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five beds, fifty for males and twenty-five for females, andwill, when finished, practically form part of the hospital andbe maintained out of the funds under the control of the

governors. The sum of £ 5000, the cost of the land, has beengiven by an anonymous donor.

SOCIETY OF ARTS.-This Society’s Albert Medal,for " distinguished merit for promoting arts, manufactures,or commerce,

" has been awarded for the present year to SirJoseph Dalton Hooker, K.C S. L, C. B., M.D.,D.C.L., LL.D.,F.R.S., for the eminent services which, as a botanist andscientific traveller, and as director of the National BotanicalDepartment, he has rendered to the arts, manufactures, andcommerce, by promoting an accurate knowledge of the florasand economic vegetable products of the several colonies anddependencies of the Empire. The annual conversazione ofthe Society will be held this year at the Fisheries Exhibitionon July llth. The Prince and Princess of Wales are expectedto attend.

CITY ORTHOPÆDIC HOSPITAL.-The thirty-firstannual festival of this charity was held on the 13th inst., thechair being occupied by Mr. Alderman Cotton, M.P. In

proposing the toast of the evening, the chairman stated thatfor want of funds there were now twelve beds vacant in theinstitution, and as it was entirely without endowment, andtherefore wholly dependent upon public support, he pleadedfor increased subscriptions. Mr. E. J. Chance replied to thetoast "The Medical Officers." and briefly alluded to severalcases in which patients had, by the treatment received atthe institution, been enabled to undertake work for whichthey were previously physically incapacitated. Subscriptionsamounting to £ ºª0 were announced during the evening.

Intimations for this column must be sent DIRECT to the Office ofTHE LANCET before 9 o’clock on Thursday Morning at the latest.

BOND, WILLIAM JAMES, M.B.Glas., L.R.C.S.Ed., has been reappointedMedical Officer and Public Vaccinator for the No. 7 District of theAylesbury Union.

BURNET, ROBERT WILLIAM, M.D., C.M., has been appointedPathologist to the Chelsea. Hospital for Women.

CAIGER, F. F., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.Lond., has been appointed ResidentAccoucheur to St. Thomas’s Hospital.

CHADWICK. CHARLES M., M.A., M.B.Oxon., has been appointedHouse-Physician to the London Hospital.

CLARKE, ERNEST, M.B., B S., has been appointed Assistant-Surgeon tothe Central London Ophthalmic Hospital.

COLMER, P. S. H., L.R.C.P.Ed., L.F.P.S.GIas., L.S.A.Lond., has beenappointed Medical Officer for the No. 2 Dist. of the Yeovil Union.

DICKINSON, THOMAS ViNCENT, M.D.Lond., has been appointed anAssistant-Physician to the Chelsea Hospital for Women.

FELL, W., M.A., M.B.Oxon., M.R.C.S, L.R.C.P., has been appointedHouse-Physician to St. Thomas’s Hospital.

FENTON-JONES, WILLIAM HUGH, M.D., has been appointed Aneesthetisbto the Chelsea Hospital for Women.

HAIG-BROWN, C., M.B., C.bT.Aberd., M.R.C.S., L.S.A.Lond., has beenappointed House-Physician to St. Thomas’s Hospital.

HARPER, JAMES, M.B.Lond., has been appointed Resident MedicalOfficer to the Chelsea Hospital for Women.

HERRINGHAM, W. P., M.B., M.R.C.P., has been appointed a CasualtyPhysician to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, vice Kidd, whose term ofoffice has expired.

HOLDSWORTH, WILLIAM, M.R.C.S., has been appointed Medical Officerand Public Vaccinator for the Thames Ditton District of ’theKingston Union, vice Low, resigned.

HORROCKS, PETER, M.D.Lond., B Sc., has been appointed an Assistant-Physician to the Chelsea Hospital for Women.

HOSEGOOD, SAMUEL, M.R.C.S., L.S.A.Lond., has been reappointed ’.

Medical Officer of Health for the Swinton and Pendlebury UrbanSanitary District.

HULL, W., M.R.C.S, L.R.C.P., L S.A.Lond., has been appointedAssistant House- Physician to St. Thomas s Hospital.

JONES, W. WANSBROUGH, MA. & M.B.Oxon, B.8c.Lond., M.R.C.S.,has been appointed Assistant House-Surgeon to St. Thomas’sHospital.

LEE, H. GROVE, ILD. St. And., M.R.C.S., L.S.A.Lond., has beenreappointed Medical Officer for the No. 6 District of the AylesburyUnion.

MACKERN. JOHN, B.A., M.B.Cantab., has been appointed an Assistant-Physician to the Chelsea Hospital for Women.

MARLOW, F. W., M.R.CS, L.S.A.Lond., has been appointedOphthalmic Assistant to St. Thomas’s Hospital.

MARSHALL, JOHN G., B.A., M.B.Cantab., M.R.C.S., L.S.A.Lond., hasbeen appointed House-Surgeon to the Doncaster Infirmary, viceW. Walker, M.R.C.S.. resigned.

MILTON, H. M., M.R.C.S, L.S.A.Lond., has been appointed House-Surgeon to St. Tnomas’s Hnspital.

OWEN, ISAMBARD. M.D.Cantab., has been appointed Assistant-Physician to St. George’s Hospital, vice Watney, resigned.

POPE, EDWARD. 1T.R.C.S., L S A Lond., has been reappointed MedicalOfficer and Public Vaccinator for the No. 2 District of the AylesburyUnion.

RICHMOND, ONSLOW R., L.R.C.P.Lond., M.R.C.S., has been appointed’ Honorary Surgeon to the Gravesend and Milton Infirmary and’ Dispensary, vice J. C. Armstrong, M.R.C.S., LS.A.Lond., resigned.SHEPPARD, W. J., M.B. & M.S.Durh., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., has been

appointed Non-resident House-Physician to St. Thomas’s Hospital.SHIRLEY, M. B., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., has been appointed House-

Surgeon to the Worcester General Infirmary, vice J. P. Stallard,resigned.

STARLING, EDWIN A., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.Lond. (late Surgeon in SouthAfrican Royal Mail Service), has been appointed House-Surgeon tothe Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital, Coventry.

STEAVENSON, W. E., M.B.Cantab., M.R.C.S., S.Se.Cert.Camb.,L.S.A.Lond., M.R.C.P.Lond., has been appointed a CasualtyPhysician to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, vice Nall, whose term ofoffice has expired.

TRAVERS, WILLIAM, M.D., has been appointed an Assistant-Physicianto the Chelsea Hospital for Women.

WALLER, AUGUSTUS, M.D.Aber., has been appointed Lecturer onPhysiology at the London School of Medicine for Women, viceE. A. Schafer, F.R.S., Jodrell Professor of Physiology, resigned.

WELLS, A. E., M.B.Lond., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., has been appointedHouse-Surgeon to St. Thomas’s Hospital.

WISHART, JOHN, F.R.C.S.Ed., has been appointed Lecturer on ClinicalSurgery to the Western University, Ontario.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

BARTON.-On the 16th inst., at The Mount, Brookwood, Surrey, thewife of Jas. E. Barton, M.R.C.S. &c., of a son.

BREWER.—On the 17th inet., at Caira, Richmond-road, Dalaton, E.,the wife of Alexander Hampton Brewer, L.R.C.P.Lond., of a son.

CARTER.—On the 12th inst., at Aldershot, the wife of Brigade SurgeonR. W. Carter, Army Medical Department, of a son.

CLARKE.-On the 16th inst., at Fordwych-road, West Hampstead, thewife of Fincastle G. B. Clarke, M.D., of a son

HELME.-On the 16th inst., at Rusholme, the wife of J. Milner Helme,M.D., of a daughter.

Lawson.-On the 10th inst., at Church-street, Huntly, the wife ofW. Lawson, M.B. & C.M., of a son.

WHITTLE. - On the 20th inst., at 65, Dyke-road, Brighton, the wifeof Edward George Whittle, M.D.Lond., F.R.C.S.Eng., of a

daughter. -

MARRIAGES.BARRY—WORWELL.—On the 31st ult., at the British Embassy, Paris,

M. Barry, M.D., of Brighton, to Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter ofWm. Pearse Worwell, Esq., of Penzance.

DAWSON-BELL.-ON the 19th inst., at the Pariah Church, Crosthwaite,Keswick, Alfred Stanhope Dawson, L.R.C.P.Ed. & L.R.C.S.Ed.,of Westham, near Huddersfield, to Eveline Mary Bell, onlydaughter of the late Edward Bell, of Portenscaile, Keswick.

ROSS-LOCKWOOD.-On the 2nd inst., at St. Peter’s Church, Brighton,by the Ven. Archdeacon Hannah, D.C.L., John Harris Ross, M.D.,of St. George’s-place. Brighton, to Susie, daughter of Philip CaustonLockwood, C.E., of Brighton.

SCOTT-M‘DONALD.-On the 1st inst., at Woodside Cottage, New Elgin,William Scott, M.B., C.M., son of James Scott, Farmer, of Auchairn,Keith, and Medical Missionary of the Free Church of Scotland toLivingstonia, to Lizzie Anderson, daughter of George M’Donald,Merchant, of New Elgin.

YOUNG-JACKSON.-On the llth inst., at St. Mary’s, Leicester, Thos.Brett Young, Surgeon, of The Laurels, Halesowen, Worcestershire,to Annie, eldest surviving daughter of John Jackson, Surgeon, ofSomerby, Leicestershire. -

DEATHS.BELL. -On the 13th inst., at Coates-crescent, Edinburgh, Benjamin

Bell, F.R.C.S.E.BENNETT. - On the 14th inst., at his residence, Springfield-road,

St. John’s-wood, William Robert Bennett, M.D., Fleet Surgeon,Royal Navy, aged 47.

BROOKS.-On the 19th inst., at Henley-on-Thames, Arthur D’OyleyBrooks, M.R.C.S., second son of James Henry Brooks, Esq., ofHenley-on-Thames.

GUNNING. - On the 13th inst., at Wendover-villas, Tooting, JohnEdmund Gunning, M.R.C.S.. youngest son of the late CharlesGunning Esq., of Brompton, Middlesex, aged 48.

MCCREERY.-On the 16th ult., at Fort Station Hospital, Allahabad,suddenly, of heart disease, James McCreery, Surgeon-Major, ArmyMedical Department.

NELSON. -On the 14th inst., at The Circus, Greenwich, suddenly,Thomas Nelson, M.D., R.N., Inspector-General of Hospitals andFleets, aged 66.

PARRY.-On the llth inst., at Crickhowell, after a short illness, Louisa,the beloved wife of Evan Parry, Surgeon, and only daughter of thelate Captain Pyne, R.N., in her 66th year.

SHARPE. -On the 19th inst., at his residence, Knight’s-hill, LowerNorwood, Alexander Barclay Sharpe, M.D., M.R.C.S., L.S.A.Lond.,formerly House-Surgeon, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, and SurgeonH.E.I.C. Bengal Marine Service, aged 53.

SHORTHOUSE.—On the 13th inst., at his residence, Croydon, JosephHenry Shorthouse, M.D., LL.D., after a protracted illness.

SULLIVAN.—On the 9th inst., after a long illness, at his residence,Elsham-road, Holland-park, Kensington, W. John L. Sullivan, M.D.,M. R. C. P. Lond.

WHITELEY.—On the 14th inst., suddenly, at Aix-les-Bains, George B.Whiteley, M.D.Ed., for twenty-six years resident English Physicianat Cannes, aged 75. -

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