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Twenty-first Annual Report of the Direc-tors of the Dundee Royal Asylum for Luna-tics. July, 1841. Pp. 38.The Means of Promoting and Preserving

Health. By T. Hodgkin, M. D. SecondEdition. London: Simpkin, Marshall, andCo. 1841. 12mo. Pp. 480.The Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physio-

logy. Edited by Robert B. Todd, M. D.,F. R. S. Part 22. London : Sherwood andCo.The Cyclopaedia of Practical Surgery;

embracing a Complete View of all the De-partments in Operative Medicine. Editedby William B. Costello, M. D. Part 10.London: Sherwood and Co.

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TO CORRESPONDENTS.

X. Y.-The circumstance alluded to byour correspondent, probably depends uponsome disorder of the digestive functions. Thestate is not uncommon in those who eat toomuch animal food. If it give rise to any in-convenience, the boy should be placed underthe care of the family medical attendant.Could X. --I’. leave a little of the fluid at ouroflice ? ’

We could not find room for the remarks Isent by a correspondent entitled" Improve-ment of the University of Glasgow."THE IsLE OF WIGHT.-A correspondent

wishes to know whether, as has been alleged,the climate of the Undercliff, on the southcoast of the Isle of Wight, is very similar tothat of Madeira and the south of France ;and he asks what is the mean temperature ofthat place as compared with other parts of.England. 11 It is said," he adds, " that theair of even the northern parts of the Isle ofWight is about 4° warmer than the adjacentparts of the mainland ; but that by crossingthe island to the south coast, in the neigh-bourhood of Ventnor and Bonchurch, there isfound an increase in the mean temperature,in the winter season, of about 15°, and thatthe vegetation of these districts proves a

considerable difference."A correspondent, dating from Clapham,

under the signature of Honestas, objects tothe circulation of such notes as the following,for 11 the purpose of gaining the confidenceof patients :"-" Mr. M’I3***** presents hiscompliments to Mr. and Mrs. ---, andshould anything occur to deprive them oftheir medical attendant, begs to say that hewould be most happy to be favoured withtheir confidence.-Clapham, Nov. 18, 1841."

-The wished-for patients have applied toI3onestas to know whether it is usual formedical gentlemen to issue such letters.The letter signed A Student, relative to the

conduct of a resident officer of King’s Col-lege Hospital, cannot be published unless itis properly authenticated. The number ofcommunications which we have received re-lative to the internal affairs of this establish-ment, inclines us to believe that some of theappointments have not been very judiciouslymade.The communications forwarded by Dr.

BaTTY, Mr. Massey, and Dr. Boyd, and theEditor of the Annales de Medicine, nextweek.The paper of J. B. shall be re-examined.The letters of Mr. A. Black, Dr. Beding-

field, An ex-Member of the Prov. Med. andSurg. Association, lUedicus, One who is no

Impostor, J. T., Mr. Rowe, and a Peeper-iit,have been received.Mr. J. Duzidsoaa.-Tlie statute does not

name any ; but specific qualifications are

requisite for the deputy.We have never seen the instrument men-

tioned by the writer who terms himself" A lady in the country." Moreover, tricksare so often played by quacks and other ad.vertisers with opinions given on the subjectsnamed in the note, that we never furnishanonymous correspondents with replies tosuch inquiries.

Probably Mr. H. R. W. will be some-

thing more than satisfied next week.A Chemist.-Our correspondent is quite

mistaken in supposing that the advertisementrelates to " one of the higher branches of theprofession." The advertiser is a despicableimpostor, and is not worthy of notice. Ifwe had a sound system of medical law, sucha worthless fellow would now be on thetreadwheel in the House of Correction.A Constant Subscriber.-Dr. David D.

Davis, late professor of midwifery in Univer-sitv College.

Several correspondents have solicited in-formation relative to the duties of coronerstowards medical witnesses at inquests. Wewill endeavour to explain this subject at

some length in the next number of our

Journal.The notice respecting the Macclesfield-

Club Humbug shall be published.T. M. G.-If it was a " surgical" case,

the surgeon can charge for his visits. Butwe would strongly advise the patient toavoid law. He may depend on it that theattorney’s bill would be infinitely worse thanthe doctor’s.An Observer. - The animal-magnetism

fraud was so thoroughly exposed in Londoia,that it cannot be necessary to insert anotherword on the subject. If there be any foolswho still desire to be imposed on, let themapply to the magnetisers. All the extractsfrom the Birmingham paper reached us.