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exceptions to this test; the Collybia velutipes and all the Hygrophori (so called because the head is invariably moist and often very sticky), the Gomphridius viscidus, and Gomphridius glutinosus are quite innocuous. Finally, there are fungi which when broken in any part exude a milk in are
Obituary.
GEORGE BOWN MILLETT, L.R.C.P.EDIN., These M.R.C.S.ENG., L.S.A. milk is sweet in which the Those belong are edible. Those in which it is sharp are to be avoided. MR. MILLETT of Penzance was a distinguished CornishSo far Professor Cocconi. A mode of rendering all mush- man whose death on Sept. 17th, after a short illness, has rooms innocuous is announced by M. Gerard, who says he occasioned sincere among a wide circle of friends. regret has eaten every kind of them in great quantity after his He was the son of a solicitor in Penzance and was born in after-effects whatever. no evil and with ,cooking process In 1862 he commenced the study of medicine in He macerates the mushroom for many hours in salt 1842. water, or, better still, in water acidulated with vinegar. St. Mary’s Hospital, and after the completion of the usual The drawback to this recipe is that by it the mush- curriculum he became a Member of the Royal College of - room loses all flavour. Those, therefore, who wish to of England in 1865, taking in the following retain the agreeable and nutritious qualities of this Surgeons the diplomas of the Royal College of Physicians of favourite edible and yet eat it without misgiving must have year and the Society of Apothecaries. On his Edinburgh to rules laid down it carefully chosen according the by Professor Cocconi. Till then, however, there will be no end return to Penzance he acquired an adequate practice to the unpleasant symptoms, and even fatalities, induced by and held numerous positions of local prominence. From its reckless consumption. Even as I write several fatal 1877 to the time of his death he was medical officer of health of the borough, and for a long time "cases are reported from Florence, the mushrooms having he was visiting surgeon to the West Cornwall Infirmary. ’been picked on the banks of the Arno. Mr. Millett’s literary labours were extensive and valuable, Sept. 20th. not only in the administration of the Penzance library, of which he was successively secretary and librarian, but more especially in the archaeology of his county, his work in this PHILADELPHIA. department including "Parish Registers of Madron, 1577OWN 1700"; "Penzance, Past and Present " ; and Parish OUR (FROM CORRESPONDENT.) Registers of Gulval, 1598-1812." These researches were, however, sometimes relieved by lighter themes, for he was A Hospital Railway Waggon. the author of several songs and song-tunes, the best known A LONG-FELT want has been filled recently by the hospital of which is, perhaps, "The Mayor of Market Jew." Mr. .cars, the latest addition to the rolling stock of a railroad. Millett was also secretary of the Royal Geological Society of The car in size and general appearance externally resembles Cornwall, vice-president of the Penzance Natural History ;an ordinary baggage car. It is divided into three compart- and Antiquarian Society, and vice-president of the local ments-a consulting-room, operating-room, and ward. The branch of the Church of England Temperance Society. operating-room contains an iron table with glass top, sterilisers, a tank of sterilised water, instrument case, and all JAMES MARSHALL, M.D. ABERD., M.R.C.S. ENG. necessary appurtenances for any emergency. In the ward THE death of Dr. Marshall of Queen’s-gate, Aberdeen, is - are six iron cots, so arranged as to be fastened to the The deceased gentleman, who was in his announced. When occupied they rest wall when not in use. An rubber air-bed and a eighty-second year, was a native of the city and studied supports. - upon stationary hammock, so hung as to obviate jarring of the patient, medicine at the University, becoming a Member of the Royal Provision is made for College of Surgeons of England in 1836. He then obtained are also features of the ward. ’disinfecting the rooms with steam from time to time. an appointment in Ceylon, where he remained for some time, When the system is complete it is expected that one car will but returned to this country about forty years ago, graduated be provided for every 200 miles of railroad, being stationed at Aberdeen University, and practised for a short period at ’in the centre of each section. Norwood, near London. He has for many years been living in retirement in Aberdeen. A Disgraceful Exhibition. "Professor" Leeds, a hypnotist, has been giving exhibitions in one of the theatres in this city. As a " special feature"he put a victim into a sleep that was to last THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS seventy-two hours, placed him in a store window in a OF CRIMINAL ANTHROPOLOGY. prominent thoroughfare, and offered 100 dollars to any (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) one who could rouse the sleeper before the time named. ’One man anxious to earn the money, failing to make any (Concluded from p. 853.) impression on the victim by tickling, prodding, &c., became - desperate and struck him some heavy blows with his fists, AT the close of the sitting Professor Ferri received an without accomplishing his object, however, but injuring " ’’ ovation" from his countrymen for the undoubted impression him severely. Just at this juncture the 11 Professor arrived. He was ordered to arouse the man, which he did, he had made on the Congress; while among his opponents when it was found necessary to remove him to a hospital. there were many who cordially expressed to him their ’The man had been in the employ of the hypnotist for several admiration of his profound studies in a most difficult weeks. It is high time some legal restriction was put upon and of his masterly skill in presenting his conprovince .-.these "professorial"exhibitors. clusions and in vindicating them against attack. As to the Sanitary Inspection in New York. other papers that were introduced and partially discussed the The Health Board of New York have appointed eleven same afternoon Dr. Bertillon’sHypnotic Suggestion as an ,inspectors of mercantile establishments under the new Aid to Paternal Discipline, and still more his ’’ Nécessité " child labour " law, whose duties will be to visit all de Provoquer le Détatouage des Jeunes Detenus" attracted stores in the city and see that no child of less than fourteen most attention. Many young inmates of houses of correction, years of age is employed, and that no boy under sixteen little girls particularly, carry about with them " stigmates ,years or woman under twenty-one years is required to work infames," which, he said, make their return to honest courses He proposed, amid general approval, the more than sixty hours a week. very difficult. of a "’ détatoueur " for such houses. Madame appointment Inspection of Employés’ Teeth in Match Factories. Pauline Tarnowsky, M.D. of St. Petersburg, read an inThe continental match factory of Passaic, New Jersey, has structive paper-highly commended by Professor Lombrosoissued an order requiring all employes to show a certificate on the Criminality of Russian Women; while Dr. Minovici from a dentist testifying that their teeth are sound or that of Bucharest in his Remarks on the Statistics Relating to Criminal Anthropolgy almost succeeded in reviving they have been satisfactorily repaired. the controversy as to the criminel ne, whose existence Sept. 14th.
great abundance, white and sometimes yellow. to the Lactarii.
exceptions to this test; the Collybia velutipes and all the Hygrophori (so called because the head is invariably moist and often very sticky), the Gomphridius viscidus, and Gomphridius glutinosus are quite innocuous. Finally, there are fungi which when broken in any part exude a milk in are
Obituary.
GEORGE BOWN MILLETT, L.R.C.P.EDIN., These M.R.C.S.ENG., L.S.A. milk is sweet in which the Those belong are edible. Those in which it is sharp are to be avoided. MR. MILLETT of Penzance was a distinguished CornishSo far Professor Cocconi. A mode of rendering all mush- man whose death on Sept. 17th, after a short illness, has rooms innocuous is announced by M. Gerard, who says he occasioned sincere among a wide circle of friends. regret has eaten every kind of them in great quantity after his He was the son of a solicitor in Penzance and was born in after-effects whatever. no evil and with ,cooking process In 1862 he commenced the study of medicine in He macerates the mushroom for many hours in salt 1842. water, or, better still, in water acidulated with vinegar. St. Mary’s Hospital, and after the completion of the usual The drawback to this recipe is that by it the mush- curriculum he became a Member of the Royal College of - room loses all flavour. Those, therefore, who wish to of England in 1865, taking in the following retain the agreeable and nutritious qualities of this Surgeons the diplomas of the Royal College of Physicians of favourite edible and yet eat it without misgiving must have year and the Society of Apothecaries. On his Edinburgh to rules laid down it carefully chosen according the by Professor Cocconi. Till then, however, there will be no end return to Penzance he acquired an adequate practice to the unpleasant symptoms, and even fatalities, induced by and held numerous positions of local prominence. From its reckless consumption. Even as I write several fatal 1877 to the time of his death he was medical officer of health of the borough, and for a long time "cases are reported from Florence, the mushrooms having he was visiting surgeon to the West Cornwall Infirmary. ’been picked on the banks of the Arno. Mr. Millett’s literary labours were extensive and valuable, Sept. 20th. not only in the administration of the Penzance library, of which he was successively secretary and librarian, but more especially in the archaeology of his county, his work in this PHILADELPHIA. department including "Parish Registers of Madron, 1577OWN 1700"; "Penzance, Past and Present " ; and Parish OUR (FROM CORRESPONDENT.) Registers of Gulval, 1598-1812." These researches were, however, sometimes relieved by lighter themes, for he was A Hospital Railway Waggon. the author of several songs and song-tunes, the best known A LONG-FELT want has been filled recently by the hospital of which is, perhaps, "The Mayor of Market Jew." Mr. .cars, the latest addition to the rolling stock of a railroad. Millett was also secretary of the Royal Geological Society of The car in size and general appearance externally resembles Cornwall, vice-president of the Penzance Natural History ;an ordinary baggage car. It is divided into three compart- and Antiquarian Society, and vice-president of the local ments-a consulting-room, operating-room, and ward. The branch of the Church of England Temperance Society. operating-room contains an iron table with glass top, sterilisers, a tank of sterilised water, instrument case, and all JAMES MARSHALL, M.D. ABERD., M.R.C.S. ENG. necessary appurtenances for any emergency. In the ward THE death of Dr. Marshall of Queen’s-gate, Aberdeen, is - are six iron cots, so arranged as to be fastened to the The deceased gentleman, who was in his announced. When occupied they rest wall when not in use. An rubber air-bed and a eighty-second year, was a native of the city and studied supports. - upon stationary hammock, so hung as to obviate jarring of the patient, medicine at the University, becoming a Member of the Royal Provision is made for College of Surgeons of England in 1836. He then obtained are also features of the ward. ’disinfecting the rooms with steam from time to time. an appointment in Ceylon, where he remained for some time, When the system is complete it is expected that one car will but returned to this country about forty years ago, graduated be provided for every 200 miles of railroad, being stationed at Aberdeen University, and practised for a short period at ’in the centre of each section. Norwood, near London. He has for many years been living in retirement in Aberdeen. A Disgraceful Exhibition. "Professor" Leeds, a hypnotist, has been giving exhibitions in one of the theatres in this city. As a " special feature"he put a victim into a sleep that was to last THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS seventy-two hours, placed him in a store window in a OF CRIMINAL ANTHROPOLOGY. prominent thoroughfare, and offered 100 dollars to any (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) one who could rouse the sleeper before the time named. ’One man anxious to earn the money, failing to make any (Concluded from p. 853.) impression on the victim by tickling, prodding, &c., became - desperate and struck him some heavy blows with his fists, AT the close of the sitting Professor Ferri received an without accomplishing his object, however, but injuring " ’’ ovation" from his countrymen for the undoubted impression him severely. Just at this juncture the 11 Professor arrived. He was ordered to arouse the man, which he did, he had made on the Congress; while among his opponents when it was found necessary to remove him to a hospital. there were many who cordially expressed to him their ’The man had been in the employ of the hypnotist for several admiration of his profound studies in a most difficult weeks. It is high time some legal restriction was put upon and of his masterly skill in presenting his conprovince .-.these "professorial"exhibitors. clusions and in vindicating them against attack. As to the Sanitary Inspection in New York. other papers that were introduced and partially discussed the The Health Board of New York have appointed eleven same afternoon Dr. Bertillon’sHypnotic Suggestion as an ,inspectors of mercantile establishments under the new Aid to Paternal Discipline, and still more his ’’ Nécessité " child labour " law, whose duties will be to visit all de Provoquer le Détatouage des Jeunes Detenus" attracted stores in the city and see that no child of less than fourteen most attention. Many young inmates of houses of correction, years of age is employed, and that no boy under sixteen little girls particularly, carry about with them " stigmates ,years or woman under twenty-one years is required to work infames," which, he said, make their return to honest courses He proposed, amid general approval, the more than sixty hours a week. very difficult. of a "’ détatoueur " for such houses. Madame appointment Inspection of Employés’ Teeth in Match Factories. Pauline Tarnowsky, M.D. of St. Petersburg, read an inThe continental match factory of Passaic, New Jersey, has structive paper-highly commended by Professor Lombrosoissued an order requiring all employes to show a certificate on the Criminality of Russian Women; while Dr. Minovici from a dentist testifying that their teeth are sound or that of Bucharest in his Remarks on the Statistics Relating to Criminal Anthropolgy almost succeeded in reviving they have been satisfactorily repaired. the controversy as to the criminel ne, whose existence Sept. 14th.
great abundance, white and sometimes yellow. to the Lactarii.