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914 IRELAND. (From OZlr own Correspondent.) THE name of Dr. Lyons, M.P. for Dublin, has been men- tioned as a probable successor to the late Dr. Alfred Hudson on the General Medical Council. The entries of students at the various medical schools in Dublin ceased on Nov. 22nd, and from the returns received from those institutions, I learn that for the present session a total of 848 students have been enrolled. Of the five medical schools the Ledwich, as usual, has the highest num- ber-viz., 230 ; followed by Trinity College, 192 ; next the College of Surgeons, 183; then the Carmichael, 149; and lastly the Catholic University, with 94. All these institu- tions exhibit an increase over the session 1879-80-a fact which may be partly attributed to the fifty-eight students who were attached to Steevens’s Hospital Medical School last year having been dispersed, owing to the closing of that school of medicine. The first meeting of the forty-third annual session of the Dublin Obstetrical Society for the present year was held in the College of Physicians on the 27th ult. Sir Edward Bur- rowes Sinclair, the outgoing President, delivered a short address, thanking the members for the honour they had conferred upon him in electing him their president, the duties appertaining to which he had endeavoured to discharge to the best of his ability. He congratulated those present upon the progress the Society was making in Dublin, and mentioned the fact that the Presidents of both the College of Surgeons and the College of Physicians were members of that Society. Allusion was then made to the honour Her Majesty had conferred upon him-the honour of knighthood-a distinction which he greatly prized as coming direct from the Sovereign herself. It was an honour conferred upon him because of the efforts he had made in having trained upwards of four hundred skilled nurses at Sir Patrick Dun’s Hospital as midwives for the wives of soldiers; and he was happy to say one of those trained nurses would at present be found at almost every station of the British army, whether at home or abroad. Sir Edward concluded by referring to the lamented death of Dr. Alfred Hudson. Dr. McClintock, President of the College of Surgeons, moved the thanks of the Society to the outgoing president, on whom a high dis- tinction had recently been conferred-bestowed on only two previous occasions, as far as he was able to ascertain, on men eminent in obstetric science. Dr. George Johnston, President of the College of Physicians, seconded the motion, which was cordially adopted. , The Board of Management of the Belfast Royal Hospital, in their recent report for the year ending 31st of last August, regret that they had to apply to the Corporation for authority to expend a large proportion of the donations and bequests to meet the current expenditure of the institu- tion, and clear off the old outstanding debts. To carry on the hospital, however, in full efliciency they had no other course open to them, the fixed annual income of the charity not being sufficient for the requirements of the insti- tution as at present worked, and recourse was had to capital sums, or the usefulness of the charity must have been materially reduced. During the year 1609 persons were treated in the wards and 14,867 patients attended to at the extern department, Dr. Mapother, President of the Statistical and Social In- quiry Society of Ireland, delivered the inaugural address last Tuesday. ’ Dr. Faussett, late medical officer of Clontarf dispensary district, has been granted a retiring allowance of £106 6s. 3d. per annum by the Guardians of the North Dublin Union, the Board having rescinded their former grant of £50 yearly. This tardy recognition of Dr. Faussett’s services has come too late, as that gentleman died last Monday, the 29th ult. The returns for the September quarter show a decrease in fie population of Dublin of 11,375, caused by emigration. The poor-law returns furnished by the Local Government Board exhibit a considerable increase in the number of persons receiving relief, as compared with the corresponding quarter of 1879. Dublin, Nov. 30th, 1880. PARIS. (From our own Correspondent.) A SOCIETY has recently been founded in Paris for the propagation of cremation, which is at present illegal in France, and the names of a number of medical authorities and municipal councillors figure amongst the general com- mittee. The object of the society is twofold. First, to agitate for legislative measures in favour of cremation; secondly, to encourage scientific research as to the best means of putting it into practice. All those who are in favour of cremation, and who will engage to exert them- selves actively in the furtherance of the cause, are invited to join, the number of members being unlimited, and as the annual subscription is small a great many adhesions may be expected. When the first object is attained, and cremation has become legal, the society will change its name to that of Société Française de Crémation, and will devote itself peaceably to the construction of crematoria and cinerccria, and to the gratuitous incineration of defunct members. The Progrès Médical contains an article by Dr. Lau. douzy on a means of arresting the cough of phthisical pa- tients, at any rate for a sufficient length of time to enable the hospital physician to perform auscultation. This is the hypodermic injection of distilled water, or, better still, a weak solution of cherry-laurel water. In order that the knowledge of the remedy used shall not be a bar to itsefticacy, Dr. Laudouzy prescribes it under the name of binoxide of hydrogen. The injection should be made as near the pul- monary lesion as possible. At the Academy of Medicine the greater part of the last three sittings has been occupied by Dr. Maurice Raynaud, who communicated his reserches on the treatment of cere- bral rheumatism by cold baths. The method seems to have been as successful in France as it has been in England. PYRMONT AND OEYNHAUSEN. (From our Roving Correspondent.) (Concluded front p. 833.) NOT much space need be devoted to a description of Oeyn- hausen. The natural beauties of the locality cannot in any way compete with those of hundreds of other health resorts, and its main attraction is its mineral water. I shall therefore give only a few words to the locality, and shall discuss the merits of the water at some length. Oeynhausen is a small town in close connexion with the neighbouring village of Rehme, and the words Rehme and Oeynhausen, either separately or in combination, are used almost indifferently to denote the locality. It has a station on the direct line from Cologne to Hanover, and is 154 miles from the former and fifty miles from the latter city. In the village of Rehme are large salt-works belonging to the Prussian Government, which date from about the year 1750. In the year 1830 it was thought advisable to increase the quantity’ of salt water available for the salt-works by sinking an artesian well, and the necessary operations were completed after sixteen years of labour by an engineer named Oeynhausen, who sunk his shafts to a depth of 2200 feet, and ultimately obtained a continuous flow of salt water, amounting to sixty cubic feet in the minute. The water was first used for bathing purposes by the workpeople engaged in the boring operations and by the peasantry of the district, and the first bath erected was in 1839-40. In 1848 the commencement of the present bathing establishment was made, and it was named after the distinguished engineer (Oeynhausen) . who conducted the works. At present there are two large bathing establishments and a vapour bath, and the annual number of guests amounts to between three and four thousand. The bathing establishment is sur- rounded by a large park, laid out upon the sandy , soil, and the usual amusements (music, reading-room, con- cert-room, &c.) are provided for the visitors. The neigh- ’ bourhood is pretty enough, but not likely to attract mere pleasure-seekers. The huge walls of faggots constructed for the purposes of the salt works and over which salt-water is
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IRELAND.
(From OZlr own Correspondent.)
THE name of Dr. Lyons, M.P. for Dublin, has been men-tioned as a probable successor to the late Dr. Alfred Hudsonon the General Medical Council.The entries of students at the various medical schools in
Dublin ceased on Nov. 22nd, and from the returns receivedfrom those institutions, I learn that for the present sessiona total of 848 students have been enrolled. Of the fivemedical schools the Ledwich, as usual, has the highest num-ber-viz., 230 ; followed by Trinity College, 192 ; next theCollege of Surgeons, 183; then the Carmichael, 149; andlastly the Catholic University, with 94. All these institu-tions exhibit an increase over the session 1879-80-a fact whichmay be partly attributed to the fifty-eight students who wereattached to Steevens’s Hospital Medical School last yearhaving been dispersed, owing to the closing of that school ofmedicine.The first meeting of the forty-third annual session of the
Dublin Obstetrical Society for the present year was held inthe College of Physicians on the 27th ult. Sir Edward Bur-rowes Sinclair, the outgoing President, delivered a shortaddress, thanking the members for the honour they hadconferred upon him in electing him their president, theduties appertaining to which he had endeavoured to dischargeto the best of his ability. He congratulated those presentupon the progress the Society was making in Dublin, andmentioned the fact that the Presidents of both the College ofSurgeons and the College of Physicians were members of thatSociety. Allusion was then made to the honour Her Majestyhad conferred upon him-the honour of knighthood-adistinction which he greatly prized as coming direct fromthe Sovereign herself. It was an honour conferred upon himbecause of the efforts he had made in having trained upwardsof four hundred skilled nurses at Sir Patrick Dun’s Hospitalas midwives for the wives of soldiers; and he was happy tosay one of those trained nurses would at present be found atalmost every station of the British army, whether at homeor abroad. Sir Edward concluded by referring to thelamented death of Dr. Alfred Hudson. Dr. McClintock,President of the College of Surgeons, moved the thanks ofthe Society to the outgoing president, on whom a high dis-tinction had recently been conferred-bestowed on only twoprevious occasions, as far as he was able to ascertain, onmen eminent in obstetric science. Dr. George Johnston,President of the College of Physicians, seconded the motion,which was cordially adopted.
, The Board of Management of the Belfast Royal Hospital,
in their recent report for the year ending 31st of lastAugust, regret that they had to apply to the Corporationfor authority to expend a large proportion of the donationsand bequests to meet the current expenditure of the institu-tion, and clear off the old outstanding debts. To carry onthe hospital, however, in full efliciency they had no othercourse open to them, the fixed annual income of thecharity not being sufficient for the requirements of the insti-tution as at present worked, and recourse was had to capitalsums, or the usefulness of the charity must have beenmaterially reduced. During the year 1609 persons weretreated in the wards and 14,867 patients attended to at theextern department,Dr. Mapother, President of the Statistical and Social In-
quiry Society of Ireland, delivered the inaugural address lastTuesday. ’
Dr. Faussett, late medical officer of Clontarf dispensarydistrict, has been granted a retiring allowance of £106 6s. 3d.per annum by the Guardians of the North Dublin Union,the Board having rescinded their former grant of £50 yearly.This tardy recognition of Dr. Faussett’s services hascome too late, as that gentleman died last Monday, the29th ult.The returns for the September quarter show a decrease in
fie population of Dublin of 11,375, caused by emigration.The poor-law returns furnished by the Local GovernmentBoard exhibit a considerable increase in the number of personsreceiving relief, as compared with the corresponding quarterof 1879.Dublin, Nov. 30th, 1880.
PARIS.(From our own Correspondent.)
A SOCIETY has recently been founded in Paris for thepropagation of cremation, which is at present illegal inFrance, and the names of a number of medical authoritiesand municipal councillors figure amongst the general com-mittee. The object of the society is twofold. First, to
agitate for legislative measures in favour of cremation;secondly, to encourage scientific research as to the bestmeans of putting it into practice. All those who are infavour of cremation, and who will engage to exert them-selves actively in the furtherance of the cause, are invited tojoin, the number of members being unlimited, and as theannual subscription is small a great many adhesions may beexpected. When the first object is attained, and cremationhas become legal, the society will change its name to thatof Société Française de Crémation, and will devote itselfpeaceably to the construction of crematoria and cinerccria,and to the gratuitous incineration of defunct members.The Progrès Médical contains an article by Dr. Lau.
douzy on a means of arresting the cough of phthisical pa-tients, at any rate for a sufficient length of time to enablethe hospital physician to perform auscultation. This is thehypodermic injection of distilled water, or, better still, a
weak solution of cherry-laurel water. In order that theknowledge of the remedy used shall not be a bar to itsefticacy,Dr. Laudouzy prescribes it under the name of binoxide ofhydrogen. The injection should be made as near the pul-monary lesion as possible. -
At the Academy of Medicine the greater part of the lastthree sittings has been occupied by Dr. Maurice Raynaud,who communicated his reserches on the treatment of cere-bral rheumatism by cold baths. The method seems to havebeen as successful in France as it has been in England.
PYRMONT AND OEYNHAUSEN.(From our Roving Correspondent.)
(Concluded front p. 833.)NOT much space need be devoted to a description of Oeyn-
hausen. The natural beauties of the locality cannot in anyway compete with those of hundreds of other health resorts,and its main attraction is its mineral water. I shall therefore
give only a few words to the locality, and shall discuss themerits of the water at some length. Oeynhausen is a smalltown in close connexion with the neighbouring village ofRehme, and the words Rehme and Oeynhausen, either
separately or in combination, are used almost indifferentlyto denote the locality. It has a station on the direct linefrom Cologne to Hanover, and is 154 miles from the formerand fifty miles from the latter city. In the village of Rehmeare large salt-works belonging to the Prussian Government,which date from about the year 1750. In the year 1830 itwas thought advisable to increase the quantity’ of salt wateravailable for the salt-works by sinking an artesian well, andthe necessary operations were completed after sixteen yearsof labour by an engineer named Oeynhausen, who sunk hisshafts to a depth of 2200 feet, and ultimately obtaineda continuous flow of salt water, amounting to sixty cubicfeet in the minute. The water was first used for bathingpurposes by the workpeople engaged in the boring operationsand by the peasantry of the district, and the first batherected was in 1839-40. In 1848 the commencement of thepresent bathing establishment was made, and it was
named after the distinguished engineer (Oeynhausen). who conducted the works. At present there are two
large bathing establishments and a vapour bath, andthe annual number of guests amounts to between three
. and four thousand. The bathing establishment is sur-
rounded by a large park, laid out upon the sandy, soil, and the usual amusements (music, reading-room, con-
cert-room, &c.) are provided for the visitors. The neigh-’ bourhood is pretty enough, but not likely to attract mere
pleasure-seekers. The huge walls of faggots constructed forthe purposes of the salt works and over which salt-water is
