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original volume. Now the publishers1 are sending supplements and replacements every month. The
had continued to proliferate and secrete, producing a condition almost exactly resembling colloid carcinoma of the omentum and peritoneum, but doubtless non-malignant. A donation due to the liberality of Prof. Sebrechts and Dr. Glorieux, of Bruges, consists of three bones from a case of diffuse osteosclerosis or " marble bone disease," a condition in which the bones of the entire skeleton consist throughout of compact osseous tissue of ivory-like texture.
batch which came to hand last month deals with progress in anaesthesia, including local, spinal and the use of accessory drugs, avertin, nembutal, and so on ; with general gynaecology ; with mouth surgery ; and with genito-urinary surgery. This month’s batch includes the conclusion of the additions to the section on anaesthesia by Dr. J. T. Gwathmey ; sections on the diaphragm and aneurysm of the hepatic artery respectively by Dr. P. E. Truesdale and Dr. Roberto glessandri ; a supplementary index ; and a survey of THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND DANGEROUS current literature dealing with diseases of the intestine. DRUGS All these reports and reviews are by THE Government has, through the Home Office, Such clear directions are given that authorities. to the League of Nations its annual transmitted insertions and discards can be made with very little on the control of traffic in dangerous drugs report trouble. It is a splendid service. in this country, in accordance with the obligations of the Hague and Geneva International Conventions. So far as internal trade in the drugs dealt with in DR. ALFRED COX TESTIMONIAL FUND the Acts of 1920-25 is concerned, the position is a THE presentation of the portrait of Dr. Alfred Cox, satisfactory one. Seizures of smuggled drugs have. painted for the subscribers to this fund by Sir Arthur been few and small in amount, and it is confidently Cope, will take place on Saturday, July 23rd, at asserted that " addiction is not prevalent in 3.30 P.M., at the B.M.A. House. At the same time, Great Britain." drug Some 69 prosecutions under the a book containing a list of the subscribers and a Dangerous Drugs Acts were recorded in the year cheque will be handed to Dr. Cox. The committee 1931. Seven firms are licensed to manufacture who organised the fund express a sincere hope that medicinal opium, two to manufacture morphine and as large a number of subscribers to the fund as can and one to manufacture cocaine. Raw opium heroin, possibly attend will do so. The subscribers amount is again being imported, in considerable amount, to some 4000 in number and the committee have from Turkey and less from India. The total amount found it impossible to issue individual invitations to of and its salts produced in 1931 was morphine all, but the presentation of a visiting card will secure 32,585 oz., while 16,284 oz. were exported. This entrance. shows a decrease on the figures for 1930, and an enormous reduction on the exports in the years THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS MUSEUM 1914 to 1918, when the amounts of British morphine THE progress made during the year in the scheme and its salts exported ranged from 100,000 to which has been initiated for the encouragement of 500,000 oz. a year. The exports of heroin and research, and more particularly of surgical research, at cocaine are also considerably less than in the previous the Royal College of Surgeons of England is recorded year. The question of prepared opium-i.e., opium used by Sir Arthur Keith in his annual report on the College museum. Laboratories have been built and equipped and for smoking-is passed lightly over. This matter, are now occupied by research workers. The scheme arising out of the report of the Bangkok Conference, has recently been placed on a sound financial footing, has recently been before the Council of the League of thanks to the services of Lord Moynihan in enlisting Nations and its advisory committee. It is contended the aid of contributors to the Scholarship Fund. The that smuggling in the Far East still prevents the Buckston Browne laboratories at Downe are now countries trading in prepared opium from carrying nearing completion. During the year Sir Arthur out the intentions of the Hague Convention of 1912 Keith himself has been working on the skeleton of a in regard to its suppression. The British and Indian child recently discovered in the Mount Carmel caves delegates protested that financial considerations had in Palestine. The skeleton, which was embedded in nothing to do with the continuance of the traffic. It a mass of solid rock with certain bones exposed at will, however, be remembered that the British delethe surface, has been completely laid bare by Mr. gate, reporting on the Geneva Conferences in 1925, -Ernest Smith. The additions to the Museum during drew attention to the fact that " a very considerable ;the year, which have been contributed by many proportion of the revenues of certain of the Crown donors, are described in detail in the reports of Colonies is drawn from the traffic in opium for the several curators. On the pathological side smoking," and added that " this is a point of which 126 new specimens have’ been added ; these are more will undoubtedly be heard." now on view, and will remain so until August 2nd. Reference is made in the Home Office report to Mr. C. F. Beadles, the pathological curator, draws cooperation of the British Government with those .attention to the following among other specimens: of Holland, Germany, the United States, and Egypt, dura-matral tumours (meningioma), various lesions with a view to restrict or suppress the extensive of the gall-bladder, a large series illustrating the illicit traffic which still prevails. In THE LANCET -pathology and treatment of ovarian cysts, a repre- for June 25th the successful efforts made by J. W. sentative series of lesions of the small intestine, more Russell Pasha, of the Egyptian Narcotics Intelligence especially carcinoma, a fine specimen of sarcoma of Bureau, were recorded ; and more recently he- has the posterior tibial nerve affected with Reckling- been instrumental in securing the arrest of six persons hausen’s disease, and two interesting appendices- in Constantinople engaged in smuggling 7 kg. of namely, an intussusception and a mucous appendi- heroin into Alexandria. The advisory committee of citis. The latter had ruptured and the mucous- the League is drawing up a model code to assist secreting cells, discharged into the peritoneal cavity, governments in preparing legislative and administrative measures for the application of the various 1 New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons. London: Waverley Book Co., Ltd. opium conventions to their respective territories. <
recognised
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original volume. Now the publishers1 are sending supplements and replacements every month. The
had continued to proliferate and secrete, producing a condition almost exactly resembling colloid carcinoma of the omentum and peritoneum, but doubtless non-malignant. A donation due to the liberality of Prof. Sebrechts and Dr. Glorieux, of Bruges, consists of three bones from a case of diffuse osteosclerosis or " marble bone disease," a condition in which the bones of the entire skeleton consist throughout of compact osseous tissue of ivory-like texture.
batch which came to hand last month deals with progress in anaesthesia, including local, spinal and the use of accessory drugs, avertin, nembutal, and so on ; with general gynaecology ; with mouth surgery ; and with genito-urinary surgery. This month’s batch includes the conclusion of the additions to the section on anaesthesia by Dr. J. T. Gwathmey ; sections on the diaphragm and aneurysm of the hepatic artery respectively by Dr. P. E. Truesdale and Dr. Roberto glessandri ; a supplementary index ; and a survey of THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND DANGEROUS current literature dealing with diseases of the intestine. DRUGS All these reports and reviews are by THE Government has, through the Home Office, Such clear directions are given that authorities. to the League of Nations its annual transmitted insertions and discards can be made with very little on the control of traffic in dangerous drugs report trouble. It is a splendid service. in this country, in accordance with the obligations of the Hague and Geneva International Conventions. So far as internal trade in the drugs dealt with in DR. ALFRED COX TESTIMONIAL FUND the Acts of 1920-25 is concerned, the position is a THE presentation of the portrait of Dr. Alfred Cox, satisfactory one. Seizures of smuggled drugs have. painted for the subscribers to this fund by Sir Arthur been few and small in amount, and it is confidently Cope, will take place on Saturday, July 23rd, at asserted that " addiction is not prevalent in 3.30 P.M., at the B.M.A. House. At the same time, Great Britain." drug Some 69 prosecutions under the a book containing a list of the subscribers and a Dangerous Drugs Acts were recorded in the year cheque will be handed to Dr. Cox. The committee 1931. Seven firms are licensed to manufacture who organised the fund express a sincere hope that medicinal opium, two to manufacture morphine and as large a number of subscribers to the fund as can and one to manufacture cocaine. Raw opium heroin, possibly attend will do so. The subscribers amount is again being imported, in considerable amount, to some 4000 in number and the committee have from Turkey and less from India. The total amount found it impossible to issue individual invitations to of and its salts produced in 1931 was morphine all, but the presentation of a visiting card will secure 32,585 oz., while 16,284 oz. were exported. This entrance. shows a decrease on the figures for 1930, and an enormous reduction on the exports in the years THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS MUSEUM 1914 to 1918, when the amounts of British morphine THE progress made during the year in the scheme and its salts exported ranged from 100,000 to which has been initiated for the encouragement of 500,000 oz. a year. The exports of heroin and research, and more particularly of surgical research, at cocaine are also considerably less than in the previous the Royal College of Surgeons of England is recorded year. The question of prepared opium-i.e., opium used by Sir Arthur Keith in his annual report on the College museum. Laboratories have been built and equipped and for smoking-is passed lightly over. This matter, are now occupied by research workers. The scheme arising out of the report of the Bangkok Conference, has recently been placed on a sound financial footing, has recently been before the Council of the League of thanks to the services of Lord Moynihan in enlisting Nations and its advisory committee. It is contended the aid of contributors to the Scholarship Fund. The that smuggling in the Far East still prevents the Buckston Browne laboratories at Downe are now countries trading in prepared opium from carrying nearing completion. During the year Sir Arthur out the intentions of the Hague Convention of 1912 Keith himself has been working on the skeleton of a in regard to its suppression. The British and Indian child recently discovered in the Mount Carmel caves delegates protested that financial considerations had in Palestine. The skeleton, which was embedded in nothing to do with the continuance of the traffic. It a mass of solid rock with certain bones exposed at will, however, be remembered that the British delethe surface, has been completely laid bare by Mr. gate, reporting on the Geneva Conferences in 1925, -Ernest Smith. The additions to the Museum during drew attention to the fact that " a very considerable ;the year, which have been contributed by many proportion of the revenues of certain of the Crown donors, are described in detail in the reports of Colonies is drawn from the traffic in opium for the several curators. On the pathological side smoking," and added that " this is a point of which 126 new specimens have’ been added ; these are more will undoubtedly be heard." now on view, and will remain so until August 2nd. Reference is made in the Home Office report to Mr. C. F. Beadles, the pathological curator, draws cooperation of the British Government with those .attention to the following among other specimens: of Holland, Germany, the United States, and Egypt, dura-matral tumours (meningioma), various lesions with a view to restrict or suppress the extensive of the gall-bladder, a large series illustrating the illicit traffic which still prevails. In THE LANCET -pathology and treatment of ovarian cysts, a repre- for June 25th the successful efforts made by J. W. sentative series of lesions of the small intestine, more Russell Pasha, of the Egyptian Narcotics Intelligence especially carcinoma, a fine specimen of sarcoma of Bureau, were recorded ; and more recently he- has the posterior tibial nerve affected with Reckling- been instrumental in securing the arrest of six persons hausen’s disease, and two interesting appendices- in Constantinople engaged in smuggling 7 kg. of namely, an intussusception and a mucous appendi- heroin into Alexandria. The advisory committee of citis. The latter had ruptured and the mucous- the League is drawing up a model code to assist secreting cells, discharged into the peritoneal cavity, governments in preparing legislative and administrative measures for the application of the various 1 New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons. London: Waverley Book Co., Ltd. opium conventions to their respective territories. <
recognised
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