1656 BERLIN.—MEDICAL NEWS. aphasia the understanding appears to be dulled, and the patient does not seem to be capable of grasping the meaning of what is said to him. In a few hours, however, the obnubi- lation of the faculty is sufficiently remedied to enable the patient to signify by signs that he is unable to speak. In all cases the lower branches of the right facial nerve are paralysed, the face being drawn to the opposite side and the right naso- labial groove being completely or partially effaced. The orbicu- laris palpebrarum is not affected. The tongue is deviated to the right side. Right hemiplegia may be complete, but in most cases the paralysis is limited to the face, tongue, and right upper extremity. Generally the sensibility and tendon reflexes are but slightly modified. In the more serious cases vaso- motor phenomena are present, such as redness of the paralysed members, more or less localised oedema, and elevation of tem- perature amounting to several tenths of degrees Centigrade. These paralytic complications do not appear to influence the evolution of the pneumonia. They may show them- selves and then disappear in a slight as well as in a grave attack of inflammation of the lungs. The aphasia may disappear in a few hours, or in four or five days at most. Sometimes speech is completely restored in twenty-four hours. With the aphasia the facial paralysis generally disappears, but power over the extremities may not be regained for several weeks. What is the pathogenesis of this curious complication ? In a case of Dr. Balzer’s the man died five days after the onset of aphasia, and no lesion was discoverable post mortem in the third left frontal convolution or any part of the cerebrum. M. Chantemesse inclines to the belief that the toxic agents of pneumonia are responsible by their action on the cerebral cells or on the cerebral circulation. The limitation of the functional trouble to the area of dis- tribution of the left Sylvian artery and its branches would seem to point to circulatory disturbance as the cause. In every instance of pneumonic aphasia known to M. Chante- messe the right lung was alone affected. The Proposed Nerv Mdeico-legal Institute. The insufficiency of accommodation afforded by the Morgue has been the subject of complaint for long years, and the question of the construction of a brand-new Medico-legal Institute has been debated for some time past. The desirability of the project was admitted in principle three years ago by the Conseil-Gen6ral of the Department of the Seine. It was recognised that the Morgue was utterly inadequate to accommodate the double services of judicial inquiries and necropsies and of the medico-legal school of the Faculty. The Chamber had sanctioned the payment of one-half the cost of construction by the Govern- ment. It only remained for the Conseil-Général to put the matter forward. For some reason best known to the civic mind the proposal has just been rejected by 46 votes against 21. Tant p is ! A Li2e Snail in the Bladder. We find in the annals of surgery mention made of the most bizarre objects which have found their way into the male and female bladder ; but the most extraordinary corps étranger I ever heard of as having been introduced into that reservoir is a live snail. The case is published in the Mont- pellier Médical by M. Lapeyre Viguier. Paris, Dec. 26th. BERLIN. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Death of Dr. S. Guttmann. Dr. S. GUTTMANN, editor of the Deutsche Medicinische Wochenshrift, died on Dec. 21st. in Berlin of severe influenza with pneumonia. One of the busiest and best-known men in medical circles, his death will be widely regretted. Under his able editorship the above - mentioned journal has become one of the most widely-read of German medical papers. University Statistics. The number of students attending the University of Berlin during the present semester is 4979, of whom 1279 are study- ing medicine. To these may be added 292 army medical students. Tuberculous 2deat. Bollinger 1 draws attention to experiments tending to show that the blood of cattle suffering from taberculosis is infec- 1 Deutsche Medicinishe Wechenschrift, No 50. tious. Of ten guinea-pigs inoculated with the blood of recently killed animals one became tuberculous. The flesh of the animal from which the blood was taken, was allowed to be exposed for sale, and Bollinger points out that as the muscles must always contain a certain amount of blood there is probably a not insignificant danger of tuberculosis being thus spread. Diphtheritic Bricks. Abel2 relates a case in which he succeeded in cultivating the diphtheria bacillus from a box of wooden bricks with which a child of three years had played just before an attack of diphtheria. The bricks were put away, and the successful experiment was made six months afterwards ; there was no possibility of the bricks having been infected in the interval. The report shows the importance of thoroughly disinfecting or destroying the toys with which a child suffering from diphtheria may have played. Certain Micro-organisms in Phthisical Hectic. J akowski confirms and extends the observations of pre- vious writers as to the connexion of certain streptococci and staphylococci with the hectic fever of phthisis. In the blood of seven out of nine patients suffering from phthisis, with hectic, he found during life staphylococci and streptococci. A Variety of Raynaud’s Disease ? Zeller4 reports a singular case of gangrene of five fingers of one hand in an anaemic girl aged twenty years. The case resembled in many respects the condition known as the angiospastic gangrene of Raynaud, but the symmetry which characterises that disease was absent in this case. Dec.27th. Medical News. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.—The following is a list of the successful candidates at the recent M.D. examination. MEDICINE. Addison, Christopher, B.S., St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Andriezen, William Lloyd, University College. Ballance, Hamilton, A., B.S., University College. Bates, Stephen Henry, University College. Benson, Annette M., B.Sc., London School of Medicine and Royal Free Hospital. Blacker, George Francis, B.S., University College. Blackwell, Arthur S., B.S., B.Sc., St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Bligh. William, B.S., Guy’s Hospital. Box, Charles Richard, B.S., B.Sc., St. Thomas’s Hospital. Boycott, Arthur Norman, St. Thomas’s Hospital. Brodie, Thomas Grigor, King’s College. Bueno de Mesquita., S , B.S., Gay’s Hospital. Burrowes, Henry Ambrose, Royal Infirmary, Liverpool. Coleman, Francis J., B.S., Guy’s Hospital. Collins, John Norton, London Hospital. Cook, Herbert George G., B.S. (gold medal), St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Cooke, Cecil Whitehall, St. Thomas’s Hospital. †Cowen, Thomas Philip, B.S., St. Thomas’s Hospital. Daldy, Arthur Mantell, B.S., Guy’s Hospital. Davies, Thomas Benjamin Phillip, M.S., Guy’s Hospital. Dawson, Bertrand Edward, B.Sc.. London Hospital. Eccles, Herbert Annesley, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Elliott, Charles Caldwell, B.S., Guy’s Hospital. Evans, Harold Muir, University College. Evans, John, University College, Liverpool. Finley, Harry, University (’ollege. Hamilton, E. T. E., B.S., B Se., Guy’s Hospital. Heath, Arthur Douglas, University College. Jones, John, B.S., University ColJege. Knight, Henry Ernest, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Langdale, Henry, Owens College and Manchester Royal Infirmary. M’Laren, Alice Janet, B.S., London School of Medicine and Royal Free Hospital. Musgrave, Cecil Benjamin Thomas, B.S.. University College. Parker, Henry Thomas, B.S., St. Bartholomew’s Hospital and St. Jacob’s Krankenhaus. Leipzig. Pethybridge, Walter Ley, B.Sc., St Bartholomew’s Hospital. Pickard, Ransom, M.S., St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Pickup, William James, University College. Preston, Charles Henry, B.S., Owens uollege and Manchester Royal Infirmary. Pritchard, Eric Law, King’s College. Rogers, William Gusterson, M.S., Guy’s Hospital. Salter, Charles Edward, B S., Guy’s Hospital. Sandifer, Henry Stephen, B.S., King’s College. Sheen, Alfred William, B.S , Guy’s Hospital. Smith, Hughh Roubiliac, University College. Solly, Reginald Vaughan, B.S , St. Thomas’s Hospital. Stephens, G. A., B.S., B.Sc., University College. Sturge, William Howard, London Hospital. t Obtained the number of marks qualifying for the Gold Medal. 2 Centialblatt fur Bacteriologie, xiv., 23. 3 Ibid. 3 Berliner Klinische Wochenschrift, No. 52.
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aphasia the understanding appears to be dulled, and the patient does not seem to be capable of grasping the meaningof what is said to him. In a few hours, however, the obnubi-lation of the faculty is sufficiently remedied to enable thepatient to signify by signs that he is unable to speak. In allcases the lower branches of the right facial nerve are paralysed,the face being drawn to the opposite side and the right naso-labial groove being completely or partially effaced. The orbicu-laris palpebrarum is not affected. The tongue is deviated to theright side. Right hemiplegia may be complete, but in mostcases the paralysis is limited to the face, tongue, and rightupper extremity. Generally the sensibility and tendon reflexesare but slightly modified. In the more serious cases vaso-motor phenomena are present, such as redness of the paralysedmembers, more or less localised oedema, and elevation of tem-perature amounting to several tenths of degrees Centigrade.These paralytic complications do not appear to influencethe evolution of the pneumonia. They may show them-selves and then disappear in a slight as well as ina grave attack of inflammation of the lungs. The
aphasia may disappear in a few hours, or in four or five
days at most. Sometimes speech is completely restored intwenty-four hours. With the aphasia the facial paralysisgenerally disappears, but power over the extremities may notbe regained for several weeks. What is the pathogenesis ofthis curious complication ? In a case of Dr. Balzer’s the mandied five days after the onset of aphasia, and no lesion wasdiscoverable post mortem in the third left frontal convolutionor any part of the cerebrum. M. Chantemesse inclines to thebelief that the toxic agents of pneumonia are responsible bytheir action on the cerebral cells or on the cerebral circulation.The limitation of the functional trouble to the area of dis-tribution of the left Sylvian artery and its branches would seem to point to circulatory disturbance as the cause. In
every instance of pneumonic aphasia known to M. Chante-messe the right lung was alone affected.
The Proposed Nerv Mdeico-legal Institute.The insufficiency of accommodation afforded by the
Morgue has been the subject of complaint for long years,and the question of the construction of a brand-newMedico-legal Institute has been debated for some time
past. The desirability of the project was admitted in
principle three years ago by the Conseil-Gen6ral of the
Department of the Seine. It was recognised that the Morguewas utterly inadequate to accommodate the double servicesof judicial inquiries and necropsies and of the medico-legalschool of the Faculty. The Chamber had sanctioned the
payment of one-half the cost of construction by the Govern-ment. It only remained for the Conseil-Général to put thematter forward. For some reason best known to the civicmind the proposal has just been rejected by 46 votes against21. Tant p is !
A Li2e Snail in the Bladder.We find in the annals of surgery mention made of the most
bizarre objects which have found their way into the maleand female bladder ; but the most extraordinary corpsétranger I ever heard of as having been introduced into thatreservoir is a live snail. The case is published in the Mont-pellier Médical by M. Lapeyre Viguier.
Paris, Dec. 26th. _______
BERLIN.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Death of Dr. S. Guttmann.Dr. S. GUTTMANN, editor of the Deutsche Medicinische
Wochenshrift, died on Dec. 21st. in Berlin of severe influenzawith pneumonia. One of the busiest and best-known men inmedical circles, his death will be widely regretted. Underhis able editorship the above - mentioned journal hasbecome one of the most widely-read of German medicalpapers.
University Statistics.The number of students attending the University of Berlin
during the present semester is 4979, of whom 1279 are study-ing medicine. To these may be added 292 army medicalstudents.
Tuberculous 2deat.
Bollinger 1draws attention to experiments tending to showthat the blood of cattle suffering from taberculosis is infec-
1 Deutsche Medicinishe Wechenschrift, No 50.
tious. Of ten guinea-pigs inoculated with the blood ofrecently killed animals one became tuberculous. The fleshof the animal from which the blood was taken, was allowedto be exposed for sale, and Bollinger points out that as themuscles must always contain a certain amount of blood thereis probably a not insignificant danger of tuberculosis beingthus spread.
Diphtheritic Bricks.Abel2 relates a case in which he succeeded in cultivating
the diphtheria bacillus from a box of wooden bricks withwhich a child of three years had played just before an
attack of diphtheria. The bricks were put away, and thesuccessful experiment was made six months afterwards ;there was no possibility of the bricks having been infected inthe interval. The report shows the importance of thoroughlydisinfecting or destroying the toys with which a child
suffering from diphtheria may have played.Certain Micro-organisms in Phthisical Hectic.
J akowski confirms and extends the observations of pre-vious writers as to the connexion of certain streptococci andstaphylococci with the hectic fever of phthisis. In the bloodof seven out of nine patients suffering from phthisis, withhectic, he found during life staphylococci and streptococci.
A Variety of Raynaud’s Disease ?Zeller4 reports a singular case of gangrene of five fingers
of one hand in an anaemic girl aged twenty years. The caseresembled in many respects the condition known as the
angiospastic gangrene of Raynaud, but the symmetry whichcharacterises that disease was absent in this case.Dec.27th.
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Medical News.UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.—The following is a list
of the successful candidates at the recent M.D. examination.MEDICINE.
Addison, Christopher, B.S., St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Andriezen, William Lloyd, University College.Ballance, Hamilton, A., B.S., University College.Bates, Stephen Henry, University College.Benson, Annette M., B.Sc., London School of Medicine and RoyalFree Hospital.
Blacker, George Francis, B.S., University College.Blackwell, Arthur S., B.S., B.Sc., St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Bligh. William, B.S., Guy’s Hospital.Box, Charles Richard, B.S., B.Sc., St. Thomas’s Hospital.Boycott, Arthur Norman, St. Thomas’s Hospital.Brodie, Thomas Grigor, King’s College.Bueno de Mesquita., S , B.S., Gay’s Hospital.Burrowes, Henry Ambrose, Royal Infirmary, Liverpool.Coleman, Francis J., B.S., Guy’s Hospital.Collins, John Norton, London Hospital.Cook, Herbert George G., B.S. (gold medal), St. Bartholomew’sHospital.
Cooke, Cecil Whitehall, St. Thomas’s Hospital.†Cowen, Thomas Philip, B.S., St. Thomas’s Hospital.Daldy, Arthur Mantell, B.S., Guy’s Hospital.Davies, Thomas Benjamin Phillip, M.S., Guy’s Hospital.Dawson, Bertrand Edward, B.Sc.. London Hospital.Eccles, Herbert Annesley, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Elliott, Charles Caldwell, B.S., Guy’s Hospital.Evans, Harold Muir, University College.Evans, John, University College, Liverpool.Finley, Harry, University (’ollege.Hamilton, E. T. E., B.S., B Se., Guy’s Hospital.Heath, Arthur Douglas, University College.Jones, John, B.S., University ColJege.Knight, Henry Ernest, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Langdale, Henry, Owens College and Manchester Royal Infirmary.M’Laren, Alice Janet, B.S., London School of Medicine and RoyalFree Hospital.
Musgrave, Cecil Benjamin Thomas, B.S.. University College.Parker, Henry Thomas, B.S., St. Bartholomew’s Hospital and
St. Jacob’s Krankenhaus. Leipzig.Pethybridge, Walter Ley, B.Sc., St Bartholomew’s Hospital.Pickard, Ransom, M.S., St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Pickup, William James, University College.Preston, Charles Henry, B.S., Owens uollege and ManchesterRoyal Infirmary.
Pritchard, Eric Law, King’s College.Rogers, William Gusterson, M.S., Guy’s Hospital.Salter, Charles Edward, B S., Guy’s Hospital.Sandifer, Henry Stephen, B.S., King’s College.Sheen, Alfred William, B.S , Guy’s Hospital.Smith, Hughh Roubiliac, University College.Solly, Reginald Vaughan, B.S , St. Thomas’s Hospital.Stephens, G. A., B.S., B.Sc., University College.Sturge, William Howard, London Hospital.t Obtained the number of marks qualifying for the Gold Medal.
Symons, Henrv. St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Tate, Walter William Hunt, University College.Tebb, Albert Edward. B.S., Guy’s Hospital.Tunnicliffe, Francis Whittaker, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Ware, Ernest Edwin, B.S., St. Thomas’s Hospital.Wesley. Frank William, B.S., University College.Wheeler, Charles E., B.S., B.Sc., St. Bartholomew’s Hospital andSt Jacob’s Krankenhaus, Leipzig.
Whitfield, Arthur, King’s College.STATE MEDICINE.
Barwise, Sidney, Queen’s and Mason Colleges, Birmingham.Buchanan, George S., M.D., B.S., B.Sc., St. Bartholomew’s Hospitaland University College.
Richards, H. M., M.D., B.S. (Gold Medal), University College.Williams, Herbert, M.D., St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.At the B. S. Examination the following candidates were
successful :-FIRST DIVISION.
Aldrich-Blake, Louisa B., London Medical School and Royal FreeHospital.
Armstead, Hugh Wells, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Bunch, John Le Mate, B.Sc., University CollegeCarwardine. Thomas, Middlesex Hospital and University College.Cresswell, Frank P. S., B.Sc., Guy’s Hospital.Davifs, Howard Owen, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Eveo, Percy Stanhope, University College.Jaffé, Charles Samson, St. Thomas’s Hospital.Johnson, William John, Guy’s Hospital.Kelson, William Harry, M.D., London Hospital.Low, Vincent Warren, St. Mary’s Hospital.Manknell, Arthur, Yorkshire College.Pickels, Joseph Arthur, Owens College and Manchester Royal
Infirmary.Whitehead, Arthur Longley, Yorkshire College.
SECOND DIVISION.Bennett, Vivian Boase, University College, Liverpool.Clegg. John Grav, Owens College and Manchester Royal Infirmaly.Griffiths, John Howell, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Hazell, Frederick, Guy’s Hospital.lonides, Theodore Henry, University College.Nathan, Edward Albert, St. Mary’s Hospital.Paine, Alexander, St. Mary’s Hospital.Purvis, William Prior, B.Sc , St. Thomas’s Hospital.Smytll, Ernest Jackson, B Sc.. University College.Travers, Frederick Thomas, University College.Wainwright, Wilham Longworth, St. Thomas’s Hospital.The following gentlemen successfully passed the M.S.
Examination :-t Abbott, Francis Charles, B.Sc., St. Thomas’s Hosnital.Dyall, Thomas James, M.D., St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.Firth, John Lacy, bi.0., University College.Fripp, Alfred Downing, Guy’s Hospital.Moynihqn, Berkeley George A. (Gold Medal), Leeds School ofMedicine.
†Waring, Holburt J., B.Sc., St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.t Obtained the number of m arks qualifying for the Gold Medal.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.-The following gentlemen, having passed the necessaryexaminations, and having conformed to the by-laws andregulations, were at the ordinary council on Thursday, the14th inst., admitted Fellows of the College :-
Thomson, St. Clair, M.D. Lond., M.R.C.S. Loud , King’s College Hos-pital and Vienna University ; date of membership, Nov. 16th, 1881.
Wilson, Thomas, M.D. Lond., L.S.A. Lond., University CollegeHospital and Birmingham Medical School; April 19th, 1883.
Kelson, William Henry, M.D.Lond., L.S.A.Lond., London Hos-pital ; Tan. 30th, 1885.
Pollard, Charles, L.R.C.P.Lond., Guy’s Hospital; Jan. 22nd, 1886.Roxburgh. Alexander Bruce, M.B. and B.Ch. Oxon., L.R.C.P.Lond.,Oxford University and London Hospital; Nov. 10th, 1887.
Six other gentlemen passed the examination, but, not having l,attained the age of twenty-five years, are not yet entitled totheir diplomas as Fellows of the College. Twenty-one werereferred back to their professional studies for six months, andone for twelve months.The following gentleman, having previously passed the
necessary examinations, and having now attained the legalage of twenty-five years, was also admitted a Fellow of theUollege :-
Salter, Charles Edward,L.R.C.P.Lond., Guy’s Hospital, July 30, 1891.The following gentleman, having previously passed the
necessary examinations, and having conformed to the by-laws and regulations, was admitted a Member of the College :-
Morris, Richard Brindfey, L. S. A.L 3nd , Owens College and RoyalInfirmary, Manchester.
The following gentlemen, having passed the necessaryexaminations, were at the same meeting admitted Licentiatesin Dental Surgery :-
Arliss, Percy, Charing Cross and the Dental Hospitals.Ashby. Herbert Grimsdale, Charing-cro3s and the Dental Hospitals.Badgery, William, Charing-cross and the Dental Hospitals.Bailey-King, Francis Henry, Middlesex and the Dental Hospitals.Baker, W. Henry Griffiths, Charing-cross and the Dental Hospitals.Bostock, Arthur Leigh, Owens College and the Dental Department,Royal Infirmary, Manchester.
Bowden, Edwin, Charing-cross and the Dental Hospitals.Brimmer, Arthur Vidler, Guy’s Hospital, Dental Department.Bromley, Frank Charles, Guy’s Hospital, Dental Department.Brown, J.eonard. Charing-Ctoss and the Dental Hospitals.Bulgin, Robert John, Middlesex and the Dental Hospitals.Burroughs, Joseph Henry, Univeisity College and the DentalDepartment, Royal Infirmary, Liverpool.
Carpenter, Frank Holly, Guy’s Hospital, Dental Department.Carpenter, Sidney Henry Mark, Guy’s Hospital, Dental Department.Clayton, Edward, Guy’s Hospital. Dental Department.Coles, Ernest Victor, Charing-cross and the Dental Hospitals.Densham, Ashley Bloomfield, M.R.C.S. Eng., King’s College andthe Dental Hospitals.
Densham, Walter Arnold, Charing-cross and the Dental Hospitals.Dunlop, David, Charing-cross and the Dental Hospitals.jj;vans, Albert John Gear. Cbaring-cross and the Dental Hospitals.Freeman, John Robert, Cbaring-cross and the Dental Hospitals.Gabell, Wilfrid William, Charing-cross and the Dental Hospitals.Haines, Charles Frederick, Mason’s College and the Dental
Hospital, Birmingham.Hankey, John Trevor, Charing-cr03s and the Dental HospitalsHenly, Arthur William, Charing cross and the Dental Hospitals.Jones, William Meredith, Charing-cross and the Dental Hospital;!.Keele, Stephen, Guy’s Hospital Dental Department.Knight, Ernest Vincent, Gu’s Hospital, Dental Department.Love, Hugh, Charing-cross and the Dental Hospitals.Mav, Walter John, Charing-cross and the Dental Hospitals.Mellersh, William Francis, Charing-cross and the Dental Hospitals.Myers, Lancelot Brainard, Middlesex and the National Dental
Hospitals.Parfitt, John Brodribb, Guy’s Hospital, Dental Department.Pickering, Harold John, Charine-cross and the Dental Hospitals.Rowe, H. Burbery, Middlesex and the National Dental Hospitals.Satterthwaite, Robert, Middlesex and the Dental Hospitals.Summer ling, Arthur Newton, Charing-cross and the Dental
Hospitals.Walker, Frank, Charing-cross and the Dental Hospitals.Wallis, Ferdinand Hammans, Guy’s Hospital, Dental Department.Ward, Richard Robert, Middlesex and the National Dental
Hospitals.Watts, George William, Charing-cross and the Dental Hospitals.Webb, Gerald Bertram, Guy’s Hospital. Dental Department.Wheatley, Rupert, Middlesex and the Dental Hospitals.Whitworth, Geoffrey. Guy’s Hospital, Dental Department.Williams, George, Guy’s Hospital, Dental Department.Wood, Walter Robert, Guy’s Hospital, Dental Department.
Seventeen candidates were referred back to their professionalstudies for six months.
SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES OF LONDON.-Thefollowing candidates passed in the under-mentioned subjects :Surgery.-E. B. Barber, London. Hospital; A. J. Campbell, St.Thomas’s Hospital; M. M. Chadburn, Royal Free Hospital;A. L. M. Churchill, Westminster Hospital; E. S. Dukes, Guy’s
, Hospital; F. H. Halse Flancis, Guy’s Hospital; A. Greenwood,) ondon Hospital; A. C. C. Harris, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital ;G. W. B. Marsh, Durham ; C. G. Mathews, St. Bartholomew’sHospital ; G. H. Pooley, St. George’s Hospital; J. A. Stainsby,London Hospital; G. H. Tomlinson, Birmingham; H. C. Will,London Hospital; W. Wyllys, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.
Medicine, Forensic Medicine, and Midwifery.-W.Alder, Guy’s Hos-pital ; A. H. Beardmore, Sheffield; M. M. Chadburn, Royal FreeHospital; E. S. Dukes, Guy’s Hospital; J. A. Edwards, King’sCollege Hospital; D. H. Fraser, St. i.’homas’s Hospital; R. Jones,London Hospital; R. W. Lake, University College ; G. F. Palmer,London Hospital; T. Prescott, King’s College ; H, C. Will, LondonHospital.
Medicine and Forensic Medicine.—W. J. H. Dawson, St. Thomas’sHospital ; A. L. Morris, Guy’s Hospital ; H. C. Venis, St. Mary’sHospital.
,Ifedicii2.e and Midwifery.-J. H. Hobling, St. Mary’s Hospital.Medicine.-T. M Clayton, -Durham; S. E. Price, London Hospital ;
A. P. Woolbright, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital., Midwifery.—R. A. Cowie, St. Thomas’s Hospital; J. Davies, St.
Mary’s Hospital; A. V. Peat ling, St. Thomas’s Hospital.To Messrs. Alder, Beardmore, Campbell, Cowie, Davies, Dukes,
Edwards, Fraser, Greenwood, Hobling, Morris, Palmer. Peatling,Prescott, Will, Wyllys, and Miss Chadburn was granted the diplomaof the Society entitling them to practise Medicine, Surgery, and Mid-wifèry,enaoling toe holder to compete for medical appointments in thearmy, navy, and India, service, also for Poor-law appointments.
AT the meeting of the elective committee ofthe Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, Dr. Francis Hawkinswas elected physician in the place of Dr. Moody Ward,deceased.
PROPOSED NEW COTTAGE HOSPITAL AT BISHOP’SSTORTFORD.-By the liberality of Sir Walter Gilbey a sitefor a cottage hospital has been provided for the above town.The gift has been supplemented by a promise of such land asmay be necessary to secure suitable surroundings for thebuilding.
1658 MEDICAL NEWS.-PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE.
MEDICAL MAGISTRATE.-Mr. James M. Cameron,L. R. C. P., L. R. C. S. Edin. of Hartlepool, has been placed onthe Commission of the Peace for that borough.
PRESENTATION.-The Board of Guardians ofFrome have presented Mr. Edward Cockey, M.R.C.S. (themedical officer of the workhouse), with a handsome timepiece,as a memento of his fifty years’ professional services in thatcapacity.FOOTBALL CASUALTIES.—During a match at
Ferry-road, Millwall, on Dec. 25th, between the MillwallAthletic and City Ramblers teams, a player fractured hisclavicle.-While playing a match on Dec. 26th, between
Bramley and York, in the Second Competition, a Bramleyforward fractured his left leg.
FREEMASONRY.—We are asked to state that itis proposed to found a Chapter in connexion with the
Æsculapius Lodge, to be called the Æsculapius Chapter.Any medical royal arch mason wishing to become a foundershould communicate with Dr. Thomas Dutton, Craven House,Northumberland-avenue, W. C.
EGYPTIAN PRISONS.-In his annual report for1892, Dr. Rogers Pasha, the newly-appointed head of theEgyptian sanitary department, makes the following observa-tions :—’’ The condition of the Egyptian prisons leaves muchto be desired, notwithstanding the constant efforts of H. E.Crookshank Pasha, the inspector-general of prisons, to obtainfrom the Government the means to place them on a satis-factory footing." Dr. Rogers Pasha attributes the prevailinghigh mortality to the following causes : (1) over-crowding ;(2) the low state of health of prisoners on arrival at the convictprisons ; (3) deficient food and insufficient clothing ; (4) over-work in the convict prisons and insufficient exercise in theMudiriyeh prisons ; (5) the insanitary state of the buildings ;and (6) the total absence of any means of disinfection. Hethen indicates the obvious remedies and concludes his note inthese words : "The great faults are overcrowding, buildingsdefective from a sanitary point of view, and the want of aprison diet and prison clothing. Only money will removethese, and the inspector-general deserves every support inhis endeavours to obtain the necessary funds." In the latteropinion we cordially concur. It seems strange that, not-
withstanding the enormous surplus and reserve funds whichwe are told exist, the prisons in Egypt should be allowed toremain in so disgraceful a condition. At Tourah the deaths,excluding those owing to typhus fever, amounted in 1892 to70 per 1000. In the new convict prison at Gizeh the ratewas 46 per 1000 What it is in the Mudiriyeh prisons canonly be surmised, but no doubt it is even higher than atTourah.
THE OPIUM COMMISSION.—The Calcutta sectionof the Commission, which adjourned on Dec. 9th, resumed itsinquiries on the 20th inst. During the four days which theCommission has been sitting eviàènce of a very conflictingcharacter has been given. Dr. Macdonald, a missionary ofthe Free Church of Scotland, has expressed the opinion thatthe consumption of opium in Bengal has been greatlyexaggerated and could not be compared to the injury doneby alcohol in England and in India. Opium-eating, he said,in no way interfered with missionary work, and there weremany missionaries who believed that the anti-cpium agitationhad done more harm than good. On the other hand, severalnative medical practitioners have attributed the physical andmoral degeneration of their countrymen largely to the con-sumption of opium. Hope was also expressed that the OpiumCommission might be followed by another on alcohol. Mr.Driberg, excise commissioner, Assam, said that during thelast twenty years much had been done to restrict the use ofthe drug in his province, and many further lestrictionswould have a disastrous effect upon the physical condition ofthe people. On the authority of the Chief Commissioner ofAssam he stated that further limitations to the opium tradein that province would lead to agitation and probably toserious outbreaks. The further restriction of the drug or itsentire prohibition was advocated by some native witnesses.In the course of one of the sittings Lord Brassey stated thatthe Commissicn were satisfied that the Government of Indiahad taken the proper steps for the collection of evidence andhad done its best to cooperate in the task of eliciting the factsin this complicated question. Mr. H. J. Wilson, M.P., hasreplied, however, that he is unable to endorse these obserm-tions. The Commission adjourned on Saturday, Dec. 23rd.
THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY ASYLUM at Wandsworthis to be rendered more complete by the erection, at a cost of£ 40,000, of an adjunct by which accommodation for 200patients of the infirm and epileptic class will be provided. Thewards will include day, class, and work rooms, a workshopfor boys, a dining hall, and a chapel. The Middlesex CountyCouncil has also resolved to erect a new laundry at a furthercost of £ 23, 000.
SANITARY EXPERIMENTS IN WORTHING: THEHERMITE PROCESS. - A Worthing correspondent writes asfollows :—"The question of the proposed new sewage works atWorthing was being discussed at the same time as the suc-cessful result of the Havre Hermite experiments, and with aview to the possible adoption of the system Dr. John Gold-smith (since elected as a councillor) wrote to the Parisianinventor on the subject. It having been thought advisable togive the method a trial, a yard in West-street, near the sea,has been placed at the disposal of the corporation. Twoalternative schemes have been sketched out for the treat-ment of the borough sewage should these tests worksatisfactorily-viz., (1) to convey sea-water into the newmain sewer at the west end of the town; and (2) the supply ofthe water through mains to every house in the town in lieu offresh water viâ the flushing cisterns. For the purposes ofthe trial temporary closets will be erected in the West-streetyard ; here also the plant and machinery will be placed andthe sewage at once dealt with. M. Hermite has undertaken to
carry out the trials, which will extend for a month, for £ 200.In addition to the temporary closets to be erected, it is pro-posed to disconnect four houses from the sewer, and thedischarge, after being conducted to receiving tanks, will betreated in full view. At a meeting of the town council onFriday evening last the question of the proposed tests cameup for final decision. Various objections that had been sug-gested were dealt with. It was decided to vote E200 for theexperiments. "
Parliamentary Intelligence.THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
THURSDAY, DEC. 21ST.
Field Instruction for Army Medical Officers in India.MR. A. C. MORTON put to the Under-Secretary of State for Ineia a
question similar to that which the hon. member addressed on the 19thinst. to the same official—viz., whether he would aiiange for the armymedical officers and their lIJen stationed in India to be put through acourse of ambulauce m’Hioeuvres like those promised for the bomaarmy.-Mr. G. Russell said thit the Secretary of State for India wouldascertain from the War Office the natme of the proposed specialinstruction in medical field duties and would forward the papers forthe consideration of the Indian Government.
The Opium Commission.Mr. G. Russell, replying to a question put by Mr. S. Smith, said that
the Secretary of State for India had no reason to believe that officialpressure had been put upon medical men in Bombay to induce themto withdraw the opinions they might have excressed in the petitionaddressed to that tunctionary regarding the opium traffic. The matterhad been specially brought to the notice of the Commissioners engagedin the inquiry, who were about to vis-it Bombay, by whom the factsconnected with the rumour would be fully investigated.—The cost ofthe above-named Commission was on the following day (Friday) madethe subject of inquiry by Mr. Bartley, when Mr. Gladstone stated tb...tthe expense attending the investigation would fall partly upon theIndian and partly upon the British Exchequer.
Proposed New Metropolitan Fever Hospital.On this subject Mr. H. Fowler made a statement in which he referred
to the difficulties experienced by the managers of the MetropolitanAsylums Board in fixing upon suitable sites for new fever hospitals.During his tenure of office, he said, the managers had submitted to himseveral proposals in respect of land at Tottenham for use as a site for aftver hospital, and these proposals were assented to. Sanction wasalso given to acquire land for a similar purpose at Lewisham andKidbrook ; but he was unable to assent to a proposal to acquire hndadjoining Tooting Common for a hospital but subspquently a moreeligible site was selected, and this gained approval. The last proposalhad reference to some lnd at Norwood for a like purpose ; but this,having been fully considered by the Local Government Board, failed tocommend itself to the department, and consent was therefore withheld.Each case was, said the right hon. gentleman, dealt with on its merits,regard being had to the report of the inspectors appointed to inquireimo the circumstances connected with each particular case.
FRIDAY, DEC. 22ND.The Drainage of Sandgate.
To a question on this subject put by Mr. Aird, Mr. Campbell Banrer-man replied that the War Department was prepared to give, subject toa nominal acknowledgment, leave to the local board of Sandg-36te to canytheir drainage wOlks across the land belonging to the department.
The Á Analysis of Milk.Mr. Bartley called the attention of the President of the Boar.! . f
Agriculture to the complaints which had been made with regard to the
