The following gentlemen registered their qualifications at the meeting of the Medical Board on the 4th of August : G eorge Glendinning, Herne Hill, Geelong, M.B. et Ch. M. Ed. 1874; G e orge Maxwell, Skipton, L.F.P.S.G. 1859 ; Frederick Dell Hayman, Eden- hope, M.R.C.S. Eng. 1875. Additional qualification registered : James Alexander Reid, Sale, M.D. Aberd. 1876. On the 14th, the following name was registered : Augustus Joseph Walford Pettigrew, Melbourne, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.S.A. Loud. 1876.
The following vaccinators were appointed during the month of August : Mr. A. H. Dowson, for the districts of Shepparton and Mooroopna ; Mr. F. Lawton, for the districts of Lancefield, Lancefield North, and Romsey ; Dr. J. B. Marr, for Ballan, Myrniong, and -Greenvale, vice Mr. E. J. Lock, resigned ; Dr. W. Carey Rees, for the district of Toorak, vice Dr. Ramsey, relieved ; Dr. A. Mackintosh, for
the district of Kyneton, vice Mr. Geary, on leave.
The following new bye-law was adopted at a special general meeting of the subscribers of the Melbourne Lying-in Hospital, on the 11th of this month (August). " No person shall be an honorary medical officer in this institution who is not a graduate in medicine in the University of Melbourne, or in one of the recognised universities of Great Britain and Ireland, or a member of either of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of England, Edinburgh, or Ireland. The degree of Doctor of Medicine in an Australian University shall be a full qualifi- cation. The honorary medical officers shall be appointed at a general meeting of contributors."
We regret to learn that, on the 29th inst., Dr. William Loftus, of Warrnambool, was thrown out of his buggy, and received a compound fracture of the left leg.
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An inquest was held on August 14, at Geelong, on the body of Dr. Donaldson, of South Geelong, who had died from an over-dose of tincture of opium and chloral-hydrate. It appeared that the deceased had been in the habit of taking opiates, but had, at last, taken more than the system was accustomed to. Mr. Pincott was called in, and he did what was indicated by way of treatment, but without effect.
The deceased had practised in Victoria during the last ten years.
The following advertisement, taken from the St. _Arnaud Mercury of August 8th, is tolerably conclusive, that although Mr. Quock Ping did.
not succeed in getting his name on the register, he is in the active practise of his art :—" [Card.] Henry Quock Ping, Herbalist, Licen- tiate of the Imperial Medical College of Chung Low, arrives at the Criterion Hotel, St. Arnaud, on every Fifth Thursday, at 3 p.m., and leaves at 10.30 a.m. next day. Next visit August 17. No charge for consultation. Address :-62 Melbourne Road, Ballarat."
Dr. Peter Gordon, formerly assistant-surgeon of the Bendigo Hospital, died at that institution on Sunday morning, August 6, from phthisis.
A Fijian remedy for leprosy is said to be described as follows in Mr. Whetham's Pearls of the Pacc :—" The sinu gagas, or poison sinu, is found in mangrove swamps, or on high ground just above high-water mark ; sixty feet high, a glossy foliage, oblong leaves, and small green flowers, in catkins. When the tree is wounded, a lot of white milky juice flows out, which burns the skin. It is analogous to the Manchineel tree (Manzanillo) of South America. It is an almost certain cure for leprosy. The leper is rubbed with green leaves, and buried in them. A small fire is then kindled, and a few pieces of the wood laid on. As soon as a thick black smoke arises the leper is bound hand and foot, a rope is fastened to his heels, by means of which he is drawn up over the fire, so that his head is about fifteen inches from the ground, in the midst of the poisonous smoke. The door of the house is then closed, and the sufferer allowed to remain alone for hours. When he is sufficiently smoked the fire is removed, the slime scraped from his body, and deep gashes cut in his skin, until blood flows freely. The leper is then taken down, and laid in mats to recover or die. The agony is dreadful ; but the cure is generally complete."
BIRTHS.
GRAY.—On the 31st July, the wife of Andrew S. Gray, M.R.C.S. Eng., 196 Collins-street east, of a daughter.
Com3.—On the 14th of August, at Footacray, the wife of J. F. Cobb, M.R.C.S. Eng., of a BM
DEATH.
CLARICE.—On the 29th July, at Yarraville, Richmond, Katherine Maurice Irene, (laughter of H. St. John Clarke, F.R.C.S. Eng., aged 1 year and 9 months.
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NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Communications have been received from Dr. Jamieson, Dr. Gardner, Dr. O'Neill, Mr. Sullivan, Dr. Day, Dr. P. Smith.
The following publications have been received : The Lancet for June 3, 10, 17, 24; The British Medical Journal for June 3, 10, 17, 24;
The Medical Press and Circular for May 31, June 7, 14, 21; The Student's Journal for June „3, 17 ; The London Medical Record for June; The Sanitary Record for June 3; Burgoyne, Burbidge and Co.'s Monthly Prices Current for June 15 ; A Combattere i morbi pesti- lenziali lettera del dottore Socrate Cadet ; L' use intern del sottosol- fato di Mercurio, lettera del dottore Cadet ; La Cura del Mori)*
bilarzico e del trichinoso, lett. del clott. Cadet ; The Canada Medical and Surgical Journal for June and July ; The Pacific Medical and Surgical Journal for July ; The New York Medical Record for June 24, July 1, 8 ; New York Medical Journal for July.