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SURGEONS OF GLASGOW.-At the July sittings of theScottish Conjoint Medical Board in Glasgow the followingcandidates passed the respective examinations zFirst Examination (five years’ coMMe).—John Robert Dunn Holtby,Queen’s College, Belfast (with distinction); John David Jones andAndrew Downie Macfie, St. Mungo’s College, Glasgow; MatthewHamilton Fleming, Anderson’s College Medical School, Glasgow ;and Charles Nyhan, Queen’s College, Cork.

Second Examination (five years’ coMe).—John M’Arthur, St.

Mungo’s College Medical School; Henry Ruddock Morehead,Queen’s College, Cork; George Lees Baker, Owens College, Man-chester ; William Tregea, University of Birmingham; and HughGraham Anderson and James Beveridge M’Gregor, Anderson’sCollege Medical School.

Second Examination (four years’ coMMe).—Robert Roberts, WilliamHenry Williams, and Edward Wallen Strickland, Glasgow School:Alexander Jack, Queen’s College, Belfast; and John Cretin, Uni-versity College, Bristol.

Third .E);3MH6[Mo?t.—Eva Mary Handley and Anne F. Cleaver,London School of Medicine for Women ; William Noble Walker,Anderson’s College Medical School ; David H. Vickery, Queen’sCollege, Cork, and Trinity College, Dublin; Christopher Parker,Westminster Hospital School; George Henry Waugh, OwensCollege, Manchester ; Joseph Owens, Edinburgh Medical School;John Priestley Newton, St. Mungo’s College ; and Robert Crothers,Edinburgh University and St. Mungo’s College.

Final Examination and admitted Licentiates of the three Coöperati:ng.A uthoritie8. -Alexander Allan, St. Mungo’s College (with honours) ;Robert Calder Blyth, William Douglas Cockburn, ThomasM’Master Glen, Archibald Monteath Laurie, James RobertRobertson, John Walker, and Alexander Russell Young, St.Mungo’s College; Robert Cumming. M.A., B.D., Glasgow Univer-sity and Anderson’s College ; John Mulvihill Gerety, Ivan ArthurJackson Russell, Gerald William Adams, and John Gilmour, Edin-burgh Medical School ; Anne Fenton Cleaver and Margaret LucyTyler, London School of Medicine for Women ; David HaddenVickery, Queen’s College, Cork, and Trinity College. Dublin ;Christopher Parker, Westminster Hospital; Thorvald Maurentuis

Haugen, Royal Frederick University of Christiania ; John Martin,Queen’s Colleges, Galway and Belfast ; and Charles E. Hargitt,Queen’s College, Birmingham, and Sheffield Medical School.

UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN.-The followingdegrees and diploma have been conferred on the under-mentioned:-Degree of Doctor of Science (D.Sc.).-Charles McLeod, M.A.,Aberdeen; and John Rennie, B.Sc., Aberdeen.

Degree of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.).-George Alex. Burnett, M.A.,Echt (with special distinction in Botany) ; William DawsonHenderson, M.A., Buckie (with special distinction in Zoology) ;and James Wood, M.A., Bucksburn.

Degree of Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)-Alex. Gregory Allan, M.A.,M.B., C.M., London ; James Snowie Cooper, M.B., C.M., NewMachar; Wm. Cruickshank, M.B., C.M., Mozambique, EastAfrica; Archibald Dingwall, M.A., M.B., C.M., London; SimonJohn Coulter Fraser, M.B., C.M., London; George Geddes, M.B.,C.M., Heywood, Lancs; George Alexander Gibb, M.B., C.M.,Birmingham; Alex. Jamieson. M.B., C.M., London; t CharlesMurray, M.A., M.B., Ch.B., Aberdeen (new regulations); t GeorgeFord Petrie, M.B., Ch.B., Elstree,:,Herts (new regulations); *JohnMoir Petrie,* M.B., Ch.B., Thornton Heath. Surrey (new regula-1 itions) ; Alex. William Reid, M.B., C.M., Whitebridge, Inverness(new regulations); George Stephen, M.B., C.M., West Auckland,county Durham; "Frederick Mayfield Tindall, M.B., C.M., Bedling-ton, Northumberland ; Robert Samuel Trotter, M.B., C.M., Bedling-ton, Northumberland; William Toach, M.B., Ch.B., Dundee (newregulations); "’Alex. Urquhart, M.A., M.B., Ch.B., Shepperton-on-Thames (new regulations) ; and *John Wishart, M.B., Ch.B., B.Sc.,Bedlington, Northumberland (new regulations).

Theses awarded commendation.t Theses awarded highest honours.

Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.) and Bachelor of Surgery(Ch.B.) (New Ordinances).-Benjamin James Alcock, M.A.,Cruden; Richard Gavin Brown, Aberdeen; 19 Alexander Callam,Glenbuchat, Aberdeenshire; § Margaret Duncan, Turriff ; WilliamElwood, Grimsby; Isabella Gunn, Cullen; Matthew HughsHarris, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia; Maurice BuchanJohnson, Kew, Melbourne, Australia ; Alexander Fraser MacBean,M.A., Peterhead; William Sim M’Gillivray, Macduff ; DuncanJames Macrae, Stornoway; James Webster Miller, Ardclach,Nairn; Frank Le Quesne Pelly, Londonderry. Ireland; FrankGellie Tennant Peterkin, Aberdeen; George Baird Sleigh, M.A.Strichen, Aberdeenshire; Isabel Copland Smith, Aberdeen; ’41§Wm.Clarke Souter, Nigg, Aberdeen.

Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.) and Maste’!’ in Surgery(G.M.) (Old Ordinances).-George Charles M’Gregor, Keith, Banff-shire ; Allaster Lachlan Napier Maclean, Auckland New Zealand.

1 With second class honours.§ Passed Final examination with "distinction "

Diploma in Public Health.-Kenneth Fraser, M.B., Ch.B. Aberd.,Inverness; John Halley, M.B., C.M. Aberd., Aberdeen; JamesMacfarlane. M.B., Ch.B. Aberd., Aberdeen; Arthur John Milne,M.B., Ch.B.Aberd., Aberdeen; John Stuart Rose, M.B., Ch.B.Aberd., Grantown-on-Spey ; James Andrew Simpson, M.B., Oh.B.Aberd., Alford; Robert Alex. Slessor, M.A., M.B., Ch..BAberd., Aberdeen; William Edward Taylor, M.B.. ChB Aberd.,Aberdeen; and George Clark Trotter, M.B., Ch.B. Bdin., Bdim-burgh. ’ ’ ,. -- . -- -

The John Murray medal and scholarship, awarded to the most dis--tinguished graduate (M.B.) of 1903, was gained by Alexander Callam...Glenbuchat, and Hugh Maclean, Daviot, Inverness (equal); and theGeorge Thompson fellowship was awarded to George Grant Macdonald,M.A., M.B., Ch.B., Cornhill, Banff.

The following candidates have been successful in the-

) examinations indicated :-

* First Portion of the First Professional Examination.-Ernest E.’

Alloway, John Anderson, Isabel M. Asher, James C. Bell,’ Alexander A. Bisset, John Brown, Robert W. Chalmers, James B.

Cruickshank, James G. Danson, William J. Gerrard, Adam,Gilchrist, Fiddes M. Greig, William B. Hargraves, Matthew Hay,

? Mabel Hector, Elizabeth J. Innes. Edward Johnson, James W.’

Littlejohn, William G. Macarthur, Margaret C. Macdonald, James,. D. Mackay, Agnes Mackinnon, Daniel J. M’Kinnon, William J.’ M’Intosh, Farquhar Macrae, Allan Massey, William Mearns,

Arthur J. Milne, James A. Milne, Tom B. Nicholls, Ian Ogilvie,’ Secosseue Piarroux, Douglas Porter, John Rennie, Alexander

Stewart, William L. Stewart, Robert Tindall, William G. Watt, andi Douglas Wood.

First Projessional Examination. -Williamson Abel, ∥ William Ander-son (Banff), John W. Archibald, James W. Barnett, Agnes V.

i Baxter, Thomas Clapperton, James A. M. Clark, James A. David-son, ∥Walter J. Dilling, Robert L. P. Duncan, John Ferries,Williamina S. E. Fitzpatrick, Robert P. Garrow, Theodore G. Gray,James A. Hendry, 11 Alexander Horn, 4F David Horn, ∥ John E.Kesson, Benjamin Knowles, James Leask, ∥ George H. C. Lumsden,.Robert W. Macpherson, Agnes Macrae, George Mitchell, JamesMitchell, John P. Mitchell, Algernon E. C. Myers, ∥ Andrew M’K.Niven, Alfred J. Pirie, James Robertson, Robert Ross, ¶ RobertW. A. Salmond, Arthur Shepherd, Alexander H. Skinner. John P.-’ Stuart, James E. G. Thomson, Ernest Walker, James J. P. Wilson,and John M’I. Wilson.

Second Professional Examination.-James Adams, Alexander Brown,Duncan Coutts. Richard Eager, Francis W. Falconer, William M.Ferguson, Alistair S. Garden, Charles B. Gerrard, James S.M’Connachie, James M. Macdonald, Joseph M. Macdonald, James-M’Intosh, John A. Milne, Gavin E. A. Pc.trie, Alexander Robertson,Paul B. Roth, Robert F. Russell, John Sangster, James A.Scharenguivel, Donald G. Skeen, Charles M. Smith, and RobertN. Thomson.

Third Professional Examination.-George Adam, Walter A. Elwood,William G. Gordon, Henry W. Jeans, George E. Macallan,Helen M’Glashan, Roderick Mackay, ∥ William M. M’Pherson,Alexander M’Robbie, Archibald D. Pringle, James Reid, ∥Charlotte"A. F. Schultze, James H. Thomson, and Robert J. B. Wright.∥ Passed with distinction. ¶ Passed with much distinction.

The following have been appointed additional examinersfor four years :-Zoology : Philip J. White, M.D. Edin.,professor of zoology in the University College of NorthWales, Bangor. Physiology : Benjamin Moore, M.A.,D. Sc. R. U.I., professor of bio-chemistry, University College,Liverpool. Medicine : Charles Oliver Hawthorne, M. D.Glasg., London. Midwifery : James Haig Ferguson, M.D.Edin., lecturer in midwifery, School of Medicine of the RoyalColleges, Edinburgh. D.P.H. : William Bruce, M.A., M.D.,LL.D., Dingwall.THE JENNER INSTITUTE OF PREVENTIVE MEDI-

CINE.-An extraordinary general meeting of the members ofthe Jenner Institute of Preventive Medicine was held onJuly 22nd in the board-room of the institute, Chelsea-bridge-road, to consider a motion to alter the name of theinstitute to "The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine."Sir Henry Roscoe occupied the chair and in moving the-proposal said that out of motives of delicacy, which theyall appreciated, Lord Lister, the chairman of the in-stitute, had not attended the meeting. Sir Henry Roscoeread extracts from the memorandum which explained thereasons that had induced the governing body to proposethe change of name, and said members would beglad to know that the name proposed had met withthe full approval of Lord Iveagh who had beensuch a munificent donor to the institute. He was sure.

that all present would agree that they could not have aname which was more consonant with the feelings of thosewho were interested in the progress of preventive medicinethan that of the Lister Institute. He thought it would be-approved not only by the members present but by all themembers and also by the medical profession generally andthe public at large. Sir Joseph Fayrer, in seconding themotion, said he had never before seconded a motion withgreater pleasure. He did not think it possible to have a.more appropriate name than the one proposed. Dr. W. J.Simpson supported the motion which was unanimouslyadopted. A second meeting will be held on Friday,August 7th, when the resolution will be submitted forconfirmation.

WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL.-On Saturday, July 18th, the annual distribution of prizes-was held in the board room of the hospital, in the presenceof a large gathering of the students and their friends, themembers of the staff, and governors of the hospital. Mrs.

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Allchin, Mrs. de Havilland Hall, Mrs. Spencer, Mrs. Gossage,Mrs. Hake, and other ladies were also present. In openingthe proceedings the dean announced that he had justreceived a letter from Lord Strathcona, who had kindlyconsented to preside, deeply regretting his inability to

attend, owing to an injury to his foot. In the unavoidableabsence of Lord Strathcona the prizes were presented byMr. G. V. Yool, the chairman of the school of medicinecommittee. While congratulating the prize-winners Mr. Yoolwished the other competitors better luck next time andadvised them to try again. The prize list was as follows :-J. A. B. Hicks, scholarship of 110 guineas ; J. N. Beadles,scholarship of £60 ; G. G. James, scholarship of £60 ; ;A. W. Hayward, scholarship of £40 ; G. H. Curtis, scholarshipof £40 ; W. C. Nimmo, Chadwick prize of 20 guineas formedicine and surgery ; C. Parker, "Bird" " medal and prizeof the value of £14 for obstetric medicine ; G. G. James,treasurer’s prize of 10 guineas for anatomy, biology, and

chemistry ; J. J. W. Evans, prizes for practical chemistryand physics ; H. Galloway, prize for biology ; M. J. Cromie, prize for midwifery ; C. Fletcher, prize for histology ;W. France, prize for pharmacology and prize for

medicine ; W. Ball, prize for pathology ; C. G. Browne,prize for anatomy ; and R. Elworthy, prize for physiology.

-In moving a vote of thanks to the chairman Mr. W. G.

Spencer expressed regret at the absence of Lord Strathcona,who had taken so deep an interest in the medical side of

university education. He also alluded to the affiliation ofthe London medical schools to the University of London andhoped that the university would make some provision soonfor relieving the medical schools from the teaching ofelementary science.

Parliamentary Intelligence.HOUSE OF COMMONS.

THURSDAY, JULY 23RD.

Vivisection.Mr. PERKS asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department

whether he was aware that during the year 1902 there were 12,000 ex-periments performed on living animals without anaesthetics and, if so,whether he would state if the feeding experiments forming part of the12,000 included starving animals to death and also forced overfeeding ;and whether these experiments were authorised by the Home Office.-Mr. AxExs-DouGLes replied : The return which has been laid beforeParliament shows that, under licences and certificates duly authorisedby the Secretary of State for the Home Department, over 12,000 experi-ments (being mostly inoculations and in no case involving any seriousoperation) were performed in 1902 without anaesthetics. Neither thestarving of animals to death nor the forced overfeeding of animals isincluded among the experiments authorised or performed. In the caseof one gentleman who was authorised to perform certain experiments,including four upon rats or rabbits kept without food for certain periodsat the end of which they were to be killed, the return shows oneexperiment.experiment.

Civil Sitrgeons and the Army.Mr. SoAMES asked the Secretary of State for War whether in

terminating the engagements of civil surgeons attached to the RoyalArmy Medical Corps, inasmuch as by the conditions of their appoint-ment such surgeons were required to devote their whole timeto army duties, the services of those who held civil appoint-ments in addition would be dispensed with before those of gentle-men holding no such appointments.-Mr. BRODRICK replied: Theengagements of the civil surgeons who are devoting their wholetime to military duty, and which are liable to termination on theservices of an army medical officer becoming available, are quitedistinct from those of civil surgeons who do not devote their wholetime to military duty and which are liable to termination at any time,such appointments being made locally. The latter are available alwaysto meet local difficulties and are paid considerably less than theformer. The proposal of the honourable Member would thereforethrow additional expenditure on the State without any correspondingadvantages.

FRIDAY, JULY 24TH.

Plagzse in India.Sir CHARLES CAYZER asked the Secretary of State for India whether

he had received the report of the Commission appointed by theGovernment of India to inquire into the cause of the Molkowaldisaster, in the Punjab, where 19 people died fiorn tetanus after plagueinoculation; and, if so, whether he would state what action heintended to take on the recommendation of the Commission witha view to re-establishing confidence in anti-plague inoculation; andwhether he would lay the papers before the House ?-Lord GEORGEHAMILTON replied: The report has reached me and is under con-sideration. It is confined to ascertaining the circumstances whichled to the issue of impure plague prophylactic from the Bombaylaboratory in the autumn of 1902 and the persons responsible for thesame. The question of the process to be used in future for the pre-paration of the fluid, or of the organisation of the laboratory, was notreferred to the Commission and is not dealt with in its report.Measures had previously been taken by the Government to re-

etablish confidence by reverting to the former method of preparingthe prophylactic and by strengthening the staff of the laboratory.At the present stage I am unable to state what orders will be issuedupon the report or whether the papers can be laid before the House.

MONDAY, JULY 27TH.Humanised Lymph.

Mr. WEIR asked the Lord Advocate whether, seeing that the use ofhumanised lymph is prohibited in England and most other Europeancountries, he would consider the expediency of taking such steps asmay be necessary to prevent parochial vaccinators in Scotland fromadopting a system of arm-to-arm vaccination which had beencondemned by a Royal Commission and also by leading medicalauthorities in Europe.-The LoB,n ADVOCATE: The hon. Member ismisinformed in stating that humanised lymph is prohibited inEngland. It is not at present in contemplation to take the stepssuggested in the question.

Glanders among Men and Horses.Mr. KEARLEY asked the President of the Board of Agriculture

whether he was aware that glanders among horses and men hadbeen more than usually prevalent during the past year and. ifso, could he say whether the returns showed a considerable increasegenerally over those of 20 years ago and whether the depart-ment intended in the circumetances to carry out the recommen-dations made four years since by a departmental committee.-Mr. FELLOWS, who replied, said : There has recently been some increasein the number of cases of glanders reported, 795 outbreaks havingoccurred in the first 29 weeks of the present year, as compared with641 in the corresponding period of 1902. The disease is one, however,which has always been subject to considerable fluctuations, and it wasnot more prevalent last year than it had been on several occasionssince it was first scheduled in 1877. The number of deaths from

glanders amongst men have varied from six in 1889 and 1897to one in 1896. The inquiry to which the hon. Memberrefers was necessarily followed by further scientific investigations asto the communicability of the disease and the effect of the applicationof mallein. The report of those investigations has been received andwe are now in communication with the local authorities principallyconcerned with a view to ascertain to what extent it may be practicableto give effect to the recommendations of the departmental committee.

TUESDAY, JULY 28TH.An Irish Medical Question.

Mr. DELANY asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant ofIreland whether his attention had been drawn to a resolution passed ata special meeting of the Irish Medical Association held at Tullamoreon July 8th protesting against the action of Dr. M’Carthy inaccepting the position of medical officer of the Killoughy DispensaryDistrict, King’s County, in defiance of the expressed and conveyedopinion of the members of the Irish Medical Association, and re-

quiring him to reconsider his position; and whether, seeing that inconsequence of this resolution Dr. M’Carthy had tendered his resig-nation, although his appointment had been sanctioned by the LocalGovernment Board, he would state what steps he proposed taking inthe matter.-Mr. WYNDHAM : The resolution has been received. TheLocal Government Board has suggested to the guardians the pro-priety of calling upon Dr. M’Carthy to take up at once his duties asmedical officer. In the event of his failing to do so the Board willhold a sworn inquiry into the circumstances of the case.

Medical Examination of Army Candidates.Mr. MAcNEILL asked the Secretary of State for War whether, having

regard to the fact that at present the successful candidates for admis-sion to both Woolwich and Sandhurst are required to present them-selves in London for medical examination as to their physical fitness,with the view to the lessening of the expenses of successful candidatesresident in Ireland and Scotland, arrangements could be made for

allowing them to present themselves for the medical examination inDublin or Edinburgh.-Mr. BRODRICK: It is considered to be in thebest interests of the candidates that they should be examined by thesame medical board rather than by two or three boards, especially inview of the fact that in cases of appeal the board can only be held inLondon.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 29TH.The Proposed Hospital at East Cowes.

Major SEELY asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty whether it hadbeen decided not to convert the barracks at East Cowes into aninfectious hospital in connexion with the Royal Naval College atOsborne.-Mr. PRETYMAN : It has been decided owing to the con-

tinued insanitary state of the foreshore at East Cowes not to carry outthe proposed conversion of the barracks at the present time, but toerect a small infectious hospital on another site.

Vaccination Exemptions.Mr. LEVY asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department

whether he could state the number of times application has been madefor exemption from vaccination at the Brentford police-court duringthe last two years and the number of times such application has beenrefused.-Mr. AKERS DOUGLAS : I am informed by the magistrates’clerk that no record is kept of the number of applications or refusals,but that eight exemption certificates have been granted in the lasttwo years at the Brentford court.

Appointments.Successful applicants for Vacancies, Secretaries of Public Institutions,

and others possessing information suitable for this column, areinvited to forward to THE LANCET Office, directed to the Sub-Editor, not later than 9 o’clock on the Thursday morning of eachweek, such information for gratuitous publication.

ALLTSON, T. M., M.D., B.S. Durh., has been appointed HonoraryPhysician to the Hospital for Diseases of Women, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

BRASH, E. A., M.R.C.S., has been appointed Medical Officer of Health,pro tem of Exeter.

CHESSON, HERBERT, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond., has been appointedPublic Vaccinator of the District of Rakaia, New Zealand.

CORNER, EDRED M., B.Sc.Lond., M.A., M.B., B.C. Cantab., F.R.C.SEng.. has been appointed Assistant Surgeon to the Hospital forSick Children, Great Ormond-street.