554 bitterly on the " struggle for eaistence " maintained by science in general and medicine in particular in the Italian kingdom. Learned bodies and associations are not lacking, but (says the journal referred to, the Opinione) they are either closed to the young investigator or are miserably short of funds. When an able and accomplished nature- student has in the course of prolonged research alighted on some pregnant fact or struck out a promising line of dis- covery he gets no help from these institutions and is reduced to this dilemma-either to pay out of his own purse for the publication of his "findings" or if he is poor to let them lie dormant and (as often as not) see another get the start of him in giving them to the world. The Opinione proceeds to adduce a concrete instance. A young Italian nature-student four years ago completed an original series of investigations unique in value scientifically and practically. Not being rich enough to provide the illustrated plates which had to accompany his exposition he had to suspend publication entirely, a request for aid addressed to the Department of Public Instruction being met with the stereotyped " non possumus." All he could do to obviate being anticipated by contem- poraries was to send to a periodical a "cenno sommario," as the Opinione calls it, of what he had discovered. This "cenno," continues the Roman journal, "fell under the eyes of a distinguished British anatomist who urged the author, unknown to him as he was, to publish his investigations in extenso. The author frankly communicated his story to the British anatomist, who immediately sent him a handsome donation of money, and when the work was in this way put into proper shape submitted it to the Royal Society of London which shortly published it. Thus," adds the Opinione, "the researches of the young Italian nature- student have at length seen the light in Italy, written in Italian, and illustrated by magnificent plates, only through the private subsidy of a learned Briton and through the intervention of a foreign society ! In what country except Italy, it asks, does such an incident occur? ? Germany fits out scientific commissions and sends them all the world over to study malaria. We," adds the Opinione sardoni- cally, "religiously preserve malaria and pellagra for our posterity to suffer from and for our foreign neighbours to study." Our contemporary’s theme has, indeed, been often handled in these columns and we can well understand the mortification with which Italians apply to themselves the bitter saying of their great satirist, that among the stings of poverty there is none more galling than that it makes its victim ridiculous in the eyes of the world : Feb. 18th. "Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se, Quam quod ridiculos homines fact." Medical News. SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES OF LONDON.-In February the following candidates passed in the subjects indicated :- Surgery.-A.E. Malaher, St. Thomas’s Hospital ; it. it. Mowtl (Section II.), King’s College Hospital; C. A. C. Salmon, Guy’s Hospital; E. C. Thomas, London Hospital; and R. Le G. Worsley (Section I.), St. George’s Hospital and Durham University. Medicine.—P. A. Chillcott, London Hospital; C. J. Coleman, Cam- bridge University and Birmingham; F. Dengler (Sections I. and II.), Munich ; J. Gallagher, Bombay ; E. MacD. Judge, Guy’s Hospital ; L. Lehmann, Strassburg and Leipsic ; R. R. Mowll (Section II.), King’s College Hospital; B. J. Nolan, Dublin; E. C. Thomas, London Hospital; and D. 0. Williams, Leeds. Forensic Medicine.-P. A. Chillcott, London Hospital; C. J. Coleman, Cambridge University and Birmingham; H. Cooper, Aberdeen; F. Dengler, Munich; J. Gallagher, Bombay; E. S. Johnson, St. Mary’s Hospital ; E. MacD. Judge, Guy’s Hospital; L. Lehmann, Strassburg and Leipsic; P. Power, Cork and Edinburgh; S. A. Rowley, Bristol; E. C. Thomas, London Hospital; and D. 0. Williams, Leeds. Midwifery.-H. Clough, Leeds ; H. Cooper, Aberdeen; F. Dengler, Munich; J. Gallagher, Bombay; E. S. Johnson, St. Mary’s Hos- pital ; V. S. Partridge, Charing Cross Hospital; J. W. Robertson, Kingston, Ontario; S. A. Rowley, Bristol; E. C. Scarlett, Royal Free Hospital; A. E. Shaw, Cambridge University and St.,Thomas’s Hospital; A. Y. St. Leger, Cambridge University and St. Mary’s Hospital; E. C. Thomas, London Hospital; J. M. Twentyman, Cambridge University and King’s College Hospital; D. 0. Williams, Leeds; T. R. Wilshaw, Birmingaam ; and E. D. Wortley, St. Bar- tholomew’s Hospital. The diploma of the Society was granted to the following candidates, entitling them to practise Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery:-Messrs. H. Clough, E. MacD. Judge, R. R. Mowll, A. E. Shaw, and E. C. Thomas. FOREIGN UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.-Breslau: Dr. Walther Kuemmel has been appointed Extraordinary Professor of Laryngology and Otology. Craco7v: Dr. Odo Bujwid has been promoted to the chair of Bacteriology. Gratz : Dr. W. Prausnitz has been promoted to the chair of Hygiene. Liegc The new bacteriological institute has been publicly opened. Naples: : Dr. G. Jacontini has been recognised as privat-docent of Medical Pathology. Pavia: : Dr. Silva has been appointed to the chair of Medical Pathology; Dr. Rocci of Turin has been recognised as privat-docent of the same subject. Prague (Bohemian University)’ : Dr. Gustav Kunkel has been promoted to the chair of Hygiene. UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS.-At the February examination the following practitioners were successful and obtained the M.D. degree :-John Q. Bown, Ashford ; Charles Franks, Newark; W. J. Jenner, London ; M. J. Morgan, Aberystwyth; Goone Tillike, Ceylon. There were 12 candidates, seven of whom failed. DEATH-RATE OF’DEVONPORT, PLYMOUTH, AND STONEHOUSE.-The death-rate in the above three towns during 1898 was at the rate of 17-4, 19’6, and 23-1 per 1000 respectively, the birth-rate being 30’4, 29’7, and 30’0 per 1000. The zymotic death-rate was 1-6 per 1000 in Devonport, 2.14 per 1000 in Plymouth, and 3’3 per 1000 in Stonehouse. HOMŒOPATHIC VACCINATION.-In the course of his annual report Mr. Leah, the medical officer of health of Stonehouse, draws attention to the danger of inefficient vaccination which evades the law and gives no protection to the children. Mr. Leah adds that instead of making four scarifications the practice of the Homoeopathic Hospital is to make only one puncture. ROYAL EAR HOSPITAL.-A successful chamber concert was held at the King’s Hall, Holborn, on Feb. 16th in aid of the new building fund of this hospital, the site of which has already been purchased. The hall was well illed and the following artistes volunteered and gave their services: Signor Carlo Ducci, Mr. C. Hayden-Coffin, Mr. Frank Bartlett, Mr. Hulbert Fulkerson, Madame Clara Dowle, Miss Mary Pearson, Miss Florence Lancaster, Miss Marie Bellas, Miss Beatrice Willey, and the Liedertafel quartette. OPPOSITION TO THE VACCINATION ACT, 1898.- At the meeting of the St. Thomas’s (Exeter) Board of Guardians held on Feb. 17th it was reported that Lord Poltimore had written stating that he had presented to the House of Lords the petition of the board in favour of the repeal of the Vaccination Act and his lordship added that he quite agreed with the guardians. Sir Stafford Northcote stated that he had presented a similar petition to the House of Commons and Mr. Seale-Hayne, M.P., wrote saying that he did not support the Vaccination Act of 1898, but until something had happened to give severe proof of its ill-effects it was premature to hope for further legislation on the subject in which sentiment appeared to be a more potent factor than reason. BRITISH MEDICAL TEMPERANCE ASSOCIATION.-A meeting of this association was held on Feb. 17th, at the Conjoint Examination Hall, Victoria-embankment, when Captain P. W. O’Gorman, D.P.H., Indian Medical Service, read a paper on the Scientific Valuation of Alcohol in Health. Dr. Morton presided in the absence of the President, Pro- fessor Sims Woodhead, through illness. The conclusions of the lecturer were that alcohol did not act as a food, that it did not retard waste but was a protoplasmic or tissue poison, that it did not impart energy but was essentially a nerve paralyser, that it was dangerous both in hot and cold climates, and that it did not conduce to longevity. He pointed out that it reduced vascular tension and that Dr. Martin had shown that the strength of the heart contraction was diminished by alcohol. Dr. Ridge, in moving a vote of thanks to the lecturer, said that he hoped the paper would be published as he had found many medical men entirely ignorant of the immense number of facts which had accumulated proving the harm done by alcohol even in moderate doses and the advantages of total abstinence; these things were not taught in the usual way, but there was some hope for the future as there were between 300 and 400 medical students who were abstainers and belonged to the association. The vote was seconded by Dr. Claude Taylor and carried unanimously.
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bitterly on the " struggle for eaistence " maintained byscience in general and medicine in particular in the Italiankingdom. Learned bodies and associations are not lacking,but (says the journal referred to, the Opinione) they areeither closed to the young investigator or are miserablyshort of funds. When an able and accomplished nature-student has in the course of prolonged research alighted onsome pregnant fact or struck out a promising line of dis-covery he gets no help from these institutions andis reduced to this dilemma-either to pay out of hisown purse for the publication of his "findings" or
if he is poor to let them lie dormant and (as oftenas not) see another get the start of him in giving themto the world. The Opinione proceeds to adduce a concreteinstance. A young Italian nature-student four years agocompleted an original series of investigations unique invalue scientifically and practically. Not being rich enoughto provide the illustrated plates which had to accompanyhis exposition he had to suspend publication entirely, a
request for aid addressed to the Department of PublicInstruction being met with the stereotyped " non possumus." All he could do to obviate being anticipated by contem-poraries was to send to a periodical a "cenno sommario,"as the Opinione calls it, of what he had discovered. This"cenno," continues the Roman journal, "fell under the eyesof a distinguished British anatomist who urged the author,unknown to him as he was, to publish his investigationsin extenso. The author frankly communicated his storyto the British anatomist, who immediately sent him ahandsome donation of money, and when the work was inthis way put into proper shape submitted it to the RoyalSociety of London which shortly published it. Thus," addsthe Opinione, "the researches of the young Italian nature-student have at length seen the light in Italy, written inItalian, and illustrated by magnificent plates, only throughthe private subsidy of a learned Briton and through theintervention of a foreign society ! In what country exceptItaly, it asks, does such an incident occur? ? Germany fitsout scientific commissions and sends them all the worldover to study malaria. We," adds the Opinione sardoni-cally, "religiously preserve malaria and pellagra for our
posterity to suffer from and for our foreign neighbours tostudy." Our contemporary’s theme has, indeed, been oftenhandled in these columns and we can well understandthe mortification with which Italians apply to themselves thebitter saying of their great satirist, that among the stings ofpoverty there is none more galling than that it makes itsvictim ridiculous in the eyes of the world :
Feb. 18th.
"Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se,Quam quod ridiculos homines fact."
Medical News.SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES OF LONDON.-In
February the following candidates passed in the subjectsindicated :-
Surgery.-A.E. Malaher, St. Thomas’s Hospital ; it. it. Mowtl
(Section II.), King’s College Hospital; C. A. C. Salmon, Guy’sHospital; E. C. Thomas, London Hospital; and R. Le G. Worsley(Section I.), St. George’s Hospital and Durham University.
Medicine.—P. A. Chillcott, London Hospital; C. J. Coleman, Cam-bridge University and Birmingham; F. Dengler (Sections I. andII.), Munich ; J. Gallagher, Bombay ; E. MacD. Judge, Guy’sHospital ; L. Lehmann, Strassburg and Leipsic ; R. R. Mowll(Section II.), King’s College Hospital; B. J. Nolan, Dublin; E. C.Thomas, London Hospital; and D. 0. Williams, Leeds.
Forensic Medicine.-P. A. Chillcott, London Hospital; C. J. Coleman,Cambridge University and Birmingham; H. Cooper, Aberdeen;F. Dengler, Munich; J. Gallagher, Bombay; E. S. Johnson, St.Mary’s Hospital ; E. MacD. Judge, Guy’s Hospital; L. Lehmann,Strassburg and Leipsic; P. Power, Cork and Edinburgh; S. A.Rowley, Bristol; E. C. Thomas, London Hospital; and D. 0.Williams, Leeds.
Midwifery.-H. Clough, Leeds ; H. Cooper, Aberdeen; F. Dengler,Munich; J. Gallagher, Bombay; E. S. Johnson, St. Mary’s Hos-pital ; V. S. Partridge, Charing Cross Hospital; J. W. Robertson,Kingston, Ontario; S. A. Rowley, Bristol; E. C. Scarlett, RoyalFree Hospital; A. E. Shaw, Cambridge University and St.,Thomas’sHospital; A. Y. St. Leger, Cambridge University and St. Mary’sHospital; E. C. Thomas, London Hospital; J. M. Twentyman,Cambridge University and King’s College Hospital; D. 0. Williams,Leeds; T. R. Wilshaw, Birmingaam ; and E. D. Wortley, St. Bar-tholomew’s Hospital.
The diploma of the Society was granted to the following candidates,entitling them to practise Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery:-Messrs.H. Clough, E. MacD. Judge, R. R. Mowll, A. E. Shaw, and E. C.Thomas.
FOREIGN UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.-Breslau:Dr. Walther Kuemmel has been appointed ExtraordinaryProfessor of Laryngology and Otology. Craco7v: Dr. OdoBujwid has been promoted to the chair of Bacteriology.Gratz : Dr. W. Prausnitz has been promoted to the chair ofHygiene. Liegc The new bacteriological institute has beenpublicly opened. Naples: : Dr. G. Jacontini has been
recognised as privat-docent of Medical Pathology. Pavia: :Dr. Silva has been appointed to the chair of MedicalPathology; Dr. Rocci of Turin has been recognised as
privat-docent of the same subject. Prague (BohemianUniversity)’ : Dr. Gustav Kunkel has been promoted to thechair of Hygiene.UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS.-At the February
examination the following practitioners were successful andobtained the M.D. degree :-John Q. Bown, Ashford ; CharlesFranks, Newark; W. J. Jenner, London ; M. J. Morgan,Aberystwyth; Goone Tillike, Ceylon. There were 12candidates, seven of whom failed.
DEATH-RATE OF’DEVONPORT, PLYMOUTH, ANDSTONEHOUSE.-The death-rate in the above three towns
during 1898 was at the rate of 17-4, 19’6, and 23-1 per 1000respectively, the birth-rate being 30’4, 29’7, and 30’0 per 1000.The zymotic death-rate was 1-6 per 1000 in Devonport, 2.14per 1000 in Plymouth, and 3’3 per 1000 in Stonehouse.
HOMŒOPATHIC VACCINATION.-In the course ofhis annual report Mr. Leah, the medical officer of health ofStonehouse, draws attention to the danger of inefficientvaccination which evades the law and gives no protection tothe children. Mr. Leah adds that instead of making fourscarifications the practice of the Homoeopathic Hospital is tomake only one puncture.ROYAL EAR HOSPITAL.-A successful chamber
concert was held at the King’s Hall, Holborn, on Feb. 16th inaid of the new building fund of this hospital, the site ofwhich has already been purchased. The hall was wellilled and the following artistes volunteered and gave theirservices: Signor Carlo Ducci, Mr. C. Hayden-Coffin, Mr.Frank Bartlett, Mr. Hulbert Fulkerson, Madame Clara Dowle,Miss Mary Pearson, Miss Florence Lancaster, Miss MarieBellas, Miss Beatrice Willey, and the Liedertafel quartette.OPPOSITION TO THE VACCINATION ACT, 1898.-
At the meeting of the St. Thomas’s (Exeter) Board ofGuardians held on Feb. 17th it was reported that LordPoltimore had written stating that he had presented to theHouse of Lords the petition of the board in favour of therepeal of the Vaccination Act and his lordship added thathe quite agreed with the guardians. Sir Stafford Northcotestated that he had presented a similar petition to the Houseof Commons and Mr. Seale-Hayne, M.P., wrote saying thathe did not support the Vaccination Act of 1898, but untilsomething had happened to give severe proof of its ill-effectsit was premature to hope for further legislation on the subjectin which sentiment appeared to be a more potent factor thanreason.
BRITISH MEDICAL TEMPERANCE ASSOCIATION.-Ameeting of this association was held on Feb. 17th, at theConjoint Examination Hall, Victoria-embankment, whenCaptain P. W. O’Gorman, D.P.H., Indian Medical Service,read a paper on the Scientific Valuation of Alcohol in Health.Dr. Morton presided in the absence of the President, Pro-fessor Sims Woodhead, through illness. The conclusionsof the lecturer were that alcohol did not act as a food,that it did not retard waste but was a protoplasmicor tissue poison, that it did not impart energy but wasessentially a nerve paralyser, that it was dangerous both inhot and cold climates, and that it did not conduce tolongevity. He pointed out that it reduced vascular tensionand that Dr. Martin had shown that the strength of theheart contraction was diminished by alcohol. Dr. Ridge, inmoving a vote of thanks to the lecturer, said that he hopedthe paper would be published as he had found many medicalmen entirely ignorant of the immense number of facts whichhad accumulated proving the harm done by alcohol even inmoderate doses and the advantages of total abstinence; thesethings were not taught in the usual way, but there was somehope for the future as there were between 300 and 400medical students who were abstainers and belonged to theassociation. The vote was seconded by Dr. Claude Taylorand carried unanimously.
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ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND.—DENTAL EXAMINATION.-The following gentlemen, havingpassed the necessary examination, have been admitted Licentiates in Dental Surgery of the College : Mr. A. T. Green (Belper, Derbyshire) and Mr. D. Saville (Leeds).
ACCIDENT TO A MEDICAL MAN.—On Feb. 14thMr. R. Griffith, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S.Edin., of Glyn-Neath,Glamorganshire, was thrown from his horse and received asevere wound of the head with concussion of the brain.
MEDICAL MAGISTRATE.-Mr. J. R. Hughes,M.D. Edin., M.R.C.S. Eng., of Denbigh, coroner for WestDenbighshire, has been appointed a magistrate for the
borough of Denbigh.THE RIGHTS OF MEDICAL MEN.-The Gosport
magistrates have dismissed a police summons against a
medical man who rode a bicycle on the footpath on theground that a practitioner called to an urgent case has alegal right to take the shortest way.
THE Aylesburv Dairy Company have issued acircular entitled " Milk in Relation to Tuberculosis and otherDiseases," which is designed to remove any anxiety in thisconnexion which may be present in the minds of theircustomers. The circular states briefly the precautions bymedical inspection and regular analysis taken to ensure thatonly pure milk, free from all germs of disease and fromadulteration, is supplied.UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.-At the congrega-
tion held on Feb. 16th the plans for the erection of the
Sedgwick Memorial Museum, towards which .627,000 havebeen subscribed, were approved by the Senate. Mr. A. W.Hill of King’s College has been appointed Demonstrator ofBotany for five years. The degrees of M.B. and B.C. havebeen conferred on Mr. C. Powell, B.A., of Emmanuel
College.BOARDS OF GUARDIANS AND VACCINATION,-The
Wellingborough Board of Guardians have failed to appoint avaccination cfficer for the Higham Ferrers District and theLocal Government Board has intimated that if this action is
persisted in it will apply for a mandamus. The Board ofGuardians, by a majority of six votes, determined to adhereto the resolution on the books. All the lady guardians votedfor this course. All the clergy present except one votedagainst it.THE CANCER HOSPITAL, BROMPTON.—The annual
meeting of the governors of this charity was held in theboard-room of the hospital recently, Sir George S. Measompresiding. From the report of the committee it appearedthat during the past year 2477 new patients were received,835 being in- and 1642 out-patients, whilst the total numberof attendances of out-patients was 13,803. Much regret wasexpressed at the untimely deaths of Mr. W. H. Hughes,secretary, and Mr. Edward Cotterell, an able and valued
surgeon of the hospital for the past six years. The committeein their report regret that there has been a considerablefalling off in donations and annual subscriptions during thepast year. Mr. Fred W. Howell, of the York CountyHospital, has been elected to the office of secretary, and Mr.C. Jarman has been appointed as assistant secretary of thehospital in appreciation of his services for 26 years. Themeeting terminated with the usual votes of thanks.
Parliamentary Intelligence.NOTES ON CURRENT TOPICS.
The Conscientious Objector.ON Friday, Feb. 17th, Mr. BOULNOIS introduced into the House of
Commons a Bill to repeal Section 2 (the conscientious objector section)of the Vaccination Act of last year. The hon. Member has put downthe Bill for second reading on Wednesday, March lst, when, howeverthere is little chance of it being reached having ;regard to the numberand character of the measures in front of it.
Seats for Shop Assistants.
MR. SOUTTAR has introduced into the House of Commons a Bill toprovide for seats being supplied for the use of shop assistants inScotland.
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The Law of Murder.MR. W. AMBROSE has introduced into the House of Commons a Bill
to amend the law of murder with reference to the doctrine of construe-tive or implied malice. -
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
THURSDAY, FEB. 16TH.The London Water Commission.
Mr. BALrouR, in reply to Mr. James Stuart, said he was informed bythe Chairman that the Royal Commissioners on the London Water-question were at present unable to fix any date for the presentation of:their second report, but there would be as little delay as possible afterthe taking of evidence was concluded.
Immoral Advertisements.Mr. JOHN ELLIS asked the Home Secretary whether his attention had
been directed to the case of three men of the name of Chrimes who-were on Dec. 20th, 1898, sentenced to seven and 12 years’ penal servitude’for a widespread conspiracy to charge persons with having committedcrimes with intent to extort money ; whether the following riderof the jury had come under his notice: "The jury feel thatsuch a vile plot, even with all the ingenuity displayed in it, could’only have been possible by the acceptance of such immoral advertise-ments by a section of the press, religious and secular, well knowing theirnature. They further expressed their earnest conviction that means-should lie taken to suppress such advertisements and the institutions,from which thev emanate, as they consider them direct incentives to.ignorant and evil-minded women to commit crime ; and whether he-saw his way to take any steps in the direction indicated.-Sir MATTHEWWHITE RIDLEY said: Mv attention has been called to this case and tothe rider of the jury. In my opinion the question of dealing with-indecent advertisements, either by amen(ling the Indecent Advertise-ments Act or otherwise, is one deserving of serious consideration and Bam giving my best attention to the subject.
Vaccination in the Civil Service.Mr. BARTLEY asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether vaccina-
tion was required of all civil servants, including those young persons;and others who are temporarily employed in the Post Office and otherdepartments.-Mr. HANBURY said : All candidates for admission to the-permanent Civil Service and all established workmen in the civil!departments must show that they have been satisfactorily vaccinated"otherwise revaccination is required. Customs boatmen must have beenvaccinated within seven years. In the case of persons temporarilyemployed each department is at liberty to iix its own requirements..In the Post Office service evidence of both primary and secondaryvaccination is required before employment, whether permanent ortemporary, and revaccination must have taken place within the pre--ceding seven years. The only exceptions are: (1) soldier candidates, inwhose case vaccination is presumed ; (2) sub-postmasters ; and (3ypersons casually employed for short periods.-Mr. JAMES LOWTHER::Are conscientious objections entertained ?-Mr. HANBURY: I think not..
II ospital Provision for the Khartoum Expedition.Captain NORTON asked the Under Secretary of State for War whether-
he could state if an application was made by the army medical authori-ties for a hospital ship in connexion with the Khartoum Expedition insufficient time for it to have reached Alexandria before the arrival ot.the sick from the front.-Mr. WYNDHAM said that an application for a.hospital ship was made by the principal medical officer in Egypt to*the general officer commanding the army of occupation on June 27th.Both these officers were at that time in London. The generallyofficer commanding sent forward the application unofficially, adding:that if on arrival in Egypt lie found it necessary he would againapply through Lord Cromer. Pending the receipt of such an.
official application the general officer commanding was given fuH’powers to take up passages for the sick and wounded, together-with their medical attendants, nurses, &c., on board the P. and 0.and other passenger ships passing almost daily through the-Suez Canal, supplementing in this manner the accommodationafforded by the two Government transports allotted to this..service. On Sept. 14th the general officer commanding applied’officially by telegraph for a hospital ship, but since it would have takenfive weeks to fit out and transfer such a ship to Alexandria it was.decided to adhere to the arrangements already made. 465 invalids wereconveyed by six vessels between Sept. 20th and Oct. 30th and allarrived in England considerably sooner than would have been the case-had a hospital ship been despatched.-Captain NORTON asked whether,in consequence, 60 or 70 officers and men were down in hospital atAlexandria with only two nurses to attend to them ?-Mr. WYNDHAM ::No complaint to that effect has reached us. But if what is allegedoccurred it was not due to the non-employment of a special hospitatship. It may have been due to the accommodation at Cairo andAlexandria not being sufficient for an outbreak of enteric fever which)took place during the end of the campaign.-Captain NORTON asked itthe hon. gentleman would inquire why the wounded coming down fromthe front were not properly provided for.-No answer was given to this.question.
Venereal Disease in the Army in India.
Major RASCH asked the Secretary of State for India whether he aas.aware that out of an actual strength of 16,600 British troops proceeding onservice in the recent campaign on the North-west frontier 1500, or nearly10 per cent., were incapacitated for service in the field by venereal!disease, and whether the Government of India proposed to take any-further steps to remedy this condition of affairs. -Lord GEORGE-HAMILTON replied that the force from which the 16,600 British troops-were drawn for service in the recent campaign consisted of 21,439 men.Of these 989 were rejected as unfit for service on account of venerealdisease, while a further number of 492 were incapacitated during the-campaign for the same reason. The total number of men known tohave been thus disqualified for active service was therefore 1481, ornearly 7 per cent., on a total strength of 21,439. The Government ofIndia were fully aware of the importance of this matter and had taken-and were taking, steps with the object of diminishing the prevalence otrvenereal disease among the British troops in that country.
