It indicates a spirit of independence which might well be emulated, and must result in an elevation of the profession and an increase of the self-respect of its members Whether "lodge-doctoring is an evil with us in the East or not, we do not know. one enlighten us?

Can any

ST. CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR BABIES.

For many years St. Christopher's Day Nursery has been doing a useful, though unobtrusive, charitable work among the poor of Brooklyn. Its managers have, however, after a long experience, become convinced that they can do more good to the deserving poor by the establishment of a babies' hospital in the same location where the Nursery has been so long-at 283 Hicks street, near Joralemon street. This location is accessible to a large number of the poor of the first and sixth wards.

The officers of the Board of Managers are as follows: President, Mrs. Wm. G. Low; vice-president, Mrs. W. H. Ropes; secretary, Miss Saidie L. Richards; treasurer, Miss Helen M. Burley; chairman executive committee, Mrs. E. H. Squibb.

The following gentlemen constitute the Advisory Board: Mr. Wm. G. Low, Mr. Edwin Packard, Mr. Francis H. Southwick, Dr. Edward H. Squibb.

We congratulate the Board on the highly representative body of its medical officers. No institution in the city has a more able or skilful staff, nor is there one which will better satisfy the profession and the charitable laity as to the manner in which the medical affairs will be conducted. The staff is as follows:

Consulting surgeons, Dr. A. J. C. Skene, Dr. Wm. Maddren; consulting physician, Dr. Charles Jewett; consulting neurologist, Dr. Wm. Browning; consulting laryngologist, Dr. Wm. F. Dudley; consulting ophthalmologist, Dr. Wm. H. Snyder; visiting pediatrists, Dr. Wm. A. Northridge, Dr. John W. Parrish.

BROOKLYN POST-GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ELECTRO

THERAPEUTICS.

This school, which was established by Dr. S. H. Monell in September, 1896, has, we are informed, passed the experimental stage, and its success is assured beyond all uncertainty. The field which it covers is a most important one, and the knowledge

of the diseases to which electro-therapeutics may be applied with hope of benefit, and the methods of applying it, are known to but comparatively few. The desire for such knowledge is not small, and we hope that Brooklyn physicians, at least, will avail themselves of the opportunity which lies at their very doors.

R. G. ECCLES, M.D.

The American Medico-Surgical Bulletin enters upon the year 1897 with Dr. Eccles as its editor. The Bulletin Publishing Company is to be congratulated on having secured his services, and the readers of the journal may rest assured that his editorial duties will be performed with the energy and zeal which characterizes everything he undertakes.

WISCONSIN ECLECTIC MEDICAL COLLEGE.

This institution, chartered under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, but located at Chicago, Illinois, is receiving a good deal of attention from the medical press, and deservedly so, we think. The first claim which attracts our attention, as we glance over its prospectus, is its cheapness. For $35, which is the total fee, a student can be matriculated, examined, and graduated. The cost of a medical education need no longer be a barrier to its attainment. Then, too, it is possible for students to graduate without attendance. This is certainly a great advantage. One of the most annoying things about most medical colleges is that one must attend the lectures and clinics, and really make the study of medicine his business for three or four years. If one has nothing else to do, this is all very well, but for one whose time is already fully occupied either as a clerk in a drug store, or in a grocery store, or in any other kind of a store, or is, indeed, engaged in any occupation whatever, it is, to say the least, vexatious to be compelled to abandon this and devote one's time to books and lectures and clinics. The prospectus of the Wisconsin Eclectic Medical College expresses the advantages of the fin-de-siècle method of becoming a doctor in these words:

It is the duty and policy of the officers of this college to point out to those desiring a medical education that it can be lawfully and honestly acquired, even if they cannot attend our college or any other medical college in person, for it is an established fact that students can and do, by the diligent and faithful study of the proper books at home, with the help of the experience they

can get assisting a physician, acquire a more practical and useful medical eduCation than they can attending monopoly colleges and spending valuable time and hard-earned money on much that is speculative and theoretical.

But space does not permit us to dwell longer on the special features which this institution offers to would-be doctors. One more, however, we will state, and that will, we are sure, convince any one not already convinced of the self-sacrificing spirit of this most benevolent and philanthropic institution. If desired, the examination for the degree can be conducted at the applicant's own home, and if satisfactory, he can be "legally and lawfully" graduated and receive the diploma of the College. The prospectus is respectfully dedicated to the thinking citizens of the United States of America, and “contains important information on questions of vital interest to medical students, pharmacists, trained nurses, hydropathists, and all others engaged in the great and humane work of healing the sick and afflicted."

PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES.

MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE COUNTY OF KINGS.

A regular monthly meeting of the Medical Society of the County of Kings was held at the Society Building, 356 Bridge street, on Tuesday evening, November 17, 1896, at 8.30 o'clock. The President, Dr. Geo. McNaughton, in the chair.

There were about one hundred members present.

The minutes of the October meeting were read and approved.

REPORT OF COUNCIL.

The Council reported favorably upon the applications of:

Dr. Frank Eugene Smith, N. Y. Univ., 1891;

Dr. John Frederick Simpson, Bellv., N. Y., 1895, and recommended that they be elected to membership.

PROPOSITION FOR MEMBERSHIP.

The Secretary presented the following application:

Dr. Thomas C. Leitch, 185 Bergen street, L. I. C. H., 1896; proposed by the Committee on Membership.

ELECTION OF MEMBERS.

The following, having been regularly proposed and favorably acted upon by Council, were declared by the President elected to membership:

Dr. H. L. Gill.

Dr. D. W. Meyer.

Dr. G. G. Thompson.

Dr. E. O. B. Byström.

SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS.

"Presentation of a Case of Forearm Paralysis (so-called Klumpke Type)," by Wm. Browning, M.D.

Discussion by Dr. John C. Shaw and Dr. Geo. R. Fowler. "Tubo-ovarian Disease Simulating Appendicitis," by J. C. McEvitt, M. D.

DISCUSSION.

Dr. A. J. C. Skene discussed: "The Differential Diagnosis of Lesions of the Tubes and Ovaries in the Adult Female."

Dr. Geo. R. Fowler discussed: "The Differential Diagnosis of Lesions of the Vermiform Appendix in the Adult Female." Further discussion by Drs. Briggs and Fairbairn.

NEW BUSINESS.

The President stated that Dr. Wilson of the Board of Health desired to obtain specimens of blood from typhoid-fever patients, for the purpose of determining the value of the new method of diagnosing that disease.

Dr. Wilson explained that the purpose of the Health Department was to determine the peculiar action of the serum of the blood of a typhoid-fever patient on the pure culture of the typhoid bacillus; that he not only desired the blood of typhoid-fever patients, but the blood of patients suffering from other diseases where there is a general febrile condition, such as pyemia, rheumatism, malaria, or tuberculosis, or other cases where there is a general febrile disturbance, the latter being for the purpose of control experiments. He stated that the diphtheria stations would be furnished with outfits consisting of a small piece of sterile filter-paper enclosed in an envelope, and he requested members to procure them, sterilize the patient's finger with alcohol and ether, prick the finger with a sterilized needle, preserve the drop of blood on the paper, and return the same (with the physician's name) to the station, from which they would be collected and reported upon.

There being no further business, on motion adjourned.

WM. C. BRAISLIN, M. D., Assistant Secretary.

MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE COUNTY OF KINGS.

A regular monthly meeting of the Medical Society of the County of Kings was held at the Society Building, 356 Bridge street, Tuesday evening, December 15, 1896, at 8.30 o'clock. The President, Dr. George McNaughton, in the chair. There were about seventy-five members present.

The minutes of the November meeting were read and approved.

REPORT OF COUNCIL.

The Council reported favorably upon the application of Dr. Thomas C. Leitch, and recommended his election to membership.

PROPOSITIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP.

The Secretary presented the following applications:

Dr. J. J. Babbington, 40 Somers street; L. I. C. H. '94; proposed by Dr. John R. Stivers, Dr. Wm. Browning.

Dr. Adolph Wieber, 181 South Fifth street; proposed by Dr. Z. Taylor Emery, Dr. Wm. Browning.

Dr. Lawrence J. Cordona, 833 A Lafayette avenue; L. I. C. H., '90; proposed by Dr. James Ingalls, Dr. David Myerle.

Dr. Chas. H. Goodrich, 673 Vanderbilt avenue; Coll. Phys. and Surgeons, N. Y., '94; proposed by Committee on Membership.

Dr. Wm. M. McAlpin, 499 Ridgwood avenue; P. & S., Baltimore, '86; proposed by Committee on Membership.

Dr. George Washington Colby, 142 Putnam avenue, Univ. of Penna., 1896; proposed by Dr. J. M. Winfield, Dr. George McNaughton.

ELECTION OF MEMBERS.

The following, having been regularly proposed and favorably acted upon by Council, were declared by the President elected to membership:

Dr. Frank Eugene Smith, N. Y. Univ., '91.

Dr. John Frederick Simpson, Bellv., N. Y., '95.

SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS.

"Obstetrical Paralysis of Infants, with Presentation of Cases," by W. H. Haynes, M. D.

Discussed by Drs. Charles Jewett, F. H. Stuart, J. C. Shaw, Wm. Browning, A. C. Brush, H. P. De Forest, F. J. Shoop, Burr Mosher.

NOMINATIONS OF OFFICERS AND DELEGATES FOR ENSUING YEAR.

Dr. F. H. Stuart reminded the members that the society had for the last three years been making a strong endeavor to secure