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exist in 21 units of the Indian army and in three of thePatiala Imperial Service regiments, the total number ofmembers being 4420. This is a good record for little morethan a year’s work, and it can be rightly claimed for theassociation that it is firmly established.

Evils of Betel Chewing.The evils of chewing betel-nut are illustrated in the report

of the South Travancore Medical Mission for 1912, whichstates that of 330 major operations no less than 78 werecases of cancer due largely to betel-nut chewing.

Cocaine Habit in India.The Bombay Excise report, which has just been issued by

the Bombay Government, contains several items of interestto the whole country, as well as to the Bombay Presidency.The sections dealing with the illicit imports of cocaine andthe efforts being made to check these imports have a verygeneral interest ; while the question, which is fully dis-

cussed, as to whether it is more desirable that licences toretail vendors of Excise liquors should be disposed of byauction or on the fixed fee principle is of great importanceto Excise authorities all over India.

Praisefor Bombay MVJ’ses.The Hon. Mr. Crystal, at the annual meeting of the

St. George’s Hospital Private Nursing Association heldrecently in Bombay, alluded to the gradual extension of theassociation’s work, which was entirely self-supporting, andsaid that the very large number of the association’s oldnurses now holding superior appointments all over Indiawas a gratifying testimony to the high position which thehospital held as a school for training nurses. ColonelCollis, physician in charge of the hospital, replying to avote of thanks, said that St. George’s was a nurseryof the nurses in India. As the premier hospital in Indiaits nursing association was well equipped and up to date.Beginning with a small staff of three or four sisters it haddeveloped under the efficient management of the associa-tion to be one of the first training schools for nurses inIndia ; they were sending out a large number of them, noonly to different parts of the country, but up to Afganistanand Persia. He urged that the difficulties which preventedtheir nurses being still further employed should be overcome,as their training well suited them for more extended workin India than they were able to do at present.Vindication of the Lauder Brunton Treatment of Sna7ze-bite.Successful treatments of snake-bite by the Lauder Brunton

method are reported from several districts in the CentralProvinces, but with the exception of one case whichoccurred at Drug it has not been clearly established thatthe snakes were poisonous. In the Drug case the victim,while in his hut at the village of Bhilai, was bitten inthe toe by a snake. A basket was immediately put overthe snake and information was at once sent to the police-station. A constable, who happened to possess the lancet,promptly proceeded to the hut and treated the puncture inthe toe in accordance with the directions which accompanythe Lauder Brunton lancets. Mr. Crawford, the DeputyCommissioner of Drug, saw both the man and the snake atthe district headquarters on the following day, when thesnake was clearly identified as a "krait" (Bqtngarus(Joer1ÛmM ).

The King Edward Mernorrial Hospital at Lahore.A circular just issued states that the principal of the

Lahore Medical College has been authorised to make pur-chases of equipment for the hospital up to one lakh ofrupees (nearly Z7000 sterling).June 16th.

METROPOLITAN ASYLUMS BOARD.-The Metro-politan Ayslums Board, on July 12th, decided to appoint aconsulting physician for skin diseases in succession to Dr.T. Colcott Fox, whose duties were confined to ringwormtreatment. The duties of the new position will be to adviseupon all cases of skin disease submitted by the medicalsuperintendents, and the salary remains at Z350 a year. On ’,the recommendation of the Children’s Committee the Board

appointed Dr. James Galloway to the position. The Board

approved plans for the extension, at a cost of .288,500, ofTooting Bee Asylum.

Medical News.ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.-

At a meeting of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeonson July 10th the following diplomas were conferred upon theundermentioned candidates who have complied with theby-laws of the College:-F.R.C.S.-Philip Stanley Foster, M.B., Ch.B. New Zealand, L.R.C.P.,M.R.C.S., Otago University and London Hospital; and PhilipHenry Mitchener, M.B., B.S.Lond., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., St.Thomas’s Hospital.

J!f.!.C.S.—George Herbert Alabaster, Birmingham University; PercyHaycraft Berry, Cambridge University and Guy’s Hospital;Dennison Veitch Pickering, Cambridge University and Guy’sHospital; and Trevor Owen Williams, Liverpool University.

L.D.S.-George Cowley Gell, Middlesex and Royal Dental Hospitals.

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.-At examinationsfor medical and surgical degrees held in Easter term thefollowing candidates were successful

FIRST EXAMINATION.Part 1., Chemistry.-R. W. M. Dendy, non-collegiate ; A. W. R. Don,

B.A., and R. H. Emmett, Trinity; S. M. M. Jabir, Catharine;J. G. Lawn, Sidney Sussex; T. H. MeCall, H. Selwyn ; Y. S. Wan,St. John’s; and A. Winfield, M.A., Downing.

Part II., Physics.-H. R. Bickerton, Trinity Hall; R. W. M. Dendy,non-collegiate ; R. H. Emmett and H. P. D. Helm, Trinity; S. M. M.Jabir, Catharine ; J. G. Lawn, Sidney Sussex; T. H. McCall,H. Selwyn; and A. Winfield, M.A., Downing.

Part IIL, Elementary Biology.-H. R. Bickerton, Trinity Hall;R. W. M. Dendy, non-collegiate; R. H. Emmett. Trinity; S. L.Higgs, St. John’s ; S. M. M. Jabir, Catharine; J. G. Lawn, SidneySussex ; T. H. McCall, H. Selwyn; Y. S. Wan, St. John’s ; and A.Winfield, M.A., Downing.

SECOND EXAMINATION.Part I., H2sman Anatomy and Physiology.-K. Atkin, Jesus ; G. A.Back, Caius ; J. J. 0. Beven, B.A., Christ’s ; J. T. Bleasdell, B.A.,H. Selwyn; A. L. Bodley, B.A., Clare; C. E. Bond, W. S. Brown,and H. C. H, Bull, Caius ; E. W. Carlton-Williams, B.A., Christ’s;A. E. Clark-Kennedy, Corpus Christi ; D. Crawford, B.A., Trinity ;L. Cunningham, Downing; I. de B. Daly and E. H. Dendy, Caius ;D. D. Evans, King’s; H. W. Featherstone, Trinity; E. A. Fiddian,Emmanuel; L. S. Gathergood, Sidney Sussex; A. A. Gemmell,King’s; F. H. S. Greenish, B.A., Caius ; H. W. Hales, B.A.,Pembroke ; J. R. Harris, Queens’; W. F. T. Haultain, Caius ;N. S. Hewitt, Sidney Sussex; F. E. Higgins, B.A., St. John’s;L. S. Holmwood, B.A., Christ’s; A. G. Irving, B.A., King’s;W. N. Leak, B.A., Trinity; T. D. Morgan, B.A., Jesus; M. K.Robertson, Trinity; J. C. Russell, Caius; W. G. A. Schuddekopf,Emmanuel; C. G. Schurr, Caius ; G. B. Sellwood, B.A., and E. W. L.Sharp, Emmanuel; F. N. Sidebotham, Clare ; B. H. Swift, Caius ;W. T. Warwick, B.A., Emmanuel; B. Whitehead, B.A., Clare ; andA. G. Williams, A. T. Wool ward, B.A., and R. H. Yolland, B.A.,Caius.

Part II. (New Reg1Ûations). Pharmacology and General Pathology.-C. G. Ainsworth, B.A., Downing ; M. L. Atkinson, B.A., Emmanuel;J. Aydon, B.A., Clare ; J. V. Bates, Pembroke; P. R. Boswell, B.A.,Queen’s; C. C. Brewis, B.A., Downing; W. H. W. Cheyne, B.A.,Trinity; V. Coates, B.A., Caius ; A. 0. Courtis, B.A., Pembroke;C. S. Dodson, B.A., Queens’; B. C. Ewens, B.A., Caius ; B. J. L.Fayle, B.A., Emmanuel; C. Gardiner-Hill, Pembroke; W. T. Hare,B.A., Christ’s: R. Hargreaves, B.A., Caius; C. B. Hawthorne, Clare;L. G. Jacob, B.A., Christ’s; A. H. Little, B.A., Corpus Christi;C. F. Mayne. B.A., and G. C. Metcalfe, B.A., Caius ; S. H. Miles,B.A., Clare ; B. Mountain, M.A., Sidney Sussex ; E. C.W. Starling,B.A., Jesus; P. Wallice, B.A.. King’s; E. Watson Williams, B.A.,Caius; W. L. Willett, Trinity; and A. G. P. Wills, Corpus Christi.

THIRD EXAMINATION.

Part 1. (Ne2v Regulations), Surgery and lllid-tuifery.-H. A. Bell, B.A.,and E. J. Bradley, B.A., Jesus; E. J. Y. Brash, B.A., St. John’s;G. M. Chapman, B.A., Caius; H. P. Dawson, B.A., Trinity; E. LDobson, B.A., King’s; A. N. Hooper, B.A., Emmanuel; A. R.MacMullen, B.A., Caius ; F. D. Marsh, B.A., Trinity; C. F. Mayne,B.A., and D. S. Page, B.A., Caius ; N. S. Soden, B.A., and A. V.Stocks, B.A., St. John’s; P. Stocks, B.A., and E. S. Taylor, B.A.,King’s; A. G. G. Thompson, B.A., and H. F. W. Warden, B.A.,Pembroke ; and E. Wordley, B.A., Emmanuel.

Part I. (Old Regulations), Pha1’mncology and General Pathology.-R. Hodson, B.A., G. 0. Maw, B.A., and J. H. Newmarch, B.A.,Pembroke; M. W. Paterson, B.A., St. John’s; A. S. Seabrooke,B.A., Christ’s; and J. LI. M. Symms, B.A., Caius.

Part II. (New Regitlations).-K. B. Aikman, B.A., Clare; E. J. Y.Brash. B.A., St. John’s; G. M. Chapman, B.A., Caius ; H. Y.Mansfield, B.A., and D. N. Seth-Smith. B.A., Emmanuel; W. J. F.Symons, B.A., Sidney Sussex; and E. S. Taylor, B.A., King’s.

Part II. (Old Regulations), Surgery. Midwifery, and Medicine.-W. A.Anderson, B.A., Clare ; M. Avent, B.A., Caius ; C. G. H. Campbell,B.A., St. John’s ; J. D. Clarke, B.A., Sidney Sussex; H. F. Comyn,B.A., King’s; H. A. Douglas. B.A., H. Selwyn ; J. R. Griffith, B.A.,Christ’s; J. R. Heath, B.A., Trinity; A. N. Hodges, B.A., Queens’;R. Hodson, B.A., G. L. Keynes, M.A., L. R. King, B.A., andJ. H. Newmarch, B.A., Pembroke; A. B. Paul, B.A., Christ’s;M. N. Perrin, B.A., and W. A. Pocock, B.A., Pembroke ; E. Ll. N.Rhodes, B.A., H. Selwyn ; A. C. Roxburgh, B.A., Trinity; E. L. K.Sargent, B.A. St. John’s; L. W. K. Scargill, M.A., Trinity Hall;R. Sherman, B.A., Caius ; G. A. Smythe, B.A., V. F. Soothill, B.A.,and W. A. Stokes, B.A., Emmanuel; J. Ll. M. Symms, B.A.,Calus ; F. J. Thorne, B.A.. Jesus; J. M. Wallace. M.A., Downing;M. H. Watney, B.A., Trinity; and A. J. Waugh, B.A., Pembroke.

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UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.-At the gradua-tion ceremony held on July llth the following awards weremade :-

DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MKDICIXH.

Francis Gordon Bell, Oliver Henry Blacklay, John Falconer Brown,John Brown-Lester, Leonarcl Horner Bryson, William EwartBullock, Herbert Macpherson Cargin, Walter Duncanson Chambers,Noel Anthony Coward, John Cram, James Crocket, George HerbertDart, Somerville Boulnois Davis, Ian Dunbar Dickson, JohnDrummond.WiUiam GlynE vans, John Findlay, Arthur Harcus Firth,Ronald Gray Gordon, Alexander George Grant, Satis ChandraSenGupta, David Kennedy Henderson, Harry Foster Holmden, ThomasHarrison Horrax, Arthur Joseph Gordon Hunter, WilliamDouglas Kirkwood, Itobert Arno Krause, William Robertson Logan,Donald Hector Colin Macarthur, Samuel Alexander M’Clintock,Frank Bedingfield Macdonald, Ranald Macdonald, George jBl’ Mullan,John Murdo Macphail, Norman Fleetwood Mann, BenjaminBranford Morgan, Robert Ferris Mudie, Harry Grattan GuinnessNelson, John Joseph Harper Nelson, Hugh Paterson, John HenryHerbert Pearson. Alfred Alexander Webster Petrie, Kanta Prasad,Dorothy Ellen Pratt, Robert Proudfoot, George Kaffan, GeorgeRichardson, George Younger Richardson, George Henry WhitesideBobertson, George Matthew Robertson, William Alexander Shafto,John James M’Intosh Shaw, John Ingram Shepherd, Edgar WilmotSmerdon, Henry Faithful Smith, William Ramsay Smith,Alexander Stuart, Bernard Charles Tennent, Robert Clive Walker,William Grant Waugh, George Duncan Whyte, and Frank MayesWillcox.

DEGREE OF MASTER OF SURGERY.

Kenneth Mackenzie, Alexander Philp Mitchell, and LancelotEdward Barrington Ward.

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DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MEDICINE AND BACHELOR OF SURGERY.

Ernest William Adcock, William Robert Addis, Hira Singh Anand,India; Robert Pringle Anderson, William Henry Armistead,Frederick Cecil Kyle Austin, Joshua Isadore Baeza, TejnarainBahadur, Israel Jacob Balkin, William Barclay, David CuthbertBarron, Emanuel Olubomi Beckley, Alexander Bremner, HerbertAdrian Brookes, Francis Robert Brown, Robert Macfarlane Brown,Donald Oampbell, M.A., Carl Petter Carlsson, Sydney M’AlpineFraser Cesari, Tom William James Childs, Graham WilsonChristie, Thomas William Clarke, Archibald Cowe, Eric StanleyCraig, James Hastie Cumming, Laura Katharine Davies, CharlesDundee, Alfred Joseph Dunlop, James William Edington, JohnStephen Elliot, Isabella Elphinston, Keith Douglas Falconer,George Douglas Ferguson, Francis Gregory Foster, AugustineSargood Fry, John Gifford, Austin Charles Giles, Andrew Grant,James Norman Jackson Hartley, Hamilton Brown Lord Hender-son, Robert Alexander Hepple, Stanley Honeyman, JohnHamilton Hood, Thomas Douglas Inch, Thomas William Jackson,Ignatius James Khaw Oo Kek, Frederick John Kirkness, DavidAnderson Laird, Joseph Illingworth Lawson, Richard BevanLlewellyn, Raymond Lionel Lloyd, John Bruce Low, George HaroldLunan, Robert M’Adoo, Margaret Nathaniel MacCallum, AlbertEdward Peel M’Connell, Daniel M’Kelvey, William Mackenzie,Celia Mary Colquhoun MacNeil, Jean Gabriel Marie, Charles de’Carteret Martin, Douglas Martin, George Ewart Martin, RobertMontgomery, William Kenneth Morrison, Hugh O’Hagan O’Neill,Wyndham Parker, Edgar Percival, Alexander Norman Pollock,-David Pottinger, Thomas Pullar, George Rankine, KhammamettGopala Rao, Jacob William van Reenen, Douglas Swan Robertson,William John Robertson, Cecil Dermot Rogers, Henry Albert vonRonn, Malcolm Stuart Ross, Cuthbert Scales, Loris Rhoan Sharples,-Peter M’Laren Shiels. Andrew Fulton Sinclair, Richard WaylandSmith, Edward Thomas Arnold Stedeford, James William Steel,Isabella Stenhouse, Archibald Mathison Stewart, Francis GeoffreyThatcher, William St. Clair Thwaites, Hira Lal Tikku, MauriceCalman Turiansky, Joseph Walker, Hubert Oscar Washbourn, DavidGalloway Watson, Gomer Williams, George Wilson, and HaroldWilliam Wilson.

Diploma in Tropical 3ledicine and .SyMMe.—Alexander DronStewart.

Diploma in jP.<:/cMa’t/.&mdash;Percy William Page Bedford, WilliamRussell, and Leslie Henderson Skene.

The degree of Doctor of Science was conferred upon Dr.Robert Arno Krause, and the following awards offellowships, scholarships, medals, and prizes, were

made :-Thesis Gold Medallists : Oliver Henry Blacklay,William Ewart Bullock, Alexander Philip Mitchell,George Matthew Robertson and George Duncan Whyte.Goodsir Memorial Fellowship: Francis Gordon Bell. EllisPrize in Physiology: William Ewart Bullock. GunningVictoria Jubilee Prize in Physiology: Marjory Macnaughton.Milner Fothergill Gold Medal in Therapeutics : John GordonSharp. Chiene Medal in Surgery: Lancelot Edward

Barrington-Ward. Ettles Scholarship : James NormanJackson Hartley. Allan Fellowship in Clinical Medicineand Clinical Surgery: Ernest William Adcock. FreelandBarbour Fellowship: Thomas Douglas Inch. M’CoshGraduate’s and Medical Bursaries: David Cuthbert Barron.Murchison Memorial Scholarship in Clinical Medicine:Alan William Stuart Sichel. Beaney Prize in Anatomy andSurgery: James William Edington. Mouat Scholarship inthe Practice of Physic: Douglas Martin. Conan DoylePrize : Jacob William van Reenen. Annandale Gold Medalin Clinical Surgery: James Norman Jackson Hartley.Buchanan Scholarship in Gynascology: James NormanJackson Hartley. James Scott Scholarship in Midwifery :

Thomas Pullar. Dorothy Gilfillan Memorial Prize : IsabellaStenhouse. Wellcome Medals in the History of Medicine :Gold medal, Thomas Pullar ; Silver medal, Karl FrederickSonntag. Pattison Prize in Clinical Surgery : John MitchellWatt. Cunningham Memorial Medal in Anatomy : JohnLewis Owen. Whiteside Bruce Bursary : Robert Mailer.

QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST.-At examina-tions held recently the following candidates were successfulin the subjects indicated :-

FIRST MEDICAL EXAMINATION.’ C’/M?)M’.’!/.&mdash;Jane Copes, Gerard John Crawford, William Gilmore,

William Graham, Stanley Maclure Kirk, Daniel Joseph Loughran,John Egerton Samuel James Smyth, Maud C. Welsh, andFrancis Purcell Woods.

Physics.-James Ooburn Carson, Gerard John Crawford, Robert Hall,Olga Roberta Irene Love, Daniel Joseph Loughran, Samuel M’Kee,Rupert Gribbon Meyer, Annie Martin Orr, Samuel James Smyth,and Francis Purcell Woods.

Zoology.-John F. Ainley, David Douglas Anderson, Olive MargeryAnderson, Annie Elizabeth Evelyn Beattie, Thomas Moffatt Boyd,Janie Clarke, John Workman Coates Colquhoun, Jane Copes,Gerard John Crawford, Margaret Crawford. William Cupples,Dorothy Isobel Dobbin, John Fegan, John W. Gaston, WilliamGilmore, Charles Graham, William Graham, Fred Hopkins,Thomas Frederick Ingram, Denis Liddell Ireland, John Lascelles,Samuel Lees, Olga Roberta Irene Love, Daniel Joseph Loughran,John Carson Loughridge, Joseph M’Cormack, Samuel M’Kee,Alexander M’Donald M’Mullan, Peter Macarthur, Rupert GribbonMeyer, Joseph Patrick O’Kane, Hugh John O’Prey, John EgertonRea, Samuel James Smyth, Martin Harper Turnbull, Maud C.Welsh, Henry William Wild, and Cecil John Alexander Woodside.

Botany.-John F. Ainley, David Douglas Anderson, Olive MargeryAnderson, Annie Elizabeth Evelyn Beattie, Janie Clarke, JohnWorkman Coates Colquhoun, Jane Copes, Gerard John Crawford,Margaret Crawford, William Cupples, Dorothy Isobel Dobbin, JohnFegan, John W. Gaston, William Gilmore, Charles;Graham, WilliamGraham, Robert Hall, Fred Hopkins, Denis Liddell Ireland, JohnLascelles, Samuel Lees. Olga Roberta Irene Love, Daniel JosephLoughran, John Carson Loughridge, Hugh H. M’ClelIand, JosephM’Cormack, Alexander M’Donald M’Mullan, Patrick JosephMurnane, Joseph Patrick O’Kane, Hugh John O’Prey, AnnieMartin Orr, Samuel James Smyth, Martin Harper Turnbull,Henry William Wild, and Cecil John Alexander Woodside.

SECOND MEDICAL EXAMINATION.

Anatomy.-William L. Agnew, William Bryars, Alfred G. Campbell,George Chesney, Alfred C. Dickey, Samuel J. W. Donald, Grace M.English, Hugh E. Hall, Bryson J. H. Hogg, Louis Jefferson,Arabella C. Kirker, Nathaniel M’Oullough, Joseph P. M’Ginley,Bernard W. M’Kinney, Michael M’Menamin, Frederick M’Sorley,Patrick J. M’Sorley, Hugh E. Magee, John J. Marner. DavidMitchell, Elizabeth M. Moore, Henry T. O’Neill, Margaret S. Purce,Robert J. Rea, William Saunderson, Robert L. Sinclair, Joseph P.Smyth, Mary G. Thompson, Thomas R. S. Thompson, John H. Vance,Donald R. Wheeler, Charles A. Whitfield, and Frederic H. Whyte.

Physiology.-William L. Agnew, William Bryars, Alfred G. Camp-bell, George Chesney, Alfred C. Dickey, Samuel J. W. Donald,Grace M. English, Bryson J. H. Hogg, Arabella C. Kirker, NathanielM’Cullough, *Joseph P. M’Ginley, Bernard W. M’Kinney, MichaelM’Menamin, Frederick M’Sorley, Patrick J. M’Sorley, *Hugh E.Magee, John J. Marner, David Mitchell, Elizabeth M. Moore,Margaret S. Puree, Robert J. Rea, William Saunderson, Robert L.Sinclair, Joseph P. Smyth, Mary G. Thompson, Thomas R. S.Thompson, John H. Vance, Donald R. Wheeler, Charles A.Whitfield, and Frederic H. Whyte.

* Recommended for scholarships.THIRD MEDICAL EXAMINATION.

Materia Medica and Pathology.-John Bradbury Alexander, EdwinGeorge Bleakley Calvert, William Kealty Campbell, Robert Condy,William Walter Dickson, Thomas William Edward Elliott, MaryAlice Gallagher, Thomas M’Clurkin, Walter Tennyson M’Curry,Robert Gerald M’Elney, Thomas Milling, Abraham Porter, RobertLindsay Rea, Frederick Alexander Ethelbert Silcock, WilliamArchibald Thompson, Elizabeth Stephenson Walker, Robert FowlerWalker, and Robert Henry Wilson.

Hygiene and Medical jMfMp?’Mde)tC6.&mdash;John Bradbury Alexander,Albert William Bourke, Edwin George Bleakley Calvert, PatrickClarke, David Maxwell Clements, John Cullenan, Charles FrederickDavey, Thomas William Edward Elliott, Mary Alice Gallagher,Patrick Kane, Thomas M’Clurkin, William Cardwell M’Cullough,Walter Tennyson M’Curry, Robert Gerald M’Elney, James M’Kay,Hugh M’Nally, Joseph Randolph MorelI Mackenzie, Sylvia Marsh,John F. Meenan, Thomas Milling, Frank Percival Montgomery,William Noel Montgomery, Abraham Porter, Robert Lindsay Rea,William Russell, Frederick Alexander Ethelbert Sileock, HerbertSydney Smith, James Millar Smith, William Archibald Thompson,Elizabeth Stephenson Walker, Denis Kevin Watterson, and RobertHenry Wilson.

M.B., B.CH., B.A.O. DEGREES.

*Nathaniel Beattie, James Stuart Bellas, David Calwell, John French .

Craig, wWilliam Anketell Leeper Dunlop, Herbert Emerson, HenryPotter Hall, Thomas William Gerald Hogg, Herbert MontgomeryJackson, Gordon Dill Latimer, John Beattie Lyle, William JamesM’Cracken, William M’Kim Herbert M’Cullagh, John JamesHarrison Mitchell, Joseph Porter, Hugh Andrews Skillen, WilliamSpeedy, William Tyrrell, *Thomas Walker, Thomas Henry Wilson,and Samuel John Yeates.

* Second-class honours.

M.D. DEGREE (by Thesis). ,

George Cooper, Joseph G. Johnston, and George E. A. Mitchell.

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l2.Ca. DEGREE (by Thesis).Andrew Fullerton.

DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC HEAl.TH.

William Kirkwood Calwell, Frederick William Craig, ThomasFleming-Stevenson Fulton, David George Gray, Richard M’Oand-less, William Brooke Purdon, James Jackson Robb, Walter BernardStevenson, Robert Stewart Taggart, and Eustace Thorp.

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL.-At the SecondExamination for the Degrees of M. B., Ch.B. held in Julythe following were successful :-Herbert Archer and Oliver Charles Minty Davis.

FOREIGN UNIVERSITY 1NTELLIGENCE.-Algiers: Dr. Gillot has been appointed Professeur Agr&eacute;g&eacute; ofGeneral Medicine.&mdash;M.’ Dr. Rudolph Massini has beenrecognised as privat-(Zoce2it of Medicine. -Berlin : Dr.Richard Weissenberg has been recognised as privat-docent ofAnatomy.-Bordeccux : Dr. L. P. Mauriac, Dr. P. E.Micheleau, Dr. Leuret, and Dr. Duperie have been appointedProfesseurs Agreges of General Medicine.-Cologne (Ac(fdmnyof Practical Medicine) Dr. Albert Dietrich, prosector of theCharlottenburg Hospital, has been appointed to the chair ofPathological Anatomy, in succession to Dr. Jores, who is

migrating to Marburg.&mdash;.B<MM&M/: Dr. Kissling and Dr.

Hegler have been appointed Senior Physicians to theGeneral Hospital.-Heidelbe1’g: Dr. Georg Hirschel hasbeen granted the title of Extraordinary Professor.-Lille : Dr. Pierret and Dr. Leclercq have been appointedProfesseurs Agreges of General Medicine.&mdash;ZyoM.- Dr.

Froment, Dr. Lucien Thevenot, and Dr. Piery have beenappointed Professeurs Agreges of General Medicine.-

Jtlontpellierr: Dr. Rimbaud and Dr. Roger have been

appointed Professeurs Agreges of General Medicine. -Nancy : :Dr. J. V. J. Parisot has been appointed Professeur Agreg6 ofGeneral Medicine.&mdash;.P<M’M: Dr. Maurice Villaret, Dr. Tanon,Dr. Ribierre, Dr. Lemierre, and Dr. Lerebcullet have been

appointed Professeurs Agreges of General Medicine.&mdash;Prague(Gerrman University) :Dr. Pelrina, extraordinary professor ’,,of medicine, Dr. Schenkl, extraordinary professor of ophthal-mology, and Dr. Weil, extraordinary professor of surgery,are retiring at the conclusion of the current session.-Denotes Dr. Damany, professor of hygiere and forensicmedicine, has been appointed Professor of Clinical Medicine,in succession to Dr. Bertheux, retired. -Toulouse : Dr.

Lafforgue, Dr. Sorel, and Dr. Serr have been appointedProfesseurs Agreges of General Medicine.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OFCONSUMPTION AND OTHER FORMS OF TUBERCULOSIS. -Thefifth annual conference of this association will be held at theCentral Hall, Westminster, S. W., on August 4th and 5thnext. On Monday, August 4th, at 11.30 A.M., the openingaddress will be delivered by the Prime Minister (the RightHon. H. H. Asquith, M.P.). The morning and afternoonsessions will be devoted to the subject of Tuberculin Treat-ment. After a general survey by Dr. H. W. G. Mackenzie,papers will be read by Professor G. Sims Woodhead (Cam-bridge), Professor Dr. Lydia Rabinowitsch-Kempner (Berlin),Professor B6raneck (Neuchatel), Professor Sahli (Berne), Dr.Nathan Raw (Liverpool), Professor Wm. Charles White (Pitts-burg), Professor Petruschky (Danzig), Sir James KingstonFowler, Sir StClair Thomson, and Dr. W. Halliday Sutherland(London), Professor J. G. Adami (Montreal), Sir R. W. Philip(Edinburgh), Dr. Noel D. Bardswell (Midhurst), Dr. CliveRiviere, Dr. von Unterberger(St. Petersburg), Dr. Rist (Paris),Dr. Rollier (Leysin), Dr. Amrein and Dr. Morland (Arosa),and others. In the evening will be held the annual meetingof the association and a conversazione, at which Dr. Rollierwill give a cinematograph demonstration on the Cure ofSurgical Tuberculosis by Direct Sunlight. On Tuesday,August 5th, there will be a public discussion, open to alldelegates, on the Need for the Coordination of Antitubercu-losis Measures, to be opened at 10.30 A.M. by Sir R. W.Philip. The following have promised to take part : Mr.Arthur Neal (England), Professor J. G. Adami (Canada),Dr. Hermann Biggs and Professor Wm. Charles White (UnitedStates), Professor Dr. Pannwitz (Germany), Dr. Rist (France),Professor Saugmann (Denmark), Professor Tamburini andProfessor Signorelli (Italy), and Dr. von Unterberger (Russia).At 4 P.M. Dr. A. C. Inman (superintendent of laboratories,Brompton Hospital) will give a demonstration on the Pre-paration and Properties of Tuberculin. Dr. J. J. Perkins,

the honorary secretary, will be glad to send a card ofadmission, programme, and voucher for reduced railway fareto any medical practitioner who makes application to him at20, Hanover-square, London, W.

EXETER CITY ASYLUM.&mdash;The committee of thisasylum in its twenty-sixth annual report to the Exeter citycouncil states that during the past 12 months there has beena profit of &pound;1794 on the working of the institution, andthis sum has been paid to the local borough fund.NORTHERN NURSING AND MIDWIFERY CONFER-

ENCE.&mdash;A Nursing and Midwifery Conference and Exhibitionwill be held at Glasgow in February next, with the object ofbringing together matrons, nurses, midwives, and healthworkers residing in Scotland and the North of England.

PRESENTATION TO A MEDICAL PRACTITIONER.-The members of the Axminster (Devon) Voluntary AidDetachment recently made a presentation to Mr. JohnNevill B. Vise, L. R. C. P. Lond., AT. R. C. S. Eng., who is shortlygoing to Australia, in appreciation of his services as honoraryinstructor.

SOCIETY FOR RELIEF OF WIDOWS AND ORPHANSOF MEDICAL MEN.-A quarterly court of the directors of theabove society was held on Wednesday, July 9th, Sir ThomasBoor Crosby, the President, being in the chair. Fourteendirectors were present. The deaths of Mr. A. Willett (vice-president) and Mr. L. Archer (director) were reported. Twogentlemen were elected members of the society. &pound;1333 werevoted for the payment of the half-yearly grants to the widowsand orphans on the books of the society. Since the lastcourt three widows had died. One whose husband had paidin subscriptions E26 5s. had been on the funds since 1885,and had received from the society .61540. The actingtreasurer reported that the total amount received from theestate of the late Mr. James Brickwell was .e37,250, bring-ing in a yearly income of E1325 10s. A scheme for utilisingthis was submitted to the court, and was adjourned to theOctober court for further discussion. A legacy of .6250 hadalso been received from the executors of the late Mr. Windsor,of Manchester. Membership is open to any registered medicalpractitioner who at the time of his election is resident withina 20-mile radius of Charing Cross. The annual subscription istwo guineas. Special terms for life-membership, varying withthe age of the applicant. Full particulars may be obtainedfrom the Secretary, at the offices of the society, 11, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, W. Relief is only granted to thewidows or orphans of deceased members, and the secretaryis constantly receiving letters from widows of medical menwho have been left practically penniless, asking for relief,but this has to be refused as their husbands had not beenmembers of the society.LONDON HOSPITAL MEDICAL COLLEGE AND

DENTAL SCHOOL.&mdash;The Rev. Canon J. Howard B. Masterman,a member of the College Board of the London Hospital, onJuly 14th distributed the following prizes to the students ofthe Medical College and Dental School :-Price scholarshipin science, &pound;100, R. G. Simpson. Price scholarship in

anatomy and physiology, E52 10s., W. D. Newcomb andA. C. Ainslie. Entrance science scholarship, .e50, V. J. F.Lack. Buxton scholarship in arts, .e30, H. L. Douglas andS. E. Harvey. Epsom scholarship, S. H. de G. Pritchard.Clinical medicine prize, .620, not awarded. Clinical surgeryprize, .620, Mr. P. Roux. Clinical obstetric prize, .620,R. J. M. Love and J. Deighton ; hon. certificates, H. G.Oliver and J. Bostock. Duckworth Nelson prize, &pound;10,D. E. Morley. Letheby prizes, organic chemistry, &pound;10,M. Shim berg ; hon. certificate, D. G. Norris. InorganicChemistry, .e15, R. D. Aylward; hon. certificate, G. Adler.Sutton scholarship, .620, J. Bostock; hon. certificate, M. J.Cronin. Anatomy and physiology prize, .625, A. H. Morleyand H. W. L. Molesworth; hon. certificate, H. Collins..Dressers’ prizes : Elementary clinical surgery : .610 prizes,A. G. Winter and S. Batchelor; E5 prizes, L. M. Ingle,W. D. Newcomb, C. P. Allingham, and P. C. P. Cloake;hon. certificates, W. B. Purchase and T. T. B. Watson.Minor Surgery, &pound;9, H. G. Broadbridge; C5 prizes, F. K.Marriott and M. Shim berg ; .62 10s. prizes, V. J. F. Lackand A. B. Dummere. Anderson prizes: E3 prizes, R. G.Michelmore and P. C. P. Cloake ; .61 10s. prizes, A. J. V.McDonnell and A. P. Saint; hon. certificates, J. McDonnell

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and C. G. T. Mosse. Practical anatomy prizes: ;&6, L. G. Jacob and C. A. Hutchinson ; &pound;4, R. K. Ford andV. Feldman. Douro Hoare prize, &pound;5, R. G. Simpson. DouroHoare prize for dental students, &pound;5, A. G. Harsant. WynneBaxter prize, M. J. Cronin.

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ASSOCIATION FOR THE ORAL INSTRUCTION OF THEDEAF AND DUMB, FITZROY-SQUARE.-The annual meeting ofthis association will be held at the Portman Rooms, Baker-street, London, W., on Tuesday, July 22nd, at 3.30 P.M.,when a short illustration of the system will be given. Captain H. M. Jessel, M.P., will preside.DEATHS OF EMINENT FOREIGN MEDICAL MEN.&mdash;

The deaths of the following eminent foreign medical menare announced :-Dr. Frank Hartley, professor of clinical sur-gery in the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons,New York.-Dr. P. Gerente, formerly senator for Algiers.-Dr. Manuel Pineiro, professor of medical pathology in theUniversity of Santiago, Spain.

. DEVONSHIRE CENTENARIANS.-Mrs. Ann Brown,of Moretonhampstead, celebrated the 100th anniversary ofher birthday on July 6th, and received a congratulatorymessage from the King.-Miss Lemon died at Ilfracombeon June 29th. She was born at Clifton (GloucestershiIe),and had she lived until August 19th would have been 103years of age.

IT may be well to remind members of the Inter-national Congress of Medicine that the dinner of the Section ofMedicine will be held at the Connaught Rooms, Great Queen-street, Kingsway, W.C., on Friday, August 8th, at 7.15 P.M.precisely. Tickets, price 25s. (including wine and cigars),may be obtained from Mr. George Bethell, 11, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, W., up to August 5th, and afterthat date at the Central Bureau, Albert Hall.

Parliamentary Intelligence.NOTES ON CURRENT TOPICS. ’

Sir Victor Horsley and the Home Secretary. THE correspondence of the Home Office with the Royal College of ]

Surgeons of England and Sir VICTOR HORSLEY with regard to the caseof Miss Lilian Lenton is published as a Parliamentary white paper.

The National Insurance Act (Amendment) Bill. The House of Commons on Tuesday, July 15th, agreed to the second

reading of the National Insurance Act (Amendment) Bill. The dis-cussion was not entirely confined to a consideration of the details of the Bill, but certain wider aspects of the National Insurance Act were debated. For instance, medical benefit in its administrative as apart fromits financial side, excessive sickness, and the solvency of ApprovedSocieties came up for review, and Mr. MASTERMAN, who is the Ministermost closely associated with the National Insurance Commission, in the course of his speech, foreshadowed the appointment of a com- ]mittee to examine the question of malingering, the granting ofmedical certificates (which, it was alleged, were too freely given insome parts of the country), and other matters. Mr. LLOYD GEORGE (Chancellor of the Exchequer) formally moved

the second reading of the Bill. Mr. H. W. FORSTER, speaking from the Front Opposition Bench,

expressed the opinion that the Bill did not cover all the matters whichrequired amendment. It contained some useful proposals dealing withminor matters, important in themselves, but it really touched only thefringe of the problem as a whole. As to medical benefit, he thoughtthere were weighty reasons for extending the scheme under the exist-ing Act. There was no doubt that the Act originally contemplatedthe provision of medical benefit broadly and generally on the panelsystem, but it had been also contemplated that persons who desired itshould have free choice of medical men. Now that the panel systemhad been established throughout the country, surely there was anopportunity to allow people who desired it to make their

arrangements outside that system. There was undoubtedly a

very strong and genuine desire on the part of a great numberof persons to go outside the panel system. There was theScottish Clerks’ Society-a case that was perfectly well knownto the Government. In his judgment, it has a distinct grievanceagainst the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Government for thetreatment it had received. Its members were willing to pay increasedcontributions in order that they might avoid calling in panel doctors,but should have a free choice of their own. When the Governmentfound people willing to submit to levies on their own account, to securemedical men of their free choice, why on earth could they not be

allowed to do it ? He hoped it was not too late to put into the Bill pro-visions to allow committees with the consent of the Insurance Com-missioners to allow people in such circumstances to make their ownfree choice. The report of the Insurance Commissioners showed whata gigantic task they had had to accomplish. No one would deny theextraordinary courage shown by the Commissioners to overcome everyobstacle. Heading it, he was more than ever surprised at the scantyproposals of the Government Amending Bill. There were several

passages in the report which filled him with alarm. Several societieswere told that they were overspen ding. Many lives were now broughtinto the societies practically without any medical examination at all.That offered food for the very gravest reflection because thewhole financial foundation on which the National Insurance Act rested

depended upon actuarial calculations, which were derived fromthe experience of picked lives, who in nearly every case

had passed a more or less stringent medical examination. Heread in the report about the excessive sickness claims. Someof them were attributed to malingering, but there was something.more than malingering. Excessive sickness claims arose, partlyfrom the fact that there had been admitted into the societies increasedrisk and bad lives. In some societies the sickness claims had increased

by 30 and 40, and even up to 70 per cent. The whole fabric of the

present scheme of finance rested upon the actuarial calculations whichwere derived from the statistics of voluntary system of insurance.This alteration threatened the stability of the whole structure. The

original cost of &pound;4,000,000 to the State had already increased to nearlyB7,000,000, and now Parliament could not leave out of account theincreased liabilities placed upon the societies. A valuation would nottake place for three years, but in the meantime this problem ofsolvency would increase and at the end of three years the state ofthings might be so unsatisfactory as to bring ruin to the FriendlySocieties themselves. He admitted that this state of things had notbeen foreseen, and he was profoundly disappointed that the Govern-ment had shown no disposition to grapple with the larger difficulties.Mr. MASTERMAN (Secretary to the Treasury) said that all the

criticism of the honourable Member was directed to problems outsidethis Bill. When it was realised what the nature of the attack

upon the Insurance Commissioners during the first five or sixmonths of their existence had been, the tribute to their goodwork which had come from the Front Opposition Bench was-

to be particularly noted. The criticisms that had been made by thehonourable gentleman related (1) to medical benefit, and (2) toApproved Societies and the problem of excessive sickness. As to theextension of medical benefit he would say that any amendment putdown by the honourable gentleman would have most serious considera-tion by the Government. But he would point out that it was the dutyof the Insurance Committees to arrange for medical benefit for all

persons insured within their areas. The panel system was now inexistence, and in every case where contracting-out had been demandedthe doctors who wished to have patients contracted-out wished to,

choose selected lives, and at the same time to obtain the earner

remuneration as doctors who were working under the panel syatem-If the Insurance Committees allowed five doctors out of ten in adistrict to choose all the good lives and to leave all the bad lives tothe other five, and yet to divide the money equally, that was obviouslyunfair.Mr. H. W. FORSTER: My point is not the doctor’s point of view.

am looking at it from the point of view of the insured person. If theinsured person wants a doctor who is not on the panel the Act gives’him the right to obtain him if the doctor is willing.Mr. MASTERMAN: If an insured person A says that he wants a doctor,

and thereby prevents insured person B getting any doctor, he has noright to do it. The right honourable gentleman went on to say thatthe British Medical Association had conducted an agitation against thepanel system and in favour of contracting out. However, he pointedout that there were many systems now established in South WaleII’whereby miners and other workers wished for doctors who would takeron men, women, and children for a certain fee, but the doctors whawere anxious to promote contracting out where the system was not inexistence were anxious to stop it in these districts where it was askedfor. The British Medical Association was in rather a dilemma on this

point. Surely the sensible thing was for every doctor to go on thepanel-let it even be for 20 patients. Let them put an end to the dis-tinction between the doctor who was on the panel and the doctor whowas not. Every Insurance Committee which he knew was anxious to,welcome doctors on the panel, and he would strongly submit to thehonourable gentleman and his friends that they should endeavour toget a system with no doctors fighting the panel system. On the ques-tion of excessive sickness claims, it was’grotesque to imagine that insix months’ working of the Act any reliable statistics could be obtained.Certain statements were made relating to certain districts and certainsocieties that the sickness demands had gone up in comparison withlast year, but in the case of six or seven societies, all representative intheir way, where an examination had been made, it had been found thatthe sickness had not gone up to the amount allowed in the actuarial

calculations. Such facts should be put before the House before honour-able Members accused the Government of being indifferent to rathervague statements about excessive sickness. It was the case that there had