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exists between them (denied by Dr. Cop-land and Mr. North), which parallel Ishould have drawn up this week, were Inot otherwise very much and unavoidablyengaged. I have the honour to be

Your obedient servant,A. B. GRANVILLE, M.D.

Grafton-street, 12th March, 1833.A. B. GRANVILLE, M.D.

MIDDLESEX MEDICAL SOCIETY,

Tuesday, March 5th, 1833.Dr. B. HAWEINS, in the Chair.

TnE first meeting of this new Societywas held in the Middlesex Hospital on theabove evening, at eight P. 7ki. Rather morethan about thirty members had enrolledtheir names on the list of members. Therewere a few visitors present, making an

attendance of about forty persons. Thebusiness commenced by the chairman in-

quiring whether rheumatism had increasedwithin the last quarter, as compared witheither of those which had preceded it. Thegeneral opinion seemed to be, that inflam-

matory or general rheumatism had not in-creased, but was diminisLing, but thatsciatica was the kind generally met with oflate.

Mr. GoFF here made some remarks onthe absence of malignant diseases generallysince the appearance of cholera in the city,and cited in support of his argument thefact of fifteen well-marked fever cases beingin the hospital in one week before thecholera broke cut,. while, since its dis-

appearance, there had been but one caseadmitted, in which, on the cessation of the,active ’symptoms,’ the patient was coveredwith a . rash. _ It was then remarked thatthe same phenomena occurred after the epi-demic of 1826 in the city, when fever wasseldom seen for entire months.The twenty minutes devoted to ° con-

versation" having expired, Mr. BEAVORbrought forward a paper from which heread a singular case, treated by Dr. Wilson,in Percy’s Ward. When the man entered,he laboured under aedema, confined to thesuperior part of the body; but on exami-nation with the stethoscope, it was alsodiscovered that there existed aneurism ofthe aorta, together with partial obliterationof the superior vena cava, which diagnosiswas found on post-mortem examination tohe perfectly correct. The discussion nar-rowed itself into the question as to how theblood could have been supplied to the ex-tremities and trunk. Very contrary opinionswere expressed on the subject. The dis-cussion finally turned on inflammation of

’the veins, in which some denied its occur.rence as leading to the inflammation of theheart, but admitted that fatal cases werecaused by a foreign substance having en-tered the veins, to which, however, no

name was given.On the whole, the debate was of a brisk

character. We should add, that we are

not certain that the names of the speakersabove-mentioned are quite correctly spelled.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Thanks for the paper communicated byDr. Epps.The valuable case forwarded by Mr.

Proth6roe Smith shaU be inserted next week.

The communication forwarded by BaronHeurteloup shall be published in the next LANCET.j In the copy of a Circular which has beenforwarded to us, we observe that Dr. Hors, in hisaddress to the governors of St. George’s Hospital,states that he retired in consequence ot the

"pecu-

liar claims " of the Yelloav Goth. Will Dr. Hopeinform the medical public what are those 11 pecu-liar claims ?" If not, the proceeding will be re-

garded as a pitce of " peculiar" toad-eating sub-serviency to the Bats.

’ Papers not inserted are not deemedcalculated for our pages.-A very great number ofcommunications must stand over.’ In forwarding Newspapers, our corre-

spondents would oblige us by marking passages toHhich they are desirous of -directing our attention.

’

Foreign testimonials are wholly spurnedat the College in Lincoln’s Inn Fields. At the Col-lege of Physicians, foreign diptemas procure furtheir pnsi-essors an examiaation for the hcense ofthat body.

Querist. Payment can be sl1ccessfull.vdemanded in a count of law on the written engage-ment mentioned.

The very proper questions asl-,ed by manymedical students, respecting the Apothecaries Coin-pany, shall be answered at some length on anotheroccasion.A Stanch Friend of The Lancet. The

components of that medicine are, in reality, un-known, as the analysis published by the proprietor,is said to have been an untrue one. The genuinepteparation does not produce such secondary effectson the head as does the common tincture of epium.-Persons have been known to be attacked bycholera a second, and even a third time.

’ Opium. The examination in Latin is atpresent limited, we believe, to the first three booksof Celsus, but there is no law to prevent the Exam-iners from demanding from candidates for the li-cense a competent knowledge of any portion 01 thatwork.

Mr. Warburton’s Committee will, we be-lieve, demolish the sinecure part of the NationalVaceme Board. The working portion may be ad-vantageously continued, and the government pay-ments extended to a much greater number of com-petent vacciaators.The hints of Z. Z. Z. are appreciated,

and will be always turned to account oa the mostappropriate occasions.

Press of other matter prevents us frominserting this week our article respecting Clot Bey’slithotomy, and report the Loud. Med. Soc.