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- many members had forgotten to send in their subscriptions,,which omission can easily be rectified when they see thisnotice. It was decided that about six definite fixtures should’be made for the coming season-Past v. Present Students,’’Liverpool Medicals, Cheadle Asylum, Clergy, Law, andPrestwich Asylum. Other matches will probably be played.as occasions offer, such as Married v. Single, Veterans v.Novices, Town v. Country, &c. It was felt that if medicalmen and students were only made aware of bow pleasantthese réunions are many would avail themselves of being,enrolled members, which only entails an annual tax of2s. 6d. It was resolved unanimously to abolish the ruleas to the election of any further life members. The

president of the club has promised to present a bat for thebest batting average in four matches, one vice-presidenta ball for the best bowling average, and the other’vice-president one for the best all-round man, batting andfielding. The following office- hearers were unanimouslyelected for the ensuing season :-Preident : T. Harris. Vice-Presidents: G. H. Broadbent and W. Scowcroft. Committee:E. M. Ashcroft, J. Bradley, H. H. Hitchon, C. Iliffe, A.Lomas, and T. Rothwell. Hon. Treasurer: H. W. Boddy,Cheetham-hill. Hon. Secretaries: G. W. Beesley, 226,Lower Broughton-road, Salford, and T. L. Fennell.May llth.

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NORTHERN COUNTIES NOTES.(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

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OWING to the rapid increase of the population of Newcastlethe present accommodation at the workhouse has becomeinadequate, and the question of increasing the size of the,present building is under the consideration of the guardians.Mr. Gordon Smith, architect to the Local Government Board,’told the guardians at their last meeting that the presentbuildings were obsolete. He further pointed out that in anyr:re-arrangement of the building it would be necessary thatthe infirmary should be kept separate from the workhouseproper, and that the children must be provided for in adistinct building. After discussion the three following.questions were raised for further consideration : (1) Shouldthe children be removed from the workhouse; (2) shouldthe present building be extended; and (3) should the sitebe changed.

Election of Assistant Surgeon at the Royal Infirmary,Newcastle-on-Tyne.

On May 6th Dr. John Rutherford was elected an honoraryassistant surgeon in place of Mr. Rutherford Morison, wholately succeeded to the post vacant by the retirement ofProfessor Arnison. There were five candidates for theassistant surgeoncy.,Increase of the Salary of t7te Medical Offleer of Health of the

County of Ditrltam.Dr. T. E. Hill, the medical officer of health of the county

of Durham, has had his salary increased from £500 to £700 ayear on the recommendation of the health committee of theDurham County Council.

Complimentary Dinner to Professor Arnison.On the evening of May 7th a dinner was given to Professor

Arnison by his colleagues on his retirement from the post ofsurgeon to the Royal Infirmary, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Dr.Hume occupied the chair, and during the evening proposedProfessor Arnison’s health, alluding in kindly terms to his long.and honourable connexion with the infirmary, and expressingthe feelings of all his colleagues for Professor Arnison’sfuture welfare.

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Grange over-Sands Convalescent Hovae.This institution, promoted by the Friendly Societies of

.Northumberland and Durham on the suggestion of Dr.William Robinson of Sunderland, has just been declaredopen by Sir James Laing. It is likely to be an immense boonto the north of England.

Lieutenant- Colonel Jeaffreson.Dr. C. Jeaffreson, the well-known Newcastle ophthalmic

- surgeon, has been granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the 3rd V.B. Northumberland Fusiliers, in which- corps he had served as a combatant officer since 1878. Hewill also receive the Volunteer decoration for twenty years’service, having joined the Birmingham Rifles as an officer in1866.May llth.

SCOTLAND.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.)

. University of Edinburgh.ON Tuesday of last week Sir Henry Littlejohn delivered

his opening lecture as Professor of Forensic Medicine inthe University of Edinburgh, before a crowded audience ofstudents and members of the medical faculty. The newProfessor was introduced by Principal Sir William Muir,who at the same time expressed his sense of the losssustained by the University in the retirement of Sir

Douglas Maclagan. Sir Henry Littlejohn, who was en-

thusiastically received, then delivered his opening lecture.He referred to the reception given him as a sign that herequired no introduction to the students of that medicalschool with which he had b-en connected for forty years.In the large number of extra mural lecturers workingin connection with it, the University had an importantadjunct. With that number he had been closely connected,and he felt that, while within the precincts of the Uni-versity there might be a " purer ether, a diviner air,"his intercourse with young and enthusiastic workers inthe extra-mural school had been an admirable train-ing for the duties of a professor in the University.He then explained the lines he intended to follow inconducting his lectures, and pointed out the great necessityfor teaching the subject of forensic medicine in a practicalmanner. In his capacity of surgeon to the police he wouldconstantly have cases under his notice which he would con-sider it his duty to discuss with his students, and he alsowould wish them occasionally to attend criminal trials in theCourt of Justice. Sir Henry Littlejohn went on to allude to hispredecessors in the chair-to Dr. Duncan, the first Professorof Medical Jurisprudence in the United Kingdom, and to SirRobert Christison, described by Orfila as " the leadingmedical jurist of the day." His immediate predecessor hereferred to last, speaking in high terms of the character andattainments of Sir Douglas Maclagan, who, he said,reminded one of the days of Arbuthnot, Armstrong,Pitcairn, and Radcliffe. He was a man who had con-

versed familiarly with Goethe, been the friend ofLord Macaulay, and had seen Sir Walter Scott, whilehe had held the position of President of the Royal Society,of the Royal College of Surgeons, and of the Royal Collegeof Physicians. Sir Henry Littlejohn concluded by statinghis intention of walking in the footsteps of Sir DouglasMaclagan, and of placing at the disposal of the Universitywhatever advantages his official position in the City mightgive him in the conduct of the chair, while he wouldendeavour to communicate to his students the enthusiasmwith which he himself had prosecuted the study of thescience.

Glasgow Medical Societies.THE meeting of the Glasgow Medico-Chirurgical Society

on the 7th inst. was presided over by Dr. WalkerDownie. Dr. Barr showed a fresh specimen from a

case of Cerebellar Abscess. The specimen included thebrain and the temporal bone and was of special interestas illustrating how in middle-ear disease the path bywhich extension to the brain occurs may be throughthe labyrinth and the internal auditory meatus. Dr.Edington showed a girl, aged eight years, on whom excisionof the Scapula for Sarcoma was performed four monthsago. The tumour was shown to involve the infra-spinatusmuscle, whilst the bone itself was unaffected. It was

pointed out that this fact and the large proportion ofspindle cells of which the tumour consisted made the outlookwith regard to the prospect of recurrence comparatively good.Mr. Clark and Dr. Dalziel expressed their agreement withthe procedure adopted and related particulars of similarcases. Dr. Barr and Dr. J. H. Nicoll read a communicationon a case of Cerebral Tumour and showed the specimen. Thepatient, a young lad, first came under observation with whatlooked like a simple polypus of the external auditory meatus.This was removed, but recurred on two occasions. Sub-sequently the boy developed symptoms which suggestedcerebral abscess, but on opening the skull a tumourwas found. This was removed as far as possible, andthe boy lived for two and a half months, but then died.The tumour, both in its macroscopic and microscopiccharacters, presented features which led to much differenceof opinion as to its nature ; and whilst Dr. Barr suggestedthat the intra-cranial tumour was an extension from a growth

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in the middle ear, others were inclined to regard the intra-cranial growth as the primary event. Another feature ofinterest was that the patient when under chloroform passedinto a condition of apnoea, for which artificial respirationwas required for a prolonged period, the breathing,however, becoming at once re-established when theskull was opened.-The Pathological and Clinical Societyheld a meeting on the 10th inst., the chair beingtaken by Dr. W. J. Fleming. Professor Gairdner readnotes of a case of Mitral Stenosis and showed the Heart.The patient was a young woman, who complained of £

haemoptysis and who on physical examination showed a

typical auricular-systolic murmur. After some months in

hospital, during which time there were periods of high feverand signs of pulmonary disease, suggesting phthisis pul-monalis she died, but a few days before death the auricular-systolic murmur disappeared and a soft blowing ventricular-systolic murmur developed. The post-mortem examinationshowed a narrowed mitral orifice, and on the anterior curtainof the valve was a large thrombus of recent date, andthe suggestion was that it was the development ofthis thrombus which was the cause of the appearance ofthe systolic murmur. Professor Gairdner also read a com-munication on the subject of Thoracic Aneurysm. He showeda number of preparations to illustrate how such aneurysmsmay press upon, and even open into, the vena cava

superior, the pulmonary artery, or one of the cavitiesof the heart. Professor Gairdner commented upon thefacts demonstrated by the specimens, and connected thesewith the clinical histories for the purpose especiallyof arriving if possible at definite conclusions in view ofthe diagnostic difficulties of the cases. More particularlyhe alluded to the auscultatory signs to be expected when acommunication is established between an aneurysm and aneighbouring vein.-Dr. Hector Cameron showed a man inwhom he had Ligatured the First Part of the Axillary Arteryin consequence of the existence of an aneurysm in the thirdpart of the subclavian artery. The case had been quitesuccessful, but some weeks after the operation the patientbecame hemiplegic on the right side. From this, however,he had now recovered.-Dr. W. L. Reid showed a case of

Hasmatosalpinx, and Dr. L. R. Sutherland reported on thecase.

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IRELAND.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.THE annual election of the Court of Examiners of the

College took place on the 4th inst., when with few exceptionsthe same gentlemen who filled the office last year were re-elected. Dr. R. Glasgow Patteson of the Meath Hospitalwas, however, elected for the first time an examiner in

surgery.Mercer’s Hospital, Dacbtin.

A special meeting of the Board of Mercer’s Hospital iscalled for Tuesday next, May 18th, 1897, to elect a newmedical staff, the services of the old staff having beendispensed with.

The Longford Board of Guardians.According to a statement in the Freeman’s s Journal of

May 5th Dr. Robert Cochrane of Longford has recentlyserved a writ for £500 on one of the Longford guardians,who had accused him of having left a patient until hewas in a dying state and then ordered him to be removedin the inefficient workhouse ambulance.

Urban Sanitary Districts around Dublin.Mr. T. J. Stafford, medical inspector of the Local Govern-

ment Board, held an inquiry on the 4th inst. in the board-room of the South Dublin Union in connexion with anapplication of the guardians of the union to be constitutedan urban sanitary authority for the electoral ciivisions ofRathfarnham and Palmerstown. The minutes of the inquiryhave been laid before the Local Government Board, who havenot communicated their decision on the matter.

The Medical Benevolent Society.The annual meeting of the Belfast branch of this society

was held on May 5th, the President of Queen’s Collegeoccupying the chair. In the report it was mentioned thatthe subscriptions have increased this year. Special reference

was made to the loss sustained by the society by the death of’Mr. F. E. Beck, who had been for twelve years treasurer.The following office-bearers were elected for the ensuingyear: President, Dr. Whitaker ; Secretary, Dr. M’Caw;. Treasurer, Dr. R. J. Pardon; Committee : Professor Cuming,Professor Whitla, Professor Byers, Mr. Payne J P., Dr.Brice Smyth, Dr. Merrick, Mr. McDonnell, J.P. (Randals-town), Dr. M’Keown, Dr. James Graham, Dr. Gibson, Dr..Bolton, J P. (Bangor), Mr. James Smith, Mr. M’Connell, Dr.H. O’Neill, Dr. Gaussen (Dunmurry), and Dr. Munn.

Queen’s College, Belfast.The following is the prize list in the class examinations of

the medical faculty at the close of the winter session,1896-97 :-Systematic Anatomy-Seniors: Robert Alister’Little Graham, B.A., and John Edmund Clements. Juniors:John Elder MacIlwaine, Hugh Barkley Steen, and JohnHope Reford, B.A. Practical Anatomy-Third Year: William.Matthew Hunter. Second Year : Robert Alister Little-

Graham, B.A., and Galbraith Hamilton Grills, equal; andJohn Elder MacIlwaine. First Year: Samuel M’Clure andJohn Alexander Douglas Radc1iffe. Physiology and

Histology-Senior Division: William Matthew Hunter.Junior Division : David M’Mordie, John Campbell Rankin,and Archibald George Heron. Practical Physiology andHistology : David M’Mordie and Howard Stevenson.

Surgery-Second Year: Arthur Berry M’Master and GeorgeAdams Hicks, equal; Charles Edmund M’Dade, B.A.First Year : Henry Stewart Anderson, George Jefferson.Materia Medica: Robert Alister Little Graham, B.A. :-.William Matthew Hunter. Midwifery, Gyn ecology, andDiseases of Children: Arthur Berry M’Master, Henry StewartAnderson, and William Boyd. Practical Chemistry—SeniorDivision : Wm. Alexander Stoops. Junior Division : RobertGeorge Campbell. Zoology-Senior: David M’Mordie..Junior : Walter Phillips, Cbarles James Ross, B.A., Frede-rick William Stewart, and John Armstrong. Ophthalmologyand Otology: George Adams Hicks, George Casement ReidHarbinson, and Charles Edmund M’Dade, B.A. SanitaryScience: George Adams Hicks and George Casement ReidHarbinson.

The Belfast Asylum.It was reported at the last meeting of the governors, held’

on May 10th, that a scheme has been arranged by the archi-tect which would be sufficient to complete and perfect thepurification works at Purdysburn so as to secure a clear andpure effluent from the sewage system. This discharge willnot flow into the Purdysburn River (to which the adjacentinhabitants objected), but will be absorbed by the land. Thisscheme was passed, although Dr. O’Neill (one of the

governors) thought it was complicated and that a simplerplan which he had seen in use in London would have done-that is, passing the effluent through coke before entering theriver. The object of the architect’s plan is to protect theinterests of the inhabitants of the district around the newasylum. Dissatisfaction was expressed at the action of theBoard of Control in Dublin in accepting a tender for theerection of a new gate lodge without having in the firstinstance (as is usual) sent the tenders to the board of ‘governors in Belfast for their consideration.May llth.

PARIS.(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

The Fire at tlte Charity Bazaar.

IN the lamentable catastrophe of May 4th no less than 170’persons were killed and the number of the injured is as

yet unknown, although it is probably about 300. The burnsare of two kinds-those produced directly by contact with.burning draperies or clothing or the drops of flaming tarwhich fell from the roof, and those due entirely to

scorching from the excessive heat which penetrated throughthe clothing. Most of the injured show large burns onthe back and limbs, burns of the second degree, pro-duced by radiation through the clothes, although the clothesthemselves are unharmed. Many deaths have occurred frompneumonia following the inspiration of superheated air, andothers have died from the pneumonia so often observed tofollow extensive burns under any circumstances. The numberof those showing more or less defined mental disturbances isvery considerable; some, for instance, cannot bear to be inan enclosed or crowded place-for instance, a full church--