of duty and of responsibility with which he gave himself to the cause of the unprotected and neglected poor. To them he was, to the last, a being from another world, as it were, come to do them good. And truly, in the pursuit of this, his great duty, he seemed to move in an empyrean above all sordid considerations of self-interest, and far removed from every form of low and mean passion.

We have barely touched on one aspect of Dr Alison's character, which was, nevertheless, the best and highest aspect. A calm and deep religious faith ruled all his thoughts, and was the master-key to all his motives of action. He was not, indeed, one of those who talked much about religion; he only acted it. Nevertheless, when much moved by human sufferings, or by indignation at human wrongs, his mind naturally reverted to that court of highest appeal, by which all his own impulses were directed to good; and he did not hesitate to plead for his fellow-mortals in the name of that God whom they all served, and that Master who had charged His disciples to remember that they were all brethren. In his latter years, when the world was gradually retreating from his view, the flame of a heart-felt piety seemed to shine through everything he did or wrote; and some of the very last of his contributions to medical literature were addressed to questions regarding those higher mysteries of being which will only be completely revealed to any of us when we have followed him "within the veil."

THE PUBLIC HOSPITAL OF JAMAICA.

We are glad to observe that public attention is being directed to the important differences which have arisen between his Excellency the Governor of Jamaica and the medical profession of that island, regarding his interference with the administration of the hospital or hospitals at Kingston. The position and influence of the Governor, the remoteness of the colony, the triviality of the questions at issue so far as concerns internal policy or party ascendancy, not to speak of the actual reception by the colonial minister of Dr Bowerbank, the envoy of the profession in Jamaica, combine to increase the desire that the press should heartily take up the question, with the hope that parties in power may be forced to investigate the matter and do what is just and necessary. Having heard only one side of the question, we do not at present declare our opinion on it. But the case of the profession against Governor Darling is, prima facie, so strong, that we cannot hesitate to sympathise with the former, and to hope that the Governor may be forced to revise or recall his decisions. Among these, we may mention the appointment of a newly licensed stripling to the honourable office of consulting surgeon to the Kingston Hospital, to which several able and experienced surgeons had strong and long-standing claims; and the withdrawal of patronage and support from the Lying-in Hospital because unmarried women are admitted once (not oftener) to be confined in it! We have seen statistical details of the Lying-in Hospital, which very strongly show the necessity both of the charity and of the instruction it affords to nurses and medical men.

EXAMINATIONS AND CERTIFICATE IN DENTAL SURGERY.

The charter granted to the Royal College of Surgeons of England, empowering extra examinations to be conducted in the case of those wishing to qualify specially for the practice of dental surgery, has received the Royal sign manual, and a curriculum of study has been advertised in conformity with its requirements. Whether or not this step is altogether unexceptionable, or the one most likely to elevate the position of those devoting themselves to the treatment of dental diseases, we need not here discuss; but the fact of its having been taken by so influential a corporation as that of the College of Surgeons, renders it probable that similar facilities will require to be provided by other Bodies conferring medical or surgical degrees or licences, in order that the same qualifications and status may be attainable by members of this profession elsewhere.

COURSE OF STUDY REQUIRED BY THE VARIOUS BOARDS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

*This course is equivalent to that given under the name of general anatomy and physiology in the should always be inquired for.

†These are not conjoint courses, but separate ones by the gentlemen named.

For additional Summer Courses on special subjects see the Prospectus of each School

English Schools. Special schedules are issued by the London Boards for their Scotch students, which

This is a joint course.

Dr Rainy delivers his course in winter.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, EDINBURGH.

The following gentlemen have passed the final examinations, and obtained the diploma of the College, between August 1858 and August 1859 :

Scotland.-Henry Scott Anderson, Selkirk; John Anderson, Sutherlandshire ; Henry Ritchie Blair, Ayrshire; Joseph Bell, Edinburgh; William Chalmers, Aberdeen; James Clark, Aberdeenshire; John Macleod Cameron, Leith; John Cruikshank, Berwickshire; Alexander Crosbie, Kelso; James Samuel Currie Collier, Dumfriesshire; Robert Wiseman Cunningham, St Andrews;_ George Dods, Haddington; James Young Donaldson, Stonehaven; William Douglas, Dumfriesshire; James Alexander Dewar, Nairn; Robert Charles Furley, Edinburgh; Patrick Graham, Edinburgh; John Greig, Aberdeenshire; Robert Gray, Aberdeenshire; Edmond Hoile, Forfarshire; John Hall, Roxburghshire; Colin Henderson, Perthshire; Thomas Adamson Hill, Fifeshire; James Johnston, Perthshire; William James Pasley Kidd, Glasgow; John Kello, Lanarkshire; William Lockhart, Ayrshire; John Ligertwood, Aberdeenshire; William Lorimer, Haddington; Tyndall Lethbridge, Fifeshire; James Murray Lindsay, Edinburgh; Charles Husband Livingstan, Perth; John Murray, Aberdeen; Adam Brunton Messer, Edinburgh; John Macdonald, Edinburgh; Thomas A C Macarthur, Edinburgh; William Morrison Mackay, Stirling; Peter Macpherson, Perthshire; William M'Combie, Aberdeen; Alexander Mellis, Banffshire; James M'Innes, Aberdeen; Thomas Law M'Millan, Dumfriesshire; Thomas Nicoll, Caithness; George Park, Aberdeenshire; David Paton, Forfarshire; William Pattullo, Perthshire; Robert Riddell, Berwickshire; James Robertson, Dalkeith; Robert Rhind, Edinburgh; Daniel Reid, Perthshire; Æneas Macleod Ross, Forfar; John Richardson, Aberlour; James Rorie, Arbroath; Robert Beedie Robertson, Aberdeen; Robert Somerville, Dalkeith; Charles Shaw, Aberdeenshire; George Smith, Banffshire; William John Thomson, Perthshire; James Tulloch Tulloch, Sutherlandshire; William Turnbull, Elgin; John M'Kinnel Taylor, Dumfriesshire; William Trail, Arbroath; David Wylie, Perthshire.

England. William Armstrong, Northumberland; Thomas Alexander Ainslie, Northumberland; Henry Barber, Nottinghamshire; Allen Abraham Duke, Chichester; Edwin Drew, Cornwall; Henry Dodgson, Cockermouth; John Boden Grosvenor, Staffordshire; Walter Garstang, Lancashire; Robert Heslop, Lancaster; John M. Hunter, Alnwick; John William Irvine, Lancashire; Henry Jackson, Cumberland; Robert Lindsay, Middlesex; William Cook Low, London; Frank J Packman, Herts; John Horton Tylecote, Staffordshire; Robert Walker, Northumberland; Thomas Smith Walton, Sheffield.

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Ireland.-Robert Adams, co. Antrim; Hunt Johnston Bailey, Stradbally; Henry Benson, co. Kilkenny; Thomas Burke, co. Galway; Francis Joseph Barter, co. Cork; Samuel Connor, co. Antrim; Charles Peter Costello, co. Galway; Joseph Dickson, co. Derry; Samuel Gilmore, co. Armagh; Morgan Stanislaus Grace, co. Tipperary; Thomas Hamilton, Omagh; Thomas Heazle, Cork; William Hanna, Belfast; Joseph Halpin, co. Monaghan; Archibald Kenneth, Tubbermore; James Stuart Land, co. Cork; Samuel Little, Londonderry; Valentine Maker, co. Tipperary; Alexander Mackay, Dublin; Neil M'Greevy, co. Down; Denis Augustus M'Carthy, co. Cork; Charles Fitzroy Somerset Macauley, Dublin; John M'Crickart, co. Down; Edward M'Guire, co. Monaghan; King John Parr, Dublin; Richard Eton Power, co. Kilkenny; Henry Seymour Smith, co. Armagh; Hugh Shaw, Ballynahinch; William Thompson; Belfast; Robert Thomas Warren, co. Cork; Robert Watters, Tubbermore.

Abroad.-William P. Bramwell, Jamaica; James Shand Duncan, Montreal ; Henry Graham Dignum, Jamaica; Hugh Alexander Gordon, New Brunswick; Jacob Dickson Hunter, Indiana, U.S.; Robert Mitchell, Nova Scotia; James