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will be comparatively high. We know that the war is, of course, obvious, but if the teaching staffs number of medical men who have been killed are thinned the supply of material is sadly abundant, or disabled in discharge of their duties with the and the schools should be more flexible in their Navy and Army forms an appreciable percentage conduct of education during the hour of stress. of the great number employed, while it is obvious i We do not want to meet the case of the that at the other end of the scale, among the shortage of medical practitioners by lowering men of advanced age, the death-rate from natural the standards of practical efficiency for those We have there- who prepare to enter our portals, but by as causes must operate with force. fore now a double wastage in a service which much as the academic side of their training is absolutely necessary for the well-being of or examinations can be abbreviated, and the the nation as a whole, and for its fighting forces practical work of pathology attacked directly, by sea and land-the two things are not separable, by so much the quicker will the existing for the quota that is not fighting is working, against troubles be arrested. time and against fatigue, to support the combatant quota. But no recruits are coming in to this diminishing section of the national activity save The a certain number of female practitioners. strain will continue to be met, and only in few " lTe quid nimis." districts is there any sign yet of an inadequate medical service, judged by the standards of real THE SCIENTIFIC BOYCOTT. safety; but it is a serious thought that this position AT a meeting of the Societe Internationale de may have to continue for some undefined period after the war. Chirurgie, held in Paris on Nov. 3rd, and attended delegates from Belgium, France, Great Britain, by Last week an unauthorised statement was and the United States, the following course Serbia, published in a lay paper to the effect that within of action was agreed upon :the next few days all the medical students who 1. The Société Internationale de Chirurgie will be diswere serving in combatant positions in the Army solved, as after the publication of the volume of Transactions would be demobilised and sent back to their of the meeting held in New York on April 14th, 1914. 2. If there should be any assets after the publication of medical schools. The information was not correct, this volume the money will be divided pro rata amongst the if only because it has not yet been decided exactly members, so that each member of the Germano-Austrian what move in this direction will be taken by group shall receive his share, but the shares belonging to members of other nations will be retained and applied to the authorities; but we are glad to learn that thesome I object of scientific repatriation in Belgium. matter is receiving official attention at thepresent 3. A new society will be formed after the war on a basis moment. It is to our mind an enormously im-similar to that of the Society Internationale de Chirurgie
Annotations.
1to be called the Society Interalliée de
Chirurgie.
portant question, and we are very glad to learnThis society will also be open to such surgeons authoritatively that it is being treated as such. of f neutral countries as may be nominated for We are perfectly aware that man-power must election by the general committee, and the purport always be of paramount urgency in every practicalfof the dissolution of the old international gathering course undertaken by a War Minister or a War‘will be achieved by the exclusion of the AustroCouncil, while the sacrifice of life that has (Germanic adherents. necessarily taken place among our young combatant officers puts a special value for military purposesI NFUNDIBULAR TUMOUR IN A CHILD CAUSING DIABETES INSIPIDUS AND TOLERANCE OF upon the very class of youth who had already ALCOHOL. to embraced, or who had intended embrace, the as THE following case is reported by Dr.L.Newmark, calling of medicine. Those wanted young doctors are exactly those who are wanted as young o)f San Francisco, in the Archives of Internal Mediofficers. Seeing all this, we do not think that cine for April last:The patient was a child of 14, who developed unquenchthe policy of those in authority in 1915 was ,ble thirst= about the age of 9. It was ascertained that wrong for its time and in its circumstances, but the boy used to drink as much as two gallons of water dluring the night and that a bucket of a capacity of four none the less we are glad to learn that it may
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be revised now. We should like to hear that all medical students at present in the Army, who had begun study in the direction of medicine before the war broke out, have been permitted to return to their schools, but so sweeping a policy be followed out. The figures produced to Army Council do not, as yet at any rate, warrant it, while other difficulties as to the status students present themselves. Meantime students who had begun their curriculum prior to August 1st, 1914, and had at the time of enlistment completed two years of the course, may claim to be returned to their studies under the Army Council Instructions of 1917. They must proceed to get their qualifications with all possible expedition. the conduct of medical schools is impaired by the
placed in his bedroom .:allons egularly found half filled in the morning. like the water the urine
urinal and was The father added child drank. Its tlhat the looked pecific gravity varied between 1002 and 1006; sugar and lbumin were always absent. Gradually he began to crave tronger drink, and severe beatings at home did not deter im from various tricks to obtain wine. He would drink hree or four glasses of beer in rapid succession or a similar uantity of wine. He took whisky also, it was discovered, ut he was never drunk or affected by drink. After a bout, rhen four quarts and a pint of beer were consumed, he sported at school and performed his tasks well, as usual. HCe was also early addicted to cigarette-smoking. At the ge of 14, when seen by Dr. Newmark, he was found ) be a weazened but alert and agile little boy, who looked ot more than 10 and had not grown, apparently, for some 3ars. The discs were normal and no defect of the visual eld could be detected. A month later, however, increasing hEsadache was complained of, and on re-examination the di:scs were found to show early optic neuritis ; anosmia was esent on both sides; the polydipsia was extreme. X ray Lamination showed a normal seIla turcica, while the visual fieelds remained normal. The child died a week later and at was
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will be comparatively high. We know that the war is, of course, obvious, but if the teaching staffs number of medical men who have been killed are thinned the supply of material is sadly abundant, or disabled in discharge of their duties with the and the schools should be more flexible in their Navy and Army forms an appreciable percentage conduct of education during the hour of stress. of the great number employed, while it is obvious i We do not want to meet the case of the that at the other end of the scale, among the shortage of medical practitioners by lowering men of advanced age, the death-rate from natural the standards of practical efficiency for those We have there- who prepare to enter our portals, but by as causes must operate with force. fore now a double wastage in a service which much as the academic side of their training is absolutely necessary for the well-being of or examinations can be abbreviated, and the the nation as a whole, and for its fighting forces practical work of pathology attacked directly, by sea and land-the two things are not separable, by so much the quicker will the existing for the quota that is not fighting is working, against troubles be arrested. time and against fatigue, to support the combatant quota. But no recruits are coming in to this diminishing section of the national activity save The a certain number of female practitioners. strain will continue to be met, and only in few " lTe quid nimis." districts is there any sign yet of an inadequate medical service, judged by the standards of real THE SCIENTIFIC BOYCOTT. safety; but it is a serious thought that this position AT a meeting of the Societe Internationale de may have to continue for some undefined period after the war. Chirurgie, held in Paris on Nov. 3rd, and attended delegates from Belgium, France, Great Britain, by Last week an unauthorised statement was and the United States, the following course Serbia, published in a lay paper to the effect that within of action was agreed upon :the next few days all the medical students who 1. The Société Internationale de Chirurgie will be diswere serving in combatant positions in the Army solved, as after the publication of the volume of Transactions would be demobilised and sent back to their of the meeting held in New York on April 14th, 1914. 2. If there should be any assets after the publication of medical schools. The information was not correct, this volume the money will be divided pro rata amongst the if only because it has not yet been decided exactly members, so that each member of the Germano-Austrian what move in this direction will be taken by group shall receive his share, but the shares belonging to members of other nations will be retained and applied to the authorities; but we are glad to learn that thesome I object of scientific repatriation in Belgium. matter is receiving official attention at thepresent 3. A new society will be formed after the war on a basis moment. It is to our mind an enormously im-similar to that of the Society Internationale de Chirurgie
Annotations.
1to be called the Society Interalliée de
Chirurgie.
portant question, and we are very glad to learnThis society will also be open to such surgeons authoritatively that it is being treated as such. of f neutral countries as may be nominated for We are perfectly aware that man-power must election by the general committee, and the purport always be of paramount urgency in every practicalfof the dissolution of the old international gathering course undertaken by a War Minister or a War‘will be achieved by the exclusion of the AustroCouncil, while the sacrifice of life that has (Germanic adherents. necessarily taken place among our young combatant officers puts a special value for military purposesI NFUNDIBULAR TUMOUR IN A CHILD CAUSING DIABETES INSIPIDUS AND TOLERANCE OF upon the very class of youth who had already ALCOHOL. to embraced, or who had intended embrace, the as THE following case is reported by Dr.L.Newmark, calling of medicine. Those wanted young doctors are exactly those who are wanted as young o)f San Francisco, in the Archives of Internal Mediofficers. Seeing all this, we do not think that cine for April last:The patient was a child of 14, who developed unquenchthe policy of those in authority in 1915 was ,ble thirst= about the age of 9. It was ascertained that wrong for its time and in its circumstances, but the boy used to drink as much as two gallons of water dluring the night and that a bucket of a capacity of four none the less we are glad to learn that it may
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be revised now. We should like to hear that all medical students at present in the Army, who had begun study in the direction of medicine before the war broke out, have been permitted to return to their schools, but so sweeping a policy be followed out. The figures produced to Army Council do not, as yet at any rate, warrant it, while other difficulties as to the status students present themselves. Meantime students who had begun their curriculum prior to August 1st, 1914, and had at the time of enlistment completed two years of the course, may claim to be returned to their studies under the Army Council Instructions of 1917. They must proceed to get their qualifications with all possible expedition. the conduct of medical schools is impaired by the
placed in his bedroom .:allons egularly found half filled in the morning. like the water the urine
urinal and was The father added child drank. Its tlhat the looked pecific gravity varied between 1002 and 1006; sugar and lbumin were always absent. Gradually he began to crave tronger drink, and severe beatings at home did not deter im from various tricks to obtain wine. He would drink hree or four glasses of beer in rapid succession or a similar uantity of wine. He took whisky also, it was discovered, ut he was never drunk or affected by drink. After a bout, rhen four quarts and a pint of beer were consumed, he sported at school and performed his tasks well, as usual. HCe was also early addicted to cigarette-smoking. At the ge of 14, when seen by Dr. Newmark, he was found ) be a weazened but alert and agile little boy, who looked ot more than 10 and had not grown, apparently, for some 3ars. The discs were normal and no defect of the visual eld could be detected. A month later, however, increasing hEsadache was complained of, and on re-examination the di:scs were found to show early optic neuritis ; anosmia was esent on both sides; the polydipsia was extreme. X ray Lamination showed a normal seIla turcica, while the visual fieelds remained normal. The child died a week later and at was
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