Second Examination.

Anatomy and Physiology.-S. Shepheard.

Final Examination.

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Medicine.-R. G. Bingham, H. G. Cole, H. E. T. Dawes, Grimwade, F. N. S. Hitchcock, F. H. Holl, R. J. Mould, W. H. R. Sutton, *J. L. Wood.

Surgery.-H. G. Bennett, *H. O. Blandford, G. G. Butler, A. J. Cooke, *S. F. Dudley, A. C. D. Firth, F. M. Nield, A. J S. Pinchin,

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*A. C. H. Suhr, S. L. Walker, *C. E. Whitehead.

Midwifery.-S. Churchill, S. F. Dudley, J. E. Ellcome, S. W. Grimwade, H. J. Nightingale, A. L. Sachs, G. A. Simmons.

These gentlemen have completed their Final Examination.

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No. 9.

DECEMBER, 1906.

VOL. XVI,

Obituary.

AROLD WILSON died on November 20th at St. Thomas's

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Hospital at the age of thirty-two. Young as he was, Mr. Wilson had an exceptionally brilliant record. At the age of twentyfive he was appointed a member of the Pharmaceutical Society's board of examiners. He was a member of the executive committee of the British Pharmaceutical Conference and of the sub-committee engaged on the preparation, for the Pharmaceutical Society, of the "Compendium of Medicines."

In 1898, he was appointed Pharmacist to University College Hospital, and shortly afterwards became editor of the Pharmacopoeia of that hospital. Three years ago he succeeded Mr. Edmund White as Pharmaceutist to St. Thomas's Hospital. In the new field thus opened to him, his great ability and his very remarkable energy gave sure promise of a still more brilliant future.

Unhappily, at the outset of what promised to be the most active period of his life, he was stricken with an incurable disease. At this time, when he must have known all too well that which the future held in store, he displayed a cheery courage which all must have admired. Bravely he struggled on during those last two years, and left with us a record of stirling courage and devotion to duty, beside which his professional achievements, exceptional as they were, must take a second place.

As an able and brilliant scientist he will be remembered by all. By those who knew him at St. Thomas's he will be remembered, above all, as a brave man.

Reprinted from the "British Medical Journal.”

SAMUEL EDWIN SOLLY, M.R.C.S.ENG., M.D.DENVER.

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news of the death on November 18th, at Ashville, North Carolina, of Dr. Samuel Edwin Solly, of Colorado Springs, will be received with great regret by many friends in this country.

Samuel Edwin Solly was the fourth son of the late Mr. Samuel Solly, F.R.S., Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital; he was born in May, 1845, and received his early education at Rugby. He became a medical student at St. Thomas's Hospital, then in temporary premises in Surrey Gardens in 1863, his father being at that time senior surgeon to the hospital, and in the enjoyment of an extensive practice

in the city. Edwin Solly was a diligent student, and obtained the diploma of M.R.C.S. in 1867. Shortly afterwards he was appointed Medical Registrar of St. Thomas's Hospital, and discharged the duties of that office with assiduity and success. His father, who had in the meanwhile removed to Savile Row, died in 1871, but the son continued to practise there until 1874, when failure of health induced him to leave this country and settle at Colorado Springs. He married an American lady, and became thoroughly identified with the medical profession of his adopted country. In 1886, he took the degree of M.D.Denver. He was well known as an authority on the climatic treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis and was the author of a handbook on medical climatology. He wrote many articles in medical journals and systems of medicine on the treatment of tuberculosis and on diseases of the throat and nose, with special reference to their relation to pulmonary tuberculosis, and he was also among the first to study the influence of altitude upon the composition of the blood. Dr. Solly was fond of travelling, and at one time was a frequent visitor to this country.

Dr. Theodore Williams writes: My first acquaintance with Dr. S. E. Solly must have been about 1867, when he was introduced to me by his father, Mr. Samuel Solly, F.R.S., the then well-known Senior Surgeon of St. Thomas's Hospital. Young Solly had taken his M.R.C.S. diploma, and was, I believe, assisting his father in his surgical practice; but after this he married and went to the United States, where he took the M.D. degree of Denver and settled at Colorado Springs-a rising high-altitude health resort which he did much to develop and improve. When I visited him there in 1892 he was one of the leading physicians, engaged in extensive practice, chiefly in diseases of the lungs and throat, and frequently summoned to distant consultations. He was also connected with a large sanatorium, and was at work on his well-known book on Medical Climatology which appeared later. He had created for himself a wide reputation throughout the United States, and had the active support of such authorities as Dr. Weir Mitchell and Dr. Vincent Bowditch, who entrusted him with their pulmonary cases. He was an active member of several of the American medical societies, and to show the confidence placed in his talents and high character by his American colleagues he had been elected president of no less than three of these associations. Dr. Solly was loved and appreciated by both colleagues and patients, and was a very good example of an English medical man changing his field of practice, and by industry and perseverance and careful adaptation to his surroundings achieving great professional and social success in the country of his adoption. His experience of pulmonary tuberculosis and of the effects of American climates was extensive, and the more valuable

because based on the statistics of well-kept records and communicated in a simple masterly style.

Few English doctors understood and appreciated our Transalantic cousins better than Solly, and there is no doubt he owed much to his thorough knowledge of Americans and their modes of life. His gentle courtesy and kindliness will long be remembered on both sides of the water.

Sir Hermann Weber, to whom Dr. Solly dedicated his excellent Handbook of Medical Climatology, writes: As a young man he showed a cultivated mind and a great love for the study of medicine, especially for the study of the influence of climate on man with regard to general development, health, and disease, and particularly its prophylactic and curative power on tuberculosis. He had a high opinion of the effect of residence at high elevations, and this induced him, if my memory is correct, to settle at Colorado Springs for the sake of a near relative. Dr. Solly was not only an accomplished, but also a sympathising physician and a warm friend.

DEPUTY

EPUTY SURGEON-GENERAL JULIUS WILES, A.M.D., who died on November 10th, at the age of 78 years, was one of the oldest students of the hospital.

He became a student of medicine in 1848 at the time when the hospital was still in St. Thomas's Street.

He joined the army in 1854, became surgeon in 1871, surgeonmajor in 1873, brigade-surgeon in 1881, and retired in 1883 with the rank of honorary deputy surgeon-general. He served in the Crimean campaign from November 26th, 1854, including the siege and fall of Sebastopol and attacks of June 18th and September 8th (medal with clasp and Turkish medal). In the Indian Mutiny campaign he served from August, 1858, and was present with the force under Colonel Turner in the Behar district. He also served in the campaign of 1860 in China and was present at the actions of Sinhu and Taku and surrender of Peking (medal with two clasps). He embarked for the Gold Coast with the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade and served throughout the second phase of the Ashanti war in 1874, including the battle of Amoaful, battle of Ordahsu, and capture of Kumasi (medal and clasp).

ROLAN

OLAND ARTHUR STEVENSON aged 38, died at St. Thomas's Hospital on November the 19th. He entered the hospital in 1893, and after qualification became house physician to the Brompton Hospital for diseases of the chest. He subsequently went to the Pinewood Sanatorium at Wokingham, Berks., as assistant medical officer, and was afterwards appointed medical superintendent.

Hospital Notes.

Mr. Ballance and Mr. Wallace have been appointed to the hon. medical staff of King Edward VII's Hospital for officers.

Dr. Newsholme has been appointed examiner in state medicine and Mr. Wallace an additional examiner in surgery to the University of Cambridge.

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Preparations for the usual Christmas festivities are in active progress. The casualty tea will take place on December the 27th. The services of Mr. J. Wallace have been retained for the important post of Father Christmas, and the Christmas tree is to be of the usual stately proportions. The annual conversazione will take place on January the 27th. The preparations for this event are to have the benefit of Dr. Eyre's benevolent supervision.

On Wednesday there will be two Performances, 4-5.30 in Albert and 5.30-7 in Clayton.

We congratulate H. T. Gray on his appointment to the important post of resident medical officer at the Children's Hospital in Great Ormond Street. He will have as colleague another St. Thomas's man, N. R. Cunningham, who has been appointed house surgeon.

C. M. Page has added to an already formidable list of distinctions by annexing the Bristowe medal, with a record aggregate of marks.