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AuguSt 26, I87I.] THE BRITISH ME,DICAL _OURNAL. 251 with alcoholic drinks altogether in medicine, but still he believed that healths of the Earl and Countess of Mount Edgcumbe. He observed they were prescribed much more frequently than was necessary. that the noble earl had worthily followed in the footsteps of his father in Mr. HUTCHINSON called attention to the experience gathered in the hospitalityand courtesy. -The toast was drunk withthree ringing cheers. London hospitals in connection with the administration of stimulants, -Mr. Heckstall Smith proposed the health of the President of the and stated that from records kept in the hospital with which he was British Medical Association, which was drunk with similar honours.- connected, it was found that the practice of those who gave the largest Mr. Watkin Williams, the Secretary of the Association, gave the Local quantities to their patients was not more successful than the practice of Secretaries-Drs. Littleton and Row-observing that without such co- those who exhibiied it in smaller amounts. He did not see how they adjutors it would have been difficult to carry out the admirable arrange- were to do without stimulants in such diseases as erysipelas and pyoemia. ments which had been made. In his experience he had known nothing Dr. RADCLYFFE HALL (Torquay) said his experience was that the so remarkable in connection with the Association as this, what he might milk treatment in cases of fever failed, but that the milk treatment term the climax of their visit. There had been plenty to admire in combined with the administration of very small doses of stimulants Plymouth and its lovely scenery, but they had had shewn them nothing produced the best results. He contended that medical men were not to to be compared with the sight he saw before him, and he desired to be held responsible for not being always able to square their practice express his gratitude to the gentlemen who had been kind enough to with theory. They often had to deal with patients who were in the bring them there. -Drs. Littleton and Row having replied, Dr. Bryan, habit of taking too much; and the way to deal with such was not to of Northampton, proposed the ladies, which was responded to by Mr. attempt to turn them out of their groove abruptly, which would not act, Nicholson. but to turn them into another-to prescribe, for example, the moderate use of light claret instead of stronger drinks. EXCURSION INTO CORNWALL. Mr. SQUARE utterly repudiated this idea. For persons who were in By the kindness of Mr. Henwood, the President of the Royal Institu- the habit of taking too much there was no safety but in abstinence. tion of Cornwall, and of Dr. Barham, one of the Vice-Presidents, the Medical men should set the example of self-denial, and if so, an amount members of the British Medical Association were invited to join in the of good would be effected far beyond that which they at present saw. annual excursion of this institution, which took place on August 14th Medical men were moral and religious men, and they should neglect no and I5th, and included the principal objects of antiquarian, geological, means whereby they might make their influence for good felt, if only mining, and picturesque interest in the district west of Penzance. On upon one patient. Monday, August 14th, a large party were splendidly entertained at s The proceedings then concluded. champagne breakfast by Mr. Congdon, of Marazion, at St. Michael'a Mount, and then assembled at the Penzance railway-station, from which EXCURSION TO THE EDDYSTONE. place a start was made immediately after the arrival of the train due at About eighty members of the Association had a delightful excursion Penzance at 10.44 A.M. The Fougou at Trewoofe was the first spot to the Eddystone on the ioth. The Government steamer Bann was visited; after which the "Pipers, " the " Dawns Myin, " " Treryn Dinas," placed at the service of the visitors, who much enjoyed the trip. The and the " Logan Rock" were inspected. Lunch was provided at the steamer left Millbay shortly before two o'clock and returned about Land's End, after which the party proceeded to Bottallack Mine, re- half-past five o'clock, having made the journey o? thirty miles, after al- turning to Penzance for the night. On Tuesday morning, August 15th, lowing for fully half an hour's detention off the rock, within three hours. the excursionists assembled at the Causeway-Head, Penzance, from which As the weather was fine the excursion passed off most delightfully, and place they started ,at 9.30 A.M. Lanyon Cromleh was the first object was altogether a most charming outing. On arriving off the rock two of interest visited on the route; here the excursion was divided into two boats were launched, and about twenty gentlemen availed themselves of parties; one of which proceeded on foot across the common to Polmear, the opportunity to visit the lighthouse. They were received most inspecting on the way the Men-an-tol, the Men-Scryfa, the Beehive courteously by the three denizens of this illuminated home in the Huts, and fallen Cromleh at Bosprennis-the other party in the mean- Channel, and conducted over the curious building. With the exception while visiting Bossullow Huts or Polmear Cove, with its interesting of these gentlemen, only eight visitors had landed upon the rock since junction of granite and slate. The whole party then proceeded through last. the wild scenery of Zennor to St. Ives, where the church and other ob- May jects of interest were visited; after which they partook of lunch (for VISITS TO WEMBURY AND ST. GERMANS. which they were indebted to the hospitality of Mr. Henwood) in the At the joint invitation of Mr. V. P. Calmady and Mr. J. D. Lewis, grounds of Tregenna Castle, subsequently arriving at St. Ives Road M.P., about seventy or eighty members of the Association visited the station in time to proceed eastward by the last train. Some forty mem- Yealm on the I ith, being conveyed from Millbay in the steam tender bers of the Association availed themselves of the opportunity of joining Bann, kindly lent by the Port Admiral, Sir H. J. Codrington, K.C.B. in this most interesting and delightful visit, and they will long remem- The party landed near Wembury Church at a very convenient landing ber how greatly they are indebted to their hosts for this rare pleasure. place, and were conducted by Mr. Calmady to a wooded valley close by, where an excellent luncheon was provided. The healths of Mr. Calmady, who presided, and of Mr. Lewis were heartily drunk. After MEDICO-PARLIAMENTARY. the luncheon the party divided, one portion visiting Langdon Hall, whilst another proceeded to a hill close by, where extensive views were HOUSE OF LORDS,.-.Friday, August s8th obtained of the river so far as Kitley, the seat of Mr. B. J. P. Bastard, VACCINATION ACT (I867) AMENDMENT BILL.-The House went of Wembury House, of Mr. Lewis's property, etc. Visitors were en- into Commiittee on this Bill. Lord Redesdale moved the omission of thusiastic in praising the delightful scenery of the neighbourhood Clause IO, which provided that, after the passing ofthe Act, no parent, generally, and its adaptability for a watering place, for which Nature after being fined twice, shall be subject to further fine, in respect had afforded every facility. The southern aspect, the gently sloping of non-compliance with the clauses for compulsory vaccination. beacb, the sheltered situation shut in by woody hills, and the abundance The clause had been received with the greatest triumph by the anti- of pure water, were highly praised. One drawback is the comparative vaccination party, and it destroyed the whole effect of compulsory vac- difficulty of access, but it is understood that the landowners are ready cination. -Viscount Halifax said it would be a great misfortune if this and willing to do all in their power to remedy this defect.-Another clause were omitted. A Committee of the House of Commons unani- party of excursionists left North Corner about midday and proceeded mously agreed that it was necessary to insert this clause. The Com- up the river Lynher as far as St. Germans, where they were most hos- mittee then divided, and the numbers were: for the clause, 7 ; against, pitably entertained at luncheon by Mr. Kerswill. 8 ; majority against the clause, I. The Bill then passed through Com- EXCURSION UP THE RIVER TAMAR. mittee. The proceedings in connection with the visit of the Association to Plymouth terminated on Saturday, August 12th, with trips to Torquay, hfOUSE OF COMMONS.-T/zursday, Aliggust 17th. Dartmoor, and up the Tamar. Through the courtesy of the Earl of FOREIGN DECORATIONS: DR. GORDON AND SURGEON-MAJOR ~Lc~nt Edgcumbe, Cothele Hall, the residence 'of the Dowager WYATT.-In answer to Mr. Eykyn, Lord Enfield said, -As the services wss,was placed at the disposal of the river excursionists, and a of Dr. Gordon in Paris last winter were performed with the knowledge 4-4uncheon was there provided for them by Mr. Coffin, of of, and under the express direction of, the War Office, he would, I ap- Plymouth. The party, which included a large number of prehend, be permitted to accept and wear any distinction, not being th Corner at I P. Ni., and, after landing the provisions at the decoration of a foreign order, if the French Government had asked led up to the Morwell Rocks, and then returned to it for him, but I cannot ascertain that any such application has been 7hipple, who presided at the luncheon, proposed the made in his behalf.