CASE OF TWINS, ONE OF WHICH WAS BORN ENVELOPED IN THE MEMBRANES.—The patient in this case was a negro It is reported by Dr. E. W. Woodson, of Woodville, Ky., in the October number of the American Journal of Medical Sciences. woman. The midwife, supposing the child to be dead, deposited it in a vessel without rupturing the membranes, and set it away until the doctor arrived, which was at least fifteen. minutes after delivery. The rest we give in Dr. W.'s own language:-" As soon as I entered the room she related what had happened, and presented the vessel for me to inspect. I at once ruptured the membranes and found the cord still pulsating. I removed the child and succeeded in resuscitating it by using friction, artificial respiration, &c. I allowed the cord to remain untouched as long as it pulsated. The child was perfectly livid and apparently dead. when I commenced to work with it. The breathing was at first gasping and at long intervals, but finally became. regular and quiet. The child lived and did well."-Medical and Surgical Reporter. An exchange paper says: "Elder Kimball, one of the Mormon saints, had fourteen children born to him in one night." The Medical and Surgical Reporter comments: "Those who believe in the uniform duration of the period. of gestation will naturally retrospect two hundred and eighty days." MEDICAL GRADUATES FOR THE YEAR 1860.--As far as reported there have been 1497 graduates in medicine turned out by the various medical colleges in the United States, this year. If the list were completed it would probably swell the number to about 1600. A saucer full of chloride of lime moistened with a few drops of vinegar and water will purify the atmosphere of a sick room in a few minutes. CHANGE OF LIFE IN THE FEMALE.-Dr. Tilt, who has had large experience in such matters, fixes forty-six as the age at which a cessation of menstruation may be expected; and the period of thirty-two years as the average duration of female fecundity. There are, however, many cases of deviation from this general rule. In some rare instances menstruation continues up to sixty-five, and impregnation even at this late period. He thinks, also, that pregnancy late in life is sometimes mistaken for ovarian tumor, and the foetus destroyed by the treatment instituted.-St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal. A NEW MEDICAL DEGREE.-The American Medical Gazette states that the University of Edinburgh has founded a new degree for those Bachelors of Medicine who qualify themselves to be surgeons only. The title is C. M., or Masters in Chirurgery. We doubt the propriety of this; to be a good surgeon one must have a thorough understanding of the principles of medicine. It is in fact by the application of these principles of medicine to surgery, that has made the latter what it is, compared with what it was. The M. D. covers the whole ground, and is therefore preferable.-St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal. NEW CURE FOR TETANUS.-In a severe case of tetanus with opisthotonos, "M. Prescheux took the idea into his head of injecting into the neck at the median line a subcutaneous injection of sulphate of atropine. The poisonous qualities of the atropine were well marked, but with them had also disappeared the tetanic symptoms."-Medical News and Library. ACONITE IN RHEUMATISM.-Dr. Claiborne, of Petersburg, Virginia, reports to the Maryland and Virginia Medical Journal his success in the treatment of rheumatism by aconite. MIDDLE GEORGIA MEDICAL COLLEGE. THE annual course of Lectures in this Institution will commence on the first Monday in November next, and continue four months, Faculty. J. M. COUCH, M. D., Professor of Anatomy, and Demonstrator. J. T. BANKS, M. D., J. F. WRIGHT, M. D., Professor of Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Medical Jurisprudence. Professor of Physiology and Pathological Anatomy. Professor of Institutes and Practice of Medicine, $. H. SAUNDERS, M. 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