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DRILL AT SCHOOLS.

To the Eclitor of THE LANCET.SIR,—The conscription would probably be very objection-

able in this country. A year or two or more taken from ayoung man’s life at eighteen or nineteen might seriouslydiminish his chances in life, but now that education is com-pulsory, why should not military drill, including rifle

instruction, constitute part of such education, and be com-pulsory in all scliools ? An hour’s drill in all sclaools, fiveor six days in the week, would probably in most cases dothe boys good. Parliament is now sitting, and it might bemade compulsory in a very short time. How easily andhow thoroughly a thing is acquired if taught sufficientlyearly in life. It might be begun with boys at all schools,say at the ages of eight or ten, and imagine what drilledsoldiers these would be if drilled steadily on till the ages ofeighteen or nineteen. Other boys, leaving school earlier,would still in most cases know their drill well if begun ateight or ten. What shots we might develop. In a few years,say eight or ten, the whole manhood of the nation would bedrilled soldiers. Even beginning now, boys with two orthree years to remain at school would in a few years consti-tute a considerable body of drilled youths.

I remain, Sir, yours, &c.,Jan. 21st, 1978. D. R.

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.HOUSE OF LORDS.

Friday, January 18th.INTEMPERANCE.

ON the motion of the Earl of CORK, in the absence of theDuke of Westminster, the Select Committee appointed lastsession to inquire into the prevalence of habits of intem-perance, and into the manner in which those habits havebeen affected by recent legislation and other causes, wasreappointed.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Monday, January 21st.SMALL-POX IN THE ISLE OF MAN.

SIR JAMES LAWRENCE gave notice that on Monday nexthe would ask the Home Secretary whether information hadreached him of an outbreak of small-pox in the Isle of Man,whether the Governor of the island and his family had left itin consequence of the virulence of the disease, whether itwas not true that the Vaccination laws were not in force inthe island, and whether any steps were being taken to ex-tend the operation of those laws to it. _

Medical News

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND. -The following gentlemen, having passed the required exami-nation for the diploma, were duly admitted Members of theCollege at a meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 21st,22nd, and 23rd inst. :-

Allinson, H. Calthorp, L.S.A., King’s Lynn.Ayres, A. R. Aston, Brighton.Bailey, R. Greenoak, Leeds.Beale, E. Clifford, Dolgelly.Blackmore, Alfred, L.S.A., Manchester.Blake, W. Farewell, L.R.C.P. Lond., Grafton-street East.Brown, W. Henry, Leeds.Brumwell, Ernest, L.S.A., Kendal.Burd, G. Vanhouse, Okehampton.Burry, H. B. Pullen, Worthing.Coates, George, Oxford.Culhane, F. W. Slater, Brockley.Deare, E. Walter, Malpas-road.Ellison, F. William, L.S.A., Leytonstone.Evans, T. Charles, Ealing, Middlesex.Fairland, S. Thomas, Ghelsea.Gamble, E. L. Gompertz, L.S.A., Grantham.Gaze, W. Henry, L.S.A., Thames Ditton.Gofton, J. Edward, North Shields.Graham, C. Robert, Wigan, Lancashire.Green, Charles, Eston, Durham.Hinings, J. William, L.R.C.P. Edin., Pudsey, near Leeds.Keen, Edward, King’s-road, Chelsea.Lambert, John Speare, L.S.A., Exeter.Landon, A. Jermyn, L.S.A., Margaret-street.Latham, William, L.K.Q.C.P. Irel., Ashton.in-Ml1.ckerfield.

Lawson, H. LOCkhnart, L.S.A., Dublin.Le Cronier, Hardwick, Jersey.M’Geagh, T. E. Foster, L.S.A., Tunbridge Wells.Moore, G. Richmond, Hartlepool.Murray, C. Herbert, M.D. M’Gill Coll., Richmond, Ireland.Muskett, J. Herbert, Stoke Newington.Newington, Theodore, Ticehurst, Sussex.O’Connor, James, Cavan Town.Pointon, James, L.R.C.P. Lond., Birkenhead.Pollard, E. R. Hugh, L.K.Q.C.P. Irel., Oxford-terrace.Price, Arthur, L.S.A., Croydon.Reynolds, L. William, L.S.A., Exeter.Robertson, F. F. Leslie, M.B. Aberd., Cosham, Hants.Revell, R. Carter, L.S.A., Salttsh, Cornwall.Salter, J. Reynolds, Taunton, Somerset.Scallon, E. Oliver, L S.A., St. Martin’s-Iane.Sheppard, John, Newark, Notts.Silcock, A. Quarry, Dalston.Smith, A. Lapthorn, M.D. Lavel, Montreal, Canada.Sykes, J. F. Joseph, L.R.C.P. Lond., Fitzroy-square.Thomas, D. Edward, L.S.A., Cwmamman.Trewman, G. Turner, L.S.A., Llanelly, South Wale-.White, 0. Mark, L.S.A., Blenheim-road.Woolley, S. Poole, M.B. Glasg., Wood-green.Zimmermann, B. Frazier, Lauderdale-road.

[In last week’s list of gentlemen who passed the FirstCollege on the 15th inst., for the name " Hayward" read" Haward." In the same list, " Westminster Hospital "should have followed the name of J. G. Harries, not

"Charing-cross"; and the name of H. J. Sequeira shouldhave had " London Hospital " only attached to it.]The annual course of lectures at the Royal College of

Surgeons will be commenced on Monday next, at 4 o’clockP.M., by Professor Erasmus Wilson, F.R.S., who will de-liver six lectures on "Dermatology."

APOTHECARIES’ HALL. -Tl2e following gentlemenpassed their examination in the Science and Practice of Medi-cine, and received certificates to practise, on Jan. 17th :-

Deakin, James, Sale, Manchester.Lambert, John Speare; St. Leonard’s-crescent, Manchester.Pearce, John Puckey, Biscovay, Par, Cornwall.Thomas, David Edward, Cwmamman, Carmarthenshire.

DOCTORS’ CHARGES.-Their patients.—Punch.DR. G. S. CARDEW has been placed on the Com-

mission of the Peace for Bath.

THE rural medical officers of the North DublinUnion have received an addition of £25 yearly to each of theirsalaries.

MR. SIDNEY HARVEY, the Public Analyst forCanterbury, reported to the Town Council at their lastmeeting that " no samples had been handed in to him toanalyse during the past quarter. "

AT the last meeting of the Aylesbury Local Boardof Health it was unanimouslv resolved :-" That the Boardare perfectly satisfied with the manner in which the sewageof the district has been treated by the Native Guano Com-pany."ONE of the Guardians of the Gainsborough Union,

at the last meeting, drew attention to the consumption ofspirituous liquors by the paupers, and the following resolu-tion was passed :-" That the medical officers of the unionbe requested to exercise as much caution as possible in theprescribing of intoxicating liquors." An amendment to theeffect that the Board should not interfere with the medicalmen at all was moved, but negatived.A CENTENARIAN.—A woman named Tyrrell died

in the Ennistymon Workhouse Hospital last week at theadvanced age of 102 years, retaining, it is said, all herfaculties to the last.

VACCINATION GRANTS.-The following gentlemenhave received the Government grant for the successfulperformance of vaccination in their respective districts :-Mr. J. W. Harrison, Cemetery-road, Sheffield, £100 12s.;Mr. W. L. Thomas, medical officer of the No. 6 district ofthe Horsham Union, f4 6s. (fourth time) ; Mr. AlfredKebbell, Flaxton, 92.

BEQUESTS, &C., TO MEDICAL CHARITIES.-TheRoyal Free Hospital has received j6922 17s. 3d., the Metro-politan Convalescent Institution, .S922 17s. 3d., and the Earls-wood Asylum for Idiots £461 8s. 8d., under the will of Mr.William Thomas, of Boltons. The Duke of Northumber-land has subscribed one thousand guineas towards the En-dowment Fund of the Invalids Home Association, providedthe ;S20,000 required is subscribed by the 1st of Januarynext. Mr. A. Torkington has given £100 to the EvelinaHospital for Sick Children.

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ASSOCIATION OF SURGEONS PRACTISING DENTALSURGERY.—The annual general meeting of this Associationfor the election of officers for the year 1878, was held attheir rooms, in Chandos-street, on Wednesday evening,January 16th. The following is the list of the newly-electedofficers of the Association :-President: Mr. S. J. A. Salter.Vice-PreRidents: Mr. W. A. N. Cattlin, Mr. Samuel Cart-wright. Treasurer : Mr. Alfred Coleman. Hon. Sec.: Mr.J. Hamilton Craigie. Council: Messrs. Hamilton Cart-wright, T. Edgelow, F. Fox, J. Fairbank, G. Gregson, W.D. Napier, J. H. Parkinson, and N. Stevenson.THE NORTH-WESTERN AND THE YORKSHIRE

ASSOCIATIONS OF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH.—Ajoint meeting of the above Associations will be held at theRochdale Town Hall, on February 1st, for the discussion ofthe following subjects :-" The Rochdale system of dealingwith excreta and house refuse," to be introduced by Dr.Wilson, M.O.H.; " The influence of the birth-rate upon thedeath-rat of a district," to be introduced by Dr. Britton(Halifax) ; " Suggestions for the amendment of the. Public Health Act, 1875,’ to be introduced by Dr. Sutton(Oldham).HEALTH OF DUBLIN.-During the December

quarter the births registered in Dublin amounted to 2201,or at the rate of 28 in every 1000 of the population ; and thedeaths to 2192, or 27’9 per 1000. Zymotic diseases caused430 deaths, the mortality from the seven principal diseasesof this class representing an annual death-rate of 4’1 per1000 inhabitants. Measles was very prevalent, the deathsfrom this disease and its complications being more than one-third of the mortality from all zymotic diseases. The prin-cipal causes of death were as follows :-Bronchitis produced363 deaths ; phthisis, 217 ; convulsions, 173 ; measles, 147;heart disease, 100; pneumonia, 89; fever, 56 ; cancer, 50 ; ;hydrocephalus, 50; croup, 38; mesenteric disease, 38 ;apoplexy, 36; whooping-cough, 35; scarlatina, 33; diar-rhœa, 32 ; small-pox, 10 ; wliilst 55 deaths were accidental,6 homicidal, and 5 suicidal. Among the deaths registered,three were returned as aged respectively 100, 105, and 110years.

Medical Appointments.ALEXANDER, W., M.D., has been appointed a Certifying Factory

Surgeon for Halifax, vice Bramley, resignecl.ALLEN, R. G., L.R.C.P.Ed., M.R.C.S.E., has been reappointed Public

Vaccinator for the Belper District of the Belper Union for threeyears.

BARR, J., M.B., L.R.C.S.Ed., has been appointed Assistant-Physicianto Stanley Hospital, Liverpool.

BENSON, A. H., M.B., L.R.C.S.I., & L.M., has been appointedAssistant- and House-Surgeon to St. Mark’s Ophthalmic Hospitaland Dispensary, Dublin, vice Story, appointed Junior Surgeon.

BRASH, E. A., L.R.C.P.L., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed a Surgeon tothe Exeter Dispensary, vice Phelps, resigned.

CALLENDER, J., M.B., C.M., has been appointed Medical Officer andPublic Vaccinator for the No. 3A, or Heathfield, District of theHailsham Union, Sussex, vice Hackney, resigned, at £60 per annumand fees.

DODSWORTH, F. C., L.R.C.P.L., lli.R.C.S.E., 4-t- L.M., has been appointedMedical Officer of Health for the Chiswick Urban Sanitary District,vice Moore, resigned, at £80 per annum.

DONALDSON, W., L.K.Q.C.P.I. & L.M., L.R.C.S.I., has been appointedMedical Officer and Public Vaccinator for the Llanidloes District ofthe Newtown and Llanidloes Union, Montgomeryshire, vice Davies,deceased.

DRINKWATER, H., M.B., C.M., .1f.R.C.S., has been appointed MedicalOfficer and Public Vaccinator for the Bishopwearmouth WestDistrict of the Sunderland Union, vice Shaw, deceased. AlsoMedical Referee to the Wesleyan and General Insurance Company,and Medical Officer to the Sunderland Corporation Sick Fund.

DUKE, Dr. A., has been appointed Assistant-Physician to the RotundoLying-in Hospital, Dublin, vice Hart, resigned.

DUMBLETON, E. H., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Assistant House-Surgeon to the Metropolitan Free Hospital, vice Clowes, whoseappointment has expired.

MOULDER, F. S., L.R.C.P.L., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed ResidentMedical Officer to the Guest Hospital, Dudley, vice Orwin, re-

signed, at £120 per annum, apartments, &c.HACON, W. E., L.R.C.P.L., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., has been appointed

Assistant Medical Officer to the Central London Sick AsylumDistrict Asylum, Highgate, vice Benton, resigned, at £100 perannum, board, and residence.

HARVEY, C. W., M.B., has been appointed Second Assistant MedicalOfficer to the County Lunatic Asylum, Brentwood, Essex, viceBurtonshaw, resigned.

HOWIE, T. B., M.B., C.M., has been appointed Medical Officer ofHealth for the Burgh of Alyth, Perthshire.

JOHNSON, T., L.R.C.P.Ed., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed MedicalOfficer for the Sedgley No. 2 District of the Dudley Union, viceSmith, deceased. -

MONTGOMERY, J. W., F.C.S., has been appointed Public Analyst for theCounty of Cumberland, at 21s. per analysis for the first hundred,10s. 6d. per analysis for the second hundred, and 6s. per analysi8beyond, per annum; .82 12s. (M. for each quarterly report, 21s. forcompulsory attendance, 3d. per mile each way for travelling ex.penses, and 21s. per analysis of water.

NICHOLLS, L., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., has been appointed Medical Officerand Public Vaccinator for the No. 1 District of the Sudbury Union,Suffolk, vice McCreery, deceased.

OSBORNE, J. H., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., has been appointed House-Surgeon to the Nottingham Dispensary, vice White, resigned.

PATERSON, R. H., L.R.C.P.Ed., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., has been ap-pointed Medical Officer of Health for the Gainsborough RuralSanitary District, vice Sutton, whose appointment has expired, atf:50 for one year.

POWELL, L. L.. L.R.C.P.Ed., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., has been appointedMedical Officer and Public Vaccinator for the Asfordby District ofthe Melton-Mowbray Union, at L28 per annum and fees, vice Whitchurch, deceased.

PRIDEAUX, T. E. P., L.R.C.P.L., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., has beenappointed Assistant Medical Officer to The Friends’ Retreat LunaticAsylum, York, vice Fausset, resigned, at B150 per annum, board,lodging, &c.

ROBERTS, T. L., M.R.C.S.E., has been appointed Public Vaccinator forthe Alfreton District of the Belper Union, vice Siddall, resigned.

STOWERS J. H., M.D., has been appointed Physician to the St. John’sHospital for Diseases of the Skin, Leicester-square.

TURNER, H., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., has been appointed Medical Super.intendent of the Bethel Hospital for the Insane, Norwich, viceMercier, resigned.

WILLAN, G.T., M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A.L., has been appointed Medical Officerto the Melton-Mowbray Union Workhouse, at MO per annum; andMedical Officer and Public Vaccinator for the Melton-MowbrayNo. 2 District, at Z30 per annum and fees, both vice Whitchurch,deceased.

WRIGHT, J. H., M.R.C.S.E. & L.M., L.S.A.L., has been appointed aCertifying Factory Surgeon for Halifax, vice Bramley, resigned.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

CONSTABLE.—On the 16th inst., at Lambeth-road, the wife of JosephJ. C. Constable, M.D., of a daughter.

Fox.-On the 22nd inst., at Clarence-street, Victoria-park, Manchester,the wife of Dacre Fox, F.R.C.S.E., of a son.

GAIRDNER.—ON the 20th inst., at the College, Glasgow, the wife ofProfessor Gairdner, M.D., of a son.

HARVEY.—On the 21st inst., at South Petherton, the wife of WalterAnstice Harvey, M.B., of a son.

KING.—On the 18th inst., at Ambleside, Westmoreland, the wife ofWilliam Moore King, M.R.C.S., of a daughter.

LIVINGSTONE.—On the 19th inst., at Mansfield-place, the wife ofWilliam Oswell Livingstone, M.B., of a daughter.

MORTON.— On the 15th inst., at Veytaux, Switzerland, the wife ofG. E. Morton, Surgeon-General, Indian Service, retired, of adaughter.

OGILVIE.—On the 18th inst., at Bolton, the wife of James Ogilvie, M.B.,of a daughter.

SMITH.—On the 19th inst., at Springburn, Glasgow, the wife of JamesAllan Smith, M.D., of a son.

SOMMERVILLE.—On the 24th ult., at Beawr, Rajpootana, the wife ofDr. James Sommerville, Medical Missionary, of a daughter.

THOMSON.—On the 19th inst., at Westgate, Peterborough, the wife ofW. Thomson, M.D., of a son,

MARRIAGES.ANDERSON—ANGELL.—On the 17th inst., at St. George’s, Hanover-

square, Joseph William Townsend Anderson, L.R.C.P.Ed., toKatherine Eugenie, daughter of T. J. Angell, Esq.

SYKES—STAINS.—On the 16th inst., at Marylebone Church, WilliamSykes, M.R.C.S.E., to Kate, daughter of the late RichardStains, Esq. ____

DEATHS.ALLWOOD.—On the 5th November, John Philip Allwood, L.R.C.PL.,

M.R.C.S.E., L.S.A., Surgeon on board the ss. Northumberland, onher voyage to Melbourne, aged 33.

BLENNERHASSET.—On the 14th inst., at Coolaney, co. Sligo, RowlandBlennerhassett, M.D.

CRAWFORD. - On the 25th November, at Lewisburgh, Richmond,Jamaica, Dr. Hugh Crawford, aged 77.

CROSWELL.—On the 19th inst., at Uandboidy, Carmarthenshire, CharlesLewis Croswell, L.S.A.L., aged 67.

DAVIES.-On the 16th inst., at the Wilton Hospital, Salford, FrancisThomas Davies, L.R.C.P.Ed., aged 28.

EDWARDS. - On the 18th inst., at St. Lawrence-road, Notting-Ilill,David Owen Edwards, M.R.C.P.L., aged 77.

HALL.-On the 14th inst., at Richmond-road, Hackney, William Hall,F.R.C.S.E., aged 79.

HENDERSON.— On the 14th inst., at Westoe, Thomas Henderson,Surgeon, aged 42.

HOLLAND. -On the 16th ult., at Great Grimsby, George Holland,M.R.C.S.E., aged 55.

SIMPSON.—On the 17th inst., at Leiston, Suffolk, James Simpson,L.F.P.S.G., L.S.A.L., aged 49.

TRIBE.—On the 16th inst., at Paris, E. S. Tribe, M.R.C.S.E., Surgeon-General, Indian Service, aged 61.

WALLACE.— On the 21st inst., at Cardiff, Samuel Wallace, M.D.,aged 51. ____

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