BANQUET TO PROFESSOR HUMPHRY.

951 THE report on the composition and quality of the MetroMajor Meares, who has organised the scheme, that at a given time and place a private carriage will be lent politan water-supply during the month of March by William and C. or private grounds will be opened to any specified number Crookes, F.R.S., William Odling, M.B. &c., of shows 182 M.B. or other facilities afforded for will of nurses, that, &c., recreation, samples any Meymott Tidy, bring from him a report setting forth how he proposes examined, two were recorded as "very slightly turbid," the to utilise the grantor’s liberality, and, if his proposal be remaining 180 samples being clear, bright, and well filtered. approved, the arrangement will be carried out in concert The water furnished to the metropolis during March by the with the authorities of the hospital which is intended to be seven companies taking their supply from the Thames and benefited. We can imagine no more useful or more delightful the Lea has continued to exhibit a ivholly satisfactory way of turning possessions to account, and we hope that character. Dr. E. Frankland, in his analysis, states that Major Meares’ appeal will find its way to many persons rich taking the average amount of organic impurity contained enough and enlightened enough to assist in the mode that he in a given volume of the Kent Company’s water during the suggests. His address, it may be added, is 43, Gordon- nine years ending Dec. 1876 as unity, the proportional amount contained in an equal volume of water supplied by square, W. C. each of the Metropolitan water companies and by the Tottenham Local Board of Health was-Kent 0-5, TottenBANQUET TO PROFESSOR HUMPHRY. ham 1-4, Colne Valley 1-5, New River and Grand Junction, AFTER the ordinary meeting of the Anatomical Society Lambeth 1-8, 2-1, Southwark 26, East London 3’5, West on May 30th, it is intended by the members of the Society Middlesex and Chelsea 4-4. 3’7, to entertain Professor G. M. Humphry of Cambridge at dinner. This graceful act towards their first president has met with general approbation, and already a large number WE regret to record the death of Mr. A. O’Brien Jones, of well-known members of the profession have signified F.R.C.S., which took place under somewhat distressing their intention to be present, amongst whom are Sir George circumstances, at his residence, The Shrubbery, Epsom, on Paget, Sir James Paget, Mr. Savory, Mr. John Marshall, the lst instant. He was seventy-six years of age, and well Professors K. Parker, Flower, Cunningham, and Michael known in the town, where he had practised for nearly fifty Foster. The chair will be taken by Sir W. Turner. He took an active part in the formation of the years. Medical School. On the day of his death he visited Epsom his patients, and was, apparently, in his usual health. On OPPOSITION TO A CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN returning home in the afternoon he had a conversation with BRIXTON. his gardener, and afterwards went to his room where he was OvER a hundred practitioners have signed a protest found some time after dead, with a note lying near. At against the proposal to found another hospital in Brixton. the inquest subsequently held it appeared an incapacity for We cannot pretend to form a decided opinion on a question work seemed to press upon his mind. Mr. Barnes, of to be determined by many local considerations; but we can Ewell, formerly a partner of the deceased, saw Mr. Jones, only say that the very strong feeling of those who know and found a glass measure and bottle by his side containing most about hospitals is that we are embarrassed by too prussic acid. A letter at his feet stated that he had taken many already, and that it would be better policy to well that poison. -

support and well administer those

we

more.

FOREIGN UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. .BM.—Dr. von Ackeren has been appointed Assistant for Chemical Examinations in Professor Gerhardt’s clinic. Dr. Rawitz has qualified as privat-docent in Comparative

Anatomy. Constantinople.-Dr. Diihring, assistant to Dr. Unna of Hamburg, has been appointed Professor of Dermatology and Syphilis. Dorpat.-The Russian Government has granted 300 for a special laboratory and veterinary clinic for the study of Glanders. Warsaic.

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Extraordinary

Professors

Menthien

and

Stolnikoff have been promoted to be Professors in Ordinary of Pharmacy and

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have than build any

Therapeutics respectively.

Two American medical professors have recently quitted the scene of their earthly labours in the persons of Dr. Samuel W. Gross and Dr. Edward T. Bruen. The former was the son of the late distinguished Dr. Samuel; D. Gross, and was born in Cincinnati in February, 1837. Deceased made a specialty of the genito-urinary organs, was a valuable contributor to the medical periodicals of his time, and published in 1880 a book entitled "A Practical Treatise on Tumours of the Mammary Gland, embracing the Histology, Pathology, Diagnosis, and Treatment." Dr. Bruen, Assistant Professor of Physical Diagnosis in the University of Pennsylvania, was the author of a. creditable work on the "Physical Diagnosis of the Heart and Lungs." -

A PASTEUR INSTITUTE

was

founded at Rio de Janeiro

on

February 9th, 1888, and out of 106 persons treated between then and January 8th, 1889, only one died-i.e., a child, DEATHS OF EMINENT FOREIGN MEDICAL MEN. who only attended ten times out of twenty-three attendances THE deaths of the following eminent foreign medical men ordered. In sixty-two instances the dog biting these peopletreated at Rio was recognised as undoubtedly rabid. are announced :-Dr. Emil Bergeat, assistant in the Physio-

logical Institute, Munich ; Chemistry in Copenhagen,

Dr.

Barfoed, Professor of

at the

Dr. Orestes Rudenski, of St.

age of

Petersburg,

seventy-five; a military

medical officer of very high rank in the Russian army ; Dr. Bernhard Weissenborn, a well-known zoologist, formerly assistant to Professor Hackel, of Jena, while on a scientific expedition to the Cameroons ; Dr. Bricon, of Paris, editor of Le Progrès Médical,’ Dr. Dépéret-Muret, Honorary Professor of Internal Pathology in the Medical School of Limoges; Dr. Caetano de Almeida, Professor of Histology in the University of Rio de Janeiro.

AT a meeting of the Lancashire County Council on the2nd inst., Dr. Pilkington moved "that a health committee be appointed for the purpose of carrying out the powers conferred upon the County Council in relation to the publichealth." ____

THE Lord-Lieutenant has nominated Dr. Clifford Allbutt, a Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding of theCounty of York and of the City and County of the City oif York. to be