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Medical News.ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON. -

The following gentlemen passed the Primary Examination forthe licence (Chemistry, Materia Medica, &c.) on May 9th :-Magnus Adler, Reginald Bean Anderson, Edward Harris Armitage,William Arnold, John Aspinall, Herbert Ward Austin, ArthurBentham, Arthur Barry Blacker, Robert Welch Branthwaite,Eustace Augustus Burnside, Howard Decimus Buss, Gilbert Edw.Butler, Thomas Calrow, George Hedwig Carrington, Percy JohnClark, Samuel Leonard Clift, Henry Robinson Codd, Henry SamuelCook, John Henry Cox, Henry Charles Crew, Harold LyttonCummings, Charles Drinkwater, Arthur Barthold Druitt, HenryAscher Dutch, Sidney Reginald Dyer, Herbert Jekyl D.lson, HenryPercival Elkington, William Augustus Ellison, William Geo. Evans,James Alexander Fraser, John Marchant Fry, Matthew RichardGooding, Henry Grattan Guinness, John Herbert Hacking, VincentXimenes Harcourt, George Hart, Bernard Frederic Hartzhorne,Henry John Hewer, Richard Lancelot Holland, John DouglasHughes, William Huntington, George Arthur Ferdinand Inman,Herbert Francis Jackson, Percy Vaughan Jackson, Henry DanielJames, John Jenkins, David Llewellyn Jones, John Lea WaltonKitching, Maurice Koettlitz, Julius Labey, Caspar Robert Laurie,William John Lee, David Thomas Lewis, John Edward London,Charles William Low, William Corner Lysaght, Allan Jas. Macnab,James Malpas, Jas. Herbert Menzies, Albert Waldegrave Mitchell,William Murray, Montague Williams Oldham, Jas. Ronald Polson,Henry D’Arcy Power, John Dudley Price, Arthur Pring, GeraldThomas Rawnsley, Henry Roberts, John Sanders Hughes Roberts,John Warden Sandoe, Geo. Reynolds Schofield Scott. Geo. ArthurShackel, Henry Charles Costello Shaw, Edward Nodin Sheldrake,William Spong, John Richard Staddon, William Henderson Starr,Bertram Lyne Stivens, James Bryan Sutton, Anton Hugh Syrée,Wilberforce Thompson, Edward Reginald Tweed, Joseph EaglandWalker, Anthony Arthur Ward, Arthur Muriel Watkins, EdwardArcher Wood, Alfred John Wright.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND. -The following gentlemen, having passed the requiredexamination for the diploma, were admitted Members ofthe College at a meeting of the Court of Examiners onMonday last :-

Camps, Samuel, L.R.C.P. Edin., Trinidad, West Indies.Dodd, Anthony, L.S.A., Newcastle.Dowsing, H. Leopold, L.S.A., Hull.Doyle, E. A. Gaynes, Trinidad, West Indies.Etches, W. Robert, Moreton-in-the-Marsh.Gravely, Frank, L.S.A., Newick, Lewes.Hathaway, H. George, L.S.A., Battle, Sussex.Hitchcock, A. John, L.S.A., St. Helier’s, Jersey.Kay, Walter Smith, M.B. Edin., Sheffield.Mitchell, Henry, L.S.A., Bradford, Yorkshire.Morris, Albert, L.R.C.P. Edin., Teddington.Nicholson, J. William, L.S.A., Cheltenham.Peskett, A. Freeman, L.S.A., Ley ton, Essex.Philson, S. Cowell, L.R.C.P. Edin., Cheltenham.Tatham, Edward, L.R.C.P. Edin., Hampstead.Vann, A. Mason, L.S.A., Durham.Walter, W. Ernest, L.S.A., Stoke-under-Ham.Whitfield, D. William, L.K.Q.C.P. Irel., Oswestry.Wilson, James, M.D. Dub., Moneymore.

The following gentlemen were admitted Members of theCollege on Tuesday last :-

Edgelow, Percy, Cambridge-street.Gutteridge, Matthew Wilkins, Brook-street.Maling, William Haygarth, Sunderland.Martin, Albert, Wellington, New Zealand.Roberts, Edward, L.S.A., Aberystwith.Rogers, Frederick Arthur, Ealing.Rowe, Arthur Walton, Margate.Shorthouse, W. S. Neville, L.S.A., Croydon.Smallpeice, William Donald, Queen Anne’s Gate.Stewart, Edward, Harley-street.Walton, Francis Fielder, Hull.Wilson, James, Wolverhampton.

The following gentlemen were admitted Members of theCollege on Wednesday last :-

Carter, Eustace George, Leeds.Cockey, Edward Percival, Frome, Somerset.Croft, Edward Octavius, Edward-street.Fasken, E. R. Drummond, Kensington.Forrest, John Rocheil, L.S.A., Fulham.Harrison, Edward, Michael’s Grove.Oliver, Vere Langford, Harrington-road.Polson, James Ronald, Bromsgrove.Pulling, Herbert John, Ledbury.Spong, John Fuller, Clapham.Stephens, Samuel, L.S.A., Camborne, Cornwall.Stokes, Francis Alexander, Highbury.

The following gentlemen passed the Primary Examinationin Anatomy and Physiology at meetings of the Board ofExaminers on the 10th, llth, and 12th inst. :-W. H. Paine, M. C. R. Bóhrsmann, and D. C. M’Arthur, UniversityCollege ; J. A. Manton, E. 0. Fountain, A. E. A. Pettingill, W. H.C. Candler, C. H. Conolly, B. D. Z. Wright, W. H. Stacey, N. J.Goodchild, R. E. Smith, C. T. T. Combe, and J. Hutton, St. Bar-tholomew’s Hospital A. E. Wilson, H. J. Blackler, B. C. Gowan,R. J. Harvey, D. A. Waite, P. N. Randall, H. Rockley, J. N. Phillips,

C. N. Graham, E. W. Marshall, and G. F. E. Morgan, Guy’s Hos-pital ; H. S. Peeke, H. C. HJ.wkins, A. E. Chilcott, and M. Glanville,St. George’s Hospital; C. C. V. Lyle, G. A. Pedley, J. Q. Bown, andJ. D. Morton, St. Mary’s Hospital ; H. B. Lavies, F. S. Le Quesne,H. German, C. J. S. Kelsall, E. L. Hickey, and M. H. G. Lange,King’s College; H. L. Swete, D. Williams, G. W. Blomfield, M. P.Ladell, F. Preston, M. Megginson, and C. D. Morris, London Hos.pital ; M. Bates and R. D. Boase, Middlesex Hospital ; W. W.Heelas and C. J. Ayres, Westminster Hospital; 0. F. Frohwein,G. Skill, C. B. Cranstoun, A. E. Olding, and G. Cranstoun,St. Thomas’s Hospital.

Of the 169 candidates who were examined during last week,53 failed to satisfy the Board, and were referred for three,and 9 candidates for six, months’ further anatomical andphysiological study.

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.-The following gen-tlemen have passed the examination for the degree ofBachelor in Surgery :-

Morrison, B.A., Christ’s.Wallis, B. A., Gonville and Caius.Ward, M.A., Trinity.

UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN. - The following degreewas conferred on the 2nd inst. :-

BACHELOR IN MEDICINE.—William Hamilton Allen.

APOTHECARIES’ HALL. - The following gentlemenpassed the examination in the Science and Practice of Medi-cine, and received certificates to practise, on May 10th:-

Bowhay, Albert, Albaston, Calstock, Cornwall.Gittings, Alfred, Wednesbury-road, Walsal.Hobbes, Thos. Geo. Fosbroke Rice, Clent, Stourbridgp.Hutchison, John, Westmoreland-road, Newcastle-on-Tyne.Kite, Edwin Whitfield Dawson, Hightields, West Bromwich.Leach, Alfred, The Hospital, Rotherham.Parkes, Jas. Stephen, The Manse, Stourport, Worcestershire.Stevens, Francis Joseph, Elm Lodge, Hammersmith.Stevenson, William Dymes, Cumberland-road, Kew.Walter, Walter Ernest, Stoke-under-Ham, Somerset.

THE Hospital Saturday Seaside Convalescent Homefor Working Men is expected to be opened about Midsummernext.

UNWHOLESOME MEAT.-At Worship-street Police-court, last week, a butcher was sentenced to three months’imprisonment with hard labour for having on his premises aquantity of bad meat intended for sale to the public as foodin the form of sausages.

TESTIMONIALS.—On his retirement from practiceMr. H. S. Hughes, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., of Bromley, Kent,received from his old patients a testimonial in the shapeof a silver tea and coffee service, of the value of E300. ——Alarge number of the inhabitants of Tavistock have presentedDr. R. W. Crighton with a testimonial, in token of theirrespect on his leaving the town, but especially as an acknow-ledgment of his thirteen years’ gratuitous professional labourin connexion with the public dispensary.SANITARY INSTITUTE OF GREAT BRITAIN. - At

the annual general meeting of the Institute held at 9, Conduit-street, W., on Monday, May 7th, Prof. F. de Chaumont,M.D., F.R.S., in the chair, a report was presented by thecouncil on the progress of the Institute and on the workachieved at the congress and exhibition held at Newcastle inthe autumn of 1882. The chairman gave an address, andthe officers for the ensuing year were elected, the Presidentbeing His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, P.C., andthe trustees Sir John Lubbock, Bart., D.C.L., F.R.S.,Thomas Salt, M.P., and Dr. B. W. Richardson, F.R.S.

THE LATE MR. B. W. RICHARDSON.-At a meetingof the medical board of the Adelaide Hospital, Dublin, heldon Friday, the 4th inst., Dr. H. Head in the chair, thefollowing resolution was unanimously adopted : -" Thatthe medical board of the Adelaide Hospital desire to recordtheir deep regret at the death of Mr. B. Wills Richardson,who has been a valued member of the staff of this institutionsince its recognition as a clinical hospital. His strictlypunctual and conscientious attention to his duties, hishonourable conduct, and his uniform regard for the interestsand reputation of his colleagues, caused Mr. Richardson tooccupy the highest place in the regard of the members of themedical staff. They ever reposed the most perfect confidencein his honour, and cannot but feel that his death will be analmost irreparable loss to them and to the poor, in the treat-ment of whom he never spared time or trouble, and theywish to convey to Mrs. Richardson’and his family theirsincere sympathies in their bereavement."

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BRISTOL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL.-The seventeenthannual meeting in connexion with this hospital was held onthe 5th inst. During the past year 405 children and sevenwomen have been under treatment in the hospital, while787 women and 20S6 children have attended as out-patients.To complete the new buildings and for the erection of feverwards £7000 is still needed, in addition to the £7400 alreadysubscribed or promised, and the committee earnestly appealfor further donations and for larger annual subscriptions.The average cost per occupied bed in the hospital during thelast twelve months was £28.

ROYAL VISITS TO HOSPITALS.-On Saturday lastthe Duchess of Connaught visited King’s College Hospital,and was conducted through most of the wards, beginning withthe Tantia Ralli Ward for little children, under the chargeof Dr. Play fair. Her Royal Highness manifested great in-terest in the condition of many of the patients, and after-wards visited the chapel and other parts of the hospital.The Duchess of Edinburgh, attended by Lady HarrietGrimston and Major Poore, visited the Royal Hospitalfor Children and Women, Waterloo-road, on Tuesdayafternoon. The secretary and resident medical officerwere in attendance, accompanied by the chaplain and sistersuperintendent.SANITARY ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. - At the

recent meeting of this association Mr. Henry Rutherfurddelivered an address on Sanitary Assurance from a house-

holder’s point of view, in which he pointed out what enor-mous pecuniary loss was sustained by the prevalence ofdiseases arising from neglected house sanitation, and earnestlyimpressed upon his audience the desirability of havingtheir houses inspected properly and reported on by a compe-tent authority. At the close of the address a resolution wasunanimously carried to the effect that the council of theassociation be requested to consider whether they cannotrecommend legislation compelling the builders of all newdwellings to obtain a certificate from some authority or

qualified person as to their sanitary condition before it shallbe lawful for such buildings to be inhabited.THE NORTH-WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL

OFFICERS OF HEALTH.-A meeting of the members of theNorth-Western and Yorkshire Associations of Medical Officersof Health was held on the llth inst. in the Manchester TownHall. Dr. R. Angus Smith, F.R.S., read a paper on" WaterAnalysis," illustrating it by the exhibition of a number ofphials containing water which had been subjected to a process(Koch’s gelatine process) by which the organic matter itcontained had been rendered visible. Mr. P. Vacher(Birkenhead) next read a paper on " Tenement Hospitals."A tenement hospital-so-called from its resemblance to atenement house-would, he said, be a building, rooms inwhich would be let on weekly hire to patients, each one ofwhom would be attended by a nurse. The hospital wouldbe under the general care of the medical officer of health ofthe district, who would visit it daily. There would be nonecessity for a central administrative, as each floor or storeywould be a little hospital complete in itself. These hospitalswould be for the better class of patients who could afford topay for their accommodation.

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BAILLIÈRE, TINDALL, & Cox, London."

The Mineral Waters of Europe. By C. R. C. Tichborne, LL.D. &c.,and Prosser James, M.D. pp. 234.

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M.D. pp. 185.

CASSELL & Co., London.Elements of Histology. By E. Klein, M.D., F.R.S. pp. 352.

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CHAMBERS & Co., St. Louis.

Lahor among Primitive Peoples. By G. J. Engelmann, A.M.,M.D. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. pp. 227. WithIllustrations.

CORNISH BROTHERS, Birmingham.The Pathology and Treatment of Diseases of the Ovaries. By

Lallsr.n Tait, F.R.C.S.Eng. Fourth Edition, Rewritten andgreatly Enlarged. pp. 357. With Illustrations.

CHURCHILL, J. & A., London.The Principles and Practice of Medical Jurisprudence. By ti,

late A. S. Taylor, M.D., F.R.S. Third Edition, ElitedThos. Stevenson, M.D.Lond. Two vols. pp. 7M-6j7. WithIllustrations.

Hospital Construction and Management. By Fred. J. Mmt,M.D., F.R C.S., and H. Saxon Snell. In two Parts. Part pp. 140. With Plates and Plans.

Observations on Lithotomy, Lithotrity, and the Early Detectionof Stona in the Bladder, with a Description of a New Methodof Tapping the Bladder. By Reginald Harrison, F.R.C.Spp. 71. Illustrated.

A Manual of Practical Hygiene. By E. A. Parkes, M.D.,F.R.SEdited by F. S. B. F. de Chaumont, M.D., F.R.S. SixthEdition. pp. 730. With Illustrations.

On Curvatures and Disease of the Spine. By B. E. BrodhurstF.R.C.S. Third Edition, pp.120. Illustrated,

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Materia Medica. A Manual for the Use of Students. B;Isambard Owen, M.D. pp. 191.

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HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN, & CO., Boston, U.S.A.Medical Essays, 1842-1882. By Oliver Wendell Holmes. pp.445

JOHNSTON, W. & A. K., Edinburgh.The Botanical Atlas : a Guide to the Practical Stady of Planti,

By D. McAlpine, F.C.S. Vol. II.: Cryptogams.

LIPPINCOTT, J. P., & Co., Philadelphia.The Dispensatory of the United States of America. By Dr. G. B.

Wood and Dr. F. Bache. Fifteenth Edition, Rearranged,thoroughly Revised, and largely Rewritten, by Dr. H. C.Wood. J. P. Remington, Ph.G., and S. P. Sadler, Ph.D.,F.C&pp. 1928. With Illustrations.

LONGMANS, GREEN, & Co., London.A System of Surgery, Theoretical and Practical, in Treatises by

Various Authors. Edited by T. Holmes, M.A.Cantab., IIIIdJ. W. Hulke, F.R.S. Third Edition, in three volumes,pp. 1109-964-942.

A Manual of Pathology. By Joseph Coats, M.D. pp. 902. With339 Illustrations.

Light Science for Leisure Hours. Third Series. By Richard A.Proctor, B.A.Camb. pp. 309. ;

On Sound. By John Tyndall, F.R.S. Fourth Edition, pp.464.With Illustrations.

MACMILLAN & Co., London.Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Development. By Francis

Galton,F.R.S. pp. 387. With Plates and Illustrations. !Tables of Materia Medica: a Companion to the Materia Medica

Museum. By T. Lauder Brunton, M.D. &c. New Editim.pp. 201.

PUTNAM’S SONS, New York.Insanity, its Causes and Prevention. By H. P. Stearns, M.D,

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SAMPSON Low, MARSTON, & Co., London.The High Alps in Winter, or Mountaineerina in Search t

Health. By Mrs. Fred. Burnaby. pp. 204. With Plates aniMaps.

SMITH, ELDER, & Co., London.A Guide to Therapeutics. By Robert Farquharson, M.P,,

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Thresh, D.Sc., F.C.S.-Pathology and Morbid Anatomy of Tubercle;by Dr. N. Sann.-The Opium Habit, its Successful Treatment by theAvena Sativa ; by E. H. M. Sell, M.D.-On the Occurrence of theBacillus Tuberculosis in Tuberculous Disease; by T. ilf. Praddan,M.D.-First Annual Report of the Provincial Board of Ontario, for1882. (Robinson, Toronto.)-Herbert Spencer on Ameriean Nervous-ness; by Dr. G. M. Beard. (Patnam’s Sons, New York.)—On Miltand Milk Pollution; by Dr. J. Dougall.—Health Lectures for thePeople, Nos. 6 & 7. - Lecture on Alcohol, by J. B. Curgenven.M.R.C.S.-Address on the Treatment of Pulmonary Consumption: byDr. McCall Anderson.-Clinical Notes in West Africa; by Wm. AllanL.R.C.S.I.—The History of Shakespeare’s Brooch.