consideration of the Government to give to medical men the TESTIMONIAL TO JOHN HUTTON, ESQ., F.R.C.S.-On improved status to which they were entitled, and he wished Wednesday week, at the conclusion of the general public busi- to ask the gallant general at the head of the War Department ness, the members of the Lancashire and Cheshire Branch o whether there was any probability of a plan to promote that the British Medical Association adjourned to the committee- object shortly receiving the sanction of the Government and of room of this medical institution. for the purpose of presenting being promulgated. to John Hutton, Esq., F.R.C.S., the late hon. secretary, a General PEEL said, that certainly some difficulty had been testimonial, consisting of a magnificent timepiece, with sculp- experienced in procuring the requisite number of surgeons. tured figures in gold, of French manufacture, and very elegant There was a plan, recommended by his right hon. friend, to design. The president, Ellis Jones, Esq., testified to the great obviate the difficulty, which had received the attention of services which Mr. Hutton had rendered during fifteen years. the-Government, but it would require some time for con- In reply, Mr. Hutton gratefully acknowledged the kindness of sideration. his fellow-associates, and referred with gratification to the valuable services which they had secured in obtaining the aid of Mr. H. T. Waters as their secretary henceforth. THE BRITISH MUSEUM.-A deputation, consisting of Medical News. Sir Roderick Murchison, Sir Philip de M. Grey Egerton, M.P., the Earl of Enniskillen, Sir Benjamin Brodie, and Professor RoYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.-The following gentle- Owen, waited on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the 3rd the examinations for the’ men, having undergone necessary inst., and presented a memorial to her Majesty’s Government Diploma, were admitted members of the College at the meet- against the proposed removal of the natural history collections ing of the Court of Examiners on the 2nd inst. :- from the British museum. BAKER, GEORGE HENRY, Retreat-place, Hackney. APPOINTMENTS. — On June 9th, Mr. Redfern Davies EDWARD Lincolnshire. BOGG, BEVEI;LEY, Louth, was unanimously elected to the office of surgeon to the Birming- BONSTEAD, ROBINSON, Wigton, Cumberland. ham workhouse. -Walter Sumpter, M.D., of Cley, Norfolk,. COGHLAN, HUNTER ALEXANDER, Cork. has been appointed to the Erpingham and Walsingham unions. DANSON, HENRY, Gloucester-crescent, Park. Regent’s FuLLExIav PROFESSOR.—Mr. Owen has been elected HANDCOCK, GEORGE, Cads Beeston, near Leeds. HILL, WILLIAM HENRY, li. M. Mint. to this chair in the Royal Instiution. HOMFRAY, CHARLES AUGUSTUS, Clifton, near BristoL DR. LIVINGSTONE.-Dr. Livingstone’s sailed Middlesex. expedition KENT, OCTAVIUS JACKSON, Hampton, Table Bay on April 27th, for the Zambesi. An elegant LEWIS, Vi’ILLIAlI1, Paddington-street. silver box, containing 800 guineas, had been presented to Dr. DENIS Cork. O’FLYN, BARRY, fromLivingstone, as a testimonial, by the colonists. PERALTA, JOSEPH Rocco, Malta. TEBAY, MICHAEL JARiES, Little Smith-street, Westminster. THE VALUE OF PRESCRIPTIONS,-In a singular action;. WALKER, EDWARD, Brighton. Fray v. Voules, tried in the Queen’s Bench on Monday last, the various counts at issue were gradually narrowed to one of APOTHECARIES’ HALL. - Names of gentlemen who compensation for detention of some physicians’ prescriptions passed their examination in the science and practice of Medi- given to the plaintiff by the late Sir James Anderson, who had cine, and received certificates to practise, on attended her for several years, and on which she set a very Thursday, July lst, 1858. high value indeed. It was suggested for the defence that the plaintiff was not entitled to more than would obtain her the ALLEN, JOHN, Longton. advice of a respectable physician, and not such as would carry BRAITHWAITE, ROGERS, Cumberland. costs. Lord Campbell thought it would not be difficult to get ROBERT DAVIS, ALEXANDER, London. of them where they had been made up; but the plaintiff Essex. copies DIGBY, FREDERIC, Maldon, was entitled to recover their value, and that value the jury JOHN St. Cornwall. VAWDREY, CASSHAM, Agnes, would give her and no more. Damages-five guineas, which As an Assistant, SIMMONS, BENJAMIN, Henley-on-Thames. carries costs. COLLEGIATE ELECTIONS.-At a meeting of the Council BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL of the Royal College of Surgeons, on the 8th inst., Joseph SOCIETY.-This Society has petitioned Parliament in favour of Henry Green, Esq., F.R.S., was elected President; and James Mr. Cowper’s Medical Bill. Moncrieff and John Flint Arnott, Esq., F.R.S., South, Esq., COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM-The new Principal were elected Vice-Presidents of the for the College ensuing of QUEEN’SQueen’s has on the Council This is the second time these have had the College, Birmingham, placed year. gentlemen minutes the following notices :--1. In consequence of the grow- honours conferred on them. At the same respective meeting, ing importance of clinical instruction as a most essential part Alexander Shaw, Esq., the recently-elected Councillor, was of medical and education, the- admitted and took his seat. surgical happily recognized by new regulations of some of the most influential examining GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL.-In of the bodies-‘ That the physicians and surgeons of the Queen’s Hos- consequence be of clinical medicine and death of Mr. a occurred in the pital professors surgery respectively premature Statham, vacancy in 2. The of staff of surgeons of this institution. Mr. Price and Mr. Law- Queen’s College." importance practical anatomy been dwelt in the new of£ son, being the junior surgeons, contested for the office. The having especially upon regulations election is vested in the medical committee of the hospital, the Royal College of Surgeons of England, to the effect, " that on and after the 1st of Vlarch next candidates for’the member- who elected Mr. Lawson over his senior, Mr. Price, by a ma- are as to test their of to three. We believe Mr. Price lost his election ship to be examined in anatomy, practical jority eight of it, and to rid of the called from the simple circumstance of his not being a Fellow of the knowledge get practice vulgarly with a view to second such beneficial Mr. Price has shown himself to be an industrious cramming," That, College. the of in and member of the and we cannot reform, demonstratorships anatomy Queen’s College enterprising profession; be elevated to the of of regard his non-success on the present occasion without some position professorships practical regret, particularly as the merits of the candidates appear to anatomy." have been tested rather by a reference to a mere nominal dis- MISTAKE IN MEDICINE,-A gentleman, named Richards, tinction than by a due regard to real qualifications and fitness has obtained X75 damages against Mr. Cocking, chemist and for the office. Mr. W. Adams and Mr. Smith were at the druggist, of Great Portland-street, for selling him some,’’ irritant same time elected junior surgeons. poison" for fluid magnesia, by which he was made sick and ill for several days. The defendant declared that he had given SURGEONS FOR THE INDIAN ARMY. - The twelve the plaintiff a solution of Epsom salts; but the jury thought medical men who went out in the India mail steamer Pera on the case of the plaintiff proven, and gave the above damages. Sunday were bound for Calcutta. Surgeons are re- urgently A PROLIFIC BIRTH.-The " Italian Medical Gazette" quired in India, and some of the medical gentlemen who went states that a was delivered of five out in the above vessel were engaged at the last moment. woman, aged thirty, daughters at a birth on the 15th ult. at Rovigo, after a pregnancy of seven MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE.-The prizes at this insti- months. One lived only two hours, and the others dropped off tution were distributed on May 5th, by Lord Harris. At the one bv one in the course of forty-eight hours. Three of the commencement of the year the students numbered 238; 99 latter had, the above-named journal asserts, a full complement have since left the College. of front and back teeth. 49 SURGEOX TO THE QUEEN IN IRELAND.-Dr. J. W. the deaths from this disease during the last four weeks; they Cusack has been appointed to the office of surgeon in ordinary were successively 18, 31, 54, and (last week) 94. This last to her Majesty in Ireland, in the room of Sir Philip Crampton, number has not been attained in previous years so early in the deceased. season, the average number in corresponding weeks being 34. has been returned as the cause of 11 four The Medical Cholera deaths, only A SOCIAL GATHERING. - Southampton of which have occurred adults. Scarlatina, held last week their annual at Stoneham Park. amongst including Society pic-nic diphtheria and " malignant sore throat," was fatal in 61 cases, The afternoon was spent in a most agreeable manner, and the all except four amongst children. The disease has attacked which these social are calculated to good feeling gatherings with great severity the family of an unbeneficed clergyman in secure will amply reward the promoters of a scheme so ra- Gloucester-terrace, Pimlico, whose wife and four children have and so carried out. tionally conceived, successfully fallen under its violence. Since the 15th ult. four persons two CARMARTHEN INFIRMARY.-The new built in have died in London from sunstroke. The deaths of men, Infirmary 94 and 96 and of two 95 this town was opened on the 1st instant. The building, which aged respectively years, women, aged is handsome and beautifully situated, is to contain thirty-eight and 96, were registered last week. Last week the births of 828 and in all 1603 to forty patients. There is at present a deficiency of medical boys 775 girls, were in London. In the ten aid, only one physician, Dr. Lawrence. Consulting surgeon, children, registered corresponding Mr. E. J. Stacey. Surgeons, Mr. J. Rowlands and Mr. J. weeks of the years 1848-57 the average number was 1605. Hughes. House-surgeon, Mr. G. Symmons. This last gentle- man is about to retire, when there will be a vacancy, salary £ I00 per annum. GRATITUDE TO A NAVAL MEDICAL OFFICER. - The Births. Marriages, and Deaths. crew of H. M. S. Hecate, after being paid off, at Woolwich, on assembled at the the Dock- Saturday last, Ship Hotel, opposite BIRTHS. yard gates, when a deputation from that body waited upon the chief surgeon, Dr. W. T. Wilson, and presented to him a hand- On the 30th ult., at Newport, Shropshire, the wife of some gold watch, of the value of =S27, which bore the following Augustus H. Godby, M.D., of a son. inscription : " Presented to Dr. W. T. Wilson, by the ship’s On the 1st inst., at Edinburgh, the wife of Thomas Inglis, company of H. M. S. Hecate, as a mark of their admiration for M.D., &c., of a son. his unremitting attention and kindness to the sick during the On the 3rd inst., at the wife " Lansdowne-place, Blackheath, late fever that visited the ship on the coast of Africa. of P. Purvis, M.D., of a daughter. On the 6th inst., at the wife of DISINFECTING AGENTS.-A series of were Hertford-street, Mayfair, experiments Dr. Druitt, of a daughter. tried on the 3rd inst., at Mr. Condy’s chemical works, at Bat- tersea, with the view of showing the superiority of his fluid, as a disinfectant and deodorizer, over the lime at present being MARRIAGES. thrown into the Thames. The experiments appear to have been successful. On the 28th ult., at Lisburn Cathedral, Geo. Mitchell, Esq., Olinda, Craigavad, co. Down, to Mary Hogg, only daughter of INOCULATION FOR SMALL-POX : FATAL RESULTS.-An Wm. M.D. was held T. on Wednes- Thompson, inquest by Izod, Esq., county coroner, On the 1st inst., at Kent, at the of on of a Trinity Church, Brompton, Henry day, June 30th, court-house Callan, the body 59th to Emma had de- Knaggs, Esq., M.B., Assistant-Surgeon Regt., lad named Patrick Cody, which been exhumed. The Lawrence, only daughter of D. H. Green, Esq., War Depart. ceased, it appeared, died on the previous Friday, and had been Chatham Lines. before were aware of the Dr. ment, interred the police circumstance. On the 1st at St. P. G. stated in evidence that the deceased had been in- inst., Stephen’s, Redditch, George Cronyn Dunn, M.R.C.S.E., of to Catherine Jane, oculated and died from the effects small or natural Esq., Ledbury, for, of, pox. youngest daughter of Joseph Holyoake, Esq., of the Willows, The mother of the deceased was examined, and declared that Redditch. the had been "cut" for the natural five boy pox years since, On the 1st inst., at the Church of St. sen. She admitted that her Stephen-the-Martyr, by Joseph Mackey, daughter William fourth son of the late Thomas had been inoculated three since for London, Linton, Esq., Bridget weeks small-pox of to Annie a named Eskrigge, Esq., Stockport, Crosby, only daughter by young man, aged about twenty, Joseph Mackey, of the late James Tatham, M. R. C. S., of Lancaster. but that the deceased had not been on that occa- Esq., operated upon On the 1st inst., at Wm. Gambier Walker, sion. She a deal as to how Brill, Bucks, equivocated good Mackey, jun., M. R. C. S., to Frances, the second of had been but admitted that she handed the to a Esq., surviving daughter paid, money the Rev. J. S. incumbent of Brill-cum-Boarstall. Mrs. to him when he had inoculated her child Baron, Hughes pay On the 6th at St. G. The found a verdict a inst., George’s, Hanover-square, Major Bridget. jury against person unknown, to aided and that about the the deceased Skipwith, Dep6t Battalion, Jersey, Margaret Jemima, only by others; period had of the late David been his sister had been cut daughter Boyd, Esq., Surgeon-General inoculated, Bridget for the natural Madras Army. pox by Joseph Mackey the younger. The police are instructed to have Mrs. Hughes summoned to give evidence before the magistrates. - Kilkenny Moderator. DEATHS. THE arrived at on Argo Plymouth Tuesday, bringing On the 16th of May, at Porto Nova, South Arcot, Madras 121 invalid troops and officers. Two deaths occurred amongst William the four deaths have occurred the invalid Presidency, Henry Davids, Esq., Assistant-Surgeon, officers; amongst H.E.I.C.S., aged 41, son of the late W. J. Davids, Esq., late troops. The remainder have benefited by the sea voyage, and of Crayford, Kent. greatly improved in health since they left the Sandheads. The On the 2nd inst., at South Clerk-street, Edinburgh, Thomas Undaunted arrived on the same evening, bringing 140 military late of the H.E.I.Co.’s service. invalids from Calcutta. Henderson, M.D., DUCHY OF LANCASTER.-The Duke of Montrose, Chan- cellor of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster, has placed the name of Samuel Hope Wraith, Esq., F. R. C. S., on TERMSS FOR ADVERTISING. the commission of the peace for the County Palatine of Lan- caster.

MR. SYMES’s CASE. - The following gentlemen have Advertisements which are intended to appear in THE LANCET of any parti- should be at the Office not later than on in their names to be added to the testimonial which week, delivered Wednesday requested week. recently appeared in our columns :-Messrs. Charles Pope, !cularthat Glastonbury; W. W. Munckton, coroner for the West Divi- sion of the county of Somerset; John Prankerd, Langport; John Larcombe, Langport; and Samuel Larcombe, Langport. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 3RD.-The deaths registered in London last Post-office Orders to be addressed to THOMAS PALMER LOVELL, THE LAjrcEt - tveek amounted to 1241- The progress of diarrhoea, ia sPPn in Office, 423, Strand, London, and made payable to him at the Strand Post-office’ 50