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does not appear to be aware that out of the total privatecontributions in money and kind received by the Commissionup to the date of their last report (April 17th), while theUnited States has with great generosity subscribed about£980,000, the British Empire has subscribed about £700,000,and this in addition to the military burdens borne by theEmpire, the very large sums subscribed to the maintenanceof Belgian refugees, and also the credits placed by HisMajesty’s Government at the .disposal of the BelgianGovernment, out of which that Government is providing forthe work of the Commission’s Provisioning Department.As regards the non-interference by the German autho-

rities with the Commission’s imports, it must be pointed outthat those authorities are thereby acting in their own

interests, since the Commission is relieving them of a clearresponsibility which they have refused to assume.

Apart altogether from the assistance consistently given invarious ways by His Majesty’s Government to the Commis-sion, of which it is rather for the Commission itself than forHis Majesty’s Government to speak, Sir E. Grey feels it to beonly just to private persons in this country and the BritishDominions who have so largely subscribed to this work andare probably about to subscribe still more largely, that thesefacts should be made clear, and he has no objection to acopy of this letter being communicated to Dr. Goffe shouldyou desire to do so.

I am, Sir, yours, &c.,EYRE A. CROWE.

To Dr. S. Squire Sprigge, THE LANCET Offices, W.C.

THE WEEK’S SUBSCRIPTIONS.

The subscriptions received by Dr. Des Voeux

up to Tuesday evening last, in addition to those

previously acknowledged, are as follows :-,

Subscriptions to the Fund should be sent to thetreasurer of the Fund, Dr. H. A. Des Vceux, at

14, Buckingham-gate, London, S.W., and should bemade payable to the Belgian Doctors’ and Pharma-cists’ Relief Fund, crossed Lloyds Bank, Ltd.

THE NATIONAL PEOPLE’S PALACES ASSOCIATION.-This association, the object of which is to extend to the

working classes in industrial districts the comfort andbrightness offered by tea and coffee houses and generalcafes, has now been registered under the Industrial andProvident Societies Acts for the supply of non-alcoholicrefreshments at popular prices in armament works and atpalaces" to be established in suitable localities. Mr.

Lloyd George has indicated his approval of the association’saims, while Mr. Bonar Law and Mr. Steel-Maitland areassociated with the enterprise. Full information maybe obtained upon application to the secretary of theNational People’s Palaces Association, 1, Albemarle-street,Piccadilly, London, W.

The War.THE CASUALTY LIST.

THE following names of medical officers appearin the casualty lists published since our lastissue :-

Killed: Surgeon Frederick W. Quirk, R.N. (on thePrincess Irene).Died of wounds :Captain J. C. Matheson, 5th

Australian Medical Corps.Woicnded : Lieutenant C. M. Smith (attached

8th Royal Scots, T.F.), Lieutenant J. P. Mitchell,Captain L. C. Hayes (also gas poisoning), CaptainE. U. Russell, Captain T. 0. Thompson (attached18th Hussars), Lieutenant G. D. Maclean, all of

R.A.M.C.; Major H. C. de Legh (attached 4th YorksRegiment), Captain H. B. Cunningham, CaptainW. E. F. Tinley (attached R.F.A.), Captain J.Murdoch, all of R.A.M.C., T.F.; Captain- L. W.Jeffries, 4th Australian Field Ambulance; Sur.geon E. G. Schlesinger, Surgeon W. J. McCracken,both R.N.

Captain Stephen Field, R.A.M.C., who was

announced in our issue of May 22nd as having beenkilled in action, died at the Prisoners’ Camp,Wittenberg, Saxony, which is one of the campsreported as infected with typhus fever.

DEATHS AMONG THE SONS OF MEDICAL MEN.The following names must be added to the sons of

medical men who have fallen in the war: Lieu-tenant G. G. Hodgson, elder son of Dr. G. Hodgson,of Chertsey ; Lieutenant C. G. Harper, eldest sonof Dr. J. Harper, of Rosary-gardens, London, S.W.;Lieutenant J. E. B. Miller, only son of Dr.J. E. Miller, of Londonderry; Lieutenant N. C.MacLehose, younger son of Dr. N. M. MacLehose,of Harley-street, London, W.; and LieutenantR. W. H. Empson, elder son of Dr. J. Empson, ofMilborne Port, Somerset.

THE HONOURS LIST.

The list of honours published on the birth-day of King George has close reference to thewar, most of the recipients being, as might havebeen expected, engaged in one way or another inleading the national energies in the great struggle.Medicine is but sparsely represented among theseleaders, for enormously valuable to the cause as

medicine is, in personnel its numbers are small;the fact that but few medical names appear inthe list indicates that in every branch of militaryactivity special services have to be recognised.We congratulate the following :-Surgeon-General

T. M. Corker is appointed C.B.; Dr. A. W. G.Bagshawe, director of the Tropical Diseases Bureau,is appointed C.M.G.-the value to our army of theorganised study of tropical diseases has been verygreat; Major E. J. O’Neill (New Zealand MedicalCorps) and Captain A. G. Butler (Australian ArmyMedical Corps) receive the D.S.O.; Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. S. Barry, I.M.S., is ;appointed C.I.E.;Lady Lukis, the wife of the Director-General ofthe Indian Medical Service, and Lieutenant-ColonelT. F. Pedley (Rangoon Port Defence Volunteers)receive the Kaisar-i-Hind medal; and Dr. J. E. A.Ferguson is appointed I.S.O.We note elsewhere the knighthoods bestowed

upon Sir James Mackenzie and Sir FrederickNeedham, as being civilian honours,

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THE SOUTH AFRICAN AMBULANCE HOSPITAL ATCANNES.

We have received from M. Rene Juta, theSecretary of this hospital, an account of the firstand only South African unit in Europe, which isalso probably the largest British hospital workingfor the French Service de Sante. It comprises 3 sur-geons, 9 sisters, 10 nurses, 6 dressers, 1 accountant,1 secretary, 4 motor drivers. It has 200 beds and 3motor ambulances, all equipped and subscribed forin South Africa by private and public funds forwork in Europe, in spite of the fact that the Unionhas recently had rebellion on its hands and iscarrying on its own arduous campaign in German

CANADIAN MEDICAL MEN AND THE WAR.

One of our Canadian correspondents writes:"Medical men in Canada who are eager andanxious to go to the front read from timeto time in the columns of THE LANCET of the’dearth of medical officers’ and of the dearth ofmedical men in the home country. They wonderhow it is, when they have long since proffered theirservices, that it seems impossible to secure a com-mission, although many of them have takenemergency training to qualify them in some

measure for usefulness. Up to April 1st, it hasbeen stated, Canada had some 300 medical menin England or in France, either with the

The South African Ambulance Hospital at Cannes.

South-West Africa. The ambulance was acceptedby the French Service de Sante, and its personnelwere asked to equip and organise a base hospitalat the Beau Rivage, Cannes. The hospital hasbeen commended by the French Government, andis admirably equipped. The wounded come almostdirect from the trenches of Verdun and the Argonne.There are two committees, one in Cape Town

with the Chief Justice as chairman, the other inLondon with Lord Gladstone as chairman, LordIslington, honorary treasurer, and Mr. Wilson Fox(of the Chartered Company) as secretary. There isalso a ladies’ committee in London, of which Mrs.Lewis Harcourt is President. A bacteriologicallaboratory and X ray apparatus and outfit havebeen given to the hospital by the London com-mittee. In addition the hospital has a dentalsurgery under a fully qualified dental surgeon. Atthe time of writing 193 patients have beenadmitted, with 2 deaths, while 61 patients have beensent home healed.

armies, in hospital service, or with the navy.Recently the University of Toronto GeneralHospital has gone abroad with some 40 to 50medical men; McGill University, Montreal, has senta similar or larger number. Queen’s University,Kingston, and Laval University, Montreal andQuebec, have sent, or are sending their hospitalsabroad. Lately Vancouver has offered to equip ahospital of some 1040 beds ; Peterboro, Ont., one of200 beds; Lambton County, Ontario, one of 200beds. The Ontario Medical Council, through one ofits members, Dr. Edmund E. King, Toronto, hasselected some 50 or 60 medical men for theWar Office. Thirty men have volunteered forservice in Serbia. With all this splendid offer-

ing from the medical profession in Canadathere are said to be hundreds on the waitinglists who are urgently desirous of work inany medical capacity. The provincial medicalcouncils of Canada could yet supply severalhundred men."

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ITALY AND THE WAR: "THE PLEBISCITE OF’THEPROFESSIONS."

From the Alps to Etna, every seat of learningand source of professional qualification (writes anItalian correspondent) has demonstrated, by wordand deed, its whole-hearted sympathy with theSalandra-Sonnino administration in the policywhich has placed the Third Italy by the side of theTriple Entente in the war against the CentralPowers. Of the 21 universities which Italy numbersthere is not one which has not declared itssolidarity with the movement now in pro-gress-mainly on the Venetian frontier and onthe Adriatic seaboard-to complete the country’sterritorial integrity and to make meaningless thephrase " Italia Irredenta " (unredeemed Italy) andthe agitation it has since 1866 inspired and justi-fied. The last few weeks have witnessed what theleading Italian journals call Il Plebiscito deiProfessori "-a veritable plebiscite of the academicand, professional interest throughout the kingdom-a "demonstration" which has reinforced, withsignal unanimity and power, the various otherinterests, agricultural, industrial, and commercial,in baming the Germano-Austrian diplomacy and insending Italy, by the rupture of the ill-starred

Triple Alliance, to the support of England, France,and Russia, in their antagonism to the policywhose watchword is " Deutschland uber Alles."Every Senatus Academicus has, collectively, sub-

scribed to the manifesto organised to aid and abetthe Government in its programme of intervention,and the names of the professoriate, published in

full, have been for days past a feature inthe leading journals. Conspicuous among theseappear the signatures of the medical faculty inevery school, metropolitan and provincial, and nota few of the signatories, when of the requiredage, have volunteered to serve at the frontnot only in ambulance work but, if need be,n the fighting line itself. There could not bea more significant proof of the patriotic spiritthus evoked than the correspondence that haspassed between the organisers of the manifestoand such veterans in clinical and consultantpractice as the leading members of the facultyat Naples and Rome, at Pisa and Bologna; andof these it may suffice to quote the letter of theillustrious pathologist of the last-named school,Professor Augusto Murri, addressed to ColonelBernardi, director of the " Servizi Sanitari " of thelocal army corps.

My Honoured Colleague,-I address myself to you, in thisconfidential strain, to assure you, with perfect frankness, thatall of us of the Clinica Medica feel it our duty to cooperate,in whatever way seems best, in the defence of Italy if sheshould be called upon to intervene in this war. While all

my assistants are already under statutory obligation so to

intervene, I have only one such call, and that is my con-science. Be it the privilege or the misfortune attaching toage, be it what you will, I must needs obey the command ofconscience ; and, therefore, to you my honoured colleague-to you who direct the sanitary service of our army corps-Isay that, if 1 am not wholly without use in the servicealluded to, you may count upon me to undertake, with

implicit acquiescence, any duty whatever you may imposeupon me-not in the higher sphere to which your kindlyappreciation might tempt you to call me, but in any other,however humble. For me, as for many others, the dignity ofthe post is not to be measured by the nature of the workassigned to it, but by the love of our dear country, which isnow claiming only that respect for her rights hitherto deniedher by an unscrupulous oppressor."

This characteristic letter was addressed, as longago as March 10th, to Colonel Bernardi, since

deceased, and has been made available for publica.tion by the courtesy of his widow. Time wouldfail me to quote, and the space at your disposal topublish, the volunteered undertakings of clinicalteachers and consultants, inspired by equalpatriotism and couched in similar language tothat of the celebrated pathologist of Bologna,

" the

Mother of Universities." One remark, however,may be made, and it is this: that a movement soanimated and so organised as that of the" Plebiscite of Italy’s Professors " in this crisis oftheir country’s destiny may not indeed commandsuccess, but must assuredly deserve it.

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THE TOURING CLUB OF FRANCE AND THE WAR.-The approach of what used to be the holiday season prompts.the inquiry, What has become of the touring clubs ? Fore-most among these, by reason of its influence, the number ofits members, and the excellent service it has rendered, notleast conspicuously in imposing better sanitary conditions inhotels, is the Touring Club of France. When war broke outthis club had under its inspection all over Europe hotels atwhich members were certain of cleanliness, moderate-charges, and easy redress for any legitimate grievance .onreference to the club. But the war has changed all this,for many of the hotels are now converted into hospitals.So vast an organisation, however, could not remain idle,making no use of the magnificent premises secured byit for its headquarters-viz., the mansion in the Avenue-de la Grande Armee once inhabited by the Humbert family,where the safe that was supposed to contain the fabulous.fortune of the mythical Crawford family was kept. At thistime last year this building was the centre for organisingtouring and exploring expeditions in all directions. Nowthe tourists are for the most part fighting at the front, sothe Touring Club has been converted into an organisation.for contributing to the health and convenience of those inthe fighting line.With the sanction and help of the Minister of War it has

created a committee, known as l’Œuvre du Soldat au Front,to help soldiers at the front. Its object is to supply thesoldier with necessary things which he does not obtain fromthe Ordnance Department. The magnificent drawing-roomsof Madame Humbert’s mansion are now converted into work-

shops, and the Touring Club of France has succeeded in.

turning out no fewer than .2500 parcels a day, each contain-ing from 25 to 30 articles. These comprise things useful inmaintaining the cleanliness and the warmth of the soldier, and,thus conducing to his health, things which, nevertheless,the war administration does not provide. For instance,there is a watertight hood that protects the back of the neck.like a sou’-wester. There are also warm socks, woollenmittens, towels, soop, combs, hair and tooth brushes,grease for the feet, an ampoule of iodine, thread, buttons,safety pins, and a very ingenious over-shoe. This last can-

be made easily with any little bit of carpet or rug. It slips-over the shoe to keep the feet warm while sleeping or standingstill in the trenches. Then there is a powder or an ointmentthat is very successful in keeping away vermin. The other-

objects are of the nature of comforts, or even luxuries, thatbear no direct relation to the question of health preservation,such as mirrors, flint tinder-boxes, candles, tobacco pouches,cigarette papers, postcards, pencils, bootlaces, jam, books,and such like.The subscriptions paid by tourists who no longer go out

touring were obviously insufficient to provide enough parcels-of this description, consequently the Touring Club con-ceived the ingenious idea of organising throughout Francethe Day of the 75. " Millions of postcards, medals, and littleflags were prepared recalling the great service rendered bythe famous gun. These little trinkets, none of them thesize of half a crown, weighed en bloc nearly 20 tons. Theywere sold for a penny and upwards and brought in no less:than 5,200,000 francs. What this means may be judged bythe fact that a million francs in silver 50-centime piecesweigh five tons and in 10-centime copper pieces a hundredtons. Special arrangements had to be made with the banksto deal with the huge amount of small coin thus paid formementoes of the 75 gun. The .6208,000 which an army of5),000 ladies realised by selling 22,000,000 mementoes bav&

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greatly helped to increase the comforts for the soldiers. Butthere is more money yet to come in, for the receipts from thecolonies and distant places are not yet to hand, so that thetourists of France have rendered yeoman service for ourcommon cause.

The war has not, however, compelled the Touring Clubentirely to neglect the interests of the tourists. The up-keep of roads, which was a part of its business, has provedof great service for military purposes, as well as for thecomfort and safety of tourists. Further, the club has beguna campaign to spread the knowledge as to where and how,without traversing the enemy’s lines, advantages such aswere formerly enjoyed at Homburg, Wiesbaden, Marienbad,Karlsbad, and similar places, can now be obtained. Anextensive correspondence also, including many letters fromEngland, consisting of inquiries about the French healthresorts, has been conducted. It is quite certain that noEnglish families will go this summer to either German orAustrian baths or spas. With the exception of those situatedin the Vosges and the Ardennes, the resorts of France

generally are available. The Touring Club urges that thisaffords an excellent opportunity for setting forth the supe-riority as regards politeness and attention that France can- offer such visitors.

BELGIAN RED CROSS : WAR EXHIBITION, 1915.-A war exhibition to assist the funds of the Belgian Red CrossAnglo-Belgian Committee, of which the Queen of the Belgiansis patroness, is announced to be open from June to Octoberat the Prince’s Skating Club, Knightsbridge, S.W. A13,700 sq. ft. mural panoramic representation of Belgiumwill portray the beauties of Brussels, Antwerp, Bruges,Ghent, Liege, Namur, and the Valley of the Meuse, includingDinant, Louvain, Malines, Ypres, and Vise. The exhibitionincludes seven sections, forming a comprehensive war exhibi-tion. Section 1 : Trophies of war from the more importantbattle-grounds. Section 2 : Armament and ammunition in the

making. Section 3 : Red Cross work, hospital and nursing.Section 4 : Science and industry as applied to war, includingthe latest scientific instruments used in connexion with war.Section 5 : Food and hygiene. Foodstuffs of every descrip-tion for War Office requirements, for invalids, wounded, and,convalescents, also hygienic preparations and apparatus.Section 6 : Equipment, showing every equipment necessityof officers and men, nursing equipment for hospital and fieldservice, working exhibits, lectures, and demonstrations.Section 7: Maritime and aerial section, comprising thelatest inventions in naval and aerial warfare. Season ticketsare being issued at .61 Is. each, carrying the privilege of

admitting a different friend at each visit. Assistance of

- every kind will be welcomed by the honorary organisingsecretary, War Exhibition, London Chamber of Commerce,97, Cannon-street, London, E.C.

EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY OFFICERS TRAINING’CORPS MEDICAL DUTY.-On May 29th the cadets of themedical unit of Edinburgh University Officers Training Corpswere inspected by Major Gray, R.A.M.C., at Kingston’Grange, where the unit had fitted up a field ambulance.After a careful inspection of the field hospital arrangementsand the cadets in various manoeuvres, the inspecting officeraddressed them, and expressed his satisfaction with whathe had seen. Speaking of the value of such a unit, he saidsome people thought there was no good having theOfficers Training Corps during war, but there was no

greater possible mistake, as the essential qualificationfor Royal Army Medical Corps officers, apart from themedical one, was military training. Had there been nosuch Officers Training Corps, the Army Medical Corps atthe outbreak of war would have been in difficulties. Somewho had previous training rather grumbled at having to trainrecruits at home, yet they had done more useful work thangoing straight out, and they would get their chance now.Students felt that they were being blamed for hanging backand not joining a combatant unit. Nothing was more

foolish. Combatant officers could be trained in a fewmonths-for example, at Sandhurst in three-but it tookfive years to train a Royal Army Medical Corps officer, andshould the war last a long period there would be a shortageof doctors. It was their duty to stick to their studies,taking the necessary military training in such a unit as this ;utimately they -should oin the Royal Army Medical Corps.

WOUNDED ALLIES RELIEF COMMITTEE.-As Dr.R. Fleming Jones, whose appointment we recorded inTHE LANCET of May 8th, has been prevented from going toSerbia, the Wounded Allies Relief Committee has appointedinstead Colonel Joseph A’Hearne, who has for many yearsbeen associated with the Government Medical Service ofQueensland.The committee has also appointed as medical head of

its typhus hospital unit (200 beds) about to proceed to

Montenegro, Dr. Gerard Carre, formerly medical officer tothe Uganda Relief Expedition, and senior medical officer tothe Fashoda Expedition. The medical staff will also includeDr. Isabel Ormiston, Dr. C. B. Slater, and Dr. LilliasHamilton. Miss Elkington is matron and there are 14nurses and one male nurse attendant. Another matron withfive nurses will follow later.

SCOTTISH COMMAND : MEDICAL SERVICES.-Colonel J. D. Mackintosh, Assistant Director of MedicalServices 2/lst Lowland Division, in addition to other duties,has been appointed to supervise the administration and

organisation of all military, war, and Territorial generalhospitals in the Glasgow area. Major H. A. Leebody, fromOfficer Commanding 2/3rd Lowland Field Ambulance, to beDeputy Assistant Director of Medical Services, ScottishCommand, dated March 5th, 1915.

NEW MILITARY HOSPITALS.-The militaryauthorities are taking over for a military hospital the WesternDistrict Hospital, Possil-road, Glasgow, which is a modernand well-equipped institution with accommodation for 250.-The Lanarkshire Red Cross Society, through its President,the Duchess of Hamilton, has been authorised by the WarOffice to take over for a hospital the new school buildings atGateside, Cambuslang.-The Devonport Workhouse has beentaken over by the War Office and will be converted into amilitary hospital for wounded soldiers. The infirmary, whichcontains 150 beds, will be used immediately, and in aboutthree weeks it is expected that the workhouse will be fittedup for the accommodation of about 400 additional patients.RURAL MEDICAL RELIEF IN SERBIA.-Owing to

the heavy death-rate from typhus fever among the Serbianmedical profession and the absorption of the remainder inmilitary and fever hospitals in towns, the rural populationis entirely deprived of medical aid. Mrs. St. Clair Stobartdescribes in the Morning Post of May 25th how in an effortto aid them a hospital tent was planted on the road betweenKragujevatz and Belgrade, with a notice in Serbianthat medicine and advice would be given gratis to thosewho attended and brought their own bottles. The successwas instantaneous, and over 500 patients are reported ashaving been treated during the first week, having trudgedfrom their villages even so far as 50 miles away. Theauthorities have now given permission for a series of theseroadside dispensaries, along the main road, administeredfrom the Women’s Tent Hospital, to be established, eachsuch unit to consist of a woman doctor, two nurses, an inter-preter, a chauffeur, and a handyman. The staff will live intents and attend to their own sanitation, which will have aneducative effect also on the peasantry. The expenses ofoutfit and three months’ maintenance are about £1000 foreach unit, and it is desired to start six units as early aspossible. Mrs. Stobart says: "From the humane point ofview alone it is inconceivable that money could be betterspent than upon these brave and patient peasants who aresuffering from a foe against whom they have no weapons ofdefence. Villages are being decimated, whole familiesblotted out, and horrors unspeakable are being endured bythese peasants without complaint, because they take it astheir share of the sacrifices which have to be made by thewhole nation in the cause of Freedom. But it is a heavyprice to pay, and it is impossible to watch it being paidwithout attempting to lessen even to a small degree thehorrible toll of suffering." Donations marked for the StobartDispensaries will be gladly received by the treasurer of theSerbian Relief Fund, 55, Berners-street, London, W.

Dr. Fabian Ware and Dr. Oswald Kelly. chiefmedical officers of mobile units of the British Red Crossserving with the French Army, have been mentioned inFrench Army orders for conspicuous devotion to duty.

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SCOTTISH WOMEN’S FIRST AID CORPS.-Theannual meeting of the Scottish Women’s First Aid Corpswas held in the Synod Hall, Edinburgh, on May 28th, Mrs.Maxtone Graham, the corps commandant, presiding. MissM. E. Macmillan, honorary secretary, read the annual report,which stated that the corps was started six years ago inorder to train women to be in readiness to render help to thewounded in the event of war. The scheme was justified, saidthe report, by the large number of competent trained womenwho were ready to serve when the war broke out. Since April,1914, 219 new members had joined, and the corps nownumbered 356, and, in addition, about 300 non-members hadtaken advantage of their classes. A house lent by Mr. FrankDeas in Magdala-place had been equipped and furnished bymembers of the corps as a special corps hospital. It was now

occupied by wounded soldiers, was recognised by the ScottishCommand, and received the capitation grant. Mrs. Grahamreferred to the progress made by the corps during theyear, and remarked that their hospital was a kind of visibleoutcome of what they had been doing. The honour of the

corps was in the hands of the members, who must do every-thing they could to make the hospital a success. They hadbeen getting soldier patients from the City Hospital and fromthe Deaconess Hospital, and she was sure that so long asthey kept the hospital open it would never be empty. Theygot the capitation grant from the Government, but that wasnot sufficient to keep the hospital going, and they wouldrequire to raise more funds.

KITCHENER’S INDIAN HOSPITAL.-Tents toaccommodate 500 more beds are being put up to augment theaccommodation of this hospital, which was fully described inTHE LANCET of April 3rd. The staff consists of 37 officersof the Indian Medical Service, mostly from three Indiangeneral hospitals, and some had to give up lucrative e

appointments to serve in Kitchener’s Hospital. There arealso 15 Anglo-Indian assistant surgeons, 30 native sub-assistant surgeons, 150 sepoy ward orderlies, 100 nativefollowers, and 75 British orderlies of the R.A.M.C.

COLLABORATION IN OPERATIVE SURGERY.-Amedical correspondent, signing himself "Observer, writesthat he was recently an eye-witness of operations at theRoyal Military Hospital, Devonport, illustrating the possi-bility of collaboration in surgical operations. The operations,he says, were for the radical cure of bilateral inguinal herniaeby Bassini’s method. Two operators took part, one on eitherside. The initial incisions were simultaneous. Both opera-tions, though varied in technique, proceeded pari passu andthe last skin suture in each was inserted simultaneously to asecond. The only point for discussion (that of dressings orno dressings) was harmoniously compromised, and the patientis doing well, the period of ana3sthesia and the shock ofoperation being both reduced by half. Such an illustration

speaks highly for surgical collaboration. Here skill metskill, not as 6 Greek meets Greek," but as allies in a hallowedcause. No small credit, too, is due to the sister who suppliedboth operators synchronously and speedily with their variedarmamentarium.

ALLEGED ROBBERIES OF THE WOUNDED BYMEDICAL ORDERLIES. -There has been not a little direct accu-sation levelled in various newspapers against medical orderliesof petty thieving practised on the wounded during transport.One very specific instance in the Times of May 28th hasdrawn forth from Colonel P. Broome Giles, of the City ofLondon Branch of the Red Cross Society, a very trenchantand just reply. After referring to the difficulties that leadto defective packing of kits upon ambulances, illustrated bya singular instance, he calls attention to the primâ facieunlikelihood of the charge from the general position andcharacter of those engaged in the transport work, and con-cludes : "If your correspondent will furnish me with (1) thedate ; (2) the hour ; (3) the hospital the officer was taken to,I can verify from the duty roll those she implicates, and willgive her every facility to make an exhaustive inquiry, afterwhich she can either publicly substantiate her accusation orapologise." That many articles are lost during transport ishighly probable, and it is difficult to conceive how it could beotherwise when all attendant circumstances are taken intoconsideration, so that it is quite gratuitous to propound asthe only explanation a highly improbable system of thieving.

INCORPORATED SOLDIERS’ AND SAILORS’ HELPSOCIETY.—This society held its annual meeting on May 26th,when the secretary, Major Tudor Craig, said that over 23,000beds had been presented to convalescent homes by themembers of the society since the war began. The PrincessChristian Home at Brookwood was also to be turned into aconvalescent home, and the accommodation at the NavalHospital had been increased to 128 beds. Princess Christiansaid that the necessary funds had been offered by a friendthrough the Queen and herself, and she thought that theextension would remain permanently at the hospital. The

secretary continued that a fund in memory of Lord Robertshad been instituted to enable the partially disabled to bedealt with. The Cordwainers’ Company would give disabledmen 42 weeks’ training in cobbling, the society makingthem meanwhile an allowance. The National Fund hadhelped with a grant of E35,000.

A MILITARY CHAMBER OF HORRORS.-TheRoyal United Service Institution have expressed approval ofa suggestion of Dr. Raymond Crawfurd that a " chamberof horrors " should be established in the museum of theinstitution for the display of a collection of objects testifyingto the commission of atrocities in warfare, such as Germanmilitary proclamations, letters and diaries ordering orrecording atrocities, the Botha correspondence on theinfection and poisoning of wells, German gas apparatus,incendiary pastilles, and the like. The War Office isconsidering the matter.

Sir George Newman, principal medical officerof the Board of Education, has been appointed on theCentral Control Board (Liquor Traffic) created by the Govern-ment to deal with the drink problem in relation to munitions,transport, and camp areas. The address of the Board is76, Strand, London, W.C.

Medical News.UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.-At the third M.B.,

B.S. Examination for internal and external students, heldrecently, the following candidates were successful:-Lilian Annie Clark and *Dora Challis Colebrook (honours), London

(Royal Free Hospital) School of Medicine for Women; tulementCooke, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital (honours) ; Herbert Davies,University College Hospital; Robert Hood Fleming,B.Sc., Middle-sex Hospital; Norah Hamill and Mary Emmeline Joll, London(Royal Free Hospital) School of Medicine for Women; WilliamEdward Kingdon. University College Hospital; Olive GertrudeMary Langmead, London (Royal Free Hospital) School of Medicinefor Women; Stylianos George Papadopoulos, St. Bartholomew’sHospital; George Henry Roberts, St. Thomas’s Hospital; GabrielFrancis Rodrigues, University College Hospital; Farid HeneinAbdel Sayed, St. Mary’s Hospital ; Hilda Mary Scarborough,London (Royal Free Hospital) School of Medicine for Women; JohnFrank Herbert stallman, Guy’s Hospital; and Katharine AdaWaring, London (Royal Free Hospital) School of Medicine forWomen.

* Distinguished in Midwifery and Diseases of Women.t Distinguished in Medicine.

CENTRAL MIDWIVES BOARD.-Special meetingsof the Central Midwives Board were held at CaxtonHouse, Westminster, on May 26th and 27th, Sir Francis H.Champneys being in the chair. A number of midwiveswere struck off the roll, the following charges amongst othershaving been brought forward : Not being scrupulously cleanin every way as required by Rule E.1 ; that when attendingpatients the midwife did not take with her the appliances orantiseptics required by Rule E.2, and consequently wasunable to comply with the provisions of Rules E.3 and 7; nottaking and recording the pulse and temperature of patients asrequired by Rule E.13 ; the midwife employing an uncertifiedperson to visit the patient as her substitute in contraventionof Section 1 (4) of the Midwives Act, 1902. Neglecting withoutreasonable cause to attend a patient on the day of the confine-ment in spite of repeated messages, and not arriving until afterthe delivery had taken place ; that notwithstanding instructionby the inspector of midwives the midwife did not make useof a clinical thermometer, nor did she take the pulse of herpatients, and consequently did not comply with Rule E.13.