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forty for one, two, or three places). Nearly all have been hos-pital internes, and some have presented themselves alreadyseven or eight times.’’ The examination consists of two parts,one being for the purpose of elimination, the other for that ofselection. If one vacancy only exist, five candidates are re-served from tha whole number by the first process ; if two,

eight, and if three, ten. In the first stage of the concours there are two kinds of probation, the one clinical--namely, theexamination of a patient for ten minutes -followed by aclinical lecture upon the case, without time for reflection, thelecture to last a quarter of an hour ; the other, a written exa-minattion, the question proposed being answered in three hours.For the concluding tri.tl between the candidates reserved, aclinical examination alone is resorted to. This consists of an

extempore clinical lecture upon two patients, for the examiiia-tion of whom ten minutes each is allowed, the lecture to lasthalf an hour.’’ The object of JI. Devergie’s letter is mainly toprove that the first process of the concours, namely that ofelimination, should be exclusively clinical and practical, itsintention being to select practical men oniy; and that sometime should be granted for reflection between the examinationof the patient and the commencement of he clinical lecture.

There exist in the neighbourhood of Breslau two establish-ments which, more especially at the present moment, present acertain amount of interest. The one is a manufactory, inwhich the leaves of the fir-tree are converted into a kind ofcotton or wool ; the other a bathing establishment, in whichthe water which has served in the fabrication of this vegetablewool is utilized for therapeutic purposes. Both of these insti-tutions have been organized by M. de Pannewitz, one of theinspectors-general of the Prussian forests, and, moreover, in-ventor of the chemical process by which the Holz-wolle (wood-wool) is obtained. The Scotch fir (Pinus sylvestris), whencethis material is prepared, is a tree much pnzed in Germany forthe number of useful purposes which it may be made to serve.Growing rapidly in dry and sandy soils, to which it givessolidity and compactness, this pine is employed as a shelter foryoung oak plantations. The leaf of the pine is formed of a finenet-work of fibres, embedded in a pellicle of green resinousmatter, By means of M. de Pannewitz’s chemical process, thefibres are separated from the resin. So far back as 1812 akind of cotton thread spun from this iibrous material was usedin making sheets for the Vienna Hospital and Penitentiary.The aromatic odour proceeding from the linen thus workedwas found to prevent insects from infesting the beds. TheHolz-wolle is likewise used for stuffing mattresses, and pos-sesses the double advantage of salubrity and economy. Duringthe pteparation of the wool an ethereal oil is formed, which, atfirst green, becomes orange-yeliow on exposure to the light.It is volatile, and has been employed with advantage as anembrocation in rheumatic and gouty affections, as also in thediscussion of certain superficial tumours. At Rippoldsau, inthe Black Forest, where pine-trees abound, the fir-leaf bathsare very commonly used. The active principles of the waterwhich composes these baths are ethereal oil, resin, formic andtannic acid, and bitter extractive. Their effects are to excitethe activity of the skin, to augment its temperature and secre-tions. They are principally indicated when there exists amorbid irritability of the cutaneous surface, with great suscep-tibility to changes of temperature and consecutive inflamma-tion of the mucous membrane. In chronic catarrh, also, of themucous surface, of a torpid character, as likewise in the chroniccutaneous exanthemata, the use of these baths is highly ser-viceable.

Paris, August 5th, 1863.

Medical News.UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.-The following arc lists of

candidates who have passed the respective examinations indi-cated :-

FIRST B.Sc. EXAMINATION (ENTIRE).PASS EXAMINATION.

First Dirision.Birkenhead, Edward Hesketh, Government School of Mines.Davies, Dan Isaav, private study.Foster, Clement Le Neve, Government School of Mines.

Second Division. Barret, Edward Louis, Royal College of Chemistry.Bitnell, Richard, private study. Br. ;tlt"n, John, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Bale, James, private study.Bale, James, private study

Divers, Edward, Queen’s College. Galway.Dixon, Edward Maxwell, private study.Flight, Walter, Queenhood Culiege.Kel’y, John Joseph, private tuition.Knox, George Walter, Univers:ty College.Spink, John, private htudy.

FIRST B.Sc. EXAMINATION (EXCULDING- MATHEMATICS).First Division.

Carpenter, William Lant, B.A., private study.Second Division.

Finch, Frfd. George, B.A., School of Mines and University College.iiar:is, William Hethermgton, B.A., private stucy-.

EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS.

Mathematics and Mechanical Philosophy.Dale, James, private study.

Chemistry and Natural Philosophy.Carpenter. William Lant, B.A., private study.Foster, Ciemeut Le Neye, Govemment School of Mines.Flight, Walter, Queen wood CotL ge.

Biology.Knox, George Walter, University College.

BACHELOR OF MEDICINE.—PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFICEXAMINATION.

PASS EXAMINATION.

First Division.Allen, Bryan Holme, Univ. College. Mason, Philip nrookes, Univ. Coll.Archer, Ilerbert Ray, St. George’s H. Mayou, Marmaduke John, Guy’s Hosp.Armitage, Fred. Wm., Guy’s Hospital. , Nunneley, Fred. Barham, Univ. Coll.Beck, Marcus, University of Glasgow. Philpot, Charles Wm., King’s College.Herrell, Charies, Kin’s College. Powles, Revett Coleridge, King’s Coll.Birt, Joseph, Sydenham Collee, Bir- Resd, Charl2R, University College.mingham. Roberts, Edwin, King’s College.Bond, Thomas, King’s College. Smith, Charles, Guy’s Hospital.Cavafy, John, Ft. George’s Hospital. Smith, James Wm., Guy’s Hospital.Coombs, Carey Pearce, St. Mary’s H. Snow, William Vicary, Univ. Coll.Kastes, George, Guy’s Hospital. Tayier, Francis Thos., B.A., Guy’s H.Evans, John Tasker, St. Barthol. Hosp. Tayler, George Christopher, St. Bar-Evans, Julian Augustus Michael, Uni- tholomew’s Hospital.

versity College. Taylor, Arthur, Guy’s Hospital.Flint, Frederic, King’s College. Trimen, Henry, King’s College Hosp,Greaves, Chas. Augustus, St. Thomas’s Turner, Eben, Fulham, Guy’s Hosp.

Hospital. Warrun, Thos. Pickard, Guy’s Hosp.Green, Thomas Henry, Univ. Coll. Willey, Henry, King’s College.Hilliard, Henry Charles, Guy’s Honp. Williams, John, University College.

Second Division.Barrett, John, Bristol and Bath United Kempthorne H. Law, King’s College.

Hospital. Legg, John Wickham, Univ. Coll.Bott, Charles Glen, Guy’s Hospital. Lloyd, J., Queen’s Coll., Birmingham.Churton, Thomas, Leeds. ; Lush, W. G. Vawdrey, St. Barth. Hosp.Clothier, Henry, University College. Mackey, Edw., Queen’s Coll., Birming.Coxeter, Jas. John, University Coil. Murray Thos., St. George’s Hospital.Duke, Oliver Thos., Guy’s Hospital. Perks, C., Queen’s Coll, Birmingham.Eccles, Wm. Soltau, St. Barth. Hosp. I Prosser, C. Howard, Marlboro’ Coll.Fairbank, Thos., St. Barthoi. Hosp. Purvis, J. Prior, St. Thomas’s Hosp.Foster, Joseph, R. Manchester. Salter, John Henry, King’s College.Giynn, T. Robinson, St. Barthol. Hosp. Savage, Geo. Henry, Guy’s Hospital.Groves, Joseph, King’s College. Seaman, Alfied Baird, King’s College.Harvey, Walter Anstiee, St. Barth. H. Shuttleworth, Geo. Edw., King’s Coll.Irvme, Jas. Pearson, Liverpool. ! Stone, Kobt. Sidney, St. Barth. Hosp.Jackson, James, London Hospital. ! Wilioughby, Edw. Francis, Univ. Coll.

EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS.

Chemistry and Natural Philosophy.Mason, Philip Brookes, (Exhibition,) University College.Nunnerey, Frederie Barham, University College.Allen, Bryan Hulme, University College.Borrell, Charles, King’s College.Greaves, Charles Augustus, St. Thomas’s Hospital.

Biology.Masen, Philip Brooke, (Exhibition,) University College.Powles, Hevett Coleridge, King’s College.Willoughby, Edward Francis, Univerbity College.

FIRST M.B. EXAMINATION (ENTIRE).PASS EXAMINATION.

First Division.Brnee, Alexander, University College. Leech, Daniel John, Roy. Manchester.Carter, Wm., Charmg-eross Hospital. Morton, John, St. Thomas’s Hospital.Coomb-, Carey Pearce, St.Mary’s H. Nunneley John Albert, Leeds.Harries, Gwynne Henry, King’s s Coll. Phiilips, John Jones, Guy’s Hospital.Hicks, John Wale, St. Thomas’s Hosp. Taylor, Shepherd Thos., King’s Coll.Hinds, Jas. Queen’s Cull., Ilirmingli. Thorne, RiCh.Thorne, St. Barth. Hosp.Hingston, C. Albt., St. l1’1rthol. Hosp. Wesley, John Sebastian, King’s Coll.Kemplhorne, H. Law, Kin;:’s College. Willey, Henry, King’s College.King, George, London Hospital. Wood, John Henry, King’s College.

Second Division.Bingley, William Philipps, University Fairbank, Thos., St. Barthol. Hosp.

College. Jackson, James, London Hospital.Casey, Edward, King’s Coilege. Mickley, Arthur Geo., Guy’s Hospital,Edis, Fred. Poule), Westmitnter Hosp. Oliver, George, University College.

FIRST M.B. EXAMINATION (PHYSIOLOGY ONLY).Bogg, Thomas Wemy ss, University College.Junes, Juhn Taifourd, University CoHege.Southam, George Thus. Mitchel’, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.laaffe, Rickard Patrick Burke, St. Battholomew’s Hospital.

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EXAMINATION For. HONOURS. ’

COLOURED DOCTORS, IN NEW YORK.-A short time agoAnatomy. Dr. Ray, a physician of colour practising in the suburbs, ap-

Hicks, John Wale, (Exhibition and Gold Medal,) St. Thomas’s plied for admission to the King"; County Medical Society, hisHospital, colaur not being known to the majority of the members. He

Coombs, Carey Pearce, St. Mary’s Hospital. was on the point of being elected, when the fact was divulnedHINGSTON, Charles Albert, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital , , .’’ ,.

° .. . ,. ...p ’Hingston, Charles Albert, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. and a select committee was appointed to .

his eligibility. ’

Physiology. ... and a select committee was appointed to consider his eligibility.Physiology, Histology, and Comparative Anatomy. This, too, in a free republic. nted to consider his eligibility.Hicks, J. W., (Exhibition and Goid Medal,) St. Thomas’s Hospital. I THE NEW LANCET. ...... .

Carter, William, (Gold Medal,) Charing-cross Hospital. THE NEW LUNACY ACT. just printed, Contains an im-Bruce, Alexander, University College. Hospital. THE provision. for the priviledge Just of allowing persons to beBruce.Alexander.Unversity College. portant provision for the privilege of allowing persons to beHingston, Charles Albert. St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. absent on trial, which extends to all classes of lunatics, whetherHarries, Gwynne Henry-, Iiiug’s College. - in asylums, hospitals. or licensed houses. The power is en-Materia Medica and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and trusted to two commissioners in respect to hospital and licensed (Organic Chemisty. houses : to two of the committee of governors of any hospital,Bruce, Alexander, (Exhibition and Gold Medal.) Univ. Coll and to two visitors of licensei houses. If after fourteen days Hicks, John Wale, (Gold :Medal,) St. Thomas’s Hospital. and to two visitors of licensed Houses. If after fourteen days

Carter, William, Charing-cross Hospital. the person do not return, he is liable to be retaken as in theCoombs, Carey Pearce, St. Mary’s Hospital. case of an escape, unless a certificate that his detention is no,Hingston, Charles Albert, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. longer necessary be forthcoming.Kempthorne, Henry Law, King’s College. VACCINATION BENGAL.-In this presidency thereAPOTHECARIES’ HALL.-The following gentlemen passed were 14,874 persons vacinated, out of which ]presidency theretheir examination m the Science and Pra.etice of Medicine and were 14,8/4 Persons vaccinated, out of which number there were

received certificates to practise, on the 14th inst.:- 13,231 successful cases. In the Barrackpoor division there werereceived certificates to practise on the 14th inst.:- 41,259 persons vaccinated 38,676 being successful. In the

Brownridge, Joseph, Hull. ’ 41,259 persons vaccinated, 38,676 benig successful. In the

Cope, Walter Henry, Buckingham-street, Strand. Decaa division there were 5715, and in the Ditiapore circle Couch, .John Quilla, Polpuro, Cornwall. 4662 3918 in the former, and 3471 in the latter, being success-Robins, Richard Lloyd, Church.row, Marlborough-road, Dalston. ful. Altogether we have a grand total-vaccinated, 66,510 ;

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, EDINBURGH.-The successful, 59,296. These operations were effected by 71 vac-name of Mr. W. Johnstone Irvine, Galgate, Lancaster, was cinators. In Midnapore alone there were 24,l27 persons vac-omitted from the list of gentlemen who passed their exami- cinated, and the very large proportion of 23,893 were successful,nations, published in THE LANCET of last week. leaving only 239 cases which did not succeed.PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN. - The HANWELL LUNATIC ASYLUM.—Since the visit made by-

following are the names of candidates who passed the Major the Commissioners in Lunacy to the Hanwell Lunatic AsylumExamination as Pharmaceutical Chemists on August 20th :- on the 14th November, 1860, up to the 20th July, 1861, 256 John B. Bailey, Reading; William H. Kitchin, Whitehaven ; patients have been admitted, 79 discharged, and 90 have died.Sanderson Flesher, Scarborough; Philip Marrack, Crediton; Of the admissions 108 have been males and 148 females, ofJoseph Ward, Nuneaton ; and George Welborne, Grantham. whom 16 men and 37 women have recovered. The deaths

ROYAL MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY. - The have been 45 of each sex. The numbers now on the books are

library of this Society was closed on Monday, the 18th of 514 men and 886 women, in all 1400 patients.August, and will be re-openecl on Monday, the 15th of Sept. VIVISECTION.-On Tuesday week, a Congress, under theTESTIMONIAL.-The friends of Mr. Shorland, M.R.C.S., direction of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to

of Yeovil, have presented to him a superb tea service, made by Animals, was held at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, chieflyHunt and Roskill, as a testimonial of the esteem to which forty for the purpose of discouraging the practice of vivisection foryears of professional service have entitled him. the ends of surgical instruction. Mr. Macilwain and Lr. Fra-

ALCOHOL FROM COAL Gas. -A method of extracting ser addressed the meeting, which was well attended, many re-alcohol from coal gas has been discovered by a young French- presentatives from foreign societies being present.man, named Cotelle. The cost is stated to be 25 fr. the hecto. DUBLIN LY1NG-IN HOSPITAL STATISTICS.-It appears,litre-about one.third of the usual cost. from a tabular statement issued by the Dublin Lying in Hos-Miss NIGHTINGALE, who has during the summer been pital, the observations extending over the whole period of the

hard at work upon the plans for the future training hospital existence of the hospital, that the proportion of male to femalefor nurses, has been obliged to cease her labours for the present children born is about 12 males to 11 females ; children dyingfrom ill health. in hospital, about 1 to 2S ; still I)orn, about 1 in 18 ; womenAN ACTION AGAINST A SURGEON FOR ALLEGED MALA- having twins, or more, about 1 to 62 ; women dying in child-

PRAXIS, was lately brought on at Liverpool, in which Mr. bed, about 1 to 80 women having three and four children atCampion, the defendant, was accused of treating a bruised a birth, about 1 to 4500.ankle as broken. The verdict passed for the defendant. IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS IV THE FACULTY OF MEDI-To ASCERTAIN THE PURITY OF CHLOROFORM.-If a CINE OF PARIS.—The Minister of Public Instruction has just

small piece of sodium is thrown into pure chloroform, no decided, upon the proposition of the Dean of the Faculty, thataction whatever ensues ; if, on the contrary, any impurity, specialties sha.ll be clircically taught in the hospitals of Parissuch as alcohol, be present, then a disengagement of gas takes by deputy professors of the Faculty who are at the same timeplace.

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physicians or surgeons of hospitals. Six such clinical courses

THE WEYMOUTH SANITARIUM. - At the fourteenth are instituted: they are-l, skin diseases ; 2, venereal dis-

annual meeting of the governors of this institution it was au- eases; 3, diseases of children ; 4, mental affections; 5, diseasesnounced that the new buildings were proceeding satisfactorily, of the eye; and 6, urinary diseases. All these have been

and that the whole of the works would be completed within a hitherto unofficially taught by very competent men. The

year. Faculty was at last compelled to sanction specialties, and issueyear.

The number of persons who have been cer- the above ordinance.

LUNATICS.-The number of persons who have been cer- the above ordinance, MEDICAL SOCIETY.-The rlrst annual tified by the masters to be of unsound mind pursuant to the THE BUCHAN MEDICAL SOCIETY.-The first annual

Act 16 & 17 Viet., c. 70, is 555. The number of lunatics re- jneeting of this Society wts held at0)d Deer, on the 5th instant.ported by the masters to the Lord Chancellor under the Act The members dined together, with Dr. Lawrance. of Longside,8 & 9 Vict., c. 100, s. 95, has been 93. in the ch:cir; Dr. Cooper, of Old Deer. acting as cronpier.LIVERPOOL ATHLETIC SOCIETY. -At a meeting of this

In the course of the evening the subject proposed for discus-LIVERPOOL ATHLETIC SOCIETY.—At A meeting of this sioi-i--" Diphtheria"-was brought forward by the chairman.Society a few weeks since, a prize of ten guineas was awarded The majority of the members were ia favour of the belief ofto Mr. Edgar Athelstane Browne, a student at the Charing- the identitv of putrid sore-throat of the older writers and the

cross Hospital, for the best essay " On Physical Education.’’ new disease, while they were unanimous in recommendingThe essay has been published by the Society, and has already stimulant treatment and in condemning the use of strong caus-reached a second edition. tics applied locally. Dr. Cooper mentionerl two cases whereREMEDY FOR SMALL-POX. - The" Sarracenia Pur- he had treate:l the subsequent paraiysis by bloodletting, &-,. ; ;

pnrea," or Indian cup, a native plant of Nova, Scotia, is de- and Dr. Gavin, of Strichen, related a case where decided tem-scribed as a. remedy for all the forms of small-pox by Dr. F. porary benetlt had resulte from venesection in amaurosis.W. Morris, of Halifax, N.S. The peculiar action of the medi- In this case recovery was afterwards rapid under the use ofcine, it is asserted, is such that there is seldom any pitting left general tonics and local stimulating liniments. The nextto tell the story of the disease. I has been successfully tried meeting, on the motion of Dr. Anderson, of Peterhead, wasin the hospitals of Nova Scotia. resolved to be held at Strichen. The Society now numbers up-

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wards of twenty members. The office-bearers for 1862 3 are :-Nathaniel Lawrance, M.R.C S., President; George Smith,M. D., of New Deer, Vice-President; and William Bruce, M.D.,of Crimond, Secretary.THE CASE OF OVARIOTOMY AT STRASBURG.--We have

read with much interest the details of this case in the Bulleting de Thérapeutique, of the 30th ult., and from them we find thatthe incision made first was oniv- a little more than three inche,long ; the operator was, however, in a later stage of the pro-ceedings, obliged to increase it by another inch and a half. the

cyst was multilocular, and when the principal tumour had beenevacuated, M. Koeber1é attempted to tap the smaller cyst fromwithin the large one. which proceeding caused a good deal 01

glutinous matter to fall into the peritoneal cavity. Nor was thetapping of the large cyst satisfactory, as the canula of thetrocar was connected with an india-rubber tube, which wassomewhat in the way. Adhesions between the cyst and theomentum had to be divided, the latter becoming the seat ofsome venous haemorrhage. After the pedicle had been securedby a clamp, the bleeding omental veins were tied, and thelatter returned into the abdomen, with the small intestineswhich had protruded. The ligatures were fixed to the clamp,and the abdominal wound closed by the twisted suture. Muchuneasiness was occasioned by obstinate vomiting after the opera-tion, and severe tympanitis occurred subsequently. The pinswere gradually removed on the fifth, sixth, and seventh day,and replaced by bands secured to the abdominal walls bycollodion ; the ligatures became loose on the fifteenth and thenineteenth day. The clamp was removed on the sixth day,and replaced by pieces of bougies, which remained until thepedicle became detached ; and on July 3rd, just one monthafter the operation, the lady, who is twenty-six years of ageand married, was presented by the operator to the MedicalSociety of Strasburg..HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDING

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16TH.-The total number of deaths inLondon in the week that ended last Saturday was 1228. The

average number for corresponding weeks in ten previous years(after correction for increase of population) is 1319. The deaths

actually registered last week are less by 91 than the numberobtained by calculation ; but it will be observed, that thelatter is raised above its normal amount by the epidemiccholera of 1854, which at this period ot the year had made con-siderable progress. It may, however, be stated generally, thatthe health of London is at present quite as good as that whichits inhabitants usually enjoy in the middle of August. Diar-rhoea is on the increase, as is usual at this season of the year.There were 1 6 deaths from it last week, all of which, except12, occurred amongst infants. Besides these, 12 were referredto cholera, which, with the exception of 3, occurred to veryyoung children. Measles was fatal in 61 cases.The births were-boys, 826 ; girls, 822 ; total, 164S.At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of

the barometer in the week was 29’778 in. The barometrical

reading rose to 30’01 in. on Tuesday, and it fell to 29.59 in. onThursday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was58’7°, which is 2.8° below the average of the same week in 43

years, as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily tem-perature was below the average throughout the week. Thelowest night temperature was 47 3° on Sunday. The highestday temperature was 74’ on Tuesday. The range of the thermo-meter in the week was 26’7°. The mean daily range was 17’1°.The difference between the mean dew-point temperature andair temperature was 3’1°. The mean degree of humidity of theair was 91, complete saturation being represented by 100, whichpoint was actually attained on Saturday. The wind wasW.N.W. on the first two days ; it was afterwards in the south-west until Saturday, when it turned to north-east. The meanof the highest temperatures of the water of 1 he Thames was

63’9°; the mean of the lowest was 61’i°. The amount of rainmeasured was nearly an inch, all of which fell on the last threedays.

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MEDICAL VACANCIES.THE office of House.Surgeon to the Royal Infi mary for Children, Waterloo-

road, has become vaca :t by the resignatio]n of -Ilr. Stedman.A House-surgeon is required for the Cla3toli Hospital and Wakefield General

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MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.DR. T. BACON PHILLIP has been appointed Consulting Physician to the

London and Brighton Railway Provident Society.Mr. A. D. C. Walford ha- been appointed Superintendent of the Birmingham

and Madiand Counties Lying-in Hospital and Dispensary tor Disease:, ot Women ;and Children.

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Dr. R. Aldridge has been elected Medical Officer for the fuion Workhouse ’

and District No. 1 of the Yeovil Union, Somersetshire, vice Mr. Wm. F.Tomkyns, resigned.

Dr. F. T. Bond, late Professor of Chemistry and Dean of the Facnlty inQneen’s College, Birmingham, has been elected Curator of the Hartl y Insti-tution, Southampton.

Dr. J. Heygate Consulting Physician to the Derbyshire General Infirmary,and Justice of the Peace for the Connty and Borough of Derby, and Dr. J.Hiteman, have been elected to the General Council of the Biltish MedicalAssociation as Representatives of the Midland Branch.

Dr. T. Burnie has been elected Resident House-Surgeon to the Birminghamand Midtand Free Hospital for S.ck Children, vice lIr. Wm. M. Whitmarsh,resigned.Mr. J. D. Bird, late House-Surgeon, has been elected an Honorary Staff-

Surgeon of the Stockport infirmary, Cheshire; Mr. H. S. G.Lle has been electedHouse-Surgeon in his stead; and Mr. BV. Barker h s been appointed AssistantHouse-Surgeon and (Out-door Visitor, vice Mr. T. V. Rayner, resigned.Staff-Surgeon T. Fraser, of Pembroke Dockyard, has been appointed to

Devonport Dockyard, vice Staff-Surgeon Wm. Folds, placed on the RetiredList; and Dr. D. Lyall has beeh appointed staff-Surgeon to the Royal Dock-yard, Pembroke, vice Dr. T. Fraser.

Dr. T. T. Pyle has been elected one of the Surgeons of the Seaham HarbourInfirmary, Durham, vice Mr. R. Orton, resig-ned.

Dr. Donald M’lver has been appointed Resident Surgeon to the Birming.ham and Midland Counties Lying-in Huspttal and Dispensary for Diseasesof Women and Children, vice Mr. H. S. Machin.

Dr. J. Locking his been re-electetl Medicat Officer and Public Vaccinator forthe Tealby District of the Caistor Union, Lincolnshire.

Mr. C. Trotter has been elected Medical Ufficer for the new Workhouseat Dean-House, near Holrnfirth, Huddersfield Pnion.Mr. R. Meredith has been appointed Public Vaccinator by the Guardians of

the Dudley Union, Worestershire.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

On the llth inst., at Castle Villas, Stroud, Gloucestershire, the wife of Robt.Blagden, E·q., M.t.C.S., of a son.On the 14th inst., at Cavendish-square, the wife of Francis Harris, M.D., of

a daughter.On the ]5th inst., at Montague House, Hastings, the wife of T. W. Barnard,

M.D. Edin., of a daughter.On the 15th inst., at Camden-terrace, Camden-road, London, the wife of

Thomas Diver, M.D., of Bombay, uf a son.On the 18th inst., at Wellfield House, Wingate, Durham, the wife of John

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MARRIAGES.On the 9th inst., at New St Par.eras Church, Benjamin T. B. Baillie, L.R.C.P.

Edin., of Victoria crescent, Haverstock-hill, ouly surviving son of the late B.Baillie, Esq., of Limehouse, to Sarah, eldest daughter of the late J hn Main,Esq, of Fitzroy-square.On the 13th inst., at St. Anne’s Parish Church, Dublin, Archibald Hamilton

Jacob, B.A., M.D., fourth son of Arthur Jacob, M.D, of Ely-place and Monks-town, Co. Dublin,to Florence Elizabeth, youngest and on!y surviving daughterof Francis M Clean, Esq., of Stephen’s-green, Dublin.On the 14th inst, at Randwick Church, Rowland Tilton, Esq., M.R.C.S., of

Park Villa, Stonehou-e, Gloucestershire, to Isabella, third daughter of theRev. J. Elliott, M.A., Incumbent of Randwick, in the same couuty.On the 14th in,t., at St. Marylebone Church, Charles Morehead, M.D., late

of H.M.’s Bombay Medical Service, to Georgiana Ann, eldest daughter ofLieut.-Col. Chase of Nottingham-place, iate of H.M.’s Madras Light Cavalry,and Commandant of the Hon. the Governor’s Body Guard.

DEATHS.On the lOth nlt., on board ship, a few hours after leaving Calcutta, Dr.

J. C. G. Tice, C.B., Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, aged 51.On the 15th inst., Alfred James Horsman, Eq., of the London Hospital,

aged 20.

Medical Diary of the Week.ST. MARK’S HOSPITAL FOR FISTULA AND OTHER

MONDAY, AUG. 25 DISEASES OF THE RECTUM-Operations, It P.M.MOBNDAY,AUG.25..... FREB HOSPITAL. - Operations,2 P.M.

TUESDAY, Au 26 GUY’S HOSPITAL.—Operations, 1 ½ P.M.T UESDAY, AUG. 26..... WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 P.M.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 27 ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 P.M.WEDNESDAY, AUG. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL. - Operations,L 2 P.M.

ST. GEORGE’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 P.M.

CENTRAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL. —

Operations, 1 P.M.LONDON HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 ½ P.M.ROYAL FRE. HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1½ P.M.

THURSDAY, AUG. 28 ... GBSAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, KING’s CROSS.-Operations, 2 P.M.

LONDON SURGICAL HOME.-Operations, 2 P.M.WEST LONDON HOSPITAL.-(Iperations, 3 P.M.ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL. - Operations, 2 P.M.

FRIDAY, A 29 f WESTMINSTER OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL. - Opera-FRIDAY, AuG. 29 ......... tions, 1½ P.M.(ST. THOMAS’S H0SPITAL.-Operations, 1 P.M.ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL.-Operations. 1½

SATURDAY, AUG. 30 ... P.M.’ KING’s COLLEGE HOSPITAL.-Operations. 1½ P.M.! CHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.