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quite true that I suggested the treatment, still I think it

only due to Dr. Gowers Smith to state that I obtained thesuggestion from him, having been under his care myself someyear or two earlier for the same condition.

I am, Sirs, yours faithfully,ROBERT H. LLOYD, M.D.

Lambeth Infirmary, Brook-street, Kennington-road, S.E.,July 20th, 1893.

ROBERT H. LLOYD, M.D.D.Lambeth Infirmary, Brook-street, Kennington-road, S.E.,

NORTHERN COUNTIES NOTES.(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

A New Railway for Durham City.A NEW line was opened this week in the city of Durham

to connect the city with Sunderland and Hartlepool by Elvetand Marton. It should be mentioned that Mr. Alderman W. C.Blackett, M. R. C. S., of Ripon, late of Durham, who may besaid to have been the pioneer of this new line, had thepleasure of seeing it opened on Monday last.

Singulcar -Deat7tfrom Asphyxia.An inquest was held last Saturday at Willington Quay-on-

Tyne on a workman aged sixty-three. It was shown thatsome fumes escaped from a wallside which were afterwardsfound to proceed from an underground fire hitherto unsus-

pected and that death arose from inhalation of carbonic oxide.An Odd Fish.

A curious fish was landed last week by the local steamtrawlers at North Shields Fish Quay. It proved to be a largeskate and on its body was cut in bold letters P.O. P. It issupposed by the fishermen that this was done whilst the fishwas young and that it was then thrown overboard.

Friendly Societies Parade at Skelton-in- Cleveland.The various Friendly Societies of Skelton-in-Cleveland,

North Yorkshire, had their annual parade on Sunday last,an attractive feature of which was a number of little girlsdressed in white, preceded by bands, and carrying flowers.The collections were for the Grange-over-Sands ConvalescentHome.

Tynemouth Infrimary :a iVote7vorthy Experiment.Arrangements have been made at the Tynemouth Infirmary

whereby parties of children can be shown over the building,and its various purposes can be explained by a member of thecommittee in attendance, the object being to induce thechildren to take a present interest in the Infirmary which itis hoped may remain to some extent in after life.

Bazaar at Chillingham Castle.The sum realised by the bazaar held at Chillingham Castle

on the 13th and 14th inst. on behalf of the Bethnal GreenHospital in connexion with the Mildmay Mission, NorthLondon, amounts to of300.Newcastle-on-Tyne, July 26th.

IRELAND.IRELAND.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT S.)

The late j9?-. J. F. Mc Veagh of Dublin.THIS gentleman, whose death was recently recorded in

THE LANCET, has left his widow and four children in verystraitened circumstances. It is a matter to be deploredthat a medical practitioner after fifty years’ work shouldhave been unable to provide a fund for those dependent uponhim. Some friends of the late Dr. McVeagh have appealedfor help under the sad circumstances and have alreadycollected a sum amounting to nearly £400.

Royal College of Surgeons.A vacancy has occurred in the council in consequence of a

gentleman who had recently been elected having beenunable, owing to an illness of some months’ duration, to besworn in within a month after election in accordance withthe terms of the Charter of the College. The election willbe held on Monday next, the 31st inst. A meeting of theFellows will be held on the same day to receive the financialstatement of the council, when an important discussion maybe expected as to the liabilities of the College.

Health of Dicblin for June.As compared with May there was a large dl crease in tl e

mortality caused by typhoid fever, but an increase in thefatal cases of diarrhoea. Whilst the death-rate was muchbelow the average in the first five months of the year, itincreased to 3 ’46 per 1000 above the average in May. Thehigh temperature caused a great mortality from diarrhoeaamongst infants, to some extent on account of their food-especially milk-becoming sour and decomposed.

Board 0/ Superintendence of Dublin Hospitals :AnnualReport.

The mortality of the patients in the Westmoreland LockHospital was 2 ’61 per cent. on the total number treated to atermination of their illness, and the medical staff are of

opinion that of late years the virulence of syphilitic diseasehas diminished, which may be ascribed to the fact that

patients find ready access to the institution and are neverdenied admittance. The low mortality (4’39 per cent.) atSteevens’s Hospital, the board point out, may be chiefly attri-buted to the large number of constabulary patients that areadmitted, many for diseases that are comparatively less fatalthan those that are usually admitted into general hospitals,The board speak highly of the order, regularity and cleanli-ness which prevailed in the Meath Hospital. The mainbuilding of this hospital is as perfect as it can be made andis supplied and furnished with every modern requirement upto date; but the board cannot approve of the detached feverwards, which are too small and not arranged according tomodern views. The managing committee have, however, incontemplation the building of a new and commodiouswing or detached building for the reception of patientssuffering from infectious diseases. To make this hos-pital attain its fullest usefulness it would be necessaryto have more extended accommodation for surgical cases.

It may be mentioned that the bed urinals in use are

of glass, and it is to be hoped that other hospitals mayadopt the same kind. The governors of the House ofIndustry hospitals, anticipating a visitation of an epidemicof cholera or small-pox in Dublin, have taken steps to makedue provision for the reception, isolation and medical treat-ment of patients affected with such diseases. The RotundaLying-in Hospital, as a school for giving instruction in

gynaecological and obstetric teaching, holds the highestreputation. The accommodation for the reception andtreatment of patients affected with diseases peculiar towomen having been considered inadequate, the governorshave decided to erect a large and well-appointed auxiliaryhospital in close connexion with the existing buildingsand to convert the old auxiliary hospital into a residencefor male officers and pupils. The mortality of the labour

patients, deducting non-parturient cases, was 0’78 per cent.,and that of the chronic class was 3-70 per cent. The

governing corporation of the Coombe Lying-in Hospital isself-elected and limited to twenty-one members, without anyreference to those subscribers who contribute to the supportof the institution. This system appears to be indefensible ; acharitable hospital should be governed by a committee electedby the subscribers. The mortality of the labour patientswas 2 05 per cent. and for the chronic cases 2’18 per cent.The governors of St. Mark’s Ophthalmic Hospital are anxiousto effect such an amalgamation with the National Eye andEar Infirmary as would ensure the erection of a new hospitalmore useful to the public. When the terms of the draftscheme are agreed upon it is proposed that the governors ofthe two hospitals should combine in a joint application to thepublic for the sum of ;E15,000, which would be necessary toerect the new institution. As, however, amalgamation hasbeen talked of for the past three years or so, I am not verysanguine that these institutions will amalgamate for the

present.The City Coronership.

The appointment to the coronership (vacant owing to thedeath of Dr. Dill) will be made at a special meeting of thecouncil in committee, to be held on Monday next. I under-stand that there are already numerous candidates in the field.The selection must be made within ten days after the officialintimation of the death of the late coroner ; and as thatintimation was dated on the 21st, Monday is the latest dayon which the vacancy can be filled.

The Chair of Obstetrics, Queen’s College, Belfast.A large number of medical practitioners in the North

of Ireland have signed the following petition: "To theRev. Thomas Hamilton, D.D., President of Queen’s College,Belfast,-We, the undersigned members of the medical