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Rostock.-A new Eye Clinic, which is perhaps the best inGermany, has just been erected. It is fitted with electric

light and electric bells, and the operation room is furnishedexclusively with stone, metal, and glass maberials.

St. Petersburg (Medical Academy) -Dr. Bellin of Khar-kofl has been appointed to the chair of Medical JUlis.

prudence and Toxicology in succession to Dr. Sozukir.Yalladolid.-Senor Don De. Mariano Sancho Martin of

Valencia has been appointed to the chair of Clinical Mid-wifery.Vienna -Dr. Obto Zuckerkandl has been appointed

docent in Surgery. Dr. Bernheimer has been recognised asprivat docent in Ophthalmology.

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

tae medical profession abroad have been announced :-..Dr. Jacob Fischl, Professor of Mental Diseases and Physicianin charge of the Lunatic Asylum in Prague.-Dr. Freuden-theil, Sanibary Councillor of Wiesbaden.-Dr. Bernardo

Figueroa, Vice-President of the Society of Clinical Studies,Havana.

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THOSE of our readers whose autumnal holiday will findthem in Italy in October next are reminded that the FifthItalian Congress of Internal Medicine will meet in Rome onthe 25 th, 26h, 27tb, and 28bh of that month, when paperswill be read on several subjects of present interest—patho-logical and therapeutic. All who wish to take part in thediscussions must announce their intention of so doing tothe secretary on or before Sept. 15th. The Italian railwaysallow a liberal reduction of fares to those of the professionwho are inssribsd a participants in the Congress.

A MEMORIAL TABLET has just been unveiled in his nativeVasto, on the Adriatic, to the great Abruzzese anatomist,Giuseppe Pietrocola, for many years one of the chief

lights of the Neapolitan school, where, in addition to pro-fessorships in anatomy and clinical surgery, he held forsome time the post of Rector in the University. As a manof science and teacher he was in advance of his time, while Iib may interest English readers to know that he was a near! elation of our illustrious painter and poet Dante GabrielR )3aetti.

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WE understand that Dr. Edward Liveing (registrar of thelt ryal College of Physicians), Dr. Norman Moore, andDr. Allchin will give evidence on behalf of the RoyalCollege of Physicians before the Gresham University Com-mission.

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AT the meeting of the Council of the PharmaceuticalSociety of Great Britain on the 8bh inst., Mr. MichaelCarteighe was again elected President, an office held by himfor the previous ten years. -....:-

THE vacancy in the surgical staff at St. Bartholomew’sHospital created by the resignation of Mr. Morrant Baker,F.R.CS., has been filled by the election of Mr. HenryTrentham Batlin, F. R. C. S.DR. B. W. RICHARDSON, F.R.S., will be a candidate for

the Parliamentary representation of the Walton divlsion ofLiverpool at the coming general election.

OPEN SPACES.-A Local Government inquiry washeld last week at Acerington upon an application by thetown council to borrow f:12,048 for the construction of anew park at Oakhill. There was no opposition. Theground is well situated and comprises thirteen acres.

THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE ARMYMEDICAL STAFF.

THE annual dinner of the Army Medical Sbaff was heldat the Hôtel Métropole on Monday last. Sir Wm,Mackinnon, K C. B., Direcbor.Ger.eral, was in the chair.

Brevity in the speeches was the order of the day; but SirJoseph Fayrer, in proposing the toast of the evening,,dwelb at some length upon the great improvement thathad taken place in the position of the army medical cffizer.The company numbered about 150.The officers of the Army Medical Sbaff present at tho

dinner were :-Director Generals (Surgeon-Major-Generals): Sir T. Crawford, K. C.B.,

and Sir W. A. Mackinnon, K.C.B. (in the chair). Surgeon-Major*.Generals : J. G. Faught, D. A. C. Fraser, J. Irvine, S. A. Lithgow,C.B., D.S.O., W. H. Muschamp, and J. B. C. Reade, C.B. Surgeon-Colonels : 0. Codrington, Professor H. Cayley, W. G. Don, A. G.Elkington, A. A. Gore, Professor C. H. Y. Godwin, J. B. Hamilton,H. C. Herbert, J. H. Jeffcoat,C. M. Jessop, E. McGrath, T. Maumsell,A. F. Preston, E. H. Roberts, P. B. Smith, W. Sly, F. E. Scanlan, andH. R. L. Veale. Rrigade-Surg-eon-Lieutenant-Colonels: J. Adcock,J. F. Beattie, C. Cuffe, C B., G. A. Gribbon, J. Hector, J. G. Leask, C.Mackinnon, W. T. Martin, W. Nash, T. Mould, Professor J. t.. Notter,W. F. Rutledge, W. B. Ramsbotham, D. Renton, F. B. Scott;C M.G., E. D. Tomlinson, W. W. Tomlinson, T. Wiight, andT. W. Wright. Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonels: D. B. Brown, W. P.Bridges, J. Coates, M. M. Gallwey, F. Johnson, J. McNa.ma.ra,,,and W. F. Stevenson. Surgeon-Majors: J. R. A. Clark, E. ACroly, S. H. Carter, J. J. Crean, W. A. Carte, P. J. Dempsey,W. E. Gubbins, H. Grier, T. Ligertwood, W. H. Macnamara, N’.McCreery, T. Murtagh, E. North, E. R. Power, E. A. H. Roe, and B.Smith. Surgeon Captains: E. A. Burnside, W. Babtie, W. H. Bean,W. G. Bedford, T. H. F. Clarkson, A. M. Davies, R. H. Firth, R. S. P.Henderson, J. W. Jerome, A. G. Kay, J. D. Moir, W. W. Pope, J. M.Reid, S. 0. Stuart, T. B. A. Tuckey, C. R. Tywell, and T. P. Wood-house. Guests present: The President of the Royal College of Surgeons(T. Bryant, Esq., F.R.C.S.), Sir Joseph Fayrer, K.C.S.I., Sir W.Ma.cCorma.c, C. N. Macnamara, Esq., F.R.C.S., Vesey Holt, Esq,E. Hart, Esq., and H. Power, Esq.

INTERCOLONIAL MEDICAL CONGRESS OFAUSTRALASIA.

THIRD SESSION, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, 1892.

THE first session was in Adelaide, the second in Mel-bourne, and, following the line of the colonial capitalseastwards, the third session will commence in Sydney oaSept. 29h of this year. The chairman is Dr. P. SydneyJones, the treasurer Dr. Thomas Chambers, and the joinbgeneral secretaries Professor Anderson Stuart and Dr. S. TKnaggs. Influential general and executive committees havebeen formed and a guarantee fund of over £800 established.

Special low rates are usually levied by the different inter-colonial steamship companies and by the railways uponsuch occasions, for many members have to travel a wholeweek in order to be present at the meetings, so great arethe distances. The P. and 0. and Orient Companieshave granted special concessions to visitors from Europeshould any member of the profession in Europe think of com-bining a little work with the grand tour; they would seeAustralaia under the most favourable conditions, andwould meet their medical brethren from all parts of thecolonies. The meetings will be held within the palatialbuildings now completed for the medical school of theUniversity of Sydney, so that all the sections may meet underone roof-a very great convenience, especially in an almostsemi-tropical place like Sydney, although the month ofSeptember has been chosen as most likely to have goodweather. The posts of honour have been conferred onlyupon members residing in other colonies than New SouthWales, tha colony in which the meeting is held this time,and in this way the earnest and useful work done bythe past presidents and local secretaries has been reocognised. The arrangements which have just been brieflynoticed were made by a provisional executive committee, but.were ratifiel at a meeting and adjourned meetings of theprofession and of the New South Wales section of theCongress, held in Sydney on March 25th and April 7th and22nd, after a thorough and at times warm discussion. Theapparent ground of difference was the marner in which

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the joint general secretaries had been appointed inMelbourne. In the end, however, though not without aprotest from the minority, the work done was ratified bythe majority, and, with a few trivial changes, the report ofthe provisional executive committee was adopted. Fromthe marked interest now being taken in the work of theCongress in all the colonies, it is anticipated that the sessionwill be a great success. To such a result the fact thatthe session will be in Sydney will largely contribute, forthe picturesque surroundings of the city and the hospitalityof the people are proverbial, while the splendid accom-modation for the meetings of the Congress and its sectionsprovided by the medical school and other University build-ings is unequalled in the colonies, and perhaps not excelledin any part of the world.

THE RAILWAY COLLISION AT BISHOPSGATE.

WE are indebted to Mr. Charles Rolfe, house surgeon to1Jhe London Hospital, for an account of the nature of theinjuries inflicted in the railway collision which occurred atS3ishopsga,te Sbationon Tuesday morning, the 14th inst. Ib

appears that fourteen cases of injury were received into thewards of the London Hospital and were placed under thecare of Mr. Treves. Of those patients two died immediatelyafter admission to the wards from the severity of their

injuries, making in all six deaths from the accident. Theother patients are doing well, and the injuries may be briefly- described as follows :-

1. Fracture of femur, tibia, and fibula simple on samelimb ; fracture of radius, with dislocation of wrist out-wards ; fracture of several ribs and contusions. 2. Com-,pound fracture of tibia and fibula, with severe scalpwounds and concussion. 3. Fracture of femur on leftside ; fracture of clavicle on right side, contusion, &c.4. Fracture of several ribs, injury to chest, and severe

shock. 5. Fracture of pelvis and sternum and contueion?.6. Fracture of pelvis and shock. 7. Fracture of tibia andfibula, dislocation of shoulder, and contusions. 8. Con-tused legs and severe scalp wound. 9. Shock and con-tusion. 10 Severe sprain of knee and ankle, with con-tused chest and shock. 11. Sprained ankle and shock. ’,

Besides the cases admitted to the hospital as in-patients, ’,about thirty other cases were treated at the hospital andsent away. We have not been favoured with any reply to ,,

"our inquiries regarding the cases which were treated in ’,St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. But most of those admitted ’,were suffering from injuries of a severe character. In all,!’besides those who lost their lives, some fifty persons weremore or less severely injured in the collision.

HOSPITAL SUNDAY SERMONS.

.John-street Chapel, T7teoba Zd’s- road, W.C., Rev. J. Shephard, F.G.S.-Morning, "But he was a leper"; Evening, "How far is faith healingconsistent with the Scriptures?"

Parish Church, Lewisham, S.E., Rev. Samuel Bickersteth, AT.A.-Morning, "As poor, yet making many rich"; Evening, Rev. T. B.Charlesworth, M.A., "Partakes of the sufferings."

St. John, Horsleydourn, Rev. W. J. Batchelor.-" The Rewards of Kind-ness " (St. Mark ix., 41).

Swiss Church, Rev. Alb. H. Roerich.Lewisham-road Chapel, Rev. A. C. Gray.-Morning, " The Healing

Power of Christianity (Matt. x., 1 and 8) ; Evening, "The Balm ofGilead" (Jeremiah viii., 22)

Corpus Christi College Mission, 32, New Cross-road, Rev. W. W. Hough.-Morning, "The Work of the London Hospital"; Evening, "Bearingone another’s Burdens."

St. Joseph’s Church, Roehamp!on, S. W., Rev. M. King, S.J.-" Christ’sLegacy to the Suffering Poor."

St. Luke’s, West Holloway, Rev. R. Glover, M.A.-"A Divine Prescrip-tion for Bodily Health " (Prov. iii., 7 and 8).

St. Augustine, Kilburn, Rev. G. Greenwood, Chaplain to the MedicalGuild of St. Luke.-" The danger of our losing sight, in contendingfor the faith &c., and of the great duty of Christian benevolence&c." (Ep. to St. Titus, iii., 8); Evening, Rev. R. C. Kirkpatrick," The dignity and destiny of the human body, and the Church’sduty of ministering to its sufferings from our Lord’s example" "(St. Mark vi., 56).

All Saints’, Hatcham Park, S.E.-Morning, Rev. J. Seaver, M.A., vicarof St. Mary’s, Peckham; Evening, Rev. Evelyn J. Hone, M.A.,vicar of St. John’s, Deptford, and rural dean of Greenwich.

Waldegrave.road New Church, Anerley. Rev. William Heald.-Morning,"Healer of Diseases" (Psalm ciii., 3); Evening, "Healing byTouch " (St. Mark i., 41, 42)

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St. Marylebone Parish Church (the Old Parisla Church), Rev. E. Thomas,M.A., B.C.L.Oxon., Incumbent.-" The Mystery of Pain (Romansviii., 22).

b’orest-laill CoAqre.,7atio?tal Churcle, Rev. R. Alex. Johnson, B.A.-Morn-ing, "The Infallihle Lawgiver and Teacher"; Evening, " Life andImmortality " (Job ii , 4).

St. Phillip’s, Queen’s-road, Battersea, S.W.-Morning, Rev. E. H. Jones,Vicar ; Evening, Rev. C. P. Greene, Rector of Clapham.

St. Luke’s, Uxbri.drre-road, Rev. W. St. Hill Bowme, Vicar.-Morning,"Hôtels-Dieu" ; Evening, Rev. C. M. Mivre, Vicar of St. Peter’s,Bayswater.

Christ Church, Harrow-road, W. (late Lock Chapel,’, Rev. H. C. Thwaites,Incumbent.-" Jesus as Physician and Friend."

Federation of Synagogues, 66, Mansell.street, Rev. Henry Harris.-" Thatye may see and remember all the Commandments of the Eternaland do them" (Num. xv., 3rJ).

The Old Grand Chapel, Hackney, Rev. J. De Kewer Williams.-" A rareCase of Fever" (Matt. viii., 14, 15) ; Evening, "A Common Diseaseof the Ear."

St. Anne’s, Soho.-Morning, Rev. J. H. Cardwell, "Lazarus inLondon" ; Evening, Rev. H. B. Freeman, " The Conquest of Pain."

St. John the Evangelist, Brownswood Park, Finsbury Park, N., Rev. G.Birkett Latreill.-" Practical Benevolence."

Baptist Church, Ilford, E., Rev. J. Parker, M.A.-Morning, SufferingLondon " (Luke xix., 41) ; Evening, " The Divine Healer" (John v.,5, 6).

St. Bartholomew Parish Church, Gray’s-inn-road, Rev. R. J. Golding-Bird.-Morning, " The Eleventh Commandment"; Evening, "TheTrue Neighbour."

St. Botolph, Bishopsgate.-Morning, Rev. Walter Crick, M.A., "TheMartyrdom of Man"; Evening, Rev. G. O’Donoghue, The Workof the London Hospitals."

St. Barnabas, Addisonroad, Rev. G. R. Thomson." A Fresh Incentiveto Work and Sympathy" (St. John x., 3, 4).

Hillingdon Church, Uxbridge, Rev. H. F. de Convey-Benwell.-" ChristPresent in Suffering Humanity."

All Saints’, Wandsworth, Rev. J. W. James.-"The Saviour’s Sympa.thetic Sorrow."

Dart,ford Parish Church.-Morning, Rev. Allan H. Watts, " Light on aDark Cloud"; Evening, Rev. A. T. Polhill-Turner, "The GreatPhysician."

THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN STAIRS.

CAPTAIN WILLIAM GRANT STAIRS, whose death hasbeen reported, had just completed his thirtieth year. Hewas one of six children. His father, the late Mr. JohnStairs, was an influential member of one of the oldest andmost respected families in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Hismother still survive3, and one of his sisters marriedSurgeon-Major Burke, A.M.S, now serving in India.Captain Stairs was educated at Merchiston Castle School,Edinburgh, and entered Kingston Military College,Ontario, where he qualified for admission to the RoyalEngineers, but was not selected owing to the limitednumber of vacancies. He then spent some time surveyingin New Zealand and returned to Halifax, where he wasoffered and accepted a commission in the Royal Engineerscorps. Previously to his joining the Emin Pasha ReliefExpedition he had not seen any foreign or active service.For three years-1887, 1888, and 1889-he served underMr. Stanley while crossing Africa from west to east, andwas present during the principal events which resultedin the rescue of Emin Pasha and his followers. Duringthis period of difficulty and danger he gained the admira-tion and love of his chief, his comrades, and his men.At the commencement of the expedition he sufferedfrom an attack of typho-malarial fever, but was ableto leave the base at Yambuya and accompany Mr.Stanley in search of Emin. At the action of Avisiba hereceived a wound from a poisoned arrow one inch below theheart, and for fifteen months he carried over an inch ofarrow-point in his breast, performing heavy duties all thetime. The wound was immediately sucked by SurgeonParke, and no ill effects supervened. All the remainingmen who were wounded by poisoned arrows at this fightdied of tetanus.On returning from the Albert Nyanz%, Stairs was selected

to march from Fort Bodo to the Ipoto, a distance of eightymiles, to rescue Surgeon-Captain Parke and Captain Nelsonfrom the savage Manquema, which task he performed skil-fully. He was then sent to escort couriers with letters toMajor Bartellot, and bring back convalescents from Ugar-rowwa’s to Fort Bodo, covering 368 miles through denseforest, and returning in sixty-nine days with fourteen outof the total fifty-six invalids who had been left to recruit atthat place.During Mr. Stanley’s absence in search of the rear

column Captain Stairs was left at Fort Bodo with Parkeand Nelson for 188 days, and performed his duty with"courage, care, watchfulness, diligence, and fidelity."