COLLEGE OF DENTISTS OF ENGLAND.

COLLEGE OF DENTISTS OF ENGLAND.

Dr. WHITE moved the first resolution,-" That a society be row formed to be called the Medical Registration Society of Northumberland and Durham, for t...

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Dr. WHITE moved the first resolution,-" That a society be row formed to be called the Medical Registration Society of Northumberland and Durham, for the purpose of aiding the meiical Registrar in carryingout the provisions of the Medical Act in those counties." He added, so faras I understand, there is only to be one medical registrar for England, another for Scotland, and another for Ireland ; if such be the case, probably there will be a few deputy-registrars scattered about the various counties. Therefore, under such circumstances probably it may be a very great assistance to them to receive hints from time to time; and this is the object of this intended association. Of course we are well aware, as the chairman has saitl, thatagreat number of individuals givethemselves names and carry out a kind of pseudo-profession which does the profession very great discredit. We who are here will be able to give such hints, and indeed such advice to the Registrar as will be of very considerable assistance. I therefore beg to move that this resolution be adopted. (Applause.) Dr. CHARLTON.-I would remark that it is necessary for us

of the Association is to assist the Registrar the Medical Council to carry out the provisions of the new Medical Act. ’ 3. The business of the Association to be conducted either as ageneral meeting, to be called from to time as circumstances demand-three members forming a quorum, or by co: r,3with the honorary secretary. 4. Voting by proxy allowed. 5. Any member to call a meeting of the Association may do so by giving fourteen days’ notice to the honorary secretary, the object of such meeting being specified in writing. 6. No one to be admitted a member of this Association unless qualitied to register in conformity with the said Medical Act. 7. The admission fee to be Is., to be repeated annually, if necessary. 8. The honorary secretary and treasurer to be voted for by a majority of the members, and to remain in office during their

2. The

may spondence

particularly to assist in carrying out the provisions of this Act, because it is evident that by banding the medical profession together, and by our gaining a voice in the Legislature, which we have not had before, we have got the thin end of the wedge

shall be enabled to drive it home to such a point shall bring the medical profession up to the status which it ought to hold, and which it avowedly holds in other countries. There can be no question but that in this country the patronage that has been given to quacks by the Government has had a most serious and injurious effect upon the medical profession. The public, up to the present time, have been totally unable to judge which were the licensed men and which were the unlicensed. The wide distinction can now be made; each man’s qualifications will be thoroughly sifted and inquired into, and he will have to undergo a searching investigation as to the claims which he puts forward, and in every doubtful case it will be found that the assistance of the medical profession in the neighbourhood will be of the utmost value to the registrar, who in all probability, will be quite a stranger to the district. It is possible that deputy-registrars may be appointed, but if these were medical men we cannot expect that they would be so thoroughly acquainted with the various claimants for medical practice that sprang up in almost every populous district, unless they have the assistance of the medical practitioners, meeting together and talking over the probable claims that each man has to be considered as a truly professional man. It is perhaps the peculiarity in very populous districts of the counties of Durham and Northumberland, where large manufactories, collieries, and other works of industry, have rapidly sprung up, that we find the illegal practitioner coming in-men claiming to hold titles which assuredly they never have obtained. Those men we shall now be able to separate from. We shall be able to show to the public that those men have no claim whatsoever to be considered as professional men. If we can show that we are the only legal men-the only educated members of the profession, the public will sooner or later grant us their confidence-a confidence which has been most fearfully abused by men who have pretended to a science which they have not. The resolution was then agreed to unanimously. Mr. BENNETT next moved, "That the officers of this Society shall consist of a president, a secretary, and a treasurer, with six members of the Council to be selected to-day, the number to be extended to twelve at the next meeting of the Society. After the cordial reception they gave to the remarks of Dr. White, he also moved that Dr. Greenhow, as an old and most consistent medical reformer, be president. (Loud applause.) He also asked Dr. Humble to favour them with his services as secretary. Mr. HARVEY seconded the resolution, and it was unani and in, that

we

we

mously agreed

to.

At the suggestion of Dr. WHITE, the secretary was consti tuted treasurer also. The members of the Council were then ballotted for, a,nc the scrutiny showed that Mr. Bennett, Dr. White, Dr. Charlton, Mr. Harvey, Dr. Embleton, and Mr, Sang, were elected. A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the proceedings

THE GAINSBOROUGH MEDICAL REGISTRATION ASSOCIATION. 1. WE, the undersigned medical practitioners of Gainsboand neighbourhood, hereby form ourselves into an Association, to be called " The Gainsborough Medical Registration

rough

Association."

object

appointed by

wishing

pleasure.

9. All meetings to be held at Gainsborough. 10. The birth of this Association to be synchronous with the Act of Parliament which called it into existence-Oct. 1st, 1858. W. B. Peacock, M.D., G. Jepson, M.R.C.S.E., R. Cook (in practice before 1815), J. Duigan, M.D., A.

Fairchild,M.R.C.S.E. , J. Taylor Sharp,M.R.C.S.E., W. W. Watson, M.D., J. Oldman, M.R.C.S.E., Octavius Jepson, M.D., and J. C. B. Smallman, M.D., Gainsborough; J. H. Williams, M. R. C. S. E., West Stockwith ; W. Trousdale, F.R,.C.S.E., West Butterwick; T. Trousdale, M.R.C.S.E., West. Ferry; A. Trousdale, M. R. C. S. E., Epworth; W. Murphy. M. R. C. S. E., Willingham ; Reginald Moore Willan, M.R.C.S.E., Newton-on-Trent; J. H. Bennett, M,D., Haxey; S. Ross, M.P,.C.S.E., Haxey; R. Eminson, M.R.C.S.E., Scotter. D. MACKINDER, M.D., &c., Gainsborough, Hon. Sec. and Treasurer, pro. tem. COLLEGE OF DENTISTS OF ENGLAND. ON Tuesday evening, Dr. RICHARDSON delivered his second lecture on ’’ The Medical History and Treatment of Diseases of the Teeth." The attendance of members was excellent. The subject of the lecture on this occasion was " The Hæmorrhagic Diathesis in its bearings on Dental Practice."" After defining the term "hsemorrhagic diathesis," Dr. Richardson proceeded to show that this diathesis must not be accepted as indicating a disease in itself, but as being a symptom based on certain diseases, such as scurvy, purpura, and anarmia. He then gave an account of the constituent parts of the blood, centralizmg his teaching in this part to the fibrinous constituent, as that constituent upon which the tendency to effusion of blood rested. The fibrine might be deficient in quantity, it might be in imperfect solution, it might be too freely dissolved in alkaline serum. Under each and all of these conditions, the hæmorrhagic diathesis might be said to be present. From the blood, the

lecturer passed to the circulating machinery, and in describing the organs in which the circulation of the blood takes place, he seized the opportunity of explaining the three kinds of haemorrhage— venous, capillary, and arterial. Basinthe after part of his lecture on the physiological proportions which had thus been adduced, Dr. Richardson passed in review the diseases which ordinarily give rise to the hæmorrhagic tendency, describing their symptoms, pathology, and cause, together with the accidents which may occur in dental operations during the existence of the diathesis. Thence he discussed the question of hæmorrhage during dental operations, and especially after tooth extraction, in which the diathesis was not present. Adducing some striking illustrations of this class of cases, Dr. Richardson showed, that as the diathesis in such instances was: not marked, as the blood possessed firm coagulating power, thecause of the haemorrhage must be in the artery divided by the extraction; and indicated the probability that the loss of blood was due to a circumferential attachment of the vessel at its divided point with the surrounding structure, so that contraction of the vessel was prevented. The concluding section of the lecture was devoted to the consideration of treatment ; first, of the treatment of the hsemorrhagio diathesis by general remedies; and, secondly, of the treatment of activehaemorrhage after extraction. In i meeting this last-named accident, Dr. Richardson recommended

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CLARKE, En«’ARD GEORGE, Pontarddulais, Llanelly. COCKER, WM. HENRY, Queen Anne-street. CROSS, ARTHUR JOHN G., New-street, Spring-gardens. EDis, ARTHUR W., High-street, Kensington. ETHERIDGE, CHARLES, Stoke-ferry, Norfolk. GIBSON, ROBERT CHAPMAN, Glouster-place, Brighton. GOODFELLOW, WILLIAM RicHARD, City Dispensary. GRABHAM, MICHAEL C., Lonsdale-square, Islington. GROVES, JOH"1f, St. Leonard’s-place, York. HARMER, W. MILSTED, St. George’s Hospital. HILLS, GEORGE H., Brook-terrace, Kent-road. HOLDEN, GEORGE HERBERT, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, HOLMAN, THOMAS, Uckfield, Sussex. ILES, DANIEL, Fairford. JAMES, JOSHUA, Bristol. LEACH, MATIHEW, Wisbeach, Cambridge. LEIGH, THOMAS, Turnham-green. LUCK, HENRY, Onslow-square. LUMB, HENRY, Lansdown-villas. MATTHEW, ALFRED JOHN, St. John’s-wood. MEENES, ALBERT, 11, Canonbury-square. MORLEY, JOHN LACEY, Newport Pagnell. OSMOND, Tn.OMAS, Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex. PHILIPPS, ALFRED, Bridgewater, Somerset. PROSSER, C. H., Margate, Kent. RICHARDS, FREDERICK WM., Winchester. RiCHARDS, JOSEPH P., 28, Newcastle-street. ROBERTS, EDWIN, St. John’s-wood. ROBERTS, FREDERICK THOMAS, Percy-circus. SCHOLFIELD, THOMAS HYDE, Cheshire. SHUTTLEWORTH, GEORGE EDWARD, Bayswater. SPENCER, LIONEL, Newcastle-street. SUTTON, FREDERICK JOHN, Ilminster, Somerset. TAYLOR, SHEPHERD THOMAS, St. Giles’, Norwich. TIDY, CHARLES W., Cambridge-heath, Hackney. VAUX, EDWARD, Bath-place, Kensington. WARD, CORNELIUS H., Tollerton, Nottingham. WATTS, WILLIAM F., East-parade, Leeds. WELFORD, GEO. FREDERICK, Market Weighton, Brough. WHIPPLE, J. H. C., Upper Ranelagh-street. WrCKSTEED, FRANCIS W. C., Lewes, Sussex. WRIGHT, CHARLES JAMES, Wakefield, York. THE NEW MEDICAL COUNCIL.-At the Court held at Windsor, Nov. 13th, present the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty in council, her Majesty, in pursuance of an act passed in the

general as well as local measures should be applied ; the general consistingin the administration of the mineral acids or acetate of lead, as in hæmoptysis; the local, in the application of three remedial measures: a good styptic (nitric acid being the best), a good plug (the extracted tooth being the best), and firm pressure on the plug (for the production of which, Dr. Reid’s simple and effective instrument is the best). The lecture, of which we have been able to give but the most limited sketch, was listened to with great interest and that

attention.

Medical News. ROYAL COLLEGE

OF

SURGEONS.-The following gentle-

having undergone the necessary examinations for the Diploma, were admitted members of the College at a meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 12th inst. :ALLA,NBY, JOHN SMEETON, Leamington. BELL, WM. RIDDALL, Dublin. COSTERTON, THOMAS, Jersey. men,

GIBBON, THOMAS, Leaham Harbour. JAKINS, WM. VOSPER, Osnaburgh-street, Regent’s-park. SMITH, CHAS. Sw AEY, Ladbroke Villas, Notting-hill. WARD, HENRY DEBORD, Blyth, Northumberland. WILLIAMS, WILLIAM, Holyhead. WILSON, JOHN, Simcoe, Canada West. LICENTIATES IN MIDWIFERY. -The following members of the College, having undergone the necessary examinations, were admitted Licentiates in Midwifery at the meeting of the Board

of Examiners

on

the 17th inst. :-

BLACKMAN, MATTHEW, Ramsgate, diploma of membership dated August llth, 1858. BOWLING, THOMAS, Birmingham, July 16th, 1858. CowELL, GEORGE, Ipswich, July 9th, 1858. CUTMORE, CHARLES RICHARD, St. Mary’s Hospital, August 11 th, 1858.

FREEMAN, WILLIAM, New York, November 5th, 1858. LLOYD, HENRY JAMES, Mornington-place, Aug. 13th, 1858. MASON, JOHN FREDERICK, Wisbeach, May 21st, 1858. PEARCE, CHAS. WORTHAM, Peterborough, June 18th, 1858. PEARSE, WILLIAM EDWIN GR.NDLEY, Marsham-street, Westminster, March 6th, 1846. Ross, FREDERICK DUMARESQUE, Guildford, Surrey, Apri1 16th, 1858. SPRY, GEORGE FREDERICK, Cheltenham, Aug. 13th, 1858. SQUIRE, A. JOHX BALMANKO, York-gate, Regent’s-park, Nov. 12the,1858. SWAIN, PAUL WILLIAM, Devonport, May 1st, 1857. WARD, HENRY DEBORD, Blyth, Northumberland, Nov. 12th,

parliament, intituled "An Act to regulate the Qualifications of Practitioners in Medicine and Surgery," was pleased, with the advice of her Privy Council, to nominate and appoint Sir James dark, Bart., M.D. ; Sir Charles Hastings, Knt., M.D., of the city of Worcester; William Lawrence, Esq., surgeon, of Whitehall-place, in the city of Westminster ; and Thomas Pridgen Teale, Esq., surgeon, of the town of Leeds, to be members of the General Council of

last session of

1858.

WILSON, JOHN-, Simcoe,

Canada

West,

Nov.

APOTHECARIES’ HALL. - -’Names of

12th,

1858.

gentlemen

passed their examination in the science and practice of cine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, November 11 th, 1858. BAYLIFFE, CHARLES SEARLE, Chippenham, Wilts. FRANCIS, LAWRENCE, Mahony, Cashel, Ireland. GERvrs, HENRY, Tiverton, Devon. GOOCH, JAMES WYARD, Stradbroke, Suffolk.

Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom for

England; Professor Robert Christison, M.D., of the city of Edinburgh, to a member of the said General Council for Scotland ; and William Stokes, Esq., M.D., of Merion-square, in the city of Dublin, to be a member of the said General Council

who medi.

for Ireland. -Gazette.

ROYAL MEDICAL BENEVOLENT

COLLEGE.-Legacies of

£ 100 each have been bequeathed to this useful institution, by the late Dr. G. North Robinson, of Leadwell, and the late Dr. Hughes, of Guy’s Hospital.

HARRisoN, HENRY, Carlisle. HUGHES, JAMES, Middlewich, Cheshire. HUGHES, THOMAS JOHN, Woolwich. SwYER, ROBERT EDWARD, Sykes-terrace, Mile-end. WEAVER, FRED. POYNTON, Walton- on-the -Hill, Liverpool. WRIGHT, HENRY JOHN, Sheffield, Yorkshire.

VACANCIES FOR ASSISTANT-SURGEONS IN THE ARMY.We understand that there are twenty or thirty vacancies for assistant-surgeons in the army, and that the examinations take place every two or three weeks, at the Army Medical Board. They are stated to be very practical in their nature, and not more severe than ought to be passed without difficulty by wellIn addition, four gentlemen passed their first examination. educated candidates. Werecommend our young medical friends CLASSICS AND MATHEMATICS.-The following is a list o to apply at once to the Director-General, to be.admitted to the the gentlemen who passed their examination in Classics an( examination, as when the vacancies are filled, a severe comMathematics on petition may arise. Tuesday and Wednesday, the 16th and 17th inst. KI.NG’S COLLEGE MEDICAL SOCIETY.-At the first ARMSTRONG, JAMES HUNTER, Harmer-street, Gravesend. ordinary meeting of the Society, held on the 28th ult., Mr. Arthur Ernest Simsom read his prize essay, "On the Mortality ASHWIN, MANLEY, Abergavenny. after Amputation of the Extremities, and the Causes of that MorBARKER, WALTER, 205, Fleet-street. After a sketch of the history of amputation, specially BINGLEY, W. PHILIPPS, Ecclesfield, near Sheffield. with reference to those circumstances which tended to increase BROWN, ISAAC BAKER, Connaught-square. or decrease the rate of mortality after the operation, the author BROWN, SAMUEL S., Lewisham, Kent. to the general question of the fatality in later times. BRYAN, EDWARD, Uppingham, Rutland. CLAPP, W. PpiDEAux, Upper Ranelagh-street. Statistics showed that this, in military practice (traumatic am.



tality."

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