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Medical News.ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND. At a

meeting of the Court of Examiners held on March 28th andfollowing days, the under-named, having passed their finalexaminations for the Letters Testimonial, were admittedLicentiates of the College :-Joseph Daly, Richard H. Dickson, John W. Haughton, Joseph Laver-

tine, Reginald Rygate.

SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES. -The following gentle-men passed the examination in the Science and Practice ofMedicine, Surgery, and Midwifery, and received certificatesto practise on March 31st:-

Hebblethwaite, Harold. Grove-terrace, Bradford.Lingwood, Edgar Henry, Corrance-road, Brixton.

A NEw hospital is shortly to be erected in Hull, tobe called the Hull Orthopaedic Hospital.HOSPITAL SUNDAY collections were held at’Hartle-

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THE Duke of Northumberland has signified hisintention to give a site, consisting of 3000 square yards, forthe proposed new infirmary for the borough of Tynemouth.The ground is valued at £1200.BEQUESTS.-The treasurers of the Oldham Infir-

mary, the Southport Infirmary, and the Southport Con-valescent Home have each received cheques for E2700 fromthe executor of the late Mr. George Redford, of Southport.THE BRITISH OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, JERUSALEM.—

A meeting of the friends of the above institution was heldat the Jerusalem Chambers, Westminster Abbey, on the30th ult. Sir Charles Warren was in the chair.

AT the Loughborough Petty Sessions on the 30thult,, a butcher was fined 10 and costs, or, in default, onemonth’s imprisonment, for exposing for sale sixty-sevenpieces of unwholesome meat.MEDICAL MAGISTRATE.—Joseph Todd, M.R.C.S.

Eng., and L.S.A., of Selby, qualified on Monday, the 4th inst.,at the Quarter Sessions, as a Magistrate for the West Ridingof Yorkshire, having been placed on the Commission of thePeace in January last.ON the 30th ult. a new underground reservoir,

recently constructed by the Water-works Company, to con-tain half a million gallons of water, was inaugurated at

Tonbridge by Lady Goldsmid. The town has now a goodsupply of excellent water.WORCESTER INFIRMARY.-At the recent annual

meeting of the governors of this institution it was reportedthat the income during the past year had amounted to3647, and the expenditure to .64391. The number ofin-patients amounted to 1288, and of out-patients to 5214.PRESENTATION.-On the 31st ult., Dr. Murdoch

Cameron was presented by the students attending the mid-wifery classes of the University of Glasgow with an addresssigned by all the members of the class, in acknowledgmentof his services as their teacher during the absence of theprofessor, Dr. Leishman.ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND MEDICAL

SCHOOL.—The following have been awarded prizes in

Anatomy for the past session :-Descriptive Anatomy : Seniorprizeman, Mr. Mcllwaine, 3 3s. ; junior medalist, Mr. Wright.Practical Anatomy: Senior prizeman, Mr. Warren, 3 3s.;junior prizeman, Mr. Wright.BIRMINGHAM MEDICAL INSTITUTE. - The annual

meeting in connexion with this institute was held on the3lst ult., Mr. J. V. Solomon, President, in the chair. Fromthe report, which was presented and adopted, it appearedthe number of members has been increased by 173 duringthe past five years, the number of books taken out by mem-bers had increased by 1176, and during the past year thenumber of borrowers was 138, as compared with 73 in 1881.Dr. James Johnson was elected president for the ensuingyear; Messrs. Gilbert Barling and Wood White were re-electedhonorary secretaries, and Dr. Saundby and Mr. BennettMay librarians.

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AT a recent inquest hold at Portsmouth, the juryreturned a verdict that the deceased had died from blood-poisoning caused by eating tinned salmon which was unlitfor food.

AT the usual monthly meeting of the members ofthe Association of Public Sanitary Inspectors on the2nd inst., Dr. Alfred Carpenter delivered an address on" Theory and Practice as to Disinfection." A discussion, inwhich several of those present took part, followed the read-ing of the paper.

SANITATION IN JAPAN.--Mr. W. K. Burton, seniorengineer to the London Sanitary Protection Association,has been appointed Professor of Sanitary Engineering tothe Imperial Institute, Tokio, by the Government of Japan.This institution is, we believe, the only college in the worldas yet where such a professorship exists.VOLUNTEER MEDICAL STAFF CORPS.-The Secretary

of State for War has approved of the formation of a VolunteerBearer Company at Manchester. The total strength of thecompany will be 100. It is to be an independent unit, sub-ordinate to the military and medical authorities of thedistrict. The company’s formation will date from April lst,1887.

NORTH-WEST LONDON HOSPITAL.--On the 1st inst.the general court of governors of this institution was

held for the purpose of receiving the eighth annual report.It was stated that during 1886 602 in-patients had beenadmitted, and 33,687 cases treated as out-patients, 10,673 ofthese being new cases. The receipts for the year amountedto .63477, the annual subscriptions producing X536 of thissum.

VACCINATION GRANTS.—The following gentlemenhave received the Government grant for successful vacci-nation in their respective districts:-Mr. Edward Jay, St.

George’s, Hanover-square ; Dr. G. Hales Parry, DockingWorkhouse and District, Norfolk (third time); Mr. ThomasBrett Young, of the Romsley District of the BromsgroveUnion; Mr. F. W. Lewis, of Llandovery Union (second timein succession).AT the monthly meeting of the Manchester Royal

Infirmary Board, held on the 28th ult., Mr. Alderman Kingpresiding, it was reported that an arrangement had beenmade for the reception of cases of infectious disease fromSalford at the Monsall Hospital, in consequence of theinfectious hospital at Cross Lane, Salford, having been pur-chased by the London and North-Western Railway Companyfor the purposes of railway extension.

ST. JOIiN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION.-A course oflectures on " First Aid to the Injured" has been recentlydelivered to some of the senior boys of King Edward VI.’s sGrammar School, Berkhampstead, by R. L. Batterbury,M.D. Lond., one of the medical officers of the school. Theexamination was conducted by Surgeon-Major Casson, and,out of twenty-five candidates, twenty-three are reportedto have passed, and will obtain the certificate of theAssociation.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL.-The annual meet-ing of the supporters of this institution was held on the31st ult., when it was reported that 2638 patients had beenadmitted during the year, of which number 1260 were curedand 868 relieved. The out-patients numbered for the yeara total of 35,765, besides which a large number had beenseen on the recommendation of local and other medical men,making the total of in- and out-patients upwards of 40,000.The number of beds during 1886 was 209. A hope wasexpressed that this Jubilee year would see the debt of about14,000 cleared off.

TIIE JUBILEE.-The amount contributed to theJubilee Fund for the extension of the Aberdeen Infirmarynow stands at 16,264. The sum required is £30,000.It has been decided to erect a Jubilee cottage hospital atCastle Cary.-About .6420 has been promised to the buildingfund in connexion with the Dartmouth cottage hospitalscheme, and £86 annual subscriptions ; the total amountrequired, however, being about £2000.-On the 31st ult. anew infirmary and dispensary was opened in Bideford. Theinstitution, which has cost about £2000, has been, in cele-bration of the Jubilee, opened free of debt.