Part 7

Dr. William A. Dick, formerly of Greensborough, N. C., and a son of the late Judge J. M. Dick, died in the town of Lumberton, N. C., on the 27th of March, 1879. Dr. Dick was no ordinary man. He was educated at the University of North Carolina, this institution conferring the degree of A. M. upon him in 1853. He graduated in Medicine at the University of New York, March, 1852; and began the practice of his profession in Lumberton in 1852. The medical profession has lost a bright light, and the community in which he lived a useful and honored citizen.

L.

GEORGE B. WOOD, M. D.

On the 30th ult., George B. Wood, M. D., of Philadelphia, died, in the 83d year of his age.

Dr. Wood was born at Greenwich, N. J., March 13th, 1797; graduated from the University of Pennsylvania as long ago as 1818. His extended career has been full of work, diligently pursued and successfully achieved. He was for many years Professor of Materia Medica in the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, and from 1850 to 1860 was Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in the same institution. At the time of his death he was President of the American Philosophical Society. He is the author of many important medical works, those by which he is best known being the “Dispensatory of the United States,” written in collaboration with Franklin Bache, and first published in 1833, and his “Practice of Medicine,” which long enjoyed great popularity. He also wrote much on historical subjects beyond the limits of his profession.

CARL F. BURKHARDT, M. D.

At a called meeting of the New Hanover County Medical Society to take suitable action in regard to the death of Dr. Carl F. Burkhardt.

The meeting was called to order by Dr. W. G. Thomas, President, and the following members were appointed to draft suitable resolutions: Drs. Love, Lane, and Wood.

It was resolved that the Society attend the funeral in a body.

* * * * *

WHEREAS, Dr. Carl Frederick Burkhardt has this day been stricken by the pitiless hand of death, we, the members of the New Hanover Medical Society, in honor of his memory and as an evidence of our esteem, adopt the following resolutions:

_Resolved_, That his professional attainments, his cultivated mind, his kind heart, his genial manners, deservedly won for him, who came among us a stranger, our respect and affection.

_Resolved_, That in his decease we lament a valued member of our profession, a good citizen and a gallant friend.

_Resolved_, That these resolutions be spread upon our minutes; that they be published in the NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL JOURNAL, and in the daily press of this city; and that a copy duly attested, be presented to his family with assurance of our sympathy,

WM. J. LOVE, WM. W. LANE, THOMAS F. WOOD.

Wilmington, N. C., April 10th, 1878.

BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS.

_To the Editors of the North Carolina Medical Journal_:

In order to regulate the practice of Medicine and Surgery in the State of North Carolina, the General Assembly at the Sessions of 1858 and 1859, passed an Act to establish a Board of Medical Examiners.

Without a license from this Board, no physician who has commenced the practice of his profession in this State, “after the 15th of April, 1859, shall practice Medicine or Surgery, or any of the branches thereof, or in any case prescribe for the cure of disease, for fee or reward,” nor “shall he be entitled to sue for or recover, before any magistrate or court in this State, any medical bill for services rèndered.” (See Laws of North Carolina, 1858–59.)

In conformity with the provisions of this Act, the State Board of Medical Examiners will meet in the city of Greensborough, on Monday, May 19th, 1879.

By authority of the Board. PETER E. HINES, M. D., President.

HENRY T. BAHNSON, M. D., Secretary. Salem, N. C., April 15th, 1879.

* * * * *

_Medical Remuneration._—Doctor: “Um! most insolent!” (To his wife), “Listen to this my dear.” (reads letter aloud) “Sir, I inclose P. O. order for thirteen shillings and six pence, hoping it will do you as little good as your two small bottles of ‘physic’ did me.”—_Chicago Journal and Examiner._—_Punch._

BOOKS AND PERIODICALS RECEIVED.

Fern Etchings. By John Williamson. Specimen fasciculus.

A Clinical Treatise on Diseases of the Liver. By Dr. Freid. Theod. Frerichs. Vol. 2. Wm. Wood & Co.

Difficulties and Dangers of Battey’s Operation. By George J. Engelmann, M. D., St. Louis, Mo. From Trans. Am. Med. Association, 1878.

Reports with Analyses of the Apollinaris Spring Neuenaha, Rhenish, Prussia. 1872. (Private and confidential).

Lectures on Practical Surgery. By H. H. Toland, M. D. Prof. of the Principles and Practice of Surgery. Second edition. Philadelphia. Lindsay & Blakiston, 25 South 6th Street.

Valedictory Address to the Graduating Class of Jefferson Medical College, at the Commencement March 12, 1879. By Prof. J. Aitken Meigs, M. D. 1879.

Ninth and Tenth Annual Reports of the Maryland Eye and Ear Institute. No. 66. N. Charles Street. Baltimore, Md. George Reuling, M. D. Surgeon in charge.

An Address upon the Life and Character of Lunsford Pitts Yandell, M. D. Delivered before the Kentucky Medical Society at the meeting held in Frankfort, April, 1878. By Richard O. Cowling, A. M., M. D.

Ringworm in Public Institutions. From Trans. Am. Medical Association. Rosacea. Extracted from the Transactions of the Medical Society of Pennsylvania. By John V. Shoemaker, M. D. Philadelphia, 1878.

The Causes of Sudden Death of Puerperal Women. An Address delivered before the American Medical Association, June 5th, 1878. By Edward W. Jenks, M. D. Chairman of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children. Reprint from Trans. Am. Med. Association. 1878.

Maternal Impressions: Mothers Marks. An Exposé of a Popular Fallacy. By Roswell Park, A. M., M. D. Dem. of Anat. Chicago Medical College. Reprint from Southern Clinic. 1879.

A Manual of the Examination of the Eyes. A course of Lectures delivered at the “Ecole Pratique,” by E. Landolt, Directeur, Adjoint, &c. Translated by Swan M. Burnett, M. D. Philadelphia. D. G. Brinton, 115 South Seventh Street. 1879. Price $3.

Footnote 1:

Supposing the rain-fall to average thirty-six inches per annum, there is a fall of three cubic feet on every square foot of ground, or an acre receives twenty thousand nine hundred and eight (20,908) gallons of water per year.

Footnote 2:

In the river Loka in Sweden, and the Dead Sea, respectively; the latter containing four hundred thousand times more solid matter than the former. Ocean water has about 2,500 grains per gallon.

Footnote 3:

N. C. Medical Journal, Vol. 1. p. 177.

Footnote 4:

The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, April 1879, p. 236–51.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling. 2. Retained anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed. 3. Footnotes have been re-indexed using numbers and collected together at the end of the last chapter. 4. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.