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opened, and their contents minutely examined and compared ?I can hardly suppose that either Dr. Lee or Dr. Beck wouldrefuse to sanction such a course, since the object in view wouldbe identical with that for which the preparations were made-the advancement of knowledge and the elucidation of truth.

I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,October, 1856. HENRY G. WRIGHT, M.D.HENRY G. WRIGHT, M.D.

Medical News.ROYAL CoLLEGE OF SURGEONs.-The following gentle-

men, having undergone the necessary examinations for theDiploma, were admitted members of the College at the meet-ing of the Court of Examiners on the 3rd inst. :-

BLEASE, THOMAS ToRKINGTON, Altrincham, Cheshire.BoGG, ALEXANDER, H. E. I. Co.’s Service, Madras.DwYx, CHARLES, Roscommon.DEARDEN, JAMES, Church, Lancashire.NEALE, CHARLES, Middlesex Hospital.ROGERS, JOHN JAMES COLIN, H. E. I. Co.’s Service.STCR&ES, MONTAGUE JAS., Sydney-square, Mile-end-road.APOTHECARIES’ HALL. - Names of gentlemen who

passed their examination in the science and practice of Medi-cine, and received certificates to practise, on

Tltzzrsday, October 2nd, 1856.

BARKER, WILLIAM, Habton Pickering, Yorkshire.BENNETT, HENRY PHILIP, India.BLOXAM, MATTHEW, London.Bua=’., HORATIO WARNER, Sawbridgeworth, Herts.Cour,T-NEY, SYDNEY CHARLES, Leatherhead, Surrey.LADE, GEORGE, King’s Lynn, Norfolk.WILLAN, REGINALD MOORE, Newton-on-Trent.

NEW OPERATION IN SURGERY.-DISARTICULATION OFTHE SCAPULA.-The entire scapula, with its processes and

glenoid cavity, were removed, in the Royal Infirmary of Edin-burgh, on the lst instant, by Mr. Syme, on account of a cystic-sarcomatous tumour. The patient, an elderly female, is doingwell, and the arm promises to be wonderfully little diminishedin usefulness through the absence of the shoulder-blade.

COLLEGIATE EXPENDITURE.-From the last publishedaccounts of the receipts and expenditure of the Royal Collegeof Surgeons of England, it appears that the former amountedto £14,459 Is. lOd., and the latter to .614,173 14s. 10d.-being an excess of receipts over disbursements of only X285 7s.The disbursements, however, include £1,148 19s. 6d. for therecent repairs. In the receipts is included a sum of nearly.6800 obtained from candidates for the fellowship.WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.-The

distribution of prizes for the past year to the students of thisSchool took place at a conversazione, after the introductoryaddress, on Wednesday evening, the 1st inst., presided overby the Rev. Mr. Cureton, Prebendary of the Abbey, and Rectorof St. 1I’largaret’s.The following is a list of the gentlemen to whom the Prizes

and Certificates of Honour were awarded :-WINTER SESSION. -C7temi8try: Silver Medal, Mr. Eugene F.

Cronin, London.-Anatomy: Silver Medal, Mr. W. P. Harris,Clifton, Bristol; Certificate, Mr. Thos. A. Kennard, Lambourne,Berks.-Physiology: Silver Medal, Mr. James Ford, Barnstaple,Devon; Certificates, Mr. Montague J. S. Perreau, London;Mr. Frederick MacCabe, London.-Medicine: Silver Medal,Mr. W. P. Harris; Certificates, Mr. M. J. S. Perreau; Mr.Jas. Ford; Mr. Wm. Curran, Brompton.-Surgery: Prize ofBooks: Mr. Wm. Curran; Certificates, Mr. Thos. A. Kennard;Mr. Hubert Beadles, Broadway, Worcestershire.SUMMER SESSION. -Botany: Silver Medal, Mr. Chas. Wm.

Browne, Kew-green, Surrey.-Forensic Medicine: Silver Medal,Mr. Jas. Ford.-Materia Medica: Silver Medal, Mr. GeorgeGreen, Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire; Certificate, Mr. C. W.Browne.-Midwifery: First.Silver Medal, Mr. M. J. S. Perreau;Second Silver Medal, Mr. Jas. Ford; Certificates, Mr. GeorgeGreen ; Mr. C. W. Browne. -Practctical Chemistry: Silver Medal,Mr. James Ford; Certificates, Mr. M. J. S. Perreau ; Mr.Hubert Beadles.-Practical Midwifery.- Maternity Prize forClinical Reports (a five-guinea Case of Obstetric Instruments),Mr. Jameg Ford.

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THE INDIAN SERVICE.-The Medical Service of thethree Presidencies is about to be entirely reorganized. Atpresent they are presided over by boards, of which that atBombay consists of three members. These long- establishedbut cumbrous institutions are to be abandoned in accordancewith one of a series of recommendations contained in an elabo-rate minute by Lord Dalhousie. Each board is to be replacedby a single responsible head under the title of Director-General,and under him are to be two Inspector-Generals, one for themilitary, the other for the civil hospitals. The number andposition of superintending surgeons is to remain as at present,but below them a large corps of staff surgeons is to be created.These and a few others of minor importance are believed tocomprise the alterations suggested by Lord Dalhousie, andadopted, it is hoped, by the Court of Directors. If so adopted,the Friend of India predicts that the medical service of theEast India Company will be second to none in the world.MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY AT GREENWICH.-On

Tuesday, October 7th, a meeting of the medical practitionersof Greenwich, Blackheath, and their vicinities, took place inthe large committee-room of the Royal Kent Dispensary,Greenwich-road, Greenwich, for the purpose of forming aMedi-co-Chirurgical Society. The chair was taken by J. Sutton,Esq., of Blackheath. The meeting was addressed by Drs. King,Purvis, Griffith, Messrs. Burton, Mitchell, and several othermedical gentlemen; after which they proceeded to name theSociety, and to nominate a president, vice-presidents, council,treasurer, secretary, librarian, &c. From the energetic mannerin which the meeting was carried on and the support it re-

ceived, there is no doubt of the Society’s success. It had longbeen the wish of the medical gentlemen resident in this localityto have a society of this kind instituted.COMMITTAL OF TWO MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS FOR

MANSLAUGHTER. -The Jamaica Morning Journal gives a re-port of the melancholy death of the wife of Colonel King, ofthe 36th Regiment, from the alleged careless administration ofpoison-strychnine. At first it was presumed that the unfor.tunate lady had died from disease of the heart; but upon acoroner’s inquiry taking place, the real truth transpired, thatthe deceased’s death was the result of poisoning by strychnine,which had been carelessly administered in mistake for somemedicinal drug. The jury, after a patient inquiry, came tothe conclusion that the mistake arose through the culpableconduct of Dr. Mosse, of the Medical Depot, Kingston, andDr. Jopp, of the 36th Regiment, and, returning accordinglya verdict of "Manslaughter" against those two gentlemen,the coroner committed them to take their trial on that seriouscharge. Both the accused subsequently entered into recogni-sances for their appearance at the next sitting of the King’sDistrict Court, themselves in £500, and two sureties of £250each.

TESTIMONIAL TO MR. EVANS, MEDICAL OFFICER TOTHE WORKHOUSE OF ST. GEORGE, SOUTHWARK.-An event ofa peculiar and highly gratifying character occurred in South-wark on Friday week last--it being no other than the presen-tation of a substantial testimonial to a parish surgeon, raisedwholly by the voluntary subscriptions of the inmates of theworkhouse, to which the gentleman in question had performedthe duties of medical officer for a long series of years. At seveno’clock in the evening all the inmates who desired the privilegewere allowed to assemble in the dining-hall of the workhouse.Many of the sick were unable to be present, but all who couldpossibly give their attendance came together on the occasion,making an audience of nearly 300, consisting entirely of adults.Mr. Evans having taken his seat in the centre of the room,The Master of the workhouse made an address, in which he

remarked that he had been entrusted to present Mr. Evanswith a testimonial to the merit of his services as medical officerto the workhouse. The memorial had been spontaneouslyraised by a subscription amongst the poor inmates, the contri-butions varying from the small sum of a halfpenny up to twoshillings. Of course it was not the amount of the contributionwhich constituted its value, but the feeling which prompted it.He believed that all the inmates of the house cordially regrettedthe departure of Mr. Evans. (Applause.) That gentleman hadoccupied the post of medical officer to that parish for a quarterof a century, and had been connected with the parish for aperiod of forty years. After some further remarks of a suitablecharacter, which were closed with a round of hearty applause

, from what we may call " both sides of the house," Mr. Sim-mons uncovered the testimonial, which consisted of a handsome

electro-plated salver, purchased of Mr. Colgate, silversmith,

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Borough, and bearing the following inscription :-" Presentedto Edward Evans, Esq., Surgeon to the Workhouse of St.George the Martyr, Southwark, on his resigning office ; raisedby subscription from the poor inmates in token of their esteem,also to mark their regret at his leaving them after many years’valuable attention to their wants and sufferings. September29, 1856. "

Mr. Evans, who rose to acknowledge the gift, addressed theparties present, being himself much moved at the receipt of sounusual a token of esteem and regard. In the course of his re-marks, he stated that he felt himself highly gratified at beinghonoured with so handsome a gift. He had, during his wholeterm of office, endeavoured to perform his duties with con-sideration, and at the same time with impartiality. (Applause.)He felt that he was placed a very proud position by the re-ceipt of their testimonial, for he was not aware of any instanceof a similar character in any part of the kingdom. He valuedthe gift because of its spontaneous and voluntary character.For it he returned his most cordial thanks, and he wished thatthose thanks might also be conveyed to the patients in the sickwards. (Applause.)The parting address of the worthy gentleman was received

with unquestionable tokens of real feeling.Mr. Simmons proposed three cheers for Mr. Evans, to which

a most cordial response was given, the plaudits making thewalls to ring again with the unwonted sound.We may add that the subscriptions of the inmates for the

purchase of the salver were quite unaided; but the cost of theengraved inscription was defrayed by the contributions ofthe officers of the house.

It is impossible by any remarks to add to the significance ofthis proceeding. The circumstance of a testimonial of this de-scription, presented by the poor inmates of a workhouse totheir medical officer, is an incontestable proof of the respect inwhich this gentleman is held by them. Nor can it fail to begratifying to the whole body of our profession, as a distinguishedinstance, amongst many others that might be cited, to provethat the poor are accustomed to regard their medical officeras a valued friend.

CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA.-M. Valentin, surgeon of theHospital of Vitry, in France, records, in L’ Union Medicale ofthe 6th ult., the case of a labourer, forty-six years of age, whodied with all the symptoms of hydrophobia, eighteen monthsafter having been bitten by his own dog, then in an unhealthycondition. He had not attempted any kind of treatment, butto allay his fears, he went and had his body linen blessed bythe parish priest, and caused a mass to be offered to St. Hubert.The fact of so long an incubation is certainly very awful, andwe are bound to add that a still longer time has been recordedon the authority of very trustworthy names.WESTERN MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.

- The Meetings of the above Society will be resumed on Fri-day, the 17th inst., at eight o’clock P.M., when Dr. Seatonwill read a paper " On the Protective and Modifying Powersof Vaccination." "

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDING

SATURDAY, OCT. 4.-The return of deaths for last week is anot unfavourable indication of the present state of health inLondon. The total number of deaths registered was 1071, ofwhich 540 were those of males, 531 those of females. Thedeaths from diarrhoea declined from 72 in the previous week to64 last week. A death from " choleraic diarrhcea" occurred,after twenty-four hours’ illness, and at the age of forty-twoyears, in Hanover-street. Scarlatina carried off 47 children,nearly the same number as in the previous week. Five childrenin a family were attacked by this disease: of these one died athome, and three in the London Fever Hospital, and the fifthis now hopelessly ill in the same hospital. A house is reported,No. 7, George’s cottages, Brixton-hill, in which three cases of" fever" have occurred within the last month; the drainage isstated to be "in very bad condition."

" In Wellesley-street,Somers-town, also, there is a house, No. 16, where fever andother complaints are common, these being caused, or much

aggravated, by the offensive state of the drains; and in theadjoining house, No. 15, a woman died from disease and wantcombined. Seven persons died last week whose ages werefrom ninety to ninety-three.At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of

the barometer in the week was 29 ’439 in. The lowest readingwas 28’68 in., on Sunday, the 28th ult. The mean tempera-ture of the week was 55’3°, which is 2° above the average. OnSaturday the mean temperature was 59.7 °, which is 7.1° abovet he average. The highest on that day was 65.8°, the lowest

57°. The wind blew generally from the south-west. Rain fellon almost every day,and the whole amount was O’o4 in.In the thirteen weeks that ended Sept. 27th, 14,066 persons

died in London, which is about 1000 more than in the same

quarter of 1855. Diseases of the zymotic character were fatalin 4093 cases, against 3661 in the summer quarter of last year:of these 101 were due to croup, 108 to small-pox, 382 to hoop-ing-cough, 393 to measles, 433 to searlatina, 573 to typhus andcommon fever, 1610 to diarrhoea, (against 1258 from this com-plaint in the same period last year,) 131 to cholera, chieflycholera infantum; the rest to various other diseases of thisclass. Very young children were the sufferers from diarrheeain a very large proportion of the cases. The deaths frommeasles were most numerous in the South districts, those fromscarlatina and typhus in the East. Diarrhoea appears to haveprevailed with considerable uniformity over the great divisionsof the metropolis, though, if the sub-districts be compared witheach other, both with reference to population and deaths,results in many instances widely different will be obtained.Phthisis (or consumption) carried off 1794 persons, the numberin the corresponding quarter of 1855 having been 1645;bronchitis 562, pneumonia 581, being an increase on the pre-vious year from both diseases. Eighty.six women died fromdiseases of the puerperal state. Eighteen persons died of car-buncle, the numbers in the summer quarters of the last fiveyears ranging only from 15 to 19. Ten persons died from theintemperate use of liquor, besides those who sustained fatalinjuries when intoxicated, and those who died from maladiesgenerated by intemperance, which, however, is not shown inthe medical certificate; 35 from delirium tremens; 6 unfor-tunate persons from want; 145 children from want of breast.milk.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS. -On the 5th inst., at Parade, Tunbridge Wells, the

wife of Dr. Hale, of London, of a daughter.On the 7th inst., the wife of Edwin Lankester, M. D., F. R. S.,

of Savile-row, London, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.-On the 2nd inst., at Trinity Church, Bath,Phillip Vincent, Esq., M.R.C.S., of Cambourne, Cornwall, toJessie Louisa, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Bullen,Esq., of King’s Lynn, Norfolk.On the 4th inst., at St. Nicholas Church, Brighton, William

Brook Charles Maxwell, M.D., of Earlswood, Redhill, to MaryLaurie, relict of Charles Rhodes, Esq., and eldest daughter ofthe late Lieut. Colonel Peter Hawker.On the 7th inst., at Wragby, Lincolnshire, John Deane

Baker, Esq., M.R.C.S., of Wragby, to Mary Anne GravesSutton, eldest niece of Charles F. Sutton, Esq., M.R.C.S., ofthe same place.On the 7th inst., at the Parish Church, Edgbaston, Bir-

mingham, Frederick Coode, Esq., of Lewes, Sussex, only sur-viving child of the late Henry Coode, Esq., of Guildford-street,Russell-square, London, to Lucy Anne Elizabeth, only sur-viving child of David Hume Nelson, M.D., of Colmore-row,Birmingham. ____

DEATHs.-On the 18th of July, in Calcutta, from dysentery,John Boon Hayes, M.D., H.E.I.Co.’s service, late of Bolton-street, Piccadilly.On the 4th inst. at King-street, St. James’s-square, Ellen

Jane, the daughter of William Miller, Esq., M.R.C.S., agedfive months.On the 21st inst., at Williamstown, Glengarry, Canada,

John George Bethune, M.D., aged 32 years, eldest son of thelate Norman Bethune, Esq., of Montreal.We regret to learn the death of M. Cayol, editor of the Pezzce

Médicale, and formerly one of the most successful opponents ofBroussais. M. Cayol had been Professor of Clinical Medicine atthe Faculty of Paris, arid obtained the Doctor’s diploma in 1810.M. Henry Schedel, well known as the joint author with M.

Cazenave of an excellent work on the Diseases of the Skin, hasjust perished in Switzerland by a fall from the rocks whilstattempting to ascend Mount Pilate alone, and in the night.M. Schedel was the son of a German and an English lady. Hehad for several years past relinquished practice, and devotedhis highly cultivated mind and immense information to purelyscientific pursuits.

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