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Glasgow, an appointment which he held till his death in r1852. Allen Thomson graduated as M.D., at EdinburghUniversity in 1830 and became a Fellow of the RoyalCollege of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1831. From 1831 to1836 he lectured as an extra-academical teacher of

physiology in association with William Sharpey wholectured on anatomy. He held in succession the

appointments of Professor of Anatomy in Marischal

College, Aberdeen, from 1839 to 1841, Professor of Physi-ology in Edinburgh University from 1842 to 1848, and Pro-fessor of Anatomy in Glasgow University from 1848 to 1877.He died in London in 1884 leaving one son, now Professor ofChemistry at King’s College, London. His biographer (Mr.D’Arcy Power) says that he ’’ was the first of the greatbiological teachers of this century in contrast to the naturalhistorians of earlier times. Only less great than Huxleyhe differed from him in lack of polemical spirit.......He published no independent work, but his writings in

scientific periodicals are numerous and are models of

clearness of statement and skilful marshalling of facts."From 1859 to 1877 he represented the Universities of Glasgowand of St. Andrews jointly in the General Medical Council.He was President of the Biological Section of the BritishAssociation at the Edinburgh meeting in 1871 ’and in 1876was elected President of the Association. John Thurnam,born near York in 1810, took the diploma of M.R.C.S. Eng.in 1834 and graduated as M.D. at the University of Aberdeenin 1846. After having been for some years medical super-intendent of the Friends’ Retreat in York he was appointedmedical superintendent of the Wiltshire County Asylum in1851 and remained in charge until his death in 1873.A zealous collector of antiquities and student of

craniology, he wrote important memoirs on both subjects,and in 1865, with Dr. J. B. Davis, published a work in twovolumes under the title "Crania Britannica." Charles

Meymott Tidy, born in London in 1843, studied medicine atthe London Hospital, becoming qualified as M.R.C.S. Eng. in1864 and graduating as M.B. at the University of Aberdeenin 1866. In 1876 he was appointed Lecturer on Chemistry,Medical Jurisprudence, and Public Health at the LondonHospital, and was afterwards called to the Bar and appointedReader in Medical Jurisprudence to the Inns of Court.

He was the author of a number of works dealing with legalmedicine and chemical science. He died in 1892. Edward

John Tilt (whose names have been transposed by the authorof his biography) was born at Brighton in 1815 and com-menced his medical education at St. George’s Hospital andcontinued it in Paris, where he graduated as M. D. in1839. He settled in London about 1850, devoting himselfto midwifery and the diseases of women and was then

appointed physician-accoucheur to the Farringdon GeneralDispensary and Lying-in Charity. In 1859 he took the

diploma of M.R.C.P.Lond. He published several workson gynaecological subjects, was one of the originalmembers of the Obstetrical Society of London and waselected president for 1874-75. He died in 1893. Robert

Bentley Todd was born in Dublin in 1809, studied medicinein that city, and in 1831 took the diploma of L.R.C.S. Irel.Coming to London in 1831 he lectured for three sessions inthe Aldersgate-street School of Medicine and graduated atOxford University as M.D. in 1836, in which latter year hewas reappointed to the newly established chair of physiologyand general and morbid anatomy in King’s College. He tooka prominent part in establishing King’s College Hospital,which was opened in 1840 in the unused poorhouse ofSt. Clement Danes, the present building having been begunin 1851. Todd was one of its two physicians until his deathin 1E60. His contributions to medical science were nume-

rous, his great work being the " Cyclopædia of Anatomyand Physiology," the first umber of which was published in1835 and the last in 1859.

THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OFENGLAND.

A QUARTERLY meeting of the Council was held on

April 13th, the President, Sir WILLIAM MACCORMAC, Bart.,K.C.V.O., being in the chair.The Jacksonian Committee reported that no dissertation or,

"Hydrophobia" had been received of sufficient merit to.justify the award. On the recommendation of the same com-mittee the Council decided that the subject for the Jacksonian.Prize for 1900 should be "The Pathology, Diagnosis, andTreatment of the Diseases caused by, and connected with,Imperfect Descent of the Testicle." It was agreed that the.dividends accruing from the Jacksonian Fund for the pastyear should be invested and added to the capital of the fund.On the recommendation of the Committee of Management

the following resolutions were agreed to :-1. That the Royal University of Ireland should be recognised as Clle.

of the universities whose students are entitled to exemption from thefirst and second examinations of the Board.

2. That the following institutions be added to the list of institutions.recognised for instruction in chemistry, physics, and practicalchemistry: (a) Municipal Technical School, Manchester; (b) BuryGrammar School; (c) Swindon and North Wilts Technical School; and’(d) Mathematical School, Rochester.

, 3. That the school of the late Mr. Thomas Cooke be recognised for the.current year.

4. That in Part 1. of the examination for the Diploma in Public.Health the two examiners shall be authorised to nominate for approvalby the Committee of Management an assistant who shall examine in.bacteriology and who shall be subordinate to the examiners in thatpart. That a remuneration of 10 guineas per examination shall be paid nto this assistant and that he be appointed for a year only but be eligiblefor re-appointment for four more years.

5. That the Birmingham and Midland Eye Hospital be added to thelist of ophthalmic hospitals recognised by the Board.

6. That the course of laboratory instruction at the Middlesex Hospital School of Medicine be recognised for the Diploma in Public Health.A report was received from the committee on the Celebra--

tion of the Centenary of the Charter of the College. Thecommittee unanimously recommend that the centenaryshould be celebrated. With regard to the date of the cele-bration the committee would remind the Council that the.charter of incorporation is dated March 22nd, 1800, and)that the centenary therefore ought not to be celebratedbefore March 22nd in next year. It appears to the com-mittee that, although in some respects the actual day of theyear on which the charter was granted would be the mostsuitable date, March is not a desirable month, but theyrecommend that the celebration should take place beforethe termination of the College year on June 30th, 1900..The committee regard it as of cardinal importance to thesuccess of the centenary that the Council should have powerto confer diplomas of honorary Fellowship. In 1897 the-Council were advised that a further charter would be neces-sary for this purpose and the committee now recommendthat steps be taken with a view to obtaining a supplemental,charter enabling the Council to confer these honorarydiplomas on persons not being Members of the College, and.that the legal advisers of the College be instructed to draftthe necessary petition and charter. The report was adoptedand it was decided that the Fellows and Members should be consulted at a special meeting on this question of’

applying for power to confer honorary diplomas.The PRESIDENT reported that he had chosen Mr. H. G.

Howse as the Bradshaw Lecturer for the ensuing collegiate,year.A letter was read from Mr. A. W. Fitz Roy, Clerk of the

Privy Council, stating, by direction of the Lord President,in reference to his letter of March 9th that the intentions,of Her Majesty’s Government as regards direct representa-tion at the proposed International Conference at Brussels.respecting Venereal Diseases had been modified to the extent,that representatives to be appointed by the War Office andIndia Office would act as delegates of Her Majesty’s Govern-.-ment, but that this was without prejudice to the liberty-of the Royal College of Sargeons of England to send,representatives of its own if desirous of so doing.The PRESIDENT stated that the vacancy on the Court of

Examiners occasioned by the expiration on May 10th of’Mr. J. McCarthy’s period of office and the vacancy on the.

Board of Examiners in Dental Surgery due to Mr.

McCarthy’s resignation would be filled up at the ordinaryCouncil meeting on May llth.The Council elected to the Fellowship the following

Members of twenty years’ standing : Mr. Thomas FrederickChavasse of Birmingham and Mr. Frederic Shepard Dennisof New York.