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Medical News.ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON.-Certi-

ficates in Hygiene were granted to the following gentlemen,who have passed the required examinations, on March 21st:

Cantlie, James, M.B. Aberd., Suffolk-street.Davis, Weston Peel, Gloucester-terrace, Bayswater.Greenwood, Major, Queen’s-road. Dalston.Gubb, Alfred Samuel, Grove, Hammersmith.Hitchins. Thomas Johns, Broadfield, Crawley.James, Charles Alfred, Dispensary, Stoke Newington.Sanders. John William. M.D. Brussels, Bethnal-green Infirmary.Webb, Charles Alfred, Brockhurst, Gosport.

COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS IN IRELAND.-At theMarch examinations the following obtained licences inMedicine and Midwifery of the College :-

MEDICINE.—Samuel Boake. Arthur Edward Clarke, William BarclayDick, John Exley, William Isaac Fern, Hu Ruskin Hancock, FredericWilliam Ord, George Shapland Passmore.

MIDWIFERY.-John Exley, William Isaac Fern, Hu Ruskin Hancock,Vincent Nash, Edward Francis O’Sullivan, Frederic William Ord,George Shapland Passmore.

The undernamed has been admitted a Member :-Evelyn R. H. Pollard, Staff Surgeon, R.N.

SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES.—The following gentle-men passed the examination in the Science and Practice ofMedicine, Surgery, and Midwifery, and received certificatesto practise on March 17th:-

Simson, Francis Taylor, Viceroy-road, South Lambeth.Tinker, William, Cromwell-road.Wickham, Onslow Arthur, M.R.C.S., Arundel-square.

IT is officially notified that the Privy Council hassanctioned the bye-laws of the Institute of Chemistry.

DR. JAMES CURTIS, of Cork, has been appointedInspector of Anatomy for Munster, in the room of the lateDr. Beamish.

MR. THOMAS G. LAW, librarian to the Writers to theSignet Society, has been appointed librarian to the RoyalCollege of Physicians of Edinburgh, in succession to thelate Dr. Small.

VACCINATION GRANT. - Mr. John H. Hughes,L.R.C.P. Lond. and M.R.C.S., of the Ombersley district ofthe Droitwich Union, has received the Government grantfor efficient vaccination (sixth time).HOMES FOR INEBRIATES.-At the annual meeting

in connexion with the Homes for Inebriates Association,Dr. Cameron, M.P., was elected president, Canon Duckworthchairman, and Dr. Norman Kerr hon. sec. The three years’work at the Dalrymple Home shows over half the inebriatesdischarged doing well.YORK COUNTY HOSPITAL.-At the annual coui t of

the trustees and governors of this institution on the 22ndinst., it was unanimously decided that the York Eye Institu-tion should be amalgamated with the hospital. Satisfactoryfinancial and general reports for the past twelve monthswere presented and adopted.

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION.-The class ofRoyal Engineer officers held by the St. John AmbulanceAssociation at Chatham, and instructed by Surgeon-MajorMeNalty, has been examined by the principal medical officerof the district, Deputy Surgeon-General E. Roberts, and outof thirty-four candidates, the whole are reported to havepassed an excellent examination in first aid to the injured.PARKES MUSEUM.—At a meeting held at the

Parkes Museum on the 17th inst., Dr. E. F. Willoughbydelivered a lecture on George Varrentrapp, sanitarian andphilanthropist. A course of twelve lectures by well-knownauthorities for the special instruction of those desirous ofobtaining knowledge of the duties of sanitary inspectorswill be delivered in April and May.THE EPIDEMIC OF MEASLES AND SCARLET FEVER AT

GOOLE.—In consequence of the increased number of casesof scarlet fever and measles in the town of Goole, themembers of the Goole School Board have decided to closetheir schools in Alexandra-street and Old Goole for afurther fortnight. Alexandra-street Schools have alreadybeen closed a fortnight, while those in Old Goole have beenkept open.

HYDROPHOBIA IN EGYPT.—An outbreak of rabiesand hydrophobia is reported to have occurred at Cairo; alarge number of persons have been bitten by rabid dogs andhave died of hydrophobia. It is stated that the introduc-tion of the malady is traced to a hound belonging to aEuropean officer, which has bitten several native dogs.Some five or six thousand native dogs have been destroyed,but it is believed that many rabid dogs still remain.THE RECENT EARTHQUAKES AT MENTONE.-The

Rev. Henry Sidebotham, Chaplain of St. John’s Church,Ment ne, dating from that t)wn, March 18th, w ites in theStandard :—" I desire to contradict a report which appearedin one of your contemporaries, that ’all the doctors fled’after the earthquake, and to assure your readers that, to myown knowledge, the English doctors, without exceptionpwent their rounds as usual every day, and were ready toattend to all who needed them, although three of themhad been rendered homeless by the injury done to theirhouses."

FOOTBALL.—The final tie for the Inter-Hospital Foot-ball Challenge Cup was played on Tuesday last at Richmond,between Middlesex and St. Thomas’s. After a well-contestedstruggle the Middlesex Hospital team was successful,beating their opponents by nearly twenty points. On thesame evening the united clubs of Middlesex Hospital heldtheir annual dinner, under the presidency of Mr. A. Hensman,Mr. Henry Morris and Mr. Pearce Gould occupying vice-chairs. The fact that this hospital holds both the FootballChallenge Cup and the Rowing Challenge Cup lent addi-tional interest and enthusiasm to the gathering.THE JUBILEE. - To commemorate the Queen’s

Jubilee, the Salt family, of Saltaire, have offered to transferto the public forty-five private almshouses, providingaccommodation for sixty people, with extensive groundsand an infirmary, built at a cost of £40.000, as well as

£30,000 left under the will of the late Sir Titus Salt for thebenefit of the poor people of the district as an endowmentfund.-It has been decided to erect a new hospital at Dover,at a cost of from .E5000 to £6000, in comemoration of theJubilee.-At Lewes it has been decided to raise subscrip-tions for the enlargement and improvement of the localinfirmary and dispensary, and to change the name to,Victoria Hospital.

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 laterthan 9 o’clock on the Thursday morning of each week for publication inthe next number.

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ANDERSON. TEMPEST, B.Sc., M.D.Lond., M.R.C.S., has been appointedOphthalmic Surgeon to the York County Hospital.

BRADBURY. A. F., M.B., B.S., has been appointed District Surgeon to-the Salford and Pendleton Royal Hospital.

BULLOCK. B., M.R.C.S., has been appointed House-Surgeon to theBirmingham General Hospital.

CHITTENDEN, H., L.R.C.P.Lond., M.R.C.S., has been appointed MedicalOfficer for the Third District of the Hitchin Union.

CLARK, ROBERT, L.R.C.P.Ed., L.R.C.S. Ed., has been appointed MedicalOfficer to the Post Office, Lancaster.

COLLISON. F. W., M.B., C.M.Ed., M.R.C.S., has been appointed SeniorHouse-Surgeon to the Preston and County of Lancaster RoyalInfirmary, vice Moore, resigned.

Coor., T. DIXON, M.B., C.M.Glas., has been appointed Medical Officerfor the Torquay District of the Newton Union.

DUNCAN, B. ARCEDECKNE, M.D., M.R.C.P., has been appointedConsulting-Physician to the National Hospital for Diseases of theHeart and Paralysis.

GRENFELL, HENRY 0., L.R.C.P.Lond., M.R.C.S., has been appointed,Assistant Medical Officer for the Infirmary of the Wandsworth andClapham Union.

HACKETT, H. E., L.R.C.P.Lond., M.R.C.S., has been appointed MedicalOfficer for the Sixth District of the Chorlton Union.

HARRIS, H. E., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., has been appointed AssistantMedical Officer to the Paddington Workhouse Infirmary.

KINGSFORD, PERCIVAL, M.R.C.S., &c., has been appointed MedicalOfficer to the Welsh High School for Girls, Ashford, vice EdwardKingsford, F.R.C.S., resigned.

PESKETT, ALFRED FREEMAN, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., has been appointedMedical Officer and Public Vaccinator to the Leyton District of theWebt Ham Union.

SAUL, W. WiNGATE, M.D., M.R.C.S., L.S.A., has been appointed MedicalOfficer to the Post Office, Lancaster.

WARWICK. FRANCIS J., B.A., M.B.Cantab., M.R.C.S., has beenappointed Public Vaccinator for the Shepperton District of theStaines Union.