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should be permitted in the main building of a hospital. THE HEALTH OF THE CROWN PRINCE. We have no wish to deprive those who unfortunately spend IN another column will be found an article by Sir Christmas in hospital of such comfort and happiness as the Morell Mackenzie on the case of his Imperial Highness season may bring, but we feel bound to say that, unless the Crown Prince of Germany from the time of his visit to such entertainments can be given without risk, the authotill his arrival at San Remo. In the report, rities who have control of the hospitals would do well to England is which published by the wish of the illustrious sufferer, limit the Christmas bounty to the distribution of gifts &c. Sir Morell briefly recapitulates the salient points in the In the construction of a hospital, escape in case of lire Prince’s illness, and states that the extension of the fresh should ever be present to the architect’s mind. The main of sufficient stair- growth since it was first seen has always been upwards. to us to be the
thing
provision
seems
cases, so that from all
the last visit of the English laryngologist to San Remo parts of the building the patients aDuring view of the new formation at the lower
complete may have a choice of staircases, which, of course, must be of the larynx was for some days rendered impossible wide enough to allow a bedridden person to be carried down. part intense oedema of the mucous membrane, which, in the 31any of our hospitals are somewhat antiquated in design, by Sir Morell’s opinion, was due to limited perichondritis, and might doubtless be improved by rebuilding, but that is a set by the growths which have been formed probably up matter which rests with the public, from whom the necesin the larynx. It is the opinion of Sir from time to time sary funds must come. The governing bodies cannot be Morell Mackenzie that, although the nature of the growth blamed if, without funds for building, they have to make has which has not been determined by lately appeared the best of possibly imperfect edifices. microscopic examination, it presents every appearance of cancer. ___
BIRMINGHAM AS
THE
SEAT OF A UNIVERSITY.
FOLLOWING an elaborate paper by the Rev. Dr. Crosskey at the Philosophical Society, and a discussion on the same introduced by Professor Haycraft, a paper was read by Mr. James Heath, M.A., at the University Graduates’ Club, on the 15th inst. The medical element in the scheme is an important one, and closely affects the existing institutions of the Queen’s and Mason Colleges. It is to be hoped that the subject will be pursued, and that, if it is to be carried out, some means will be adopted to remove the greater objections, which appear to be mainly of a financial kind. The formation of a degree-giving body should not be the only aim-already numbers of these are present-but the consolidation of existing institutions for the purposes of higher educational requirements, technical and otherwise. ___
A SCARLATINA CURVE.
THE OBSTETRICAL SOCIETY. ON Wednesday next, the 23rd, the meeting of this Society will be devoted to the discussion of the subject of Extrauterine Gestation. Papers will be read by Dr. Herman, Dr. Champneys, and Dr. John Williams. By an error this meeting was put down in our diary last week for the 16th.
STATESMAN AND OPERATING SURGEON. DR. ZALDivAB, formerly President of a South American Republic, is now on a visit to Spain. Though considerably occupied with political matters, he finds time to pay attention to those connected with his original profession-that of medicine. Having specially devoted his attention to ophthalmic surgery, he was invited by Dr. Osio to operate in his clinic. The ex-president performed an iridectomy and operations for cataract, pterygium, and several other
IN his last number of the Sanitary Chronicles for Maryle- affections of the eye, in the presence of many of the head$ of the profession in Madrid. All were afterwards enterbone, Mr. Wynter Blyth gives a diagram based on the tained at a brilliant luncheon by Dr. Osio. statistics of the past thirty years for England and Wales, showing how scarlatina is influenced by season. The deaths are shown to be at their lowest ebb at the end of February RELATIONS OF HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES. and the beginning of March; after this they rise, the inWE direct the special attention of our readers to the crease being rapid during May and June, and then more to be held on Nov. 22nd, at the Society of Arts, Conference gradual up to the middle of October, when a steady fall to discuss recommendations framed commences. The fall increases rapidly in December; it is 18, John-street, Adelphi, the Medical Attendance Organisation Committee. Sir sudden during January, and continues until the minimum by Wells will preside. All interested in hospitals and fatality is again reached soon after the close of February. Spencer and the difficult questions connec ted with mediEvery epidemic does not necessarily follow this course; but dispensaries cal attendance on the wage-earnin g classes should attend. there are grounds for assuming that our metropolitan prevalence will, in all probability, be governed by much the same influences as those which are indicated in the curve DEATHS OF EMINENT FOREIGN MEDICAL AND
referred to.
-
GLASSBLOWERS’ SYPHILIS.
SCIENTIFIC MEN. THE deaths of the following foreign medical and scientific men are announced :-Dr. Ignaz Havas, formerly Dean of the Medical Faculty of B uda-Pesth, at the age of eightyfive.--Dr. Mering, Professor of Special Pathology in Kieff.
PROFESSOR E. DE SMET of Brussels, in lecturing on a case of syphilis occurring in the mouth of a glassblower, referred to several epidemics which have been reported as having occurred amongst artisans of this description, and remarked that only two plans for preventing these outbreaks had been A JUST JUDGE ON PATENT MEDICINES. devised—viz., giving a separate movable mouthpiece to each MR. JUSTICE KAY, in the Chancery Division, in the case man and instituting frequent rigorous periodical inspections of C. A. Vogeler and Co. v. Middleton, was asked to restrain ofthepersonsof theemployés. The first plan is always declared the defendants from advertising and selling an oil as St. by the workmen to be impracticable from the loss of time which it would occasion by fitting the different mouthpieces Joseph’s Oil, as being an infringement of the plaintiff’s trade on the tubes. The second would of course be resisted by the mark, and calculated to deceive the public. Mr. Justice Kay men, but he thinks their objections could be overcome by said that both the plaintiffs and defendants were vendors o showing them the danger to themselves and their families quack medicines which were largely advertised to heal all of the present system. manner of external injuries. He declined to rule that the
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should be permitted in the main building of a hospital. THE HEALTH OF THE CROWN PRINCE. We have no wish to deprive those who unfortunately spend IN another column will be found an article by Sir Christmas in hospital of such comfort and happiness as the Morell Mackenzie on the case of his Imperial Highness season may bring, but we feel bound to say that, unless the Crown Prince of Germany from the time of his visit to such entertainments can be given without risk, the authotill his arrival at San Remo. In the report, rities who have control of the hospitals would do well to England is which published by the wish of the illustrious sufferer, limit the Christmas bounty to the distribution of gifts &c. Sir Morell briefly recapitulates the salient points in the In the construction of a hospital, escape in case of lire Prince’s illness, and states that the extension of the fresh should ever be present to the architect’s mind. The main of sufficient stair- growth since it was first seen has always been upwards. to us to be the
thing
provision
seems
cases, so that from all
the last visit of the English laryngologist to San Remo parts of the building the patients aDuring view of the new formation at the lower
complete may have a choice of staircases, which, of course, must be of the larynx was for some days rendered impossible wide enough to allow a bedridden person to be carried down. part intense oedema of the mucous membrane, which, in the 31any of our hospitals are somewhat antiquated in design, by Sir Morell’s opinion, was due to limited perichondritis, and might doubtless be improved by rebuilding, but that is a set by the growths which have been formed probably up matter which rests with the public, from whom the necesin the larynx. It is the opinion of Sir from time to time sary funds must come. The governing bodies cannot be Morell Mackenzie that, although the nature of the growth blamed if, without funds for building, they have to make has which has not been determined by lately appeared the best of possibly imperfect edifices. microscopic examination, it presents every appearance of cancer. ___
BIRMINGHAM AS
THE
SEAT OF A UNIVERSITY.
FOLLOWING an elaborate paper by the Rev. Dr. Crosskey at the Philosophical Society, and a discussion on the same introduced by Professor Haycraft, a paper was read by Mr. James Heath, M.A., at the University Graduates’ Club, on the 15th inst. The medical element in the scheme is an important one, and closely affects the existing institutions of the Queen’s and Mason Colleges. It is to be hoped that the subject will be pursued, and that, if it is to be carried out, some means will be adopted to remove the greater objections, which appear to be mainly of a financial kind. The formation of a degree-giving body should not be the only aim-already numbers of these are present-but the consolidation of existing institutions for the purposes of higher educational requirements, technical and otherwise. ___
A SCARLATINA CURVE.
THE OBSTETRICAL SOCIETY. ON Wednesday next, the 23rd, the meeting of this Society will be devoted to the discussion of the subject of Extrauterine Gestation. Papers will be read by Dr. Herman, Dr. Champneys, and Dr. John Williams. By an error this meeting was put down in our diary last week for the 16th.
STATESMAN AND OPERATING SURGEON. DR. ZALDivAB, formerly President of a South American Republic, is now on a visit to Spain. Though considerably occupied with political matters, he finds time to pay attention to those connected with his original profession-that of medicine. Having specially devoted his attention to ophthalmic surgery, he was invited by Dr. Osio to operate in his clinic. The ex-president performed an iridectomy and operations for cataract, pterygium, and several other
IN his last number of the Sanitary Chronicles for Maryle- affections of the eye, in the presence of many of the head$ of the profession in Madrid. All were afterwards enterbone, Mr. Wynter Blyth gives a diagram based on the tained at a brilliant luncheon by Dr. Osio. statistics of the past thirty years for England and Wales, showing how scarlatina is influenced by season. The deaths are shown to be at their lowest ebb at the end of February RELATIONS OF HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES. and the beginning of March; after this they rise, the inWE direct the special attention of our readers to the crease being rapid during May and June, and then more to be held on Nov. 22nd, at the Society of Arts, Conference gradual up to the middle of October, when a steady fall to discuss recommendations framed commences. The fall increases rapidly in December; it is 18, John-street, Adelphi, the Medical Attendance Organisation Committee. Sir sudden during January, and continues until the minimum by Wells will preside. All interested in hospitals and fatality is again reached soon after the close of February. Spencer and the difficult questions connec ted with mediEvery epidemic does not necessarily follow this course; but dispensaries cal attendance on the wage-earnin g classes should attend. there are grounds for assuming that our metropolitan prevalence will, in all probability, be governed by much the same influences as those which are indicated in the curve DEATHS OF EMINENT FOREIGN MEDICAL AND
referred to.
-
GLASSBLOWERS’ SYPHILIS.
SCIENTIFIC MEN. THE deaths of the following foreign medical and scientific men are announced :-Dr. Ignaz Havas, formerly Dean of the Medical Faculty of B uda-Pesth, at the age of eightyfive.--Dr. Mering, Professor of Special Pathology in Kieff.
PROFESSOR E. DE SMET of Brussels, in lecturing on a case of syphilis occurring in the mouth of a glassblower, referred to several epidemics which have been reported as having occurred amongst artisans of this description, and remarked that only two plans for preventing these outbreaks had been A JUST JUDGE ON PATENT MEDICINES. devised—viz., giving a separate movable mouthpiece to each MR. JUSTICE KAY, in the Chancery Division, in the case man and instituting frequent rigorous periodical inspections of C. A. Vogeler and Co. v. Middleton, was asked to restrain ofthepersonsof theemployés. The first plan is always declared the defendants from advertising and selling an oil as St. by the workmen to be impracticable from the loss of time which it would occasion by fitting the different mouthpieces Joseph’s Oil, as being an infringement of the plaintiff’s trade on the tubes. The second would of course be resisted by the mark, and calculated to deceive the public. Mr. Justice Kay men, but he thinks their objections could be overcome by said that both the plaintiffs and defendants were vendors o showing them the danger to themselves and their families quack medicines which were largely advertised to heal all of the present system. manner of external injuries. He declined to rule that the