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Dr. Geo. D. Crother has returned from New York, where he attended a postgraduate course.

Dr. Elliott F. Rogers, of Chicago, formerly of Worchester, instructor in chemistry at Harvard, was found dead in his laboratory at Cambridge, October 2d.

Honored.-At a recent meeting of the Trustees of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, the honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred on Dr. John Collins Warren, Professor of Surgery in Harvard University.

Dr. Ernest Laplace, LL.D.--At the annual Commencement of Georgetown University, Washington, D. C., the degree of LL.D. was conferred on Dr. Ernest Laplace, Professor of Surgery in the Medico-Chirugical College of Philadelphia.

Married. Dr. F. Pierce Hoover of New York City, was married October 7th, to Miss Mamie Gotthold, a most talented young lady, whose brush has made her a reputation both at home and abroad. Dr. Hoover is engaged in the practice of diseases of the eye and ear, and has many friends in the West.

Dr. Frank B. Gardner met death from asphyxiation, in Baltimore, on Saturday, September 7th. When his servant went to his room to call him he found him unconscious and the gas turned on. It appears that in adjusting his mosquito net Dr. Gardner had pulled upon the stopcock and allowed the gas to escape.

H. W. Loeb, M. D.-THE HERALD is gratified to record the election of Dr. H. W. Loeb, of St. Louis, to the Secretaryship of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association, and an excellent portrait is presented in another portion of this issue. Dr. Loeb was for several years one of St. Joseph's most popular young physicians, and editor of the MEDICAL HERALD, and he possesses just enough of that progressive element to insure the continued success of the Association which has honored him with its most important office.

Dr. I. N. Love, editor of The Medical Mirror, was made the recipient of a handsome gold watch, at the recent meeting of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association, in Detroit. Speeches were made by Dr. C. A. L. Reed, of Cincinnati, and Mr. Wm. J. Evans, of New York City. Dr. Love responded in his usual happy style, declaring his unbounded satisfaction in the fact that the watch was open-faced;" not alone on account of the "time" he would be saved, but he said it was symbolical of each and every member of the Chutmuck family. The watch bore the inscription, " To the Chief of the Chutmucks, from his Loyal Braves, B. B. B. B."

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Dr. Thomas M. Hagin, one of the assistant physicians in the City Asylum at Hart's Island, committed suicide on July 24th. When found in his bed, his throat and wrists were badly gashed, and there was a pool of blood on the floor, and in it a small, blunt pen-knife. There can be no doubt that the wounds were self-inflicted with the blunt knife, and the wonder is that a skilled surgeon should should use so crude an instrument to accomplish his end. Dr. Hagin was born 28 years ago in Louisville, Ky., where his parents still live. He graduated from the University of Louisville and came to New York with his friend and fellow graduate, Dr. Francis S. Clark. He attended lectures at the Polyclinic Hospital and just a year ago was appointed to the position at Hart's Island. He was to have taken the examination required by the regents of the State University last month and was despondent when he learned that they did not recognize his certificate of graduation. He made arrangements to go back to Kentucky into private practice and would have left for home in a few days.-Atlantic Med. Weekly.

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Dr. Robert Battey, of Rome, Ga., died September 26th.

F. A. Henry, the well known chemist of Louisville, has succeeded the Renz & Henry Pharmacal Co. in the manufacture of the "Elixir Three Chlorides" and "Henry's Tri-Iodides," two favorite ethical preparations. Mr. Henry needs no introduction from our pen, for we feel safe in saying that no more popular gentleman can be found, nor one more conscientious in his duty to the medical profession.

Prof. Louis Pasteur died September 28th from paralysis, in his 73d year. Of late years M. Pasteur has devoted himself to the study of inoculation for disease and has achieved some very remarkable results in the prevention of hydrophobia; patients from all parts of Europe and America traveling to Paris to put themselves under his care. Large subscriptions were raised in France to form an "Institute Pasteur" where the methods of the great discoverer could be practiced and taught. On July 1, 1889, a meeting was convened at the Mansion House in London for the purpose of hearing statements by Sir James Paget and others in favor of establishing a Pasteur institution in London. A Pasteur institution was also established in America under the direction of pupils of Pasteur for the purpose of affording relief to Americans who could spare neither the time nor the money to make the trip to Europe for the purpose of placing themselves directly under the care of the great chemist. The cholera epidemic in 1892 led M. Pasteur to institute experiments in anti-choleric vaccinations, which proved successful in the case of animals. On December 25, 1892, M. Pasteur's seventieth birthday was enthusiastically celebrated before a representative official assembly, at Sorbonne, April 21, a Mural tablet was unveiled in his honor at the Ecole Normale. Last May considerable comment was caused by M. Pasteur refusing a decoration tendered him by the German emperor.

Dr. J. C. Hearne, for some time surgeon of the H. & St. J. R. R. at St. Joseph, and later of San Diego, Cal., is in jail, together with his wife, at Hannibal, Mo., upon a very serious charge, that of murdering Mr. A. J. Stillwell several years ago. At the time of the murder, the present Mrs. Dr. Hearne was the wife of Mr. Stillwell, who was murdered by a blow from an ax at the dead hour of night. Within a year after this terrible affair, Dr. Hearne and Mrs. Stillwell were married; already under suspicion, this act served to increase the indignation, and incited the people of Hannibal to almost open threats of violence, but the affair blew over. About a year ago, however, the San Francisco Chronicle published a review of the celebrated murder, in connection with the divorce proceedings recently instituted between the doctor and his wife. Dr. Hearne was greatly incensed at the reflections and intimations cast upon him in the article, and sued the paper for damages. The Chronicle in defense at once instigated the accumulation of testimony which resulted in the indictment referred to above. In a recent editorial, The General Practitioner says: "Dr. Joseph C. Hearne was one of the most prominent medical men in the State. He was appointed by Gov. Marmaduke a member of the State Board of Health, and was elected its first secretary. He was also chief surgeon of the Hannibal & St. Joseph R. R., and as a physician he was exceedingly popular, numbering among his patients many of the best families of Hannibal and Northeast Missouri. With more than average ability, with a wellearned, extensive and lucrative practice his position and surroundings were such as to cause his friends to have high anticipations of his future career. It is exceedingly unfortunate for Dr. Hearne, for the community in which he lived, and the profession to which he belonged, that such a grievous charge should be laid at his door. The medical profession of Missouri deeply regret his indictment; they had hoped in the face of newspaper vituperation and misrepresentation, that the doctor would escape this humiliation. The writer prefers to believe in his innocence, and while aware that many things said and done by the doctor in relation to this. deplorable affair have been imprudent and incriminating, he still fears that the people of Hannibal are hardly fair in judging of his guilt or innocence."

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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Unique. Here's an order received by a local druggist a few days ago: "On ounz hors horne 1 Ounz Akker 1 ounz seate Owl. 1 smol pee-pee sringe."-Nat'l Druggist.

Its Uses Multiply.-Bicycling has been credited with materially affecting the trade in horses and horse vehicles; of curtailing the receipts of the saloon; and now it is charged with abating the smoking habit. What next?

The Cotton States and International Exposition opened at Atlanta, Ga., September 18th, and continues until December 31st. Remember the Missouri Pacific Railway offers the most direct route to the South. Correspond with F. P. Wade, P. & T. A., St. Joseph, Mo.

Free Visiting List.-The Borine Chemical Co., of New York City, has just issued a very practical Physicians' Pocket Day Book and Visiting List combined. They inform us that it will afford them pleasure to send copies of same to any of our readers who will write to them. They are well worth sending for.

The Fresh Undertaker.--There is one trick of the festive undertaker which the mortuary clerk of the city ought to put a stop to, if possible, and that is the firing of embalming fluid into a dead body before the attending physician has an opportunity either to inspect the body or make out a burial certificate, or even been notified of the death. To our certain knowledge this proceeding has occurred once during the past week. If this is to be permitted there will be no need of a physician's certificate, or even a coroner's inquest on a body-both will be useless and prove nothing.-The General Practitioner.

Von Bulow's Brain.-Hans von Bulow, the eminent pianist and conductor, who died at Cairo in February last, has for years been a martyr to maddening headaches. In accordance with his often-expressed wish, after his death, Professor Kaufmann, cf Cairo, who performed the post-mortem examination, extracted the brain, and sent it to a German physician for examination. It now appears that the surface origin of two nerves leading to the scalp was imbedded in a scar, left by an attack of meningitis in early youth. Whether this can be held responsible for the great artist's many eccentricities must remain an open question.

Animal Extracts vs. Hammond.-The courts have restrained Dr. Wm. A. Hammond, The Hammond Sanitarium Company, Dr. Mahlon Hutchinson, and Dr. Hammond's son-in-law, Mr. Lanza, from manufacturing, advertising or selling the Animal Extracts. It appears that Dr. Hammond sold the sole right to these products, together with the use of the name, to the Columbia Chemical Company, but endeavored to give the right again to the Hammond Sanitarium Company, in which Dr. Hammond is a large stockholder. The Columbia Chemical Company, however, have fought the case with vigor, and have had their rights, under their contract with Dr. Hammond, upheld in every particular by the court.

A Balsamic Astringent. The same satisfactory results following the use of Listerine in all sub-acute and chronic inflammations of the mucous membranes (whether urethral, vaginal, nasal or pharyngeal), is attended by its judicious employment upon the more sensitive surfaces of the eye and ear, and dilutions or combinations are best governed by the varied conditions, too many to be covered in this little note. The presence of pus and the succulent appearance of an abraded surface, with tendency to capillary hemorrhage, are certain indications for Listerine, which has been pronounced by an authority in the treatment of these affections, "A balsamic astringent without a rival." G. S. Hill, M. D., Wilmington, Ohio, says: As a prophylactic in epidemics of scarlatina, diphtheria and relapsing fevers, I have accomplished the highest results with Listerine, using it internally, externally and by hypodermic injection.

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IN THE JOURNALISTIC REALM

Literary Note from the Century Co.-Mrs. Humphry Ward's new novel, upon which she has been at work for the past two years, will be called "Sir George Tressady." It will run as a serial in The Century, beginning with November.

Advertising and Subscription Books.-We have been using Challen's Records for the past five years, and cheerfully say that for simplicity and utility they are the superior of any records we have ever examined.-MEDICAL HERALD CO.

Challen's Contract and Correspondence Records.-Adapted to any business or profession, ruled with printed headings, and indexed through to require the least possible writing to enter data and refer quickly to any name and save time and money. 5000 used and reordered. All kinds of Labor Saving Records on hand or made to order. CHALLEN, Publisher, 165 Broadway, New York.

The Amateur Sportsman, published by the M. T. Richardson Co., 27 Park Place, New York, comes to our table this month richly laden with interesting reading for hunters, anglers and dog fanciers. It contains appropriate half-tone engravings, instructive and practicle articles on hunting, fishing, camping, natural history, the rifle and the dog. It is the purpose of its publishers and owners to make the Amateur Sportsman in all respects a first-class paper for sportsman. A sample copy will be sent free of charge.

The St. Louis Clinique.-A vicisitudinal journal of no little merit, has sprung suddenly into its sweet Summers time, whose genial warmth one feels in his facile lines, and whose joyous good nature and tender spirit sparkels like a spar-growth before the lamp of incandescent light. Summers, such as are liable in Missouri, alsays give us heat, light, and with these a rich harvest of fruits and flowers. May no clonds ever exclude the light, but only that which softens the heat with its shade, and lifts the mind to the contemplation of its brilliant light.

Lippincott's Monthly Magazine for September and October presents its readers with very entertaining reading. A Case in Equity in the September number is an interesting story of a boom in Alabama, one of those gourd-like growths that spring up in a night and wither under the sun of a day. Napoleon and the Regent Diamond is an interesting reminiscence of that wonderful man, who still fills the world with amazement. Literary Woman at a Picnic, Decadence of the Drama, and Survival of Superstitions will please and instruct the reader.

The Cosmopolitan.-Rudyard Kipling makes his last appearance as a teller of Jungle Stories in this magazine for October. "Mowgli Leaves the Jungle Forever," and the curtain is drawn over one of the most charming conceits in literature. In the same number in which Mowgli makes his final adieux, appears for the first time before an American audience, the now-famed Richard Le Gallienne in a plea for religion under the title of "The Greatness of Man." A very important paper on "State Universities" is contributed to this number by Professor Ely. And among the story-tellers are Hopkinson Smith and Boyesen. No more beautiful work has ever appeared in any magazine than the marvelous illustrations of Cabrinety used as a frontispiece and accompanying the prose poem by Mrs. Cardozo. Drake-who is said to be Kipling's favorite artist for his Jungle Stories-Carter Beard, Osterlind, Denman, and Kemble, are among those who contribute a wealth of illustration to this number. The Cosmopolitan announces that it will begin the publication in January of The Agriculturist's Illustrated Magazine, to be fully the equal of The Cosmopolitan, but containing from sixteen to twenty pages by the ablest agricultural writers of the world, upon subjects of importance to the gariculturist, horticulturist, and stock-growing interests.