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NOTES. 
An eminent physician of Dublin, referring to “ those erratic 
medical hybrids, the lady doCtors,” very justly remarks, “There 
are some masculine women just as there are some effeminate 
men. Neither are good types of their kind ; and it needs no 
serious argument to prove the futility of any attempt founded on 
such exceptional cases, on the part of either sex, to fill the place 
and assume the functions of the other.” 
According to the Boston “ Herald,” an establishment for the 
manufacture of “ bogus diplomas ” has been discovered in that 
city. It is supposed to have manufactured about one hundred 
doctors, at prices varying from ioo to 145 dollars each. 
According to the “ Medical Press and Circular,” certain Scotch 
professors— in particular Prof. Blackie and Prof. Charteris, both 
of Edinburgh— have been indulging in the customary onslaught 
on Physical Science, on account of its alleged materialistic ten- 
dencies. 
An entomologist of Elbeuf, M. Levoiturier, according to “ Les 
Mondes,” has succeeded in distinguishing wools of different 
growths by means of the coleopterous inseCts found in the bales. 
In Australian wool he has identified 47 species of inseCts, 52 in 
South African, 30 in that from Buenos Ayres, 16 in Spanish, and 
6 in Russian. As the origin of a sample Of wool is a matter of 
considerable importance to the consumer) this is an unexpected 
service which Entomology has rendered to commerce. 
Prof. Klebs, of Prague, has found in subjects dead of typhoid 
fever peculiar microbia, of about 80 micromils, in length and 0*5 
to 0’6 in breadth. They are chiefly found in the parts most 
affeCted by the disease, and are absent in the bodies of those 
who have died from other causes. 
The Copley medal this year has been awarded to Prof. J. J. 
Sylvester for his mathematical researches : one of the royal 
medals has been decreed to Prof. Jos. Lister, F.R.S., for his 
investigations on the antiseptic system of surgical treatment, 
and the other to Capt. A. Noble, F.R.S., for researches on the 
aCtion of explosives. The Rumford medal has been voted to 
Dr. W. Huggins, for investigations in astronomical speCtroscopy ; 
and the Davy medal to Prof. C. Friedel, of Paris) for chemical 
discoveries. 
According to the “ Medical Press and Circular,” a memorial 
in favour of cremation, numerously signed by physicians and 
surgeons, has been presented to the Home Secretary. 
