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121 MEDICAL NEWS. Medical News. UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.-The following appointments have been made:-Assistant to the Professor of Chemistry : Mr. John Read, Ph.D. Zurich. Examiners for Part II., Third M.B. :-Medicine : Dr. J. Rose Bradford, Dr. J. B. Bradbury, Dr. G. N. Pitt, and Dr. Frederick Taylor. Surgery : Mr. T. H. Kellock, Mr. Stanley Boyd, Mr. L. A. Dunn, and Mr. Raymond Johnson. Midwifery: Dr. W. R. Pollock and Dr. H. Spencer.-The following degrees were conferred on June 22nd :- D.Sc.-H. E, Durham, King’s. N.B.-C. E. M. Jones, King’s. B.C.-J. L. Joyce, King’s ; R. R. Armstrong, A. Barker, W. Harmens, H. E. S. Stiven, and G. Walker, Trinity; M. W. Baker, St. John’s; L. B. C. Trotter, Clare; F. H. Lester, A. L. Sachs, and C. F. Searle, Pembroke; R. Cox, Gonville and Caius : A. H. Hapford and F. S. Scales, Jesus ; and K. Comyn, H. Selwyn. UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM : FACULTY OF MEDICINE.-The following is a list of the successful candi- dates at examinations held in June :- 1. Degrees of Bachelor of- Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.- (a) Official:.William Frederick Haslam and Percival Pasley Cole. (b) Under ordinary regulations : t Walter Charles Blackham, Herbert Henry Sampson, Harold Cairns Terry, Ethel Annie Waldron, and Kenneth Douglas Wilkinson. II. F01trth Examination for the Degrees of M.B., Ch.B.’(Forensie Medicine and Toxicology and Hygiene and Public Health).- Class I. : *Eric Walter Assinder. Class II.: Elizabeth Stephens Impey, Arthur Harry Newton, John Lichtenstein Ritchie, and Cranston Walker. III. Third Examination for the Degrees of M.B., Ch.B. (Pathology and Bacteriology and Mate-ia Medica and Pharmacy).-Class 1. : : *Oscar Madeley Holden. Class II. : James Henry Bampton, Robert Baxendell Coleman (Materia Medica and Pharmacy), Christopher Charles Cole Court (Pathology and Bacteriology), Evan Davies (Pathology and Bacteriology), Travis Hampson (Pathology and Bacteriology), Charles William Hayward (Patho- logy and Bacteriology), Elizabeth Stephens Impey (Materia Medica and Pharmacy), Charles Crawford Jones, Douglas Noel Macleod (Pathology and Bacteriology), Ronald Douglas Nelson, Percy Alfred Newton, Arthur McLean Pickup (Materia Medica and Pharmacy), Charles Ernest Salt, and Arthur Christopher Tibbits. IV. Second Examination for the Degrees of M.B., Ch.B. (Anatomy and Physiology).-Class II.: George Herbert Alabaster, Edward Bach, Ralph Alexander Broderick, Eric Francis Buckler, Elsie Mary Humpherson, John Christopher Jones, John Burman Lowe, Douglas Noel Macleod, Horace Clarence Nickson, Herbert Sheasby, and Charles Lovell Spackman. V. First Examination for the Degree of M.B., Ch.B. (Chemistry, Physics, and Biology).-Class II : Elizabeth Labrey Ashby, Robert Ellis, James Henry Ritchie, and Thomas Sidney Stafford (Biology). External Candidates: Koch Harry Gill (Chemistry and Biology) and Alfred Percy Smith. Vl.-Exarre-ination for the Degree of B.Se. in Public Health.-Parts I. and 11. Class II. : John Dale. VII.-Diploma in Public Health.-Parts I. and II.: William Morton Hewetson and Alexander McDonald Nevin. Part II. (to complete Examination): James Allen Ainscow, James Fenton, Claude Johnson, Reginald Woolsey Stocks, and Leonard Leigh Hadley. Part I.: Richard Clayton Allen, Donald Buchanan, John Milne Dalrymple, and Philip James Mason. VIII.-First Examination for the Diploma in Dental Surgery (Chemistry and Physics): Arthur Bernstein. * Queen’s Scholarship, t Ingleby Scholarship. FOREIGN UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.- Basle: Dr. E. Magnus-Alsleben has been recognised asp’l’ivat- docent of Medicine. -Berlin Dr. Hans Piper has been appointed Extraordinary Professor of Physiology.-Berne : Dr. H. Matti has been recognised as privat-docent of Surgery. Breslau: Dr. Joseph Forschbach has been recognised as privat-docent of Medicine.-Caen.Dr. P. E. Léger has been appointed Professor of Clinical Medicine.-Vienna: Dr. Walter Zweig has been recognised as vrivat-doeent of Medicine. THE Eleventh South African Medical Congress will be held in Durban Town-hall, Natal, from Monday, August 2nd, to Saturday, August 7th inclusive. His Excellency Sir Matthew Nathan, K.C.M.G., R.E., Governor of Natal, has consented to open the Congress, the officers of which are as follows :-President: Dr. H. A. Dumat. Vice- Presidents : Dr. W. Watkins-Pitchford and Dr. W. J. Hill. Honorary secretary : Dr. P. Murison. Honorary treasurer: Dr. G. L. Bonnar. Arrangements have been completed re- garding the following sections :-Medicine (President : Dr. Hugh Smith); Surgery (President : Dr. E. T. E. Hamilton) ; Obstetrics and Gynaecology (President: Dr. W. H. Maxwell); Public Health (President: Dr. A. M. Fleming, C.M.G.); Ophthalmology (President: Dr. H. Symonds); and Special subjects, including medico-social topics (President: Dr. D. Macaulay). A good list of papers has been promised and arrangements are in progress for the organisation of a museum and of various entertainments for those who attend the Congress. THE BRUSSELS MEDICAL GRADUATES’ ASSOCIA- TION.-The annual meeting and dinner of this association will be held at the Garden Club, Imperial International Exhibition, on Thursday, July 15th, at 7.45. Members are invited to bring ladies. Tickets may be obtained from the honorary secretary, Dr. Arthur G. Haydon, 23, Henrietta- street, Cavendish-square, London, W. BURTON-ON-TRENT INFIRMARY.-A new eye- department has been opened at Burton Infirmary and has been placed under the charge of Mr. E. C. Green, ophthalmic- surgeon to the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, who has a well- equipped and modern department at his disposal. The new buildings which have been erected included increased accommodation for the nurses of the infirmary. A WOMAN HEALTH VISITOR FOR BRIGHTON.-The Brighton town council on July 1st appointed Miss Floyd Bowen, of Llandaff, Cardiff, as female health visitor and inspector of midwives for the borough, at a salary of f.80. per annum with suitable uniform. The appointment is in connexion with the Notification of Births Act, which the council adopted some time since. The sister town of Hove adopted the Act and appointed a health visitor last year. EpSOM COLLEGE.—Founder’s Day at Epsom College will be celebrated on July 24th. The proceedings will be opened by choral evensong in the College chapel at 2.45, at the close of which the Thornton memorial window will be unveiled by the Rev. Hubert Curtis, O.E., Hon. Canon of Rochester. At 3.30 the prize distribution will be made in the big school by Sir Walter Footer, M.P., who will also address the school. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.-Messrs.W. B. Saunders Company, 9, Henrietta-street, W.C., announce for early publication a work on ° ° Exercise in Education and Medi- cine," by Dr. R. Tait McKenzie, Professor of Physical’ Education, University of Pennsylvania. This work will deal with the application of systematised exercise in the develop-- ment of the normal body and in the correction of certain diseased conditions in which gymnastics have proved of value. THE SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF INEBRIETY.- The third Norman Kerr lecture will be delivered by Professor Taav. Laitinen, M.D., professor of hygiene and director of the Hygienic Institute in the University of Helsingfors, Finland, on Tuesday, July 20th, at 8 P.M., in the lecture- theatre of the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Ken- sington. The subject will be the Influence of Alcohol on Immunity. THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS.-At the annual general meeting of this society, which was held on June 30th, Sir William H. White, chairman of the council, being in the chair, the Prince of Wales was re-elected President for the ninth time. The annual report was read. It announced, anter alia, the award of the Swiney prize for the best published work on Jurisprudence to Dr. Charles A. Mercier, for his book, "Criminal Responsibility." The failure of recent negotiations to amalgamate the London Institution with the Society of Arts, which now numbers 3490 members, was recorded. THE LONDON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE FOR WOMEN.- -The annual prize-giving at the London (Royal Free Hos- pital) School of Medicine for Women took place on Friday, July 2nd. Miss Cock, the Dean, who presided in the absence of Mrs. Garrett Anderson, said that two of their graduates had received University scholarships-Enid M. Walters having won the Gilchrist Studentship for Women at the University of London, and Emily H. Morris the R. C. Brown Scholar- ship for research in special pathology at Cambridge, a prize to be regarded as of special importance. A large- number of graduates had received appointments as medical inspectors of schools-a work for which women were- eminently fitted. They wanted many more women medical, students. There was work waiting for them, and they had,
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121MEDICAL NEWS.

Medical News.UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.-The following

appointments have been made:-Assistant to the Professorof Chemistry : Mr. John Read, Ph.D. Zurich. Examiners

for Part II., Third M.B. :-Medicine : Dr. J. Rose Bradford,Dr. J. B. Bradbury, Dr. G. N. Pitt, and Dr. FrederickTaylor. Surgery : Mr. T. H. Kellock, Mr. Stanley Boyd,Mr. L. A. Dunn, and Mr. Raymond Johnson. Midwifery:Dr. W. R. Pollock and Dr. H. Spencer.-The followingdegrees were conferred on June 22nd :-D.Sc.-H. E, Durham, King’s.N.B.-C. E. M. Jones, King’s.B.C.-J. L. Joyce, King’s ; R. R. Armstrong, A. Barker, W. Harmens,H. E. S. Stiven, and G. Walker, Trinity; M. W. Baker, St. John’s;L. B. C. Trotter, Clare; F. H. Lester, A. L. Sachs, and C. F. Searle,Pembroke; R. Cox, Gonville and Caius : A. H. Hapford and F. S.Scales, Jesus ; and K. Comyn, H. Selwyn.

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM : FACULTY OF

MEDICINE.-The following is a list of the successful candi-dates at examinations held in June :-

1. Degrees of Bachelor of- Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.-(a) Official:.William Frederick Haslam and Percival Pasley Cole.(b) Under ordinary regulations : t Walter Charles Blackham,Herbert Henry Sampson, Harold Cairns Terry, Ethel AnnieWaldron, and Kenneth Douglas Wilkinson.

II. F01trth Examination for the Degrees of M.B., Ch.B.’(ForensieMedicine and Toxicology and Hygiene and Public Health).-Class I. : *Eric Walter Assinder. Class II.: Elizabeth StephensImpey, Arthur Harry Newton, John Lichtenstein Ritchie, andCranston Walker.

III. Third Examination for the Degrees of M.B., Ch.B. (Pathologyand Bacteriology and Mate-ia Medica and Pharmacy).-Class 1. : :*Oscar Madeley Holden. Class II. : James Henry Bampton,Robert Baxendell Coleman (Materia Medica and Pharmacy),Christopher Charles Cole Court (Pathology and Bacteriology),Evan Davies (Pathology and Bacteriology), Travis Hampson(Pathology and Bacteriology), Charles William Hayward (Patho-logy and Bacteriology), Elizabeth Stephens Impey (MateriaMedica and Pharmacy), Charles Crawford Jones, Douglas NoelMacleod (Pathology and Bacteriology), Ronald Douglas Nelson,Percy Alfred Newton, Arthur McLean Pickup (Materia Medica andPharmacy), Charles Ernest Salt, and Arthur Christopher Tibbits.

IV. Second Examination for the Degrees of M.B., Ch.B. (Anatomyand Physiology).-Class II.: George Herbert Alabaster, EdwardBach, Ralph Alexander Broderick, Eric Francis Buckler, ElsieMary Humpherson, John Christopher Jones, John Burman Lowe,Douglas Noel Macleod, Horace Clarence Nickson, Herbert Sheasby,and Charles Lovell Spackman.

V. First Examination for the Degree of M.B., Ch.B. (Chemistry,Physics, and Biology).-Class II : Elizabeth Labrey Ashby,Robert Ellis, James Henry Ritchie, and Thomas Sidney Stafford(Biology). External Candidates: Koch Harry Gill (Chemistryand Biology) and Alfred Percy Smith.

Vl.-Exarre-ination for the Degree of B.Se. in Public Health.-Parts I.and 11. Class II. : John Dale.

VII.-Diploma in Public Health.-Parts I. and II.: William MortonHewetson and Alexander McDonald Nevin. Part II. (to completeExamination): James Allen Ainscow, James Fenton, ClaudeJohnson, Reginald Woolsey Stocks, and Leonard Leigh Hadley.Part I.: Richard Clayton Allen, Donald Buchanan, John MilneDalrymple, and Philip James Mason.

VIII.-First Examination for the Diploma in Dental Surgery(Chemistry and Physics): Arthur Bernstein.

* Queen’s Scholarship, t Ingleby Scholarship.

FOREIGN UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.-Basle: Dr. E. Magnus-Alsleben has been recognised asp’l’ivat-docent of Medicine. -Berlin Dr. Hans Piper has been

appointed Extraordinary Professor of Physiology.-Berne :Dr. H. Matti has been recognised as privat-docent of Surgery.Breslau: Dr. Joseph Forschbach has been recognised asprivat-docent of Medicine.-Caen.Dr. P. E. Léger has beenappointed Professor of Clinical Medicine.-Vienna: Dr.Walter Zweig has been recognised as vrivat-doeent ofMedicine.

THE Eleventh South African Medical Congresswill be held in Durban Town-hall, Natal, from Monday,August 2nd, to Saturday, August 7th inclusive. His

Excellency Sir Matthew Nathan, K.C.M.G., R.E., Governorof Natal, has consented to open the Congress, the officers ofwhich are as follows :-President: Dr. H. A. Dumat. Vice-Presidents : Dr. W. Watkins-Pitchford and Dr. W. J. Hill.Honorary secretary : Dr. P. Murison. Honorary treasurer:Dr. G. L. Bonnar. Arrangements have been completed re-garding the following sections :-Medicine (President : Dr.Hugh Smith); Surgery (President : Dr. E. T. E. Hamilton) ;Obstetrics and Gynaecology (President: Dr. W. H. Maxwell);Public Health (President: Dr. A. M. Fleming, C.M.G.);Ophthalmology (President: Dr. H. Symonds); and Special

subjects, including medico-social topics (President: Dr. D.Macaulay). A good list of papers has been promised andarrangements are in progress for the organisation of a

museum and of various entertainments for those who attendthe Congress.THE BRUSSELS MEDICAL GRADUATES’ ASSOCIA-

TION.-The annual meeting and dinner of this associationwill be held at the Garden Club, Imperial InternationalExhibition, on Thursday, July 15th, at 7.45. Members areinvited to bring ladies. Tickets may be obtained from thehonorary secretary, Dr. Arthur G. Haydon, 23, Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square, London, W.BURTON-ON-TRENT INFIRMARY.-A new eye-

department has been opened at Burton Infirmary and hasbeen placed under the charge of Mr. E. C. Green, ophthalmic-surgeon to the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, who has a well-equipped and modern department at his disposal. The new

buildings which have been erected included increasedaccommodation for the nurses of the infirmary.A WOMAN HEALTH VISITOR FOR BRIGHTON.-The

Brighton town council on July 1st appointed Miss FloydBowen, of Llandaff, Cardiff, as female health visitor and

inspector of midwives for the borough, at a salary of f.80.per annum with suitable uniform. The appointment is inconnexion with the Notification of Births Act, which thecouncil adopted some time since. The sister town of Hove

adopted the Act and appointed a health visitor last year.EpSOM COLLEGE.—Founder’s Day at Epsom

College will be celebrated on July 24th. The proceedingswill be opened by choral evensong in the College chapel at2.45, at the close of which the Thornton memorial windowwill be unveiled by the Rev. Hubert Curtis, O.E., Hon.Canon of Rochester. At 3.30 the prize distribution will bemade in the big school by Sir Walter Footer, M.P., who willalso address the school.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.-Messrs.W. B. SaundersCompany, 9, Henrietta-street, W.C., announce for earlypublication a work on ° ° Exercise in Education and Medi-cine," by Dr. R. Tait McKenzie, Professor of Physical’Education, University of Pennsylvania. This work will dealwith the application of systematised exercise in the develop--ment of the normal body and in the correction of certaindiseased conditions in which gymnastics have proved ofvalue.

THE SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF INEBRIETY.-The third Norman Kerr lecture will be delivered by ProfessorTaav. Laitinen, M.D., professor of hygiene and director ofthe Hygienic Institute in the University of Helsingfors,Finland, on Tuesday, July 20th, at 8 P.M., in the lecture-theatre of the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Ken-sington. The subject will be the Influence of Alcohol onImmunity.THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS.-At the annual

general meeting of this society, which was held onJune 30th, Sir William H. White, chairman of the council,being in the chair, the Prince of Wales was re-electedPresident for the ninth time. The annual report was read.It announced, anter alia, the award of the Swiney prize forthe best published work on Jurisprudence to Dr. CharlesA. Mercier, for his book, "Criminal Responsibility." Thefailure of recent negotiations to amalgamate the LondonInstitution with the Society of Arts, which now numbers3490 members, was recorded.

THE LONDON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE FOR WOMEN.--The annual prize-giving at the London (Royal Free Hos-pital) School of Medicine for Women took place on Friday,July 2nd. Miss Cock, the Dean, who presided in the absenceof Mrs. Garrett Anderson, said that two of their graduateshad received University scholarships-Enid M. Walters havingwon the Gilchrist Studentship for Women at the Universityof London, and Emily H. Morris the R. C. Brown Scholar-ship for research in special pathology at Cambridge, aprize to be regarded as of special importance. A large-number of graduates had received appointments as medicalinspectors of schools-a work for which women were-

eminently fitted. They wanted many more women medical,students. There was work waiting for them, and they had,

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122 MEDICAL NEWS.—PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE.

’not enough women to do it. Lady Northcote, having distri-buted the prizes and certificates, congratulated the studentsupon their splendid work, the result of which she consideredwonderful. In India and Australia she had seen womenachieve great things. It was their duty and their privilegeto minister to the sick and suffering, and that school helpedthem to discharge that duty, not only with sympathy, butwith professional skill. The large number of guests whowere present at the prize-giving were afterwards entertained.at tea in the school garden.- MEDICAL GOLFING SOCIETY.-This society heldits annual tournament on June 24th at Burnham Beeches bykind invitation of the Burnham Beeches Golf Club. The"Henry Morris" Challenge Cup and the Medical GolfingSociety’s Gold Medal were won by Dr. W. Page May. Thefirst prize in Class I. (handicaps 12 and under) in the 18 holesmatch play v. Bogey was also won by Dr. W. Page Maywith the excellent score of 4 up. The second prize inthis division was gained by Dr. W. Bramwell Reid

(3 up) after a tie (decided on first nine holes) with Mr.H. Cleveland Smith and Dr. F. Foord Caiger. The

prize for the best last nine holes was taken by Dr.Foord Caiger (4 up). In Class II. (handicaps over

12) Mr. Herbert J. Paterson was the winner with 3 up,while Dr. Edward Law was second with 2 up. The prize forthe best last nine holes also went to Mr. Paterson (2 up).The foursome sweepstake was won by Dr. G. A. Sutherlandand Mr. Bruce Hamilton with 1 up. The second place wastied for by Mr. Herbert Tilley and Mr. J. Mansbridge, andMr. J. R. Walker and Dr. C. M. Anderson, who returnedcards "all square." This tie will be played off shortly, asthey were also "all square" on first nine holes. Mr. P.Edgelow and Mr. P. Kolesar were " all square " on the roundof 18 holes, but they were 1 down on the first nine.

ALLEGED IMPERSONATION ’OF A MEDICAL MAN.-At the Stockton police-court on June 30th Adam MelrosePorteous was charged with obtaining money and food fromthe Visiting Committee of the Durham County Asylum onfalse pretences. It was alleged by Mr. Luck, who appearedon behalf of the Public Prosecutor, that the accused man was amember of the College of Veterinary Surgeons and that afterapplying unsuccessfully to Messrs. J. and A. Churchill tohave his name placed on their Medical Directory, in thespring of last year he applied to Messrs. J. C. Needes,medical agents in London, declaring himself to be Dr.William James Porteous, a Bachelor of Medicine and

Surgery of Edinburgh. Through this firm he obtainedan introduction to the Durham County Asylum wherefor over four months he performed the duties of a

locum tenens assistant medical officer, obtaining salary andemoluments valued at nearly £120. He was placed in chargeof a chronic ward, the work of which he is alleged to haveperformed very well. After leaving the asylum he obtaineda post as ship’s surgeon, and during his absence on a voyagehis alleged imposture was discovered, which led to his arreston his return to England last month. He had been givenample opportunity to produce evidence of his medical quali-fications, but had failed to do so. Evidence was given insupport of all these statements and the accused reserved hisdefence. He was committed to take his trial at the nextDurham Assizes, bail of 9100 being deposited by his wifefor his appearance.

Parliamentarty Intelligence.’

NOTES ON CURRENT TOPICS.

Medical Men and the Petrol Duty.THE CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has agreed to grant a rebate of

a half of the duty on the petrol used in the propulsion of the motor-cars of medical men. Mr. LLOYD GEORGE made this announcementto the deputation from the British Medical Association and the medicalcommittee of the Motor Union which he received on July lst. The

deputation was a small one. Mr. CoopER, M.P., introduced the repre-sentatives of the British Medical Association, who were, Dr. H. E. B.BRfCE-PORTEB, Dr. C. PERCIVAL WHITE, Mr. C. E. S. FLEMMING

(Bradford-on-Avon), Dr. E. G. GRIFFITH, and Mr. J. S. WHITAKER.

secretary of the political committee of the Association. Mr. JOYNSON-

HicKs, M.P., who has several times in the House of Commons putforward the claims of medical men to a rebate on their petrol, intro-duced the two gentlemen who came to represent the medical committee

of the Motor Union, Mr. C. B. LOCKWOOD of St. Bartholomew’s Hos.pital and Dr. J. ORR of Edinburgh.The proceedings took place in private. A memorandum was sub-

mitted to the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER setting out in a succinctform the contentions of the deputation. Its terms were as follows :-

1. The motor-car is a necessity to a medical men, and especially tothose medical men engaged in country practice.

2. The motor-car has on many occasions enabled medical men to affordprompt help in cases of emergency and has saved lives which wouldotherwise have been lost. Obviously the motor-car has alleviated muchpain and suffering.

3. The medical man uses his car for professional work and not forpleasure.

4. The quantity of petrol used by the medical man engaged in a wide-spread country practice or in a hilly district is, we estimate, about20 gallons per week, or 1040 gallons per annum. The tax thereon wouldamount to about E13 per annum, probably more than the medical manalready pays in income tax.

5. Horse-drawn vehicles lead to wear and tear of the roads and

probably to as much wear and tear as the small motor-car, but whilstthe owner of the horse-drawn vehicle will only pay 1 guinea in taxationthe owner of the small motor-car (say, 12 h.p.) would be paying £10 7s.,made up as follows :-

B s. d.Half licence ..................... 2 2 0Two driving licences .................. 0 10 0

Registration (say JE1 to every four years), average ... 0 5 0Petrol duty ..................... 7 10 0

£10 7 0

6. It is to be noted that only a small part of the work of the medicalman is done on the main roads, to the improvement of which the dutyis to be devoted.

7. Having regard to the above considerations the deputation submitthat medical motorists should receive at least the same relief as thatwhich the Chancellor of the Exchequer grants to those who use motor-cars for commercial purposes.

It should be mentioned that the Finance Bill provides that a rebate ohalf the duty on the quantity of petrol consumed in their propulsion isto be given to commercial vehicles and vehicles such as motor-cabs andomnibuses.Mr. COOPER, in addressing the Chancellor of the Exchequer,

pointed out that the great majority of members of the medical pro-fession who used motor-cars did so in order to carry on their dutiesmore efficiently. The car of the medical man was not as a rule of aluxurious type, but only such a serviceable and inexpensive vehicle aswould enable him to go the round of his patients expeditiously. To

levy a duty on the petrol which it consumed was to tax a commoditywhich was a necessity and not a luxury. On that ground he hoped thatthe Chancellor of the Exchequer might at least put the motor-car ofthe medical man on the same basis as the commercial vehicle. Theseremarks were enforced by Dr. BRUCE-PORTER, Mr. LOCKWOOD, and

others, who emphasised the fact that they spoke on behalf of a pro-fession which was hard-worked and often inadequately remunerated.The reply of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was sympathetic.

He remarked that he had the greatest sympathy with the medical manboth in the town and in the country. He recognised to the fullestdegree that medical men ought to have at their command the mostexpeditious means to enable them to bring relief to the suffering. It

was not his desire to do anything to stand in the way of their usingmotor-cars. He had lived in the country himself and he was awarethat it was not always the medical man with the largest number ofpatients who made the largest income. A country medical man couldnot refuse to attend people who already owed him a heavy bill. He

might grumble, but he gave his services. If a man owed moneyto his solicitor and went to him for advice, the solicitor wouldat once decline to do anything until his account had been paid.Medical men could not take up that attitude in a country district.Therefore, in the matter of taxation, the right honourable gentlemanthought that they ought to be treated generously, where that could bedone. He mentioned that he had been consulting the Treasury officialsas to the feasibility of differentiating in favour of the petrol used bymedical men. There were difficulties to overcome in connexion withthe matter, but the deputation might take it from him that he wouldmake the alteration asked for-viz., that the rebate which was allowedunder the Finance Bill on the petrol used by commercial vehicles wouldbe extended to the petrol used in the motor-cars of medical men.The deputation, after thanking Mr. LLOYD GEORGE for the concession

which he had made, withdrew.

Army lledieal Services.General Sir JOHN FRENCH in his report for the year 1908 as Inspector-

General of the Forces, which has been issued in a Parliamentary paper,devotes attention to the Army Medical Services. He states that duringthe drill season a large number of medical units belonging to the Royal,Army Medical Corps, regular and territorial, were seen in camp. It is

mentioned that the training undergone was of value to the officers,non-commissioned officers, and men engaged, and the benefit of a period


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