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J°°° TMEDICAL JRNL] NAVAL AND MILITARY MEDICAL SERVICES. [APRIL 19, 1902, that the theory to which I gave expression had an origin Barrow's previous commissions are thus dated: Assistant-Surn eon, Sep- entirely of tember 30th, I871; Surgeon, March ist, 1873; Surgeon-Major, September independent aural practice. I will expound this 3oth, 1883; rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, September 3oth, i89I ; and Brigade- theory and explain its origin at a later date, after fulfilling Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel, May 7th, I896. He was in the Soudan cam- my promise of "indicating the existence of a therapeutic paign in I885 (medal with clasp, and Khedive's bronze star), and with the agent in myelocene " a Soudan Frontier Field Force in I885, including the action at Giniss. by record of the results obtained from Lieutenant-Colonel R. 0. CUSACK retires on retired pay on account of its use in other departments of medicine. With regard to the ill health, April i6th. Appointed Surgeon, March 6th, i88o, he became judgementwhich may bepassed upon any method of treatment, Surgeon-Major twelve years and Lieutenant-Colonel twenty years there-- I would only say that it would hardly be scientific to pro- after. He was Senior Medical with the column under General Graham during the Manipur expedition in 18gi, was mentioned in nounce either a favourable or an adverse opinion after rea ing dispatches, and received the Frontier medal with clasp. a brief record of bare facts or after the personal observation P. Lieutenant-Colonel G. H. LE MOTTtE, M.D., also retires on retired pay,. of its effects in a few cases. In my view, the approval which April x6th. His commissions are thus dated: Surgeon, March 31St, 1875; Surgeoni-Major, March 3rSt, 1887; rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, March 3ist, wins appreciation must depend upon one or both of the follow- I895; and Brigade Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel, June 22nd, I898. He was ing conditions: Either it must be due to a record of properly engaged in the Boer war in x88I. authenticated facts, for which a reason is provided that Lieutenant-Colonel R. W. E. H. NICHOLSON likewise retires on retired irresistibly commends itself to the mind of the pay, April i6th. He was appointed Surgeon, July 3ISt, x88o; Snrgeon- scientist, or Major, July 31st, r892; and Lieutenant-Oolonel, July 31St, 1900. He served it must follow an independent and adequate personal investi- in the operations in Chitral in i895 (medal with clasp), and in bhe current gation, the results of which establish the value of the treat- South African war. ment employed. In this connexion I may express my regret Lieutenant GEORGE EDWARD LEARY died at Aden on March i4th, at the' that I have been unable to satisfy the numerous correspond- age of 28. He joined the department May 3oth, 1goo. ents who have asked me to direct them where can obtain they ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. a reliable supply of myelocene. The preparation is not yet DEPUTY SURGEON-GBNERAL WILLIAM MACNAMARA, M.D., retired pay, died in medio, and as it requires a competent knowledge of the on February zith. Hewas appointed Assistant Surgeon, October 6th, 1854; qualities of bone marrow, it cannot be procured with the ease Surgeon, May i6th, 1867; Brigade Surgeon, November z7th, 1878; andc Honorary Deputy Surgeon-General on retirement, July 2ISt, I880. that is desirable. But it is within the reach of all who are Brigade-Surgeon JAMES PARR, retired pay, died at Sevenoaks, fortunate in their selection of bones and who follow with care February gth. He entered the service as Assistant-Surgeon, May 28th, the directions which I have set forth in my communication. 1857, and became Surgeon May 31St, 1871; Surgeon-Major March ist, I ought not to conclude this letter without thanking Dr. I873; and retired with the honorary rank of Brigade-Surgeon July 29th, McBride for drawing my attention to the fact that I had in- i885. advertently attributed to Lucae the method of intermittent INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE. pressure advocated by Hommel.-I am, etc., CAPTAIN W. HENVYY, Bengal Establishment, is transferred to temporary Edinburgh, April 14th. CHALMERS WATSON. half-pay, from March 4th. He was appointed Surgeon-Captain July 28th, I89I, and served with the Isazai Expedition in 1892. Inspector-General HUGH MARTIN MAcPHERsON, late Bengal Establish- ment, died on the April 4th, at 6, Arlington Street. Piccadilly, aged 8ir MEDICAL SERVICES. years. He was appointed Assistant-Surgeon September i8th, 2842, and. .AND ARMY became Inspector-General July 27th, I870. THE UNDERMANNING OF THE ARMY MEDICAL IMPERIAL . SERVICE. THE undermentioned officers resign their commissions and receive new- commissions subject to the and Yeomanry Act, x901, retainiDg THE following is the distribution of medical officers employed their rank and seniority; Surgeon-Captain J. R. HARPER, Royal North on the Active or Reserve Lists, according to the Army List for Devon (Hussars); Surgeon-Captain T. F. DEWAR, M.B., Fifeshire and. Forfarshire; Surgeon-Captain L. DRAGE, M.D., Herts; Surgeon-Major April: R. E. WOOD, Lanark; Surgeon Captain J. F. G. DILL, M.D., Norfolk (King's Distribution in April Army List. Own); Surgeon-Captain R. BULLOCK, Warwickshire; Surgeon-Lieutenant, F. E. MARSTON, Montgomeryshire; Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel J. J. SAVILLE, North Somerset. Remarks. Mr. JOHN J. SCANLAN is appointed Medical Officer to the 35th Bat- talion, with the temporary rank of Captain, April 7th. Mr. GEORGE THOMSON, M,B., is appointed Surgeon-Lieutenant in the Nottinghamshire (), April 36th. Ranks. -4 X 2 Mr. EDWARD M. KNOTT is appointed Surgeon-Lieutenant in the North- amptonshire , April 12th. Surgeon-Captain C. FLEMING, Nottinghamshire (Sherwood Rangers), re- 0 signs his commission, April 12th. VOLUNTEER GARRISON ARTILLERY. Mr. NORMAN DAVIDSON, M.B., is appointed Surgeon-Liefitenant in the surgeon-Generals .3. 26 - - ist Banffs, April 12th. colognels.... Il 5 To - 26 4 - Surgeon-Lieutenant R. B. PURVES, M.B., ist Edinburgh (City), is pro- Lieutenant-Colonels.- 70, 67 24 11 222 6 24 moted to be Surgeon-Captain, April 16th. Majors...... 42 122 log 3 27 3 3 Captains ...... 29 I09 1II - 249 I2 4 - Lieutenants .... 28 12 64 3 206 I VOLUNTEER ENGINEERS. MR. JOHN W. T. WALKER, M.B., is appointed Surgeon-Lieutenant in the Total ...... *273 425 379 7 984 26 3I East London (Tower Hamlets), April i6th.

The total number is the same as for March, with a few less VOLUNTEER RIFLES. at home and a few more in South Africa. The Surgeon- SURGEON-LIEUTENANT P. L. W. WILLIAMS, 2nd Volunteer the Prince Albert's (), resigns his commission, April General establishment of io has been completed by the pro- 12th. motion of 4 colonels since the list was made up. The number Surgeon-Lieutenant J. ORR, M.B., ist Volunteer Battalion the Man- unposted is considerably fewer, and is very small in such chester , is promoted to be Surgeon-Captain, April 12th. seeing that it probably chiefly represents Messrs. FREDERIC H. ALLFREY, M.B., and HENRY S. WALKER, M.D., are large numbers, appointed Surgeon-Lieutenants in the 2nd Cadet Battalion the King's officers on sick leave. Deducting 57 for those seconded, and (Liverpool Regiment) and the 3rd Volunteer Battalion the Lincolnshire the reserve of officers employed, the effective active list is Regiment respectively, dated April i6th. 927. The number of retired officers employed is 64, exclusive of the reserve of officers shown in the active list. ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL (MILITIA). SUPERNUMERARY LIEUTENANT J. CLARKE is promoted to be Captain, and. ROYAL NAVY MEDICAL SERVICE. to remain seconded, January zith. THE following appointments have been made at the Admiralty: T. B. SHAW, M.B.. Surgeon, to the Dtuke of WelZington, for disposal, April gth - GEORGE D. TWIGG, Fleet Surgeon, to the Duike of Wellington, additional, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS (VOLUNTEERS). April x4th; ANTHONY KIDD, Fleet Surgeon, to the Benbow, additional, MR. JOHN M. ROGERS-TILLSTONE is appointed Lieutenant in the Maid- April 14th. stone Companies, April 12th. Lieutenant T. W. BARTLErT, the Woolwich Companies, is promoted tow ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. be Captain, April 16th. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL H. J. W. BARROW iS promoted to be Colonel. vice Supernumerary Lieutenant M. TAYLOR, M.B., the Woolwich Companies, E. Townsend, promoted, September 25th, i9oi. Lieutenant-Colo 1 is promoted to be Captain and to remain supernumerary, April i6tfl. BRmz APRIL 19, 1902.1 NAVAL AND MILITARY MEDIOAL SERVICES. [ &zDrCALTDIan JOURNAL 1001

VOLUNTEER INFANTRY BRIGADE BEARER COMPANIES. SURGEON-CAPTAIN A. C. TUNSTALL, M.D., from the ist Tower Hamlets VOLUNTEER MEDICAL SERVICE. Volunteer Rifle Corps, is appointed Surgeon-Captain in the 4th London, THE following letter from Sir E. W. D. Ward, Permanent and to command the , under Paragraph 55a Volunteer Regula- tions. Secretary of the , has been received by the Surgeon-Captain F. H. THOMPSON, from the ist Hereford Volunteer Honorary Secretary of the Volunteer Medical Association, in Rifles, to be Surgeon-Captain in the Welsh Border Brigade, and to com- reply to a communication addressed by the Council of that mand under Paragraph 55a Volunteer Regulations, March ixth. Association to the of State for War: Surgeon-Lieutenant J. McK. HARRISON, M.B., from the rst Hereford Secretary Rifles, is appointed War Office, April, 1902. Voluinteer Surgeon-Lieutenant in the *Welsh Border Sir,-I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to inform you that Brigade, March xith. he has carefully considered the various points raised in the communica- tion received from the Council of the Volunteer Medical Association, dated January ioth last, and in reply I am to state: CHANGES OF STATION. I. That while the Volunteer Medical Staff Corps officers and men have THE following changes of station amongst the officers of the Royal Army been affiliated to the Royal Army Medical Corps, under the title of the Medical Corps have been officially reported to have taken place during Royal Army Medical Corps (Volunteers) by Arnmy Order 28 of 1902, and the the last month: comnpound title of the officers abolished, Mr. Brodrick does niot consider From. To. it advisable to interfere with the position of medical officers belonging to Colonel J. F. Supple, M.B...... Bombay Bengal. or corps. The position of these officers is quite diflereut fiom N B. Major ...... Punjab ...... Bombay. that of officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps (Volunteers). The latter W. E. Saunders, C.B. Madras ...... Punjab. are of officers of a medical corps, the former are inedical officers of their Lieutenant-Colonel W. L. Lane, M.B. ... South Africa. respective units, and the maintenance of the compound title is essential P. J. Dempsey, M.D ... . to indicate their position in their corps, and the nature of the duties upon W'. A. Parker, Res.... Portsmouth ... Exeter. which they are employed. Similar titles exist for the miiedical officers of E. North ...... Bermuda ... Chatham. the Brigade of Guards and Yeomanry. A. Peterkin, M.B. ... Madras...... South Africa. 2. If there is any general desire to abbreviate the title of Brigade- R.W. E. H. Nicholson South Africa... Lichfield. Surgeon-Lieutenant-Coloniel, Mr. Brodrick has no objection to the S. Townsend, M.D.... ,, ... Chatham. omission of the word "Brigade." An officer's appuintiuent as "senior W. C. T. Poole, M.B. Devonport ... South Africa. medical officer ",Of a Brigade being shown in the Armiiy List by a separate G. E. Weston ...... I date. J. C. Haslett, M.Dl Bengal ..Netley. 3. The selection of Senior Medical Officers for duty solely on the Staff of H. J. Barratt South Africa Canterbury. Brigades is approved, and all such officers can in future be seconded V. E. Hunter Major ...... Madras ...... Punjab. whilst so eimiployed, if they so desire, thus creating vacanicies on the estab- D. R. Hamilton, M.B. South Africa... Eastern Dist. lishments of the units to which they belong. Seconded officers cannot C. T. Blackwell ...... Punjab ...... South Afrim. draw capilation grant but are eligible for camtip allowances.

C. H. ... Melville, M.B .. ... Madras. 4. Mr. Brodrick does not consider that there is any necessity for the D. M. O'Callaghan ..... Souith Africa... Lichfleld. appointmiient of a Volunteer Medical Officer to the office of the DJirector-

Y. ... Reily, M.B. Belfast ...... South Africa. General or as a memiiber of the Advisory Board for , Captain R. C. Lewis ...... Shoeburyness. as the interests of the Volunteer Medical Services are already carefully F. M. Mangir ...... Punjab ...... considered and safeguarded. C. E. Pollock ...... Glencorse e 5. The Secretary of State does not consider it necessary to introduce J. R. MeMunn ...... additional examinations for promotion. He is, hoxvever, of opinion that J. Grech ...... Soufh Africa... . the period of service required for promotion of Surgeon-Major or Major in A. H. Waring ... Madras. the Royal Army Medical Corps (Volunteers) should be reduced frollm fifteen F. S. Penny ...... South Africa. years to twelve, and steps will be taken accordingly. R. S. H. Fahr, D.S.O. ... South Africa... Home District. 6. The formation of the bearer companies of the Volunteer Infantry F. J. C. Heffermann ...... Mauritius. Brigades as independent units'has been authorized, and Mr. Brodrick A. R. O'Flaherty South Africa. trusts that this step may be to the advantage of the wlhole Volunteer H. S. Taylor West Africa. Medical Service and that it will add to the efficiency of the Brigades them- LieutenantH. E. M. Douglas V.C.,D.S.O. South Africa... London. selves. M.B.. H,R. Ensor. D.S.O...... Egyptn. Army. A sergeant-instructor from the Royal Army Medical Corps will be pro- P. G. M.B. ,, IHyde, ... Dublin ... Bengal. vided for each bearer company. A. W. Sampey It ...... West Africa. Pending such appointments the temporary employment of a qualified L. Cotterill ... Aldershot. Volunteer non-commissioned officer as instructor, with pay at 2S. a day. W. J. S. Harvey ...... can be sanctioned by General Officers Commanding, under.authority oi B. A. Craig ...... War Office letter No. oo6I/b044, dated February 28th, I900. Lieutenant-Colonel P. J. M'Quaid, M.D., retirecd pay, has been trans- 7. The questions of the provision of equipment and the allotment of ferred from Portsmouth to Exoter, and Major W. H. 'Lewis, retired pay, Volunteer Medical Officers for duty on mobilization are no N being care- has been placed in medical charge of troops in the Home District. fully considered, 8. The proportion of regimental stretcher bearers to each unit will remain as at present, and these men should be instructed by their own medical officers. MEMORIAL TO THE LATE SURGEON-GENERAL W. NASH. 9. The regulations regarding uniform of all Volunteer Officers are clearly WuG are asked to state that the following subscriptions to the above fund laid down in the Volunteer Regulations, and the Secretary of State sees have been received by the Honorary Secretary, Major B. M. Skinner, no reason to make any alterations. R.A M.C., 3I, Victoria Street, S.W., since the last notification. Cheques Im. The rates of pay and allowances for Volunteer Medical Officers of should be made payable to Major B. M. Skinner, R.A.M.C., crossed '* Sir all branches of the service have been arrived at after careful consider- C. R. McGrigor and Co., Memorial to Surgeon-General Nash," and ation, and there does not seem to be any necessity for departing from the addressed to Sir C. R. McGrigor and Co., 25, Charles Street, St. James's scales approved. Square, S.W. Cases of an exceptional nature can always be submiiitted for special X s. d. consideration. Lieutenant-Colonel U. A. Jennings ...... o I 0 iI. The Secretary of State is prepared to approve of the granting of a Major E. F. Boult o...... 6 step of honorary rank (on retirement only) under the sanie conditions Major A. Wright ...... o o0 0 as those in force for other branches of Volunteers up to and including Lieutenant? Colonel Ruttledge *- ...... 0 20 0 the rank of Honorary Surgeon-Colonel or Colonel in the Royal Army Lieutenant-Colonel Jerome 5 Medical Corps (Volunteers)...... Major Dodd .. ... o 5 o I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ... Major Yarr ...... 0 5 0 (Signed) E. W. D. WARD. Lieutenant Fletcher ...... 0 2 6 The Honorary Secretary, Lieutenant Lelean ...... 0 2 6 Volunteer Medical Association, Major Alexander ...... o 20, Hanover Square, W. Brigade-Surgeon J. McKinnon ...... I I 0 Colonel A. T. Sloggett II...x SOUTH AFRICAN DISPATCHES. Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Harrison ...... I 0 O THE London Gazette of April 12th contains a dispatch Jroiin Lord Methuen, Colonel B. M. Blennerhassett ...... 2 2 0 dated Klerksdorp, Marel 13th, reporting on the engagemiient which took Lieutenant-Colonel B. A...... 0 0 T. Tuckey 10 lace on March 7th between Tweebosch and Leeuwkiiil, in the Lichten- "An OldFriend" ...... I 0 Eurg district. Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Duncan ...... 2 2 0 After describing the ends aimed at and the measuix-es taken to ensure Lieutenant E. J. Fairland ...... O success, Lord Methuen describes the attack delivei ed by the Boers, and Colonel W. L. Gubbins ...... O its results, and concludes by bringing to notice the services of officers Surgeon-General T. O'Farrell ...... I I O deemed worthv of special mention. Amongst these, " Civil Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel Swabey ...... o o Prentice," he says, "with the rearguard, and Captain Thurston, R.A.M.C., Major D. V. O'Connell 5... , with the guns, continued bandaging the wounded tllroughout the engage- Major A. de C. Scanlan ...... 0 5 0 ment. Colonel Townsend, C.B., n-y P.M.O., remiiained in tle fighting line Lieutenant J. S. Bostock ...... 0 2 6 until he had received three wounds; he has, from the commencement of Lieutenant-Colonel W. W. Kenny... 20 0 the campaign, always acted most gallantly." Lieutenant-Colonel J. D. Brodie ... 0. 0 Captain H. W. D. O'Reilly ...... o 5 Previously acknowledged in the BRITISH MEDICAL RANK ON RETIREMENT. JOURNAL of April 12th ...... 36 x6 6 A CORRESPONDENT sends us a cutting froiii a iiiorningcontemporary, whelein a "Retired Colonel" writes tthat the colonlels of the colmibatant Total ... 54 9 6 branches should receive on retirement the rank of major-geneialJ; as 1002 MEDICALTISHBRmmJOURItAL-] MEDICO-LEGAL AND MEDICO-ETHICAL. [APRIL 19, 1902.

"what annoys us colonels of the combatant branch is that we are placed FEE FOR FRACTURE OF FOREARM. in the same category as medical, veterinary, militia, and volunteer FRACTURE wishes to know what would be a reasonable fee for putting up colonels by tle general public, who do not knowthe difference." He a fracture of the middle third of the radius, in a working man, earning says truly that this fully explains itself. about £2 per week, and for subsequent attendance at the writer's surgery, the number of attendances being 22. an initial for setting TIlE RESERVE AND THE NEW WARRANT. *** If our correspondent were to charge guinea A CORRESPONDENT asks what has becomiie of the officers of the. Old the fracture, and 2s. 6d. for each subsequent consultation, we think the Reserve in the New Warrant ? There is no mention of them, yet they charges would be reasonable. have come up wvell in the time of great need and done much good work. Should they not receive some recognition from the War Office ? PATENTING SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS. R. T. T.-We should advise our correspondent to let the instrument maker register or patent the design, and secure by agreement with him AND MEDICO-ETHICAL. his interest in it, in very much the same way as is done in the case of MEDICO-LEGAL books with publishers. The instrument maker would probably be able to give him all the information he requires; but if he desires expert. AN UNCOMMON DENTISTRY CASE. he should consult a patent agent. A CASE of considerable interest came before Mr. Justice Kennedy and a advice, special jury on April ioth at the Glamorgan Assizes in the form of a claim for damuages against Mr. J. C. Oliver, consulting dental surgeon at tlle CONSULTATIONS WITH HOMOEOPATHS. Infirmiiary, for alleged unskilful extraction of a tooth. The tooth Y.-We believe it to be the rule for surgeons to meet homoeopaths in in question was an upper canine, and it was alleged that " unnecessary consultation. force was used, with the result that the tooth was forced upwards into the cavity of the cheek, and became embedded in the cheek-bone and the cartilage of the nose, just below the lachrymal duct." There was no doubt subsequently that the tootlh was not extracted, but the forceps slipping over thle conical part of the tooth, forced it np under the skin near the UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, corner of the eye. Swelling and pain followed, and the patient was seen by several medical mnen, who at first failed to diagnose the unique condi- ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND. tion, and were, moreover, misled by the statement of the patient that the A QUAIRTERLY Council was held on April ioth, Mr. H. G. Howse, Presi- tooth had been extracted. The use of the Roentgen rays, however, clearly dent, in the chair. demonstrated the condition, and the tooth was removed by a simple skin Court of Examiners. incision. The evidence of the four medical men who examined the Sir William H. Bennett, K.C.V.O., was readmitted and Mr. Frederic S patient was against there havingbeen anynegligence in the attempted Eve, and Mr. W. Watson Cheyne, C.B., were admitted members of the extraction, though it appears that the dentist in question had not Court. ascertained wlhether tlle tootlh was out or not. Jacksonian Prize Essay. If is Lordship held that if there was no negligence in the operation The subject determined for the year xgo3 is: The Various Forms of Con proper it did not matter about the failure to find the tooth. junctivitis, their Pathology and Treatment. The jury gave a verdict for the defendant. Telephonic Communication. It was determined that the College should be connectedwith the public PROSECUTION UNDER THIE NOTIFICATION ACT. telephone system, and that the arrangement of paying an annual fee of AccORDING to a report in the Tottenham WVeekly Herald of April 4th, Dr. be Andrew Rostant, of Northumberland Park, Tottenham, was summoned £s, with an additional charge for each message sent, adopted (non- at the instance of tlle Edmonton Urban District Council for wilfully offlcial messages being charged for at the time by the College). aiding and abetting a miian named Woods in exposing himself while The Holding of Special Classes by Examiners. suffering from small-pox. According to the prosecution, the man The following recommendations made by the Nomination Committee Woods had attended at the defendant's surgery for three days, on the were adopted by the Council: (I) That it is inexpedient that any member last of which he was given a notification form to take to the house of of the Court, or of any Board, of "Examiners of the College should con- the medical officer of lhealth, stating that he was suffering from small- duct, or assist in conducting, any preparatory-or special course of in- pox. It was alleged that the patient had not been told hewas suffering struction or tutorial class-either with or without emolument-in the from that disease, or given any directions as to precautionary measures. subject in which he is an examiner, other than his recognized and regular The defendant said he first formed the opinion that Woods was suffer- course. (2) That a copy of the resolution be sent to every member of the ing from small-pox on January x6th, when he was attending at the sur- Court and of the Boards of Examiners of the College. (3) That on receipt gery. Defendant then wrote out a notification form and told the man of 'any application for an examinership the Secretary be instructed to to drop it into the M.O.H.'s letter-box on his way home. He (defendant) acknowledgement thought thus to facilitate miiatters, so that the patient might be imme- forward a copy of the resolution along with the formal diately removed. The Bench were of opinion that the case had been of the receipt of such application. properly bi-ouglht before them, but held that there could be no convic- Examiners in Dental Surgery. tion under the circumatances. Sir William H. Bennett, K.C.V.O.. and Mr. H. Cuthbert Golding-Bird *** The result is satisfactory, buit before such prosecutions are insti- were elected to the Court of Examiners in place of Mr. H. W. Page and tuted there ought to be at least evidence of gross neglect. If every Mr. W. J. Walsham, retired. practitioner lho belhaves, perhaps, a little unwisely, and in the hurry Members of Twenty Years' Standing. of professional work, gives a notification to the patient to drop into the Tlle following were elected Fellows of the College, under Section v of post-box on iis way hoine, or fails to tell him all the p-ecautions he the Charter of the x5th Victoria: William Henry Power, Whitehall; ouglht to take, is to be summoned before a magistrate, another worry George Bagot Ferguson, Cheltenham. will be added to professional life. Royal Institute of Public Health. Mr. F. Richardson Cross was appointed delegate to represent the College at the meeting of the above, to be held in Exeter from August 2ISt to 26th, MEDICAL ETIQUETTE. 1902. S. writes: I. A person was suffering from scarlet fever, and was Cancer Research Schemne. beinig attended at homiie. The medical officer of health, on making his Tlle Council gave its general approval of the Draft Scheme for Cancer call, informiied the parents thiat there was an isolation hospital, and the Research submitted by a Conjoint Committee and adopted by the Royal parents desii-ed to avail themselves of it. Has the practitioner in College of on March 24th. The scheme was published in the attendance aniy comiiplaint against the medical officer of health? 2. A MEDICAL JOURNAL of April I2th, page 921. practitioner, A., being laid up, and his locum tenens not giving satisfac- BRITISH tion, a certain patient calls in another medical man, B. Can B. con- tinue in chaigC of the case after A. is about again? UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN. *** i. We cannliot see that the medical officer of lhealth in any way Ar the graduation ceremony on April ioth the following degrees and exceeded his duty. (2) If B. is attending the case for A., then it would diplomas were conferred: be hiis duty to resign it into A.'s hands when the latter returned to his Degree of Joctor of Science (D.Sc.).-J. Moir, M.A., B.Sc. Thesis-Re- dissatisfied wi'.h searches on (I) Amiiarine and (2) New Derivates of Pyridine. work. If, on the other hand, the patient, being A.'s Degree of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.).-P. Fraser (with distinction in deputy, engaged II. to take over the case, B. would be justified in con- mathematics and natural philosophy): H. W. Malcolm (with dis- tinuing his treatment of it, although it would be an act of courtesy on tinctioni in mathematics anld natural pllilosophy); W. H. Wishart, his part to offer to resign it to A. on his convalescence if the patient M.A. Deg-ee of Doctor of Medicine (M.D.).-A. C. Barron, M.B., C.M.-Thesis: vcre willing. Intestinal Sand, its Genesis and Clinical Interest: R. S. B3lack, M.A., M.B., C.M.-Thesis: Leprosy in South Africa, with Researches EMPLoYERS LIABILITY ACT. and Observations, Clinical and Pathological;-H. Fraser, M.B., II. W. asks: (i) Does a coachman living on his employer's premises come Ch.B.-Thesis: (2) Experiments with tlle Schiimburg Method ot iunder the prIovisions of the Employers' Liability Act'? (2) If not, can AWater Sterilization, (2) Hepatic Cirrhosis in Association witl time employei insuie tIme coachman at the ordinary rates, so as to be Multiple Adenomata [under the new regulations]: F. T. Keyt M B ab)le to give tlie man, as an act of charity, compensatioll in case of C.M.-Tlhesis: Bush Tlhelrapeutics ill vogue in British IJonauras: accident 'e A. G. Mlime, M.B., C.M.-Thesis: Astlhlmia and Allied Conditions *** (i) WNe believe tllat coaclhmen to medical practitioners do notcome considered witlh reference to Nasal Disease; J. W. Myers, M.B., of the Act. (2) It is doubtful wlhether our corre- C.M.-Thesis: Tobacco Amblyopia, witlh Analysis of 92 Consecutive uinder the provisioiis Cases: J. F. Plilip. M.B., C.M.-Thesis: Melancholia, an Analysis. sponldent canl do this: lie lhad better let the coaclhman insure hlimself, The Thesis of Mr. F. T. Kevt wvas considered worthly of " honours," anld and pay the premiumiis fo- hira. the theses of Aless'.s. R. F. Black and H. Fraser of " commendation."