Dr. Henry J. Bowditch, of Boston, Mass., was appointed chairman, and the committee was made up of one from each State in the Union. Dr. J. W. Russell, of Mt. Vernon, was appointed for our State to receive subscriptions.

We may state that "the autograph names of all subscribers will be arranged in a volume, to be deposited in the library of the Hunterian Museum, in London." We hope that every regularly educated physician will throw in his mite to aid so good a work. Let us as an American profession show that we love the truly great men in medicine, of whatever nation, kindred or tongue they may be. We are not prepared to indicate the best plan for collecting the money from those who may be desirous of subscribing. We will, however, acknowledge the receipt in our journal of any money which may be forwarded to us, and send it to Dr. Bowditch, of Boston. We suppose Dr. Russell will indicate some plan convenient for all.

Boylston Medical Prizes.-The committee having in charge the awarding of Boylston prizes, gave the premium of ninety dollars, or a gold medal of that amount, to John Bell, M.D., of New York, for the best paper on the following subject: How far does the Microscope assist us in the Surgical Diagnosis? Dr. David W. Cheever, of Boston, received the second prize of the same value for the best paper on the following subject: The Value and Fallacy of Statistics in the Observation of Disease.

The committee propose the following subjects for 1861: Excision of Joints; Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Pleurisy. Papers on either of these questions must be sent (post-paid) to Dr. Edward Reynolds, Boston, on or before the first Wednesday in April, 1861.

For 1862 the following subjects are proposed: How far does the Microscope assist us in Surgical Diagnosis? On Nausea and Vomiting, as symptoms; under what circumstances do they occur, and what indications do they afford as to the seat and character of Disease? The best paper will receive the prize of sixty dollars, or a gold medal of that value.

The Medical College of Ohio.-The American Medical Times, speaking of this ancient institution of medical instruction, says: 'We regret to have to record the distractions of that once emi

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nent school of medical learning, founded in the early days of the Queen City of the West, and adorned by the talents of DRAKE, GROSS, CALDWELL, and HARRISON. There is no city that has such a great need of an influential school, with a united and energetic faculty. We trust the present organization will prove more useful than is predicted, and that its new professors will prove themselves worthy successors of the earlier teachers in that school." To all of which we respond an honest amen. If any one supposes we have a disposition to cultivate feelings of animosity towards our alma mater, or against those who are at present placed in charge of its destinies, they are greatly mistakenthey simply do not understand us. No one will record the prosperity and success of the Medical cheerfulness than ourselves.

College of Ohio with more

Interesting Case in Obstetrics.-We quote the following extract from a private letter from Dr. Wooden, of Clifty, Ind., trusting, however, that the Doctor will, as he promises, give a full report of the case:

I delivered a woman, on the 6th inst., of a pair of twins a la Siamese. They were at full term, perfect in every particular, except that they were attached anteriorly from the upper third of the sternum to the umbilicus. Weight ten pounds-girls. One was dead when I called; the other died during delivery. Perhaps I will report the case at some future time.

Yours fraternally,

J. L. WOODen.

Adams County Medical Society.-The physicians of Adams County, Ohio, met at West Union, September 1, ult., and organized a medical association, and apparently under prosperous auspices. The following officers were elected: Dr. V. E. Vanmeter, President; Dr. D Coleman, Vice President; Dr. B. F. Coates, Secretary; Dr. H. L. Philips, Treasurer; Drs. Adamson, Viers, and McDill, Censors. Dr. J. T. Adamson was appointed essayist for the next meeting, with Dr. J. B. McDill as alternate.

Appointment in the Missouri Medical College.-We have neglected to notice the election of Dr. G. M. B. Maughs, of the Kansas City Med. and Surg. Review, to the chair of Chemistry and Physiology in the Missouri Medical College.

Resignation in South Carolina Medical College.-Prof. Holbrook has resigned the Chair of Anatomy in this institution, and is succeeded by Dr. F. T. Miles, who has been the Demonstrator for several years. Prof. Holbrook, we believe, has been connected with South Carolina Medical College for many years-if we mistake not, from its organization.

To Readers and Correspondents.We regret to lay over much original and editorial matter prepared for this number, but the press of matter obliges us to do so. Our readers must wait for another month the discussion on the cod-liver oil question, in the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine. And for like reasons our friends who have articles on file must be patient with us.

Editorial Change.-Drs. Logan and W. F. Westmoreland withdraw from the editorial management of the Atlanta Med. and Surg. Journal, and are succeeded by Dr. J. G. Westmoreland as editor and proprietor. The Atlanta Journal enters on its sixth volume, and we wish it and its new editor an abundant prosperity.

Our readers will find an account of a death from chloroform in this number of our journal. This is the second one which has occurred in this city. The first took place on February 23, 1848. We believe this was one of the first deaths reported from inhaling chloroform. Dr. Krause, the gentleman in whose. care the recent death took place, is one of the best educated physicians and surgeons in this city or the West. A graduate of one of the German Universities, he has been a respectable practitioner for several years; we can, therefore, say, that no blame is to be attached to him in the case. It is becoming a question, in view of the deaths occurring from chloroform, whether it would not be safer to use a mixture of chloroform and ether. We know the advantages of chloroform, yet we believe that the opinion of practical men who find occasion for its frequent use, will very shortly be established against using it alone.

The Medical and Surgical Reporter states that Dr. Bradfoote Warwick, of Richmond, Va., has joined the surgical staff of the army of Garibaldi.

Dr. R. J. Paterson, Superintendent of the Ohio Idiot Asylum, has been appointed Superintendent of the Iowa Hospital for the Insane, at Mt. Pleasant, in that State.

-Prof. E. M. Moore, formerly of Starling Medical College, has been appointed to the Chair of Surgery in the Buffalo School, made vacant by the resignation of Prof. Hamilton.

Dr. J. Aitkin Meigs, of Philadelphia, has been elected a member of the Societé d'Anthropologie de Paris. He was proposed by MM. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, Beclard and Broca.

-The Medical College advertisements of the school at Cleveland, and the Medical College of Ohio, may be found in their proper department. Our readers will of course take due note of them.

At the commencement of the Long Island College Hospital, July 24th, the degree of M.D. was conferred on twenty young gentlemen. The whole number of students in attendance during the session was fifty-eight.

- Lindsay & Blakiston will very soon issue a large work entitled American Medical Biography, by Prof. S. D. Gross. It will consist of memoirs of the most distinguished physicians and surgeons of our country.

Dr. D. Meredith Reese will soon put to press "a new and enlarged edition" of his melical lexicon. We are very glad of this, for his dictionary has always been a useful and convenient book to us. We feel sure it will meet with a large sale.

Dr. H. D. Schmidt, late Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy in the University Medical School, Philadelphia, has been appointed Demonstrator of Anatomy in the New Orleans School of Medicine. He is said to be an accomplished anatomist, and well qualified for the place.

In New Orleans, according to the V. O. Medical News and Hospital Gazette, there were during the week ending July 15th between seventy-five to eighty cases of sun-stroke. The same journal states that there has not been a single case of yellow fever in that city during the summer, nor one admitted to Charity Hospital.

Prof. L. M. Lawson, late of the Medical College of Ohio, has been appointed to the Chair of Clinical Medicine in the University of Louisiana, at New Orleans, and leaves shortly for that city. Prof. L. is well qualified for the place. In this connection we can not fail to say that the schools in New Orleans are doing more for the profession, and the instruction of students, than any others in the country. In both there are distinct chairs of clinical medicine and surgery; and in the New Orleans School there are chairs for the teaching of experimental physiology, and the diseases of women and children. We wish them the success they are working for, and so well deserve.

Editorial Abstracts and Selections.

PRACTICAL MEDICINE.

1. Opiated Colchicum Wine-Eisenman's Drops.-This remedy, which has gained such a wonderful reputation in Europe for the relief of acute articular rheumatism, rheumatic affections of the mucous membrane, muscular rheumatism, rheumatic neuralgia, etc., is made after Dr. Eisenman's own receipt, which is as follows: . Tinct. opii, 3 ij.; vini colchici sem. (Ph. Bor.), 3 iss. M., S. Dose, twenty drops three times a day.-Louisville Med. News.

2. Removal of Stains of Nitrate of Silver.--Black stains produced by nitrate of silver on the skin, nails, teeth, and on linen, etc., brushed over with a solution of cyanide of potassium (eight or ten grains of the salt to one ounce of distilled water), are removed after one or two applications.-Dublin Med. Press.

3. Vaccination after Dr. W. Husband's Method.-Dr. D. P. Smith, in a letter from Edinburgh to the Amer. Med. Times of September 8, thus describes Dr. Husband's method of vaccination: "On or before the eighth day after a successful vaccination, by slightly rupturing the vesicle, and dipping therein a delicate capillary glass tube, virus sufficient to vaccinate several people ascends into the tube by virtue of the capillary attraction; then withdrawing the tube and slightly shaking it, so that the virus