998 McLellan. William Parker, and C. A. Ricketts, Owens; E. E. md wrought such delightful achievements for the relief of and Owens. Roberts, University ; George Taylor, he suffering and sorrows of the world. SECOND EXAMINATION. A. Anatomy and Physiology.-Fred Bailey and F. P. H. Birtwhistle, INEFFICIENT VACCINATION.-In the course of an Yorkshire; William Calverley, Catherine Chisholm. and Reginald held at Bristol on March 25th into an Collier, Owens; W. E. Cooke, University; Catherine L. Corbett, nquiry application G. D. Dawson, R. L. Ferguson, and Joseph Fletcher, Owens ; E. R. )f the city council to the Local Government Board for sanc- Flint, Yorkshire; E. S. H. Gill, University; F. W. M. Greaves, tion to borrow £44,266 for isolation hospital purposes the Yorkshire ; W. L. Hawksley and Pantland Hick, University ; (Mr. Arnold C. B., M. R. C. S. on F. C. Hudson, E. E. and Ernest Hulme, Lancelot nspector Royle, Eng.), being Hughes, Owens; nformed the medical officer of health that there was a Hutchinson and T. L. Kenion, University ; C. E. Lea, T. W. P. by Leighton, J. T. R. MacGill, Hector Mackenzie, and H. E. Moore, reat deal of one-mark vaccination in Bristol, observed that Owens ; G. C. Scott. University ; James Smalley, J. F. Smith, >uch vaccination was inefficient and only an imperfect pro- Philip Talbot.* and Henry Thorp, Owens; Herbert Tomlin. York- ,ective shire ; A. M. Walker, Owens ; T. E. Walker and H. W. L. Waller, against small-pox. University ; F. J. Walton, W. D. Wilkins, and J. S. Young, Owens. BROMSGROVE, REDDITCH, AND DROITWICH ISOLA- B. Ilateria Jledica and Pharmacy.-A. W. Byrne, University; noN HOSPITAL.-The new isolation for the com- Archibald Camhell and P. C. Garrett, Owens ; E. F. Hoare, hospital oined districts of and Droitwich was University; S. E. McClatchey, Owens ; S’. W. McLellan and H. G. Bromsgrove, Redditch, Thompson, University; S. H. West, W. A. Wheeldon, and H. V. opened at Hill Top, Bromsgrove, on March 25th, by Mrs. White, Owens. Amphlett, wife of Mr. R. H. Amphlett, K.C., the chair- * Was awarded University scholarship. man of the Joint Hospital Committee. The new building ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY.-At examinations for is the latest of several isolation hospitals which have been the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery provided in recent years in different parts of Worcestershire the following candidates were successful in the subjects on the initiative of the Worcestershire County Council, and it indicated :- supplies a long-felt want in this part of the country. For Medicine, Clinical -4ledicine. Surgery, Clinical Surgery, and Mid- many years the district medical officers of health of the three wifery.-Louis Coetzee, Lewis D. Cruickshank, Jas. B. Elder, towns concerned have been the necessity for Harry W. Elwell, "’’Robert D. Keith. Geo. B. Kiloh, Jeannie C. urging hospital Macleod, Archibald Mahomed, James B. Rae, *Alex. C. Reid, Alex. accommodation for the isolation of infectious disease, but Rohertson, R. B. Robson, John S. Rose, Thos. S. Slessor, Jas. Soutter, the heavy expenditure needed for building and maintaining and Alex. Watt. a suitable has stood in the way of action and Medical W. S. hospital always by Pathology Jurisprudence.-Frank Begg, *Hugh an individual Some at com- Brander, Richard G. Brown, fAlex. Callam, A. Dyce Davidson, sanitary authority. attempts William Elwood, James Farquhar, Maurice B. Johnson, *Alex. F. bination had been made, but it was not until the county Macbean, Gordon W. Maconachie, *G. G. Macdonald, William council intervened in 1896 that practical steps became Macgillivrav, John A. McKenzie, jlIugh Maclean, Malcolm In that the Macleod, tWiIliam A. Mearns. Kenneth S. Melvin, Jas. E. Mennie, possible. year county council, acting upon Andrew B. Morris, *W. F. Munro, *Stephen Niven, ’F. G. T. the powers given to them by the Isolation Hospitals Act of Peterkin, Frank L. Pelly, James B. Rae, J. H. Shepherd, *F. K. 1893, formed the three towns of Bromsgrove, Redditch, and Smith, William A. Smith, †William C. Souter, William Stewart, Droitwich, with the rural six *George Stoddart, Cornelius A. Suvoong, *Arthur J. Watt, and together intervening districts, William Alfred Watson. sanitary authorities in all, into a combined area for the Pathology.-William R. Pirie and George B. Sleigh. provision of a joint isolation .hospital. An admirable site Anatomy, Physiology, and Materia Medica.-Francis Anderson, on was secured at Hill in William "William *William R. -Alex. high ground Top, Bromsgrove, Anderson, Beedie, Catto, and in a of wood- Flett, James S. Gray, George Hall, John Hunter, Alex. Hutchison, 1897, June, 1898, temporary hospital Henry W. Jeans, *Francis H. Johnson, *Frederick L. Keith, Geo. lined iron buildings and double-walled tents was opened E. Macallan, Malcolm Macleod, and John M. Taylor. for the reception of patients suffering from scarlet fever. and E. John Anatomy Physiology.-Catherine Anderson, Anderson, This is still in use and has done excellent James Clark, Francis W. Davidson, Alex. Duguid, Walter A. temporary hospital Elwood, Thos. C. Innes, Neil Kennedy, Helen McGlashan, Donald work, some 340 cases of scarlet fever having been treated with McKay, Charles G. McMahon, Archibald D. Pringle, Michael B. H. a mortality of 13 only. Plans for the permanent hospital were Ritchie. Alex. N. Ross, Bertie R. G. Russel, Herbert W. B. Ruxton, then Mr. Hare of London and the M. and William Wood. prepared by building Cyril Smith, was commenced in It consists of an First Professional Examination (Botany, Zoology, Physics, and 1900. administrative Chemistry).-Alex. Brown, Robert R. Duncan, Francis W. Falconer. block containing the principal offices with ample accommo- Alex. D. Fraser, Alistair S. Garden, Chas. B. Gerrard, Stewart C. dation for nurses, servants, and porter ; four separate ward Howard. Cecil V. Alex. W. James M. Impey, Laing, ’L4ac(lonald, blocks and a sixth block a *James Macintosh, Kenneth Mackinnon. *George Milne. *Benjamin containing fully equipped laundry Mitchell, H. R. Neilson, Gavin E. A. Petrie. Arthur W. R. Pirie, with drying cupboards, ambulance house, mortuary, and a John Proctor, Alex. Robertson, Paul B. Roth, Robert F. Russel, seven-feet Thresh disinfector. Each ward block is divided Jas. A. Jas. Robert N. and Isaac Soharengu’val, Silver, Thomson, into male and female wards, with nurse’s room between, the T. B. DeVilliers. The following have passed one half of the first professional :-Geo. Cooper, Alex. McR. Donaldson, Herbert W. largest for scarlet fever patients, the others for enteric fever, Glashan, Alfred P. Hall, Neil P. Macphail, Jas. Raffan, David McD. diphtheria, and doubtful cases respectively. The number Roger, Geo. E. Shand, Henry Smit, and Alex. F. Wallace. of beds is the scarlet fever block * nominally 40, containing Passed with distinction. t Passed with much distinction. 18, the enteric fever block 14, and the remaining blocks The Diploma of Public Health (D.P. H.) has been conferred four beds each, but the cubic air space allowed for each bed upon the following :- is so great that an addition to this number, especially of E. The W. Nash, M.B., Ch.B., Holt, Hertfordshire; Bisset, M.B., children’s cots, can be made. The cubic space Ch.B.. Aberdeen; and F. Keyt, M.B., C.M., Ceylon. easily pro- vided is over 2500 cubic feet per bed in each block and in MR. JOHN LLOYD DAVIES, L.R.C.P. Lond, the smaller wards it is over 3000 cubic feet per bed. The M.R C.S. Eng., was returned on March 25th as a member of population of the combined districts served by the hospital the Newport Town Council. is 56,777. The temporary hospital, having been used for over three years for cases of scarlet fever, is now to be MEDICAL MAGISTRATE. -Mr. Francis Richardson transferred to another part of the district where it is to be Cross, M.B. Lond., F.R C.S. Eng., has been placed on the erected and kept in readiness for the isolation of small-pox Commission of the Peace for the city and county of Bristol. cases should the necessity arise. ANDERSOS’S COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL.-The winter session of Anderson’s College Medical School was formally closed on April lst when the prizes were dis- tributed by Lord Provost Chisholm. There was a large Appointments. attendance of students and of the public. Mr. A. Malloch Bayne, president of the school, occupied the chair. The Successful applicants for Vacancies, Secretaries of Public Institutions, Lord Provost addressed the and commented and others possessing information suitable for this column, are briefly meeting invited to forward it to TEK LANCET Office, directed to the Sub- on the and the beneficence of that field of effort and nobility Editor, not later than 9 o’clock on the Thursday morning of each enterprise which the students had chosen as their future lot. week, for Publication in the next number. They had already shown their high appreciation of it by the fact that they had made it the object of their choice ; but BARFORD, A. M., M.D., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., has been appointed they would allow him to say, as one drop in the great cloud Assistant Anxsthetist to the Royal Dental Hospital, Leicester- of witnesses which were surrounded, that who square. by they they BoYES. JANE, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S. Edin., L.F.P.S. Glasg., has been merely stood outside looked on with affection and admira- appointed Medical Officer for the Island of Coll, Argyllshire. tion-affection for the men and admiration for the efforts and BOYLE. N. C., L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S.Erlin., has been appointed Medical of the triumphs of those who were engaged in the fields of Officer Health by Penge Urban District Council.