Applying the Remedy to the Seat of Disease.-Prof. Bouchard believes that we should take a leaf out of the book of the ophthalmologist who instills drugs as near as possible to the affected part. Acting on this principle he has had good results from the injection of very small doses of salicylates near rheumatically inflamed joints, and he has dispersed syphilitic gummata by injecting iodide of potassium and bin-iodide of mercury into the swellings. The American Congress on Tuberculosis for the Prevention of Consumption will hold its next meetings at St. Louis, Mo., from July 18-23, 1904. The work of organization is being pushed as rapidly as possible. To facilitate this the Congress has been granted a charter, thus making it a legal body and by this means greatly facilitating the work of reorganization on the lines mapped out at the last meeting, when it was decided that a radical reorganization should be completed by the officers elected. Many prominent physicians have accepted membership on the Advisory Committee. A Conference on X-ray Therapy will be one of the features of the Section of Neurology and Electro-therapeutics at the Boston meeting of the A. I. H. It is hoped that physicians using the X-rays for the treatment of cancer, etc., will be prepared to give in from three to five minutes each the salient features of their methods and state the lessons they have learned from their work. X-ray therapy is still in a formative stage, and it is believed that this interchange of ideas and experiences will be of benefit to those interested in it. Physicians engaged in this work who look forward to being at Boston are asked to send a postal card to the Chairman of the Conference, Hills Cole, M.D., Hartford, Conn. Dr. Wilbur A. Blauvelt died at the home of his parents, 25 Sherman Avenue, Newark, N. J., at the age of twenty-seven years, on February 18. Dr. Blauvelt was graduated from the N. Y. H. M. C. & H. as first honor man of the class in 1900. He immediately entered the Hahnemann Hospital as interne, but was compelled to resign early in 1901 on account of incipient phthisis. He endeavored to stay the tuberculosis by removing to San Antonio, Texas, where he was made Secretary of the San Antonio Society. But failing vitality compelled his removal to the Ashville Sanitarium. He returned to Newark last September. Many of his classmates and friends testified their esteem by attendance at his funeral. Homeopathic Society of Western Michigan.-The Homeopaths of Grand Rapids began the new year by organizing the "Homeopathic Society of Western Michigan." The society was organized at a banquet held at the Pantlind, and at which Dr. M. C. Sinclair acted as toastmaster. Officers were elected as follows: President, Dr. M. C. Sinclair, Grand Rapids; First Vice-President, Dr. L. R. Marvin, Muskegon; Second Vice-President, Dr. J. N. Reynolds, Grand Haven; Third Vice-President, Dr. O. R. Lang, Ionia; Secretary, Dr. F. D. Harter, Grand Rapids; Treasurer, Dr. S. Sinclair, Grand Rapids. The society will embrace in its organization the different counties in the western part of the State, principally Kent, Ionia, Ottawa and Muskegon.-Medical Counselor. Locations for Homeopathic Physicians.-We have gleaned the following information from our exchanges, principally the Chicago College Alumni News Letter and The Medical Century. Arkansas: Berryville, Green Forest and Harrison. Connecticut: Write Dr. Hills Cole, care of THE NORTH AMERICAN, New York. Illinois: Mason City, write Dr. F. G. Cretors of that city. Also Decatur, Galesburg, Jacksonville and Mattoon, write the Medical Visitor. Kentucky: Corydon, Madisonville, Morganfield, Marion, Pembroke and Sebree. Minnesota: Appleton and Redwood Falls. Nebraska: Chardon, write Rev. E. A. DuBois of that city. Other locations write Dr. F. A. Foote of Omaha. New Jersey: Little Falls and Princeton, write Dr. Alfred Drury of Paterson. Orgeon: Marshfield, write Rev. F. G. Strange of that city. South Dakota: Aberdeen. Wisconsin: Baraboo and Prairie Du Lac. The Treatment of Chronic Cystitis.-Cases of chronic cystitis are generally of infective origin, many resulting from the upward extension of an inflammatory process in the posterior urethra. A new preparation of great value is Uriform. Its antiseptic power is due to the liberation of formaldehyde in the urinary tract, thus preventing ammoniacal fermentation and keeping the urine in a sterile state. Associated with this is the well-known beneficial action of sawpalmetto upon the mucous membrane of the bladder, as manifested by a diminution in the secretion of mucus and relief of the tenesmus The other constituents of Uriform (damiana and nux-vomica) exert a general tonic effect upon the nervous system, and help to overcome the relaxed condition of the mucous membranes usually present. Uriform is palatable and well adapted for continued administration in these chronic cases. About the Berkshire Springs. One of the spring waters that now has a large sale, especially in New York City, is the water from the celebrated Berkshire Springs. There are several of these springs on the property at Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Mass., but the oldest and best known is the Sodium Spring. The valuable medicinal properties of the Sodium Spring were discovered some 60 years ago, and in the early fifties Dr. Clarkson T. Collins and Dr. Samuel Camp brought these properties to the attention of the medical world. The water is a specific for eczema, salt rheum, and other skin diseases, and is of value for rheumatism and kidney troubles. It is the purpose of the present company to build a sanitarium on the property in the near future. The Berkshire Springs Company now furnish to the people of New York from the other springs the Berkshire Crystal Water. The water is bottled at the springs and delivered to consumers at the moderate price of 50 cents per case of five gallons. The company has built up a splendid family trade.American Wine Press and Mineral Water News. One Aspect of Preventive Medicine.—It is an unchallenged fact that the public school has been a means of spreading disease, and physicians and laity alike should welcome and encourage any effort made by municipal or educational authorities to limit the mischief done by the intermingling of healthy and sick children. The paper by Dr. Wintsch in our April issue, dealing with "The Medical Inspection of Schools," tells of the good work being done along these lines in a few of our cities, and should be carefully read by everyone interested in public health. It will be recalled that an essay on the same subject by Dr. Lewis S. Somers, of Philadelphia, won the second prize given by the Maltine Manufacturing Co. in their recent competition; and the judges will be upheld by all who have considered the matter in attaching so much importance to this department of preventive medicine. It is to be hoped that the time is not far distant when every school in every community will have its medical inspector, and physicians should take the lead in urging this matter. Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital.-The Thirty-third Annual Report of this institution tells of the growth of the hospital during the year ending Dec. 31, 1902. The number of cases treated on the medical side during the past year was 643, on the surgical side, 2,155, and 276 in the Maternity Department. This represents a total of 3,074 patients, showing an increase of 467 over the year previous. The death rate on the medical side was 8.24 per cent, on the surgical, 3.48, and Maternity, 1.81, showing an average death rate of 4.32 as compared with 4.39 last year. The Forty-eighth Annual Session of the Illinois Homeopathic Medical Association will be held in Chicago on the 12th to 14th of May, inclusive, on the 17th floor of the Masonic Temple. President O. B. Blackman, of Dixon, has written a letter of greeting to homeopathic members of the profession urging a large attendance. Dr. Edgar J. George, of the Chicago Homeopathic Medical College, is Secretary of the Association now for the fifth consecutive year. Drs. N. Starr of Charleston and M. H. Goodrich of Jacksonville are Vice-Presidents. Dr. A. B. Brown, of Chicago, provisional Secretary, and Dr. E. C. Sweet, of Chicago, Treasurer. Ward's Island and Metropolitan Hospital Alumni Associa tion. The seventh annual dinner of the Ward's Island and Metropolitan Hospital Alumni Association was held at The Arena, 41 West 31st street, New York, on the evening of Wednesday, December 3, 1902. The Historian reported that the year 1902 had been one of great interest in the life of the hospital. For many years, ever since its inception in fact, it has been the largest general Homeopathic hospital in the world. January 31st the Commissioner of Public Charities added a Tubercular Infirmary to the hospital. This is housed in buildings near to the hospital proper. At present there are 300 beds for tubercular cases. When all the buildings are equipped there will be 500 beds. That will give the Metropolitan 1000 beds making it one of the greatest hospitals in the country. It will be the largest in New York City, and it is under Homeopathic control. The Homeopathic profession at large do not appreciate what an immense place the Metropolitan is, and what a wonderful field of study it presents. Owing to the addition to the Tubercular Infirmary it was necessary to enlarge the house staff to eighteen. Hereafter six new men will be taken on every six months. The term of service is eighteen months. A year ago there were 158 graduates of the hospital living. Since then two have died, Dr. J. Keasby Weatherby, of Haddonfield, New Jersey, and Dr. Albert E. Underhill, of Brooklyn, New York. Nine men have graduated from the hospital making a total of graduates now living 165. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, George Taylor Stewart of New York; First Vice President, Bevier Has Brouck Sleght of Newark, New Jersey; Second Vice President, D. P. Maddux of Chester, Penn.; Third Vice President, Bernard Clausen of Hoboken, New Jersey; Secretary, Ephraim D. Klots of New York; Treasurer, Thomas Harrison Carmichael of Philadelphia; Historian, Walter Sands Mills of New York. The dinner was presided over by the president, Dr. H. M. Bunting of Norristown, Penn. Dr. B. H'B. Sleght of Newark, New Jersey was toastmaster. A letter was read from Dr. Egbert Guernsey, the president of the medical board, who was unable to be present. The following toasts were resonded to:-The Medical Board by Dr. Egbert Guernsey Rankin. The Old Hospital by Dr. Thomas Harriman Carmichael. The Ladies by Dr. George Herbert Richards. The New Hospital by Dr. Jasper W. Coghlan. The House Staff by Dr. Bernard Clausen. Those present were Drs. Cornwall, Van Zandt, Hathaway, W. E. Foster, Honan, Boyle, Rickaby, Root, Palmer, Royle, Ely, Smith, Miner, Bren, Bagg, Carleton, Lewis, Ostrom, Demarest, Perkins, Jr., Wallin, Thomas, Breck, Poole, Clausen, Coghlan, Richards, Sleght, Monroe, Roberts, Carmichael, Fay, McClelland, Moffat, Chapman, Fletcher, Newbold, Wallace, Coles, Pursell, Maddux, Perkins, Sr., Gardner, Keiser, Meeker, Brewster, McKnight, Hutchinson, Clark, Aten, Ayres, Helfrich, H. E. Foster, Harrington, Bunting, Rankin, Klots, Mills, Norwood, Dieffenbach, Hallett. Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society. The SixtyThird Annual Meeting of the Society was held in Boston on April 7 and 8. The meeting was called to order at 3 P.M., by the President, Winfield Smith, M.D. The Committee on Insanity and Nervous Diseases, Clara E. Gary, M.D., Chairman, considered The Establishment of Mental and Nervous Equilibrium by Systematic Training. (1) Physical Training, Frank C. Richardson, M.D.; (2) Mental Training, Edward P. Colby, M.D.; (3) Training in Responsibility, Ellen L. Keith, M.D. Discussion was opened by John P. Sutherland, M.D. and Edward H. Wiswall, M.D. Dinner was served to members and guests at Young's Hotel at 6 P.M. and the President's Address, by Winfield Smith, M.D. followed. The Bureau Chairmen presented papers as follows: The Committee on Clinical Medicine, George H. Wilkins, M.D., Chairman. Tubercular Adenitis, by Carl Crisand, M.D. Discussion opened by Solomon C. Fuller, M.D. and G. Forrest Martin, M.D.; X-ray in Skin Diseases, by J. Arnold Rockwell, M.D. Discussion opened by John L. Coffin, M.D. and Frank E. Allard, M.D.; and The Relationship of Morbid Conditions of the Nose and Naso-Pharynx to Affections of the Middle Ear-A few practical suggestions on early diagnosis and prophylactic treatment by the general practitioner, by Elmon R. Johnson, M.D. Discussion opened by George E. Rice, M.D. and Howard P. Bellows, M.D. The Committee on Obstetrics, Edward E. Allen, M.D., Chairman. Pelvimetry, by George H. Earl, M.D. Discussion opened by George R. Southwick, M.D.; Puerperal Infection, by J. Emmons Briggs, M.D. Discussion opened by Sarah S. Windsor, M.D.; and Management of the Third Stage of Labor, Henry H. Amsden, M.D. Discussion opened by Nelson M. Wood, M.D. The Committee on Diseases of Children, Charles E. Montague, M.D., Chairman. Hygiene for the Modern Infant, Alice H. Bassett, M.D. Discussion opened by Sarah S. Windsor, M.D.; Hygiene of Puberty, Ellen Hutchinson Gay, M.D. Discussion opened by Eliza B. Cahill, M.D.; What Should the School do for Defective Children? by Alfred C. Thompson, Superintendent of Schools, Wakefield, Mass. Discussion opened by Carroll C. Dupree, M.D.; Congenital Dislocation of the Hip, and its Treatment by the Lorenz Method, by Horace Packard, M.D. Discussion opened by George H. Earl, M.D.; and Malaria in Children, by Charles E. Montague, M.D. The Treasurer reported a working balance of $850.85 with an additional "Fund" account of $1,163.29. The Necrologist, N. R. Perkins, M.D., reported the following deaths Alvin Boyce, M.D., died November 3, 1902; Frederick A. Warner, M.D., died August 12, 1902; Alfred J. French, M.D., died December 1, 1902; Edward P. Scales, M.D., died August 14, 1902; Corresponding Member, Selden H. Talcott, M.D., died June 15, 1902; Honorary Members, Richard Hughes, M.D., died April 3, 1902; William Tod Helmuth, M.D., died May 14, 1902. The officers elected for the year are: President, Nathaniel W. 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