Dr. William A. Dick, formerly of Greensborough, N. C., and a son of the late Judge J. M. Dick, died in the town of Lumberton, N. C., on the 27th of March, 1879. Dr. Dick was no ordinary man. He was educated at the University of North Carolina, this institution conferring the degree of A. M. upon him in 1853. He graduated in Medicine at the University of New York, March, 1852; and began the practice of his profession in Lumberton in 1852. The medical profession has lost a bright light, and the community in which he lived a useful and honored citizen. L. GEORGE B. WOOD, M. D. On the 30th ult., George B. Wood, M. D., of Philadelphia, died, in the 83d year of his age. Dr. Wood was born at Greenwich, N. J., March 13th, 1797; graduated from the University of Pennsylvania as long ago as 1818. His extended career has been full of work, diligently pursued and successfully achieved. He was for many years Professor of Materia Medica in the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, and from 1850 to 1860 was Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in the same institution. At the time of his death he was President of the American Philosophical Society. He is the author of many important medical works, those by which he is best known being the “Dispensatory of the United States,” written in collaboration with Franklin Bache, and first published in 1833, and his “Practice of Medicine,” which long enjoyed great popularity. He also wrote much on historical subjects beyond the limits of his profession. CARL F. BURKHARDT, M. D. At a called meeting of the New Hanover County Medical Society to take suitable action in regard to the death of Dr. Carl F. Burkhardt. The meeting was called to order by Dr. W. G. Thomas, President, and the following members were appointed to draft suitable resolutions: Drs. Love, Lane, and Wood. It was resolved that the Society attend the funeral in a body. * * * * * WHEREAS, Dr. Carl Frederick Burkhardt has this day been stricken by the pitiless hand of death, we, the members of the New Hanover Medical Society, in honor of his memory and as an evidence of our esteem, adopt the following resolutions: _Resolved_, That his professional attainments, his cultivated mind, his kind heart, his genial manners, deservedly won for him, who came among us a stranger, our respect and affection. _Resolved_, That in his decease we lament a valued member of our profession, a good citizen and a gallant friend. _Resolved_, That these resolutions be spread upon our minutes; that they be published in the NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL JOURNAL, and in the daily press of this city; and that a copy duly attested, be presented to his family with assurance of our sympathy,