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family of that name, of Workington, near Gateshead, and ofLow Fell. Mr. Davis’s father was in his time the only sur-geon in practice in the wide district between Gateshead andDurham city.

Bacteriological Laboratory.In the course of his lecture last week on " Human Para-

eites" " Mr. Page mentioned to the very large audience "thatit was due to an eminent citizen of Newcastle, Mr. ClementStephenson, and his investigations into the relationship ofanimals to man, that the College of Medicine at Newcastlehad been recently able to establish within its walls alaboratory thoroughly equipped with the most modernappliances for the investigation of the many interestingproblems constantly arising in this department of study."In addition to Mr. Stephenson’s pecuniary aid it should notbe forgotten, however, that Dr. Heath also gave powerfulassistance and impetus to the establishment of a bacterio-logical laboratory in the Newcastle College of Medicine.I hope in some fubure notes to give you a fuller account ofthis department.

A Coroner and Jury on Viewing the Body."At Jarrow the other day, at the conclusion of an inquesb,

the foreman wished to express the feelings of the jury onthe objectionable and useless rule of "viewing the body,"and asked, on the part of the jury, to be allowed to sign apetition against in. The coroner, however, suggested itwould be better to petition in favour of a Bill, now beforethe Legislature, dealing with the question of " viewing thebody," and this suggestion was carried out.

Professor George Hare Philipson, M.D.,D.C.L., F.R C.P.,has been elected President of the University of DarhamCollege of Medicine, Newcastle.

I hear that measles are so prevalent at Blackhill, in thecounty of Darham, that it has been requisite to close theBerfieldside Board schools. Sb. Mary’s Roman Catholicschools have been closed for some time owing to the samecause.

Dr. Jeaffreson has announced a course of lectures on"Diseases of the Eye" during the ensuing session at theEye Infirmary; also two special lectures on the ocular defectsof children, open to school masters and school mistresses andothers having the charge of children. A course of sanitary lec.tures is also announced, under the auspices of the SanitaryInstitute and the Corporation of Newcastle. At the closeof these lectures an examination for inspectors will be held.Newcastle on-Tyne, March 23rd.

SCOTLAND.(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.)

Dinner to Professor Haycraft.ON Thursday of lasb week Professor Haycraft was enter-

tained to dinner by a number of his friends in Edinburgh.Dr. James occupied the chair, and Mr. Cathcart, F.R.C.S.,was croupier. About forty sat down to dinner. Df. James,in proposing the health of their guest, referred in well-chosen and appreciative terms to the important work hehad performed as a teacher of advanced physiology in theUniversity, and to the value of his original researches, and saidthat the reason of their meeting that evening was to expresstheir appreciation and admiration for Professor Haycraftand their regret at the severance of his connexion with theEdinburgh School of Medicine. The toast was receivedwith great enthusiasm. Dr. Haycraft, after acknowledgingit and thanking his friends for their kindness to him, spokeof the spirit in which scientific work ought to be prosecuted,and animadverted on the commercial spirit which tended topervade both teachers and taught. Dr. Haycraft was pre-sented with a gold watch as a memento of the occasion.

Health of Edinburgh. ,

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The mortality last week was 107, making the death-rate21 per 1000. Diseases of the chest accounted for 47 deaths,and zymotic diseases for 7, of which 4 were due to whooping-cough. The intimations for the week were : typhus fever,2; typhoid fever, 1 ; diphtheria, 4; scarlatina, 24; andmeasles, 58.

Aberdeen City Hospital.The Public Health Committee of the Town Council are

understood to have completed arrangements for the removalof patients suffering from infectious diseases and theproper disposal of infected clothing. Some time ago thecommittee purchased a new ambulance in which patientscould be carried with the least possible inconvenience; andthe old ambulance, which was unsuitable for the purposeof conveying patients to and from the hospital, is now beingused for the removal of infected clothing to the hospital fordisinfection.

Health of Aberdeen.During the past week the following cases of zymotic

diseases were notified to the medical officer of health :-Scarlet fever, 9 ; typhoid fever, 4 ; diphtheria, 2 ; whoop-ing-cough, 51 ; erpsipelas, 6. Three deaths from influenzawere recorded by the registrars during the week. In hisreport for February, Dr. Hay, medical officer of health forthe city, savs that during the month 14 deaths were attri-buted to influenza, as againsb 41 in January, 21 in December,and 3 in November. In the fatal cases the duration of thedisease was from three weeks to one or two months. Theepidemic of scarlet fever continues to decline. Whooping-cough is still very prevalent ; during the month 222 cases.with 21 deaths, were recorded. In January there were 239cases, with 22 deaths. There were 7 cases of typhus fever,and they nearly all came from a single tenement in an east-end street.

IRELAND.(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Abolition of Visiting Physicians to Irish Lunatic Asylums.THE governors of the Cork District) Asylum have for-

warded to his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant a resolu-tion protesting against the proposal to remove the visitingphysicians of Irish lunatic asylums, and it is probable thatother boards of asylums will follow the same course.

Sir P. Dun’s Hospital.A ball in aid of the funds of this valuable charity

will be given under the patronage of her Excellency theCountees of Zetland and other distinguished ladies, in theLeinster Hall, on the 30th inst.

University of Dublin Tercentenary.The following is the programme of the Tercentenary

Celebration which has been adopted by the Tercentenarycommittee:-Tuesday, July 5th, at 10 A.M., reception ofguests and delegates by the provost in the ExaminationHall; 11.30 A.M., commemoration service in St. Patrick’sCathedral, guests and delegates to attend in academicrobes or official costume; 4 P.M., garden party in theFallows’ Garden ; 9 P.M., performance of Tercentenary Odeby University Choral Societv ; 10 P.M., reception and ballin the Mansion House. Wednesday, July 6th, 12 noon,conferring of honorary degrees in the Examination Hall,Trinity College; 3 p M., inauguration of the Graduates’Memorial; 7.30 P.M., Tercentenary Banquet in the LeinsterHall. Thursday, July 7th, 11 A.M.. procession in academiccostume from the Examination Hall to the Leinster Hall ;11.30 A.M., presentation of addresses by the delegates,Leinster Hall; 8 P.M , dramatic performance in the GaietyTheatre, at which Sheridan’s " Rivals" and a farce writtenfor the occasion will be performed. Friday July 8 th, 11 A.M.,addresses to the students by certain of the University guestsin the Examination Hall : 12.30, College races; 10 P.M,University ball, Leinster Hall.March 23rd.

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PARIS.(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Toxic Dyspnœa in Cardiac Affections.AT a meeting of the Societe Medicale des H6pitaux, held

on the 4th insb., M. Huchard read a paper on a Form ofDyspnœa.—toxic dyapnœa-occurring in cardiac cases, whichis scarcely alluded to by any author. It often happensthat a patient affected with disease of the aortic valves isseized with a form of dyspnoea distinct from the mechanicaldifficulty of breathing ordinarily met with in cardiacdisease, and characterised by its intensity and its paroxysmalnature, the attacks being provoked by the least effort, and

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also occurring spontaneously in the night. Pbysicalexami-nation of the heart and lungs fails to account for theseattacks, and the urine is free from albumen. M. Huchardascribes the paroxysms to renal insufficiency, the kidneysbeing incapable ot completely eliminating the toxines intro-duced into the system through the alimentary canal. Thisrenal insufficiency is, according to this authority, an earlyand nearly constant symptom in arterial cardiopathies, evenin the absence of albuminuris. In support of this etiologicalhypothesis M. Huchard adduces two proofs, one of a thera-peutical and another of an experimental order. The exclu.sion from the diet of all articles yielding a supply oftoxines—soups, meat, fish, preserved meats, rich cheeses,&c.-suffices to bring about the disappearance of theattacks, and they no longer recur if a rigid milk regimen beinstituted. The urine of these patients (taken before anytreatment had been commenced) injected into the veins ofanimals was found to have a urotoxic coefficient rangingfiom 0-273 to 0-370, a coefficient markedly inferior to thenormal, which is 0464 (Bouchard). In certain instances,however, when hepatic insufficiency complicates the case,the urine may become hypertoxic, the toxines normallydestroyed by the (healthy) liver, passing through the

kidneys. After a certain time thia bypertoxicity irritatesthe renal tissue and induces albuminuiia. The nocturnalcharacter of the dyspnoea in this class of cases is explainedby the fact that the elimination of poisons is more active atnight than during the day. The treatment found effectualby M. Huchard is the institution of an exclusively milk dietor a period of from one to three days, the diet to be thenmodified by the addition of eggs, vegetables, and overcookedmeat, all articles of food containing toxines to be rigidlyprohibited. It will often be necessary to prescribe, in addi-tion, intestinal disinfectants, such as salol, betol, naphthol,salicylate of bismuth, and, above all, benzo-naphthol.Hydrochloric acid benefits these patients. In the intervalof the attacks, iodide of potassium-or, preferably, iodide ofsodium-should be prescribed. M. Huchard states that hisexperience of the employment of bromide of potassium forthe relief of the early toxic dyspnoea is a disappointing one,that drug failing to relieve it in the least.

Death from Rupture of the Thoracic Aorta in a Man oftwenty years.

The rarity of this accident in so young a man entitles thedetails as given by M. Vibertlto the honour of a record in yourcolumns. The patient was a medical student who at the ageof one year had suffered from convulsions, and four yearslater had gone through an exceptionally severe attack oftyphoid fever. Since that period of his existence his healthhad been apparently good, no suspicion of heart diseasehaving ever been entertained. On Feb. 8th he returned tohis lodgings well and cheerfully disposed. In the course oethe night, however, he was seized with a very sharppain over the liver, which was only partially re-

lieved by bilious vomiting which supervened in the morn-ing. At 6 P.M. on Feb. 9th the sharp pain reappeared,and one hour later the patient uttered two loud cries andfell back dead. Post mortem the two pleural cavities werefound to contain blood, as much as 1800 grammes bf ingcollected from the right cavity. The pericardium containeda little clear fluid ; no trace of tuberculosis was discoveredin the lungs. The aorta was enclosed in a mass of coagulatedblood, the removal of which brought to light two transversetears in the walls of the vessel. The middle coat in theneighbourhood of the tears was in a state of degeneration.MM. Vibert and Brouardel are inclined to ascribe thisstructural cbaoge to the attack of enteric fever undergonefifteen years previously.March 23rd.

BERLIN

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

The Fourteenth Balneologists’ Congress.THE first sitting of the Fourteenth Balneologists’ Con-

gress was held here on Fridav, the llth instanb, ProfessorLiebreich in the chair. Dr. Weissenberg of Kolberg spokeon the treatment of nervous diseases of the stomach, andDr. Boas and Professor Ewald commented on his remark’.

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Dr. Lassar of Berlin discussed the treatment of eczema bybaths. Dr. Mayer of Karlsbad treated the question, "What)standpoint must we now take in the lfght of experience inthe treatment of diabetes mellitus ? " In the discussionDr. Gaus of Karlsbad referred to the dietetic treatmentof Kiitz of Marburg. The second sitting was held on thel2tb, Dr. Thilenius in the chair. Dr. Rompter of Gorbers,dorf spoke on the treatment of phthisis and Koch’s method,severely criticising the latter. Dr. Goldschmidt of Reichen.ball treated the initial symptoms of nervous asthma; Dr.Lindemann of Heligoland, the fffect of sea water ; and Dr.Groedel of Nanheim, the introduction of uniform rules forreporting analyses of spring water. The last sitting was heldon the 13bb, Professor Liebreich in the chair. Dr. Posner ofBerlin spoke on the internal treatment of stone, Dr. Freyof Baden-Baden on the watering places of the BlackForest, Dr. Joseph of Landeck on the etiology of neur-

asthenia, and on the American viburnum. Dr. Saalfeldof Berlin discussed the treatment of skin diseases by baths,and Dr. Schubert of Reinerz, bloodletting in chlorosis,which he warmly recommended, emphatically contradictingthe objection that the cures he had effected were due to othe1l’causes. The Congress was closed by a banquet.

Professor Credé.Professor Carl Credé of Leipsic, who died last week, was

a great benefactor of mankind, for it was he who intro-duced the simple method now universally practised ofpreventing bleni3orrbcei in new-born infants. He was also.the inventor of a manipulation in delivery which bears hisname (der Crec’esche Haudgriff) The more important ofhis writings are " De Omphali Proptosi," "Clinica!Lectures on Midwifery," "The Prussian Midwives andtheir Relation to the State and to Obstetrics," "ThePrevention of Inflammation of the Eyes in New-bornInfants," "Manual of Midwifery," and "Healthy andSick Lying in Women." Along with Speigelberg and

Gusaerow, he edited the " Contributions to Midwifery." He ,was born in Berlin in 1819, was appointed professor iaLeipsic in 1856, and taught there till 1887.

Death of Professor Kiissner.Professor Kussner of Halle died last week, aged only

thirty-nine. The themes of his writings are the accidentalcardiac murmurs, scarlatinal nephritis, tuberculosis of thetongue and of the sof palate, tuberculosis due to inocula-tion, leucocythaemia, congenital constriction of the aorta,cirrhosis of the liver, disseminated acute myelitis, aphasia,and athetosis, wandering pneumonia, the affection of thevagus in tabes dorsalis, local dropsy of uncertain origin,&c. His only book, bhe "Manuat of Acute InfectiousDiseases," was written by him conjointly with Richard Pott.

New Bledical Publications.

, "The Causes of Disease and How to Combat Them," byDr. Krocker; "Man, or How our Bodies are Framed andHow our Organs Work," by Dr. Ebenhoech ; "Man inHealth and in Sickness," by Professor Bock (fifteenth.much enlarged, edition); "The Hygiene of the Internal’Organs," by Paul Montegazza; " The Comfort of thePatient," by Dr. Martin Mendelsohn (second edition);" Two Hundred Eye-Benefactions in Words and Pictures,"by Dr. Katz, oculist (second edition); "A Short Compendiumof the Diseases of Children and their Treatment ; " " Th&Influenza Epidemic of 1889-1892," by Dr. Jacob Wolff." Women’s Work in War," by R. Behrends-Wirth; "TheQuarantine Station, El Tor," by Dr. Paul Kaufmann; "ThePenetration of Steam into Objects to be Disinfected," byH. Duneker.

The private lecturer, Dr. Thierfelder, has been appointedto succeed Professor Erwin von Esmarch as keeper of theHygienic Museum here. The title of Sanit atorath (SanitaryCouncillor) has been conferred on Dr. Arthur Hartmann,.and on Drs. Schwerin, Karl Kniger, and Julius Lazarus. ,

March 22nd.

FOOTBALL CASUALTIES.—Whilst playing a matchon Saturday, at Bath, a young man fractured his clavicle.During a ma,tch on the 17th instant, at Worksop, betweenKiveton Park and North Staveley, in the semi-finalSheffield Minor Cup, a Kiveton forward met with a severeaccident, and on medical examination it was found he had ’ "fractured his jaw." ,