bathers do their own washing, but no charge is made for the use of the laundry. At the Boston baths a charge is made, a cent for a towel and a cent for soap. It will be remembered that a little while ago, Dr. Sheard, M.H.O., recommended to the Board of Education of Toronto the establishment of baths in some of the city schools, but no reply was sent to his letter. When an increased supply of water for general and fire purposes is considered by the Toronto Council, we hope that an item for a public bath will also be added to the estimates. Toronto has great facilities for a pure and abundant water supply, so that public bath would not be expensive. Baths are needed in cold weather as well as during hot weather, and a free use of the bath would add very much to the health, bodily comfort and cheerfulness of the citizens.

J. J. C.

University Senate Elections. The usual elections for membership in the University Senate take place within a day or two now, and the results, so far, at least, as the four representatives in Medicine are concerned, are looked forward to with interest. Those whose names have been mentioned up till the date of going to press, who are desirous of representing the graduates in Medicine, are Dr. Adam Wright, Mr. Irving H. Cameron, Dr. W. H. B. Aikins, Dr. J. M. MacCallum, Dr. J. A. Temple and Dr. G. A. Bingham, the two latter to represent the Trinity element. Dr. J. A. Temple and Dr. G. A. Bingham have never run before for Senatorial honors, and, we understand, have been pressed into the fight by their friends. Though comparisons are odious," yet, in looking into this subject recently, we find that there should be little difficulty in the matter of choosing the men most worthy of the honor of holding a seat in Toronto University Senate. In order to fulfil the duties properly, every occupant of the position must be prepared to give up a certain amount of his time to the work, and those who in the past have been delinquent in this respect cannot expect any support, and should be left "at home" when it comes to the signing of the ballot paner. We find from a report issued by Mr. James Brebner, Registrar of the University, that during the last term there were in all forty-eight meetings of the Senate. Of these, Prof. Cameron has attended twenty-nine; Dr. A. H. Wright, six; Dr. W. H. B. Aikins, seven, and Dr. J. M. MacCallum but three. Dr. Mac

Callum, therefore, cannot expect further support, and we think that the best ticket would consist of Prof. Cameron, Dr. A. H. Wright (who has had more experience in this work than Dr. Aikins and is "in the inner ring"), and in order to give Trinity equal representation, Dr. J. A. Temple and Dr. Geo. Bingham, who, we feel sure, would represent in an efficient manner the medical graduates.

W. A. Y.

PERSONAL.

Dr. J. M. MacCallum, with Mrs. MacCallum and baby, spent: the latter part of September around the Georgian Bay.

DR. J. J. CASSIDY has almost recovered from his recent accident. The doctor spent part of August at Preston Springs.

DR. B. R. O'REILLY has been appointed surgeon on the Canadian Pacific steamship Tartar and left the city on the 14th ultimo for Vancouver.

WE are glad to announce that Dr. H. A. Bruce, of 64 BloorStreet East, has almost entirely recovered from his recent attack of appendicitis.

DR. AND MRS. FRANKLIN DAWSON have returned home after spending a delightful four months touring through England, Scotland and France.

AMONG the city practitioners who will be removing soon into. their new homes on Bloor Street are Drs. R. A. Reeve, Allen Baines and Clarence Starr.

PROFESSOR J. J. MACKENZIE, of Toronto University. and Mrs. Mackenzie, who have been spending the summer in England, arrived home ten days ago.

DR. LUSK has resumed practice, and may be found at his residence, 99 Bloor Street West. Office hours, 11 a.m. to 1, and 6 to 8 p.m. Telephone, North 2274.

AMONG the Toronto delegation to the Canadian Medical Association at Vancouver, B.C., were Dr. A. A. Macdonald, Dr. J. H. Watson, Dr. B. E. McKenzie and Dr. Geo. Elliott.

DR. S. KITCHEN, St. George, and Dr. R. P. Boucher, Peterboro', have been appointed to represent the Provincial Board of Health at the Congress on Tuberculosis at St. Louis on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of October.

THE marriage of Dr. F. N. G. Starr of College Street, to Miss Annie Callender Mackay, of Hillshead, New Glasgow, N.S., took place at that place on September 14th. After a wedding trip of two weeks, spent amid the resorts of the St. Lawrence, Dr. and Mrs. Starr reached Toronto on the 1st inst.

SIR LAUDER and Lady Brunton, of London, Eng., were recently visiting Dr. McPhedran, of 151 Bloor Street. Sir Lauder is one of the most eminent consulting physicians and scientists of London. He is on his way to St. Louis to attend the Science Congress. This is his second visit to Toronto. He was here some years ago, and made many friends.

DR. C. K. CLARKE, Medical Superintendent of Rockwood Hospital, has been appointed co-editor of the American Journal of Insanity, the official organ of the American Medico-Psychological Association. This well-known quarterly is edited by a board of four editors, and is published by the Johns Hopkins Press of Baltimore. Dr. Clarke succeeds Dr. Henry Hind, the eminent Medical Superintendent of Johns Hopkins Hospital, in editorial work, although Dr. Hind will still act as consultant in the management of the affairs of the Journal. We heartily congratulate Dr. Clarke on the recognition of his advanced work in the medico-psychological field, and the medical profession certainly thoroughly appreciate the compliment paid to a Canadian. Dr. Clarke's editorial duties will in no way clash with his work at Rockwood Hospital.

O

Items of Interest.

Will of Dr. N. S. Davis. The will of the late Dr. N. S. Davis, father of the American Medical Association, disposes of an estate valued at $39,000, of which $25,000 is real estate. The homestead is bequeathed to his widow, his library to his son, and a perpetual scholarship in Northwestern University to his grandson, Frank H. Davis.-Med. News.

Fourth Pan-American Medical Congress.-President Amador of the Republic of Panama has appointed the following officers of the Fourth Pan-American Medical Congress, to be held in Panama the first week in January, 1905: Dr. Julio Yeaza, President; Dr. Manuel Coroalles, Vice-President; Dr. Jose E. Calvo, Secretary; Dr. Pedro de Obarrio, Treasurer; Dr. J. W. Ross, Dr. J. Tomaselli, Dr. M. Gasteazoro, Committeemen. There will be but four sections, Surgery, Medicine, Hygiene and the Specialties, to which the following officers were appointed: Surgical Section Major Louis LaGarde, President; Dr. E. B. Barrick, Secretary. Medical Section-Dr. Moritz Stern, President: Dr. Daniel R. Oduber, Secretary. Section on Hygiene-Colonel W. C. Gorgas, President; Dr. Henry E. Carter, Secretary. Section on Specialties-Dr. W. Spratling. President; Dr. Charles ACooke, Secretary.

The Emergency Hospital at the World's Fair, St. Louis. This hospital is located near the parade entrance, where it can be easily and promptly reached from both the outside and inside of the grounds. The building is 103 x 109 feet, erected at a cost of $16,000, and has been operated since January 5. 1904. Thi institution, which is under the charge of the medical director of the Fair, Dr. L. H. Laidley, is thoroughly equinned in ever detail, for handling all classes of injuries and illness. A specia 1 sunstroke ward, fitted with bath tubs, shower baths, ice boxe= and wicker couches, occupies a well-ventilated room on the first floor. The leading medical magazines will be found on file in the library. Dr. Laidley has at present a staff of six physicians, besides nurses, ambulance drivers, clerks and orderlies. About six thousand cases have been treated in the hospital thus farThe entire equipment of the hospital was furnished by the BleesMoore Instrument Co., of St. Louis.-Med. Herald.

The Physician's Library.

BOOK REVIEWS.

Diseases of the Intestines and Peritoneum. By DR. HERMANN NOTHNAGEL, of Vienna. The entire volume edited, with additions, by HUMPHREY D. ROLLESTON, M.D., F.R.C.P., Physician to St. George's Hospital, London, England. Octavo volume of 1,032 pages, fully illustrated. Philadelphia, New York, London: W. B. Saunders & Co. 1904. Canadian agents: J. A. Carveth & Co., Limited, 434 Yonge St., Toronto. Cloth, $5.00 net; half morocco, $6.00 net.

This is the eighth volume of "Nothnagel's Practice," and has been issued almost simultaneously with the preceding one on "Tuberculosis." It is written by Nothnagel himself, and is very full. It is edited by Dr. Humphrey D. Rolleston, of London, who has added very largely to the work, greatly increasing its value. Besides short paragraphs throughout the work, he has written short sections on Intestine Sand, Sprue, Ulcerative Colitis and Idiopathic Dilatation of the Colon. The section on Intussusception has received large and valuable additions by D'Arcy Power, of London, who has written so much on this subject. Where all is so well edited it is invidious to select any for special commendation. The section on the Urine in Diseases of the Intestines is worthy of note.

The article on Appendicitis is long, and shows that little of the voluminous literature published on that subject in recent years has been overlooked. The conclusions of the author are conservative, and not in agreement with the opinion so`prevalent in America that every case of appendicitis should be operated on as soon as diagnosis is made, but rather that each case should be treated on its own merits, a conclusion that will be approved by the sanest of the profession in all parts of the world. The editor quotes Dieulafoy and Osler to the effect that there is no medical treatment of appendicitis; the latter transfers all his hospital cases at once to the surgical side to be operated on if necessary. If by medicinal treatment is meant curative treatment, is not the statement equally true of many other diseases, both operable and non-operable, such as pleurisy, gastric ulcer, nephritis, etc.? The great majority of cases of these diseases