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ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OFENGLAND.

AT a quarterly meeting of the Council of the above e

College, held on Thursday, the 10th inst., the minutes ofthe ordinary Council meeting of August 2nd were read andconfirmed.On the recommendation of the Museum Committee, and

in accordance with the estimate given, it was agreed toprovide the requisite photographic apparatus, at a cost ofjE33 6s. 8d., for use in the special room attached to themuseum. The twelfth report of the committee on theextension of the College premises was read, adopted, andentered on the minutes. By this the contractors were in-structed to proceed with the building of the Conservator’shouse for the sum of .E3410, and an additional expenditureof :S230 was authorised for the erection of a new party-wall in the place of the one on the east side, which is in avery unsatisfactory condition.Mr. S. J. Hutchinson was elected an Examiner in Dental

Surgery to the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr. J.Smith Turner.On the nomination of the Committee of Management of

the two Colleges, the following were elected Examiners inPublic Health for the ensuing year :-Dr. Thomas Steven-son, Dr. Edward Ballard, Dr. Thorne Thorne, Dr. W. H.Corfield.The Council then proceeded to the election of a member

of the Committee of Management, vacant by the retirementof the President, who, being eligible, was re-elected.The draft of the report to be presented to the Fellows and

Members of the College at the meeting to be held on Thurs-day, November 1st, was read and considered, and with afew slight alterations was approved. It will be ready forissue to any Fellow or Member of the College by the middleof next week.A letter was read, dated the 29th ult., from the Under

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, forwarding a despatchrespecting an alleged remedy for snake-bite, to be laidbefore the College for any observations that it might wishto offer. The secretary was authorised to reply to the effectthat the College was unable to undertake the investigatiorof secret remedies, neither was it licensed to conduct thfnecessary experiments by vivisection.After the consideration of the motion by Mr. Heath-

viz., " That an honorarium of 9300 be presented annuallyto the president on completing his year of office "-eleveivoted for the motion and four against. It was accordingllost.The following motion by Mr. Willett was carried, subjec

to confirmation at the next Council meeting : " That Sec. 1’of the bye-laws be so amended as to provide that in futureno member of the Council shall be declared to be electe(to the office of president or vice-president unless he shalhave obtained a majority of the votes of the members othe Council present at the meeting for such election."

Obituary.DAVID DAVIES, M.D.

ANOTHER link connecting us with the past school ofmedicine was severed on Sept. 14th by the death of Dr.David Davies, which took place at his residence, 40, Warrior-square, St. Leonards-on-Sea. The deceased was born at

Moyton in Cardiganshire, and was a student at St. George’sHospital in Sir Benjamin Brodie’s time, with whom he wasa great favourite. He soon afterwards started in Belgrave-street, Belgrave-square, where he early secured a goodpractice, and was noted for his successful treatment of thediseases of women and children. His work ultimatelytelling on his health, he retired in the year 1869, after

having practised about forty years.

Medical News.EXAMINING BOARD IN ENGLAND BY THE ROYAL

;OLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.—The followingcandidates passed the Second Examination in Anatomy andhysiology at a meeting of the Board of Examiners on tlia;th inst.Neville C. Gwyn and Graham T. Kevern, Students of Bristol Medical

School.Anatmny only.-Robert Edwards, of Bristol; George Allcock, James

Neal, Edward F. Page, and Thomas H. Wilkins, of Queen’s College,Birmingham; George H. Crofts, Henry W. Fisher, and David F.Williams, of University College, Liverpool; Edward B. Collings,George W. Lilley, and Alfred G. Hebblethwaite, of YorkshireCollege, Leeds ; Richard Gillbard and Ashley T. Jago, of Guy’sHospital; Herbert A. Julius, of St. Thomas’s Hospital ; Edward B.Wrench, of St. Thomas’s and Cambridge University ; Montague H.Knapp, of Cork and Mr. Cooke’s School of Anatomy.

Physiology enly.-Bernard C. Kendall, Benjamin G. Neale, and JamesSmith, of Bristol; Edwin T. Hollings and Thomas W. Swales, ofYorkshire College, Leeds ; Fredk. W. Pogson, of Leeds and Mr.Cooke’s School of Anatomy ; William Hall and David Headridge, ofOwens College, Manchester; John A. Hogg and Murtaugh J.Houghton, of Queen’s College, Birmingham ; Arthur W. Germanand Stanley Melville, of University College, Liverpool; Henry H.Weekes, of University College, London; Sydney J. Roberts, ofGuy’s ; and George T. Eccles, of Cambridge University.

The following passed on the 9th inst. :-Anatomy and Physiology.-Hugh A. Bryant; Edward G. l4Tarch, of

Guy’s ; Reginald C. Worsley and Gervas P. Glyn, of UniversityCollege ; Percy C. Powrie and Alfred E. E. Twynam, of UniversityCollege and Mr. Cooke’s School of Anatomy; Charles A. Owen, ofCalcutta ; Gregory A. Fere, of Toronto and Mr. Cooke’s School ofAnatomy; Ernest W. G. Masterman, of Edinburgh and St. Bar-tholomew’s Hospital; Charles Paine, of St. Mary’s Hospital; George eR. F. Stilwell and Ernest W. Senior, of St. Thomas’s Hospital ;.William R. Boyd, James S. Thomson, and Charles D. Russell, ofMelbourne University; and Samuel A. Rowley, of Bristol and Mr.Cooke’s School of Anatomy.

Anatomy only.-Hugh M. Alexander, Henry H. L. Patch, and CharlesR. M. Woodward, of St. Thomas’s Hospital; William J. Covey, ofUniversity College and Mr. Cooke’s School of Anatomy; George H.Brand, of King’s College; Chas. W. H. Newington, of St. Bartholo-mew’s Hospital; and Henry Collier, of University College, Liverpool.

Physiology oy.—Augustus White, of Guy’s Hospital, and Richard H.Griffith, of University College.

The following passed on the 10th inst. :—

Anatomy only.-Lawrence A. Johnson, of Yorkshire College, Leeds ;Mark R. Rich, of London and Mr. Cooke’s School of Anatomy ;,Edward C. Hope, of Melbourne University; Bawa J. Singh, ofLahore Medical College ; Arthur H. Turner, of London Hospital ;George A. Simpson, of London and Mr. Cooke’s School of Anatomy ;C. E. Oakeley, of St. George’s and Mr. Cooke’s School of Anatomy ;,Stanlake James, of St. Thomas’s Hospital; C. W. Allen, A. W. C.Herbert, of St. Mary’s and Mr. Cooke’s School of Anatomy ; A. D.Humphry, of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; Thomas S. Byass, CharlesD. Cooper, of University College and Mr. Cooke’s School of Anatomy ;H. H. Pearse, Fredk. D. Lumley, and Arthur H. Meadows, of Guy’sHospital.

Physiology only.-William Handcock and Lionel F. West, of YorkshireCollege, Leeds; Frederick J. A. Dalton, Arthur 0. Hubbard, St. JohnB. Killery, William E. Sargant, and Maurice Swabey, of St. Bar-tholomew’s Hospital; William H. Dixon and Walter A. Higgs, ofGuy’s Hospital; Francis A. Osborn, of Guy’s and Mr. Cooke’s Schoolof Anatomy; George Garrard, of St. Mary’s Hospital; Basil S.Foulds, of Westminster Hospital; Isaac Newton, of Charing-cross ;John C. Ellis, of St. George’s Hospital; Douglas L. Freeland,Alexander R. M’Farlane, of Middlesex Hospital; William C. H.Wroughton, of St. Thomas’s Hospital; Edward B. Allan, RaymondT. Cassal, of University College; Charles E. Dawes, Joseph S.Matthews, and John S. E. Passmore, of London Hospital.ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.-

The following gentlemen having passed the necessaryexaminations in Surgery, and having since obtained Medicalqualifications, were, at a meeting of the Council on thellth inst., admitted Members of the College :-

Slyman, Wm. Betenson, L.S.A., Cavendish-road.Whitaker, George Herbert, L.S.A., White Lodge, Enfield.

The following gentlemen having passed all the necessaryexaminations, and having attained the legal age of twenty-five years, were at the same meeting admitted Fellows ofthe College :-

De Santi, P. R. W., L.R.C.P.Lond., Great Ormond-street. Member-ship dated Nov. 24th, 1884.

Metzgar, C., L.R.C.P.Lond., Guy’s Hospital; May 5th, 1S8T.

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.—The examiners inState Medicine issued on the 8th inst. the following list ofthose examined and approved for both parts of the exami-nation in Sanitary Science, and who are entitled to diplomas.testifying to their competent knowledge of what is requiredfor the duties of a medical ofhcer of health. All thoseapproved are on the Medical Register :—G. Adkins, A. J.Anderson, S. Barwise, F. F. Calmer, S. Davies, E. Drummond,R. S. 0. Dudfield, E. Evans, G. F. W. Ewens, W. B. Feather-

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stone, J. Glaister, J. Hickman, W. Little, W. T. G.Robinson, A. Sheen, P. C. Smith, T. Thomson, F. C. A.Treadgold, W. Venis, G. Vincent, H. E. Waddy, S. White,A. D. Williams, F. M. Williams, C. R. Woods.UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN.—The following ap-

pointments of Examiners in Medicine for the next yearhave been made : W. D. Halliburton, 1%1.D.; D. Lowson,M.D.; Robert W. Philip, A.M., M.D.; W. Robert Smith,M.D. ; Seymour Taylor, M.D.; and F. Buchanan White,M.D. The University Court approved of the followingappointments of Assistants for the ensuing session made bythe respective Professors: In Natural Philosophy, William

Ingram, A.M.; in Anatomy, Charles Angus, M.B.; inMedical Jurisprudence, Alexander Macgregor, M.D.; inMateria Medica, John Gordon, M.B.THE Jubilee of the City and County of Perth

Infirmary was celebrated on the 1st inst. _

FEES TO POLICE SURGEONS.-The Holborn Boardof Guardians, at their last meeting, resolved to resist thepayment of fees to police surgeons who happen to tendpauper cases, the opinion being that such fees should be, ashitherto, borne by the Police Commissioners.NAVAL MEDICAL SUPPLEMENTAL FUND.-At the

quarterly meeting of the directors of the fund, held on the9th inst., T. Russel Pickthorn, Esq., Inspector-General, inthe chair, the sum of £53 was distributed among the severalapplicants.A DOLL SHOW, which will include a stall in which

dolls will be dressed in different hospital costumes, will beheld at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond-street,4on the 5th prox. Full particulars may be obtained fromthe lady superintendent of that institution.THE BUDLEIGH SALTERTON COTTAGE HOSPITAL.-

At a meeting of the subscribers last week to draft the rulesof the institution and elect a committee of management, itwas announced that the Rev. JamesBouchier had contributeda donation of £1000 and Dr. Walker £100.

SOCIETY OF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH.-Theannual meeting of this Society will be held at the HolbornRestaurant on Friday, October 19th, at 4 P.M., when,amongst other business, Dr. Dudfield will move resolutionsas to hospital provision for diphtheria in the metropolis.HOSPITAL SHIP FOR THE NORTH SEA.-In con-

nexion with the Mission to Deep-sea Fishermen, a hospitalship, named Queen Victoria, was launched at Great Yarmouthon the 29th ult. She will be fitted up as a hospital for thetreatment of accident and illness among fishermen of theNorth Sea. Her Majesty subscribed £50 towards the cost,and takes great interest in the mission.DEATH UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CHLOROFORM.

Another death during the administration of chloroformpreparatory to the performance of a surgical operation isreported in the Liverpool papers. At the inquest on

the body, that of a young man, the verdict returned was"Death while under chloroform skilfully and judiciouslyadministered."

SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES OF LONDON. - Theresults of the examination in Arts qualifying for registra-tion as Medical Student, held in the Hall of the Society onSept. 7th and 8th, have just been published. There were155 candidates, and from the Pass List it appears that 2 wereplaced in the first class and 28 in the second class, and91 were certified as having passed in some subjects, but not inall. The next examination will be held on Dec. 7th and 8th.

SCHOLARSHIPS.-Guy’s Hospital : The OpeTiScholar-ship in Arts of 125 guineas has been awarded to Mr. J. B.Leathes, of Rochester. The Open Scholarship in Science of125 guineas has been awarded to Mr. W. J. Johnson, ofShefford, Bedfordshire. - Charingcross Hospital : : TheScholarship of fifty guineas, open to students of the Uni-versities of Oxford and Cambridge, has been awarded toMr. Albert Carling, of St. John’s College, Cambridge. TheEntrance Scholarship of 100 guineas has been awarded toMr. William Escombe, and that of fifty guineas to Mr. PercyJ. Probyn. —Westminster Hospital : An Entrance ArtsScholarship, value 80, has been awarded to Mr. HenryWitham.

NEW CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, LEICESTER. TheMayor of Leicester, Mr. Alderman Thomas Wright, laid,on Tuesday, the foundation stone of a new Children’sHospital at Leicester, which is to be a wing to the presentInfirmary. It will accommodate fifty children, and costabout £8000, which has already been subscribed, togetherwith the cost of all the requisite appliances, leaving anucleus for the endowment fund.

THE SHEFFIELD WATCH COMMITTEE AND THESWEATING SYSTEM.-The Watch Committee, acting on thefeeling of the Council as expressed at the last monthlymeeting, have decided to add the following clause to theadvertisements for police clothing: "No tender will beaccepted unless the person making it can satisfy the com-mittee that the clothing will not be made on what is calledthe sweating system."MANCHESTER SEWAGE DISPOSAL. - The Local

Government Board inquiry into the application of theManchester Corporation to borrow 490,000 for purposes ofsewage disposal terminated on the 4th instant. The in-spector appointed by the central authority stated that hewould give the most careful consideration to the argumentssubmitted to him, and then place his report before theLocal Government Board.

NEW MAIN DRAINAGE, NORTH WOOLWICH.—TheWoolwich Board of Health having complained to the Boardof Works of the injurious effect on the health of thedistrict, in consequence of the sewage being allowed todrain into the river, the Board of Works, on the recom-mendation of the Works Committee, have agreed to con-struct a sewer which will carry the sewage into the Board’sworks at Crossness.

RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION.-A special meeting ofthe Union was held in London on the 4th inst., to considerthe proposals of the committee for the amendment of thelaws relating to rough and unfair play. It was stated that thecommittee were unanimous as to the proposed amendments,which, on being put seriatim (with the exception of a few

! verbal alterations), were carried; they imposeseverepenaltiesfor any infringement of them, and will come into force onthe 1st proximo.A FEVER HOSPITAL FOR SALFORD.-After expe-

riencing considerable difficulty in finding an eligible site fora fever hospital, the General Health Committeerecommendedto the Salford Town Council, at the monthly meeting heldlast week, the purchase of a plot of land containing aboutthirteen acres, in the Eccles New-road, whereon to erect thehospital. They had inspected the site and had made anoffer for it, subject to the approval of the Council. Therecommendation of the committee was adopted., THE NEW HOSPITAL, MERTHYR.-The Marquis ofBute formally opened this hospital, on the 1st inst., in thepresence of a large and influential assembly. The treasurerread an abstract of accounts, from which it appeared thedonations received and promised were 4575 Os. 10d.,and the expenditure £4786 12s., leaving a deficiency of

£211 11s. 2d. The vice-chairman hereupon announced thathe had the previous day received an intimation that LordWindsor would subscribe £200, which, with another dona-tion just to hand of ten guineas, would balance the accounts.At the conclusion of the meeting Lord Bute stated hedesired to mark that occasion by the endowment of anotherbed.

THE SANITARY INSTITUTE.—The’ first meeting ofthe Council of this Society, which has recently beenincorporated, was held at the Parkes Museum on Friday,Oct. 5th. The Institute is founded to carry on the objectsof the Amalgamated Sanitary Institute of Great Britainand the Parkes Museum. SirDouglasGalton,K.C.B.,F.R.S.,was unanimously appointed chairman of the Council, andMr. G. J. Symons, F.R.S., registrar. Nearly 400 membersand associates were enrolled. An important letter wasread from the Charity Commissioners, saying they con-sidered that the new Institute was likely to prove a powerfulmeans for the diffusion of sanitary knowledge, and pro-mising to grant facilities to it to deliver lectures inthe various buildings which the Commissioners proposedto establish in different parts of London. It was decidedto hold the Institute’s first examination for local surveyorsand inspectors of nuisances on Nov. Sth and 9th. j

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THE COTTAGE AND CONVALESCENT HOMES,REIGATE.-The reports of these interesting institutionsare before us. Both are evidently doing good and much-needed work under the fostering care of Mrs. Kitto, ofSt. Martin’s Vicarage, Charing-cross. During the sixteenyears that the Convalescent Home has been in existence3616 persons have participated in the benefits of the charity,318 of this number having been admitted in the past year.The Cottage Home for Little Girls has been establishedfour years, and receives eight female children between theages of eight and fifteen. Such institutions as these areeminently worthy of support.

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CHURCHILL, J. & A., New Burlington-street, London.The Prevention of Disease in Tropical and Sub-tropical Campaigns.

By A. Duncan, M.D., B.S. Lond., F.R.C.S. 1888. pp. 396.Massage and Allied Methods of Treatment. By Herbert Tibbits,

M.D. Second Edition. 1888. pp. 142.The Diseases of the Chest, including the Principal Affections of

the Pleurse, Lungs, Pericardium, Heart, and Aorta. ByVincent D. Harris, M.D., F.R.C.P. (Student Guide Series.)With 55 Illustrations. 1888. pp. 419.

The Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital Reports. Edited byR. Marcus Gunn, M.A., F.R.C.S. Vol. XII. Part II. July,1888. pp. 200.

CLARENDON PRESS WAREHOUSE, Amen-corner, London, E.C.Clarendon Press Series. A Class-book of Elementary Chemistry.

By W. W. Fisher, M.A., F.C.S. With 60 Engravings on wood.1888. pp. 272.

GILL, L. UPCOTT, 170, Strand, London, W.C.Mediterranean Winter Resorts: a Practical Handbook to the

Principal Health and Pleasure Resorts on the Shores of theMediterranean. By E. A. Reynolds Ball. With 27 Illustrations.1888. pp. 237.

GINN & COMPANY, Boston, U.S.Laboratory Manual of General Chemistry. By R. P. Williams,

A.M. 1888. pp. 100.GRIFFIN, CHARLES, & Co., Exeter-street, Strand, London.

Outlines of Qualitative Analysis. By A. Humboldt Sexton, F.I.C.,F.C.S., F.R.S.E. With Illustrations. 1888. pp. 176.

A Text-book of Human Physiology, including Histology andMicroscopical Anatomy. By Dr. L. Landois. Translatedfrom the Sixth German Edition, with Additions, by W.Stirling, M.D., Sc. D. With numerous Illustrations. ThirdEdition. 1888. pp. 920.

HIRSCHwALD, AUGUST, Berlin.Die Bekampfung der Infektionskrankheiten insbesondere der

Kriefsseuchen. Von Dr. R. Koch. 1888. pp. 40.KENT, W., & Co., Paternoster-row, London, E.C.

Illustrations : a Pictorial Review of Knowledge, conducted byFrancis G. Heath. 1888. pp. 380.

LEWIS, H. K., Gower-street, London.A Manual of Ophthalmic Practice. By Chas. Higgens, F.R.C.S.E.

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BERESFORD, R. DE LA POER, M.D. Glas., L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S. Edin.,L.R.C.P. Lond., has been reappointed Medical Officer of Health forthe Oswestry Rural and Union Districts.

BOND, F. F., M.D., M.B., C.M. Edin., has been reappointed MedicalOfficer of Rastrick.

BowiE, ALEX., M.D., C.M. St. And., L.R.C.P. Ed., has been appointeda Physician to St. John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin.

BOYD, JOHN ST. CLAIR, M.S., has been appointed Assistant Surgeon tothe Belfast Hospital for Sick Children.

BUCHANAN, JOHN, M.D., C.bT.Univ. Glas., M.R.C.S., has been appointedMedical Officer to the No. 2 District of the Ladies’ Charity andLying-in Hospital, Liverpool, vice Dr. Fisher, resigned.

CAMPBELL, S. J., L.R.C.P. Edin., L.F.P. Glas., has been appointedMedical Officer of Winchcombe Union, vice Penruddocke, resigned.

COLUNS, H. W., M.R.C.S., L.S.A., has been appointed Medical Officerfor the Wrington District, Axbridge Union.

DAWSON, W. E., L.K.Q.C.P., L.S.A., L.M. &c., has been appointedAssistant Physician to the City Provident Dispensary, Little Britain,E.C.

DOCKRELL, MORGAN, M.A., M.D., B.Ch. Dub., has been appointed a.Physician to St. John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin.

, GUTTERiDGE, EDWIN P., M.R.C.S., L.M., L.S.A., has been appointedMedical Officer of Health, Union and Port Districts, Maldon.

HARGREAVES, MARK K., M.D., C.M. Glas., has been appointed anAssistant Physician to St. John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin,vice Alex. Bowie, M.D., C.M., elected a Physician.

HiNDEAUGH, JAMES, M.B., B.S. Dunelm, has been appointed ResidentMedical Assistant to the City of Newcastle Hospital for InfectiousDiseases, Walker-on-Tyne.

HOPE, EDWARD W., M.D. Edin., M.B., C.M., D.Sc., L.R.C.P. Lond., hasbeen appointed Inspector of Nuisances for the City of Liverpool.

JELLETT, J. C., L.R.C.S., L.K.Q.C.P. Irel., has been appointed MedicalOfficer of the Swinhope District, Grimsby.

JONES, E. LLOYD, B.A., M.B., B.C. Cantab., has been appointed a JuniorHouse Physician at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.

MASTERMAN, G. F., L.K.Q.C.P. Irel., M.R.C.S., L.S.A., has been re-appointed Medical Officer of the Astley District, Martley Union,Worcestershire.

O’BRIEN, P. C., M.D. Qu. Univ. Irel., and 1B1.Ch., has been appointedMedical Officer of Health Midleton No. 1 Dispensary District, Cork.

. PENRUDDOCKE, CHAS., L.R.C.P., L.M. Edin., M.R.C.S., has beenappointed Medical Officer of the Stapleford District, Wilton Union

. PIGG, THOMAS, M.D. St. And., M.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., has beenappointed Medical Officer, 7th District, Tendring Union.

, SINCLAIR, F. HOWARD, M.D., L.K.Q.C.P., has been appointed AssistantB Physician to the Belfast Hospital for Sick Children.

SOMERSET, EDWARD, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond., L.S.A., has been, appointed Assistant House Surgeon to the Salop Infirmary." TAYLOR, MosES, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., his been appointed Medical Officer

of the Borough District, Walsall Union.