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twenty times as many in proportion to the total deaths as theaverage for England ; from dysentery, 326 ; from brain fever,277 ; from diarrhaea, 255 ; from small-pox, only 148 ; and from"native cholera," 31. The total number of deaths from allcauses was 84,350.

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THE HEALTH OF PARIS.

TEE health of Paris has not varied since our last notice, andmay be said to be generally good. There is still a tendency tobowel disorder, and some three or four cases of sporadic cholerahave been observed ; but these have been of a benign nature,and have easily yielded to a timely and appropriate treatment.

The Board of Trade returns show that, of deaths reportedto them as having occurred in the merchant service during theyear 1866, 433 were caused by cholera, 163 by phthisis, 255by dysentery, 326 by fevers of various kinds, 49 occurred fromapoplexy, and 63 from heart disease ; while of the 4866 deathsrecorded, 1219 were due to drowning by accident, 1171 todrowning by wreck, 131 to falls from aloft, 17 to falls into thehold;’64 being oddly classed as "various," and 39 as

"natural" in the cause column.

THE Sanitary Committee of St. James’s, Westminster (Mr.James Beal, chairman), agreed at their last meeting to repre-sent to the Government, in order to render the Vaccination Billefficient, that the registration of all births should be compul-sory ; that a notice of birth should be given to the vaccinator;that the control of the vaccination officers should be transferredfrom the Poor-law Board to the Registrar-General’s Depart-ment ; that it is desirable to raise the fees to the vaccinators,and to afford facilities to private practitioners to act, whoshould be paid the stipulated fees.

DR. BURDON -SANDERSON has been appointed physician tothe Brompton Hospital for Consumption, in the vacancy causedby the resignation of Dr. Hamilton Roe.

WE would remind King’s College men that the old students’dinner is advertised to take place at St. James’s Hall on

Wednesday next, and that no tickets will be obtainable afterMonday. Application should be made at once to Mr. FrancisMason.

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DR. LEAPED, Physician to the Great Northern Hospital,and Dr. B. W. Richardson, are named as candidates, in addi-tion to those already mentioned, for the vacant Gresham Pro-fessorship of Medicine. ____

THE distribution of prizes at King’s College will take placeon Friday next, June 28th : Sir Thomas Watson, Bart., in thechair.

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DR. HARDWICKE, the deputy coroner for Central Middlesex,has been elected successor to Dr. Sanderson as medical officerof health for Paddington. Six candidates went to the poll.

THE Council of University College, upon the recommenda-tion of the examiners, have awarded the Atkinson-Morleysurgical scholarship ( £45, tenable for three years) to Mr.

George Vivian Poore, of Andover, Hants.

To meet the convenience of subscribers, the presentation ofthe testimonial to the proprietor of the Pall Mall Gazette ispostponed till Wednesday next, the 26th inst., at five P.M.It will take place at the house of Mr. Hills, 45, Queen Anne-street, as before announced.

DR. WILLIAM STUART, visiting surgeon for Woolwichunder the Contagious Diseases Act, has been appointed by theWar Office visiting surgeon for Chatham under the same Act.

THE REPRESENTATION OF THE UNIVERSITYOF ST. ANDREWS.

A MEETING of the medical graduates of the University ofSt. Andrews was held at the Freemasons’ Tavern on Wednes-

day last; Dr. Richardson occupied the chair. There was afull attendance on the occasion. Dr. Richardson commencedthe proceedings by stating that within the last fifteen days, inanswer to a circular addressed to the graduates, letters hadbeen received from 253 gentlemen desiring to be enrolled asmembers of the St. Andrews Graduates’ Association about tobe formed. On the last occasion they had met to consider thequestion of enfranchisement of the University, and to a largeextent the efforts that had already been made to that end hadmet with remarkable success. A very gratifying communica-tion had been received from Dr. M ’lntyre, of Odiham, whostated that he had succeeded in getting the matter placedbefore the Cabinet. One of these gentlemen with whom hecommunicated wrote to the effect that "the matter is underthe consideration of the Lord Advocate ; and I have everyreason to believe that in consequence of that, and other repre-sentations that have been made, an amended clause will beintroduced." Sir Graham Montgomery had also communicateda similar intimation, and promised that when the ScotchReform Bill finds its way into committee he will try and getClause 30 altered if possible. Dr. Richardson said that theirwork had been very much curtailed by a knowledge of theabove facts. A feeling had been freely expressed that theyshould have an organisation of their own to look after theirinterests, and they were about to give effect to the propositionthat they should enrol themselves into a body for united ac-tion. A series of rules drawn up by the secretary were thenread, and accepted as the basis of further organisation. Avery hair-splitting discussion then ensued, the result beingthe adoption of the proposed rules pretty much as theyoriginally stood.Amongst those who spoke were Professor Macdonald, Dr.

Dudfield, Dr. O’Connor, Dr. Rogers, Dr. McIntyre, Dr. Seaton,Dr. Allen, Dr. Cooper Rose, Dr. Chapman, Dr. Humby, Dr.Leonard Sedgwick, Dr. Drysdale, Dr. Abbotts Smith, andothers. The Association, whose primary object will be tosecure a vote for each graduate, is to be called the Universityof St. Andrews Graduates’ Association; its objects are definedto be the advancement of the science and art of medicine andof general science and literature, the maintenance of the inte-rests of the medical graduates of the University, and the cul-tivation of social intercourse and good fellowship. The asso-ciation will be composed of members, honorary members, and

associates ; the former to be graduates, the latter any quali-fied practitioners, who, however, will not be entitled to vote onany questions aifecting the University. The subscription isfive shillings a year. The council will consist of thirty-twomembers. The annual session and dinner will be held in De-cember each year. Dr. Richardson is the president ; Dr.Day (Stafford), Dr. Greenhalgh, Dr. Tanner, Dr. Wise(Dublin), and Inspector-General Leonard are amongst the

vice-presidents; and Dr. Leonard Sedgwick the secretary.It was then delegated to the Council to use every endeavourto advance the claims of the graduates to enfranchisement.Dr. McIntyre observed that two things could be done withthe Scotch Bill as it now stands, so far as it relates to St.Andrews. Clause 30 could be expunged, or it might stopafter the words "master of surgery." Clause 29 would meeteverything. The best plan was to let the former portion ofClause 30 stand, and omit all reference to any period of gradua-tion of members. If any objection were made to materialalteration, this might be met by giving a vote to all who hadgraduated after 1833, the date when the examinations for thedegrees were made stringent. It was finally decided that thematter should be settled by the Council of the Association.Dr. Richardson referred to the opinion prevailing in somequarters, and which has probably influenced the Governmentin their decision, that some of the degrees of the St. AndrewsUniversity had been bought, and he read a letter from theRegistrar stating that no degrees have been or are obtainableby purchase. Degrees were granted in the time of war for-merly after examination, on certificate from distinguishedsurgeons in London, but candidates were often rejected. Itwas a temporary necessity. There are no honorary degrees.A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings.