1655 NORTHERN COUNTIES NOTES.—IRELAND.—PARIS. Something like 600 or 700 people (including women and children) have been entertained at each of the society’s weekly meetings, the entertainments consisting of music, ringing, and recitations by residents in or near Manchester, as well as of short, practical addresses by medical men and others on matters concerning the health and general well-being of the poorer classes of the people. The audience consists, as it ought to do, not of wcll-dtessed artisans, who can very well afford to pay for their own amusements, but of men and boys fresh from their work and in their working dress, and of working women with shawls over their heads just as they have returned from the mill or the warehouse. In the course of last Monday’s meeting a very cordial resolution was unanimously carried by acclamation thankiug Dr. Tatham for the constant interest he had always shown in the practical work of the society and for the able advice and assistance which he had always so freely given. The resolution further expressed the hope that health and happiness might attend him and his family in his new and wider sphere of labour in the metropolis. Society for the Preventim of Cruelty to Children. This excellent society bids fair in time to become a whole- some terror to inhuman parents who delight in treating their children so cruelly as to cause either their death or the serious impairment of their health in order to gratify their own craving for strong drink. At the police-court last week two of these brutes were rightly sent to prison with hatd labour one for cruelly neglecting his children and forcing them into the street at night in all kinds of weather, and the other for practically starving his wife and children, in order that he might lie in bed and drink to his own satisfaction. The poor wife said that her husband could readily earn £3 or £ 4 a week, but that he was a drunkard and spent most of his time and what money he earned in drinking. In this case the evidence was that whilst the husbard lay in bed drunk with a jug of beer by the bedside the police officer found the mother and children in the kitchen absolutely without food or fuel. These inhuman monsters were sentenced to periods of imprisonment with hard labour which, it is hoped, will lead them to turn over a new leaf in future. Dec. 26th. NORTHERN COUNTIES NOTES. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ) Munificent Bequests by Newcastle and Durham Citizens. The 1 ite Mr. John Taylor, of Newcastle, has left about f:5500 to local medical and benevolent institutions ; amongst others, the following benefit : Newcastle Royal lnfirmary, £ 2000 ; Convalescent Society, £ 200 ; the Deaf and Dumb Institution, .E250 ; the Blind Asylum, £ 250 ; Hospital for Sick Children, f:200; Newcastle Dispensary, £ 400 ; the Eye Infirmary, £ 200 ; Natural History Museum, £ 200 ; and North- umberland Village Homes, .&200 -The late Mr. George Freeman, of Newcastle, has left, amongst other bequests to charitable and benevolent institutions in Newcastle, f:100O to the Royal Infirmary free of legacy duty.--The late Mr. Francis Dixon Johnson, of Aykley Heads, near Durham, has left.6500 to the treasurer of the Durham County Hospital, and £ 500 for the benefit of that institution. Presentation to a Newcastle Surgeon. Dr. Craggs, who has relinquished his post as resident surgeon at the Newcastle Union Infirmary, has been presented with a handsome pedestal writing-table as a tribute of the respect in which he was held by the officers of the union infirmary. Ambulance Work in the North. Dr. Anderson of Seaton Delaval has examined the ambulance classes at Glanton instructed by Mr. Watson of Whittingham and expressed his satisfaction with their efficiency. The members of the ambulance classes meeting at Barrasford, North Tyne, have presented their instructor, Mr. Fraser, of Warke, North Tyne, with a handsome silver pocket case of instruments as a mark of esteem and in appre- ciation of his services. The ambulance classes at Wigton have been examined by Dr. Lediard of Carlisle, who was greatly pleased with the results of the instruction given them by Dr. Myles. The frequency of Fatal Lamp Accidents at Hartlepool. Lamp accidents seem to be, so to speak, endemic at Hartlepool. Last time I noted two children as having fallen victims in this way, and nearly every other week or so it is the same. Last Sunday a widow expired at the Hartlepools Hospital from burns accidentally received during the previous night, when she was found in her house enveloped in flames, a broken paraffin lamp lying at her feet and part of its contents blazing on the floor. A Curious Fatality. A farmer last week was carting hay from the railway station at Gaisgill, Westmoreland, walking by the side of his cart, when the load overturned. A man passing, thinking that the owner had gone for help, went also for assistance, and returned in half an hour and found that the unfortunate driver was dead, having been suffocated under the hay. Newcastle-on-Tyne, Dec. 27th. IRELAND. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Prosecution under the Pharmacy Act, At Templemore petty sessions last week a trader namrd F. 0’Mullane was summoned under the Pharmacy Act for having sold a poison contrary to the Pharmacy Act (trel.). 1875, not being legally entitled to do so. The defendant had been twice previously proceeded against on the same charge, but the firat proceeding was dismissed, and in the second the magistrates held that they had no jurisdiction. A police- man deposed that he purchased oxalic acid in June last in O’Mullane’s shop. He told defendant that he was violating the law, and the defendant said that if witness did not take action he would discontinue the sale of oxalic acid. The magistrates imposed a penalty of £ 5. Dublin Water supply. The copious rainfall of last week has had the effect of replenishing to a large extent the Roundwood Reservoir. Up to the middle of last week it is computed that 100,000 000 gallons of water were added to the rf-servoir. Should the same weather continue it is thought that in about six weeks the water will be at its normal level. Coombe Lying-in Hospital. Dr. A. M. Bate has been appointed acting assistant master of this institution. Mr. Richmond R. Allen, L.R C S I., has been admitted a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. Dec. 27t.h. PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) An Anti.-coryzal Snuff. M. GRELLETY1recommends the following formula for a snuff to be employed against that common malady. a "cold in the head": Betol, 2 gr. 50 centigr. ; menthol, 25 centigr. ; hydro chlorate of cocaine, 15 centigr. ; roasted coffee, 1 gr. 50 centigr. Powder finely and pass through a fine sieve. M. Jullien believes the best application to be vaseline asso- ciated with boric acid, and condemns all powders, which he accuses of bringing about the concretion of themuco-purulent discharge. Temporary Aphasia in the Course of Pne2znzonza. M. Chantemesse calls attention to the occasional occurrence of the above-named complication of pneumonia, which, by its fugitive character and the benignity of its prognosis, is easily separable from the pneumonic aphasia due to coincident cerebral lesions such as meningitis, softening, &c. It is ordinarily on the second or third day of the illness that the complication reveals its existence. Its appearance is generally preceded during some hours by headache, or giddi- ness, or by numbness or formication of the right side of the face and right upper extremity. The aphasia may be established suddenly without any loss of conscious- ness ; in other instances, however, it follows a typical attack of apoplexy. The sufferer can only pronounce a few mono- syllables more or less appropriate to the subject he wishes to discourse upon. He is totally incapable of expressing his thoughts in speech or in writing. In the early stage of the 1 Société de Thérapeutique, Dec. 13th, 1893.
Something like 600 or 700 people (including women andchildren) have been entertained at each of the society’sweekly meetings, the entertainments consisting of music,ringing, and recitations by residents in or near Manchester,as well as of short, practical addresses by medical men andothers on matters concerning the health and generalwell-being of the poorer classes of the people. Theaudience consists, as it ought to do, not of wcll-dtessedartisans, who can very well afford to pay for theirown amusements, but of men and boys fresh from theirwork and in their working dress, and of working womenwith shawls over their heads just as they have returned fromthe mill or the warehouse. In the course of last Monday’smeeting a very cordial resolution was unanimously carried byacclamation thankiug Dr. Tatham for the constant interesthe had always shown in the practical work of the societyand for the able advice and assistance which he had alwaysso freely given. The resolution further expressed the hopethat health and happiness might attend him and his family inhis new and wider sphere of labour in the metropolis.
Society for the Preventim of Cruelty to Children.This excellent society bids fair in time to become a whole-
some terror to inhuman parents who delight in treating theirchildren so cruelly as to cause either their death or the seriousimpairment of their health in order to gratify their owncraving for strong drink. At the police-court last week twoof these brutes were rightly sent to prison with hatdlabour - one for cruelly neglecting his children andforcing them into the street at night in all kinds ofweather, and the other for practically starving his wife andchildren, in order that he might lie in bed and drink to hisown satisfaction. The poor wife said that her husbandcould readily earn £3 or £ 4 a week, but that he was a
drunkard and spent most of his time and what money heearned in drinking. In this case the evidence was thatwhilst the husbard lay in bed drunk with a jug of beer
by the bedside the police officer found the mother andchildren in the kitchen absolutely without food or fuel.These inhuman monsters were sentenced to periods of
imprisonment with hard labour which, it is hoped, willlead them to turn over a new leaf in future.
Dec. 26th. _________________
NORTHERN COUNTIES NOTES.(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. )
Munificent Bequests by Newcastle and Durham Citizens. The 1 ite Mr. John Taylor, of Newcastle, has left about
f:5500 to local medical and benevolent institutions ; amongstothers, the following benefit : Newcastle Royal lnfirmary,£ 2000 ; Convalescent Society, £ 200 ; the Deaf and DumbInstitution, .E250 ; the Blind Asylum, £ 250 ; Hospital forSick Children, f:200; Newcastle Dispensary, £ 400 ; the EyeInfirmary, £ 200 ; Natural History Museum, £ 200 ; and North-umberland Village Homes, .&200 -The late Mr. GeorgeFreeman, of Newcastle, has left, amongst other bequests tocharitable and benevolent institutions in Newcastle, f:100O tothe Royal Infirmary free of legacy duty.--The late Mr.Francis Dixon Johnson, of Aykley Heads, near Durham, hasleft.6500 to the treasurer of the Durham County Hospital,and £ 500 for the benefit of that institution.
Presentation to a Newcastle Surgeon.Dr. Craggs, who has relinquished his post as resident
surgeon at the Newcastle Union Infirmary, has been presentedwith a handsome pedestal writing-table as a tribute of therespect in which he was held by the officers of the union
infirmary.Ambulance Work in the North.
Dr. Anderson of Seaton Delaval has examined theambulance classes at Glanton instructed by Mr. Watson ofWhittingham and expressed his satisfaction with theirefficiency. The members of the ambulance classes meetingat Barrasford, North Tyne, have presented their instructor,Mr. Fraser, of Warke, North Tyne, with a handsome silverpocket case of instruments as a mark of esteem and in appre-ciation of his services. The ambulance classes at Wigton havebeen examined by Dr. Lediard of Carlisle, who was greatlypleased with the results of the instruction given them byDr. Myles.
The frequency of Fatal Lamp Accidents at Hartlepool.Lamp accidents seem to be, so to speak, endemic at
Hartlepool. Last time I noted two children as havingfallen victims in this way, and nearly every other weekor so it is the same. Last Sunday a widow expired atthe Hartlepools Hospital from burns accidentally receivedduring the previous night, when she was found in herhouse enveloped in flames, a broken paraffin lamp lying ather feet and part of its contents blazing on the floor.
A Curious Fatality.A farmer last week was carting hay from the railway
station at Gaisgill, Westmoreland, walking by the side of hiscart, when the load overturned. A man passing, thinkingthat the owner had gone for help, went also for assistance,and returned in half an hour and found that the unfortunatedriver was dead, having been suffocated under the hay.Newcastle-on-Tyne, Dec. 27th.
IRELAND.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Prosecution under the Pharmacy Act,At Templemore petty sessions last week a trader namrd
F. 0’Mullane was summoned under the Pharmacy Act forhaving sold a poison contrary to the Pharmacy Act (trel.).1875, not being legally entitled to do so. The defendant hadbeen twice previously proceeded against on the same charge,but the firat proceeding was dismissed, and in the secondthe magistrates held that they had no jurisdiction. A police-man deposed that he purchased oxalic acid in June last inO’Mullane’s shop. He told defendant that he was violatingthe law, and the defendant said that if witness did not takeaction he would discontinue the sale of oxalic acid. The
magistrates imposed a penalty of £ 5.
Dublin Water supply.The copious rainfall of last week has had the effect of
replenishing to a large extent the Roundwood Reservoir.
Up to the middle of last week it is computed that 100,000 000gallons of water were added to the rf-servoir. Should thesame weather continue it is thought that in about six weeksthe water will be at its normal level.
Coombe Lying-in Hospital. Dr. A. M. Bate has been appointed acting assistant master
of this institution.
Mr. Richmond R. Allen, L.R C S I., has been admitted aFellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.
Dec. 27t.h.
PARIS.(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
An Anti.-coryzal Snuff.M. GRELLETY1recommends the following formula for a
snuff to be employed against that common malady. a "coldin the head": Betol, 2 gr. 50 centigr. ; menthol, 25 centigr. ;hydro chlorate of cocaine, 15 centigr. ; roasted coffee, 1 gr.50 centigr. Powder finely and pass through a fine sieve.M. Jullien believes the best application to be vaseline asso-ciated with boric acid, and condemns all powders, which heaccuses of bringing about the concretion of themuco-purulentdischarge.
Temporary Aphasia in the Course of Pne2znzonza.M. Chantemesse calls attention to the occasional occurrence
of the above-named complication of pneumonia, which, byits fugitive character and the benignity of its prognosis, is
easily separable from the pneumonic aphasia due to coincidentcerebral lesions such as meningitis, softening, &c. It is
ordinarily on the second or third day of the illness that thecomplication reveals its existence. Its appearance is
generally preceded during some hours by headache, or giddi-ness, or by numbness or formication of the right sideof the face and right upper extremity. The aphasiamay be established suddenly without any loss of conscious-ness ; in other instances, however, it follows a typical attackof apoplexy. The sufferer can only pronounce a few mono-
syllables more or less appropriate to the subject he wishes todiscourse upon. He is totally incapable of expressing histhoughts in speech or in writing. In the early stage of the
1 Société de Thérapeutique, Dec. 13th, 1893.
1656 BERLIN.—MEDICAL NEWS.
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.
