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AT the usual meeting of the Metropolitan Asylums Board ARMY MEDICAL SCHOOL AT NETLEY. on the 31st ult., a letter from the Admiralty was read, stating that if the managers wished to keep the ships Atlas THE winter session of the Army Medical School ter- which were lent some the and Endymion, years ago by minated on the 2nd inst., when the prizes were distributed on an to meet the outbreak of Admiralty emergency before a large company assembled in the lecture-room of must be the Atlas infectious disease, they paid for, being the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley. The War Office was valued at £8400 and the Endymion at .E6500. It was represented by Dr. Crawford, LL.D., Director-General of the unanimously resolved that an answer be sent to the effect Medical Department of the Army; and the Office by that the managers would purchase the vessels; but that, Sir Joseph Fayrer, K.C.S.I., Physician to the Council of having regard to the fact that the managers were the India. At the invitation of the Senate of the School, Sir administrators of poor rates, they would be glad if the James Paget, F.R.S., presented the prizes to the successful Admiralty could see their way, after further consideration of competitors. The names of the surgeons on who passed suc- all the circumstances of the case, to reduce the amounts probation cessfully through the course of special instruction for the named. ___ medical departments of the British and Indian services, a list of whom will appear in our next, were read by Surgeon- AT the request of the committee formed for the establish- General Longmore, C.B., together with the reports of the ment of a British Hospital at Port Said, who met for the results of the examinations, intended for the information of the Secretaries of State for War and first time on the 31st has issued an India. ult., Lady Strangford Sir James then distributed the for funds for A site for the hos- Paget awards, accompany- appeal building purposes. ing each with appropriate remarks to the recipient, and after- was some a suited to the pital given years ago ; plan, climate, wards delivered an eloquent address to the young military of a compact, one-storeyed building, to hold forty beds, has surgeons, which occupied half an hour, and was listened to- been approved; the furniture, linen, &c., are on the spot throughout with the most marked attention by the whole The text of the discourse be said to have. waiting to be used; and, most important of all, a sufficient assembly. may been a from a civilian’s of view of an income for the maintenance of the is secure. All survey point army hospital surgeon’s professional career and responsibilities under the that is needed is money for the structure itself. The object peculiar circumstances incidental to military life, especially is a good one, and we trust that Lady Strangford’s request when on active service in the field, and a comparison between for assistance will not be made in vain. them and the career and responsibilities of a surgeon in a. large sphere of civil practice. A hope was strongly ex- pressed by many present that Sir James Paget would consent. to his address hereafter in extenso. THE front page engraving of the Animal World for being published The after a few well-chosen remarks on Feb. 1st the inside of the accident ward of Director-General, depicts Charing- the address delivered by Sir James Paget, added his con- cross and Mr. the Hospital, Dodson, house-surgeon, engaged gratulations and best wishes to the young surgeons who in bandaging the leg of the injured dog, whose sagacity was were just entering the ranks of the public service. The- a theme of comment, a short time ago, in almost every business of the session was then closed, and the company were luncheon the newspaper in the kingdom. subsequently entertained at by principal and other medical officers in the spacious mess-room of the’ officers’ quarters in the hospital. WE have great pleasure in calling the attention of our readers to the resolutions passed at a meeting held on the 15th ult., and reported on another page, in reference to the THE MACLEAN MEMORIAL. proposal to mark, by a suitable memorial, public and of the professional appreciation important services rendered AT a meeting held on the 15th ult., at the residence of’ by Dr. Maclean, C.B., during his tenure of the chair of Surgeon-General Sir Joseph Fayrer, K.C.S.I., the following Medicine at a he is about to Military Netley, post which resolutions were unanimously adopted :- vacate. ___ 1. Proposed by Director-General T. Crawford, M.D., and seconded by Deputy Surgeon-General J. A. Marston: "That THE Opinione, the leading journal in , announces a representative committee, composed of members of the that on the 1st inst. an illustrious guest (ospite illustre), in Public Medical Services, be formed for the purpose of taking the of the celebrated Prof. T. H. steps to mark by a suitable memorial their high appreciation person English naturalist, of the services of Professor W. C. President of the of assisted distinguished Maclean, Huxley, Royal Society , C.B., M.D., on the occasion of his retirement from the chair at that day’s sitting of the Royal Academy of the Lincei, of of Military Medicine in the Army Medical School at Netley." which he is Corresponding Fellow. 2. Proposed by Surgeon-General Sir Joseph Fayrer, K.C.S.I., seconded by Surgeon-General W. A. Mackinnon, C.B.: "That the following gentlemen be requested to act as a committee for of out the THE Demerara Daily Chronicle records the death, on provisional the purpose carrying with to add to their number:.:. December of Dr. Cameron of The deceased foregoing resolution, power 27th, Georgetown. Surgeon-General Sir Joseph Fayrer, K.C.S.I., Bengal Medical was health officer of the port, chairman of the Board of Service (retired); Surgeon-General Sir W. Guyer Hunter, Poor-law Commissioners, and health officer of the city, and K.C.M.G., Bombay Medical Service (retired); Surgeon- was greatly respected in the colony, where he had practised General W. A. Mackinnon, C.B.,Army Medical Staff; Inspector- General of H. Medical Service for over a quarter of a century. Hospitals Macpherson, Bengal (retired); Inspector-General J. D. Macdonald, F.R.S., Naval Medical Service; Deputy Surgeon-General J. A. Marston,. DR. EUGÈNE BODICHON, known in connexion with Army Medical Staff ; Surgeon-Major J. L. Paul, Madras chiefly Medical H. his efforts to into notice the of the Service ; Brigade Surgeon Cayley, Bengal bring febrifuge qualities Medical Service; Fleet-Surgeon Walter Reid, Naval Medical Eucalyptus globulus, died on the 28th ult. at Algiers, aged Service; Surgeon-Major K. McLeod, Bengal Medical Ser- and seventy-four. - vice ; Secretaiy Treasurer—Surgeon-Major K. McLeod ; Bankers-Messrs. Grindlay and Co., 55, Parliament-Street, PROFESSOR GUIDO BACCELLI has been elected President of London, S.W." the Royal Academy of Medicine of Rome. 3. Proposed by Surgeon-General W. A. Mackinnon, C.B., seconded by Brigade Surgeon H. Cayley : " That the amount of subscription be limited to .61 I.?." AT Hull on the 2nd inst., a man was fined forty 4. Proposed by Surgeon-General Sir Joseph Fayrer, shillings and costs for having exposed his son whilst K.C.S.I., seconded by K. McLeod: "That the from Surgeon-Major suffering small-pox. proposed memorial take the form of a portrait of Professor 270

Maclean, to be on the walls of the hung Netley Hospital, VITAL STATISTICS. and that, if funds permit, a replica of the portrait be pre- sented to Mrs. Maclean." HEALTH OF ENGLISH TOWNS. IN of the towns 6020 births WILLS OF MEDICAL MEN. twenty-eight largest English and 4188 deaths were registered during the week ending the 31st ult. The deaths showed an increase of 96 upon the THE will and codicil of Thomas Wright, M.D., F.R.S., late number returned in the previous week, and were equal to an of 4, St. Margaret’s-terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, annual rate of 24-5 per 1000 of the estimated population of these towns in the middle of this 24-2 and 24-0 who died on Nov. 17th last, has been Thomas year, against proved by in the two weeks. the first four weeks Lawrence the son, and William preceding During Wright, Joseph Wethered, of the current quarter the death-rate in these towns aver- the the value of Henry Paine, M.D., executors, the personal aged 24-4 per 1000, against rates declining from 27-7 to 21-1 estate in the United Kingdom exceeding .625,000. The in the corresponding periods of the six years 1879-84. The testator makes special gifts to each of his children, including lowest rates in these towns last week were 13-5 in Birken- in in Hull. the house and premises, 4, St. Margaret’s-terrace, to his said head, 17-6 in Salford, 18-0 Derby, and 19-0 The rates in the other towns ranged upwards to 30’2 in Plymouth, son, and there are legacies to his sons-in-law and to a 32-7 in Preston, 34-9 in Cardiff, and 36-6 in Norwich. The deaths servant. One-third of the residue of his property he leaves referred to the principal zymotic diseases in the twenty- to his said son, and one-third upon trust for each of his eight towns, which had been 370 and 372 in the previous daughters, Mrs. Wethered and Mrs. Wilcox. two weeks, further rose to 396 last week; of these 141 resulted The will of M.D., late of Oak Green- from 58 from measles. 56 from scarlet fever, Joseph Luke, Lodge, 43 from "fever" 35 from lanes, Finsbury-park, who died on the 22nd of October last whooping-cough,(principally enteric), diphtheria, at Hastings, has been proved by Robert M’Clure and Charles 32 from diarrhoea, and 31 from small-pox. The lowest Frederick Elsten, the executors, the value of the death-rates from these diseases, in the aggregate, were acting per- last week in and sonal estate to over .E8000. The testator leaves recorded Derby, Brighton, Nottingham; amounting and the in and ,all his property upon trust for his wife for life, and then for highest Preston, Sunderland, Norwich, his five children. Cardiff. The greatest mortality from whooping-cough The will of Andrew James Scott, M.D., formerly Surgeon occurred in Bradford and Norwich ; from measles in Sunder- in the Madras and of Tiverton, , but late of land and Cardiff; from scarlet fever in Newcastle-upon- Army, and and from " fever " in Preston and Norwich. 4, Anglesea-terrace, St. Leonards, who died on October 21st Tyne Halifax; last, has been proved by William Collier Angove, Mrs. Emma The 35 deaths from diphtheria in the twenty-eight towns Scott, the widow, and William Scott, the included 15 in London, 4 in Liverpool, 2 in Nottingham, 2 in Captain Augustus and 2 in Cardiff. caused 60 deaths in son, three of the executors, the value of the personal estate Bradford, Small-pox .E6800. The of the will are in favour London and its outer ring of suburban districts, and 2 exceeding provisions in The number of in the of the testator’s wife and daughters and his said son and Liverpool. small-pox patients his children. metropolitan asylum hospitals situatedin and around London, The will of John Dan Brown, M.D., late of Rochester, which hadbeen 1009 and 1092 on the preceding two Saturdays, further rose to 1147 at the end of last the Kent, who died on October 23rd last, has been proved by week; admissions, Arthur Tresco Franklyn Brown, Physician and Surgeon, the which had been 216 and 287 in the previous two weeks, were 263 last week. The con- son and sole executor. Subject to a legacy to his house- Highgate Small-pox Hospital keeper, the testator leaves all his real and personal estate to tained 97 patients on Saturday last, 22 having been admitted his said son. during the week. The deaths referred to diseases of the The will of Charles Blakeley Brown, M.D., late of 3, Hill- respiratory organs in London, which had been 609, 552, and 513 in the three rose to 556 last street, Berkeley-square, who died on October 22nd last, has preceding weeks, again been proved by Mrs. Emila Brown, the widow and sole week, and were 16 above the corrected weekly average. The causes of or 2-4 of the deaths in the executor, the value of the personal estate amounting to over 105, per cent., £15,000. The testator devises and bequeaths all his real and twenty-eight towns last week were not certified either personal estate to his wife absolutely. by a registered medical practitioner or by a coroner. All The will and codicil of Edward Thomas Roe, M.D., late of the causes of death were duly certified in Portsmouth, and The 18, Kensington-crescent, who died on September 28th last, Leicester, Derby, Norwich, Plymouth. largest pro- were in was on the 18th ult. William the sole portions of uncertified deaths registered Oldham, proved by Hobbs, and Huddersfield. executor, the value of the personal estate exceeding £4400. Sheffield, --- The testator leaves all his furniture and effects and an annuity of X200 to his wife, Mrs. Sarah Roe, and the residue HEALTH OF SCOTCH TOWNS. of his property to his two daughters. The annual rate of mortality in the eight Scotch towns, The will and two codicils of Mr. James Alexander Guise. which had steadily declined from 30-7 to 28-5 per 1000 in Inspector-General of Hospitals, retired, late H.M. Bengal the preceding four weeks, rose again to 30-2 in the week Medical Service, formerly of Elm Grove, Elgin, Scotland ending the 31st ult., and exceeded by no less than 5-7 the but late of The Knoll Leigh Woods, Long Ashton, Somerset- mean rate during the same week in the twenty-eight large shire, who died on October 4th last, were proved on December English towns. The rates in the Scotch towns last week 23rd last by Charles Guise, the brother, John Fullertor ranged from 21-4 and 22-0 in and Leith, to 33’7 Beatson, M.D., C.LE., and Miss Mary Ann Georgina Guise in Glasgow, 34-9 in Perth, and 41-9 in Dundee. The 738 the daughter, the executors, the value of the personal estat! deaths in the eight towns included 28 which were referred - exceeding £4600. The testator leaves legacies to his exe. to whooping-cough, 23 to measles, 20 to diarrhoea, 11 to cutors and an annuity to his brother, Francis George. The scarlet fever, 9 to " fever " (typhus, enteric, or simple), 7 to residue of his property is to be held in trust for his wife diphtheria, and not one to small-pox; in all, 98 deaths re- Mrs. Mary Jane Guise for life, then for his daughter, Mar; sulted from these principal zymotic diseases, against 83 Ann Georgina, so long as she shall remain unmarried, ani and 86 in the preceding two weeks. These 98 deaths were then for his said daughter and his son, James John. equal to an annual rate of 4-0 per 1000, which was 1-7 above the mean rate from the same diseases in the twenty-eight English towns. The 28 deaths from whooping-cough showed The following legacies have recently been left to hospital a further slight decline from the numbers in recent weeks, and other medical institutions:—Mr. Benjamin Williai and included 15 in Glasgow, 3 in Edinburgh, and 3 in Leith. Benson, of 2, St. Leonards-terrace, Chelsea, .E100 to th The 23 fatal cases of measles were fewer by 3 than the London Hospital, Mile-end-road; Mr. Edmund Burke, c number in the previous week; 12 occurred in Glasgow and 85, Avenue-road, Regent’s-park, Barrister-at-Law, £500 t 10 in Dundee. The 20 deaths attributed to diarrhoea showed the Cottage Hospital, Walsall, near Birmingham; and Mrs an increase upon recent weekly numbers, and were 8 above Elizabeth Lewis, of Nightingale Villa, Clevedon, all he the number in the corresponding week of last year. They shares and interest in the Clevedon Gaslight Company to th included 7 in Glasgow and 5 in Dundee. The fatal cases of Clevedon Dispensary, and all her shares, stock, and interest i scarlet fever and of diphtheria showed an increase; 7 of the Clevedon Waterworks Company to the Clevedon Cottag scarlet fever and 5 of diphtheria were returned in Glasgow. Hospital. The 9 deaths referred to " fever," of which 5 occurred in