The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-25 00:00:00

THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.

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there, the members of the General Council of
Medical Education and Registration of the United
Kingdom having met, pursuant to a summons by
the Secretary of State, there appeared for
The Royal College of Surgeons of •
london Dr. Thomas Watson.
The Royal College of Sw:geons of
England
The Apothecaries Society of London 'Mr. John Nussey.
The University of Oxford
'The. University of Cambridge Dr. H. J. H. Bond.
The University of Durham Dr. Dennis Embleton.
The University of London Dr. John Storrar.
The Royal College •of Physicians,
Edinburgh
The Royal College of Surgeons, •
Edinburgh
The Faculty of Physicians and Sur-
geons, Glasgow
The Universities of Aberdeen and
Edinburgh
The Universities of Glasgow and St
Andrews Dr. J. A. Lawrie.
The King's and Queen's College of •
Physicians in Ireland Dr. Aquila Smith.
The Royal College of Surgeons of 1 Dr. Robert Carlisle
Ireland
The Apothecaries-hall of Ireland.. Dr. Charles H. Leet.
The University of Dublin Dr. James Apjohn.
The Queen's University of Ireland Dr. John D. Corrigan.
Sir James Clark, Bart. )

Sir Ch Hasings, Bart.
ominated by Her
Wiliam Lawrence, Esq.
Dr. Thomas Pridgin Teale. Majesty, with advice t
of her Privy Council.
Professor Robert Christison.
Professor William Stokes. j

Dr. Thomas Watson was elected Chairman ad
interim ; Dr. Alexander Wood was elected Secre-
tary ad interim ; and Sir Benjamin Brodie was
elected President of the Council on the motion of
Dr. ACKLAND, seconded by Dr. APJOHN.
The committee adjourned at 3.16 till 4 p.m. •
At the adjourned meeting at 4 p.m. Sir BENJA-
MIN BRODIE took the chair, and returned thanks.
On the motion of Dr. A:WOOD, seconded by Dr.
J. WATSON, • the following hoentlemen were ap-
pointed a committee -to examine and classify the
letters addressed to the Council now on the table :
—Dr. Alexander Wood, Mr. Teale, and Dr. James
Watson.. • ,
On the motion of Dr. ANDRW WOOD, seconded
by Dr. WILLIAMS, the following gentlemen were
appointed a committee to estimate the amount of
revenue likely to accrue under the Medical Act,
and also the expenditure necessary to carry out its
provisions, and to report to the Council at next
meeting :
Dr. Andrew Wood, Chairman. Dr. Storrar.
Dr. Williams. Dr. Aquila Smith.
Dr. Christison. Dr. Lawrie.
Dr. Alexander Wood. Dr. Embleton

On (the motion of. Dr. ALEXANDER WOOD,
seconded bylDr. BOND, the committee lastappointed
were requested to prepare an outline of the order
of business to Come before the Council..

On the motion of Dr. CHRISTISON, seconded by
Sir CHARLES HASTINGS, •the following gentlemen
were appointed a committee to report to next
meeting as to the recommendation of a committee
for:preparing the National Pharnzacopma, and the
powers to be conferred on that committee :—Dr.
Christison, Chairman, Sir James Clark, and Dr.
Apjohn.

On the motion of Sir CHARLES HASTINGS, se-
conded by Sir JAMES CLARK, it was agreed,—
" That the minutes of each meeting of the Coun-
cil, as well as all notices of motions, be printed and
transmitted to each member of the Council."

Sir Benjamin Brodie having been obliged to
vacate the chair, on the suggestion of Mr. GREEN
Dr. Thomas Watson was requested to take it.
Dr. WATSON intimated that Dr. Mayo, Presi-
dent of the College of Physicians, had requested
him to inform the Council that the rooms of the
College were fully placed at the disposal of the
Council until they acquired more permanent ac-
commodation.

Dr. STOKES, seconded by Dr. STORRAR, moved
that the thanks of the Council be given to the Col-
lege of Physicians for their courtesy.
The interim Chuirman and interim Secretary
were appointed to intimate to the Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department the election
of Sir Benjamin Brodie as President of the Council.
The committees nominated this day were ap-
pointed to meet at 11 a.m. on the 24th.
The Council then adjourned till 3 p.m. on the
24th of November. •

JAMES CLARK, Bart.,
Interim Chairman.

THE SUPPOSED POISONING OF TWO
CHILDREN BY LOZENGES.

The adjourned inquest upon the bodies of James
and Betty Walton, the two children of Mr. Thomas
Walton, farmer, of Lever Edge, Great Lever, was
resumed on Tuesday afternoon, at the Bradford
Arms, Great Lever, before Mr. Rutter, coroner. It
will be remembered that the adjournment took
place in order to have an analytical examination
of the stomachs of the children, and of some of the
peppermint lozenges with which they were sup-
posed to have been poisoned. .
Mr. John Carruthers, surgeon, who gave evidence
at the previous inquiry, was further examined,
and stated that he had not been able to form any
other opinion than the one he had already expressed.
He had suspected that there was poison in the
stomachs,but the appearances both before and after
death were such as might be produced by natural
causes. Inflammation of the stomach and bowels
frequently occurred without any poison being taken,
and was often caused by cold. There had been a
great deal of bowel complaint recently in the
neighbourhood of Bolton, and he could not under-
take to say that the cases of these children were
not ordinary ones of that kind ; yet he thought they
appeared sufficiently suspicious to require investi-
gation. He had never examined the stomach of
any person who had been poisoned by arsenic.
Mr. Daniel Stone, professor of chemistry to the
Royal Manchester School of Medicine, said that on.
Thursday afternoon lie received from Police-consta-
ble Thos. Holland a jar containinf, about two ounces
of a yellow glary fluid, mostly bile, which he was
instructed to analyse. After a searching exami-
nation, by the most approved methods known,
he was unable to discover any trace of poison. He
received, at the same time, a quantity of peppermint
lozenges, which he also tested. He found them to
be free from arsenic ; but they were largely mixed
with plaster of Paris, which was unwholesome and
likely to cause irritation, but not to such an extent
as to produce death.
The coroner congratulated the jury upon the
satisfactory termination of the inquiry, and said he
thought they could come to no other conclusion
than that the children had died from inflammation
produced by natural causes.
The jury returned verdict to that effect.

THIS DAYS 31.eIRKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE.

IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 41s 2d ;
barley, 35s ld ; oats, 22s lld ; rye, 32s 4d; beans, 42s 7d;
and peas, 45s Ild.
THE SIN WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 42s 2d ;
barley, 35s 5d ; oats, 23s Od ; rye, 31s 9d ; beans, 43s 4d ;
peas, 44s Ild:
ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 103,981 ;
barley, 98,839 ; oats, 9,462 ; rye, 144 ; beans, 3,543 ; peas,
1,114 quarters.