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188 even sometimes augment the compression and the deafness, because they are powerless for moving the stirrup already fixed in the position of compression. Of fifty-two operations for moving the stirrup for the different forms of deafness by otopiesis, Dr. Boucheron practised the operation nine times for paradoxical deafness, with good results in the nine cases, which theoretically were to be foreseen.
Hospital, Bombay, vice Dr. Carter; Mr. R. Manser, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., to act as Professor of Physiology, and second physician to Jamsetjee Hospital, vice Mr. Water.,; and Mr. H. P. Dimmock, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., to act as Professor of Pathology and third physician to Jamsetjee H03pital, vice Mr. Manser. Mr. F. F. Perry, M. R. C. S., L.R.C.P., has been appointed to officiate as Professor of OphthalmicSurgery, vice Dr. R. C. Sanders, proceeded on furlough.
GENERAL BOULANGER. Bombay, July 3rd. The last bulletin issued two daysago respecting General Boulanger, whose case was reported in THE LANCET of last THE SERVICES. week, states that, eomplications having disappeared, all danger appears to be removed and recovery is ensured. The General, having been authorised by his medical attendants Surgeon-Major Hayes, attached to the Egyptian Army, to quit Count Dillon’s house at Neuilly, in whose park the has passed the examination, with honours of the highest duel took place, has removed to his own apartments in standard, in Arabic, and thus becomes entitled to the sum Paris, to which he was driven in his carriage without of £100. experiencing any inconvenience. The death of Surgeon E. Tully, Bombay Medical Service, Paris, July 24th. from fever, is announced from Burmah. Sir Frederick Abel, C.B., F.R S., who has held the officeof chemist of the War Department since its creation in INDIA. 1854, has been relieved of the routine duties connected with the department, and has been appointed President of a (From a Correspondent.) Special Committee on Explosives just established by the Government, which includes Professor Jas. Dewar, F.R.S., REPORT OF THE CHEMICAL ANALYST, BOMBAY. and Dr. A. Dupre, F. R. S., chemical adviser to the Explosives THE report for 1887, though devoid of any special interest, Department of the Home Office, with Captain Thompson, contains an exhaustive notice of the chemical operations R.A., as secretary. The senior assistant chemist of the War effected during the year. There were 1548 cases of a medico Department, Dr. W. Kellner, succeeds to the charge of the legal nature reported upon. There was an unusually large chemical establishment in the Woolwich Arsenal. ARMY MEDICAL RESERVE OF OFFICERS.—Surgeon-Major number of samples of water sent for analysis and report, and the Tariff Act imposed on Mr. Lyon additional William Riddell Brunton, 1st Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps, to be Surgeon-Major, ranking as Lieutenant-Colonel (dated work in view to ascertaining the real alcoholic strength of 25th, 1888). July all imported potable spirits. The medico-legal cases conJohn G. Harries, to be Surgeon ADMIRALTY.—Surgeon sisted of suspected poisoning of human beings and suspected and Agent at St. David’s Head (dated July 21st, 1888). cattle poisoning. Arsenic and arsenical substances were, ARTILLERY VOLUNTEER CORPS.—1st Cheshire and Caras usual, the poisons most extensively half narvonshire: William Griffith Owen, M.B., to be used-in fact,comes Acting the number of cases were due to arsenic. Opium 1888).-3rd Volunteer (Duke of (dated 21st, July Surgeon next and was fatal in all the cases, and, with one exception, Cornwall’s) Brigade, Western Division, Royal Artillery: it was self-administered. Two cases only of poisoning by Acting Surgeon A. Hodge resigns his appointment (dated strychnine are recorded, and, strange to say, in these two 1888). cases " the poison was used by the children of police conENGINEER VOLUNTEER CORPS. — 2nd Gloucestershire stables, who extracted it from their fathers’ bags." It would (the Bristol): Surgeon J. Knill is granted the honorary appear that this poison is given to policemen to destroy dogs rank of Surgeon-Major (dated July 21st, 1888). with, and it was due to carelessness on their part that mishaps A was occurred. large quantity of commissariat stores analysed, and these consisted of beer, porter, tea, sugar, &c. In one of the concluding paragraphs Mr. Lyon gives the ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. result of some experiments made for the purpose of obtaining a highly concentrated fortified lime-juice. Besides the THE Quarterly Comitia of the College of Physicians took above, there were a large number of analyses made for the place on the 26th inst., Sir Andrew Clark, Bart., President, Customs and Excise departments of imported alcoholic It would in the chair. liquors, petroleum, indigenous spirits, opium, &c. The President announced that, in compliance with the of country liquors contained appear that some copper. request of the Conjoint Committee, the Registrar and himIMPORTING CHOLERA INTO BOMBAY. self had duly appeared before the Royal Commission for the The native captain of the steamship Bhowanaghar was University of London. He alluded to two important facts recently fined 200 rupees for having had cases of cholera on which were stated by the Registrar in his evidence-viz., board during the voyage from Bhowanaghar to Bombay, and that in 1834, before a Select Committee of the House of failing to report them in due course, which a section of Act 10 Commons, several eminent physicians had recommended of 1887 bound him to do. It would appear that about 200 the should that have the power of granting degrees at the former embarked but some of them College port, passengers were sent back on shore, as they were actually suffering in medicine ; and that, in 1858, the College voluntarily from cholera. During the voyage three persons died, and gave up its powers to confer the right to practise in London their bodies were consigned to the sea. Of the passengers or its at the same time, the Universities whilst, vicinity, landed in Bombay, some five or six are said to have died of cholera. The accused failed to report the deaths that had acquired the power of granting licences to practise. Dr. Arlidge was nominated Milroy lecturer. taken place, as also to inform the medical officer of health Dr. Longstaff was admitted a Fellow of the College. for the port that there were passengers on board who were suffering from an infectious disease. It was a case calling Drs. Sinclair Coghill, Leith Napier, and F. R. Walters were for condign punishment. admitted to the Membership. RECENT APPOINTMENTS. The annual reports of the Library Committee and the Mr. C. H. Joubert, M.B., F.R.C.S., has been appointed to Curators of the Museum were read. officiate as professor of midwifery and obstetric physician The quarterly report of the Finance Committee was read to the Eden Hospital, Calcutta, vice Dr. R. Harvey, pro- and adopted. ceeded on furlough. Mr. J. B. Lyon, M.R.C.S., L. S. A. , Communications were read from the General Medical F. C. S., F. I. E., has been appointed to officiate as principal of State of the Grant Medical College, Bombay, vice Dr. Vandyke Council, the Board of Trade, and the College Medicine. L.R.C.S. and on G. leave. Mr. Carter, proceeded Waters, In accordance with the recommendation of the Committee L.R.C.P., to act as Professor of Medicine, Clinical Medicine, and Hygiene, and first Physician to the Jamsetjee of Management, the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, was __________
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Hospital, Bombay, vice Dr. Carter; Mr. R. Manser, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., to act as Professor of Physiology, and second physician to Jamsetjee Hospital, vice Mr. Water.,; and Mr. H. P. Dimmock, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., to act as Professor of Pathology and third physician to Jamsetjee H03pital, vice Mr. Manser. Mr. F. F. Perry, M. R. C. S., L.R.C.P., has been appointed to officiate as Professor of OphthalmicSurgery, vice Dr. R. C. Sanders, proceeded on furlough.
GENERAL BOULANGER. Bombay, July 3rd. The last bulletin issued two daysago respecting General Boulanger, whose case was reported in THE LANCET of last THE SERVICES. week, states that, eomplications having disappeared, all danger appears to be removed and recovery is ensured. The General, having been authorised by his medical attendants Surgeon-Major Hayes, attached to the Egyptian Army, to quit Count Dillon’s house at Neuilly, in whose park the has passed the examination, with honours of the highest duel took place, has removed to his own apartments in standard, in Arabic, and thus becomes entitled to the sum Paris, to which he was driven in his carriage without of £100. experiencing any inconvenience. The death of Surgeon E. Tully, Bombay Medical Service, Paris, July 24th. from fever, is announced from Burmah. Sir Frederick Abel, C.B., F.R S., who has held the officeof chemist of the War Department since its creation in INDIA. 1854, has been relieved of the routine duties connected with the department, and has been appointed President of a (From a Correspondent.) Special Committee on Explosives just established by the Government, which includes Professor Jas. Dewar, F.R.S., REPORT OF THE CHEMICAL ANALYST, BOMBAY. and Dr. A. Dupre, F. R. S., chemical adviser to the Explosives THE report for 1887, though devoid of any special interest, Department of the Home Office, with Captain Thompson, contains an exhaustive notice of the chemical operations R.A., as secretary. The senior assistant chemist of the War effected during the year. There were 1548 cases of a medico Department, Dr. W. Kellner, succeeds to the charge of the legal nature reported upon. There was an unusually large chemical establishment in the Woolwich Arsenal. ARMY MEDICAL RESERVE OF OFFICERS.—Surgeon-Major number of samples of water sent for analysis and report, and the Tariff Act imposed on Mr. Lyon additional William Riddell Brunton, 1st Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps, to be Surgeon-Major, ranking as Lieutenant-Colonel (dated work in view to ascertaining the real alcoholic strength of 25th, 1888). July all imported potable spirits. The medico-legal cases conJohn G. Harries, to be Surgeon ADMIRALTY.—Surgeon sisted of suspected poisoning of human beings and suspected and Agent at St. David’s Head (dated July 21st, 1888). cattle poisoning. Arsenic and arsenical substances were, ARTILLERY VOLUNTEER CORPS.—1st Cheshire and Caras usual, the poisons most extensively half narvonshire: William Griffith Owen, M.B., to be used-in fact,comes Acting the number of cases were due to arsenic. Opium 1888).-3rd Volunteer (Duke of (dated 21st, July Surgeon next and was fatal in all the cases, and, with one exception, Cornwall’s) Brigade, Western Division, Royal Artillery: it was self-administered. Two cases only of poisoning by Acting Surgeon A. Hodge resigns his appointment (dated strychnine are recorded, and, strange to say, in these two 1888). cases " the poison was used by the children of police conENGINEER VOLUNTEER CORPS. — 2nd Gloucestershire stables, who extracted it from their fathers’ bags." It would (the Bristol): Surgeon J. Knill is granted the honorary appear that this poison is given to policemen to destroy dogs rank of Surgeon-Major (dated July 21st, 1888). with, and it was due to carelessness on their part that mishaps A was occurred. large quantity of commissariat stores analysed, and these consisted of beer, porter, tea, sugar, &c. In one of the concluding paragraphs Mr. Lyon gives the ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. result of some experiments made for the purpose of obtaining a highly concentrated fortified lime-juice. Besides the THE Quarterly Comitia of the College of Physicians took above, there were a large number of analyses made for the place on the 26th inst., Sir Andrew Clark, Bart., President, Customs and Excise departments of imported alcoholic It would in the chair. liquors, petroleum, indigenous spirits, opium, &c. The President announced that, in compliance with the of country liquors contained appear that some copper. request of the Conjoint Committee, the Registrar and himIMPORTING CHOLERA INTO BOMBAY. self had duly appeared before the Royal Commission for the The native captain of the steamship Bhowanaghar was University of London. He alluded to two important facts recently fined 200 rupees for having had cases of cholera on which were stated by the Registrar in his evidence-viz., board during the voyage from Bhowanaghar to Bombay, and that in 1834, before a Select Committee of the House of failing to report them in due course, which a section of Act 10 Commons, several eminent physicians had recommended of 1887 bound him to do. It would appear that about 200 the should that have the power of granting degrees at the former embarked but some of them College port, passengers were sent back on shore, as they were actually suffering in medicine ; and that, in 1858, the College voluntarily from cholera. During the voyage three persons died, and gave up its powers to confer the right to practise in London their bodies were consigned to the sea. Of the passengers or its at the same time, the Universities whilst, vicinity, landed in Bombay, some five or six are said to have died of cholera. The accused failed to report the deaths that had acquired the power of granting licences to practise. Dr. Arlidge was nominated Milroy lecturer. taken place, as also to inform the medical officer of health Dr. Longstaff was admitted a Fellow of the College. for the port that there were passengers on board who were suffering from an infectious disease. It was a case calling Drs. Sinclair Coghill, Leith Napier, and F. R. Walters were for condign punishment. admitted to the Membership. RECENT APPOINTMENTS. The annual reports of the Library Committee and the Mr. C. H. Joubert, M.B., F.R.C.S., has been appointed to Curators of the Museum were read. officiate as professor of midwifery and obstetric physician The quarterly report of the Finance Committee was read to the Eden Hospital, Calcutta, vice Dr. R. Harvey, pro- and adopted. ceeded on furlough. Mr. J. B. Lyon, M.R.C.S., L. S. A. , Communications were read from the General Medical F. C. S., F. I. E., has been appointed to officiate as principal of State of the Grant Medical College, Bombay, vice Dr. Vandyke Council, the Board of Trade, and the College Medicine. L.R.C.S. and on G. leave. Mr. Carter, proceeded Waters, In accordance with the recommendation of the Committee L.R.C.P., to act as Professor of Medicine, Clinical Medicine, and Hygiene, and first Physician to the Jamsetjee of Management, the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, was __________
July 21st,
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