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sion on the part of his colleagues in consultation, should befinally disclosed. Accordingly, Dr. Otto Schron, professor ofpathologicalanatomy, proceeded to the necropsy in the presenceof Drs. Cardarelli, Senise, Perli, Zagari, Arlotta and Rubino.The kidneys, as had been diagnosed from time to time during’his illness, were then ascertained to be the seat of his malady- ,a diagnosis which he had himself acquiesced in. Chronic paren-chymatous nephritis was entered as the cause of death.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OFLONDON.

A COMITIA of this College was held on the llth inst., thePresident, Sir ANDREW CLARK, Bart., in the chair. The newlyelected Fellows were admitted ; and communications wereread from the Medical Defence Union and the British lnsti-tute of Preventive Medicine. The rest of the time was occu-

pied in the discussion of matters of finance, which wereaieclared to be "Secreta Collegii."

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OFENGLAND.

AT an ordinary meeting of the Council of the above Collegeheld on Thursday, the llth inst., Mr. THOMAS BRYANT,President, in the chair, the minutes of the Quarterly Councilof April 13th were read and confirmed; Dr. C. B. Plowrightwas introduced and admitted a Fellow of the College ; Mr.J. Bland Sutton was introduced and received the JacksonianPrize for the year; and the report from the Committee onVaccination was received and adopted. It is to the following- effect:

"We, the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons ofEngland, desire to put on record, at the present time, ouropinion of the value of vaccination as a protection againstsmall-pox.We consider the evidence in favour of its life-saving

power to be overwhelming, and we believe, from evidenceequally strong, that the dangers incidental to the operation,when properly performed, are infinitesimal.

Experience has satisfied us that, even when vaccinationfails to afford complete exemption from small-pox, it so

modifies the severity of the disease as not only to greatlyreduce its mortality, but to lessen the frequency of blindness,disfigurement and other grave injuries.We should therefore regard as a national calamity any

alteration in the law which now makes vaccination com-pulsory. We are moreover firmly convinced that revaccination’is an additional safeguard and should be universallypractised. We would add that we believe that the instruc-tions of the Local Government Board for public vaccinators’are well designed to secure the greatest efficiency in vaccina-tion and to avoid the liability to risks from the opera-tion. "

The Council further agreed that the foregoing resolution’should be made public and that a copy thereof should besent to the Secretary of the Royal Commission on Vaccinationfor submission to the Commissioners.

The report of the Committee of Management was approved,and adopted, and it was agreed-(1) That the UniversityCollege of South Wales, Cardiff, and St. Paul’s School, WestKensington, be placed on the list of institutions recognisedfor instruction in chemistry, including chemical physics,practical chemistry and elementary biology; and (2) that theLiverpool Eye and Ear Infirmary be recognised as an ophthal-mic hospital under the conditions of Clause 11, Paragraph II.,Section I. of the new regulations.The annual meeting of Fellows of the College for the elec-

tion of members of the Council will be held on Thursday,July 6th, at 2 P. M.On the recommendation of the President and Vice-

-Presidents it was agreed to ask Mr. Alfred Gilbert, R.A.,to execute a marble bust of the late Sir Richard Owen.

Medical News.UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.-The following gentle-

men have been elected Examiners in Medicine and Surgeryand subjects relating thereto :-

Practice of Medicine.-John Cavafy, M.D., and J. F. Payne, M.D.,B.Sc.

Surgery.-Professor Marcus Beck, M.S., M.B., and H. G. Howse,M.S., M.B.

Anattomy.-Professor D. J. Cunningham, M.D., D.Sc., LL.D., C.M.,; F.R.S., and R. Clement Lucas, M.B., B.S.I Physiology. -Professor W. D. Halliburton, M.D., B.Sc., F.R.S., and

Professor William Stirling, M.D., D.Sc., C.M.Obstetric Medicine.-C. J. Culltngworth, M.D., and Alfred L. Galabin,M.D., M.A.

Materia Medica and Pharmaceutical Chemistry.-Professor N. I. C.Tirard, M.D., and W. Hale White. M.D.

Forensic Medicine. -A. P. Luff, M. D., B. Se., and Professor J. DixoaMann, M.D.

Chemistry.-Professor H. E. Armstrong, Ph.D., F.R.S., and ProfessorHerbert M’Leod, F.R.S.

Botany and Vegetable Physiology.-Professor J. R. Green, M.A.,B.Sc., and Professor Daniel Oliver, F.R.S.

Comparative Anatomy and Zoology.-Sydney J. Hickson, D.Sc., M.A.,and Professor E. Ray Lankester, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S.

ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND.-The followinghave passed the Second Examination in Medicine :—

Upper Pass Division.-Samuel T. Beggs, R. H. Cunningham, J. W.McHenry, Wm. Mackeown, Joseph Matson, Humphrey Turkington.[These may present themselves for the further examination forhonours.] ]

Pass Division -John Boyd, Alexander Burns, r-aac Byers,Wm. S. Car.roll, James A. Cla- ke, Robert M. Clarke, Robert W. Clements, JamesCowan, Stevenson L. Cummint, John H. Daly, Richard T. Dunlevy,John Dunne, George Elliott, Francis E. Evans, Denis P. Fitzgerald,Samuel F. Floyd, Thomas K. Greenlield, Patrick J. Hamilton,Francis Heron, Robert F. Huston, Thomas J. Kenny, Charles Kidd,Edward J. Liddle, Andrew L. McCully, Francis J. MeGlade,William D. MeMurtey, George J. Maguire, Arthur Moore, RobertNevin, Henry J. Nugent, Edmund J. O’Farrell, Michael J. O’Kane,Henry S. Orr, Patrick M. Quinn, Hugh J. Ritchie, Walter S. Smyth,David Sommrville, Wm. M. Spiller, John M. Tighe, Robert Wilbond,and George Younge.

ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONSOF EDINBURGH AND FACULTY OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONSOF GLASGOW.-At the April sittings of the Examiners, heldin Glasgow, the following candidates passed the respectiveexaminations :-

’ First Examination (Five Years Cottrse.)-Patrick Pearse, CountyKerry: Duncan M‘Gregor, Aberfoyle; Alexander Ross. Glasgow.In Division I. (Physies)-A. Fletcher Jones. In Division 11.(Chemistry)-Christina H. Stirling, Robert Mackie.

First ;Examination (Four Years Course.)-Alexander G. Hays, WestBromwich; Patrick B. Molony, County Limerick; David A.Chalmers, Glasgow; Robert S. Wells, Dumfries; L. Williams,London ; Patrick J. Calnan, County Cork ; David Spillane, CountyKerry ; John Roche, County Cork ; Robert A. Cameron, Glasgow;.Tohn J. A. Sherry, Dublin ; William Daly, Killarney ; Richd. Fox,Nottinghamshire; Douglas M. Burnside, Belfast; James M.0 Sullivan, County Kerry ; Hugh W. Macdonald, County Down;Charles W. Laver, Melbourne; John G. Gibson, New Cumnock;David S. C. Reid, Forfar; Alexander Duncan, County Kerry;William H. Madden, County Limerick ; George H. Gill, Halifax;Charles A. Matcer, County Down ; Joseph S. Gill, County Tyrone;Alexander M. Wilson, Glasgow; Michael Higgins, LoagfieldIn Division I. (Chemistry)-James H. Stuart, Ernest N. Dickson,George Moreland. In Division II. (Elementary Anatomy &c.)-W. J. Turner.

Second Examination.-Duncan Fletcher, Argyllshire ; Thomas A.Beadle Middleton-in-Teesdale; James S. Montgomery, Glasgow;Osborne Johnson, Bassingham ; Adam Lees, Motherwell; JamesWaddell, Airdrie; George Gibson, Cork; David Alexander,Jimaica; James A. C. Park, St. Andrews; Alfred B. Steward,Lancashire; John A. Dyson, Hull; David Morrissy, County Cork;Albert E. Lewis, Swansea ; Joseph Tibbetts, Staffordshire; JobnSheppard, Clonturk; Edward Reay Coffey, County Cork;Djunjeeshan H. Dantra, Bombay; Ella Cecilia Rawlinson, Norfolk;George B. Simpson, Sydney; William 0. Evans, Pontai7d iwe; A. J.0’DnscoIl, Cork ; Thomas Shunasy, Adelaide ; James Rutherford,Dumfriesshire; Thos. C. Smyth, Victoria; James Pirie, Aberdeen;John F. Stevenson, Glasgow. In Divibion 1. (Anatomy)-WilliamGordon, John W. Cuthbertson. In Division 11. (Physiology)-Andrew H. Graham, Joseph Ingram. In Division 111. (MateriaMedica)—Laurence H. Hutchins. Llewellyn Williams. In Divisions 1. and II.—James Battersby, Thomas Gallacher, George Bryce,David W. Reese, Rose Turner. In Divisions 1. and III.—GeorgeP. O’Connor. In Divisions 11. and III.—Joseph A. Sanderson.

Final Examination.-William E. Jones, Corwen; P. Grodsenski,London ; Alex. Bronte, New Zealand; Wm. D. Anderson, Glasgow;Henry William Stewart, Clogher; Joseph B. Tindall, Preston;Matthew Marriott. Sheffield ; Allan Renny, Walkden, Bolton;John P. Roberts, Glasgow ; Charles H. Roberts. Cathcart; WilliamOwen, Portmadoc ; J. D. O’Connell, Cashel; Richard G. Barnes,County Tyrone; Frederick William Woolrabe, Edinburgh: JohnHiggins Edinburgh; Barclay Wiggins, Beith ; Reginald H. Wiiglat,Lymm, Cheshire ; Richard Price, Crewe ; Robert Mayman, Oxford ;P. M. Tobit, Edinburgh; Tom Dawson, Warriston, Currie: Robt.W. Crooke, Glasgow. In Division 1. (Medicine)-Arthur Neville,Wm. M. Keal, R. Mailer. In Division II. (Surgery)--John Elliott,