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109 able to attribute, in the higher organisms, to a sympathetic, that which is manifestly independent of it in the lower? But let us come to the arguments brought forward in support. The solar ganglion and its dependencies -are the first parts formed in the animal fabric: therefore they are essential to the formation of the rest. Indeed! How came the ganglion itself to be formed out of the mass of uniform cells which constitutes the first corporeal phase ? Nutrition must have been in progress, and that in the production of the very thing upon which it is stated to depend-an absurdity I need not stay to indicate. But then Dr. Marshall Hall’s monster, and Dr. Davey’s living
the charitv, they utterly disclaim being of of them to to the
the right of any or dictate committee as to the course they ought to pursue with regard to the selection of the chairman of the festival, or any other matter whatever relative to the charity; as Mr. Cattlin’s letter has this tendency, and is calculated to produce a want of harmony between that gentleman and the committee, the committee regret they are obliged to come to the conclusion that such letter is not only offensive in its nature, but an unwarrantable interference with their rights and duties, and with the-position held by Mr. Cattlin as dental. quite at variance to the Holloway and North Islington Dispensary." surgeon I remain, dear Sir, yours faithfully, dissections, as well as the example of fatuous lunatics, show that, I Sec. in the absence or quiescence of the brain and cord, the organism i To W. A. N. Cattlin, Esq. GEO. JEFFKINS, Hon. See. is still maintained: therefore it must be owing to the sympathetic. Why so? Is there no other supposition? These cases, No. 3. indeed, prove the brain and cord to be unessential, but they do 9, Sibbon’s-buildings, Islington, July 20th, 1853. not prove the virtue to reside in the organic system. Why may GENTLEMEN,—I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your resonot the same arrangement prevail that obtains in a knee? It lution, dated July 20th, 1853. In reply, I am utterly at a loss to would be equally independent of the brain and cord. The same remarks apply to the healing of injuries after the discover by what erudite-reasoning your learned committee were section of the sciatic, or destruction of the cord in the lower I guided to the charitable conclusions they arrived at. I deny that back. As to the extinction of life from a blow on the stomach, there is a sentence in my letter either dictatorial, offensive, that its readiest explanation would be that the heart’s action is arrested can be construed into an unwarrantable interference with your and duties, or at variance with -my position as an honorary through sympathy with the nervous shock, and I do not see rights what bearing it has upon the subject; merely showing that the officer of the institution, and disclaim such intention. However, heart may be affected by an influence from the solar ganglion as the ungracious terms of your resolution, and a sense of justice due to myself and my profession, leave me no alternative but to well as any other part of the nervous system. office I have held for so many years; It therefore certainly appears that the new doctrine rests on a resign with indignation the I would respectfully " suggest" that my successor should be very unsatisfactory basis, and that it is more consonant with an and fully qualified to bear with impunity the " insolence fexpansive physiology to discard it altogether; at all events it aofgentleman In office." conclusion, suffer me to add, that if the committees held and be as not the honour of its established, must discovery of medical charities in this country, "armed with a little brief no is by means worthy of competition. In conclusion, I would beg to say that my remarks are intended authority," continue to abuse the notorious liberality of a noble to wear no other garb than that of friendly discussion-not to profession, the day is not far distant when they will justly be attack, but simply to converse; and I hope that no one will required to pay for the valuable services they now receive graimagine asperity where good-nature is the only character de- tuitously. I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, signed. W. A. N. CATTLIN. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, To the Committee of the Holloway and JOSEPH M.R.C.S. Isle of Shanklin, JOSEPH THOMPSON, Wight, North Islington Dispensary. July, 1853. P.S.-I have forwarded the correspondence upon this matter for publication, and shall take such public notice of it as I shall QUACKERY AND THE HOLLOWAY DISPENSARY. think right. To the Editor of THE LANCET. SiR,—tf you consider the following correspondence of public MILITARY SURGEONS. interest to the profession, perhaps you will honour it with a place To the Editor of THE LANCET. in your journal. The facts are, that the committee of the with am North Lord SiR,-I glad to see you continue to be interested in the Holloway and Islington Dispensary arranged Robert Grosvenor to preside at the annual festival in aid of the welfare of military surgeons. We have our grievances, Sir/as funds of that institution on the 14th of July, 1853. In the early well as our naval brethren. One of the greatest evils is the part of May, 1853, several of the medical staff (through the admitting unqualified men into the services. A diploma from a resident-surgeon) made known to the treasurer that they could Royal College of Surgeons is a sine quc2 non for her Majesty’s The not (if invited as heretofore) meet his lordship, on account of his Army; not so for the Navy and Company’s services. public connexion with homaeopathy. Such intimation was dis- executive officers are not so ignorant about medical matters -as regarded otherwise than it formed an occasion for disrespectful you suppose. They know the difference between a British and remarks upon the profession. No. 1 is a copy of the letter in foreign degree; and I have heard a naval .officer say, when which I declined the invitation of the committee; No. 2, of the spoken to about the position of naval assistant-surgeons, as comresolution which has given rise to my resignation, (under cir- pared with military, " Ah, but you forget our men are many of cumstances which may, if necessary, form a fit subject for another them not surgeons like you at all." Sir, the membership of the communication;) and No. 3, of my reply thereto. College does confer a distinction appreciated by the other officers I am, Sir, your obedient servant, more than perhaps you suppose. Therefore our first move ought W. A. N. CATTLIN, M.R.C.S.E., L.A.C. If to be to exclude all unqualified persons. Islington, July, 1853. W. Now for a few more hints for the improvement of the position of the surgeons of the Queen’s Army. We want the abolition No. 1. of the seniority system, which has a crushing effect, and 9, Sibbon’s-buildings, Islington, July 4th, F853. our exerting ourselves. They wont let us purchase, My DEAR SiR,—I beg to decline attendance at the forthcoming prevents wont and ns, they seniority ; so here we are, promote except by festival in aid of the Holloway Dispensary, upon the ground that I cannot consistently with my oath at the College of Surgeons, dragging on a miserable existence, waiting and waiting for proand the respect due to my profession, attend any public meeting motion till it is hardly worth while to take it. If seniority is to be continued, why could they mot give us a Brevet rank for dis- connected with a medical charity, the chairman of which is the services? Why should the man who encounters the public advocate of a most dangerous form of quackery. In fact, tinguished Jam truly sorry that the feelings of a majority of your medical dangers of shipwreck, the battle-field, or the deadly epidemic, staff (which were made known to the treasurer so long ago as the always be doomed to be below the man who entered the service a day before him, and who perhaps has not been abroad at all’? early part of May last) have not been consulted upon this subject. There are men, of twenty-seven years’ service who have I am, my dear Sir, yours very truly, scarcely as many months’ foreign service, and who yet take their W. A. N. CATTL]rN. To.GeÐrgJe1fkins, Esq., Hon. Sec. turn with the rest. And whilst you advocate this, perhaps you will also give us your aid to get a more serviceable dress. On No;2. 2. looking at the paper you :quote from in to-day’s LANCET, you Holloway and North Islington Dispensary; Both July, ’1’853.. will find, in the number for June 18, among the Answers to - DEAR SiR,—I beg to inform you that at a special meeting of Correspondents, a -recommendation to apply to the Directorshe committee, held on the 18th instant, it was unanimously re- General. Sir, such application would be utterly useless. He, j solvedperhaps wisely, is content with his patronage, and will not inter*’ That while the committee are always happy to receive andfere about a matter that troubles him not. In the United Service í attend to any suggestions from their medical omeers for the well-e Gazette for June 18 you will find an excellent letter, pointing out either
and
JEFFKINS,
I
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..
.
-
,
.
.
,
110 the
required alterations in the
dress of
field-surgeons.
Read it,
Returns of the number of persons admitted as licentiates and extra-licentiates who had passed the age of forty years, distinguishing the number who were graduates, together with the number of graduates from the different universities. And of the number of persons who have, since the 31st day of December, 1834, been admonished by the censors to desist from practising in London or within seven miles, distinguishing the number who were graduates, and of what universities, and those who were extra-licentiates; also, a return of the number of persons who, having been so admonished, have subsequently presented themselves at the College for examination as licen. tiates, distinguishing the number who were admitted and rejected. (In continuation of returns made to Mr. Warburton’s Committee on Medical Education in 1834 (No. 602); and to the House of Commons in 1826). [Tuesday, 26th July.]
and say if you do not approve of it. The " press" is our only hope. How can we do our duty, sent out to field-days in a
Sir,
dress
Just fancy yourself dressed up in only fit for parades &c. or at cocked-hat, stock, and stiff-collared coat without pockets, least only small ones, and looking, as Sam Weller says, " much like a tame monkey on an organ," trying to reduce a dislocation, or, in fact, to assume any position but the perpendicular. And again, at target practice, we are just as badly off: there we have our shell-jackets, without pockets at all. The commander-in-chief probably thinks the presence of a surgeon will prevent an accident. He certainly cannot be of much use if one should happen, unless they give him a dress and pouch in which he can carry instruments &c. They say distinction is necessary. An untenable argument. Every man in the regiment knows the personal appearance of his surgeon, because he is inspected by him at least once a week; and moreover, the surgeons of light cavalry, a
Highland, and rifle regiments, wear the same dress as their brother officers. Then, Sir, for Heaven’s sake speak to some of the more liberal members of Parliament, as Captain Boldero, I Mr. Peto, Mr. Heywood, General Evans, and get them to agitate I the question for us. It is the only way to get it attended to, and z, until it is done the health of her Majesty’s troops will suffer- ’ not because of incapacity on the part of the surgeons, but on account of its being impossible to do duty in their present absurd dress. We ought to have a frock coat, with pockets of large in the skirts, and turn over collar; to be allowed to wear with it a black-silk handkerchief round the neck, with collars ; to the sword-belt might be attached a patent-leather pouch, about six inches long, and three wide. This would carry all we want. In ’, this dress we ought to be allowed to attend all field-days. Our full dress ought to be kept for dinner and inspection parades &c., or similar duties, where the men are not called on to go through any drill &c. The profession owes more to you, Sir, than to any other single individual. You have been a constant and consistent champion ’, I, throughout. Pray continue, and believe me, Sir, Yours very truly, ’, A MILITARY SURGEON AND CONSTANT READER. July 16, 1853.
size
P.S.-We have a frock coat to walk about in, but allowed to wear it on duty.
are not
House of Commons. TUESDAY, JULY
19.
NOTICE GIVEN.
MR. EWART.-ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS: Account of the money received by the Royal College of Physicians from persons admitted as licentiates, from the 31st day of December, 1832, to the 1st day of January, 1853, for each year of the above
period.
Of the
manner
in which the money received
as
i
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27. LUNATICS’
Detailed account of all the money received by the College for the three years ending the 31st day of December, 1852. Detailed account of the expenditure of the College for the three years ending the 31st day of December, 1852. Statement of any incumbrances upon the property of the
amounts and the periods when they were of interest paid on borrowed money; also whether the building in Pall-mall is freehold, or on lease on Crown land; if on lease, what is the ground-rent ? Returns showing the total number of fellows, distinguishing the number residing in London or within seven miles; also,
On the motion of Mr. Walpole, the House went into committee upon this Bill; and after a brief discussion, its 154 clauses were
adopted.
Military and Naval Intelligence.
College, specifying the
effected; the
BILL.
LUNACY REGULATION BILL.
above has been
appropriated.
ASYLUM
A motion having been made that the House resolve into committee upon this Bill, Lord Dudley Stuart called the attention of the Home Secretary to the case of a patient in the Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum, who was "a dangerous lunatic," and therefore confined in a padded room. In May, however, he was let loose, amongst other dangerous lunatics, in a yard, when a fight took place between him and another during the absence of the keepers, who upon their reurn conveyed him back to the padded room, where in twenty minutes afterwards he was found dead, his ribs, which had been broken, having punctured his lungs. Although notice was sent to the man’s family to secure their attendance at the inquest, yet so brief was the period between the death and burial that they could not attend the inquest. A verdict of " accidental death" was returned, without blame to any one. He (Lod Dudley Stuart) communicated with the coroner, Mr. Wakley, who informed him that every exertion was made to inform the family of the time of holding the inquest, but circumstances and the sultry state of the weather rendered it impossible to defer the inquest. Though he was sure Mr. Wakley intended doing all that was right, yet it was physically impossible for the family to be present at the inquiry. Lord PALMERSTON replied, that an inquiry had been instituted, without any satisfactory result. In his opinion, the keepers were much to blame for not being on the alert. He was sure that no man would be more anxious than Mr. Wakley to act in the same manner towards the humblest as well as the highest person, and therefore, if there was any want of sufficiency in the notice sent to the relatives, that arose from accidental circumstances, and not from any want of courtesy on Mr. Wakley’s part. After some further observations by Messrs. W. Williams, Fitzroy, Freshfield, Spooner, and Captain Scobell, the House went into committee, when the several clauses of the Bill were agreed to, and the House then resumed.
rate
MILITARY.-Mr. bTedbore, surgeon, is still in attendance upon Bentinck, who is rapidly approaching convalescence.Assist.-Surg. Snell has left in the Hotspur, with several military detachments, for different regiments at the Cape and in India. APPOINTMENTS.—94th Regt.: Assist.-Surgeon John Matthew Colonel
similar returns relating to candidates, inceptor-candidates, licentiates, and licentiates extra urbem. from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Menzies, Of the number of persons admitted as fellows in each year, Biddle, on the Staff.-2nd Edmonton Rifle Regiment of Midpromoted from 1834 to 1852 inclusive, distinguishing those admitted under dlesex Militia: S. S. Millar, Gent., to be Assist.- Surg.-Royal different by-laws, and the number rejected; also distinguishing, National Lincoln Militia: Edward Farr Broadbent, Gent., to be in the case of those admitted or rejected respectively, the number who are graduates; and further specifying the numbers of Assist.-Surg. HOSPITAL STAFF.-Assistant- Surgeon Edward Menzies, from graduates from the different universities. Of the number of persons who applied to be admitted as the 94th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Reid, licentiates from 1834 to 1852 inclusive, distinguishing, 1, the appointed to the 39th Foot.-Augustus Fred. Turner, Gent., to number who were rejected on examination ; 2, those who were be Assist.-Surg. to the Forces, vice Biddle, appointed to the 94th not admitted to examination; and 3, those who passed ; further Foot. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—Assist.-Surg. W. H. Carter, (1852,) distinguishing the number in each of the above three classes who were graduates, together with the number of graduates from the from the Cumberland, 70, flag-ship, on the North American and different universities. West Indian station, to the Iniaum, 72, receiving ship, Jamaica. Return similar to the above, referring to licentiates extra- - Assist.-Surg. Thomas Murray, M.D. (1853) to the Victory urbem. flag-ship, Portsmouth. -
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the charitv, they utterly disclaim being of of them to to the
the right of any or dictate committee as to the course they ought to pursue with regard to the selection of the chairman of the festival, or any other matter whatever relative to the charity; as Mr. Cattlin’s letter has this tendency, and is calculated to produce a want of harmony between that gentleman and the committee, the committee regret they are obliged to come to the conclusion that such letter is not only offensive in its nature, but an unwarrantable interference with their rights and duties, and with the-position held by Mr. Cattlin as dental. quite at variance to the Holloway and North Islington Dispensary." surgeon I remain, dear Sir, yours faithfully, dissections, as well as the example of fatuous lunatics, show that, I Sec. in the absence or quiescence of the brain and cord, the organism i To W. A. N. Cattlin, Esq. GEO. JEFFKINS, Hon. See. is still maintained: therefore it must be owing to the sympathetic. Why so? Is there no other supposition? These cases, No. 3. indeed, prove the brain and cord to be unessential, but they do 9, Sibbon’s-buildings, Islington, July 20th, 1853. not prove the virtue to reside in the organic system. Why may GENTLEMEN,—I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your resonot the same arrangement prevail that obtains in a knee? It lution, dated July 20th, 1853. In reply, I am utterly at a loss to would be equally independent of the brain and cord. The same remarks apply to the healing of injuries after the discover by what erudite-reasoning your learned committee were section of the sciatic, or destruction of the cord in the lower I guided to the charitable conclusions they arrived at. I deny that back. As to the extinction of life from a blow on the stomach, there is a sentence in my letter either dictatorial, offensive, that its readiest explanation would be that the heart’s action is arrested can be construed into an unwarrantable interference with your and duties, or at variance with -my position as an honorary through sympathy with the nervous shock, and I do not see rights what bearing it has upon the subject; merely showing that the officer of the institution, and disclaim such intention. However, heart may be affected by an influence from the solar ganglion as the ungracious terms of your resolution, and a sense of justice due to myself and my profession, leave me no alternative but to well as any other part of the nervous system. office I have held for so many years; It therefore certainly appears that the new doctrine rests on a resign with indignation the I would respectfully " suggest" that my successor should be very unsatisfactory basis, and that it is more consonant with an and fully qualified to bear with impunity the " insolence fexpansive physiology to discard it altogether; at all events it aofgentleman In office." conclusion, suffer me to add, that if the committees held and be as not the honour of its established, must discovery of medical charities in this country, "armed with a little brief no is by means worthy of competition. In conclusion, I would beg to say that my remarks are intended authority," continue to abuse the notorious liberality of a noble to wear no other garb than that of friendly discussion-not to profession, the day is not far distant when they will justly be attack, but simply to converse; and I hope that no one will required to pay for the valuable services they now receive graimagine asperity where good-nature is the only character de- tuitously. I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, signed. W. A. N. CATTLIN. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, To the Committee of the Holloway and JOSEPH M.R.C.S. Isle of Shanklin, JOSEPH THOMPSON, Wight, North Islington Dispensary. July, 1853. P.S.-I have forwarded the correspondence upon this matter for publication, and shall take such public notice of it as I shall QUACKERY AND THE HOLLOWAY DISPENSARY. think right. To the Editor of THE LANCET. SiR,—tf you consider the following correspondence of public MILITARY SURGEONS. interest to the profession, perhaps you will honour it with a place To the Editor of THE LANCET. in your journal. The facts are, that the committee of the with am North Lord SiR,-I glad to see you continue to be interested in the Holloway and Islington Dispensary arranged Robert Grosvenor to preside at the annual festival in aid of the welfare of military surgeons. We have our grievances, Sir/as funds of that institution on the 14th of July, 1853. In the early well as our naval brethren. One of the greatest evils is the part of May, 1853, several of the medical staff (through the admitting unqualified men into the services. A diploma from a resident-surgeon) made known to the treasurer that they could Royal College of Surgeons is a sine quc2 non for her Majesty’s The not (if invited as heretofore) meet his lordship, on account of his Army; not so for the Navy and Company’s services. public connexion with homaeopathy. Such intimation was dis- executive officers are not so ignorant about medical matters -as regarded otherwise than it formed an occasion for disrespectful you suppose. They know the difference between a British and remarks upon the profession. No. 1 is a copy of the letter in foreign degree; and I have heard a naval .officer say, when which I declined the invitation of the committee; No. 2, of the spoken to about the position of naval assistant-surgeons, as comresolution which has given rise to my resignation, (under cir- pared with military, " Ah, but you forget our men are many of cumstances which may, if necessary, form a fit subject for another them not surgeons like you at all." Sir, the membership of the communication;) and No. 3, of my reply thereto. College does confer a distinction appreciated by the other officers I am, Sir, your obedient servant, more than perhaps you suppose. Therefore our first move ought W. A. N. CATTLIN, M.R.C.S.E., L.A.C. If to be to exclude all unqualified persons. Islington, July, 1853. W. Now for a few more hints for the improvement of the position of the surgeons of the Queen’s Army. We want the abolition No. 1. of the seniority system, which has a crushing effect, and 9, Sibbon’s-buildings, Islington, July 4th, F853. our exerting ourselves. They wont let us purchase, My DEAR SiR,—I beg to decline attendance at the forthcoming prevents wont and ns, they seniority ; so here we are, promote except by festival in aid of the Holloway Dispensary, upon the ground that I cannot consistently with my oath at the College of Surgeons, dragging on a miserable existence, waiting and waiting for proand the respect due to my profession, attend any public meeting motion till it is hardly worth while to take it. If seniority is to be continued, why could they mot give us a Brevet rank for dis- connected with a medical charity, the chairman of which is the services? Why should the man who encounters the public advocate of a most dangerous form of quackery. In fact, tinguished Jam truly sorry that the feelings of a majority of your medical dangers of shipwreck, the battle-field, or the deadly epidemic, staff (which were made known to the treasurer so long ago as the always be doomed to be below the man who entered the service a day before him, and who perhaps has not been abroad at all’? early part of May last) have not been consulted upon this subject. There are men, of twenty-seven years’ service who have I am, my dear Sir, yours very truly, scarcely as many months’ foreign service, and who yet take their W. A. N. CATTL]rN. To.GeÐrgJe1fkins, Esq., Hon. Sec. turn with the rest. And whilst you advocate this, perhaps you will also give us your aid to get a more serviceable dress. On No;2. 2. looking at the paper you :quote from in to-day’s LANCET, you Holloway and North Islington Dispensary; Both July, ’1’853.. will find, in the number for June 18, among the Answers to - DEAR SiR,—I beg to inform you that at a special meeting of Correspondents, a -recommendation to apply to the Directorshe committee, held on the 18th instant, it was unanimously re- General. Sir, such application would be utterly useless. He, j solvedperhaps wisely, is content with his patronage, and will not inter*’ That while the committee are always happy to receive andfere about a matter that troubles him not. In the United Service í attend to any suggestions from their medical omeers for the well-e Gazette for June 18 you will find an excellent letter, pointing out either
and
JEFFKINS,
I
--------------
..
.
-
,
.
.
,
110 the
required alterations in the
dress of
field-surgeons.
Read it,
Returns of the number of persons admitted as licentiates and extra-licentiates who had passed the age of forty years, distinguishing the number who were graduates, together with the number of graduates from the different universities. And of the number of persons who have, since the 31st day of December, 1834, been admonished by the censors to desist from practising in London or within seven miles, distinguishing the number who were graduates, and of what universities, and those who were extra-licentiates; also, a return of the number of persons who, having been so admonished, have subsequently presented themselves at the College for examination as licen. tiates, distinguishing the number who were admitted and rejected. (In continuation of returns made to Mr. Warburton’s Committee on Medical Education in 1834 (No. 602); and to the House of Commons in 1826). [Tuesday, 26th July.]
and say if you do not approve of it. The " press" is our only hope. How can we do our duty, sent out to field-days in a
Sir,
dress
Just fancy yourself dressed up in only fit for parades &c. or at cocked-hat, stock, and stiff-collared coat without pockets, least only small ones, and looking, as Sam Weller says, " much like a tame monkey on an organ," trying to reduce a dislocation, or, in fact, to assume any position but the perpendicular. And again, at target practice, we are just as badly off: there we have our shell-jackets, without pockets at all. The commander-in-chief probably thinks the presence of a surgeon will prevent an accident. He certainly cannot be of much use if one should happen, unless they give him a dress and pouch in which he can carry instruments &c. They say distinction is necessary. An untenable argument. Every man in the regiment knows the personal appearance of his surgeon, because he is inspected by him at least once a week; and moreover, the surgeons of light cavalry, a
Highland, and rifle regiments, wear the same dress as their brother officers. Then, Sir, for Heaven’s sake speak to some of the more liberal members of Parliament, as Captain Boldero, I Mr. Peto, Mr. Heywood, General Evans, and get them to agitate I the question for us. It is the only way to get it attended to, and z, until it is done the health of her Majesty’s troops will suffer- ’ not because of incapacity on the part of the surgeons, but on account of its being impossible to do duty in their present absurd dress. We ought to have a frock coat, with pockets of large in the skirts, and turn over collar; to be allowed to wear with it a black-silk handkerchief round the neck, with collars ; to the sword-belt might be attached a patent-leather pouch, about six inches long, and three wide. This would carry all we want. In ’, this dress we ought to be allowed to attend all field-days. Our full dress ought to be kept for dinner and inspection parades &c., or similar duties, where the men are not called on to go through any drill &c. The profession owes more to you, Sir, than to any other single individual. You have been a constant and consistent champion ’, I, throughout. Pray continue, and believe me, Sir, Yours very truly, ’, A MILITARY SURGEON AND CONSTANT READER. July 16, 1853.
size
P.S.-We have a frock coat to walk about in, but allowed to wear it on duty.
are not
House of Commons. TUESDAY, JULY
19.
NOTICE GIVEN.
MR. EWART.-ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS: Account of the money received by the Royal College of Physicians from persons admitted as licentiates, from the 31st day of December, 1832, to the 1st day of January, 1853, for each year of the above
period.
Of the
manner
in which the money received
as
i
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27. LUNATICS’
Detailed account of all the money received by the College for the three years ending the 31st day of December, 1852. Detailed account of the expenditure of the College for the three years ending the 31st day of December, 1852. Statement of any incumbrances upon the property of the
amounts and the periods when they were of interest paid on borrowed money; also whether the building in Pall-mall is freehold, or on lease on Crown land; if on lease, what is the ground-rent ? Returns showing the total number of fellows, distinguishing the number residing in London or within seven miles; also,
On the motion of Mr. Walpole, the House went into committee upon this Bill; and after a brief discussion, its 154 clauses were
adopted.
Military and Naval Intelligence.
College, specifying the
effected; the
BILL.
LUNACY REGULATION BILL.
above has been
appropriated.
ASYLUM
A motion having been made that the House resolve into committee upon this Bill, Lord Dudley Stuart called the attention of the Home Secretary to the case of a patient in the Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum, who was "a dangerous lunatic," and therefore confined in a padded room. In May, however, he was let loose, amongst other dangerous lunatics, in a yard, when a fight took place between him and another during the absence of the keepers, who upon their reurn conveyed him back to the padded room, where in twenty minutes afterwards he was found dead, his ribs, which had been broken, having punctured his lungs. Although notice was sent to the man’s family to secure their attendance at the inquest, yet so brief was the period between the death and burial that they could not attend the inquest. A verdict of " accidental death" was returned, without blame to any one. He (Lod Dudley Stuart) communicated with the coroner, Mr. Wakley, who informed him that every exertion was made to inform the family of the time of holding the inquest, but circumstances and the sultry state of the weather rendered it impossible to defer the inquest. Though he was sure Mr. Wakley intended doing all that was right, yet it was physically impossible for the family to be present at the inquiry. Lord PALMERSTON replied, that an inquiry had been instituted, without any satisfactory result. In his opinion, the keepers were much to blame for not being on the alert. He was sure that no man would be more anxious than Mr. Wakley to act in the same manner towards the humblest as well as the highest person, and therefore, if there was any want of sufficiency in the notice sent to the relatives, that arose from accidental circumstances, and not from any want of courtesy on Mr. Wakley’s part. After some further observations by Messrs. W. Williams, Fitzroy, Freshfield, Spooner, and Captain Scobell, the House went into committee, when the several clauses of the Bill were agreed to, and the House then resumed.
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MILITARY.-Mr. bTedbore, surgeon, is still in attendance upon Bentinck, who is rapidly approaching convalescence.Assist.-Surg. Snell has left in the Hotspur, with several military detachments, for different regiments at the Cape and in India. APPOINTMENTS.—94th Regt.: Assist.-Surgeon John Matthew Colonel
similar returns relating to candidates, inceptor-candidates, licentiates, and licentiates extra urbem. from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Menzies, Of the number of persons admitted as fellows in each year, Biddle, on the Staff.-2nd Edmonton Rifle Regiment of Midpromoted from 1834 to 1852 inclusive, distinguishing those admitted under dlesex Militia: S. S. Millar, Gent., to be Assist.- Surg.-Royal different by-laws, and the number rejected; also distinguishing, National Lincoln Militia: Edward Farr Broadbent, Gent., to be in the case of those admitted or rejected respectively, the number who are graduates; and further specifying the numbers of Assist.-Surg. HOSPITAL STAFF.-Assistant- Surgeon Edward Menzies, from graduates from the different universities. Of the number of persons who applied to be admitted as the 94th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Reid, licentiates from 1834 to 1852 inclusive, distinguishing, 1, the appointed to the 39th Foot.-Augustus Fred. Turner, Gent., to number who were rejected on examination ; 2, those who were be Assist.-Surg. to the Forces, vice Biddle, appointed to the 94th not admitted to examination; and 3, those who passed ; further Foot. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—Assist.-Surg. W. H. Carter, (1852,) distinguishing the number in each of the above three classes who were graduates, together with the number of graduates from the from the Cumberland, 70, flag-ship, on the North American and different universities. West Indian station, to the Iniaum, 72, receiving ship, Jamaica. Return similar to the above, referring to licentiates extra- - Assist.-Surg. Thomas Murray, M.D. (1853) to the Victory urbem. flag-ship, Portsmouth. -
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