and Dr. Henry I. Klopp of the Westboro State Hospital secretary for the ensuing year. The program was a symposium on Dementia Præcox. The papers were as follows: I. Dementia Præcox as a Family Psychosis. Arthur H. II. Heredity in Dementia Præcox. Henry W. Miller, III. Predisposition in Dementia Præcox. H. M. Swift, IV. The Pre-hospital Stage of Dementia Præcox. Ben- V. Dr. A. Meyer's Theory of the Psychogenic Origin of VI. Note on Cephalic Asymmetry in Dementia Præcox. VII. Recent Trends in the Psychopathology of Dementia It was voted to print these papers in the American Journal of Insanity. The weight of evidence from the data presented was that there is a large hereditary element in the disease-that the tissues of certain individuals seem predisposed from the start and that more work is needed to establish the kind of behavior in children which may be considered as the probable antecedents of the acute stage. Dr. Packard discussed Dr. Adolph Meyer's theory of the psychogenic origin of the disease and did not believe that Meyers had proved his point. He himself seemed to favor the idea of an organic base. Dr. Coriat's opinion that much could be learned by the psycho-analytic methods did not seem to meet with the approval of the majority of those present and Dr. P. C. Knapp said that he had never seen any results from such methods and believed that the whole psycho-analytic scheme was fantastical and impracticable. VACCINES IN OTITIS MEDIA: A carefully written article by Weston and Kolmer has recently appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association dealing with the effect of vaccines upon the post-scarlatina otitis media. They summarize as follows: 1. The best time, all things considered, for commencing vaccine treatment in cases of otitis media, is from the eighth to the sixteenth day of the discharge. 2. Continued high fever, nephritis, toxemia and various intercurrent affections are contra-indications to the administration of vaccines. 3. Under vaccine treatment, three times as many patients are cured within thirty days and permitted to go home as under the usual treatment. This means that the average residence of a patient in the hospital has been considerably decreased. 4. In general, cases of otitis media offer a fruitful and encouraging field for the employment of vaccine therapy. EDITORIAL. Books for review, exchanges and contributions-the latter to be contributed to the GAZETTE only, and preferably to be typewritten-personal and news items should be sent to THE NEW ENGLAND MEDICAL GAZETTE, 80 East Concord Street, Boston. Subscriptions and all communications relating to advertising or other business, should be sent to the Business Manager, 422 Columbia Road, Dorchester, Boston, Mass. EDITORS: JOHN P. SUTHERLAND, M.D. W. H. WATTERS, M.D. ARTHUR H. RING M.D., Assistant Editor. Reports of Societies and Personal Items should be sent in by the 15th of the month previous to the one in which they are to appear. Reprints will be furnished at cost and. should be ordered of the Business Manager before article is published. CLINICAL WORK AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY. In accordance with established custom, the Medical School of Boston University offers to the medical profession a series. of lectures, clinics and demonstrations to be held at the School and in the adjoining buildings of the Massachusetts Homœopathic Hospital during the week of June 19 to 24. Work will commence at 9 A. M. daily and will continue until 4 P. M. Because of the meeting of the American Institute of Homœopathy which is to be held at Narragansett Pier, R. I., upon the following week, it has been possible for a number of eminent physicians from other parts to the country to accept the invitation of the Faculty to participate in the program. As at present arranged, this program will be about as follows: O'clock MONDAY. 9 A. G. Howard, M.D. Orthopædic clinic. 10 11 12 2 Herbert C. Clapp, M.D. Lecture: A Few Interesting Points in Horace Packard, M.D. Surgical clinic. E. P. Colby, M.D. Neurology: clinical lecture. F. M. Dearborn, M.D., N. Y. Dermatology: clinical lecture (lantern demonstration). 3 John L. Coffin, M. D., and J. H. Urich, D. M. Dermatology: clinical lecture. Geo. B. Rice, M.D. 10 11 12 TUESDAY. Rhinology: operative clinic. J. Emmons Briggs, M.D. Surgical clinic. Frank C. Richardson, M.D. Lecture: The Aims and Purposes of the Evans Research Department. 2 J. P. Sutherland, M.D. Lecture: Hahnemann and Homœopathy. 3 O. B. Sanders, M.D. Clinical lecture: Syphilis. 3 9 10 11 12 Lecture. De Witt G. Wilcox, M.D. Clinical lecture: Surgery. THURSDAY. G. Forrest Martin, M.D., Lowell. Clinical lecture: Minor Surgical E. M. Gramm, M.D., Philadelphia. Clinical lecture: Differential J. E. Wilson, M.D., N. Y. Clinical Neurology. Mary E. Hanks, M.D., Chicago. Lecture: Ovaries: Practical Points for the General Practitioner. 2 W. A. Dewey, M.D., Ann Arbor. Lecture: Homœopathic Prescribing and Near-Homœopathic Prescribing. 3 C. A. Burrett, M.D., Ann Arbor. Lecture: Vaccines. 9 FRIDAY. T. E. Carmichael, M.D., Philadelphia. Lecture: Pharmacology. 10 W. H. Phillips, M.D., Cleveland. Rhinology: operative clinic. 9 10 Clinical lecture: Diagnosis of Clinical lecture: Exophthalmic Clinical lecture: Puncture Diagnosis Lecture: Subcutaneous Injection SATURDAY. W. H. Diffenbach, M.D., N. Y. Differential Diagnosis of Diseases 11 H. D. Schenck, M.D., Brooklyn. Nasal Tamponage with Argyrol. Clinical Medicine. IS IT JUST? In connection with the accompanying cartoon, kindly loaned by the Committee of One Hundred, much might be said with justice and right about the unequal value in the eyes of the government (judged from its activities) of a human infant and a young pig, with the balance of weight far to the side of the latter. This has all been said only too often and will doubtless long so continue to be discussed without much avail. The picture so well illustrates the point in a striking manner that it may (and we hope it does) impress someone who might not prove amenable to the written argument. Loss of earnings among bees on account of disease $1,000,000 - annually. Loss of earnings among people on account of disease $3,000,000,000,- annually. BUFFALO (NEW YORK) HOSPITALS. Those who are acquainted with the history of Homœopathy in this country and who have kept in touch with its steady extension, are familiar with the reputation Buffalo, New York, has had as a strong homœopathic centre. Loyal and sturdy homoeopathists have practised in that city and have established a clientele which may be envied by less progressive and successful municipalities. The latest news from that quarter is to the effect that by the amalgamation of the already existing hospitals, a large and vigorous institution will result. A quotation from the Buffalo Commercial News presents the matter in a concise form, as follows: With the granting of an order by Justice Wheeler on May 18 in special term of Supreme Court consolidating the Buffalo Hahnemann and the Buffalo Homœopathic Hospitals under the latter title, came the first public announcement that such a step had been considered. The petitions of the two hospitals were presented to the court by Attorney Carl H. Smith of Chester, Smith & Gratwick. The order effecting the consolidation becomes operative at once. The Homœopathic Hospital was organized in 1872. It owned property at the corner of Maryland and Cottage Streets valued at about $55,000 and cash and securities worth about the same amount. The Hahnemann Hospital owned ground worth about $40,000 and a building, not yet finished, worth about $226,000, from which should be deducted a mortgage of $10,000. It had cash on hand of about $16,000. The petition recites the actions of the two respective corporations at which the consolidation plan was adopted and refers to the property and liabilities of the parties to the agreement. The order reads as follows: "That the name of the new corporation formed by such consolida⚫ tion shall be Buffalo Homeopathic Hospital; that the particular object of such consolidated corporation shall be to establish and maintain in the city of Buffalo a homeopathic hospital and dispensary in which shall be received such persons as may require medical or surgical treatment and where medicine may be provided and dispensed for their benefit and where they may receive all necessary care and suitable medical and surgical treatment, and that, while the attending medical and surgical staff of the hospital shall be members of the homeopathic school, residing in Buffalo, the institution shall be operated on the broadest lines, the rooms, wards and practice of the hospital being open to any reputable physician who complies with the regulations; that the principal office shall be located in Buffalo." Our friends in Buffalo are to be congratulated on this consolidation of their hospital facilities and the prospects thus offered of doing a larger work for the benefit of humanity. The Gazette takes this opportunity to extend its felicitations and congratulations. VIVISECTION AND ANTI-VIVISECTION. The New England readers of the Gazette have looked with some unconcern and possibly with amusement on the efforts that have been exerted in other sections of this country and abroad, during recent years, to so restrict animal experimentation as to largely, if not completely, nullify the results to be obtained therefrom. In the minds of many, the anti-vivisection movement is classed with woman's suffrage, the aims and results to be obtained being about as little practical in the one case as in the other. Recently, however, the subject was brought more nearly to our attention by the late anti-vivisection exhibit and convention in Tremont Temple, Boston. Here for one week were exhibited the choice selections of the entire movement, and here, also, appeared Dr. Herbert Snow, of London, England, who gave several addresses from the standpoint of the "anti's." Dr. Snow was described as the "leading English surgeon," etc., etc., in spite of the fact that he has not, we understand, been in active practice for twenty-nine years, and probably knows about as much (or little) as does the average doctor elsewhere who graduated several decades ago, when it comes to discussing the results of modern laboratory experimentation. The writer did not have the privilege of attending any of the lectures, but did study with much interest the various parts of the exhibit. This consisted of paintings in oil or water colors and of many mounted specimens of animals in the torture (?) chamber, illustrative of the various forms of cruelty to be experimented with. It was certainly a chamber of horrors, and as such must |