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of the property of the Rothschild family, who have for

many years past made it a pleasure as well as a duty to doall they can to promote the interests of their tenants. It

is, in fact, possible to pick out the cottages in this estate insome localities by mere inquiry as to their water-supply.Those belonging to the Rothschild family will be foundto have the beautiful water of the Chiltern hills, whilstothers remain with polluted wells sunk in a soil that canonly be associated with risk to health. But notwithstandingthe object lesson available for everyone, the attitude of thesanitary authority remains one of almost passive inaction.We understand that the Local Government Board havebeen urged to intervene. If they do, it may be possible todraw a line as to enteric fever between houses well orderedas regards sanitary matters and those which remain

neglected; although any such differentiation with respectto diphtheria may be difficult in a place where residents ofboth classes mingle in the same schools. But, under anycircumstances, we trust that inquiry will be followed bysome authoritative demand for amelioration of obvious

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THE SMALL-POX EPIDEMIC AT LEEDS.

IT is gratifying to be able to state that what at one timethreatened to become a very serious epidemic of small-poxin the town of Leeds seems to have been curtailed of muchof its virulence by the promptness with which the diseasehas been dealt with by the medical authorities of the town.It is stated in a telegram we received at the moment ofgoing to press that no new cases of small-pox have beenheard of in Leeds since the 28th of last month.

DINNER TO PROFESSOR ANDERSON STUARTOF SYDNEY.

ON Saturday last Sir Andrew Clark entertained the Deanof the Faculty of Medicine in Sydney at dinner. A largenumber of distinguished members of the profession respondedto Sir Andrew Clark’s invitation, among them beingSir James Paget, Sir Joseph Lister, Sir William Roberts,Sir Dyce Duckworth, Mr. Jonathan Hutchinson, Dr. Pollock,Dr. Priestley, Dr. Pye-Smith, Dr. Payne, Dr. Scbafer,Dr. Klein, Mr. Pickering Pick, and other representatives Iof anatomy and physiology. At the end of the dinner,Sir Andrew Clark expressed in a few words his admirationfor the spirit which had been displayed by the people ofSydney and New South Wales, in not only forwardingmedical education, but also in creating, under the directionof Dr. Anderson Stuart, a medical school which would

compare favourably with any school in the world. The

importance of a high preliminary education, bothclassical and scientific, had been fully recognised,as well as that of a five years’ curriculum. The rapidgrowth of the school reflected great credit on ProfessorStuart, who had shown at an early part of his life greatenergy, organising power, and, what was rarer, great pru-dence. Professor Anderson Stuart acknowledged in befittingterms the great honour which Sir Andrew Clark had donehim in speaking so favourably of his work, which, he said,had been facilitated by opportunities which seldom occur inthe life of a man.

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OLIVE OIL IN THE TREATMENT OF GALL-STONE COLIC.

A COLLECTIVE investigation in reference to the use ofolive oil in biliary colic has recently been made by theTherapeutic Section of the Philadelphia Polyclinic MedicalSociety. Of fifty-four cases of gall-stone colic in whichthis method of treatment was used, the result was as

follows : two died; in three negative results were obtained;and in fifty, or 98 per cent., positive relief was afforded-

results which must be regarded as satisfactory, more espe.cially as one patient who died was suffering from adhesiveobstruction of the bile ducts, and two of the observersstated that they had treated forty other cases of biliarycolic without a failure, but of which they had kept norecord. The rationale of the treatment, according to Dr.Rosenberg’s experiment?, is that it largely increases the

quantity of bile secreted, while at the same time itdiminishes its consistency ; but it is reasonable to believethat the beneficial influence of oil consists not so much iii

dissolving the biliary concretions as in increasing the biliaryexcretion, in flushing, and in lubricating and washing outthe passages of the liver. The dose varied from a dessert.

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SCARLET AND TYPHOID FEVER AT LEICESTER.FOR some weeks past scarlet fever has been increasing in

Leicester, and at present shows no signs of diminishing. Asin many other places, the ignorance or carelessness of thepeople contributed to its spread. On Tuesday last the fatherof a child was brought, before the magistrates and fined i3 3for permitting it to run about the streets whilst in aninfectious condition and refusing to permit it to be taken tothe fever hospital. Leicester appears to be also threatenedwith another difficulty : typhoid fever, as usual in the autumnof the year, is upon the increase, and the town finds itselfwithout proper hospital accommodation for these patients.At the quarterly meeting of the governors of the LeicesterInfirmary, the chairman stated that the few beds possessedby that institution for fever patients were full, and thatseveral cases in the town were waiting admission. It seemsthat there is some dispute going on between the guardians,the infirmary authorities, and the corporation as to whichis the proper body responsible for the treatment of typhoidfever, and, in the meantime, patients are left in their housesto be a centre of infection to their neighbours, as well asto suffer, in the case of poor persons, from insufficient

nursing and attendance. If Leicester would deign to learnfrom other towns, it would find that almost every largecorporation has risen to a full sense of its responsibilities,and provided proper hospital accommodation for sufferersfrom this disease.

FOREIGN UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

I Giessen.-Dr. E. Beckmann of Leipsic has been offeredthe chair of Chemistry.

Vienna.-Drs. Lorenz and Lothar von Frankl-Hochwarbhave been recognised as pri-vcct docenten in Medicine andNeuropathology respectively. Dr. Exner has been pro"moted to the rank of Professor of Physiology.

DEATHS OF EMINENT FOREIGN MEDICAL MEN.THE deaths of the following distinguished members of

the medical profession abroad have been announced :-Dr. Eduard Geber, Professor of Dermatology in Clausen-burg.-Dr. Kremer of Boppard.

HOFRATH LUDWIG, who this week welcomed the dele-gates to the Congress of Analytical Chemists and Micro-scopists at Vienna, expressed a wish that the meeting ofthe Congress might result in opening the way to an inter-national agreement by which the suppression of theadulteration of food stuffs the world over might be effected.

INFLUENZA is reported to be very prevalent in Victoria,and to number amongst its victims the Premier, the leaderof the Opposition, and the President of the Council. Theepidemic, however, has not so far been of a very fatal type.

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THE report issued by Messrs. Crookes, Odling, and Tidyon the composition and quality of the water supplied toLondon states that throughout the month of August, not-withstanding the excessive and often stormy rainfall, thecharacter of the water-supply to the metropolis continuedto be eminently satisfactory. The extreme degree of freedomfrom organic matter which characterised the supply of theprevious month was fully maintained; and the effect of thestorm-rainfall was noticeable only in a slightly diminisheddegree of freedom from colour-tint, and in the occurrence ofthe three samples of water noted as "very slightly turbid.’ iThe maximum amount of organic carbon present in anysingle sample examined was only 0’128 in 100,000 parts ofthe water, corresponding to considerably under a quarter ofa grain of organic matter per gallon.

DR. ARTHUR FRANCIS VOELCKER, registrar at the Hos.pital for Sick Children, has been appointed to the office ofPathologist and Curator of the Museum at the MiddlesexHospital, in succession to Dr. Sidney Martin, resigned.

ALDERMAN J. EWART, M.D. St. And., F.R.C.P. Lond.,J.P., has been selected as Mayor of Brighton for the forth-coming year.

TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OFTHE CANADIAN MEDICAL

ASSOCIATION.

THIS Association, which represents the medical professionof the Dominion, meets once a year, in a different city eachtime. The meeting just held was a most successful one, 134members having registered. In addition to the members,a number of distinguished visitors were welcomed, includingMr. Thomas Bryant of London; Drs. Phelps, Stevens,Gibney, and Bridges, of New York; and Dr. Barbour ofEdinburgh. Seven well-attended sessions, the visitation ofthree hospitals, and a dinner at the well-known hostelry, the"Windsor,"are in evidence of the enthusiasm and enduranceof the members. Dr. T. G. Roddick, Professor of Surgery,M’Gill University, presided, and the first morning sessionwas taken up with general business. At noon conveyanceswere in waiting to take the members to the Hotel Dieu.This is an immense building, finely situated on the easternslope of Mount Royal. It is supported by, and under thecontrol of, a Catholic sisterhood, whose foundation datesback to a grant of the King of France in the seventeenthcentury. The wards have a somewhat mediaeval aspect, inthat each bed is enclosed with curtains and a wooden top, apatient thus securing complete privacy. Dr. Hingston,surgeon-in-chief, showed, in the operating-room, a femalepatient with enlarged abdomen, suggestive of enlargedspleen, and delivered a lecture on the Diagnosis ofAbdominal Tumours. A boy was then presented withdisease of the hip-joint manifested by prolonged suppura-tion. An incision was made and two inches of the boneremoved. Dr. Hingston has but limited faith in chemicalantiseptics, trusting principally to cleanliness and ordinarywater. Chloroform is his anaesthetic for all ages.At the afternoon session Dr. Bray of Chatham, Ontario,

delivered the address on Medicine, taking for his subjectMalaria, its Relation to and Influence over other Diseases.The lecturer spoke from an experience in his own person ofpaludism of many years’ duration, and stated that shakingague was now but seldom met with in Canada.Dr. William Gardner of Montreal presented a paper on

Pregnancy with Ovarian Tumour. Cases were relatedshowing this to be a dangerous complication; but pregnancyis not a contraindication for coeliotomy, if need there be forit. A remarkable case was mentioned. The patient wasin a very bad state, fever &c. ; both ovaries were diseased,one with a twisted pedicle. They were removed and a

drainage-tube inserted for five days, and yet the gestatioi

went on to term. The paper was discussed by Dr. Barbourof Edinburgh, Drs. Sloan and Ruttan of Ontario, andAlloway and Lapthorn Smith of Montreal. Dr. L. Smithobjected to Crede’s placental expression, which might bedangerous, in purulent salpingitis, and considered laparo-tomy the proper treatment for puerperal peritonitis.

Dr. Gibney of New York discussed Early Diagnosis, themost Important Factor in the Treatment of Pott’s Diseaseof the Spine. Cases were related of perfect recovery, withoutdeformity with the early application of comfortable, immov-able apparatus. Let a thorough examination be made ofthe spine by tapping and the hot sponge.-Dr. Phelps.stated that the patient must be stripped. He likes the-Sayre’s plaster jacket.

Dr. A. A. Foucher of the Notre Dame Hospital, Mon-treal, read a paper entitled a Contribution to the Etiologyof Dacryocystitis. This was an elaborate statistical studyof 669 cases occurring in 13,000 consecutive eye cases, andthe conclusions arrived at were :-Daeryocystitis is a freequent trouble, and exposes the cornea to danger. The lefteye is more frequently attacked ; females more often thanmales ; common about thirty-three years of age. Anaverage of six years of treatment will be required. Bad!general condition characterises the patients or theirfamilies. Variola has been present in nearly half the cases-Atrophic rhinitis is intimately connected with it. Badteeth are in some cases factors. Syphilis, indicated bythe teeth, or great mortality of brothers and sisters, is a..

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frequent predisposing cause. In the discussion which fol-lowed Dr. Buller inquired as to the cause of daeryocystitisin Rnnl1,l’flnt,lv hpH.Uhv. npwborn inff.nta.The evening session was given up to the presidential

address. Dr. Roddick referred to matters pertaining to theinterests of the Association, and suggested certain changes,with a view to bringing in a larger representation of theprofession. Educational matters were touched upon, and 2s.longer course advised for medical students; the fact wasnoted that the phenomenally high birth-rate of the FrenchCanadians was diminishing; the general introduction ofasphalte roadways was commended on hygienic principles..Mr. Bryant spoke of educational matters in England, andadvised for Canada a five yeara’ course of nine monthseach, and one central examination. Sir James Grant, inan eloquent speech, urged a medical confederation of the-North-American continent. Hon. Senator Sallivan was infavour of an annual meeting, and would be willing co havethem all in Montreal.A paper was read by Dr. Muir of Truro, N.S., on Gravesr

Disease. Galvanism, he said, was of undoubted benefit inthis malady.

Dr. Phelps of New York opened a discussion on the-Mechanical Treatment of Hip-joint Disease. Early fixa,..tion of the limb with a long splint was urged; there is no.fear of ankylosis if the joint is comfortable, even after-months of immobility.On Thursday, Sept. 1 i bb, at noon, the Montreal General

Hospital was visited, and a number of show cases presentedto the visitors. There were osteotomies, herniotomies,arthrotomies, &c., Drs. Shepherd, Bell, Armstrong, and3Sutherland pointing out the salient points in each case. Agood knee case was one in which the patient had a compoundcomminuted fracture; the femur was split four inches.through the condyles, the halves lying apart, and the woundfull of coal dust; the bone was nailed, the nails remainingin situ; recovery ensued with 50 per cent. of normalmotion. In a case of hemia the intestines rolled out on t(þthe table during the operation, and were got back by sus-pending the patient by the feet.An interesting case of the Application of Hypnotism was’

shown by Dr. James Stewart. A young adult, a sailor, was.brought to the hospital with hysterical deformity and con-

i tracture of the left forearm and hand of eight months"duration. Under hypnotism the condition was promptly

: removed. At present the deformity is produced or removed; at will. The patient was directed to look at a bright coin,

the eyeballs were pressed, and in a few seconds he " wentI off," exhibiting the usual phenomena, insensibility to

t pricks, &c.1 Thursday evening was devoted to the dinner, when ther oratorical and musical abilities of certain members weres tested, and not found wanting. The French and English,

" medicos " fraternising most cordially, the occasion was’I. very agreeable.ion Friday, the last day, the programme was hurried, and