had demonstrated in the fresh uterus the presence of microbes in the uterine walls and the peritoneum, although histological examinations had revealed nothing of an abnormal nature.

Treatment of Hematoma.-According to Dr. Cammescasse if a child falls and raises a lump on its skin the simplest way to ease the pain, drive away the lump, and prevent the many-colored ecchymosis, which usually follows, is to rub oil into the injured part. A comestible oil is recommended, but it need not be olive oil. He thinks it is quite useless and needlessly painful to the patient to massage the affected parts; the gentlest rubbing suffices. The oil should be applied as soon as possible after the accident, but, even though several hours should have elapsed, a practitioner should not despair of obtaining a complete success. A diffuse hematoma may be thus reduced as well as a collective one, but in the former case the reduction is partial rather than complete.

Nasal Diphtheria. Dr. R. Glotard, whose thesis on this important subject appeared recently at Paris, repeats the observation, made long ago by Bretonneau, that nasal diphtheria is one of the most frequent manifestations of this infectious disease, a manifestation which is frequently allowed to pass unnoticed. According to Dr. Glotard diphtheria must always be suspected when a false membrane is discovered in the nose. The difficulty of diagnosis depends on the extreme insidiousness of this disease. On account of its frequency and hidden character the practitioner should accustom himself, when treating coryza in a child, to suspect diphtheria, just as he is already accustomed to suspect it in a case of sore throat.

Malformation of the Heart in a New-Born Infant. -Drs. Cheron and Jeannin reported at a meeting of the Obstetrical Society of Paris that they have made the autopsy of an infant, which at birth appeared to be normal, but which died in four days. They found a very intense congestion of the liver. The heart was large, weighing 35 grammes (1.24 oz.), and presented a well developed right ventricle, while the left ventricle was only indicated by a few strands of tissue. The infant was evidently non-viable and died of typical blue disease (cyanosis).

Novel Method of Treating Atrophic Cirrhosis.-At the same meeting Dr. M. L. Gaillard reported a case of a man 54 years of

age, who had an atrophic cirrhosis of the liver. Several different forms of treatment had been tried in vain. Opotherapy was

finally resorted to in the form of 150 grammes of pig's liver as a daily dose. Shortly afterwards the patient's urine became clear and abundant, the different symptoms gradually disappeared and at present, two years afterwards, he may be considered well. The reports showed that the physician had to deal with a genuine case of cirrhosis, and not with a tubercular peritonitis, or a heart trouble.

J. J. C.

Treatment of Syphilitic Gummata by Local Injections of Iodide of Potassium.-At the meeting of the Society of the Hospitals, Paris, January 23, 1903, Drs. Labadie, Lagrave, and Rollin reported that they had treated successfully syphilitic gummata by injecting in situ 2 cc. of a 3 per cent. solution of iodide of potassium. This treatment caused the gumma to disappear after the seventh injection. The injections are painful.

Hemorrhoidal Strangulation Cured by Adrenalin.-At the same meeting Dr. Mosse reported that in treating a case of strangulation of hemorrhoids he had applied adrenalin to the piles with immediate relief of the pain. He also made some appropriate remarks as to the physiological action of adrenalin.

PERSONALS.

DR. R. A. REEVE intends building on the corner of Bloor and Gwynne Streets.

DR. A. N. HAYES, of Sarnia, has been appointed Associate Coroner for the County of Lambton.

DR. D. C. MEYERS has been promoted to be Major in the Royal Grenadiers. Major, we salute you."

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DR. D. GIBB WISHART, of Grosvenor Street, has entirely recovered from his attack of septicemia.

DR. J. SILVERTHORNE has purchased No. 236 College Street and intends moving there almost at once.

DR. FRED FENTON has purchased the east corner of Church and Bloor Streets, and will erect a residence there.

DR. W. D. MCPHERSON, of Bathurst Street has built a very handsome residence on the same street, north of College.

DR. R. B. NEVITT, of Bloor Street West, left on the 9th ult. for the South. The doctor returned a day or two ago.

DR. C. MCKENNA, of Spadina Avenue, has purchased No. 266 College Street, next door to Broadway Tabernacle, and will move in very soon.

DR. W. A. YOUNG will leave on the 31st inst. to attend the meeting of the American Medical Association at New Orleans, La., which opens on May 5th.

DR. JAS. G. CAVEN will move before long to Bloor Street East, near Church Street, where he has started to build. Dr. Will P. Caven also thinks of moving north to Bloor Street East.

DR. GILBERT GORDON is at present enjoying the balmy air of old Point Comfort, Va., and his friends hope that he will soon fully recover from his recent illness.

DR. D. KING SMITH is no longer Surgeon-Lieutenant of The Kilties, but Surgeon-Major. Dr. W. J. Stewart, who up till recently held the latter commission, has been placed on the reserve list of officers.

DR. COLIN CAMPBELL, formerly house surgeon in the General Hospital here, and later on the R.M.S. "Empress of India," has recently been honored by appointment as house surgeon of the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, City Road, E.C., the oldest and most famous eye hospital in the world.

DR. LAPTHORN SMITH, of Montreal, intends to leave New York by the White Star steamer Cedric on the 25th March for a few weeks' visit to Europe, including a week at Madrid on the 23rd April for the International Congress, before which he has been invited to read a gynecological paper. He expects to return by the Tunisian on the 14th May.

DRS. Parry and Dumville, of Ontario, and Dr. Donaldson, of McGill, who went out to South Africa with the Canadian Army Medical Corps, tried at the conclusion of the war to practise in the Transvaal colony. They were prohibited from doing so, because only English diplomas were legal there. They appealed to Lord Milner, but he refused to alter the regulation on the subject.

DR. GILBERT GORDON, of Spadina Avenue, has been seriously ill, suffering from tubercular peritonitis. After being operated on a few weeks previous, he was removed on the 2nd ult. to Old Point Comfort, Va.; but, not gaining strength there, his brother, Dr. A. R. Gordon took him to Baltimore, Md., on March 11th, where he could have the professional services of such men as Drs. Cullen, Osler, and Howard Kelly. At last reports the doctor was rather better, but the prognosis, we are sorry to say, is very poor.

MR. BREFNEY ROLPH O'REILLY attained his majority on Tuesday, March 3rd, when Dr. and Mrs. Charles O'Reilly had a few old and intimate friends at dinner in honor of the occasion. Mr. O'Reilly is now completing his last session in medicine at Trinity College, and will soon be able to sign the M.D.C.M. to his name, when he is received into our noble profession which so many of his ancestors have adorned in the present and former generations in both his father's and his mother's families, the O'Reillys and Rolphs being well known names both in the medical profession and history of Canada.

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MEDICAL MANIFESTOES.

To the Editor of THE CANADIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

DEAR SIR, Three times during the last half century medical manifestoes have been issued giving the opinion of physicians on alcohol. The first was issued in 1839, and was signed by 86 persons; the second in 1847, and was signed by 2,000 physicians, and the third appeared in 1871, with the signatures of over 4,000 physicians, including the names of many leading physicians in all parts of the world. A fourth declaration of opinions is now being circulated for signatures, and reads as follows:

The following statement has been agreed upon by the Council of the British Medical Temperance Association, the American Medical Temperance Association, the Society of Medical Abstainers in Germany, and leading physicians in England and on the continent. The purpose of this is to have a general agreement of opinions of all prominent physicians in civilized countries concerning the dangers from alcohol, and in this way give support to the efforts made to check and prevent the evils from this source.

In view of the terrible evils which have resulted from the consumption of alcohol, evils which in many parts of the world are rapidly increasing, we, members of the medical profession, feel it to be our duty, as being in some sense the guardians of the public health, to speak plainly of the nature of alcohol, and of the injury to the individual and the danger to the community which arise from the prevalent use of intoxicating liquors as beverages. We think it ought to be known by all that:

1. Experiments have demonstrated that even a small quantity of alcoholic liquor, either immediately or after a short time, prevents perfect mental action, and interferes with the function. of the cells and tissues of the body, impairing self control by producing progressive paralysis of the judgment and of the will, and having other markedly injurious effects. Hence alcohol must be regarded as a poison, and ought not to be classed among foods.

2. Observation establishes the fact that a moderate use of alcoholic liquors, continued over a number of years, produces a