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Societies and Colleges.

-The North Central Ohio Medical Society met at Mansfield December 17.

-The Iowa Central Medical Society convened at Marshalltown December 14.

-The North Central Illinois Medical Association was in session at Pontiac December 7.

-Cooper Medical College of San Francisco graduated a class of forty-five on December 8.

-Dr. D. E. Haag has been chosen dean of the Toledo Medical College, to succeed the late Dr. J. H. Pooley.

-The Sewanee (Tern.) Medical College, department of the University of the South, gave degrees to a large class on December 16.

-The Tri-State Medical Association of Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee convened in fourteenth annual session at Memphis December 15, with a large attendance.

-It is reported from Columbus that the consolidation of the Ohio Medical University and Starling Medical College with the Ohio State University is being seriously considered.

-The Northwestern Ohio Medical Association, in session at Toledo, elected as officers president, Dr. James A. Duncan, Toledo; vice-presidents, Dr. J. A. Kimmel and Dr. W. S. Powell, Findlay; secretary, Dr. J. P. Baker, Findlay; assistant secretary and treasurer, Dr. T. M. Gehrett,

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-Oklahoma physicians held an interesting meet ing at Oklahoma City recently. A number of papers were read. Drs. G. W. Fairchild of Enid, Harry Walker of Oklahoma City and L. H. Buxton of Guthrie were selected as a committee to prepare an account of the early history of the medical profession of Oklahoma.

-Dr. V. C. Vaughan, dean of the medical department of the University of Michigan, is reported to have agreed to a plan by which a chair of pathology will be created at the university. At a meeting of the joint state asylum boards a resolution was passed that each asylum appropriate $125 annually to be given to the university, with which amount a special pathological department should be opened. In this way the various asylums will affiliate with the school and receive the benefit of extended special work to be carried on.

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-The Tennessee State Board of Health has reorganized. Under the law the secretary of the board cannot be a member. Dr. J. A. Albright of Somerville, who has been president of the board for some time, resigned, and was elected secretary

to succeed the late Dr. J. Berrien Lindsley. Dr. W. J. McMurray of Nashville was elected president.

-Dr. M. F. Terry of Seattle has been appointed a member of the Washington State Board of Health and Bureau of Vital Statistics for the unexpired term, ending December 30, 1901, vice R. M. Eames of Seattle, resigned.

Mallory and Wright's Pathological Technique.— Pathological Technique, a Practical Manual for the Pathological Laboratory. By Frank B. Mallory, A. M., M.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, etc., and James H. Wright, A. M., M.D., Director of the Laboratory of the Massachusetts General Hospital, etc. Cloth, 397 pages, with 105 illustrations, $2.50 net. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders. 1897.

This book carries out excellently what its authors promise for it. It is designed for practical work in the pathological laboratory, both for beginners. advanced students and practitioners. Each autopsy presents problems simple or complex, the solution of which often requires the highest skill in postmortem bacteriological and histological technique. The authors present a consecutive statement of the methods employed in solving these problems, and in addition detail the special methods employed in clinical bacteriology and pathology.

The first part of the book is devoted to post mortem examinations; the second to bacteriological examinations, including apparatus, culture-media, bacteriological examinations at autopsies, method of studying bacteria in cultures, bacteriological diagnosis and clinical bacteriology, and the third to histological methods. The book is worthy of high commendation, and will prove valuable to students and practitioners.

Dana's Nervous Diseases.-Text-book of Nervous Diseases. Being a Compendium for the Use of Students and Practitioners of Medicine. By Charles L. Dana, A. M., M.D., New York, Professor of Nervous and Mental Diseases in Bellevue Hospital Medical College, etc.

The fourth edition of Dr. Dana's excellent textbook possesses all the good points which we have already noted in the earlier editions, and in addition chapters on encephalatitis, multiple sclerosis, meningitis and traumatic neuroses. The section on peripheral neuroses has been entirely rearranged, the anatomical chapters have been revised and rewritten and the anatomy and pathology of the work brought up to modern ideas as to the neuronic architecture of the nervous system. To the appendix have been added technical details of the accepted therapeutic measures of modern neurology. The necessity for repeated new editions in so short a time is the best demonstration of the esteem in which the work is held.

News of the Month.

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ILLINOIS.-Dr. A. B. Liggett, from Iowa City, Ia, succeeds to the practice of Dr. Pollock at Dixon.--Dr. C. R. Spicer, formerly at Edinburg, will practice with Dr. J. H. Dickerson at Taylorville.--The Fox River Medical Associa tion met at Aurora December 14. The discussion of papers was concluded with a banquet. The officers elected are: President, Dr. H. L. Pratt, Elgin; vice-president, Dr. C. L. Smith, Aurora; secretary and treasurer, Dr. J. E. Bumstead of Dundee. Executive committee, Dr. H. J. Gahagan and J. A. Rutledge of Elgin and Drs. M. M. Robbins and Catherine B. Slater of Aurora.Dr. N C. Bouton, from Chicago, will practice at Waukegan.- -At Decatur Dr. William Thompson has sold his good will and practice to Dr. J. G. Ellis.The Rock River Valley Medical Associa tion met at Dixon December 8.--The county medical society met at Champaign December 15. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, Dr. W. L. Gray, Champaign; vicepresident, Dr. W. F. Burres, Sidney; secretary and treasurer, Dr. John Laughlin, Rantoul; board of censors, Dr. J. E. Harmon, Rantoul; Dr. J. E. White, Urbana, and Dr. John Martin, Tolono. --At Decatur Dr. Arthur Wilhelmy has been

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elected county physician.--DeKalb citizens are endeavoring to secure an appropriation from the city council for a hospital. The Bureau County Medical Association met at Princeton recently. The new officers elected are: Drs. T. Sprague, Sheffield, president; F. C. Robinson, first vice-president; S. W. Hopkins, Walnut, second vice-president, and R. M. Pollock, Princeton, secretary.--The Fulton County Medical Society was organized recently. Dr. J. E. Sutton of Canton was elected president; Dr. Hanson of Lewistown, first vice-president; Dr. Connelly of Farmington, second vice-president; Dr. Ellen

Heise, secretary; Dr. Logan, treasurer, and Dr. Harris, necrologist. The board of censors will be composed of Drs. Welch of Cuba, Stoops of Ipava, Toler of Astoria, Shallenberger of Canton and Strode of Lewistown. The members of the committee on membership are Drs. Nelles and Reagan of Canton and Wilson of London Mills.--At the annual meeting of the Morgan County Medical Society, held at Jacksonville December 9, the following officers were elected: President, Dr. A. L. Adams; vice-president, Dr. J. A. Campbell; secretary. Dr. C. E. Black; treasurer, Dr. E. F. Baker; librarian, Dr. W. C. Cole. Papers were read by Drs. Baker and Cole.--Dr. A. R. Lyles has moved from Beardstown to Kokomo, Ind.Dr. W. R. A. Wilson will locate at Peoria.-Dr. E. Ford Gavin has opened an office in Kenosha.--The Vermilion County Medical Society was organized at Danville recently. Dr. S. M. Brown is president and Dr. T. E. Walton secretary.

Chicago. Dr. C. St. Clair Drake of the department of health was married December 16 to Miss Sophie Alice Adams. Dr. Drake will reside at 1056 Washington boulevard.--The question of having Rush Medical College affiliated with the University of Chicago is again being discussed by prominent officials of both institutions, but the matter has not yet taken any definite shape.--An ordinance prohibiting the sale of patent medicines. containing morphine or opium, except when the formula of the compound appears on the label, hasbeen recommended to the city council for passageby the license committee.--Congressman Foss is seeking another appropriation for the Marine Hos pital at Lake View. Twenty-five thousand dollars is asked for the institution during the ensuing fiscat year. There are 200 persons in various stages of tuberculosis now in the poorhouse, and who mingle with other patients owing to the crowded condition the wards. This condition of affairs has provoked a communication to the county board from Drs. J. B. Murphy and H. M. Thomas, who maintain the absolute necessity of additional wards for consumptives and the employment of two trained nurses in order to avoid infections. It is suggested also that: a county sanitarium for tuberculosis could be established at Dunning without additional cost, and thus afford great facilities for the study of the disease.

-The members of the city hospital committee of the Chicago Medical Women's Club announce that Chicago will soon be equipped with a preliminary institution known as an emergency ward, which it is expected will result in the establishment of a commodious hospital.--Dr. William E. Quine presided at the dedication, December 12, of the Medical Missionary Training School at 1926 Wabash avenue.-- -Dr. J. S. Matheson has moved from Chicago to Brandon, Manitoba.——Superintendent.

H. R. Carter of the United States Marine Hospital in Chicago has just recovered from a severe illness at New Orleans. Dr. Carter was sent to New Orleans by the government at the outbreak of yellow fever in the south.- -The boldness of the Chicago thug is unsurpassed. A number of hold ups, among them some physicians, have occurred quite recently, and on December 9 footpads way laid Dr. Harold N. Moyer and shot him in the left hip, inflicting a serious wound.--The new Alexian Brothers' Hospital at Racine and Belden avenues, was dedicated December 8.

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INDIANA. - The Johnson County Medical Society met at Franklin December 9. An interesting address was delivered by Dr. W. N. Wishard of Indianapolis on "Prostatic Cystitis.' county has a woman county physician, Dr. Allie M. Day- The Marion County Medical Society, December 14, at Indianapolis, discussed vital statistics and criticised the indifference of a portion of the profession in the discharge of this public duty. A new organization, called the Liberal Medical Association, has been formed from a part of the menbership of the Miami County Medical Association at Peru -The Wabash County Medical Society discussed a program and enjoyed a banquet December 16 A plan has been developed for reaching bogus medical practitioners. Prosecutions will be begun by the county medical societies, and the state board of examiners will render efficient aid. The board believes that there are about one hundred such persons practicing in the state. A report from the Southern Hospital for the Insane shows the cost of maintenance for the past year to be $76,500.

IOWA.-The North Iowa Medical Association met at Calmar.- -The Fayette County Medical Society met at Arlington.--The report of the commissioners for the Cherokee Hospital for the Insane has been prepared. It asks for an appropriation of $208,000 to finish the work on the institution and put it in shape for occupancy. There has been expended already $279.000. The capacity of the new institution is 800 patients.- -The Iowa Union Medical Society met in semi annual session at Cedar Rapids on December 4 -—The Plymouth County Medical Society met at Le Mars December 8. A committee was named to consider the establishment of a hospital. ——Dr. L. G Powell has moved from Woodward to Perry.--Dr. C. L. Campbell will retire from practice at Lewis.--The Polk County Medical Society discussed "The Alexander Operation," "Eclampsia," and "Malignaut Tumors."'

'MASSACHUSETTS.-The new Massachusetts hospital for tuberculous patients at Rutland will be opened soon. It was built under an act of 1895. Rutland wis chosen as the site because of its excellent hygienic conditions. The buildings are about 1,200 feet above the sea level, and the conditions

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are most favorable. The hospital will have accommodations for about 150 patients. An effort was made during the last legislature to cause the removal of two private hospitals for the treatment of tuberculosis located in Boston, on the ground that their presence was a menace, to the neighborhood, but failed of success.

MICHIGAN. The Saginaw County Medical Society met December 15. Some new members were enrolled.--The annual meeting of the Calhoun County Medical Society was held at Battle Creek December 7. The officers elected are: President, Dr. J. M. Ramsdell, Albion; vice-presidents, Dr. George W. Green, Battle Creek, and Dr. Howard, Albion; secretary, Dr. W. H. Haughey; treasurer, Dr. Smiley. Marshall.Dr. W. M. Wemp has moved from Fenton to Bennington.

MINNESOTA.-At the last meeting of the Minnesota Academy of Medicine a paper was read by Dr. H. M. Bracken called "Suggestions Drawn from the Serum Reaction in Typhoid Fever." A thesis entitled "The Past Twenty Years of Medicine," was presented by Dr. R. J. Hill. It was an interesting historical sketch of the development of the science of medicine.-The Minnesota Valley Medical Association met at Mankato December 7. President Dr. John Williams of Lake Crystal opened the meeting with an address on "Medical Ethics."--At the semi-annual meeting of the Hennepin County Medical Society addresses were delivered by Dr. C. A. McCullom on "What Is a Tubercular Type?" by Dr. W. A. Jones on "Heredity, Its Present Status," and by Dr. George D. Head on "Early Diagnosis."

MISSISSIPPI.-Governor McLaurin has taken hold of the yellow fever question in a practical manner, and has appointed Drs. H. H. Harraison of Biloxi; Harris A. Gant, Water Valley; Į. R. Tackett, Biloxi; J. H. Purnell, Vicksburg, S., R. Dunn, Greenville, and II. M. Folks, Jackson, a commission, any three of whom shall constitute a quorum, with authority to proceed to Cuba for the purpose of making a clinical study of yellow fever as found in that country; and also to make observations of Havana, Matanzas and other Cuban ports as to the sanitary condition of the harbors and loading places of vessels bound for ports on the coast of Mississippi, the commission to report the result of their investigations so made to the Mississippi State Board of Health.--The Delta Medical Association convened at Greenville December 1.

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NEW MEXICO.-It is reported that F. W. Seward of Eddy has purchased the famous Home ranch of ex-Senator S. W. Dorsey at Chicos Springs, including the palatial residence he built for Robert G. Ingersoll, and will convert it into a sanitarium for the treatment of persons suffering from tuberculosis.

OHIO-At the annual meeting of the Cleveland Medical Library Association officers were elected as follows: President, H. E. Henderson; secretary, M. E. Brunner; treasurer, H. G. Sherman; librarian, C. A. Hamann; trustees for three years, D. P. Allen, D. H. Beckwith and John P. Sawyer.

The Marion County Medical Society met December 7 at Marion.--The Sandusky County Medical Society held a banquet December 9 at Fremont.--The Shelby County Medical Society met December 9 and the following officers were elected: Dr. M. F. Hussey, president; Dr. W. H. Milholland, vice president; Dr. J. W. Costolo, secretary, and Dr. J. M. Carter of Jackson Center, treasurer. Arrangements were made for a joint meeting of the Miami and Shelby county societies in Sydney in January, when Dr. C. A. L. Reed of Cincinnati will read a paper on "Abdominal Surgery."--The Mahoning County Medical Society at Youngstown elected as officers for 1898: President, H. E. Welch; vice-president, L. U. Howard; secretary, R. E. Whelan; treasurer, R. D. Gibson; librarian, G. S. Peck; censors, J. J. Thomas, John McCurdy, and Arthur Winter.--A bill regulating the embalming of bodies will be presented to the general assembly by the medico-legal section of the Cuyahoga County Medical Society. The object is to preclude the possibility of an undertaker unwittingly covering up traces of crime, especially in cases of deaths under suspicious circumstances.

-The Lucas County Medical Society met at Toledo September 3.---The forty-third annual report of the Cleveland State Hospital shows the number of inmates in the institution at the opening of the year was 1,047. During the year there were admitted 34, and 517 discharged. Those discharged as cured were 41.22 per cent of the number received. The number of deaths during the year in the institution was 70, a large proportion of which resulted from brain disorders. The per capita cost of maintaining the institution through the year was the lowest since 1878. Exclusive of officers' salaries it was $2 40 per week, or $124.84 for the whole year.— -Differences have arisen among the managers of the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics at Galliplis, which may result in a change in the management.---The Dayton State Hospital for the Insane shows the daily average of patients treated for the year was 831; the percentage of recoveries was 46.01, and the per capita cost $143.30.--The per capita cost of maintaining the Columbus State Hospital for the past year was $129.96, as against $136.70 the preceding year.--Dr. A. C. Holland will move from

Zanesville to Mount Perry. --Dr. Percy S. Wright has moved from Geneva to Kent.--Dr. R. M. Hughey has gone' from Frankfort to Columbus.

OREGON.-It is reported that a quarantine station will be established at the mouth of the Columbia river. Dr. J. C. Perry of the marine hospital service has twice urged the location of a station there in view of the growing intercourse with the east. There are at present no facilities on the Columbia river for the proper treatment of an infected vessel.--Dr. C. C. Strong, who has occupied the chair of gynecology in the medical department of the university of Oregon since its organization, lately resigned, and out of consideration for his long service, was elected as emeritus professor of the same chair. Dr. E. F. Tucker was elected to fill the chair thus made vacant, and Dr. F. Cauthorn was elected to the professorship of anatomy.

TEXAS.—A meeting of physicians from all sections of the state convened at Dallas December 13 to take action looking to the repeal of the occupation tax law. A committee presented resolutions pledging all societies and physicians endorsing the movement to use earnest endeavors to have the tax duly repealed, resorting to whatever methods in their judgment may be deemed most expedient to attain success." A committee was named to keep up the agitation.The Corsicana District Medical Association met December 13 at Corsicana.

-The board of medical examiners named for the twenty sixth judicial district consists of Drs. T. J. Bennett and Samuel A. Hudson of Austin and John Strayhorn of Bartlett.--The North Texas Medical Society convened at Dallas December 15. A long list of interesting papers was read. The following officers were chosen for the ensuing year: President, Dr. R. D. Potts of Bonham; vice president, Dr. H. O. Masters, Rock Hill; secretary. Dr. R. F. Miller, Sherman; treasurer, Dr. S. F. King, Sherman. Delegates to the American Medical Association-Drs. Armstrong of Dallas, Inge of Denton, Gilcreast of Gainesville, Bacon Saunders of Fort Worth, Markham of Denton and R. H. Chilton of Dallas. Delegates to the state medical association, Drs. Smoot of Dallas, Walker of Paris, Bradford of Honey Grove, Irwin of McKinney and Fleming of Mount Vernon. New members of judicial council, Drs. Shelmire of Dallas, Pennington of Greenville. The next meeting will be at Fort Worth.

WISCONSIN.-Dr. E. A. King has moved from De Pere to Antigo.-- Dr. G. L. Tisdale has gone from New London to De Pere.- -The Rock County Medical Society met December 3 at Janesville.--The Sheboygan County Medical Society met at Sheboygan Falls December 9.- -Dr. P. Herrges from West Bend has located at Hingham. -Dr. C. D. Fairbanks from Chicago will prac tice at Port Washington.

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