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other than the annual meetings, should be held as permis-sive ; and that the President be empowered to call such

meeting either on his own authority, or on a requisitionsigned by thirty Fellows, and sanetioned by the Council,and that such meetings be held within the College. The

Report was, on the motion of Mr. Birkett, ordered to beprinted and circulated, in order to its discussion at thenext meeting of the Council.

Medical News.APOTHECARIES’ HALL. - The following gentlemen

passed their examination in the Science and Practice of Medi-cine,and received certificates to practise, on Jan. 6th, 1870:

Jolliffe, John, jun., Godolphin-road, Shepherd’s-bush.Mulligan, Joseph Michsiel, Thrapston, Northamptonshire.Roberts, Evan, Upper Dorset-street, W.Wadsworth, Godfrey Bingley, Westbourne, Hants.

The following gentlemen also on the same day passed theirfirst professional examination :-

Aikin, Charles Edmund, Guy’s Hospital.Derry, Bartholomew Gidley, St. George’s Hospital.

WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL.-Dr. Potter has been ap-pointed Assistant Obstetric Physician.LONDON HOSPITAL.-Messrs. Oswald, Baker, Ash-

ley, W. Barrett, and John Wilford Marsh, have been

appointed House -Surgeons, vice Messrs. Robert W. Ceely,R. F. Hay, and John S. Hosford, who retired in rotation.THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.-The Professor of

Anatomy (Professor Humphry), gives notice that thecourse of lectures on Practical Anatomy will be continuedon Monday, Jan. 17, at 1 P.M., and daily at the same hour.The course on Anatomy and Physiology will be continuedin the New Museums on Thursday, Jan. 27, at 1 r.Bt., andon Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at the same hour.Microscopical Demonstrations will be given in the oldAnatomical Museum on alternate Mondays at 6 P.M., com-mencing Feb. 17. With the assistance of Mr. Garrod, ofSt. John’s College, Demonstrations of PhysiologicalChemistry will be given in the old Anatomical Schools onSaturdays at 12 Ti., commencing Feb. 5.DR. W. H. PILKINGTON, of Clayton-le-Moors, has

qualified as a magistrate for the county.DR. GEORGE GODDARD ROGERS, late Medical

Registrar to St. George’s Hospital, has been appointed byLord de Grey to the vacant Inspectorship in the MedicalDepartment of the Privy Council Office.

ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH.-The next meeting of this Association will be held atthe Scottish Corporation Hall, Crane-court, Fleet-street,to-day (Saturday), at 7.30 P.M., when the discussion willbe resumed on Mr. Acton’s paper, entitled, "Supposingthe Legislature should determine to recommend the intro-duction of the Contagious Diseases Act among the CivilPopulation, would it be feasible and possible to carry outits enactments in the Metropolis ? " THE ULSTER OVERCOAT.-We have received from

Messrs. MGee, of Belfast, a specimen of this addition to thetraveller’s wardrobe, and, from practical experience, we cantestify to its very great utility. It secures for the wearerimmunity from cold or wet, whether his journey is on theroad, the rail, or the river. To members of our own profes-sion, to country practitioners especially, who are frequentlycalled upon to visit patients at a distance, in all states ofthe weather, and at all hours of the night, it will provesimply invaluable.

Medical Appointment. ASHTON, T. J., M.E.C.S.E., has been appointed Surgeon-Aurist to the Royal

Society of British Musicians, vice J. Yearsley, M.D., deceased.BAGNALL, S. F., L.R.C.P.L., has been appointed Junior Medical Assistant

at the Gloucestershire Lunatic Asylum, near Gloucester.BELLAMY, E., F.R.C.S., has been appointed Surgeon to the Magdalene

Hospital.

BRAIDWOOD, P. M., M.D., has been appointed Demonstrator of Histologyat the Liverpool Royal Infirmary School of Medicine.

BUcK, T. A., M.B., has been appointed House-Physician to the Hospital forWomen, Soho-square, vice W. A. Cox, M.R.C.S., resigned.

FLETCHER, R. V., L.R C P.Ed., has been appointed Resident MedicalAssistant at the Down District Lunatic Asylum, Downpatrick.

FLINN, J. J., L.R.C.P.Ed., has been appointed a Medical Officer to the EastDispensary, Liverpool, vice R. T. Lodge, M.D., resigned.

GILLAND, R. B., ;)1.D., has been appointed Resident Medical Superintendentof the new Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Cholsey, Berks.

HARDYMAN, C. E., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A., late House-Surgeon at St. Thomas’sHospital, has been appointed House-Surgeon to the Worcester GeneralIntirmary.

’HARMAN, E. J , L.R.C.S.Ed , has been appointed Apothecary to the DistrictLunatic Asylum, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway.

HAWARD, E., M.D., has been appointed Physician to the St. MaryleboneGeneral Dispensary, Welbeck-street, vice W. Cayley, M.D., resigned.

JACQUES, J. T., .1f.D., has been appointed a Medical Officer to the LeicesterProvident Dispensary, vice J. Sloane, M.D., resigned.

JOHNSTON, A. C., bLR C.S.E., L.K.Q.C.P.I., has been appointed MedicalOfficcr and Public Vaccinator for the United Parishes of Kilmurichand Lochgoilhead, Argyleshire, vice Galbraith, whose appointmenthas expired.

KNOTT, S. J., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Resident Registrar andChloroformist at St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, vice M. M. Moore,L R.C.P.L., appointed a Resident Medical Officer at the Royal AlbertHospital, Devonport.

LAWRENCE, C. H., L.R.C.P.Ed., has been appointed Medical Officer andPublic Vaccinator for District No. 4 of the Pewsey Union, Wilts, viceJ. Hayward, M.R.C.S.E., deceased.

MACARTHCR, P., M.B., has been appointed Medical Officer, Public Vaeci-nator, and Registrar of Births &c., for the Dirraw Dispensary Districtof the Ballymoney Union, Co. Antrim, vice John Thomson, M.D.,resigned.

MORRIS, H., M.B., has been appointed Surgical Registrar and Superintendentof Post-mortem Examinations at the Middlesex Hospital, vice H. Arnott,F.R.C.S.E., resigned.

O’DONOGHOE, M., L.K.Q.C.P.I., has been appointed Medical Officer to theWorkhouse of the Castlerea Union, and Medical Officer, Public Vacci.nator, and Registrar of Births &c., for the Castleplunket DispensaryDistrict, vice M. Harkan, M.D., resigned.

OLIPHANT, J., M.D., has been appointed a Medical Officer to the LeicesterProvident Dispensary, vice R. Wingate, M.R.C.S.E., resigned.

PATERSON, T., L.R.C.P.Ed., has been appointed a Medical Officer to theNorth Dispensary, Liverpool, vice J. E. Burton, L.R.C.P.L., resigned.

RICKETTS, F. W., iAl.i3.C.S.E., has been appointed a Medical Officer to theSouth Dispensary, Liverpool, vice T. Carson, L.R.C.S.I., resigned.

ROBERTSON, R., M.D., has been appointed a Medical Officer to the SouthDispensary, Liverpool, vice J. Oliphant, M.D., resigned.

SINCLAIR, D., M.B., C.M., has been appointed Medical Officer for Cawoodand part of the Riccall District of the Selby Union, Yorkshire, vice T.Percival, M.R.C.S.E., resigned.

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WEARTON, J. H., M.B., L.K.Q.C.P.I., has been elected a Surgeon to the Cityof Dublin Hospital, vice T. G. Geoghegan, M.D., deceased.

WEippLE, C., L.R.C.P.L., has been appointed Surgeon to the South Devonand East Cornwall Hospital, Plymouth, vice J. Whipple, F.R.C.S.E.,resigned.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

COLLINS.-On the 1st inst., at Euston-place, Leamington, the wife of Dr.Collins, of a daughter.

CONDON.-On the 13ch of Nov. 1869, at Rangoon, the wife of E. H. Condon,’ M.D., Assist.-Surgeon 2nd Batt. 21st Royal N.B. Fusiliers, of a daughter.FISHER.-on the 5th inst., at Bucklands, Apsley-road, Clifton, the wife ofS.Winter Fisher, M.D., of a son.HARRIs.-On the 2nd ult., at Nungumbankum, Madras, the wife of Surgeon

W. H. Harris, M.D., Madras Army, of a son.MEGGET.-ON the 6th inst., at S-,arborough, the wife of A. Megget, M.R.C.S.,

of a daughter.SUTTON.-On the 6th inst., at the Norwich Borough Asylum, the wife of

Frederick Sutton, M.D., Resident Medical Superintendent, of a daughter,

MARRIAGES.HOLLOWAY-SYMMONS.-On the 5th inst., at Wormingford, Essex, James

Lewis Holloway, M.R.C.S.E., Staff Surgeon-Major Army, to Minnie,daughter of the late B. F. Symmons, Esq.

HOME-SMITH.-On the 3rd inRt., at Wexford, William Home, M.D.,Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, to Eva, widow of H. S. Smith,Esq. _____

DEATHS.

BEDDOES.-ON the 10th inst., Wm. Minton Beddoes, M.D., of Shrewsbury,aged 52.

BESWICK.-On the 31st of Oct., 1869, at Hokitiker, New Zealand, S. Beswick,M.P.C S.E.

BOWIE.-On the 2nd of Oct., 1869, at Fitzroy, near Melbourne, RobertBowie, M.R.C.S.E., in his 82nd year.

DENZILOE.-On the 1st inst., M. Denxiloe, M.R.C.S.E., of West Allingtoè1,Bndport, aged 63.

GARDINER.-On the 6th inst., James Gardiner, M.D., of Portsoy, Banffshire,aged 47.

KAY.-On the 10th inst., R. Kay, L.R.C.S.Ed., of Camp-street, Broughton:Manchester, formerly of Liverpool, aged 69.

PRITCHARD.-On the 6th inst., at Clevedon, Thomas Pritchard, F.R.C.S.,aged 64.

SLADDEN.-On the 3rd inst., J. Sladden, M.R.C.S.E., of Ash, near Sandwich,Kent, aged 57.

TOMPSON-On the 9th inst., Wm. Alonzo Tompson, M.R.C.S.E., aged 62.