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hour of eleven had arrived, and that the laws Observations and Facts relative to those of the club peremptorily demanded the disso- Born Deaf, and consequently Dumb, &c. lution of the meeting. The business, there- By W. Wright, Surgeon-Aurist. London : W. Strange. 1843. pp. 16. fore, for that night now terminated. The members and visitors then departed, Norse Magazin for Laegevidenshaben. four-fifths of the assembly having first given Udgivet af Laegeforenigen i Christiania. three hearty cheers, amidst the loudest Redigeret af Chr. Boeck, A. Conradi, Chr. vociferations of " The one Faculty for ever!" Heiberg, J. Hjort, F. Holst. 1840-41-42. and " No monopolies !" ; Christiana, Guldberg and Dzwonkowski. (Norwegian Journal of Medical Science. Commenced July, 1840.) PERSON CALLING HIMSELF "JAMES LEESON." Twelve numbers. To the Editor.-Sir:There is a letter in CORRESPONDENTS. the " Medical Gazette" of last week, James Leeson," and dated from THE exposition of the MEDICAL BILL in signed " " Finsbury-square," respecting the British the possession of the SECRETARY OF STATE Medical Association. I beg to say that I FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT will be found am not the author of that letter, nor have I the least knowledge of the person who is. in the speech of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, in our My Christian name is John. I should not report of the BAT CLUB in the present numhave noticed the circumstance had not the ber of THE LANCET. The principal proletter been dated from Finsbury-square, and visions of the Bill, as there given, are as I am the only person there to whom it We deliberately pledge correct. could refer, and having no desire for its pa- strictly to their ourselves accuracy. ternity, I forthwith disclaim it.* I am, Sir, MEDICAL CERTIFICATES RELATING TO your obedient servant, DEATHS.—SIR : On the 12th ult., a lady JOHN LEESON. who had arrived at about the seventh month Nov. 21, 1842. Finsbury-square, * The statement, at the close of the letter of utero-gestation was delivered of a male of Mr. Leeson, which we do not publish, child, which survived about fifteen hours. should be communicated to the secretary of Being the medical attendant upon the case, the association, as it is not a matter for pub- I was asked for a certificate as to the cause of death, to enable the undertaker to have lic correction.-Lancet. it interred. I waited upon the Registrar ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS (Mr. Suter), as neither of the parents could IN LONDON. attend, and assigned as the cause of death, - LIST of gentlemen admitted members on " premature birth." I could assign no other. Friday, November 25, 1842 :-T. H. Wood- The child died from its being prematurely forde, J. Dowling, H. Aylward, S. S. Smith, born, a very satisfactory reason too, I believe ; J. J. Gray, C. J. Newstead, A. Collinson, but the registrar, through his deputy, refused to register such a cause, and wished me to J. Mahony. give some other, such as malformation, conBOOKS RECEIVED. vulsions, or loss of vital power. Neither of Chemistry of Animal Bodies. By Thomas these having existed, I could not give him Thomson, M.D., Professor of Chemistry in anyothercause than the one already assigned, the University of Glasgow. Edinburgh: and so left the matter, the death, I believe, A, and C. Black; London: Longmans. 1842. remaining still unregistered. A certificate. Svo, pp. 702. was, however, given to the undertaker, to The Annals of Chemistry, No. 8, Nov. 18. enable him to inter the child. Now, Sir, I wish to know whether registrars can call in Longmans. The Chemical Gazette, No. 2, Nov. 15. question the opinion of a regularly-qualified R. and J. E. Taylor. practitioner upon a matter solely medical, On the Preservation of the Health of Body such an one as the above, for instance, and and Mind. By Forbes Winslow, M.R.S.C.L. refuse to register a death because the reason London : Renshaw. 1842. 8vo, pp. 202. assigned by the surgeon does not exactly A Dictionary of Practical Medicine. By tally with his own notions of the manner in James Copland, M.D. Part VIII. Lon- which it might have occurred ? I likewise don : Longman and Co. 1842. 8vo, pp. 144. wish to know whether a medical man is The second Supplement, completing the compelled by law to give a certificate of death Seventh Edition of Dr. Turner’s Chemistry. to the registrar upon being applied to by By Justus Liebig, M.D., and Wm. Gregory, him ? I say compelled, because I was told M.D. London: Taylor and Walton. 1842. that I could be, an assertion which I believe 8vo. The whole work pp. 1274. is not quite correct. I am, Sir, yours reOn Gravel, Calculus, and Gout; chiefly spectfully, M. B. an application of Professor Liebig’s theory Greenwich, Nov. 22, 1842. to the prevention and cure of those diseases. ** A medical man is not compelled by By H. Bence Jones, M.A., Cantab. Lon- law to furnish to a registrar a certificate of donTaylor and Walton. 1842. 8vo, pp. 142. the cause of the death of any person who
hour of eleven had arrived, and that the laws Observations and Facts relative to those of the club peremptorily demanded the disso- Born Deaf, and consequently Dumb, &c. lution of the meeting. The business, there- By W. Wright, Surgeon-Aurist. London : W. Strange. 1843. pp. 16. fore, for that night now terminated. The members and visitors then departed, Norse Magazin for Laegevidenshaben. four-fifths of the assembly having first given Udgivet af Laegeforenigen i Christiania. three hearty cheers, amidst the loudest Redigeret af Chr. Boeck, A. Conradi, Chr. vociferations of " The one Faculty for ever!" Heiberg, J. Hjort, F. Holst. 1840-41-42. and " No monopolies !" ; Christiana, Guldberg and Dzwonkowski. (Norwegian Journal of Medical Science. Commenced July, 1840.) PERSON CALLING HIMSELF "JAMES LEESON." Twelve numbers. To the Editor.-Sir:There is a letter in CORRESPONDENTS. the " Medical Gazette" of last week, James Leeson," and dated from THE exposition of the MEDICAL BILL in signed " " Finsbury-square," respecting the British the possession of the SECRETARY OF STATE Medical Association. I beg to say that I FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT will be found am not the author of that letter, nor have I the least knowledge of the person who is. in the speech of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, in our My Christian name is John. I should not report of the BAT CLUB in the present numhave noticed the circumstance had not the ber of THE LANCET. The principal proletter been dated from Finsbury-square, and visions of the Bill, as there given, are as I am the only person there to whom it We deliberately pledge correct. could refer, and having no desire for its pa- strictly to their ourselves accuracy. ternity, I forthwith disclaim it.* I am, Sir, MEDICAL CERTIFICATES RELATING TO your obedient servant, DEATHS.—SIR : On the 12th ult., a lady JOHN LEESON. who had arrived at about the seventh month Nov. 21, 1842. Finsbury-square, * The statement, at the close of the letter of utero-gestation was delivered of a male of Mr. Leeson, which we do not publish, child, which survived about fifteen hours. should be communicated to the secretary of Being the medical attendant upon the case, the association, as it is not a matter for pub- I was asked for a certificate as to the cause of death, to enable the undertaker to have lic correction.-Lancet. it interred. I waited upon the Registrar ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS (Mr. Suter), as neither of the parents could IN LONDON. attend, and assigned as the cause of death, - LIST of gentlemen admitted members on " premature birth." I could assign no other. Friday, November 25, 1842 :-T. H. Wood- The child died from its being prematurely forde, J. Dowling, H. Aylward, S. S. Smith, born, a very satisfactory reason too, I believe ; J. J. Gray, C. J. Newstead, A. Collinson, but the registrar, through his deputy, refused to register such a cause, and wished me to J. Mahony. give some other, such as malformation, conBOOKS RECEIVED. vulsions, or loss of vital power. Neither of Chemistry of Animal Bodies. By Thomas these having existed, I could not give him Thomson, M.D., Professor of Chemistry in anyothercause than the one already assigned, the University of Glasgow. Edinburgh: and so left the matter, the death, I believe, A, and C. Black; London: Longmans. 1842. remaining still unregistered. A certificate. Svo, pp. 702. was, however, given to the undertaker, to The Annals of Chemistry, No. 8, Nov. 18. enable him to inter the child. Now, Sir, I wish to know whether registrars can call in Longmans. The Chemical Gazette, No. 2, Nov. 15. question the opinion of a regularly-qualified R. and J. E. Taylor. practitioner upon a matter solely medical, On the Preservation of the Health of Body such an one as the above, for instance, and and Mind. By Forbes Winslow, M.R.S.C.L. refuse to register a death because the reason London : Renshaw. 1842. 8vo, pp. 202. assigned by the surgeon does not exactly A Dictionary of Practical Medicine. By tally with his own notions of the manner in James Copland, M.D. Part VIII. Lon- which it might have occurred ? I likewise don : Longman and Co. 1842. 8vo, pp. 144. wish to know whether a medical man is The second Supplement, completing the compelled by law to give a certificate of death Seventh Edition of Dr. Turner’s Chemistry. to the registrar upon being applied to by By Justus Liebig, M.D., and Wm. Gregory, him ? I say compelled, because I was told M.D. London: Taylor and Walton. 1842. that I could be, an assertion which I believe 8vo. The whole work pp. 1274. is not quite correct. I am, Sir, yours reOn Gravel, Calculus, and Gout; chiefly spectfully, M. B. an application of Professor Liebig’s theory Greenwich, Nov. 22, 1842. to the prevention and cure of those diseases. ** A medical man is not compelled by By H. Bence Jones, M.A., Cantab. Lon- law to furnish to a registrar a certificate of donTaylor and Walton. 1842. 8vo, pp. 142. the cause of the death of any person who