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CASE OF CATALEPSY IN CORK UNION WORKHOUSE.—There is at present in one of the male wards of the Corkworkhouse a man named O’Sullivan, aged fifty years of age,who for over twelve months-viz., April 27th, 1885-has beenin a deep sleep except when awakened to partake of food.On the date above mentioned he was found by the con-stabulary fast asleep in the open air, and removed to theworkhouse. When shaken roughly, he awakes and will dowhat he is told, and when food is placed before him he willtake it, but he has to be shaken at intervals to prevent himgoing to sleep. When he has finished eating, he falls asleepin whatever posture he happens to be in at the time; if putin a standing position with his hands above his head, heremains in that posture until disturbed; and if placed ontwo chairs, his head resting on one and his feet on theother, he remains so, the body being quite stiff.

THE LATE DR. THOMPSON.—At the meeting ofthe Council of the Irish Medical Schools and Graduates’Association, held on the 19th inst., the following resolutionwas passed, on the proposal of the Chairman of Council(Professor Gerald F.Yeo,M.D.), seconded by Dr. MacnaughtonJones (President)-viz.: "That the Council of the IrishMedical Schools’ and Graduates’ Association, having regardto the late Dr. Thompson’s intimate connexion with theAssociation, first as its founder and honorary secretary, andafterwards as honorary treasurer, hereby desires to conveyto Mrs. Thompson its deep sympathy with her in herbereavement, and to express its sense of the loss the Asso-ciation has sustained by the death of one to whom it hasbeen so much indebted." Brigade-Surgeon W. Alexander,M.D., has been appointed honorary treasurer to the Asso-ciation.

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.-Notices have been issuedthat examinations for the degree of Bachelor of Medicine willcommence in the Medical Department of the Museum asfollows :---The Second (or Final) Examination, Thursday,June 17tb, at 10 A.M. The First (or Scientific) Examina-tion, Saturday, July 3rd, at 10 A.M., for Chemistryand Physics; and on Monday, July 5th, for Anatomy andPhysiology. Candidates for either of these examinationsshould send in their names on or before June 3rd to " theRegius Professor of Medicine, Medical Department, Museum,Oxford." Candidates for the Scientific Examination are tostate whether they have passed the Preliminary HonourExamination in the School of Natural Science ; and, if not,whether they desire to present themselves for Physics andChemistry only at this examination, or for all the subjectsthereof. Both the examinations will be conducted this yearunder the conditions of the statute of 1860.

Medical Appointments.Intimations for this column must be sent DIRECT to the Offlce of THE LANCET

before 9 o’clock on Thursday Morning at the latest.

BOND, J. W., M.D., B.Sc.Lond., M.R.C.S., has been elected a Member ofthe Honorary Staff of the Hospital for Diseases of the Throat,Golden-square.

BROCKATT, A. A., L.R.C.P.. M.R.C.S., has been appointed ResidentHouse-Physician to St. Thomas’s Hospital.

BROWNE, OSWALD A., M.A., M.B., M.R.C.S., &c., has been appointedPhysician to the Royal Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, City-road,London.

COLLIER, M. P. MAYO, M.S.Lond., F.R.C.S., Senior Assistant Surgeon,has been appointed to have charge of the Throat and Ear Depart-ment at the North-West London Hospital, Kentish Town-road.

CROWDY, F. D., M.B.Oxon., M.R.C.S., L.S.A., has been appointedResident House-Physician to St. Thomas’s Hospital.

Ecaxs, C. S., M.R.C.S., L.S.A., has been appointed Assistant House-Surgeon to St. Thomas’s Hospital.

GODFREY, A. E., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., has been appointed Non-residentHouse-Physician to St. Thomas’s Hospital.

GOODDY, E. S., M.R.C.S., L.S.A., has been appointed House-Surgeon toSt. Thomas’s Hospital.

HUTTON, J. S., L.R C.P.. M.R.C.S., L.S.A., has been appointed ResidentAccoucheur to St. Thomas’s Hospital.

KIDD. H. CAMERON, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., has been reappointed House-Surgeon to St. Thomas’s Hospital.

Li2rLE, WM. MAXWELL. M.B., C.M.Edin., has been appointed JuniorAssistant Medical Officer to the Norfolk County Asylum, Thorpe,near Norwich.

MACDONALD, G., M.D., M.R.C.S., has been elected a Member of theHonorary Staff of the Hospital for Diseases of the Throat, Golden-square.

MONTAGUE, A. J. H., M.R.C.S., L.S.A., has been appointed ClinicalAssistant in the Skin Department of St. Thomas’s Hospital.

NAIRN, R., M.R.C.S., has been appointed Ophthalmic Clinical Assistantto St. Thomas’s Hospital.

NrcxoL, F. C., L.R.C.P.. M.R.C.S., has been appointed AssistantHouse-Surgeon to St. Thomas’s Hospital.

PARSONS, F. G., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., has been reappointed ClinicalAssistant in the Throat Department of St. Thomas’s Hospital.

PRINGLE, JOHN J., M.B., M.R.C.P., &c., has been appointed Physicianto the Royal Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, City-road, London.

SHAW, JOHN, M.D.Lond., M.R.C.P., Senior Assistant Physician, hasbeen appointed to have charge of the Gynaecological Department atthe North-West London Hospital, Kentish Town-road.

STAVELEY, W. H. C., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., has been reappointed ClinicalAssistant in the Ear Department of St. Thomas’s Hospital.

TOBIN, MR., Assistant Surgeon, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin, has beenappointed Surgeon to that institution.

TRAVERS, OTHO ROBERT, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., has been appointed MedicalOfficer for the Seventh District of the Battle Union.

WALFORD, EDWARD, M.D., S.Sc.C.Camb., has been reappointed MedicalOfficer of Health for the Urban Sanitary District of Ramsgate, for aterm of three years.

WHITE, WILLIAM HENRY, M.A., M.D., M.R.C.P., &c., has beenappointed Physician to the Royal Hospital for Diseases of the Chest,City-road, London.

WOLFENDEN, R. N., M.D., has been elected a Member of the HonoraryStaff of the Hospital for Diseases of the Throat, Golden-square.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

BELEMORE.—On the 18th inst., at Lyndhurst, Eaton, Norwich, the wifeof Brigade-Surgeon A. J. Belemore, of a son.

COOMBS.—On the 19th inst., at Redburn, Spring-grove, St. Cuthbert’s,Bedford, the wife of Rowland H. Coombs, M.D., of a daughter.

CRAIG.—On the llth inst., at Sawtry, Petertow, the wife of Jame&Craig, M.D., of Eastwood, Notts, of a son.

MOODIE.—On the 21st inst., at Park-avenue House, Stirling, the wife ofRobert Moodie, M.D., B.Sc.Ed., of a daughter.

MORTIMER.-On the 15th inst., at Haslar Hospital, Gosport, the wife ofDeputy Inspector-General E. T. Mortimer, R.N., of a daughter.

PERIGAL.—On the 23rd inst., at New Barnet, Herts, the wife of ArthurPerigal, M.D., of a daughter.

WARNER.-On the 18th inst., at Rydal, Woodford-green, Essex, the witeof Percy Warner, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.Lond., of a son.

WELSFORD.—On the 21st inst., at 46, Oxford-gardens, W., the wife ofGeorge F. Welsford, M.B., of Woodstock, Oxon, of a son.

MARRIAGES.CLEGHORN—BROWNING.—On the 1st ult., at the Church of the Nativity,

Blenheim, New Zealand, George Cleghorn, M.R.C.S., to Annie,daughter of the late James Torry Browning, of Oxford.

MENDS—WILSON.—On the 20th inst., at St. James’s, Kidbrook, BowenStilon Mends, Surgeon, Royal Navy, to Ada Latham, elder daughterof Colonel John J. Wilson, Royal Engineers.

OMAN—DARRACOTT.—On the 14th ult., at Holy Trinity Church, Sliema,, Malta, N. Oman, M.D., to Rosie, youngest daughter of the late.

Thomas Bligh Darracott, Esq., of Kingsbridge, Devon, andTrinidad, W.I.

PIGGOTT — LAWRENCE. - On the 20th inst., at St. Mary Abbot’s,Kensington, Fred. Cecil Holman Piggott, B.A.Cantab., M.R.C.S.,&c., of Richmond and Teignmouth, to Ada Maria, daughter of thelate Henry and Ellen Lawrence, of Kensington.

SCoTT-HEWETT.-On the 22nd inst., at Batu Gajah, Kinta, Perak,William Duncan Scott, M.A.Oxon., M.B., C.M., of the PerakGovernment Service, to Alice Mary, second daughter of the late-Thomas Douglas Hewett, of H.M.’s Indian Navy.

DEATHS.CROFTON.—On the 23rd inst., at Carlton Lodge, Teignmouth, Devon,

William Crofton, M.D., of Montagu Villa, Cheltenham, and ofLakefield, co. Leitrim, J.P. for that county, in his 73rd year.

JONES.—On the 22nd inst., at Henblas. Bala, Merionethshire, RichardOwen Jones, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., aged 48.

MACNAB. — On the 23rd inst., at Greenhill, Crosshills, Yorkshire,R. A. Macnab, M.D., aged 57.

TROTTER.-On the 2lst inst., at Sunny Bank, Holmfirth, Edward Trotter,Surgeon, in the 76th year of his age. Friends will please acceptthis the only intimation.

N.B.—A fee of 5s. is charged for the Insertion of Notices of Births,Marriages, and Deaths.