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careful observation and sound judgment, but tbpy are onlysmall monographs or essays. Dr. Vigla was soon so absorbedby an extensive clientè7e that he had hardly time for thegetting up of large books. It may be said that he fairlybroke down under the pressure of work. He rarely took aholiday, and was too entirely devoted to his patients andforgetful of himself. In June, 1870, he was suddenly seizedby an attack of acute endocarditis, attended by congestionof both lungs. Since then he lingered on, suffering pa-tiently, and a few days ago he died, in the fifty-ninth yearof his age. ____

THOMAS LITCHFIELD, M.R.C.S.AT Augusta House, Twickenham, on the 29hh ult., this

amiable and accomplished practitioner died in his seventy-seventh year. His long life was also a laborious and

honourable one. Having studied at Edinburgh and Mid-dlesex Hospital, he took the diploma of the Royal Collegeof Surgeons of England in 1817. Settling in practice atTwickenham, he became surgeon to the Carpenters Ct)m-pany’s Asylum, district medical officer and public vaccinatorto the Brentford Union, medical referee to several insurancecompanies, and late surgeon to the Government TrainingCollege at Wbitton. He was a frequent and effective con-tributor to THE LANCET from its earliest date ; and, besideshis papers in its columns, was the author of " Advice tothe Young Mother on the Management of Herself andher Infant." In general literature he was known andadmired for his" Tales of Four Nations"; "WarkworthCastle"; and "The Coldstreams and the Musqueteers."No man was more widely or highly respected in the com-munity than Mr. Litchfield. His professional skill, his

indefatigable energy, his wise counsel, and his simplepiety, commanded at once the respect and the affection ofall with whom his name had become familiar. The pro-fession has lost one. of its most honoured members, and weourselves one of our earliest friends, in this good oldsurgeon, "in practice before 1815."

Medical News.APOTHECARIES’ HALL. - The following gentlemen

passed their examination in the Science and Practice of Medi-cine, and received certificates to practise, on Aug. 29th :-

Blake, John Ffrench, Galway, Ireland.Eagar, Robert Taylor Sumner, Sheffield.Patron, Robert Haldane, Brigg, Lincolnshire.Waghorn, Albert Richard, Aittrley.

On the same day the following gentlemen passed their FirstProfessional Examination :-Thomas Highton, St. Thomas’s Hospital; Edmund Knowles, St. Mary’s

Hospital ; William Squire, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; Otho RobertTravers, Guy’s Hospital.

THE steamship " Deborah," from St. Petersburgfor London, is, according to last advices, detained in quaran-tine at Texel, the captain having died on the passage,presumably from cholera.THE Physician-General of the Swiss Federal Army

has been required by the military authorities to supplyreturns of cases of damage to the eyes and surroundingparts of the face caused by the discharge of breech-loaders.THE Surgico-Medical Academy of St. Petersburg

has formed special courses of instruction for femalestudents. It is expected that, if the sums devoted to theestablishment prove sufficient, the Russian ladies will no

longer seek abroad an instruction provided for them athome.

CHINCHONA IN INDIA.-The reports of the progressin India of the cultivation of chinchona continue to be ofthe most satisfactory description. A knowledge of thespecies best suited to the different localities of thepeninsula is, according to the Planter’s Price Current, beingrapidly perfected, so much so as to warrant the hope thatin the course cf a few years an abundant supply of the in-valuable bark will be obtained throughout the wholecountry.

Medical Appointments.Cooss, L. R., M R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer and Public

Vaccinator for the newly formed Clovelly District of the BidefordUnion, Devon.

Cox, E , M.R. C.S E., has been appoinied Medical Offiefr for District No. Sof the Barnstaple Union, vice C. Johnston, M.R C.S.E., deceased.

DuRHAm, A. E., F.R.C.S.E, Assistant-Surgeon to Guy’s Hospital, has beenappointed Surgeon to that institution, vice Alfred Poland, F.R.C.S.E.,deceased.

DYER, S. S., M.D., has been appointed Medical Officer to the RingwoodBraneh of the Hampshire Friendly Society.

EEbBHNp., W., M.D., L.F.P. & S. Glas., has been appointed Medical Officerand Puhiie Vaccinator for Culross, Perthshire, vice J. Scott, F.K.C.S.Ed.,deceased.

HACKNEY, A. H., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer for thenewly arranged Warbleton District of the Hailsham Union, Sussex.

HAWAhD, F R, M R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer and PublicVaccinator for the newly formed Leagrave District ..f the Luton Union,Bedfordshire.

Hoaatts, A. C., F.R.C.S.I., has been appointed a Surgeon to the StanleyHospital, Liverpool.

KEMPTHOHNE, J., L R C.P.L.,F.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officerand Public Vaccinator tor the Callington or No. 7 Di tict of the Liq-keard Union, Cornwall, vice A. Macintosh, M.D., L.F.P. & S. Glas.,resigned.

LITTLJ!, W., M.D., L.R.C.P Ed., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Surgeon-Accoucheur to the Toxteth-park Lyiug-in Charity, Liverpool, vice B.Barrett, M.D., M.R.C.S.E., deceased.

LLOYD, S., M.R.C.S.t:., has been appointed Medical Officer and Public Yae-cinator for the Leigh or No. 4 District of the Martley Union, Worcester-shire, vice F. A. Cramer, L.R.C.P Ed., M.R.C.S E., deceased.

LowsoN, D. F., M B., C.M, has been appointed Resident Medical Officer tothe General H spital and Dispensary for Sick Children, Manchester,vice S. F. Murphy, M.R.C.S.E., resigned from ill-health

MAToc, G., M.D., lY1.R.C.S.E., has been reappointed Medical Officer andPublic Vaccinator for the Trelleck District of the Monmouth Uuion, atan increased salary.

PAREER, R., M. B., B.Sc., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed a Physician to theS aniey Hospital, Liverpool.

RICHUDS, W. A., M.D., L.R.C.P.L., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed As-sistant-Physician to the County Hobpltal, Winchester, vice F. Wm.Richards, M.B., L.R.C.P.L., deceased.

RoUsE, E., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Medical Officer and Public Vae-cinator for the newly arranged Hartland District of the Bideford Union.

SBABpE, A., M.D, has been appointed Assistant Visiting Surgeon for Wool-wich under the provisions of the Contagious Diseases Acts (Women),vice J. B. Ryley, L.R.C.P.Ed., resigned.

TUDGE, J. M’D., M.lt.C.S.E., has been appointed Resident Medical Officerto the Westminster General Dispensary, Gerrard-street, Soho, vice F. S.Tuck, M.R.C S.E., resigned.

WILSON, F., M.D., has been appointed Medical Officer to the FreemantleBranch of the Hampshire Friendly Society.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

BARWELL.-On the 1st inst., at George-street, Hanover-square, the wife ofRichard Barwell, F.R C.S.E., of a daughter.

BENTLEY.—On the 29th ult., at Shannou View, O’Brien’s-bridge, Co. Clare,the wife of H. Bentley, L.R.C.S.I., of a daughter.

COATHUPE.—On the 30th ult., at Manchester, the wife of Edwin WiseCoathupe, M.R.C.S E., of a daughter.

FREEMAN.—On the 3rd inst., at Marine-terrace, Southsea, the wife of AlfiedJohn Freeman, M.D. (of San Remo), of a daughter.

INCE.-On the 291h of July, at Rawulpindi, Puujdb, the wife of Dr. JohnInce, Civil Surgeon, of a daughter.

MACLAGAN.—On the 29th ult., at Nethergate, Dundee, the wife of T. J.Maclagan, M.D , of a daughter.

MILLER -0n the 27th ult., at North Camp, Aldershot, the wife of StaffSurgeon C. M. M. Miller, of a daughter.

ROBERTSON.-On the 24th ult., the wife of D. W. Robertson, Surgeon, ofPickering, Yorks, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.M‘DONALD-POGSON.-On the 2nd of July, at St. John’s Church, River

Ousp, Tasmania, Wallis M’Donald, M.R.C.S.E., L.R,.C.P.Ed., only son ofT. W. M’Donald, Esq., Inspector-General of Hospital and Fleets, ofTeignmouth, Devon, to Jane Anna Louisa, second daughter of the lateGeo. Thos. Pogson, Esq., of Rotherwood, Tasmania.

MORRIS-WATSON.-On the 20th inst., at the Parish Ct.urch of Stand, Man-chester, Joseph Morris, Esq., Surgeon, of Leamington, to GertrudeHannah, youngest daughter of the Rev. J. W. Watson, M.A., Vicar ofChrist Church, Folkestone. _____

DEATHS.EDMUNDS.—On the 9th of June, at Cape Town, Wm. Edmunds, M.R.C.S.E.,

of Robden Island, Cape of Good Hope.HOWELL,.-On the 24th ult., T. L. Howell, M.R.C.S.E., of Llanelly, Car-

marthenshire.KEMP.-On the 2ud inst., of typhoid fever, Emma, wife of B. Kemp, Surgeon,

of Horbury, Wakefield.Roscow.-On the 29th ult., at Ivy Cottage, near Rochdale, and late of

Brussels, Thos. Tattersall Roscow, M.D., B.A., M.13., L.M., M.R.C.P.L.,aged 59.

SLAYTOR.-On 26th ult., C. P. Slaytor, M.R.C.S.E., of Stockland, Devon,

B aged 51.WALKER.—On the 1st inst., Alex. Macnamee Walker, M.D., F.R.C.P.Ed., ofl Tunbridge Wells, aged 59.