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INFANT LIFE PROTECTION.
603 a combination of theobromine-soda with sodium salicylate ; barutin, prepared from theobromine, baryta, and sodium salicylate ; theophorin, composed of theobromine-soda and formic acid; theobromose, a combination of theobromine and lithium ; urocitral, prepared from theobromine-soda and sodium citrate; and uropherin, a compound of
theobromine
and
lithium,
with
lithium
benzoate or of some
salicylate. The following table gives the doses of these compounds and their theobromine content.
is the newest of these compounds ; experiments animals have shown that it combines the diuretic properties of theobromine with the tonic properties of sodium
Theophorin on
formate. ___
fishery authority-viz., the Board of Agriculture and.’ Fisheries. In a conciliatory reply Mr. Asquith said that he had come very definitely to the conclusion that the time had arrived. for a thorough investigation of the whole question by an independent and a competent authority. Whatever financial arrangements were made during the present year would be of a strictly provisional kind and it was his intention to bring together as soon as possible by means of an inquiry all the various sources of information which were available in order to see if some definite scheme could not be arranged to coördinate local and general effort on this most important economic question. We can hardly think that the members of the trade arefoolish enough to underrate the value of scientific work, but, of course, on the great questions at issue it is important that practical results should sooner or later be forthcoming. It is to be hoped that all sides will agree on this matter and heartily cooperate in the great work in hand, the consummation of which is to bring good to all concerned. We have no doubt that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will not be long in arriving at an equitable scheme by which research will be encouraged and supported in a broad direction.
THE DUTTON MEMORIAL. THE late Dr. Joseph Everett Dutton died, as our readers will remember, at Kasongo, on the Congo, aged 29 years, on Feb. 27th, 1905, from tick fever. Together with his the disease while Dr. L. he contracted J. Todd, colleague, in its Both had study. apparently recovered by engaged Feb. 9th, but Dr. Dutton had a relapse which proved fatal. He had done much excellent work in Africa, and in 1901 had identified the trypanosoma Gambiense, afterwards recognised as the cause of sleeping sickness. It is now proposed to endow a Research Professorship in Tropical Medicine at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine as a memorial of Dr. Dutton’s life and work. The professorship is to be made a permanency and the income necessary for its maintenance will be supplied by the interest on trust funds. For this object a sum of £10,000 is required. Subscriptions may be sent to Mr. A. H. Milne, Honorary Secretary, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool. The object is a worthy one and there is no need for us to insist upon the benefits which research into tropical medicine may bring forth. The results already obtained in the cases of malaria and yellow fever are sufficient answer to those who think that money spent on research is wasted.
THE
HARVEST OF THE SEA.
FROM the Fish Trades Gazette we gather that some discord has arisen amongst the organisations concerned in fishery research over the question of the allotment of Treasury money in aid of this scientific work. It is alleged that the Marine Biological Association of Plymouth has so far alone enjoyed this financial aid which amounts to a considerable sum, and the trade submit that this association is a purely scientific body which is not in touch with either the trade or the various bodies concerned with fishery legislation and administration. A week or so ago a deputation from the Lancashire and Western Sea Fishery Committee (whose excellent work was referred to in a leading article in, THE LANCET of Feb. 2nd) waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the House of Commons with a view of soliciting assistance from- the Treasury in aid of its scientific work. It appears that the Lancashire organisation has supported its own researches out of the local rates, and at the same time, the members have contributed to the cost of researches on the’ East and South Coasts by means oftaxes. It was now thought that in future any Treasury grant should not bemade to any irresponsible body but directly to the central.
INFANT LIFE PROTECTION. A BILL to amend the Infant Life Protection Act of 1897 been introduced into the House of Commons by Mr.
has
Stavel,,ey Hill, supported by, amongst others, Sir John Kennaway and Mr. Ramsay Macdonald. The Act of 1897 dealt with nurse children under five years of age only in caseswhere more than one was taken by the baby farmer, or in. the case of a child under two years of age only where a sum. of money not exceeding £20 was paid down. Furthermore, the local authority could only remove the child from thebaby farmer’s premises if the said child’s health wereendangered either by reason of the house being insanitary orthe person who had the child in his or her care being ignorant or negligent. The object of the new Bill is, am ongst others, to extend the provisions of the Act to- cases where only one child is taken in to be nursed or maintained and to any child received in consideration of a sum of money paid down, whatever the amount may be; to raise to seven years theage limit of children within the Act ; to enable the local authority to remove an infant kept by a person who is unfit by reason of character or otherwise to have his or her care and maintenance, or who is in a house or premises unsuitable for the purpose, although such person or premises are not sounfit as to endanger the child’s health ; and to require notice to be given of all changes of residence of a person having the care or custody of children within the Act under penalty of imprisonment or fine. We are quite in sympathy with the objects of this Bill, especially in so far as it applies to cases where only one child is taken or to cases in which any sum of money is paid down. With regard to the question of the local authority removing children from unsuitable houses, this in many instances will be a much needed reform but we do not envy the local authority its task of deciding whetheror not a house or person is unsuitable from a moral point of view. ____
A
MEDICAL INFORMATION
OFFICE IN
BERLIN.
office at which medical information as, years to hospitals, lectures, and other subjects of interest t medical men can be obtained has been at work in Paris, and, a full description of it appeared. in THE LANCET of Jan. 1,7th,, 1903, p. 207. We now learn that a somewhat similar institution is about to be opened in Berlin at the Kaiserin Friedrich-BEaue (Luisenplatz 2-4). The aim of the institu-. tion is to assist foreign physicians who go to Berlin to study. Information is. to be- given regarding all lectures., FOR
some
an
theobromine
and
lithium,
with
lithium
benzoate or of some
salicylate. The following table gives the doses of these compounds and their theobromine content.
is the newest of these compounds ; experiments animals have shown that it combines the diuretic properties of theobromine with the tonic properties of sodium
Theophorin on
formate. ___
fishery authority-viz., the Board of Agriculture and.’ Fisheries. In a conciliatory reply Mr. Asquith said that he had come very definitely to the conclusion that the time had arrived. for a thorough investigation of the whole question by an independent and a competent authority. Whatever financial arrangements were made during the present year would be of a strictly provisional kind and it was his intention to bring together as soon as possible by means of an inquiry all the various sources of information which were available in order to see if some definite scheme could not be arranged to coördinate local and general effort on this most important economic question. We can hardly think that the members of the trade arefoolish enough to underrate the value of scientific work, but, of course, on the great questions at issue it is important that practical results should sooner or later be forthcoming. It is to be hoped that all sides will agree on this matter and heartily cooperate in the great work in hand, the consummation of which is to bring good to all concerned. We have no doubt that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will not be long in arriving at an equitable scheme by which research will be encouraged and supported in a broad direction.
THE DUTTON MEMORIAL. THE late Dr. Joseph Everett Dutton died, as our readers will remember, at Kasongo, on the Congo, aged 29 years, on Feb. 27th, 1905, from tick fever. Together with his the disease while Dr. L. he contracted J. Todd, colleague, in its Both had study. apparently recovered by engaged Feb. 9th, but Dr. Dutton had a relapse which proved fatal. He had done much excellent work in Africa, and in 1901 had identified the trypanosoma Gambiense, afterwards recognised as the cause of sleeping sickness. It is now proposed to endow a Research Professorship in Tropical Medicine at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine as a memorial of Dr. Dutton’s life and work. The professorship is to be made a permanency and the income necessary for its maintenance will be supplied by the interest on trust funds. For this object a sum of £10,000 is required. Subscriptions may be sent to Mr. A. H. Milne, Honorary Secretary, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool. The object is a worthy one and there is no need for us to insist upon the benefits which research into tropical medicine may bring forth. The results already obtained in the cases of malaria and yellow fever are sufficient answer to those who think that money spent on research is wasted.
THE
HARVEST OF THE SEA.
FROM the Fish Trades Gazette we gather that some discord has arisen amongst the organisations concerned in fishery research over the question of the allotment of Treasury money in aid of this scientific work. It is alleged that the Marine Biological Association of Plymouth has so far alone enjoyed this financial aid which amounts to a considerable sum, and the trade submit that this association is a purely scientific body which is not in touch with either the trade or the various bodies concerned with fishery legislation and administration. A week or so ago a deputation from the Lancashire and Western Sea Fishery Committee (whose excellent work was referred to in a leading article in, THE LANCET of Feb. 2nd) waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the House of Commons with a view of soliciting assistance from- the Treasury in aid of its scientific work. It appears that the Lancashire organisation has supported its own researches out of the local rates, and at the same time, the members have contributed to the cost of researches on the’ East and South Coasts by means oftaxes. It was now thought that in future any Treasury grant should not bemade to any irresponsible body but directly to the central.
INFANT LIFE PROTECTION. A BILL to amend the Infant Life Protection Act of 1897 been introduced into the House of Commons by Mr.
has
Stavel,,ey Hill, supported by, amongst others, Sir John Kennaway and Mr. Ramsay Macdonald. The Act of 1897 dealt with nurse children under five years of age only in caseswhere more than one was taken by the baby farmer, or in. the case of a child under two years of age only where a sum. of money not exceeding £20 was paid down. Furthermore, the local authority could only remove the child from thebaby farmer’s premises if the said child’s health wereendangered either by reason of the house being insanitary orthe person who had the child in his or her care being ignorant or negligent. The object of the new Bill is, am ongst others, to extend the provisions of the Act to- cases where only one child is taken in to be nursed or maintained and to any child received in consideration of a sum of money paid down, whatever the amount may be; to raise to seven years theage limit of children within the Act ; to enable the local authority to remove an infant kept by a person who is unfit by reason of character or otherwise to have his or her care and maintenance, or who is in a house or premises unsuitable for the purpose, although such person or premises are not sounfit as to endanger the child’s health ; and to require notice to be given of all changes of residence of a person having the care or custody of children within the Act under penalty of imprisonment or fine. We are quite in sympathy with the objects of this Bill, especially in so far as it applies to cases where only one child is taken or to cases in which any sum of money is paid down. With regard to the question of the local authority removing children from unsuitable houses, this in many instances will be a much needed reform but we do not envy the local authority its task of deciding whetheror not a house or person is unsuitable from a moral point of view. ____
A
MEDICAL INFORMATION
OFFICE IN
BERLIN.
office at which medical information as, years to hospitals, lectures, and other subjects of interest t medical men can be obtained has been at work in Paris, and, a full description of it appeared. in THE LANCET of Jan. 1,7th,, 1903, p. 207. We now learn that a somewhat similar institution is about to be opened in Berlin at the Kaiserin Friedrich-BEaue (Luisenplatz 2-4). The aim of the institu-. tion is to assist foreign physicians who go to Berlin to study. Information is. to be- given regarding all lectures., FOR
some
an