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To Correspondents.WE tender our best thanks to those gentlemen who have kindly suppliedus with the returns and prospectuses upon which the informationgiven in this Students’ Number of THE LANCET relative to the variousmedical examining bodies, hospitals, and medical schools of the UnitedKingdom, is based.

The present number being almost exclusively devoted to informationespecially interesting to students, we are necessarily compelled to deferthe publication of communications on other important subjects.

G. L. P.-Wilson’s " Handbook of Hygiene and Sanitary Science,"published by J. and A. Churchill, New Burlington-street.

Mr. A. Sloper.-" Common sense" having spoken, let its decision befinal.

S. B. W. has not enclosed his card.

R. F. W. is directed to the article On Books " in our present number.

MEDICAL REGISTRATION.

To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,-At the commencement of this year, having changed my place ofresidence, I wrote to inform the Medical Registrar of the fact. I

received in reply the stereotyped communication that "in accordancewith rule, &c., &c.," my name had been removed from the Register-i. e.,because I had not replied to a circular which, I dare swear, I neverreceived. I am pro tem. legally unqualified. After waiting eight orten weeks, I am, on paying 5s., restored to the Register. Fortunately Ihad no occasion during this time to sign a death certificate, or whereshould I have been?Last week I wrote to the National Vaccine Establishment for some

lymph. The inspector replied that as he could not find my name in theRegister he was unable to supply me. I again wrote, informing him Iwas on the Register. This morning I am assured that, as my name" does not appear in the current Medical Register the rules of theestablishment preclude a supply of vaccine lymph " being sent to me.From this it follows that if a man registers on the 2nd. of January in anyyear, although he is informedon the face of his certificate that that cer-tificate is legal evidence of his registration till the next volume of theRegister is published, yet is he held by the National Vaccine Establish-ment as not registered, as not legally qualified, and therefore as notentitled to the receipt of vaccine lymph. Do not the National VaccineEstablishment rules, in the interests of vaccination, require amendment ?Apologising for the length of this communication, for which the im-

portance of the subject must be my excuse, I am, Sir, yours truly,Brigg, Sept. 7th, 1881. LEGGE PAULLEY, L.R.C.P.E., M.R.C.S.

To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,—Your annotation on the above subject rightly remarks that it isthe duty of the profession to notify to the Registrar any change of resi-dence. This does not apply to my case, as I am still at the same

address, and the only reason given me why my name did not appear onthe Register was that I did not answer an annual circular which I neverreceived. No other communication was made to me upon the subject.Since my letter appeared other cases stronger than my own have beensent to me. I am, Sir, yours truly,

Sept. 6th, 1881. J. WICKHAM BARNES.

Rentigern.-C. Meigs : Woman, her Diseases and Remedies. Baillière,New York.

Nemo.-Better endure the inconvenience.

Mr. H. G. Wells (Liverpool).-The letter was received and acknowledged.

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