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Humphry Museum in commemoration of the servicesrendered to the university by the late Sir George MurrayHumphry. As it is doubtful whether more than .B15,00Ocan be raised from local sources for the erection of the

buildings there is ample room for further large benefactions.The Syndicate report that there are now over 450 medicalstudents in Cambridge, the average annual entry being 140,and that the present buildings are not only inadequate inextent and equipment but are irreparably dilapidated. The

professors and other teachers, with their friends, have con-tributed liberally to the building fund, but the ability of theUniversity to supplement their efforts as they deserve is morethan doubtful.

LOUGHBOROUGH GENERAL HOSPITAL --- Theannual meeting of the governors and subscribers of the

Lougbborough General Hospital was held on March 12th,Mr. Hussey Packe presiding. The balance-sheet showed adeficit of £101, mainly owing to expenditure on altera-tions and repairs, the total expenditure being £1521 16s. 7d.During the year 843 out-patients received medical treatmentand 593 received surgical treatment, whilst 44 patientswere admitted for medical treatment in the institutionand 134 for surgical, no less than 600 casualties beingdealt with. The annual subscriptions were the highest everreceived in a year. The reports were adopted. Mr. HusseyPacke was re-elected president. Votes of thanks to thehonorary medical staff, committee, and visitors, concludedthe meeting.PRESENTATIONS TO MEDICAL MEN.-On Feb. 22nd

Mr. F. B. G. Stableford, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond., ofWhitchurch, Glamorganshire, being about to proceed onactive service to the seat of war in South Africa, was therecipient of useful and valuable presents from friends astokens of friendship and esteem.-On Feb. 28th the membersof the Shepherds-on-the-Down Lodge of Ancient Shepherdspresented Mr. E. F. Hastings Burroughs, L.R.C.S. Irel.,L.A.H. Dub., of Redland, Bristol, with a marble time-

piece and also with a silk sash having the arms of the societywoven on it as a mark of appreciation for his faithful services as lodge surgeon.-Mr. A. H. McDougall, L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S. Eng, district medical officer, parish of Birmingham,who is going to the front in South Africa, was presented on taking leave of his colleagues on March 6th with severalmementoes of his association with the parochial offices.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.—Messrs. Bailhère, Tindall, and Cox announce the publication next week of thefollowing important works :-A second edition of Mr. MayoRobson’s "Diseases of the Gail-bladder and Bile Ducts,"very considerably enlarged, and with many new cases

added. An English edition of Dr. Macnaughton-Jones’s"Manual of Diseases of Women." The form of thisedition has been changed from a crown 8vo to a demy8vo and is to contain about 1000 pages, more than600 illustrations, and 28 plates. It has been almost entirelyre-written and many new illustrations have been added.A translation of Dr. Jose Montenegro’s " Bubonic Plague,"

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by Dr. William Munro, with an appendix specially writtenby the author for the English edition. " Mock Nurses ofthe Latest Fashion," by Mr. F. J. Gant; reprintedwith additions from the Medical Press. The object the authorhad in mind when writing this series of sketches drawnfrom his personal experience was the advisability of "regis-tration of nurses." There will also be published very shortlyby the same firm a translation of Dr. Ludwig Grunwald’simportant work on " Nasal Suppuration," and two more Ivolumes of the recently started Medical Monograph Series,entitled, "Bacteriology of Everyday Life," by Dr. J. 0.Symes, and " Appendicitis," by Mr. A. H. Tubby.DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.-The Torquary Times

of March 2nd announced that Mrs. Mary Susan Curtis diedat No. 20, Sanford-crescent, Cockington, Devonshire, onFeb. 26h, at the remarkable age of 102 years and ninemonths. She was the daughter of Robert and Sarah Clampand was born in the parish of St. Nicholas. Ipswich, onMay 27th, 1797. According to the registers of the parish shewas baptized on July 23rd, 1797. She was married at thesame church on March 12th, 1820, to Mr. George Curtis ofSt. Lawrence. She hd been a widow for 33 years,her husband having died in 1867. Mrs. Curtis was auntto Sir Alfred Garrod, M.D. Lond. Her sight and memorywere fairly good, and she enjoyed reading the daily paper.

Long after she had passed her hundredth year she was to beseen walking in the neighbourhood of the avenues and thepier. Mrs. Curtis celebrated her centenary on May 27th,1897, at the then residence of her daughter, Mrs. Cockrill,Victoria-parade, when she was surrounded by her children,grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and other relatives.Until the attack of bronchitis, which terminated fatally infive days, Mrs. Curtis had been remarkably free from illness,having only required medical attendance for accidents

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during the last tour years. In January, 1896, she fell andwounded her forehead very badly, but the wound healed byfirst intention. Last October she fell down two steps andseverely wounded her left arm from the shoulder to the-elbow, but made a good recovery.OXFORD UNIVERSITY.-The degree of M.A..

(honoris causâ) was conferred in Convocation on Feb. 27th,upon Alexander Frederick Bradshaw, C.B., M.R.C.P. Lond.,Surgeon-Major-General (retired), honorary physician to theQueen, Fellow Commoner of Worcester College.THE LATE SURGEON B. G. HEATHER, R.N.-

The funeral of the late Surgeon B. G. Heather, R.N., whosedeath was announced in THE LANCET last week, took placeon March 7th at Plymouth Cemetery. The cortege which left-the Naval Hospital was headed by a funeral escort of over100 men of the Royal Marines, with the full band of the-regiment. Six naval surgeons acted as pall-bearers. Therewere also present many officers and a number of retiredofficers and men. The cause of Mr. Heather’s death was-influenza, followed by Malta fever. Much sympathy is feltin Plymouth for his father, Captain Heather, R.N.

THE LATE MR. E. STEPHENS.—Mr. EdwardStephens of Ilminster, Somerset, died on March 8th, in hisfifty-fourth year. Mr. Stephens received his medical educa-tion at Liverpool and University College and St. Mary’s Hos-pitals, London, and took the qualifications of M.R.C.S. Eng.and L.R C.P. Edin. in 1868 and 1869 respectively. He com-menced practice in Ilminster about 30 years ago and at thetime of his death was medical officer of health for the Chardrural district, and medical officer and public vaccinator forthe Ilmirster district of the Chard Union. Mr. Stephens,who had lately been in indifferent health, had gone on avisit to Bromley, Kent, and died there. The deceased willbe much missed in I1minster where he was very popular,

especially amongst the poor, to whom he was most kind.

Parliamentary Intelligence.NOTES ON CURRENT TOPICS.

Lunacy Bill.THE Bill to amend the Lunacy Laws promoted by the Government-

has passed through all its stages in the House of Lords and nowfalls to be dealt with by the other branch of the Legislature.

The ividwives Bill in the Hou.se ot Lords.The Midwives Bill, introduced into the House of Lords by Lord

Gri.ENE&K, was put down for second reading on Tuesday, March 13th.It’was not, however, taken on that date, and it is understood that ithas been indefinitely postponed.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

THURSDAY, MARCH STH. _

T17arni Clothingfor the Troops in South Africa.The Marquis of LANSDOWNE made an interesting statement on

this subject, which had been brought to the notice of theHouse by the Earl of LEVEN AND MELVILLE. His lordship gave adescription of the principal articles in the soldier’s wardl obe.. He said sIn the first place there is his fighting suit. That, as the House knows,is made of what we commonly call khaki-a word which, of course,describes the colour and not the material. The khaki clothing whichuntil the present campaign has been issued to the Army has beencotton khaki, commonly called khaki drill. Of that khaki drill two suitshave usually been issued to each soldier, besides the ordinary clothingfor campaigning purposes. We are substituting for one of these suitsa suit of khaki woollen serge, which is obviously much more suitable tothe climate. Of these khaki serge suits 140,000 have been sent out, eitherwith the men as they embarked or so as to follow them. That number

ought to provide one suit for every man who has already started forSouth Africa. In addition to that we hope to send out weeklyconsignments of from 10,000 to 15,COO suits of khaki serge.I am a little uncertain as to the exact number, because-

, in this matter we are to a certain extent in the hands.of the contractors ; there are vtry few of them who are

able to produce material of the quality which we require.Then, as regards shirts, each man takes out with him two flannel

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shirts. Besides these we have sent out 96,000, and we hope to go onsending them out at the rate of about 25,000 per week. Each man hasa woollen jersey as part of his kit. We have already sent out 42,000more to meet additional requirements, and we hope to send out jerseysat the rate of 20,000 a week. Then each man has two flannel belts tostart with. We have sent out 40,000 more and expect to be able to send out others at the rate ot 50,000 a week during the next few weeks. Weare also sending outweekly a consignment of 50.000 pairs of woollen socks,and 330,000 pairs have already gone out. We have sent out 26,000 greatcoats, and hope to send out irom 3000 to 8000 a week to replace thosewhich originally went out with the men, and no doubt are beginningto show signs of wear. Then we shall send 10 000 woollen capsweekly to replace the woollen caps which went out with the men. Imay also mention that in this campaign we have for the first timemade an issue to the dismounted troops of woollen drawers. Hitherto,I believe, it has been customary to give cotton drawers only, and theseonly to the monnted men. Before the cold weather sets in in SouthAfrica we shall issue two pairs of woollen drawers to the whole of thedismounted troops ; 2C0,000 pairs have already gone, and it is hoped tosend out 20,000 pairs a week. The only other matter which I neednotice is that of blankets. Each man took out two blankets with him.We have sent out 166,000 more, and we are continuing to send them outat the rate of 30.000 a month. Of course, I need not tell your lordshipsthat these articles of clothing are issued quite irrespectively of thosewhich the great generosity of the public has in many cases supplied tothe troops.

MONDAY, MARCH 12TH.

The Pro2elsion lor Invalid Soldiers.Earl CARRINGTON addressed a question to the Secretary of State for

War with reference to the provision made for invalid soldiers on

leaving Netley Hospital.—The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in the courseof’ his reply, said that the result of inquiry led him to thinkthat the arrangements for supplying clothing to invalid soldierswhen they left hospital required further consideration, and hewas glad to be able to say that attention was being given tothis matter some days before the noble earl called attention tothe subject. It had been settled that the principal medical officer atNetley should be instructed that whenever an invalid soldier wasabout to leave hospital, he was to communicate with the depot of theregiment to which the man belonged, and from thence receive anyclothing belonging to the man which might have been left there, or newclothing which the man could wear on the journey from the hospitalto the station where the regiment was quartered, and in a case wherea man was going to a convalescent home it was proposed to give him,in addition to his usual clothing, hospital clothes which he could wearin the home. He took this opportunity of expressing acknowledgmentto the many benevolent persons who had offered houses of all descrip-tions-he might almost say from cottages to palaces-as convalescenthomes for invalid soldiers. His only regret was that he did not see aprospect of filling them all. He was told that the private soldier whendischarged from hospital very much preferred going to his own homethan to a convalescent home, however comfortable or luxurious. Nev--r-theless, the service was under a great obligation to those persons who,at great trouble and inconvenience, had made these generous offers.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

THURSDAY, MARCH 8TH.. The Food of the Royal Navy.While the House was in Committee of Supply on the Navy Estimates

several members called attention to the food supplied to the blue-jackets and marines. They complained particularly of inadequacyin the case of the breakfast which is taken very early in the morning,and consists of a pint of tea or cocoa and dry bread or biscuit, andthey asked for a departmental committee to inquire into the subject.-Mr. GocHEN, in reply, said that the subject must be considered inconnexion with the system of canteens which had been greatly im-proved in recent years. However, he undertook to confer with his

naval colleagues as to the propriety of instituting a departmental ’,inquiry.

FRIDAY, MARCH 9TH.

Women and Children in Textile Factories.

Sir CHARLES DILKE asked the Home Secretary what had been theresult of further inquiry into the recent illegal working of women over hours in textile factories having contracts for the War Office ; whetherit had been found that the Bradford Trades Council were justified intheir statement that the absence of inspection had allowed manu-facturers working illegal overtime not only to produce cloth forGovernment purposes but also for private sale ; and whether, as

stated, hrms who could have executed the orders without illegal over-time had been passed over, and in the course of last week notonly women but also children had been illegally working overtime.-SirMATHEW WHITE RIDLEY replied: Individual inquiries have been madewith regard to all firms known to be working overtime on Governmentcontracts. In a few cases it was found that the overtime had been usedfor private work, and this has been stopped. In one case children werefound to be employed overtime, and this also has been stopped. Thenames have been supplied to me to-day by the right hon. baronet ofsome firms who appear to be working overtime without the knowledgeof the factory inspectors. I will make inquiry into these and take suchaction as the circumstances may call for. As regards the first sentenceof the last paragraph of the question, I can only repeat that theselection of iirms for these Government contracts is not a matter as towhich I have any responsibility or information.

Salt Beef Rations for the Troops.The supply by the Admiralty of beef pickled in 1893 to one of the

transports taking troops to South Africa, was raised again at thissitting ot the House and Ilr. MACARTNEY, Financial Secretary to theAdmiralty, after explaining the circumstances in which the issue took Iplace, intimated that the hole question ot salt beef rations is now under the consideration of the Admiralty with a view of seeing ’,whether measures ought to be taken to diminish the amount of these rations.

The Sale of Intoxicating Liquor to Children.The House gave a second reading to a Bill which raises the age for

the sale of intoxicating liquor to children to 16 years.JIedical School of Queen’s College, Cork.

Mr. JOHN REDMOND asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenantof Ireland whether, in view of the fact that there was only one RomanCatholic professor in the medical school of the Queen’s College, Cork,it was intended to appoint a Roman Catholic to the professorship nowvacant, and whether It was intended that this appointment should befilled by a physician as in the case of every other medical school inthe United Kingdom. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND (Mr.Atkinson), who replied for the Chief Secretary, said: I have noinformation as to the religious denominations of the occupants ofthe medical chairs in the Queen’s College, Cork. As regards theremainder of the question I can only say that the legitimate claimsof all candidates for the vacant chair will be fully considered.

MONDAY, MARCH 12TH.Rabies in Ireland.

Mr. HORACE PLUNEETT, replying to a question addressed to him byDr. TANNER, said that 18 authenticated cases of rabies were reportedfrom the whole of Ireland during the six months ended Feb. 28th, andof these eight cases occurred during the past three months. Toxicresults were demonstrated in 11 out of the 18 cases. The diagnosis ofrabies in all of these cases was founded either upon experimentalinvestigation by what is known as the Pasteur inoculation method orwhere such investigation was not practicable upon the results of care-ful inquiries made at the place of outbreak by qualified veterinaryInspectors.

French Assistance for the Wounded in South Africa.Mr. HAZELL asked the Under Secretary of State for War whether

he was aware that the French Society for affording Aid to the Woundedhad sent from Paris 45 cases of instruments, medicaments, and otheruseful articles for the use of our hospitals in the front in South Africa,and, if so, whether some public recognition would be accorded to thesociety for its gifts.-Mr. POWELL WILLIAMS replied for the UnderSecretary, saying: Yes. sir, Lord Wantage, the chairman of theCentral British Red Cross Committee, accepted the offer in fittingterms and notified the gift to the public press at the time.

The Aoabulnnee Wagons at the Front. ’

Mr. HEDDERWICK asked the Under Secretary of State for War if hisattention had been called to the statement that the ambulancewagons attached to our forces in the held were in many respectsinferior to those of the Boers, and whether the British ambulancewagons were without springs and in consequence were liable to joltconsiderably, were so heavy in their build as to require 10 mules to drawone wagon, and were so constructed as to provide accommodation foronly two wounded men in a recumbent position in each wagon asagainst eight in the case of the Boer wagon; and, if so, whetherhe would consider the propriety of taking steps to secure in future anambulance wagon of a design better adapted for the requirements ofthe field and less likely to inflict unnecessary pain upon wounded men.- Mr. POWELL WILLIAMS replied for the Under Secretary of State forWar, saying: The British ambulance wagon has excellent springs andin the Long Valley at Aldershot it can be drawn by a pair of horses. Itaccommodates either two men on stretchers and four seated or 12 seated.It contrasts favourably with any ambulance wagon of a Europeannation. Nothing is known of the construction of the Boer wagons. Nocomplaints have been received at the War Office from South Africa.

The Teeth of Navy Recruits.Mr. WEIR asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he coul

state the percentage of men and boys recruited for the Royal Navy whowere rejected on account of bad teeth.-Mr. GOSCHEN said that theAdmiralty had no statistics as to the percentage, but it was large ; itmight be as much as 25 per cent. Careful attention had to be given tothe teeth of candidates as a test of health and suitability for serviceafloat.

TUESDAY, MARCH 13TH.Vaccination Question.

Mr. THOMAS BAYLEY asked the Under Secretary of State for Warwhether his attention had been called to the death of Joseph Donovan,a private in the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry who, accordingto the finding of a coroner’s inquest at Derby on March 3rd, died onFeb. llth from pneumonia, secondary to pemphigus following vaccina-tion ; whether, in view of the fact that another soldier at Pontefractsuffered during the same month from this rare disease supervening onvaccination, he would cause a strict investigation to be made into thesource of the lymph used, in accordance with the recommendation ofthe jury ; and whether he would advise that compensation be paid tothe deeeased’s widowed mother on account of the loss of her son.-Mr. POWELL WILLIAMS replied to the question, saying: Yes. sir, therewere three in all, two of which proved fatal. A careful inquiry is beingmade into these cases. The lymph used was from three different calvesand from these same calves lymph was used in the vaccination of over15,000 cases without any other unfavourable reports. No award fromarmy funds can be granted as compensation, but if the man’s motherwas dependent on him for support the Patriotic Fund will be able tohelp her. -

THE MIDWIVES BILL.SECOND READING PASSED, MARCH 9TH.

The circumstances of the Midwives Question regarded from the

Parliamentary point of view have undergone a sudden, unexpected,and substantial change. As our reiders are aware the Bill wasintroduced in the House of Commons early in the session by Mr.TATTON EGERTON who got for its second reading the second placein the list of orders for Wednesday, Feb. 28th. The first placein this list was held by the Miners’ Eight Hours Bill and,as was expected, the discussion of this measure occupied the entiresitting to the exclusion of the Midwives Bill. The situation thuscreated seemed practically hopeless from the point of view of the

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Members interested in the further progress of the measure.

They put it down on several occasions after Government business, butit never was reached at an hour when the rules of the House enabled itto be discussed as an opposed measure. Convinced apparently thatnothing more could be done in the House of Commons the promotershad a similar measure introduced in the House of Lords ion the after-noon of Friday, March 9th, by Lord Glenesk. But within about two

hours of this second introduction the Bill in the House of Commonshad actually been read a second time and referred to a Committee.This unexpected achievement was brought about by a strangecombination of circumstances. In the House of Commons theusual business at this period of the session on Fridays, is Com-

mittee of Supply, but on this particular Friday, owing to the

Navy Estimates having been practically finished at the previous sittingand the absence of Mr. Wyndham through illness making it impossibleto proceed with the Army Estimates, the Government decided to devotethe sitting to the advancement of certain of their legislative proposals.Mr. Balfour set out in the orders of the day a list of four GovernmentBills, the most important being the second reading of the Factories andWorkshops Bill. Had this list been taken as it stood it would have

occupied the entire sitting, but to meet the wishes of certain membersMr. Balfour agreed to withdraw from it the Factories and Work-

shops Bill. The programme of business thus attenuated was

got through soon after half-past five o’clock, and Mr. Goschen

acting for the Government at once moved the adjournment ofthe House. He did so on the ground that the House hadmet for Government business and this being over they shouldproceed no further. As it chanced there were three Bills promoted byprivate Members on the order paper and the friends of one of these,the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors to Children (No. 2) Bill, claimed thatthey should be taken. The Government resisted the claim for a time,but eventually gave way, with the result that not only this Bill but theone that came after it, the Midwives Bill, were discussed and advanced.The proceedings were conducted in a very small House and in theabsence of many Members interested in the Midwives Bill. Very fewof the medical members were present. Just one further word of

explanation before we give our report of what was said and that isthat the whole proceedings on the Bill, which included two divisions,occupied only a little more than three-quarters of an hour.Mr. HEYWOOD JOHNSTONE moved the second reading. He explained

in a few sentences the main provisions of the Bill which, of course, arefamiliar to our readers. He also explained that he and the other pro-moters of the Bill had been aided by the General Medical Council in itspreparation. In justifying legislation of this description he recalled tothe House the action of continental nations and the need there existsin this country for thoroughly trained midwives. The general effectof the Bill, he said, would be that without some satisfactory proof oftraining and capacity a woman would not be allowed to practise at all asa midwife, and when she had given this proof and began to practiseshe would be subjected to the control of a supervising body. He askedthe House to consider the suffering of the poor women of Englandfrom the treatment of rough, ignorant, and in many cases dissolutewomen, of whose former career nothing perhaps might be known, andto give the Bill a second reading, leaving defects, if it had defects, tobe rectified in committee.Mr. SCHWANN seconded the motion. He dealt particularly with the

attitude of the medical profession towards the Bill, saying that whileat one time legislation of this kind had been opposed by the medicalprofession there were now unmistakable signs that the attitude of agreat number of medical men had changed.Mr. T. P. O’CONNOR said he was opposed to the Bill and should fight

it as vehemently, vigorously, and persistently as he could and hebelieved he should receive the support of many Members if not themajority of the House. His conviction was that the result of thismeasure would be to aggravate the evils which it was designed to putdown. Going on to refer to the assistance poor women often receivefrom friendly neighbours the hon. Member was interrupted byMr. HEYWOOD JOHNSTONE, who said he knew two cases this winter in

his own small village of friendly neighbour’s assistance which had themost sad results.Mr. O’CoNNOR said that sad results there might be in these cases, but

if this Bill passed sad results would be multiplied by 10. The midwifewould assume all the duties and responsibilities, not merely of a nurse,but of a fully-qualified medical practitioner. Here was surely a casewhere if ignorance was bad half knowledge was worse-that halfknowledge which assumed the appearance and privileges of whole

knowledge. He felt confident that if this Bill were passed and thesewomen were registered they would not hesitate to undertake casesthemselves, and if they did so there would be grave risk of seriousresults. Not only so, but he charged the Bill in its results as beingcalculated to increase malpractice by giving these women the rightto claim to interfere in cases of confinement, and in that wayto cover under the cloak of confinement what was really anillegal practice. He denied that the majority of the medical pro-fession was in favour of the Bill. On this point he had received a letterfrom the Editors of THE LAXCET, the highest and most influentialauthority in the medical profession. This letter stated that a circularlett had been sent amongst the members ? the medical profession in

England, and up to the date of writing the Editors of THE LANCET hadreceived 7250 replies. According to the promoters of this Bill theyought all to have been replies in favour of the Bill, but such was farfrom being the case. An analysis of the replies showed that 1547medical men were in favour of the Bill, 640 were indifferent, while theremaining 5000 odd were opposed to it. He would remind the House

that while a medical man went through five years training’ before hecould enter on the work of his profession and take charge of midwiferycases, under this Bill midwives were only to have three months’training.Mr. HEYWOOD JOHNSTONE said there was nothing about three

months’ training in the Bill. The proposed Midwives Board would laydown its rules for the training of midwives, these rules being subject tothe approval of the General Medical Council.Mr. O’CONNOR said he could not regard the proposed arrangement as

safe or satisfactory. He made no complaint against the promoters ofthe Bill for bringing it forward on the present occasion though heconfessed he was not prepared for it. He submitted that it was ameasure so serious and so opposed by skilled medical opinion that itdemanded a great deal better consideration than could be given to it atthis time, and therefore he moved the adjournment of the debate.Mr. ROBERT AMBROSE seconded this motion.On a division the motion was rejected by 127 to 56 votes.The debate accordingly proceeded.Mr. VICARY GriBBS said that anyone listening to the speech of Mr.

T. P. O’Connor would suppose that all the great medical authoritieswere against this measure. He simply wished to say that the GeneralMedical Council, the Royal College of Physicians, and the RoyalCollege of Surgeons were all in favour of it.Dr. TANNER, who had given notice of a motion for the rejection of

the Bill, said he opposed it as a medical man conscious of the injury itwas likely to cause to women of the humbler classes. The leadingmedical paper in this country was THE LANCET and THE LANCET hadtaken a plebiscite upon the question, and this showed that an over-whelming majority of the medical profession was against the Bill.This fact was surely enough to make Parliament pause before takingthis important step in legislation. For himself he regarded it as aretrograde step, one calculated to undo existing statutes designed forthe benefit of suffering humanity.Mr. HAZELL, speaking amid cries of "Divide," which made him

practically inaudible, supported the Bill.Mr. ROBERT AMBROSE then proposed to speak, but the SPEAKER

ruled that as he had seconded the motion for the adjournment he hadalready taken part in the debate.The motion for the second reading of the Bill was carried by 124

to 34 votes. A full list of the names of members who voted respectivelyfor and against the motion for the second reading will be found atpage 798.Mr. HEYWOOD JOHNSTONE moved that the Bill be referred to the

Standing Committee on Law.Dr. TANNER asked whether a number of medical members would be

added to this committee for the consideration of this particularmeasure.

The SPEAKER said that was a matter for the Committee of Selectionto whom applications could be made.The motion, being put to the House, was adopted without

division.The consequence of this reference to the Standing Committee is that

the Bill avoids the Committee Stage in the House and comes backmerely for Report and Third Reading.

Appointments.Successful applicants for Vacancies, Secretaries of Public lmtitutions,

and others possessing information suitable for this column, areinvited to forward it to THE LANCET Office, directed to the Sub-Editor, not later than 9 o’cLock on the Thursday morning of eachweek, for publication in the next number.

ALLPORT, R. H., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., has been appointed AssistantMedical Officer for the Renfrew-road Workhouse of the Parish ofSt. Mary, Lambeth, London, vice J. C. Harcourt, resigned.

BALCX, J. A., M.B., Ch.B. Edin., has been appointed House Physician,Royal Hants County Hospital, Winchester.

BELDING, D. T., L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S., has been re-appointedMedical Officer of Health by the East Dereham Urban DistrictCouncil.

BENNETT, W. EDWARD, F.R.C.S. Eng., has been appointed a Demon-strator of Anatomy to the Queen’s Faculty of Medicine, MasonUniversity College, Birmingham, vice W. P. Haslam.

BLAIR, CHARLES S., M.D. Durh., F.R.C.S. Eng., has been appointedAssistant Surgeon to the Western Ophthalmic Hospital, London.

BLAKISTON, ARTHUR ALEXANDER, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., has been re-

appointed Medical Officer of Health for Glastonbury.