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The site of the attachment' of the placenta lay anteriorly,M and extended only to the margin of the area of necrosis: it

was a normal organ. The foetus lay with the breech inferiorlyand the spine running across the anterior concavity, the head

MEDICAL,SURGICAL, OBSTETRICAL . imprisoned under the constriction of the Fallopian tube out-. side and projecting into the portion of amnion expos.'d at the

INTRAPERITONEAL RUPTURE OF THE UTERUS site of necrosis. Since the continuity of the right tube wasundisturbed throughout its length, and since, in addition, the

IN A CASE OF INTRAMURAL PREGNANCY muscular tissues of the riglht wall of the uterus could be tracedThe following report of an unusual case of intraperitoneal in section thinned out over the convexity of the tumour, itruptureoflthe uterus in a case of intramural pregrancy is, was clear that the position obtaining was of an intramuralrupture ofsider uterus pubinacashing.of intramural pregnan gestation. The interior of the uterus had no demonstrablewe consider, worth publishing, continuity with the sac, and the decidual " cast " was stillA married woman, aged 33, wvas admitted to hospital as firmly adherent.

an emergency case on June 14th, 1933, complaining of " severe We are indebted to Mr. A. Gray Banks for permission topain over the stomach." The history was that while working publish this case, and to Dr. C. Keith Simpson (seniorin her own home she broke into a cold sweat and felt rather demonstrator in pathologv, Guy's Hospital) for his advicefaiint. She lay down and began to have generalized abdominal and assistance.pain. This became more severe, and she vomited once after ERIc BIDDLE, M.B.,having takeni a teaspoonful of brandy. She had had one child Pathologist.nine years ago, the confinement, she stated, having been HAROLD KELSON, M.B.,normal; she lhad had no miscarriages. There wvas nothing East Suffolk and Ipswich Resident Medical andupoIn whichl to comment in the menstrual history; the last Hospital, Ipswich. Surgical Officer.period had commenced on February Ith, 1933. She statedthat she had had two attacks of mild abdominal pain, butshe was not definite about the dates of their cccurrence. Thepain was generalized in the abdomen, and each attack made A FATAL CASE OF PHRENIC AVULSIONher feel rather faint. She had had no serious illnesses pre- Phrenic avulsion is usually regarded as being a trivialviously, and her family history was a healthy one.

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On admissioni to hospital her pulse was 108, respiration 26, operation. This particular patient was told that, thoughaind temperature 97.80. She was very pale and clammy. we could not promise him that the operation wouldThe abdomen was somewhat distended, and showed evidence improve his condition, we thought that-it would probablyof free fluid. Examination per vaginam revealed a uterus do so, and that in any case the procedure was devoidenlarged to the size of about a three and a half months of risk. We feel bound to put this case on record,pregnancy; it was extremely tender on bimanual palpation. demonstrating as it does that phrenic avulsion is byA provisional diagnosis of ruptured ectopic pregnancy. was 'no means devoid of risk. A preliminary postural drainagemade, and an operation was performed immediately. The or bronchoscopic lavage would probably have saved thisabdominal cavity was opened through a midline subumbilicalincision, and was found to- contain a large quantity of recent patient's life.blood clot. The uterus appeared to be enlarged asymmetric- The patient, a lorry driver aged 23, suffered from bronchi-ally, and presented a very tlhin uterine wall which had ectasis following a post-operative bronchopneumonia two yearsruptured. Through the ruptured portion of the wall, what ago. He was expectorating about a pint of fetid sputumappeared to be a piece of placental tissue wkas protruding and daily, and had lost 3 st. in weight. On admission on Augustbleediing steadily. A subtotal hysterectomy was performed, 15th, 1932, he veighed 7 st. 5 lb. There was marked clubbingat the same time conserving the ovaries. The abdominal of the fingers, and the physical signs suggested a grosscavity was cleared of blood clot, but no attempt was made bronchiectasis at the base of the right lung, with someto perform auto-transfusion, intravenous gum saline being involvement also of. the left base, though to a less degree.administered towards the conclusion of the operation. The These findings were confirmed by x-ray examination after intra-abdomen was closed in layers, without drainage, the skin tracheal lipiodol. He was treated by inhalations of creosote,sutures were removed onI the seventh day, and on June 23rd by postural drainage, and by bronchoscopic lavage; but his(nine days after operation) the wound was quite healed and condition slowly and steadily deteriorated. On January 16th,the patient was fit for transfer to a convalescent home. 1933, phrenic avulsion was attempted under local anaesthesia,

the operating table being tilted up so as to elevate the head

Pathological Report on Hysterectomity Specimen and chest. The nerve was exposed in the neck and clamped,whereon the patient hiccuped once, and immediately became

The specimen received for examination represented the acutely dyspnoeic. After an abortive attempt to cough heremoved parts following subtotal hysterectomy at a stage of lost consciousness. A tracheal catheter was passed at onceabout fourteen weeks' gestation. The uterus, however, con- and a considerable quantity of pus was aspirated. Oxygenstituted only one-half of the entire mass and measured was' then blown in via the trachea, and the patient's condi-91 cm. by 6 cm., the equivalent .of approximately seven weeks' tion slowly improved. The skin incision was rapidly closed,gestation. The interior was filled with a soft and relatively no attempt being made to proceed further with the operation.avascular decidua, and was devoid of foetal tissues. Occupy- The patient was sent back to the ward, where he againing the upper two-thirds of the right wall of the uterus, and became acutely dyspnoeic, and died before further aid couldextending half-way across the fundus, was a globular fluctua- be given. At the necropsy there was found complete collapseting tumour, measuring 8 cm. in diameter, which lay bulging of the lower half of the right lung. The trachea and theinto the right parametrial tissues , immediately- under the main bronchi contained much pus. There was gross bronchi-homolateral tube. The latter, indeed, was stretched in a ectasis, involving the right lower lobe, with cavities the sizesagittal plane over nearly two-thirds of its circurnference, of a walnut. There was a much less marked degree ofthe ostium lying below the body of the tumour. The left bronchiectasis involving the rest of both lungs. Death wastube was represented only by the stump left attached to the evidently due to asphyxia consequent on the sudden flood-uterus. The surface of the tumour was coursed 'by many ing of the whole bronchial tree by pus squeezed out of thedilated vessels, and over an area the size of a half-crown on bronchiectatic cavities in the right base when the right domethe posterior convexity a haemorrhagic necrosis had occurred, ot the diaphragm made its rapid ascent.exposing a sloughing, bleeding, ulcerated patch of tissue in Xthe floor of which lay a shining translucent membrane. The MAURICE CASSIDY, C.B., M.D., F.R.C.P.,latter proved to be a portion of amnion composinIg a gestation Physician to St. T'homas's Hospital.sac of entirely normal appearances, containing a well-formed R. 0. LEE, M.B., F.R.C.S.,foetus measuring 1 l+ cm. from vertex to coccyx. The-sac Resident Assistant Surgeon to St. Thomas'swas not ruptured, and contained a normal fluid. Hospital.

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Purification of Switmmin.g BathsSIR,-It will, I feel sure, be very gratifyIng to many

members of the general public to find that the state of thewater in swimming baths has begun to receive, medicalattention.

I would like to suggest that a yery simple alteration inthe existing general arrangements- of public swimmingbaths would make a considerable difference in the state ofthe water. The cost of admission to a public bath inLondon is approximately 8d., which, together with thebus or tram fare to and fro, forms a significant figure inthe budget of a working girl., Unfortunately, in mostswimmning baths an extra penny is charged for lavatoryaccommodation. I think that the following commentary,which was reported to me recently by a patient as beingheard on top of a bus, illustrates the point I would liketo make: "Bertha, lend me a penny." "What do youwant it for?" "W.C. at the baths." "Go on, you area stupid! What's the matter with the baths?

It is a well-known fact that sudden immersion intowater is apt to relax the bladder sphincter. Were lava-tory accommodation provided free of charge in all publicbaths, I think that the- natural good sense of the publiccould be trusted to make use of it.-I am, etc.,London, W. 1, Oct. 5th. IMARGARET LOWENFELD.

fhe ServicesR.N. AMEDICAL COMPASSIONATE FUND

At the quarterly meeting of the directors of the Naval MedicalCompassionlate Fund, held on October 6th, with SurgeonVice-Admiral Sir Reginald Bond, K.C.B., K.H.P., MedicalDirector-General of the Navy, in the chair, the sum of £177was distributed among the several applicants.

No. 14 STATIONARY HOSPITALThe fourteenth annual dinner of the medical officers ofNo. 14 Stationary Hospital will be held on Friday, Novem-ber 24th, at the Trocadero Restaurant, Piccadilly, at 7.15for 7.45 p.m. Colonel C. R. Evans, D.S.O., will-be in thechair. Price of the dinner, .12s. 6d., exclusive of wines. Thehonorary secretaries are Colonel H. M. Perry and Dr. H. L.Tidy, 39, Devonshire Place, V. 1.

Universities and CollegesUNIVERSITY OF LONDON

LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINEThe folloNwing candidates have been approved at the examina-tion indicated:ACADEMNIC DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC 11EALTH-A. S. Arora, *N. V,

Birrell, R. Dyal, D6sir6e M. B. Gross, J. G. Paley, Mary S. Stuart,* Awarded a inark of distinction.

LONDON HOSPITAL MEDICAL COLLEGEThe following scholarships have been awarded at the Londor

Hospital Medical College: Price Entrance Science Scholarshit(£IOO), L. Grant Second Entrance Science Scholarship (£50),W. H. J. Baker; Price Scholars-hip in Anatominy ansd Physio-lQgy, open to students of the Universities of Oxford andCambridge (£100), J. WV. Landells- (-St. jolIii's College,Cambridge) ; Open Eizn4rance Scholarships (£C100), B. B,Hicliey (University College, Oxford), J. F. Loutit (St. John'sCollege- Oxford)-.

UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOLThe following candidates have been approved at the exam-

ination indicated:-DIPLO0MA IN PUBLIC HEALTH.-MIary Coutts, G. A. C. Lynch

ROYAL FACULTY OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONSOF GLASGOW

At the monthly meetisig of the Royal Faculty of Physiciansand Surgeons of Glasgow, held on October 2nd, the following'were admitted Fellows of the Faculty: J. WV. S. Blacklock,J. F. Christie, E. G. Gerstenberg, W. S. W. ,Guthrie, J. A. A,Hunter, A. B. Kerr, F. T. Land, I. B. Thorburn.

FOOD-POISONING OUTBREAK INST. PANCRAS

A small outbreak of food poisoning occurred last Saturday(October 7th) in the boroughs of St. Pailcras and Hoiborn.The source of the outbreak has been traced to, pease-pudding, bought from a shop in the' St. Pancras area.We understand that in one case an organism thought tobe Flexner's bacillus has been, isolated from the stools,and that the same organism has been found in a sampleof the pease-pudding. Up to the time of going to presswe are informed that ten people have been taken ill, twoof whom (two boys aged 11 and 13) died within twenty-four hours of eating the pudding. The sudden death ofthese two boys indicates that the " poison " was remark-ably virulent. The " epidemic " is limited and well undercontrol, and it is not expected that further cases will arise.The first cases were seen by Dr. Christina O'Brien,

a general practitioner in St. Pancras, who immediatelynotified the medical officer of health. (It will be remem-bered that, in London, food poisoning was made notifiableunder the London County Council (General Powers) Actof 1932.) On'October 8th six cases were admitted to theL.C.C. Hospital at Highgate, where the two deathsoccurred. The cliniqal features were diarrhoea, vomiting,abdominal pain, passage of blood and mucus in the stools,marked cyanosis and tachycardia, and high temperature.There was also a high leucocytosis (up to 76,000 per c.mm-.).Another severe case was admitted to University CollegeHospital, and three mild cases are being treated at home.The pease-pudding was made by boiling dried peas with

sodium bicarbonate in an enamel saucepan; the peas werethen beaten up with salt in a glazed earthenware vessel.The peas, in this instance, were taken from the samesupply from which pease-puddings, prepared in the sameway, had been made,,on the day plecediig the outbreak(October 6th). This batch was sold out, and no ill effectswere reported. Approximately 7 lb. of pudding wereprepared on' the Saturday, 5 lb. of which were sold in theevening-about ls. 6d. worth. As ten people are knownto have been " infected," this means that there may beabout six people at large who either were not affected orhad symptoms so mild as not to send them to the doctor.(Pease-pudding is sold in pennyworths, containing aboutfive to six ounces.) We understand that samples from thestock of peas used, and of the sodium bicarbonate andsalt, have been chemically analysed and found free fromimpurity. The post-mortem findings and the final resultsof the chemical and bacteriological investigation will beawaited with interest. Clinically, the course of theillness and the present bacteriological findings all pointto infection. On the chemical side, the enamelsaucepan in which the peas were boiled has probablybeen under suspicion, as cases of poisoning fromthe antimony now used in the manufacture of cheapenamel ware have been put on record, and were thesubject of a recent official warning from the Ministry ofHealth (see British Medical Jotrnal, March 11th, p. 423).The last outbreak of food poisoning in the St. Pancras

area occurred in 1928, when the Gaertner bacillus wasisolated from the blood and faeces of patients infected.The source of this was thought to be junket, and in theestablishment in which the junket had been eaten it wasfound that a rat " virus '-' had been employed. The rat" virus " in question contained organisms among which,was the Gaertner bacillus. The Ministry of Agricultureis opposed to the use of this " virus " in the extermina-tion of rats. In the last outbreak in the Holborn area(in 1926) there were six cases of poisoning from canned'beef, thought to be,due to bacterial toxins. It was sus-pected that the food had become contaminated- at 'the'

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Medical Association. For some years he sat on the Repre-sentative Body-1912 (Liverpool), 1913 (Brighton), 1914(Aberdeen)-and did much useful work for the- Association.At the outbreak of the great war he played a leadingpart in raising and training the medical units of theWelsh Army Corps. A keen member of the Order ofSt. John, he became second in command of the 130thField Ambulance-which was composed entirely ofSt. John. Ambulance men. Subsequently, after a briefperiod in the line, he was promoted lieutenant-colonel,and took over the command of the 129th Field Ambulanceof the 38th (Welsh) Division. He was mentioned indispatches for his services on the Somme and at Ypres.A colleague, " F. T. R.," writes: Of untiring energy

and unfaltering courage, resourceful in emergency, andcalm in the midst of panic, he was an ideal commandingofficer. His men were devoted to him, for they knew hewould never ask them to go where he would not go him-self. Towards the end of 1917 his health broke downunder the stra n, and he was invalided home to recuperate.Long before his convalescence was complete he was re-called to take over duty as Commissioner of MedicalServices, Wales region, Mlinistry of National Service. Onthe termination of the war he accepted the office ofCommissioner of Mledical Services, Wales region, Ministryof Pensions, later becoming director of the region, andsubsequently headquarters inspector in that Mlinistry.In these latter offices his great capacity for organizationshowed itself. A master of detail, he was yet able todetach himself sufficiently to ma:ntain a true perspective.A man of high principle, and with a lofty conception ofduty, he allowed no considerations- of personal advantageto deflect him for one moment from a course of actionthat he conceived to be right. He gathered around him atCardiff a loyal band of colleagues, in whose welfare he dis-played a continuing interest. A great lover of nature, itwas to the pursuits of the countryside that he devotedhimself upon his retirement. He was an expert fishermanand an excellent shot. His knowledge of the wild life ofthe country was immense, and a day spent with him onthe river was an education. He was ideally happy inhis home life; and, with the cares of his office laid aside,he was a charming host to those whom he bade to histable. He was laid to rest at Manordeifi Church, in theheart 'of the countryside that he kne^w so well. Repre-sentative men of the Principality had gathered from nearand far, but what he would have appreciated more wasthe concourse of men and women from the surroundingvillages who had come to add their humble tribute notonly to a distinguished Welshman, but also' to a kindlyfriend. We took our leave of him with sorrow in ourhearts, but yet with gratitude that we had been privilegedto travel thus far along the road with him.

We regret to. announce the death, at the age of 74, ofDr. ROBERT MORRISON of Duffield, Derby. He was the sonof James Morrison of Toberdoney, Dervock, co. Antrim,and was educated at Queen's College, Belfast, Queen'sCollege, Galway, and the Royal Colleges at Edinburgh,taking the old " triple.qua " in 1885. All his life he. wasa friend of horses and dogs, and, when he came to settledown in practice, the open-air life of a country doctor beforethe days of motors appealed to him irresistibly. Accord-ingly he settled, forty-two years ago, in Duffield, a villageon the edge of the Derbyshire Hills, and soon acquired anextensive practice, his breezy manner, fine appearance,sound technical knowledge, and great kindliness appealingto every class of the community. In his younger dayshe was an admirable tennis player, good golfer, and anexcellent shot, but hunting was his real joy. He wasthus a well-known figure for over thirty years with theMeynell and Harrington Hunts, and whenever there wasan accident in the field the first cry was, " Where'sMorrison?" He never neglected his patients, but when

the hounds were anywhere in his neighbourhood, and hehad no anxious cases, he would often slip away in hishunting kit in the morning, -before he was seen aboutcases that could easily be freated on the next day. Formany years he was medical officer to the Belper RuralDistrict Council, and held, in addition, all the usual localappointments. During the war he was medical officerto the Duffield V.A.D. Hospital. He married Mildred,only daughter of Alfred Pochin of Leicester, and hadthree children-a son, Dr. Gordon Morrison, who succeedsto the practice, and two daughters. His widow andchildren survive him.

The death occurred in Edinburgh, on October 5th, ofDr. ROBERT HENRY BLAIKIE, a well-known practitionerof that city. Born in 18,58, Dr. Blaikie was a son of thelate Professor WV. G. Blaikie of New College, Edinburgh,and received his early education at Edinburgh Academy.Proceeding to Edinburgh Uniiversity he graduated M.A.in 1878 and M.B., C.M. in 1881. After a period ofsurgical residentship in the Royal Infirmary with thelate Dr. Joseph Bell, he took up general practice, in whichhe was busily engaged until his retirement last July.He graduated M.D. in 1883, and joined the Royal Collegeof Surgeons, Edinburgh, as a Fellow in 1884. For manyyears he was assistant medical officer to the LongmoreHospital for Incurables, and he also acted as medicalofficer to the Cripples' Home, Edinburgh. One of hischief recreations was golf, and he was an original memberof Loughness Golf Club. He is survived by a widow anda married daughter.

The death occurred at Hankow, on October 4th, ofDr. LILIAN ENID WATNEY, a medical missionary of theChina Inland Mission since 1911. Dr. Watney, who was50, was the daughter of the late Dr. Herbert Watneyof Pangbourne, Berks. Both her brother, Dr. MartynWatney (now one of the secretaries of the MildmayConference), and her sister became missionaries, the formerin Africa, the latter in China. Lilian Watney receivedher medical training at the London School of Medicinefor Wbmen. In September, 1911, she sailed for China,and worked for some years at the C.I.M. Hospital atPaoning, in Sze-chwan Province. Later she moved toLiangshan, in the same province. But ill-health broughther home, and for several years she was too ill to returnto medical work in China. Two years ago, however, shemade a remarkable recovery, and went back, this timeto Kaifeng, Honan Province.

Medical NewsThe Malcolm Morris Memorial Lecture will be delivered

by Dr. R. 0. Moon in the hall of the Royal Society ofTropical Medicine and Hygiene, 26, Portland Place, W.,on Tuesday, November 14th, at 5.30 p.m. His subjectwill be " Housing and Town Planning in Relation toPublic Health," with Sir James Crichton-Browne in thechair.An address, entitled "Some Points in the Philosophy

of Physics: Time, Evolution, and Creation," will be givenby Professor E. A. Milne, at University College, Gower,Street, W.C., on Tuesday, October 17th, at. 8.15 p.m.Tickets can be obtained from the Director of Studies,The British Institute of Philosophy, University Hall, 14,Gordon Square, W.C.1.At the meeting of the North-West London Medical

Society on Tuesday, October 17th, at 9 p.m., at theRegent Rooms, Regent Cinema, Finchley Road, Sir HaroldGillies will give his presidential address on " PlasticSurgery-General Scope and Some Modern Applications,"illustrated by cinematograph and lantern slides.A meeting of the Royal Microscopical Society will be

held at B.M.A. House, Tavistock Square, W.C., on Wed.nesday, October 18th, at 5.30 p.m., when papers willbe read by Mr. Harold Wrighton and Professor T. K.Koshy.

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The annual general meeting of the Society of Medical the practical housewife's point of view by Miss Abrahams,Officers of Health will be held at 1, Upper Montague dietitian at St. Bart-holomew's Hospital. U-nder herStreet, W.C., on Friday, October 20th, at 5 p.m., when direction the Southampton Gas Light and Coke CompanyDr. Charles Porter will be installed president of the will demonstrate the cooking of a perfcctly planned menu.society and will deliver his inaugural address on " Presi- Medical practitioners interested in food questions aredents and Prophecies." cordially invited to the conference.The annual dinner of the Surgical Instrument Mann- The first French Congress of Therapeutics will be held

facturers' Association will be held at the Criterion in Paris under the presidency of Dr. Loeper, professor ofRestaurant, Piccadilly, on Frday, October 20th, at therapeutics in the Paris Medical Faculty, from October7 p.m., whzn the principal guest will be Sir William 23rd to 25th, when the following subjects w:11 be dis-de Courcy Wheeler. cussed: parenteral t-eatment of gastro-duodenal ulcer ;The South-West Lonldon Medical Society announces a | treatment of B. coli infections; treatment of radio-

new series of lectures beginning, on October 18th, when dermatoses, and electr:cal and chemical pyretotherapy.Dr. L. S. T. Burrell will speak on artificial pneumothorax. Further informat.on can be obtained from the Bureau -ofOther lectures will be given as follows. November 8th, the Congress, 8, Place de l'Odeon, Paris.Dr. Ulysses Williams: " Will an X-Ray Examination be The second Europeani Congress of Mental Hygiene willHelpful? " December 13th, Mr. P. H. M:tchiner: " When be held at Rome uider the presidency of Professor Santeto 'Wait and See ' in Acute Appendicitis." January de Sanctis on October 27th and 28th, when the following17th, 1934, Dr. Jacques Forestier (Paris): " Early Diag- subjects will be discussed: mental hygiene and the school,nosis of the Various Forms of Arthritis and Their Treat- introduced by Professor Eugenio Medea of Milan, extra-ment." February 14th, Dr. G. Slot: " Drunkenness." hospital public assistance for those predisposed to mentalApril 11th, Dr. T. C. Hunt: " Recent Advances in Treat- d:sease, introduced by Professor Auguste Ley of Brussels,ment." May 9th, Mr. C. P. G. Wakeley: " Head and the importance of the family for mental hygiene, in-Injuries." The session will conclude with the Bolingbroke trodu.ced by Dr. H. Roemer of Illenau, Germany. FurtherLecture, on June 13th, by Mr. Comyns Berkeley, entitled information can be obtained from the general secretary,"Carcinoma of the Cervix Uteri." Meetings are held at Professor C. Tumiat, Via Masaccio 119, Florence.the Bolingbroyke :Hospital, W.andsworth Common, S.W. The thirteenth German Congress for Psychology will be

.The Royal Institute of Public Health has arranged a held in Leipzig from October 15th to 19th.course of lectures on " Citizenship in Relation to Personal T

--ealth " P T~~~~~he Industrial Welfare Society, through 'its advisoryand Publ:c Health " to be delivered in the lecture hall of medical commIttee, has arranged a conference at thethe Instimtute, 23, Queen Square, W.C., on Wednesdays Hotel Victoria, London, on Tuesday, October 17th, atat 4 p.m., from October 18th to December 13th. No , , w Dti'esodi.sso ar

.rqie.4 p.'m., when Dr. 'W. J. O'Donovan will read a paper on

tickets of admissionl are required....................... !dermatitis, and a discussion will follow. About 150 well-

At the annual meeting of the Geneva Society for the known firms will be represented.History of Medicine, Natural Sciences, and Technique, T Nrecently held at Erfurt, Professor Karl Sudhoff, the of whichtne publication was begun in 18t84 anld corn-founder of the society, was presented with the Goethe pt inc1928, hasior s beeinvirtuall ouomedal on the occasion of his 80th birthday, together with print. The Oxford University Press will publish, thisan autograph letter from President Hindenburg. It was autu a reissu ofitercomPlete work ashedtedb

decided 'that at~~~~~~~~~~~~~alfuturanualmetnsaSdof atm, a reissue of the compDlete wvork as edited byd James A. H1. Murray, Henry Bradley, W. A. Craigie, andlecture should be given in honour of the founder. The .O i tl v_.- . ~C. T. 1:)nions, in twelve volumes (as comprared with thefirst lecture was given by 'Professor Diepgen, presicdent o t a, ~~original ten) and a suupplement volume, at £21 net.of the society, on the development of medical history in tober issue of the Prescriber containsthe last eighty years. Tho October issue of the Prescri a review

of the literature dealing with all aspects of dermatologyThe Fellowship of Medichine 1 Wimpole Street, W. 1,. ..TheFelowsipof ediin, 1, Wimol Sre, W. 1, and the treatment of skin diseases during the precedingr

has arranged a week-end course in clinical surgery at the twelve moths,mwith ompletsesbibliogra hy p e

Royal Albert Dock Hospital, on October 21st and 22nd, twelve months, with complete bibliography.from 9.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. A course in gynaecology will- The Vienna Faculty of Medicine has published a bookletbe given at the Chelsea Hospital for Women, from programme of the various post-graduate courses which willOctober 23rd to November '4th. A course in diseases of be held in that city during the twelve months terminatingthe nervous system, especIally suitable for the general August 31st, 1934. It is announced that the internationalprac:titioner, will be held at the West End Hospital for courses will be as follows: modern therapeutics, Novem-Nervous Diseases from October 30th to November 4th. ber 27th to December 8th; diseases of the stomach and in-There will be a course in urology for advanced post- testines, and metabolism, February 12th to 25th ; skingraduates, at St. Peter's Hospital, from November 6th to and venereal diseases, May 28th to June 12th; and18th. Other forthcoming courses are: diseases of the recent advances in medicine, with special reference tochest, October 28th to 29th, at the Brompton Hospital; therapeutics, September 24th to October 8th, 1934. Copiesophthalmology, October 30th to November 18th, at the of the programme and details of the various courses andCentral London Ophthalmic Hospital (afternoons only) * other instruction available can be obtained from theobstetrics, November 4th and 5th, at the City of London secretarial office of the International Courses, Porzellen-MaternityHospital; gynaecology, November 18th and 19th, gasse 22, Vienna IX.at the Samaritan Hospital. A panel of teachers giving The French Ministry of Health has recently publishedindividual cliniical instruction is available daily. the warnings against the dangers of gonorrhoea, drawn upA post-graduate course on diseases of children will be in a recent congress on the subject.

held at the Great Ortnond Street Hospital, W.C., from Dr. W. J. O'Donovan. has accepted the presidency ofOctober 23rd to November 4th, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the London branch of the Chartered Society of Massageand 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Saturdays 10 am. to 1 p.m. The and Medical Gymnastics for 1934.course, the fee for which is £6 6s., will consist of fifty

nnt .1mnfnin .nlRv1qnq-rv---.- I,1 r.--1Dr. J. B. Magennis of Dublin has recently received the

clincal ectres nd emontratonsand ix abortor decoration of the Cross of the Legion of Honour.demonstrations. Applications to takse the wh:ole course,or any part thereof, to the secretary of the hospital. Dr. Chevassu has been nominated professor of surgical

The Hampshire Federation of Townswomen's Guilds i pathology in the Paris Faculty of Medicine in successionholding*a cofrec on.....fodrfr.nWdedy to Professor Marion, and Dr. Legueu, professor of clinical

October 18th, at the WVatts Memorial Hall, Above Bar 'urology, and Dr. Mauclaire, professor without a chair,S;treet, Southampton. It Willi be opened by the MVayor hav bennmntdhnrr.rfsosOf Southampton at 10.45 a.m., and Professor V. 1H. Professor Fraz Volhard of Frankfurt is to succeedMottram will give aw lecture on food values and diet Professor Hlis in the chair of internal medicine at Berlinat 11 o'clock. This will be followed by a talk from UJniversity.