BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL.] LEADING ARTICLES. [OcT. 8, 1859.

MfeCuilloch M.D., a medical practitioner qualified for registrationunder thlc Medical Act and also to John Waugh Esq. Justice ofthe Peace for the Couinty of Dumnfries & mnagistrate of theRLoyal Burgh of Dumfries"Sworn before me, John Waugh, J.P.Attested by me, James Murray MIcCulloclh, M.D. &c.

" John Broatch Surgeon"22nd Decr. 1858." " Rutlhwell."Tlhercupon, Dr. Robertsorn registered the prisoner's nane,

and transmitted a copy of the entry to Dr. Hawklins. It wassworn tliat no suclh name as that of Broatcli was to be found inany record of tlle College of Surgeons for or near any time ap-proachling the alleged date of the diplonma. The defence set upw.as that the diploimia had been obtained by the prisoner, buthad been lost in 1826; and this he also toldl to Dr. eIcCulloclias a reason for not showing it to him wlhein lhe signed the de-claration. The jury founid a verdict of guilty, witlh a recom-en ldation to mercy; and the Lord Justice Clerk passed a

senitence of thlree months inmprisonment, remarking, tllat notonly had the prisoner committe(d an offeice himself, but he hladimplicated otlhers, by imposing on a medical practitioner, whohad so far forgotten bis position as to aid and abet in theoffence, and by deceiving a magistrate by obtaining an attes-tatio:n whichl he niever would lhave procured lhad circumstancesbeen truly explained.

A great stir has lately been nmade in the scientific assenmbliesof Paris, regarding the applicationi of a mi;ixture of coal-tar andpowdered gypsum as a disinfectant anid deodoriser. The miiix-tiure is stated to consist of one hundred parts of plaster ofP'aris, mixed witlh from one to three parts of coal tar. It wyasintroduced to the notice of the Academy of Sciences in July,by Messrs. Corne anid Demeaux, tw^o practitioners at Libos, inthe department of the Lot and Garonne. Mr. Corime, it wasalleg,ed, observed that a mixture of coal-tar and plaster, invarious proportions, had the property of deodorising fetid andputrifying matters; and he proposed its application to the deo-dorisation of the niglht-soil in Paris. Dr. Demeaux appliedthe powder to the offensive discharges from suppurating woundsand gangrenous ulcers, with success. A series of experimentswere instituted at the Charit6 HIospital, under the superin-tendence of Professor Velpeau, who has given his aid to bringthe alleged discovery into niotice. An explanation of thle modeof action of the powder has been soIlglht to be given; andMTessrs. Dumas and Burdell are of opinion that it owes its pro-perties to its power of ozonising the air. The real value ofthe mixture lhas probably yet to be ascertained; but, in themnean tilmie, it seems that there is little or no novelty in the al-leged dliscovery. The antiseptic properties of tar were, as iswell knowvn, insisted on long ago by Bishop Berkeley. At a re-cenit meeting of the Acadenmy of Sciences, Dr. Bonnafont statedthat the disinfectant properties of a miixture of coal-tar andgypsum were known so lon"g agO as 1841 to M. Bayard, whoreceived a silver medal for his communication on the subject;at the same time, he believed Messrs. Corne andl Demeaux tohlave been ignorant of this fact, and accorded to thoem the meritof its application to wounds and ulcers. The Edinburgh M11edi-cal Journal for September, in comiimenting on the subject, re-marks that the invention of Messrs. Corne and Demeaux, andits application, have been to a great extent anticipated in GreatBritain. A composition, named McDougall's pow(ler, wlicihhas been k;nown and used for some time, bears a strong resem-

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blance to the Frencll preparation. It consists of carbolic sul-phate of lime and magnesia, with five per cent. of carbolate oflime. It seems, therefore, that the efficacy of the powder, inbotlh instances, is due to the carbolic acid, the principal anti-septic an(d deodorisinag ingredient in coal-tar.

An attack of diarrhoca last veek broke out suddenly, amongthe inmates of the New Bailey Prison at Salford. On the nightof Tuesday, September 27th, there were four prisoners in thehospital; but about tlhree o'clock a considerable number wereseized with diarrlhoca, and the disease spread so rapidly that onthe next (Wednesday) niight there were 196 in hospital, of allages and botlh sexes, includling tlhree of the prison officers.There ivere 64 women. Oni Tlhursd.ay there was an addition of40 cases, making in all 2'36, or just one lhalf of the entire pri-soners, whlo were 476 in niumlber. During Thursday night,there were no fresh cases, ancl on Friday morning nearly thewvholo of the patients weie so far recovered as to be judged fitfor removal frolm- hospital. Towards night, however, aboutfifty of them reltapsed ; but there were only five newv casesamong the male, an(d one anmoing tlle femiiale prisoners. 'Nodeatlhs are reported to have occurred. At the same time withthe epidemic in the prison, cases of diarrhma in the HulmeCavalry Barraclks were more than usually numerous; but on Fri-day there was no soldier in the lhospital on account of diarrhoeaor dysentery. No local cause appears assignable for the attackin the prison; the interior was not long ago whitewashed, andall was clean; the diet hlad undergone no change.

BRANCH MEETINGS TO BE HELD.NAMI: OF BRANCHI. PLACE OF MEETING. DATE.

BIr,11INoGIIA1r AND MID- Hen an(d Clhickenas Thursday,LAND COUTNTIES. Hotel, Oct. 20th,

[Ordinary Meeting.] Birmingham. 6 P.ir.*** Associates will observe that the day of mneeting has beenz

postponed one week-viz.,fronz the lAth to the 20th Oct.

ADMISSION OF MIEMBERS, AND PAYMENT OFSUBSCRIPTIONS.

THE General Secretary of the Britislh Medical Associationbegs to call attention to the Lawvs regarding the ADMISSIONof MEMBEnS, and the PAYMENT of their SUBSCRIPTIONS.

"Admnission of lllenibers. Any qualifiedl medical practitioner,not disqualified by any bye-law, who shall be recomumendedas eligible by any three mem-ibers, shall be admitted a memberat any time by the Colummittee of Council, or by the Councilof any Branch."

" Sutbscriptions. The subscription to the Association shall beOnie Guinea anniually; and eachi member, on paying his sub-scription, shall be entitled to receive the publications of theAssociation for the current year. The subscription shall datefrom the 1st January in eacl year, and shall be considered asdue unless notice of witlhdrawval be given in writing, to theSecretary on or before the 25th of Decemiiber previous."Either of the following modes of payment miiay be adopted:-1. Payiment by Post-Office Order to the Treasurer (Sir C.

Hastings, M.D., Worcester), or to the undersigned.2. Payment to the Secretary of the Branclh to which the

member belongs.3. Members residing- in the Metropolis and vicinity can make

their payments tlhroughl the publislher of the BRITISH MEDICALJOURNAL, Mr. Thomas Jolhn Honeyman, 37, Great QueenStreet, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C.

PHILIP H. WILLIAMS, 'M.D., Genzeral Secretary.Worcester, October 1850.

ASSOCIATION INTELLIGENCE.

EAST YORK AN7D NORTH LIN'COLN DBRANCH:GENERAL MIEETING.

A GENERAL meeting of this Branch was held at the BeverleyArms, Beverley, oIn Thursday, September 22nd, at half-past 2T.Mr.;'fHOmcS SANDWITII, MI.D. (Beverley), President, in tPeChair. The following members vere also present: J. P. Bell,MI.D. (Hull) ; F. Calvert, Esq. (Beverley) ; Sir H. Cooper,

ll.D. (HullJ); R. M. Craven, Esq. (Hull); 0. Daly, M.D.(1Elull); J. Dix, Esq. (Hull) ; II. Gibson, Esq. (Hull) ; J. Hill,Esq. (South Cave); J. F. Holden, Esq. tHull); I. King, M.D.(Hull); J. A. Locking, Esq. (Ilull) ; J. Morley, Esq. (Barton);ii. Sandwith, M.D. (Hull); S. WVatson, Esq. (Cottinaghalm)and as visitors, A. 0. Arden, Esq.; R. L. Sleight, Esq.; H.Mlunroe, MI.D. (of Ilull); and Dr. Walker (Beverley).

THE ASSOCIATION AND TIIE JOURNAL.

The financial condition of the Association was brouglht for-ward by Mr. Dix, who read the following remarks:-Perhaps the most important topic discussed at the recenit

Liverpool mneeting was the debt of the Association, which hasbeen spoken of as the only cloud whicli cast a shadow over a

gathering otherwise brilliant, happy, and successful in everyrespect. It is, no doubt, a very serious subject; it concerns usall individually; for, as a speaker well observed the other day,some time or othler these liabilities must be discharged. Everywell-wislher to the Association would be glad to know that thisdebt was cancelled; and the Council of the Association very

naturally and properly brought forward a scheme for its liqui-dation. Their plan, which seems to have beenl considered theorily feasible and practicable one, was to invite voluntary sub-scriptions; and Mlr. Terry of Northampton appears to bavevolunteered to take active steps in soliciting donations. Ac.cordingly, a letter from him, sent to Mr. Locking, in virtuie ofhis position as Local Secretary, was brought under the notice oftIme Council of this Brancll at our last meeting of Commnittee;aidti, in consequence of wlhat then transpired, I introduce thesubject for our consideration to-day; and, as my object is toelicit the opinionls of otlhers, rather than to give prominence tomy own, I shall endeavour to make my remarks suiggestive of

discussion, not exhauistive of the whole matter.I suppose that an honest nian, on finding that Isis expendi-

ture liad exceeded hlis income, would first ask himilself thisquestion How has the money gone-what has it all been

spent about? This is a very short and simple question ; and,in our case, the answ^er is as simple, and even slhorter-viz.,tIme JOURNAL. This is a fact so obvious andl indisputable that Ineed not dwvell on it. Slhouild any newnmember not quiite un-

derstand it, I wvould merely refer him to the Treasurer'saccount, published at page 628 of the JOURNAL, August 6tI,1850, from which it will be found that, with the exception ofthe meagre salary of the General Secretary, the wlhole amountof the subscriptions of our associates is expendled on theJ1OUiNALt. But it seems to me that. at the Liverpool meeting,thlere existed a disinclination to look this fact fairly in the face:it was hinted at, ratlher than outspoken. Sir Jolhn Forbes, it istrue, spoke of this debt as the natural and necessary conditionof the Association, so lonig as we each received for our annualguiniea a journal " as good as any other neekly journal wlhichcost 33s. a year"; and he suggested that the cost of theJOURNAL should be defrayed by a subscription distinct and

separate from the subscription to the Association. Othermembers endeavoured to saddle the debt upon the JOuiRNAL-tundoubtedly tlhe right horse-and make it pay for itself, byenforcing an extra charge for its postage.

Neither of these schemes was favourably received; but,dulriinrg this discussion, surely this question must have pi-e-

sented itself to the minds of many then present,-What is tlhisJouRNAL, that we should expend so much tlhereon ; which swal-lows up all our subscriptions, the whole of wlich are inade-quiate to its maintenance; and for the sake of whicih ve have

been for years past, and still remain, considerably in debt?I am'i surprised, I say, that this point wvas not openly mooted on

that occasion; for surely it Inust have occurred to the mindsof many. However this may have been, it is this aspect ofthe matter wlhichl I commelnd to your careful considerationto-day.

A.nd first, I wouldl ask, Is the weelkly JOURNAL (in its presentcostly slhape) in any ay essential to ouir existence as an Asso-ciation ? Primna'facie, one wyouldl really be led to tllink so, fromthe single circumstance that it has been maintained for so

miiany years, at a cost conisiderably beyond the whole amount of

our income;* and I have no doubt that this is the feeling ofmany of our associates, by some of whom the JourNAL hasbeen spoken of as "the root and the sap of the Association".And yet I am not aw^are of any precedent, or of a single validreason for this opinion. If there be any such reasons, theywvill probably be brought out during this discussion; but I forone slhall hear them for the first time. Nor shall I be sur-prised to find that some will agree with me in considering thisJoUr.XAL as a sore let and hindrance to the extension of ourmembers, and to our spread and power as an Association, as Ishall presently show. My own feeling is, and has long been,tllat, so far from being of advantage to us, it is an incubus, anda stumbling.block in our path; and I proceed to give somereasons for the views I hold.

I amii not aware that the opinions of the editor are of anygreater force or value upon our affairs in general than those ofany other itndividual member of the Association; but, at allevents, in this rnatter he inay be juistly considered the moutlh-piece of the JourNAL, and the counsel for the defenice of itscause. Accordingly, I would ask your attention for a fewmom-lents to the leadin)g article of June 25th, printed at page506, lheaded " Medical Societies and our Branches". IJ it, theeditor points out that " a number of isolated medical societiesare in existence throu,hout the country, which might, witha little management, be induced to amalgamate with ourBraniches"; and then occurs this very opportune, thoughrather omninous sentence: " Now, there are doubtless vervmany members of local medical associations, who are deterredfrom joiniing Branches of our Association, althouah otherwiseinielined to do so, for the reason that membership of the Associ-ation implies an annual guinea subscription." This statementis a truism. We are doubtless, all of us, conversant with ex-amples; aindl it need not by anuy means be limited to " membersof local medical associations", but may be taken to representthe position of a very considerable proportion of the professionat large. As a commentary thereon, let me ask, why is theannual sublscription of the Association one guinea ?Now, I have already shown that, in a pecuniary sense, this

guinea subscription and the JOURNAL are convertible terms, in-asmuch as the whole of the subscriptions are absorbed in thecost of the JOURNAL;+ and whatever other advantages attach tomembership of the Association, they are either costless alto-getlher, or, as in the case of the Branclhes, are made an extracharge over and above the yearly guinea subscription. Henceit follows (unless there is some flaw in my argument) thatthle JOURNAL iS the real ob.-tacle to the enlistment of these out-lying societies, and of numerous other medical bretlhren ofvarious grades. I do not start this as a theory nmerely, but Ipiit it to you, fellow-associates, individually,-Is there any onein this room who cannot call to mind soine one friend or more-desirable as members, too-whom lie could immediately in.duce to join the Association, were it not for the expense of theaninual subscription, or-as we may fairly put it-the cost ofthe JOIURNAL ? Still fturther to give this a practical shane, I doiiot hesitate, Mr. President, to announce myself responsible forat least half a dozen recruits on the terms I shall hereaftermention. One woiuld almost imiagine thbtt some sUCh1 feelingas this unconsciously arose in the mind of the editor himselfwrhen, in the same article, lie goes on to advise that the lawshould be altered so as to allow of the institution of a new con-dition of semi-membership, so to speak; to wit, local members,wvith local privileges, for the cost of the local subscription only.Surely a more suicidal proposition never emanated from brainof editor; for, unless I am greatly mistaken, so sooni as thisbecomes a law of the Association, so soon and so surely is hisoccupation gone.

According to my judgment, sir, it is the Branch meetings,and not the JOURNAL, which might really and truly be de-signated " the root and sap of the Association". Who amongstus knows anything of the advantages of membership of theBritish Medical Association, beyond the benefit accruing fromthe membership of the Branch (the JOURNAL, of course, alwaysexcepted) ? Who amongst us would continue nmembers of theAssociation at the cost of a yearly guinea, when for an annualhalf-crown we could bave the full privileges of membership ofthe Branth ?+ These are not mere idle questions; they have a

* The aiinual iiicome of the Association lhas for soene years exceeded theexpenditule oii tIme JOUsLNAL; anid the comparisoii would lbe still miiore ad-vantageons if all the subscriptionis were puiictually paid. T'he present debtis iml renlity a remailnder of that wlsich was due at the end of 1855, aind wlhichlhas sinice beeni steadily decreasing from nearly k2e00 to £8300.-EDITOR.+ Not so. Some portioli of the income goes to mneet the expenses of tlle

General Couiscil aiid the salary of the Genieral Secretary, aniother to liqui-date the old debt.-EDITOR.

Mr. Dix takes a very limiiited view of the utility of Brancll meetiugs. To819

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wide and important significance, becauise on the answer whicheaclh of us individually would make to them depends probablythe views he would entertain on the general question whlieh weare now consideriing; viz., the (lesirability or otherwise of con-

tinuing the publication of a weekly journal.And this leads me to the consideration of the next division

of m- subject; viz., what is the actual valuie, pecuLiary orotherwise, of this our miuclh laudedl periodical?And first, what is the pecuniary value of the JOURNAL? In a

recent article, the editor deprecates what he calls " odorouscomparisons"* between this and the other weekly journals; yetsUch comparisons we must make, for I lknow of no other wayof estimiating the monev value of this or any other concern,than by loolking to the state of the marlket as to the materialoffered and its price. Juidged by this test, is our JOURNALworthl a guinea a-year? Withi all due defeXrence to the good-naturted estimate of Sir Jol1i Forbes before mentionecd, Ihumblv submit, that to most of us, it is very deer at theprice.

The recipients of the JOURNAL may he divided into two classes,viz., those wlho trust to the JOURNAL ailone for their informationon m-edlical matters, and those who read othier periodicals. Ihope the fornmer are a very limited. minority; but to themI wouldl suggest, that theirs woulcl lnot be a bad investment,except for this reason, that they are leaning on a l)ruised reed,that they are gradually retrograding ancl falling into the wakeof scienCe; and if, by taliing the J ouRNAL, andl it only, they aredeluided into the belief that they are doing justice to them-selves, or to their profession, I cannot but advise them to re-consider the matter, and endeavour to avail themselves of otheravenues of information. To the otlhers, I need not say, thev-alue of the JOURtNAL must be estimiated by the amount oforiginal matter wlhich it contains, and iwhich could not be readin, other periodicals; and tlat, so considered, a good. deal ofthe JOUMN.Ar. consists of stale news and unprofitable, whlicleitlier lhas been or could be readl elsewhere.To ainalNse this subject, with a view to this. discussion, I

tookl up at a venture the JOURNAL of August 20th; and I findtlhelein four of its twenty parges devoted to a report of the pro-ceedings of the medical couricil, wvhich also appeared in thie'ledical Times and Latncet of the same date ;t two pagres of thetransactions of tlhe Medical and Chirur gical Society, thegreater part of which had appeared almost word for word in tlleLatcet of August 6th (a fortnight before) ;+ three pages abouta certain Cornwall Medical Society, which (although prirntedunder the head of Association Intelligenice) so far as I canmnake out, is not a branch of the Association at all ;§ and aleading article about " The Purification of the Serpentine"which can scarcely be considered a me(lical matter at all, andis surely of no special interest to the mnembers of the BritishMedical Association.!' Nor is it likely that an article in ourJOUMRNAL, however laudable in intent or powerful in arguiment,would exercise any influence on the decision of the firstCommissioner of Woods aiid Forests, as to wlhich of the rivalsclhemes he should adopt and patroiiize. I'urther on1, we findnear two pages more occupied by a notification of the ac-couchements of the wives of medical men, of the mnarriagesandladeaths in the profession (in each1 of wbhicl our fellowassociates are duly spotted anid starred*), and the pass lists ofthe College and Hall for the preceding weeks, a large pro-portion. of whlichl had appeared in the M11edical Timtes and

the nieitbers of tlle locality in wbhicl they are held, they furniish the advan-tages of ineriibership): bitt wlhat renlders tlhenii of still greater value, is thepublication of their proceedings in the JOURNAL, by wbich tlie eiitire Asso-ciation is affordled an opportuniity of becoming acquiainite(d witli the coistri-butions to iimedical knowledge, or thle Opillions of ainy one of its sections.-EDITon.

* Mr. Dix does iot lile the quotationi 'odorous complarisons". Perlhaps he isnot aware that it is Slhaiespearean. We refer hint to llic7t Ado AbotltNotiing,Act v, Sceiie 3.-ErDITO.+ Does Mr. Dix nmean to say, that we ouight iiot to publish reports of im-

portant public proceedings, because the otlher periodicals are likely to do thesame thing tt the saime time? ilis argument wotil(d lead to the conclusion,tllat the, Daily NeGs or deoriins7 Post shoul(d decliuie publishing reports ofproceediitgs in Patrliamenit, or itn the courts of law, because every otne couldrea(l tlieiti iii tCie Tists. MIr. Dix omits to observe, that this JOURNAL wasin adlvanice of the other periodicals in the report of the proceedings of theMedical CouIncil.-EDITOu.

The subject of obtaininig earlier reports of thle Medical Societies hasbeelt utinler our cotnsideration, withl a iew to amssentinlitent. It oftein hashappened, that tle sitiall size of the JOURNAL, and the pressure of otlhermiatter, lhave caused delay iii the publishing of the reports.-EDITOR.

1 If Mlr. Dix will read carefully the report of the proceetlinigs of tle Corn-nail leedical Society, ill tlle JoURtNAT, of August 20tlh, he wvill fitnd tilat it wnsresolveil that "-Ite Coriitvall MNledical Society shall still remain a sub-sectionof tle Britislh Mredlical Associationi, etc."-EDITOR.

:1 Is ilot a qjiiestiout of itygiene a nielical inatter, and tllerefore of more orless interest to the members of the .Association.-EDITOit.

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Lancet a week or twobefore.4 Gentlemen, was not all this, tomost of you, stale and unprofitable news ? In fact, this seemiisto me to be one of the claracteristics of the JOURNAL, that itis always behlinld hand. A marked illustration of this is to befound in the reports of the proceedings and papers of the PoyalMledical and Chirurgical Society, to wliich I have already alluided,and which I tested n:ot in this nnmlber of the JourNAL only,but in several other numbers, anclwith tle, same results. Astill 1-ore remarkable inistance isthe following. The Liverpoolmeeting was held on the 27th, 28th, and 29th of July. TheJOURINAL of the Association, our own organ, had no mentiosn-not a word-of this imiportant event in its issue of July30th; althoug,b, unless I aeni greatly mistaken, an abstract ofthe whole proceedings appeared in thie Mlledlical Tinies of thatdate.+ To proceed withmny analysis-having a-eaody disposedof about twelve, of the twenty pages-1I do not say that there isno neow or original nmatter. Under this head, I mnay directyour attelntion to a lectule by Dr. Lionel Beale on urinie, 01,wihich I should1be delighted to heaCr the opinion1oJ any one W7hohas reacd it ;-+ a paper on pericarditis, by Dr. Mlarklam, whosestame is a guaranitee for'a useful and readable alticle, and soeinelhospital reports, not witlhout practical value. IN!or must Iomit to mention a little paragraplh under the title of "TheWeek," which contains this importatst anid iiaterestin- ani-nouncemenit, "'the Colleges of Physicians and Suirgeons ofLondonl have determiiined to form a joint board for tlle ex-

aminaation and licensing of the future general practitioners ofthis country." Here indeed was a piece of genuine news, illwhlich Ds. Wynter had forestalledIhis brother editors. It lias,liow-ever, this slighlt drawback-it was not true. Of course welhave all heard th,atsuch a schleme is in contemplation, btst it iseven now still stub jtitlice-so far, as I know, it is not evert yeta fait c,ccosipli, rtind the premature antiouncemeilt of August20th ought to have taken the form of prophecy rather than ofassertioii.

This I believe to he a just analysis of this particular numberof thle JOURNAL, wvhichl, as I took it up, niot by choice or

selection, but entirely at ranidom, may, for aught I know, betaken as a fair samplde of our weekly issue. Will aciy gentletnanbe so kind as to give an estimate of its pecuniary worth, eitheras com-pared withithe other weeklies, or considered per se !

Next, let us briefly cotisider wlat are the othler advautageswhich we, as an association, are sulposed to derive froml theJOURNAL. It hias been lately put before us as a recruitillnelelmlent-as an inducement to non-subsciibers to join our

ranks (see the leader of June 25th to which I hlave, beforealluded.) Surely this was never seriously meaimt. Is tliereany one lhere who joised the Associationi for the sakie ofthe JOURNAL ? wrho knows any one wlho (lid ? or who ivill?SoImie suclh deluded miiortals there ntay be amongst our 2000associates, acd I hope they have been pleased witlh theirbargain. §

Again, we are told that the JOURNAL afforLs us great facilitiesfor publishing our papers, for putting our ideas inito print. Isnot this a fallacy'? WVho can tell me wvhat are these facilitiesor adlvantages ? If a man has anythinlg worth publishing, lieneed have no difficulty, so far as I am aware, in gaining ad-mission into thle best read periodicals ; whereas, if liis lucu-brations are of no interest but to himself, 'tis but a daiigcrousprivilege that lie should have opportunity and inducement forpublishing. Indeed, I have often thought tisat this is one ofthe disadvantages ulnder which the editor of the JOU1SNALlabours, viz., that he can lhave but little discretionary power inrespect of the contributions of mernbers of the Association.If lie has any such powver, lie surely sometimes lacks dis-cretion-of which I could point out plenty of examples-but Iamn anxious to avoid wouniding the feelings of any one; myremarks are made with a far different object.

I lhave now enumerated all, as far as 1 know, of the assumedadvantages of our weekly JOURNAL, and what does it all aniionntto ? I pause for a reply. WVe shall probably be told that it is as

* Ir. Dix cannot liave accilrately examisied tise niunber of the JOURNALof which lie spteaks. His "iiearly two pages" are in reality exactly one page,and consisted itt part of msatter tlirust ont from the previous smuotber by thereport of the Medical Couticil aitd other iniportasit topics.-NeDITOa.+ 'Mr. Dix is greatly mistakeis-no such report appeared in the MledicalTiimtes or Lantcet of July 30.-EDITOR.

'The italics are Mr. Dix's. It will be observed, that Iiis wish to hear anopinioti was itiet (cati we saty gratified?) by the observations of Mr. Mlonroeits trie course of the proceedings of the meetilcr. We must ask our retiders-llow cats an editor be expected to provide good scieiltific nsatter for tiseJotRNAL, if his attempts to do so are to be niet with snieers ?-EDITOR.1 WVe fancy there itre maity more of these " delutded mortals " thais Mr.Dix supposes. At all eveiits, tlle iticrease of the Association lias itever beenso great as sitice it has possessed a weekly orgatt.-lEDITi.

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gooil as can be at tlle price it costs. I do not dispute this pro-position1. I dare say it is. But is it needecl at all? Are notthe otlher periodicals suifficielnt for all useful purposes ? I doll'tdeny that the JOURNAL often furnislhes us with good papers,but these we should get all the same if our JOURNAL wvereblottecl from existence. Indeed, I fear a useful paper oftenfalls still-born, because it is published in thle JOURNAL, ancl yadvice to m-i-ien about to publish would be this; if you wlrant to beread, don't sencd your paper to thie AssOCIATION JOURN.AL, fOr itis a well-known fact that its readers beyond the circle ofmem--bers are very few.* It is to be feared that some even ofou1r members dlont't diuly study their JOURNAL. How few care topreservo it'! How few biinld it and give it a place on theirshelves ? To a readling man, the superabundance of periodicalliteratuse is a nuisance, because it is absolutely necessary thathe shiouldl see all that is writtein. Thus, so long as there arethree weekly m -edical papers, three we miust real inore or less.Viewved in this light, is not our JOURNAL a supertnumerary anda nuisance ? tThe nmost amu-sing speech in the debate on the debt at the

Livsc-pool sn1 ,rtin- u-as that of Dr. Henry, wlereini he m-ildlysuggests that each memlber should bring in a freslh subscriber.For what object ? Not for the benefit of the new comer, but toadd to tlle funds of the Association-to raise mlore monoey-arndfor what ? To puit into the maw of this insatiable all devouringJOu,RNAL. The l)resent JOURNAL costs only abotut £2000 ayear; for ti'3)00 we could have a muclh imiproved JOURNAL, butfor 4'000t-hse has " carefully calcutlated it fromll accui-atedata"-we inight have a really inagnificent JOc'RNJ-mL ; its sizecould be pBlsmanently increased, andt last, though not least, thepaidl contributors-of whom he, imodest and disinterested man!is onle-cotuld be more liberally paid, and all tllis for a paltry£4000 a-yelr.+ Does not this cool proposition raise in youruinds this question-Does this JOU1RNTAL exist for the Asso-ciation, or tue Association for the JouRNAL ?To speak more seriously, supposing, from an increase of siib-

scribers, our JOURNAL wvere so imiiproved as to become the verybest of all weekly miiedical periodicals, what good or useful pur-pose would it serve? AWre miiight increase tlle number of thoseto whom I hlave already alluded, who take the JOURNAL and noother periodical, many of whom, in default of OUr JOURNAL,wvould probably contribute to the support of the otlher esta-blished publications, anid so wve nmight inflict considei-abledamage on thiese publications (some we already do tlhem, nodoubt). W0-e might become formnidable conmpetitoss for publicfavour; we might even- defeat tise laudable and hitherto success-ful results of private enterprise. Is this, I ask, the mission ofour Associatioin ? Is this the best use we could maake of ourfunds ? Yet for suclh an end we are invited to subscribe £4,000a year.Of course there is no necessary connection between the dis-

continuance of the JouRNIAL and a diminution of the annualguinea subscription. There are plenty of ways of spendingany sum of money we miiay so raise; but in niy humbleopinion it w ould be difficult to spend it worse than at present.I would also reminid you that I am but arguing against theJOURNAL in its present expensive shape. A periodical of somesort we no doubt sieed, but it should be the organ of the Asso-ciation alone, a cheap and simple record of our own transactionsand proceedings. These are nmatters of detail, and subjects forfuture consideration ; but I iiust confess that I lhave a strongfeeling in favour of lowvering the subscription, for I have alreadyshown that all the present advantages of the Association, exceptthe JOURNAL, are costless, and I have given reasons for believingthat if the cost of admission wvere lessened, the result wouldbe that scarcely any eligible member of tlle profession wouldstand aloof fr-om our Society; we might then become what Imost earnestly long for, and lhope to live to see, a UniversalMedical Associationz, including within our ranks every respect-able medical mani.

I lbase alreadly occutpied too much of your time, and I mustnot now dilate upon the desirability of such an union ; nor is

* We regret exceedinigly to aind, that oni two occasions 'Mr. Dix hasdeliberately produced the abortiou of two of Iiis own literary offspring. VTdcthe JoUnNAL, of October 9, 1858, and January 1, 1859.-EDITOR.

+ 1y all ine-ails let a mass read a dozen periodicals if he plettses. But sup-pose lhe requires onie onlly-said there are inaily with that moderate wish-does Mr. Ii.x iieani to say that lie is to pay XI: 10 a year for that wvhich hecan procure for a guinea?

Mr. Dix imu;st be quoting from a treacherouis memory. The colicludinapart of Dr. ileniry's reinarks, as reported in tlle JOURNAL for August C, wasto the effect that the iucrease of the Mleimbers to 3,000 or 1,000 wuould, afterpavinig all tlhe expenises of an iisproved JOURNAL, leave a lag-ge sum applica-ble to the furtheranlce of any object to whiclh the Association mnight resolveto atpplv it.-ElDITORe.

it necessary, for it must be sufficiently obvious to every reflect-ing mind. Suffice it now to say that we should thus become acompact and organised body, banded together not merely forour own but for the public weal; and wliat, I asic, wouild somuch assist us in assuming that position in the state whicih wehave a right to claim, but have so long sought in vain ; wlhatwould so muclh conduce to the advancement of our corporateinterests, and to the honour and elevation of our noble butmuch undervalued profession ?

I think, gentlemen, that these aclvanitages can scarcely bhover-rated, and 1 lhave now only to remindl you that oel- Atssoci-ation offers an admirable and a ready-made nuclesis for suclh aconglomerationi, and that the onzly obstacle is the JOCI'NAL.Let us, tllesl, use our united endeavours to cast off thiss mill-stone from-n about our necks; and, as the first step iu thisdirection, I beg the cordial andl unanimous assent of theEast York and North Lincoln Branch to the following re-solution :-

"'That in the opinion of this Bralich the funads of tlie Asso-ciation are injudiciously expendedl upon a weekly JOUP.RNAL,which is the sole cause of the present finanicial difficulty, ancd'we believe that tise existing debt would be most easily liqui.dated by a discorntinuance of the weekly publication; by whichalso the numuber and usefilsness of our Society miglht be largelyextended, and its general interests greatly furthered."

Sir H. CoorEn seconded the resolution so far as it went tocondemn the weekly publication of the JOURtNAL. He referredto tihe appointment at Oxfor(d many years ago, of a committeewhose duty it was to consider the propriety of suspending ordinsinishing the fiequency of publication of the JOURNAL, orptublishing transactiolls. After many months the opiniion ofeach rnember was asked, and he (Sir H. Cooper) was time onlyone favour-able to the suspensioni of the weekly issue of theJou,RNAL. He did not think MIr. Dix would find it easy to obtainthe consent of a la-ge number of the members wvio were ac-customed to attend and vote at the annual meetinigs, as theywvere just the parties who wislhed for the continuassee of theJoURtNAI as a vellicle for their opinions. Sir H. Cooper alsoreferred to the complaint of the editor of want of contributionsas an indication that there was no legitimate demanl for sofrequent a publication of the JOU RNAL.

Dr. SANDwITH (Hull) tliought, if the JOIRNAL were discon.tinued, it would be desirable to resume the publication ofT)amlsactiolls.

Dr. MU-NROE, a visitor, thought tile JORTRNAL was improved,and that it was a disgrace that nlembers did not send commiiuni-cations to the editor. He stated Iiis wishl to becomie a nsemberof the Association next year for the purpose of taking theJOU1RNAL. He considered the course of lectuses by Beale waswvorth the money. The JOURNAL should be issued weekly orfortnightly; or, in order to lessen expense, an arrangeineDltnmight be niade with the Lancet or Mledical Times, so as to bringthe proceedings of the Association under the notice of the pro-fession without its pale.The resolution was carried unanimously.Dr. SANDWnIT11 (HU1ll) moved-" Thlat in the opinion of this meeting, an alteration of tIme

form and fiequency of publication of the JOURNAL is desirsable,so as not only to lessen the debt, but also to allow of tue reissueof Transactions."

Mr. H. GIBSON seconded the motion.Mr. Dix expressed his gratification at thie reception which

his speech had met with, and at the cordial and unanimousassent which had been accorded to his resolution. He couldInot, however, support the addendum of Dr. Sandwith, becauseit militated against his pet scheme of a diminution of the sub-scription, with a view to a large increase of the melmlbers of theAssociation. This, however, he Lknew nmust be a subject forfuture conlsideration, and he believed that his chief object wassufficiently attained. The question had been fairly raised, andwould no doubt attract the attention of other Branches, an;d heentertained sanguine hopes that a thorough ventilation of thesubject would lead to good results. He trusted that they hadthat day taken the first step in a movement wlich wouldeventually tend to the advancement of the interests not of theAssociation alone, but of the medical profession at large.The motion was carried.

COMIIMUNICATION5S.The following communications were read.1. Address on Antiquarian Pathology. By the President.2. Case of Extirpation of Head alid Neck of Fermiur in a

case of Hip Disease. By It. MI. Craven, Esq.Q) 01 11

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3. Remark-s on the forthcoMing Britislh Phar?macopceia. BySir H. Cooper, MI.D.

4. On the Use of Tincture of Larlch in Pulmonary Hmenior-rllage. By 0. Daly, M.D.

The proceedings were closed by the members and visitorsdiniing together.

BATI[ AND BRISTOL, BRANCH: ORDINARYMIEETING.

TIiE ordinary meeting of this Branch was held at the YorkHouse, Bath, on Sept. 22nd, under the presidency of J. G.D.AVEY, MI.D., of Northwoocls. There were present: J. S.Bartrum, Esq. (Batlh); J. Beddoe, MI.D. (Bristol); E. Boult,Esq. (Bathi) ; W. Bush, Esq. (Bath); G. C. Corbould, Esq.(Bristol); W. J. Church Esq. (Bath);*Y. Davies, M.D. (Bath);G. WNT. Dyke, M.D. (Chiippenihamu); F. Flower, Esq. (Chil-compton); A. S. Fowler, Esq. (Bath); E. L. Fox, M.D.(Bristol); Jas. Godfrey, Esq. (Bi-istol) ; J. M. Granville, Esq.(Bristol); C. Harper, Esq. (Batheaston); W. Henderson, M.D.(Bristol); W. B. Herapath, M.D. (Bristol); J. Hinton, Esq.(Charterhouse Hinton); R. C. B. Holland, Esq. (Bath) ; J. C.Jeninings, Esq. (Malmesbury); G. C. Kenrick, Esq. (Melks-lham); Jos. Lancaster, MI.D. (Bristol) ; S. Martyn, M.D. (Bris-tol); F. MIason, Esq. (Bath); E. S. Mayor, Esq. (Bristol);Jos. Metford, Esq. (Bristol); Jos. Parsons, Esq. (Beckington);T. J. C. Powell, Esq. (Bristol); A. Prichard, Esq. (Btistol); E.Skeate, Esq. (Bath); J. Soden, Esq. (Bath); J. K. Spender,Esq. (Bath); R. U. Stone, Esq. (Bath); Jas. Taylor, Esq.(Bristol); Jas. Tunstall, M.D. (Batl) ; W. Whlite, Esq.(Frome); WV. Willett, Esq. (Bristol); J. G. Wilson, Esq. (Bris-tol); G. Vicary, E'sq. (Warminster). There were present asvisitors, Messrs. Fox, Freeman, and Mayor.

NEW MEMBER.Clement Smith Barter, Esq., of Bath, was proposed, bal-

loted for, and unanimously elected a member of this Brancli.CASES AND COMBMUNICATIONS.

The follow1 ing papers were read:-1. Case of Lumbricus. By A. Prichard, Esq.2. Case of Anaina Pectoris. By F. Mason, Esq.3. Case of Disease of the Femur: with Remarks. By E.

Boult, Esq.[Tlhese papers, with the discussions on them, have been re-

ceived for publication in the JourNAL.]4. Dipshthieria. Dr. DAvIEs brought forward the subject of

diphtheria, suggesting that it should be fully discussed at afuiture meeting. He mentioned the case of a death arisingfrom the false membrane becoming suddenly detached duringsleep, and ftalling on the glottis.

Dr. HERAPATH observed, that diphtheria is not always of anasthenic character.

Dr. DAVEY confirmed this observation, and stated that manycases w^e-e not asthenic for the first twelve or twenty hours.Acute febrile symptorns are of short duration; and care mnustbe taken not to use measures of too active a character, or col-lapse may suddenly supervene.

Mr. JENNINGS had seen two hundred cases of diphtheria,and foun(d emietics in the early stages most important, followvedby calomel and clhlorinie gas and quiinine. In most cases,emuetics might be given up to the third day. In two cases,tartar emetic woould not act, but sulplhate of zinc had the de.sired effect. He frequently found that the mucous membranewas deprived of sensibility, and tracheotomy was worse thanuseless.

Mlr. SODEN stated that the first case in his practice occurredlast December; sinice then, lhe had not met with it until Julyand August. AltlhougIh cases had been very rare in towns, ithas prevailed most extensively in some country districts, espe-cially in the vale of Wiltshire from Swindon to Box. How farthis has been accidental, cannot yet be seen; but the most in.telligent informants from this district were unanimouis thatthlere could be no mistake in the nature of the complaint.

Drs. LANCASTER, DYKE, and TUNSTALL, made further ob.servations, when it was finally proposed by Dr. DAVIES, andagreed to by the meeting, that a circular slhould be sent to thepractitioners of thle surrounding district, asking them to fnir-nislh certain particulars as to the character and treatment ofdiphtheria as observed by theem; and that the matter shoiild bebrouglht forwardl by Dr. Davies, and discussed, at the nextmeeting of tho Branch, at Bristol, in November.

OQh

MEDICALI REGISTRATION.The subject of medical registration was introduced by the

PRESIDENT, wbo stated that, although some months since theCouncil lhad very coolly received the proposal of forming aRegistration Society, yet, having seeni how well the Act workedin the bands of the societies in London and elsewhere, thetinme had arrived when the subject might be reopened with ad.vantage.

Dr. HERAPATII and MIr. GODFREY gave an account of theworking of a small society in Bristol, and urged upon themeeting the necessity of taking steps to uphold the dignity ofthe profession in this district.

Dr. LANCASTER did not think the subject could be broughtforward without notice; which was overruled by the President,in accordance with Rule S.

Mr. BusH andl several other members considered that theAssociation should colnfine itself solely to matters of a scien-tific character, and not mix itself up with legal proceedings;and that, if any Registration Society be formed, it should beone distinct from the Association.

It was ultimately proposed by Dr. HEIAPATH, seconded byDr. TuNSTALL, and carried by a majority-

"That it is desirable that a general meetina of the professionof this district should be called, to take inito consideration thequestion of the propriety of forming a local Medical Regis.tration Society, for looking after the general welfare of the pro-fession."

BIRTHS, BIARRIAGES, DEATHS, ANDAPPOINT'MENTS.

* In Cthese lists, an asterisk is prefixed to the names of Members of tleAssociation.

MARRIAGES.AYERST, the Rev. W., of Calcutta, to Ellen S. H., third daughlter

of G. HI. DRAWBRIDGE, M.B., of Roclhester, oni Sept. 28th.FULLErt, Captain Abrahamn Richard, of the Bengal Artillery, to

Catherine Agnes, youngest daughter of the late RichlardARMSTRONG, M.D., Inspector of Hospitals, Royal Navy, onOctober 4th.

IJACKNEY, John, Esq., Surgeon, of Pentonville Road, toElizabeth, relict of the late Captaini BLACKMAN, of Boreham,Sussex, on October 4th.

*SILyFSTEP,, Thomas H., M.D., of Clapham, to Annie, daughterof the late Henry DOBBs, Esq, of Norwood Green, at Clifton,on September 27th.

WEST, R. Eliot, Esq., Surgeon, of Tavistock, to Kate Scobell,only surviving daughter of Josiah GLENCROss, Esq., ofDevonport, on September 27th.

DEATHS.MONCKTON. On September 29th, at Brenclley, Kent, aged 31,

StephIeni I-Iolland, son of S. Moickton, M.D.WixDnus, F. J., Esq., Civil Surgeon, at Chicacole, Madras,

aged 31, on August 10th.

APPOINTMENTS.*AsHDOWN, George, Esq., appointed Suraeon to the General

Infirmary, Nortliamptoni, in. the room of *Henry Terry, Esq.,resigned.

BRABAZON, A. B., Esq., appointed Surgeon; and*MANN, R. MI., Esq., appointed Assistant-Surgeon to the

Sixth Lancashire Volunteer Rifles.

PASS LISTS.APOTHECARIES' hIALL. LICENTIATES admitted on Thur sday,

September 20th, 1859:ARMINSON, John, Preston JACKSON, John, LeicesterGAYE, Arthur C., MIinehead PARKER, Robert, ChurtoniGREENWOOD, Newton, Trulo RISTE, William, Bere RegisHIORSLEY, Henry, Croydon SHEPHERD,J. B., Skidhill, KentThe following gentlemen, on the same day, passed their

first examination:-BOWLING, Thos., Birmingham LEE, L. J., Devonslhire SquareHUME, H., Newcastle -on-Tyie WISE, W1in. C., PlumsteadKITCHING, Thomas, Bow WITHIER, F. 0. B., Basingstoke

[OCT. 89 1859.MEDICAL NEWS.

OCT 5,15. EIA ES BIIHMDCLJUM

HEALTH OF LONDON-OCTOBERl 1ST, 1859.[From the Registrar-General's Report.]

13irths. Deaths.

During week ........157 Boys .. 81 1}5 -8 .. 1(14

Average of correspon(ding weelks 1849-58.. 10621 .. 11415The followin,r were among the causes of death :-diarrhcoa,

40; cholera (in infants), 2 ; scarlatina, 80; diphtheria, 17;small-pox, 19 (15 children and 4 adults); mneasles, 17 ; ague,4; remittent fever, 2; rheumatism, 8. Of bricklayers, 1 diedlast week; carpenters, 2; carpenters' wives, 1 ; carpenters'children, 17; painters, 0; painters' wife, 1; painters' children,7; plasterer, 1.Barometer:

Highest (Mon.) 29.02; lowest (Wed.) 29.54; mean 20.724 in.TherMometer:

In sun-highest (Thurs.) 850; lowest (Fri.) 01.50.In shade-highest (Sun.) 70.0°; lowest (Tllurs.) 49.U.Mcean-58.70; difference frommnean of 43 yrs.+4.40.Range-during week, 20.90; mean daily, 12.80.

MIean humidity of air (saturation=100), Rh.Mean clirection of wincd, S.W.-Rain in inches, 1.69.

THE LONDON MEDICAL REGISTRATION AsSOCIATION. A meet-ing of the Commiiiiittee was held at the offices of the Association,No. 5, Charing Cross, on Wednesday evening last, Dr. Kirby inthe Chair. A large am-ount ot correspondence was read.Amongst the resolutions agreed to was one that the questionof the right of dentists to assume the title of " surgeon"-den-tists slhould be immediately brought to an issue, and the stepsto be taken were determiined on. Votes having, been taken, itwas unanimously carried that several other prosecutions shouldbe commenced; and, as will be seen by an advertisement inour columns, the annual general meeting of the Associationwas fixed to take place at the Freemasons' ravern, on Thurs.day, the 3rd of November ensuing.

THE, MILANESE PRACTITIONERS IN TIEI LATE WVAR. ThePiedmiontese Gazette publishles a letter from Dr. Cuvellier,chief physician to the Frenclh military hospitals of iMilan,addressedl by him to the Alilanese practitioners, who, in abody, had volunteered their services in the hospitals. In thisletter, Dr. Cuvellier confirms what was stated at tlle time ofthe unexamupledl zeal displayed by all the miiembers of thefaculty. After Magenta, 2400 wounded were brought in thefirst day, antd their num-lber rose to 10,000 oni tllh following.Night andI day did physicians and sturgeons labour withoutintermission, in giving( their aid to all these patients, wlhatevertheir niationi. Dr. Cuvellier confirms the fact of upwards oftlhree hundred elegant equipages arriving at the railway stationto convey the wouinded to the lhospitals as they arrived on theLiglt of Junle'7th, after the battle of Solferilno. The streetswere lined wvitlh national guards oni the occasion, and the con-veying of tlhe wounded took place by torchlight amid the pro-foundest silence. " The honour of this fairy-like organisa-tion," the doctor adds, " belongs to the PoteSta, Counit Bel-giojoso, to the Sanitary Comnlission, ancl to all the miembersof the miiun:icipality."

UNin ERSITY COILEGE. On 'Monday afternoon the distribu-tionl of prizes in the faculty of medicirne took place at tbis col-lege, unider the presidency of Sir Charles HI. Goldsmid, Bart.The report fo!r the past year, read by the Dean, stated thatduring that period there had been 198 mtiedlical students, ofwNlhom 53 wvere new students. In November last, four meml-hers of tlhe colleae lhad obtained the degree of MV.D. in theUniversity of Londoni, all of wlhom lhad been placed in the firstdivisioni. At the examination of M.B., gold medals had beenavarded to Mr.Bazire and MIr. E. W. Tlhomiias. At the examnin-ation of undergraduates for M.B., in August, 1858, MIr. A.Woodford had been placed first; and at the same examinationin AuLgust 1850, M\r. C. Bastion, Mr. S. J. Gee, and Mr. W. J.Smith, had received gold medals, and, in addition, MIr. Gee hadreceive(d the T£30 exlhibition. The University Collegre Longridgoprize, and the Atlkinson Morley surgical scholarship, had bothbeen awarded to M\r. Kempster. Out of forty candidates at theexamination for the medical service of Majesty's forces in India,in January, Mr. WV. E. Allen had had the first place, Dr. Fawcusthe sixth, and Mr. E. Sclons the nintlh. The college had lost

the services of Dr. Carpenter, as Professor of Miedical Jurispru-dence, wlhich office had been filled by Dr. Harley. In tle inu-seum there hadl been improvements in the arrangements forthe collection of anatomical and pathological specimens, and inzoology and comparative anatomy. An annual exhibition, tobe called the " Filliter Exhibition," as a prize for proficiency inpathological anatomy, had been founded by the father of thelate Dr. Filliter, a former distinguished pupil of the medicalschool. Dr. Johnston had enriched the museum of riaturalhistory, with specimens from Java. The report also bore testi-mony to the zealous and enlightened spirit which prevailedamong the students. The prizes were then distributed.FUNERAL OF DR. ALISON. The remains of this distinguished

and much lanmented professor, received the honour of a publicfuneral, at Edinburgh, on Wednesday week. Sir ArchibaldAlison, brother of the deceased, was the chief mourner, and inaddition to a large company of private mourners, the fuLneralwas attended by the magistrates and council in their officialrobes, the professors of the university, the members of the dif-ferent medical corporations, the Royal Society, etc. After ser-vice in St. John's episcopal chapel, conducted by the Very Rev.Dean Ramsay, and other clergymen, the body was interred inthe burying ground attached to the chapel, in presence of alarge assemblage of spectators.

DR. SMuETHURST. This prisoner still remains in HorsemongerLane Gaol, under a respited sentence of death, and nlot theleast intimation appears to have been given as to what will bethe final decision of the advisers of the Crown in reference tohis ultimate fate. In answer to inquiries that hiave beenmade of the gaol officials, it has been stated that no communi-cation whatever has been received from the Home Office re-specting the prisoner, except the order for his respite, and thisis all they know upon the subject; but every day an order isexpected from the Secretary of State, directing what punish.ment shall be inflicted in lieu of the capital sentence. Duiringthe last few days a paragraplh, copied from an evening journal,has beein going the round of the papers, to the effect that in.quiries were being instituted with regard to other crimes sup-posed to have been committed by the prisoner. But from allthe information that can be acquired from the best sources, itappears that this statement is entirely without foundation, anldthat no such inquiries are going on; the only question underconsideration being wlhat ouaht to be done with the. prisonerunder the very peculiar circurnstances of the case.

IIOSPITAL ACCOMNODATION FOR THE MILITIA. The annexedcircular has been directed to commandina officers of militiaregiments and barrack masters, by the Earl of Ripon, theUnder Secretary of State for War :-

War Office, September 19th, 1859."Circular, No. 361, containing regulations forhiring property

for the use of the War Department generally being inapplica-ble for the provision of hospital accommodation for militiaregiments at the annual training periods, Mr. Secretary Her-bert lhas been pleased to approve of the following regulationsof liring for the object named, which are to be strictlv fol-lowed in all future cases. Wlhen a regiment is about to be as-sembled for training, the officer commanding will report to theSecretary of State for War, as early as convenient, the necessityfor providing hospital accommodation, stating whetlher there isany infirmary or public building available for the purpose. Ifnot, he will state the lowest rate at which a suitable houlse orrooms, approved by the suirgeon of the regiment, can be ob-tained for the training period. 'TIhe report is to be sent, in thelatter case, throuah the barracknmaster of the district, who, inforwarding it, will state, from his experience and knowledge,wlhether he considers the rent demanded to be reasonable, buthe is not to proceed to the station to make inquiries withoutdirections from this office. On the hire being approved, it willbe communicated to the officer comrmianding, and to thie bar-rack master, and the latter will supply suclh hospital furniturean(d bedding as the officer commanding may deem necessary,reporting the expense of carriage for sanction. The beddingetc., is to be duly removed at the expiration of the trainingperiod. When it is proposed to accommodate the sick of aregiment in a hospital attached to barracks, barrack masterswill, in Great Britain, forward the application of the officercommanding, to the Inspector General of Fortifications; butin Ireland this application should be sent to the deputy quarter.master general in Dublin, agreeably to the circular memoran.dum of the 2nd August, 1859."

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BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL ADVERTISER. [OCT. 8, 1859.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.POSTAGE OF MANUSCRIPT AND PRTNTED MATTER.

Any amount of manuscript or printed matter, singly or together, providedit conitains nothing in the form of a wvritten letter, is transmitted throughthe post, in packets open at the ends, at the following rates: not exceeding4 ounces, one penny; above 4 and not exceeding 8 ounces, twopence; above8 ounces and niot exceeding 1 pound, fourpenice; for every additional half-pound or under, twopence.ANONYMOUS CORaRESPONDENTS shoild always enclose their names to the

Editor; not for publication, but in tokeni of good faith. No attention can bepaid to comimunications not tlhus authenticated.Members should remember that corrections for the current week's JOURNAL

should not arrive later than Wednesday.NOTICE.-DR. WYNTER will feel obliged if the Associates will address

all Post Office Orders in payment of Suhscriptiorns, to the Publisher,MIR. TcsomsAs JOHN HONSEY5AN, 37, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's InnFields, Lonidon, W.C., "Bl3oomsbury Branch "; and he would also feelobliged by their sending all communications respecting the non-receipt ofthe Journal, to the saule address; as both these matters are out of theprovince of the Editor.

Communications have been received from:-Mst. J. 7A. LOCXING; DP.KING; MR. W. COPNEY; Ma. F. G. HIARCOURT; DP. JAMES RUSSELL; DR.COLLINCoWOOD; DR. JNO. COCKLE; DR. W. 0. MARKIIAM; Ma. Dix; DR. W.B. MUSHET; MR. T. HOLM1ES; MR. H. R. HAmSr.TON; MR. C. OAKLEY; Ma.J. TiiORLEY; MR. J. V. SOLOMON; MIa.. M. MANN; MR. G. AsHnDOWN;DR. il. SANDuWTII; Mui. NAPPER; CHiaunGicus; DP. LAnD; andMa. STONE.

BOOKS RECEIVED.[* An Asterio7 is prefixed to the nqmes of Mremnbers of the Agsociation.1

1. A 'ractical Accouint of General Paralysis its Mental and PhysicalSymptoms, Statistics, Cauises, Seat, and Treatment. By Thomas J.Austin, IM.H.C.S. Eng. Londoni: Churchill. 1d59.

2. on1 the D)iseases and Injuiries of the Joinits. Clinlical and PathologicalObservationis. By Thomas Bryant, F.B(.C.S. Lonidon: Churchill. 1859.

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