MEDICAL REFORM.

227 5th. Moved by Mr. ENSCOE, seconded by Mr. ROBINSON.—Resolued, That in order to receive the petition for approval or redo adjourn to Tuesvision, thisthemeeting 7th inst., to meet at some next, day a (From Correspondent.) convenient place, to be determined on by AT a meeting of medical practitioners the committee, and that publicity to such and pupils, held on Tuesday, April 30, at meeting shall be given by means of adverthe Theatre of Anatomy and Medicine, tisements in the public papers and medical Gerrard Street, Soho, for the purpose of journals. considering the present mode of electing The following committee was appointed: medical officers to the public institutions Lt Practice. Pupils. of the country, and of devising means for into effect such as B. A. Mr. TURNER GRANVILLE, carrying plans may ap-

MEDICAL REFORM.

pear best calculated to remove the existing abuses, Dr. GRANVILLE in the chairThe following resolutions were carried : lst. Moved by Mr. DERMOTT, seconded That in the by Mr. ofBuTLER.-Resolved, opinion this meeting, the existing system of electing lecturers to universities and medical offices of every rank, and to hospitals, infirmaries, and dispensaries, is ill-calculated to secure the best and most efficient services to those establishments, to promote the benefit of the patients or pupils, or the advancement of medical science, and is contrary to the best interests of society. 2nd. Moved by Mr. LuNN, seconded by Mr. MORGAN.-Resolved, That it is expedient and necessary to establish such a system of examination into the real merits of the candidates for the offices of medical professors, physicians, surgeons, and apo-

M.D. G. D. DERMOTT, Esq.

W.B.COSTELLO,Esq. DICKENSON, Esq. - KENNEY, Esq. W. BUTLER, Esq. -

ENSCOE ROBINSON MACCREA MACCARRON THURNAM

6th. Moved by Mr. LuNN, seconded by Mr. DERMOIT.—Resolved, That the cordial thanks of this meeting be offered to the chairman, for the able and impartial manner in which he has occupied the chair this evening, and that he be solicited to preside at the future meeting. [The meeting on the 7th was held, but we have not had the result communicated to us.-ED. L.]

DERIVATION OF THE TERM

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CHOLERA."

To ihe Editor 0/ THE LANCET. Sir,-Although engaged in study, we ner of the concours practised in most of have time to read your puboccasionally the continental schools of science and lication, which has afforded frequently medicine, by which every appointment us considerable information and amuseis the result of deliberate and public in- ment. quiry into the merits of the candidates, I could not, however, but feel surprised no matter how high in name, rank, or at the sweeping contradiction given by interest, those candidates may be placed your Liverpool correspondent to the asserat the time of the election. tion of your previous correspondent, Mr. 3rd. Moved by Mr. MACCREA, seconded Goss, " that cholera was derived from by Mr. DiCKEsoN.—RfM, That a pe- two Hebrew words." Most certainly it is tition, signed by all those members of the medical profession who agree in the sen- composed of two Hebrew words,

thecaries, to universities, hospitals, in- i firmaries, and dispensaries, in the man-

timents contained in the two first resolusickness, a noun, which maybe contions, be addressed to the House of Com- choli, sidered to be derived from the verb the disadvanforth mons, setting existing was sick, and to which if is tages in the mode of election to the offices T T enumerated in these resolutions, and the necessity and advantages of establishing added the adjective ’, we have at a system of concours, or public examination, into the real qualifications of the once a compound Hebraic phrase closely allied in sound and in sense to the Indian candidates. 4th. Moved by Mr. MACCARpox, se- and European term cholera. In fact, the objections of your Liverpool conded by Mr. MAccpA.—RgtiU
, he