a few days it became evident that the method was not working very well, no more cases were assigned to him; and so it happened that in time all his patients were dead, and no one was left to tell the world of what his method consisted. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AND BURIAL IN ย A CORRESPONDENT sends the following with request for publication, which the JOURNAL gives without assuming any responsibility: A Boston lady now in Shanghai wrote home, that riding out one day, 66 we passed a cemetery where the coffins were out in the field, each in a little clay and tile house. We noticed that many of the graves or tombs were covered with straw, bound down upon them, and were told that this was always done, if the one left there had died of a contagious disease such as cholera or small pox." : Having written home this, and having been asked for further explanation of the practice, this lady wrote again "Chung King (which you asked about) is practically as far from us as from you. It is up the Yangtse Kiang two or three thousand miles, up above the rapids. It takes a person six or seven weeks to get there, the way is so difficult. Just now, small-pox is plenty here in Shanghai, and there is always more or less cholera, but no one thinks of it at all. You go about just as at home. I haven't the least fear. RESOLUTIONS ON THE DEATH OF SISTER "You may know, but it was new to me, that here the people drop their coffins anywhere in the fields, by the side of the road in groups or singly. Sometimes they build a little brick tomb over them, sometimes pile loose bricks, tiles or stone, sometimes earth, and sometimes nothing at all; but it is the custom when the death has been from dren's Hospital held December 26, 1892, it was voted AT a meeting of the the Staff of the Boston Chilcholera, small pox, or other extremely contagious or infectious disease, to cover the coffin simply with straw, and we to transmit to the Mother Superior of the Sisters of have seen a good many of them with fresh straw lately. I St. Margaret the following resolution: suppose it is small-pox. So when we see one near the road, we close the carriage window as we pass, and then don't think of it again. At home I should be frightened; here, as no one else is, I am not. That bears out -'s theory about the foolishness of placarding houses where scarlet fever, etc., is inside, and frightening people; but all say here with proper care, cleanliness, etc., and not coming in actual contact with the disease, there is no danger." Many years ago, when cholera first began to alarm Americans, Boston's then most eminent physician, said: "Let it remain with us three years, and it will attract no more attention than consumption, which is, in fact, the more fatal disease." That in the death of Sister Maria the Children's Hos pital has sustained a great loss. Her career of usefulness which had just begun has been cut short. Her zealous kindly efforts in conducting the affairs of the Hospital were appreciated by all who came in contact with her. Her loving fidelity to duty, and her tender care of children made her beloved by them one and all. To the Sisters of St. Margaret the members of the Staff extend their heartfelt sympathy, and join with them in deploring the removal of one so well fitted to perform the duties assigned her in T. M. ROTCH, Staff Secretary. life. THERAPEUTIC NOTES. MISTURA GLYCYRRHIZE COMPOSITA. Stephen 1 METEOROLOGICAL RECORD, For the week ending December 24, in Boston, according to obStates Signal Corps: recommends the following method of making this mix-servations furnished by Sergeant J. W. Smith, of the United ture, which affords no sediment whatever. RECORD OF MORTALITY FOR THE WEEK ending Saturday, DECEMBER 24, 1892. will proceed at once to San Antonio, Texas, and report to the commanding general, Department of Texas, for duty with the troops now in the field. Percentage of deaths from THIRD CONGRESS OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND 705 236 14.84 18.34 1,250,000 434 185 20.24 18.63 Estimated population for 1892. Reported deaths in each. F-15 Deaths under Scarlet fever. 1.40 2.30 SURGEONS. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The first meeting of the Executive Committee of the Third Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons was held December 27th, in Philadelphia. The committee was organized by the election of Dr. William Pepper as Chairman and Dr. Newton M. Shaffer as Secretary. The following officers of the Congress were elected: Dr. A. L. Loomis, of New York, President; Dr. W. H. Carmalt, of New Haven, Secretary; Dr. John Shaw Billings, of Washington, Treasurer, and Dr. S. C. Busey, of Washington, Chairman of Committee of Arrangements. It was decided to hold the next 2.35 meeting in Washington, in May, 1894. 1.16 .98 6.58 2.53 10.81 1,092,168 Brooklyn 955,333 335 117 477,873 469,645 211 7C 11.75 21.62 1.41 6.58 NEWTON M. SHAFFER, M.D., Secretary. 50.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 14,031 5 0 20.00 20.00 20.00 H. B. HARVEY, surgeon, U. S. Navy, died at Crawford, Miss., December 26th. He was appointed assistant surgeon in 1872, passed assistant surgeon in 1876 and surgeon in 1886. He was a native of Kentucky. GEORGE W. SARGENT, M.D., M.M.S.S, of Lawrence, died 16.66 January 1st, aged fifty-eight years. He graduated from the Albany Medical College in 1857. During the war he served as surgeon of the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, and since the war has practised in Lawrence, and served on the board of pension examiners. 50.00 16.66 Deaths reported 2,500: under five years of age 868; principal infectious diseases (small-pox, measles, diphtheria and croup, diarrhoeal diseases, whooping cough, erysipelas and fevers), 394, acute lung diseases 472, consumption 294, diphtheria and croup 186, typhoid fever 55, scarlet fever 44, diarrhoeal diseases 38, measles 24, whooping-cough 14, cerebro-spinal meningitis 13, erysipelas 12, malarial fever 5, typhus fever 1. From diarrhoeal diseases New York 20, Brooklyn and Milwaukee 5 each, Chicago 3, Nashville 2, Boston, Washington and Lowell 1 each. From measles Chicago 13, New York 8, Brooklyn, Portland and Lowell 1 each. From whooping-cough New York and Brooklyn 5 each, Chicago 3, Boston 1. From cerebrospinal meningitis New York, Washington, Lynn and Somerville 2 each, Chicago, Nashville, Worcester, Cambridge and Gloucester 1 each. From erysipelas New York 4, Washington 2, Chicago, Brooklyn, Charleston, Portland and Fitchburg 1 each. From malarial fever New York and Charleston 2 each, Brooklyn 1. From typhus fever New York 1. The leave of absence granted CAPTAIN LOUIS W. CRAMPTON, assistant surgeon, U. S. A., is extended three months. By direction of the Secretary of War, two months' ordinary leave of absence is granted CAPTAIN MARCUS E. TAYLOR, assistant surgeon, U. Š. A., to take effect upon the expiration of his present sick leave. FIRST-LIEUT. JAMES D. GLENNAN, assistant surgeon, U. S. A., will, upon his arrival at his station (Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory), from leave of absence, proceed immediately to San Antonio, Texas, and report in person to the commanding general, Department of Texas, for temporary duty in the field with troops operating on the Mexican border. The leave of absence for seven days granted FIRST-LIEUT. FRANK T. MERIWETHER, assistant surgeon, U. S. A., is hereby extended ten days. FIRST-LIEUT. BENJAMIN L. TEN EYCK, assistant surgeon, U. S. A., is relieved from duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and | BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RECEIVED. Notes on the Discovery of Chloroform. By Oliver P. Hubbard. Reprint. 1892. Columbia Daily Calendar, 1893. Pope Manufacturing Co., Boston, New York, Chicago. Multiple Benign Cystic Epithelioma of the Skin. By J. A. Fordyce, M.D., New York. Reprint. 1892. The Modern Antipyretics, Their Action in Health and Disease. By Isaac Ott, M.D. Second edition. Easton, Pa. 1892. Typhoid Fever in the Light of Modern Research. Facts and Doubts about Cholera. By L. Bremer, M.D., St. Louis, Mo. Microscopical Researches of the Corpuscular Elements of Blood. By M. L. Holbrook, M.D., New York City. Reprint. 1892. The Collegiate Degree as an Evidence of Fitness for the Study of Medicine. By L. Harrison Mettler, A.M., M.D., Chicago, Ill. Reprint. 1892. Fermentation, Infection and Immunity: A New Theory of These Processes. By J. W. McLaughlin, M.D. Austin, Texas: Eugene von Boeckmann. 1892. Why Hygienic Congresses Fail. Lessons taught by the International Congress of 1891. By Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. London: George Bell & Sons. 1892. A Manual of Clinical Ophthalmology. By Howard F. Hansall, M.D., Lecturer on Ophthalmology in the Jefferson Medical College, etc., and James H. Bell, M.D. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston, Son & Co. 1892. Etudes de Clinique Chirurgicale, Année 1890-91. Par A. Le Dentu, Professeur de Clinique Chirurgicale a la Faculté de Médecine de Paris. Paris: G. Masson, Editeur. Report of a Case of Large Intra-Cranial Tumor (Weight, Five Ounces) Compressing the Left Frontal Lobe. By William H. Morrison, M.D., of Holmesburg, Pa. Reprint. 1892. An Inquiry into the Relative Merits of Vaginal Hysterectomy and High Amputation or Partial Extirpation by Galvano-cautery in Cancer of the Cervix Uteri. By John Byrne, M.D., M.R.C.S.E. Reprint. 1892. Surgical versus Educational Methods for the Improvement of the Mental Condition of the Feeble-minded. Criminal Responsibility in the Early Stages of General Paralysis. By Frank P. Norbury, M.D., Jacksonville, Ill. Reprints. 1892. Members of the Medical Profession INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. respectfully invited to call, when convenient, at Chauncy-Hall School-house, to examine its special ALE & BEEF Co.. ......Peptonized Ale and Beef 22 arrangements for the health of boys and girls, including: VENTILATION WITHOUT DRAUGHTS, EVEN TEMPERATURE, SUNSHINE, CARE OF EYES AND SPINE. The botse is now open to visitors daily from 9 to 4. 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The following are the principal institutions: THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL. During the past year, 3,409 patients were treated in the wards, and 25,819 in the out-patie departments. Patients are received from all parts of the United States and the provinces, and are visited by the students, with the attending physicians and surgeons, on four days in the week. Operations are numerous, and are performed in the amphitheatre, which is provide with seats for 400 persons. Clinics in the following special branches have been established in connection with the out-patient department Dermatology, Laryngology, Diseases of the Nervous System, and Ophthalmology. THE CITY HOSPITAL.-During the past year, 7,910 cases were treated in its wards, and 16,929 in the various out-patient departmenta The medical wards always contain many cases of acute diseases, and changes are taking place constantly. The opportunities for seem fractures, injuries, and traumatic cases of all kinds are excellent, since, on an average, 800 street accidents are yearly treated. Surgica operations are performed in the amphitheatre. Diseases of the eye, the ear, and the skin are largely treated in the out-patient department. In these two Hospitals, the facilities for witnessing Operative Surgery are unsurpassed. Twice a week operations are performed i the presence of the class. The number of these operations is large, reaching nearly 2,000 a year. The variety is great, embracing every surgical disease and injury, including the surgical operations on the eye and ear. THE BOSTON LYING-IN HOSPITAL-More than 500 patients are annually confined in the Hospital. In the out-patient department attendance during confinement is also furnished to several hundred women at their homes. THE BOSTON DISPENSARY. - During the past year 60,621 patients were treated at this Public Charity. A new building has later been erected, at a cost of $50.000, where students have ample and excellent opportunity for seeing practical work in the diagnosis and treatment of cases illustrating the various branches of medicine and surgery. THE MASSACHUSETTS CHARITABLE EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY.-The 16,000 patients annually treated at this institution present every variety of disease of the ear and eye, and supply a large number of operations. THE MARINE HOSPITAL AT CHELSEA receives from the shipping of the port a large number of patients, who furnish exampla of the diseases of foreign countries and of distant parts of the United States. Many cases of venereal disease, in its various forms, are treated annually. THE FREE HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN.In the wards of this institution, which is devoted exclusively to the diseases peculiar to women abundant opportunity is offered to study the severer forms of uterine disease, and to witness operations which are performed twice a week throughout the year. In the out-patient department, where about 5,000 patients are annually treated, every advantage is given the stude to observe the less serious forms of disease, and witness a large amount of minor gynæcological surgery. Instructors in the Medical School are members of the medical and surgical staff of these institutions, and students are admitted t all of them under their immediate supervision. Instruction in the graduate courses is entirely distinct from that of the undergraduate department of the School; but students of the former will be admitted also to all the regular lectures (not clinical) of the latter without extra charge during their connection with the School. Instruction will be conducted in small classes and under the personal direction of the heads of departments. The courses will mostly of eight weeks' duration, and the practitioner will be able during a brief residence to take one or several of them. Those desiri to study a specialty may pursue long, continuous courses in any single branch at reduced rates. Instruction will be given throughout the academic year, October to June. A certificate of attendance will be furnished when desired. The following are the Courses which are offered for January, 1893: The fees for the separate courses in the several departments vary with the courses, from ten to thirty-five dollars. "four months' 66 " "attendance throughout the academic year upon all the courses, An extra fee is required for the use of material in laboratory, dissecting and operative courses. Matriculation, $5. All fees are payable in advance to the Treasurer of the University, 50 State Street. $100. 150. 200. During the Summer of 1893 courses in many branches of practical and scientific medicine will be given by some of the teachers of the School. These courses will be clinical in character, and will be given at the Hospitals and Dispensaries by the physicians and surgeons on duty. Practical instruction will also be given in several of the Laboratories at the School by the instructors in charge. These courses are open to both graduates and students in medicine. For further information and full description of all the courses mentioned, address DR. H. P. BOWDITCH, Dean, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, 688 Boylston St., BOSTON, MASS. Press of S. J. Parkhill & Co., 226 Franklin St., Boston, Mass. THE BOSTON Medical and Surgical CXXVIII. .2. LIBRARY. Published Weekly by DAMRELL & UPHAM, corner School and Washington Streets. THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1893. Five Dollars per Annum. Represents, in all essential features, the highest degree of perfection in the Emulsionizing of Cod Liver Oil. We believe it to be the only Emulsion not advertised to the Public. PHOSPHO-MURIATE OF QUININE, COMPOUND. A RELIABLE ALTERATO-CONSTRUCTIVE. 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