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SKETCH OF THE SERVICES OF DR. P. B. LORD SURGEON IN THE BOMBAY ARMY.
61 ternal rings were divided. The external abdominal ring, which was very tight, was divided without opening the sac, but as this did not release the intestine, the sac was opened; in it there was a knuckle of gut, which was forced over the external ring, and was of rather a dark colour, and another portion of intestine, at the lower part of the sac, was almost healthy. The internal ring was next divided, and the intestine returned without difficulty into the abdomen. The wound was dressed in the usual way. The post-mortem examination was made the morning after his death, at nine A.M. The abdomen only was examined. The external and internal rings were found quite free; there was about a foot and a half of small intestine, enormously distended, and nearly black, lying in the pelvis; on raising this, it was found girt by a band about an inch and a half long, which was connected with the cæcum on the one side, and with the peritonaeum covering the iliacus internus muscle, close to the internal abdominal ring, on the other; this band was round and firm, and seemed to be either one of those bands of old adhesive inflammation which are occasionally met with in the abdomen, or the remains of the omphalo-mesenteric duct. It must have existed a long time. It was not so tight as to have strangulated the intestine in its undisturbed condition. Mr. Solly believed that this was the cause of the previous obstinate constipation, and also the cause of the subsequent irritation of the bowels, though it all subsided before the fatal strangulation took place which terminated his ex-
of honour for a soldier,-the advanced guard. We performed the sad last duties to his remains that night, in the field where he fell, it appearing to me the proper resting-place for so much human excellence and glory."
THE RAILWAY ACCIDENTS BILL. IN the present session of parliament a Bill was brought into the House of Commons by Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Richard Spooner, and Mr. C. B. Addeeiey, to provide medical assistance in cases of accidents on railways. The preamble of the Bill recited, that whereas an action is not now maintainable against a railway company, by a surgeon called in by the servant of a railway company to render assistance to a passenger who has been accidentally injured, it is right and expedient that oftentimes the company in such case should be answerable for the services of the surgeon called in. It then proposed to enact that the servants of railway companies may call in surgeons in cases of accident, the acts of the servant to bind the railway company until notice is given to the medical attendant to the contrary. It was provided that a railway company might recover expenses from other railway companies in fault; and in case of a pauper passenger, the company was to have a legal right to recover from the overseers of the parish in which the accident happened. Mr. NEWDEGATE moved the second reading of the Bill on the 26th of June. istence. Mr. ELLis rose, as a director of the Midland Counties and London and North-western Companies, to declare that they had never endeavoured to shirk anv fair demand. In the SKETCH OF THE SERVICES OF DR. P. B. LORD case of Cox f. the Midland Counties Company, &c., the SURGEON IN THE BOMBAY ARMY. man had arrived at the station and obtained his ticket twenty minutes before the time for starting, but had delayed entering the (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) ON his arrival in India, Dr. Lord was appointed to a regiment carriage until the train was in motion ; the weather being frosty, of native cavalry, serving in Guzerat. Shortly afterwards he his foot slipped, and thus the accident occurred; so that there was no blame at all to the Company; and if it had not been the was ordered to proceed to the northern frontier, and to report case of a poor man they would have resisted it to the utmost. on the Pali Plague, which had broken out in that direction. Whilst on his road thither he was recalled, having been ap- The nearest medical man (Mr. Davis) had been sent for, and he proposed that the man should be taken to the public-house, pointed Surgeon to the Embassy about to proceed to Cabul, had and that Mr. Cox should be sent for. Under these circumstances and whilst there, he was employed on a mission to the Uzbeg the Company had, though advised that they were not liable, inTartars. His official report upon this occasion having been sub- structed their counsel (Mr. Macaulay) that he might settle the mitted to the government by Sir Alexander Burnes, it attracted case for 2001., including everything. He settled it for 1501., exmuch attention on the part of the authorities, the com- clusive of costs, which altogether came to 220/. The Company mander-in-chief in particular expressing his surprise and thought they had now done with the case, and that the medical were to be paid out of the 1501.; but they had four accounts, pleasure at the amount of information thus amassed by a men and heavy ones, sent in from the three surgeons and the publican, medical officer. In consequence of the report here mentioned, Dr. Lord and four separate actions were brought, in which the plaintiffs failed, as they deserved, for the actions were not fair--because was appointed Political Assistant to the Envoy sent to the would have settled the question, and were meant to " pluck" King of Cabul, and was intrusted with the duty of organizing one all the affected subjects of Shah Soojah, in the vicinity of the Company (a laugh). The Bill stated a fallacy on the face Qf it, that " no action is maintainable against a railway company by Peshawur. he to the astonishment This duty of every a surgeon rendering assistance to passengers accidentally injured performed by a railway;" whereas Mr. Baron Parke, in delivering the military officer in the force. Those who believed that a judgment of the Exchequer, said-" It will rarely occur that the medical officer could apply himself to nothing beyond his surgeon has not a remedy against his patient; and if the patient were not a little surprised to see Dr. Lord cast a profession, poor, he will be entitled to compensation from the Company six-pounder gun-supply it with carriage, horses, men, round be (if they have been guilty of any breach of duty), out of which he and canister shot, complete. This done, he caused three hundred rifle guns to be pre- will be able to pay the surgeon’s bill, it being always allowed in Under these circumstances, not seeing why railway pared ; made tentage for five thousand men, and uniforms for damages." three thousand-furnishing the requisite belts and accoutre- companies should have their pockets picked any more than other ments at the same time. He raised and organized a corps of bodies, he would move that the Bill be read a second time that horse from amongst the natives of the country, of a part of day six months. Mr. Adderley, Colonel Sibthorp, and Mr. Spooner supported which he retained the command until the army entered Cabul in triumph. Dr. Lord acted as Aide-de-camp to Colonel the Bill, which was opposed by Mr. Labouchere, the AttorneyWade during the three days’ fighting in the Kybur Pass, and General, and Mr. Ricardo. The house then divided, when there appeared-for the second received the public thanks of the Governor-General for the reading, 53; against it, 108 ; majority, 55. The Bill was accord, zeal, promptitude, and energy displayed on this occasion. Such was the early part of Dr. Lord’s career. From this ingly thrown out. period he continued in active employment, until ordered to accompany the military force sent to intercept Dost Mahomed
Correspondence.
Khan.
Having attached himself to the advanced guard at Purwau Durrah, it was his personal observation and judgment that marked the opportunity and suggested the movement by which
Dost Mahomed’s flank was turned, and his retreat cut off. In the moment of victory, when the battle was all but won, panic seized a body of native cavalry, who first faltered, and then fled. In vain Dr. Lord called to them to rally; they left him and several of their officers to the enemy, he falling pierced by more than a dozen balls. His death was communicated to his family by Sir Alexander Burnes, in the following words:—" A public and private affliction has been sustained by the death of Dr. Lord. He fell holding the post
"Audi alteram partem."
THE HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF WOMEN. [LETTER
FROM DR.
RIGBY.]
To the Editor of THE LANCET. SIR,—I certainly thought that my letter to you on this subject, (THE LANCET, June 15,) although short, was of itself a sufficient answer to Dr. Protheroe Smith’s (June 29); but as you call upon so as
me for a further you tax me with
explanation,
stating that
I
willingly give it,
I knezo
nothing of
the more the Report
of honour for a soldier,-the advanced guard. We performed the sad last duties to his remains that night, in the field where he fell, it appearing to me the proper resting-place for so much human excellence and glory."
THE RAILWAY ACCIDENTS BILL. IN the present session of parliament a Bill was brought into the House of Commons by Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Richard Spooner, and Mr. C. B. Addeeiey, to provide medical assistance in cases of accidents on railways. The preamble of the Bill recited, that whereas an action is not now maintainable against a railway company, by a surgeon called in by the servant of a railway company to render assistance to a passenger who has been accidentally injured, it is right and expedient that oftentimes the company in such case should be answerable for the services of the surgeon called in. It then proposed to enact that the servants of railway companies may call in surgeons in cases of accident, the acts of the servant to bind the railway company until notice is given to the medical attendant to the contrary. It was provided that a railway company might recover expenses from other railway companies in fault; and in case of a pauper passenger, the company was to have a legal right to recover from the overseers of the parish in which the accident happened. Mr. NEWDEGATE moved the second reading of the Bill on the 26th of June. istence. Mr. ELLis rose, as a director of the Midland Counties and London and North-western Companies, to declare that they had never endeavoured to shirk anv fair demand. In the SKETCH OF THE SERVICES OF DR. P. B. LORD case of Cox f. the Midland Counties Company, &c., the SURGEON IN THE BOMBAY ARMY. man had arrived at the station and obtained his ticket twenty minutes before the time for starting, but had delayed entering the (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) ON his arrival in India, Dr. Lord was appointed to a regiment carriage until the train was in motion ; the weather being frosty, of native cavalry, serving in Guzerat. Shortly afterwards he his foot slipped, and thus the accident occurred; so that there was no blame at all to the Company; and if it had not been the was ordered to proceed to the northern frontier, and to report case of a poor man they would have resisted it to the utmost. on the Pali Plague, which had broken out in that direction. Whilst on his road thither he was recalled, having been ap- The nearest medical man (Mr. Davis) had been sent for, and he proposed that the man should be taken to the public-house, pointed Surgeon to the Embassy about to proceed to Cabul, had and that Mr. Cox should be sent for. Under these circumstances and whilst there, he was employed on a mission to the Uzbeg the Company had, though advised that they were not liable, inTartars. His official report upon this occasion having been sub- structed their counsel (Mr. Macaulay) that he might settle the mitted to the government by Sir Alexander Burnes, it attracted case for 2001., including everything. He settled it for 1501., exmuch attention on the part of the authorities, the com- clusive of costs, which altogether came to 220/. The Company mander-in-chief in particular expressing his surprise and thought they had now done with the case, and that the medical were to be paid out of the 1501.; but they had four accounts, pleasure at the amount of information thus amassed by a men and heavy ones, sent in from the three surgeons and the publican, medical officer. In consequence of the report here mentioned, Dr. Lord and four separate actions were brought, in which the plaintiffs failed, as they deserved, for the actions were not fair--because was appointed Political Assistant to the Envoy sent to the would have settled the question, and were meant to " pluck" King of Cabul, and was intrusted with the duty of organizing one all the affected subjects of Shah Soojah, in the vicinity of the Company (a laugh). The Bill stated a fallacy on the face Qf it, that " no action is maintainable against a railway company by Peshawur. he to the astonishment This duty of every a surgeon rendering assistance to passengers accidentally injured performed by a railway;" whereas Mr. Baron Parke, in delivering the military officer in the force. Those who believed that a judgment of the Exchequer, said-" It will rarely occur that the medical officer could apply himself to nothing beyond his surgeon has not a remedy against his patient; and if the patient were not a little surprised to see Dr. Lord cast a profession, poor, he will be entitled to compensation from the Company six-pounder gun-supply it with carriage, horses, men, round be (if they have been guilty of any breach of duty), out of which he and canister shot, complete. This done, he caused three hundred rifle guns to be pre- will be able to pay the surgeon’s bill, it being always allowed in Under these circumstances, not seeing why railway pared ; made tentage for five thousand men, and uniforms for damages." three thousand-furnishing the requisite belts and accoutre- companies should have their pockets picked any more than other ments at the same time. He raised and organized a corps of bodies, he would move that the Bill be read a second time that horse from amongst the natives of the country, of a part of day six months. Mr. Adderley, Colonel Sibthorp, and Mr. Spooner supported which he retained the command until the army entered Cabul in triumph. Dr. Lord acted as Aide-de-camp to Colonel the Bill, which was opposed by Mr. Labouchere, the AttorneyWade during the three days’ fighting in the Kybur Pass, and General, and Mr. Ricardo. The house then divided, when there appeared-for the second received the public thanks of the Governor-General for the reading, 53; against it, 108 ; majority, 55. The Bill was accord, zeal, promptitude, and energy displayed on this occasion. Such was the early part of Dr. Lord’s career. From this ingly thrown out. period he continued in active employment, until ordered to accompany the military force sent to intercept Dost Mahomed
Correspondence.
Khan.
Having attached himself to the advanced guard at Purwau Durrah, it was his personal observation and judgment that marked the opportunity and suggested the movement by which
Dost Mahomed’s flank was turned, and his retreat cut off. In the moment of victory, when the battle was all but won, panic seized a body of native cavalry, who first faltered, and then fled. In vain Dr. Lord called to them to rally; they left him and several of their officers to the enemy, he falling pierced by more than a dozen balls. His death was communicated to his family by Sir Alexander Burnes, in the following words:—" A public and private affliction has been sustained by the death of Dr. Lord. He fell holding the post
"Audi alteram partem."
THE HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF WOMEN. [LETTER
FROM DR.
RIGBY.]
To the Editor of THE LANCET. SIR,—I certainly thought that my letter to you on this subject, (THE LANCET, June 15,) although short, was of itself a sufficient answer to Dr. Protheroe Smith’s (June 29); but as you call upon so as
me for a further you tax me with
explanation,
stating that
I
willingly give it,
I knezo
nothing of
the more the Report