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eclamptib seizure duriing late second stage. Anaesthetic imme-diately commenced and continued for two and a hal-f hours, duriDgwhich time forceps delivery was done. Complete recovery ofmother and child, although the latter had icterus neonatorumfor a time.

2. Primipara, aged 35. Hvperemesis gravidarum throughoutpregnancy, and albumninuria for several weelks towards end. Twodays in labour, which was practically painless; early rupture ofmembranes; uterine inertia. Forceps delivery; mother verytoxic for three days afterwards, but completely recovered. Childapparently well for three days, then died in a convulsion.

3. Primipara, aged 29 (sister of No. 2). Hyperemesis gravidarumthrouchout pregnancy, but never albuminuria. Forty-eight hoursin labour; slight general contraction of pelvis. High and difficultforceps delivery. Both well.

4. Multipara, aged 34. Persistent occipito-posterior delivery;botlh well. Eighteen -months previously had suspension of theuterus (after Gilliam) with posterior colpo-perineorrhaphy -andtrachelorrhaphy.

5. Multipa:ra, aged 32. Albuminuria, headaches, and oedema forthree weeks. Breech presentation at term; four hours' labour.Delivery under anaesthetic accomplished In less than five minutes;no prolapse of, or pressure On, cord by head; asphyxia pallida.Prolonged artificial respiration and stimulation unfruitful. Re-covery of mother, after being very toxic for first five days. Atprevious parturition, which was vertex, child was stillborn at term,without apparent reason.

6. Multipara, aged 26. Twins-one vertex, one breech. Allwell.

7. Primipara, aged 20. On first examination, os fully dilated,and fiat pelvis discovered. No presenting part felt. Spontaneousrupture of membranes in a fewv minutes, fQllowed by unaided andrapid delivery of an anencephalic monster, which survived fora few minutes only. Mlother well.

8. Multipara, aged 29. Sudden haemorrhage without pain, at ornz term. Marginal placenta praevia. Vagina packed twiceun;fer anaesthesia, with interval of twenty-four hours. Forcepsdeli'very later. Both wcl'.

9. Primipara, aged 26. Profuse haemorrhage at seven months,followed by labour. Central placenta praevia. Rapid delivery ofstillborn foetus. Recovery of mother.

10. Primipara, aged 22. At six and a half months urine loadedwith alblumin, headaches, and sickness with flashes, but nooedema. Three weeks' rigid treatment, without improvement.Induction by bougies. Delivery in sevenh hours of a living child(breech), which, despite prematurity and icterus, has done well.Mlother well, but still has some albumin.

11. Priniipara, aged 22. Face presentation. Delivered herselfin abotut twelve hours. Both well.

12. Multipara, aged 34. At six months, urine clear; at eightmonths, loaded with albumin, and very great oedema of face andlegs. Abdomen notably enlarged. Rest and milk diet. Two dayslater, sudden large haemorrhage, followed by labour, and deliveryof triplets, weighing 6t, 3i, and 3 lb. respectively. Mother andthree children all well so far. At last parturition had placentapraevia, since when she has had an abortion, followed by dilatationand curettage.

13. Multipara, aged 25. Urine clear of albumin on several ex-aminations before and at eight months. Natural delivery of livingchild at term. Oedema of legs and eyes noticed at labour. Childuninaturallv quiet, and died twenty-four hours later. At previousconfinement had a macerated full-time child.

14. Primipara, aged 39. Amenorrhoea for four months, withsiclkness for latter two months. Abdomen enlarged to aboveun*iicus. Profuse haemorrhage with colicky pains. Hydatidi-form mole partially expelled, and partially extracted manually audtlby careful curettage. Second curettage nine days later, to completethe evacuation of uterus. Well to date.

15. Primipara, aged 30. Three weeks beyond calculated term.Intermittent labour for three days before being seen. Slightgeneral contraction of pelvis (conjugate about 3i inches). Largehead felt, freely movable above pubis. Twenty-four hours latersoft parts dilating, with finger-like membranes presenting, but stillno attempt at engagement. Caesarean section. Living childweighing 9i lb. Both well.

16, 17, 18, and 19 were cases in which delivery had to be com-pleted by forceps and chloroform, owing to the length of thesecond stage.

Analysis of the Series of Cases.1. As already stated, out of 42 cases, 19 (45.2 per cent.)

presented some definite abnormality.2. Of the 15 detailed cases, 9 (60 per cent.) were primiparae.3. Of the 15 detailed cases, 7 (46.7 per cent.) were

toxaemias of pregnancy (four were in primiparae).4. Of the 15 detailed cases, the average age was just

over 29.Note.-One of the normal cases in the series was a patient

wlhose first pregnancy was twins (with survival of both),whose second pregnancy was tubal, with consequtent laparo.tomy and removal of one tube and ovary, and whose present(an4 third) was normal.

I wishl to acknowledge mzy indebtedness to mly assistant,Dr. P. B. Farrar, for his collaboration with mne, both in theconduct of the cases and in extracting the details andstatistics from my case-bo-okt. '

4gemoranita:MEDICAL, SURGICAL, OBSTETRICAL.

ALCOHOL IN ITS RELATION TO DISEASE.THE facts here stated are the outcome of observations madeon a series of 150 cases treated in 'the medical wards of theLondon Temperance Hospital; they include'75 non-abstainersand 75 abstainers.In a series of 76 cases of acute lobar pneumonia it was

observed that the number of deatlis among the 38 non-abstainers was proportionately greater. In these also relapsewas found to be more frequent, and the disease ran a mnechmore severe course. Tle. temperature reached a greaterheight', with a tendency to fall by lysis and not by crisis.There was either leucopenia or a very negligible leucocytosis,showing that the resistance of the tissues to the infectionwas poor. Dilatation of the hleart was more frequent andsupervened earlier. In several cases there was a tendency tocomplication's (pericarditis, otitis media, and pneumococcalarthritis). In those cases which recovered the convalescencewas slow, there were irregular rises of temperature duringconvalescence, and tlle heart remained irritable in responseto effort.

In a series of 30 cases of influenza, the tendency to post-influenzal bronclhopneumonia appeared to be more marked inthe 15 cases that were non-abstainers, the heart was similailymore affected, and noisy delirium often supervened.

Of. 20 cases of chronic Bright's disease, with high bloodpressure, half were habitual drinkers, and in these damageto the kidneys appeared to be proportionately greater, and itwas with difficulty that one could appreciably, lower the.bl6od pressure.

In a series of 24 cases of valvular disease of the heart,among the' 12 who were non-abstainers it was found thatfailure 'of compensation ensued comparatively earlier, andthere seemed to be a lack of the normal "reserve power" ofthe heart musculature, and hence dilatation, and in a fewcases failure of the heart ensued before any evident muscularhypertrophy could take place, as was confirmed post mortemnin the cases that reached a fatal termination.One cannot help- being convinced from these observations

that there must be a'substratum of truth in the oft-repeatedstatement that lhabitual indulgence in alcohol is demoralizingto the system, and tends to lower the normal powers ofresistance of the tissues to microbial toxins. On the otherhand, I have been equally impressed with. the part alcoholhas played in two cases of grave collapse and impending"cardiac distress " which I came adross in private work. Inthese I found that hypodermic injection of 10 nminims ofbrandy had an almost miraculous effect in reviving thepatient after an injection of digitalin and strychnine h,dfailed. Facts like these equally lead one to hold the viewtlhat, in the light of our present knowledge, the time forscrapping alcohol as' a valuable therapeutic adjunct has notyet arrived.

P. GANDHY, M.B., M.R.C.S.,iate MLedical Registrar, London Temperance Hospital.

BUBONIC PLAGUE TREATED WITHNEO-SALVARSAN.

IN India as a whole plague is endemic. In the -North-Western and the North-West Frontier provinces it breaks outin the epidemic form, usually in the spring of every year, andlasts well up to tlle commencement of summer. If even inJune or Juily there is a heavy rainfall, the epidemic has beenknown inore than once to recur witlh a high mortality.

Prophylactic treatment by vaccines confers immunity for avery limited period, and even then the results are not veryencouraging. Some years ago, in a small village in thePunjab, inhabitants were inoculated with vaccine, butunfortunately more than three-fourths died.So far, we have no reliable serum for curative treatment,

and in my opinion tfse failure is due to the fact that serum-yielding animals-namely, lhorses, cattle, and goats- arenaturally immune to the disease. Plagne being a disease ofrats primarily, if amongst the rodent tribe we could find a biaesough animal to yield an adequate amount of serum, it isprobable that a serumn as efficienlt as that for d-iphltheria- ortetanus may be prepared.Bubonic plagple being septicaemic, it seems pathlogoically

reasonable (in thleory at least) to assume thlat if a drug w\ere

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introduced into the circulation wlhiclh would destroy Pa8teurellapestis and yet not lharm tlle cells of the body, it would liave abeneficial effect on the course of the ailment.A young man, E6bout 22 years of agc,-had a prominent painful

bubo-in the left groin, and flniid taken from this bubo proved posi-tive for B. pestis. The patient-was seen by me on May l1tt, threedays after the Qnset of'tlhe di-ease hhis teniperature was 104° F. atthat time. At 3 p.m. I injected 0.45 gram of neo-salvarsan ini0 c.cm. distilled water intravenously, andl 0.5 c.cm. pituitarv ex-tract subcutaneousl. That very evenifig the temperature com-menced -to fall- by lysis, alid the symptoms (hea(lache, sinkingfeeling, and restlessiess) began to abate. Oil May 15th thie tem-perature was 1000 F., and oln May 16th it was niormal. The patiett,except for the usual debility after the disease, is now quite well.The bub3 was treated by the application of belladonna and glycerin.

The efficiency of tlle treatmenit cannot be strictly stated tobo conclusively proved, yet tlle benefit-slhown in one case evenmay reasonably encourage fuvther trial.When going to a case of pilague I always wear long boots

over the trousers up to the knees, and anoint my lhands, arns,aind neck witlh eucalyptus oil. I refrain from scrateliinc aninsect-bite, but bathe it witlh carbolic lotion 1 in 20, followedby the application of eucalyptus oil.Peshawar City, India. RAM MANISOOR, M.B., B.S.Durli.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF SUCCESS.UNDnR tlle title Sonie Things that Matter,l Lord RIDDELL, SOwell known- as a newspaper-proprietor and representative ofthie British press at thle Peace Conference, has broughlttogether -a series - of' articeks whichl lie contributed toJohn o' Londlon's Weekly, on concentration; obser-vation,thouglht, reasbuiing, and other nmental qualities; Theseessays lhave attraction as conveying part at least of tlleplhilosoplhy of a shlrewd student of affairs as well as-a readerof books, wlho, hiappening to have been trained professionallyas a laWyer, -also looks at matters witli a severe sense ofiractice asd utility.Lord Riddefl would be the first to acknowledge that the

conditions of their original publication lhave tended to makethese contribuLtions rather fragtnentary, thoughl none tihe lesswell worth-reading. Thee first article, for-exainple, is excellent,even if unintentionally liumorous, in its Saiidow-like recom-mendations for exercising the rfrind witlh "brisk, vigorousconcentration for a quarter of an hour a day, extendina totwo lioLrirs a dav by tlhe end of tlhe montlh," and it is, of couse,quite sounud in its reminder that tho1habitgrows witlh in:terest,and that the interest miay be increased witlh tlho lhabit: thisis wlhat the essay amoants to. But suclh a vievw mulst not betaken too absolutely, anl mighit witlh advantage be expanded.Lord Riddell cites as Ihis text Emerson's words, " Concentra-tion is the secret of success." That is true enouhll so far as itgo"e, but mere concentration witlhouit the cultivation of mentalinitiative will not carry far. One of our greatest psyclhologistslhas poin'ed cut that tlloucghl restless men may prove to befailures, the most successful of liuman beings are men whioin Gertain'resj:ects are prodigiously restless. 'The considera-tions are comolementary to eaclh other.

In writing on " Observation " Lord RiddeH will probablysurprise many of hlis readers by hiis disclosure of the lack ofaccuracy amongst educated persons. He gives as an ills-tration a test made in a u-niversity class. Dr. Munsterberghas related similar tests amongst professional men, inciuding,-if- we remember rightly, a selected body of lawyers. It isdesirable to urge development of all the senses;, but apparentweakness may be due to preoccupation in otlher miientalconcerns. Lord Riddell, going on to advise young men " Howto read," slhows tllat hiis own groundwork was law books,and that by tlleir study lhe learnt to judge tlle value ofevidence. Tlhis capacity lhe lholds to be one of tlle mostvaluable qualifications in life, and tllere is great force in whatlhe says on this point. For tllat matter lhe mniglht also haverecommenlded somne scientific books, for they have to beunderstood to be read at all, and this tends to clarity ofdefinition. Himself an able controversialist and witty after-dinner speaker, Lord Riddell is quite at his best in dealingvitli the art of public speaking, recognizing, though he does

not put it in these precise words, that it slhould make aI Sonm. Things that Matter. By Lord Riddell. London: 1Floder and

Stoughton, Ltd. 1922. (Deiny 8vo, pp. 187; one portrait. 7s. 6J.- net.)

tlhreefold appeal-to the intellect, to the emotions, and totrie will.Other articles under various' headinas treat of circum.

stantial evidence, of logic, of relevancy, and of legal maxims.They form- easy reading on wlhat some are inclined to regardas dry subjects. They will doubtless be liked the betterbecause the writer has drawn upon his store of anecdotes f6rillu-strations. Sagaciously, too, he makes no claiml to sum upthe. rules of action and conduct. His book is entitled " SomeTIhings tthat Matter," not " Thle Things that Matter," and sohe runs no risk to reputation by this adventure into autlhor.slip, The volume is not designed as a guide to life.

TAYLOR AND POULTON'S "MEDICINE."TAYLOR'S Practice of Medicine 2 first appeared in 1890. Tlhetwelftlh edition has been wisely and extremely tllorouglhlyedited by Dr. E. P. POULTON, whio, recognizing that it is nowbeyond tlle powver of an individual to cover the whole field ofmedicine, has d-elegated to Dr. C. P. Symonds thlie se'ct'ion onnervous diseases and to Dr. H. WV. Barber the responsibilitvfor the account of skin affections. It may be -rememberedthat in Hilton Fagge's Mledicine (1886) two parts-namely,those.on valvular disease of the :heart and on-cutaneoggdiseases-were left unwritten by the author and werepro-vided by the late Sir Samuel Wilks and tlle late Dr. P. H.Py -Smith

AItilough1 it is only four years since tlle late Sir FrederickTaylor brouglht out the eleventh edition of his book, -tliepresent volume has unidergone very considerable changs,as is slhown by tlle addition of twenty-four newv articles ttIby tlhe -lale number that liave been practically rewritteh.Qf. the twenty-four plates, of wliich iwenty are radiogramsand four sections of the spinal cord, nineteen are new. 'Thelrevision lhas been remarkably successful and complete, and as-evide'nc6 of its up-to-date character attention may be drawnto the inclusion iih tlle appendix of van den Berglh's tests forbilirubin in tlle blood serumii, witlh a reference to Dr. J. W.McNee's contiributions to the subject in our columnis sorecently as May 13tlh last. The diseases of metabolism andtlhbse .of tlie- endocrine glainds are considereI togeth&er ina section prefaced by a short summary, wlhichl tlle editor isso specially fitted to contribute, of basal metabolismn; theaccount of diabetes mellitus follows and is naturally botlh fulland up to date, due credit being given to Dr. George Gralhani forthe independent initiation of tlhe imetlhod of treatment asso.ciated witlh Allen's name. Obesity is dea't witlh in this sectieb,but gout comes under the diseases of joints next to infectivearth,Iitis.- lhloetests for renal-aiid hepatic functioh are described,and throughout tlle volume tlle clinical tests anid- metlhods ofiflvestiaation are clcarlv outlined. Encephalitis lethargica,one of te new articlels, is placed betweeii acute polio-myclitis antd lhydrophobia and lhas been writ'teni by Dr. C. P.Symonds, wlho, as mentioned above, is responsible for +?tediseases of tlle nervouis system; aud Dr. J. J. Conybearb Wksrevised and rewritten many of tlle articles on tropicaldiseas-cs.

Dr. Poulton is to be- congratulated on lhaving admirablymaintained the character of this stoecessful Work for students,whether qualified or not, of medicine.

NON-SPECIFIC PROTEIN THERAPY.IN-a ieview of hiis book Hornoze' Therapy (BRITISH MEDICALJOURNAL, 192X, i, D.- 955) it was said tthat tlhe autlhor, Dr.D. Montgomerie Paton, had for twenty-three years treatedvarious diseases by the oral administration of antidiplhtherialserum, and in a letter published on July 1st (p. 29) Dr.AMlison of -Newcastlevon.Tyne stated that he hbad employedtlle method since 1892, more than tlhirty years ago. Never.theless tlie conception of non-specific protein tr-eatmentti-dnot a;ttract, mucli attention' until six or seven years ago.-''ADr. WV. F. PETERSEN of 'Chicago lhas had co'nsiderable ex-perience of the metlhod, to which attention has -from time totime been directed in our columns, his Protein Therapy andcNon-4ecific Resistance,' with its comprehensive review oftlle whole subject, is most welcome. Tlhe natural prejudiceagainst non-specific therapy-for example, tlle treatment of

27'iaulor's Practice of Medicine, twelfth edition. By E. P. Pon]26Kt.M.D., F.R.CP., with assistance of C. Pntnamn Symonds. M.D., F.ReCP.,and H. W. Barber. M.B., F.R.C.P. London: J. and A. Churchill-. 1922.(Roy. 8vo,;pp. xiv + 98); 24 plates. 87 fignres. 30e. net.) --

8ProfeilL .TlLercL[pj. a,acZ Non-specifi iSesistance. B-1y. W. F. Petersen,M.D.; with an Introduction by J. Ii. Miller, MI.D. New Yorki: TheMWacmillan Co. 1922. (Med. 8vo, pp. xvii + 314; 27 figures. 21s. net.)

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argument; even the Romans went through tlle righlt rectusmuscle, 1 have read. I purposely avoided referring to tlhecase where Mr. Cameron severed the veins of tlle left broadligament, but in answer to his twitting my comment on tlliscase is that the first time my uterine incision is so far outof place-light good or light bad-as to sever the veins inany broad ligamient tllcn I slhall cease to perform Caesareansections.

*2. Tnrning the Uterius Inside Ot.-Mi'. Cameron statestljat Ihis fatlher, Profcssor Murdocll Cainercln, emiployed thismanceuvre over thirty years ugo. I was house-surgeon toProfessor Cameron at tthe Maternity Hospital for six montlhsin 1939 and assisted llim at all hlis Caesarean sections durinatlhat perioi. On no occasion was the uterus turned insideout, nor was this ever spoken of. As I write I lhave beforeme Professor Cameron's article, "Abdominal section as asubstitute for the performance of craniotoiuy" (BRITISHMEDICAL JOURNAL, 1891-that is, tllirty-oue years ago), inwhlich tllere is no mention of turning the uterus inside out.To avoid muclh bleeding after the child was extracted headvocates, " place the cut surfaces in apposition and pressthem tiglitly togetlher." This was repeated after theplacenta had been "extracted." In hiis tlhird Caesarean lhedescribes the same procedure aud apparently it was followedin mnany otlhers. I lhave also before me anotlher article byProfessor Cameron, publislhed in 1901, where improvementsill teclhnique are gone into in detail, but still no mention ofthis manoeuvre. Totally opposed to turninog the uterusinside out is the followving sentence: " On no account slhouldthe uterine cavity be waslhed out or medicated in any way;the less tlle parts are interfered with the better." I leavethe matter tlhere.

3. Sittizng Posture.-Here I can only refer Mr. Cameron tothe Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine-discussionon Caesarean section, 1920-and also to the Transactions ofthe GlagowV Ob8tetrical Society last year, where I get fullcredit from one of our seniors-namuely, Professor MuLnroKerr. Mr. Lennie's contribution is a tlhin eclo -of hlis cllief's.-I am, etc.,

Gias.gow, Ju'y 15th. JAMES H. MARTIN, M.D.

SIR,-I notice in tlhe BRITISH MEDICAL JOUR.NAL of July8tlh, amnongst the correspondence, tllat Dr. Martin of Glasg,owtakes exception to- tlle. techniqtue as described by Mr. S. J.Cameron in reportina lhis cases of Caesarean section in yourissue of June 10th. I cannot allow this to go unclhallenged,as Mr. Cameron carried out tlle metlhods described in hlispaper-namely, (1) tlle abdominal incision through tlle riglhtrectus, (2) turning the uterus inside out to remove theplacenta and membrane,s, and (3) nursing tlhe patients in theFowler position-ever since hlis a)pointmuent as operativesurgeon at the County Materniity Hospital, Bellsllill, a con-siderable time before tlhe date of Ml. Martin's paper ofJanuary, 1921.-I amn, etc.,

H. J. THOMSON,AMedical Superintendent,

July 11th. County Maternity Ho3pitai, Belishill.

SIR,-It is witll considerable astonislhment that I read aletter in your issue of July 8tll from Dr. Jas. H. Martin,wllich implies that it was only after Dr. Martin's paper onCaesarean section was read to the Glasgow Royal Medico-Chiirurgical Society in April, 1921, that Dr. Cameron followedthe techlnique mentioned.

I lhad tlle honour to be Dr. Cameron's house-surgeon at tlheGlasgow Royal Maternity and Women's Hospital froinNovember, 1920, to April, 1921, and the technique wlichll hethen employed and had followed for several months in allstraiglhtforward cases of Caesarean. section was the same asthat described in Dr. Cameron's paper which appealed in tlleBRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL of June lOtli-namely, the incisionthrouglh the righlt rectus slheath, tlhe turning inside out of tlleuterus for the removal of the placenta, etc., and the puttingcf thle patient in Fowler's position after the operation.

Whlile, attending. Professor Murdoch.Cameron's clinic as a,student I had also seen the uterus inverted as mentionedabove.-I am, etc.,Glla9gow, July 11th. ALISON M. HUNTER, M.B., Ch.B.

SIR,-Dr. J. H. Martin in hlis letter publishied in thleBRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL of July 8tlh, 1922, claimns to haveintroduced certain modifications in the technique of Caesareansection. Further, be couples witlh his assertion of priority

thle -insinuation that Dr. S. Cameron, after hearing Dr.Martin's paper, lhas adopted the improvements detailed, andlhas recently published an- account of this techlnique withoutrecognition of its originator. Such a suggestion is entirelymisleading.As house-surgeon in the Western Infirnary in 1918, in the

Maternity Hospital -in 1919, and subsequently as assistant.surgeon in the latter institution, I lhave had ample opportunityof learning Dr. Cameron's operative methiocls. Ever since Ihave been associated witlh lhim it lhas been Dr. Cameroni'sconstant pract ce to open the abdomen thlrouiglh the riglhtrectus sheatlh, and a considerable period before Dr. Martindelivered hiis paper (April 1st, 1921) Dr. Cameron was in thelhabit of warninc louse-surgeon and students of tlle specialdanger of maliing tlhe incision on the left side in cases ofCaesarean section. To facilitate the removal of placenta andmembranes the expedient of turning, tlle uterUs inside outwas regularlv employed by him, and in this lie was notunique. As house-surgeon I never lheard anyone remark ontllis procedure as of recent introduction; it was accepted,indeed, witlhout comment as a well-recognized manipulation.Dr. Cameron's patients were nursed in Fowler's position as aroutine, but this attitude was not strictly enforced. On thecontrary, tlle women were allowed to assume any posture theynmiglht prefer as more comfortable.In justice to Dr. Cameron I consider myself bound to com,

municate tllese facts.-I am, etc.,J. HEWITT.

Research Department, Glasgow MaternityHospital, Jtilyl1th.

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.'MR. DANIEL T. HAR IS lhas been- recognized as a teicher -ofphysiology at Uniiversity College, aud Air. J. H. Woodger, B.Sc., isappointed to the Uniiversity lieadership- in Biology tenable atMiddlesex Hospital Medical School.Professor E. H. Starling, M,LD.-, F.R.S., has been added to the

Board of Exanminers in Psychlology for the B.A. anld B.Sc. examina-tions in 1922.

Certaini chlaniges lhave been madle in the conlstitution anid powersof thie Boards of thelFacilties of Arts, Medicine, and Scienice. Thechanlges in detail iniclude: (1) Tlhat, whereas the existinjg boardscan oily report through their respective faculties, thereby ofteucausillno considerabl.e (delay, in fuiture tle boards will irep rt directto the referringi bo(ly; and(I (2) that the secretarv of eaclh board willn1ot, as hieretofore, be a member of the board, buLt a member of theadminiistrative staff appointe(d br the Principal Officer. Thechanges do lnot affect inl any way tlle statutory povers of theboards of stu(lies or of thie faculties.The fo!lowing examiners for the examiinlationi for the diplomia in

Psychological Medicine were reappointed for the session 1922-23:For Part A (i) auldl Part B (i), Sir Frederick AMott anld Dr. E. Far-qnhar 13uzzar.1; *for Part A (ii) and Part B (ii), Dr. W. H1. B.Stoddart anid Dr. R. H. Cole.-Mr. H. L. Easoni, C.B., C.M.G., MI.D., AMS., and(l Sir SydneyRussell-Wells hlave beell appoilnted chairmenl of tlie Academic

Council andl Colmmerce Degree Committee respectively..The followinig lhave been appointel associate examiners for theM.B,, B.S. Examination for the sessioni 1922-23:-Mlecliciue: Dr. C.

Bolton, Dr. W. P. S. Branlson, Sir Ciiaritonl Briscoe, and lDr. C.Wall. Surgery: Mr- C. C. Choyce, Mr. H. 1S. Clogg, MIr. W. S.Handley, and Mr.' T. P. Legg. Midwifery: Mr. J. S. Fairbairnand Dr. Eardley Holland. .1t1hology: Mr. T. W. P. Lawrence andMIr. B. H. Spilsbury.Clause I of the regulations for the Gilchrist scholarship for

women has been amended as follows:Candidates must have passed an intermediate examinationi or the firstexamination for Medical degrees of the University; a candidate who hascompleted her tVventieth year on or hefore June 14th in thie y-ear of thescholarships examination for wlhich she ent -rs will be disqualified if shehas Passed -an initermediate examination or t e first examination formedical degrees earlier than June of the previous year.The regulations for the Gilchrist studentship for women haveboen amended by the addition of the follo'winig:The selected candidate will be required to devote her whole time to herstudies during her tenure of studentship.In its annual report the Committee of Management of the BrownAnimal Sanatory Institution states that 5,700 animals vere

brought to the institution during the year 1921. Recent advanceson the biology of bacteria was tbe subject selected for the fivelectures delivered by the Superintendent at the Royal College ofSurgeons in December, 1921, as required under the will of the lateMr. Brown. The superintendent, Mr. F. W. Twort, continued hiswork on ifltiuenza and on filter-passing lysins which are associatedwith and which dissolve up bacteria. He has also carried outsome work on the ultra-microscopic viruses on dysentery and onleprosy. Mr. Twort's appointment as superintendeot of theinstitution has been continued for one year from June 1st, 1922.Applications for the William Julius Mickle Fellowship, value ofat least £203, must reach the Principal Qfficer of the Universitydot -lter than the first post on October 2nd. It is awr.rded

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annually by the Senate to the man or woman who, being resident

inl Loonon and a graduate of the University, has in its opiniondoile most to advance medical art or science witlhin the precedingfive years, and has therein shown conspicuous merit.

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL.THE following candidates have been approved at the examinations

indicated:

FINAL M.B., CH.B.--PartII (Completing Examination): J. R. Duerden.

Part I(IncluadingForensic Medicine ailtI Toxicology): Georgina R.

Dunn, Idris Williams. Part I only: Muriel V. Joscelyne, Dorothy

Staley, F. K. Wilson.

D.P.H.-J. B. Adams, D.'D. Davies. PartalI(Conmpleting Examinea-tiOn): B. A. Astley-Weston. Part I onlyv: F. P. Mackie.

UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER.

THE folloWing candidates have been approvecl at the examinationindicated:

D.P.H.-Martha F. Barritt, F. da Cunha, Winifred I. Doherty, Florence

M. L. Giahanm, T. H. Jones, W. H. Leigh, J. K. Liutnd, G. H.

Roberts, Doris A. Taylor, Mary I. Turner, Frances G. Wilcocks.

The following awards have beenimade:Tom Jones Memorial Surgical Scholarship, Eric A. Linell. Dauntesey

Medical Scholarslhip, (1) Maurice Sheehan, (2) Kathleen Sheehan.

Univeisity Prize in Miedicine, divided between It. L. Holt, F. H. Smirk.

Dumnville Surgical Prize, Hilda Pratt. Sidney Renshaw Prize, F. H.

Smirk.

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.THE followind candidates have passed the final examination for

the Diploma in Public Health: G. G. Allan, Dora W. Gerrard,Mary H. M. Gordoni, Margaret Gray, Helen R. T. Hood, J. S.

Macbeth, Agnes B. MacGregor, Florence E. M'Kenzie, Janetta J.

Powrie, Margaret Al. Proudfoot, G. Stewart, J. D. Stewart.

UNiVERSITY OF ABERDEEN.

AT the graduationl ceremony on July 13th the following degreesanld diplomas were conferred:

M.D.-*John Smith, Charles Clyne.CH.M.-A. V. R. Don.M.B., CH.B.-tfW. L. Hector, t§R. N. Ironside, 1ItR. S. Cruickshank,

lltA. N. Gordon, iGladys N. Watson, Isabella A. Baxter, A. F.

Bothwell, Margaret P. Bowman, AgnesG. Bruce, A. J. Btuchan, JanetS. Cameron, D. Campbell, R. J. Campbell, T*J. G. J. Coghill,,MargaretJ. Coutts, A. Cruickslhank, J. F. Davidsen, H. L. Duncan, R. J.Duthie, A. A. Eagger, Ethel R. Emslie, Lyla C. Forbes, Winifred M.

Foster, W. Gregor, H. J. Horne, R. A. Hutchinson, Annie M. Jack,J. B. Jessiman, J. C. Kerrin, F. H. Lakin, W. Lawie, N. H. Leslie,G. L. McCulloch, G. A. Macdonald, Isabella F. Mackenzie, W. Mc.C.Macpherson, Edith M. Macrae, R. MoRobert, B. Milne, A. A. MlcI.Nicol. C. L. Noble, W. J. O'Connor, Alice Reid, C. E. Riddell, C. J.Royston, J. B. Samson, J. F. S-hepherd, A. Stephen, R. Thomson,Alice M. Watt, Eleanor M. Watt, Gladys M. West.

D.P.H.-A. A. Duffus, Marjorie M. Milne.Honours for Thesis.

f First Class Honotir,.

1' Second-Class Honours.

CompletEd Final Medical Professional Examiuation with dis-tinietion.

§ Comipleted Final Medical Professional Examination with muchdistinction.

UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN.

TRINIIY COLLEGE.THE following candidates have been approved at tlle examinationsindicated:FINAL M.B., PART I.-Materia Medica and Therapeutics, Medical

Juris,prdence and Hygiene. Pathology and Bacteriology: *J. E.Elias n, *1. A. D. Pope, M. Cohen, J.J. O'Grady, J. K. S. Thompson,J. M. Mounsey,, 11. A. Dench, G. Robinson, 0. G. Wilde, C. W. J.Ingham, J. A. du Toit, L. D. Dennard, L. E. 3. Werner, C. J.McQuillan, R. Warnock, Sylvia B. Wigoder, J. M. Gordoni, H.Bun en, J. Kalmanson, W. R. Aykroyd, Kathleen D. Murison, F. T.Easby, M. D. Fox, N.M. Greeves, J. J. Laing, T. Freedman, N. G.McAuliffe, Alice H. Dockrell, It. WV. .J. van Janse, C. R. Hillis,Dorothy I. Henry, Victoria J. Wilson, R. E. Steen. Pathology and-Bacteriologvonly: A-. W. Eksteen, L. Harrls, N. J. V. v n Druten,Wv. L. W. Smith, S. W. Jamison, M. Jaffe. Materia Medica antdThter apetutics, Medical .Juriesrudence and Hygfene: S. McDermott,Gladys Weatberill, A. V. B. Crawford,J. L. Stuart. Materia Medicaant(dTlhera euttes onlv: E. C. Downer. Medical Jurisprudence anidHygienie olyV: Eileen Brangan.

PART II.-Medicine: I. Cornick, M. G. J. Powell, J. V. Carroll,M. Sayers,Beryl F. E. Cockle, M. P. Louw, D. 3. Malan, G. S. Moran, J. H.Rauch, A. W. Eksteen, J. C. J. AMeEntee, M. Gallivan, J. G. Russell,Charlotte A. Stuart, G. Bewley, H. Hall, S. W. Russell, J. D. Wicht,R. Seale, A. H. N. Todd, L. Phillips, S. G. Weldon, J. M. O'Connor,Mary H. Har-couirt, J. H. J. S'uart. Midwiferv: *J. C. Earl,B. Gluck, E. M. Landau, J. O'N. McKenna, L. J. Coetzee, R. Lip-schitz, R. H. Micks, Dorothy C. H. Dorman, P. Samolsky, Maria E.Wagener, S. D. Gabbe, D. H. F. Milmo, J. Lait, J. E. McCormnick,C. W. R. McCaldin, D. Es. H. Moore, J. D. Wicht, W. R. Burns,It. R. D. Crawford, R. Hegy, J. G. Russell, J. H. Rauch, A. W.Elksteen, J. H. HodgMan, P. F. H. Wagner, C. G. S. Van.Heyningen,A. Asherson, B. Vivier, J. F. Van Staden, Alice M. A. Downing.Sntrgery: M. Bewley, N. Mcl. Falkiner, S. G. Rainsford, J. C.

Gillespie, M. M. Vilioen, J. C. J. McEntee, S. W. Russell, MinnieAlper, J. Lait, G. Bewley, R. Hegy, G. Blackall, B. VTivier, M. PLouw, W. B. E. McCrea, R. N. Perrott, J. V. Carroll, A. H. Drotske,May E. Powell, Floriue I. Irwin, J. R. Craig, J. Harte, J. E.McCormick. Mi. SayeArs.

D.P.H.,PART I.-Chernistry, Bacteriology, Physics, and Meteoaology:Catherine Goegin, Mary M. Galvin.

PART I1.-SanitarVEnzgitneering. Sanitary Report, HVgienleand Epidemiology. Statistics and Psiblic Healths Laiv:MNarga' etta Stevenson, Alice B. S. Snith, J. S. Dockrill,R. Dowse. '

*Passed on high marks.

QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST.AT the graduation ceremony held on July 11th the followingdegrees were conferred;

LL.D. (Hon7. Causd).-Professor J. Lorrain Smith.M.D.-W. Bryars, F. Campbell, W. Harvey (with gold medal), B. Lyons.

F. MaeSorley, J. P. Martin, S. Millar (with commendation).M.CH.-H. B. Steen (with commendation).M.B., B.CH., B.A.O.-*Rachel E. Bamford, *C. A. Calvert, *W. Carson,.

."Olive M. Darling, *W. G. Frackleton. *Ellen MaC. Jackson, 'J. F.

Knox, *W. Lennon, *R. H. Longmoor, *J. J. MeSorley, *R. A. Reid,R. V. Robinson, *R. Thompson, A. Brown, W. F. Bryson, J.Campbell, J. Carrey, Winifred M.,Chambers, W. B. S. Crawford,WV. E. Crosbie, W. M. Farr, F. J. Ferguson, E. R. Frizelle, E. V.Greeves, T. V. Griffith, F. Halliday, J. W. Heney, J. hIouston, R.Huey, Mary M. Hughes, R. Johnston, Mary J. S. Killen, Ida M.

Ijirker, A. W. J. Knox, T. Law, H. F. Leslie, J. C. Liston, Emily M.McCandless, H. J. McCavana, W. McCoach, N. McKibben,Evelyn M.McKinney, Maude W. McKnight, C. MeShane, H. T. McWilliams,J. E. MeWilliam, Margaretta McK. Macemiillan, J. A. Moody, J. W.Nesbitt, Mary E. Patterson, J. Scott, A. C. Seymour, P. J. Shankey',Elizabeth G. Shillington, G. T. F. Slowey, S. E. Smytb, B. Watson.A. R. Wheeler, J. B. White, Mary A. White, A. A. Woods.

Second class honours.D).P.H.-Mary I. Adams, Frances E. Bell, S. McI, Bolton, C. L.

Broomhead, J. S. Dudgeon, R. A. Elliott, Winifred E. Hadden, D.Jamison, J. McKay, S. E. Picken, Margaret W. Snodgrass, J. A.

Smyth, H. Stewart, W. Tyrrell.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.A QUARTERLY Council was held on July 13th. The Presidentanniounced the result of the election to the Council (see BRITISHMEDICAL JOURNAL, July 15th, p. 112).

Licences and Diplomnas.Liceuces in Dental Surgery were granted to sixty-four candidates

found qualified at the recent examinations.Diplomas in Public Health were granted jointly with the College

of Physicians to twenty-five candidates recently found qualified.The Diploma in Psychological Medicine was granted to one

candidate jointly with the Royal College of Physicians.A certificate of the Diploma of " F.R.C.S. (with Ophthalmolbgy)"

was granted to one candidate.

International Congress of Otology.Si-r StClair Thomson and-Mr. Arthur Cheatle were appointed

delegates to represent the Council at the tenth InternationalCongress of Otology which is being held in Paris this week.

Alterationzs in the Rules Relating to College Triennial Prize anzdJohn Hunter MIedal.

1. The John Hunter Medal executed in bronze shall be awarded wilhthe Triennial Prize of £50.

2. The recommendation for the award sball be entrusted to a comi-mittee, which shall ConsiSt of three Members of the Council, in additionto the President and Vice-Presidents, to be elected triennially at-thuquarterly meeting of the Council in the July preceding the year of award.

3. The award may be made triennially by the Council to a Fellow orMemlber of the College, not on the Council, who has, during the pre-ceding ten years, done such work in Anatomy, Physiology, Histology,Embryology, or Pathological Anatomy, as in the opinion of the Committeedeserves special recognition.

4. The Committte shall report its recommendation to the Council notlater than the quarterly Council in April subsequent to the expiration ofthe triennial period.

5. Should no work by a Fellow or Member of the College in the subjectsselected be held by the Committee to be deserving of special recognitionthe Committee shall report to the Council accordingly.

Electiont of Officers anzd Lecturers.Sir Anthony Bowlby was re-elected President, Sir D'Arcy Power

was appointed Senior Vice-President, Sir Berkeley Xoynihan wasappointed Junior Vice-President, and the following appointmentswere made:

Pathological Curator, Mr. S. G. Shattock: Assistant PathologicalCurator, Mr. C. F. Beadles; Pathological Assistant, Mr. C. E. Shattock;Physiological Curator, MIr. R. H. Burne; Honorary Curator of the Odonto-logical Collection, Sir Frank Colyer.Hun!erian Professors.-Sir Arthur Keith: Six lectures on Man's pos-

ture-its evolution and disorders." R. Lawford Knaggs: One lecture on"Osteitis fibrosa." L. B. Rawling: One lecture on Remote effects ofgunshot wounds of the hcad." E. M. Woodm-nan: One lectum e on "Malig-nant disease of the upper jaw, with special reference tb operative tech-nique." C. A. Joll: One lecture on ' The metastatic tumours of bone."H. E. Griffiths: One lecture on ' The rela'ionship between disease of thepall bladder and the secretions and functions of the stomach and pancreas.'G. L. Keynes: One lecture on " Chronic mastitis."Arris anid Gale Lectutrers.-James Alane,Couipland: One lecture on

"Observations on the human and comparativeanatomy of the parathyroidgland, with investigation of Its function and relation to post-operativetetany and the surgical technique its presetnce demands in thys-oidsurgery." L. R. Braithwaite: One lectui e on *Lymphatic flow from theilseo-caecal angle, and its bearing upon gastric and duodenal ulcers andother forms of indigestion." E. It. Flint: One lecture on "Abnormalitiesof the hepatic and cystic artleries and of the bile ducts, and their surgicalsignificance."Erasm.ius Wilsont Lecturer.-S. G. Shastock: Six demonstrations on

pathological specimens in the museum.Arn1ott Demonssrator.-Sir Arthur Keith: Six demonstrations on the

contents of the museum.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF IRELAND.AT their meeting on July 14th the Presidelnt and Fellows bf theCollege accepted the resignation of Dr. Thomas Mattier Thomsonof Londoin, of -his Fellowship to which he was elected on April lst192L-

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LONDON SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE.THE followving canididates have passed thie examiniation of thisschool at the termilnation of the sixty-ninith session-April-Julv,1J922:

*Dr. S. Mr. Vassallo (" Duncan " medal), *Squ1d.-Leader G. S. Marshall,'Dr. E. It. Kellersberger. Dr. H. S. Lu:craft, Dr. L. AT. Moody, MissC. Shepherd, Dr. 0. Teagtue, Dr. H. Schwartz, Dr. H. C. Ber ie,Indian Medical Dept., Major K. G. Gharpurey, I..IS., Dr. V. Nath,Miss M. Young, Lieut.-Colonel IY. Hunt, C.11.5.,Captain 13. F.13ea!sou, I.H.Q., Dr. C. Dunscoixibe, Dr. T. M. M. Horsfall, Er. N. L.Varmiia, D)r. P. Gupta, Mlajor F. C. Bar'ker, I.M... Captain H. J. Ni.Ctursetzee, I DS.,Dr. D. I. Cameron, Miss, N. IJ'. Bleakley, Dr. A. T.Klariyan, Dr. M. Theiler, Dr. A. Ih. Cottrell, Dr. G. E. Peacock,MQiss J. Cave, Dr. K. N. Choksy, Mrs. L. M. Cottrell, Dr. J. r,.Gregory, Dr. J. Jones, Miss M. Norris, Dr. N. V. Pandit, Dr. W. Al. A.IRahman, Dr. .J. Lotudon, Miss A1. Murphy, Dr. W. W. Wood, Miss E.O'Keeffe, Dr. Y. Maximos, Dr. A. H. Tawfik.

* With distinction.

Errata.IN the list of successful caudidat?s for the M.R., Ch.B. degrees of the

University of Liverpool published last week (1). 111), it sbould have beenindicated that Mr. H. Cohen ieceived first-class honours with distinctionin medicine in addition to surgery and obstetrics.In thle University of Edinburgh pass lisF, also published last week, on

p. 111 an asterisk should have been attached to Mr. W. R. Levie's name tointim-iate that he had passed with distinction.

THE Fellowslhip of Medicine and Post-Graduate MeclicalAssociation will hold a further two weeks' special coursein general medicine from-1 Monday, September 11th, toFriday, September 22nd. A morning and afternoon sessionwill be held each day, and the following subjects will bedealt with: Pulmonary disease, including the x-ray aspect;cardiology ; neurology and mental disease ; pathologymedical ophthalmology, etc. Copies of tlle preliminarysyllabtus withl further details can be obtained fromi thoSecretary to the Fellowship of Medicine, 1, WimpoleStreet, W.1.A MEMORANDUM by the Ministry of hIealth (65/M.C.W.)

indicates the Minister's present requiremenits as regards thequalifications and duties of health visitors, and calls attentionto a modification in the Board of Education (Health Visitors'Trainiing) Regulations, 1919, extending approval to courses ofless than a year's dura! ion in the case of nurses with specifiedtraining. Points of interest in the memorandum are: theprovision for dispensing for the present with the prescribedqualification in the case of health visitors with previousefficient service; a suggestion for reducing the number ofinspectors who may visit a given home, and minimizingtravelling by combining kindred functions with those of thehealth visitor, and the statement that the inspection ofmidwvives, often carried out by health visitors acting underthe M.O.H., should be under the direct supervision of amedical practitioner, preferably a medical wooman. TheHealth Visitors (London) Order, 1909, will be rescinded asfrom January 1st, 1923.DR. ERIC PRITCHARD has been appoiuted Consulting

Physician to the Queen's Hospital for Children on his retire-ment froiii the active staff to take up the post of MedicalDirector of the Infants' Hospital.

IT was announced last week that the grand total so farreceived in response to the Combined Appeal for the Hospitalsof London is now more than £260,000. This sum includes£60,000 contributed to the Mansion House Fund.THE annual mueeting of the Canadian Medical Association

was held at Winnipeg from June 20th to June 23rd, underthe presidency of Dr. Edward W. Montglomery. The followingofficers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Dr.David H. Arnott, London, Ont. ; vice-president, Dr. Walter L.Muir, Halifax, N.S.; and secretary, Dr. John W. Scane,Montreal. Que.IN the list of persons recently made magistrates for the

CounIty of Glamorgan are the names of five medical men-namely, Dr. Le Cronier Lancaster, Swansea; Dr. HernryDavies. Abergwynfi; Dr. Hubert Leigh, Treharris; Dr. E.Parry Evans, Llantwit Vardre; Dr. Arthur T. Jones,Mountain Ash.MR. SYDNEY DUNSTAN, who for sixteen years has had

charge of the dispensary and stores department of the RoyalVictoria Inflrmary, Newcastle-on-Tyne, has been appointedHouse Governor and Secretary to that institution in successionto Mr. R. H. P. Orde, who has resigned.A NATIONAL 1nilk conference will be held on October 16th,

17th, and 18th next in the Guildhall, London. A number ofpapers on the production of clean milk will be read; therewill be discussions on contagious abortion, introduced bySir Stewart Stocliknan, and on bovine tuberculosis and tuber-culin tests, by Dr. Stanley Griffith and Dr. S. R. Douglas,F.R.S., respectively.UNDER the will of the late Mr. Daniel Clark, of Cheltenham,

the following bequests are made: £5,000 each to the Chelten-ham General Hospital and the Leeds General Hospital,£2,000 to the Hospital for Poor Patients, Harrogate, £1,000each to Dr. Barnardo's Homes and St. Dunstan's Hostel.The residue of the estate, whicll it is expected will exceed£20,000, will be equally divided between the followinghospitals: St. Bartholomew's, Guy's, London, St. Thomas's,St. George's, King's College, University College, Charing Cross,St. MIary's, and Middlesex.MESSRS. H. K. LEWIS AND Co., LTD., medical publishers

and boolisellers, of 136, Gower Street, London, W.C.1, lhaveissued a small catalogue of the worlis on medicine and alliedsubjects sold by them. The books are grouped under subjectheadings.

ARCHIBALD LANG McLEAN, M.D.,Late Captain A.A.M.C.

OUR Special Correspondent in Sydney writes: ArchibaldLang McLean, who took a prominent place in the great war,and was also medical officer in the Mawson expedition to tlleSouth Pole, died in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney,in hiis 38th year. He was a native of Sydney, and waseducated at the Sydney University, where le graduated B.A.with lhonours in 1906, and M.B.. Cli.M. in 1910. After leavingthe university lhe was a resident' medical officer at tlleLewisham Hospital, and subsequently at the Coast Hospital.He was chosen by Sir Douglas Mawson to accompany hiisAntarctic expedition as surgeon in charge and bacteriologistfor one year, but at the request of Captain Davis he remaineda second year. At the outbreak of war he was in Enaland,and soon joined the R.A.M.C. Whlile in France he servedwith the 13thl General Hospital and the 20th CasualtyClearing Station, but was invalided to England in consequenceof a poisoned finger. He was then discharged and returnedto Australia.In Septeniber, 1917, he joined the A.A.M.C. as captain.

During the nine months he was waiting to be sent overseaslhe obtained the M.D., with the University Prize Medal. Heaccompanied tlle A.I.F. to Egypt and France, where he wasattached to the 17th Battalion and the 5tlh Field Ambulance,and while serving in this capacity was twice gassed. Hereceived tthe Military Cross for gallantry and devotion to duty,the official account stating tlhat-"During the attack on August 8th, 1918, of Villers Bretonneux,

near Amienis, he followed the attackitng troops witlh his section,tending and dressing wounded unider fire on the way. Almostimmediately after their objective had been taken he establishedhis first-aid post in the village of Warfus6, where he worked con-tinuously under great difficulties with great courage. Later duringthe advan-ce on the following day, he established his first-aid postalmost oni the jumpinlg-off line, vhere he teinded and cared for thewounded under heavy artillery fire. His effort during the wholeoperationl has been beyond praise, and lhad it niot beeni for his'tireless attention a large accumulation of wounded would haveoccurred. His bravery and devotion to duty was mostconspicuous."

After hlis return from the war lie was appointed medicalofficer in clharge of the Red Cross farm colony at Beelbangera.He was editor and collaborator withl Sir Douglas Mawson intlle production of tlle Home of the Blizzard, and was autlhorof a volumne of bacteriological and otlher researchles publishedby the New South Wales Government printing office in 1919.

TIIE deathl is reported of Dr. M`TTHEW ARDEN MESSITER ofDadley. He was the son of thje Rev. G. M. Messiter ofRepton, and received his medical education at Queen'sCollege, Birningliam. He took the diplomas of M.R.C.S. in1873 and L.S.A. in 1874. Ie joinecl thue late Dr. Houglitonin practice at Dudley in the seventies, and early became oneof tlle lhonorary surgeons of the Guest Hospital, in whicihinstitution hle took great interest. He was justice of the peacefor tlho county of Worcester, an ex-presideut of the Birming-ham Branclh of tlhe Britislh Medical Association and of theMedical Defence Union. Dr. Messiter took great interest inlocal charities. He leaves a widow and five sons, one of

wlhom is a member of the muedical profession, and anotlher isrector of Kingswinford. At the borouglh police-court, onJuly 8U1, tlhe clhairman referred to Dr. Messiter's work onthe benchl, and expressed tlle sympathy and regret of thejustices.