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THE BROMPTON HOSPITAL SANATORIUM AND CONVALESCENT HOME AT HEATHERSIDE.
BROMPTON HOSPITAL SANATORIUM.-LOOKING BACK.
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illustration it covers in the whole of the head with the were a burden to their families and to the State. It waS-with exception of the eyes and the area just around them and is an earnest desire to alleviate the sufferings of ;his thus kept in Sit1( by strings of tape tied behind the neck. By its afflicted subjects that the King recently devoted a large sum of money which was handed over to His Majesty for use all possible contamination of the wound by such means charitable purposes to the founding of a home and sanaas dandruff falling from the hair or perspiration from the brow is avoided, while the current of expired air is directed torium for the open-air cure. This work, which had been so into the lower part of the cap and away, therefore, from the courageously undertaken by the authorities of the Brompton wound. Hearing and speech are very little affected while it Hospital, would entail not only a large capital but an is being worn, the only drawback I have noted being that increased annual expenditure for maintenance. Bearing in one’s head feels distinctly warmer, chiefly due to the warm mind that its object was for the treatment of the poorest classes His Royal Highness earnestly hoped that it would expired air. It has been made for me by Messrs. Arnold and Sons, West meet with the hearty and liberal support of the public. At the conclusion of his speech the Prince accepted from the Smithfield, London. ARTHUR H. BURGESS, F.R.C.S. Eng., M.B., M.Sc. Vict., architect a special key with which he opened the building and then accompanied by the Princess made a tour of inspecVisiting Surgeon to the Manchester Union Hospital; Surgical Officer to the Manchester Cancer tion. Later several gentlemen were presented to His Royal Pavilion. Highness and the Royal party drove away in a motor-car soon after 5 P.M. Tea was served for the guests during the afternoon. ____
THE BROMPTON HOSPITAL SANATORIUM AND CONVALESCENT HOME AT HEATHERSIDE.
___
Looking Back. FROM
IN spite of the fitfulness of the weather a large number of the friends and supporters of the Brompton Hospital assembled at the Heatherside Sanatorium,’ near Camberley, Surrey, on the afternoon of June 25th to take part in the formal opening of that institution by the Prince and Princess of Wales. Their Royal Highnesses, attended by Sir Charles Cust and Lady Airlie, arrived at the sanatorium shortly after 4 P.M. and were received by the Right Hon. Viscount Midleton, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, Mr. E. D. Stern, High Sheriff of Surrey, Major General the Right Hon. Lord Cheylesmore, chairman of the committee of management of the Brompton Hospital, the Duke of Wellington, K.G., and Lieutenant-General Sir John French. The 2nd Battalion of the Royal Lancaster regiment formed a guard of honour while the Surrey (Princess of Wales’s) Imperial Yeomanry furnished an escort. On arriving at the dais where the ceremony took place Lord Cheylesmore presented to their Royal Highnesses Mr. George Ste. Crois Rose, vice-chairman of the building committee, Dr. C. Theodore Williams, Dr. J. Kingston Fowler, and Dr. P. Horton-Smith, members of that committee; Mr. E. T. Hall, the architect; and Mr. W. H. Theobald, the secretary. The Princess accepted from Mrs. Price, the lady superintendent, who was also presented to their Royal Highnesses, a bouquet. Among medical men present other than those already mentioned were Mr. Stanley Boyd, Dr. T. Dyke Acland, Dr. H. T. Bulstrode, Dr. T. H. Green, Dr. J. E. Pollock, Dr. Percy Kidd, Dr. Robert Maguire, Dr. Hector W. G. Mackenzie, Dr. S. H. Habershon, Dr. H. Batty Shaw, and Dr. E. Symes-Thompson. In the unavoidable absence of, Lord Derby, the president of the hospital, Lord Cheylesmore read to their Royal Highnesses an address in whichL, it was pointed out that the hospital from its foundation in the year 1841 had enjoyed the continuous patronage and support of the Royal Family, the foundation-stone of the: original hospital in the Fulham-road having been laid by His Royal Highness the late Prince Consort on June llth, 1844, and the foundation-stone of the south or extensionl wing having been laid on July 17th, 1879, by His Majesty King Edward VII. (then H.R.H. the Prince of Wales) in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen (then H.R.H. the Princess of Wales), H.R.H. the Princess Helena (Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein), H.R.H. the late Duke of Cambridge, K.G., and the Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, K.G. A prayer was then offered by the Bishop of SOUTHAMPTON. In his reply the PRINCE of WALES said he was glad to be present at the opening of another institution for the openair treatment of tuberculosis. For though the death-rate from tuberculous affections in England and Wales had decreased, the dread disease was still one of the principal causes of death in the United Kingdom. Nor did the number of deaths from consumption, amounting to upwardE of 63,000 a year, represent the terrible havoc which it produced in the population. For, alas, being a chronic disease many persons passed a lingering existence through its different stages and, being mostly incapacitated from work, ,
,
.
1
Vide THE LANCET, June 25th, 1904,
p. 1801.
THE LANCET, SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1826. FOREIGN DEPARTMENT. PHYSIOLOGY.
Monstrosities.* M. Hilaire announced to the Academy at the Sitting on the 3d of April, that he had instituted at Auteuil, where they carry on with success artificial incubation, a series of very curious experiments, in which he has succeeded in producing different monstrosities. One of these had in particular engaged his attention, viz. that which presented only the development of one cerebral lobe, situated on the nudian line. M. G. St. Hilaire produced this monstrosity at pleasure, in separating one half of the egg from all atmospheric contact; this he did, by plunging this half in melted wax, and letting it cool, taking care not to effect any ulterior movement. From this fact, it would be curious to recognise what is the chemical influence which the air exercises on incubation; everything leads one to imagine, that the light may exercise some part in this act. Let the case be as it may, this intelligent naturalist believes that all the varieties of the gallino are to be attributed to accidents bearing an analogy to those which he has produced by artificial means, and that these varieties perpetuate themselves afterwards by generation. At the Sitting of the 16th, this same physiologist gave an account of some new experiments which he had undertaken for the purpose of producing artificially different kinds of monstrosities, and from which he had ascertained, that the interception of the external air from one half of an egg by the melted wax, does not always give rise to so constant an effect as he had at first imagined, but that different monstrosities are produced in the same way. * Revue Medicale.
May, 1825.
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LONDON
(ROYAL
FREE
HOSPITAL)
SCHOOL
OF
MEDICINE FOR WOMEN.-Professor T. Clifford Allbutt, F.R.S., distributed the prizes at the School of Medicine for Women in Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, on June 23rd. Miss J. Cock, the Dean, who presided, said that the great competition which existed at the present day precluded any chance of an increase in the number of their students, although they were the oldest school of medicine for The school was hampered by a heavy debt for women. building. Professor Allbutt, having distributed the prizes, said that a large sphere of work that could not be adequately covered by men was now open to women doctors. He thought that women should now be admitted as members to the great guilds and corporations of the profession-the College of Physicians and the College of Surgeons. A vote of thanks to Professor Allbutt for his address, proposed by Mrs. M. A. D. Scharlieb, seconded by Dr. Mercier, and supported by the Mayor of St. Pancras, was carried unani*
mously.
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illustration it covers in the whole of the head with the were a burden to their families and to the State. It waS-with exception of the eyes and the area just around them and is an earnest desire to alleviate the sufferings of ;his thus kept in Sit1( by strings of tape tied behind the neck. By its afflicted subjects that the King recently devoted a large sum of money which was handed over to His Majesty for use all possible contamination of the wound by such means charitable purposes to the founding of a home and sanaas dandruff falling from the hair or perspiration from the brow is avoided, while the current of expired air is directed torium for the open-air cure. This work, which had been so into the lower part of the cap and away, therefore, from the courageously undertaken by the authorities of the Brompton wound. Hearing and speech are very little affected while it Hospital, would entail not only a large capital but an is being worn, the only drawback I have noted being that increased annual expenditure for maintenance. Bearing in one’s head feels distinctly warmer, chiefly due to the warm mind that its object was for the treatment of the poorest classes His Royal Highness earnestly hoped that it would expired air. It has been made for me by Messrs. Arnold and Sons, West meet with the hearty and liberal support of the public. At the conclusion of his speech the Prince accepted from the Smithfield, London. ARTHUR H. BURGESS, F.R.C.S. Eng., M.B., M.Sc. Vict., architect a special key with which he opened the building and then accompanied by the Princess made a tour of inspecVisiting Surgeon to the Manchester Union Hospital; Surgical Officer to the Manchester Cancer tion. Later several gentlemen were presented to His Royal Pavilion. Highness and the Royal party drove away in a motor-car soon after 5 P.M. Tea was served for the guests during the afternoon. ____
THE BROMPTON HOSPITAL SANATORIUM AND CONVALESCENT HOME AT HEATHERSIDE.
___
Looking Back. FROM
IN spite of the fitfulness of the weather a large number of the friends and supporters of the Brompton Hospital assembled at the Heatherside Sanatorium,’ near Camberley, Surrey, on the afternoon of June 25th to take part in the formal opening of that institution by the Prince and Princess of Wales. Their Royal Highnesses, attended by Sir Charles Cust and Lady Airlie, arrived at the sanatorium shortly after 4 P.M. and were received by the Right Hon. Viscount Midleton, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, Mr. E. D. Stern, High Sheriff of Surrey, Major General the Right Hon. Lord Cheylesmore, chairman of the committee of management of the Brompton Hospital, the Duke of Wellington, K.G., and Lieutenant-General Sir John French. The 2nd Battalion of the Royal Lancaster regiment formed a guard of honour while the Surrey (Princess of Wales’s) Imperial Yeomanry furnished an escort. On arriving at the dais where the ceremony took place Lord Cheylesmore presented to their Royal Highnesses Mr. George Ste. Crois Rose, vice-chairman of the building committee, Dr. C. Theodore Williams, Dr. J. Kingston Fowler, and Dr. P. Horton-Smith, members of that committee; Mr. E. T. Hall, the architect; and Mr. W. H. Theobald, the secretary. The Princess accepted from Mrs. Price, the lady superintendent, who was also presented to their Royal Highnesses, a bouquet. Among medical men present other than those already mentioned were Mr. Stanley Boyd, Dr. T. Dyke Acland, Dr. H. T. Bulstrode, Dr. T. H. Green, Dr. J. E. Pollock, Dr. Percy Kidd, Dr. Robert Maguire, Dr. Hector W. G. Mackenzie, Dr. S. H. Habershon, Dr. H. Batty Shaw, and Dr. E. Symes-Thompson. In the unavoidable absence of, Lord Derby, the president of the hospital, Lord Cheylesmore read to their Royal Highnesses an address in whichL, it was pointed out that the hospital from its foundation in the year 1841 had enjoyed the continuous patronage and support of the Royal Family, the foundation-stone of the: original hospital in the Fulham-road having been laid by His Royal Highness the late Prince Consort on June llth, 1844, and the foundation-stone of the south or extensionl wing having been laid on July 17th, 1879, by His Majesty King Edward VII. (then H.R.H. the Prince of Wales) in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen (then H.R.H. the Princess of Wales), H.R.H. the Princess Helena (Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein), H.R.H. the late Duke of Cambridge, K.G., and the Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, K.G. A prayer was then offered by the Bishop of SOUTHAMPTON. In his reply the PRINCE of WALES said he was glad to be present at the opening of another institution for the openair treatment of tuberculosis. For though the death-rate from tuberculous affections in England and Wales had decreased, the dread disease was still one of the principal causes of death in the United Kingdom. Nor did the number of deaths from consumption, amounting to upwardE of 63,000 a year, represent the terrible havoc which it produced in the population. For, alas, being a chronic disease many persons passed a lingering existence through its different stages and, being mostly incapacitated from work, ,
,
.
1
Vide THE LANCET, June 25th, 1904,
p. 1801.
THE LANCET, SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1826. FOREIGN DEPARTMENT. PHYSIOLOGY.
Monstrosities.* M. Hilaire announced to the Academy at the Sitting on the 3d of April, that he had instituted at Auteuil, where they carry on with success artificial incubation, a series of very curious experiments, in which he has succeeded in producing different monstrosities. One of these had in particular engaged his attention, viz. that which presented only the development of one cerebral lobe, situated on the nudian line. M. G. St. Hilaire produced this monstrosity at pleasure, in separating one half of the egg from all atmospheric contact; this he did, by plunging this half in melted wax, and letting it cool, taking care not to effect any ulterior movement. From this fact, it would be curious to recognise what is the chemical influence which the air exercises on incubation; everything leads one to imagine, that the light may exercise some part in this act. Let the case be as it may, this intelligent naturalist believes that all the varieties of the gallino are to be attributed to accidents bearing an analogy to those which he has produced by artificial means, and that these varieties perpetuate themselves afterwards by generation. At the Sitting of the 16th, this same physiologist gave an account of some new experiments which he had undertaken for the purpose of producing artificially different kinds of monstrosities, and from which he had ascertained, that the interception of the external air from one half of an egg by the melted wax, does not always give rise to so constant an effect as he had at first imagined, but that different monstrosities are produced in the same way. * Revue Medicale.
May, 1825.
__________________________________________________________
LONDON
(ROYAL
FREE
HOSPITAL)
SCHOOL
OF
MEDICINE FOR WOMEN.-Professor T. Clifford Allbutt, F.R.S., distributed the prizes at the School of Medicine for Women in Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, on June 23rd. Miss J. Cock, the Dean, who presided, said that the great competition which existed at the present day precluded any chance of an increase in the number of their students, although they were the oldest school of medicine for The school was hampered by a heavy debt for women. building. Professor Allbutt, having distributed the prizes, said that a large sphere of work that could not be adequately covered by men was now open to women doctors. He thought that women should now be admitted as members to the great guilds and corporations of the profession-the College of Physicians and the College of Surgeons. A vote of thanks to Professor Allbutt for his address, proposed by Mrs. M. A. D. Scharlieb, seconded by Dr. Mercier, and supported by the Mayor of St. Pancras, was carried unani*
mously.