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utterly inadequate, and we presume the Town Council have no proper appreciation either of the health interests of their district or the welfare of the police and of the poor who are admitted into their hospital.
full convenience for 250 passengers of the first and 160 I has of the second class. That she is fitted up with every luxury
goes without saying, but the point that most pleased us in our survey of her was the admirable quality of her sani. tary arrangements, which, under the able direction of the naval architect of the company, Mr. de Remussett, have DR. COE ON THE USE OF THE UTERINE been extended to all parts of this floating palace. The CURETTE. sanitary skill is best shown in the ventilation, in which the exhaust system is carried out so completely that every of the for use curette the A VERY instructive paper on the fibToids was to uterine relief of haemorrhage due recently closet and sink is cleansed as it is used by a current of freh read before the Obstetrical Section of the New York Academy air, and is transformed into a ventilator for pure air. Conof Medicine. The author drew attention to the fact that nected with the medical department there is a hospital, and the hsemorrhage usually took the form of excessivemenstrual for the provisioning of the passengers and crew with fresh. flux, and also that the bleeding came from the hypertrophied food there is a refrigerator and an enormous cold storage chamber. Altogether the Oceana goes forth on her first mucous membrane of the uterus generally, and not, as is often supposed, from that portion of it covering the project- voyage worthy of her name and her mission. ing surface of the tumour. In support of the latter proposition, he states that the hsemorrhage is frequently out of THE HEALTH OF LINCOLN. proportion to the size of the tumour, the most dangerous THE Town Council of Lincoln have wiqely decided to attacks often occurring where the fibroid is small, but where consider the question of placing their infectious hospital on examination the mucous membrane is discovered to be on a more permanent and tfhcient footing, without waiting thick, spongy. and vascular. Dr. Coe, whilst admitting that for the stimulus which another prevalence of infectious the use of the curette is only a palliative measure, contends It seems further necessary that a disease afford. might that if the hypertrophied mucous membrane is thoroughly should be instituted into the sources of complete inquiry scraped away the danger from menorrhagia is for a time-it the city water supply. As now delivered, that supplyis may be for several months-greatly diminished. The ultimate to variations in quality; it is at the present subject c tuse, of course, remains under this plan of treatment, which moment under suspicion of having caused a recent excess is intermediate in point of severity between simple mediof diarrhoeal affections; and one member of the Town cation and the more formidable operations—oophorectomy, Council indicated the opinion he had as to the supply as myomotomy, and supra-vaginal amputation; the patient now delivered, by expressing a hope that all who consumed may be helped over the menopause, after which period it knew that it would be better to have it both filtered and the bsemorrlage becomes naturally less, or even ceases, boiled before drinking it. It would be difficult to have as the physiological stimulus no longer exists. Curetting adduced a much more potent argument in favour of the uterine cavity, according to Dr. Coe, is practically exhaustive investigation into the sources and risks of the free from danger to life, and in the majority of cases water supply of any city than that involved in this is an easy operation, and, in fact, the more severe the exhortation. menorrhagia the more likely is the surgeon to be able to practise it with ease and success. Where the os uteri is ANIMALS AND HOSPITALS FOR INFECTIOUS displaced upwards and the uterine cavity is narrow and DISEASE. tortuous, experience shows that the liability to menorrhagia A CORRESPONDENT has questioned us as to the possibility is for these reasons less than it is where the canal is elongated of dogs kept in a hospital for infectious disease provinga and dilated from submucous and intra-mural growths of source of danger to the inmates of houses into which they moderate size. Dr. Coe advises that iodine should be are admitted. The reply is necessarily that it depends upoa applied to the lining membrane after scraping with the dull the part of the hospital which the dogs frequent. If they wire curette, and that the application should be repeated have contact with persons suffering from typhus, scarlet several times. fever, diphtheria, or measles, we cannot doubt that they may play the part of carriers of contagion. Cats under FEVER IN LONDON. similar circumstances are not unfrequently regarded with DURING the week ending March 10 bh there has been an to be capable of suffering from increase in the number of cases of infectious disease suspicion. They appear and and, diphtheria, apart from this, their coats must admitted into the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums typhus afford ample opportunity for the retention of dust and Board, the patients suffering from scarlet fever amounting infective particles. Their wandering habits may take them to 107 as against 86 in the previous week, and the cases from the wards of a hospital to the homes of children and of enteric fever to 24, or more than twice the number other susceptible persons, and thus disease may arise the admitted during the preceding week. Three persons suffering of which is apt to escape detection. from small-pox were admitted, one each from the districts cause of St. George-in-the-east, Mile-end, and Poplar. No case COLONIAL "ECONOMY." of typhus was received. ___
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WE learn from the Tasmanian Ne2vs that the Government of Tasmania, " with a view to secure economy without imIF Sutton or Hales, or any of the last century early pairing efficiency," has combined several appointments with pioneers of systems of ventilation applied to ships, could that of Government medical officer. Under the new arrangehave joined the party of politicians, scholars, engineers, ment, the gentleman who has been appointed will be official doctors, and merchants who visited the new vessel, the visitor of hospitals for the insane and chairman of that body, Occana, of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, on health officer for the port of Hobart, officer of health for Thursday last, they would have felt as much surprise as Wellington Hamlets, medical adviser to the Central Board of satisfaction at seeing to what an extent the great work Health, medical attendant on paupers at their own homes, which they commenced had gone on towards its completion. medical officer for the charitable institution of New Town, and 1 he Oceana is one of the finest vessels ever built for medical attendant of the permanent Defence Force. No invoyaging across to the Antipodes ; she carries 6400 tons, and formation is given as to the salary attached to this remarkable
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utterly inadequate, and we presume the Town Council have no proper appreciation either of the health interests of their district or the welfare of the police and of the poor who are admitted into their hospital.
full convenience for 250 passengers of the first and 160 I has of the second class. That she is fitted up with every luxury
goes without saying, but the point that most pleased us in our survey of her was the admirable quality of her sani. tary arrangements, which, under the able direction of the naval architect of the company, Mr. de Remussett, have DR. COE ON THE USE OF THE UTERINE been extended to all parts of this floating palace. The CURETTE. sanitary skill is best shown in the ventilation, in which the exhaust system is carried out so completely that every of the for use curette the A VERY instructive paper on the fibToids was to uterine relief of haemorrhage due recently closet and sink is cleansed as it is used by a current of freh read before the Obstetrical Section of the New York Academy air, and is transformed into a ventilator for pure air. Conof Medicine. The author drew attention to the fact that nected with the medical department there is a hospital, and the hsemorrhage usually took the form of excessivemenstrual for the provisioning of the passengers and crew with fresh. flux, and also that the bleeding came from the hypertrophied food there is a refrigerator and an enormous cold storage chamber. Altogether the Oceana goes forth on her first mucous membrane of the uterus generally, and not, as is often supposed, from that portion of it covering the project- voyage worthy of her name and her mission. ing surface of the tumour. In support of the latter proposition, he states that the hsemorrhage is frequently out of THE HEALTH OF LINCOLN. proportion to the size of the tumour, the most dangerous THE Town Council of Lincoln have wiqely decided to attacks often occurring where the fibroid is small, but where consider the question of placing their infectious hospital on examination the mucous membrane is discovered to be on a more permanent and tfhcient footing, without waiting thick, spongy. and vascular. Dr. Coe, whilst admitting that for the stimulus which another prevalence of infectious the use of the curette is only a palliative measure, contends It seems further necessary that a disease afford. might that if the hypertrophied mucous membrane is thoroughly should be instituted into the sources of complete inquiry scraped away the danger from menorrhagia is for a time-it the city water supply. As now delivered, that supplyis may be for several months-greatly diminished. The ultimate to variations in quality; it is at the present subject c tuse, of course, remains under this plan of treatment, which moment under suspicion of having caused a recent excess is intermediate in point of severity between simple mediof diarrhoeal affections; and one member of the Town cation and the more formidable operations—oophorectomy, Council indicated the opinion he had as to the supply as myomotomy, and supra-vaginal amputation; the patient now delivered, by expressing a hope that all who consumed may be helped over the menopause, after which period it knew that it would be better to have it both filtered and the bsemorrlage becomes naturally less, or even ceases, boiled before drinking it. It would be difficult to have as the physiological stimulus no longer exists. Curetting adduced a much more potent argument in favour of the uterine cavity, according to Dr. Coe, is practically exhaustive investigation into the sources and risks of the free from danger to life, and in the majority of cases water supply of any city than that involved in this is an easy operation, and, in fact, the more severe the exhortation. menorrhagia the more likely is the surgeon to be able to practise it with ease and success. Where the os uteri is ANIMALS AND HOSPITALS FOR INFECTIOUS displaced upwards and the uterine cavity is narrow and DISEASE. tortuous, experience shows that the liability to menorrhagia A CORRESPONDENT has questioned us as to the possibility is for these reasons less than it is where the canal is elongated of dogs kept in a hospital for infectious disease provinga and dilated from submucous and intra-mural growths of source of danger to the inmates of houses into which they moderate size. Dr. Coe advises that iodine should be are admitted. The reply is necessarily that it depends upoa applied to the lining membrane after scraping with the dull the part of the hospital which the dogs frequent. If they wire curette, and that the application should be repeated have contact with persons suffering from typhus, scarlet several times. fever, diphtheria, or measles, we cannot doubt that they may play the part of carriers of contagion. Cats under FEVER IN LONDON. similar circumstances are not unfrequently regarded with DURING the week ending March 10 bh there has been an to be capable of suffering from increase in the number of cases of infectious disease suspicion. They appear and and, diphtheria, apart from this, their coats must admitted into the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums typhus afford ample opportunity for the retention of dust and Board, the patients suffering from scarlet fever amounting infective particles. Their wandering habits may take them to 107 as against 86 in the previous week, and the cases from the wards of a hospital to the homes of children and of enteric fever to 24, or more than twice the number other susceptible persons, and thus disease may arise the admitted during the preceding week. Three persons suffering of which is apt to escape detection. from small-pox were admitted, one each from the districts cause of St. George-in-the-east, Mile-end, and Poplar. No case COLONIAL "ECONOMY." of typhus was received. ___
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WE learn from the Tasmanian Ne2vs that the Government of Tasmania, " with a view to secure economy without imIF Sutton or Hales, or any of the last century early pairing efficiency," has combined several appointments with pioneers of systems of ventilation applied to ships, could that of Government medical officer. Under the new arrangehave joined the party of politicians, scholars, engineers, ment, the gentleman who has been appointed will be official doctors, and merchants who visited the new vessel, the visitor of hospitals for the insane and chairman of that body, Occana, of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, on health officer for the port of Hobart, officer of health for Thursday last, they would have felt as much surprise as Wellington Hamlets, medical adviser to the Central Board of satisfaction at seeing to what an extent the great work Health, medical attendant on paupers at their own homes, which they commenced had gone on towards its completion. medical officer for the charitable institution of New Town, and 1 he Oceana is one of the finest vessels ever built for medical attendant of the permanent Defence Force. No invoyaging across to the Antipodes ; she carries 6400 tons, and formation is given as to the salary attached to this remarkable
SANITATION AFLOAT.