Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1846-01-29
MEDICAL INSTITUTION CT YALE
. COLLEGE.

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The Annual Examinaiion Of Candidates |
for Medical Degrees aud Licences commcn- |
ced IN this Institution, on "Wednesday, the |
2lst inst. OF the Board of Examiners there
were present, on the part of the Connecticut
Medical Society, LUTHER TIcKNoR, NJ. ID.
of Salisbury, President; Josiah G. BECK
WITH, NJ ID. of Litchfeld, ARCHIBALD WEIGH,
Nj. d. Of Wethers6eld, WIN. H. CooswELL,
M. ID. of Plainheld, and RUFUs BLAKEMAN,
M. ID. of Fairfield; and on the part of Yale
College, Professors SULLIVAN, Ives, KNIGHT,
BEERS, HookER and BRONSON. Nineteen
Candidates, who had attended at least two
fun courses of Lectures, and complied with
the other legal requirements, were recon-
meuded for the Degree of Doctor Of Medt-
icine, and received Diplomas from PreSi-
dent DAY, of Yale College; and t,po, who
had attended but one course of lectures,
were licensed to practice physic and surgery
by President TIcKNoR, of the Medical Soci-
ETY.. ~sH
GRADUATES.
|. Josiah Hall Beecher, Barkhamsted, on
"EclampSia Parturientium." ..,....
Q Jacob Thompson Buckley, Canandai-
, Rsrhe Teeth, a..., ..a..
qua, N. Y, on IL. .y4
8. Judson Candee, Oxford, ON "Scrofu
Ia"
4. VIM. Augustus Durrie, B. A. New Ha
ven, on Homeopathy.
5. Samuel Augden Hills, Glastonbury, or
@Iodine"
6. John Wesley Hubbell, Easton, on "Fol.
licular inflammation of the Pharynx."
a. George Whitfield Ives, B. A. New Ia
ven, on Puerperal Fever" .
8. Job Kenyon, Exeter, r. l., on "Intesti.
nal Worms"
| 9. jeremiah King, Lebanon, on 'sponta'
neous Hemorrhage."
/ 10. De Wit Clinton Lathrop, Franklin
ON the Modus operandi of Medicines"
IL. joseph Josiah Meigs, ON "Phy,olac,
ca necandra."
u, Edwin Avery Park. Preston, OF
~Coap>s
Is Seth Pease, Canaan, on "Appoplexy.'
IL Frederick VIM. Perry, Lacon, Ill. or
~Maa's PHYSICAL adaptation to the natura
world"
Is. Samuel Wolcott Skinner, B. A. Eas
Windsor, on "HydrocephaluS."
l6. Nathaniel William Taylor, B. A
New Haven, the Valedictory Address.
II. Charles Thomas, Cortland, N. Y, or
J." Bloodlet,ing." 10y e.|
Is. Sylvester Wooster Turner, B. A. Kill
lingworth, "Mens sana, in corpore." '"'
| 49, Andrew Judson White. Canterbury, on
"Varicose Veins" .-..
L1cENTIATEs.
l. Joseph Bailey Elliott, Sharon, on "Yel
low Fever" --- &C.,
2. Prosper Kimban Hutchinson, B. A
| (Amherst) Plainfeld on Hernia"
The Annual Address to the Candidate.
was delivered, in the College Chapel, or
Wednesday evening, by VIM. H. CoGswELL
NJ. D of Plainfield, of the Board of Exam.
liners; and the Valedictory Address, by Ma.
THANIEL w. TAYLOR, Jr. of this city, one Of
| the Candidates.
RUFUS BRAKEMAN, M. d. of Fairfield, was
appointed to give the Annual Address, al
the Examination in l847, and JOSIAH G.
BEcKw1TH, M. D. of Litchfeld, his substi-
tute. t f.stg -. ..r .oE
After continuing in session until near mid
--o--- go -~~.-J, ..vs.tsa t.aJu~-.-~a.
| ,n-. " II. Herald.
| COMMONWEALTH OF LOUISIANA rs. G EoRcE
| OBLENNIs, THE MURDERER OF FRANK
CooMBs.-We have seen letter from a gen.
| tiaman OF Pount Coupee stating that this foul
murderer has, by hard swearing, obtained an.
other continuance of his case, till nextspripg,
and that he walks about the Court House yard
with the impotence of an Internal being The
witnesses for the prosecution had been third
time collected, at great trouble and expense,
from two or three distant points in Arkansas.
mississippi and Louisiana. The writer expires.
SEES his conviction that, if fair jury could be
had, the conviction of O'BIennis would be Ger.
tain; but he adds that the Courts of Justice in
LOUISIANA are the fartherest places from ms
t'ce; and that the occurrences under the wri.
ters eye would make honor blush Frank
fort (Ry.) Commonwealth.
Terrible Accident at Carbondale, Pa.
and Toss Of Lys.-We ascertain by let
ter addressed to one of the Officers of the Del
eware and Hudson Canal Co. that about 10
O'Clock A. M. Jan. 18th, the roof of mines
Nos. | and z, covering several acres, sud-
denly fell in with fearful crash, cxtipguish-
ing the lights i'll other mines connected with
it to the distance ola mile by the pressure of
air, caused by the falling body. A great loss
of life was at first apprehended, but after the
excitement had somewhat subsidized, it was
found that about Is only were missing-a-
mong whom is Mr.. j. Hosea, an Assistant
Overseer in the mines. Many were injured
beside, though II is hoped not dangerously
1t is not very probable that the bodies of the
lost will be extricated, fears being entertain
ed of another fall. 7c ... % .
Ia" "' ,tT 81 iaa,-i.q.
aa .tf&ar.a. 90 '---.- -, ..
10 WIscoNsrN.-The Territorial Assembly
convened at Madison on. the 9Th. Nelson
Dewey, of Grant County, was chosen Presi-
dent Of the Council, and B. G. Eastman,
Secretary. NC. Darling, of Fond du Lac,
was elected Speaker of the House, and La
,fayette Kellogg, Clerk. -