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donna, is forced into the areolar tissue, the latter taking up Bthe substances very rapidly. In the absence of the regularhypodermic syringe, or the instrument just mentioned, M.Lafargue thinks that neuralgia may be relieved by using anordinary lancet, as is done in vaccination. The powder shouldbe placed in a watch-glass, and moistened with a drop of,water. In this kind of paste the lancet is to. be dipped, andfrom two or three to a dozen punctures be made over thecourse of the nerve. The operator..should each time be carefulto turn the lancet in the little wound made by the instrument.If this mode is found to answer, it will soon recommend itselfby its very great simplicity.ILLUMINATION BY ELECTRICITY.—A perfectly success-
ful attempt has been made to illuminate the Courts of theTuileries and the Place du Carrousel by the electric light.The generating apparatus is placed in a cellar, under MarshalVaillant’s apartments in the Tuileries, and the illuminatingpower is so great that the ordinary gas-jets seem absolutelylightless. The appearance of these localities every evening isthat of an animated fair. The cost of the electric light isstated to be considerably less than that of gas.DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
IN FRANCE.-M. Roubaud, editor of the France Médicale, statesthat the population of his country is found, at each quinquen-nial census, to be increasing; whilst the number of medicalmen, from 1853 to 1861, has ever been on the decrease. Thisdiminution does not, however, bear equally on the two classesof practitioners-the doctors of medicine and the officiers desanté ; the latter of whom hold an inferior position. In 1857,the number of medical men practising in France was 18,023;of whom 11,258 were doctors of medicine, and 6765 non-doctors. In 1861, the grand total is 17,520; amongst whomare 11,242 doctors, and 6278 non-doctors. Thus there are, in1861, 503 practitioners less than in 1857; the doctors havingdecreased by only 16, the others by 487. This latter result is,by M. Roubaud, attributed to the necessity fpr officiers de santéto repair now for examination either-to the seat of a faculty orto a preparatory school, instead of presenting themselves tomedical boards appointed by the minister, who were in thehabit of making annual circuits.M. FORGET, professor of medicine at the Faculty of
Strasburg, has recently died in that city. He was a writer ofmuch energy and originality, an excellent teacher, an eminentphysician, and is universally regretted.HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDING
SATURDAY, MARCH 23RD.-In the week that ended last Satur-day, 1214 deaths were registered, a number which is verynearly the same as that of the previous return. Seventy-fivechildren, all of whom, except 13, were under three years ofage, died of whooping-cough, which at present is about twiceas fatal as either scarlatina or measles. Four infants and oneadult died of syphilitic disease. Twenty-six deaths occurredfrom cancer. Bronchitis was fatal in 121 cases, and pneumoniain 59; the corrected average for the former being 170,- and thatfor the latter 108. Of 9 fatal malformations, 5 were cases ofspina bi6da.
Last week the births of 991 boys and 989 girls, in all 1980children, were registered in London. In the ten correspondingweeks of the years 1851-60, the average number was 1741.
BOOKS ETC. RECEIVED.
Mr. Galloway’s Manual of Qualitative Analysis.Dr. Guy’s Forensic.Medicine.Dr. Gairdner’s Clinical- and Pathological Notes.Mr. Blake on Diseases of the Skin in Children.Mr. Higginbottom on the Nitrate of Silver.Dr. Bullar’s Letters from Abroad.Mr. Wilson’s Anatomist’s Vade Mecum.Mr. Dowie on the Foot and its Covering.Mr. Haughton on the Turkish-Bath Question.Mr. Collis on Aneurism.Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. XIII.Dr. Ogilvie on the Genetic Cycle in Organic Nature.Dr. Jenner on Diphtheria.Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion
of Social Science for 1860.Report of the Bombay Retiring Fund.Edinburgh Veterinary Review.British Journal of Dental Science.
Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.
On the 21st inst., at Hemel Hempstead, Herts, the wife ofSeptimus B. Farr, Esq., M.R.C.S., of a son.
On the 24th inst., at Newmarket, the wife of W. H. Day,M.D., of a son.At Ashburnham Vicarage, Sussex, the wife of Dr. H. W.
Graham, Civil Surgeon, Akyab, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES.
On the 21st inst., at the Parish Church, Harrogate, Chas.Evers, Esq., M.R.C.S., of Hanwell, Middlesex, to Julia Mary,third daughter of Thomas Bramley, Esq., of Harrogate.On the 23rd inst., at St. George’s, Bloomsbury, Edwin C.
Cooke, Esq., to Catherine Mary, eldest daughter of the lateDr. C. Ilderton Croft, F. R. C. S.
DEATHS.
On th 6th ult., at Meean Meer, Punjaub, Georgiana Helen,the wife of G. Cochet Chesnaye, Esq., L.R.C.S.I., Assistant-Surgeon 2nd Brigade Bengal Horse Artillery.On the 12th inst., at Antrim Lodge, Kingstown, Harriet,
youngest daughter of the late Rich. Harris, M.D., of ClonmeLOn the 14th inst., at Lower-bank, Over Darwen, Lancashire,
William, second son of S. H. Wraith, Esq., F.R.C.S., aged 17.On the 16th inst., at Fair-view, Amlwch, AnglEsey, John
Jones Petters, Esq., M.R.C.S., aged 31.On the 22nd inst., at Westbury-on-Trym, near Bristol, after
a few days’ illness, Charles Rendell, Esq., M.R. C. S., aged 46.
MEDICAL DIARY OF THE WEEK.
(MONDAY, APRIL 1 .......i
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(ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL.—Operations, 2 P.M.METROPOLITAN F.axB HosrtTAL. Operation
2 P.M.I ROYAL INSTITUTION. - 2 p.M. General MonthlyMeeting.
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—8 P.M. "On a Tract, on Plague; by Dr. Gilbert Skeyne, Medicinar-Lo
; James VI. of Scotland." By Mr. J. N. Radcliffe.
!/ =‘On the Climatology, Topography, and Dis-eases of Hong K01!g." By Dr. Smart, DeputyInspector General R.N. Hospital, Bermuda.
ODONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONVDON.—8 P.M.MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.— 8½ P.M. ClinicalDiscussion.
ITUESDAY, APRIL 2 ......<!
I
(GUY’S HOSPITAL.—OperatiOlIS, 1½ P.M.WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL.—Operations, 2 P.3L
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.—4 r.if. Professor Quekett, "On the Organs of, Digestion."PATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.-8 P.M.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3
MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL.—Operations, 1 P.M.ST. MART’S HOSPITAL.—Operations, 1 P.M.UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL.— Operations ,
2 P.M.ROYAL ORTHOPÆDIC 11,05FITAX,. - Operations, 2P.M.OBSTETRICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. - 8 P.M..Dr.
Barnes, " On the Indications and Operations for
III the Induction of Premature Labour, and for theAcceleration of Labour." - Dr. Tanner, "On a
, New Form of Vaginal Pessary."ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—8½ P.M.
THURSDAY, APRIL 4...-
rST. GEORGE’S HOSPITAL.—Operations, 1 r.m.CENTRAL LONDON OpBT.B.AtMIO HOSPITAL.
I Operations, 1 P.M.LONDON HOSPITAL.— Operations, 1½ P.M.GREAT NoRTHERN HOSPITAL, KING’S CROSS.—*’ . Operations, 2 P.M.ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEON’S OF ENGLAND.-
4 P.M. Protessor Quekett, "On the Organs of! Digestion."CHEMICAL SOCITY.—8 P.M.I
FRIDAY, APRIL 5 ......... I
WESTMINSTER OpBTBLALMIO HOSPITAL. - Opera-! tions, 1½ P.M.WESTERN MEDICAL AND SURGICAL SOCIETY OB
LONDON. — 8 P.M. Practical Evening for thej Narration of Cases and the Exhibition of Speci.L mens.
iSATURDAY, APRIL 6 ... ST.
THOMAS’S HOSPITAL.—Operations, 1 P.M.
ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL.—Operations, 1P.M.
Kure’s COLLEGE HOSPITAL.—Operations, 1½ P.M.lCRARING-CR08S HOSPITAL.—Operations, 2 RM.
