Editorial Department.-The Medical Bill. or Degree, Commission or Warrant as aforesaid, before any Medical Board, with the person named in such Diploma or Degree, Commission or Warrant, it shall be lawful for the said Medical Board, through the Chairman presiding for the time being, and he is hereby required and authorised to administer an oath or solemn affirmation (if such person be one of those authorized to affirm instead of taking an oath in civil cases) to the person presenting such Diploma, Degrec, Commission or Warrant, as to such identity and if any person so presenting such Diploma, Degree, Commission or Warrant, and applying for a Certificate or License as aforesaid shall be guilty of false swearing or false affirmation, in such oath or affirmation, such person shall be deemed guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury, and on conviction thereof shall be liable to the pains and penalties to which any person convicted of that offence is liable by the Laws of the Province. 27 any other misdemeanor may be; and every act of so practising VII. And be it enacted, That no person shall from and after the passing of this Act, receive a License to sell Drugs or Medi. cines as a Druggist or Apothecary, within any City, Town Cor- XIII. Provided always, and be it enacted, That the restrictions porate, or Village in this Province, who shall not have served a and penalties herein.before mentioned, shall not extend to prevent regular and continued apprenticeship of at least four years, with any Physician or Surgeon residing withing the United States of some Medical Practitioner or Licensed Druggist or Apothecary, America, and near the Province line, and authorised under the and have attended during the two last years of such apprentice-laws of the said United States to practise Physic or Surgery, from ship two Courses of Lectures on Chemistry, and two Courses of occasionally and in urgent cases, visiting sick persons on this side Lectures on the Materia Medica, (each of the duration of at least the Province line, or from prescribing for such persons, when he six months, and each consisting of at least one hundred lectures as shall be called upon so to do. aforesaid,) and one Course of Lectures on Botany of three months duration, if such Course of Lectures be obtainable; or who shall not have undergone a satisfactory examination touching his know. ledge of the qualities, characters and effects of Drugs and Medi cines before one of the Medical Boards hereinafter mentioned, under like formalities and on like conditions as are by this Act required for persons applying for a License to practise Physic, Sur-ed to practice as Physicians, Surgeons, or Man-midwives, and ac. gery or Midwifery. IX. And be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to prevent women from practising as Midwives within this Province; Provided always, that after the expiration of two years from the passing of this Act, no woman shall practise for gain or hope of gain in any shape as a Midwife, unless she shall have presented herself before some Medical Board to be appointed and nominated as hereinaf. ter mentioned and obtained therefrom a Certificate as to her qualification and competency to practise: Provided also, that in country places too far removed from Medical Boards, any woman may at the expiration of two years after the passing of this Act, obtain a License to practise as a Midwife in the especial District in which she resides, on submitting to an examination before, and obtaining a Certificate of qualification from any two regularly licensed Physicians or Surgeons practising in the same District. X. And be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend, to prevent those persons practising as Apothecaries, Chemists and Druggists at the time of the passing of this Act, in that part of the Province hereto. fore called Upper Canada, from continumg to practice as such: Provided they have been engaged in that practice years before the passing of this Act. in XIV. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of carrying this Act into execution, it shall be lawful for the Governor of this Province to constitute, nominate and appoint under his Hand and Seal at Arms, one or more Medical Boards within this Province, consisting respectively of at least fifteen persons legally authoris tually practising as such, (not being Physicians or Surgeons on full pay in Her Majesty's Army or Navy,) and from time to time to remove any or all of the Members of any such Board, and appoint another or others in his or their place or stead, and seven members of any such Board shall be a quorum, and a majority of such quorum may exercise any of the powers of the Board, and each such Board is hereby required to hold a stated meeting once at least in every three months, at such place as shall be appointed by the Governor of this Province, of which meeting at least three weeks notice shall be given in at least two newspapers, one of which shall be if possible a French one, published in the City or Town at which such Board shall hold its meeting, or if there be no such newspapers then in two newspapers published nearest to the place at which such meeting shall be so held; and at any such meeting, the Member present whose License shall be of the oldest date shall preside; and each such Board shall have power and authority to frame By-laws and regulations for its government, and from time to time to alter and amend the same by other By-laws; Provided, such By-laws or Regulations be not repug. ant nor contrary to the laws of this Province, nor to the true intent and meaning of this Act, and be approved of by the Gover. nor of this Province, before they shall have any force or effect. XV. And be it enacted, That each such Medical Board at any XI. And be it enacted, That every Apothecary, Chemist and ings that may be called together in conformity with its By-laws of its stated meetings as aforesaid, or at any extraordinary meet. Druggist within this Province shall be bound carefully to keep and Regulations, shall hear and examine the testimonials and some private and safe place in his Shop or Dispensary, qualifications of each and every person so appearing before such and in yellow bottles so as to be clearly and easily distinguished, Board, and who shall be desirous of obtaining a License to prac. with proper and legible labels in large letters upon each bottle or tise Physic, Surgery or Midwifery or any of them, and who shall vessel, in order to prevent mistakes either by himself, his pupil, have notified the Secretary of the said Board of his or their in student, or other person intrusted with his Shop or Dispensary, tention thereof, and deposited his testimonials, at least seven days all arsenic, corrosive sublimate, and every other substance gene-previous to such meeting, and such Board being satisfied of the rally known under the denomination of poison, under the penalty correctness of the Diploma, Degree or Commission exhibited by of (10) pounds currency for the first offence, and (20) the applicant, and of the identity of the person presenting the pounds currency for every subsequent offence, and shall, unless same, or in default of such document, having examined into and the penalty be paid, be committed to the Common Gaol of the become satisfied of the qualification, competency and ability of such District for a period not exceeding three months, if convicted of applicant to practise Medicine, Surgery or Midwifery, and of his the offence on the testimony of two credible witnesses before any having attained the age of twenty-one years and of his having Court of competent Jurisdiction. studied four years as aforesaid and of his having attended in XII. And be it enacted, That the practice of Medicine, Sur- three separate years complete Courses of Lectures on the differgery or Midwifery within this Province, for hire, gain or lucre, orent branches before mentioned of the Medical Profession, in some hope of hire, gain or lucre, or the retailing of any Drugs or Me. University, College or Incorporated School of Medicine where dicines within any City, Town Corporate or Village, in which a the Courses of Lectures are continued during at least six months, Licensed Druggist may dwell, by any person not having a and of having attended for at least one year the practise of some License, or not specially excepted, shall be deemed and consider- public Hospital where there are at least on an average fifty pa. ed to be a misdemeanor, and may be prosecuted and punished as tients, and at least two Medical attendants,-or of having ex 28 Editorial Department.-Mortality Table, Quebec. amined into the qualification, competency or ability of any appli- month, instead of the 15th, by which arrangement we cant to sell Drugs or Medicines as a Druggist or Apothecary, will be enabled, especially during the winter months, within any City or Town corporate within this Province, and of his having served a regular and continued apprenticeship with to furnish the latest medical intelligence from the some regular Medical Practitioner or Licensed Druggist or Apo- mother country. thecary during a period of four years at the least, and of his January, February, and March, 1846. having attended the Courses of Lectures herein before mentioned, Return of interments in the city of Quebec, for the months of of the duration specified, shall be bound to grant a Certificate of the same, under the Hands and Seals of the Members of the said Board present at such meeting, or a majority thereof, which shall entitle the person to whom it shall be so given, to apply for and obtain a License to practise Medicine, Surgery and Midwifery or any of them, as the case may be, or to sell Drugs and Medicines as a Druggist and Apothecary as aforesaid, from the Governor of this Province. XVI. And be it enacted. That nothing in this Act contained whall extend or be construed to extend to prevent persons duly licensed to practise Medicine or Surgery from practising as Apothecaries, Chemists or Druggists within any part of this Province. XVII. And be it enacted, That it shall be annually the duty of the Medical Boards to apply the surplus funds accruing from the fees of Licenciates, after defraying their own necessary expenses, towards the giving of premiums, for the best papers on subjects of Medical Science at the discretion of the Board under such restrictions and limitations as to the Boards may appear fit and proper. XVIII. And be it enacted, That with a view to check and abate the ravages of small pox, all persons inoculating any in. fant, youth or adult person with virus taken from the person of an individual labouring under that disease and commonly known under the name of natural pock, shall be guilty of a midemeanor, and any person convicted of the same on the testimony of two eredible witnesses before any two Justices of the Peace, shall be fined in the sum of (five) pounds currency for the first offence, and (10) pounds currency for every subsequent one, and in de. fault of such fine not being paid shall be committed to the Com. mon Gaol of the District for a period of not less than three months, nor more than months. XIX. And be it enacted, That all penalties imposed by this Act shall be payable to Her Majesty, and reserved to the public uses of the Province, and shall make part of the Consolidated Reve. nue Fund thereof, and the application of the same shall be ac. counted for to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, through the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for the time being, in such manner and form as Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors shall be pleased to direct. Month. Male. Female. Total. 1 year and under 1 to 3. 3 to 10. 10 to 20. 20 to 35. 4 5 2 BOOKS, &c., RECEIVED DURING THE MONTH. Annual Report of the Board of Trustees, of the Massachussetts The American Journal and Library of Dental Science, March number. Dublin Medical Press, Feb. 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th; March Stockton's Dental Intelligencer, Vol. ii., No. 4. Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. iii., Nos. 10 and 11. Summary of the Transactions of the College of Physicians, G. & H. G Langley's Medical Catalogue, for 1846; 8 Astor House, New York. Southern Journal of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vol. i., No. 2. We would esteem it a favour to be put in possession of the first number. The comparative merits of Allœopathy, the old medical practice, and Homoeopathy the reformed medical practice practically illus. trated by J. G. Rosenstein, M.D., Montreal, 1846. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. REPORT OF THE TORONTO LUNATIC ASYLUM. We acknowledge the reception from Dr. Rees, the late Physician of the Toronto Lunatic Asylum for the Insane, of the Report of that Institution for the last year, with a Summary for the last five years. At the Ïate hour at which they were received, we find it im practicable to pay that attention to them which their importance demands. The crowded state of our columns, from matters which are of extreme importance to the profession at large, entirely precludes this. We have, however, examined the documents, and find in them abundant demonstration of Dr. Rees' perfect fitness for the full discharge of the important duties with which he had been invested, and which, we are sorry to understand, have been rather abruptly termi nated. Dr. Rees' health has been much impaired from, we understand, some injuries received from a lunatic, and he is now preferring some claims to the Government for salary, awarded by the Provincial statute, in which we hope he will be successful. We have never heard but one sentiment in his favour, viz., one of praise; and it is to his exertions that the Toronto 0.4. Lowest Temperature -1.9, for 1.9. Feb. 12, 7 a. m. Asylum chiefly owes its existence. We acknowledge from Messrs. Longman & Co., London, the receipt of a note accompanying an October number of the London Medical Gazette, with a request to exchange. It will give us much pleasure to reciprocate, and we shall accordingly trans. mit our numbers regularly with their issue, commencing from this number, the first of the 2d vol, Messrs. Longman & Co's note, though dated October 6, did not reach us until the 26th March; why it was so long in route, we cannot comprehend. ERRATA. At page 312, line 25, in Dr. Marsden's paper-for supra, read infra. The 6th line from the bottom, for Trimæus read Linnæus. vations on the Toronto Registers for January and February, to inNegative signs should have been prefixed to the following obser. dicate temperatures below zero, January 22, at 7 a. m. -0.4 for -5.3, for 5°.3. Feb. 26, -10°.8 10°.0. -3°.1 for 10°.8, 10.0, and 3°.1 at 7 a. m., and 10 p. m., and mean, respectively. Feb. 27, -12°.4, for 12.4. 7 a. m. Lowest Temperature -16.7 The Journal will appear in future the 1st of the for 16°.7 BILL OF MORTALITY for the CITY of MONTREAL, for the month ending MARCH 31, 1846. MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT MONTREAL FOR MARCH, 1846. "42 "46 32 "44 "37 "41 32.5 29.93 30.04 30.17 30.05 30.32 30.34 N. W. N. W. N.W.byW Fair Fair Fair N. W. W. N. W Fair Fair Fair W. S. W. 30.10 W. S. W. W. by S. S. W. Fair Fair Fair Rain. 66 45.5 29.48 29.39 29.28 29.38 Max. Temp., +50° on the 20th, 27th, 28th. S. W. S. W. S.W. by S Rain Rain Rain S. S. Foggy Rain Fair W. W. S. W. Fair Fair Fair W. W. Fair Fair Fair N. W. Fair Fair Fair N.W.by W Fair W. Fair Barometer at Temp. of 32. DAY. 7 A.M. 3 P.M. 10 P.M. Mean. 7A M 3 P.M 10P.м Mean 7 A.M. 3 P.M. 10г.м Mean 7A.M 3P. M 10P.M Mean MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER AT H. M. MAGNETICAL OBSERVATORY, TORONTO, C. W.-MARCH, 1846. Latitude 43°. 39′.4. N. Longitude 79°. 21'.5. W. Elevation above Lake Ontario, 108 Feet. Tension of Vapour. Temperature of the Air. Humidity of the Air. 1, 29.965 29.965 .081.100 13.30 19.6° .94 .91 N.E. E. 2, 29.972 30.000 30.053 30.027.076 .115 .069 .144.147 9, 29.865 29.869 29.842 29.858.140.162 .151 23, 29.738 29.592 29.492 29.559.160.170 .202 .218 38.8 33.8 .201 35.6 43.7 36.0 27.3 .79 .63 .88 .78 N.W. N. W. Calm. .85 .61 .70 .73 Calm. Calm. N.E. 40.7 38 2 38.6 .95 .98 .85 .93 E N.E. br. E. brisk. 30, 29.845 29.829 29.885 29.870.158.160.143.154 33.2 38.8 29.4 31, 29.950 29.960 30.059 30.011.154.175 .139 .154 32 4 42.1 31.5 34.2 .83 .68 .88 .79 W. by S. S. W. Calm. 34.8 .84 .66 .79 .76 Calm. S S.E. Calm. S. S. W. Calm. 0.230 0 710 Generally clear. Detached clouds. Cl'ded all day. SP't sn, fr 11 am, to 3pm Clouded to 4 p.m. Rem'r clear. Mostly clear. Auroral light at 9 p.m. Clear to 6 a.m. rem'r mostly clouded. Hazy, halo rd sun 11 a.m, rain fr 5 to 0. 0.0751't rain most of day, scud passing fr E. S. W. by S W.S.W. 0.060 C'ded, particles of snow falling all day. 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