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"GREAT BRITAIN AND THE PLAGUE."
THE BARKER ANATOMICAL PRIZES.
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had told him not to attend cases. He had never posed as a medical man but he had prescribed over the counter. Mr. Neville Holland, M.R.C.S. Eng., gave evidence. In answer to the coroner he said it was true that he had been struck off the Medical Register for two years. He was now living at Durham-street. He had come to Vauxhall to buy and work up Mr. Blumenthal’s practice. Dr. George Nicol Henry said death was due to broncho-pneumonia accelerated by a fractured thigh. Mr. Holland’s treatment was correct. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death"and censured Mr. Holland for his lax treatment. They also expressed their opinion that the Medical Hall" ought to be put down. The coroner coincided. This story is in many ways interesting. As to Mr. Holland’s treatment of the case it was correct so far as it went, only he might have seen his patient more often. But we cannot understand the frame of mind of a man who having been struck off the Medical Register for covering an unqualified practitioner, and after two years having been pardoned and restored to the Register, " enters into an arrangement (whatever that may mean) with the unqualified lessee of a Medical Hall." If he was not "covering" Blumenthal what was his position ??
iodide of potassium. After ten days he complained of violent itching and an erythematous and bullous eruption developed. The iodide was stopped but the eruption continued to appear and twelve days later the itching was excessive,
preventing sleep.
discrete bullous eruption on the back of the hands, feet, face, and ears. On the trunk and arms there were numerous erythematous patches and urticarial wheals both on and apart from the latter. The eruption declined under arseniate of soda, but only after ten days’ administration. A point of interest was that the eruption continued to appear for more than six weeks after the discontinuance of the iodide of potassium. Also the eruption was a typical dermatitis herpetiformis as described by M. Brocq-a form of eruption not previously observed as a result of iodism. There
was a
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"GREAT BRITAIN AND THE PLAGUE."
OUR readers are aware that the astounding action of Sir Arthur Hardinge in respect of the plague-infected ship the Bhundara has been to a great extent set right, inasmuch as the retrograde orders to repulse the ship have been suspended-that is to say cancelled. There still remains a difficulty as to the cargo of grain of the BhundaraTHE BARKER ANATOMICAL PRIZES. namely, rice-and the merchants of Bombay and Karachi IT is announced that a prize of £21 for dissections to have protested against a proposed further breach of the illustrate the anatomy of the larynx is offered for competi- Venice Convention-namely, the refusal to allow this cargo tion and is open to any student whose name is on the to be landed on the ground that it is infected. A few cases anatomical class list of any school in the United Kingdom. of plague in the ship’s hospital can hardly be imagined to The preparations must be sent to the Curator of the have infected a cargo of grain closed down in the hold of the Museums, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, each being vessel, and it is to be hoped that the authorities will frankly marked with a fictitious signature and accompanied by a accept the Convention in its entirety and order it to be sealed envelope bearing outside the same signature and con- landed. If those on shore choose then to deal in one or taining the full name of the competitor together with a other way with any goods or cargo that havebeen landed, declaration to the effect that the work of the preparation has the responsibility will be solely a local one. Part measures been carried out by himself. The printed form necessary for should never be entertained where an international agreethis declaration can be obtained on application to the ment is in question, and if the East African Government curator. The cost and risks of transport must be borne by expect to be treated on the principles of the Venice Conventhe student. The preparations entered must be placed in tion as regards ships leaving their ports they must themcharge of the curator before June lst, 1899. The dissections selves be careful to act on the same principles with respect to arrivals on their own shore. It is the attempt to apply the are to be mounted in vessels fitted with glass covers, but the The adjudicators are the Convention in part that has led to all this trouble and covers must not be sealed down. Curator of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, the difficulty. If the administration had made preparations on President of the College, and the Professor of Anatomy of shore to isolate a few cases of plague, the disinfection of the vessel, &c., could at once have followed on the landing of the University of Dublin. the sick and the passengers and the whole matter would RARE SYMPTOMS OF IODISM. probably have ended without mishap. -
AT a recent meeting of the Societe Medicale des Hôpitaux M. Danlos described some rare symptoms produced by iodide of potassium. A man, aged sixty years, took 7t gr. of iodide of potassium on one day and 15 gr. on the next, when he had[ slight signs of iodism-coryza and disagreeable taste in thei mouth. There was considerable suprahyoid tumefaction, symmetrical and not extending to the parotid region. There was no spontaneous pain and but little tenderness and the colour of the skin was not altered. The saliva, was not affected. Palpation showed no cedema but an elastic swelling in which the submaxillary glands3 The iodide were felt to be swollen and a little tender. was supposed to be the cause and was stopped. Three had To later the disappeared. swelling complete: days the proof a similar result was produced twice on administering the drug. Elimination of iodine was rather slow; two hours after administration there was scarcely a trace in the; urine and it was found abundantly on the following day. The only allusion to the subject which M. Danlos could find in literature was the statement of M. Fournier that in the treatment of syphilis swelling of the salivary glands, principally of the parotid gland, had been noticed. Another case was related. An old patient of the Saint Louis Hospital who had suffered from syphilis was given daily 45 gr. of ,
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THE SALE OF UNWHOLESOME FOOD. A CASE of considerable medical and legal interest was heard at the County of London Sessions recently. Charles Baxter appealed against two convictions by Mr. Kennedy sitting at the Greenwich police-court, the first for having sold a quantity of tinned goods which were afterwards seized by the sanitary inspector of the Rotherhithe Vestry and condemned as being unwholesome and unfit for the food of man, and the second for having been the owner of other tinned goods which were seized and condemned at the The maximum fine of £50 was inflicted on each same time. It summons. appeared that on Dec. 3rd, 1898, the sanitary the to inspector prosecuting vestry entered a general shop a Mrs. Grant in Paradise-street, Rotherhithe, and kept by a seized quantity of tins of fish and soup the contents of which were found to be unfit for food. Most of them formed part of the stock in the shop but over 400 tins were found in the yard and scullery at the back of the shop. They It was then found that were condemned to be destroyed. the business and stock had been bought by Mrs. Grant on Nov. 3rd from the appellant Baxter who had until then kept the shop and that the goods seized and condemned had been
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had told him not to attend cases. He had never posed as a medical man but he had prescribed over the counter. Mr. Neville Holland, M.R.C.S. Eng., gave evidence. In answer to the coroner he said it was true that he had been struck off the Medical Register for two years. He was now living at Durham-street. He had come to Vauxhall to buy and work up Mr. Blumenthal’s practice. Dr. George Nicol Henry said death was due to broncho-pneumonia accelerated by a fractured thigh. Mr. Holland’s treatment was correct. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death"and censured Mr. Holland for his lax treatment. They also expressed their opinion that the Medical Hall" ought to be put down. The coroner coincided. This story is in many ways interesting. As to Mr. Holland’s treatment of the case it was correct so far as it went, only he might have seen his patient more often. But we cannot understand the frame of mind of a man who having been struck off the Medical Register for covering an unqualified practitioner, and after two years having been pardoned and restored to the Register, " enters into an arrangement (whatever that may mean) with the unqualified lessee of a Medical Hall." If he was not "covering" Blumenthal what was his position ??
iodide of potassium. After ten days he complained of violent itching and an erythematous and bullous eruption developed. The iodide was stopped but the eruption continued to appear and twelve days later the itching was excessive,
preventing sleep.
discrete bullous eruption on the back of the hands, feet, face, and ears. On the trunk and arms there were numerous erythematous patches and urticarial wheals both on and apart from the latter. The eruption declined under arseniate of soda, but only after ten days’ administration. A point of interest was that the eruption continued to appear for more than six weeks after the discontinuance of the iodide of potassium. Also the eruption was a typical dermatitis herpetiformis as described by M. Brocq-a form of eruption not previously observed as a result of iodism. There
was a
____
"GREAT BRITAIN AND THE PLAGUE."
OUR readers are aware that the astounding action of Sir Arthur Hardinge in respect of the plague-infected ship the Bhundara has been to a great extent set right, inasmuch as the retrograde orders to repulse the ship have been suspended-that is to say cancelled. There still remains a difficulty as to the cargo of grain of the BhundaraTHE BARKER ANATOMICAL PRIZES. namely, rice-and the merchants of Bombay and Karachi IT is announced that a prize of £21 for dissections to have protested against a proposed further breach of the illustrate the anatomy of the larynx is offered for competi- Venice Convention-namely, the refusal to allow this cargo tion and is open to any student whose name is on the to be landed on the ground that it is infected. A few cases anatomical class list of any school in the United Kingdom. of plague in the ship’s hospital can hardly be imagined to The preparations must be sent to the Curator of the have infected a cargo of grain closed down in the hold of the Museums, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, each being vessel, and it is to be hoped that the authorities will frankly marked with a fictitious signature and accompanied by a accept the Convention in its entirety and order it to be sealed envelope bearing outside the same signature and con- landed. If those on shore choose then to deal in one or taining the full name of the competitor together with a other way with any goods or cargo that havebeen landed, declaration to the effect that the work of the preparation has the responsibility will be solely a local one. Part measures been carried out by himself. The printed form necessary for should never be entertained where an international agreethis declaration can be obtained on application to the ment is in question, and if the East African Government curator. The cost and risks of transport must be borne by expect to be treated on the principles of the Venice Conventhe student. The preparations entered must be placed in tion as regards ships leaving their ports they must themcharge of the curator before June lst, 1899. The dissections selves be careful to act on the same principles with respect to arrivals on their own shore. It is the attempt to apply the are to be mounted in vessels fitted with glass covers, but the The adjudicators are the Convention in part that has led to all this trouble and covers must not be sealed down. Curator of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, the difficulty. If the administration had made preparations on President of the College, and the Professor of Anatomy of shore to isolate a few cases of plague, the disinfection of the vessel, &c., could at once have followed on the landing of the University of Dublin. the sick and the passengers and the whole matter would RARE SYMPTOMS OF IODISM. probably have ended without mishap. -
AT a recent meeting of the Societe Medicale des Hôpitaux M. Danlos described some rare symptoms produced by iodide of potassium. A man, aged sixty years, took 7t gr. of iodide of potassium on one day and 15 gr. on the next, when he had[ slight signs of iodism-coryza and disagreeable taste in thei mouth. There was considerable suprahyoid tumefaction, symmetrical and not extending to the parotid region. There was no spontaneous pain and but little tenderness and the colour of the skin was not altered. The saliva, was not affected. Palpation showed no cedema but an elastic swelling in which the submaxillary glands3 The iodide were felt to be swollen and a little tender. was supposed to be the cause and was stopped. Three had To later the disappeared. swelling complete: days the proof a similar result was produced twice on administering the drug. Elimination of iodine was rather slow; two hours after administration there was scarcely a trace in the; urine and it was found abundantly on the following day. The only allusion to the subject which M. Danlos could find in literature was the statement of M. Fournier that in the treatment of syphilis swelling of the salivary glands, principally of the parotid gland, had been noticed. Another case was related. An old patient of the Saint Louis Hospital who had suffered from syphilis was given daily 45 gr. of ,
,
THE SALE OF UNWHOLESOME FOOD. A CASE of considerable medical and legal interest was heard at the County of London Sessions recently. Charles Baxter appealed against two convictions by Mr. Kennedy sitting at the Greenwich police-court, the first for having sold a quantity of tinned goods which were afterwards seized by the sanitary inspector of the Rotherhithe Vestry and condemned as being unwholesome and unfit for the food of man, and the second for having been the owner of other tinned goods which were seized and condemned at the The maximum fine of £50 was inflicted on each same time. It summons. appeared that on Dec. 3rd, 1898, the sanitary the to inspector prosecuting vestry entered a general shop a Mrs. Grant in Paradise-street, Rotherhithe, and kept by a seized quantity of tins of fish and soup the contents of which were found to be unfit for food. Most of them formed part of the stock in the shop but over 400 tins were found in the yard and scullery at the back of the shop. They It was then found that were condemned to be destroyed. the business and stock had been bought by Mrs. Grant on Nov. 3rd from the appellant Baxter who had until then kept the shop and that the goods seized and condemned had been