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Obituary.JOHN ALLAN, M.D., M.R.C.P. LOND.

BY the death of Dr. Allan, of Milner-square, Islington,the profession loses a type of a class of practitioner the leavenof whose influence is always working for our good, and itbehoves us to note such men with reverence and honour asone by one they pass away. A fine specimen of a true Scot,Dr. Allan was nevertheless born in the West Indies, and hepassed little of his lifetime in Scotland. His parents and anuncle, who was a medical man, were residing in Antiguaduring the early part of the century, and there on Oct. 10th,1815, the subject of our memoir was born. He lost bothfather and uncle during his early childhood, and was thenbrought by his mother to Europe; his school days were passedchiefly in France. He commenced his medical education inParis, and was wont to relate many interesting anecdotesof the medical and surgical worthies of that day. After atime he went to Edinburgh, where, in 1836, he passed theCollege of Surgeons. In 1837 he graduated at St. Andrews,and subsequently, in 1860, he became a Member of theRoyal College of Physicians of London. About fifty-twoyears ago he commenced practice in Islington, and hissterling character, kind-heartedness, and unsparing self-,denial soon won for him a wide circle of attached patientsand friends. During his early days he held the post ofphysician to the Islington Dispensary. He had also beenfor many years physician to the Church Missionary Children’sHome and to the Church Missionary College. One of hismarked characteristics was his stern sense of professionalright and wrong, but his uncompromising mode of de-nouncing any deviation from his ideal was sometimes mis-understood. Among his friends, however, who knew himwell, apart from his nobler qualities, his ready humour, hisfund of anecdote, and that cheery eye of his will not soon beforgotten. His health had been failing for some time,although he continued to practise to within a few weeks ofthe end. He died of disease of the heart on the morning.of March 2nd, at his residence in Milner-square, leaving awidow and three daughters.

FREDERICK WORTHINGTON, M.R.C.S.ENG.Although it is more than eleven years since Mr. Frederick

Worthington left Liverpool and retired, after upwards offifty years’ practice, the tidings of his death were receivedthere with much sorrow by his professional brethren and hisnumerous friends. The son of a local surgeon, he became astudent of the infirmary long before it acquired its royaltitle, and before the first local School of Medicine wasfounded, though lectures on anatomy and other medicalsubjects were given. He subsequently studied in Paris, ata time when the late Philip Ricord was beginning to acquirefame, and learned what must have been of much value tohim subsequently. Returning to Liverpool, he was in1832 elected surgeon to the newly completed lockhospital in conjunction with the late Mr. Simon, andheld that office until his resignation in 1873, when hewas elected consulting surgeon, and continued in privatepractice until towards the close of 1879, when he leftLiverpool for Enfield. He had very fair health until re-cently, and at the time of his death was in his eighty-second year. Many former students will remember hisquaint anecdotes of the old treatment of venereal diseaseswhich he used to detail-mercury given for gonorrhoes.,even to the most profuse salivation; and the inoculationexperiments of Ricord, which were also practised at Liver-pool Lock Hospital. He also gave vivid descriptions of thenursing of his student days, which amply confirmed thedescriptions of the immortal Sarey Gamp and Betsy Prig.Mr. Worthington had a very large practice, both specialand general, for many years, among his patients beingmany leading citizens. He leaves a widow, threedaughters, and one son, who is a member of the medicalprofession.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OFENGLAND.

AT an ordinary meeting of the Council held on Thursday,the 12th inst., the minutes of the meeting of the 12th ofFebruary were read and confirmed.The report of the Committee on the Extension of the

College rremlses was approvea, aaoptea, ana enuerea on theminutes. The report set out that, plans having been pre-pared by Mr. Salter for altering and enlarging the Collegeforecourt, and estimates for carrying out such plans havingbeen obtained, the committee recommend the Council tosanction an expenditure of 9 1894 for this purpose.A report was read from the committee on the form of

the report of the Council to the annual meeting of theFellows and Members of the College. The committeeare of opinion that it is desirable that the report shouldbe written in narrative form and should record the workdone by the College in its various departments during thepast Collegiate year; that it should contain contributionsfrom the chief officers of the various departments on thefollowing subjects-viz.: Museum, Library, Laboratories(at the College and at the Examination Hall), Examina-tions, Finance, Lectures, Obituary Notices, College Prizesand Honorary Elections, and other subjects of in-terest contained in the minutes of Council; and thatthe report be edited by a committee to be appointed bythe Council.Mr. T. Bryant, President of the College, was elected a

representative of the College on the General MedicalCouncil in the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. JohnMarshall.The report from the Committee of Management, with

regard to the arrangement of studies and of examinationsduring the extended curriculum of five years, was referredto a committee of ten members of the Council, includingthe President and Vice-Presidents, to report thereon to anextraordinary meeting of the Council.A letter of the 18th ult. from Dr. Liveing was read re-

porting the adoption by the Royal College of Physicians onthat date of the revised scheme for the reconstitution of theUniversity of London.A letter of the 17th ult. was read, addressed to the

President, from Mr. Hutchinson, offering to present to theCollege his collection of clinical and pathological drawings,on condition that the College will make them useful by dis-playing them in well-arranged classification in such amanner that they may form the nucleus of a far morenearly complete series. This letter was referred to theCommittee on the Extension of the College Premises toreport thereon to the Council.The President reported a correspondence between himself

and the President of the Royal College of Physicians inreference to the grievances of Army Medical Officers.In pursuance of his notice on the 12th ult., Mr. T. Smith

proposed that the proceedings of the Council in relation tothe scheme for the reconstitution of the University ofLondon be placed before a meeting of the Fellows andMembers summoned for the purpose, and that the date ofthe meeting he determined by the President and Vice-Presidents. This was seconded by Sir W. S. Savory, andcarried by a majority of 16 to 5. It was also agreed, on themotion of the Vice-Presidents, that, prior to the meeting, assoon as the date of the meeting has been fixed, a copy ofthe scheme for the reconstitution of the University ofLondon be sent to each Fellow of the College, and to anyMember who may apply for the same.

Medical News.ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.-

The following gentleman, having previously passed thenecessary examinations, and having now attained the legalage (twenty-five years), was, at the ordinary meeting of theCouncil on the 12th inst., admitted a Fellow of the College:Caddy, Arnold, L.R.C.P. Lond., of St. George’s Hospital. Diploma ofMember dated August 4th, 1887.

MEDICAL MAGISTRATE. - Dr. Alfred Sutton,Government medical officer and medical officer of healthat Bernleigh, Queensland, has been appointed a Justice ofthe Peace for the colony of Queensland.FIRE AT A HOSPITAL.-On Sunday last a fire

broke out in the Bowdon branch of the Manchester

Hospital for Consumption. Fortunately, two only of theseventeen beds were at the time occupied, the remainder ofthe patients being in the day-room. Though much damagewas done to the building, the flames were eventuallysubdued without loss of life.