August 3, 1844, consists of two parts: one contains the names of those members which have been returned to the College, with their places of abode since the year 1840; the other consists merely of an aphabetical list of members, without date of admission or place of abode. Of the first it may be said, that death and change of residence, in a period of five years, must have caused great alteration in so numerous a body; the second is open to the objection, that as there are frequently two or more members of the same name, identification is difficult or impossible.

The list of the Apothecaries' Company appears to contain the names of all parties who have taken out their licence to practise since the Act of 1815, with their places of abode at the time of examination. Similar causes must have produced still greater defects in this list which extends over so long a term of years.

These different objections must, to a considerable extent, be remedied by an annual list, combining the members of all the different licensing bodies, &c., the information being, in most instances, derived from the parties themselves.

The names of parties holding regular diplomas and qualifications to practise have been given as correctly as possible; and also the names of all other persons professing to be medical men and in actual practice. Where names' are given, and no qualification attached, it is to be understood. that the parties have made no return, and that the Editors have failed to discover their names in the lists of the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, or the Apothecaries' Company; those who, notwithstanding this, are in possession of regular qualifications, must have obtained them elsewhere.

The Editors feel confident that their work will be found useful to the Profession. As an annual register it can scarcely fail to have the effect of making all persons look more narrowly to their qualification when they are placed in comparison with those of others. Individuals may in

some cases feel aggrieved, but such a measure must prove beneficial to the Faculty at large.

It is scarcely possible that a work of the present kind, containing such an immense number of facts, could be perfectly correct at its first appearance: no expense has been spared, and great care has been taken to render it as perfect as possible; but with all the attention which has been bestowed, inaccuracies and omissions are in some measure unavoidable. The Editors will strenuously exert themselves in the correction of future editions, and be happy to receive any communication or assistance having such an end in view. They can truly state, that a desire to avoid as far as possible anything erroneous respecting the names which have been inserted has alone so long delayed their publication. It is hoped that this will be considered a sufficient apology to their numerous Subscribers.

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ABRAHAM, THOMAS, 49, Consequences, including ObserOld Broad-street, City-General vations on Certain Affections of

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ACRET, WILLIAM HENRY, Broad-street, City Surgeon ; 47, Torrington-square-General Qualification, M.R.C.S.E., 3rd Practitioner; Qualification, M.R. Oct., 1838; F.R.C.S.E. 1844. C.S.E. 1803; L.A.C. Jan. 28, 1836; formerly Surgeon in the Hon. East India Company's Service.

ADCOCK, CHRISTOPHER, 28, Chalcroft-terrace,New-cut-Gen. Practitioner; Qualification,

ACTON, WILLIAM, 46, Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square-street, Spring gardens Surgeon; Qualification, M.R.C. S.E. June 19, 1840; Surgeon to the Islington Dispensary; formerly Externe to the Female Venereal Hospital, Paris; Fellow of the Roy. Med. Chir. Soc.; Author of "A Complete Practical Treatise on Venereal Diseases, and their Immediate and Remote

ADDISON, THOS., 24, New

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cian; Qualification, M.D. Edin., 1815; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London; Senior Phys. to Guy's Hospital; Lecturer on the Practice of Physic, and on Materia Medica, at that Institution; Consulting Physician to the South London Dispensary; formerly House Surgeon to the

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