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THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN AND HOMŒOPATHIC GRADUATES.
216 I uttered, but it is possible I was not happy in their choice or UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.—FIRST EXAMINATION FOR collocation: at all events, I must express my regret that there THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MEDICINE, (1851.)-EXAMINATION should exist any ambiguity respecting them, as being intended FOR HONOURS.—Anatomy and Physiology: Hillier, Thomas, to apply exclusively to homœopathy and hydropathy, as they (Exhibition and Gold Medal,) University College; Tunzel. were meant to convey my sentiments on all the extreme views mann, J. W. de, (Gold Medal,) University College; Roberts, of practice which I enumerated, and which I condemned, as William, University College; Ekin, James, University Colhaving the effect of putting a barrier to the advancement of lege ; Robbs, William Edward, King’s College; Ramskill, medicine as a science, and of depriving it of its philosophic Josiah, Guy’s Hospital; Carter, Henry Vandyke, St. George’s character. I can assure you, and your readers, that I condemn, Hospital; Winter, J. Newnham, Guy’s Hospital.-Chemistry: as much as any man, the practice of homoeopathy, and believe Roberts, William, (Exhibition and Gold Medal,) University that the cause of humanity demands the exposure of its de- College; Ramskill, Josiah, (Gold Medal,) Guy’s Hospital; plorable consequences, especially as leading to procrastination Hillier, Thomas, University College; Tunzelmann, Julius in acute diseases until it is too late to employ active remedial Woldemar de, University College; Carter, Henry Vandyke, measures for their removal; and I have lost no fitting opporSt. George’s Hospital.-Materia Medica and Pharmaceutical tunity of making my opinion known to the medical student Chemistry: Ramskill, Josiah, (Exhibition and Gold Medal,) and the public, through the medium of my school and popular Guy’s Hospital; Tunzelmann, J. W. de, (Gold Medal,) Uni. lectures. It will, therefore, be a satisfaction to you to be in- versity College; Hillier, Thomas, University College; Mushet, formed that your follow-student at Guy’s and St. Thomas’s, is William Boyd, University College; Winter, John Newnham, unchanged in opinion on the great leading principles of medi- Guy’s Hospital; Ekin, James, University College; Briggs, cine and surgery taught him by Sir A. Cooper and other Henry, University College; Roberts, William, University eminently distinguished teachers at the Borough School. College.—Structural and Physiological Botany: Tunzelmann, Bilieve
me
yours
J.
truly
THOMAS TURNER.
THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN AND HOMŒOPATHIC GRADUATES. To the Editor of TaE LANCET. SIR,—Having seen the letters published in THE LANCET of Saturday last, regarding the graduation of John Say Clarke, at the University of Aberdeen, I beg to inform you that, at the time of his examination, not the slightest suspicion was entertained of his being a homoeopathic practitioner, otherwise the degree would not have been conferred on him. I am, Sir, yours respectfully, ANDREW FYFE,
W. de, (Gold Medal,) University College; Hillier, Thomas, University College; Ramskill, Josiah, Guy’s Hospital; Briggs, Henry, University College; Winter, John Newnham, Guy’s
Hospital.
BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE.—From the annual report of this valuable institution, for the session 1850-51, it ap.
pears that the number of bodies received for dissection and operation in the winter session, amounted to 722: of this, the number of bodies actually dissected was 501; the number used for operations, 92; used in the examinations, 23; for lectures, 38; and those of which no use was made, in consequence of rapid putrefaction, 68. From the same report it appears that the number of students attending the anatomical class was 73; in medicine and surgery, 28 each; in midwifery, 22; in chemistry, 89; botany, 81; and materia medica, 51. We believe the certificates of attendance are now recognised by the Professor of Medicine, University and King’s College, Aberdeen. examining boards of London. Dr. S. G. Chuckerbutty, who had received his medical education in London, had arrived in Calcutta, with the degree of M.D. from the London University, and membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, was immediately employed in the Medical College Hospital, as assistant physician, and has performed his duties in a APOTHECARIES’ HALL.—Names of who highly creditable manner. MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS AT LIMA.—Lima, the popupassed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on lation of which is about 85,000, has a medical school, where a great many efficient professors are appointed. The students Thursday, August 21st, 1851. are eighty in number, and are admitted in the four hospitals CossAR, TnoMAS, Darlington. of the city. The Santa Ana Hospital is exclusively devoted EASTWOOD, JOSEPH WILLIAM, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. to women, and has 700 beds; that of St. Andrew is for men Devon. LANGDON, JOHN, Bampton, only, and numbers 400 beds; the third is a military hospital, MICKLE, DAVID, Leeds. and the fourth an institution for incurable patients, with 80 ROUSE, JoHN OLIVER, Great Torrington, Devon. beds. The latter hospital contains principally black people Col- and mulattoes, affected with local chronic diseases, especially COLLEGIAL PRIZES.—The Council of the lege of Surgeons have just announced the following to be the lepra and ulcers of a frightful description. In the other hossubject of the Jacksonian Prize for the year 1852, viz.,----’ The pitals fever and dysentery are the most common diseases, parPathology and Treatment of Stricture of the Urethra." The ticularly among the poor. Small-pox destroys a great many prize is twenty guineas; the terms and conditions will be found patients, as also elephantiasis. In the winter bronchial affecon reference to our advertising columns. The collegial trien- tions are somewhat common, owing to the dampness of the nial prize of fifty guineas, to be awarded at the commencement climate.—L’ Union Medicale. of the ensuing year, is,On the Functions of the Several Parts SURGEONS AND LANDLORDS -A LEVY" AFTER of the Large Intestines in Animals of the Class Mammalia." DEATH.-The Medical Association of the department of the ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The Hunterian Seine, have just given one of their members very efficacious Museum will not be closed in the ensuing month of September, assistance, in a suit before a Paris court. The question was in consequence of the number of foreign members of the pro- whether after the death of the patient, the landlord, or the fession at present in London. The library, however, is closed medical attendant, had the first claim upon the goods and this day for one month, for the usual dusting and arrangement chattels. The Association took the matter in hand, freeing of the books, and will be re-opened on the 1st of October. the surgeon from any trouble or expense, and they succeeded THE SANITARY COMMISSION.-ADULTERATION OF in establishing his claim. The court decided that in the case COFFEE.—The Ceylon Overdand Observer, of July 11, contains above stated, the medical attendant had the priority. This is another bright example of the force and influence our prothe account of a large and influential meeting of gentlemen, connected with coffee planting, which was held at Kandy, on fesssion gains by frankly uniting in close array, instead of the 23rd of June. Among other resolutions, the following one allowing single individuals to sink under the ingratitude and injustice of the public. was carried unanimously : - Moved by Charles Pitts, Esq. MORTALITY OF THE METROPOLIS FOR THE WEEK Seconded by A. N. Scott, Esq.; " That this meeting highly appreciates and cordially acknowledges the valuable and unre- ENDING SATURDAY, AUGUST 23.-The Weekly Return still mitting efforts of their friends at home, and especially of the discovers a high rate of mortality, though some improvement is talented Editor of THE LANCET, in exposing the numerous and observed in the last as compared with earlier weeks of this abominable adulterations of coffee and chicory, now greatly month. The deaths in the week ending July 26 were 956 ; in practised by British grocers, in representing them to Her August, they rose successively to 1010, 1038, and 1061 ; and Majesty’s Government, and agitating for their prevention, by they have again declined to 956. In the corresponding week of means of public meetings and the press." Meetings have been 1849, when epidemic cholera was raging, the total mortality rose to 2456 deaths, more than half of which were the consequence held in most of the principal cities and towns in Ceylon.
Medical News.
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me
yours
J.
truly
THOMAS TURNER.
THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN AND HOMŒOPATHIC GRADUATES. To the Editor of TaE LANCET. SIR,—Having seen the letters published in THE LANCET of Saturday last, regarding the graduation of John Say Clarke, at the University of Aberdeen, I beg to inform you that, at the time of his examination, not the slightest suspicion was entertained of his being a homoeopathic practitioner, otherwise the degree would not have been conferred on him. I am, Sir, yours respectfully, ANDREW FYFE,
W. de, (Gold Medal,) University College; Hillier, Thomas, University College; Ramskill, Josiah, Guy’s Hospital; Briggs, Henry, University College; Winter, John Newnham, Guy’s
Hospital.
BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE.—From the annual report of this valuable institution, for the session 1850-51, it ap.
pears that the number of bodies received for dissection and operation in the winter session, amounted to 722: of this, the number of bodies actually dissected was 501; the number used for operations, 92; used in the examinations, 23; for lectures, 38; and those of which no use was made, in consequence of rapid putrefaction, 68. From the same report it appears that the number of students attending the anatomical class was 73; in medicine and surgery, 28 each; in midwifery, 22; in chemistry, 89; botany, 81; and materia medica, 51. We believe the certificates of attendance are now recognised by the Professor of Medicine, University and King’s College, Aberdeen. examining boards of London. Dr. S. G. Chuckerbutty, who had received his medical education in London, had arrived in Calcutta, with the degree of M.D. from the London University, and membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, was immediately employed in the Medical College Hospital, as assistant physician, and has performed his duties in a APOTHECARIES’ HALL.—Names of who highly creditable manner. MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS AT LIMA.—Lima, the popupassed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on lation of which is about 85,000, has a medical school, where a great many efficient professors are appointed. The students Thursday, August 21st, 1851. are eighty in number, and are admitted in the four hospitals CossAR, TnoMAS, Darlington. of the city. The Santa Ana Hospital is exclusively devoted EASTWOOD, JOSEPH WILLIAM, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. to women, and has 700 beds; that of St. Andrew is for men Devon. LANGDON, JOHN, Bampton, only, and numbers 400 beds; the third is a military hospital, MICKLE, DAVID, Leeds. and the fourth an institution for incurable patients, with 80 ROUSE, JoHN OLIVER, Great Torrington, Devon. beds. The latter hospital contains principally black people Col- and mulattoes, affected with local chronic diseases, especially COLLEGIAL PRIZES.—The Council of the lege of Surgeons have just announced the following to be the lepra and ulcers of a frightful description. In the other hossubject of the Jacksonian Prize for the year 1852, viz.,----’ The pitals fever and dysentery are the most common diseases, parPathology and Treatment of Stricture of the Urethra." The ticularly among the poor. Small-pox destroys a great many prize is twenty guineas; the terms and conditions will be found patients, as also elephantiasis. In the winter bronchial affecon reference to our advertising columns. The collegial trien- tions are somewhat common, owing to the dampness of the nial prize of fifty guineas, to be awarded at the commencement climate.—L’ Union Medicale. of the ensuing year, is,On the Functions of the Several Parts SURGEONS AND LANDLORDS -A LEVY" AFTER of the Large Intestines in Animals of the Class Mammalia." DEATH.-The Medical Association of the department of the ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The Hunterian Seine, have just given one of their members very efficacious Museum will not be closed in the ensuing month of September, assistance, in a suit before a Paris court. The question was in consequence of the number of foreign members of the pro- whether after the death of the patient, the landlord, or the fession at present in London. The library, however, is closed medical attendant, had the first claim upon the goods and this day for one month, for the usual dusting and arrangement chattels. The Association took the matter in hand, freeing of the books, and will be re-opened on the 1st of October. the surgeon from any trouble or expense, and they succeeded THE SANITARY COMMISSION.-ADULTERATION OF in establishing his claim. The court decided that in the case COFFEE.—The Ceylon Overdand Observer, of July 11, contains above stated, the medical attendant had the priority. This is another bright example of the force and influence our prothe account of a large and influential meeting of gentlemen, connected with coffee planting, which was held at Kandy, on fesssion gains by frankly uniting in close array, instead of the 23rd of June. Among other resolutions, the following one allowing single individuals to sink under the ingratitude and injustice of the public. was carried unanimously : - Moved by Charles Pitts, Esq. MORTALITY OF THE METROPOLIS FOR THE WEEK Seconded by A. N. Scott, Esq.; " That this meeting highly appreciates and cordially acknowledges the valuable and unre- ENDING SATURDAY, AUGUST 23.-The Weekly Return still mitting efforts of their friends at home, and especially of the discovers a high rate of mortality, though some improvement is talented Editor of THE LANCET, in exposing the numerous and observed in the last as compared with earlier weeks of this abominable adulterations of coffee and chicory, now greatly month. The deaths in the week ending July 26 were 956 ; in practised by British grocers, in representing them to Her August, they rose successively to 1010, 1038, and 1061 ; and Majesty’s Government, and agitating for their prevention, by they have again declined to 956. In the corresponding week of means of public meetings and the press." Meetings have been 1849, when epidemic cholera was raging, the total mortality rose to 2456 deaths, more than half of which were the consequence held in most of the principal cities and towns in Ceylon.
Medical News.
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