College of Physicians. At a stated meeting of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, held July 2, 1811, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President,...........Dr. Adam Khun, Dr. William Currie, Dr. Samuel P. Griffitts, Dr. Caspar Wistar, Treasurer,.......... Dr. Thomas C. James, University of Pennsylvania. At a Commencement in the University of Pennsylvania, held the 26th April, 1811, the degree of Doctor of Medicine was conferred on the following gentlemen: Samuel Ayers, of New Hampshire. John Y.Lansing, A. H. Stevens, Samuel Shuts, of New York. William S. Coxe, William Elmer, of New Jersey. Adam Hays, Jonathan Murdock, Samuel Nixon, John Reynolds, George Schott, of Pennsylvania. Joel Lewis, Allen M'Lane, of Delaware. John Austin, John H. Briscoe, William Hammond, John D. Perkins, William Purnell, Robert J. H. Purnell, J. D. Readel, James Stewart, Matthew Vanlear, of Maryland. William S. Alexander, T. B. Anderson, G. H. Batte, R. L. Bohannen, John Briscoe, William Buchanan, Henry Chambers, M. Clarke, Hawes N. Coleman, Abner Crumpe, Ashley Davis, Charles Edwards, William French, Joel W. Flood, T. Goode, P. E. Graves, John Gilliam, F. J. Mittaner, James Marye, Samuel Meny, John Roanes, J. M. Sheppard, P. B. Tindall, J. Trent, J. Whitlow, A. L. Wooldridge, of Virginia. Benjamin Ballard, Thomas A. Cabarrus, Stephen Davis, of North Carolina. H. C. Glover, A. Garden, H. M. Holmes, Joseph F. Lees, A. De Leon, William M'Caw, N. Starke, F. Y. Porcher, of South Carolina. William Hughes, Joseph M'Murtrie, of Kentucky. John Kee, of Mississippi Territory. Robert Abbott, of the island of St. Croix. And on May 30th the degree of Doctor of Medicine was conferred on Thomas C. James, bachelor of medicine and professor of midwifery in the University of Pennsylvania; and on Elias W. Napier, of Kentucky. Pennsylvania Hospital. At a meeting of the managers, held at the Hospital May 13, 1811, the following contributors were chosen PHYSICIANS. Thomas Parke, John S. Dorsey, Joseph Hartshorne, and Thomas C. James, was elected physician to the lying-in department; and Samuel Calhoun, physician to the out-patients. Humane Society. MANAGERS OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA. Elected March 1811. Joseph Crukshank, President, Isaac Snowden, Secretary. William Leedom, Matthew L. Bevan,} Inspectors. Dr. Samuel P. Griffitts, Committee of Thomas C. James, Joseph Parrish, Charles Marshall, Benjamin Thaw, Samuel Pancoast, jun. John Bacon, Joseph Hornor, Treasurer. Correspondence. Thermometrical Observations. State of the weather at Philadelphia, for the first six months of 1811. This month, on the whole, moderate weather; there being only occasional obstructions to the navigation from the ice, yet changeable and unpleasant. Not much snow: no sleighing. Weather moderate; though changeable. 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