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306 PHYSIOLOGY.—To the Editor of THE LANCET.- THE MEDICAL SERVICE OF THE ARMY, NAVY, Sir : Permit me to ask your acceptance of the accompanying AND EAST INDIA COMPANY. book, which I have recently published. Although the mass ARMP. of it consists of matter which has not a very close connexion War-Office, Jan. 3, 1845.-Hospital Staff: G. A. F. Shelton, M. B., to be with medical pursuits, yet I hope what is offered in relation to to the Forces, vice Brown, deceased. surgeon the flow of the sap and the circulation of the blood may be of in- assist, Jan. 10th.—5th Dragoon Guards-G. Fisher, Gent., to be vet. surg., vice terest to you, who take so deep an interest in, and have done J. Constant, who retires upon h. p., Dec. 29, 1843. Jan. 17th.—2nd Regt. Life Guards-Veterinary Surgeon J. Wilkinson. so much towards drawing public attention to, the connexion of from 17th Light Dragoons, to be veterinary surgeon, vice J. Home, who the physical sciences and chemistry with physiology. retires upon h. p. Hospital Staff - Surgeon A. Shanks, M. D., from 55th Yours respectfully, Foot, to be Staff surgeon of the First Class, vice Kennis. promoted; Surgeon J. M’Donald, from 1st West India Regt., to be Staff surgeon of Second JOHN W. DRAPER. , Class, vice G. Ferguson, who retires upon h. p. University, New York, United States, Jan. 5, 1845. Jan. 24th.-55th Foot: Assistant surg. G. Martin, M. D., from 73rd, to *** The volume, which appears to be a work of very great be surgeon, vice Shanks, promoted on the Staff. and original research, shall be carefully examined for DEATHS. labour Nov. 4th, at Kurrachee, Assistant surgeon Barnes, 13th Foot.-Dec. 29th, review in our columns. A copy of the title will be found among at Henley, Staff surgeon Colgrave, half-pay.-Jan. 13, Surgeon Thoton, our list of ° Books Received" this week. Meantime, the inser- h. p. Foreign Department. tion of the note of Professor Draper, among our articles of more News, will serve to draw, certainly, the attention of his PROMOTIONS. brother physiologists on this side of the Atlantic to the appearance Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals.-James Allan (a), M. D. of the work at the publisher’s house in England. Surgeons.- Stephen S. Stanley, from the 11th June, 1842 ; William Browne, M. D.
BOOKS RECEIVED FOR REVIEW. A Treatise on the Forces which produce the Organization of Plants; with an Appendix, containing sevqral Memoirs on Capillary Attraction, Electricity, and the Chemical Action of Light. By John William Draper, M.D., Professor of Chemistry in the University of New York. Harper and Brothers, 1844. 4to.
pp. 216.
Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals.-James Allan (a), M. D., to Haslar Hos. vice Dr. King. pital, ’ Surgeons-Charles Smith (1843), of Dublin, to Racer; AlexanderM’Kechnie, M. D. (1830), from Poictiers to succeed Dr. Allan at Has’ar; James M’Ternan (1813), from Greenwich Hospital, to be surgeon of Deptford Dockyard; William Bruce, M. D. (!8t6), from the Queen, to succeed as Assisting Surgeon of Greenwich Hospital; D. Finlay (1822), to M’TernanJohn Smith (c), to Vanguard; Anthony Yeoman, M. D. (1839), to Styx; A. Millar, M. D. (1833), to Trafalgar; J. 0. Goodridge (1843), to
Rodney; Herald.
Assistant-Surgeons-John
M. Minter
(1837), of Victoria and Albert, addi-
when commissioned; Robert Advantages of Medical Association: An Address read to the tional to Poictiers,to for service in the Janus Whitmarsh (1839), Rhadamanthus; George (1837), of Speedy, Harveian Society at the Opening of its Fourteenth Session. By Pottinger Cecil Crandc-11, of San Josef, to Rodney; T. Ayling (1839), to Sparrow; Edward W. Murphy, A.M., M.D., Professor of Midwifery in and T. S. Wells (act. assist.), to Malta Hospital; William Loney, M.D. (1839), (e), (act.), to Pandora (JS44). University College, and late President of the Society. (Published (addit.), to Penelope; John Gray W. Widley, M. D., to Plymouth Hospital; in compliance with the request of the Society.) London: Taylor Acting Assistant-Surgeons-W. Thomas Seccombe and Caleb E. Protheroe (addit.), to San Josef; G. A. J.
and Walton, 1844. pp. 16. A Few Observations on, and a Few Facts Illustrative of, the Evils attending the System of detaining Single Lunatics in Private Dwellings, without Responsible Supervision. By M. Barry, M.D. London: G. Taylor, Little James-street, Gray’s Inn Lane, 1844. Memoire sur un Appareil de Transnatation et de Sauvetage. Par Charles Mayor fils, M.D., Membre de la Societe Helvetique des Sciences Naturelles. Lausanne, 1844. Annual Report of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum, for the Year 1844.
Edinburgh,
1845.
M’Cullagh (addit.), to Vanguard ; ’
Feb.
1845.
Observations on certain Passages in an Article in the Quarterly Review for October, 1844, entitled, Report of the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy, pp. 436-441. Oxford: Baxter, 1845.
pp. 308.
By
G.
1844.
Essay upon Cretinism and Goitre. By Edward Wells, M.D., Travelling Fellow of Oxford. London : J. Churchill.
Radcliffe 1845.
8vo, pp. 69.
P. H.
Long, Assist. surg.
R. N.
Assist. surg. A. Reid leave to proceed to Bombay prepar. to applying for furl. to Europe.-Assist. surg. J. Bowhill to med. ch. of the Meywar llheel Corps.-Assist. surg. A. Keir, M. D., to officiate as civil surg. of Ajmere.Assist. surg. J. R. Bedford to officiate as civil assist. surg. of Tipperah, during absence of Mr. Foaker, or till further orders.—Assist, surg. C. Madden leave for three months on med. cert. to visit Calcutta preparatory to applying for furl. to Europe.-Assist. surg. W. J. Loch, 43rd Lightlnfantry, to be civil assist. surg. of Futtehghur Assist. surg. M. A. B. Gerrard to be civil assist. surg. at Futtehpore.-Assist. surg. T. S. Lacy leave to Epgland on med. cert.-Assist. surg. G. J. Benvich, M. D., to be surg.-Assist. surg. J. Withecombe, M. D., leave to England on med. cert.-Assist. surg. A. Colquhoun to be surg., vice C. J. Macdonald, deceased.-Assist. surg. E. Mitchell leave to England on metl. cert.-Surg. B. Wilson permitted to retire from service.-Surg. H. Guthrie, M. D., leave to England on med. cert.-Assist. surg. T. C. Hunter leave to England on private affairs.Assist. surg. W. Keates to med. ch. of Haupperstud.—Surg. H. Taylor leave to remain at Presidency, preparatory to applying for permission to retire from service.
pp. 360.
The Philosophy of the Moving Powers of the Blood. Calvert Holland, M.D. London: John Churchill. 8vo.
15th, Mr.
BENGAL.
pp. 432.
1845. pp. 683. * The Anatomist’s Vade Mecum, a System of Human Anatomy. By Erasmus Wilson, F.R.C.S.; with One Hundred and Eightysix Illustrations by Bagg. Third Edition. London: John Churchill, 1845. pp. 648.
Vanguard.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONS.
Practical Observations and Suggestions in Medicine. By Marshall Hall, M.D., F.R.S. London: John Churchill, 1845.
The Beer-houses of England, in their Mode of Establishment and System of Trade, considered as directly tending to Encourage Drunkenness, Vice, and Crime. Addressed to the Working Classes, and on their behalf, to Clergymen, Magistrates, and the Influential in every Sphere of Society. By a Medical Practitioner. London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1845. pp. 47. The General Practitioner; or, the Medical Profession as it ought to be. By G. J. Hayden, A.B., M.B., &c., Dublin. Fannin and Co., 1845. pp. 47. Modern Cookery in all its Branches reduced to a System of easy Practice, for the use of Private Families, in a Series of Practical Receipts, which have been strictly tested, and are given with the most minute exactness. By Eliza Acton. Illustrated with numerous Woodcuts. London: Longman and Co.,
to
East Endia Company.
pp. 30.
pp. 52.
(1841),
(Overland Mail of 25th February and 8th March.)
Eccentricites Chirurgicales ou Nouveau Mémoire pour servir à la réforme et au perfectionnement de la Medecine Operatoire. Par Mathias Mayor. Lausanne. Bridal, 1845. 8vo, pp. 140. Human Magnetism, its Claims to Dispassionate Inquiry: being an Attempt to shew the utility of its Application for the Relief of Human Suffering, By W. Newnham, M.R.S.L. London: John
Churchill,
Ernest Elliot DEATH.
(March Mail.) MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.-Assist. surg. M. A. B. Gerrard to proceed to Simeereeah and afford med. aid to left wmg 61st N. 1.—Surg. W. Mithelson removed from 11th to 5th N. I.-Surg. M. Grierson posted to 5th N.I.— K. Mackinnon, M. D., app. medical storekeeper at Cawnpore.-Surg. Innes, M. D., to offic. as garrison surg. at Chunar, vice Macdonald, dec. - Assist. surg. G. J. Berwick, M.D., prom. to surg., vice Taylor, ret.-Assist. surg. R. H. L. Bird, empJ. in civil station of Boolundshuher, placed at at disp, of comm.-in-chief.-Assist. surg. A Grant to disch. med. Simla.-Surg. J. M. Brander, M. D , removed from 68th to 21st N.I.; and Surg. R. A. Irvine from 21st to 1st N. I.-Surg. C. Mottley, removed from 3rd N. 1. to gth light cav.-Assist. surg. R. H. L. Bird to do duty under superintending surg. of Saugor div.-Assist. surg. C. Horton, M. D., posted to 10th N. I. ; and Assist. surg. G. E. Morton to 67th N. I.
Surg. J.
duties
I
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At
Chunar, Dec. 19, officiating
DEATH. Gar. Surg. Colin John Macdonald.
BOMBAY. MEDICAL.-Surg. A. Montgomery returned to duty from furl. to Eur.Assist. surg. Caiman allowcd a furl. to Eur. on med. cert.-Assist. surg. W. F. Babtngton passed the colloquial examination in Hindostanee language. - Assist, surg. J. H. Peart passed an examination in Mahratta language.Assist. surg. P. Cruikshank app. civil surg. at Sholapore.-As,ist. surg. W. Bowie, M. D., directed to repair to the presidency for general duty.-Assist. surg. H. Giraud, M. D., to offtciate as civ. surg. at Rutnagherry.-Assist. surg. W. Neilson, M. D., app. to 7th regt. N. I. MADRAS. MEDICAL.-Assist. surg. S. Brook perm. to ret. to Eur. on med. cert.Assist. surg. A. J. Scott, M. D., appointed to accompany and anord med. aid to Lord Bishop of Madras, during his tour of visitation.-Assist. surg. J. Welsh, M. D., leave for twelve months to proceed to Neilgherries on -med. cert. The services of Assist. surg. J. L. Ranking, placed at disp. of comm.in-chief.—Assist, surg. W. Scott, M. D., removed from doing duty with ’
307 H. M. 94th regt., to
do
duty under the superintending surg. south div.-
to afford med. aid to Nagpore residency .-Burg. De Burgh Surg. E.W. Eyre Goodall transf. from lst fusiliers to 22nd N. I.
; and Surg.
Birch, M.D.,
from latter to former corps.-Assist. surg. J. Fitzpatrick transf. to 6th light cav.—Assist. surg. J. Mackintosh to do duty with 2nd batt. artill.-Assist. surg. J. C. W. Belcombe, dismissed the service by sentence of a general court-martial.-Assist. surg. E. James, placed at disp. of commiss. for employ. in the Mysore commission.-Assist. surg. H. Nott, permitted to return
to Eur. on med. cert.-Surg. B. Williams transf. from 13th to 4lst N. 1. ; and Surg. W. Burrell from latter to former corps.-Assist. surg. J. L. Ranking to do duty under superintending surg. of Malabar and Canara.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. Gentlemen admitted Members on Friday, March 7, 1845 :-H. B. Marsh, W. Davies, W. Ayre, C. R. Hall, J. Davis, T. Bennett, J. Daubeny, W. Tredwen, W. H. Clarkson, C. Palmer, T. Wise, J. Colegrave.
APOTHECARIES’
HALL, LONDON.
Names of Gentlemen who
obtained Certificates of Qualification to practise as Apothecaries, on Thursday, March 6, 1845 : -William Henry Wright; Augustus Priestley Hamilton, Poole, Dorset; Henry Edwin Farnell Shaw, Sutton Coldfield; William Symonds Rootes, Ross, Herefordshire; Henry Freeland Carter, Plymouth, Devon; George Ashdown, Uppington, Shrewsbury; Edward Charles Hulme, Totnes, Devon; Joseph Frain, South Shields; Octavius Frederick Heritage; RichardClewin Griffith, 10, Gowerstreet, London; Thomas Underhill, jun., Tipton, Staffordshire; Richard
Bark, Liverpool.
CORRESPONDENTS. Letheby’s paper was in type, we have received a communication, intimating that he has very recently discovered a new method OF detecting arsenic, so delicate, and at the same time so easy of operation, that he can with facility recognise the one-fiftieth part of a grain in any organic fluid; and that he shall publish the particulars as soon as his experiments are matured, and he has obviated any chance of fallacy. C. L. having only the licence of the Apothecaries’ Company will merely be able to register as a licentiate in medicine and surgery. A great Sufferer from Quackery.-The quack described, not assuming any of the titles recognised by clause 35, would not be punishable under that clause. The Apothecaries’ Company alone could interfere, and it is not probable that they will feel more disposed to do so after the passing of the Bill than they do now. The protection afforded to the public and the profession by the amended Act is altogether insufficient. Mr. Craig’s paper will appear in one of our earliest numbers. A Present Practitioner, who merely possesses the diploma of the College of Surgeons, would only be able to register as a licentiate in medicine and Since Dr.
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surgery." M.D. and F.R.C.P., Ed.-A fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, being legally qualified to practise as a physician in Scotland, will be registered as a physician by the council, (clause 32, and, as a registeredphysician, will be able to practise and to hold public appointments in any part of the United Kingdom, (clause 30.) This latter clause evidently refers to those who are practising at the time of the passing of the Act. Clause 19 refers exclusively to those who qualify subsequently to its coming into operation. We should say, that any person assuming the title of physicianaccoucheur, or practitioner in medicine, surgery, and midwifery, under the new Bill, would fall under the provisions of clause 35, and be punishable
at law. X. Y. Z., Surgeon.—1st. Evidently that it is not intended to give the fellowship of the College of Surgeons to the present members of the College, who ma desire, after the passing of the Bill, to register as surgeons. In clause 19 it is expressly stated " that every person registered after examination under this Act as a surgeon, shall be admitted as a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons." By this is meant that the fellowship will be given, after the passing of the Bill, to those who submit to the ordeal laid down by clause 15, and to them only. Subsequently to the passing of the Bill, no persons (except present Fellows of the College) will be able even to register as " surgeons," unless they have complied with clause 15, in which case they will become fellows of the College. 2nd. The present members of the Apothecaries’ Company will be entitled to be registered as licentiates in medicine and surgery ; but they will not be admitted, ipso facto, members of one of the Colleges of Surgeons. It is only those who pass the tripartite examination after the passing of the Act, who will become entitled to the fellowship of the College of Surgeons. A Constant Reader (Liverpool).-The discreditable circular of Dr. ORPEN was noticed in our correspondence, at page 280 of THE LANCET of the Sth of March. An Old Pupil of the Lock Hospital.-The lectures were not forwarded to us by Mr. Lane; consequently we were unable to publish them. The cause of the neglect on his part is unexplained. An Occasional Contributor.-The answer to our correspondent who adopted this signature was misplaced in the last number of THE LANCET. Fearing that he may have been misled by the apparent reply to his question, we now remark, for his guidance, that clause 19 has no reference whatever t
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physicians and surgeons who have received their diplomas and are now practice. It relates, therefore, exclusively to those gentlemen who may
hereafter undergo their examinations. E. B. S. would be enabled to register as a licentiate of medicine and surgery. A Staunch Friend may be assured that the holders of only purchased
foreign diplomas will not be entitled to registration under the new Bill. The bonesetters, having neither diplomas nor licences, would be equally disqualified. We agree in opinion with our friend at Twickenham, and he, on reflection, must accord with us, that the subject had better rest. A Member of the College, of Seven Years standing, would be enabled to register as a licentiate in medicine and surgery, without undergoing any’
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further examination. Mr. G. M. Osborne (Dundee) has not stated the name and address of the news-agent who supplies his copy of THE LANCET; consequently we know not to whom to convey the wish of Mr. 0. The name may have been written on the journal to ensure its delivery in case the envelop should become loosened and lost at the post-office, a remedy for which, however, ought to be provided in a careful mode of wrapping the number, in a cover, for direction. The EAST KENT PROTEST against the proceedings of the Council of the College of Surgeons, in relation to the new charter, shall be published next week. We would advise An Occasional Correspondent for Ten Years, to state his case, frankly, to the Society of Apothecaries. We believe that he would be admitted to an examination. Mr. H. Appleton.-In reply to the first question-No. To the second, we answer that such a person could register only as a " licentiate in medictne and surgery." The case described by An Old Reader, and a Two Years’ Subscriber, is a peculiar one. We do not believe that a clause could be introduced into the Bill that would have the effect of removing the difficulty that he specifies. We would recommend him, under the circumstances stated, to explain his position to the Society of Apothecaries, by whom we have no doubt that he would be admitted to a fair practical examination before Midsummer, and, thus, previously to the Bill coming into operation. An Old Subscriber would be enabled to assume either of the titles named, without subjecting himself to any penalty. To R. C. V. we reply, No. We regret that the communication from Dr. Tennant reached us too late for insertion this week. It need not appear in the next LANCET. A Constant Reader -The 35th clause would not prevent the assumption of such a designation. The letter of An Advocate for an Incorporation of General Practitioners is composed so confusedly, and so filled with questions, that unless he writes more simply, and reduces his inquiries to one or two principal queries, we cannot satisfactorily solve his doubts. A. B.-In order to entitle a person to register under the new Bill, he must produce a diploma, or licence, or furnish proof that he is entitled to practise some branch of the profession in Great Britain or Ireland. We have read of Dublin midwifery diplomas. A foreign one would be valueless. It is impossible to say, exactly, when the lectures mentioned by A. F. will be concluded ; but certainly they will be ended in the present year. A Licentiate of the Apothecaries’ Company will be able to register as a licentiate in medicine and surgery, and also to recover, at law, charges for advice and attendance in both medical and surgical cases. To B. B. B. the reply is-No ; and that to A. P. is-Either as a physician, or as a 11 licentiate in medicine and surgery." As the Bill stands, Dublinensis could only register as a "licentiate in medicine and surgery." There is no provision in the present Bill for the double registration mentioned by An Old Subscriber. A Subscriber (Ireland).-In reply to the first and second questions, we answer-Yes. With regard to the third we have to remark that our correspondent could only register as a "licentiate in medicine and surgery," unless he were again examined for the fellowship. The regulations of the Council of Health could, and doubtless would, remove the specified restriction. The continuance of the Dublin Apothecaries’ Act would not interfere with any class of registered practitioners. Mr. (Great Yarmouth.)-The rights of our correspondent are quite safe. A. Z. can legally make such charges. It is not at all unusual for licentiates of the Hall to adopt the title of "surgeon," although they are not members of any college of surgeons. We have received the Norfolk Chronicle forwarded, but are obliged, by want of space, to defer giving an account of the disgusting affair until next week. The interests of those who are in the situation of A Five Years’ Subscriber would no doubt be considered by the Council of Health, which will have to decide on the points referred to. P. A. L.-The diploma of the London College of Surgeons will not, in all’ probability, alone, qualify its possessor to register as a general practitioner. The Bill, in its present state, contains no such provision as the one meationed by A. U. S. If Mr. Butt will state at what page and line the erratum has occurred, we will correct it. Mr. Luke’s letter on Fistula in Ano was in type when we went to press last week. We are again reluctantly obliged to defer its insertion until our next number. H. H. (An Old Subscriber.)-The licence named will not empower the holder to be registered as a licentiate in medicine and surgery. The Apothecaries’ Society of Dublin is not recognised in the Bill as an institution which is empowered to grant medical degrees. ’
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BOOKS RECEIVED FOR REVIEW. A Treatise on the Forces which produce the Organization of Plants; with an Appendix, containing sevqral Memoirs on Capillary Attraction, Electricity, and the Chemical Action of Light. By John William Draper, M.D., Professor of Chemistry in the University of New York. Harper and Brothers, 1844. 4to.
pp. 216.
Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals.-James Allan (a), M. D., to Haslar Hos. vice Dr. King. pital, ’ Surgeons-Charles Smith (1843), of Dublin, to Racer; AlexanderM’Kechnie, M. D. (1830), from Poictiers to succeed Dr. Allan at Has’ar; James M’Ternan (1813), from Greenwich Hospital, to be surgeon of Deptford Dockyard; William Bruce, M. D. (!8t6), from the Queen, to succeed as Assisting Surgeon of Greenwich Hospital; D. Finlay (1822), to M’TernanJohn Smith (c), to Vanguard; Anthony Yeoman, M. D. (1839), to Styx; A. Millar, M. D. (1833), to Trafalgar; J. 0. Goodridge (1843), to
Rodney; Herald.
Assistant-Surgeons-John
M. Minter
(1837), of Victoria and Albert, addi-
when commissioned; Robert Advantages of Medical Association: An Address read to the tional to Poictiers,to for service in the Janus Whitmarsh (1839), Rhadamanthus; George (1837), of Speedy, Harveian Society at the Opening of its Fourteenth Session. By Pottinger Cecil Crandc-11, of San Josef, to Rodney; T. Ayling (1839), to Sparrow; Edward W. Murphy, A.M., M.D., Professor of Midwifery in and T. S. Wells (act. assist.), to Malta Hospital; William Loney, M.D. (1839), (e), (act.), to Pandora (JS44). University College, and late President of the Society. (Published (addit.), to Penelope; John Gray W. Widley, M. D., to Plymouth Hospital; in compliance with the request of the Society.) London: Taylor Acting Assistant-Surgeons-W. Thomas Seccombe and Caleb E. Protheroe (addit.), to San Josef; G. A. J.
and Walton, 1844. pp. 16. A Few Observations on, and a Few Facts Illustrative of, the Evils attending the System of detaining Single Lunatics in Private Dwellings, without Responsible Supervision. By M. Barry, M.D. London: G. Taylor, Little James-street, Gray’s Inn Lane, 1844. Memoire sur un Appareil de Transnatation et de Sauvetage. Par Charles Mayor fils, M.D., Membre de la Societe Helvetique des Sciences Naturelles. Lausanne, 1844. Annual Report of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum, for the Year 1844.
Edinburgh,
1845.
M’Cullagh (addit.), to Vanguard ; ’
Feb.
1845.
Observations on certain Passages in an Article in the Quarterly Review for October, 1844, entitled, Report of the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy, pp. 436-441. Oxford: Baxter, 1845.
pp. 308.
By
G.
1844.
Essay upon Cretinism and Goitre. By Edward Wells, M.D., Travelling Fellow of Oxford. London : J. Churchill.
Radcliffe 1845.
8vo, pp. 69.
P. H.
Long, Assist. surg.
R. N.
Assist. surg. A. Reid leave to proceed to Bombay prepar. to applying for furl. to Europe.-Assist. surg. J. Bowhill to med. ch. of the Meywar llheel Corps.-Assist. surg. A. Keir, M. D., to officiate as civil surg. of Ajmere.Assist. surg. J. R. Bedford to officiate as civil assist. surg. of Tipperah, during absence of Mr. Foaker, or till further orders.—Assist, surg. C. Madden leave for three months on med. cert. to visit Calcutta preparatory to applying for furl. to Europe.-Assist. surg. W. J. Loch, 43rd Lightlnfantry, to be civil assist. surg. of Futtehghur Assist. surg. M. A. B. Gerrard to be civil assist. surg. at Futtehpore.-Assist. surg. T. S. Lacy leave to Epgland on med. cert.-Assist. surg. G. J. Benvich, M. D., to be surg.-Assist. surg. J. Withecombe, M. D., leave to England on med. cert.-Assist. surg. A. Colquhoun to be surg., vice C. J. Macdonald, deceased.-Assist. surg. E. Mitchell leave to England on metl. cert.-Surg. B. Wilson permitted to retire from service.-Surg. H. Guthrie, M. D., leave to England on med. cert.-Assist. surg. T. C. Hunter leave to England on private affairs.Assist. surg. W. Keates to med. ch. of Haupperstud.—Surg. H. Taylor leave to remain at Presidency, preparatory to applying for permission to retire from service.
pp. 360.
The Philosophy of the Moving Powers of the Blood. Calvert Holland, M.D. London: John Churchill. 8vo.
15th, Mr.
BENGAL.
pp. 432.
1845. pp. 683. * The Anatomist’s Vade Mecum, a System of Human Anatomy. By Erasmus Wilson, F.R.C.S.; with One Hundred and Eightysix Illustrations by Bagg. Third Edition. London: John Churchill, 1845. pp. 648.
Vanguard.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONS.
Practical Observations and Suggestions in Medicine. By Marshall Hall, M.D., F.R.S. London: John Churchill, 1845.
The Beer-houses of England, in their Mode of Establishment and System of Trade, considered as directly tending to Encourage Drunkenness, Vice, and Crime. Addressed to the Working Classes, and on their behalf, to Clergymen, Magistrates, and the Influential in every Sphere of Society. By a Medical Practitioner. London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1845. pp. 47. The General Practitioner; or, the Medical Profession as it ought to be. By G. J. Hayden, A.B., M.B., &c., Dublin. Fannin and Co., 1845. pp. 47. Modern Cookery in all its Branches reduced to a System of easy Practice, for the use of Private Families, in a Series of Practical Receipts, which have been strictly tested, and are given with the most minute exactness. By Eliza Acton. Illustrated with numerous Woodcuts. London: Longman and Co.,
to
East Endia Company.
pp. 30.
pp. 52.
(1841),
(Overland Mail of 25th February and 8th March.)
Eccentricites Chirurgicales ou Nouveau Mémoire pour servir à la réforme et au perfectionnement de la Medecine Operatoire. Par Mathias Mayor. Lausanne. Bridal, 1845. 8vo, pp. 140. Human Magnetism, its Claims to Dispassionate Inquiry: being an Attempt to shew the utility of its Application for the Relief of Human Suffering, By W. Newnham, M.R.S.L. London: John
Churchill,
Ernest Elliot DEATH.
(March Mail.) MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.-Assist. surg. M. A. B. Gerrard to proceed to Simeereeah and afford med. aid to left wmg 61st N. 1.—Surg. W. Mithelson removed from 11th to 5th N. I.-Surg. M. Grierson posted to 5th N.I.— K. Mackinnon, M. D., app. medical storekeeper at Cawnpore.-Surg. Innes, M. D., to offic. as garrison surg. at Chunar, vice Macdonald, dec. - Assist. surg. G. J. Berwick, M.D., prom. to surg., vice Taylor, ret.-Assist. surg. R. H. L. Bird, empJ. in civil station of Boolundshuher, placed at at disp, of comm.-in-chief.-Assist. surg. A Grant to disch. med. Simla.-Surg. J. M. Brander, M. D , removed from 68th to 21st N.I.; and Surg. R. A. Irvine from 21st to 1st N. I.-Surg. C. Mottley, removed from 3rd N. 1. to gth light cav.-Assist. surg. R. H. L. Bird to do duty under superintending surg. of Saugor div.-Assist. surg. C. Horton, M. D., posted to 10th N. I. ; and Assist. surg. G. E. Morton to 67th N. I.
Surg. J.
duties
I
! ’
At
Chunar, Dec. 19, officiating
DEATH. Gar. Surg. Colin John Macdonald.
BOMBAY. MEDICAL.-Surg. A. Montgomery returned to duty from furl. to Eur.Assist. surg. Caiman allowcd a furl. to Eur. on med. cert.-Assist. surg. W. F. Babtngton passed the colloquial examination in Hindostanee language. - Assist, surg. J. H. Peart passed an examination in Mahratta language.Assist. surg. P. Cruikshank app. civil surg. at Sholapore.-As,ist. surg. W. Bowie, M. D., directed to repair to the presidency for general duty.-Assist. surg. H. Giraud, M. D., to offtciate as civ. surg. at Rutnagherry.-Assist. surg. W. Neilson, M. D., app. to 7th regt. N. I. MADRAS. MEDICAL.-Assist. surg. S. Brook perm. to ret. to Eur. on med. cert.Assist. surg. A. J. Scott, M. D., appointed to accompany and anord med. aid to Lord Bishop of Madras, during his tour of visitation.-Assist. surg. J. Welsh, M. D., leave for twelve months to proceed to Neilgherries on -med. cert. The services of Assist. surg. J. L. Ranking, placed at disp. of comm.in-chief.—Assist, surg. W. Scott, M. D., removed from doing duty with ’
307 H. M. 94th regt., to
do
duty under the superintending surg. south div.-
to afford med. aid to Nagpore residency .-Burg. De Burgh Surg. E.W. Eyre Goodall transf. from lst fusiliers to 22nd N. I.
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Birch, M.D.,
from latter to former corps.-Assist. surg. J. Fitzpatrick transf. to 6th light cav.—Assist. surg. J. Mackintosh to do duty with 2nd batt. artill.-Assist. surg. J. C. W. Belcombe, dismissed the service by sentence of a general court-martial.-Assist. surg. E. James, placed at disp. of commiss. for employ. in the Mysore commission.-Assist. surg. H. Nott, permitted to return
to Eur. on med. cert.-Surg. B. Williams transf. from 13th to 4lst N. 1. ; and Surg. W. Burrell from latter to former corps.-Assist. surg. J. L. Ranking to do duty under superintending surg. of Malabar and Canara.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. Gentlemen admitted Members on Friday, March 7, 1845 :-H. B. Marsh, W. Davies, W. Ayre, C. R. Hall, J. Davis, T. Bennett, J. Daubeny, W. Tredwen, W. H. Clarkson, C. Palmer, T. Wise, J. Colegrave.
APOTHECARIES’
HALL, LONDON.
Names of Gentlemen who
obtained Certificates of Qualification to practise as Apothecaries, on Thursday, March 6, 1845 : -William Henry Wright; Augustus Priestley Hamilton, Poole, Dorset; Henry Edwin Farnell Shaw, Sutton Coldfield; William Symonds Rootes, Ross, Herefordshire; Henry Freeland Carter, Plymouth, Devon; George Ashdown, Uppington, Shrewsbury; Edward Charles Hulme, Totnes, Devon; Joseph Frain, South Shields; Octavius Frederick Heritage; RichardClewin Griffith, 10, Gowerstreet, London; Thomas Underhill, jun., Tipton, Staffordshire; Richard
Bark, Liverpool.
CORRESPONDENTS. Letheby’s paper was in type, we have received a communication, intimating that he has very recently discovered a new method OF detecting arsenic, so delicate, and at the same time so easy of operation, that he can with facility recognise the one-fiftieth part of a grain in any organic fluid; and that he shall publish the particulars as soon as his experiments are matured, and he has obviated any chance of fallacy. C. L. having only the licence of the Apothecaries’ Company will merely be able to register as a licentiate in medicine and surgery. A great Sufferer from Quackery.-The quack described, not assuming any of the titles recognised by clause 35, would not be punishable under that clause. The Apothecaries’ Company alone could interfere, and it is not probable that they will feel more disposed to do so after the passing of the Bill than they do now. The protection afforded to the public and the profession by the amended Act is altogether insufficient. Mr. Craig’s paper will appear in one of our earliest numbers. A Present Practitioner, who merely possesses the diploma of the College of Surgeons, would only be able to register as a licentiate in medicine and Since Dr.
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surgery." M.D. and F.R.C.P., Ed.-A fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, being legally qualified to practise as a physician in Scotland, will be registered as a physician by the council, (clause 32, and, as a registeredphysician, will be able to practise and to hold public appointments in any part of the United Kingdom, (clause 30.) This latter clause evidently refers to those who are practising at the time of the passing of the Act. Clause 19 refers exclusively to those who qualify subsequently to its coming into operation. We should say, that any person assuming the title of physicianaccoucheur, or practitioner in medicine, surgery, and midwifery, under the new Bill, would fall under the provisions of clause 35, and be punishable
at law. X. Y. Z., Surgeon.—1st. Evidently that it is not intended to give the fellowship of the College of Surgeons to the present members of the College, who ma desire, after the passing of the Bill, to register as surgeons. In clause 19 it is expressly stated " that every person registered after examination under this Act as a surgeon, shall be admitted as a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons." By this is meant that the fellowship will be given, after the passing of the Bill, to those who submit to the ordeal laid down by clause 15, and to them only. Subsequently to the passing of the Bill, no persons (except present Fellows of the College) will be able even to register as " surgeons," unless they have complied with clause 15, in which case they will become fellows of the College. 2nd. The present members of the Apothecaries’ Company will be entitled to be registered as licentiates in medicine and surgery ; but they will not be admitted, ipso facto, members of one of the Colleges of Surgeons. It is only those who pass the tripartite examination after the passing of the Act, who will become entitled to the fellowship of the College of Surgeons. A Constant Reader (Liverpool).-The discreditable circular of Dr. ORPEN was noticed in our correspondence, at page 280 of THE LANCET of the Sth of March. An Old Pupil of the Lock Hospital.-The lectures were not forwarded to us by Mr. Lane; consequently we were unable to publish them. The cause of the neglect on his part is unexplained. An Occasional Contributor.-The answer to our correspondent who adopted this signature was misplaced in the last number of THE LANCET. Fearing that he may have been misled by the apparent reply to his question, we now remark, for his guidance, that clause 19 has no reference whatever t
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physicians and surgeons who have received their diplomas and are now practice. It relates, therefore, exclusively to those gentlemen who may
hereafter undergo their examinations. E. B. S. would be enabled to register as a licentiate of medicine and surgery. A Staunch Friend may be assured that the holders of only purchased
foreign diplomas will not be entitled to registration under the new Bill. The bonesetters, having neither diplomas nor licences, would be equally disqualified. We agree in opinion with our friend at Twickenham, and he, on reflection, must accord with us, that the subject had better rest. A Member of the College, of Seven Years standing, would be enabled to register as a licentiate in medicine and surgery, without undergoing any’
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further examination. Mr. G. M. Osborne (Dundee) has not stated the name and address of the news-agent who supplies his copy of THE LANCET; consequently we know not to whom to convey the wish of Mr. 0. The name may have been written on the journal to ensure its delivery in case the envelop should become loosened and lost at the post-office, a remedy for which, however, ought to be provided in a careful mode of wrapping the number, in a cover, for direction. The EAST KENT PROTEST against the proceedings of the Council of the College of Surgeons, in relation to the new charter, shall be published next week. We would advise An Occasional Correspondent for Ten Years, to state his case, frankly, to the Society of Apothecaries. We believe that he would be admitted to an examination. Mr. H. Appleton.-In reply to the first question-No. To the second, we answer that such a person could register only as a " licentiate in medictne and surgery." The case described by An Old Reader, and a Two Years’ Subscriber, is a peculiar one. We do not believe that a clause could be introduced into the Bill that would have the effect of removing the difficulty that he specifies. We would recommend him, under the circumstances stated, to explain his position to the Society of Apothecaries, by whom we have no doubt that he would be admitted to a fair practical examination before Midsummer, and, thus, previously to the Bill coming into operation. An Old Subscriber would be enabled to assume either of the titles named, without subjecting himself to any penalty. To R. C. V. we reply, No. We regret that the communication from Dr. Tennant reached us too late for insertion this week. It need not appear in the next LANCET. A Constant Reader -The 35th clause would not prevent the assumption of such a designation. The letter of An Advocate for an Incorporation of General Practitioners is composed so confusedly, and so filled with questions, that unless he writes more simply, and reduces his inquiries to one or two principal queries, we cannot satisfactorily solve his doubts. A. B.-In order to entitle a person to register under the new Bill, he must produce a diploma, or licence, or furnish proof that he is entitled to practise some branch of the profession in Great Britain or Ireland. We have read of Dublin midwifery diplomas. A foreign one would be valueless. It is impossible to say, exactly, when the lectures mentioned by A. F. will be concluded ; but certainly they will be ended in the present year. A Licentiate of the Apothecaries’ Company will be able to register as a licentiate in medicine and surgery, and also to recover, at law, charges for advice and attendance in both medical and surgical cases. To B. B. B. the reply is-No ; and that to A. P. is-Either as a physician, or as a 11 licentiate in medicine and surgery." As the Bill stands, Dublinensis could only register as a "licentiate in medicine and surgery." There is no provision in the present Bill for the double registration mentioned by An Old Subscriber. A Subscriber (Ireland).-In reply to the first and second questions, we answer-Yes. With regard to the third we have to remark that our correspondent could only register as a "licentiate in medicine and surgery," unless he were again examined for the fellowship. The regulations of the Council of Health could, and doubtless would, remove the specified restriction. The continuance of the Dublin Apothecaries’ Act would not interfere with any class of registered practitioners. Mr. (Great Yarmouth.)-The rights of our correspondent are quite safe. A. Z. can legally make such charges. It is not at all unusual for licentiates of the Hall to adopt the title of "surgeon," although they are not members of any college of surgeons. We have received the Norfolk Chronicle forwarded, but are obliged, by want of space, to defer giving an account of the disgusting affair until next week. The interests of those who are in the situation of A Five Years’ Subscriber would no doubt be considered by the Council of Health, which will have to decide on the points referred to. P. A. L.-The diploma of the London College of Surgeons will not, in all’ probability, alone, qualify its possessor to register as a general practitioner. The Bill, in its present state, contains no such provision as the one meationed by A. U. S. If Mr. Butt will state at what page and line the erratum has occurred, we will correct it. Mr. Luke’s letter on Fistula in Ano was in type when we went to press last week. We are again reluctantly obliged to defer its insertion until our next number. H. H. (An Old Subscriber.)-The licence named will not empower the holder to be registered as a licentiate in medicine and surgery. The Apothecaries’ Society of Dublin is not recognised in the Bill as an institution which is empowered to grant medical degrees. ’
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