1818. 6 53
PART III.
MEDICAL INTELLIGENCE.
LIST of DISEASES treated at the Neiv Town Dispen- sary, for the Quarters ending June Is/ and September Is# 1818.
end. end. Qt- Or- Qf. end. Qr. end. June 1st. 1st. t Sept. Juue 1st. Sept. 1st. - Fcbris continua 255 127 Pneumonia - 51 19 ? 21 6 - ephemera I'leurodyne - 51 37 ? 5 1 intermittens Phthisis et Haemoptysis 24 26" ? remit tens infan- Asthma et Dyspucca - 18 12 - tum 82 4G Ilydrothorax - - 4 4 dentitionis - 36 41 Pertussis - - 24 19 Hydrocephalus - 10 10 I'alpitatio - - 7 8 Cephala;a - 74 61 JVlastodynia 9 7 Apoplexia 1 Hepatitis - 8 5 Epilepsia 7 5 H&*matemesis 2 2 - - Mania - 2 Icterus - 4 4
. - - Convulsio f) 2 Dyspepsia - 132 83 Chorea 1 Hysteria - 21 15 Ophthalmia 72 04 Enteritis 4 4 Amaurosis - - 4 Peritonitis 1 Staphyloma - 2 Colica et Obstipatio - 16 23 - Otalgia - 13 13 Cholera - 3 E pis taxis 1 1 Diarrhoea - - S3 69 Polypus nasi - ? 1 Dysenteria - 7 5 - Odontalgia - 27 18 Vermes - - - 48 51 Aphthaeet ulcera faucium 3 7 Tabes mesenterica - 4 10 Cynanche tonsillaris - 41 61 --11 * Physconi.r. laryngea - 1 Ascites ---44 ? trachealis -3 2 Hernia 2 7 parotidea - 9 3 Haepiorrhois - - 14 15 Catarrhns - - 179 70 Dvsuria - 8 9 651- Quarterly Report of the New Town Dispensary. Now
end. end. end. Qr. end- Qr. Qr. Qr 1?' June 1st. 1st. June 1st. Sept. Sept. * Dysuria urethrals 6 2 Varicella - 11 4 Nephralgia 2 4 Rubeola 3 - 6 Gonorrhoea 11 9 Scarlatina 12 Inflammatio testis 3 4> Miliaria 1 2 uteri eta- Urticaria Haemorrhagia 3 bortus - -? 2 2 Strophulus Leucorrhcea Lichen 3 5 Scirrhus uteri Prurigo 4 Prolapsus ani . Lepra 6 13 Amenorrhcea et chk Psoriasis 2 gO 1 rosis Pityriasis - 1 Dysmenorrhcea Roseola 3 - Hydrops Eczema * Kheumatismus - Purpura 3 1 4 Paralysis Ecthyma 5 Asthenia 13 Impetigo 39 llachitis Porrigo - 27 91 Scrofula ossium et arti- Scabies _ . 95 culorum 17 24 Herpes 1 glandularur Acne 1 Caries et necrosis Lupus 1 Syphilis Scorbutus * - Pseudo-syphilis Tumores 22 Phlegmon Ulcus - -46 Faruuculus Ustio - 11 Anthrax Vulnus - 25 Paronychia Luxatio - 2 Pernio Coutusio et subluxatio 89 ^2 Fractura - - 11 Erysipelas ^ Erythema - Venae varicose 2 Variola
Table of Fevers tvJiich have occurred at the Dispensary* No. of Fevers. Whole Cases. Proportion* ^ 5,/ Quarter ending March 1st 1818, 451 2572 ==. 1 in Quarter ending June 1st 1818, 255 2371 = 1 in 9*^ Quarter ending September 1st 1818, 127 2095 = 1 in 16.2 From the foregoing table of the cases of fever which have occur- red in the practice of the Dispensary, it would appear, that an abate- ment of the prevalence of the epidemic in Edinburgh has taken pi*06 the during the spring and summer. We arc aware, however, that records of the Dispensary do not afford accurate data for judging the the extent to which this has taken place ; for the inhabitants of city, having become aware of the danger arising from the contagi01* of the disease, and of the advantages to be derived from the immedi* ate removal of the sick to the hospital, patients have been mucp more frequently than before conveyed there, without any iutermcdi- 1818. Quarterly Report dfthe New Town Dispensary. 655
ate application having been made for the assistance df the Dispensary. Though, from this circumstance, therefore, there is reason to believe that the epidemic has not diminished to the extent which appears from the table prefixed, yet we are convinced, not only from the Very remarkable diminution in the number of cases of fever which have occurred at the Dispensary, but also from having observed that the disease has not spread so frequently in families, and among the children of the poor, that it has suffered a very considerable abate- ment. This abatement may, in some instances, be owing to the diminu- tion of the predisposing causes of fever, in consequence of the fine- ness of the season, and of the improvement of the circumstances of the poor ; but the opening of the fever hospital, which has, during the summer, afforded accommodation to almost all who have re- quired admission, seems also to have materially contributed to produce it. The opening of this hospital in February had a marked and sud- den effect in diminishing the number of applications to the Dispen- sary. We have had daily opportunities of observing the good ef- fects of the removal of the sick, and of the purifying the infected houses, in checking the progress of fever, where it otherwise must inevitably have spread; and, on the other hand, have witnessed seve- ral examples, where, from the neglect of these means, in consequence of the prejudices or carelessness of the patients and their friends, the has in circumstances in disease spread, which, there is every reason to believe, it might have been checked. At Quarry Holes, a village in the suburbs, consisting of a few small cottages, the fever was intro- duced, in the month of April, by a man who obstinately refused to be removed, and from him it has since been communicated to his own and to the neighbouring families, no fewer than seventeen in- dividuals, within our knowledge, having been attacked by the dis- ease in this small place. ? In the midwifery department, the number of deliveries, from the 1st March to the 31st August, were 138. Natural labours, - - 123 Instrumental, 1 Complex, 4 Premature and abortions, - 10
138 on account of In the instrumental case, the forceps were applied the cessation of the labour pains. one of Of the complex labours, three were cases of twins, and prolapsus of the funis umbiliculis, in which the patient was delivered turning. Edinburgh, October 1st 1818.
a tube of M. Laennec has discovered, that, by interposing paper or of wood between the ear of the observer and the chest the pat ent, much the diseases of the information may be acquired concerning 656 Small-Pox after Vaccination, Nov. chest. The pulsations of the heart are thus rendered more audible* and, in phthisical patients, the voice seems to proceed from the chesty ?when one end of the tube is applied over those places where there arc tubercles ; and, according as the sound is clear, or rattling, we ma/" judge whether the cavity is empty, or contains pus.
Extract of a Letter from John Astbury, M. D. April 1 Mh. On Saturday last, I was informed by the overseer of the poor f?r the parish of Eccleshall, that more than twenty persons had had the small.pox after vaccination in that parish, mostly of a mild nature.
Extracts from a Letter from a Physician? in London. A Fatal Case of Small.Pox, Eighteen Years after Vaccination. The circumstances are stated to be truly lamentable. The sul>je<^ was an apprentice or assistant to a most respectable apothecary, and the son of an opulent tradesman. lie had been vaccinated when au infant, by a surgeon, supposed to be particularly well acquainted on the with the cow-pock. The eruption, not numerous, appeared third day from the attack of fever. The eruption afforded no relief \ on the contrary, on the sixth day, or perhaps 011 the fifth day, very great difficulty of breathing, with little cough, but no expectoration? came on; much oppression and pain of the posterior part of the chest was felt; the face was swelled, and an erysipelatous affection spread over th rence. cases after the hot season commence Many decisively began * and ran their career to a fatal termination at the closc of AuguS to Others, which began in the preceding spring and winter, seemed ho be rather accelerated than arrested in their march, by the jmonths of June, July, and August. 6 1818. Dr Thomson on Varioloid Diseases* 657
Additional Observations on Varioloid Diseases. By John Thomson1", M. D. &c. &c. " Dear Sin,?Since sending you the Observations on the Varioloid Disease, &c." 1 have had occasion to see twelve additional cases of it in Edinburgh. In two of these the disease has occurred in persons who had previously passed through small-pox. It has attacked, for the second time, a boy who had been inoculated with cow-pox ; and it has proved fatal in two instances in which the patients had not passed through small-pox or cow-pock inoculation. Having been informed by my friend Mr William Wood that a varioloid disease, similar to that which had occurred in Edinburgh, was prevailing in the town of Lanark, and at Air Owen's cotton mills in that neighbourhood, I visited that place, and found that the disease had prevailed very extensively in the town, but was then be- ginning to decline. Five instances were mentioned to me by the me- dical practitioners in which it had proved fatal, but I could not hear of any deaths having taken place among those who had previously Undergone vaccination. At Mr Owen's mills, through the obliging attention of Mr Gib- son, w ho has the medical charge there, I had an opportunity of seeing 118 cases of young persons affected with this epidemic. In its gene- ral appearances the disease bore a very striking resemblance to that which 1 have had occasion to sec in Edinburgh, though on the whole it appeared to me to have a character considerably milder. Four only ot those affected with it had previously passed through small- pox ; in two of these the disease was mild, but in the other two se- vere. Eighty.two had this disease after having passed through the cow-pock. In a few of these it might be said to be severe, but iu by far the greater number it was extremely mild, and exhibited the most convincing and agreeable proofs of the efficacy of cow- pock iu modifying small-pox. Thirty-two had the disease without having passed through cither cow-pock or small-pox, and what appeared to me remarkable, it had proved fatal only in one, person of this class. Several, however, had been in imminent danger, and their recoveries may be tedious. Five or six in this class, as well as a considerable number of those who had previously passed through cow-pock, had the disease in a form so slight as to agree with the descriptions which have been given of chicken-pox rather than small-pox. Several individuals had experienced a severe variolous fever without any eruption having appeared, while others had the eruption with little or no fever. The eruption itself varied in quantity from one pustule to a a letter number that was in some instances uncountable. By which I received last evening iroin Mr Gibson, I learn that the dis- ease is still on the increase. One more instance has occurred of its having attacked a hoy who had previously passed through small-pox, an minutely into details, as I am not without hopes that that gentleman may himself be induced to lay before the public an account of tins epidemic as it has presented itself to his observation. I have been led to believe, that it might be useful to circulate among medical practitioners the following queries; definite answers to which could not fail, I conceive, to remove much of that disa- greeable uncertainty which exists at present, with regard to the se- veral points to which these queries relate. They have not, as to some as on a first perusal might appear, been hastily drawn up, but are, on well as the conclusions contained in my former letter to you, which they arc founded, the result of much observation, reading) and reflection. I have only to repeat, that I shall be obliged to such of your readers as have had occasion to attend in a particular manner to varioloid diseases, by their communicating to me, through the me- dium of your valuable Journal, or otherwise, any information which may tend to throw light on the different subjects of these queries. I may remark, that, in tracing the history of chicken-pox, it is par- ticularly desirable that it should be accurately ascertained in what situations and seasons it has appeared only as a sporadic, and in what as an epidemical disorder. Query 1 sty Have you ever had occasion to see Chicken-pox prevailing epide- mically, without cases of Small-pox occurring among them ? 2d, Have Chicken-pox appeared to you to attack those who have not had either Small pox or Cow-pock as frequently as those who had passed through these diseases ; and have you remarked any difference in the appearance of the eruption in these three several classes of patients ? 3d, Have any examples occurred in your neighbourhood of persons having had the Small-pox twice ? and did it appear, in those instances, that the disease was less severe in its second than in its first attack ? 4th, Has a Varioloid disease occurred to your observation in persons who had passed through regular Cow-pock Inoculation ; and in the instances in which it may have occurred, whether has this disease appeared to you to resemble more Chicken-pox or Small-pox ? 5th, Has this Varioloid disease, when it has attacked those who had been vaccinated, proved in any instance fatal ? 6th, What were the.usual symptoms of this disease in those who had not ^passed through Small-pox or Cow-pock ? Were they those of Smali-poXj or of the disease which has been termed Chicken-pox ? not 1th, In what proportion of persons attacked with this disease, who had been vaccinated or variolated, has it proved fatal ? or Hth, Have you had occasion to see any instances of modified Small pox, the disease which has been termed the Chicken-pox, occurring oftener than once in the same individual ? 9th, Does the general description which I have given of the Varioloid disease* in the three different classes of persons whom it has attacked in Edinburgh, agree with that of your observation ; or in what respect does your observation differ from mine ? the 10th, Are you acquainted with any facts which tend to disprove hy- pothesis that Small-pox, Chicken-pox, and Modified Small-pox, may all arise from one and the same contagion ? I remain, Dear Sir, yours truly, John Thomson, M. D* 5, George Street? 15th October 1818. 1818. Graduations at Edinburgh in 1818. 659 P. S Since sending yon the above letter, I have received, among several valuable communications on the subject of Varioloid Diseases, one fiom Dr Mudie of St Andrews, containing a particular account of an eruptive disease which prevailed at that place in the end of the year 1817, and beginning of 1818, resembling, in every respect, that which has lately occurred in Edinburgh ; and accompanied by a document proving incontestably, that the idea of variola and varicel- la, arising from the same contagion, had been forced upon Dr Mu- die by observation, and distinctly expressed by him in a letter to Dr Macfarlane of Perth, dated 15th April 1818. J. T. 5, George Street, 11th October 1818. On 1st August, the Senatus Academicus conferred the de- gree of Doctor in Medicine on the following Gentlemen, after having gone through the appointed examinations, and publicly defended their inaugural dissertations - Of Scotland. Colin Allan, De Febre Remittente quae grassabatur in Insula St Luciae, Annis 1796-97-98. James Bartlet, De Syphilidis tractatione sine Hydrargyro. William 13 eat tie, De Phtliisi Pulmonali. Geo. Cranst. Brown, De Elephantiasi Graecorum, vel Lepra Arabum. James Brydon, De Typho. William Burnie, De Apoplexia Sanguinea. William Campbell, De Dysenteria. Mark Cockburn, De Dysenteria India; Orientalis. Alexander Dewar, De Vulneribus pugna in navali apucl Algerium prox- ime facta acceptis. Thomas Drever, De Diarrhoea. Charles Ducat, De Pneumonia. Robert Finlayson, De Febre Flava. Hope Stew. Fleming, De Asphyxia submersoriun. Th. Macmillan Fogo, De Febre Flava Hispania;. Alexander Fyfe, De Amaurosi. William Gordon, De Hominis iEtate Infantili et Pubertate. James Grant, De Nyctalopia. Peter Hardie, De Typho. Gavin Hilson, De Gangraena Nosocomiali. Charles Hutchison, De Eflectibus aeris et exercitationis in corpus huraa* num. David Jameson, De Febris Remittentis Curatione. John Irving, De Hepatitide. William M'Donald, De Ciborum Concoctione. Robert M'Kinnal, De Dysenteria India; Orientalis. John Millar, De Tetano. Garden Milne, De Catarrlio. Thomas Molison, De Angina Pectoris. William Murdoch, De Cynanche Tracheali. Alexander Nisbet, De Pneumonia Typliode. William Ross, De Amaurosi. George Scott, De Pneumonia. John Simpson, De Vomitu. ?"n Stark, De Rheumatismo acuto. 660 Graduations at Edinburgh in 1818. Nov. Hobert Stark, De Dysenteria. Walter Steel, De Febre Insularura India; Orieutalis. John Graham Stuart, De Emeticis. Alexander Stenhouse, De Ictero. James Strachan, De Caloris Effectibus in corpus humanura. De Struma Puerorum. Benjamin Welsh, ' Robert White, De Vomitoriis. Robert Wight, De Febrium Natura scalpello quaesita. William Vallange, De Ophthalmia JEgyptiaca. From England. Henry Bell, De Foetus Sanguinis circuitu. Will. Francis Carter, De Febre endemica Indiarum Occidentalium. John Davidson, De Asthmate. James S. Ferral, De Typho. Francis Fox, De Nexu, quo Visus et Tactus invicem sociantur, John James Furnival, De Phtliisi Pulmonali. Robert Hay Graham, De Calorici Origine. James Hairby, De Cynanche Tracheali. Charles Hastings, De Vi Contractili Vasorum. Frederick Hawkins, De Febre continua. William Lardner, De Circuitu Sanguinis. Andrew Lignum, De Hydrothorace. Richard Martland, De Intemperantia Vini et Spiritus ardentis. John Lloyd Morgan, De Somno. John Outhwaite, De Ulceribus crurum. Rich. Lewin Pennell, De Spina Incurva. William Perry, De Morbo Faciei Nervoso. William Pillans, De Hydrencephalo acuto. John Sims, De Cerebri Concussione malisque inde oriundis. Josiah Smith, De Hepatitide. George Thwaites, De Pneumonia. Tindall Thornton, De Hepatitide acuta. James Williamson, De Ictero. Henry Vernon, De Rheumatismo acuto. From Ireland. Rob. Henry Bolton, De Ilsematemesi. Thomas Casey, De Vesicantibus. William Conolly, De Hepatitide. John Erly, De Respiratione. Will. Fitzgibbon, De Cerebri Compressione vi externa illata accidente. Patrick Johnson, De Contagione. William Kelly, De Hydrargyro. Will. Lodge Kidd, De Typhi Indiciis. Timothy Lucey, De Scarlatina. Francis A. M'Cann, De Dysenteria Tropica. 1 Jos. M'Caroglier, De Tetano. John M'Gowan, De Febre Pucrperarum. John Magrath, De Scarlatina. Roger M'AIanus, De Pneumonia. Jos. M'Sweeney, De Medicamentis Litliontripticis. William Mannix, De Phthisi Pulmonali. Mark Moore, De Conclavium arte tepefactorum usu. James O'Beirne, De Contagione, theoria, et curatione Dysenteric Christoph. O'Brien, De Licne. Edward Phelan, De Hepatitide. 1818. Graduations at Edinburgh in 1818. 661 Nicolas Rochc, De Peritonitide Puerperarum. Francis Rogm, I)e Febre Pestilenti qute Annis 1807-8, Strabanae et per loca ei vicina grassata est. Geo. S. Rutherford, De Dysenteria Batavne orientalis. George Seymour, De Nostalgia. Poyntz Stewart, De Jecinore ejusque officio sano et vitioso. Bengal. Alex. R. Jackson, De Ha?morrhagia Uterina. , Canada. Joseph Hamilton, De Hydrope. John Walsh, De Scarlatina. Jamaica. ?John Bremner, De Calculis corporis humani pvopriis. Geo. M'Far. Lawson, De Tetano. Arch. M'Kowen, De Tetano. Edw. Lindsay Watt, De Mania. Barhadoes. Heynolds C. Thomas, De Medicina: progressu. St Croix. Wil. Heyligcr Ruan, De Artis Apollinaris ex iEvo iEsculapiano ad Gale- nicum statu. Switzerland. Augustus Verdeil, De Situs Geologici efficacia in vitam animalem. Geneva. Jo. Ludovic Prcvost, De Balnei et affusionis usu in quibusdam morbis. Riga, (JLivonia.) Tho. Zuckerbecker, De Rubeola vulgari. Medical Lectures in the University of Edinburgh. Dietetics, Materia Medica, and \ / g\i)rHome. Pharmacy / Wed- \ j Practice of Physic V nesday,-^ 9) Dr Gregory. Chemistry & Clinical Pharmacy \ Oct. 28. 1 10 > Dr Hope. Dr sen. Theory of Physic s vli ) Duncan, ? . , , 1 Wed.Oct.28.v and V .28.) Anatomy Pathology 1 0'ci0ck.*. f Dr Monro. ? ? ? -p i r T! rc Wed.Nov. Principles & Practice of \ Ml( Surgery j ^ 0'cl0ck Theory & Practice of Midwifery | ^'docl^0 [ Dr Hamilton* nv 1 Tues.Nov.10) Dr Home. Clinical Medicine j 4 0'cjock. ] Dr Rutherford. Mr llusselL Surgery j J Dr Thomson* Military Surgery ^dock!* j j- of Dr Monro, Practical Anatomy under the superintendence jun. on the During the Summer Session, Lectures will be given following Branches of Education: Botany, by Dr Rutherford. Dr Hamilton. Midwifery, by sen. Clinical Lectures on Medicine, by Dr Duncan, Mr Russell. Clinical Lectures on Surgery, by 6G2 School of Physic in Ireland. NoV? Account of the Complete School of Physic in Ireland, for the Instruc tion of Students in Medicine, Surgery, and Pharmacy- Foundation.?Sir Patrick Dunn instituted, in his lifetime, two professorships in Dublin, viz. " one of Osteology, Bandages, and Operations of Surgery, and one of ancient and modern Materia Medica, and Pharmacy." Sir P. Dunn further ?' directed by his will in 1711, that, if his funds were sufficient, there should be lectures publicly read on the bodies of men, or the bodies of anini:!-?'on Chirurzery and Midwifery?an B rian;/ and the dissections of P'dnts" He also ordered, that the professorships on these several subjects should be bestowed ac- cording to the merits of the candidates, to be ascertained by an examination on three several days, two hours each day. A King's Professor of the th -orif and practice of Physic, with corporate powers of holding and letting lands, was in*, stituted by George I. An act was passed in the 21st year of George II., by which the King's pro- fessorship of Physic, and the professorship of Surgery and Midwifery, and that of Materia Medica and Pharmacy, instituted by Sir Patrick Ounn, were incor- porated and established by law Before this period, also, lectureships existed in Trinity College, on Anatomy and Surgery, Chemistry, and Botany. Throughout the 2ist Geo II., and the will of Sir Patrick Dunn, recited fa it, the different lectures are always mentioned as being intended for the " in- struction of Students of Medicine, Surgery, and Pharmacy and from thence, arose the title of the Complete School of Phi/sic, adopted in the subsequent acts, viz. the 25th, 31st, and 40th of his present Majesty, in which the 21st Geo. II* Is constantly recognized as the foundation of the school, and as being still " in force, except as relates to the number of professors, the electors, and the mode of election, the tenure and salaries of the said professors, and the times and manner of lecturing." Students.?The several students in Physic are matriculated in the Univer- sity, for which they pay five shillings ; but such students, unless they shall think proper, are not obliged to attend to the academical duties of the Univer- sity. The several lecturers, when they have delivered one half of the'r courses> return to the Senior Lecturer of Trinity College a list of such pupils as shall have attended them during such part of their courses. Professors.?There are six professorships. Those of Anatomy and Surgery* of Chemistry, and of Botany, are on the foundation of Trinity College, and_ are called the University Professorships; those of the Institutes of Medicine, of the Pr jdice of Medicine, and of Materia Medica and Pharmacy, are on Sir Patrick Dunn's foundation, and are named King's Professorships. Provision if also made for the addition of a King's Professor of Midwifery, as soon as Sir Patrick Dunn's funds shall permit. " The King's professorships are open to persons of all nations, professing their faith in Christ, and the professorships of the University to Protestants of alt nations and for both, it is required either to have taken medical degrees in some University, or to have obtained a licence to practise from the College of Physicians, in consequence of a testimonium under the seal of Trinity College* Immediately before the election of any professor, the electors are sworn to vote " ?without fayour, partiality, or prejudice and immediately on being declared elected, the is sworn to " his duties to the best of his skill professor" perform and judgment The electors of the I>ing's Professors are the Provost and the Professor of Physic of the University, with three physicians, chosen by ballot from among their own body by the College of Physicians. The University Professors are elected by the Provost and Senior Fellows of Trinity College. Each is chosen for seven but be or be r3* professor years, may continued^? may elected. ; ^ : School of Physic in Treland. 6G3 fessor3^^'1-011 *? l^e ^ees derived from the medical students, the King's Pro. sa'ary frcm Sir P. Dunn's estate ; and the Profes- ?ors ar 6 rec^'v^a University * y ^ students arts or leeiato of in Trinity^ College for the public* col. of lectures. Recourse "f^er Ver Means of Instruction.?The University Professors deli- course twelve on Le ^ of lectures their respective subjects. ^overnhrt>S 0n.t'ie Allowing subjects are delivered from the first Monday in UHt'' ^le enc^ ?f viz. on and and o succeeding April; Anatomy Surgery, Praci na**ry> in Trinity College; on the Institutes oj Medicine, on the BotaiM* J^e A medical circulating library belongs to the members. Terms of admission to the society, with the use of the library, one pound. Medical ojjicers of the army and navy are permitted to attend the lectures on Anatomy and Surgery in Trinity College without fee. Hospital.'?This is chiefly supported by the rents of Sir P. Dunn's estates* and partly by private contribution. The Board of Governors consist of the vi- sitors of the College of Physicians, the president, vice-president, and censors o " n? the same, the Provost of Trinity College, and twelve subscribers ; but physician or surgeon" of the hospital is eligible to be a governor. The house is intended to hold 130 patients, of whom 30 are selected for instruction lectures by the clinical professor for the time; the rest are placed under the care of a physician appointed by the governors. The cases of the clinical patients in the hospital are recorded. Every op* portunity is also taken to examine the bodies of patients that die ; the morbid appearances are explained to the students, and preserved in the pathologic^' collection of the school. At present, all pupils are permitfed to attend the entire practice of the hos- pital during a year for three guineas. this was extended Formerly, privilege ?* to those only who had studied at least two years in arts in the University Dublin, Oxford, or Cambridge. All other pupils paid twenty guineas. Library ?A large collection of medical books, bequeathed by Sir P. DunO? is appointed to the use of the students, and provision is made for purchasing books in proportion as the funds increase. A librarian is appointed annual'/ by the College of Physicians, with a salary of seventy pounds per annum. lje furnishes the necessary fuel for the library and medical lecture room, and dis- charges such duties as shall be prescribed to him by the College of Phy* sicians. Degrees.?The students who do not graduate in arts are permitted, at th_e end of three years from the date of their matriculation, to undergo an exaffli' natron before the six professors of the school, in their respective departments, on producing to the Board of Trinity College certificates of diligent and regu- lar attendance on Anatomy, Surgery, Chemistry, Botany, Institutes of Medi- cine, Practice of Medicine, Materia Medica and the Clinical LeC' Pharmacy, 3 lures, and Practice of Sir Patrick Dunn's Hospital They likewise write the Thesis in Latin. If found qualified by the examination, they publish Thesis, perform the academical exercises for the degree of Doctor of Medi- cine, and receive the following testimonium from the Board of Trinity Col- lege : " " Omnibus ad quos prsesentes literae pervenerint salutem." Nos praep0" situs et Socii Seniores Collegii Sacro Sanctse et individuse 'i rinitatis, juxta Dub- lin, testamur A. B. quamdiu apud nos commoratus est, sedulam operam Me- dicinse navasse, examinationes solitas corum sex Medicinse Professoribus fehci- ter sustinuisse, csetrraque exercitia necessaria praestitisse, his adducti judicamus eum habilem ac idoneum esse, qui exerceat artem Medicince quatenus leges sta- h'5 tutaque regni permittunt; in cujus rei testimonium manus et sigillum quo in utimur, apposuimus?Anno Domini, &c. Sic." Tie students who go through a Collegiate course, on producing certificates of their strict attendance on the lectures of the professors in the School of Phy- sic, on the clinical lectures, and the hospital, are, three years after having gra" Pr?" duated as Bachelor of Arts, admitted to an examination before the Regius fessor of Physic, and the Professors of Anatomy and Surgery, Chemistry, an Botany, of Trinity College. On being approved, and performing the usua academical exercises, they take the degree of Bachelor of Medicine. Up?? sufficient a Thesis, a second examination before standing, publishing passing -o the University Professors, and performing the necessary acts, the full degree Doctor in Medicine is conferred. 'I hese rank with the degrees of Bached1 School of Physic in Ireland. 665 bridj^?C*?r ^edicine obtained in the Universities of Oxford and Cam- fcates ^ra^cat'ons previous to examination for the testimonium, the certi- * Pro^essors 'n are of requir Edinburgh admitted for any three the courses ^ l^e ten,u i ?' exception of the clinical lectures, which must have been at- Sch?01 ?f in IreIand- Cert'fi1r 1 Ph>'sic 'and CatGS* attendance on the Professors in the .School of Physic in Ire- as in other Universities, and as f?r tn^fec r^ce'vec^' giving standing qualifications of ?fficers in the army, navy, and East India service. And certificales nce a,lSo ? .?n the Anatomical and Surgical Lectures in Trinity College are muted in the different Colleges of Surgeons. XJnion Street, SoutJnvar/c. i he Surrey Dispensary, ^ ^ # Surrey is open to the admission of I u- who Dispensary Physicians are entitled to attend the Medical Practice of the tl0n Institu- every day in the week, upon the following terms: For One Year . ? Guineas, For Six Months . ? 8 Guineas, ?r, For Three . ? ? 5 Guineas. For Months further particulars, apply to Mr Davis, Apothecary, at t le ?dispensary. June 24dh, 1818. The ? Apothecary will describe to the Pupils the properties Drugs and as well as the Botanical Characters of the arcotic Chemicals, and other principal plants used in Medicine; . Notices in Hand. j}r Literary of Works 's new of l.Rmstrong preparing Editions, considerably improv- Wor^s 011 Scarlet Fever, &c.; Typhus Fever; andPuer- pe'ral Fc t,'lrCC a new and edition of his Elements of Cli '^NUY*s printing improved * * lV, |\ 5 ST0CK W'^ the and Present State of Galvanis shortly publish History Just Published, Practical Hints, addrcssc Nature and Cure of the select Cases Consumption of ung , ^vhich in have occurred in the oo portsmouth, proof of neighbour the beneficial effects of inhaling c s 0f pitch, as a powerful treatment in that auxiliary to the most approve Disease. E. M. D. Fellow of the Roval and now By Lanaretto, Koya Society, Resident Physician in Portsca. vol. xiv. no. 57. u u