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HILL SANITARIA.
459 were contracted, but the mouth was clean. jactiUNITED CHILDREN. tation, however, was very peculiar: the child was never To the Editor of THE LAVCET. rolling over and over on to her right side; then reversing her position; lying on her belly for a few seconds, and seeking to case of two children born united was attended by burrow into the mattress with head, feet, and hands; and then, meSIR,—A on the 18th nlt., the mother being the patient of a neighturning with a convulsive jerk on her back. she would bore into bouring practitioner, and whom I was requested to attend with the vertex, so as to rub off blister there the
pupils
The still,
pillows
every his absence. I simply notify the fact at present, as it To meet these brain symptoms, I administered warm- during is my intention to shape the particulars of the labour, the dewater enemas, with three grains of calomel and Dover’s powder scription of the children, and the post mortem examination in every two hours, leaving directions to inject a few drops of the form of a paper to lay before the profession. sedative solution with starch if she were restless Battley’s I am, Sir, your obedient servant, during the night. HENRY HANKS, L.R.C.P.E. (Exam.) Nov. 1861. Mile-end-road, The next day she was very much worse; she hal had no were her bowels still unmoved; the slightest noise or sleep; degree of light increased her screams; her pulse rose to 120; hydrocephalic symptoms were on the increase; and while saying RAILWAY COMPENSATION CASE. not a word nor recognising anybody, yet her cries continued to distress all her family by their continuity and strength. To THE GOVERNORS OF ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL cool the skin and support life, I gave her a second injection of warm water and beef-tea, when a healthy perspiration broke AGAINST THE CHARING-CROSS RAILWAY out on her, and she, at once dropping off to sleep, slumbered COMPANY.
applied.
irregularly for H.brmt
seven
hnnrs.
THE arbitrator appointed by the Hospital (Mr. Clifton) and and up to the 27th, I treated her for headthe arbitrator appointed by the Company (Mr. Alderman Banbut seemed to exert no influence whatthe calomel symptoms, of Manchester) having failed to appoint an umpire, the ever ; it neither affected the gums, nor did it pass off by the croft, of Trade appointed Mr. John Stewart, of Liverpool. bowels; and the santonine given with it, for the possible con- Board The solicitor to the Hospital was Mr. Wainwright, of the of to move the was inefficacious ascarides, tingency equally bowels or solve the mystery of the constant screaming. Enemas, firm of Clayton, Cookson, and Wainwright, of Lincoln’s-inn; and the solicitor of the Company was Mr. Henry Toogood, of however, as before, induced sleep. On the 28th (as the parents were quite worn out by the the firm of William and Henry Toogood, of Parliament-street. Connsel for the Hospital were, Mr. Bovill, Q.C., Mr. Kars. noise and watching, and I was really getting very anxious about the life of the child, weakened thus by wakefulness and lake, Q. C., and Mr. Field ; and for the Company, Mr. J. Horatio want of proper food) consent was at length given to my calling Lloyd, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Horace Lloyd. The inquiry was held at the Westminster Palace Hotel. It in the assistance of Dr. Bickersteth, the very able and experienced surgeon-superintendent of the Somerset Hospital, who, commenced on Friday, the 25th, and extended to the 25th, in consultation, advised treating the case for worms, it being 28th, 30th, and 31st ultimo, and the 1st and 2nd instant. The original claim made by the Hospital for 3a. 3r. ’7p. of his opinion that all the symptoms were the result of reflex action induced by spinal irritation; and he agreed with me in land and the buildings thereon, including consequential injury £ 750,000. continuing the wine, beef-tea, and ammonia enemas, together &c., Atwas the opening of the case this was reduced to £ 500,000, with valerianate of zinc pills, and strong stimulating liniments to the spine. After persevering with this treatment, and in classed under three heads: -1. The value of the land, contain3a. 3r. 17p., as building land. 2. The value of the buildings jecting muriate of iron and lime-water three times a day, with ing 3. Allowance for compulsory but little apparent benefit, until the 3rd of February, a spon- thereon as hospital buildings. taneous diarrhcea set in for twenty-four hours; a number of sale, consequential damage, cost of removal, &c. The surveyors called by the Hospital were, Mr. Tite, M.P., thread-worms were voided in little pellets; the child became of St. Helen’s-place, Bishopsgate; Mr. H. A. Hunt, of Parliatake of and on notice the 6th objects, quieter, began again to ment-street; Mr. Marrable, of Whitehall-place, late architect was so much better that I took my leave, simply prescribing of the Metropolitan Board ; Mr. Clark, of the firm Farebrother, care, attention in diet, and the use of quinine in small doses Clark, and Lye; Mr. Clifton, of St. Helen’s-place, Bishopsgate, until she was thoroughly recovered. arbitrator for the Hospital; and Mr. Currie, architect to Oddly enough, the very next week I was consulted about. the another girl, scrofulous, and aged twelve, who had been cruelly the Hospital. Mr. Hunt, Mr. Clifton, and Mr. Currie considered that by salivated by a foreign practitioner for thirty-five days, for presumed hydrocephalic disease, but whose symptoms had been utilizing the front land and forming an arcade, ground-rents somewhat similar to the above. Under a course of treatment amounting to £ 10,000 per annum could be realized in four from the time the land is cleared; and valued the land, analogous to what I have just recorded, I was enabled in thre years building land, at £ 275,000 in round figures. Mr. Tite, Mr. days to secure a decided change for the better; and by means as of tonics and stimulating liniments to the spine have gained an Marrable, and Mr. Clark did not speak to details, but, from general knowledge of such properties, estimated the value improvement in her condition, previously pronounced hopeless, their which has filled me with most agreeable sensations of satisfac- of the land, as building land, at from X70,000 to £ 75,000 per tion. The passage of many lumbrici, in the last case, was due acre. The surveyors called by the Railway Company were, Mr. to santonine and zinc. Daniel Norton, of the firm of Norton. Hoggart, and Trist; Hoping you may deem these cases sufficiently interesting to Mr. Shaw, architect of Christ’s Hospital; Mr. Charles Lee, of Warrant their insertion, believe me to be, Sir, Mr. Oakley, of the tirm of Daniel, Smith, Son, Golden-square; Yours obediently, and Oakley, Waterloo-place; Mr. Rushworth, of the firm of WM. H. Ross, M.D. Cape Town, 1861. Rushworth and Jarvis, of Savile-row; Mr. Snook, of the firm of Allen, Snook, and Stock; Mr. Francis Fuller, surveyor to the Brighton Company; and Mr. Edward Ryde, surveyor to HILL SANITARIA. this Company and to the South-Eastern Company. To the Editor of THE LANCET. Mr. Norton and Mr. Shaw considered that ground rents SIR,—In an editorial article in your journal of the 2nd inst., amounting to X6500 per annum might be realized in six years, at p. 428, an extract is attributed to Sir Hugh Rose, -which is and valued the same in present money at the sum of £ 175,500. taken from an official Report on the Sanitaria of the Poona Mr. C. Lee’s estimate was £ 161,868 ; Mr. Oakley’s, £174,616 Division of the Bombay Army, written by me in 1859, and re- Mr. Francis Fuller’s, £ 148,150; Mr. Rushworth’s, £ 142,882; produced in the thirty-third chapter of the second edition ofMr. Snook’s, .6134,704; Mr. liyde’s, .6151.000. The whole of the surveyors of the Hospital claimed, in addimy" Clinical Researches." On referring to the Indian Lancet of the 15th July, from tion to the value of the land when cleared of buildings, the which you have quoted, I find that the error is with that value of the whole of the buildings as Hospital buildings. The journal, not with you. Sir Hugh Rose, as General of the Divi- amount varied from .6i00,000 to .6110,000. The surveyors of the Company considered that, in addition sion, was the channel of communication with the Government, and, in forwarding the report, expressed in a separate letter to the full value of the land as building land, the Hospital was his own opinions; but for the report itself I am alone respon- entitled to the value of the buildings as old materials only, besible. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, cause the buildings must be cleared away before the land om bs. D. which they now stand can be used for other building purposes. Chapel-street, Grosvenor-square, Nov. 1861. C. MOREHEAD, M.D.
On the
22nd,
.
.
pupils
The still,
pillows
every his absence. I simply notify the fact at present, as it To meet these brain symptoms, I administered warm- during is my intention to shape the particulars of the labour, the dewater enemas, with three grains of calomel and Dover’s powder scription of the children, and the post mortem examination in every two hours, leaving directions to inject a few drops of the form of a paper to lay before the profession. sedative solution with starch if she were restless Battley’s I am, Sir, your obedient servant, during the night. HENRY HANKS, L.R.C.P.E. (Exam.) Nov. 1861. Mile-end-road, The next day she was very much worse; she hal had no were her bowels still unmoved; the slightest noise or sleep; degree of light increased her screams; her pulse rose to 120; hydrocephalic symptoms were on the increase; and while saying RAILWAY COMPENSATION CASE. not a word nor recognising anybody, yet her cries continued to distress all her family by their continuity and strength. To THE GOVERNORS OF ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL cool the skin and support life, I gave her a second injection of warm water and beef-tea, when a healthy perspiration broke AGAINST THE CHARING-CROSS RAILWAY out on her, and she, at once dropping off to sleep, slumbered COMPANY.
applied.
irregularly for H.brmt
seven
hnnrs.
THE arbitrator appointed by the Hospital (Mr. Clifton) and and up to the 27th, I treated her for headthe arbitrator appointed by the Company (Mr. Alderman Banbut seemed to exert no influence whatthe calomel symptoms, of Manchester) having failed to appoint an umpire, the ever ; it neither affected the gums, nor did it pass off by the croft, of Trade appointed Mr. John Stewart, of Liverpool. bowels; and the santonine given with it, for the possible con- Board The solicitor to the Hospital was Mr. Wainwright, of the of to move the was inefficacious ascarides, tingency equally bowels or solve the mystery of the constant screaming. Enemas, firm of Clayton, Cookson, and Wainwright, of Lincoln’s-inn; and the solicitor of the Company was Mr. Henry Toogood, of however, as before, induced sleep. On the 28th (as the parents were quite worn out by the the firm of William and Henry Toogood, of Parliament-street. Connsel for the Hospital were, Mr. Bovill, Q.C., Mr. Kars. noise and watching, and I was really getting very anxious about the life of the child, weakened thus by wakefulness and lake, Q. C., and Mr. Field ; and for the Company, Mr. J. Horatio want of proper food) consent was at length given to my calling Lloyd, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Horace Lloyd. The inquiry was held at the Westminster Palace Hotel. It in the assistance of Dr. Bickersteth, the very able and experienced surgeon-superintendent of the Somerset Hospital, who, commenced on Friday, the 25th, and extended to the 25th, in consultation, advised treating the case for worms, it being 28th, 30th, and 31st ultimo, and the 1st and 2nd instant. The original claim made by the Hospital for 3a. 3r. ’7p. of his opinion that all the symptoms were the result of reflex action induced by spinal irritation; and he agreed with me in land and the buildings thereon, including consequential injury £ 750,000. continuing the wine, beef-tea, and ammonia enemas, together &c., Atwas the opening of the case this was reduced to £ 500,000, with valerianate of zinc pills, and strong stimulating liniments to the spine. After persevering with this treatment, and in classed under three heads: -1. The value of the land, contain3a. 3r. 17p., as building land. 2. The value of the buildings jecting muriate of iron and lime-water three times a day, with ing 3. Allowance for compulsory but little apparent benefit, until the 3rd of February, a spon- thereon as hospital buildings. taneous diarrhcea set in for twenty-four hours; a number of sale, consequential damage, cost of removal, &c. The surveyors called by the Hospital were, Mr. Tite, M.P., thread-worms were voided in little pellets; the child became of St. Helen’s-place, Bishopsgate; Mr. H. A. Hunt, of Parliatake of and on notice the 6th objects, quieter, began again to ment-street; Mr. Marrable, of Whitehall-place, late architect was so much better that I took my leave, simply prescribing of the Metropolitan Board ; Mr. Clark, of the firm Farebrother, care, attention in diet, and the use of quinine in small doses Clark, and Lye; Mr. Clifton, of St. Helen’s-place, Bishopsgate, until she was thoroughly recovered. arbitrator for the Hospital; and Mr. Currie, architect to Oddly enough, the very next week I was consulted about. the another girl, scrofulous, and aged twelve, who had been cruelly the Hospital. Mr. Hunt, Mr. Clifton, and Mr. Currie considered that by salivated by a foreign practitioner for thirty-five days, for presumed hydrocephalic disease, but whose symptoms had been utilizing the front land and forming an arcade, ground-rents somewhat similar to the above. Under a course of treatment amounting to £ 10,000 per annum could be realized in four from the time the land is cleared; and valued the land, analogous to what I have just recorded, I was enabled in thre years building land, at £ 275,000 in round figures. Mr. Tite, Mr. days to secure a decided change for the better; and by means as of tonics and stimulating liniments to the spine have gained an Marrable, and Mr. Clark did not speak to details, but, from general knowledge of such properties, estimated the value improvement in her condition, previously pronounced hopeless, their which has filled me with most agreeable sensations of satisfac- of the land, as building land, at from X70,000 to £ 75,000 per tion. The passage of many lumbrici, in the last case, was due acre. The surveyors called by the Railway Company were, Mr. to santonine and zinc. Daniel Norton, of the firm of Norton. Hoggart, and Trist; Hoping you may deem these cases sufficiently interesting to Mr. Shaw, architect of Christ’s Hospital; Mr. Charles Lee, of Warrant their insertion, believe me to be, Sir, Mr. Oakley, of the tirm of Daniel, Smith, Son, Golden-square; Yours obediently, and Oakley, Waterloo-place; Mr. Rushworth, of the firm of WM. H. Ross, M.D. Cape Town, 1861. Rushworth and Jarvis, of Savile-row; Mr. Snook, of the firm of Allen, Snook, and Stock; Mr. Francis Fuller, surveyor to the Brighton Company; and Mr. Edward Ryde, surveyor to HILL SANITARIA. this Company and to the South-Eastern Company. To the Editor of THE LANCET. Mr. Norton and Mr. Shaw considered that ground rents SIR,—In an editorial article in your journal of the 2nd inst., amounting to X6500 per annum might be realized in six years, at p. 428, an extract is attributed to Sir Hugh Rose, -which is and valued the same in present money at the sum of £ 175,500. taken from an official Report on the Sanitaria of the Poona Mr. C. Lee’s estimate was £ 161,868 ; Mr. Oakley’s, £174,616 Division of the Bombay Army, written by me in 1859, and re- Mr. Francis Fuller’s, £ 148,150; Mr. Rushworth’s, £ 142,882; produced in the thirty-third chapter of the second edition ofMr. Snook’s, .6134,704; Mr. liyde’s, .6151.000. The whole of the surveyors of the Hospital claimed, in addimy" Clinical Researches." On referring to the Indian Lancet of the 15th July, from tion to the value of the land when cleared of buildings, the which you have quoted, I find that the error is with that value of the whole of the buildings as Hospital buildings. The journal, not with you. Sir Hugh Rose, as General of the Divi- amount varied from .6i00,000 to .6110,000. The surveyors of the Company considered that, in addition sion, was the channel of communication with the Government, and, in forwarding the report, expressed in a separate letter to the full value of the land as building land, the Hospital was his own opinions; but for the report itself I am alone respon- entitled to the value of the buildings as old materials only, besible. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, cause the buildings must be cleared away before the land om bs. D. which they now stand can be used for other building purposes. Chapel-street, Grosvenor-square, Nov. 1861. C. MOREHEAD, M.D.
On the
22nd,
.
.