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have the foot turned inwards,’’ is to create an " artificial club-foot," and although it may be " decidedly against mathematicaland physiological laws" to turn the foot inwards, it is not

against the laws of nature, as Mr. Cornish will see if hewill examine the direction of a boy’s feet before he has hadthem forced into tight boots, and has been taught by his dancing-master to point out his toes. I have daily opportunities ofseeing the inclination inwards of Affreedees, Affghans, &c.,who have never worn anything but sandals in their lives. I

hope Mr. Cornish will not think I wish to detract in any wayfrom his cleverness in the invention of the " new artificial leg;"for it is, indeed, a most excellent one. But I think, also, hewill find that my "improvements" are correct.

I am. Sir. vour obedient servant.A. M. GARDEN, Assist.-Surg., H.E.I.Co.’s S.

MEDICAL REGISTRATION IN MANCHESTER.To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,—The Medico-Ethical Association of this city has alwaysbeen interested in the subject of Medical Registration; and has,at various times, prepared and printed lists of qualified membersof the profession residing within twenty miles of Manchester.

The members of this Association have strongly expressedtheir wishes that such measures as shall most effectually assistin carrying out the provisions of the Medical Act, and espe-cially the clauses relating to registration and unqualified prac-tice, shall receive the first attention of their committee.We regret that none of the new Registration Societies have

followed our example in memorializing the Secretary of Statefor the Home Department, that in the appointment, by theCrown, of members to the General Council, due care should betaken that the interests of the general practitioner be fullyrepresented.

If it be not now too late, we would urge upon such Societiesor individual members of the profession as feel interested inthis question, to refer to our memorial, a copy of which ap-peared in THE LANCET of August 28th, and in either that orsome other form to memorialize the Home Secretary withoutdelay.

We are, Sir, your obedient servants,JOSEPH STONE, M.D.,JONATHAN WILSON, M.R.C.S.,

Honorary Secretaries, Manchester Medico-Ethical Association.

MEDICAL REGISTRATION ASSOCIATIONS.

DEVONPORT AND STONEHOUSE MEDICAL REGIS-TRATION ASSOCIATION.

To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,—I beg to forward the following resolutions, which werepassed at a meeting of medical practitioners of Devonport andStonehouse, held at the Dispensary at Devonport, on Tuesday- evening, October 19th. Present, Mr. Crossing in the chair ;Dr. Row, Mr. Little, Mr. Laity, Mr. Butcher, Mr. May, Mr.Cutclid’e, and Mr. De Larue.-I am, Sir, yours, &c.,

Ker-street, Devonport, Oct. 1858. P. DE LARUE.

Proposed by Mr. DE LARUE, and seconded by Mr. MAY,- I,,That a society be formed, to be called the Devonport and Stonehouse Medical Registration Association, with a view toassist the Medical Registrar in carrying out the provisions ofthe Medical Act in this locality."

Proposed by Dr. Row, and seconded by Mr. CUTCLlFFE,—That Mr. De Larue be requested to act as Secretary."Proposed by Mr. MAY, and seconded by Mr. LAITY,—" That

a subscription of two shillings and sixpence be required from,each member of the Association."

Proposed by Mr. BUTCHER, and seconded by Mr. DE LARUE,- " That the above resolutions be forwarded to the medicaljournals."

Proposed by Mr. LAITY, and seconded by Mr. MAY.-,, Thatthe thanks of the meeting be given to the chairman.’’

P. DE LARUE, Secretary and Treasurer.

Mr. DANIEL MORAN has been appointed AssistantChemist to the Museum of Irish Industry by her Majesty’sGovernment.

Medical News.ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gentle-

men, having undergone the necessary examinations for theDiploma, were admitted members of the College at the meet-ing of the Court of Examiners on the 15th inst. :-

BLAKER, NATHANIEL PAINE, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex.BRADSHAW, SAMUEL, Stratford-on-Avon.BUCKENHAM, JOHN, Belfast.GRAHAM, ADOLPR17S FRED., Kirklinton, Cumberland.HoRSFALL, HENRY, Masham, Yorkshire.KING, JOSEPH HENRY THos., Moresby, Cumberland.LINEKER, ELISHA HARRIE, Balderton, Newark-on-Trent.RIX, CHARLES JAMES, Manchester.SUTCLIFFE, GEO. GILBERT ANGELL, Rathmines, Dublin.ToDD, GEORGE, West Auckland, Durham.WYNTER, JOHN ST. THOMAS, Winslow, Bucks.

LICENTIATES IN MIDWIFERY. -The following members of theCollege, having undergone the necessary examinations, wereadmitted Licentiates in Midwifery at the meeting of the Boardof Examiners on the 20th inst-:-

’, ALSTON, WM. EVELYN, Studland, Dorset, diploma of mem-j bership dated May 3, 1858.

BATEMAN, CiiAS., Leicester, July 28, 1856.EASTON, JOHN, Itussell-square, April 23, 1858.GODDARD, RICH. WALTER, Nutford-place, Bryanstone-sq.HENDERSON, JOSEPH, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, June 13,

1851.JENVEy, JOHN HENRY, Trinidad, West Indies, April 23, 1858.JoNES, WM., Dolgelley, Merionethshire, December 7, 1855.LINEKER, ELISHA HARRIE, Balderton, Newark-on-Trent.MOORE, JOHN DANIEL, Leicester.ORD, GEO. RICE, Brixton-hill, May 10, 1858.OWEN, OWEN, Leamington, June 11, 1858.Rix, CHAS. JAS., Manchester, October 15, 1858.SPRATLY, SAMUEL, The Mount, Tamworth, June 13, 1856.SUMMERS, WM. ALEX., Ilminster, Somerset.TuNMER, JAMES ROBERT, Ipswich, Suffolk, April 15, 1853.WATERS, EDMOND, Coventry, August 15, 1845.WILLIAMS, JOHN JAS., Northamptonshire.UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.—The Vice-Chancellor has

issued a notice, informing the Senate that the Medical Actpassed in the last Session of Parliament (21 & 22 Vict. cap. 29),directs that one member of the General Medical Council ofthe United Kingdom shall be chosen from time to time by theUniversity of Cambridge, and he appoints the first election ofsuch member to take place on Friday, October 29th, and thehour of polling from 10 o’clock to 11 in the morning, and from2 o’clock to 3 in the aftrenoon.

EXAMINATION AT THE ARMY MEDICAL BOARD.-Thenew order of examination will commence, we suppose, as soonas arrangements are made, professors appointed, &c. The ex-amination, as now conducted, is on chemistry, anatomy andsurgery, practice of physic, reading Celsus and pharmacopœia,and the knowledge of drugs and their doses.DUBLIN UNIVERSITY.—The Board of Trinity College

have selected Benjamin George M’Dowel, M.D., T.C.D.,to the post of Professor of Anatomy and Physiology to theUniversity, vacant by the death of the late Dr. Harrison.-The Lord Lieutenant has appointed Robert Adams, M.D.,to be a Member of the Senate of the Queen’s University, in theroom of the late Sir P. Crampton, Bart.

SOCIETY FOR RELIEF OF WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF

MEDICAL MEN IN LONDON AND ITS VICINITY.—The half-yearly meeting of the members of this Society was held on the13th inst. It appears that during the first six months of thefinancial year, X809 lOs. had been distributed in half-yearlyrelief amongst 34 widows and 26 children of deceased members,besides about 08100 expended in grants on special purposes.The Rev. Sir Charles Clarke, Bart., son of the late highly es.teemed President, was elected an honorary member ; and thefollowing gentlemen were elected officers and directors for theensuing year:—Directors: Dr. Robert Nairne, Mr. G. J.Squibb, Mr. Henry Combe, Mr. A. M. Randall, Dr. H. Jeaff-reson,Mr. John Hilton, Dr. Henry Oldham, Mr. Richard S. Eyles,Mr. Henry Sterry, Dr. G. Hamilton Roe, Mr. Harvey K.Owen, Dr. Robert B. Todd, Mr. Wm. Cathrow, Mr. EdgarBarker, Mr. James Paget, Alr. John Adams, Dr. Fred. J.Farre, llr. H. Lee, Mr. A. B. Barnes, Dr. Edward Dew, Mr.

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John Love, Dr. H. A. Pitman, Mr. Charles Collambell, and Ilir. Silas Stedman.Of this society, the late Dr. Rolph, of Portsmouth, had the

peculiar advantage of being a member, having originally prac-tised in London, and, as we have already stated, his widowbecame an annuitant immediately. That such dishonourablepersecution as he experienced should befall other practitioners,is scarcely likely, but who can say that poverty, in some shape,may not overtake themselves at the close of life, or those theyleave behind them; and to such, what a blessing it must be toknow that there is secured in this Society, for the widow and

, children, a liberal provision, payable half-yearly. We would

urge, therefore, all practitioners residing in London and its

vicinity to become members of this valuable Society.CHOLERA IN INDIA.-" I have just received official intel-

ligence of the outbreak of cholera in the Cashmere valley. Thellaharajah reports that upwards of 100,000 of his subjects haveperished in a few weeks. No burst of disease so tremendoushas ever been known even in India. It is jumping as usualfrom station to station. At Rawul Pindee, six deaths haveoccurred in the convalescent depot. In Murree, six Europeansdead. In Jullunder, 36 cases; 13 fatal. Cause everywheresupposed to be drought, but the disease is marching on theplains.’’—Letter from Calcutta.A NEW HOSPITAL.—A new hospital, erected in St.

Peter’s-street, Dublin, has been opened by the Earl of Mayo.The applications for relief to the dispensary attached to itamounted during the last five weeks to upwards of 1332. At

Queen’s University, at the present time, the number of matri-culated students is 445.euraucu auuueuua is .

PROVINCIAL SANITARY BOARDS.—Some little discussionexists just now amongst provincial sanitary boards. At Lincoln,the members have refused to meet or even acknowledge thenotices served upon them. Petty nuisances are, therefore,neither remedied nor checked by the authorities in office.A CLERGYMAN AT FAULT.-Recently, at Derby, Mr.

Calvert, then acting house-surgeon at the hospital, throughsome misunderstanding on the part of Mr. Crue, a clergyman,was involved in a medical investigation before the board,on a case of chronic laryngitis, which terminated fatally.It is satisfactory to learn the result entirely acquitted Mr.Calvert of the slightest blame, and from the evidence adduced,reflects most creditably upon him.THE FOREST-HILL CASE.—Mr. Banks, surgeon of the

White chapel Union, states, in reference to the amputationperformed on the finger of the child Lillis, in the Forest-hillschool, that he attended before the magistrate to whom thecomplaint of neglect and the filthy state in which she is statedto have been discovered, was made, and denied entirely theassertions current. Mr. Banks amputated the finger himself,in the presence of Mr. Critchett, of the London Hospital.DEATH FROM EATING MUSHROOMS.—Two Belgian officers,

in the Cuirassiers, quartered at Bruges, recently died sud-denly from the effects of mushrooms (agaricus campestris)dressed in sauce, which they had taken with their dinner.

They were seized with violent vomiting and convulsions, andexpired shortly after. The mushrooms, it is stated, had beenkept some time, and were rendered unfit for the table.A NEGRO QUACK.—The sable Paracelsus, of whom we

recently gave an account, who has been for some time astonish-ing the salons of Paris with his display, and charging enormousprices for his nostrums, has at last levanted, leaving a largenumber of dupes to lament their weakness and credulity.THE KING OF PRUSSIA.—At a general consultation held

by the King of Prussia’s physicians before his recent abdication,it was determined, that his Majesty should be earnestly ad-vised to retire from office in order to assist, by an interval ofrepose, the remedial treatment he is at present undergoing.TURKISH STUDENTS AT EDINBURGH.—The Turkish go-

vernment has dispatched a small number of young men to Edin-burgh, with a view of their studying medicine and graduatingthere, in order that they may afterwards enter, in their pro-fessional capacities, the army of the Porte.THE number of medical students entered at the London

hospitals this year exceeds the usual average.A PROMISING ELECTION.-At the County of Down In-

nrmary, the office of house-surgeon being now vacant, no lessthan nine candidates have offered themselves for the appoint-ment. Many of these distinguished themselves at Queen’sCollege, Dublin, and others, it is stated, possess considerablelocal influence.

HEALTH OF THE CITY.—By Dr. Letheby’s recent

report, it appears that consumption, bronchitis, and pneu-

monia, are more than usually prevalent at this season of theyear.EPIDEMIC AT BRIGHTON,—Febrile disease is very pre-

valent at this fashionable resort at the present time. Thenumber of deaths is above the average of some years past. A

meeting of the local sanitary board is about to be held, in orderto institute inquiries on the subject.M. FALCONY’S INVENTION.—Some interesting experi-

ments were exhibited at the Grosvenor-street School of Nledi-cine, on Tuesday last, by M. Falcony, a French chemist, on anew method of preserving the dead. Some weeks since, a bodyin an advanced stage of decomposition had been submitted tohim, and having been sprinkled with M. Falcony’s powder,was placed in a coffin and buried. The disinterment tookplace on Tuesday, and the subject proved to be in exactly thesame state, no further decay having taken place. A hand, also,which had been injected with his fluid some time since, wasproduced, and found in singular preservation. Dr. Halford,and other medical men present, expressed their highest satis-faction at the experiments, and M. Falcony delivered a shortaddress himself, on the advantages derivable from his in-vention.

OXFORD.—A convocation will assemble on Thursday,Nov. 4th, to elect the representative to the Medical Council.

CAMBRIDGE.—The members of the Senate met in theArts School on the 18th inst., at two o’clock, to discuss theproposed regulations respecting degrees in medicine, as sub-mitted by the Council to the Senate. The Vice-Chancellor ex-plained that the proposed regulations were the result of a con-ference held by the Council with the Board of Lfgal Studies.The first point related to the time to be spent in medical study.The Council recommended that three years be required of can-didates for the degree of Bachelor of Medicine, whether theybe undergraduates or Bachelors of Arts. After some discus-

sion, in which Dr. Paget, Dr. Drosier, Mr. Babington, theVice-Chancellor, the Downing Professor, and Dr. Bond, tookpart, the meeting separated with an understanding that thesubject should be again laid before the Council.HospiTAL FOR DRUNKARDS.—The foundation-stone of

an asylum for inebriates was laid on the 25th ult., at Bingham-ton, in the state of New York. The citizens of that townhave granted 250 acres for it. Dr. Francis, Rev. Drs. Bellowsand Bethune, Hon. George W. Clinton, and Alfred B. Street,took part in the ceremonies, and the Rev. Edward Everettdelivered an address. The idea of an asylum for inebriates isfounded in the fact, that intemperance, though a vice, never-theless becomes a physical disease, and needs medical as wellas moral treatment. This institution is an entire novelty.-From a New York Paper. [*** Mr. Wakley, the Coroner forMiddlesex, has been insisting on the necessity of establishingsuch institutions in this country for more than twenty years.]HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDING

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16TH.—The deaths registered in Londonrose from 993 in the previous week, to 1149 in the week endingSaturday, October 16th. In the ten years 1848 -57 the averagenumber of deaths in the weeks corresponling with last weekwas 1020; but as the deaths of last week occurred in an in-creased population, the average should be raised in proportionto the increase for the purpose of comparison, and in this caseit will become 1122. The number actually returned exceedsthe calculated number by 27 ; and as the average is rather abovethat which would result from ordinary causes (for the choleraof two epidemic years had not entirely ceased in the secondweek of October), it will be seen that the mortality as shown

in the present return is decidedly high. If the rate of mortalitylast week had not been higher than that which has been ascer-tained to prevail during the last quarter of the year in thehealthiest districts of England, the deaths would have beenonly 770; but they were 1149, and the excess which they ex-hibit over the healthy standard may be considered as that partof the mortality which is due to acquired conditions of insalu-brity in London. Pulmonary complaints become more fre-quent ; the deaths from bronchitis and pneumonia, which wererespectively 32 and 21 in the preceding week, were last week71 and 64. Scarlatina makes constant progress, and has now

attained a not doubtful pre-eminence amongst diseases of thezymotic class. The weekly deaths from scarlatina since Sep-tember 18th, have been 125, 134, 143, 145, and 160. Twentydeaths are returned as caused by it in Marylebone, 13 in St.

Pancras, 10 in Lambeth (chiefly Kennington) 9 in Camberwell.