OBITUARY. 
744 
MISCELLANEA. 
CHILBLAINS AND CHAPS. 
The following application is strongly recommended: It is 
to be applied by means of a pencil, and is to be renewed as 
often as required, so as to protect the parts from the air, until 
the cure, w-hich is speedy, is completed : Collodion 30, Venice 
turpentine 12, castor oil 6, mix. 
SEXTON’S ANTI-CORROSIVE CAUSTIC HOLDER 
Is formed of vulcanized material, and is very neat and useful. 
The holder is not acted upon by the caustic, which, by a 
simple contrivance, can be regulated to any length, and used 
even to the smallest remaining portion. 
ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 
War Department; Nov. 1 1th, 1856. 
Royal Engineer Field Equipment. — Thomas 
Walton Mayer, gentleman, to be veterinary surgeon. 
Nov. 1 Uh. 
Royal Horse Guards. — Veterinary surgeon John 
Byrne, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be veterinary sur- 
geon, vice Siddall, deceased. 
4th Light Dragoons. — Probationary veterinary sur- 
geon Herbert Sewell, to be veterinary surgeon, vice John 
Byrne, appointed to the Royal Horse Guards. 
OBITUARY. 
We regret to have to record the death of Mr. J. Siddall, of 
the Royal Horse Guards. Mr. Siddall was an old member of 
the profession and a respected officer in Her Majesty’s 
service, having obtained his diploma in March, 1808, and 
entered upon his duties as an army veterinary surgeon 
shortly afterwards. 
To this w 7 e have also to add the deaths of three others 
from our ranks, namely : 
Mr. C. W. Hawes; Tewkesbury. 
Mr. Ephraim Howes ; Tacolneston, Norfolk, and 
Mr. Richard Shephard ; Cropton, near Pickering. 
