696 VACANCIES.—BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

LEICESTER INFIRMARY.—House Physician and Assistant HousePhvsician. Salaries at rate of £100 and £50 respectively, withboard, lodging, and washing.

LEICESTER, PARISH OF.—Resident Assistant Medical Officer. Salary£120 per annum, with rationa, apartments, and washing.

LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY FOR CHILDREN.—Assistant House Surgeon forsix months. Salary £30, with board and lodging.

LIVERPOOL, ROYAL SOUTHERN HOSPITAL.- Resident Pathologist andRegistrar. Salary £100, with board and residence.

LowFSTOFT HOSPITAL.—House Surgeon, unmarried. Salary at rate of280 per annum, with board, lodging, and washing.

MACCLESFIELD GENERAL INFIRMARY.—Junior House Surgeon. Salary£60 per annum, with board and residence.

MANCHESTER, UNIVERSITY OF.—Junior Demonstrator in Physiology.Salary B100, rising to £150 per annum.

METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL. Kingsland-road, N.E.-IIouse Physician,House Surgeon, Assistant House Physician, and Assistant HouseSurgeon, all for six months. Salaries of two former at rate of 240 ayear and of two latter at rate of 220 a year. Also Casualty Officer.Salary at rate of £150 per annum.

NEWHAVEN URBAN AND PORT SANITARY AUTHORITIES.-MedicalOfficer of Health. Salary 275 per annum.

NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL.—Assistant House Surgeon.Salary £50 a year, with apartments, board, washing, andattendance.

PENDLEBURY, MANCHESTER CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL.-Assistant MedicalOfficer. Salary £100 per annum.

READING, ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL.—House Surgeon. Salary 280per annum, with board, lodging, and washing. Also AssistantHouse Surgeon. Salary 260 per annum, with board, lodging, andwashing.

ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL. City-road, E.C.—SeniorHouse Surgeon. Salary at rate of £100 a year, with board andresidence.

SHEFFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL.-Resident Medical Officer, unmarried.Salary £50 per annum, with board and lodging.

SHEFFIELD UNION HOSPITAL.—Resident Medical Officer. Salary £100per annum, with apartments, rations, and allowances.

SOUTHAMPTON, FREE EYE HOSPITAL.—House Surgeon. Salary JB150inclusive.

VICTORIA HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, Tite-street, Chelsea, S.W.-HouseSurgeon for six months. Honorarium of 225, with board andlodging.

WEST LONDON HOSPITAL, Hammersmith-road, W.-Two HousePhysicians and Three House Surgeons for six months. Board,lodging, and laundry provided.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

ARCHDALL.—ON August 25th, at 42, Ashburnham-road, Bedford, thewife of Mervyn T. Archdall, L.R C.P., L R.C.S., of a daughter.

ARMSON.—On August 18th, at The Moat, Yoxall, Burton-on-Trent, thewife of Frank G. Armson, M. R. C. S , L. R. C. P., of a son.

BOWER.—On August 28th, at Viewfield, Stretton, near Warrington, thewife of H. E Bower. M.D., of a daughter.

BUTTERwORTH.-On August 29th, at. The Crescent, Wisbech, the wifeof Rupert Butterworth, B.A., M.B., B.C. Cantab., of a daughter.

GORDON-GREEN.—On September lst, at Weaterton, 46, Beach-road,Southsea, the wife of Staff-Surgeon H. W. Gordon-Green, R.N.,of a son.

WINDSOR.-On August 31st, the wife of Charles William Windsor, M.D.,of a son.

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MARRIAGES.ANNAND-RANNIE.—At Marlborough-place Church, N.W., on the

29th August, William Fraser Annand, M.D., son of R. C. Annand,of Harton Lea, South Shields, to Jessie, daughter of the Rev. J.Rannie, late of Berbice, British Guiana. At home, 9, Lichfield-road,Stafford, atter October 15th.

COLLIER-SUMMERHAYEs.—On Sept. lst, at All Souls, Langham-place,James Stansfield Collier, M.D., F.R.C.P., second son of AlfredHenry Collier, Esq., of Cranford, Middlesex, to Minna Maud, onlydaughter of William Summerhayes, M.D., of Loyterton,Beckenham.

GAYNER—EDWARDS.—On August 28th, at the Friends’ Meeting House,Isleworth, John Stansfield Gayner, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.Lond., toAlice Maud, daughter of the late Edwin Edwards.

LATHAM—LARSEN.—On August 23rd, at the Cathedral, Trondhjem,Norway, Arthur C. Latham, M.D. Oxon., to Ella Augusta PetreaLarsen, daughter of the late Herr Peter Larsen.

LONGSTAFF—DONALD.—On August 29th, at All Saints, Bolton, Meals-gate, George Blundell Longstaff, M.D., to Mary Jane, daughter ofthe late Matthewman Hodgson Donald.

DEATHSSIMPSON.—On August 28th, at Diyatalawa, Ceylon (Naval Camp), of

enteric, Herbert Bartlett Simpson, M R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Surgeon.R.N., H.M.S. Sealark, dearly loved eldest son of George Bartlettand Ellen Simpson, of 2, Chepstow Mansions, W., in his 29thyear. (By cable.)

WHITAKER.-On August 29th, at White Lodge, Shrewsbury, EdmundThomas Whitaker, M.B., B.Sc., D.P.H , Barrister at-Law, M.O.H.for the county of Montgomery and other districts, elder son of thelate Dr. Edmund Whitaker, J.P., Bacup, Lancashire.

WHITE.—On Sunday, August 26th, at Victoria Hospital, Folkestone,Richard Dormer White, M.A., M.D. Univ. Dub., Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets, Royal Navy, aged 61. Interred atBrompton Cemetery August 30th.

N.B.—A fee of 58. 18 charged for the insertion of Notices of Births,Marriages, and Death8.

Notes, Short Comments, and Answersto Correspondents.

THE PREVENTION OF CHUELTY TO CHILDREN ARISING OUT

OF NEGLECT OF MEDICAL ADVICE.

AT Tower Bridge police-court on August 31st Caroline Russell, of

7, Wickham-place, Tabard-street, Borough, was s immoned beforeMr. Baggallay by the National Society for the Prevention of Crueltyto Children for neglecting her son Robert, aged eight years. Mr,

Huntley Jenkins appeared for the society and Mr. Sydney defended,Mr. Jenkins said the case was not an ordinary one of neglect andit raised a somewhat unusual point. Shortly put, the case wasthat there was medical evidence to show that an operation uponthe boy was absolutely necessary and the defendant in opposition,if not defiance, declined to have it performed. The secretaryhad no vindictive feeling and there was no neglect in the

ordinary sense, the defendant being a fond and carefulmother. She was a married woman but her husband was

a soldier abroad. The child first came under the noticeof the society last December. He was then a cripple andthe defendant stated that the child had been operated on three orfour times at Guy’s Hospital and that since that time she had takenhim to a Mr. Burgess. The boy was kept under observation, and onAugust 10th the defendant consented to the child being examined bya medical man on behalf of the society. The examination was madeby Mr. E, MacDonald Judge, and on August 13th the society’sofficer, Mr. Lodge, read to the defendant the medical man’scertificate, which stated that the boy was suffering from necrosis ofthe left thigh bone and in his opinion surgical interference wasabsolutely necessary to save the limb and possibly the child’s life.The defendant still refused to have the operation performei anddeclared her intention of continuing to use the ointment which shereceived from Mr. Burgess, and which she considered was making thechild better. Mr. Burgess was not a medical practitioner, but therewas no complaint against him.Mr. Lodge, in answer to Mr. Sydney, said that in December the

child could only walk with the aid of crutches.Mr. Sydney: Let the boy walk across the court.The boy did so without any artificial aid.Mr. Baggallay : Are you sure this is the same child?The Witness: Yes.You have no doubt about it ?-No.Mr. Judge said that the child had necrosis of the thigh bonein in

the lower quarter. He recognised that the child had been well caredfor by the mother who had built up his general condition byintelligent treatment. The boy should be under the care of a surgeonand an operation should be performed.Mr. Sydney: Are you aware that this child has already undergone

four operations ?-Yes.Do you say operations are effective in this disease ?-Yes; but some-

times a dozen operations are necessary.Would not four operations upon a little child like this in 12 months

be a fair trial ?-No.Did you attempt to ascertain the properties of the ointment that

the woman was applying ?—No; ointment is useless in such a case.Can you say that the application of this ointment was not bene’

ficial ?-A corn plaster put on a boot will not cure a corn. Theointment is perfectly useless; it only goes on the skin.Last Christmas the child was a cripple. Can you suggest how the

child is now able to walk so well unless it be through the applicationof the ointment ?-The mother by intelligent treatment has broughtabout a general improvement in his health, but the disease of thebone still remains.In reply to the magistrate the witness said he did not probe the

leg because he promised the mother not to hurt the boy. He couldnot positively say tha, the disease was tuberculous, but there wasnecrosis. He would not aivise an operation until he had probed.What he meant by ’’surgical interference" in his certificate wasthat the child should be placed under the care of an experiencedsurgeon who would watch him for a few days and then operate.Mr. Baggallay said that before the society had taken proceedings

of this sort it should have called a specialist in. There was also thefact that the summons was issued only seven days after the medicalman gave his certificate.Mr. Jenkins: Because the woman flatly refused to take the child

to the hospital.Mr. Baggallay : You want to punish her because she won’t obey ?-

Mr. Jenkins : We do not want her punished.Mr. Baggallay : Then what is the meaning of these proceedings ?-

Mr. Jenkins: rhe only way we could get the custody of the child tohave the operation performed was by taking these proceedings. Weonly want a technical conviction.Mr. Baggallay : I do not know what a technical conviction means.

- Mr. Jeukins: Being bound over or a shilling fine.Mr. Baggallay : The conviction of the mother for all time of having

been guilty of neglecting her child!Mr. Jenkins said the proceedings were only taken in the interests

of the child. If the magistrate was not satisfied with the evidence