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Oct. 23, I875.] the BRITISH M.EDICAL Yournal Oct. 23, i875.] THE BRITISH M.EDICAL yOURNAL. institutions; and yet not one of them has ventured to institute a DR. JtNGKEN, the Senior Professor of the Faculty of Medicine in searching examination into the circumstances of their patients, but has the University of Berlin, died on September 8th, at the age of eighty- simply relied upon the impressions of those who they consider best two. capable of giving an opinion. The truth of the matter is that, for some THE order of the Red Eagle, of the third class, has been conferred reason or other, the lay-committees are inclined to avoid their legitimate on Dr. Litzmann, the well-known Professor of Obstetric Medicine in work by throwing too much responsibility upon the honorary medical the University of Kiel. staff, who are already overworked, and who have neither time nor in- clination to fill the rdle of amateur detectives. Two new medical journals have appeared in Paris, already well We shall not refer at length to the reports of the special committees provided in that respect. The new aspirants to professional favour are of the Royal Free, the Children's in Great Ormond Street, the Great Le Paris Medical, edited by M. Fort; and Le Yournal d'Hfygi?ne, edited Northern, and the last report of the Westminster Hospital because by M. Pietra Santa. they have all recently appeared in the JOURNAL. Let it suffice to say A NEW school of anthropology has been founded in Paris. Courses that the Westminster authorities will find, we fear, that the medical of lectures on the various branches of the science have been arranged, staff will be unable to perform all the work they have placed upon and are to be delivered at the tJcole Pratique by MM. Broca, Dally, them; and that the plan adopted (so recently as June 25th) at the Mortillet, Hovelacque, Topinard, and Bertillon. Children's Hospital, of prescribing for no patient a second time, unless the hospital letter have been stamped by the Committee of the Charity THE Royal Commission to inquire into the practice of subjecting Organisation Society for the district in which the patient lives, is live animals to experiments for scientific purposes, met at I3, Delahay worthy of the close attention of all hospital managers. Street, on Tuesday and Wednesday. There were present-Viscount The Royal Free Hospital, and the Queen's Hospital, Birmingham, Cardwell, Mr. W. E. Forster, Sir John B. Karslake, Mr. T. H. are the only two institutions where the authorities have had the courage Huxley, Mr. J. Eric Erichsen, Mr. R. H. Hutton, and the Secretary, to put this matter into the hands of an independent body familiar with Mr. N. Baker. the work of accurate investigation and the impartial weighing of evi- dence. In each case, the aid of the Charity Organisation Society has A LETTER published in the NVezo York Medical Record, states that been invoked, which has investigated, at the former, 64i, all free, and, Professor Gross's Manual of Military Surgery has been translated at the latter, 366, all ticket, out-patient cases. into Japanese. The Surgeon-General-in-Chief of the Sanitary Service The following table shows the result. of the Japanese gave orders for the translation to be made, and has forwarded a copy to Dr. Gross, with a very complimentary letter. ROYAL FREE. QuEEN's. THE first meeting of the Pathological Society for the season, under the Free Cases. Ticket Cases Total. presidency of Mr. Pollock, was very well attended. The papers, too, ._ . .. I. Number who could afford to pay a were of considerable interest. For want of discussion, however, the Private Practitioner.............. 2 64 76 2. Number who can afford to pay to meeting flagged; and, although the sight of the very good specimens Provident Dispensary ............ 231 Not stated 231 shown, and the brief and accurate accounts given, well repaid the 3. Proper Applicants ................ i69 260 429 trouble of attendance, there was a want of animation in both speakers 4. Parish Cases ...................... 57 6 63 5. False Addresses .................. o03 34 I37 and audience which must, in the end, affect the popularity of the 6. Information refused .............. 69 2 71 Society. For this state of things, various remedies may be found. In 64I 366 1007 the first place, speakers at the Pathological Society may with advan- tage, as a correspondent suggests, whose half-jocose criticism we print We have here reliable data upon which to ground an opinion. It next page, take a little more trouble in preparing their notes. There is a will be seen that, out of I,OOO cases, less than one half (429) are de- middle course between oratorical display which is out of place here, and clared to be fit applicants for relief; and this number would be con- studied neglect of all the graces of speech and manner which make siderably smaller if those of the Birmingham cases who could afford to even plain narratives acceptable; and young gentlemen fresh from the pay something to a provident institution had been deducted from the last number of Virchow's Archives or Stricker's Yearbook need not 260 who are declared, in the absence of such provision, to be proper superciliously flourish the last long word or the newest fragment of a applicants. Again, this table clearly shows the truth of our assertion view under the noses of their seniors without deigning to explain what that provincial hospitals are chiefly abused by the well-to-do classes; for, they mean, or why they have "thought this specimen perhaps of some whereas the London hospitals do a large share of the Poor-law medical interest". The Society is very grateful to those who will take the officers' work, the pauper cases in London being five times more trouble to clothe their thoughts in neat and pointed phraseology, and numerous than at Birmingham, the well-to-do, on the other hand, to avoid the manner of "throwing bones to a dog" which has come to were ten times greater at the latter than at the former institution. be fashionable among a certain section of young pathologists. The It is worthy of remark that the abuse is equally great under the ticket meekness, patience, and bewilderment with which some of the less as under the free system. In the face of the facts here brought clearly learned members of the Society sit out these displays are worthy of before hospital managers, we appeal to them most earnestly to give the more compassionate consideration. The cheerful surprise and timid system of investigation as pursued at the Royal Free and Queen's applause which greeted some attempts of Dr. Greenfield to tell his Hospitals a fair and impartial trial, in the interests alike of the philan- story with something of point, finish, and scholarly grace, may en- thropic public who support these institutions, and of the really deserving courage others to follow his example. But nothing could move the poor, who, under the present system, are often debarred from obtaining Society to discuss; and so the meeting, though instructive, was de- that amount of attention which their cases so urgently require. cidedly dull. WE are very glad to hear that a well conceived effort will probably TIii:death of M. Marboeuf, the originator of creches, or infant be made by the Council of the Pathological Society, at the instance, nurseries, is announced. we believe, of Dr. Green, one of the secretaries, to elicit some organ- ised attempt at encouraging comment by classifying specimens. Thus TIHE French Institute has awarded the 'ecennial prize of 20,000 a night might be set apart for specimens of syphilitic pathology, a night francs (,8oo) for I875 to M. Paul Bert work on the effects of for specimens of cancerous disease, or of vascular disease, etc. Specimens barometric pressure. would be got together in greater numbers, and experts would be en- .532 THE BRITISH MEDICAL _OURNAL. [Oct. 23, i85 couraged to take an active interest in discussing collections of speci- THE CLINICAL SOCIETY. mens which specially touch their labours. This seems to us a practical IN addition to the subjects advertised last week in the BRITISH MEDI- and fruitful suggestion. CAL JOURNAL for discussion at the meeting of the Clinical Society to- night (Friday), Mr. Hutchinson will exhibit an infant with a very " AN 011 Maln from the Country" writes to us :-" I was last night curious tumour of the skull; and a patient with a peculiar sore upon again at the Pathological Society. It was very warm, very crowded, the tongue, of probably malignant nature. an(l, I suppose, very successful. But, as even success will bear to be enhanced, I should like permission to make a few ill-natured remarks, COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE HOSPITAL. such as my age, ignorance, and condition suggest, and as their possible ON Tuesday evening, a deputation from the "working men" met the usefulness will perhaps excuse. As an old man, I am perhaps inclined general committee for the purpose of handing over the receipts from to resent the advantage which ' the boys' have over us oldsters at the the Hospital Saturday collection, a sum of /2i9: 12: 5. This is the Pathological Society. They have it all their own way, and do nearly all second year the working men have come forward to assist the funds of the talking and all the applause. I should not mind it so much-for I a hospital which has been hitherto considerably in debt, and the amount see my betters frequently sitting mum for a whole session at the feet of collected on the present occasion shows an increase of /5o on the re- very young Gamaliels-if the boys bore their blushing honours more sults of last year's Hospital Saturday, while the expenses of collecting gracefully or attractively.
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