The Poor Law Board has decided on the case of
Timothy Daly, -who died recently of bed-sores, caused, as he said, by the neglect of Mr. Norton, medical officer of the Holborn Union. On the re- port of Mr. Farnall and Dr. Carr, the Board acquit Mr. Norton of either neglect or ill-treatment of Timothy Daly, but add their " grave displeasure" at the conduct of that gentleman in not. keeping the workhouse medical book in proper order. Is not that like a Board? To let a patient die is nothing, but to leave a -" return " unfilled—that is unpardonable. Mr. Farnall is an able man, and Mr. Norton is entitled to the benefit of his decision, but we trust that for the future he will remember that a pauper's body is made of the same tissues as a peer's, and if he thinks him- -self badly paid take it out of his paymasters, and not his patients. By the way, suppose the Union doctors, aided by the profession, strike for wages, or at least for a free supply of medicine ! The profession and the Lancet together beat Sir Charles Wood. Sup- pose they try their bands on Mr. Villiers.
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