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UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN.—At the graduationceremony on July 29th the following candidates receiveddegrees in Medicine and Surgery :-

De,qree (If M.D.—John Anderson, M.A., M.B., C.M., Aberdeen ;"’Thomas F. Dewar, M.B., C.M., Arbroath ; *James Don, M.B,CM., Wimbledon ; John H. Gray, M.B., London ; Gray Hassell,M.B., C.M., Wellington, New Zealand ; R. A. Ironside, M.B.,C.M., London; Josliua Law Kerr, M.B., C.M., Crawshawbooth ;John A. Mackenzie, M.B., C.M., Balham, London ; William Riddel,M.A., M.B., C.M., Swatow, China ; George Shirres, M.B., C.M.,Aberdeen.

Degrees of M. B. and C. M.—John Law Adam, Lumphanan ; George M.Anderson, Tasmania ; Thomas F. William Bell, London ; John F.Black, Aberdeen ; William A. D. Cooper, Calcutta ; James A.Davie, Turriff; William J. M’C. Ettles, Ashby-de-la-Zouche;Alexander Forbes, Old Deer; James Fraser, Aberdeen ; JamesFraser, Knockando ; Alexander Geddes, Portgordon ; John Gray,Inverurie ; James A. Hargreaves. Rothwell, Yorkshire ; Joseph

IFrank S. Hay, Lucknow, India ; James Johnston, Maud, Aberdeen ;John M’Donald, Kildrummy; John William M’Vine, Halifax,Yorkshire; Leslie J. Milne, M.A., Aberdeen ; William A. Murray,B.A., Scarborough; George Robertson, King Edward ; WilliamRussell, Aberdeen ; Arthur ;L. M. Sealy, Croydon ; AlexanderSellar, M.A., Huntly ; Andrew Macgregor Sinclair, Dumbeath,Caithness ; William Allan Smith, Boyndie; tHugh L. Sutherland,Aberdeen ; Thomas Taylor, Keith; Frederick H. Thomson, Bel-helvie, Aberdeen ; ;David Morice Tomory, Constantinople ; JamesW. Watson, Elgin ; tHenry Watt, M.A., Aberdeen ; Adolph Zimpel,Constantinople.

John Murray Medal and Scholarship.—William Bulloch.Diploma in Public Health. -John W. Hutcheon, M.B., C.M.;

§William Leslie Mackenzie, M.A., lVI.B., C.M.; Robert G.McKerron, M.A., M.B., C.M. ; Lindlay M. Scott, M.A., M.B.,C.M.; George Shirres, M.D.

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Theses considered worthy of commendation.t Highest academical honours. t Honourable distinction.

§ With credit.

OBSTETRICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. - The libraryof the Society will be closed from Aug. 18th to Sept. 18th.

LEPROSY.-The Natal Government has drafted aLeprosy Bill, which proposes that all lepers arriving fromIndia shall be returned.

MORTALITY IN ABYSSINIA.-An Italian merchantestablished at Shoa, who has just returned to Italy, reportsthat during his journey to the Tigre, the Emperor Meneleklost 25,000 men, women, and children, who died from typhoidfever and other diseases.

SUICIDE OF A SURGEON.—Mr. Frank Jeeves,L.R.C.P.L, and M.R.C.S., assistant to Mr. G. H. Sbaw ofSheffield, committed suicide by cutting his throat on Sundaylast. Mental anxiety and fatigue in connexion with theillness of a friend seem to have been the immediate causeof the rash act.

VICTORIA INFIRMARY, GLASGOW.—Miss Barr ofCarfin, Cupar-Fife, has presented £10,000 to enable thegovernors to proceed at once with the erection of a secondblock of the building which, at her request, is to be amemorial of her relatives, Mr. and Mrs. David Cook andMr. Robert Barr.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, LONDON.-Atthe comitia on July 31st the following officers were

elected examiners for the ensuing year :-Chenzistry andChemical Physics-Charles Henry Ralfe, M.D., John M.Thomson, F.C.S., William Ramsay, F.R.S., Charles Mey-mott Tidy, M.B., C. W. Heaton, F.C.S. Materia Medicaand Pharmacy—John Mitchell Bruce, M.D., Herbert Isam-bard Owen, M.D., Walter Baugh Hadden, M.D., WilliamHale White, M.D., Cecil Yates Biss, M.D. ElementaryPhysioloqy-Henry Lewis Jones, M.D., Frederick WalkerMott, M.D. Physiology—E. A. Schafer, F.R.S., ArthurGamgee, M.D., Charles Scott Sherrington, M.B. Osteologyand Anatonzy-Wilmot Parker Herringham, M.B., SeymourTaylor, M.D. Medical Anatomy and Principles and Prac-tice of Medicine—Alfred Baynard Duffin, M.D., JosephFrank Payne, M.D., Thomas Henry Green, M.D., JohnCavafy, M.D., Frederick Thomas Roberts, M.D , ArthurErnest Sansom, M.D., William Henry Allchin, M.B.,Sidney Coupland, M.D., James Frederick Goodhart, M.D.,David Bridge Lees, M.D. Midwifery and Diseceses pec2tliarto Women—John Braxton Hicks, M.D., John Williams,M.D., Francis Henry Champneys, M.B., Charles JamesCullingworth, M.D. Surgical Anatomy and Principles andPractice of Surgery—Professor Humphry, F.R.C.S., Not-tidge Charles Macnamara, F.R.C.S. Public Health-Part I.: Arthur Pearson Luff, M.B. Part II.: EdwardSeaton, M.D.

INSOLATIO.—Inquests have been held this week ontwo cases in London, in which, according to the testimonyof the medical witnesses, death was caused more or lessdirectly by the excessive heat.

PRESENTATION.—On July 16th, at Ayr, a hand-some silver salver,, bearing the names of the donors, waspresented by Colonel the Earl of Galloway, K.T., and theofficers of the 3rd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers, andCaptain S. F. Chichester, Adjutant to the battalion, toW. J. Naismith, Esq., M.D., F.E.C.S. Edin., on the occasionof his marriage, as a mark of their esteem for him andappreciation of his services during twenty years’ medicalcharge of the regiment.UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.-At the graduation

ceremony, held on the 31st ult., the following awards of -

scholarships were announced :-The Ettles Scholarship, for -

the highest position in the various examinations, to Car.stairs Cumming Douglas, M.B., C.M.; the Beaney prize inAnatomy and Surgery, to Gerald Fitzgerald, M.B., C.M.;the Stark Scholarship in Clinical Medicine, to RobertDurward Clarkson, B. Sc. , M.B.,C.M.; the Freeland BarbourFellowship in Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology, toRobert Main Horne, M.13 , C.M.; the Buchanan Scholarshipin Gynaecology, to Carstairs Cumming Douglas, M.B., C.M.;the James Scott Scholarship in Midwifery, to WilliamPaterson, M.B , C.M.; the Gunning Victoria Jubilee JosephBlack prize in Chemistry, to John Shields, B Sc,; theGunning Victoria Jubilee Munro prize in Anatomy, toWilliam George Aitchison Robertson, M.D.; the Cameronprize in Therapeutics, to Sir Joseph Lister, M.B., F.R.S.

METROPOLITAN ASYLUMS BOARD.

Return of Patients remaining in the several Fever Hos pital8of the Board at midnight on August 5th, 1890.

1 infant with mother.

MEDICAL NOTES IN PARLIAMENT.

Bills Advanced.IN the House of Lords, during the past week, the Census Bills

(England, Wales, and Scotland) and the Pharmacy Act (Ireland, 1875)Amendment Bill were read a third time and passed.

Lunacy.In reply to Lord Herschell, the Lord Chancellor said he had received

information from various quarters that some difficulty was experiencedin obtaining judicial authority for reception orders in cases of lunacy.So far the difficulty was due to the insufficiency of justices rather thanto any deficiency in the Act, the terms of which weie quite clear.The allegation that justices showed a disinclination to carry out theduties entrusted to them by this statute would engage the attention ofthe Home Secretary.

Brompton Cemetery.In the House of Commons on Monday, Aug. 4th, in reply to Mr.

Kimber, the Home Secretary said he whs informed that there were587 leaden coffins deposited above ground, and these were increasedby about ten every year. The catacombs were daily visited, so that ifanything were amiss, it would be immediately noticed. It was believedthat the regulations now in force would prevent the cemetery becomingdangerous to health, and he was in consultation with the Office ofWorks with a view to adopting stringent regulations with regard to themwhich would remove all cause for apprehension.

Mortality in Indian Gaols.In answer to Mr. Bradlaugh, Sir John Gorst said that in 1888 the

death-rate in gaols was 44-7 for Bengal and 33R for the whole ofIndia, the death-rate of the preceding year having been 35’6. Sugges-tions for diminishing the death-rate were now being considered by theGovernment of India.