MEiDICO- CHIRURGICAL T RANSACTIONS, PUBLISHED BY THE ROYAL MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY or LONDON. VOLUME THE TWENTY-NINTH. LQNDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1846. Downloaded from jrs.sagepub.com at GEORGETOWN UNIV LIBRARY on June 11, 2016 MEDICO- CHIRURGICAL TRANSACTIONS, PUBLISHED BY THE ROYAL MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY oF LONDON. SECOND SERIES. VOLUME THE ELEVENTH. LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS, PATERNOSTERwROW. 1846. Downloaded from jrs.sagepub.com at GEORGETOWN UNIV LIBRARY on June 11, 2016 tNCHARD KINDER, PRINTEK, GREEN ARBOUR COURT, OLD BAILET. Downloaded from jrs.sagepub.com at GEORGETOWN UNIV LIBRARY on June 11, 2016 ROYAL MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. PATRON, THE QUEEN. OFFICERS AND COUNCIL, ELECTED MARCH 1, 1846. PRESIDENT. WILLIAM F. CHAMBERS, K.C.H., M.D., F.R.S. FB. G. BABINGTON, M.D., F.R.S. THOMAS WATSON, M.D. VICE-PREIDENTS.1 ROBERT LISTON, F.R.S. J. G. PERRY. BURROWS, M.D. T RGEORGE TREASURERS. 1MARTIN WARE. f GEORGE CURSHAM, M.D. SECRETARIES. 1 T. B. CURLING. { R. B. TODD, M.D., F.R.S. LIBRARIANS. RICHARD QUAIN, F.R.S. GEORGE BUDD, M.D., F.R.S. WILLIAM BALY, M.D. PETER N. KINGSTON, M.D. J. FORBES ROYLE, M.D., F.R.S. JAMES ARTHUR OTHER MEMBERS J WILSON, M.D. OF THE COUNCIL. JAMES M. ARNOTT, F.R.S. ROBERT DUNN. CHARLES HAWKINS. EDWARD STANLEY, F.R.S. SAMUEL SOLLY, F.R.S. TRUSTEES OF THE SOCIETY. JAMES M. ARNOTTr, F.R.S. JOHN CLENDINNING, M.D., F.R.S. EDWARD STANLEY, F.R.S. a 2 Downloaded from jrs.sagepub.com at GEORGETOWN UNIV LIBRARY on June 11, 2016 FELLOWS OF THE SOCIETY APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL AS REFEREES OF PAPERS, FOR THE SESSION OF 1845-6. ARNOTT, JAMES MONCRIEFF, F.R.S. BABINGTON, BENJAMIN G., M.D., F.R.S. BOSTOCK, JOHN, M.D., F.R.S. BOWMAN, WILLIAM, F.R.S. BUDD, GEORGE, M.D., F.R.S. BURROWS, GEORGE, M.D. CLENDINNING, JOHN, M.D., F.R.S. CURLING, THOMAS BLIZARD. FERGUSSON, WILLIAM. GREGORY, GEORGE, M.D. HAWKINS, CAESAR H. LAWRENCE, WILLIAM, F.R.S. LEE, ROBERT, M.D., F.R.S. LOCOCK, CHARLES, M.D. PAGET, JAMES. PEREIRA, JONATHAN, M.D., F.R.S. PHILLIPS, BENJAMIN, F.R.S. QUAIN, RICHARD, F.R.S. SHARPEY, WILLIAM, M.D., F.R.S. SEYMOUR, EDWARD JAMES, M.D., F.R.S. STANLEY, EDWARD, F.R.S. TRAVERS, BENJAMIN, F.R.S. WATSON, THOMAS, M.D. WILSON, JAMES ARTHUR, M.D. Downloaded from jrs.sagepub.com at GEORGETOWN UNIV LIBRARY on June 11, 2016 A LIST OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE SOCIETY, FROM ITS FORMATION. ELECTED 1805. WILLIAM SAUNDERS, M.D. 1808. MATTHEW BAILLIE, M.D. 1810. SIR HENRY HALFORD, BART., G.C.H. 1813. SIR GILBERT BLANE, BART. 1815. HENRY CLINE. 1817. WILLIAM BABINGTON, M.D. 1819. SIR ASTLEY PASTON COOPER, BART., K.(C.XH.,,D.C.L. 1821. JOHN COOKE, M.D. 1823. JOHN ABERNRTHY. 1825. GEORGE BIRKBECK, M.D. 1827. BENJAMIN TRAVERS. 1829. PETER MARK ROGET, M.D. 1831. WILLIAM LAWRENCE. 1833. JOHN ELLIOTSON, M.D. 1835. HENRY EARLE. 1837. RICHARD BRIGHT, M.D. 1839. SIR BENJAMIN COLLINS BRODIE, BART. 1841. ROBERT WILLIAMS, M.D. 1843. EDWARD STANLEY. 1845. WILLIAM F. CHAMBERS, M.D., K.C.H. Downloaded from jrs.sagepub.com at GEORGETOWN UNIV LIBRARY on June 11, 2016 FELLOWS OF THE ROYAL MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. EXPLANATION OF THE ABBREVIATIONS. P.-President. V. P.-Vice-President. T.-Treasurer. S.-Secretary. L.-Librarian. C.-Member of Council. AUGUST 1846. Amongst the non-residents, those marked thus (*) are entitled by com- position to receive the Transactions. ELECTED 1841 *JAMBs ABERCROMBIE, M.D., Cape of Good Hope. 1846 John Abercrombie, M.D., Physician to the Public Dispensary, Lincoln's-inn; 13, Old Bond-street. 1842 William Acton, Surgeon to the Islington Dispensary; 46, Queen Anne-street, (avendish-square. 1818 Walter Adam, M.D., Physician to the Royal Public Dispen. sary, Edinburgh. 1818 Thomas Addison, M.D., Physician to, and Lecturer on Medi- cine at, Guy's Hospital; 24, New-street, Spring-garden. C. 1826. V.P. 1837. 1814 Joseph Ager, M.D., Great Portland-street. C. 1836. 1819 *James Ainge, Fareham, Hants. 1837 *Ralph Fawsett Ainsworth, M.D., 104, King-street, Man- chester. Downloaded from jrs.sagepub.com at GEORGETOWN UNIV LIBRARY on June 11, 2016 nlli FELLOWS OF THE SOCIETY. ELECTED 1819 George F. Albert. 1839 Rutherford Alcock, K.C.T., K.T.S., China. 1826 James Alderson, M.D., F.R.S., 36, Charles-street, Berkeley- square. 1843 C. J. B. Aldis, M.D., Physician to the London and Surrey Dis- pensaries, and Lecturer on Medicine at the Charlotte- street School of Medicine; 46 B, Chester-sguare. 1813 Henry Alexander, Surgeon-Oculist in Ordinary to the Queen, and Surgeon to the Royal Infirnmary for Diseases of the Eye; 6, Cork-street. C. 1840. 1836 Henry Ancell, Surgeon to the Western General Dispensary; 3, Norfolk-crescent, Oxford-square. 1817 Alexander Anderson. 1816 John Goldwyer Andrews, Surgeon to the London Hospital; 4, St. Helen's-place. C. 1836. V. P. 1840. 1820 Thomas F. Andrews, M.D., Norfolk, Virginia. 1813 William Ankers, Knutsford. 1819 Professor Antommarchi, Florence. 1818 William Withering Arnold, M.D., Physician to the Infirmary and Lunatic Asylum, Leicester. 1825 Thomas Graham Arnold, M.D., Stamford. 1819 James M. Arnott, F.R.S., Surgeon to, and Lecturer on Sur- gery at, the Middlesex Hospital; New Burlington-street. L. 1826. T. 1833. V.P. 1832. C. 1846. 1828 Neil Arnott, M.D., F.R.S., Physician Extraordinary to the Queen; Bedford-square. C. 1835. 1817 John Ashburner, M.D., M.R.I.A., Physician-Accoucheur to the Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, and Physician- Accoucheur to the Middlesex Hospital; 13, North Audley- street. C, 1821. 1841 John Avery, Surgeon to the Charing Cross Hospital; 17, Saville-row. 1825 Berijamin Guy Babington, M.D., F.R.S., VICE-PRESIDENT, Physician to Guy's Hospital, and Physician to the Deaf and Dumb Institution; 31, George-street, Hanover-square. C.1829. V.P.1845. Downloaded from jrs.sagepub.com at GEORGETOWN UNIV LIBRARY on June 11, 2016 FELLOWS OF THE SOCIETY. ix ELECTED 1846 C. S. Metcalfe Babington, Surgeon-Accoucheur to the Pimlico Dispensary; 2, Chester-street, Beigrave-square. 1819 John Carr Badeley, M.D., Chelmsford. 1820 *John H. Badley, Dudley. 1838 Francis Badgley, M.D., Montreal, Upper Canada. 1840 William Bainbridge, Upper Tooting. 1836 Andrew Wood Baird, M.D., Ipswich. 1816 *William Baker, M.D., Physician to the Derbyshire General Infirmary; Derby. 1839 T. Graham Balfour, M.D., Grenadier Guards, Army and Navy Club, St. James's-square. 1837 William Baly, M.D., Physician to the General Peniten- tiary, Millbank, and Lecturer on Forensic Medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital; 28, Spring-gardens. C. 1845. 1833 Thomas Alfred Barker, M.D., Physician to St. Thomas's Hos- pital; Grosvenor-street. C. 1844. 1843 Thomas Herbert Barker, Priory-terrace, Bedford. 1843 Christopher Hewetson Barnes, E.I.C.S.; Belle- Vue House Notting-hill. 1815 *John Baron, M.D., Cheltenham. 1840 Benjamin Barrow, Liverpool. 1844 William R. Basham, M.D., Physician to, and Lecturer on Ma- teria Medica at, the Westminster Hospital; Chester-street, Grosvenor-place. 1836 William Beaumont, Professor of Surgery in the University of King's College; Toronto, Upper Canada. 1841 George Beaman, 32, King-street, Covent-garden. 1840 Charles Beevor, Surgeon to the St. Marylebone Dispensary; 49, Berners-street. 1818 *Joseph Bell, Surgeon to the Royal Infirmary; Edinburgh. 1819 Thomas Bell, F.R.S., L.S., and G.S., Lecturer on Diseases of the Teeth, at Guy's Hospital; 17, New Broad-street. C. 1832. 1845 Edward Unwin Berry, James-street, Covent-garden. 1820 Stephen Bertin, Paris. Downloaded from jrs.sagepub.com at GEORGETOWN UNIV LIBRARY on June 11, 2016 x FELLOWS OF THE SOCIETY. ELECTED 1818 John Jeremiah Bigsby, M.D., Newark, Nottinghamshire. 1827 William Birch, Barton, Lichfield. 1845 Golding Bird, M.D., F.R.S., Assistant-Physician to, and Lec- turer on Materia Medica at, Guy's Hospital; Myddelton- square. 1835 James Bird, 16, Orchard-street, Portman-square. 1846 Hugh Birt, Morro Velhio, Minus Quees, Rio Janeiro,Brazil; Surgeon to the Morro Velhio Hospital. 1812 Adam Black, M.D., 1l4, Piccadilly. 1843 Patrick Black, M.D., Assistant-Physician to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and Physician to the Seamen's Hospital; Bed- ford-square. 1844 Thomas Blackall, M.D., Physician to the Pimlico Dispensary; Queen-street, May-fair. 1839 Richard Blagden, Surgeon-Accoucheur, and Surgeon Extra- ordinary, to the Queen; Surgeon in Ordinary to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent; Albemarle- street. 1814 Thomas Blair, M.D., Physician to the Sussex County Hospital; Brighton. 1841 James Blake, 16, Pall-mall. 1840 Peyton Blakiston, M.D., F.R.S., Birmingham. 1845 Henry Blenkinsop, Warwick. 1811 *Henry C. Boisragon, M.D., Cheltenham. 1823 Louis Henry Bojanus, M.D., Wilna. 1816 Hugh Bone, M.D., Inspector-General of Hospitals. 1810 John Booth, M.D., Physician to the General Hospital at Bir- mingham. 1846 John Ashton Bostock, Scots Fusileer Guards. 1846 Peter Bossey, Surgeon to the Hulks at Woolwich; Thomas- street, Woolwich. 1844 William Bowman, F.R.S, Assistant-Surgeon to King's Col- lege Hospital, and to the Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, Moorfields; 14, Golden-square. 1844 Robert Brandon. 1814 Richard Bright, M.D., F.R.S., Physician Extraordinary to the Downloaded from jrs.sagepub.com at GEORGETOWN UNIV LIBRARY on June 11, 2016 FELLOWS OF THE SOCIETY. Xi ELECTED Queen, and Consulting Physician to Guy's Hospital; Sa- ville.row. C. 1821. V. P.