SCOTTISH NOTES.

186 HEALTH

LECTURES IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND.

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come and address the electors, the committee in the meantime pledging themselves not to ask any other candi. date until Dr. Clark had full opportunity afforded him of expressing his political opinions. I am not aware whether the paragraph refers to the distinguished physician and baronet who recently visited Caithness in company with his illustrious patient and political chief.

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The lecture season north with unusual severity." Mr. Williamson, of the Newcastle Infirmary, has been holding forth in Sunderland on the "Eye and Sight," under the auspices of the Ladies’ Sanitary Association. Mr. Williamson’s lecture was the first of a course, and was presided over by the Mayor. The local newspapers speak well as to Mr. Williamson’s qualities MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE IN THE ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY. as a popular lecturer. Mr. C. Jeaffreson, of our Eye InfirAt a meeting of the Senate held a few days ago, it was mary, also gave some interesting demonstrations with the agreed that, in future, medical jurisprudence should be ophthalmoscope the other night at the Tyneside Students’ as a summer class. I do not know whether the pro. soir6c; these were well attended, and excited a good deal taught fessor or the students should be most congratulated on this of interest. At South Shields Dr. Monro, the medical For many years a series of a hundred lectures On officer of health, has inaugurated a course of lectures on change. this subject and on medical logic has been looked upon "Elementary Physiology," intended for ladies, and includ- as an infliction, and helpless students, knowing that fifty ing such subjects as the sanitary management of the house- lectures were deemed enough in every other school, have in As a rule, these lectures in our district vain hold, nursing, &c. sighed for deliverance. A winter class of medical juris. are delivered by men who have given special attention to and a summer hundred-lecture course of materia prudence their subjects; so that the following advice once given to a medica were too anomalous for existence, and both subjects youth is no longer applicable : "My son, before you go will now be taught in proper course. to a lecture be sure that the lecturer knows what he is lecIt appears that the now famous Dundee whale will be turing about," and it behoves him to know it about here, for handed over, after it is no longer fit for exhibition, to the come from the audience. frequently very pertinent questions local where the skeleton will be set up. The museum, Jan. 1884. 16th, Newcastle-on-Tyne, excitement over the monster recalls that shown in connexion with the removal of Jumbo, and last Saturday 12,000people paid for admission to view the "remains."Aberdeen and NOTES. SCOTTISH other universities in Great Britain, and even in Germany, have (From our own Correspondent.) sought to purchase the skeleton, but their gold has not been enough to tempt the Dundee patriot. Notwithstanding this, SANITARY PROTECTION ASSOCIATIONS. it is said that Professors Struthers and Turner will dissect AT a large and influential meeting held in Dundee last the massive "subject." While on his recent visit to Edinburgh Mr. Mundella had week, it was agreed to form a Sanitary Association for the a private conference with the professors on the Medical BilL town and district on the lines of the Edinburgh Society. The success of the method elsewhere, and the great need for such a Society in Dundee revealed by the recent statement PARIS. of the medical officer of health, ensured a public welcome to (From our Paris Correspondent.) the scheme of Professor Ewing ; and none have been more forward in helping the movement than the practitioners of AFTER a service of more than half a century as director the town, of whom no fewer than sixteen are on the provisional committee. Dr. Sinclair well expressed the feeling of the Gobelins Manufactory, M. Chevreul, the illustrious of the profession in favour of preventive medicine, and was chemist, has been placed on the retired list, and although confident that the work of the new Society would not inter- in less than two years he will have completed 100 years of fere with that of the sanitary staff of the corporation. He he considers that he has not been well treated. It stated that about one-third of the mortality of the kingdom age, would that, in order to spare the feelings however, appear, was due to disease caused or favoured by neglected house he has been allowed to retain his sanitation ; that typhoid fever and diphtheria especially are of the old gentleman, due to defective drainage and other evils easily righted ; appointment with the full salary attached to it. TheMunithat every well-drained house is a benefit to the whole com- cipal Council of Paris have given his name to a new street munity ; and that the only desire of those favouring this in this city, an honour rarely conferred on persons while Association was the exclusion of preventive ailments from yet living. The following short account of his habits may He is generally lightly clad, and their family circles. It is stated in the prospectus. that be of some interest. wears no hat unless under circumstances in which heis members will have the privilege of securing the inspection of houses other than their own, at a low fee ; and thus the obliged to appear in one; indeed, he hardly needs a hat, as luxuriant hair. He is constantly at work, Society may be of great value to the working classes. he has most ten minutes for each of his meals, of whichhe It was mentioned a few days later, at the annual allowing only breakfasts at seven, the repast meeting of the Edinburgh Association, that a similar has but twoof aa day. ofHemeat and another of vegetables, consisting plate provision was made in their bye-laws, but that prac- which he eats together, the whole being washed down done in indihad the direction been tically nothing cated. This was much regretted by Professor Fleeming with two tumblers of water. He is said to have never of wine in his life. He dines at seven in the Jenkin, who now believes that, beyond the first duty to drunk a glass the members, these Societies will be useful chiefly through evening, and takes nothing between the two meals excepta their effect on public opinion, and in bringing pressure to small loaf at noon, which he eats standing and by the side of states that ona bear upon Government in favour of sanitary legislation his alembics. The writer who relates visit to M. Chevreul he found him in the attitude just and in that their more generally, especially suggesting be made compulsory in the described, and on expressing his surprise at the frugal system of inspection interests of the poorer classes. The Edinburgh Society, manner in which he lived, M. Chevreul observed: "I a!l1 with a membership of 700, is now in its eighth year, and very old (this was in 1874), and I have yet a great deal to continues its career of usefulness with decreasing difficulties do, so I do not wish to lose my time in eating." This yearly. During last year 900 inspections have been made, example of longevity is certainly a good argument in favour and over 160 houses in the country have been visited by the of temperance and regularity of living. engineers. There can be no question of the wide field open SPONTANEOUS COW-POX. to such Societies as these, and the day may soon come when A case is reported from Cerons, in the depa.rtment of the every considerable town will take this means of self- Gironde. Two heifers were inoculated with the matter from protection. which several children were vaccinated. According to THE REPRESENTATION OF CAITHNESS-SHIRE. Prof. Layet the eruption of spontaneous cow-pox does not The Scotsman states that a meeting of the Caithness Land present the classical characters described in books. The Law Reform Association has been held for the purpose of pustules are not umbilicated or cup-shaped. U mbilication considering what action should be taken in regard to the is the character essential to the eruption when transmitted. representation of the county when the seat becomes vacant. VALUE OF DISTILLED WATER FOR INFUSIONS. After long consultation, it was agreed to submit the objects of the Association to " Dr. Clark of London," and if he apThe Jo2crncrZ cles Brasseurs recommends coffee being proved of the principles therein set forth, he was to be invited made with distilled water instead of common water, and

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