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485 the election without indications of dissent which it is a pity to provoke, especially at the moment of a new departure in the history of the Society. THE SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL. WE are glad to note that at the annual meeting of the Court of Governors of the Sussex County Hospital on Feb. 19th, it was resolved to place the election of members of the medical staff in the hands of an election committee consisting of the chairman, vice-chairman, and the honorary officers ex officio, and of thirty-three elected members, of whom one-third should retire annually, but be eligible for re-election. By this plan the evils of canvassing and proxy voting will be abolished, and the best candidate secured. "UNQUALIFIED DOCTORS." THOUGH unqualified men still continue to appear as the only attendants on cases which become the subject of in- quiry by coroners, their want of status is very candidly exposed by these officials. Coroner Wyatt at such an inquest in Rotherhithe lately said : " Unqualified men know nothing about these cases. It is a shame that they should go about calling themselves doctors. A butcher or baker would do equally well." - THE ANTI-VACCINATIONISTS OF LEICESTER AND THE ROYAL COMMISSION. MR. BIGGS has been cheering his anti-vaccination con- stituents by glowing accounts of their prospects from the Commission. According to Mr. Biggs, the case for vaccina- tion is crumbling away under the process of examination. We are content to wait, and would advise our non-vaccinat- ing friends to do the same. - NEW SYDENHAM SOCIETY. SUSCRIBERS to the New Sydenham Society will be glad to learn that the council has been able to see its way to include the second volume of Henoch on Diseases of Children in the series for 1889. This volume completes the work, and is accompanied by an index. This is the fifth volume issued for that year. The first volume for the year 1890-namely, " Fliigge’s Treatise on Micro-parasites, or the Etiology of Infective Diseases "-will be issued at the same time. This work, which is a volume of more than 800 pages, and is copiously illustrated with woodcuts, has been translated by Mr. Watson Cheyne. DEATH OF DR. DAVID PAGE. THE Medical Department of the Local Government Board has lost one of its most effective members by the death, at a comparatively early age, of Dr. Page. We hope next week to give some notice of his life and work. We shall only meantime say that his death is a source of acute grief to those who knew him and his work best. DEATHS OF EMINENT FOREIGN MEDICAL MEN. THE deaths of the following distinguished members of the medical profession abroad have been announced :— Dr. Walter, assistant in the Jena Zoological Institute, from malarial fever contracted during his Asiatic travels.- Professor Schaerer, director of the Lunatic Asylum at Waldau in Switzerland.-Dr. Voigt, formerly Professor of Anatomy in Vienna.-Dr. Rossiand, assistant in the Surgical Clinic, Berne. FOREIGN UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. Clausenburg.—Dr. Stephen Apathy has been appointed to the Professorship of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy. Halle.—The late Professor Volkmann’s chair is still un- filled, those to whom it has been offered having all declined to accept it. Munich.—Dr. Prausnitz has qualified as privat docent in Hygiene. Vienna.—Professor Briicke is about to retire, being in his seventy-second year. Würzburg.—Dr. W. Kirchner has been appointed to succeed the late Professor V. Troltsch in the chair of Otology. AT the meeting of the Metropolitan Asylums Board on Saturday last Mr. F. N. Hume, assistant medical officer of the South-Eastern Hospital, was unanimously re-elected medical superintendent of the Northern Hospital, with liberty to return to the South-Eastern Hospital if the Northern Hos- pital should be closed. Mr. Hume takes the place of Mr. Bruce, who is transferred to the Western Hospital, vice Mr. Sweeting, who, as we have already announced, has become a Government medical inspector. THE Australian Postmaster-General recently suggested that mails arriving from Europe should be fumigated, with a view to prevent the introduction of any infectious disease, especially influenza. The Boards of Health for Victoria and South Australia rejected the idea as being of no value, but the Queensland authorities have instructed their officers at Watson’s Bay and Newcastle to inspect all vessels from European ports in its stead. WE are informed by the secretary of the Association of Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England that a committee meeting was held on Feb. 21st, 1890, at which a report of the origin, objects, and proceedings of the asso- ciation was received and adopted. This report will shortly be issued to all the Fellows of the College. THE Royal Commission on Vaccination held another long sitting on Wednesday. Lord Herschell presided, and most of the other members were present. Alfred Russel Wallace, LL.D., was examined at great length as to his experience of vaccination. THE death of Mr. Alderman David Henry Stone, trea- surer of St. Thomas’s Hospital, and chairman of the Gaols Committee, took place on Tuesday last at his official residence at the hospital. Mr. Stone was born in 1812, and occupied the civic chair in 1875. THE annual meeting of the American Medical Associa- tion will be held this year at Nashville, on May 20th and following days. MR. LAWSON T AIT has been appointed Bailiff of the Trustees and President of the Council of Mason College, Birmingham. DR. OCANA, who treated the little King of Spain during his recent illness, has been raised to the rank of a Grandee of Spain.
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the election without indications of dissent which it is a pityto provoke, especially at the moment of a new departure inthe history of the Society.
THE SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL.
WE are glad to note that at the annual meeting of theCourt of Governors of the Sussex County Hospital onFeb. 19th, it was resolved to place the election of membersof the medical staff in the hands of an election committee
consisting of the chairman, vice-chairman, and the honoraryofficers ex officio, and of thirty-three elected members, ofwhom one-third should retire annually, but be eligible forre-election. By this plan the evils of canvassing and proxyvoting will be abolished, and the best candidate secured.
"UNQUALIFIED DOCTORS."THOUGH unqualified men still continue to appear as the
only attendants on cases which become the subject of in-quiry by coroners, their want of status is very candidlyexposed by these officials. Coroner Wyatt at such an inquestin Rotherhithe lately said : " Unqualified men know nothingabout these cases. It is a shame that they should go aboutcalling themselves doctors. A butcher or baker would do
equally well." -
THE ANTI-VACCINATIONISTS OF LEICESTERAND THE ROYAL COMMISSION.
MR. BIGGS has been cheering his anti-vaccination con-stituents by glowing accounts of their prospects from theCommission. According to Mr. Biggs, the case for vaccina-tion is crumbling away under the process of examination.We are content to wait, and would advise our non-vaccinat-ing friends to do the same. -
NEW SYDENHAM SOCIETY.
SUSCRIBERS to the New Sydenham Society will be gladto learn that the council has been able to see its way toinclude the second volume of Henoch on Diseases ofChildren in the series for 1889. This volume completes thework, and is accompanied by an index. This is the fifthvolume issued for that year. The first volume for the year1890-namely, " Fliigge’s Treatise on Micro-parasites, or
the Etiology of Infective Diseases "-will be issued at thesame time. This work, which is a volume of more than800 pages, and is copiously illustrated with woodcuts, hasbeen translated by Mr. Watson Cheyne.
DEATH OF DR. DAVID PAGE.
THE Medical Department of the Local Government Boardhas lost one of its most effective members by the death,at a comparatively early age, of Dr. Page. We hopenext week to give some notice of his life and work.We shall only meantime say that his death is a source ofacute grief to those who knew him and his work best.
DEATHS OF EMINENT FOREIGN MEDICAL MEN.
THE deaths of the following distinguished members of themedical profession abroad have been announced :—
Dr. Walter, assistant in the Jena Zoological Institute,from malarial fever contracted during his Asiatic travels.-Professor Schaerer, director of the Lunatic Asylum atWaldau in Switzerland.-Dr. Voigt, formerly Professor ofAnatomy in Vienna.-Dr. Rossiand, assistant in theSurgical Clinic, Berne.
FOREIGN UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
Clausenburg.—Dr. Stephen Apathy has been appointedto the Professorship of Zoology and ComparativeAnatomy.
Halle.—The late Professor Volkmann’s chair is still un-filled, those to whom it has been offered having all declinedto accept it.
Munich.—Dr. Prausnitz has qualified as privat docent inHygiene.
Vienna.—Professor Briicke is about to retire, being in hisseventy-second year.
Würzburg.—Dr. W. Kirchner has been appointed tosucceed the late Professor V. Troltsch in the chair of
Otology.
AT the meeting of the Metropolitan Asylums Board onSaturday last Mr. F. N. Hume, assistant medical officer of theSouth-Eastern Hospital, was unanimously re-elected medicalsuperintendent of the Northern Hospital, with liberty toreturn to the South-Eastern Hospital if the Northern Hos-
pital should be closed. Mr. Hume takes the place ofMr. Bruce, who is transferred to the Western Hospital, viceMr. Sweeting, who, as we have already announced, hasbecome a Government medical inspector.
THE Australian Postmaster-General recently suggestedthat mails arriving from Europe should be fumigated,with a view to prevent the introduction of any infectiousdisease, especially influenza. The Boards of Health forVictoria and South Australia rejected the idea as being ofno value, but the Queensland authorities have instructedtheir officers at Watson’s Bay and Newcastle to inspect allvessels from European ports in its stead.
WE are informed by the secretary of the Association ofFellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England that acommittee meeting was held on Feb. 21st, 1890, at which areport of the origin, objects, and proceedings of the asso-ciation was received and adopted. This report will shortlybe issued to all the Fellows of the College.
THE Royal Commission on Vaccination held another longsitting on Wednesday. Lord Herschell presided, and mostof the other members were present. Alfred Russel Wallace,LL.D., was examined at great length as to his experienceof vaccination.
THE death of Mr. Alderman David Henry Stone, trea-surer of St. Thomas’s Hospital, and chairman of the GaolsCommittee, took place on Tuesday last at his officialresidence at the hospital. Mr. Stone was born in 1812, andoccupied the civic chair in 1875.
THE annual meeting of the American Medical Associa-tion will be held this year at Nashville, on May 20th andfollowing days.
MR. LAWSON T AIT has been appointed Bailiff of theTrustees and President of the Council of Mason College,
. Birmingham.
DR. OCANA, who treated the little King of Spain duringhis recent illness, has been raised to the rank of a Grandeeof Spain.
