and perverted ideas, not perverted sexual instincts,-attracting toward one of the same sex. Such mental condition may justly be classed with Imperative Conceptions in the Insane, developing imperative impulses. Thus we see that there is a wide difference between psychical love perversions in the insane and the condition of those who are brought to mental derangement by excesses in normal or abnormal methods of sexual gratification and excess. Non-requited conjugal affection, when suddenly realized, staggers even the cool, calculating brain. Can it, therefore, excite surprise that the brain, whose inhibitory powers are passive and ideational cells following but a single drift, would yield to insane promptings? The reference made to the Memphis case by the clipping is wholly gratuitous. These mental conditions are not new to the medical profession, but that they have not been satisfactorily classified, we willingly admit. NASHVILLE, TENN., May 2.-Another case of unnatural love of two women has come to light at Altamount. Yesterday Miss Kate Tipton shot herself above the heart and is fatally wounded. The cause was her love for Miss Lula Sanders, her chum. On Sunday, April 17, Miss Sanders was married to J. D. Meeks. The following letter, bespattered with blood, was found in the wounded girl's bosom: DEAR SWEETHEART KATE-I am going to leave, and I ought to be the happiest woman in all the world with the love of two noble souls, but you have pierced my heart. Oh God, Kate, what can I do to influence you to break your dark resolve? It is you or death. How can I live, darling Kate, when you are dead, dead; and why do I care to live when my darling is at Heaven's gate, all on my account? Good-bye, my darling, and my love. LULA B. SANDERS. The letter was a reply to one from Miss Kate, who had said she could not live without Lula. The mother of Kate found the secret correspondence, and while examining it the girl came into the room, without a word she kissed each member of the family, and went to her room and shot herself, and was found unconscious. She left letters explaining the cause. DEAR MOTHER and Sister-I cannot live without Lula, and take this means of putting an end to myself. Farewell. On the back of the envelope addressed to her mother and sister, she wrote the following: DEAR MOTHER AND SISTER-Don't blame Lula. I am to blame. This is the one she wrote to Mrs. Meeks: My love, farewell; we are caught, and rather than separate from you I now take my life. Drop a tear on the grave of her who dies for you. Good-bye. KATE. Mrs. Meeks is very much grieved, but refuses to talk on the subject, except to say that Kate came to her room, got on her knees, and exclaimed that she could not live without her. Mrs. Tipton has several letters in her possession from Mrs. Meeks to Miss Kate, which have not been made public. Miss Kate Tipton is one of Grundy County's loveliest and most accomplished young ladies, and is highly esteemed by all who know her. She was recently offered a salary of $75 per month by Congressman Snodgrass as a clerk. She cannot recover. EXPERIENCE BY STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS.-The awful responsibility of permitting undergraduates to practice medicine rests with our State Board of Medical Examiners. In conducting this examination the questions are propounded verbally, and the candidate required to write them and his answers. The following is a sample of their experience: EXAMINATION PAPER, OF AN APPLICANT BEFORE THE TENNESSEE STATE MEDICAL EXAMINING BOARD, ANATOMY. QUESTION-Ligments of the knee Joints ANSWER-Ligament patela two Latteral Ligment two crutial Ligments. A. Fruntal, two tempertal, two cirvical, accippatal, two peretal. Q.-name the bones of the foot. A.-14 bones of the phalanges, 5 meditarsel, 7 tarseles, as Magules, scafaid, unciform 3 cuniform External culioid. Q.-describe the illiocecal Valve, A.-I it is formed by a fold of the mucus Membran. throne over to prevent the fesses from entering in to the Illiocecal Valve. Q.-Name the Muselle of the fore arm. A.-flexor langos palisecs. Supernotor langus. flexor carpi radialis. flexarcorpi unaris. Extensor langus digitoran. Extensor palisus, Extensor minimiadigiti. Q.-describe the circal of Willis How formed and all the arteres entering in to hit. A. PHISEALOGIA Q.-give the classes in which the chemical in grediints is devided and name some of each, A.-organic and inorganic. Q-Decribe the circallation of the blood A-It pases from the right arical to the right Ventricle and from the right Ventricle to the Lungs and is aterialilsed and is cried to the left Side of the heart by the pulmonary Vanes and pases from there to the left arical and from the left arical to the left Ventricle and from the left Ventricle it pases to the aoter and distribited to all parts of the Body. Q-Name the organs of Dijestion and describe there use. A-the Salovory glanes, Stomache, the Pancre & intestins the use of the Q-Dicribe the Number of cubic feet of atmosphere to cecure good helth. Q-Decribe the bile and its usigae. A—the bile is a cecreating and a non cecreating substonce of the alamentera canal. Q-Dicribe the Pneugastric Nerve giving orgen disterbution function and so on. A CHEMEISTERY Q-give a good test for diabetic urine and all so for albumin. A-Nitric acid is a test for albumin. Q-what is the composition of the atmosphere the proportion of each in gredien, A-Nitragen Hydrogen oxygen, Q-what is the spcific grovity of urine A-1020 Q-define an asid the base an asolt. Q-give the chemicol compisition of the blood. A-Oxygen Hydrogen Nitrogen & albumin. and water. Q-What is arcnic in what form is it sold, how arsenious acid and what is the anic dote. A-arcnic is sold in fowlles solution. chlorate of Iron is its anicdote & it is a cristilized drug. PATHOLOGY Q-What organic changes occur in the kidney diring brits dicase, Q-what specific lesion of the bowles do we have in typhoid feve. A--piars paches is effected, and we have thin discharges from the bowles. Q-what is the pathological condition of the lungs in pneumonia. A-the sells is effected it may be one or it may be one or more sells or all of one lobe or it may be both lobs. Q-what is the pathology of diphtheretic croup. A-It effects the throt and toncil formes a fals membran in the throt and Larynx. Q-What organ is dicased and how in acute disentary A-the Mucus Membran of the intestins Q-what pathalogcal difrences would you find in a poismorton examation of intermitten remitten and typhoid fever. A-In typhoid fever you would find the pias patches effected, in intermiten and remiten the liver is kind brown and inclined to be crepts. MATERIA MED & THIRPUDICS Q-What is annemia and how is it treeted. A-anemia is the want of pure blood. give some of the preperation Iron, to clenes the blood, Q-what is antipiretics A—is drugs that reduces tempature.such as antepiron antefebrin Q-Give diagnoses and treement of Pneuminetis cistetis led colic and collerinfanton A-Pneuminetis the diagnoses is favorable. treetment I would give a purgative to open up the bowles and follow it up with quinine in Large dose, colorinfanton diagnoses is not so vary favorable. I would give the chamforated opii first with some Lysterine Glycrine and water if the chamforated opii dont stop it I would give the stronger form. Q-Give derivilds of cinconi bark and doses of each and opei of all of its formes A-there is two formes of the cinconia bark Ist form cinconadia dose from 15-20 granes sulphate of quinine from 5-10 gr, there is 3 forms of opii tr. of opii camphorated opii and Morphene is a preper of opii. Q-Write a percription contaning Morphene for hyperdermic use. I have recieved no help in this examination from no sourse. The appended letter was received by Dr. McCreary. It speaks for itself. Does the Society think that the applicant should have been licensed? September the 9th 1891 Mr McCrony M. D. i want to no if i can go be fore you & git a certificate at iney time i want to com & i want to no how miney questing out of one 100 that i aft to ansure to git a certificate ples rite & tell me By return Mail. yours truley WEST TENNESSEE MEDICAL SOCIETY.-There will be a meeting of the REGULAR PHYSICIANS of West Tennessee at Humboldt, May 26th inst., at 10 A.M., for the purpose of revitalizing the West Tennessee Medical Society. All physicians in good standing are invited to be present and aid in the much-needed work. The meeting will be an interesting one, for, aside from the mere reorganization, there will be addresses and papers from men well known in the profession. After the above was in type, the following circular letter was received.-[ED. Dear Doctor-You are earnestly requested to attend a meeting of physicians at Humboldt, May 26, 1892, at 10 A.M., at which time and place West Tennessee Medical Association will be organized. The following program has been arranged for the occasion: 1. The meeting will be called to order by Dr. T. J. Happel, of Trenton. Prayer by Rev. W. G. Heffley. 2. Election of a temporary Chairman and Secretary, and enrollment of members. 3. Address of welcome and the necessity of the organization, by J. W. Penn, M.D., Humboldt. 4. Permanent organization, adoption of by-laws, etc. 7. Acute Ascites (report of case) -T. F. Porter, M.D., Paris. 8. Paper by F. L. Sim, M.D., Memphis. 9. Medical Ethics-A. J. Weldon, M.D., Paris Landing. 10. Poisoning by Sulphate of Atropia (a case)—T. R. Moss, M.D., Dyersburg. 11. Address-John A. Batte, M.D., Memphis. 12. Fevers of Our Section-J. T. Irion, M.D., Paris. 13. Traumatic Injury of Perineum and Urethra (a case)— T. W. Pratt, M.D., McKenzie. 14. Influenza, Some of Its Sequelæ-J. A. McSwain, M.D., Paris. 15. Selecting next place of meeting, miscellaneous business and adjournment. 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