THE BRITISH MEDICAL

JOURNAL: I

BEING THE

JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

EDITED FOR IHE ASSOCIATION BY ERNEST HART, Esq.

VOLUME II FOR 187I.

JULY TO DECEMIBER.

PRonbTon: PUBLISHED FOR THE ASSOCIATION BY THOMAS RICHARDS, 37, GREAT QUEEN STREET. MDCCCLXXI. Jan. 27, I872.] THE BRIZISH MEDICAL 7OURNAL. kI

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INDEX TO VOLUME II FOR I871.

A Arnott, Mr. H., treatment of cervical abscess, 727 Association,Manchester and Salford Sanitary, discussloli Abdomein, puncture of, in tympaDites, see Colon. Arsenic in wall-papers, 101, 392; in menorrhsgia and on small-pox, 74 AtBeckett, Mr. A. Ml., obituiaty notice of, 278 leucorrhcea, Dr. Aveling on, 247; in chorea, Dr. J. K. - of Medical Officers of Health, proceedings of, Abortion, atnd mesmerism, 15; trial for producing, Spender on, 429 538, 653, 787 101 Dr. Swayne on hsemorrlhage after, 201; caae Arteries, variations in diameter of, 703 - proposed medical, in Spain, 332 of, 634 Artery, axillary, Dr. Smart on in~jury of, causing gatn- -North of Scotland Medical, annuial meeting,157 Acardiac fcetus, circulation in the, Dr. J. W. Ogle on, grene, 245, 342 ; cenitral, of retina, Mr. C. S. Jeaffre Poor-lawMedical Officers of England, annusal 490; Dr. G. Johnson on, 024 son on embolism of, 351; popliteal, sneurism of, 383, meeting, 126; meeting on Mr. Corrance's Bill, 562; Acland, Dr. H. W., hiabits of laboutinig classes, 478 439, 729; innominate, aneuriam of, 387, 653; vertebral, payment of subscriptions, 655; address, 744 Action, by Dr. Pantaleoni against Tablet, 15; Craig Mr. H. Taylor on emibolism of, 527; subelavian, er- Poor-law Medical Officers of Ireland, address, verstus Jex-Bloke, 440; for alleged maltreatment, 531 gotini injected in aneurism of, 529; axieurism of, 086 745 Acupressurte, letters o.ii, 425, 516, 651 Artery-forceps, self-holding, 597 -- St. Andrew's Medical Graduates, ses- Adams, 'Mr. J. E., treatmnenit of cervical abscess, 756 Artesian well, an, 703 sion, 713; atinnual session, 678 Dr. Robert, treatment of genglion, 123 Arthritis, chronic rheumatic, 557 Social Science, subj-cts for discussion in, 238 Mr. WV., treatmenit of gangloion, 38 Asbury, Mr. J. V., obituary notice of, 193 proceedingsin department of Public Health, 476 Adulteration of chocolate, 564; of in 587 Ascites, elateriuim 557 drugs America, in, Astlhma, cardiac, digitalis in, 92 ; Dr. Anstie on patho- Albuminiuria, strychnia in, 501 Aspray, Mr. C., obituairy notice of, 279 logical relations of, 550; Dr. Thorowgoodo0,612 Alcohiol, treatmenit of disease withouit, 648; medical de. AsSaftatida, syrup of, 670 Asyluim, for idiots, nt Lancaster, 156; new, for Fast claration respeCting, 737; Dr. J. W. Eastwood on use ASSOCIATION, BRITISH MIEDICAL, Mr. Gamgee's re- Londoni, 184; lunatic, at Aberdeen, 220; for idiots, at of, 755; Mlr. slkey on declaraition concerning, 7-88 marks on, 20; programme of 'annual meeting, 21, E'arlswood, donation from Queen to, 386; new, in Aldridge, Dr. ir-on in scarlatina, 175 48, 77, 106, 131, 159; proposed alterations in laws, 22, Glasgow, 620 Allbu,tt Dr. T. C., Dr. Hakughton's teleology, 83; marsls- 48, 133; committee on Parliamentary Bills, 22, 134; Asylums,remarks on management of, 12, 100; super- mua after eniter ic fever, 242, 547; electricit-y in hemi- collection of subscriptions, 42; annuali museums, 46, aurtuation of medical officers of, 47; letter on man- plegia, 262 ; address at openinig of Leeds School of 48, 78, 391; statemenit of local committee, 77 ; secre- agemenit of, 109, in England, statistics of, 387; of M%ediCine, 416 tories of sections, 78; Mr. Hodgson on the bueinessof, Victoria, 672 Alleni. Mlr. A. H., address at openinig of Sheffield School 137; president's sddress, 169; address in medicine, Atlas, Mr.W. Stokes on gunshot fracture of, 716 of Mediciiue, 417 171, 210; report of committee on Observationt and Australian meat, 218, 618, 650; entozoa, 590 Aithaus, D)r. J., the galvanic current in paralysis of the Registration of Disease, 177; report of Parliamentary Avelinig, Dr. J. H., arsenic in menorrhagia and leucor- bladlder, 242, 581 Bills Committee, 178. 212; report of Poor-law Coin- rhbea, 247 Ambulance, the V. English, in Pari-s, 99; the Anglo- mittee, 79; remarlks oni the annual meeting, 182,215, Axford,MIr. H., vaccination, 135 American, 333; of thie press, in Paris, 421 265; thirt-y-ninth annUal meeting, 189, 200; atddress Ambulances, Mr. WV. Mac Cot mac oin, 244; humours of from Town Council of Plymouth, ib.; vote of thanks to the, 51)9 the retirinig president, ib.; report of Council, 191.; America, medical practitioners in, 155; pseudo-medical financial statement, 191 discussioni on report, ib. ; 1- degrees in, 425, 620 report of joint committee in the report of the Royal Baby-farming In Scotland, 18; proceedings of committee Ammonia in whoopin g-couigh, Mr. 323 212 Grantbam on, Sanitary Commission, 203, ; members present at concerning, 103 ; trial conicerning, 156, 360 Amputation of thigh, supraconjdyloid, 217; of peniis by annual meeting, 208; discussion on alterations of Baker, Mr. Benson, poor-law medical service, 249; sani- galvanic cautery, 384 ; of forearm in an old Manl, laws, ib.; address from Town Council of Devoatport, ta,y tourthrough Dublin, 535,362; medical charities 614 210; place of meeting in 1872, ib.; reportof Medical of Ireland, 507, 565 Amy], nitrite of in cholera, Dir. Talfourd J'ones on, 378; efor-m Committee, 210; votes of thanks, 213; dinner, Barbosa, Dr., operations at St. Joseph's Hospital in letters on, 426, 451; in angina, 670 ib.; meetingS Of Committee of Counicil, 214, 536; ad. Lisbo,n, rev., 11 Amyloid degeneration, case of, 654 dress in surgery, 225; remarks on business and con- Barham, Dr. C., the annual meeting of the Association, Ansemia, fatal, case of, 613 stituition, 216; phiotographs of members, 240; Section 83; diseases of minerp, 241, 213 Anatomy, " institute of," 601 ; teachiitg of, 711 of Medicine, abstract of papers and discussions, 241 ; Barnes, Dr. R., sudden death In patients suffering Aneurism, treatment of by compression, Dr. Macnamara Section of Surgery, abstract of papers anti discusaions, from cancer,62;; ypertrophy of the cervix uteri, 246, on, 199, 244; of abdomninal aorta, Mr. S. Woodman oni, 243; Section of Midwifery, abstracts of papers, 248; 375; decapitation and evisceration, 570; investigation 380; of popliteal artery, 383, 439, 729; of innominate Section of Public Myedicine, abstracts of papers and of diseases of women, 576 artery, 187, 6053; of heai 511, ar- t, 654; of subelavian discussions, 247, 274; members of committee of Barry, Mr. T. S., obituary notice of, 711 tery, injection of er-gotin, 529 ; of thoracic aorta, tra- Council, 250; temperance breatkfast, ib.; excursions, Batton, Dr., treatment of ganglion. 123; introductory cheotomy in, 538, 603; of thoracic aorta, 682, 685; of 251, 311; members of joint commnittee on Sanitary lectuire at the Hospital, 592 subolavian artery, 686; of aorta, Dr. G. Johnson on Legislation, 276; members of Poor-Law Mledical Re. Basbam, Dr. W. R., introductory address at Westmin- diagnosis of by laryngoscope, 720 form Committee, ib.; arrangements for meeting in ster Hospital, 412 Angina pectoris, dligitalis in, 91 ; Dr. Anstie on patho- 18702, 311; electioni of general secretary, 533; Mr. G. Bastian, Dr. H. C., epidemic and specific contagious logical relations of, 550; nitrite Of RMYI in), 670 Mlay on memorabilia in history of, 575: preparations diseases, 400 Animals, killing of, without pain, 512 for the annuatl meeting in 1872, 731; list of officers Bathers, sea-side, safety for, 268 Ankle, Dr. J. Carmichael on rare luxation of, 35; die. and council, 763; list of members, 765 Baths, new, at University College Hospital,186; public of, 668 Bath and Bristol Branch, annual meeting, swimming, 331 Ankylosis of hip after coxitis, 81 ; Dr. J. Hardie on 164; ordinary meetings, 569, 740 Battery, portable galvanic, 281 subcutaneous section in, 438; Mr. Jessop oin, 439; false, Birmingham andl Midland Counaties Branch,BBumler, Dr. C., idiopathic pericarditis, 484 of hip, 698 annual meeting, 23 ; general meetings, 510; meetings Beatty, Dr. T. E., fibro-cystic disease of the uterus, 246, Annandale, Mr. T., sen., obituar notice of, 656 of pathological and clinicatl Section, 594, 681 517; radical cure of retroflexion of uterus, 246, 341 Mlr. T., ~ treatment of ganglioit, 95; the Syme Canibridge and Hluntingdon Brtanch, annual Besuperthuy, Dr., death of, 421 testimoniial. 337 meeting, 49 Beer,chlnral618in, Anstie, Dr. I1. E., pathiological relations of asthma, an-. ~ Cumberland and Westmorland Branch, annual Begbie, Dr. J. W., therapeutic action of turpentine, 277 gina pectoris, and gastralgis, 550 meeting, 161; autumnal meeting, 593 Behrend, Dr. H., lip-reading by the deaf and dumb, 598 Anitipaflasitic ointment, 700 East Anglian Branch, annaual meeting, 49 Bell, Dr. Joseph, treatment ganglion,of 95; treatmenit Antiseptic treatmenat of wounds, Dr. E. Drummond oni, Lancasehire and Cheshire Branch, annual of scrofulous abscesses of neck, 728 4; Mr. Lister on, 215; Mr. E. Lund oni, 243; Dr. IV. meeting, 80 Rloyes,Mr. treatment of ganglion, 9 Newman on, 662 ~Metropolitatn CountiesB Branch, annual meeting, Belladonna,poisoning by, 326 Antiseptics, Mlr. T. P. Blunit On, 63 ; letters 168 on, 140, 162 Bellamy, Mr. E., treatment of ganglion, 37; treatment Anitiseptic soaps and solutions, 327 Northi Wales Branch, annual meeting, 10$ of acrofulous abscesses of cervical glands, 757 Aort,t, abdominalI, Mr. S. Woodman on anieurism of, 380; Northern Branch, annual meeting, 48 Bennet, Dr.II.,J. physical geography and climate of thorRcic, tracheotomy in aneurism of, 538, 603 ; Mr. Reading Branch, annual meeting, 536 Spaini, 346 B. Browniitg on ruptuire of, 661; tboracic, aneurism of, Shropshire Ethical Branch, annual meeting,536 Bequests, 131, 224. 339,7 353, 372, 424, 441,515, 538, 512, 682, 685; Dr. G. Johnson on diagnosis of by laryDgo. Shropshire Scientific Branch, annual meeting, 581, 622, 656, 677, 113, 747, 90 720 scope, 612 Berlin, special correspondene e from, 24, 193, 623, 784 Aphasia, uncomplicated, 684 South-Eastern B3ranch, annual meeting, 78; BernayD, Dr. A. J., disinfectans, 364 Aphthte, epizootic, 539 1 East Kent district meeting, 681; West Kent district Bigelow, Dr., on dislocation of the hIp-joint, 18 Apothecaries, Society of, regulations of, 288; prizes, 563; meetings, 410, 681; East Sussex district meetings, Billroth, Dr., Surgical Pathology, rev., 11; ovariotomy, pass-lists, see Medical Newvs in each number 423, 681 650 Apothecaries' Hall of Ireland, dinner of, 157; office. South Midland Branth, autumnal meeting, 451 Dirt, Mr. J., obituary notice of, 367 bearers, 137; regulatiotts of, 297 South Wales and Mlonmnouthsbire Branch, an- Black, Dr. D. C., treatment of niocturnal enuresis, 609 Armn-presentation, Mlr. Wright nit evisceration in), 467 sinual meeting, 135; autumnal meeting, 594 Blackman, the late Dr. G. C., 388 Army, Britishi, successful candidates for miedical ser- Somerset annual West Branch, meeting, 134; Bladder, exfoliation of, Mr. SpencerW\ells on, S; Mr. vice, 224, 252 ; regulations for medical 300; autumnal 450 service, meeting, W. Whitehead on, 432; Dr. G. Buchanan on, 520 return of soldiers from India, 473 Yorkshire Branch, atnnual meetinig, 164 Dr. Althaus on paralysis of, 242, 581; hypeTiestbesia Frentch, the medical commissioners on, 617 Aissociation, British, for advancemenit of science, annual of, 379; extroversion of, 585; Sir H. Thompson ott German, sunstroke inl, 15; entry of iiito Berlin, meeting, 187, 222; suggested changes 216 diagnosis of diseases of, 662 24; loss of surgeonas in war, 46; losses by sick and of Ceitifyinug Medical Officers, annual meetiing, Blaudford, Dr., Insanity and its Treatment, rev., 327 wounded in, 129; medical commiissioners on, 617 656 Blood, heat of, during arterialisation, 222 _ Portuguese, mortality in, 11 Herefordshire Medical, report of, 421 Blunt, Mr. T. P., disinfectants, 61 Arnold's enema-apparatus, 235 ; surgical bag, 327 Italian Medical, programme of, 441 Bones, remnoval of tumours from, 50 ii THE, BRITISH MEDICAL70URNAL. [Jan. 27, i871. I 1. Bonee-setLer, a femnale, 618 Chapman's entire wheat-flour, 441 687; visit of Emperor of Brazil to Museam, 128; pro- Botie-setitIginAlgeriar, 649 Chausseaud, Dr., Invasion and Propagation of Cholera, ceedings of Council, 223, 310, 738; regulationis, 286 ; Boiiltou,, Dr. P., treatment of retroflexion of the uterus, rev., 730 finianices and statistics, 391; registration at, 416, 475 344; paralysis duriuigpregnnancy, 776 Cheadle, Dr. WV. B., cirrhosis of the liver in early life, 343 Mi-. Taylor's Descriptive Catalogue of Calculi in Mu- Brahazon, Dr. A. B., pathology and treatment of cholera, Chemistry, Medical Counicil on teaching of, 68 seuma, rev., 300; statistics regarding examinations, 278 ; treatment of retroflexion of the uterus, 539 Chicago, lire at, 759 618 ; candidates at, 616, 626 ; proceedings in case of Bradbury, Dr. J. B., prognostic valuehemoptysis,of Children, pauper, boarding of, 163 ; Dr. West's Lumleian Mr. Washington. Evans, 673, 703; Mi. Cock's resigns - 259; treatment of cholera anddiarrhcea, 382 Lectures on Disorders of the Nervous System in, rev., tion, 704 ; letters on examinations at, 711; prizes of, Bradley,MIr. S. M., new evolntionis of disease, 19; unity 11; Dr. Priestley on emupyema ito. 377 ; mortality~ 761 of syphilitic virus, 246, 376; the germ-theory of dis- among in Vienna, 389; ovariotomy in, ibi.; min tries of, College, Royal, of Surgeons in Treland, regulations, 296 ease, 434; rupture of membranes before delivery, 612G by nurses, 6735 University, the Shirpey scholarship, 44, 136; death in chloroform-poisoning, 641; effect of rockinig Chloral in delirium tremens, Dr. Broadbent on, 36; Dr. classes and fees, 299, 304; Dr. Bastian's introductory on teiiperature, 725 G. Elliott oti, 6.3; ito small-pox, Dr. Pollard ott, ib.; its address at, 400 - Brain, Dr G. Gray on decreaoed frequency 1of pulse as toothachie, Dr. D. Page on, 262); latrge doses of, 437 - Utisiversity of Durhsam, at Newcastle, classes stud a sign of disease of, 94; digitalis in anuemia 7;of, in cholerat, 331; action osi fcetus in. utero, 316, 341, fees,306, 308; Dr. Phailipson's introductory address at, canicer of, 603; concussioui of, 681; iodide of potas- 573; its beer, 618; Mr. Brownitng on recovery after 411 sium ini disease of, 683, 684; tumour of, 710 large dose of, 610; use of iii New York Asylum, 613 ; Colon, case of opening the, 193 ; puncture of in tytispaii- Bramwell, Dr. J. B., address to Northern Branch, 49 toxic effect of, 670; in puerperal convulsions, Dr. ites, Mr. J. H. Wathen on, 464, 313, 612; Dr. Littleton Blrazil, Emperor of, visit to College of Surgeons, 128 Swayne ott, 732 ots, 318; D)r. Braxton Hicks on, 326. 3456; Mr. G. D. Breast, cancer'1,of, 60 698 Chloroform, Mr. Clover on acocidents from, 33, 278; Dr. Brown on, 326; Mr. Mce Bride on. 327; Sir r'. watson, Broadbenet, Dr. W. H., cliloral in delirium tremens, 36; Skinner on deaths from, 34; Di. Petrie on,83; MNr. J. on, 363; Dr. G. S. Saunders on, 3893; Dr. T. M. Rooks herpes fronitalis giving rise to erysipelas, 94 D. Browii on death from, 93; Mlr. Lister on accidents on, 384; Dr. S. Wilks on, ib. Bromide of potassium, effects of, 310, 352, 333, 330, 426, from, 117; deaths from, 124, 330, 388, 421, 619, Cli ; Commercial antagonism, 340 435 electro-puncture of the heart irn apnarent deathi froin, Concours in France, 733 Bromine in uterine cancer, 246 330; and ether as ana-sthetics, 337 recovery after Condurango, use of in cancer, 237, 309, 497, 303, 734 Bromobydrates of quinine and cinclloniine, 301 large doses of, 633; M%r. Bradley oti death from, 641 Conrad, Dr., prolapse of female genitalia, 621 Brown,MIr. G. D., abdominal puncture in tympanites, Chlorosis, treatment of, 334 Constipation attending use of iron, 203 326 Chiocolate atid its adulterations, 361 Consultations, remarks on, 18 Di. J. D., on death from chloroform, 93 Cholera, Sir Thomas Watson on, 141; Dr. Murray otn, Contagious Diseases Acts, M1r. Brucee's remarks on, 89 - trust and the University of London,3514, 173; Dir. G. Johnson on, 197; Dr. R. Mlartin on, 198; the report of commnission on, 99; deputation atgaiiust, Browne, Dr. Henry, treatment of cholera and diarrheaa, discussion on, 211; Dr. Brabazon on, 278; reports on 129; the AssBociation for extension of, 181, 339; die- 381 treatment of, 324, 380, 438; Mr. G. Foote on sporadic cussion in Parliatment on, 223; in India, 333; discus- Dr. J. C., hysterical mania, 113, 143 case of. 352; Dr. Talfourd Jones on nitrite of amyl in, sioti on, 445 ; effects of, 619; meeting in Liverpool, Browning,MIr.13., recovery after swallowing a large 378; letters on nitrite of amyl, 426, 431; chloral in, 631; memorial ott, 762 qusutity of chloral, 610; rupture of aorta witbin pert. D)r. Chausseaud on Invasion and Propagation of, Contagion, Dr. Burden Sanderson's studies in, 328; Dr. cardium, 661 rev.,301-; 730; notes Of prevalence of, 16, 45, 74, 329, 136, Chairlton Bastiati on, 400; letter on, 481, 432 D3rumwell, Dr., hydrophobia after bite of a cat, 434 138, 183, 217, 221, 239, 272, 310, 333, 336, 363, 386, 423, Convict prisons, health of linmates of, 643 Bruniton, Dr. T. L., experimental researches on the ac- 443, 473, 304, 332, 620,733 ; precautions regarditig, 133, Convulsions, puerperal, treatmeuit of, 634; Dr. J. G3. tion of medicines, 639, 687. 749 138, 182, 183, 186, 218, 220, 221, 239, 273, 333, 366, 388 ; Swayne ons hydrate of chloral in, 732; during brunch- Buchanan, Dr. G., treatmenit of ganglion, 95; exfolia- order of Privy Council, 186; alarm of in Loud a,n, 219, ills, Dr. E. Buckniiil on, 736 lion of the bladder,520 223; memoranduns of medical officer of Privy Council, Cooke, Mr. P., obituary notice of, 399 --Dr. R., obituary niotice of, 453 221; course of epidemic in 1871, 237; epidemiologY of -- Mlr. T., treatmenit of abscess in neck, 737 Buckuill, Dr.E., amaurosis after convulsions during in the Punjab, 269 ; the Registrar-General's prescrip- Copyright, international, 503 broncihitis,756 lion for, 1171; accommodation for in London, 423; Cormack, Dr. J. R. and a Ft-suchi court martial, 303; a Bullen, Mr. G., obituiary notice of, 629 causes of in India, 389; the water-theory of, 626 member of the Legion of Honour, 388 Bunion-sprinig, a, 441 _____ infantile, Trousseau on treatment of, 332 Cornier for the curious, suggested, 733 Burns, treatment of, 203 Cholesterine, spontaneous deposit of crystals of, 397 Coroners of Mliddlesex, sa"laries and expenses of, 210; Burrows, Mr. Cordy, testimonial to,503 Chores, Dr. J. K. Spender on arsenic in, 4a9 precepts of, 271; and house-surgeous, 340; juries of, Busbell, Mr. T., obituary notice of,453 Christian, Dr. J. S., obituary notice of, 313; resolutioni 360 of committee of Royal Humane Society on, 364 Coronership of North Northumberlanid, 474 Christison, Sir R., bust of, 17; baronetcy conferred on, Cortis, Dr. WV. S., lunatics in metropolitan asylums, 628 C. 364 Cottage-homes, 482 Cabs,small-pox in, 620 Chiristmas in hospital, 736 Couch for bandaging, 81 Cacography, inigeiiious, 716 Cinchona, Messre. Southiall's preparaitions of, 613 Counter-practice, 760 Ciecum, cancer of, 670 Circulation in the acardiac fcetus, Dr. J. WV. Ogle on, Craig's solid pea-situp, 699 Calabar bean, poisoning by, 73 490; Dr. G. Johnson on, 324; of BRtTIeH MEDICAL Craniotomy, religfious aspect of, 47 Calculi in Museum of Royal College of Surgeons, Mr. T. JOURNAL and Lattcef, 3114, 332, 339, 3563, 370 Crighton, Dr. R. WV., sulphate of iron in phlegmasia Taylor's Catalogue of, rev.,500 ; tiuder the prepuce, 730 CIaptOn, Dr. E., treatment of cholera and diarrhcea, 383 dolens, 246, 466 Calculus, rare, 193; in female bladder, Mr. C. Heath on, Clark, Mr. F. La Gros, treatment of ganglion, 30 ; itntro- Crisp, Mr. N., aiteurism of aorta, 603 431;large, with tum)ur of prostate,558 ductory address at St. Thomas's Hospital, 397; biliary Crocker, Alr. J., iron inscarlatins, 233 Calvert, Dr. C., atitiseptics atid disinfectauts, 140 concretion in ileum, 337; treatment of abscess in neck, Crossman, Mr. E., setons ito strumous diseases, 693 Caunipaign, the Berkslhire,155 726 Croton-chloral-hydrate, 649 Canal, the Regent's, state of, 242 - ~Dr. James, obstructed labour, 367 Crystalline lens, dislocation of, 368 Cancer, Dr.R. Barnes oni suddeit death in, 62; treatment Clarke, Mr. WV. Ftairlie, atrophy of tongue, 33, 682; treat- Curragh, state of thje, 334 of by condurango, 237, 309,497,503, 731; of stomach, ment of scrofulous abscess in neck, 737 Cursham, Dr. G., obituary notice of, 424 527,597; of kidney,583,597 ; of brain, 603; of spleen, -~Dr. J., introductory address at St. George's Hos. Cyanosis, Dr. E. Mlackey, on a case of, 666 6034; of breast, 604,698; intrauterinie, 634; of cesopha- pital, 400 Cyon's researches on diabetes, 732 gus, excision of, 643; of cielm, 670; rapid formation Clements, Mr. G., rupture of the uterus, 467 of, 686; of inediastinum, 742 Clinical instruction, Medical Council on, 67 Cancrumoris, Dr. P'riestley on,577; Mr. McGreevy on, Clothes, pawnilig infected, 303 D. 635 Clover, Mr. 3. T., accidents from chloroform, 33, 27~8 Dalby, Mr. XV. B., teaching, of the deaf andc dumb, 373 Caise-sugar, actioni of light on, 701 Cluib, Edinburgh University, general meeting, 1335 Dal Ciii, Regina, account of, 638 Cantharides, poisonitig by, 497 Clubs, benefit, remarks on, 502; resolutions regarding Dalrymple, Mr. D., his bill on drunkenness, 70; visit Capillaries, action of digitaliseni, 27 fees, 760 to America, 391 Carbolic acid in snake-bite, 70; Dr. A. Mackintosh on ex- Cobbold, Dr. T. S., the new hog-parasite, 394; sewage Darwinian theory, Sir XW. Thompson on, 187 periments with, 151; vegetable source of, 389; in and etutozoa, 654 Dauin, Dr. R., obituary iiotice of, 23 small-pox, 611; paper,790 Cockitug's poroplastic splints, 353 Davidson, Mr. John, notice of, resolution Dr. J., rareluxation of obituary 7112; Carmiehael, ankle, 35711 Cold, effect of local application of, 136; treatment of. concerning, 733 Carpeniter, Dr. A., sewage and entozoa, 627, hyperpyrexia by, 241 Davies, Mr. David, difficulties aind. trials of a health Carter, Dr. WV., introductory address at Liverpool Royal College, Female Medical, rematrks on, 337, 396, 434; officer, 248,3771; nuoisance-inspectors, 274, 334 Itinfimaiy School of Medicine, 416 in New York, 759 Davy, Mr. R.. treatmeist of ganglion, 37 Cartilages, loose,ill knee-joitit, Mr. H. J. Alford on,124; King and Queen's, of Physicians of Ireland, re- Day, Dr. H., address to St. Andrew's Medical Graduates' Mlr. Square on, 245, 343 gulations, 296; officers of, 306 ; pass-list, 314, 629 Association, 678 Casey, Dr. I'., obituary niotice of,83.3 - ~King's, changes in, 282; classes atid fees, 298, Deaf and dumb, education of by lip-reading, 331 ; letters Cat, Dr. Bruomwelloni lhydrophobia after bite of a, 434 302; Dr. Rutherford's introductory address at, 410 on, 373, 598 Cataract, congenital,510; Dr. E. Liebreich on extrac- Malvern, speech day at, 188 Death, sudden, in Cancer-patients, Dr. Barnes oni, 62; tion of, 633 Queen's, Birmingham, changes in, 282; classes registration of, 532, 344, 373 Catheterism of the Eustachian canal, Dr. R. H. Taylor and fees, 303, 306; Dr. Russell's introductory address D)ecorationts, foreign, atid B3ritisli subjects, 219, 231 on,548; Dr.S. Hayries on,723 at, 414 Degeiieracy of race in towivus, 482 Cattell.Dr. '1'., adminiistration of chloroform, 112, -~Royal, of Physicians of Edinburgh, regulations, De la Garde, Mr. P.C., obituary notice of, 628; resolutiotsi Cattle-pla tue in Chili, 14 292; office-bearers, 676 regarding, 674 Cautery, galvatnic, amputation of penis by, 384 -~Royal, of Physicians of London, Dr. Chambers's Delirium tremens, hydrate of chloral in, Dr. Broadbent Cayley, Dr., MIliddlesex atid University College Hospi- Harveian Oration,l; pass-lists. 138, 195,483, 342,746; on, 36; Dr.G. F. Elliott on, 63 ; digitalis in, 147 tals, 485 fellos's of, 134; lecturers at, 217; bye-lasvs, 284; newv Deinarquay, Dr., dinner to, 304 Censuis of the British Isles, 43 regulations concerning library atid reading-room, 647 De Mtorgan, Mr. Campbell, treatmetit of gauglion, 36 Cerebellum, abseitce of, 180; tuimour of, 242, 528, 787 -- oyal, of Surgeons of Edinburgh, pass-lists, 167; Dempster, Dr. J., obituary notice of, 633 Cerebrum, h)ypeiresthesia of,371. SeeBrain. regulations, 292; officers, 5333 Dental diplomas, 418, 432; surgery, school of, 42.1 Certificates, 'leeth, remarks on. 388, 674; letter on, 573 Royal, of Surgeoiis tuf England, electioui of mem- De Renzy, Mr. A. C. C., water-theoryof cholera, 626 Utisiwtek. Mi'. E.. sanit iry iitltie'ucees 'f towu-pavement, ber-s of Counicil, 43, 33; additionis to Museumn, 43, Dextral pre-eminence, 136 472; sanitakitry onustruction of schools, 482 443, 733; new Fellows, 74 ; appointments in, ib. ; feei- Diabetes, milk-treatment of, 64; lactic acid in, 388,720; Chainbers, Dr. T. IK., lIarveidti ortationi, 1, 310 tival of Fellows of, 73; removal of name from list of acute, 728 ; the cause of, 732 Mr. 'T'., ova.riotorny, 426 members, 106; pass-lists, 111, 138, 167, 193, 314, 372, Diarrhcea in London, 183, 218, 273, 386; nsotes on iio- hapusan, Dr. J., uitrite of ausyl in cholera, 426 GOt, 636, 686, 712; examimuation questions, 140, 602, sology and treatment of, 324, 380, 438 Jan. 27, 1872.1 7THE BRITISH MEDICAL 7OURNAL. ili I -II Dickson, Dr. J. T., case of hydrocephalus, 696 Epithelioma of palate, 497; of larynx, 529; of leg, 652 G. Dictionary for poor-law guardians, 573 FErgotin, injection of in anieurism, 529 Gallatone,large, in the ileim, 537 Dietaries in workhouses, 222 Erysipelas, contagious, after herpes frontalis, Dr.Broad- Galvanic current in ileus, 711; in paralysis of the badder, Digitalis, Dr. J. M. Fothergill's Hastings prize essay on bent on, 94; Dr. C. C. Ritchie on, 122; Dr. Wiltshire Dr. Althaus on, 242, 581 action and use of, 5, 27, 57, 90, 115, 146 on removal of pitting of small-pox by, ib.; with deli- Galvanic cautery, and polypus-snare, 81; amputation of Dilke, Sir C., on the medical officers of the Royal house- rium, chloral in, 437; sulphate of iron in, 599 penis by, 384; nuevus treated by, ib. hold, 563 Ether and chloroform as anaesthetics, 537 Gamgee, Mr. J. S., the British Medical Association, 20 Diplomas, forged, 534, 563 regulations in America Ethmoid bone, cancer of, 730 Ganglia of heart, action of digitalis on, 27 against sale of, 620. See Medical degrees Eustachian tube, Dr. R. H. Taylor on catheterism of, Ganglion, notes on treatment of, 9, 30, 64, 94, 123, 123, Disease, Mr. S. M. Bradley on evolution of, 13; pruden- 548; Dr. S. Haynes on, 725 139, 326, 527 tial prevention of, 26; Dr. G. Johnson on nature and Evanis, the late Dr. Griffith, resolution concerning, 590 Gangrene from injury of axillary artery, Dr. Smart on, art in cure of, 171; report of Committee on observa- - Mr. Washington,proceedings of Council of College 342 tion and registration of, 177; remarkable epidemic irn of Surgeons regarding, 673, 703 Gant, Mfr. F. J., Science and Practice of Suirgery rev., 499 Pernambuco, 261; germ-theory of, Dr. R. Liveing on, Evanson, Dr. R. T., the Torquay excursion, 337; obitu- Gascoyen, Mr. G. G., treatment of ganglion, 37; treat- 365; letters on, 451, 452; production of by excre- ary notice of, 540 ment of scrofulous abscess of cervical glands, 727; ithe mental pollution, 479 ; treatment of without alcohol, Evolution and teleology, Rev. Dr. Haughton on, 149 coming race, 743 618 Examinations, conjoint, see Medical examinations Gastralgia, Dr. Anistie on pathological relations of, 550; Diseases, epidemic and specific, Dr. Bastian on, 400; Excision of elbow-joint, Allr.Maunderoni, 121; of scapula, Dr. Thorowgood on, 612 epidemic, of last three years, 648 Mr. C. Steele on. 243,430; of tongue, 243,384; of teeth, Gay, Mr. J., treatment of ganglion, 37 Disuraceful proceeding, a, 760 Mr. Fay on, 497; of hip, 604; of knee, 604, 668; of Geese, too many, 702 Disinfectants, Mr. T. P. Blunt on, 61; letters on, 140, cancer of cesophagus, 643; of elbow-joint, 653; of Generation,certain points relative to, 140; spontaneous, 168, 515; Al. Dumas on, 237; Dr. Bernays OD, 364 wrist, 739 experiments on, 223 Dislocation, rare, of ankle-joint, Dr. J. Carmichael on, Experts,medical,in courts of law, 101, 127, 185 Genitalia, female, prolapsus of, 624 35; of hip-joint, Mr. J. Hutchinson on Dr. Bigelow's Extracts from a doctor's diary, 574, 714 Germ-theory of disease, Dr. R. Liveino on, 365; Dr. views of, 718 Extroversion of the bladder,cases of, 585 Bastian on, 400; letters onl, 451, 452 Dispensaries, provident, Dr. Nankivell on, 274, 318; Eye, operation after injuries of, 136; melanotic tumours Gibb, Dr. C. J., poisoning by sewage-water, 432; case of remarks on, 502 of, 484; shOt in, 513; Dr. Liebreich on examination of, ftecal accumulation, 755 Dispensary medical officer, charge against a, 737 526 Gilder, Mr. W. T., obituary niotice of, 789 Dispensary system in Ireland, Mr. Benson Baker on, Gillespie, Dr. J., treatment of ganglion, 95 507 F. Glanders, case of, 193 Diuretic, is digitalis a? 148 Factory-workers, vaccination of, 127; discussion on Glands, cervical, scrofulous abscess of, 72Y, 756 Dobell, Dr., and the British and Foreign Review, 486 health of, 480 Glasgow, sanitary coudition of, 103; relapsing fever in, Donations, 47, 184, 195, 217, 224, 237, 353, 372, 473, 515, Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, regu- 330 538, 572, 581, 622, 656, 677, 713, 747, 790 lations of, 294; office-bearers, 417 Glaucoma,intraocular myotomy for, 579 Double-headed child, a, 268 FaBcal accnimulation, Dr. C. J. Gibb on case of, 755 Glottis, cAse of cedema of, 653 Down, Dr. I.angdon, mouth and teeth in idiots, 734 Faithorn, MIr., death of, 503 G loves, poisonous silk, 144 Dropsy, Dr. Murchison on, 723 Farquharson, Dr. B., experiments on santonine, 466 Godwin, Mtr. G., address on public health, 457 Drugs, adulteration of in America, 587 Fashions in medicine, Dr. Reynolds on, 256 Gold, coming shower of, 444 Druitt, Dr. R., position anid duties of medical officers of Fastinig, alleged ease of, 270, 331 Gordon, Dr. C. A., the Prussian siege of Paris, 313 health, 653 Favell, Mr. W., obituary notice of, 279 Gourlay, Dr. S., poor-law nedical officers and health- Drunkenness, Mr. Dalrymple's bill on, 70; habitual, Fawcus, Dr. J., obituary niotice of, 541 officers, 366 discussion on, 678 FAy, Mr. T W. W., excision of teeth, 497 Gout, veratrum viride in, 557 Drury, Mr. C. D. H., wasp-stings, 351 Fees, midwifery, disputed, 368; consultation, 543; nid- Grantham, Mlr. J., ammonia in whooping-cough, 323 Drysdale, Dr. C., prudential prevention of disease, 26 wifery under order of Poor-Law Board, 599; for certify- Gray, Dr. G., the pulse in cerebral complication, 94 Dublin, sanitary state of, 272, 329, 372, 390, 650; AMr. ig luiiatics, ib. Greaves, Mr. A. G., obituaty notice of, 514 Benson Baker oni a saniitary tour through, 335, 362; Felce, Dr. S., registration of deaths, 544; the Biitish Green, MSr. E. S., obituary notice of, 338 letters on, 336, 366; small-pox in, 535, 621, 650,737; Medical Benevolent Fund,711 - Dr. T., introductory lecture at Charing Cross Dr. Grimsbaw on fever in, 605, 626 ; the streets of, 704 Femur, division of neck of, 439; Mr. P. Hewett on in- Hospital, 412; Initroduction to Pathology, rev., 51)0 Dubois, M. Paul, death of, 703 jury of lower end of, 518 Greenhill, Mr. D., obituary notice oJ: 394 Duckworth, Dr. D., visit to military hospitals at Bonn, Fergus, Dr. W., production of disease by exeremenital Greenway, Mr. H., hospital construction, 275 260 pollutioti, 479 Greenwood, Dr. H., obituary notice of, 656 Duigan, Dr. C., obituary notice of, 338 Fergusson, Sir W., removal of fungoid tumour of arm, 49 Grieve, Dr. R., hbemorrhagic small-pox, 465 Dumville, Mr. A. W., obituary notice of, 83 Ferris, Mr. J. S., case of morphia-poisoning, 555 Griffiths, M1r. T. D., intestinal wounds, 553 Dundas, Dr. R., obituary notice of, 83 Fever, mode of deating with at Merthyr T dvil, 274; in Grimahaw, Dr. T. W., remarks on the sanitary state of Durham, Mr. A. E., removal of morbid growths of la- Dublin, Dr. Grimshaw on, 605, 626; in Galway, 704 Dublin, 390; fever in Dublini, 605,620 rynx, 623 - hectic, in phthisis, Dr. R. XV. Foss on, 434 Grubb, Mr. P., coniduct of Varminster Guardians to- Durrant, Dr. C. M., treatment of diarrhea and cholera, --initermittent, endocarditis simulating, 193 wards, 586; presentation to, 734 382 relapsing, in Glasgow, 390; in Liverpool, 505 Guardians, dissolution of a board of, 475; a dictionary Dwellings, improvement of, 506 -* -typbhold, Mr. W. G. KemD on latent, 114; Dr for, 573 Dyke, Mlr. T. J., on mode of dealing with fevers at Mer- Clifford Allbutt on marasmus as an occasional con- Guinea-fee in Irelanid, 745 thyr Tydfil, 274 sequence of, 242, 547; production of by sewage gases, Gunshot injuries, the endoscope in,4; the thermometer Dytnamometer, Dr. P. Smith on, 247 479. 671,674; in London, 647; in Lincoln, 648; illness in, 446; remarks on nature of, 619; Mr. Longmore on Dysmenorrhcea, Dr. Protheroe Smith on treatment of, of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales from, 644, 671, 700; re- exploration of, 715,751 247, 694; Dr. A. Hall on, 667; intermenstrual, 683 lation of scarletfever to, 740 Gunshot-injury, Mr. NV. Stokes on fracture of atlas from, Dyte, Mr., and the St. Pancras Guardians, 101, 281, 544 -- typhus, in Vienna, 309 716 Fibrocystic disease of uterus, Dr. Beatty on, 246 Gyntecometer, a, 785 Filkin, Dr. R., obituary notice of, 395 E. Fincham, Dr., treatment of diarrhcea and cholera, 324 Eade, Dr. P., modern medical doctrines, 257; treatment Fistula, vesico-vaginal, 585 H-. of diarrhoea and cholera, 438 Fitzgerald, Dr. C. E.,visible pulsation of arteria centralis Habershon, Dr., treatment of diarrbaea and cholera, 325 Efatwood, Dr. J. W., alcohol in health and disease, 755 retinsa in sortic valvular disease, 723 Haddon, Dr. J effects of bromide of potassium, 580 Edinburgh, special correspondence from, 597 Fcetus acardiac, circulation in, Dr. J. W. Ogle on, 490; Hiematocele, pelvic, 51 Edis, Dr. A. W., dilatation of the cervix uteri in anti- Dr. G. Johnson on, 524; action ofchloral oni, 516, 573 Haematuria, intermittent, NMr. J. N. Stevens on, 323 flexion and dysmenorrhcea, 525 Food for marching r egiments, 267; parasites in, 310 H.emoptysis, Dr. Bradbury on prognostic value of, 259 Edmunds, Dr., and cholera, 219, 225; the Female Mredi- Foot, Dr. A. W., introductory address at the Meath Hos- Hesemorrhage,from retention of secundiDes after abortien, cal Society, 396,454 pital, 592 Dr. Swayne on, 201 ; post partum, rare form of, 247 Elaterium in ascites, 557 Foote, Mr. G., sporadic cholera, 352 Haining, Dr. W., early pregnancy, 496; house-surgeons Elbow-joint, Alr. Maunder on excision of, 121; case of, Foreign body in larynx, 355; bodies, subcutaneous, 602 and fees for necropsies, 515 653 Foss, Dr. R. W., effects of bromide of potassium, 353; Halford, Dr. G. B., testimonial to, 74 Elder, Mr. G., cases of hydrophobia, 642, 669 hectic fever in phthisis, 434 Hall, Dr. A., dysmenorrhoaa and endometritis, 667 Electricity, Dr. Allbutt on bemiplegia treated by, 262 Foster, Dr. B. WV., synthesis of acute rheumatism, 720 Hamilton, Dr. S., treatment of ganglion, 123 ElIectro-puncture of heart in apparent death from chloro- Fothergill, Dr. J. M., the Hastings prize essay on digi- Hancock, Mr. H., treatment of ganiglion, 37 foim, 330 talis, 5,17, 57,90,115, 146 Mr. J., obituary notice of, 600 Elephantiasis Grrcorum, Dr. R. Liveing on, 551; case Foundlings at St. Petersburg, 309 Hardie, Dr. J., subcutaneous section of neck of femur in of, 685 Fox, Mr. Charles J.,the dental profession and the Royal ankylosis of hip-joint. 438 Elevator for depressed craiiium, Mr. Waterhouse on, 692 College of Surgeons, 452 Harding, Mr. J. F., treatment of wasp-stings, 380 Elliot, Dr. R., address to Cumberland and Westmorland - Dr. Cornelius, estimation of atmospheric ozone, Harley, Dr. John, pathology of scarlatina, 740 branch, 161 276 Ilarries, Mr. C. A., obituary notice of, 423 Elliott, Dr. G. F., chloral in delirium tremens, 63 - Dr. E. L., treatment of diarrhoea and cholera, 381; Harrinson, Mr., morbid conditions of bones, 603 Ellis, Mr. R., revaccination by vesication, 612 tuberculous phtbisis, 463 Harrison, 1Ir. Reginald, excision of the tongue, 384 Ellison, Dr., monument of, 475 Dr. Tilbury, use ofbichloride ofmercury,337 Harveian oration,Dr. T. K. Chambe s, 1 Emiibolism of vertebral artery, Mfr. H. Taylor on, 527 --Dr. Wilson, treatment of hyperpyrexia, 241 lharvey, tercentenary of, 387, 590 Emmenagogue,polygonum bydropiper as an, 730 Fracture of skull anid vertebrwe. 52; prevention of spasm Hastings,'Mr. G. W., the recommendations of the Royal Empyema with fretid sputium, 436; Dr. Priestley on in, 70 influence of nerves in repair of, 245; of skull, Sanitary Commissioni, 460 paracentesis thoracis in, 577 cases of, 383; of spine, 668; of neck of scapula, 682 Hastings prize essay, oni digitalis, 5, 27, 57, 90, 115, 146 Endocarditis simulating intermittent fever, 193 of atlas from gunshot in,jury, Mr. W. stokes on, 716; flatton, Dr. John, donation by widow to Life-Boat In- Endoscope, the, in military surgery,4 of cervical vertebrae, Dr. G. H. Savage on stitution, 72 Enemata, origin of, 861 in, 719; of os pubis, supposed, Mr. P. Hewett on, 722; Haughton, the Rev. Dr., teleology and evolution, 83. 149 Entozo%, Australian, 590; nnd sewage, letters on, 627, of cervieal vertebrte, 742 Haward, Mr. J. W., ether and chloroform as aniesthetics, 654, 711 Frericbs, Dr., and the Berlin Scientiflc Board, 784 537; treatment of scrofulous glandular abscess, 747 Enjuresis, Dr. D. C. Black on, 609 Fruit, damaged. safle of, 267 Hay-fever, 739 Epidemics of last three years, 653 Fulller, Dr. H. W., supposed cases of hysteria, 610 HRYi)es, D- S.,e.ntatieonis neurostis 322 pro tidioi, rs Epilepsy, use of the ophthalmoscope in, 513 Fungus heematodes, 604 as jurymen, 516; cathete,ikm of EubtncltanIJ sail7, ,25 iv THE BRITISH MEDICAL _OURNAL. Uan. 27, I872.

Head, Mr. Jessop on post-mortem examination of, 262 Hospital, London, changes at, 282; classes, fees, etc., Inflammation, Mr. F. Jordan on Treatment of, rev., 11; Health-officers, see Medical officers of IHealth 299, 302(; introductory address, 413; dinner, 422 researches in, 18 Hearing, physiology of, 5(8 - Meath, introductory address, 592 Inhaler, steam-spray, 181 Heart, nmode of action of, and disturbance, 6; action of - - .iMiddlesex, Report of Medical and Surgical Re- Insane,Dr. Yellowlees on treatment of the, in private digitalis on, 27,57, 90; electro-puncture of in apparent gistrars of,rev., 38; a benefactor, 156; changes at, 270, practice, 151; Dr. Hitchman on paralysis of, 493 death from chloroform, 330; mitral disease, 353; Dr. 359, 282; classes, fees, etc., 299, 303; introductory ad- Insianity and its treatment, Dr. Blandford oi, rev., 32 7. Handfield Jonies on neuralgia of, 370; Dr.J. Thompson dress, 414; dinner, 422; remarks on alleged connec- See Lunacy and Lunatics. on rupture of left ventricle of, 497; aneurism of, 511; tion with University College, 474, 485 Institution, Royal, of Cornwall, annual excursion, 129 Dr. Shapter oni disease of, 522; hypertroplhied, 594; Northern, in Liverpool, the regulations regard. Intemperance arid cholera, Dr. R. MIartin on, 198; a rupture of right auricle of, ib.; diseased, with splenic ing physicians, 708 cause of Bright's diseAse, Dr. W. Roberts on, 243, 121 embols, 597; di.turbed action of, 613; Dr. Bruntton on -- Queeni's, in Birmingham, fees, etc., 301,306; in- Intestine, Dr. Hr. w. Taylor on obstruction of, by kniot, investigation of action of drugs on, 6C59, 687, 749; Dr. troductory address, 448; new wing of, 675 119; Mr. T. D. Griffiths on wounds of, 553; wound of, Mackey on patent foramen ovale. 666; disease of, with Royal Naval, at Plymouth, remarks on, 265 in ovariotomy, 595 transient murmur, 667; rare form of hypertrophy of, Royal Orthopnedic, charges agaiust manage- Introductory address, the missing, 418. See Lectures. 709; cases of disease of, 710; visible pulsation of ar. ment of, 219 Iodate of potassium, 16 teria centralis retionve in valvuler disease of, 723; nar- St. Bartholomew's, testimonial to Sir J. Paget, Iodide of potassium in intracranial disease, 683 rowinig of mitral orifice, 742; triple sound in disease 44; prizes at, 280; changes at, 281, 617; classes, fees, Iodides of ammonium aiad of sodium in. syphilis, Mr. of, 788 etc., 298, 300; dinner of, 422 Berkeley Hill on, 725 Heat, application of to the body, Dr. WV. Roberts on, St. George's, changes in resident appointments, Ipecacuanha, cultivation of, in India, 360 513; Dr. A. lRobertson on), 607, 638, 664 16; donation to, 237; changes at, 281; classes, fees, Irelaind, analysis of report of Poor-law Commissioners Heath, Mr. C., treatment of ganglion, 10; stone in the etc., 298, 301; introductory address, 400; dinner of, in, 13; statistics of population, 43; proposed amend- female bladder, 245, 431 the circulation of the 422 ment of laws oti dangerous lunatics and superautiua- BrUTISH MEDICAL JOURNAL anid tlle Lancet, 504, 532, St. Joseph in Lisbon, Dr. Barbosa on Statistics tion,47; small-pox in, 103, see Small-pox; poor-lawv 539, 563, 970 of Great Operations in, s-ev., 11 medical relief in, 249; statistics of lunacy in, 334; Mlr. Heaton, Dr. J. D., rheumatic pericarditis, 96; alternating -- St. Mary's, changes at, 16, 15, 183, 282; scho- Benison Baker on medical charities of, 507, 515 hemiplegia, 498 larships il Natural Scienice, 100, 421; classes, fees, Iron in scarlatina, Dr. Aldridge on, 17-5; Mr. J. Crocker Hemiplegia, right, with loss of speech, 92, 557; treated etc., 299, 103; introductory address, 409 on, 255; Mr. R. Ale L. Fraser on, 261; constipationi by electricity, 262; alternating, Dr. Heaton on, 498 -- St. Thomas's, opening of, 100; appointments attending use of, 203; Dr. Crighton on local use of Hepatitis, acute initerstitisl, 511 at, 282; classes, fees, etc., 299, 304; introductory ad- sulphate of, in phlegmasia dolens, 466 ; sponlge, puri- Hernia, femoral, difficulties in diagnosis of, 52; tem- dress, 397 fication of water and sewage by,479; sulphale of in porarily irreducible, 82; strangulated inguinal, 668; ~ St. Vincent's, Dublin, visit of Royal family to, erysipelas, 699 radical cure of, 709; Mr. Leeds on management of 186 Irvine, Mr. J. 'W., obituary notice of, 367 thickeened or diseased omeuitum in, 724; Dr. P. C. --Saall-pox, at Hampstead, imputations against, Smyly on plan for facilitatiiig reductioni of, ib. 238, 273; alleged loss of a child, 359; isiquiry inito J . Herpes frontalis, contagious erysipelas after, Dr. Broad- management of, 363, 387, 445, 560; resolution of Com- Jackson, Dr. Hughliligs, tumours of cerebellum, 242, 528 bent on, 94; Dr. C. C. 1titcliie on, 122 mittee of Management, 619 Mr. Al., perityphlitis, 63 Hester, Dr. J., obituary niotice of, 166 Strangers', in New York, 41 Mr. Alatthew, obituary notice of, 789 Hewett, MIr. P., injury of lower end of femur, 518; rup- - University College, appoinitments at, 46, 156, Jagielski, Dr. V. Kouiuiss, 242, 233 tured or lacerated kidney, 722 282; new baths, 186; classes, fees, etc., 299, 304; Jaw, upper, sarcoma of, 181; lower, mycloid tumour of, Hewitt, Dr. S. M., obituary notice of, 85 tablet in memory of Mr. Yates, 421 729; malignant tumour of, 739 Hicks, Dr. J. B., midwifery and the Medical Council, 83; -- Westminster, changes in, 127, 183, 282; dona- Jeaffresoni, Mr. C. S., embolism of central artery of re- postpartumn.htemorrhage, 247; abdominal puncture in tioni to, 217; classes, fees, etc., 299, 306; report con- tina, 531 tympanites, 526, 556 ceriiing, 332, 451; introductory address, 412 Jenner, Dr., a descendant of, 127; the teachings of, 274, Hill, Mr. Berkeley, treatment of ganglion, 64; a new -- for Women, at Birmingham, staff of, 46 309; memorial of, 646 stricture-dilator, 243, 345; candidates at the College Ilospital Visitinig Society, 100; Sunday, 533; letters, -- Sir William, the Queen's recent illness, 539 of Surgeons, 626; iodides of atnmonium and sodium traffic in, 647 Jessop, Mr. T. R., post miortem inispectionis of tile head, in syphilis, 725; treatinent of enlarged oervical glands, Hospitals, finances of, 12-8, 156; military, at Bonn, Dr. 262; traumatic neuroms, 640 726 Duckworth on a visit to, 260; Mr. Ht. Greenway on Johnson, 'Mr. C., labour with unbroken hymen, 611 --, Dr. G., multiple malignant tumours, 556 construction of, 275; medical relief at, 449; number of -- Dr. G., miature and art in the cure of disease, Hip, osseous asukylosis of, 81; disease of, after use of out-patients at, 505; support of by working meii, 589; 171; pathology anid treatment of cholera, 197; treat- tangle-tent, 82; Dr. L. Sayre on treatmeut of disease in Victoria, 680, 783; in Lisbon, 703; meeting on out- ment of diarrhcea and cholera, 324; circulatiou in the of, 85; Dr. Hardie on subcutaneous section of neck of door relief at, 705; Christmas in, 736; payments by acardiac fnetus, 524; diagnosis of aneurism of the femur in artkylosis of, 438; Mr. Jessop on, 439; ex- patients of, 758. See also Dispensary and Infirmary. aorta vith the laryngoscope, 720 cision of, 604; disease of, undergoing repair, 681; House-sturgeons and coroners, 340, 515 -- MIr. T., the coming race, 711 false ankylosis, 698; Mr. J. Hutchinson on dislocation Howse, Mr., treatment of ganglion, 10 Joints, hypertesthesia of, 371 of, 718 Hulte, Mr., treatment of eIllarged cervical glands, 727 Joiies, Dr. C. Handfield, hyperaesthesia, 369; physicians History of medicine, M. Daremberg's lectures on, 589 Humerus, necrosis of, 698 and hysteria, 742 Hitchman, Dr. J., general paralysis of the insane, 493; HIunt, Mr. R. T., introductory lecture at 'Manchester Mr. G., statistics of cases of midwifery, 31 retirement from the Derby Asylum, 950 Royal School of Medicinie, 448, 539 -Mr. , treatment of abscess of cervical Hjaltalin, Dr., small-pox iu Iceland, 519 Hunter, John, proposed memorial window, 100; the glands, 726 Ilodgson, Mr. G. F., the British Medical Association, house of, 140 Dr. Talfourd, nlitr ite of amyl in cholera, 378 137; Mr. Ellis's mode of vaccination, 956 Hutebirison, Mr. J., l)r. Bigelow's views of dislocation - Dr. Thomas, testimonial to, 444 Hog-parasite, new, 388,395 of the hip-joint, 718 Jordan, Mr. F., Treatmeist of Surgical Inflammation by Hollanid, Mr. P. If., prevention of waste of water, 481, Itydatid tumour of liver, 179; pregnancy with profuse A New Method, reo., 11; extenlsion of inflammation 974; arrangement of meetinigs of Association, 631 hasmorrhage, 353; of peritonieum, 511 from epididymis to urethra, 243; introductory lecture HIollis, Dr. W. A., mercurial tremors and chronic lead- Hydrocele, sloughing after tapping for, 439; injection at Queen's Hospital, 448 poisoning, 9 of alcohol in, 730 -JOITRNAL, BRITISH ErEDICAL, Mr. Heath and the circu- Holmes, Mr. T., System of Surgery, rev., 11 Hydrocephalus, chronic, Dr. Umpleby on case of, 580; lation of, 504, 332, 139, 563, 570 Holthouse, Mr., treatment of ganglion, 37; treatment Dr. J. T. Dickson on case of, 696 Journal, a new Portuguese medical, 420 of enilarged cervical glands, 7.56 Hydronephrosis, case of, 180 Juries, medical practitioners in, 316 Hoine, Mir., the anatomy of, 472 Hydrophobia, case of, 183; Dr. J. R. Fothergill on case Homcopathic Congress, 389 of, 264; following bite of a cat, Dr. G. M. Brumwell K. 1ooping-cough, Mr. Grantham on inhalation of am- on, 434; Mr. G. Elder on cases of, 642,669 Keitb, Dr. W., statistics of lateral lithotomy, 320, 349 monia vapour in, 323 Hydrotherapeia in infantile pneumonia, 529 Kelly, Dr. C., treatmenit of diarrhcea anid cholera, 324 Hope, Mr. W., sewage-irrigation in connection with Hyperaesthesia, Dr. Handfield Jones on, 369 Kemble, Mr. C., on hospital finiance, 128 public health, 274, 372 Hypovenosity of the lower limb, 512 Kemp, Mr. WN. G., lateist typthoid fever, 114; multilocu- Horuiby, Mr. T., obituary notice of, 338 Hysteria and its interpreters, Dr. Tilt on, 246, 690; sup- lar ovarian cyst, 496 Hospital, Adelaide, iistroductory address, 592 posed, Dr. Fuller on, 610; and physicians, Dr. Hand- Kempe, Mr. A., obituary notice of, 541 -- Barnes Conivalescenlt, foundation of, 183 field Jones on, 742 Ketchen, Dr. W., child swallowingplum-stones, 496 - - Bethlehem, convalescent institution in connec- Hysterical mania, Dr. J. C. Browne on, 113, 145 Kidd, Dr. C., anrvesthetics, 631 tion with, 422 Kidniey, removal of, 44, 73; cystic, 180, 197; disease of; - Birmingham General, fees, etc., 305, 306 I- with syphilis, 436; Dr. W. Roberts on intemperamice Bristol General, fees, 305 Idiots, the mouth and teeth of, 731 as a cause of chronic disease of, 521; dilatation of, -- Charing Cross, resignation of Dr. Salter, 44; Ileum, large biliary concretion in, 537 596; cancer of, 507; ruptured or lacerated, Mr. P. changes at, 281, 443; classes, fees, etc., 298, 301; in- Ileus, induced galvanic current in, 790; chronic, Mr. R. Hewett on, 722; Dr. T. G. Stewart on Bright's Dis- troduotory address, 412 H. Meade on, 261 ease of, rev,, 730 ; apoplexy after disease of;,77 Children's, at Birmingham, appointments at, Ilkley, sanitary state of, 45 King, Mr. O., obituary notice of, 574 Impalement, case of, 787 Knee, loose cartilages in, Mr. H. J. Alford on, 124; Mr. - y Convalescent, proposed, for Dundee, 676 India, medical news, 16, 589; the Contagious Diseases Square on, 245, 343; excision of, 604; disease of, 631 Cottage, at Tenby, 420 Act in, 333; subordinate medical department in, 735 Koumiss, a dietetic remedy, 242, 339 Devon and Exeter, changes in staff, 72 Inifants, umbilical excrescence in, 368, 426 Dudley General, opening of, 531 Inifirmary, Aberdeen Royal, fees, etc., 308; resignation L. new English, in Paris, 420 of Dr. Harvey, 675 Labour,Dr.Wallace on case of obstruction of, by tumour, Fever, London, appointments at, 154; new - Edinburgh Royal, officers, 307; fees, etc., 372; with unbroken hymen, Mr. C. Johnson on, 611; rooms, 735 308; proposed sale of, 506; new superintendent, 736 rupture of membranes before, Mr. S. M. Bradley on, General, in Vienna, statistics of, 14; descrip- Glasgow Royal, officers, 307; fees, etc., 308 612; Mr. E. Norton on, 667; Dr. T. Savage on, 756; tion of, 449, 709 -- Glasgow Westerin, foundation of, 220 obstructed, Dr. J. Clark on, 667 Glasgow Msaternity, 736, 761 New, at Halifax, 183, 472 Labouring classes in rural districts, habits of, 478 Guy's, changes at, 281; classes, fees, etc., Liverpool Royal, changes in medical staff, Lacrymal passages, treatment of obstruction of, 739 223, 301 567, 708 Lactic acid in diabetes, 588; Dr. B. W. Foster on pro. King's College, changes at, 282; classes, fees, -Manchester Royal, appointment in, 73; pro- ductiomi of rheumatism by, 720 etc., 298, 302 posed amalgamation with St. Mary's Hospital, 420,708 Lancet, Mr. Heath and the circulation of the, 504, 532, Liverpool Northern, fees, 305 -- in Naples, British, 360 539, 513, 570 v .1Jan. 27,. I 1872.]. - THE BRITISH MEDICAL 7OURNAL.

Lane, Mr. S. A., presentation to, 704 Lunatic, an alleged, 334 .Medical officers of health, for Tslington, 186, 333, 387; Lausdown, Mr. J. G., obituary notice of, 138 Lunatics in metropolitan asylums, 628; increase of, 674 proposed appointment of Poor.law medical officers as, Laryngoscope, Dr. Morell Mackenzie on the Usa of the, Lund, Mr. E., antisepticity in surgery, 243 205, 235, 366, 4.54, 461, 569; Mr. Davies on diffliculties -er., 38 Lungs, Mr. J. W. Trotter on maliguant disease of, simu- aud trials of, 248, 3777; Dr. Druitt on position and Laryngotomy for cedema of glottis, 653 latinig phthisis, 583 duties of, 653 Larynx, comparative advantages of modes of removal of Lush, Dr. W. V., duration of vaccine prophylaxis, 496 officers of the Royal Household, 563 growths from, 245; half-peiiny impacted iii, 355; Lying-in Institutions, Miss Nightingale's notes on, rev., policeman, the, 761 epithelioma of, 320; Mr. Durham on removal of 559 -practice, Dr. WV. Ogle on, 29, 60 growths in, 623 Lymphadenoma, case of, 511 practitioners, foreign, in Portugal, 619 Latham, Dr. P. W., treatment of diarrheas and cholera, profession in the United States, 155; in Russia, 382 331; anid the working classes, 530; in Roumania, 64G Lawson, Mr. G., lreatmenit of ganglion, 36 Mr. -- quackery, 657 Lead-poisoning, Dr. Hollis on co-existence of mercurial SMcBride, Mr. J. A., abdominal punoture in tympanites, relief at hospitals, 442, 469, 502, 530 lecture tremor with, 9 ; preventive treatment of, 70 527; epizxotic aphthbs, 539 school, Manchester, the introductory at, Lectures, on Surgery, Mr. Spence's, rev., 11; on Dis- Mae Cormac, Mr. W., notes on ambulances, 244; treat- 420, 539; of Lisbon, opening of, 535; Liverpool Royal orders of the Nervous System in Childhood, Dr. ment of enlarged cervical glands, 726 llnfirmary, 566; Strasburg, 646; the Manchester, con- West's, rev., ib.; hip-joint disease, Dr. L. A. Sayre, 83; Macdougall, Dr. A., obituary niotice of, 395 dition of, 651 hysterical maniia, Dr. J. C. Browne, 113, 145; uterine AMcGreevy, Mir. N., treatment of eancrum oris, 635 -- schools, chaniges in, 281; days of opening, 282; displacements, Dr. P. Smith, 130; Asiatic cholera, Sir Mackenzie, Dr. J. I., the climate of Sidmouth,492 tables of, 298, 303; information concerning, 300; of T. Watson, 141; varicocele, Mr. J. Wood, 316; on In- - Dr. Morell, the Use of the Laryngoseope, rev., Glasgow, 390; introductory addresses at, 397 ct seq., sanity, Dr. Blaudford, rev., 327; hyperaesthesia, Dr. C. 38; removal of growths in larynx, 245 448, 592; diiuners, 422; of Scotland, 535 H. Jones, 369; initroductory, at St. 'homas's Hospital, Mackey, Dr. E., case of cyanosis, 666 -- studeLts, plain truths to, 281; registration of, Mr. Le Gros Clark, 397; Uiiiversity College, Dr. Mackintosh, Dr. A., experiments with carbolic acid, 151 446, 475, 542; remarks on education and examination Charlton Bastian, 400; St. AMary's Hospital, Dr. M'intyre, Dr. J., legacy to, 735 of, 616, 626, 633, 711, 743 Mleadows, 409; King's College, Di-. Rutherford, 410; Macnamara, Dr. R., treatment of aneurism by compres- students, female, and the Uniiversity of Edin- Westminister Hospital, Dr. Basham, 412; Charing sion, 1 99 burgh, 47,102, 157, 218,506, 598, 675, 761; remnarks on, Cross Hospital, Dr. Green, ib.; London Hospital, Dr. Madge, Dr. II. M., paralysis during pregnancy, 696 356; in Moscow, 359; letters on, 396, 453; in Berlin, Little, 413; Middlesex hlospital, Dr. Murray, 614; Malformation of the upper limb, 588 623 Quieeni's College, Birmirigham, Dr. J. Russell, 414; Mtalpas, sanitary state of, 127 -- witnesses' fees, 281 Newcastle-on-Tyne College of Medicine, Dr. Philipsoii, Malpractice, actions for, 15, 564 Medicine, Dr. G. Johnson's address on, 171; Dr. Rus- 415; Liverpool Royal Inifirmary School of Medicine, Manchester, special correspondenee from, 651, 708 sell Reynolds on fashions in, 257; and theology, 421; Dr. W. Carter, 416: Leeds School of MIedicine, Dr. All- Manchineel poison, 590 old records of, 534 butt, ib.; Sheffield School ot Medicine, Mr. A. H. Mann, Mr. R., obituary notice of, 279 Miedicines, Dr. 1'. L. Brunton on experimental iuvestiga- Alleni, 417; London School of Dental Surgery, Mr. Manson, Mr. R. T., sulphurous acid in small-pox, 584 tion of action of, 659, 687, 749 Tuirner, ib.; trusses, Mlr. Wood, 427; on Principles anid Mapotber, Dr. E. D., sanitary affairs in Dublin, 336 Medico-legal examinations of the person, 419 Practice of Physic, Sir T. Watson's, rev., 439, 468; in- Marasmus after enteric fever, Dr. Clifford Allbutt on,517 Meldou, Dr. A., treatment of ganglion, 123 troductory, Manchester Royal School of Medicinie, Mr. Marches, fatal, 503 Memorial of Mr. Solly, 533; of Jenner, 646 3t. T. Htnt, 448; Queen's Hospital, Birminghani, Mfr. Marine pbosphorescence, 112 Memory, lemonade for strengthening the, 14 F. Jordan, ib.; on ophthalmology, Dr. Liebreich, 462, Marques, Dr. J. A., Diseases anid Mortality of the Por- Meniingitis, tubercular, 681 526, 532, 633; inijuiry of etnd of femur, MAr. P. lIewett, tuguese Army, rev., 11 Menstrual fluid, retained, 81 518; cirrhosis of the liver in early life, Dr. W. B. Mlarriage, influence of on duration of life, 630 Mlercurial tremors, Dr. ITollis on coexistenice of with Cheadle, 545; elephantiasis Griecorum, Dr. R. Live- Marsh, Mr. H., Dr. Sayre's hip-joint splint, 139 lead-poisoniing, 9 ilug, 551; investigation of diseases of women, Dr. R. Martin, Dr. R., intemperance and cholera, 198 Mercury, poisoning by absorption of bichloride of, 332, Barnes, 876; cancrum oris, aiid empyema, Dr. MIartyu, Dr. S., treatment of diarrhcea and cholera, 381 837; inunctioil of in syphilis, 384; hypodermic injec- Priestley, 577; introductory, Meath Hospital, Dr. MaIson, Mr. F., treatment of ganglion, 37; treatment of tion of in syphilis, 470, 573 Foot, 592; Adelaide Hospital, Di. Barton, ib.; sup- enlarged cervical glands, 726 Merrifield, Dr. J., meLeorology of Plymouth, 247, 317 posed hysteria, Dr. Fuller, 610; experimental inves- Maunder, Mr. C. F., excision of the elbow-joint, 121; Mesmerism and abortion, 15 tigation of action of medicines, Dr. T. L. Bruniton, 659, treatment of enlarged cervical glanids, 756 Mesterton, Herr C., skin-grafting, 622 687, 749; diagnosis of urethrail And vesical diseases, AMaunsell, Dr. D. T., poor-law medical relief, 249 Methylene, bichloride of, death during use of, 332 Sir 11. Thoniipson, 662; on dislocation of the hip-joint, Maurice, Mr. 0. C., cases of cancer, 604; removal of Michael, Mr. WV. H., sanitary legislation, 786 Air. J. Hutchinsoii, 718; on ruptured kidney, Mr. P. uterus, 634 Midwifery, Mr. G. Jones's statistical account of cases of, Ihewett, 722; on dropsy, Dr. C. Mlurchison, 723 pur. May, Mr. G.,jun., address to the Reading Bratich, 575; 31; proceedings in Mfedical Council on teaching of, 66; pura in a child, Dr. Priestley, 753 median lithotomy, 601 fees under Poor-law orders, 599 Ledwich, Mr., treatmenit of gaiiglion, 326 -- Mr. Joseph, address in section of surgery, 197 Midwives, certification of, 759 Lee, Mr. H., treatment of ganglion, 37 Mayors, medical, 58Ss MIiles, Dr. H. C., obituary niotice of, 166 Leeds, Mr. J., management of tlickened or diseased Ateade, Mr R. H., chronic ileus, 261 Military surgery, Stromeyer on, 357 omentum in hernia, 724 Meadows, Dr. A., treatment of fibroid disease of uterus, Milk, treatment of diabetes with, 64; adulteration of, 361 Leeds, saniitary state of, 129, 482 247, 636; introductory address at St. Mary's Hospital, Miller, Dr. Patrick, obituary notice of, 789 Legion of Honour, appointments in the, 44, 72, 568 409 Miners, Cornish, Dr. Barham on diseases of, 233; health Leprosy, inquiry into, 14 Aleat, preservation of, 46; uncooked, effect of use of, and longevity of, 269 Lewis, Dr. Waller, small-pox and vaccination, 451 193 Molluscum sebaceum, 686 Ley, Mr. R., testimoiiial to, 69 Mediastinum, cancer of, 742 Monstrosities in Vienna Museum, 740 Licensing 'ystem, ameiidment of, 533 Medical Act, prosecutioni under the, 572, 391, 759 Moore, Dr. W. D., obituary iiotice of, 531 Liddle, Mir. J., effects of defective ventilation, 538 Acts Amendment Bill, discussion in Medical IMordaunt, Lady, case of, 618 Liebreich, Dr. R., lectures on clinical ophthalmology, Council, 39; remarks on, 42; Dr. E. Waters on, 53; Morphia, poisoninig with, 156; 'Mr. J. S. Ferris on anoma- 462, 526, 552, 633 proceedings at meeting of Association, 210, 216 lous symptoms in poisoning by, 535 Life, Sir W. Thomson on origin of, 187; duration of, Benevolent Fund, proceedings of Committee, Morris, Mr. H., treatment of enlarged cervical glanids, 504; influence of narriage on, 6510 45, 332; letter on, 711 727 Ligateur automatique, 597 --- charities of Ireland, 507, 565 Morton, Dr. J., treatment of enlargeSl cervical glands, .57 Light, action of, oii cane sugar, 704 - consultations, irregular, 18 Movements, volunitary and automatic, 641 Liniment, soap and iodine, 426, 51a Council, session of, 39, 63; new members of, 39; Moxhay, Mr. W., resectioLn of liip, 601 Lip-reading by the deaf and dumb, 698 president's address, ib.; committees, ib.; returns from Mucous meinbranies, hypercesthesia of, 369 Lister, Mr. J., chloroform accidents, 117; aIldress in public departmeuts, 39, 40, 69; Medical Acts Amend- Murchison, Dr. C., dropsy, 723 surgery, 223 ment Bill, 39; preliminary examination), 40, 68; repoi t Murphy annuity fund, 616 Lithotomy, Dr. Keith's analysis of statistics of, 320, 349; on professional education, 40, 65,6'3; removal of names Murray, Inispector-General Dr. J., on cholera, 175 median, 604 from Register, 40, 68; petition for restoration to Re- -- Dr. Johin, ititrodoietory address at the Middlesex Lithotrity followed by lithotomy, 56'8; cases of, 613 gister, 40; charge against a registered practitioner, ib.; Hospitail, 414; tlhoracentesis iii pleuritic effusion, 593 Little, Dr., introductory address at the London Hos- registration of deaths, 41; remarks on, 42; instruction M-Mr. J. D., obituary Inotice of, 338 pital, 413 in pharmacy and therapeutics, 63; instruction int mid- Muscle ald nerve, dynamics of, 125, 383; Dr. Radcliffe Littleton, Dr. T., submarine descent, 274; abdominal *vifery, 66; instruction in pathological anatomy, ib.; on, 150 punieture in tympaieites, 518 class examinations, 67; conjoint examinations, 67, 63; Muscle-grafting, 17, 612 Liveing, Dr. R., the germ-theory of disease, 365; ele- clinical instruction, 67; chemistry, 68; executive com- Muscles, aiiomalies of, anid thle Darwinian theory, 222 phanitiasis griecorum, 551 mittee, ib.; proceedings tinder penal clauses of Medi- Museum of Royal College of Surgeons, see College; the Liver, hydatid tuinoirs of, 179; Dr. Cheadle on cirrhosis cal Act, ib.; report of Finance Committee, ib.; trea- aniiual, 46, 391; pathological, of Vienna, 739 of, in early life, 545; case of cirrhosis, 591 surer, 69; report of Pharmacopceia Committee, ib.; Mushrooms, poisoning with, 207 Liverpool, sanitary state of, 73, 505, 6.31; causes of visitation of examiuations, ib.; visit to Cambridge, 81; AMyeloid tumour of lower ;aw, 7-29 disease and mortality in, 17, 627; correspondence regulations of, 283 Myotomy, iutraocular, Mr. A. Prichard on, 578 from, 567, 651, 708, 739) declaration respecting alcohol, 737; letter on,788 Livingstoine, Dr., news of, 358 degrees, continental, 397; American pseudo., Locomotion, humau, 590 423; prohibition of sale of in America, 620; illegal N. Locomotor ataxy iti a young man, 499 assukmption of, 657, 702, 759 NMavus, treatment of by galvanic cautery, 384; Mr. Londesborougli Lodge, sanitary state of, 676, 734 Directory, new regulation concerninig, 332 Weston on vaccinations of, 588; large congenital of London, water-supply of, 156, 271; sanitary regulations -doctrines, modern, Dr. Eade on, 257 face, 668; treatment of by subcutaneous rupture, 730 of, 268 etiquette, questions regardinig, 196, 396, 513, 574, Nalty, Dr. J., obituary notice of, 789 Longmore, Mr. T., instruments for exploring gunshot 760 Nankivell, Dr. A. W., chloral in erysipelas, 437; injury wounds, 715, 751 examinations, remarks on, 655, 711, 743 of cervical vertebrce, ib. Lowe,the Right Hon. R., and the Edinburgh University, examiniing board, conjoint, 16, 42; proceedings Dr. C. B., providenit dispensaries, 274, 318 736 in Medical Council regarding, 67, 69; scheme of, for Navies, British and American, medical departments of, Lunacy systems, remarks on, 12; letters on, 109; re- England, 153; proceediugs in Council of College of 163 port on, in Scotland, 17; Regulationi Amendment Bill, Surgeons, 223, 510 Navy, Dr. Smart on provision for sick and wounded in, 24; in Ireland, proposed amended law,47; in Ireland, experts in courts of law, 101, 127, 185 276, 487; regulations for medical service of, 30ou statistics of, 334; fees for certificates, 340, 397, 599, --institutions and diseases of Victoria, 446,679, 783 health of the, 619 628; see Insane and Insanity --legislation, remarks on, 70- Necropsies, legality of, 444,674 vi THE BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. [Jan. 27, 1872.

Necrosis of lower end of humerus, 698 Phosphorus in skin-diseases, 685 Red cross, the, 219, 389 Needham, Dr. F., effects of bromide of potassium, 352 Photographs of annual meeting, 240 Registrar-GeDeral's cholera prescription, 271 NeilsoD, Dr. C., obituary niotice of, 166 Phthisis, geography of, 266, 390; Dr. Foss on hectic Registration of disease, report of committee on, 177 ; in Nerve and Mluscle, dynamics of, 125, 316; Dr. Radcliffe fever in, 434; tuberculous, Dr. E. L. Fox on, 463; Sir the medical schools, 475; of deaths, 532, 544 on, 150 T. Watson on, 408; rapid coiitraction and obliteration Renforth, Moral of death of, 333 % I, Nerve, third, pfaresis of, 513 of cavities in, 567,fLbroid,6-I'e568 ttl arRetina, Air.j a C;.r s S.n oJeaffresone m n a ont a embolism0 5 c e Of central ar- Nerves, influence of in repair of fractures, 245; of spe. Pitysic, Sir Thomas Watson's Lectures on Principles and tery of, 351 cial sense, hyperaesthesia of, 371; investigation of in- Practice of, rev., 439, 468 Revaccinration, Mr. E. J. Worth on confluent small-pox fluence of drugs on, 059, 087, r49 Pitfalls, metropolitan, 257 after, 556; in Dublin, 021. Sgee Vaccination Nervous System, Dr. WVest's JLumleinn Lectures on Dis- Placenta, Dr. Swayne on hremorrbage from retention Reynolds, Dr. J. B., fashions inl medicine, 257; System ordets of in Childhood, rev.,11; affections,digitais in, after abortion, 201; prrevia, treatment of, 247; hbemor- of Medicine, rev., 014 147; notes ol, 041 rhage from retentiois of after abortion, 008 - Mr. W., obituary notice of, 195 Neumanni, Dr., Text-13ook of Skin-Diseases, rev., 441 Plague, alleged outbreak of in Persia, 130 Rheumatic pericarditis, Dr. Heaton oni, 90; arthritis, Neuritis, retrobulba-, 512 Pleurisy, diaphragmatic, 194 chroatic, 152 Neuroma, traumatic, Mir. Jessop on, 640 Pleuritic effusion with feetid expectoration, Dr. Thorow- Rheumatism, treated by cold applications, 241; anld nenr- Neurosis, cutaneous, Dr. Statnley Hanes on), 322 good on, 7 algia, therapeutic indications of, 242; urethral, 625; Newbold,Mr. E., obitiiary notice of, 571 Plum-stones swallowed by a child, Dr. l(etcben on, 496 Dr. B. WV. Foster on syatthesis of, 720 Newmani, Dr. W., antiseptic treatment of wounds. C62 Plymouth, Mr. Whipple on history of, 109; Dr. Merri- Rhinoplastic operations, 025 Nightingale, Miss, Notes on Lying-ini institutions, rev., field on meteorology of, 247, 347 Richardson, Mr. B. Wills, treatment of ganglion, 124 b59 Poison-bottle, a, 327 Ricord, Dr., dinner to, 104 Nisbet, Mr. W'., obituary notice of, 10i' Potsoning by Calabar beans, 73; by morpllia, 156; by Ritebie, Dr. C. C., herpes zoster followed by contagious Noble, Dr. D., effects of bromide of potassium, 352 belladonna, 326; by absorption of bichloride of mer- erysipelas, 122 Norton, Mlr. A. T., treatment of scrofulous abscess of cury, 332, 337; by sewage water, Dr. Gibb on, 432; by Itivingto,n, Mrr. W., treatment of ganglion, 37 neck, 728 casntharides, 497; by morphia, Mr. Ferris on atioma- Roberts, Mr. C., antiseptics and disinfectants, 168 waVWSp Mr. E., ruptiire of membranes seven weeks be. lous symptoms in, 555; by petroleum, 525; by vermin- stings, 425 fore delivery, 007 powder, Dr. F. T. Roberts on, 754 Dr. F. T., poisoning by vermin-powder contain- Nostrils, plugginig of as a precautionary measure, 29 Poisons, prosecution for sale ot, 860, 588 ing strychnia, 754 1;uisRnce-offieer s. Mr. 1). Davies oin, 274, 551 Politics attd professorships, 651 Mr. 51., testimonial to, 004 Nuton, Mr. T. W., Treatment of g8onglion, 36 Pollard, Dr. F., local applications and chloral in small- Dr. W., alteration of laws of Association, 165; Nnnr,eley. Dr. F. B., effects of application of heat and pox, 36 intemperance as a cause of chronic Bright's disease, cold, 186; treatment of diarrhbs and cholera, 328 Polygonum hydropiper as an emmenagogue, 730 243, 521 Poor-law.-England and Wo'ales.-Testimonial to a me- Robertson, Dr. A., regulated temperature in the treat. dical officer, 09; report of Committee of British Me- ment of disease, 007, 638, 004 0. dical Association, 179; the Plymouth guardians and Robinson, Dr., sanitary state of Leeds, 482 (Esophagus, excision of cancer of, 643 their medical officers, 238; Mr. Benson Baker on Itodent ulcer, 13, 567 ogle, Dr. J. WV., circulation in the arcadi ac fcetus, 490 medical service, 249; members of Committee of As- Roe, Mr., death-certificates, 573 --Dr. W. dextral pre-eminence, 130 sociation, 27 0; proposal to appoint medical officers of Rooke, Dr. T. M., abdominal puncture in tympanites, 584 --Dr. V. (Derby), reform of professional grievanices, as health-officers, 205, 235, 366, 454, 461, 669; a board Roumania, the medical profession in, G46 29, 60 of guardians in a difficulty, 473; superanatuation of a Rouse, Mr., treatmenlt of ganglion, 37 Ogston), Dr., treatment of ganglion, 95; treatment of medical officer. 542; superannuation of medical offi- Royds, Sir. W., retrospective address of Pathological So- scrofulous abscess in neck, 757 cers, 586; midwifery fees, 599, 055; fees for certifyittg ciety of Rea(ling, 603, 634 Olphthalmology, cliinical, Dr. I.iebreich's lectures on,462, pauper lunatics, 599, 628; lunatics in metropolitan Rstmsey, Dr. H. W., degetteracy of race in towns, 482 520, 552, 033 asylums, 028; address to medical officers, 544 Russell, Dr. James, initroductory address at Queen's Ophthalmoscope, use of in epilepsy, 513; Dr. Liebreich Ireland.-Analysis of report of commissiotters, 13; College, Birmingham, 414 on use of. 526 salaries of medical iffhcers in Limerick Union, 130; Russia, medicitte in, 331 female medical students in,359 Opium. specimens of, 015; veratrum viride an antidote Dr. Maunsell on medical service, 249; Mr. Bensoni Rutherford, Dr. WV,, introductory address at Iinlg's Col. to, 643 Baker on medical charities in Ireland, 507, 565; lege, 410 Optic disc, Dr. Liebreich on atrophy of, 552 charge against medical officers, 599, 650, 737; address Orton, Mr. John, treatment of cholera, 455 to medical officers, 745 S. Orwin, Dr. Jnmes, subcutaneous foreign bodies, 002 Scotland.-Report on, 154 St. ;ilda, sanitary state of, 239, 271 Osteomalacia in Milan, 624 Postal regulation regarding obscene circulars and books, St. Pancras guardians anid their medical officer, 239; ad- Osteophytes. intracranial, with hydrocephalus, 152 647 vice to, 2770 Otorshmea,sulphocarbolate of zinc in, 70 Portugal, foreigli practitioners in, 619 Salford, sanitary state of, 420 Ovariotomy, Mr. Spencer Wells's cases of, 50: cAses of, Pregniancy, hydatid, with proftise beemorrhage, 353; Salter, Dr. Hyde, obituary atotice of, 278 258, 496; letters on, 420; in a child, 589; wounid of early, Dr. W. Haining on, 496; letters on, 574; vomit- Satnelson, Dr., ophthalmic cabes, 512 intestirne in, 595; Dr. Billroth on, 050; in Manchester, ing of, 51)1; anc'mal,us, 513, 597; false, 513; pyaemia Sandringham, water at, 734 709; duirinig pregnLancy, 786 after, 557: variola during, 681; Dr Madge on paralysis Satiitary legislation, proceedings in Parliament regard. Overcrowdinig and mortality, 17 dtiriDg, 696; abdominal,709,739,785; paralysis during, ing, 129; report of joint committee on, 203, 212 ; Dr. Ozone, atmospheric estimation of, 576 756; ovasiotomy duriDg, 786 A. P. Stewart on, 238; members of committee on, Preston, Sir. T. J., vaccination-papers, 725 278; Mtr. Godwin on,457; Mr. G. V. Hastings on,400; Pr-ichard, Mr. A., intraocular myotomy, 578 31r. MIicbael on, 786 P. Piiestley, Dr. W. O., canceruim oris and paracentesis, Sanitary regulations in Londoit, 268; exhibition, 273 Page, Dr. D., chloral in toothache, 202; santonin as a 577; inter-menstrual dysmenorrbcea, 053; purpura Sattsom, Dr., tite germ-theory of disease, 452; anitiseptic parasiticide, 323 and convulsions in a child, 753 treatment of small-pox, 611 P1get, Dr. G. E., add-ess to Medical Council, 89 Prirnce of XVales, visit to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Sasatonin as a parasiticide, Dr. D. Page on, 323; Dr. --- Sir James, testimonial to, 44; removal of tumours 44; illness of, 617, 044, 071, 099, 701, 732, 746, 758; Farqubarson on effects of, 466 from liver, 50; baronetcy conferred on, 183; proposed diagnosis of in Berlin, 760 Saunders, Dr. G. S., puncture of abdomen in tympan. testimonial to, 425, 454 Prisons, sickness anld mortality in, C45 ites, 583 J'alpitation, physiology anid treatment of, 115 Ptizes, Dr. Lacaze's, 207; at St. Bartholomew's HoFpi- Savage, Dr. G. H., temperature in fracture of spine, 7*19 Pasttlteoni, Dr., action for libel by, 15 tal, 280; in medical schools, 301 et seq.; Actoniatl, - - Dr. T., early rtopture of the niembraises, 756 Paracentesis in children, Dr. Priestley on, 577; in pleu- 747; of Royal College of Sturgeotis, 761 Savory, M1r-, treatment of ganglion, 10 ritic effusion, Dr. Murr-sy oni, 595 Probe, vertebtated, use of; 95; letters ott, 109,137; re- Saw3er, Dr. J., testimolijal to, 452 mark 505 Dr. visit to 44; of Pnrslalais of the insanie, Dr. Bitelman on, 493; duiring oil, Sayre, L., bis London, treatmernt hip- pregnancy, Dr. Mladge oi, 090; letter on, 756; agitans, Professors, nmode of appointing itl Germany, 785 joisit disease, 85; vertebtated psobe and catheter, 109 C8o Provis, Mr. XX'., effect of bromide of p0otassium, 3.53 Scabies, treRtment of, 384 Par esis of third nerve, 513 Psi-chic force, the, 443 Scapula, Mr. C. Steele on excisicn of, 248,480; fracture Mr. P. Hewett on fracture 522 of anatomical neck 082 Paris, Dr. C. A. Gordon on Piussian siege of, 313; deaths Pubic bone, supposed of, of, Health the Mr. Godwits's state of, 706 in, 380, 441 ; public uriTnals in, 591 Ptiblic Department, niew, 72; Searbolougli, sanitary 676, 701, Patker, Mir. Langston, obituary notice of, 540 address on, 457 Scarlatina, Dr. P3le on conitagioni sf, 34; iron in, Dr. Parturition, egulation of supp]i mentAl force during,247 - MIedicine, Dr. A. P. Stewart's address on, 233. See Aldridge on, 175; M1r. J. Crceker cn, 255; Air. 11. Patlhology, Surgical, Dr. B3illroth's, rev., 11; discussion also 'Medical Officers of Health. Fraser on, 261; relationi to 013Loid fever, 740 in Miedieal Council on edueation in, 00; Dr. T. H. Pulse, Dr. G. Gray on sudden decrease in frequency School of Mledicine, Bristol, fees, etc., 105, 100; Leeds, Green's Introduction to, i-ev., 500 of, 95 fees, etc., 305, 306; inttoductory address at, 410; Pavemeilt, town, saijitary influenices of, 479 Purpura and convulsions in a child, Dr.Priestley on,753 liverpool Royal InfisnEry, fees, etc.. .-05, E00; intlio- Paynie, Dr. J. F., neavons origin of cutaneous affections, Purser, Dr., inflamnation and suppuration, 18 ductory address at, 416; aematks on, 500; Maitleestet 242 Pysemis after- pregnancy, 557; after tooth-extraction, 619 Royal, fees, etc., 8(05, 1006; introouctory address at, Penis, amputation of by galvanic cautery, 384 Pyle, Dr. T. T., conitagion ofscarlatinaaudsmall-pox,34 448; Sheffield, fees, etc., 806, 108; iintroductoty ad- Pension, civil list,157 dress at, 417 ; of DeLtal Surgeiy, inttoductoty address Pepsine, granrular effervescing preparations of, 38 at, 417 Pericarditis, rheumatic, Dr. Heaton on, 90; idiopathic, Q. Schools, sanitary construction of, 483 484 Quarantitie in Persia, 130 ; Ernglisli, 208 Scotland, luttatics it, 17; balby-faeming in, 18 notice 424 Perityphlitis, Mr. Marsh Jackson on, 03 Qtieen, health of, 328, 386, 503, 539; donation to Queen's Scott, Mr. J., obituary of, Petroleltm, poisoning by, 525 Rospital, Birmingham,419 Scrotum, sloughirg of after tappinjg for bydrocele, 439 Pharmaceutical conference, British, 184 Quinine in tubercle of lung, 596 Scurvy iaa British ships, 647 Phatmacopreis, Britisit, niomenclature of, 388 Seboi-rlcea sicca vel squamosa, 180 new German, 502 Setons isl stumnous diseases. Air. Crossman on, 093 Mr. Pharmacy, legislation on, 15, 46; disetssion in Medical R. Sewage, iitilisatiou of, 210, 476; Hope oIs irrigation Council on education in, 65; elegant,365 Riadcliffe, Dr. C. B., dynamics of nerve and muscle, 150 with, 274, 172; of BirmiDghbm, 422; water, Dr. Gibb 359 oa and letters 627, Dr. G. treatment of and cho- Mr. J. N.,his hospital-tent, poisonistg vith, 432; entezoas, on, Plhilipson, H., dinrrhcea 85 lera, 381; Introductory address at Uiiiversity of Dur. Ramsey, Dr. James, high temperature in varicella, 654, 711 ham of Medicine, 415 Rawson, Mr., deodorisation and utilisation of sewage, Sewers, ventilation of, 673; effect of gases of, 651, 67f, College 734 Phlegmasia dolens, Dr. Crighton on local application of 476 sulphate of iron in, 240, 400 Rectum, polypi of, 709 Shapter, Dr., diseases of heart and lungs, 522 ------vii v. a PIE--- BRITISH------r Jtan.CLL / T8R72.1/ d.J MEDICAL 70VRNAL. Temperance, medical aspects of, 389 Shaw, Mr. 0. S., obituary notice of, 25 Society, Royal Humane, resolution concerning Dr. Chris- Slhillitoe, Mr. B., treatment of ganglion, 38 tian, 564 Temperature, modification of by application of heat and Shipman, Mr. R., obituary notice of, 279 Royal Medical of Edinburglh, presidents of, 650 cold, 136; Puerperal, Mr. W. Squire on, rev., 181 Shock, digitalis in, 115 - Royal Medical and Chirurgical,reports of, 50, 136, regulated, in the treatment of disease, Dr. A. Robert- Shot in the eye, 513 537, 623, 682, 740 son on,607, 638,664; in fracture of a cervical vertebra, Siamese twins, state of, 157 Salford Hospital Medical, dinner of, 444 Dr. G. H. Savage on, 719; Mr. Bradley on effect of Sibson, Dr., testimonial to, 701 -Surgical Aid, 534 rocking on, 725 Sidmouth, Dr. J. I. Mackenzie on climate of, 247, 492 -Surgical, of Ireland, reports of, 52, 277, 709 Tendons, divided, treatment of, 122 Silkworm disease, prevention of, 472 West Kent Medico-Chirurgical, officers of, 472 Terry, Mr. G., wasp-stings, 255 Silver wire, removal of, 130 Soldiers, food for, 267 fessier, Dr. W. H. C., pauper lunatic certifying fees, 628 Simms, Dr. F., the address in medicine, 240 Solly, Mr. S., obituary notice of, 395; resolution of Testimonial to SIr. R. Ley, 69; to Dr. Halford, 74; to Simoni, Mr. J., his annual report, 153; precautions Council of College of Surgeons, 510; memorial of, 533 Mr. A. L. Peacock, 158; to Dr. W. McEwen, 339; to agairist cholera, 221 Southall aiid Co.'s, AMessrs., preparations, 613 Dr. Thomas Jones, 444; to Dr. J. Sawyer, 452; to Mr. Skey, Mr. F. C., the medical declaration respecting SouthaLm, Mr. G., excision of the tongue, 243 Cordy Burrows, 503; to SIr. R. Roberts, 604; to Dr. alcohol, 788 Spain, Dr. H. Bennet on physical geography and climate Wallace, 628; to Mr. T. Coe, ib.; to Dr. Sibson and Skin, nervous origin of diseases of, 242; hyperresthesia of, 346 Mr. Lane, 704 of, 369; Dr. Neumann on Diseases of, rev., 441; phos- Specific gravity, vulcanite instruments for ascertaining, Therapeutics, Dr. T. K. Chambers's Harveian oration on phorus in diseases of, 685 501 progress of, 1; Practical, Dr. Waring on, rev., 11 Skin-grafting, cases of, 383, 622, 787 Spence, Mr., Lectures on Surgery, rev., 11; treatment of Thermometer in gunshot injuries, 446 Skinner, Dr., deaths from chloroform, 54; mortality in ganglion, 94 Thigh, supracondyloid amputation of, 277 Liverpool 627 Spender, Dr. J. K., arsenic in chorea, 429 'T'hompson, Sir Henry, treatment of ganglion, 10; dia- Skoda, presentation of medal to, 702 Spermatic iiicontinence, Dr. D. C. Black on, 609 gnosis of urethral and vesical disease, 662 Skull, fracture of, 52, 383; depressed, Mr. Waterhouse Spina bifida with disease of cerebellum, 180 Dr. James, rupture of left ventricle, 497 on an elevator for, 692 Spine, fracture of, 52, 437, 668, 742; congestion of pia -Dr. J., of the uterus, 697 Small-pox, wards for in Berlin Hospital, 24; Dr. Pyle mater of, 437 Mr. W. E., obituary notice of, 338 on conitagion of, 34; Dr. 1F. Pollard on local applica- Spiritualism tested, 71, 97; Dr. Allen Thomson on, 188 Thomson, Dr. Allen, address on Biology, 188 - notice tions and chloral in, 36; Dr. Wiltshire ou removal of Spleen, embolon in, 596 Dr. F., obituary of, 453 pitting of by erysipelas, 122; hremorrhage, Dr. R. Splints, poroplastic, 335 Dr. Spencer, the annual meeting photographed, G'ieve on, 463; effect of sulphurous acid on, D)r. Spolntanieotus generation, experiments on, 223 240 Jjaltelin oni, 519; Mr. P. T. Manson on, 584; confluent Square, Mr. W., influence of nerves on repair of frac- Sir William, address at aunual meeting of after recenit vaccinatioIi, Mr. E. J. Worth on, 556f; ture, 245 British Association, 187 corymbo-crystalline, with catalepsy, 588; Dr. Sansom M--Mr. W. J., loose cartilages in the knee-joint, Thoracentesis in pleuritic effusion, 595 on antiseptic treatment of, 611; during pregnancy and 245, 343 T'hurowgood, Dr. J. C., pleuritic effusion with fietid ex- delivery, 681; oedema of lung after, 787; in Durham, Squire, Mlr. W., Puerperal and Tempera- pectorations, 7; climate of Sydney and New South proceedings respecting, 14; in Florence, 15, 267; de- ture Variations in Children, rev., 181 Wales, 433 putation to the Marquis of Ripon on spread of, 16; Stallard, Dr., health of operatives in factories, 480 Throat, hypersesthesia of the, 369 proposed Act of Parliament, 17; wards for in Berlin State medicine, new qualification in, 18 'i'hyrotomy, Dr. Morell Mackenzie on, 649 Charit6 Hospital, 24; deaths from in Paris, 44; in Steele, Mr. C., flexible probe, 137; excision of scapula, Tilt, Dr. E. J., hysteria and its initerpreters, 246, 690 Glasgow, 103; in Ireland, 103; in St. Petersburg, 243, 430 Tinea in animals and in man, 591 128; in Monte Video, 129; in Hamburg, 183; in Sterility, Dr. Protheroe Smith on treatment of, 694 Tongue, Mr. Fairlie Clarke on atrophy of, 35, 682; ex- England anid Wales, summary of mortality, 183; in Stevens, Mr. J. N., intermittent hiematuria, 323 cision of, 243,384 Manichester, 184; inl Breconi, 217; in London, 218, Stewart, Dr. A. P., address to Public Medicine Sectioll, Toothache, Dr. D. Page on chloral in, 262 358, 386, 419, 443 ; mortality from in the Punjab, 269; 233 Tracheotomy in aortic sneurism, 603 in Santa Cruz, 269; at Bridgwater, 388; in Oxford, Dr. T. G., Bright's Disease of the Kidneys, rev., Transfusion of blood, 729, 737 389; in Wolverhampton, 505; in Sheffield, ib.; in 730 Trotter, Mr. J. W., malignant disease of lung simulating Dublin, 535, 621, 650, 737; coniveyance of patients in Stimulants, use of in workhouse infirmaries, 542 phthisis, 583 cabs, 620; in Buda-Pesth, 646; in Gotha, 704; in Stokes, Mr. XV., diagnosis of strangulated femoral herrnia, Trousseau, Dr., treatment of diarrhtsa and cholera, 332 Vienna, 734, 759; in, Philadelphia, 735 52; supracondyloid amputation of thigh, 277; opinion Trusses, Mr. J. Wood on adjustment and use of, 427 Smart, Dr. W. R. E., injuries to the axillary artery, 245, of surgeons on treatment of Talbot's case, 591 ; frac- Tuberculosis of lung checked by quiniue, 596 342; institutions for sick and wounded in Royal Navy, ture of atlas from gunishot injury, 716 Tumours, removal of from bones, 50; hydatid, of liver, 276, 487 Stomach, hyperresthesia of, 370; causes of, 527, 597; 179; sarcomatous, of upper jaw, 181; of cerebellum, Smith, Dr. Edward, dietary in workhouses, 222 perforation of, 603 242, 528, 710, 787; fibroid, of uterus, see Uterus; Mr. Henry, treatmenit of ganglion, 9 Stricture with fistula of urethra, 698 melanotic, of eye, 484; funigoid, of upper arm, 497; - Dr. J. XV. F., acute diabetes, 728 Stricture-dilator, a new, Mr. Berkeley Hill on, 345 multiple malignant, Dr. G. Hill on, 556 mammary, Dr. Protheroe, uterine displacements, 130; sup- Strike, sequel of a, 473 709; of lower jaw, 729, 739 plemental mechanical force during parturition, 217; Stromeyer, Dr. L., lessons of the Franco-German war, Turnier, Mr., introductory address at School of Dental treatment of dysmenorrbcea and sterility, 694 357 Surgery, 417 Mr. R., obituary niotice of, 712 Strumous diseases, Mr. Crossman on setons in, 693 Turpentine, therapeutic action and uses of, 237 Mr. Spencer, treatment of enlarged glands in Strychnia in albuminuria, 501; Dr. F. T. Roberts on case Tutu plant, properties of, 590 neck, 727 of poisoning by, 754 Tyacke, Dr., address at annual meeting of South East- Mr. Thomas, treatment of ganglion,10 Suicide, statistics of, 237 ern Branich, 78 Smyly, Dr. P. C., reduction of strangulated hernia, 724 Sulphurous acid fumigation in small-pox, Dr. Hjaltelin Tympanites, puncture of the colon for the relief of, Sir. Sniake-bite, carbolic acid in, 70 oni, 519; Mr. R. T. Manson on, 584 J. H. Wathen on, 464, 515, 612; Dr. T. Littleton on, Snook, Mr. J. S., obituary niotice of, 599 Suprareiial capsules, disease of, 21 518; Dr. J. B. Hicks on, 526, 556; Mr. G. D. Brown Society, British International Aid, 103; annual meeting, Surgery, military, the endoscope in, 4; Mr. Spence's on, 526; Mr. McBride on, 527; Sir T. Watson on, 563; 155 Lectures on, rev., 11; Mr. Lister's address on, 225 Dr. G. S. Saunders on, 583; Dr. T. M. Rooke ou, 681 ---Cambridge Philosophical, annual dinner, 675 Alr. F. J. Gant's Science and Practice of, rev., 499 Dr. S. Wilks on, ib. - Charity Organisation, proceedings of, 563, 646, Surgical Pathology, Dr. Billroth's, rev., 11; operations, 675 statistics of, 270 ---Clinical of London, reports of, 82, 484, 567, 595, Swayne, Dr. J. G., treatment of htemorrhage after abor- U. 683, 710; opening meeting, 474 tion, 201; hydrate of chloral in puerperal convulsions, Ulcer, rodent, 53 ---of German naturalists and physicians, meeting 752 Ulcers, skin-transplanting in' 383, 787 of, 445 Sydney, Dr. Thorowgood on climate of, 433 Umbilical excrescences in infants, 368, 426 ---Harveian, proposed officers and Council of, 761 Syme testimoniial, 157, 337, 761 Umpleby, Dr. H., chronic hydrocephalus, 580 ---Hospital Visiting, 100 Syphilis after vaccination, report of Committee of Royal Universities, German, mode of electing professors in, ---of Hungarian Physicians and Naturalists, annual Medical and Chirurgical Society on, 15; Mr. Bradley 784 meeting, 331 on unity of virus of, 376; mercurial inunction in, 384 ; University of Aberdeen, regulations for degrees, 294 Kinig's College Medical,ititroductory meeting, 473 with kidney-disease, 436; case of, after vaccination, classes and fees, 307, 308; medical bursaries in, 475 Lincoln Medical, summer meeting, 111 442; hypodermic injection of mercury in, 470, 573; Anderson's, in Glasgow, fees, etc., 307, 308 MIedical, of College of Physicians of Ireland, re- Mr. Berkeley Hill on iodides of ammonium aud sodium of Berlin, effect of war on, 623 ports of, 194, 626, 685; officers of, 506 in, 725 of Cambridge, pass list, 25; regulations for ---Medical of Lonidoii, opening meeting, 505; re- Syphilitic ulcers, skin-grafting in, 787 degrees, 289; courses of lectures at, 337; notices, ports of, 512, 568, 597, 625, 787 409; examiners, 483 -- Medical, Manchester, reports of, 512, 597 - of Dubliii, qualification in state medicine, 18; -Medico-Chirurgical of Ediuburgh, reports of, 32, T. medical travellingprize, 47; pass lists, 53,84, 790; re- 277 Tait, Mr. L., medical experts in courts of law, 127, 219 gulations for degrees, 297 -Medico-Chirurgical of Glasgow, office-bearers, 334 Talbot, Constable, case of, 130, 586, 621; necropsy of, of Durham, regulations for degrees, 291 -Obstetrical of Dublin, opening meeting, 621; 650; Mr. XV. Stokes on, 716 ______of Edinburgh, and female medical students, 47, meeting of, 737 Tanner, Dr. T. H., obituary notice of, 110; proposed 102, 157, 218, 506, 598, 673, 761; regulations for de- Obstetrical of Edinburgb, office-bearers, 650 memorial of, 218, 426 grees, 294 ; classes and fees, 307, 308; Ettles scholar- -Obstetrical of Londoti, reports of, 54, 193, 511, 534, Tapping in dropsy, 56 ship, 389; Lord Rectorship of, 564; number of stu- 624, 785; investigationi of temperature, 100 ; piroposed Tattooed all over, 532 dents in, 591; Mr. Lowe atid Mr. Turner on, 736; the examiiination of midwives, 759 Taylor, Mr. IL., embolism of left vertebral artery, 527 Syme Fellowship, 761. Pathological of Dtublin, subject of prize essay, - - Dr. H. W., intestinal obstruction from knot in l o of Glasgow, tegulations for degrees, 291; classes 630; reports, 654, 685, 742 the ilium, 119 and fees, 307, 338; Lord Rector of, 591 -- Pathological of London, opening meeting, 474; -lDr. R. H., catheterism of the Eustachian canal, of London, and the Brown trust, 14; remarks reports of, 511, 596, 652, 710 ; proposed officers and 518 on examinations, 17; pass lists, 280, 311, 712; regula- Council of, 761 - MIr. T., Catalogue of Calculi in Museum of RoyalI tions for degrees, 290 - Pathological of Reading, retrospective address, College of Surgeons, rev., 500 - of Oxford, regulatiotis for degrees, 289; in- 603,634 Tea, spurious, 16 struction at, 837; natural science fellowship, 485; non- -- for Relief of Widows and Orphans of Medical Teeth, Mr. Fay on excision of, 497 resident students, 530 Men, proceedings of, 100 Teleology and evolution, Dr. Allbutt on, 831 Rev. Dr.. --Queen's, in Ireland, regulations for degrees, --- Royal, annual mueeting, 656 Haughton on, 149 300 Viii 7HA BRITISH MEDICAL 7OURNAL. tJan. 27, i872.

U niversity of St. Andrew's, regulations for degrees, 292; Veratrum viride in gout, 557; in acute rheumatism, ib.; Wells, Mr. Spencer, exfoliation of the bladder, 8; cases Lord Rector of, 591, 650 as an antidote to opium, 643 of ovariotomy, 50 of Vienna, number of students in, 443 Vesia-vaginal fistula, 585 West, Dr., Lumleian Lectures on Disorders of the Urethra, extension of inflammation from epididymis to, Victoria, medical institutions and prevailing diseases Nervous System in Childhood, i-ev., 11 248; Sir H. Thompson on diagnosis of diseases of, of, 446, 679, 783 Weston, Mr. E. T., vaccination of iurevi, 584 662; stricture of with fistula, 698 Vienna, correspondence from, 81, 449, 651, 709, 739; the Whalebone-loop in midwifery practice, 593 Uretbral rheumatism, 625 epidemic of typhus in, 309 ; mortality amonjg children' Wheat-flour, Chapman's, 441 Urinals, public, in Paris, 581 in, 589; epidemic diseases in, 734; the pathological Whipple, Mr. J., President's address at annual meetimtg, Urine, Dr. D. C. Black on nocturnal incontinence of, 609 museum in, 739 1C9 Urticaria, spurious, 589, 682 Vintras, Dr. A., honour conferred on, 6.3 White, Mr. J., obituauy notice of, 279 Uterus, Fip-disease following introduction of tangle-tent Virchow, Dr., and scientific meetings, 623 Whitehead, Mr. W., exfoliation of the bladder, 432 into, 82; Dr. Protheroe Smith on displacements of, 130; Vivisection, report of Committee of British Association Whittle, Ar. B., obituary notice of, 338 diagnosis of inflammation of. 193; Dr. Beatty on fibro- on, 185 Willett, Mr., treatment of ganglion, 10 cystic disease of, 246, 517; Dr. H. Barnes oII elongated Volunteer arrangements at Wimbledon, 73, 100; at Wilks, Dr. S., puncture of the colon in tympanites, 584 hypertrophy of, 246, 375; Dr. Beatty on radical cure of Shoeburyness, 186, 218 Williams, Dr. Caleb, obituary notice of, 599 retroflexion of, 247, 341 Dr. Braxton Hicks on reduc- Vomiting of pregrmanicy, 501 lDr. C. J. B9., triple sounds of the beart, 788 tion of inversion of, 247 Dr. Wallace on tutmour of, Vulcanite gravity-bulbs and thermometers, 501 --- Mr. T.Watkin,the British Medical Association, obstr-uct ing delivery, 379 Mr. G. Clements on rupture 163 of, 467; Dr. Boulton on radical cure of retroflexion of, WVillshire, Dr. A., removal of pitting of small-pox by ery- 524; Dr. Edis on dilatation of cervix of, 525; Dr. sipelas, 122 Brabazon on retroflexion of, 539; Dr. Wfalters on WV. WVines, note on, 501 flexions of, 611; inmperfect evolution of, 624; treaitment Wade, Dr., the address in medicine, 210; treatment of Wolverhampton, sanitary state of, 443 of flexion, ilb.; removal of, 654; Dr. Meadows on diarrhmea and cholera, 350 WVomen, medlical educationi of, ald the University of fibroid tumours of, 636; bag for applications to, 665; Waltltuch, Dr. A., treatment of gainglioii and diarrhcea, Editiburglt, 157, 218, 50C, 535, 598; remainks on prac- Dr. J. Thompson on inversion of, 697 527 tice of medicinie by, 356; medical, letters on, 396, 454; Wallace, Dr. J., fibrous tumour obstructing labour, 3, 9 medical college for in New York, 759. See also Me- Sir R., baronetcy conferred on, 237 dical students, female V. Walters, Dr. J., flexions of the uterus, 611 Women, Dr. R. Barnes on investigation of diseases of, Vaccination, syplilis after, 15, 442; in the Lancaster War, German losses by siekness in, 129; lessonis of, 357 576 Union, 24; deputation on enforcement of, 16; pto- Waring, Dr. E., Pr-actical Therapeutics, -er., 11 Wood, MIr. T. O., effects of bromide of potassium,435 ceedings regarding, in Parliinment, 46, 239. 251, 252; of WVasp-stings, death from, 240; Mlr. G. 'J erry oIn, 235; MiTr. Wood, SIr. Johln, treatment ol ganglion, 9 varicocele, factory evo,kers, 127; at the Cape of Good Hope, 130 ; C. D. H. Drury on, 351; Mr. J. F. Hardinjg on, 380; 318; trusses, 427 Mr. W. H. Axford oni, 135; instructions of Privy Mr. C. Roberts on, 425 Woodman, Mlr. S., nneurism of the abdominal aorta, 380 Council regarding 166; use of seeon)dary lymplt for Water, supply of in London, 156; examination of for Workhouse infirmaries, stimulants used in, 542, 628 219; prosecutions for neglect of,269,270,359.372,444, sanlitary purposes, 238, 631; storage of. 331; waste of, Worth, MIr. E. J., variola confluens after recent vacciia- 504; gratuities for, 426; sleeve for. 441; official ob- 481, 574; a new Scotch chalybeate, 506 tiolt, 556 structiveness to, 45b; Dr. W. V. Lush ott duration of Waterhouse, MAr. F., elevator for depressed cranium in Wounids, antiseptic treatment of, Dr. E. Drummond on, prophylaxis of, 497; in Ireland, 608; in Norwich, 513 ; childhood, 692 4; Mr. Lister on, 225; Dr. Newman on, 662; intes- MIr. G. F. Hodgson on Mlr. Ellis's mode of performing, Waters, Dr. Edward, amendment of the Medical Art, 53 tinal, Mr. T. B. Griffiths oni, 553 556; Mr. E. J. Worth on confluenjt variola after, ib.; Wathen, Mr. J. H., puincture of the coloni in tympanites, WiVigbt, Mr. F. W., evisceration in arm-presentation, 467 by vesication, Mr. Rt. Ellis on, 612; of nvei, Mr. 464, 515, 612 - - Mr. W. H., obituary notice of, 395 W\eston on, 584; discussion on, 635 suggestion re- Watson, Dr. Eben, treatment of ganglion, 95 Wrist, excision of, 739 garding, 649; at Northampton, 703; Alr. T. J. Preston Dr. P. H., treatmen)t of ganglion, 95; treat- on papers for, 725; with glycerised lymnph, 730 ment of abscess in neck, 728 Y. Vaccine lymph, alleged degeneration of, 309 -- lW1r. Spencer, treatment of injuries of the eye, Yellowleee, Dr., treatment of insaue patients in private Van Praagh, Mr. W., lip-reading by the deaf and dumb, 130 practice, 151 598 -- Sir Thomas, on cholera, 141; Lectures on Varicella, Dr. J. Ramsay on high temperature in, 85 Principles and Practice of Physic, rev., 439, 468 Z. Varicocele, Mr. J. W'Vood on, 316 Webbed fingers, 787 Zinc, sulphocarbolate of iu otorrhcea, .0 JuIy I, I 871.] THE BRITISH MEDICAL 7OURNAL. 21 NORTH WALES BRANCH. ASSOCIATION INTELLIGENCE. THE twenty-second annual meeting of the above Branch will be held at the Castle Hotel, Ruthin, on Tuesday, July 4th, at 12 o'clock; J. R. JENKINS, M.D., President. BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: The dinner will take place about 4 P. M., at the usual charge. Gentlemen having papers or cases to communicate, and who intend ANNUAL MEETING. dining, will much oblige by sending early intimation to the Secretary. THE Thirty-ninth Annual Meeting of the British Mledical Association D. KENT JONES, Honorary Secretary. June I4th, will be held in Plymouth, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Beaumaris, I871. Friday, the 8th, gth, iothl, and I ith of August next. WEST SOMERSET BRANCH. President-E. CHARLTON, M.D., D.C.L., Physician to the New- THE annual meeting of the above Branch will be held at the Royal castle-upon-Tyne Infirmary. Clarence Hotel, Bridgewater, on Tuesday, July 4th, at 2 P.M.; J. President-elect-JOHN WHIPPLE, Esq., F.R.C.S., Consulting Sur- CORNWALL, Esq., Ashcott, retiring President; W. H. A XFORD, M.B., geon to the South Devon and East Cornwall Hospital. Bridgewater, President-elect. An Address in Medicine will be delivered by GEORGE JOHNSON, The dinner-hour is fixed at half-past five o'clock. Tickets 5s. each, M.D., F.R.C.P., Professor of Medicine in King's College, London. exclusive of wine and waiters. An Address in Szurgery will be delivered by JOSEPH LISTER, Esq., Gentlemen intending to be present, or wishing to read papers, are F. R.S., Professor of Clinical Surgery in the University of Edinburgh. requested to inform the Secretary on or before the 30th instant. Notices of AMotion. -The following notices have been given. W. M. KELLY, M.D., Honorary Secretary. The PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL: Rule 4. To insert " President- Taunton, June 14th, I871. elect", and to omit " Secretary".-Rule 6. To expunge this rule, and to substitute the following: " Each retiring President of the Association SOUTH WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE BRANCH. and President of Council shall be appointed a Vice-President for life by THE first annual meeting of the above Branch will be held on July 5th, a vote of the members at the Annual Meeting."-Rule 7. To add at the Swansea Hospital, at 1.30 P.M.: President, GEORGE PADLEY, "I the Vice-Presidents" after President-elect; to insert the word " and" L. R. C.P. Lond. between President of the Council and Treasurer, and to erase " and the Dinner will be provided at the Mackworth Hotel at 5 P. M. Tickets, Secretary".-Rule 8. In this and every rule where "District" is prefixed 6s. 6d. each. to Branch, to erase the word "District", and to erase the words Members desirous of reading papers or notes of cases, are requested "the Secretary of the Association".-Rule 9. To omit the words to communicate the titles at as early a date as possible to one of the between " The President of the Council" and " shall be elected"-Rule undersigned. io. o omit the words between " The Treasurer" and "shall be A modification of Rule No. 2 of the Branch will be proposed at the elected".-Rule I I. To erase the words after " There shall be one paid meeting. Secretary" in first section, and to substitute "who shall reside in The Council will meet at 12.30 P.M. London, and devote his whole time to the business management of the Members of the Branch may introduce members of the profession to Association and of the JOURNAL office". To erase the words "other- Is the annual meeting and dinner. wise" in seventh line and an annual or special" in eighth line, and to All members intending to join the latter, will oblige by sending to insert " each Annual Meeting". -Rule 13. To erase the words " Secre- one of the Honorary Secretaries a communication to that effect on or tary shall call", and to substitute " President of Council shall direct to before the 30th inst., so that arrangements may be made and tickets be called".-Rule 14. Between "shall" and " be recommended", to reserved. insert " express his desire in writing, and shall be".-Rule 15. To add A. DAVIES. S " Members may be admitted on and after July Ist in each year, and A. SHEEN,M.D. I Ilonoiary Secretaries. the subscription for such part of a year shall be half a guinea". o June I4th, I871. erase the words after " each member" in eighth line, and to substitute " as long as his subscriptions remain unpaid, provided due notice shall BATH AND BRISTOL BRANCH. have been given of such withholding".-Rule i6. To erase the words after "from his" in fourth line, and to substitute "liabilities to the THE annual meeting of the above Branch will be held on Thursday, Association".-Rule 24. In tenth line, to insert "a copy of the laws" July 13th, 187I, at the Institution at the top of Park Street, Bristol, at between " Association" and " and". 4.45 P.M., when C. BLEECK, Esq., will resign the Chair to CROSBY LEONARD, Esq., President-elect, who will deliver an address. Dr. STEELE (Liverpool): Election of Committee of Council. Every Mlembers associate, who is a member of the Council, and desirous of a having any commuications for the meeting are requested to seat on the Committee of Council, shall send to the General give notice of them to the Secretaries. Secretary, not later than months prior to the Annual Meeting Members who have not paid their subscriptions, are requested to of the Association, a declaration signed by himself, and in the do so to the Local Secretaries at or before the annual meeting, in order that the accounts following terms: "I, A. B., of C., member of the British Medical may be made up before the anniversary meeting of Association, hereby declare that I am a candidate for a seat on the the Association. Committee of Council of the said Association. (Signed)--_-." The dinner will be held at the Royal Hotel, College Green, Bristol, Together with a nomination-paper signed by six members of the Asso- at 6.30 P.m. Dinner tickets, including ice and dessert, 7s. 6d. each. in the " Wines at moderate charges. ciation, following terms: We, the undersigned, members of the It British Medical Association, certify that A. B., of C., is a fit and proper would lhelp the arrangements at the Bristol annual meeting, if to be a member of the Committee of those gentlemen who intend to be present at the annual meeting of the person Council of the said Asso- Association ciation." The names of the eligible candidates, with the names of the in Plymouth would kindly inform the Secretaries. six associates by whom they shall have been respectively nominated, The Bristol Secretary particularly requests that those members who shall be published in the BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL not later than intend to be present at the dinner, will send him their names before months prior to the Annual Meeting of the Association. Monday, July ioth, in order that the necessary arrangements may Mr. NICHOLSON To alter Law be completed. (Hull): I6, line 2. For "three", E. C. BOARD, Clifton. ) insert " two". R. S. FOWLER, Bath. 3 onorary Secretaries. Dr. WADE (Birmingham): In Law 8, Paragraph No. 3, of the duties of Council, to alter " ten" into " twenty-five"; and to omit the words CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND BRANCH. "and one Secretary from each Branch". THE third annual meeting of the above Branch will be held at the Gentlemen desirous of papers, cases, or any other reading communi- Bush Hotel, Carlisle, on Wednesday, July 12th, at I o'clock. Presi- cations, are requested to give notice of the same to the General Secre- Dr. at dent, I'ANSON, Whitehaven; Presidenct-elect, Dr. ELLIOT, Carlisle. tary their earliest convenience. Dinner will be provided at 4.30, at the usual charge. T. WATKIN WILLIAMS, F. R. C. S., General Secretary. Gentlemen having papers or cases to communicate, will greatly 13, Newhall Street, Birmingham, June i3th, 1871. oblige by sending early intimation to HENRY BARNES, M.D., Honorary Secretary. Carlisle, June 2oth, 1871. THE BRITISH MEVDICAL 7OURNAL. [July I, I871.

METROPOLITAN COUNTIES BRANCH. Charles Hastings, permanently; and on any vacancy occurring, the Treasurer] shall be elected at a General Meeting of the Association, THE nineteenth annual meeting of this Branch will be held at the and shall hold his office during pleasure. Castle Hotel, W indsor, on Friday, July 14th, at 3 P. H. Pr-esident jor I I. Secretary. -There shall be one paid Secretary [resident in some I870-7I, T. HECKSTALL SMITH, Esq., F.R.C.S.; President-elect for convenient locality, so as to communicate readily with the President of I87I-72, J. RUSSELL REYNOLDS, M.D., F.R.S. the Council and the Committee of Council] [who shall reside in London, Dinner at the Hotel at 5.30 P.M. and devote his whole time to the business management of the Associatioz A. P. SIEWART, M.D. ) andthle 7Your-nal i?ffice]. His duties shall be to be present at the meet- ALEXANDER HENRY, M,.D. ) Zonoary Secretaries. ings of the Association, of the Council, and of the Committee of 75, Grosvenor Street, Tune I3th, 187I. Council; to record their minutes; to conduct the correspondence of the Association; to superintend the collection of subscriptions, and the enforcement of the laws as regards those in arrear; and [otherwise] to TIIE PROPOSED ALTERATIONS IN TIIE LXNW. obey the directions of the Council and the Committee of Council. The As many members of the Association may not have ready at hand the Secretary shall be elected at [an Annual or Special] [each Annual] Meeting of the Association. The offices of Secretary and Editor of the means of understanding the modifications proposed to be introduced JOURNAL shall not be held by the same person. into the Laws of the Association, we subjoin a copy of those laws 12. Committee of Council. - The Committee of Council shall which it is intended to alter, together with the alterations which will be manage the affairs of the Association in the intervals between the submitted to the annual meeting. The words enclosed within brackets, General Meetings; they shall meet not less than twice in the year, and in the ordinary Roman type, are to be omitted; the bracketed words in shall be presided over by the President of the Council ; or, in his absence, by a Chairman appointed by the meeting. The Committee of italics are to be inserted. In all cases, except where otherwise speci- Council slhall appoint the Editor of the JOURNAL, who shall be re- fied, the alterations are brought forward by the President of Council, sponsible to thens for its management: they shall direct any other pub- at the request of the Committee of Council. lications of the Association, and shall take cognisance of any matter 4. Cozuncil azd Officers.-The Association shall be governed by a which may require immediate decision. Five members to be a quorum. Council. The officers of the Association shall be-i. A President; [The Secretary shall call a meeting of the Committee] [The President of [2. A President-elect] 2. Vice-Presidents; 3. President of the Council; Cozncil shall direct a meeting of the Committee to be called] at any time 4. Treasurer; [5. Secretary.] on receiving a requisition from five of its members, the object for 6. Vice-Presidents.-[The Vice-Presidents of the Association, who which the meeting is called being specified. have been appointed after fulfilling the office of President, shall con- 14. Admission of Members. -Any qualified medical practitioner, not tinue to enjoy the office for life; and the office of Vice-President shall disqualified by any bye-law, who shall [express his desire in writing and be hereafter conferred, as an honorary distinction for life, on the retiring shall] be recommended as eligible by any [three] [two]* members, shall President, by a vote of the members at the Antonal meeting.] [Each be admitted a member at any time by the Committee of Council, or by retiring Presienit of tfze Association antd Presiaent of Council shall be the Council of any Branch ; provided he shall have the votes of three- appointed a I ice-P-esidentfor lifc by a vote oft/ze mne,nbers at the Annual fourths of those present. Meeting. ] I5. Subscrizption.-The Subscription to the Association shall be One 7. Council.-The Council shall consist of the President, the Presi- Guinea annually; and each member, on paying his subscription, shall dent-elect, the President of Council, [the Vice-Presidents, and] the Trea- be entitled to receive the publications of the Association for the current surer [and the Secretary of the Association], together with those mem- year. The subscription shall date from the Ist January in each year, bers who shall be elected annually, accordincg to Law 8. Its meetings and shall be considered as due unless notice of withdrawal be given shall be held at the time and place of the Annual Meeting, and at in writing to the Secretary, on or before the Ist of December other times and places, if summoned by the President of the Council, previous. If any member's subscription remain unpaid twelve months or by the Committee of Council, or by a requisition signed by twenty after it shall have become due, the publications of the Society shall be members of Council. withheld from such member [until his arrears be paid] [so long as his 8. Election and Ditties of Couzncil. *-Each [District] Branch shall, in szubscriz5tion r-emains unnpaid, provided due notice shall have been given of such manner as they think fit, before the General Annual Meeting, such withlzoldinzg. AMembers nmay be admzitted on and after 7uly Ist in elect members who shall represent the Branch in the Council for the each year; anzd the subscription for such part of a year shall be halfa ensuing year, according to the following scheme. In a Branch con- guinea]. sisting of not less than twenty members, one member shall be elected I6. The name of no member shall remain on the books of the Asso- as representative, in addition to the Honorary Secretary. If the mem- ciation, whose arrears extend over three years; but the oniission of the bers amount to more than twenty, for every number of twenty addi- name from the list of members shall not be deemed, either in honour tional members, each Branch shall be entitled to choose one additional or equity, to relieve any member from his [liability for the subscriptions representative. A complete list of the Members thus chosen shall be due for the period during which he has availed himself of the privileges sent to the Secretary at least a fortnight before the Annual Meeting, of membership] [liabilities to the Association]. and they shall coptinue in office till the close of the official year, when 24. Publications.-The JOURNAL, under the title of the "BRITISH they may be either reappointed or superseded. The duties of the MEDICAL JOURNAL: BEING THE JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH MEDICAL Council shall be:-I. To agree upon a Report to be presented to the ASSocIATION," shall be published weekly in London, and shall be Annual General Meeting of the Association. 2. To nominate a Presi- conducted by a paid Editor, who shall be responsible for all that dent, to be submitted for election to the Annual Meeting. 3. To elect appears in its pages, except such matter as may be printed by direction by voting papers [ten] [itent'-five]t members of the Council, wlho, to- of the Council or Committee of Council. The JOURNAL shall contain gether with the President of the Association for the year, the Vice- papers on medical science, and shall be considered the medium of com- Presidents, the President-elect, the President of Council, the Treasurer, munication between the members of the Association. In it shall be [the Secretary of the Associationl, [and one Secretary from each inserted all intimations of places and times of meetings, whether of the Branch]$ shall constitute the Committee of Council for the ensuing Association or the Branches; notices of motions, etc.; at least once in year. 4. To propose the place of meeting of the Association for the each year a list of the members of the Association [and a copy of the ensuing year. 5. To nominate gentlemen to read such addresses as Laws]; and any other Association business that the Council or Com- may be deemed expedient at the Annual Meeting of the ensuing year. mittee of Council may direct. Transactions shall be published occa- 6. To determine the order of business of the General Meeting, so far as sionally, if the funds of the Association permit. that is not determined by the laws relating to General l\Ieetings. 9. President ofthe Countcil.-The President of the Council [shall be, in the first instance, Sir Charles Hastings, permanently; and on any vacancy occurring, the President] shall be elected by the Council, at COMMITTEE ON PARLIAMENTARY BILLS. the Annual Meeting, for a term of three years. A MEETING of the Parliamentary Bills Committee of the British IO. Treasurer.-The Treasurer [shall be, in the first instance, Sir Medical Associatim was held on Wednesday, June 28th, at 37, Soho Square: Present, Mr. Michael, in the Chair; Mr. Lord, Dr. Stewart, * The alteration proposed by Dr. Steele (see preceding pa,e) must be read in Dr. Henry, Dr. Davey (Bristol), Mr. Ernest Hart, Mr. Benson Baker. oonnection with this Law. + Dr. Wade. lThe Vaccination Act Amendment Bill, the Pharmacy Act Amend- t The QmissiQn of the words "and one Secretary from each Branch", is proposed by Dr. Wade. * Mr. Nicholson. July it 1871-1 7THE BRITISH IMEDICAL 7OURNAL. -J%12 Bill, I mnent and the Registration of Births Amendment Bill, were consi- Committee of Council ofthe Assoctation has expressed its approval and dered. The foilowing resolutions were unanimously passed. gratification, It was moved by Dr. STEWART, and seconded by Mr. LORD- and there is every probability that the invitation will be "That the purchase of immunity from the operation of the Act accepted by the Association at its annual meeting at Plymouth in Agust Clause 10 Vaccination pro. next. In order to make the annual meeting, should it be held in Bir- vided by of the Amendment Bill, is vicious in mingham, thoroughly successful, the cordial help and support of all the principles and that such clause should be expunged." members of the Branch will be essential. And It was moved by Dr. STEWART, and seconded by Dr. DAVEY your Council, whilst "That, action next confidently relying upon this, assures the members of the Branch that considerng the expected year of the Government in no efforts on its part and on the part of the officers of the Branch will reference to the recommendations of the Royal Sanitary Commission, be spared to lead the meeting to an eminently successful and and the anticipated adoption of a comprehensive plan sanitary organ. satisfactory isation for the of ending. whole kingdom, it is inexpedient to create a new class " Your Council desires to impress upon the members the necessity of of health-officers with permanent claims, and that the appointment of increasing the members of the Branch and of the Parent Association. vaccination officers should therefore be limited to one vear from the commencement of the Act." To aid this, special lists have been prepared of qualified medical prac- the Act titioners residing in this and the neighbouring counties, who do not as Regarding Pharmacy Amendment Bill, Mr. LORD moved, yet belong to the Association; and to these, to the number of five hun- and Mr. BENSON BAKER seconded-" That it is desirable that provision dred, should be made for the due carrying out the regulations for a special address, signed by the President, the President-elect, and and of and keeping, the Honorary Secretary of the Branch, has been forwarded, and with it dispensing, selling poisons, that for this purpose a clause our list of members, an invitation to our annual meetingy, and a form of should be introduced providing inspectors to ascertain that are carried out." they proposal for membership. In the early part of the session, nearly a liundred special circulars were sent to members of the Parent Associa- The Registration of Births Amendment Bill was considered and but it was stated that it be tion who were living in the district, and who were not members of our approved; would opposed this year on the Branch. By these means the advantages of our Association and Branch ground that it was piecemeal legislation, and that a larger measure, will have been it was under and to next widely disseminated; but your Council feels that much including consideration, expected pass year. more success is likely to follow the mem- The Secretaries were directed to forward of the abo-e resolu- personal representation by its tions to the Lord President of the copies bers of these advantages to such professional friends as they can in- Privy Council. fluence, who as yet do not belong to the Association. Such influence your Council urges its members to exert, until hardly a member of the BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND COUNTIES BRANCH: profession in this great district is to be found outside our rnks. ANNUAL MEETING. " Your Council desires to report that it has carried out, to the best seventeenth of its ability, the wishes of the Branch in regard to the election of its TimE annual meeting was held at the Great Westem Hotel, Council and officers. Birmingham, on Friday, June i6tb, at 3 P. OLIVER PENIRERTON, conclusion, Esq., President of the in the Chair. 1.; " In your Council has every reason to anticipate in the and visitors Branch, Seventy-eight members coming year a se3sion of activity, energy, and interest, in no way less were also present. Dr. Thomas Underhill, in resigning the than that displayed in former years." cbair to his successor, Mr. Pemberton, thanked the members for their his of office. The Treasurer, Mr. T. WATKIN WILLIA31S, read his report, which courtesy during year showed a balance in hand of L I2: Vote ofthanks.-A cordial vote of thanks was passed to Dr. Under. 7. hill for the and with The reports of the Council and of the Treasurer were received, ability, energy, courtesy which he had discharged adopted, and ordered to be entered upon the his duties of President of the Branch during the past year. 'Minutes. Report of Counei.-Mr. T. H.BARTLEET, Honorary Secretary, read Officers antd Council.-Dr. FOSTER read the rgport of the Scmtineers the report of the Council of the Branch. "The position of the Birming- appointed to examine the voting papers for the election of the officers ham and Midland Counties Branch of the British Medical Association and Council of the Branch. President-elect: Thomas Ebbake, Esq., again justifies your Council in congratulating its members on its con- Leamington. Treasurer: T. Watkin WVilliams, Esq. Secretary: T. tinued progress and success. The Branch now contains252 members. H. Bartleet, M.B. Coutntry Mfevibers of Council: F. I. Bennett, During the past year, forty new members have been elected; thirty-one L.R.C.P.Ed., Droitwich; G. Fowler Bodington, M.D., Sutton Cold- have either resigned, left the neighbourhood, or been erased for non-pay- field; W. C. Garman, Esq., Wednesbury; A. J. Harrison, M.D., ment of subscriptions, and four have been removed by death. Of these, Walsall; J. H. Iloughton, Esq., Dudley; Vincent Jackson, Esq., Mr. Chesterman of and Mr. Coleman of Wolverhampton; E. Malins, MI.D., Cradley; J. Manley, Esq., West old Banbury, Wolverhampton, were Bromwich. and respected members of this Branch, the latter having for many Town AMenbers of Council: M. H. Clayton, Esq.; A. years been a member of its Council. Mr. Llewellyn and Fleming, M.D.; B. W. Foster, MI.D.; T. P. Heslop, M.D.; J. Hick- Dr. Lumley Earle were recent members, and their early death is deeply enbotham, L.R.C.P.Ed.; Furneaux Jordan, Esq.; A. Oakes, Esq.; regretted. During the past year, six general meetings and one special James Russell, M.D. meeting of the Branch have been held; and at no previous period has Representatives of/te /Branch in tleCozutcitofthe.4ssociation: Alfred more interest in the proceedings and more good feeling among the Baker,Esq.; M. H. Clayton, Esq.; A. Fleming, M.D.; B. W. Foster, members been displayed. The list of papers, etc., shows the work of M.D.;J. S. Gamgee, Esq.; J. Manley, Esq.; C. A. Newnham, Esq. the session; but a categorical statement in no degree describes the (Wolverhampton); Oliver Pemberton, Esq.; J.Russell, MI.D.; J. Vose scientific value of the papers, or the vigour of the discussions which Solomon, Esq.; F. Turton, Esq. (Wolverhampton); Thomas Under- followed their reading. [The report here contained a list of the papers hill, Esq. (Great Bridge); T. H. Bartleet, Esq., ex-officio. read.] The pathological and clinical section has continued its important I otes of Thanks. -The cordial thanks of the meeting were tendered work. It is a great help to the Branch meetings, at which time often to Dr. Foster and Mr. MIanley, the Scrutineers appointed by the Coun- failed for the exhibition and discussion of pathological specimens and cil; also to Mr. Alfred Baker, the Chairman, Dr. Foster and Mr. living cases. It has moreover, gathered to itself a ecliene of activc Vincent Jackson, the Honorary Secretaries, and Mlr. Furneaux Jordan, and enthusiastic workers in patbology and clinical medicine and surgery. the Treasurer, of the Pathological and Clinical Sectirn. Votes of thanks "Your Council warmly acknowledges that this success is in no small were also passed to the retiring Council, to the Representatives of the degree due to the energy of the Chairman and Secretaries of the section. the " Your Branch in General Council of the Association, to the Treasurer, Mr. Council suggests that, should its resources permit, some por- T. WV. Williams, and to the Honorary Secretary, MIr. T. H. Bartleet. tion of the funds of the British M%edical Association should set aside for the annually be Presidlentt's Addtress.-Mr. OLIVER PE.%irERTON, the President, then encouragement of original research in medicine, sur- delivered an able and interesting address, in which he referred to the gery, and the allied sciences; and it desires to represent to the Council of the earnestly rise and progress of this Branch, which from fifty members in I855had Association the emiinent claims of one of our Branch increased to two hundred and fifty, representing every branch of the members, Dr. Richard Norris, to such a of his labours. The able work of Dr. recognition profession in Warwick, Stafford, and Worcester. The gradual narrow- original Norris in the investigation of the Physio- ingof the guilf which once existed between the physician and the gene- logy of the Blood is well known to the scientific and to this in world, ral practitioner, the proper government of hospitals, and other topics, Society particular, by the elaborate andinteresting experimental forced upon Mr. Pemberton in the daily working of his medical life, demonstrations he has more than once at our Branch meetings. which given were touched upon in the address, the reading of whichwas well re- " Your Council ceived. desires to allude to the invitation sent by this Branch On the motion of Mr. CARDEN, of Worcester, by Mr. -called together at a special the BritishMedical Associa- seconded FuR- tion to hold in meeting-to N EAUX JORDAN, the best thanks of the meeting wvere given to the Birmingham its annual meeting in the year 1872. The President, Mr. Pemberton, for his courtesy in the chair, and also 24 THE BRITISH MEDICAL fOURNAL. (July I, I87r. for the interesting and able address, with a request that it might be which still remained in some enlargement of the spleen. Observing s published. marked amount of ui-emic pigmentation of the skin, especially about Dinner.-The members and visitors, to the number of fifty-four, the angle of the mouth and forehead, the diagnosis was made accord- afterwards dined together at the Great Western Hotel, Mr. Pemberton ingly, the Professor inclining to the theory which explains the progres- occupying the chair, and Mr. Ebbage the vice-chair. sive feebleness by an implication of the solar plexus. At the necropsy, which soon afterwards took place, both suprarenal capsules were found to be infiltrated with caseous deposit in a very marked degree, and the sym- SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE. pathetic nerves entering their substance were thickened. The heat is now becoming very considerable, and the smells so bad that I am seriously considering whether it is safe to remain any longer BERLIN. here. At every turn, and even in the best neighbourhoods, we are met The "Eiiusg" or Triuzmphal Entry.- Tze Smiall-pox [Wards of thze by the most sickening stenches ; and, however these may affect the ac- Chlarith Hospital.-Ergotine in Episaxis. -Addison's Disease. -De- climatised inhabitants of the place, they must exert a lowering and de- lec/ve Sangitary Coniditionzs. pressing influence on strangers. A friend, who is staying here just now, THE " Einzug," or triumphal return of the troops to Berlin, although has been quite knocked up by them, and matters are not mended by somewhat wanting in colour and effect, was a great and deserved suc- the very unsanitary water-closet arrangements prevailing in Berlin. If cess, but the intense heat must have made it a trying business for those such things exist even in the more modern patts of the town, what must more immediately employed. The men marched with wonderful steadi- be the state of affairs in the dwellings of the poor ? What power of re- ness, and with a spring and vivacity very creditable after a hard and hot sistance can they have against the ravages of epidemic disease ? walk of nearly six miles. I saw one poor fellow, however, go down as Berlin, June 22nd. if shot, and have since learnt that twelve cases of sunstroke occurred during the day's proceedings, three of which have died, and the rest are not expected to recover. In addition to this, Prince Albrecht, brother of the Emperor, was seized with paralysis shortly after his return home, THE POOR-LAW MEDICAL SERVICE but is, I believe, in a fair way towards convalescence. Now, if these OF disastrous consequences happened to the Prussians, who are in first-rate GREAT BRITAIN. war condition, and dressed with some regard to freedom of movement, how terrible would have been the mortality among an equal number of British troops. The uniforms of our men fit them with the exact pre- V-ACCINATION IN THE LANCASTER UNION. cision of tailors' dumrnies ; all variety of form is lost in tightness and DR. BEARD, the Privy Council's Inspector-of Vaccination, has been padding, and if they look "smart" on parade, it matters little how use- engaged several days in making a most careful investigation with re- less they are in the field. As a consequence of this, they fall out by gard to vaccination in the Lancaster Union. At a meetingf of the scores at the most ordinary drill, and, when occasion demands some Guardians, he expressed his satisfaction with the careful manner in more extraordinary exertion, we are horrified by the elaborate com- which the law had been carried out by them. The following statement ments of our newspapers on the " fatal march" to this or that place. by the Clerk clearly exemplifies the success of their efforts to render the Now although, when we meet a soldier here, our first impression is practice of vaccination universal in the Union. that he wants the perfection of military bearing to which we are accus- During the two years ended June 30th, 1870, 2,120 children were born. tomed, closer inspection shows that the best material is there, unham- Of these, 158, or 7.45 per cent., died before successful vaccination; pered by the paralysing influence of over-tight clothes. And, as I said 52, or 2.65 per cent., ceased to reside in the Union; 1,897, or 96.69 before, after a long and exhausting walk, and being more than ten hours per cent., were, according to medical certificates, successfully vaccin- under arms, the men stepped along as though they had just left their ated; and the remainder-only 13, or .66 per cent.-are still unvac- barrack-rooms. cinated on account of unfitness, insusceptibility, etc. Deducting ten Another source of danger lay in the very slippery state of the streets. deaths and removals, the proportions per cent. are: successfully vaccin- When the cavalry swung rapidly round out of the Linden to mass up in ated, 99.32; unvaccinated, .68. the open platz, horse after horse fell, and many others were seen skat- The result of the constant attention of the Guardians to vaccination ing about as though on ice. Not fewer than a hundred must thus have has been most successful. The deaths from small-pox in Lancaster gone down in the course of the day; and although it would seem almost during the three years 1838, I839, and I840, were 54. The Guardians inevitable from the confused way in which man and beast struggled were charged in 1840 with the execution of the vaccination laws, and helplessly on the ground, that some bad accident must occur, every have strictly carried them out ever since ; and there has not been a trooper, without exception, remounted and rode on to join his com- fatal case of small-pox in Lancaster since June 1862. rades; and I must say that the activity displayed under such trying circumstances, was among the most notable features of the affair. A day or two ago, I paid a visit to that portion of the Charite Hospital VACANCIES. devoted to the out-house GUISBOROUGH UNION, Yorkshire-Medical Officer for the Danby District. treatment of small-pox. It is a small detached HOLSWORTHY UNION, Devon-Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator for behind the main building, and about as little adapted for the accommo- District No. 4. dation of infectious disease as we can well imagine. Some of the rooms WIRRAL UNION, Cheshire-Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator for the are mere garrets, and much over-crowded ; and were it not for the enlight- Upton District. ened views of Dr. Zuelzer, who keeps the windows open night and day, we might expect to hear of very bad results. As it was, however, the wards were perfectly sweet, much more so, in fact, than those ofthe main MEDICO-PARLIAMENTARY. hospital, which are invariably " stuffy, " and very often offensive from the smell of perspiration. The cases which I saw were mostly slight, but one HOUSE OF LORDS.-A11onday, very well marked instance of the so-called " scarlatinous small-pox" had _dune i9/lz. been admitted that morning, exhibiting an eruption hardly to be distin- LUNACY REGULATION AMENDMENT BILL.-On the order for the guished from true scarlet fever. It was evidently a form of the hbmor- third reading of this Bill, Lord Cairns said he looked upon it as a rhagicvarietyof the disease, as petechial spotswere appearing on the skin, somewhat dangerous measure, for it introduced a new state of things and both sputa and urine consisted of almost pure blood. The treat- into legislation with regard to lunacy, by declaring that persons of weak ment usually adopted consists of the wet sheet with cold affusion, and mind should come within its operation. That was a somewhat vague insufflation of alum for throat-complications: the ratio of success has and indefinite term, and it might lead to very disagreeable, or even im- hitherto been very favourable. proper action. He hoped the noble and learned lord (the Lord Chan- I see in your impression for June 3rd, a case by Mr. Jamieson, of cellor) who had charge of the bill would pause before he determined to hmmoptysis treated by subcutaneous injection of ergotine, as recom- carry it out.-The Lord Chancellor was surprised at the course taken mended by Dr. Balfour. It may, therefore, be interesting to mention by the noble and learned lord, who had never before given any intima- that Professor Traube not long ago prescribed this application in very tion of the least objection to the bill. The bill was intended to remedy obstinate epistaxis, the result of secondary purpura after typhoid fever. the defect in the existing law occasioned by the fact that people in a An interesting example of Addison's disease had lately occurred in middle state of mind, who could not be said to be insane, but who yet the practice of Professor Frerichs. A woman was brought to his Clin - were unable to manage their own property, and who could not give re- ique, suffering from weakness, pain in the back, anremia, and loss of ceipts, were not legislated for. The measure could not have any very appetite; her only previous illness being intermittent fever, traces of dangerous effect, for property could only be dealt with for six months July x, 1871.1 THE BRITISH MEDICAL FOURNAL. 25 under it, and he thought it was extremely desirable that such a measure restoration to the Register; communications from Sydney, as to the should be passed.-The bill was then read a third time and passed. foundation of a School of Medicine; and other matters of minor im- portance. HOUSE OF COMMOjNS.-Thursday, 7une 22n1d. THE VACCINATION ACT AMENDMENT BILL was read a second UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.-Second M.B. Examination, Easter time. Term, 1871. Examined and approved. Hood, Caius Lees, B.A., Trinity OBITUARY. Kilner, B.A., St. John's Maxwell, B.A., King's APOTHECARIES' HALL.-The following gentleman passed his ex- OLLIVE SIMS SHAW, M.R.C.S., OF STOCKPORT. amination in the science and practice of medicine, and received his certificate to practise, on Thursday, June 22nd, I871. ANOTHER death has to be deplored in the person of this promising Ellis, Edward Thomas Charles, Bexley Heath, Kent young surgeon, whose career has been prematurely cut short by typhus As Assistants in compounding and dispensing medicilnes. fever. Originally articled to a general practitioner at Stockport, and a Dunn, Henry, Shipley, near Leeds pupil of the Infirmary of that town, Mr. Shaw finished his curriculum Tomlin, Albert Roberts, Barnsley at Guy's. Hospital; and, after being Assistant Medical Officer at the Williams, Jabez Vivian, St. Ives, Cornwall Gloucester Asylum, became House-Surgeon to the West Derby Union Hospital at Liverpool, where, overtaxed by physical labour consequent MEDICAL VACANCIES. on the severity of the present epidemic, he fell victim, after a few days' THE following vacancies are announced:- illness, to typhus fever-the disease which he was called upon to treat BOYLE UNION, co. Roscommon-Apothecary to the Workhouse. in others. Of amiable manners, frank and intelligent demeanour, un- BROADMOOR CRIMINAL LUNATIC ASYLUM- Assistant Aledical Officer. CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND CONVALESCENT INSTITU- tiring assiduity in his work, and strictly conscientious in his relations TION, Silloth-Medical Attendant. towards others, Mr. Shaw carried with him to the grave the affection DUNDEE ROYAL INFIRMARY-Surgeon, West District. and sympathy of all surrounding him. DUNSHAUGHLIN UNION, co. Meath-Medical Officer, Public Vaccinator, and Registrar of Births, etc., for the Killeen Dispensary District. GATESHEAD DISPENSARY-Resident Medical Officer. GENERAL LYING-IN HOSPITAL-Physician-Accoucheur. ROBERT DAUIN, M.D., EDINBURGH. GREAT YARMOUTH, Norfolk (Parish of)-Medical Officer for the North DR. ROBERT DAUN, Deputy Inspector of Hospitals, was born at District. HUDDERSFIELD and UPPER AGBRIGG INFIRMARY-Physician. Insch (Aberdeenshire) on the i6th of April, 1785, and was the eldest INFIRMARY FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST, son of the clergyman of that parish. He received his early education at Margaret Street, Cavendish Square-Visiting Physician. the Granmmar school of Elgin, and pursued his medical studies at the KILKEEL UNION, co. Down-Medical Officer for the Workhouse and Fever of Infirmary; Medical Officer, Public Vaccinator, and Registrar of Births, etc., University Aberdeen. He passed his examination in London, and for the Kilkeel Dispensary District. entered the royal army as assistant-surgeon at the early age of nineteen, LANCASHIRE LUNATIC ASYLUM-Assistant Medical Officer. almost his first service being in India, when he was attached to the LEEDS PUBLIC DISPENSARY-Junior Resident Medical Officer. 22nd Light Dragoons, and afterwards to the 59th Foot. On his return LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY-Physician. LURGAN UNION, co. Armagh-Medical Officer, Public Vaccinator, and Regis- to England in the year x814, he exchanged into the Scots Greys, and trar of Births, etc., for the Waringstown Dispensary District. with them was present at the battle of Waterloo, and afterwards with METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, Devonshire Square-Assistant-Physician. the army of occupation in France. He went to India a second time MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL-Physician; Assistant-Surgeon. about i 820, and served MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL MEDICAL COLLEGE-Lecturer on Physiology, there for some years; returning finally to Europe including Practical Physiology. in I825. His great experience in the treatment of cholera caused his RATHDOWN UNION, co. Dublin-Medical Officer for First Division of the selection as government inspector, in which capacity he was sent to Kingstown Dispensary District. Sunderland and the other infected districts on the occurrence of the QUEEN'S COLLEGE, Birmingham-Joint Professor of Anatomy. first great epidemic of the disease in ST, MARTIN'S-IN-THE-FIELDS-Medical Officer of Health. I831.32. For his services on this ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL-Medical Tutor and Patholo- occasion he received the thanks of government and sundry other hono- gist. rary distinctions. He was also frequently called into consultation on ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL-Assistant-Surgeon. cases apparently hopeless, and in two instances at least succeeded in [For Poor-law Vacancies see Poor-lawz Depaptment, ] restoring the sufferer by the use of saline injections. He then retired into private life, from which he did not again emerge, residing suc- in MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS. cessively London, St. Andrew's, Aberdeen, and latterly in Edin- Names marked with an asterisk are those ofMembers oJ tze Association. burgh. McKECHNIE, Daniel, L.F.P.S.Glasg., appointed MIedical Officer and Public Vac. In private life his conduct and character were of the most amiable cinator for the Escomb District of the Bishop Auckland Union. type; which, added to judicious benevolence, rendered his society MANSON, R. T., M. R. C. S. E., L. R. C. P. Ed., appointed Medical Officer and Public most attractive to those who were fortunate enough to enjoy his inti- Vaccinator for the Howden District of the Bishop Auckland Union. *NICOLSON, David, M.D., late Assistant Medical Officer to the Convict Prison at macy. His reasoning powers were of a high order, his favourite pur- Portland, appoinited Assistant Medical Officer to H. M. Invalid suits being the higher mathematics and theology. Prison at Woking. Dr. Daun was, at the time of his death, one of the Senior Fellows of BIRTHS, AND the Royal College of Physicians in London, Fellow of the Royal MIARRIAGES, DEATHS. The chzarge for inserting annlfounceCzemefts of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Society of Edinburgh, and a member of various other learned societies. is 3s. 6d., whiichz shiould beforwarded in sitains with thte coinizunnication. 'BIRTH. MILES.-At Plympton Maurice, Devon, on Juniie 26th, the wife of *George Miles, MEDICAL NEWS. Esq., Surgeon, of a son. DEA,rIls THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL. ASBURY, Jacob Vale, Esq., Surgeon, at Enfield, a-ged 79, on Jutne 2rst. *BEALE, Lionel John, Esq., Sturgeon, at io8, Long Acre, aged 74, on June 23rd. WE believe that Dr. Gull has been nominated by the Crown as one of *DUNDAs, Robert, M.D., at 14, Gloucester Place, Hyde Park, on June 25th. its representatives in the General GowvING, William G., Esq., Surgeon, at Alfred Place West, South Kensington, Medical Council, in the room of Dr. aged 79, on June 12th. Rumsey, resigned. Personally, the apppointment will be viewed with HILL, Thomas, Esq., Surgeon, at Portobello, Edinburgh, aged 68, on June ioth. favour; but we must express regret that a provincial member of the LAIMBE, Lacon W., M.D., of Henwood, Dilwyn, Herefordshire, at Torquay, aged profession and one more intimately acquainted has not been chosen as 73, on June 20th. the successor of Hastings and Rumsey. FOR the future, the operations at Charing Cross Hospital will take THE SESSION OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL. place on Saturdays from I to 2 o'clock. THE General Medical Council of Registration and Education will THE Infirmary of the Spalding Union Workhouse is to be enlarged commence its annual session on Tuesday next, at the Royal College of at an expense ofI/297. Physicians. The business on the paper includes little of importance DERBYSHIRE GENERAL INFIRMARY. -It is proposed to increase the beside the Report of the Committee of Council on Education. There medical staff by the appointment of a resident assistant house-surgeon, are some names to be struck off the Register; one or two petitions for two dental surgeons, and a non-resident dispenser. 26 THE BRITISH MEDICAL 70URNAL. [JulY 1, 1871r.

NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.-Advertisements should be forwarded direct OPERATION DAYS AT THE HOSPITALS. to the Printing-Office, 37, Great Queen Street, W.C., addressed to Mr. F. H. HEATHCOTE, not later than Thursday, twelve o'clock. MONDAY ...... Metropolitan Free, 2 P.M.-St. Mark's, 1.30 P.m.-Royal Lotidon F. L. S. (Sidmouth).-If the result of the recent Arts examination should be unfavour- Ophthalmic, II A.M. able to your son, perhaps he may be more fortunate at the September examination TUESDAY ...... Guy's, 1.30 P. A.-Westminster, 2 P.M.-National Orthopmdic, at Apothecaries' Hall, in which case he could enter on his hospital studies the fol- 2 P.M.-Royal London Ophthalmic, II A.At.-Royal Free, 2 P.M. lowing October, as you propose WEDNESDAY.. St. Bartholomewv's, 1.30 P.M.-St. Alary's, 1.30 P.M.-Middlesex, A STAFF-SURGEON.-Not having signed the Bye-Laws since your election as a I P.M.-University College, 2 P. M.-St. Thomas's, I P.M.-London, Fellow of the College, you will not be allowed to record your votes at the annual 2 P.mI.-Royal London Ophthalmic, II A. M.-Great Northern, election of Fellows into the Council of the College; you can, however, attend the 2 P.Al.-Samaritan Free Hospital for Women and Children, 2.30 festival the same evening. Mr. T. Carr Jackson is the Honorary Secretary. P.1. -Cancer Hospital, Brompton, 3 P. rt.-King's College, 2 P.M. PRUDENTIAL PREVENTION OF DISEASE. THURSDAY St. George's, I London Ophthalmic, I P.M.-Royal P.a.-Central SIR,-It has given me very great satisfaction to see, by your issue of June ioth, that Orthopladic, 2 P.r.-Royal London Ophthalmic, II A.mr.-Hos- Dr. Acland has, in a recent lecture at the College of Physicians, called attention pital for Diseases of the Throat, 2 P.M. to the all-important question of over-population, as the main cause of infantile FRIDAY ...... Westminster Ophthalmic, 1.30 P. M.-Royal London Ophthalmic, mortality, disease of children, and early death. I have long felt persuaded that II A.M.-Central London Ophthalmic, 2 P.M.-Royal South Lon- all our efforts in the direction of the prevention of disease must be confined to don Ophthalmic Hospital, 2 P.Ma. benefiting the very few, until we doctors begin to understand the neutralising effect on SATURDAY .... St. Thomas's, 9.30 A.s,-St. Bartholomew's, 3.30 P.M.-King's all progress of the reproductive nisus, which we, in common with all other College, 1.30 P.At.-Charing Cross, I P.M.-Lock (Clinical Demon- animals, are the subjects of. Dr. Acland has well-shown that overcrowding and strations and Operations), I P.M.-Royal London Ophthalmic, all the concomitants of under-feeding, bad air, and the like, are the inevitable con- II A.ma.-Royal Free, 2 P.M.-East London Hospital for Chil- sequences of the present " struggle for existence", so clearly seen in our midst by dren, 2 P. ai.-Hospital for Women, 9. 30 A.M. any observer who is acquainted with the theories of Malthus, Mill, and Darwin. When we are aware that, frum 1790 Up to I8I5, the population of the United States doubled its numbers in twenty-five years, due allowance being made for immigrants MEETINGS OF SOCIETIES DURING THE and their offspring, from the mere powers of fecundity inherent in the human race (when it can get food, clothing, and shelter), we can easily imagine what an intense NEXT WEEK. pressure there must be of population against capital in our little islands. or through- out Europe. Ignorance of these facts, as Dr. Acland truly observes, completely confuses those who wish to reason upon to the pre- WEDNESDAY.-Obstetrical Society of London. 7.15 P.a., Council Meeting. clearly questions appertaining vention of epidemics, or the cure of pauperism; and my own acqtuaintance with 8 P.M., Dr. Tilt, "On the Diagnosis of the least known varieties of Uterine Inflammation"; Dr. Copeman, "Notes of Cases of Interest"; and other medical men has revealed to me that but a very few of our body are at all aware of the existence of any such " law of nature" as that discovered by Malthus about papers. the commencement of this century. The disease of poverty is the chief of all human diseases; because it causes infantile mortality, phthisis, scrofula and fever, besides being the main source of crime and misery. Yet many writers on medical NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. subjects seem not to have made this diagnosis, or only imperfectly to have seen it occasionally. As to what should be the therapeutics of this malady, I am not so certain. Some persons, like Dr. Acland, as it seems to me in his lecture, following ALL Letters and Commzsnicaionosfor the JOURNAL, to be addressed to the EDITOR, MIalthus, recommend prudence, or late marriages; but, then, late marriages surely 37, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's 1n7nFields, W. C. often lead to prostitution, and end, in both sexes, in the lunatic asylums. Emigra- CORRESPONDENTs not answered, are requested to look to the Notices to Corre- tion, as Professor Fawcett says, is a delusion and a snare. The French prefer to spondents of the following week. limit their families to two children. Where is truth to be found amid such a mass TO PURCHASERS.-TO insure attention, it is requested that all orders sent to the Office of remedies? Discussion alone can answer us this query; and I do hope that Dr. for extra copies of the JOURNAL, be accompanied with halpZenny stamps for the Acland's example will tempt some equally able man to hazard a solution of this amount. difficult question-How are over-population, and poverty and diseases thuis caused, to be avoided? I am, CHARLES R. CANNOT UNDERTAKE TO RETURN NIANUSCRIPTS NOT USED. etc., DRYSDALE, M.D. WE 99, Southampton Row., W.C., June soth, I87I. CORRESPONDENTS, who wish notice to be taken of their communications, should authenticate them with their names-of course, not necessarily for publication. WE: are indebted to correspondents for the following periodicals, containing news, reports, and other matters of medical interest:-The New York Medical Gazette, June 24th; The New York Medical Record, June Isth; The Boston Medical A YOUNG MEMBER.-The Midwifery Board of the College of Surgeons will not and Surgical Journal, June 15th; The Madras Mail, April s7th; The Shield, meet again until August, unless there should be several candidates desirous of June 24th; The Philadelphia Medical Times, June 7th; The Philadelphia obtaining the "L.M.". Inquire at the College after the ensuing "pass" examin- Medical Independent, June ioth; The Lancaster Observer and Morecambe ations, if that month is iiot early enouLgh for you. Chronicle, June 3rd; Supplement to the Isle of Man Times, June s7th; The June The North British etc. DR. KIDD writes: " I think there have been very many cases of death from chloro- Glasgow Herald, 24th; Daily Mail, June 23rd; form noted in the journals where it has been specified that the tongue has been diawn forvards with artery-forceps, but all to no avail." COMMUNICATIONS, LETTERS, ETC., have been received from:- A STuTDENT's GRIEVANCE. Dr. T. K. Chambers, London; Dr. J. Crichton Browne, Wakefield; Dr. Heaton, SIR,-I think it is a great shame that some men should be allowed to pass their pre- Leeds; Dr. Day, Torquay; Mr. G. Jones, Birmingham; Mr. R. T. Manson, liminaries piecemeal in Scotland, while those who go to London have to pass all Mr. G. C. Moate; Mr. E. Dr. D. their subjects at once. I know two or three cases where a youth has gone to Howden; Matthews, Gaylor, Belper; Nicoll, Glasgow or Edinburgh and passed in two or three subjects, and gone again next Bradford; Dr. C. Kidd, London; Dr. Farquharson, Berlin; Dr. Protheroe year and passed some more, and so on; and I do not consider it at all fair to those Smith, London; Mr. Spencer Wells, London; Dr. W. Ogle, Derby; Mr. Warren, who pass at London, where it is a harder examination, and they have to pass it all Northampton; Mr. Donelly, Dublin; Dr. Clothier. London; Dr. Underhill, Great noticed. at once; and I think it is a thing which ought to be Mr. S. Dr. Mr. Lon- I am, etc., ONE WHO PASSED IN LONDON. Bridge; J. Knott, London; Wade, Birmingham; Sewill, Dr. C. B. London; Mr. London; Dr. R. Carlisle; the don; J. Aldis, Moody, Elliot, F.R.C. S.-On inquiry, we find yotir address is not known at the College, hence The of The of Hall; The cause of your not receiv ing the usual notice. You will, however, be able to record Registrar-General England; Secretary Apothecaries' your votes. There are four vacancies. Registrar-General of Ireland; Mr. T. M. Stone, London; The Registrar of the ARMaY MEDICAL OFFICERS. Medical Society of London; Our Dublin Correspondent; Mr. William Adams, SIR,-Mr. Cardwell has stated in the House of Commons, in the discussion on the London; Mr. Holthouse, Londols; Mr. G. Miles, Plympton; Dr. T. T. Pyle, Army Reguilation Bill, that in future the promotion of combatant officers is to be Sunderland; Mr. Edwin Pears, London; The Secretary of the Obstetrical So- by selection for merit, and not by seniority. The rule at present, as regards me- ciety; Mr. F. Pollard, London; Mr. J. Sampson Gamgee, Birmingham; Dr. A. to the rank of dical officers of the army, is to let promotion, up Surgeon-Major, W. London; Dr. Littleton, Plymouth; Dr. Skinner, Liverpool; Dr. depend on seniority, except in some very exceptional cases. Would it not be an Edis, act of justice to army medical officers if the Government would consent to apply Venables, Blackheath; Mr. Lawson Tait, Birmingham; Dr. Nicolson, Woking; the principle of promotion by selection to the medical as well as to the combatant Mr. Campbell De Morgan, London; Mr. Nunn, London; Mr. E. Bellamy, it officers? If you were to lend your aid in advocacy of this principle, probably London; Mr. R. H. B. Wickham, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Dr. J. B. Tuke, Cupar when the Bill is under the consideration of the Lords. might be admitted Mr. B. Mr. C. R. I am, etc., T. S. Fife; Dr. Gordon, Dublin; Shaw, Battersea; Price, St. Leonard's-on-Sea; Air. Mallnder, London; Mr. Collier, Ripon; Mr. Fairlie G. B. SHAW writes :-A " Member" will find the formula of preparation of the MR. London; Dr. Blandford, London; Mr. G. C. Coles, London; Dr. E. syrup of phosphate of iron, quiniine, and strychnia, in Squire's Com,6anion to the Clarke, British Pharmacoh5aia, 7th edition. Waters, Chester; Dr. Hilliard, Birmingham; Mr. W. B. Blanchard, London; DEATH FRoai CHLOROFORAM. IMIr. T. Watkin Williams, Birmingham; etc. MR. G. C. COLES, in a note with which he favours us, referring to the death from chloroform at the Great Northern Hospital, of which we have already given an account, states that: "The child's tongue was immediately seized with a pair of BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. artery forceps, pulled forwards to the right side of the mouth as far as possible, and retained in that position the whole time." The Second Annual of the West of England Sanatorium or Convalescent A COUNTRY FELLOW ..-The election of Fellows into the Council of the Royal Col- Report on next wvill not close at 3 o'clock; and, as ten minutes Home for 8I869-70. Weston-super-Mare: I87I. lege of Surgeons Thursday of of Lowest a Discussion of the after the last vote, you will no doubt be in time. Mr. The Modes Origin Organism: incltrding Experi- must elapse recording M. and a to some Statements Professors Huxley 8o votes last 234 Fellows voted, ments of Pasteur, Reply by Spencer Wells polled year, including 9 plumpers; and H. Charlton Bastian, M.A., M.D., F.R.S. London: 1871. about 7o less than the previous year. Tyndall. By