- Email: [email protected]
THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CANCER.
878
THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. i
Committee for Youth, to leaders of voluntary organisations and to young people between the ages of 16 and 20. This work has brought to light the need for direct teaching on preparation for marriage and the management of married life. A special committee has accordingly been considering what type of information should be in the hands of " leaders of the community," and an experimental course of lectures is to be given by members of this committee to audiences composed of people engaged in religious, medical, and educational work. The audiences will act as consultative committees, participating actively in the discussion after each lecture, and the objective of the course is to produce a handbook for leaders. Dr. A. H. Harkness, the hon. medical secretary of the Council, asks us to say that a cordial invitation is extended to medical men and women to attend the lectures and offer advice and suggestions. They will be delivered at Carteret House, Carteret-street, Westminster, S.W. at 5.30 P.M. on Tuesdays from May 5th to June 9th, and the speakers will be Prof. B. Malinowski, Dr. H. Crichton-Miller, Dr. I. Feldman, and Mr. Z. F. Willis. Full particulars may be had from the secretary at that address. MARGARET McMILLAN.
of Margaret McMillan will long be honoured because of her untiring devotion to the welfare of children. It was in Bradford that she THE
name
and her sister Rachel first gained the knowledge of elementary schools which made them dedicate their strength and gifts to this service. "What we saw there," she said, ’’will perhaps never be seen again. Happily it could not be seen now, when medical inspection and school clinics have become commonplaces of our life. Children in every stage of illness. Children with adenoids. Children with curvature. Children in every stage of neglect and dirt and suffering." The parents of these children took for granted conditions of child life and labour now thought of with horror, but by degrees they acquired a new point of view, and under Miss McMillan’s inspiration the Bradford school board went boldly forward. In 1902 she and her sister came to London, and, with the help of Sir Victor Horsley, agitated to obtain legislation for the expenditure of public money on medical treatment for elementary schoolchildren. In 1906 she headed a deputation to the Board of Education, which secured the Act of Parliament making medical inspection of school-children a duty of local education authorities. In 1908 the two sisters opened a school clinic in Bow, but it did not prove successful. Undaunted by failure, they started a similar centre in Deptford in 1910, and from the first children " came in torrents." In a single year thousands were treated for adenoids and dental troubles, and the success of the clinic was so apparent that in 1911 a State grant was given for dental service, and in 1912 for medical treatment. A garden in Deptford was turned into a camp, which after being used by day became an open-air dormitory at night. But what the McMillans were doing was remedial, and what they longed to do was preventive. Accordingly in 1914, the now famous open-air school at Deptford, the first of its kind in this country, was opened. Deptford was chosen for its extreme poverty, and the amazing success of the school suggests that similar results could be got anywhere. The war brought tragedy and disaster to Deptford, and in 1917 Rachel died, worn out by grief and hard work. From that time Margaret McMillan gave her life to the task of procuring a chance of full physical, mental, and
to every child. She was the advocate of school meals for necessitous children, nursery schools, open-air schools, and playgrounds, all of which in some measure she lived to see in being. If she was visionary she was also practical. She was the kind of idealist whose ideals come to be accepted as common sense and thereby gain official recognition and public grants. In a life of striving, she broke down many barriers which might have long stood fast if she had failed in courage. She died on March 29th at the age of 70.
spiritual development
THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. TiiE American Jo2c°-na.l of Cancel’, of which the first two numbers have just appeared, is the old. J ounwl of Cancer Research writ large. It appears in in the same cover and format and the number of the volume continues that of its parent publication, but, each issue has about 600 pages where its predecessor offered 150. A valuable new feature is the critical abstracts of the current cancer publications appearing, over the names of a staff of experts on different aspects of the subject. It would perhaps be best if all these abstracts were signed, and since they deal with many hundreds of papers and occupy about half of each issue, the addition of a subject index is desirable. The other half of the journal is reserved for original contributions, and these are no longer confined to papers on cancer research in the more restricted sense. They now refer to all phases of
cancer-experimental, clinical, statistical, and educational-and the editors havecast their net so widely as sometimes to catch contributions which have no very clear bearing on the problem. The papers are lavishly illustrated and the figures are of exceptional excellence. Special attention may be drawn to the remarkably clear microphotographs of mitoses magnified 2500 times which accompany a paper on the Cytology of Cancer by Michael Levine. The journal, which like its parent is edited by Prof. Francis Carter Wood, is now the official organ of the American Society for the Control of Cancer and of the American Association for Cancer Research. As we havealready announced, the Eighth British Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology meets on Wednesday next at Glasgow. The sessions will be held in the Lister memorial hall at the Royal Infirmary, and the meeting will end on Friday.
Summer Time will
commence
in Great Britain,
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man on Sunday morning next, April 19th, at 2 A.M., when the hands of timepieces should be advanced It will end on Sunday, Oct. 4th. one hour. SOCIETY
FOR
RELIEF
OF
WIDOWS
AND
ORPHANS OF
MEDICAL MEN.-At a quarterly court of directors held on April 8th, Mr. V. Warren Low. President, in the chair, it was reported that an annuitant of the society, who came on the funds in 1887, died last January. Her husband was elected a member in 1875 and paid in subscriptions 225 4s. His widow received in grants .S3300. A first application for relief was received from the widow of a member and a yearly grant of .675 was voted, not including the Christmas present, the amount of which depends on the money available for distribution at the end of the year. A sum of jB91 5s. was voted to widows as special grants to enable them to continue the education of their children who had reached the age of 16, at which age the ordinary grants from the society cease. A donation of not 12s. 6d. from the Bovril Medical Agency was reported. Membership to the society is open to any registered medical man who at the time of his election is resident within a 20-mile radius of Charing Cross. Full particulars from the Secretary at 11, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, London W.1.
THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. i
Committee for Youth, to leaders of voluntary organisations and to young people between the ages of 16 and 20. This work has brought to light the need for direct teaching on preparation for marriage and the management of married life. A special committee has accordingly been considering what type of information should be in the hands of " leaders of the community," and an experimental course of lectures is to be given by members of this committee to audiences composed of people engaged in religious, medical, and educational work. The audiences will act as consultative committees, participating actively in the discussion after each lecture, and the objective of the course is to produce a handbook for leaders. Dr. A. H. Harkness, the hon. medical secretary of the Council, asks us to say that a cordial invitation is extended to medical men and women to attend the lectures and offer advice and suggestions. They will be delivered at Carteret House, Carteret-street, Westminster, S.W. at 5.30 P.M. on Tuesdays from May 5th to June 9th, and the speakers will be Prof. B. Malinowski, Dr. H. Crichton-Miller, Dr. I. Feldman, and Mr. Z. F. Willis. Full particulars may be had from the secretary at that address. MARGARET McMILLAN.
of Margaret McMillan will long be honoured because of her untiring devotion to the welfare of children. It was in Bradford that she THE
name
and her sister Rachel first gained the knowledge of elementary schools which made them dedicate their strength and gifts to this service. "What we saw there," she said, ’’will perhaps never be seen again. Happily it could not be seen now, when medical inspection and school clinics have become commonplaces of our life. Children in every stage of illness. Children with adenoids. Children with curvature. Children in every stage of neglect and dirt and suffering." The parents of these children took for granted conditions of child life and labour now thought of with horror, but by degrees they acquired a new point of view, and under Miss McMillan’s inspiration the Bradford school board went boldly forward. In 1902 she and her sister came to London, and, with the help of Sir Victor Horsley, agitated to obtain legislation for the expenditure of public money on medical treatment for elementary schoolchildren. In 1906 she headed a deputation to the Board of Education, which secured the Act of Parliament making medical inspection of school-children a duty of local education authorities. In 1908 the two sisters opened a school clinic in Bow, but it did not prove successful. Undaunted by failure, they started a similar centre in Deptford in 1910, and from the first children " came in torrents." In a single year thousands were treated for adenoids and dental troubles, and the success of the clinic was so apparent that in 1911 a State grant was given for dental service, and in 1912 for medical treatment. A garden in Deptford was turned into a camp, which after being used by day became an open-air dormitory at night. But what the McMillans were doing was remedial, and what they longed to do was preventive. Accordingly in 1914, the now famous open-air school at Deptford, the first of its kind in this country, was opened. Deptford was chosen for its extreme poverty, and the amazing success of the school suggests that similar results could be got anywhere. The war brought tragedy and disaster to Deptford, and in 1917 Rachel died, worn out by grief and hard work. From that time Margaret McMillan gave her life to the task of procuring a chance of full physical, mental, and
to every child. She was the advocate of school meals for necessitous children, nursery schools, open-air schools, and playgrounds, all of which in some measure she lived to see in being. If she was visionary she was also practical. She was the kind of idealist whose ideals come to be accepted as common sense and thereby gain official recognition and public grants. In a life of striving, she broke down many barriers which might have long stood fast if she had failed in courage. She died on March 29th at the age of 70.
spiritual development
THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. TiiE American Jo2c°-na.l of Cancel’, of which the first two numbers have just appeared, is the old. J ounwl of Cancer Research writ large. It appears in in the same cover and format and the number of the volume continues that of its parent publication, but, each issue has about 600 pages where its predecessor offered 150. A valuable new feature is the critical abstracts of the current cancer publications appearing, over the names of a staff of experts on different aspects of the subject. It would perhaps be best if all these abstracts were signed, and since they deal with many hundreds of papers and occupy about half of each issue, the addition of a subject index is desirable. The other half of the journal is reserved for original contributions, and these are no longer confined to papers on cancer research in the more restricted sense. They now refer to all phases of
cancer-experimental, clinical, statistical, and educational-and the editors havecast their net so widely as sometimes to catch contributions which have no very clear bearing on the problem. The papers are lavishly illustrated and the figures are of exceptional excellence. Special attention may be drawn to the remarkably clear microphotographs of mitoses magnified 2500 times which accompany a paper on the Cytology of Cancer by Michael Levine. The journal, which like its parent is edited by Prof. Francis Carter Wood, is now the official organ of the American Society for the Control of Cancer and of the American Association for Cancer Research. As we havealready announced, the Eighth British Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology meets on Wednesday next at Glasgow. The sessions will be held in the Lister memorial hall at the Royal Infirmary, and the meeting will end on Friday.
Summer Time will
commence
in Great Britain,
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man on Sunday morning next, April 19th, at 2 A.M., when the hands of timepieces should be advanced It will end on Sunday, Oct. 4th. one hour. SOCIETY
FOR
RELIEF
OF
WIDOWS
AND
ORPHANS OF
MEDICAL MEN.-At a quarterly court of directors held on April 8th, Mr. V. Warren Low. President, in the chair, it was reported that an annuitant of the society, who came on the funds in 1887, died last January. Her husband was elected a member in 1875 and paid in subscriptions 225 4s. His widow received in grants .S3300. A first application for relief was received from the widow of a member and a yearly grant of .675 was voted, not including the Christmas present, the amount of which depends on the money available for distribution at the end of the year. A sum of jB91 5s. was voted to widows as special grants to enable them to continue the education of their children who had reached the age of 16, at which age the ordinary grants from the society cease. A donation of not 12s. 6d. from the Bovril Medical Agency was reported. Membership to the society is open to any registered medical man who at the time of his election is resident within a 20-mile radius of Charing Cross. Full particulars from the Secretary at 11, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, London W.1.