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Mr. George William Glasier, of Lincoln, has been elected by the Poor.lawGuardians to be Medical Otieer tor the South District of the LincolnUnion, in the room of Mr. O-borne Johnson, who has held the appointment(to which he has been ele, ted annuaby in consequence of non-residence withinthe district) for the last three years. The latter gentleman has intimated hisintention of appealing to the Puor-law Board.

Dr. Fitzpatrick ha, been selcctd to act as substitute for Dr. Geo. MatthewsDen, for the Kilmaeavogue Dispensary District, Irela4d.Mr. James Golby Rusher has ber’n elected Medical Officer for the Upton-

Snodbury District, in the Pershore Union, Worcestershire, in the room of Mr.Thos. Wm. Walsh, reigned.Mr. E. Stokes Roberts, junior, has been elected Houss-Surgeon to the

Chester General Infirmary, in the room of Mr. J. Hughes; and Dr. W. N.Duggan has been elected Assistant House-Surgeon, in the room of Dr. GeorgeCharles Walker.

Dr. John Maule Sutton has been elected one of the Physicians of the Queen’sHospital, Birmingham, in the room of Dr. Wm. Francis Nuott, resig led.

Mr. John Bridges Mason has been appointed Medical Officer for DistrictNo. 1 of the Ross Union, Here ordshire, and to the Ross Dispensary, vice Mr.Chas. Edmunds Thomson, resigned.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

On the 31st of Dec., at Navan, Ireland, the wife of Wm. Timmin, M.D., ofa son.On the 5th inst., at the Hospital, Rutland-square, Dublin, the wife of H. S.

Halahan, L.K.Q.C.P.I., of a daughter.On the 6th inst., at Castletown, Isle of Man, the wife of Thomas Wise, Esq.,

Surgeon, of a daughter.On the 9th inst., at Portland Villas, Plymouth, the wife of R. T. C. Scott,

Esq., of Melby, Zetland, Staff-Surgeon, Royal Navy, of H.M.’s Ship RoyalAdela:de, of a daughter.On the llth inst., at Somerset-street, Portnian- square, the wife of Wm. 0.

Priestley, M.D., of a son.On the llth inst., at Hanwell, the wife ofW. H. 0. Sankey, M.D., of a son.On the llth inst., at Coning’sby, Lincolnshire, the wife of Carr Holstok

Roberts, Esq., M.R.C.S., of a daughter.On the 12th inst., at Brook-street, Stoke-upon-Trent, the wife of Charles

Holtom, E<q., M.R.C.S., of a son.On the 13th inst., at Finsbury-square, the wife of S. Gibbon, A.B., M.B., of a

daughter. -

DEATHS.On the 28th of Sept., at Church-square, Cape-town, Cape of Good Hope,

George H. Syme, M.D.On the 6th inst., at Southernhay, Exeter, Laura, relict of John Biackall,

M.D., aged 89.On the 10th inst., at South Mnor House, near Sunderland, J. R. Croudaee,

M.D., only son of the late J. Croudace, Esq., Surgeon, of Sunderland.On the 9th inst., James Williams, M.D., of Southwold, Sunbik, one of the

Borough Magistrates, and Alderman of the Corporation, aged 45.On the 13th inst., Susan, the wife of John Knaggs, Esq., M.R.C.S., of

Euston-grove, late of Euston-square.

Medical Diary of the Week.

MONDAY, J..ur. 20 ......

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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22

THURSDAY, Jjuir. 23 ...

FRIDAY, JaPr. 24 .........

SATURDAY, jAjr. 25 ...

(ROYAL FREE HOSpITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.METROPOLITAN FREJi HOSPITAL. - Operations,J 2 P.M.MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. - 8t P.M. Mr.I I. Baker Brown, "On a Case of SuppressedL Menses, with Absence of the Vagina."fGuT’s HosplTAL.&mdash;Operations, 1n P.M.WESTMINSTER HospITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.ROYAL INSTITUTION.-3 P.M. Mr. John Marshall," On the Phys’ology of the Senses."

3UNT_OR MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.-8 PM.Meeting’ at University College. - Mr. Griffiths,"On the Greater Frequency of the Depositionof Tubercle at the Apices of the Lungs."..PATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. &mdash; 8 P.M.

’iiiiDBLESEX HospITAL.-Operations, 1 P.M.ST. MARTa HospiTAL.&mdash;Operations, 1 P.M.UNIVERSITY COLLEGB HOSPITAL. - Operatione,ll 2 P.M.

) BoTAL OETHOpDio HOSPITAL. - Operations, 2P.M.GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.&mdash;8 P.M.

ST. GEORGE’S HOSpITAL.-Operations, 1 P.M.CENTRAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC H08PITALe -Operations, 1 P.M.

LONDON HosPLTAL.-Operations,1 a P.M.

.- GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, KING’S CROSS.-

Operations, 2 P.M.LONDON SpRaicAL HoMB.&mdash;Operations, 2 P.M.RorAL INSTITUTION,-3 P.M. Prof. Tyndall, "OnI-leat." "

rBSi’MINSTEB OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL. - Opera-) tions, 1% P.M.

.-j RofAL INSTITUTION. &mdash; 8 P.M. Prof. Rolleston,

l "On the Affinities and Differences of the Brainof Man and the Brains of Certain Animals."(ST. THOMAS’S HospiTAL.&mdash;Operatioub, 1 P.M.

I ST. I3AST$oLOazsw’a HoapiTAL.&mdash;Operations, 1&frac12;P.M.

KiN&’a CoLLESB HospiTAL.&mdash;Operations, 1! P.M.! CnARiN6-CEoss HospiTAL.&mdash;Ooerations, 2.M.ROYAL INSTITUTION.-3 P.M. Rev. A. S. D’Orsey,l own the English Language."

THE LANCET INQUIRYON THE

INFLUENCE OF RAILWAY TRAVELLINGUPON PUBLIC HEALTH.

THE fourth Report of the Commission will appear next week,and will include the consideration of the Influences of RailwayTravelling on persons affected with Diseases of the Heart,Lungs, Brain, Spinal Cord, and other Organs.

To Correspondents.,4. J. W.-In the event of any alteration in the Medical Aet, it is probable thatthe clauses referred to will meet with due consideration. Registration is notcompulsory; but no unregistered practitioner can recover in a court of lawfor services rendered, or give a certificate which would have the force of alegal document.

M.B.-The subject will be noticed at the proper time.A Young Naturalist.-Whether swallows do or do not hibernate, in the proper

sense of the term, is not yet decided. Refer to Mr. Gosse’s Romance ofNatural History," Second Series.

3ff. Jerrvison (Rothwell) shall receive a communication from us shortly.