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were sunken ; his pulse was

feeble, and a want of action inthe wound was but too appa-rent; and, notwithstandingevery effort to save him, hecontinued to sink graduallyuntil the 7th March, being thesixth day after the operation,when he died-in full posses-sion of his mental faculties up tothe latest period.

I lament to say that per-mission to inspect the body washot obtained.

I have related the particu-lars of this case at some length,as it is the first of the kind thatever came under my observation,and only the second which SirJ Cooper had seen.-Medical

Repository.

We shall say a few words onthis interesting case in our

next.—Ed. L.

SOCIETY OF PHYSICIANSOF THE UNITED KING-DOM.

A society having the abovename has been formed in this- Metropolis, for the avowed pur-pose of improving the science ofmedicine and advancing the in-terests (pecuniary no doubt) ofits professors. This society, byvirtue of one of its regulations,excludes all persons from being-.members, who are " engaged inthe practice of surgery, pharma-cy, or midwifery," (admirablelaw indeed), yet we see among’the half dozen individuals whocompose this society, the nameof one of the physicians to theQueen Charlotte’s Lying-in Hos-

pital ; so much for consistency!We need scarcely say, that thissociety is a complete humbug,set on foot by some few indivi-duals who appear determined tomake themselves conspicuouslyridiculous.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SUR-GEONS IN LONDON.

It is with infinite satisfactionthat we announce to our profes-sional brethren, the appoint-ment of MR. C. BELL, to the

distinguished office of Professorof Anatomy and Surgery to theabove College. The lectures ofthis eminent Surgeon will provea gratifying contrast to thetwaddle and cant delivered dur-

ing the last spring.

JACKSONIAN PRIZE.

The Prize Subject for the

year 1825, is Reparation offractured Bone ; and the specialTreatment of Fractnre of theNeck of the Scapula, of the Ole-cranon, of the IV eCR of the Thigh-Bone, of the Patella, and of theMalleolio.

Candidates to be Members ofthe College.

Dissertations to be in English:and the number and importanceof facts will be considered prin-cipal points of excellence.Each dissertation to be dis-

tinguished by a motto or device;and accompanied by a paper,sealed up, containing the nameand address of the author, andhaving, on the outside, a mottoor device corresponding withthat on the dissertation.