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WEST SOMERSET BRANCH.A MEETING of this Branch will be held at Clarke'sCastle Hotel, Taunton, on Wednesday, March 28th.Dinner at 5 o'clock, after which papers or cases willbe communicated.Gentlemen intending to be present at the dinner,

or to read papers after, are requested to give noticeto the Honorary Secretary.

W. M. KELLY, M.D., Hon. Secretary.Taunton, Mtarch 6th, 1866.

SOUTH-EASTERN BRANCH: EAST KENTDISTRICT MEDICAL MEETINGS.

THE next meeting of this Branch will be held at theSaracen's Head, Ashford, on Thursday, March 29th,at 3 P.M.Dinner will be provided at 5 P.M. Charge 5s., ex-

clusive of wine.RX L. BOWLEs, L.R.C.P., Honorary Secretary.

Folkestone, March 14tl, 1866.

SOUTH EASTERN BRANCH: WEST KENTDISTRICT MEETINGS.

THE meeting that is usually held at Gmvesend onthe last Friday in March, will take place (D.V) onFriday, April 6th, because of Holy Week.Due notice of the meeting will be given.

FREDERICK J. BROWN, M.D., Hon. Sec.Rochester, March 12th, 1866.

HARVEIAN SOCIETY OF LONDON.THURSDAY, FErBRUARY 1ST, 1866.

W. TYLER SMITE, M.D., President, in the Chair.A Case of Syphilitic rritis, treated without specifics,

was exhibited by C. DRYSDALE, M.D. The patient,a young man aged 20, had come to the FarriadonDispensary on January 1st, with a badattack of iritisin the right eye. He was covered from head to footwith a papular syphilitic eruption. There was atthat time circumorbital pain, a pink zone around thepupil, great effusion of lymph and irregularity of thepupil, with complete absence of vision. A drop ofsolution of sulphate of atropia (one grain to theounce) was directed to be dropped into the eye twicea day, and he was told to take a purge in themorning. No shade for the eye, nor any otherspecific treatment was ordered. In about a week thelymph was absorbed, and at the end of the thirdweek (although contrary to Dr. Drysdale's orders)the patient worked at his occupation as a printer.This case was one of several successfully treated in asimilar manner.Mr. D! MjERIC said that many persons who treated

syphilis without mercury had observed that the eye-disease bore a great resemblance to the skin-eruption,and was, therefore, they thought, likely to do as wellas the latter without the mineral. He thought thatthe experience of the past as to the value of mercuryin iritis ought not to be disregarded.Mr. JAMEs LANE thought that each particular case.

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ON SYPHILISATION. BY VICTOR DIE Xw1r9.The chief aim of the author was to show that the

rationale of the numerous inoculations to cure syphiliswas defective, and that this peculiar method of treat-ment was not superior to those already known, andwas fraught with extreme inconvenience. He at-tempted a historical sketch of the rise and progressof the practice, dwelling especially on Auzias Turenne,the originator, and Sperino and Boeck, the warmpromoters. He then contended that the term syphi-lisation was erroneous, as the patients were alreadysyphilised by the constitutional complaint, andendeavoured to show that the improvement noticedwas quite independent of the inoculations, whichlatter he considered cruel and useless. After alludingto the unfavourable effects of the practice upon themoral tone of the girls experimented upon, he agreedthat the trials lately made at the Lock Hospitalwere quite in the spirit of fair play, and regrettedthat Auzias Tarenne had met with denial at Pariswhen he wished to try his method in the hospital farfemale delinquents. Mr. de Meric concluded bycomplimenting all those concerned on the tone ofmoderation and forbearance that had hitherto markedthe discussions on the subject.Mr. GAsKOIN said that the intention of the paper

was an attack on syphilisation. Although the timesince its introduction into this country was too shortfor an opinion as to the success of the method, yetan opinion might be formed as to the amount of re-liance to be accorded to the teaching of the Frenchschool on syphilis, and especially syphilisation. Itwas fifteen years and more since the latter subjethad been mooted in Paris, and the most recent pro-ductions of the French press still contained a repeti-tion ofmisstatements and caricature. It was assertedthat matter from soft chancres was inoculable adinlinitum. At the Lock Hospital, the soft chanuewas very commonly carried through a series of eightto twelve generations, more rarely as many as twenty,and only once had a series of thirty been obtained.At Christiania, Dr. Boeck once got eighty-three frommatter of an uncommon character and quality. Op-posed to this experience, every modern Frenchtreatise on syphilis repeated the fabulous tale ofa German physician who inoculated himself with twothousand two hundred ehancres, and went on inocu-lating: his body was seamed with scars, and hissyphilis was unrelieved. There was good reason forbelieving that, when Ricord framed this dogma ofthe perpetual inoculability of the soft chancre, heonly knew of a series of eight having been obtained';but subsequently, as he affirmed, he inoculated oethousand chancres on the body of one of his students,without witnessing any change in the character ofthe inoculations or condition of the patient. Thisstory was only possible if, as was stated to have beenthe case, Ricord blotted out the inoculations withcaustic soon or immediately after they had beenmade. In discussing Dr. Boeck's practice, M. Rollet,restricting the practice of Boeck to the use of matterfrom soft chancre, said that such treatment was notisopathic, but in a high degree antagonistic. If itwere really antagonistic, there was a rationale oftreatment; but no advocate of syphilisation everventured on so bold an explanation. There was nomore disgraceful page in the history of science or ofsociety, than the treatment of Messrs. Auzias Turenneand Sperino by the Academies of Paris and Turin.In both instances, the most violent persecution wasbrought to bear against the pursuit and development

Mth 17,186.)] &DECA-L NIWS, [British Medical Journal.

LOCAL ANLSTHESIA BY ETHER-SPRAY.LETTER FROM T. HECK5TALL SMITE, ESQ.

SIR,-There is no doubt that, at all events, manyminor operations may be performed without pain bythe employment of Dr. Richardson's valuable appa-ratus.A boy, from an accident at the paper mill, required

to-day the removal of the first phalanx of twofingers. The white leathery appearance and numb-ness were speedily produced by the spray in onefinger. The first incision (disarticulating the joint)gave no pain; but, on bringing out the knife to makethe under flap, pain was felt.In the other finger, the first part of the operation

was, as before, without pain; then, resting for aninstant, the jet was passed into the incised part, andthe operation was finished with very trifling pain. Alittle more patience with the spray, and there wouldhave been no pain whatever. I am, etc.,

T. HEcKsTALL SMITH, F.R.C.S.Rowlands, St. Mary Cray, March 13th, 1866.

LETTER FROM JOHN ST. S. WILDERS, EsQ.Si.,-Having seen in the BRITISH MEDICAL JOUR-

NAL an account of Dr. Richardson's method of pro-ducing anesthesia by means of the vapour of ether,I at once procured one of his spray-producers fromMessrs. Krohne and Sesemann; and its use has provedso efficient and valuable, that I feel bound to recorda few cases in which it has been employed.Whatever may be the result of its employment in

major operations, the following cases to my mindlearly prove that, in minor operations, such as re-moving small tumours, opening abscesses, applyingesoharotios, and tooth-drawing, it is most valuable.Among its advantages, I may specially mention therapidity of its action, and the safety with which itmay be used.W. R., aged 26, suffered from serpiginous ulcer in

the groin, the result of syphilis. The vapour of etherwas used, and the part frozen in thirty seconds.Nitric acid was applied freely without any pain. Thispatient had had nitric acid used about a fortnightbefore this; and the application caused him so muchpain, that he refused to have it applied again unlesssome anaesthetic were used.

I. B., aged 44, was suffering from abscesses in thehand, the result of a crush. I opened a large abscessin the back of the hand without any pain. The va-pour was applied for forty seconds, and the partthoroughly frozen.

In the case of M. S., aged 18, I removed a smallsebaceous tumour from the head. The vapour wasapplied for fifty-five seconds. The incision across thetumour was about an inch and a quarter in length;this, and the subsequent pulling out of the cyst, wereaccomplished without any pain. The patient, anervous, sensitive, young lady, expressed herself asmuch pleased with the process, having a great dreadof inhaling chloroform.E. G., aged 18, had a very painful whitlow on the

left index finger. It was opened by Dr. Jolly, thehouse-surgeon, without pain. Ansmsthesia in thiscase was produced in about sixty seconds.

S. M., aged 50, had a deep abscess external to theknee-joint. Anesthesia was produced in forty se-conds; and the abscess was opened without pain.Mr. S. A. Parker removed a right lower molar

tooth from a lady, after I had applied the anestheticfor thirty-.five seconds, without any pain.

I have also applied it in many instances at thehospital, with a le success.That its use will supersede that of chloroform in

large operations, I do not for one moment imagine;nevertheless, I think few surgeons will for the futuresubject their patients to the dangers contingent onits administration in such oases as those which Ihave just related. I am, etc.,

J. ST. S. WILDERS,Assistant-Surgeon to the Queen's Hospital, Birmingham.

APOTHECARIES' HALL. On March 8th, 1866, thefollowing Licentiates were admitted:-

Bush, Richard Hake, York Terrace, Regent's ParkPugh, Richard, Llandovery, South WalesRickard, Frederick Martyn, Stoke, DevonportRugg, Robert, Dispensary, StepneyWadd, Frederick John, Priory Road, KilburnAt the same Court, the following passed the first

exa ation:Duke, Benjamin, Guy's Hospital

APPOINTMENTS.ALTRAUS, Julius, M.D., M.R.C.P., appointed Physician to the Lon-don Infirmary for Epilepsy and Paralysis.

WOODnousE, Thomas J., M.D., appointed Physician to the RoyalHospital for Incurables, Wandsworth.

ARKY.DOCKER, Staff*Surgeon-Major E. S., retiring on balf-pay, to have

the honorary rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals.HATOHZLL, Staff-Assistant-Surgeon E. J., to be Assistant-Surgeon

21st Hussears, vice W. Haward.HAWARD, Assistant-Surgeon W., 21st Hussars, to be Staff-Surgeon,

vice Staff-Surgeon-Major E. S. Docker.MACKENZIE, Staff-Surgeon W. O., retiring on half-pay, to have thehonorary rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals.

INDIAN ARMY. To be Assistant-Surgeons, BengalArmy:

CENTER, W., M.B. MATHEW, R. G.DEACON, R. MILNE, R. M., M.B.DUNCAN, WV. ORTON, T.HEFFERNAN, P. J. POWER, R.JAMESON, R., M.D. PURVEs, H. B.KING, G., M.B. Ross, G. C.KNOX, J. THOMSON, G., M.B.MASSY, D. G. WALSH, D. J.MASsy, G. WILSON, H. 0.

To be Assistant- Surgeon, Madras Army:THiOMAS, J. D.

ROYAL NAVY.CREIGHTON, Robert, Esq., Surgeon, to the Pallas.LEET, Eldward W., Esq., ActingAssistant-Surgeon, to the Pallas.ROBERTSON, Adam, M.D., Assistant-Surgeon, to the Cambrie.

BIRTHS.CARTER. On February 27th, at Budleigh Salterton, Devon, the wife

of H. J. Carter, Esq., Surgeon-Major (retired), H.M.'s BombayArmy, of a daughter.

CHAMPNEYS. On March 8th, at Battle, Sussex, the wife of MontaguChampneys, Esq., Surgeon, of a daughter.

DATE. On March 8th, at Ilkeston, the wife of William Date, Esq.,Surgeon, of a son.

MACKINNON. At Campbellpore, East Indies, the wife of Assistant-Surgeon Charles Mackinnon, 20th Hussars, of a daughter.

MOXON. On March 8th, at Northampton, the wife of *WilliamMoxon, Esq., of a daughter.

PRALL. On March 11th, at West Malling, the wife of SamuelPrall, M.D., of a daughter.

RANDELL. On February 7th, at St. Thomas's Mount, Madras, thewife of Assistant-Surgeon Henry L. Randall, Royal Artillery, ofa daughter.

MARRIAGES.COVEY, Charles E., Esq., Surgeon, Basingstoke, to Harriet, seconddaughter of *T. R. HEMSTED, Esq., of Whitchurch, on iarch 8.

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PEACOCKC, George. M.A., M.D., Army NTedical Department, toRoMs Emily Wilkinson. only datghte of Geoirge SMITH. Easq., ofCambridige Terrace, at All SouIs' Church, ILangbam Place, ouMarch 7.

DEATIHS.BoTSOMLT. On March 8th, at Croydon, aged 71, Catherine Mary,

wife of George Blottomley. Req.DzYpsay. Oin February 27tb. at Charterhouse SqnRre, aged 44,

Angutsts Maria, wife of Joseph M1eldont Dempsey, M.).DRsu. On March Gth,at DoIcaster, Gertrude, dauglter of GeorgeDunn, M.D.

HALL, Stephen, Mt.n., late of Exeter, and f.irmerly of Dulwich,aged 63, onlrch r5.

JACKSON. On Mlarch Stb. at Southaea, aged if, Alice Ellen, onlychild of A. Jacksoni, lI'q., Suirgenti.

JosES. On Mfarch Nth, at Snrlitoi,, sged 15 months, Louisa,daughter of WV. Price Jones, M1.1D.

PAUL,JameaJ., M.M., at Putnev, oni March 11.PEARSON, lhenry IV., iKsq, -Surgeon, at Hastings, aged 29, otnMarch 6.

TABRUM, WVM.,M.., at Upmihister, Essex, aged 81, on larch 12.TEwA1ITEs. On March 11th, at Iisliop Auickland, aged 9, Ada

Mary, onily daughter of*'Thomas 13. Thwaites, F.sq.

PARLIAMENTARY VOTE. The following vote has beenagreed to in the House of Commons: 2246,500 forthe army hospital establishment.CONTAGIOUs DISEASES. In the House of Commons,

on Monday last, Lord C. Paget gave notice that hewould ask leave to bring in a bi for the better pre-vention of infectious diseases in certain military andnaval stations.THE CHOLERA still hangs about the coast district

of France. We also read that the diseaae has brokenout with great virulence in some swampy villages ofthe Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the adjacentdistrict of Rhineland.

INB XAISK IN IRELAND. In the House of Com-mons on Wednesday last Mr. P. Urquhart moved thesewond reading of the County Infirmaries (Ireland)Bill, but, after some discussion, the motion wasnegatived without a division.A Nzw AxEltICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL. Januarxy

1st, 1866 produces No. I of the Richmond MedicalJournal, printed in Richmond. A happy change, thisconflict of sCience in the place of the late bloodystruggle!ODONTOLOGICAL SocIsTY. At the ordinary monthly

meeting held at 32, Soho Square, on the 6th inst.Mr. Mummery read a paper on Certain Forms ofIrregularity of the Teeth, exhibiting models of caseswhere great success had followed his efforts to roducethe deformity.A N8w DEcoRATIoN. The Gazette announces that

the Queen has been pleased to institute a new deco-ration, to be styled the Albert Medal, to be awardedto persons who shall have endangered their ownlives in endeavouring to save persons from ship-wreck or other perils of the sea.

UszvBsrnsvTY OF CAMBRIDGE. Mr. Edmund Carverof St. John's College, M.A., F.R.C.S., has been ap-pointed by Professor Humpliry to the recentlycreated office of Demonstrator of Anatomy. Mr.Carver has shewn himself well qualified for it by hisdiligent and efficient superintendence of the studentsin the dissecting room during the present winter.THE PUBLIC HEALTH. The mortality last week

rose to an extraordinary height, the deaths almostequalling the births, or 4155 of the former against4586 of the latter. This is at the rate of thirty-fivein the 1000. London is four below the average, butthe lowest of all is Hull, with twenty-six; thehighest Liverpool, with fifty-five. The deaths forLondon were 1829, which is 331 above the average.The births were 2272, which was also above theaverage.

VACCINATION AND CATTLE-PLAGUE. M. Bouleystates that all the vaccinated cows which had beeasent to England, in order to be placed in contactwith diseased cattle, so as to test the amount of im.munity acquired by vaccination, had taken the com-plaint.MR. WEBB8R. At the Maidstone Assizes on

Wednesday there came on an action brought by Mr.William Webber against some tradesmen of Tun,bridge Wells for trespass. The case arose ouit ofsome proceedings which have been previously beforethe public with respect to the drainage of TunbridgeWells. At length an arrangemement was come toat the suggestion of the Chief Justice, and a verdictwas entered for the plaintiff in one case, and for thedefendants in others.TaE SMOKE NUISANCE. In the House of Commons,

on Friday week, Sir R. Peel drew attention to thenuisance arising from the smoke of furnaces in townsand country districts, and animadverted upon thegreat waste of coal, and the destructive effects arisingtherefrom to human life and health and to thevegetation in the neighbourhoods of large centres ofmanufacturing industry. Sir G. Grey said he haddirected an inquiry to be made in the principaltowns as to the means taken to enforce the law andhe had no doubt that the result would throw lightupon the defects in the law and point the way to im-provements, in which case he should be prepared tobring in a measure embodying such amendments asmight seem to be advisable.CLARt CouzrY AsYLUX. This building, in common

with the majority of those in Ireland the purpose ofwhich is similar, has been erected on a site selectedfor its salubrity. The site consists of about fortyacres of land within a mile of Ennis, at the northernside of the town. The building faces the south,towards which the ground slopes gently. The wholenumber of patients for which accommodation is pro-vided is 260; and twenty-five feet superficial are prOvided in the day-rooms for each patient, and yfeet superficial in the dormitories, the ceilings beingtwelve feet in height. The anmount of the presentcontract, exclusive of boundary-wall, gate and otherlodges, farm offices, baths, water-closets, and engi-neering works, is abouit £29,000; but it is estimatedthat when these additional works are completed, thetotal cost will amount to £3s,000. It is expectedthat the whole will be completed within a year fromthe present date. (Builder.)EPFECT OP COLD. The sudden accession of cold

weather is proving fatal to the aged. The obituaryof the Times of Friday and Satuirday last givesillustrations of this fact, as on the first-named daythe deaths of five ladies and four gentlemen were re-corded whose united ages amounted to 757 years,giving an average of eighty-four and one month toeach. Theoldest ladywasninety-two,andtheyoungesteighty. The oldest gentleman was ninety, and theyoungest eighty-three. The illustrations ofprolongedexistence were still more remarkable on the followingday, when the average of each of the deceasedamounted to eighty-four years and exactly tenmonths; the united ages of three ladics and thesame number of gentlemen amounting to 509 years;in this case the gentlemen took the lead, the oldesthaving reached ninety-five years, and the youngesteighty-four; the oldest lady was eighty-five, and theyoungest eighty years of age.THE BUXTON -BATT HOSPITAL. The annual re-

port for 1865 states, that two of the medical officersof the hospital, one, Dr. Robertson, who had been itsphysician froum 1836 to 1865; the other, Mr. Shipton,

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who had been its surgeon from 1852 to 1865, havewithdrawn during the year from the number of itsacting medical staff; and been duly appointed to thehonourable but less arduous positions of consultingphysician and consulting surgeon. Testimonials totheir long and meritorious services to the institution,in the form of documents on vellum, duly signed onbehalf of the trustees, are in preparation for present-ation to these gentlemen rQspectively. The vacanciesthus occasioned, and also a vacancy caused by theresignation of E. Duke Moore, Esq., L.R.C.P.Edin.,after three years' service, owing to failing health,which wU duly responded to by thanks for hisservices, and the offer of an honorary seat at theboard of management, have been satisfactorily filledby the appointment ofF. Turner, Esq., F. K. Dickson,Esq., and M. M. Moore, Esq.TuxE DONCASTE WOKHiOUSE. Dr. Smith, one of

the medical officers of the Poor-Law Board, latelyvisited the Doncaster Workhouse at ten o'clock atnight, went through the various wards, and made amost minute inspection, as well as ascertained theventilation of the various buildings. Dr. Smith, weaxe glad to hear, expressed an opinion that the wards,as well as the ventilation, were most satisfactory;but he pointed out that the dormitories, in two orthree instances, might be improved by perforatedventilators. The vagrant ward was empty. Dr.Smith attended the meetingof the Board of Guardiansat the Town-hall on Saturday last. We understandthat he has made a report as to the state of thehouse, but that it contains no material recommenda-tions, nor proposes any important changes. Dr.Smith, who has had great experience in dietary, andis the author of a very excellent work on that subject,has suggested a slight alteration in this respect,which will probably be agreed to by the visiting com-mittee.UNQUALIFIED MIDWIVES. Mr. Humphreys, coroner

for East Middlesex, lately held an inquest on a poorwoman who had lost her life through the incompetenceof two midwives. The evidence showed that thewomen had engaged to attend the deceased in her con-finement for six shillings; that they regularly prac-tised as midwives, but had gone through no course ofinstruction. They left the deceased in the midst of hertrouble, though she called out to them pitifully that"she knew she was going to die." Finding thedeceased was getting low, one of them gave her apowder, though she confessed she did not know whatwas in it. The husband considered both his wifeand newborn child had been sacrificed through theneglect of the midwives, and medical evidenceshowed that with proper skill and attendance bothmight have lived. The Coroner severely commentedon the case, and said the stupidity of the midwiveshad caused the deceased to lose her life. He wishedhe had the power to send them to the treadmillfor their conduct. The jury returned a specialverdict, echoing this opinion, and regretting thatthe law did not allow them to send the women totrial for manslaughter. (Globe.)

THE CHOLERA CONFERENCE AT CONSTANTINOPLE.At a second meeting of this conference considerablediscussion took place on the proposal of the Frenchdelegates to suspend communication by sea betweenEgypt and the shores of Hedjaz in the event ofanother epidemic outbreak during the sittings of theconference. The Porte, it appears, is not disposedto accede to this suggestion, and by several of theother delegates it has also been regarded as an undueanticipation by one of the governments representedof the general judgment of the conference, and is op-posed accordingly. At a third meeting the report of

the committee named to consider the proposal in itsdetails was received and somewhat warmly discussed.No result, however, was arrived at, and the debate,as it may be called, was adjourned till yesterday, whenboth advocates aad opponents of the suggestionmade some good speaking in favour of and againstits adoption. The sitting, however, broke up with-out any result, to be resumed to-morrow, when it isto be hoped a decision will be come to, and the pro-per business of the conference will be proceeded withwithout farther loss of time. (Lerant Herald, Feb. 28.)A proposal made by the French representative at theCholera Conference to stop the sea-commuriicartion between Hedjaz and Egypt in the event ofanother epidemic has been adopted. The Porte,however, will not accept or enforce the measure,fearing an insurrection among the pilgrims.CATTLE-PLAGUE AMONG SHEEP. In the House of

Commons, on the 12th inst., Mr. W. Bruce said thatcredible information had been received which left no

doubt of the existence of the disease in Forfaxshireand county of Fife. As to England he regretted tosay that there was no doubt from an inspection ofsheep said to have died from the rinderpest, made byProfessors Simonds and Brown, on the part of theVeterinary Department, the result of the examina-tion was to establish in their minds beyond all doubtthat the rinderpest had existed in ten different cases,and had been accompanied by very serious loss.Professor Simonds also stated that in every casewhere he had traced the loss of sheep to its source,the sheep had been in contact with diseased cattle.-On Tuesday, in reply to a question from Mr.Long, Mr. Bruce said that during the last sixmonths the attention of the veterinary depart-ment of the Privy Council had been especiallydirected to the subject; twenty-six different casesof outbreak of supposed rinderpest in sheep hadoccurred in eleven different counties, and as many asnine in Norfolk alone. The conclusion at which theveterinary surgeons had arrived was, that the diseasewas identical with the rinderpest in cattle. Heknew that very grave doubts existed in Scotland as

to the identity of the two diseases, and perhaps thehouse would like to hear the grounds on which thesurgeons had arrived at the conclusion. The firstexperiment was confined to sheep in a pen in whicha cow had died of rinderpest; the sheep that wereadmitted died. The next experiment was more con-

clusive. Several sheep were inoculated in the Vete-rinary College with the rinderpest virus. They wereinvariably attacked, and all but two of them died;these two were immediately afterwards inoculatedwith the small-pox virus: They took it, and it was

clear therefore that the disease with which they werepreviously attacked was not small-pox. The appear-ance of the stomach was singularly similar to thatwhich was presented in the case of cattle. The localinspectors in consequence gave strict directions todeal with suspected sheep in the same way as sus-pected cattle. The disease did not appear to spreadfrom sheep to sheep so rapidly as from cattle tocattle. In some cases where the experiment was

tried of putting sound sheep with diseased ones, theyhad not taken it, and in many cases tried in Scotlandthe disease had not been communicated, and hencethe strong impression prevailing in Scotland was,that the disease was not the rinderpest. Butin his opinion, the statements made by the surgeonsafforded strong reasons for supposing that it was theidentical disease. The steps taken by the govern-ment to check the spread of the disease were identicalwith those which had been taken with regard tocattle.

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British Medical Journal.) TO CORREBPONDENTS. [March 17, 1860.THi ICo-BAG TREATMDNT or CHOLERA. Dr. Mac-

lean, in a lecture at Netley, thus speaks of the icetreatment of Cholera. " I had the pleasure ofmeeting Dr. Chapman in Southampton when hecame down to put his ice treatment to the test of ex-perience, and I had the advantage of hearing him ex-pound his views at a meeting of one of the South-ampton Medical Societies. I took the liberty onthat occasion to say that, although I differed mate-rially from Dr. Chapman as to the mode in which thedisease is propagated, I would gladly give his methoda fair trial; and had the disease appeared in theRoyal Victoria Hospital, I was prepared to do so.I do not think that the result of the trials of thismethod at Southampton were sufficiently extensiveto warrant any confident opinion one way or theother. I have had too much to do with cholera torush into large conclusions as to the effects ofremedies in ten or a dozen cases. Every personsmitten with cholera does not, as a matter of course,die; but judging from recent cholera literature, inevery case where death does not occur, the fortunateissue is, without hesitation, put down to the remediesused; and if we have regard to the variety andnumber of these remedies, to say nothing of their op-posite qualities, the result is very puzzling to thosewho do not reflect on the fact, that a certain numberof people recover under every variety of treatmentnot positively hurtful, and, I may add, quite as manywhere no ' treatment' in the shape of drugs has beenused at all. Dr. Chapman has since, I understand,had an opportunity of trying his method on a largerscale in Paris. I am quite prepared to hear that thismore full experience has tended to lessen the con-fidence with which Dr. Chapman was inspired whenI had the pleasure of meeting him here. The power-ful action of ice to the spine on the uterus has beenpointed out by Dr. Chapman. It was well illustratedin one of the cases of cholera at Southampton. Theapplication of ice to the spine of a woman profoundlycollapsed brought on the menstrual discharge, whichhad ceased for ten or twelve days. This, as Dr.Chapman has himself shown, should be kept in mind,as otherwise in pregnant women unpleasant con-sequences might result from the application of theice-bag low down on the spine."

COMMUNICATIONS have been received from:-Mr. JONATHANHUTCHINSON; Dr. ALTHAU5; Mr. F. EDMONDS; Dr. FREDERICKJ. BROWN; Dr. F. W. GIBsoN; Dr. GAMOEE; Dr. SIBSON; THEHONORARY SECRETARY OF THE ODONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY; Mr. J.WINDSOR; Mr. W. F. MORGAN; Mr. W. DATE; Mr. RICHARDGRIFFIN; Dr. J. H. JACXSON; Dr. G. H. PHILIPsoN; Dr. GEORGEJOsHNSON; Dr. A. SAMELSON; Dr. B. W. FOSTER; Dr. JAMESRUssELL; Dr. SIRYEKING: Dr. MACKINDER; Mr. T. HECKSTALLSMITH; Mr. NOOTT; Mr. DAYMAN; Dr. TuBBs; FORTIS ESTVERITAS; Mr. J. ST. S. WILDERS; and Mr. M. A. ADAMS.

BOOKS RECEIVED.1. On Diseases of the Veins, Hsemorrhoidal Tumours, and other

Affections of the Rectum. Entirely re-written. By Henry Lee.Second Edition. London: 1866.

2. Hints on House Drainage. By Alfred Carpenter, M.D. Croy-don: 1866.

3. The Active Principles of Cod-Liver Oil. By C. C. J. Guffroylondon: 1866.

4. The Year-Book of Pharmacy. Edited by C. H. Wood, and CSharp. London: 1866.

5. Report of the Richmond District Lunatic Asylum, Dublin.1866.

6. Fxplanatory Statement of Defendant in Millett versus Edmonds1866.

7. On Inhalation. By H. Beigel, M.D. London: 1866.8. Successful Removal of the Uterus and Both Ovaries by Abdo-

minal Section. By H. R. Storer, M.D. Boston: 1866.9. A Few Comments on the Remarks on Homceopatby made by Dr

C. Handlield Jones. By David Scott-Smith. London: 1866.

OPERATION DAYS AT THE HOSPITALS.

MONDAY.......Metropolitan Free, 2 P.x.-St. Mark's for Fistulaand other Diseases of the Rectum, 9 A.M. and 1.30P.x.-Royal London Ophthalmic, 11 A.M.

TUzSDAY. u.... Gy's, Ij P.m.-Westminster,2 P.x.-Royal LondonOphthalmic, 11 A.M.

WEDNE8DAY... St. Mary's, 1 P.x.-Middlesex, 1 P.x.-UniversatyCollege, 2 P.x.-London, 2 P.x.-Royal London Oph-thalmic, 11 A.X.-St. Bartholomew's, 1.80 P.x.-StLThomas's, 1.30 P.x.

TEsURIDAY.....St. George's, 1 P.x.-Central London Ophthalmle,1 P.m.-Great Northern, 2 P.x.-London SurgioalHome, 2 P.x.-Royal Orthopedic, 2 P.m.-RoyalLondon Ophthalmic, 11 A.M.

FRIDAY....... Westminster Ophthalmic, 1.30 P.m.-Royal LondonOphthalmic, 11 A.M.

SATURDAY..... St.Thomas's,9.30A.v.-St.Bartholomew's,l.80P.x.-King's College, 130 P.x.-Charing Cross, 2 P.M.-Look, Clinical Demonstration and Operationse1 P.x.-Royal Free, 1.80 P.m.-Royal London Ophthalmic,11 A.M.

MEETINGS OF SOCIETIES DURING THENEXT WEEK.

MONDAY. Royal College of Surgeons of England, 4 P.M. ProfessorHuxley, " On the Classification and Structure of the Mam-malia."-Medical Society of London, 8 P.M. Clinical Dis-cussion. Cases by the President and others. Paper by Mr.De MWric, " On the Use of Mercury in Syphilis."

TuESDAY. Pathological Society of London, 8 P.x.-Anthropologica1Society, 8 P.m.

WEDNESDAY. Royal College of Surgeons of England, 4 P.x. Pro-fessor Huxley, " On the Classification and Strijeture of the11ammalia."

FRIDAY. Royal College of Surgeons of England, 4 P.m. ProfessorHuxley, " On the Classification and Structure of the Mam-malia."

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

* All letters and communications for the JOURNAL, to be addressedto the EDITOR, 37, Great Queen St., Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C.

COMMUNICATIONs.-To prevent a not uncommon misconception, webeg to inform our correspondents that, as a rule, all communica-tions which are not returned to their authors, are retained forpublication.

CORRZSPOTDENTSTs, who wish noticeto be taken of their communi-cations, should authenticate them with their names-of course,not necessarily for publication.

WE cannot insert Mr. F. Edmonds' letter.

RESTORATION OF BoNE.-In volume I of St. Bartholomew's HospitalReports, Mr. T. Smith relates a case of restoration of the lowerjaw after its entire removal.

THE DEMAND FOR GARLIC.-If Mr. Worms has been of little use asa curer of rinderpest, he has, nevertheless, done the garlic-mer-chants of Covent Garden A useful turn. We are informed that-thanks to his specific cure-there has been such a run on thegarlic market, as to send up the price of that article from 3d. to.2s. per pound.

SOCIAL SCIENCE.-We now possess a Journal of Social Science aswell as a Social Science Review-both monthly periodicals, andboth edited by well known members of our Association. Surelywe might be allowed to suggest the idea of an amalgamation.The objects of the two publications must be very similar; andtheir concentration would, we should think, necessarily tend to.the improvement of both. " Union is force."

THE DICTIONARY OF SCIENCE, LITERATURE, AND ART, has reachedits eighth part, bringing the work as far as the word Poles. Itwould be well if the authors were to appoint a special editor formatters medical and surgical, for we see here and there a fewslips which are worse than blunders. For example, it is Inex-cusable, indeed to be regretted, that In so excellent a work sthis we should read that lpharyngotomy is the "making of anopening into the windpipe."

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arch 17,1866.] TO CORRISPORDENTS. [British Medical Journal.

TD: rATZ Ma. FzATHERSTON.- This gentlemen (a eorrespondent Iwrites) was once a distinguished pupil at the Bristol Royal In-firmary; and he was also, what I rejoice to know is not an unu-sual occurrence in the present day, a Christian student. Whatbe was then, so he remained; and, as a practitioner, he won theconfidence and esteem of all around him. He was, in truth, onewho united the graces of an earnest Christian with the zeal andindustry of an accomplished surgeon. In speaking of death, hehad often remarked, that if it were God's will, he would preferbeing taken suddenly; and, not many minutes before he waskilled, he was conversing with his servant on the blessedness offeeling prepared, in the midst of health, for sudden death. Thatsuch was the case with himself, and that he speedily realised thatblessedness in all its fulness, there cannot be a doubt. May webe likewise ready.

Tnz VENEsEAL CommissioN.-SrR: From the tenour of yourremarks on the Venereal Diseases Commission, your readersmay anticipate that the result of the evidence of the high autho-rities which they have taken, will lead them to the same conclu-sion as that contained in the following scene, from the pen of aliving member of our profession. I am, etc.,January 28th, 1866. OBSERVER.

AD ADOLESCENTES.Qun morbus ille, tot malorum auctor malus,Valde timendus, arte sit vitabilis,Sermone juvenem in hoc brevi senex docet.Loquuntur Pamphiluw jivenis et Chremes senex.

P.-Salvere Chremetem plurimum jubeo.C.-Salve Pamphile: quid tu? recten' atque ut Vi vales ?

Ccanastin'? age; poculum exple: ecce Falernum priestantissi-mum: sume: me ipse quidem sentio jam vino benevolentiiqueabundantem. Quid vis amicissime? die quomodo bene de temereri possim.P.-Gratias ago: de valetudine mea magnoper6 cupio tecum

confabulAri.C.-,Edepol! Tu florentis etatis juvenis, tanquam heri modo

togate, virtute et viribus praedite; ten' de valetudine tuh mecumconsulere!P.-Tmo, amice. Ita Dii te ament, tat mihi exponas quiu ratione

ille morbus, quo tot amicorum aflectos video (quod ad nos virospertineat), evitandus sit.C.-ilem ! rogas ? Sum animi dubius: nescio an arcanum

tanti pretii liceat mihi enunciatum facere.P.-Cur hoc? an lucri cassah vulgatum nonvis? Verere ne

ara perdas? nonne ita'st? Vah!C.-Certissime: satis video te, liet adhbue Rdolescens sis. et

Thermas et Forum frequentare. ]ta Dii me adjuvent, si is modus,quem equidem mihi cognitum habeo, omnibus divulgatus fiat,morbus ipse perpaucos afficiat.P.-Amice, amicissime, ralidissimam rationem mihi protulisti,

quare id, quod ad salutem publicam tantoperh pertineat, univers6cognitum esse debeat, nec tantum medicis sed etiam omnibus.Nonne officii tui est hoe vulgare ?C.-Certe quidem officii est; sed mei interest potius celattum

habere. De are supri dixisti: mehercule, Si mali origo abscinda-tur, lucri fons abundans exscisus erit.P.-Abscinde, abscinde. Video te nobis tam ex animo factum

velle, ut hodie nibil mihi rectusaturus sis.C -Hem sentio me vino plenum. Ain' tn " abscinde" an

"circutmscinde?" Heus! jam caput meum vertigine agitatur;cor palpitat-.2Egiotatne Passercuius tuus ?P.-Bene habet, ut fit; vercor tamen ne, nidum petens, morbo

afficiatur. Pater, si me amas, mihi aperi rationes, si quia aint,per quas malum tantoper6 timendum evitare possim. Oro, ob-seero, ut hoc mihi pandas, optimne hominum.C.-Hei mnihi! vitam longam egi, et plurima vidi quae referre

pigeat, vel etiam animadvertere; quae mala, quo pauciors in hoevevo fiant; et propter amicitiam quem erga patrem tunim et teip-

sum, et amicos nostros habeo; et liberorum etiam qui fuituri sint,causeh, id quod tu prudenter rogavisti, priedicabo. Tu te dictispreebeas volo-aeque imprimis te preemoneo perfacile esse ple-risque illum morbum evitare.P.-Ab ore tuo totus pendeo: die tandem.C.-Inter Judisos et omDes shos, quibus abscisum praeputium,

hoc malum rarissim6 invenies: nempe illis, cutis adeo indurata,ut abrasio non facile fiat, quapropter morbns rar6 coricipitur;ergo illis aetas integra permanet: contra, cutis tenera Christianismultonum malorum caussa est.P.-Hei mihi! vi'n' omnes " Curtos Judaios"5 imitemur?C.-Forsitan paucos, verum non omnes circumcisionem pati

debere puto. Altera est et multo facilior ratio, quae pene paremImmunitatem prahbet. Vin' tibi explicem?P.-Nae-perge, quieso.C.-Et simplex et secura, est: quotidie matutino tempore quum

e lecto surrexeris, preputium retrahere, sc glandem nudare:itaque indurata cutis morbum rejiciet. Hoc munditie perinde acvtletudinis caussa facere oportet. Permagni refert Pupillos,Milites, denique omnes adolescentes hoc scire et continub ex-sequi; neque amplius celari rem tante utilitatis. Abi: fee certosomnes familiares tuos, ut tibi pro tanto beneficio gratias habeant.P.-Tu, quantns, quantus, nihil nisi sapientia es. Dii me per.

dant ni tibi ex imo corde g-atias babeo ob tantum meritum: etipse utar, et amicos uti admonebo; que res bene vortat nobis!Vale. [Exit Pamphilus exultans: dormit Chremes.

* Vide Horatium, Sat., lib. i, ix, 70.

;UCTION-CURETT~s.-The letters of Mr. Adams and Mr. Greenwayshall appear next week.

IOsPITAL STATIsTICs.-SIR: I am obliged to your reviewer forpointing out an omission in my work On the Climate of Italy. Hesays, with respect to the conclusions I have drawn from hospitalstatistics, that I do not record " to what extent selection has beencarried out in the admission of cases." Such a notice would havestrengthened-it is impossible to calculate exactly how much-more or less the conclusions; so hasten to supply it. At St.Mary's, acute cases are admitted at all hours without tickets ofadmission; chronic cases are postponed till Fridays, have toobtain a letter from a subscriber, and then are often rejected fromwant of room. The Ospetale Maggiore at Milan, being a Govern-ment institution, admits all equally free. Yet still the chroniccases are in excess in the former, the acute in the latter. This,of course, can only arise from the causes to which I have assignedit. I am, etc., TiOMAs KING CHAMBERS.

22B, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, March 5th, 1866.

POOR-LAw MEDICAL REFORM AND VACCINATION.-Mr. Griffin begsus to inform the Poor-law medical officers that the following sub.scriptions have been received by him towards the funds of theassociation:-R. Fendick, Bristol, 5s.; C. Wotton, Hemel Hemp-stead, 21s.; A. Thom, Brampton, 5a.; G. M. Phillips, Hitchin,10s. 6d.; H. Stear, Saffron Walden, 5s.; A. N. Jones, Saffron Wal-den, 5s.; F. F. Walsh, Saffron Walden, 5s.; B. Rake, Fording-bridge, 5s.; C. Mott, Chertsey, 10.-By Mr. Prowse: E. Davies,Wrexham, 5a.; J. Foster, Chorlton, 10s. 6d.; J. S. Waller, FleggBurgh, 5s.: S. T. Huke, Tunstead and Happing, 5s.; A. Ingham,Haworth, 10s.; P. N., 5.; N. P. Lisle, Cardiff, 10s. 6d.; J. Wardles-worth, Bury, 10s. 6d.Mr. Griffin also sends us a letter, which he has sent to each

member of the House of Commons, recommending alterations inthe Vaccination Bill. This Bill was read a second time on the8th of this month; therefore, those medical men who wish theBill to be amended in Committee, should lose no time in writingto their members.

ADVERTISEXENTS.E-TAELI5RED 1848.

rJ. Baxter Langley, M.R.C.S.Eng,, F.L.S., (late of King's College, LondoD), PRO-

FESSIONAL AGENCY, 50, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C.

Somerset.-For transfer, with" complete introduction, s first class Practice in aL good Town,where the vendor has for many years occupied the highest socialposition, and could introduce his successor to the best society.Income from £800 to £1000 a year, but capable of great extension.Excellent house with ample accommodation, stabling, coach house,and garden.-Address " T., 850," Mr. Langley, Rs above.

Somerset.-An unusual oppor-tunity is afforded to a doubly qualified man who could at once

enter upon Praetice in a pleasant town, to succeed the advertiser,who has accepted A valuable appointment elsewhere. The Practiceis well established. Average income from private patients, £290;transferable appointments, with incidental advantages, £70 a year.terms very low.-Address " T., 859," Mr. Langley, as above.

DeatbVacancy.-The successionto an old established Practice in a Country Town is open for

negociation upon very easy terms. Good house with stables andlaud. Income £400 a year.-Address "T., 857," Mr. Iangley, as above.

n a large Town in the MidlandCounties, a well established Practice for transfer. Average

income £400. Appointments £24). The receipts could probably bedoubled in a short time by a suitable gentleman. The connexion is.believed to be completely transferable. Very moderate terms, asfamily circumstances induce the vendor to leave the district.-Address " T., 851," Mr. Langley, as above.

e n t.- An old establishedPractice for transfer. Patients of a good class. Average.

income £700. No midwifery under £1:1. Appointments £200 Ayear. Ill health and advancing years the cause of retirement.-Address "T., 849," Mr. Langley, as above.

5uffolk.-In consequence of illbealth, the incumbent of an old established unopposed Practice

desires to secure a suitable successor without delay. The receiptsfrom private practice have averaged £300 a year. Union with extras£66. Clubs £42. Good hotse, witl land, greenhouse, stabling, etc.;rent £22. Patients of a good class.-Address " T., 744', Mr. Lang.ley, as above.

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