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devote any portion of his time and attention." At the present time most persons would say that outdoor games, cricket, lawn-tennis, football, hockey, or fives, are far preferable to any indoor game. But in the "twenties"" football and cricket were in their infancy, if we may judge from
Annotations. 11 Ne quid nimis."
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the account of the latter game as given in " Pickwick, although the game was played and the Founder of this journal was in his student days an enthusiastic cricketer. Almost the only other recreations open to the medical student of 80 years ago were boxing and billiards. Chess, of course, even apart from its intellectual value, has its advantages. It requires no outlay of money and but two players, while between two fairly equal antagonists one game lasts a long time. Of sedentary games it is the best, for the possible combinations and complications are more numerous than occur in any card games, while there appears to be no incentive to stake money on the result. The excitement of the game is sufficient by itself.
A ROYAL Commission has been appointed having for its purpose to determine with respect to tuberculosis these points: (1) whether the disease in animals and man is one and the same ; (2) whether animals and man can be reciprocally infected with it ; and (3) under what conditions, if at all, the transmission of the disease from animals to man takes place, and what are the circumstances favourable The following are the or unfavourable to such transmission.
Commissioners :-Sir Michael Foster, M.P., K.C.B., F.R.S., M.D., Professor of Physiology in the University of Cambridge ; Dr. German Sims Woodhead, F. R. S. Edin., Professor of Pathology in the University of Cambridge ; Dr. Sidney Martin, F. R. S., Professor of Pathology at University College, London; Professor John McFadyean, Principal and Professor of Comparative Pathology and Bacteriology at the Royal Veterinary College ; and Professor Rubert William Boyce, Professor of Pathology at University College, Liverpool. This is a very strong Commission ; scientific and practical knowledge will be combined at its councils to a remarkable extent.
DISTRIBUTION OF PLAGUE. A TELEGRAM from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, received at the Colonial Office on August 28th, states that for the week ending August 24th the cases of bubonic plague in the Cape Peninsula numbered 2, both being in Europeans. At Port Elizabeth the cases were : Europeans, 1 ; coloured persons, 1 ; Chinamen, 2; natives, 4 ; total, 8. All other places reported no cases. The deaths from plague LOOKING BACK: CHESS PROBLEMS. in the Cape Peninsula numbered 1, the patient being a Malay. THE following excerpt is taken from THE LANCET of At Port Elizabeth the deaths were as follows : Europeans, 1 ; coloured persons, 1 ; Chinamen, 1 ; natives, 2 ; total, 5. All Sunday, Nov. 9th, 1823:"In a former number (THE LANCET, Oct. 19th, 1823) other places reported no deaths. The area of infection we gave some account of the origin of the game of chess. remains unchanged and no cases of plgue have occurred This is perhaps the only game to which the medical student among persons under naval or military control. As regards may profitably devote any portion of his time and attention. Mauritius a telegram from the Governor, received at the It is liable to none of the objections which apply to games of i for the week ___
chance; it holds
oat no encouragement to cupidity ; and while it affords an agreeable relaxation from more serious pursuits it strengthens the intellectual faculties by the unremitting attention which it demands, and may even have some influence on our moral habits by the lessons of foresight, patience, and perseverance which it inculcates. To avoid errors on the one hand by foresight and circumspection, and to endeavour to retrieve such as are committed on the other by patient industry and perseverance-these are maxims applicable to all professions and situations in life and which, as the American philosopher Dr. Franklin has observed, are constantly illustrated on the chess-board. The study of chess has, we believe, been recommended to medical students by the distinguished professor1 whose lectures stand at the head of this publication and who unites to his great professional and general knowledge a very considerable degree of excellence in that scientific game. The recommendation was founded, not only on the superiority of this amusement to all others in an intellectual point of view, but upon a more benevolent motive, for circumstances might possibly occur in which the surgeon’s acquaintance with chess might relieve the mind as much as his professional skill could mitigate the bodily sufferings of his patient. Sanctioned by such an authority we have no hesitation in recommending the study of chess to such younger members of the profession as are unacquainted with its principles, and for those who have already made some proficiency in the game we shall in this and every succeeding number insert a few problems as an exercise of their skill and ingenuity. Many original positions will be given and others will be selected from sources not generally accessible. The solutions will be given at the end of each volume of THE LANCET, but it cannot be too strongly impressed upon the student in chess that the whole benefit to be derived from the study of problems must depend on his solving them proprio marte and resolutely forbearing to consult solutions." Everybody will agree for the most part with our remarks upon the subject of chess made nearly eighty years ago. But nowadays probably no one would say that chess is ’’ perhaps the only game to which the medical student may profitably 1
Sir Asttey Cooper.
THE
I
Colonial Office
on August 30th, states that ending August 29th there were 5 cases of plague with 2 deaths. As regards plague in Egypt, during the week ending August 25th 3 cases of plague and 2 deaths from the disease have been reported throughout Egypt. Of these 2
and 2 deaths occurred at Port Said among natives and occurred among Europeans at Alexandria. The last of plague notified from Zagazig occurred on August 9th.
cases
1
case
case
PETROLEUM LAMP ACCIDENTS. WE notice in the annual report of the chief officer of the Public Control Department of the London County Council, which has been recently published, that the Council’s inspectors have investigated during the past year, 1900-1901, the causes of 204 lamp accidents, 25 of which were fatal and involved the loss of 26 lives. The number of accidents is only one more than the number investigated in the year 1899-1900, but there have been three more lives lost. It is most interesting to point out that according to this return only 6 out of a total number of 25 fatal accidents occurred during the hot months of summer, one in June, two in July, and three in August, and if we remember rightly the hot weather last year did not really commence till after the middle of June, and then at times the temperature in the shade reached again and again, and even exceeded, as it has done this year, the flashing-point of the lamp-oil mostly sold. On the other hand, six cases occurred in the cold month of December, three in November, two in January, two in February, two in March, two in September, one in May, and one in October-a total of 19 fatal cases in the winter and autumn months. Lamps are, of course, used for a longer period in the winter months and the chances of accidents are increased, whatever they may be due to, but it is remarkable that in the hot summer months, when the temperature is frequently over 80° F. in the shade (well above the usual flashing-point of the oil), accidents are decidedly few when compared with the winter months.
devote any portion of his time and attention." At the present time most persons would say that outdoor games, cricket, lawn-tennis, football, hockey, or fives, are far preferable to any indoor game. But in the "twenties"" football and cricket were in their infancy, if we may judge from
Annotations. 11 Ne quid nimis."
THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON TUBERCULOSIS.
the account of the latter game as given in " Pickwick, although the game was played and the Founder of this journal was in his student days an enthusiastic cricketer. Almost the only other recreations open to the medical student of 80 years ago were boxing and billiards. Chess, of course, even apart from its intellectual value, has its advantages. It requires no outlay of money and but two players, while between two fairly equal antagonists one game lasts a long time. Of sedentary games it is the best, for the possible combinations and complications are more numerous than occur in any card games, while there appears to be no incentive to stake money on the result. The excitement of the game is sufficient by itself.
A ROYAL Commission has been appointed having for its purpose to determine with respect to tuberculosis these points: (1) whether the disease in animals and man is one and the same ; (2) whether animals and man can be reciprocally infected with it ; and (3) under what conditions, if at all, the transmission of the disease from animals to man takes place, and what are the circumstances favourable The following are the or unfavourable to such transmission.
Commissioners :-Sir Michael Foster, M.P., K.C.B., F.R.S., M.D., Professor of Physiology in the University of Cambridge ; Dr. German Sims Woodhead, F. R. S. Edin., Professor of Pathology in the University of Cambridge ; Dr. Sidney Martin, F. R. S., Professor of Pathology at University College, London; Professor John McFadyean, Principal and Professor of Comparative Pathology and Bacteriology at the Royal Veterinary College ; and Professor Rubert William Boyce, Professor of Pathology at University College, Liverpool. This is a very strong Commission ; scientific and practical knowledge will be combined at its councils to a remarkable extent.
DISTRIBUTION OF PLAGUE. A TELEGRAM from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, received at the Colonial Office on August 28th, states that for the week ending August 24th the cases of bubonic plague in the Cape Peninsula numbered 2, both being in Europeans. At Port Elizabeth the cases were : Europeans, 1 ; coloured persons, 1 ; Chinamen, 2; natives, 4 ; total, 8. All other places reported no cases. The deaths from plague LOOKING BACK: CHESS PROBLEMS. in the Cape Peninsula numbered 1, the patient being a Malay. THE following excerpt is taken from THE LANCET of At Port Elizabeth the deaths were as follows : Europeans, 1 ; coloured persons, 1 ; Chinamen, 1 ; natives, 2 ; total, 5. All Sunday, Nov. 9th, 1823:"In a former number (THE LANCET, Oct. 19th, 1823) other places reported no deaths. The area of infection we gave some account of the origin of the game of chess. remains unchanged and no cases of plgue have occurred This is perhaps the only game to which the medical student among persons under naval or military control. As regards may profitably devote any portion of his time and attention. Mauritius a telegram from the Governor, received at the It is liable to none of the objections which apply to games of i for the week ___
chance; it holds
oat no encouragement to cupidity ; and while it affords an agreeable relaxation from more serious pursuits it strengthens the intellectual faculties by the unremitting attention which it demands, and may even have some influence on our moral habits by the lessons of foresight, patience, and perseverance which it inculcates. To avoid errors on the one hand by foresight and circumspection, and to endeavour to retrieve such as are committed on the other by patient industry and perseverance-these are maxims applicable to all professions and situations in life and which, as the American philosopher Dr. Franklin has observed, are constantly illustrated on the chess-board. The study of chess has, we believe, been recommended to medical students by the distinguished professor1 whose lectures stand at the head of this publication and who unites to his great professional and general knowledge a very considerable degree of excellence in that scientific game. The recommendation was founded, not only on the superiority of this amusement to all others in an intellectual point of view, but upon a more benevolent motive, for circumstances might possibly occur in which the surgeon’s acquaintance with chess might relieve the mind as much as his professional skill could mitigate the bodily sufferings of his patient. Sanctioned by such an authority we have no hesitation in recommending the study of chess to such younger members of the profession as are unacquainted with its principles, and for those who have already made some proficiency in the game we shall in this and every succeeding number insert a few problems as an exercise of their skill and ingenuity. Many original positions will be given and others will be selected from sources not generally accessible. The solutions will be given at the end of each volume of THE LANCET, but it cannot be too strongly impressed upon the student in chess that the whole benefit to be derived from the study of problems must depend on his solving them proprio marte and resolutely forbearing to consult solutions." Everybody will agree for the most part with our remarks upon the subject of chess made nearly eighty years ago. But nowadays probably no one would say that chess is ’’ perhaps the only game to which the medical student may profitably 1
Sir Asttey Cooper.
THE
I
Colonial Office
on August 30th, states that ending August 29th there were 5 cases of plague with 2 deaths. As regards plague in Egypt, during the week ending August 25th 3 cases of plague and 2 deaths from the disease have been reported throughout Egypt. Of these 2
and 2 deaths occurred at Port Said among natives and occurred among Europeans at Alexandria. The last of plague notified from Zagazig occurred on August 9th.
cases
1
case
case
PETROLEUM LAMP ACCIDENTS. WE notice in the annual report of the chief officer of the Public Control Department of the London County Council, which has been recently published, that the Council’s inspectors have investigated during the past year, 1900-1901, the causes of 204 lamp accidents, 25 of which were fatal and involved the loss of 26 lives. The number of accidents is only one more than the number investigated in the year 1899-1900, but there have been three more lives lost. It is most interesting to point out that according to this return only 6 out of a total number of 25 fatal accidents occurred during the hot months of summer, one in June, two in July, and three in August, and if we remember rightly the hot weather last year did not really commence till after the middle of June, and then at times the temperature in the shade reached again and again, and even exceeded, as it has done this year, the flashing-point of the lamp-oil mostly sold. On the other hand, six cases occurred in the cold month of December, three in November, two in January, two in February, two in March, two in September, one in May, and one in October-a total of 19 fatal cases in the winter and autumn months. Lamps are, of course, used for a longer period in the winter months and the chances of accidents are increased, whatever they may be due to, but it is remarkable that in the hot summer months, when the temperature is frequently over 80° F. in the shade (well above the usual flashing-point of the oil), accidents are decidedly few when compared with the winter months.