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large and influential assembly. The weather was fine, but and tastefully decorated for the reception of patients. The piercing wind blew over the site, and made matters institution has been placed under the charge of Dr. R. W. anything but pleasant for visitors to the ceremony. Up Philip, whose recent researches on the Etiology of Phthisis, to the present sufficient has been received to make building submitted in the form of a thesis for the Doctorate in provision for twelve beds and to leave a sum towards the Medicine to the University, received the University Gold endowment fund, which, it is to be hoped, will soon be Medal, the highest honour attainable by its graduates. Dr. augmented. Philip also received in recognition of his work the Triennial Gunning Prize in Medicine, a bursary recently founded for SPREAD OF SMALL-POX IN YORKSHIRE COLLIERIES.. the encouragement of original research in connexion with Considerable alarm is being occasioned by the spread of the practice of medicine, and awarded to the most eligible small-pox in some of the Yorkshire colliery districts, where competitive thesis presented within the specified period. the small cottages are crowded with lodgers. On Saturday Dec. 6th. Edinburgh, last fresh outbreaks were reported at Birdwell and Broomhill, near Wombell, whero on Friday the authorities were compelled to board a cottage round to isolate it. At several DUBLIN. large collieries workmen from infected families have been our own Correspondent.) (From stopped. Serious interference with trade is anticipated. of
a a strong were
Newcastle-on-Tyne,
Dec. 6th. ILLNESS OF SIR CHARLES CAMERON.
EDINBURGH.
(From
our own
Correspondent.)
ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.
AT the annual general meeting of the Fellows which took place last week, the election of office-bearers in the College was the chief business of importance. Sir Douglas Maclagan, who has for two years occupied the presidential chair, retires at this time on the completion of his term of office, but retains a deliberative voice in the affairs of the College by his appointment as Vice-President. His place as President has been taken by Dr. R. Peel Ritchie, one of the senior Fellows, whose long experience in the Council and as treasurer to the College has given him an intimate knowledge of its affairs, and whose careful cultivation of its best interests in the past, renders him peculiarly well fitted to act yet more directly as their guardian and conservator during his two years’ term of office as President. The other officers of the College are as follows :-Treasurer: Dr. P. A. Young. Secretary : Dr. G. A. Gibson, Librarian: Dr. G. W. Balfour. Curator of Museum: Dr. T. A. G. Balfour. Curator of Laboratory: Dr. J. Batty Tuke.
THIS gentleman was taken seriously ill last week, and for some time his life was in imminent danger. It is gratifying, however, to be able to state that his condition has considerably improved, and it is confidently expected that in a short time he will be able to resume hi& ordinary duties. I may add that there is no member of the profession in Dublin better liked both by his brethren and the community at large than Sir Charles Cameron, and a termination to his career of usefulness would be regarded as a
national
calamity.
DEATHS OF BRIGADE-SURGEON GRAY, SURGEON-MAJOR PUREFOY, AND DR. WHISTLER.
During the past week three Fellows of the Royal College Surgeons in Ireland have died-viz., Brigade-Surgeon Joseph Gray (retired), Surgeon-Major J. W. Purefoy, and Dr. Whistler of Bray. The last-named gentleman met with his death under distressing circumstances, being killed by an accident in the hunting field last Saturday. SurgeonMajor Purefoy had only three weeks since returned from of
Trinidad, and died after a short iliness. He was buried at Lucan, where his father, the late Dr. T. Purefoy, practised
for many years. The funeral cortège was prec6ded by a corps of the Liverpool Regiment, the band playing Chopin’s Funeral March and the Dead March in Saul, and was followed THE VACANT ASSESSORSHIP AT ST. ANDREWS. by a detachment of the Army Medical Corps, headed by Considerable interest is felt in Edinburgh in regard to the Surgeon-General Hassard, principal medical officer in election, now pending, of an assessor of the General Ireland, and officers of the Medical Staff serving in Dublin. Council of the University of St. Andrews, who will represent On the same day the funeral of Dr. Whistler of Bray, who that body in the deliberations of the University Court. Dr. ’, died at an advanced age, took place. The deceased was a. John Duncan, M.A., LL.D., is one of the candidates for the graduate in Arts and Medicine of the University of Dublin, vacant office, whose high position in the profession in Scot- and obtained the Fellowship of the College of Surgeons land, no less than the great services he has rendered in forty-two years ago. He was a well-known figure at the favouring the progress and developing the stability of the annual meetings of the Fellows of the College of Surgeons, Edinburgh School, specially point him out as well fitted to and took an active part in its proceedings. hold an important post, in which his intimate knowledge of SCIENCE AND ART MUSEUM, DUBLIN. the Scottish University system and its requirements will Dr. R. Scharff, an assistant to the Museum for some time make his services invaluable. His opponent, Viscount Cross, has already held office as assessor; and it is felt keenly by past, has been appointed to the vacant curatorship. Dr. medical graduates of St. Andrews that the interests of Scharff studied at Edinburgh, where he obtained the degree medicine in that University require a more thorough repre- of Bachelor of Science, also in London under Professor sentation than they could obtain during a layman’s tenure Ray Lankester, and worked in the British Museum under Professor Flower, F.R,S. He has written many papers on of office. THE VICTORIA DISPENSARY. zoological subjects, and for some time acted as viceUnder the above name a new charitable institution has president of the Conchological Society of Great Britain and been established in which bids fair to take a Ireland.
Edinburgh,
NATIONAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, DUBLIN. place among the medical charities of the city. It is A bazaar and fancy fair in aid of the funds of this specially devoted to the treatment of consumption and diseases of the chest, for which cases solely it is intended. hospital will be held next week. There is a debt still due It will, therefore, in no way trench on the useful work on the institution amounting to £1500, and it is confidently already done among our poorer classes by the many sister expected that a considerable amount will be obtained for a institutions now flourishing around it, but rather relieve very deserving charity. them from th econgestion of chest cases that tend to bulk SMALL-POX IN DUBLIN. too large in proportion to other branches of their remedial Three cases of this disease were admitted to hospital during work. The want of such an institution has long been the week ending the 26th ult., being one over the admissions felt in the city on account of the great ravages comthe preceding week. There are seven cases at present for mitted by phthisis, particularly in that class of people who, under treatment in hospital, but so far only one death has. coming from healthy country districts, fall only too easy occurred. a and too early prey to the evil influences of the narrowed physical surroundings of their city life. The new EPIDEMIC OF MEASLES IN BALTIMORE, NEAR SKIBBEREEN. An epidemic of measles of a very dangerous type has dispensary is situated in Bank-street, in the central district of the city, and is fortunate in possessing light and airy broken out in this place, and numerous deaths have resulted, is it adults as
useful
waiting
and
consulting
rooms, which have been
brightly
A
peculiarity
of the affection
that
attacks
well
large and influential assembly. The weather was fine, but and tastefully decorated for the reception of patients. The piercing wind blew over the site, and made matters institution has been placed under the charge of Dr. R. W. anything but pleasant for visitors to the ceremony. Up Philip, whose recent researches on the Etiology of Phthisis, to the present sufficient has been received to make building submitted in the form of a thesis for the Doctorate in provision for twelve beds and to leave a sum towards the Medicine to the University, received the University Gold endowment fund, which, it is to be hoped, will soon be Medal, the highest honour attainable by its graduates. Dr. augmented. Philip also received in recognition of his work the Triennial Gunning Prize in Medicine, a bursary recently founded for SPREAD OF SMALL-POX IN YORKSHIRE COLLIERIES.. the encouragement of original research in connexion with Considerable alarm is being occasioned by the spread of the practice of medicine, and awarded to the most eligible small-pox in some of the Yorkshire colliery districts, where competitive thesis presented within the specified period. the small cottages are crowded with lodgers. On Saturday Dec. 6th. Edinburgh, last fresh outbreaks were reported at Birdwell and Broomhill, near Wombell, whero on Friday the authorities were compelled to board a cottage round to isolate it. At several DUBLIN. large collieries workmen from infected families have been our own Correspondent.) (From stopped. Serious interference with trade is anticipated. of
a a strong were
Newcastle-on-Tyne,
Dec. 6th. ILLNESS OF SIR CHARLES CAMERON.
EDINBURGH.
(From
our own
Correspondent.)
ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.
AT the annual general meeting of the Fellows which took place last week, the election of office-bearers in the College was the chief business of importance. Sir Douglas Maclagan, who has for two years occupied the presidential chair, retires at this time on the completion of his term of office, but retains a deliberative voice in the affairs of the College by his appointment as Vice-President. His place as President has been taken by Dr. R. Peel Ritchie, one of the senior Fellows, whose long experience in the Council and as treasurer to the College has given him an intimate knowledge of its affairs, and whose careful cultivation of its best interests in the past, renders him peculiarly well fitted to act yet more directly as their guardian and conservator during his two years’ term of office as President. The other officers of the College are as follows :-Treasurer: Dr. P. A. Young. Secretary : Dr. G. A. Gibson, Librarian: Dr. G. W. Balfour. Curator of Museum: Dr. T. A. G. Balfour. Curator of Laboratory: Dr. J. Batty Tuke.
THIS gentleman was taken seriously ill last week, and for some time his life was in imminent danger. It is gratifying, however, to be able to state that his condition has considerably improved, and it is confidently expected that in a short time he will be able to resume hi& ordinary duties. I may add that there is no member of the profession in Dublin better liked both by his brethren and the community at large than Sir Charles Cameron, and a termination to his career of usefulness would be regarded as a
national
calamity.
DEATHS OF BRIGADE-SURGEON GRAY, SURGEON-MAJOR PUREFOY, AND DR. WHISTLER.
During the past week three Fellows of the Royal College Surgeons in Ireland have died-viz., Brigade-Surgeon Joseph Gray (retired), Surgeon-Major J. W. Purefoy, and Dr. Whistler of Bray. The last-named gentleman met with his death under distressing circumstances, being killed by an accident in the hunting field last Saturday. SurgeonMajor Purefoy had only three weeks since returned from of
Trinidad, and died after a short iliness. He was buried at Lucan, where his father, the late Dr. T. Purefoy, practised
for many years. The funeral cortège was prec6ded by a corps of the Liverpool Regiment, the band playing Chopin’s Funeral March and the Dead March in Saul, and was followed THE VACANT ASSESSORSHIP AT ST. ANDREWS. by a detachment of the Army Medical Corps, headed by Considerable interest is felt in Edinburgh in regard to the Surgeon-General Hassard, principal medical officer in election, now pending, of an assessor of the General Ireland, and officers of the Medical Staff serving in Dublin. Council of the University of St. Andrews, who will represent On the same day the funeral of Dr. Whistler of Bray, who that body in the deliberations of the University Court. Dr. ’, died at an advanced age, took place. The deceased was a. John Duncan, M.A., LL.D., is one of the candidates for the graduate in Arts and Medicine of the University of Dublin, vacant office, whose high position in the profession in Scot- and obtained the Fellowship of the College of Surgeons land, no less than the great services he has rendered in forty-two years ago. He was a well-known figure at the favouring the progress and developing the stability of the annual meetings of the Fellows of the College of Surgeons, Edinburgh School, specially point him out as well fitted to and took an active part in its proceedings. hold an important post, in which his intimate knowledge of SCIENCE AND ART MUSEUM, DUBLIN. the Scottish University system and its requirements will Dr. R. Scharff, an assistant to the Museum for some time make his services invaluable. His opponent, Viscount Cross, has already held office as assessor; and it is felt keenly by past, has been appointed to the vacant curatorship. Dr. medical graduates of St. Andrews that the interests of Scharff studied at Edinburgh, where he obtained the degree medicine in that University require a more thorough repre- of Bachelor of Science, also in London under Professor sentation than they could obtain during a layman’s tenure Ray Lankester, and worked in the British Museum under Professor Flower, F.R,S. He has written many papers on of office. THE VICTORIA DISPENSARY. zoological subjects, and for some time acted as viceUnder the above name a new charitable institution has president of the Conchological Society of Great Britain and been established in which bids fair to take a Ireland.
Edinburgh,
NATIONAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, DUBLIN. place among the medical charities of the city. It is A bazaar and fancy fair in aid of the funds of this specially devoted to the treatment of consumption and diseases of the chest, for which cases solely it is intended. hospital will be held next week. There is a debt still due It will, therefore, in no way trench on the useful work on the institution amounting to £1500, and it is confidently already done among our poorer classes by the many sister expected that a considerable amount will be obtained for a institutions now flourishing around it, but rather relieve very deserving charity. them from th econgestion of chest cases that tend to bulk SMALL-POX IN DUBLIN. too large in proportion to other branches of their remedial Three cases of this disease were admitted to hospital during work. The want of such an institution has long been the week ending the 26th ult., being one over the admissions felt in the city on account of the great ravages comthe preceding week. There are seven cases at present for mitted by phthisis, particularly in that class of people who, under treatment in hospital, but so far only one death has. coming from healthy country districts, fall only too easy occurred. a and too early prey to the evil influences of the narrowed physical surroundings of their city life. The new EPIDEMIC OF MEASLES IN BALTIMORE, NEAR SKIBBEREEN. An epidemic of measles of a very dangerous type has dispensary is situated in Bank-street, in the central district of the city, and is fortunate in possessing light and airy broken out in this place, and numerous deaths have resulted, is it adults as
useful
waiting
and
consulting
rooms, which have been
brightly
A
peculiarity
of the affection
that
attacks
well