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THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.
950 which the " untutored savage " pins his faith, this costly trash is palmed off upon a public which, for unsuspecting simplicity, is worthy to compare with the Mashunas whom Mr. Selous found so hospitable in his travels in Equatorial Africa. To protect persons of this mental calibre against the depredations of the commercial shark seems a hopeless task. " Populus vult decipi et decipitur,"and one is perhaps almost inclined to add "decipiatur." Nevertheless, we are glad to see that the members of the Committee for the Suppression of Electrical Quackery are sanguine enough to take in hand the work of putting the public on its guard, and we cordially wish them all possible success in their large and thankless task. ___
THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. THE annual conversazione of the Medical Society of London was held at the Society’s rooms, Chandos-street, on Monday, May 6th. The oration was delivered by Mr. Jonathan Hutchinson, F.R.S., who took for his subject "The Clinical Uses of Rare Diseases," in which he gave a most interesting account of many recently described diseases. The lecture-room was lighted for the occasion by the electric light, which conduced very much to the coolness of the atmosphere, and was hung with pictures and photographs kindly lent by the President (Dr. Theodore Williams) and by Sir Henry Thompson, and included several by the last-named gentleman. In the adjoining rooms were some beautiful instantaneous photographs of animals and men in various attitudes of locomotion, made by Mr. Muybridge, of the University of Pennsylvania, who kindly exhibited them. The President showed Ketchum’s Pneumatic Cabinet, and the Graphophone was also on view. The rooms were decorated with iiowers, and the band of the Royal Artillery was in attendance, and performed a selection of music in the lecture-room. After the oration the Fellows were received by the President, and the meeting, which was very well attended, was kept up to a late hour.
THE EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY CLUB. THE Lord Advocate of Scotland presided on Wednesday Club, and was supported by several distinguished visitors-Professor Blackie, Lord Balfour of Burleigh, the Solicitor-General for Scotland, and others. The Lord Advocate tried to draw the Solicitor-General on the prospects of the Scotch Universities Bill, but he showed much prudence in reply, and complained in a good-humoured way of the hindering effect of another huge Scotch measure, and appealed to Dr. Farquharson to prescribe a holiday impartially to certain members on both sides of the House, which lie thought they needed, and which might haveno bai effect on the work to be achieved during the remainder of the Session. at the dinner of this
I
SERIOUS FEVER THE alarni which
EPIDEMIC NEAR HOUGHTONLE-SPRING.
occasioned in the neighbourhood of Houghton-le-Spring prevalence of an obscure fever both enteric fever and infectious pneumonia was resembling in so far as the severity of the disease is certainly justified concerned, for we now learn that the epidemic prevails at New Herrington, Philadelphia, Shiney Row, Penshaw, Penshaw Staiths, Bowes House, New Lambton, Colliery Row, Burn Moor, Wapping, and other sparsely populated places; and it further appears that some three hundred persons are suffering from the disease, several of the attacks having already proved fatal. But there are now grounds for believing that, although pneumonia was an early and grave complication in a number of the first attacks, the disease is unquestionably enteric fever prevailing on a wide scale. As to its cause, water has come under suspicion; and from the sudden incidence of the disease on so large a number of persons, there would seem to be some grounds for such suspicion. One of the medical inspectors of the Local Government Board has arrived on the spot, and he will doubtless report fully on the occurrence. was as
to the
THE NEW REGISTRAR OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. THE
appointment
of Dr. Edward
Liveing
to the im-
portant office of Registrar of the Royal College of will be approved by all who are personally with the manner in which, during the past two years, Dr. Liveing has performed the duties of Assistant Registrar. We are sure that in him the College will have found a worthy successor to Sir Henry Pitman. Dr. Edward Liveing, who is a Cambridge graduate, was elected a Fellow of the College in 1874. He was formerly assistant physician to King’s College Hospital, and is, perhaps, most widely known for his admirable and classical monograph on " Megrim."
Physicians acquainted
INFECTIOUS DISEASES ON THE CLYDE. DIFFICULTY still arises as to the proper position of the local authority of Greenock with regard to cases of epidemie disease coming to their knowledge on board vessels arriving in their district. That the expense of protecting the which districts border on the Clyde should devolve sanitary on Greenock alone is not a contention likely to be maintained, and it seems reasonable that unless some combined port authority can be formed, special legislation should be considered in order to meet the difficulty.
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THE EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY.
FOREIGN PRACTITIONERS IN CONSTANTINOPLE.
IN our notice last week we accidentally omitted mention IT was some time ago announced that the authorities of of a portrait of Mr. T. Holmes by Mr. W. B. Richmond. The the Turkish medical (military) school had been authorised artist has been successful in producing an excellent likeby the Ministry of the Interior to oblige all medical prac- ness of the well-known surgeon, and the work is one of titioners of foreign nationality who were practising in very great merit. It was subscribed for by the present Constantinople to pass a M-occ examination and to pay students of St. George’s, aided by the contributions of the a fee of about JE7. This arbitrary order naturally provoked staff and governors of the hospital, and will be presented to Mr. Holmes. a considerable amount of dissatisfaction both among the medical men themselves and among their patients, and protests were got up against the application to old esta- AIR AND EXERCISE FOR HOSPITAL NURSES. blished practitioners of a comparatively new regulation, NVF, have received a sketch of a scheme for securing to’ however reasonable it might be in dealing with applications hospital nurses the much-needed benefits of air and exercise from new comers for leave to practise. All protests have, at an exceedingly modest expense, or practically, indeed, at however, been without avail, and it is now announced that no expense at all. The scheme is to arrange for making those practitioners who are not prepared to conform to the use of the liberality of persons who may have carriages,. order must give up practice. pleasure boats, or grounds at disposal. An intimation to __
THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. THE annual conversazione of the Medical Society of London was held at the Society’s rooms, Chandos-street, on Monday, May 6th. The oration was delivered by Mr. Jonathan Hutchinson, F.R.S., who took for his subject "The Clinical Uses of Rare Diseases," in which he gave a most interesting account of many recently described diseases. The lecture-room was lighted for the occasion by the electric light, which conduced very much to the coolness of the atmosphere, and was hung with pictures and photographs kindly lent by the President (Dr. Theodore Williams) and by Sir Henry Thompson, and included several by the last-named gentleman. In the adjoining rooms were some beautiful instantaneous photographs of animals and men in various attitudes of locomotion, made by Mr. Muybridge, of the University of Pennsylvania, who kindly exhibited them. The President showed Ketchum’s Pneumatic Cabinet, and the Graphophone was also on view. The rooms were decorated with iiowers, and the band of the Royal Artillery was in attendance, and performed a selection of music in the lecture-room. After the oration the Fellows were received by the President, and the meeting, which was very well attended, was kept up to a late hour.
THE EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY CLUB. THE Lord Advocate of Scotland presided on Wednesday Club, and was supported by several distinguished visitors-Professor Blackie, Lord Balfour of Burleigh, the Solicitor-General for Scotland, and others. The Lord Advocate tried to draw the Solicitor-General on the prospects of the Scotch Universities Bill, but he showed much prudence in reply, and complained in a good-humoured way of the hindering effect of another huge Scotch measure, and appealed to Dr. Farquharson to prescribe a holiday impartially to certain members on both sides of the House, which lie thought they needed, and which might haveno bai effect on the work to be achieved during the remainder of the Session. at the dinner of this
I
SERIOUS FEVER THE alarni which
EPIDEMIC NEAR HOUGHTONLE-SPRING.
occasioned in the neighbourhood of Houghton-le-Spring prevalence of an obscure fever both enteric fever and infectious pneumonia was resembling in so far as the severity of the disease is certainly justified concerned, for we now learn that the epidemic prevails at New Herrington, Philadelphia, Shiney Row, Penshaw, Penshaw Staiths, Bowes House, New Lambton, Colliery Row, Burn Moor, Wapping, and other sparsely populated places; and it further appears that some three hundred persons are suffering from the disease, several of the attacks having already proved fatal. But there are now grounds for believing that, although pneumonia was an early and grave complication in a number of the first attacks, the disease is unquestionably enteric fever prevailing on a wide scale. As to its cause, water has come under suspicion; and from the sudden incidence of the disease on so large a number of persons, there would seem to be some grounds for such suspicion. One of the medical inspectors of the Local Government Board has arrived on the spot, and he will doubtless report fully on the occurrence. was as
to the
THE NEW REGISTRAR OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. THE
appointment
of Dr. Edward
Liveing
to the im-
portant office of Registrar of the Royal College of will be approved by all who are personally with the manner in which, during the past two years, Dr. Liveing has performed the duties of Assistant Registrar. We are sure that in him the College will have found a worthy successor to Sir Henry Pitman. Dr. Edward Liveing, who is a Cambridge graduate, was elected a Fellow of the College in 1874. He was formerly assistant physician to King’s College Hospital, and is, perhaps, most widely known for his admirable and classical monograph on " Megrim."
Physicians acquainted
INFECTIOUS DISEASES ON THE CLYDE. DIFFICULTY still arises as to the proper position of the local authority of Greenock with regard to cases of epidemie disease coming to their knowledge on board vessels arriving in their district. That the expense of protecting the which districts border on the Clyde should devolve sanitary on Greenock alone is not a contention likely to be maintained, and it seems reasonable that unless some combined port authority can be formed, special legislation should be considered in order to meet the difficulty.
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THE EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY.
FOREIGN PRACTITIONERS IN CONSTANTINOPLE.
IN our notice last week we accidentally omitted mention IT was some time ago announced that the authorities of of a portrait of Mr. T. Holmes by Mr. W. B. Richmond. The the Turkish medical (military) school had been authorised artist has been successful in producing an excellent likeby the Ministry of the Interior to oblige all medical prac- ness of the well-known surgeon, and the work is one of titioners of foreign nationality who were practising in very great merit. It was subscribed for by the present Constantinople to pass a M-occ examination and to pay students of St. George’s, aided by the contributions of the a fee of about JE7. This arbitrary order naturally provoked staff and governors of the hospital, and will be presented to Mr. Holmes. a considerable amount of dissatisfaction both among the medical men themselves and among their patients, and protests were got up against the application to old esta- AIR AND EXERCISE FOR HOSPITAL NURSES. blished practitioners of a comparatively new regulation, NVF, have received a sketch of a scheme for securing to’ however reasonable it might be in dealing with applications hospital nurses the much-needed benefits of air and exercise from new comers for leave to practise. All protests have, at an exceedingly modest expense, or practically, indeed, at however, been without avail, and it is now announced that no expense at all. The scheme is to arrange for making those practitioners who are not prepared to conform to the use of the liberality of persons who may have carriages,. order must give up practice. pleasure boats, or grounds at disposal. An intimation to __