425 the subject, that the contagion has not propagated itself beyond vaccinated by me in three places on the left arm, September, the persons first attacked-they have not communicated it to 1859. Each puncture succeeded well. No lymph was taken others. from either. All the vesicles went through the ordinary stages, Another curious circumstance to be mentioned is the follow- and disappeared. One month ago all three reappeared in the ing :-A vessel arrives in this port with most of the crew spots as in the first instance, and went through the succes- sickly, suffering from dysentery and other diseases, all appa- samesive stages as before. The child’s health is affected thereby, rently arising from filth, overcrowding, bad ventilation, and having slight fever, thirst, no appetite, &c.; secretions regular. insufficient clothing, but not having fever on board either The skin eruption has not taken place in any other part of the during its passage or its stay in port, but giving rise to it here. body. That these sailors leave again apparently in good health in William 0-, aged seventeen months, was vaccinated by another vessel, and that during the voyage fever breaks out me in three places, a year ago, on the left arm. All the punc- amongst them, and proves very fatal both to the Europeans tures were successful; neither was interfered with; disappeared and to the Egyptians on board. ’ at the usual time. About eleven days ago one vaccine vesicle That such has been the case we learn from The Times’ cor- appeared on the other arm (the right), and has gone through respondent at Alexandria, where the vessel had arrived, in a the usual stages. Child’s health unaffected. letter which appeared in that paper on the 22nd instant. Tam. Sir vrmr obedient servant. As all the facts connected with this epidemic may prove FREDERICK G. WHITE, L.R.C.P.E. useful, I will endeavour to obtain further particulars as to the latter circumstance, and, if successful, will be happy to furnish you with them. I am, Sir. vours respectfully. ROBERT HAMILTON, M.R.C.S., Surgeon to the Southern Hospital, Liverpool. Medical News.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON.-At the SURGICAL DAMAGES. Comitia Majora, held on Monday, the 15th instant, the follow- the T’O THE LANCET. ing gentlemen, having undergone necessary examination, the Editor of I and satisfied the College of their proficiency in the Science and SIR,-In your issue of last week you have made allusions to Practice of Medicine and Midwifery, were duly admitted to certain portions of a letter sent by me to you under date practise Physic as Licentiates of the College :- was intended to 31st March, 1861; which letter convey an Booth, John Gregory, Padiham. idea of my own theory as to the case of Quale, the miner. If I, Brooks, Bransby, Henley-on-Thames. you think proper to do so, you have my permission to publish i Davey, Alexander George, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. the letter in its not the Ellam, John, Sneinton, near Nottingham. entirety, omitting words " private" Ewens, John, Milton Abbas, near Blandford. and " was confidential" with which my said letter impressed. Foulds, Samuel, Staveley, near Chesterfield. You state in reference to me that "in the first place he ap- Granville, Joseph Mortimer, Bristol. to have communicated to the of a brother Jones, Philip W., Wakefield. pears patient practi- Mead, Borwick, Newmarket. tioner he been I am George that had grossly ill-treated." sorry you Middleton, John William, Westminster Hospital. should have vented such a conjecture, when perusal of a cer- Pilkington, William Henry, Enfield, Acerington. tified report of the recent Nisi Prius trial would have shown, Rayner, Thomas, M.D., Manchester. with other that the in said cause was an Savage, Thomas, Birmingham. along facts, plair4tiff Scott, Henry Thomas, Bedford-place, Old Kent-road. utter stranger when he applied to me, eight or nine weeks Thompson, Charles, Leicester. after the accident (it is now five years since), for a professional Turton, Frederic, Wolverhampton. opinion merely. In doing this he satisfied me that " he had Woodward, William, Worcester. no medical attendant" did he name and that he (nor anyone), ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.-The following gentla- did not seek advice nor treatment from in me; nothing, short, men, having undergone the necessary examinations for the was wanted but Had he said that he was under my opinion." diploma, were admitted Members of the College at a meeting care of the defendant in the late or of other trial, any qualified of the Court of Examiners on the 18th inst. :- medical gentleman, I should at once have refused compliance with his Ballard, Charles, Maidstone. request. Batten, William Smith, Shaftesbury. In the unpleasant duty which I have on a recent occasion Bowes, William, Elham, Canterbury. been to perform I have been as innocent as I am Brunjes, Martin, Bow. compelled John Cheisea. of an unkind towards bro- Cartwright, Edward, Margaret-terrace, incapable entertaining feeling any Eddowes, Edward, Cambridge-street, Pimlico. ther practitioner. Furse, Edwin, South Molton, Devon. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant. Green, Edward, Brixliam, Devon. J. MAYNE, M.D. Hope, William, Halifax, Yorkshire. Morgan, Herbert Major, Lichfield. *"* The materials are fully before the profession for forming Mortimer, William, Trewellwell, Pembrokeshire. Neatby, Thomas, Barnsley. a judgment of Dr. Mayne’s conduct. It is solely a question Newby, Thomas, Grimsby, Lincolnshire. of and taste. We at the first to Ninnis, Belgrave, Surrey-square. good feeling good regretted Richardson, Timothy, Commercial-road East. see Dr. Mayne’s conduct and opinions as described by him- Rowland, Henry Orford, Ipswich. self in his evidence against his fellow-practitioner, Mr. Hall, at Swales, Peter, Sheerness. The were admitted Members on the the trial; still more disagreeable was the impression created following gentlemen 20th inst.:- by the fact that he subsequently addressed to us, sponte Anderson, Henry Bunting, East India-road, Poplar. ,3ud, protests against the indulgence which he considered Barham, Herbert Frederic Henry, Maidstone. us to show, and statements to inculpate his brother Bazeley, William, Plymouth. tending Blackett, George Price, Durham. surgeon. It is an aggravation of the offence that he evinces Brook, Charles, Lincoln. of rather than of Dr. Mayne Fielden, Samuel, Bishop Auckland, Durham. signs persistence repentance. Green, Thomas Foulds Horsfall, Burnley, Lancashire. lays great stress on the fact that Quale had no medical atten- Haslewood, John Austin, Darlington. dant at the moment when he consulted him. Yet it Hodges, Britton, Watton, Herts. surely Hodson, John Clayton, London. did not require great sagacity to suspect that some one’s repu- Hurlstone, Michael Oscar, Cheltenham. Madras. tation was involved. It is not thus that he will the Lyons, William, persuade Milburne, Thomas Dodd, Ryton, Newcastle. profession that he has acted against his fellow-practitioner un- Morgans, John, Cross-hill, Nebo, Aberystwith.

and with decent Overton, Arthur, Coventry. _ willingly reluctance.-ED. L. Phillips, George Bagster, Clapham. Schofield, Frank, Saddleworth, Manchester. Southey, Albert James, Frognal, Hampstead. REAPPEARANCE OF VACCINE VESICLES. Waller, Charles Beaumont, Finsbury-square. To the Editor THE Williams, Samuel White Duckworth, Gloucester. of LANCET. Williams, William Griffith, Haverfordwest. SIR,-If you consider the following facts worth a place in Yeo, Isaac Burney, Stonehouse, Devon. your journal, please insert them :- ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. - The following gentlemen Elizabeth R. H-, aged two years and four months, was passed their primary examination in Anatomy and Physiology 426

on the 23rd inst., and when eligible will be admitted to the APPOINTMENTS.-At the annual competitive examination pass examination:- at the Westminster Hospital, Frank H. Hensman, Esq., was Barker, Edward Robert, Dublin. elected House-Physician, and Thos. Rutherford Adams, Esq., Bowen, Josiah Archer, to that Coates, Frederick William,Liverpool. Edinburgh. House-Surgeon hospital. Compson, John Charles, Edinburgh. DR. HENRY BENNET.-It affords us much pleasure to Dalgliesh, Jonathan, Newcastle. state, that Dr. Henry Bennet, after two years’ residence in Dawson, Edward, Manchester. - recovered Deane, Henry Italy,ital is is sufficiently recovered to return to the active duties William, King’s College. . Farwell, Richard, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.._ of his profession. Fox, Edward Lloyd Harries, University College. Freeman, Samuel George, St. George’s Hospital. PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. -LordLord Burghley,Burg hley on Hanks, William, Liverpool. the 16th inst., moved for returns of the sums actually paid to Hawthorn, John, Newcastle. Militia surgeons and civil practitioners for the medical exami- Haynes, Stanley Lewis, Edinburgh. for the andand Jones, William, Edinburgh. nation of recruits for Household BrigadeBri ade Line, includ.includ- Land, Robert Turner, Edinburgh. ing the recruits for the Indian Army, for the years 1857-58, Lattey, James, St. George’s Hospital. 1858-59, and 1859-60; and Mr. Crawford, on the 23rd inst., Leigh, Thomas, St. George’s Hospital. for copies of a memorial, dated April 4th, 1861, addressed Long, Arthur, Westminster Hospital. . -’ -, Mann, John Dixon, Manchester. by Muncherjee Beramjee Colah, to the Secretary of State for Newton, Henry William, Newcastle. War, with reference to the admission of natives of India to the Osbaldiston, Lyttleton Frederick, Middlesex Hospital. Medical of the and of the thereto,- Potter, John Baptiste, University Department Army, reply Purnell, Richard, Middlesex Hospital.College. AA Bill,Bill intituled intituled "An An Act to to further diminishdimmish the expense ofof Rayner, William, St. Mary’s Hospital. proceedings in Lunacy, and to provide more effectually for the Renton, William Matthew, Edinburgh. of and for other the John Manchester. visiting Lunatics, purposes," passed Rushton, Latham, House of Lords on the 23rd Smirthwaite, Sagar Veevers, Edinburgh. House of Lords on the 23rd instant.instant. Squires, William Westbrooke, Edinburgh. LADIES’ SANITARY ASSOCIATION.-The of Wallace, John, Edinburgh. anniversary this AssociaAssociationtion was was heldhe ld on on TuesdayTues day last,las t, a att the Hanover-Hanover. Wallace, John, Thomas, University College. the of Oxford Warn, Reuben Thomas, University College. square Rooms, Bishop presiding. The lemen eir following gentlemen passed th their primaryprImary-examination examination square Rooms, the Bishop of Oxford presiding. on the 24th inst. :- MR. HUBBARD S (JOMMITTEB ON THE INCOME-TAX AND Cann, Thomas Martyn, King’s College. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.- The petition about to be presented Clarkson, Frederick Robert, Leeds. to Parliament by the National Medical Registration Association Coles, Robert William, Manchester. has received the cordial of the in London, Dixon, George, Edinburgh. approbation profession Dudley,Edward,Aberdeen. and, through the local associations,associations in the country. It is ex-ex. Evans, EdwardWilliam Aberdeen.Lewis, St. Battho!omew’sBartholomew’s Hospital.Hospital. pected thatth at theth e Income-taxIncome-tax CommitteeCommittee will shortly bringg theirth eir Fagge, Frederick Thomas, St. George’s Hospital. to a close; and we trust, for the interests of the pro- John sittings Francis Woodward, St. Mary’s Hospital. that the evidence which will be as to the undue Gargory,Gardner, Caleb, University College. fession, given Grove, William Richard, St. George’s Hospital. pressureressure of the taxtax uponu on thethe incomes incomes of our medicalmedicalbrethren brethren Hughes, David Watkin, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. will have weight with the committee in framing their report. Jenner, William, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Lloyd, Nathaniel Rellings, St. George’s Hospital. A MEDICAL SHARPSHOOTER. - Dr.BurkeDr. Burke Ryan, Byan, thethe Lyman, John, St. George’s Hospital. to the South Middlesex Rifles, has greatly distin. Jordan surgeon Lynch, Roche, St. Mary’s Hospital. himself as a he has obtained for his Makinson, William, Edinburgh.guished ,.’ rifle-shot; prizes Martin, Adam Rae, St. George’s Hospital. proficiencyin the art. In the late contest for supremacy be- Mason, John Wallis, Middlesex Hospital. tween the West and South Middlesex Rifles he succeeded in Morgan, William John, Charing-cross Hospital, twelve the number obtained any Oglesby, Robert Parr, Leeds.making points, greatest by Patrick, Samuel Alexander, Manchester. competitor in his corpscor sbeing being thirteen. Dr. YR yan, atat all events, Probyn, John Sutherland, Middlesex Hospital. possesses two of the requisites for a good surgeon-a quick eye Seaman, Albert Baird, King’s College. and a steady hand. Shepherd, Charles Dunbar, King’s College. ’ Smith, Charles, St. George’s Hospital. VACCINATION IN IN IRELAND.IRELAND.- The Poor-lawPoor -law Commis-Comm Turner, Arthur Newman, St. George’s Hospital sioners state in their report for the past year, " That the num- Wahnough, William, King’s College. ber of children amongst the annual births in Ireland who ought Weston, George Blyth, Edinburgh.Edmburgh, to be presented for gratuitous vaccination, isis aboutabout 145,000 ; APOTHECARIES’ HALL.-The following gentlemi5n passed but that, of the persons vaccinated, less than a fourth are under -their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and 1 year old, the remainder being frequently between 1 and 10 received certificates to practise, on years of age, not uncommonly between 10 and 20, and some Thursday, April 18th, 1861 even older than this. It follows, that of the 106,000 persons Baker, William Morrant, Andover, Hanta. vaccinated last year, not 30,000 belonged to the 145,000 births Barker, Elijah, Sheffield. amongst the poor for the year; and that above 100,000 of those CornbiII, John, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire. children had not received from vacci- St. Hunts. protection small-pox, by Neots, on It cannot be doubted that Evans,Fowler, ThomasJames, Melancthon,Winterton, Lincolnshire. nation, September the 30th. Harvey, John, Birmingham. this state of things, annually recurring, must be attended with Payne, William, Wallingford, Berks. much preventable death from small-pox, much preventable de- The following gentleman also on the same day passed his terioration of constitution, much preventable injury or destruc- first examination :- tion of sight caused by small-pox, and much consequent per- Dodd, Edward, North Stoke, Oxon. manent pauperism. We will again repeat our persuasion that Th,ursday, April 4th. the best remedy for these evils would be found in the extension James Blackburn. to Ireland of the English system of compulsory vaccination, in Arnold, Cotton, " Evans, David Norman, Denbigh. conjunction with a registration of births and deaths. Hall, Nathaniel Francis, Southwiek, Sussex. , -.- ’ Humpage, Benjamin Hill, Judd-street, Eustonroad. ALLEGED ILL-TREATMENT OF A LUNATIC.-The inquest Lees, Joseph, Wolverhampton. on the body of Samuel May at Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum, Frank, Saddleworth, near Manchester. - . the first of which we last was concluded The Schofield, - portion reported week, following gentlemen also on the same day passed their on the 12th inst. In addition to the medical evidence which first examination :- had been previously given, that of Mr. Solly, F. R. S., Surgeon Done, Victoria-road, Islington. to St. Thomas’s was then taken. Mr. had ex- John,Edmund Hospital, Solly Pettifox, Henry, Southgate-road, Islington. - amined the fracturedfractured the of which had Poncia, Ferdinand Theodore, Balrall-heath, near Birmingham. ribs, injured portions which Rew, James, Virginia-place, Borough. been removed from the body at the post-mortem examination; but that it as his decided that the ROYAL COLLEGE OF EDINBURGH. - The gentleman gave opinion SURGEONS, were not sufficient of themselves to cause death. following gentlemen, having passed their Examinations for the Lunatics,fractures as is well known, have such tolerance of many in- diploma, were admitted Licentiates of the Collegeege on the 23rd on the 23rd inst. :- juries, and so frequently keep the causes of them secret, that, Anderson, James, Perthshire. as in this case, it is often quite impossible to identify the occa- Bantock, George Granville, Sutherlandshire. sions when they have been produced. In the case of May, Hare, Richard William, Geneva. after a very no evidence could be elicited, Kennedy, William, Aberdeenshire. searching inquiry, Moorhead, Robert Lowry, Smithlow. either from attendants in the asasylum lum or from from patientspatients in the Read, Herbert Huntington, Nova Scotia. ward in which the deceased was placed, showing when and in Simpson, John, Inverness. what manner the fractures of his ribs had been caused. Just 427

before the termination of the inquiry, however, it was made tered in the week that ended last Saturday was 1210. There known that a few days prior to his death he had made an were 83 deaths from whooping-cough, 18 from measles, 22 from escape from the airing-yard of his ward over the wall, but that scarlatina, 12 from diphtheria, and 6 from syphilis. he fell from the wall on the opposite side, and was soon after- The births were-boys, 1007; girls, 954. wards captured. As some of the fractures of the ossified car- tilages of the ribs were decidedly recent, it appeared probable that they might have been occasioned at that time; but on this head nothing positive was ascertained. The verdict of the and jury ultimately was in accordance with the medical evidence Births, Marriages, Deaths. given at the first sitting, that the deceased had died from exhaustion from mental disease, accelerated by the fractures BIRTHS. mentioned. already On the llth ult., at St. George’s, Bermuda, the wife of Chas. DEATH FROM INHALATION OF ETHER.—The Cincinnati T. Abbott, Esq., Surgeon 39th Regt., of a son. Lancet and Observer, quoted by the Gazette Hebdomadaire of On the 13th inst., at Accrington, Lancashire, the wife of W the details of a death of this kind. The Paris, April 5th, gives Sommerville Millar, M.D., of a son. patient was a corpulent man, aged fifty-five, a hard drinker, On the 14th inst., at Surbiton Hill, the wife of Charles J and had been thrown out of vehicle. Ether was on a a given Mason, Esq., M. R. C. S. Eng., of a son. handkerchief for ten minutes, when the patient (who was being On the 20th inst., at the narcotised to allow of the examination of the vomited Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, hip joint) wife of W. Gull, M.D., of a daughter. twice. He became very weak, and broke out into profuse per- On the 20th inst., at Cley next the Sea, the wife of Walter but soon and continued ether for spiration ; rallied, inhaling Sumpter, M.D., of a daughter. another ten minutes, when the anaesthetic was removed. The examination of the limb was now undertaken, whilst the pa- tient screamed, moved and seemed to be conscious about, fully MARRIAGE. of what was taking place. The lips at this period became purple, and the breath panting; whereupon the manipulations ’ On the 12th inst., at the parish church, Boston, Lincolnshire,, were given up. The patient asked for water, and was given Thos. L. B. Barwis, Esq., M. R. C. S., Melton Mowbray, to- some, first mixed with a little vinegar, and afterwards with Harriet, youngest daughter of the late Reuben Whitchurch, some whisky. He took very little, but said he was choking, Esq., Surgeon, of the latter place. and put out his tongue as if wishing to drink. Water was now thrown into his face; a variety of powerful means of revival were used for the next twenty minutes, and the case was DEATHS. watched with every imaginable care, but to no purpose. Four ounces of ether had been used On a On the 30th Jan., at Yandoit, in Australia, George Mottley, altogether. post-mortem late of in his 46th examination, the ilium was found broken in several Esq., Surgeon, Shanghai, China, year. places. On the at St. of The heart was normal, save an external of fat; the l2thinst., Paul’s-road, Highbury, diphtheria, covering Greville E. late Staff lungs were highly congested. A discussion arose upon this Tait, Esq., Assistant-Surgeon, Army. accident at the Medical Society of Cincinnati, and was carried on for two meetings. Two members only attributed the death to the ether; the others ascribed it to the extreme nervous MEDICAL DIARY OF THE WEEK. susceptibility of the deceased. ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY.-At a late meeting of this (ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M. Society, Mr. Crawfurd in the chair, a paper was read by Mr. METROPOLITAN FREB HOSPITAL. - Operations,. 2P.M. Mackintosh on the Varieties of Race observable in different ROYAL COLLEGB of PHYSICIANS.-8½ P.M. Dr. parts of England and Wales. After mentioning the distinctive Lionel S. Beale, " On the Structure of the Tissues characteristics of the Saxons, Jutes, Frisians, Gaels, and Scan- of the Human Body, with Observations on their from whom the of is Growth, Nutrition, and Decay." dinavians, population England derived, SOCIETY op Clinical the author to out the districts in which those MEDICAL LONDON.-8! P.M. proceeded point L Discussion. In in the south- original types predominate. Kent, especially (Guy’s HOSPITAL.-Operations, It p.M. west, the Frisians, or descendants from the inhabitants of WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M. Friesland, prevail; in Hampshire the Saxon type is most ob- INSTITUTION. - 3 P.M. Mr. John Hullah, "On the of Modern Music." servable ; in Dorsetshire there is nearly an equal mingling of "ROYAL History Saxons and Gaels; in Somersetshire and in Devonshire the (MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 P.M. ST. MABY*s 1 P.M. same races are with a mixture of In HOSPITAL.-Operations, observable, Flemings. COLLEGB HOSPITAL. - Operations, Cornwall the are and the size people principally Gaels; large UNIVERSITY2 P.M. of their chests, compared with the Kentish-men, was stated to ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL. - Operations, 2 be evident from the much larger space that the same number I P.M. ( ROYAL INSTITUTION.-2 P.M. Annual Meeting. for - of Cornish-men occupy when drilled the militia. The in- ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 8½ P.M. " Some Parti- habitants of the midland districts were said to be principally ’ culars of the General Characteristics, Astronomy, British, and not Teutonic. In Cumberland the Scandinavian and Mytholo!!’y of the Tribes in the Central part of Victoria, Southern Australia, from Observa- with British, are and in the peculiarities, mingled perceived; I tions made during a Residence of Eighteen East Riding of Yorkshire, in Lincolnshire, and in Norfolk, the Years." By W. E. Stanbridge, Esq. Scandinavian type is strongly marked. Even amongst the (ST. GxoasE’s HosPITaL.-Operations,1 1 P.M. mixed population of London the different races may be traced. LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL. In describing the result of his ethnological observations, Mr. Operations, 1 P.M. the CENTRALLONDON HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1½ P.M. Mackintosh exhibited portraits representing distinctive GttEAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, KlN6’8 CROSS.- physical traits of the inhabitants of each ethnological area. In Operations, 2 P.M. the discussion that took after the paper was read, Dr. ROYAL INSTITUTION.-3 P.M. Mr. Pengelly, "On place ; the Devonean Age of the World." Mr. Robert Mr. Mr. and " Knox, Chambers, Burke, Wright, SOCIETY. - 8 P.M. Dr. Daubeny, On the Chairman took part. the Absorption of Poisons by Plants." - Prof. LONGEVITY.-An old named died last CHEMICALBloxam, " On the Action of Boracie Acid on Alka- lady, Marks, line Hydrates." - Prof. Calvert, " On Graphite week, at Woodbury, Devonshire, aged 103 years. Up to the of Cast Iron." period of her death she retained her faculties, and for some HARVEIAN SOCIIITY.-8 P.M. Mr. James R. Lane, time previous she was enabled to rejoice in the fact of having " On some Diseases of the Rectum." no less than thirty-six great-grandchildren. (WESTMINSTER OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL. - Opera. I tions, 1½ P.M. MISTAKES IN MEDICINE.-Two deaths from this cause I ROYAL INSTITUTION.—8 P.M. Prof. Faraday, "On have occurred within the last few days: one, from a man taking L De la Rue’s Eclipse Results." arsenic in mistake for cream of tartar; the other taking chlo- rST. THOMAS’S HosPITSL.-Operations,1 1 P.M. roform instead of a mixture-the anaesthetic having been left ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1½ in the patient’s house by a medical practitioner in attendance P.M. the KING’S COLLEGB HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1½ P.M. upon family. CHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDING ROYAL INSTITUTION. - 3 P.M. Prof. Max Muller, SATURDAY, APRIL 20TH.-The total number of deaths regis- 11 On the Science of Language."