st

Foot, vice F. T. Abbott.MbUNnO, Surgeon W., MI.D. 9.3rcl Foot, to bh Surgeon-Major, havingcompleted twenity years' full-pay service.

SCOTT, StaffA-ssistant-Surgeois J. A., to be Assistant-Surgeon 91stFoot, viice H. M. Macbeth.

WEBB, Surgeonl H. Ml., Ml.B., 13th Hussars, to be Staff-Surgeon, viceT. Arnmstronig, M.D.

WHITE, Staff-Surgeon C. J., to be Surgeon 04th Foot, vice J.Mac-beth, MI.D.

ROYAL NAVY.BANKS, George F.. Rsq., Surgeoni (additional), to the Meander.COWAN, Mi[chlael W., Ai.)., Surgeon, to the Zebra.CRAIG, lIhoinas, Esq., Surgeoni, to the Rattlesnake.RYAN, G3eorge Ft., Esq., Surgeon, to the Shannon.

INDIAN ARMY. To be Surgeons-Major, BengalArmy:-

ANorERsoN, Surgeon J., MT.D. (now Depuity Inspector-General).BROWN, Surgeon T., C.1. (niow Depuity Inspector-General).B3RUCE, Sirgeon II. A., M[.D. (n1ow Inlspector-General).BRYDON, Surgeon W., C.B. (retired).BUCKtE., Surgeon H. B.CAMIPBELL, Sur1-geon J., AM.D., C.B.CAPE, SuirgeonI H.CHRIaTIE, Surgeon R. (retired).EATWELL, Suirgeoni AW. C. B. (retired).IRANCIS, Sulrgeon C. r.., M[.1.Giluto\, Sur-geon A. (retired).LAY, SUrgeOnI P. G. (retiredtl.LECKIE, ',Surgeon T., MI. D. (retired).AMCCLELLAND, Surgeon J. (officiatinig Principal Inspector-General).MAIARTIN, Surgeon WV. (retired).MORRISON, Surgeon A. C. (retired).\tOIoRIssON, Surgeon .T. S., MI.D.OAKI.EY, Surgeon r. H.l'ITT, Surgeon W. (retiredl).RAE, Surgeon G. (retire(l).RANSteORnn, Senior Surgeon T. (retired).Ross, Surgeon WV. 1-1. 13. (retired).SAUNDEIRS, SurgeoII G.SIMPSON, Surgeotn A., MT.D., M.A.STATG, Surgeon J. A. (retireed).STuEVER, Suirgeoni T. R. (retired).'trORNTON, Surgeon II. J. (retired).TSIRING, SEurge-eon . B3.WAL.ICII, Surgeoni G. C., M.D. (retired).\VARNEFOP.D. Surgeon C., Dl).WIITE, Surgeon A., MT.D. (retired).WN'OOD, Surgeon T.. (retired).

To be Surgcons-Major, Madras Army:-BLACKWELL, Surgeon1 J. It. JIBBERIS, Surgeon W. (retired).CLEGRORN, Surg. H. I'. C., M.D. HEUDE, Surgeon W. W., Mt.l).DUFF, Surgeon C. .., Ml). KANE, Surgeoin AI., M.D.FITZPATRICK, Surg. J. (retired). KELLIE, Surgeoni J. (retired).FoRrESTER, Surgeon WV. LOvELL, Surgeon J. (retired).GoODALL, Suirgeon A. (retired). MACLEOD, 'Surgeon A. C., MI.D.HARPER, Surgeon H. T. W. NoTT, Surgeon H.

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To be Surgeons, Bengal Army:BAILLIE, Assistant-Surgeon G. PARTRWDGE, Assistant-Surgeon S.

O., M.D. B. (Brevet-Surgeoin).BUTT, Assistant-Surgeon W. B. PASKEc, Assistant-Surgeon T.CLARKE, Assistant-Surgeon J. J. SIMPSON, Assistant-Surgeon B.,DALE, Assistant-Surgeon A. J., M.D., A.B.M.B. SPRY, Assistant-Surgeon H. W.

DALY, Assistant-Surgeon G. H., TAYLOR, ASSistRnt-Surgeon E.M.D. TusoN, Assistanlt-Surgeon J. A.,

DALZEL, Assistant-SurgeoU W. MI.D.F. B., M.D. YouNG, Assistant-Surgeon A.

To be Surgeons, Madras Army:-Ginss, Assistant-Surgeoni J. G. J4ENTON, Assistant-Surgeon A._VARRETT, Assistant-8urgeon H. A., M.D.

R. D. RoG F. RS, A ssistatnt. Surgeon C. J.MIILLER, Assistanit-Surgeon J., WALKER, Assistant-Surgeon G.W.M.D. WARING, Assistant-Surgeon E. J.

OSWALD, Assistant-Surgeon H. WILLIAMs, Assistant-Surgeon J.R., M.D. T.

PAUL. Assistant-SurgeoIn j. L., WILSON, Assistant-Surgeon J.M.D., A.1l.

VOLUNTEERS, (A.V.= Artillery Volunteers; R.V. =Rifle Volunteers):

[IEAD, R. T., Esq., to be Hon. Assistant-Surgeoni 5th Sussex R.V.HESSLEORAVE, J., Esq., to be Honiorary Assistanit-Surgeon 34tlYorkshire R.V.

DEATHS.BOWLER, J., Esq., Surgeon Royal Navy, lately.EARLE. On December 23rd, 1864, at Ripon, Frances, wife of Francis

Earle. AI.D.FAIRBAIRN, W. C., Esq., Assistant-Surgeon Royal Navy, lately.FLYNN, Thomas P., Esq., Staff-Assistant-Surgeon, lately.GRANT, George A., Esq., Assistanit-Surgeoni Royal Artillery, lately.JONES, D., Esq., Surgeoni Royal Navy, lately.KELLY, A. H., Esq., Assistant-Surgeon Royal Navy, lately.*MOORE, Edward Denniss, Esq., fourth soni of the late Brigadier-General George Moore, Colonel 59tlh Regiment, Bengal Army, atWalsall, aged 31, on December 24, 1864.

*NEILL, Hugh, L.R.C.P.Ed., At Liverpool, aged 58, on December21st, 1864.

O'LoueuLcN. James, M.D., at Bayswater, aged 69, on DeL 19,1864.PARK, Wi. Ker, Esq., Surgeon 16th Lancers, lately.POTTS. T. WV. 13., MT.D., at Matlock Bridge, Derbyshire, aged 41, onDecember 23rd, 1864.

RATTY, W., Esq., Surgeon Royal N'RVV, lately.RTCARDS, J. B., Esq., Surgeon Royal Navy, lately.StmPSON, William, MB... Surgeoni 71st Foot, lately.WOOD, C. B., Esq., Surgeon Royal Navy, lately.YouNoG, R., M.D., at Croydon, oni January 2.

DR. GEORGE KEMP is a candidate for the Coroner-ship of Leominster.UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. The Duke of Argyle

has been elected President of the Associated Societiesof the University of Edinburgh. There were fourcandidates, the Duke of Argyle, Lord Ardmillan,Professor Christison, and Sir Archibald Alison.DEATH OF A NAVAL SURGEON FROM ACCIDENT. The

Jaraaica Guardianv says: "We learn from a privatesource that a lamentable occurrence took place onboard Her Majesty's ship Steady, between Bermudaand Halifax. The surgeon, who was unwell, took asleeping draught, which, from the disordered actionof the heart or the too large quantity taken, provedfatal; for, on a brother officer going to call him thenext day, the unfortunate man was found dead."A NEW MINERAL. Professor Church, of the Royal

AgricuLltuiral College, Cirencester, has recently beendescribing a new mincral from Australia. It is a sort ofcombustible shale, which occurs near the River MIersey,north side of Tasmiiania, and from it Professor Churchhas extracted a substance which he calls tasmanite.It seems to resist the action of all but sulphuric andnitric acids; alcohol, ether, and other powerful dis-solvents have no action upon it, even on the applica-tion of heat, and its composition chiefly consists ofcarbon, hydrogen, and sulphur. When tasmanite isheated in the air, it burns readily with a very smokyflamie and offensive odour, recalling, that of somespecimens of Canadian petroleum.

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THE STATUE OF LAENNEC. The sum of 965 francshas been up to this time subscribed to the fundopened by the French Medical Association for raisinga statue to Laennec.DEATH THROUGH CHLOROFORM. At Leeds, on De-

cember 28th, an inquest was held upon the body ofMr. Blaxland, a tea-dealer. The deceased, who wasin a weak state of health, had for some time takenchloroform for the purpose of easing pain and obtain-ing sleep. A medical man warned him several timesagainst the danger of doing so, and on December25th he was found dead, with a bottle by his sidepartly filled with chloroform. A verdict was returnedin accordance with the evidence.FATAL EXPLOSION. Mr. Crowther, " dealer in oxy-

gen and hydrogen," Manchester, and his son, havebeen killed by the explosion of an iron retort, inwhich the father was making oxygen from a mixtureof binoxide of manganese and chlorate of potash, orwhat he had bought as such. At in inquest held onhis body, however, a verdict of manslaughter was re-turned against Mr. E. G. Hughes, a druggist, whohad sold the mixture the deceased was operatingwith, which mixture was analysed by Dr. Roscoe, andfound to be composed of manganese, chlorate ofpotash, and something that was either soot, lamp-black, or charcoal. Such a mixtuLre, Dr. Roscoe said,would be as explosive as gunpowder.THE CHARGE AGAINST MR. BOWEN. At a meeting

of medical practitioners at Birkenhead on the 27thult., apropos of the case Pryce v. Bowen, the followingresolutions were unanimously passed. "That thismeeting desires to express its deep sympathy withDr. Bowen on the vexatious trial to which he hasbeen subjected in the case of Pryce v. Bowen, andbegs to offer its sincere congratulations on the verysatisfactory manner in which his professional skillhas been vindicated by its result." " That this meet-ing strongly deprecates the conduct of medical menappearing in court as experts to give evidence againsttheir professional brethren." " That a subscriptionlist be opened to assist in defraying the legal expensesincurred by Dr. Bowen in the late trial." " That Dr.Scholfield be requested to act as treasurer, and Mr.Godden as honorary secretary, to communicate withthe profession at large with a view to obtain subscrip-tions."

PATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. The annualmeeting of this Society was held on January 3rd.1865. In the report for the session 1863-64, theCouncil stated that the number of members was inadvance of what it was last year-more new membershaving joined during the past session than in anyother of which a record has been preserved. The re-ceipts for the year, however, were somewhat less thanin the previous year; but this was because in 1862-63several members availed themselves of the privilegeof compounding for all future payments by a life-subscription, while in 1863-64 none did so. This,however, was no permanent disadvantage; since if itdiminished the present receipts, it increased the fu-ture annual income. This annual income was nowmore wanted than ever. The large rent lately im-posed by the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Societyfor the use of their rooms taxed the resources of thisSociety to the utmost. Still it had been thoughtundesirable to move from a situation which is soconvenient and so well known to the members; and,as a saving had been effected on the cost of the pre-sent volume, as compared with the last, the incomne ofthe Society had been still adequate to meet its ex-penditure, and even to leave a slightly increasedbalance in the treasurer's hands. This saving in the

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cost of the Transactions was the result partly of a re-duction voluntarily made by the printer (in conse-quence of change of prices in that trade), but mainlyof a diminished expenditure on engravings. The in-terest felt in the Society's meetings appeared to besteadily on the increase. Not only were the newmembers of the Society assuming their full shaxe ofthe work, but the latest volumes of the Transactions,and the latest meetings of the Society, had been en-riched by the matured experience of many of theolder members. The increasing number of the mem-bers of the Society rendered some increase necessaryin the number of copies of the Transactions. The,number now puplished left only a very small marginfor purchase by future members and the public. Seve-ral of the volumes were already out of print, andseveral more must be so in a very short time. Ageneral index to the whole series of the fifteen vol-unies of the Transactions had been prepared, andwas in course of distribution to the members. Thetotal receipts of the Society, including a balance fromlast year of £78: 2: 6, amounted to .430: 3: 4. Ofthis sum 227: 14: 1 resulted from the sale of theTransactions-a very large increase on last year;£8:5: 9 was interest on the Society's funded pro-perty; and the remainder, £316 : 10: 0, was receivedby the collector. The total expenses were £343: 2: 3., ;leaving a balance of £87: 1: 1 to carry forward. Theseexpenses included a sum of £45 : 3 : 0 for the purchaseof stock, £49: 7: 11 three per cent. Consols. Themoney represented the life subscriptions and compo-sition fees which it had always been customary toinvest. This made the funded property of the Soci-ety £308: 11: 4. The Council could not allow the re-tirement of their medical secretary, Dr. Bristowe, tooccur without publicly recording their high sense ofthe valuable services which he has rendered to theSociety in that capacity; and hoped that, althougfhthey had lost his services as secretary, they mightlong have the benefit of his co-operation in other of-fiees.ALLEGED MURDER. Mr. R. Smith, of Winchcomb,

Gloucestershire, was last week charged with themurder of his wife by shooting her through the head.Mr. Smith was formerly in practice as a surgeon, buthad retired for some years, and lived with his wifealone, without a regular servant, in Winchcomb. Hewas very eccentric in his manner, but his eccentrici-ties were not considered by his friends great enoughto warrant them in placing him under restraint. OnTuesday week a shot was heard in his house. Nextmorning the prisoner went to his brother, and toldhis sons that their mother had been shot. Most ofthe witnesses bore testinmony to the fact that theprisoner was of unsound lmlind. The policeman whoapprehended him said he considered he had been inan unsound state of mind for the last five years. Attimes he had been in such an excited state as to callfor his interference. A juryman stated that he hadseen himii with a fishing-rod fishinig in the turnpikeroad. Mr. Newman (surgeon) said, that ever sincehe had known the prisoner, twenty years, he had con-sidered hi;n in an unsound state of mnind. The juryfound a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against RichardSmith, and wished to append to their verdict anopinion of his insanity, but the coroner said thatmust be left to another court. The prisoner was ac-cordingly committed for trial at the next Gloucester-shire Spring assizes.

DIscOVERY OF A MAInMOvTH. At a late meeting ofthe Manchester Philosophical Society, Mr. WilliamnBrockbank read a paper, " On the Discovery of theBones of the Mammoth (Elephas primigenius) in aFissure of the Carboniferous Limestone at Water-

houses, near Leek." A considerable number of boneswere found at Waterhouses some weeks since; but,through ignorance of their real character, they be-came dispersed without attracting attention, a goodmany having been used to manure the land by aneighbouring farmer. A few of these bones reachedthe author, and were at once identified as belongingto the skeleton of an elephant. A fLrther searchwas determined upon; and the author succeeded infinding a large number of bones. Mr. Wardle andMr. Green, of the Geological Survey, again visitedthe place, and found very decided fragments of teeth.A large number of bones were submitted to the So-ciety: amongst which were one humerus nearly com-plete, and part of the second; parts of the pelvis.and scapula; one ulna; several carpal and inetacar-pal bones; the head of the tibia; several fragmentsof tusks and two fine fragments of teeth, showingvery clearly the peculiar narrow transverse platesand ridges of the dentine and enamel by which theteeth of this elephant are distinguished. The fissurein which these bones were found occurs in the upperbeds of the carboniferous limestone, and has been ex-posed by the workings of a quarry. The face of thelimestone in the quarry is nearly east and west; andthe fissure follows the dip and direction of the strata,being nearly vertical. It is about six feet in width,and is filled up with angular blocks of limestone,cemented together at the sides of the fissure into asolid breccia, the stones being coated with stalagmite,whilst the centre is filled in with angular rubble anddamp ochreous clay. The bones were recovered ingood condition from the breccia on the drier side ofthe fissure; but those occurring amongst the dampclay and rubble were so friable that it was quite im-possible to save them. Large numbers of ivoryflakes were found, which proved to be the remains ofthe teeth; and one large fragmient of tooth was ob-tained which was decomposing into these flakes. Atthe furthest point reached, were discovered a hume-rus ir. the socket of the scapula, with the head ofanother humerus resting upon it at the other end,and two cervical vertebron were found near the sca-pula. These were the only bones found in their re-lative positions. It was conjectured that the mam-moth had fallen into the narrow fissure before it wasfilled in. Mr. Wardle found several firagments of theteeth fifteen or twenty feet below the point wherethe boones occurred. The author hAd not been able'to find any record of the occurrence of the remains,of the mammoth in any work on the geology ofDerbyshire or Staffordshire.-Mr. Binney said thatMr. Brockbank was mistaken in supposing that noremains of the elephant had hitherto been found inDerbyshire. The late Mr. White Watson, in hisDelineation of the Strata of Derbyshir-e, says: "Aboutthe year 1663, a large cavern was discovered in sink-ing for lead ore, upon a hill at Balleye, within twomiiles of Wirksworth ; in which a large skeleton wasafound, which, in the original account of its discovery,is said to be ' that of a man, that his brain-pan wouldhave held two bushels of corn, and that it was so big-they could not get it out of the miiine without break-ingr it.' Several of its teeth were distributed in theneighbourhood, one of which is in the writer's pos-session. The tooth is ivory; and, when comparedwith the dentes molatres of an elephant, no differencecan be found." About twenty-live years since, thelate Mr. James Meadows presented to the ManchesterGeological Society a portion of the tusk of an ele-phant which he had found in a limestone fissure nearChapel-en-le-Frith. Mr. F. Looney, in his list of or-ganic remains, says: " Part of a m-nolar tooth of theAsiatic elephant was found at Adlingt on, near Mac-clesfield."

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British Medical Journal.] TO CORRESPONDENTS. [Jan. 7, 1865.

OPERATION DAYS AT THE HOSPITALS.

MONDAY........MSetropolitan Free, 2 P.m.-St. Mrark's for Fistulaand other Diseases of the Rectum, 1.30 P.m-PRoyalLondon Ophthalmic, 11 A.M.

TUESDAY .... Guy's, 1I P.M.-Westminster,2 P.M.-Royal LondonOphthalmic, 11 A.M.

WZDNESDAY... St. Mary's, 1 P.M.-Mliddlesex, 1 P.m.-UniversityCollege, 2 P.M.-London, 2 P.M.-Royal London Oph.thalmic, 11 A.M.-St. Bartholomew's, 1.30 P.M.

THURSDAY.....St. George's, 1 P.M.-Central London Ophthalmic,1 P.m.- Great Nortbern, 2 P.M.- London SurgicalHome, 2 P.M.-Royal OrthopNedic, 2 P.M.-RoyalLondon Ophthalmic, 11 A.M.

FRIDAY....... Westminster Ophthalmic, 1.30 P.m.-Royal LondonOphtbalmic, 11 A.M.

SATURDAY......St. Thomas's, 1 P.M.-St. Bartholomew's, 1.30 P.I.-King's College, 1-30 P.M.-Charing Cross, 2 P.m.-Lock, Clinical Demonstration and Operations, 1 P.M.-Royal Free, 1.30 P.m.-Royal London Ophthalmic,11 A.M.

MEETINGS OF SOCIETIES DURING THENEXT WEEK.

MONDAY. Mtedical Society of Tondon, 8 P.M. Dr. 13. W. Richardson," On Inihalation in the Treatment of Disease."

TUESDAY. Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, 8.30 P.M. MAr.Furneaux Jordan, " On Eczema of the l.yelids. Conijunctiva,andi Cornea"; Mr. Desvignes, "On Subeutanjeous Injection ofQuinine in Aglse"; Dr. Dobell, " Ol Winter Cough."

REGISTRATION OF DISEASE.

MONTHLY RETURN of new cases of clisease comingunder treatment at Pauper and Public Iinstitutions.(A.) In Manchester ancd Salford (Sanitary Associa-tion). (B.) At Preston (R. C. Brown, Esq.). (c.) AtSt. Maryleboiie, Loncdon (Dr. Whitmore).

4 weelzs ending November 26,1864.A. B. C.

Small-Pox .................... 95 ......-. ...... 4Chicken-Pox .................. 6 4 ...... 21Measles... ................... C)3 ...... 52 ...... 115Scarlatia4a ...................... 4 ...... 90 ...... 53Diphtheria .................. . ...... . ...... 2Hooping-Cough .............. 28 ...... 1 ...... 56CCroup ........................ 4 2......2' ......Diarrhoea .................... 117 ... 43!) ... 443Dysentery .................... 9 ...... 6C ...... 4Erysipelas ................ 33')...2) ...... 4 ...... 263Insanity .................. ... 26 ...... 4 ...... 12Bronchitis anid Catarrh ..... 2'....987 ... 1C I...... 1048Pleurisy anid Pneumonia ..... 92.2...... 16 ...... 3;Carbuncle 4.................... . ....... ...... 4Accidents and other disesses .. 4413......352 ...... 33778

Totals ................ 5952 920 5201

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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THE FRENCH MEDICAL PROVIDENT ASSOCIATION complains of themalevolence and persistent misrepresentations to which it hasbeen, from its origin, so perseveringly subjected in France. OurAssociation does not, therefore, stand alone in this respect.

THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE NOUVEAU DICTIONNAirE DE MADE.CINE ET DE CsHIRURGIE of 800 pages and 90 plates, has justappeared. It contains the following articles:-Amenorrhoba, byBernutz; Amputation, by Guerin; Amyloid Degeneration, byJaccoud; AnRemia, by Lorain; Ansesthetics, by Giraldes; Aneu.risms, by Richet; Anginas, by Desnos; Angina Pectoris, by Jaa-coud; Anchylosis, by Denuce; Antiaphrodisiacs, by Ricord; Anus,by Gosselin, Giraldes, and Langier; and Aorta, by Luton.

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A SUGGoEsTION.-SIR: I Avas glad to see your remarks upon theprofessional correspondence from Broseley. It is not very credit-able to us to bave this kind of professional dispute circulated inour JOURNAL. Would it not have been better-if the two gentlemenbad referred their grievances to the Council of the ShropshireEthical Branch of our Associationi ? Of which Branch, I believe,they are both members. What is an Ethical Society for, if not tosettle such points ? And why bring them, before the public (medi.cal), if they can be decided at home?

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MfR. HOLMES'S SYSTEMX OF SURGERY.-SIR: Allow me to call yourattention to an error in the following paragraph from the reviewof A System of Surgery, vol. iv, in your last number.

' Mlr. Holmes writes on Operations in Childhood; and on Mal.formations-incluiding attached fcetus, congenital sacral tumour;congenital malformation of the face; spina bifida; imperforaterectum; malformations of the uimbilicus; hermaphroditism; mal-formation of skin; and malformation of limbs. Mr. Brodhurstwrites on Congenital Dislocetions and Fractures in Utero. Mr.Shaw supplies remarks on Congenital Tumours, Congenital andlufantile Syphilis, TInfantile Paralysis, Gangrenie, Leucorrhcea,Tumours of the Vagina, Rickets, Lateral Distortion of the Spine,and Pigeon-breast Defornuitv."Of the subjects here attributed to Mr. Shaw, only the two last-

viz., Lateral Distortion of the Spine and Pigeon-breast Deformity-were treated by him; the other sections are written by me. Ifyour reviewer will look again either at the text or the table of con-tents, I think he will find this plainly stated.

I am, etc., T. HOLMES.22, Queeu Street, May Fair, W., January 2nd, 1865.

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