A correspondent draws our attention to an incident which occurred
at the last meeting of the Medical Society of London, attracting much no- tice in the medical world. A gentleman, a member of the Jewish com- munity, had been proposed to the Society for fellowship, and was about to be balloted for, when one of the Fellows, Mr. Cornish, rose from his place, and opposed the candidate, " as having transgressed the laws of professional etiquette by puffing and advertising himself both directly and obliquely," producing, in support of his assertion, certain copies of two journals, with which the candidate is said to be connected. The chairman interfered, stating that the course adopted by Mr. Cornish was " irregular," and the ballot was therefore proceeded with. The Society, however, seems to have sympathized with the objection, for the candi- date was blackballed. This result is significant, several years having elapsed since any one has had a sufficient number of blackballs lodged against him to procure his rejection, and it proves that medical men are beginning to find out that they themselves can put down unprofessional practices far better than any medical Act that ever was or ever will be enacted.
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