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BROMSGROVE, WORCESTERSHIRE, BARNSLEY HALL ASYLUM.—MedicalSuperintendent. Salary f:600 per annum and unfurnished house,with fual, light, washing, and garden produce.

CANCER HOSPITAL, Fulham-road, London, S.W.-Surgical Registrar.Honorarium f:26 5s. per annum.

CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST, Victoria IPark, E.—House Physician for six months. Salary at the rate off:30 per annum, with board and residence. Also Surgeon Dentist.

DEVONPORT, ROYAL ALBERT HOSPITAL.—Assistant Resident MedicalOfficer, unmarried, tor six months. Salary at rate of R50 a year,with board and lodgings.

EAST LONDON HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN AND DISPENSARY FOR WOMEN,Shadwell, E.-Surgeon. Also Assistant Surgeon.

GORDON HOSPITAL FOR FISTULA, &c., Vauxhall Bridge-road, S.W.-Honorary Amesthetist.

HANTS COUNTY ASYLUM.—Third Assistant Medical Officer, unmarried.Salary £150 per annum, with apartments, board, washing, andattendance.

INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE.—Examination for not less than TwentyCommissions.

LEICESTER INFIRMARY.-Assistant House Surgeon. Salary f:50 perannum, with board, apartments, and washing.

LiTTLRMOBE PAUPER LuNATio ASYLUM, near Oxford.—SecondAssistant Medical Officer, unmarried. Salary B120, rising to f:150,with rooms and board.

LIVERPOOL STANLEY HOSPITAL.—Assistant Honorary OphthalmicSurgeon.

LONDON HOSPITAL, Whitechapel, E.—Medical Registrarship.MIDDLESBROUGH, NORTH RiDINGr INFIRMARY.—Assistant House

Surgeon, unmarried. Salary f:75 per annum, with residence,board, and washing.

NORFOLK AND NORWICH HOSPITAL.-Second Assistant House Surgeonfor six months. Honorarium ,820, with board, residence, andlaundry.

NORTHAMPTON, SAINT ANDREW’S HOSPITAL FOR MENTAL DISEASES.-Junior Assistant Medical Officer, unmarried. Salary .E200, withboard, lodging, and washing.

NORTa-EasTERN HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, Haekney-road, BethnalGreen, E.-Resident Medical Officer. Salary B100 per annum, withboard, residence, and washing. Also Pathologist and Bacterio-logist. Salary B75 per annum, with lunch.

PERTH DISTRICT ASYLUM, Murthly.-Assistant Physician. Salary f:l20,with board and residence.

PLYMOUTH, SOUTH DEVON AND EAST CORNWALL HOSPITAL.-AssistantHouse Surgeon for six months, renewable. Salary at rate of e50per annum, with board, residence, and washing.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray’s Inn-road, W.C.—Anaesthetist. AlsoAssistant Anaesthetist and Clinical Assistants.

ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CH6ST, City-road, E.C.-Medical Officer to the Roentgen Ray Department. Honorarium25 guineas per annum.

ST. MARYLEBONE GENERAL DISPENSARY, Welbeek-street, Cavendish-square.-Honorary Dental Surgeon

SALFORD ROYAL HOSPlTAL.—Junior House Surgeon for six months.Salary at rate of ,890 per annum, with board and residence.

SHEFFIELD UNION HOSPITAL.—Resident Medical Officer. Salary £100per annum, with apartments, rations, and allowances.

STOCKPoRr INFIRMARY.—Junior Assistant House Surgeon for sixmonths Salary at rate of £40 per annum, with board, washing,and residence.

STROUD GENERAL HOSPITAL.-House Surgeon. Salary f:80 per annum,with board, lodging, and washing.

VICTORIA. HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, Tite-street, Chelsea, S.W.-Surgeon to Out-patients.

WEST AFRICA, PRINCESS CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL, Sierra Leone.-MedicalOfficer. Salary ,8250, with rooms.

WEST-END HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM,73, Welbeek-street, W.-Resident House Physician and MedicalRegistrar for six months, renewable. Salary at rate of 53 guineasper annum, with board, washing, and attendance.

WEST LONDON HOSPITAL, Hammersmith-road, W.-House Physicianfor six months. Board, lodging, and laundry allowance provided.

WOLVERHAJlIPTON AND MIDLAND COUNTIES EYE INFIRMARY.—HouseSurgeon. Salary E70 per annum, with rooms, board, and washing.

THE Chief Inspector of Factories, Home Office, S.W.. gives notice ofa vacancv as Certifying Surgeon under the Factory and WorkshopAct at Sheffield, in the county of York.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

BEVAN.—On May 25th, at Kensington Gardens-terrace, the .wife ofArthur Bevan, M.D., of a daughter.

CRoss.-On May 27th, at Peterstield, Hants, the wife of Robert G.Cross, L R.C.P.. M.R C.S., of a son.

HALL.-On May 23rd. at Bath Lodge, Bitterne, Hants, the wife ofEdmund S. Hall, M.B.Lond., &c., of a daughter.

LAUCHLAN.—On May 26th, at South Side. Clapham Common, S.W., thewife of Charles A. Lauchlan, L R.C.P. & S.E., of a son.

MYERS-WARD.-On May 30th, at Kelvin House, Green Lane, North-wood, Middlesex, the wife of C. F. Myers-Ward, of a son.

SYMONS -On May 26th, at Edgeneld. S. Peter’s, Jersey, the wife ofA. N. Symons, M.R C.S., L.R.C.P., of a son.

WADDELOW -On May 22nd, 1906. at The Chantry, Whittlesey, the wifeof John J. Waddelow, J.P., F.R.C.S. Eng., of a daughter.

DEATH.JACOB.-On May 25th, at ’Reigate, Edward Long Jacob, M.R.C.S.,

M.R.C.P., aged 72 years.

,N.B.-A fee of 5s. is charged for the insertion of Notieee of Births,-

Marriages, and Deaths.

Notes, Short Comments, and Answersto Correspondents.

CHRYSANTHEMUM IN EPILEPSY.

IN THE LANCET of April 29th, 1905, p. 1167, our Manchester corre-spondent gave an account of a case in which an epileptic patienthad derived great benefit from smoking the dried petals of the

chrysanthemum mixed with cascarilla bark. The patient had appa-rently been led to try the petals from a suggestion of Mr. A. W.Martin, medical officer of health of Gorton, who had proposed themas a substitute for tobacco. Mr. Martin now writes to us that sincethe appearance of the paragraph referred to he has received manycommunications upon the subject from patients or those interestedin them, where relief in epilepsy has been obtained after the use ofthe petals. One of these, which he incloses, runs as follows :-

You will remember me writing you about a year ago, about thechrysanthemum smoking. I am very thankful to be able to tell

you my son has improved. He has not had a quarter as manyattacks and not so severe. He has smoked two cigarettes a daysince November and I have dried sufficient for the vear; it acts onhis bowels splendid. Hoping he will continue to improve andthanking you ever so much,

.

Yours sincerely,May 14th. -

It may be worth while to submit chrysanthemum petals to analysis,j which we propose to do when the supply of flowers becomes

abundant.

STONE-GROUND FLOUR.

To the Editors of THE LANCET.

SIRS,—A copy of THE LANCET of April 21st was sent me a short timeback and under the " Annotations " an article on " Toast appears.Reference is there made to the grinding of wheat between stones beinga matter of history, &c. It occurred to me to write and say so far as

my little town is concerned it is not, I am glad to say, altogetherso much up to date as the larger ones are and here one can obtain wholemeal ground at a watermill about one mile distant, between stones,sold at ls. 2d. per stone. I send herewith a small loaf, home-made-my wife makes it every week for me-as a specimen of what my foodconsists of in the bread line. I think you will admit it partakes of allthose characteristics mentioned in your article.

I am, Sirs, yours faithfully,Spilsby, May 18th, 1906. J. JARVIS RAINEY.

ARE DOCTORS GREEDY?

UNDER this amiable title the Sheffield Telegraph of May 26th gives abrief account of a paper read by a Mr. J. E. Bradwell before a

meeting of the Sheffield United Friendly Societies’ Council. Mr.Bradwell is reported to have said that "next to insufficient con-tributions on account of sickness liability the medical profession wasthe greatest danger to the future security of friendly societies.

Recalling the early arrangement, in accordance with which 2s. permember per annum was deemed sufficient payment by the doctors,he took advantage of rhyme to express himself :-

’Those were the days when doctorsHad kindly sense and reason,

When soulless greed and avariceWere deem’d a sort of treason.’

The doctors, with their cry for more, became very insulting, con-temptuous, and negligent of their ducies. They had expressed theirdemands in words which would be somewhat in place in the mouthof a highway robber, holding a pistol to the head of a defencelesstraveller, but scarcely what should be expected from a body ofcultured, refined, and tender-hearted gentlemen. Friendly societiesmust learn the lesson of organising for the protection of their owninterests." It is such things as those which Mr. Bradwell is re-

ported to have said that present the friendly adjustment of anadmittedly difficult question. When a medical man’s education cost50 per cent. less and when the expenses of medical treatment werelower in every way a lower rate of payment was acceptable.Now, not only is professional education much dearer, while pro-fessional expenses are much higher, but deliberate attempts are madeon all sides to exploit the medical man. Ile is to take the termsoffered to him, he is to attend at charity prices upon men whoseincomes are larger than his own, and if he resists he knows that an

attempt will be made to subsidise a professional rival. Naturally, themedical man does not feel well disposed to organisations which arerun upon lines of such direct animosity to himself. And equallynaturally vulgar insults, such as those attributed to Mr. Bradwell, donot help towards a settlement. To attribute to medical men " soul-less greed," to say that they have become " very insulting, con-temptuous, and negligent of their duties," and to compare them tohighway robbers is not only unmannerly, it is silly. Sick clubscannot exist without medical men. The one great thing that friendlysocieties have to offer to their clientèle is medical advice and treat-

I ment. Elementary commonsense would show that attempts to findout the real reasons for the piesent state of friction are the workbefore the reformer and that mud-slinging is an error in tactics.

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IN PRAISE OF RAMSEY.

THE town commissioners of Ramsey, Isle of Man, are circulating aletter in praise of the place from the pen of Mr. Hall Caine. We donot know of any special claims that Ramsey has upon thp attentionof the medical profession but we are certain that the town com-missioners could have found no more unfortunate advocate.Medical men are not likely to forget the onslaught that was madeupon hospital administration by Mr. Caine in a novel purporting todescribe the life of a nurse. The serious errors made in that book werepatent to every medical man who had been trained in a London hos-pital and no confidence will be attached to Mr. Caine’s advocacy whenhe praises a town in the Isle of Mau.

MIDWIFERY PUPILAGE.

To the Editors of THE LANCET.SIRS,—I wish to get employment with a medical man as a pupil to

attend labour cases under his instruction so as to qualify myself in thisway for sitting at the midwifery portion of the final examination ofthe Conjoint Board. I hope to be able to come to an arrangementwith some parish medical officer.-I am, Sirs, yours faithfully,May 28th, 1906. J. A. T.

EXCESSIVE SECRETION OF SEBUM.

Sebum writes : "Can any reader supply information as to drugs actingon the sebaceous secretion? Has atropine been tried in severe andlong-standing cases of excessive secretion ?"

THE CURE OF PARALYSIS AGITANS.

WE have received. several communications in the last month frommembers of the public asking for information as to the reported cureof locomotor ataxy and paralysis agitans upon some new systems.Two at least of our interrogators have been prompted by quackadvertisements. The answer to all is the same. The symptoms ofthese diseases are not produced by the same causes and the success ofrecognised treatment depends upon the particular cause. The familymedical adviser should be consulted, and he will recommend to thepatient where he should seek further advice if consultation is desiredwith regard to diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment. The advertise-ments upholding certain " new treatments " and foreign spas arenot to be relied upon.

A DISCLAIMER.

To the Editors of THE LANCET.SIRS.—The notice containing my name in the Orrrtskirk Advertiser

of Thursday, May 24th, was done without my knowledge or sanctionand the editor has been asked kindly to see that it is not repeated.

I am, Sirs, yours faithfully,Southport, May 25th, 1906. A. A. BRADBURNE, F.R.C.S. Edin.

THE A. E. JONES FUND.

To the Editors of THE LANCET.

SIRS,—Will you allow me to acknowledge in THE LANCET the receiptof the following subscriptions ?

I am, Sirs, yours faithfully,45, Queen Anne street, W., May 29th, 1906. C. WYNN WiRGxaN.

VISIT OF THE CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL SOCIETY TOMESSRS. BURROUGHS, WELLCOME AND CO.’S WORKS.

A REPRESENTATIVE gathering of members of the Chemical and PhysicalSociety of London paid a visit to Dartford on May 22nd, where theyinspected the Wellcome Chemical Works and Laboratories and

expressed themselves as much interested in the methods and

apparatus employed. The visit closed with an inspection of theWellcome Club and Institute, where the staff club house, thegymnasium, the library building and club house for lady employees,and the extensive sports fields came in for much commendation.

THE NEW NAVY TOBACCO.

WE are asked to state that the Navy Tobacco which was reported uponin our Analytical Notes published on Nov. 4th, 1905, p. 1338, can beobtained retail from Messrs. Cohen and Weenen. The firm whosename was mentioned in the Analytical Note are only wholesaleagents. Messrs. Cohen and Weenen’s address will be found in our

advertising columns.

Fairplay.-Speaking generally we agree with our correspondent. Wethink, however, that the Local Government Board would certainlydecline to take the suggested step. In the present condition of localgovernment it is impossible that all medical officers of health shouldbe in possession of the diploma. Where the responsibilities are of acertain character and magnitude the Local Government Board hasdecided that the diploma must be held but in other localities the

possession of the diploma for many obvious reasons ought not, ipqofacto, to determine the election of a medical officer of health over thehead of a candidate without the diploma. The possession of thediploma is a good testimonial but the Local Government Board wouldnot be likely to attempt to make it imply more.

COMMUNICATIONS not noticed in our present issue will receive attentionm our next.

Medical Diary for the ensuing Week.OPERATIONS.

METROPOLITAN HOSPITALS.MONDAY (4th).—London (2 P.M.), St. Bartholomew’s (1.30 P.M.), St.

Thomas’s (3.30 P.M.), St. George’s (2 P.M.), St. Mary’s (2.30 P.M.),Middlesex (1.30 P.M.), Westminster (2 P.M.), Chelsea (2 P.M.),Samaritan (Gynaecological, by Physicians, 2 P.M.), Soho-square(2 P.M.), City Orthopaedic (4 P.M.), Gt. Northern Central (2.30 P.M.),West London (2.30 P.M.), London Throat (9.30 A.M.), Royal Free(2 P.M.), Guy’s (1.30 P.M.), Royal Ear (2 P.M.), Children, Gt. Ormond-street (3 P.M.).

TUESDAY (5th).-London (2 P.M.), St. Bartholomew’s (1.30 P.M.), St.Thomas’s (3.30 P.M.), Guy’s (1.30 P.M.), Middlesex (1.30 P.M.), West-minster (2 P.M.), West London (2.30 P.M.), University College(2 P.M.), St. George’s (1 P.M.), St. Mary’s (1 P.M.), St. Mark’s(2.30 P.M.), Cancer (2 P.M.), Metropolitan (2.30 P.M.), London Throat(9.30 A.M.), Samaritan (9.30 A.M. and 2.30 P.M.), ’lhroat, Golden-square (9.30 A.M.), Soho-square (2 P.M.), Chelsea (2 P.M.), CentralLondon Throat and Ear (2 P.M.), Children, Gt. Ormond-street(2 P.M., Ophthalmic, 2.15 P.M.).

WEDNESDAY (6th).-St. Bartholomew’s (1.30 P.M.), University College(2 P.M.), Royal Free (2 P.M.), Middlesex (1.30 P.M.), Charing Cross(3 P.M.), St. Thomas’s (2 P.M.), London (2 P.M.), King’s College(2 P.M.), St. George’s (Ophthalmic, 1 P.M.), St. Mary’s (2 P.M.),National Orthopaedic (10 A.M.), St. Peter’s (2 P.M.), Samaritan(9.30 A.M. and 2.30 P.M.), Gt. Northern Central (2.30 P.M.), West.minster (2 P.M.), Metropolitan (2.30 P.M.), London Throat (9.30 A.M.),Cancer (2 P.M.), Throat, Golden-square (9.30 A.M.), Guy’s (1.30 P.M.),Royal Ear (2 P.M.), Royal Orthopaedic (3 P.M.), Children, Gt.Ormond-street (9.30 A.M., Dental, 2 P.M.).

THURSDAY (7th).-St. Bartholomew’s (1.30 P.M.), St. Thomas’s(3.30 P.M.), University College (2 P.M.), Charing Cross (3 P.M.), St.George’s (1 P.M.), London (2 P.M.), King’s College (2 P.M.), Middlesex(1.30 P.M.), St. Mary’s (2.30 P.M.), Soho-square (2 P.M.), North-WestLondon (2 P.M.), Gt. Northern Central (Gynaecological, 2.30 P.M.),Metropolitan (2.30 P.M.), London Throat (9.30 A.M.), Samaritan(9.30 A.M. and 2.30 P.M.), Throat, Golden-square (9.30 A.M.), Guy’s(1.30 P.M.), Royal Orthopaedic (9 A.M.), Royal Ear (2 P.M.), Children,Gt. Ormond-street (2.30 P.M.).

FRIDAY (8th).-London (2 P.M.), St. Bartholomew’s (1.30 P.M.), St.Thomas’s (3.30 P.M.), Guy’s (1.30 P.M.), Middlesex (1.30 P.M.), CharingCross (3 P.M.), St. George’s (1 P.M.), King’s College (2 P.M.), St. Mary’s(2 P.M.), Ophthalmic (10 A.M.), Cancer (2 P.M.), Chelsea (2 P.M.), Gt.Northern Central (2.30 P.M.), West London (2.30 P.M.), LondonThroat (9.30 A.M.), Samaritan (9.30 A.M. and 2.30 P.M.), Throat,Golden-square (9.30 A.M.), City Orthopsedio (2.30 P.M.), Soho-square(2 P.M.), Central London Throat and Ear (2 P.M.), Children, Gt,Ormond-street (9 A.M., Aural, 2 P.M.), St. Mark’s (2.30 P.M.).

SATURDAY (9th).-Royal Free (9 A.M.), London (2 P.M.), Middlesex(1.30 P.M.), St. Thomas’s (2 P.M.), University College (9.15 A.M.),Charing Cross (2 P.M.), St. George’s (1 P.M.), St. Mary’s (10 P.M.),Throat, Golden-aquare (9.30 A.M.), Guy’s (1.30 P.M.), Children, Gt.Ormond-street (9.30 A.M.).

At the Royal Eye Hospital (2 P.M.), the Royal London Ophthalmic(10 A.M.), the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic (1.30 P.M.), and theCentral London Ophthalmic Hospitals operations are performed daily.

SOCIETIES.WEDNESDAY (6th).—OBSTETRICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON (20, Hanover-

square, W.).-8 P.M. Specimens will be shown by Mr. H. T. Hicks,Dr. R. H. Bell, and Mr. D. Drew (introduced by Dr. Tate). ShortCommunication: Dr. W. H. B. Brook: Three Cases of Glycosuriaof Pregnancy. Paper :-Dr. G. E. Herman : A Case showing (a)Uterine Contraction without Retraction, (b) Prolonged High Tem-perature of Nervous Origin.

THURSDAY (7th).—NORTH-BAST LONDON CLINICAL SOCIETY (Totten-ham Hospital, N.).- 4 P.M. Clinical Cases.

FRIDAY (8th).-WEST LONDON MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY (Ken-sington Town Hall).-8 30 P.M. Cavendish Lecture : Sir WilliamMacewen. Followed by Conversazione and Exhibition.

LEOTURES, ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, &0.MONDAY (4th).-LONDON SCHOOL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE (Drea,]’

nought Hospital, Greenwich).-2.30 P.M. Operations. Sir D. Duck-worth : Medicine. 3.15 P.M. Mr. W. Turner: Surgery. 4 P.M. Dr.StClair Thomson: Throat and Ear. Out-patient Demonstrations :-10 A.M. Surgical and Medical. 12 noon. Ear and Throat.

rUESDAY 5th).—MEDICAL GRADUATES’ COLLEGE AND POLYCLINIC(22, Chenies-btreet, W.C.).-4 P.M. Dr. J. E. Squire: Clinique.(Medical.) 5.15 P.M. Lecture :-Mr. R. Johnson: The Diseases ofthe Breast which may Resemble Carcinoma.

POST-GRADUATE COLLEGE (West London Hospital, Hammersmith-road, W.).-10 A.M. Medical and Surgical Wards. 10.30 A.M.

Gynaecological Operations. 11 A M. Operations in Out-patientDepartment. 2 P.M. Medical and Surgical Clinics. 2 30 P.M.Operations. Skin. Ear and Throat. 3 P M. Dr. Taylor: MedicalCases in Wards. 5 P.M. Dr. Low Bilharzial Disease.