1740 METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL SUNDAY FUND.

Analysis of DASMAIL AND CO.’S FEMALE CORRECTIVEMIXTURE SPECIAL SS.

Specific gravity, 998.Water, 95’79 per cent.Oil, 4-00 per cent.Organic extractives, 0’16 per cent.Mineral matter, 0’05 per cent.The fluid had a faintly alkaline reaction. The oil floating

upon the top of the mixture was drawn off and its boilingpoint was ascertained to be 314° F., its specific gravitybeing 0’863. These factors are practically identical withthose obtained with the oil of pinus pumilio and it possesseda fragrant smell indistinguishable from that of this oil. Thebright orange-colour of the fluid, which was quite opalescent,was found to be due to saffron. Saffron is described asanodyne, cordial, emmenagogue, and exhilarant, and isclearly a drug that cannot be taken with impunity by womensuffering from the only common cause of menstrualobstruc-tions-pregnancy.

NThe advertisement of this person is of very frequent occur-

rence. It usually runs as follows :-

WOMEN’S AILMBNTS.

IRREGULARITIES, &c.-A Lady, having tried in vainevery advertised remedy, has at last discovered a Simple Cure,which will act in a few hours, no matter how stubborn the case.Bona-fide sufferers can get it Free of Charge by enclosing stamped ’’

envelope. Don’t experiment with Worthless Pills, Mixtures, Cones,and other injurious nostrums.-Write at once, with full hope and con-fidence, to Mrs. 0. ST. CLAIR, 46, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London.The medicine which we received from Mrs. St. Clair was

accompanied by a pamphlet to which we have alreadyreferred as putting beyond question the nature of the

derangement which she professes to cure, for it offers forpreventing irregularities" the ordinary indiarubber andother goods advertised for the prevention of concep-tion. We also note among Mrs. St. Clair’s testimonialsone signed "Miss R." which commences thus: "It iswith unspeakable joy I write to tell you thanks to yourwonderful specific all came right Sunday after takingsix doses." The satisfaction of a patient for whom an

emmenagogue has been successfully prescribed does notas a rule take the form of " unspeakable joy."

Analysis of Mrs. ST. CLAIR’S MIXTURE.Specific gravity, 1005Water, 99-60 per cent.Organic extractives, 0-38 per cent.Mineral matter, 0’02.

Nothing in particular could be detected in this mixture.It is a simple herbal infusion. As will be seen thetotal extractive matters only amounted to 0’4 per cent., agreat part of which was due, as analysis showed, tosaccharine matters. On releasing the cork from the bottleit was evident that there was pressure inside and bubbles ofgas ascended through the fluid. In short, it behaved likemost herbal infusions and had commenced to ferment.According to the appearance of the liquid there is no

necessity to "shake the bottle" as is enjoined on the label.The "mixture" was a brownish fluid possessing littlecharacter in regard either to taste or smell and monstrouslyexpensive at 6s. 6d. the bottle.

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Some time ago we received from the editor of one of ourbest provincial journals a letter complaining that we hadmade a mistake in inserting the name of his paper in ourlist of those printing objectionable advertisements. This

gentleman added that he was in the habit of refusing all suchadvertisements and invited us to point out that of which wecomplained. Our answer was to send him the followingadvertisement cut from his newspaper, and as we havenot received further remonstrance from him, we con-

clude that its character is to some extent recognised evenby those who do not advertise the more flagrant solicitationsof Frain, Dasmail, and the like.

TOWLE’S PENNYROYAL PILLSTOWLE’S & STEEL P I L L SFOR FEMALES.

QUICKLY CORRECT ALL IRR-EGUL-4,RITIT,-S, REMOVE ALL OBSTRUCTIONS,and relieve the distressing symptoms so prevalent with the sex. Boxes,1/1 & 2/9 (contains three times the quantity), of lall Chemists. Sentanywhere on receipt of 15 or 34 stamps, by E. T. TOWLE & Co.,Manufacturers, Dryden-street, Nottingham.

l:e2vcre of imitations, inj urious and worthless.

This advertisement is of vBery frequent occurrence ; indeed,the firm in question must be among the largest advertisersof the class of goods which we have so often defined as beingliable to be bought by pregnant women desirous of procuringabortion upon themselves. Jt will be observed that in addi-tion to the statement that the pills "remove all obstruc-tions there is the statement! that they contain pennyroyal-a drug not now used in medical practice, but once enjoying awide and long-established reputation among the poorerclasses as an abortifacient. Those who purchase Towle’spills will find them accompanied by a paper extolling theirmerits for the cure of " sick headache, whites, eruptionsand sallowness of the skin, depression of spirits, languor,lassitude, hysteria, and kindred complaints," while their

power to correct" all irregularities " is again dwelt upon andthey are styled in large capitals " Woman’s unfailing Friend."A second leaflet announces that Stronger Pills speciallyprepared for obstinate cases may be sent where required,secure and free from observation, to any part of the UnitedKingdom." We are not aware, however, of any reason whya woman afflicted with sick headache or any of the othercomplaints enumerated, none of which can fairly be said tobring disgrace, should be attracted by a suggestion of

secrecy, or why even if her case may rank as "obstinate" "she should be anxious to have her medicine sent " free fromobservation." "

Analysis of TOWLE’S PENNYROYAL AND STEEL PILLS.Moisture, 6’20 per cent.Mineral matter, 57-58 per cent.Organic extractives, 36’22 per cent.On examining the mineral matter it proved to contain

both iron and sulphates and had also a distinctly alkalinereaction. The pills were coated with a white substance likesteatite. Very little indication was given of the presenceof oleum pulegii (pennyroyal) but reactions were obtainedpointing to Barbary aloes.

METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL SUNDAYFUND.

THE following were among the principal amounts receivedat the Mansion House during the past week in aid of thisFund. The total now exceeds .635,000 :—

2 s. d.St. Michael, Chester-square, with additions ......... 1340 0 0Christ Church, Lancaster-gate ............... 1375 0 6St. Marylebone Parish Church ............... 200 2 1The Temple Church ..................... 108 7 7Christ Church, Mayfair .................. 184 13 4St. Alban, Streatham-park ..........., ...... 167 11 7St. James, Piccadilly..................... 195 15 4All Saints, Ennismore-gardens ............... 402 14 3St. Stephen, Ealing ..................... 125 11 8St. Mary, Kilburn ..................... 141 1 9St. Anne, Soho ........................ 102 5 0St. Mark, North Audley-street ............... 90 12 8Immanuel Church, Streathain ............... 98 6 11Central Hill Congregational Church, Upper Norwood ... 91 0 1St. Paul Presbyterian Church, Westbourne-grove ...... 85 2 3Regent-square Presbyterian Church and School ...... 96 3 4St. Paul, Onslow-square .................. 491 6 3St. Paul, Wilton-place, and St. Mary, Graham-street ... 384 4 6St. Stephen, South Dulwich ............ 203 9 6St. John, Blackheath..................... 88 12 10St. Thomas, Portman-square ............... 81 13 II)St. Saviour, Upper Chelsea.................. 92 14 6Holy Trinity, Sydenham .............., ... 220 8 10St. Michael, Highgate .................. 101 10 6St. Mark, Hamilton-terrace ............... 273 3 6Dutch Church, Austin Friars ............... 88 1 6St. Stephen, Gloucester-road ............... 114 11 4-St. Barnabas, Addison-road ......... 120 7 5St. John’s Wood Presbyterian Church ......... 82 3 7St. Paul, Avenue-road .................. 111 16 6;St. Matthew, Bayswater ............... 140 2 5Blackheath Congregational Church ............ 135 13 0St. Sophia (Greek Church), Bayswater ......... ’" 81 4 2St. Paul, Wimbledon ..................... 82 0 0St. Mary Aldermary, St. Thomas, St. Antholin, City... 90 9 1St. Andrew, Fulham.., ..’ ........, ...... 94 6 10St. Peter, Brockley ..................... 113 0 0All Saints, North Peckham ............... 172 10 0St. George. Hanover-square, and St. Mary ......... 158 0 1St. Paul, Beckenham........, .....’ ....., 108 0 0St. James, Ki(lbrook................., ’" 96 7 5Portman Chapel, Baker-street ............... 93 0 8St. John Presbyterian Church, Kensington ......... 94 0 0

Lyndhurst-road Congregational Church, Hampstead ... 96 6 10

The records of other amounts have been reeeived and 1I:ill bepublished in ocr next issue.

1741VITAL STATISTICS.-THE SERVICES.

VITAL STATISTICS.

HEALTH OF ENGLISH TOWNS.

IN 33 of the largest English towns 6695 births and 3607deaths were registered during the week ending June 17th.The annual rate of mortality in these towns which hadbeen 17’7 and 16-4 per 1000 in the two preceding weeks,rose again last week to 16’5. In London the rate was

15’1 per 1000, while it averaged 17-4 in the 32 provincialtowns. The lowest rates in these towns were 9’0 in

Croydon, 9’3 in Cardiff, 11-4 in Brighton, and 11-8in West Ham ; the highest rates were 20-8 inHalifax, 21-7 in Burnley, 22-0 in Salford, and 24-8in Manchester. The 3607 deaths included 416 whichwere referred to the principal zymotic diseases, against386 and 397 in the two preceding weeks ; of these,142 resulted from measles, 91 from whooping-cough,83 from diphtheria, 48 from diarrhoea, 25 from scarletfever, 25 from "fever " (principally enteric), and two fromsmall-pox. No death from any of these diseases was

recorded last week in Brighton; in the other towns theycaused the lowest death-rates in Cardiff, Bolton, Hudders-field, and Sunderland, and the highest rates in Swansea,Burnley, Manchester, and Sheffield. The greatest mortalityfrom measles occurred in Liverpool and in Manchester ; fromscarlet fever in Bradford; and from whooping-cough inPlymouth, Salford, Hull, and Gateshead. The mortality from" fever " showed no marked excess in any of the large towns.The 83 deaths from diphtheria included 35 in London, 10in Sheffield, six in Leicester, five in Swansea, four in Liver-pool, and four in Leeds. One fatal case of small-pox wasregistered in Liverpool and one in Hull, but not one inany other of the 33 large towns; and only one case

,of small-pox was under treatment last week in the

Metropolitan Asylums Hospitals. The number of scarletfever patients in these hospitals and in the LondonFever Hospital on Saturday last, June 17th, was 2280, againstnumbers increasing from 2161 to 2269 at the end of the fourpreceding weeks ; 262 new cases were admitted duringthe week, against 229, 260, and 278 in the three precedingweeks. Influenza was certified as the primary cause of 13deaths in London. The deaths referred to diseases of therespiratory organs in London, which had been 240 and 216 inthe two preceding weeks, further declined last week to 207,and were 17 below the corrected average. The causes of 37,or 1-0 per cent., of the deaths in the 33 towns were notcertified either by a registered medical practitioner or bya coroner. All the causes of death were duly certifiedin Nottingham, Bradford, Leeds, Hull, and in 16 othersmaller towns. The largest proportions of uncertified deathswere registered in West Ham, Birmingham, Leicester, andHalifax.

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HEALTH OF SCOTCH TOWNS.

The annual rate of mortality in the eight Scotch towns,which had been 19’9 and 18-9 per 1000 in the two pre-ceding weeks, further declined to 17-9 during the weekending June 17th, but was 1-4 per 1000 above the meanrate during the same period in the 33 large Englishtowns. The rates in the eight Scotch towns ranged from13-5 in Perth and 17-0 in Edinburgh to 19-6 in Paisleyand 21-9 in Aberdeen. The 546 deaths in these townsincluded 24 which were referred to diarrhoea, 11 to measles,10 to whooping-cough, eight to scarlet fever, eight to diph-theria, five to " fever," and one to small-pox. In all, 67 deathsresulted from these principal zymotic diseases, against 68 and66 in the two preceding weeks. These 67 deaths were equalto an annual rate of 2-2 per 1000, which was 03 abovethe mean rate last week from the same diseases in the 33large English towns. The fatal cases of measles, whichhad increased from 11 to 25 in the three preceding weeks,declined again to 11 last week, of which 10 occurred in

Glasgow. The 10 deaths from whooping-cough showed adecline of six from the number in the preceding week, andincluded six in Glasgow and three in Leith. The fatal cases-of scarlet fever, which had been 11 and five in the two pre-ceding weeks, rose again to eight last week, of which fiveoccurred in Glasgow and three in Edinburgh. The eightdeaths referred to diphtheria exceeded the number recordedin any recent week, and included two in Glasgow, two inDundee, and two in Aberdeen. Of the five fatal cases

of "fever" three occurred in Glasgow, where the death frcm

small-pox was also registered. The deaths referred todiseases of the respiratory organs in these towns, which hadbeen 108 and 93 in the two preceding weeks, further declinedto 87 last week, and were 21 below the number in the corre-sponding period of last year. The causes of 22, or morethan 4 per cent., of the deaths in these eight towns last weekwere not certified.

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HEALTH OF DUBLIN.

The death-rate in Dublin, which had been 22-1 and 25’2per 1000 in the two preceding weeks, declined again to 21’5during the week ending June 17th. During the past fourweeks the death-rate in the city has averaged 23’8 per1000, the rate during the same period being 15’9 inLondon and 17’9 in Edinburgh. The 144 deaths regis-tered in Dublin during the week under notice showeda decline of 25 from the number in the preceding week, andincluded 11 which were referred to the principal zymoticdiseases, against five and 11 in the two precedingweeks ; of these, four resulted from whooping-cough, fourfrom diarrhoea, one from measles, one from scarlet fever,one from "fever," and not one either from small-pox ordiphtheria. These 11 deaths were equal to an annualrate of 1’6 per 1000, the zymotic death-rate during thesame period being 1’8 in London and 1-9 in Edinburgh.The deaths referred to whooping-cough, which had beenone, two, and three in the three preceding weeks, furtherrose to four last week. The mortality from scarlet feverand from "fever" showed a decline from that recorded inthe preceding week; while the four fatal cases of diarrhoeaexceeded the number registered in any recent week. The144 deaths in Dublin last week included 21 of infants underone year of age and 33 of persons aged upwards of 60 years ;the deaths both of infants and of elderly persons were belowthese recorded in recent weeks. Two inquest cases and onedeath from violence were registered ; and 52, or more thana third, of the deaths occurred in public institutions. Thecauses of 6, or more than 4 per cent., of the deaths in thecity last week were not certified.

THE SERVICES.

ROYAL NAVY MEDICAL SERVICE.DEPUTY INSPECTOR-GENERAL THOMAS BROWN to be

Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets. Fleet SurgeonC. C. Godding to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitalsand Fleets. The under-mentioned surgeons are speciallypromoted to the rank of Staff Surgeon in Her Majesty’sFleet: Octavius William Andrews and William JobMaillard, V.C.

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.

Major G. H. Thomas has arrived in England on completionof a tour of service in Gibraltar. The following officershave been selected for duty on Salisbury Plain during themanœuvres: 1st Cavalry Brigade, Major Melville; RoyalHorse Artillery, Major Dodd ; 2nd Brigade Division R.F.A.,Major Reckitt ; lst Infantry Brigade, Lieutenant Hewitt ;2nd Infantry Brigade, Lieutenant Scott; 3rd InfantryBrigade,. Captain Faichnie ; 4th Infantry Brigade, Lieu-tenant Parker; 6th Infantry Brigade, Lieutenant Gill;7th Infantry Brigade, Lieutenant Jones ; 8th InfantryBrigade, Lieutenant Winkfield.

INDIA AND THE INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICES.To be Brigade-Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel: Surgeon-

Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Denis Moriarty, Bengal Estab-lishment. Majors to be Lieutenant-Colonels: BengalEstablishment: Francis Frederick Perry, Stephen Little,George Hart Desmond Gimlette, Christian Bernard Hunter,and Julian Carter Carington Smith. Madras Estab-Lis7ament William Frederick Thomas, Henry George LutherWortabet, Edulji Palanji Frenchman, Richard James,Sarkies Carrapiet Sarkies, and David Stuart Erskine Bain.Captains to be Majors: Bengal -Establisliment : William

Henry Wilson Elliot, William Ronaldson Clark, GeorgeFrederick William Braide, Robert John Marks, CharlesEdward Sunder, Malcolm Albert Ker, Andrew Buchanan,Lewis Gordon Fischer, William Vost, John Garvie, ClarenceEdwin Lloyd Gilbert, Courtenay Clarke Manifold, andGerard Beatty Irvine. Madras -EstabZis7imeizt: Frederick

James Crawford, David Simpson, Robert Robertson, and