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London, England, 1856-03-07 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR LIGNUM VIT'

Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy,
Somerset-place, sth ',arch. 1856.
THE Commissioners for Executing- the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the Unite,' Kingdom of Great liritam
111, %if:eland, DO lIEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESD,IO
Ilehiath'instant, at Two o'clock, they will im ready to treat
Penzons as may he willing to Contract for supplying her Maj.:sty',
40 ".Yard at Portsmouth witn
I°4B of ST. DOMINGO LIGNUM TIT..E, of from 4 ~ to 11 ins
I diAtneter, end

n of Wil (Tri LIGNUM VILE. of from 354 to 4
diameter.
lorin of the tender may be seen at the said office.
ci tender will be received alter two o'clock on the dly of treaty,
1112;'?,11 any be noticed, unless the party at ends, or an agent lot
1,,,,c141Y authorised in writing.
,CFY tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty
11,,...ar In the left-hand corner the words ." Tender for mum
17, and must also be delireied at Rem Tset-place, accomp'anie
letter signed by &responsible person, on aging to, ii cote bound
1f
t 3; oers.. tendering in the sum 012001. for the due performance
de contractdi ..

EAST I Vara. HOUSE, STH Meaux, 1856,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the an•
tb flexed CODE of IIIetaTLATION for the AD a ISaION of
41,L-DtleaTE e at the EX, teller TION.: to be held for tee-
ut, NT HEINIT of ASSIST tNT SURGE() era in the eIERVICE of
Ce,'-A.ST COMPAXY, has t een frame( by the tiotril• 0-
4,et'llieioners for the Affairs of dle. wider the provisions of the
lie att.( 17th Viet; cap. 95, see. 34.
At:LATIONS FOR TREE ADMISSION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE Ai'f"TNT
toLtr AsiisrexT.Syneesues IN TILE lEAVICE OF Tau t:AST INDIA
tall
natural-horn subjects of her Majesty bet Ween 21 and 28 years
1111„7",..4n1 of sound bodily, health. -may-he, candidates for MR11,121011
eteY ee service at the East India Company as Aseistant Sureeons.
must subscribe and send into Dr. Se tt, the Physician to the
teerrable least India Company, 10 days before the Period fixed for
el eXamination, a declaration to the to lowing effect:—
Nee (ehristien and surname at- full length), a candidate for em
teett'kent as an Assistant.eurgeon In the service of the East. Ind).
DiteY. do hereby deciare, that t was • years of age on the
tioe., day of last, and that I labour under no constita-
thie:l disease or physical disability that can Interfere with the due
ttee:ttree of the duties of a medical officer ; and I also attest my
IhQ e!lass to proceed on duty to India within three months of receive.
'Y appointment."
rat "4 declaration must be accomeanied by the following dem-
_
, I, e •
+4,, roof ofage, either by extract from the register of the paeisli
to ,"111th the candidate was born, or by his own declaration pursuant
i."e Act 5 and Win. c 62.
let .4• certificate of moral character fro n a magistrate, or a minis-
itee'e the religious denomination to which the candidate beloties,
a, "4, p rsonally kiiown him for at least two preceding years.
ettleaditainna in surgery, or a degree in medicine, provieed an ex-
ocee''''tlen in surgery be required for such deeree from some body
Peters by law. to grant or confer such diploma, or degree.
certificate of having attended two courses of lectures, of six
,Ve each. iefthe piactice of physic. and of having attended for
"le °tithe the practice and clinical instruction o the ehesicians at
se hospital, containing at least, - on art average, one hundred in-
-14:43; or of having attended one coureeof lectures efaix months
e,-Prateice of physic, and clinical instruction for twelve months
kttptiA certificate of having attend d for three months the prsctteal
etion given at one of the public asylums for the treatment in
Octane.
kite„A- certificate of having attended for ttree months ono of the In-
e'rens or wards of an hospital especially devoted to the treat.
eee'etophtlialmie disease.
All XII, (kites who may not have been able to attend the praetiee of
Nes-warn for the insane, or of an ophthelmic hoepital, for 3 months
ti6'°Aes to their offering themselves for examination, will not be
totee„aed from examination, but will, if suecessful to obtainlne re-
it e'letidaUon for appointetei ts, be re lu• • ed to produce certificates
keLvtlig,- attendee sueii eeraeuee iterate: the intervei between the
eel:Wien and the tine of proceeding to India.
certificate or li .vieg atteed.il x course of lectures on m d-
C 7,, ant of having complete es-least six betimes.
bletlacertiticatetof having acquired a practical k owledge of cup
i
at
may also, at their option, s-n-I In certtficatee of attend
k etit any hospitals, or on any course of lean • .s, In adddion to tit,
t' Attendance on a course of military snore le and Incpracti•
Teal of surgi al operations on the dead bear are recomin. sided
Examinstion wit include the following suajeeta
gargery in all Iteele,partm.nts.
>ttyli!edlelne, including they i•eases of women and child-en, The
a`titree. Puarmacy, an Hgiene. , •
4. Anetorny tuud i'ts' aloloity, 'weeding Comparitive Anatomy.
n'atil oil ifstory, inoluding lititeny and Zo
to,Ze %flowing are the hooks recommended ill— •
0:0 and Coinearanve ' •
ttelles of the etructere of the Animal Kingd. in, by ItymerJones,
tie, ors Eletnsutaire d'llisteire Natueelle, par Milne Edwards.
:let3,,ee
:Inettley's School Betany, or
"41ey's Elemews of. Botany.
1 'rite Examination will be conducted—
t7 means of written questions and answers.
it -1Y object examinations and experiments, when the Babied ad-
' °T such tests.
See Bl Practical examiaatlon of patients, and by operations on the
et3dy.
ak—Y *bra voce examination.
/leyittepersons who *hell be pronpunmel. by the examiners to teethe
tecejilalifiel in all respects wel oe appoluteil to fill the requisite
%Zee of eppolntraentr zereassistant Surgeons • le the East webs
DenYta Service, and, so far as the requirements-of the service-.
IN Permit, they will have the choke of the Pre•iderterlit India to
Ithiqk they shall I e appointed, accordele au_ the order of merit in
,p they stand on thclist resulting from each exam( !Won.
tete,' etsistantasurgeens are regained t • subeerl he to the military or
tet"'al, and medical retiring tunas, at the presideneies to which'
thtsel)'„ay be reepectively appointed„ and to Elie military Orphan Se-
k, wtn,tf appointed to Bengal,
1 tee assistant,surgeens who shall neglect or refuse to proceed to
tie: trader the orders of tho Court, of Di,ectOrs, within three months
telteethe date of their appointment, will. be oust lered as having tor-
: it, unle,S special eircumstericei shall justify a departure trom
otittflatione
ce
DY of these regulations, and any further information, may be
‘1,34 ',le,ldle Houseil on application to the Secretary of the Military Department,
eZ .
dee etarainetions will take place in the months of Jaeuary mn4
44414 each year; and due notice will be given by public adver-
t! ',tent of the days appointed, and of the probable nstcuber of can-
eltes to be selected.
leer,te xaminers for Assistant Surgeons in the Ihrourab'e East
tlel,;,',eMpany's Service, having received many annul (es as to the
Zeei,`„‘ aria, extent of the Examination in Comparative AnatentY,
teei"geTt and Botany, have considered it &simile Its annouuce that
tic>ieriecte ere,—
,*0 ascertain 'who of the leeandidates have devoted especial attest
diet to any of these sciences, and are hence qual fled to, undertake
4'47, requiring a knowledge of thou, es well as the general duties
the Profeesion. Proficiency en these sciences will, in classityieg
2 enclldates by merit, be ntitled to great consideration.
Ite;eo 'encout age 'all Candidates to a' quire an elementary know-
-41',,0f the structure and affinities of the principal natural families
leclalleais and of Plants, with the mere' p an upou which these
te,„%netrected, and the tinectieus and relations of their most Wiper-
ergitas.-
ailjeeTe aromote the study of Natural History as a most important
Aere'eStor preliminary to a liberal medical education; that of Coin-
itleee'lve Anatomy, Zoology, or Botany, if preperly cultivated. by
leek er. seecimene, for even a short period, being eminently caleu-
Doweee'e develone habits of close observation, and to strengthen those
ekt,7-4 reasoning upon observed facts. which mutt be habitually
1l - by medical Men everywhere. but which must te exercised
eleleie streatest energy and promptitude by flume who practise in a
4,,,le4el'elimate, and who are often thrown wholly upon their own
qla eeneiral examination in theseselenres wit lee elementary, and
eftl'lll>race a very limited range of lechn•cal terms et he written
14'1 nstion a considerable 'Lumber of ques,ions will be put, with
‘••!ltiri,,ew Of allowing each Candidate to select such cut jeers as he has
the'ea to, and, 'hereby, of enabling the Examia rs to ascertain
tkular departments of science in which the renal examine-snee,, ,
aei„- ti be conducted.
etettei, those Candidatee who have attained prefleiency in any branch
brete.l7e eeiencee, the verbal examination will be pursued In the
, tee," 'elected.so as to ascertain the full extent of their knowledge.
thlt•e' nnii, announced that the next examination will be held at
/4%414:50n the
offsl4h July next. and t;ceeeding days, and that the
tea ?lumber acancies in the medical esteblishment of the
Company, to be then filled up, will lie thirty.
J.& ES C. MELYILL, Eccretary.

TII -.e•Citeei Iterthesltitee ;Jr 1 1•1' ' •
us t 15.. %nonrated with r*so. and numerous
engravlnes ere, by putt Or 14' !tamps,
P-; It 0 S DN;BILITY;
its Causes, elempterne, and Cure.-4.n. Essay on Sper-
, iterrhosa, with Practical Observatioes on a rater and more
ez.o.esstul mode of treatment of the diseares of the Generative
rem, obtained by the ase of the Microscope in detecting and
'.lnel:dieing, by urinary examination, the real cause and etiect of
,ry variety' or complaint, whether arising from solitary habits,
:eases. accident, or ell:neve followed by practical remarks, include+
user,; e Years' etperience in the treatment of Impuissance.
~voqs De ility, Lccal Pecaltneee, Spermatorrhasa, Ice. To white
(:o'nmenterlee on the Phytology of el urrtage, with pre.
etionary hints sou the evils emanating from empirical prectioe.
I op
:the dangerons remedies advocated by. carious Writeite on
h selitportam disorders.
By etAMUT,L I,A'M elm M.D.
NEDFORD-SQUA lE, LONDON
I) t of Medicine, Matriculated Member or the University of Ea
4411, floncrery Member of the Loodou Hospital Medical Societe
ieenteateof Apothecaries.' Hall, Londop,
.18 (34".telltial object 01 this trcatiso is to point out the fearful con.
se .ences relenting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses,
w ieb heve produced more misery in Youth, degradatiole in Man-
he d, and prerosture decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, an,
o .er clear of disease known to modern pathologists. it pemsal
p eteculariy recommended to periens en ertatning secret doubts or
th it physical condition, and wed
to welcheereconselo vuesoea h
feaeuminganhbeaziangrdee s l
the eeal tb, happiness, and privileges
et .iticd
it is übsolutely riecesilary that all man should know, that there are
tee:pies o: personal management which cannot be violated withou
aearririg grievous pcnaltiea, erd when windom and regret succeed
heyday o! inconeiderate self-irt4tlrenct, how those pen:tittle
nay to mitiaatee, how the sting of their bitterness may be remove,'
bow tee evil end its ermseqn cock s may so avoided, ane &twee all
Ar. there issearcely rev degree o: phyeical intirmity or fenetiona
erangeenert to wine!) the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure,
I' is Antcor hai for a serici of years been engaged In an extensive
eettee in •-he treatment of there delicate compiaints. which have
iortunately teen too generally eenfided le the care of iguoratii
ernnirics, who indict great ii urr on those viLo are induced to place
t.ith iu their preteradom . •
i• it vOtie Y may et, ha, price Is, of geagr&. Sher
wood and Co., 23, Paternciter•row ; itannay, 63, Oxford-street;
Leteeetur-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or tree by post 'or
It st tr. Lo, ,d.lres. from the Antbor's residence, 37, fled-
,fn ;lee its ere:
1.2 home for o eisultation daily from eleven till two, and from Lis