eration, as above, proposes a continuous treatment the whole day, week and month, in the other methods the treatment is interrupted, averaging about one hour out of twenty-four, while in the other twenty-tree hours the patient is again exposed to the moist, germ laden air of summer's humidity, and lastly I have shown that this theory is correct by citing the above clinical case of undoubted tuberculosis, where the patient has thoroughly tested and tried refrigeration the past year, has added 35 pounds to his weight and 2 1-2 inches to his chest measurement, and has found it all and more than is claimed for it.

All forms of treatment heretofore tried, such as the use of single and combined drugs, creosote, the phosphates, oils, etc., and the administration of solid and liquid nutritive foods, have failed to even lower the death rate of tuberculosis.

These having failed is it not time that a method, which has proven safe and reasonably sure of giving relief, should at least be investigated and tried before being condemned by the progressive profession of the twentieth century? The development of this theory may not come in my day, but some younger man will surely wish to immortalize his name, and will do so in proving that refrigeration for tubercular patients counts for the saving of human life, and as such must prove a boon to the race.

THE BOSTON

UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

IN THE STATE BOARD EXAMINATION.

BY S. H. CALDERWOOD, M.D.

[Read before the Boston Homeopathic Medical Society, Nov. 7, 1901.]

I have been asked to say a few words with regard to the standing and acquirements of graduates of Boston University who come before the State Board for the examination prescribed by the laws of this Commonwealth, and it is with pleasure that I testify on behalf of the Board to the qualifications which they display. We all love Boston University;

many of us, in fact I believe most of us, claim her as our alma mater, and we all know and appreciate the grand work she has done, and is doing in the advancement of the profession to which we are proud to belong.

Her limitations and she of course has limitations are mainly due, we believe, to the lack of funds to enable her to carry out her ambitions. All the more credit to her that she has been able to take her present high rank as a medical school, with the limited means which she has at her disposal.

Older and richer schools liberally endowed, can of course offer a wider variety of courses to their students, and when I heard of the recent princely gift of J. Pierpont Morgan to Harvard University, I was again struck with the truth of that biblical saying, "To him who hath shall be given.”

But Boston University is certainly not one who hath not, and so liable to lose what she seemeth to have. She has her materia medica, the backbone of homoeopathy, the riches of which are untold, and well do her students evidence the value of what she bestows upon them; and I desire to emphasize the importance of the young physician acquiring a firm grasp and mastery of this most important part of the practice of his profession.

We are all aware of the high standing and ability of the head of this department in Boston University, and realize the importance of helping him in his labors by a corps of the best and most competent assistants it is possible to secure.

But it is my purpose to speak more particularly of the showing made by graduates of Boston University who appear before us for examination. As you are all aware we have in this Commonwealth what is termed a "mixed board," upon which three different schools are represented. Personally I am in favor of such boards, and I believe my colleagues are of the same opinion. It is surely more creditable to a candidate that he is able to pass an examination determined by examiners of different schools, than one prescribed by those exclusively of the school in which he intends to practise. I can also person

ally testify to the harmonious relations existing between the different members upon our board, and the kindness and consideration displayed by the members belonging to the old school in a number of instances where embryo homoeopaths fared better at their hands, and received more consideration, than those who belonged to the same school were disposed to give. Being, as I say, a mixed board, it follows that the questions used in our examinations are alike for all who may present themselves before us on each occasion. In my own department I note a tendency on the part of those professing my school to reply in more general terms to certain questions than is desirable. For example, a too common answer to a question designed to test the applicant's knowledge of the proper remedy in a specific case is, "Give the indicated remedy." This, of course, affords us no assistance in forming an idea of the ability of the examinee to prescribe correctly; in fact, his ideas of what the indicated remedy is might materially differ from those entertained by all of us. Consequently, in such cases, we gain little or no knowledge of the applicant's grasp upon this very important branch of homoeopathic medicine, and frequently, perhaps, the marks we are obliged to give, do not do full justice to his qualifications.

To this point, then, I desire particularly to call the attention of those conducting the department of materia medica in Boston University, and to urge upon them that they impress upon the minds of their students the importance of showing in clear and unmistakable terms the actual, full amount of knowledge which we have abundant reason to believe they possess.

OXYGEN IN PNEUMONIA.-The case against oxygen as a remedy in pneumonia is that in a large number of trials its beneficial effects have not been very obvious. On the other hand delay in its use may have, in many instances, invalidated its action for good.-Medical Record

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF THE YOUNG,

Before the British Physical Education Society, on the 9th instant, were read two valuable papers which should be of the utmost interest to physicians. The first was by Dr. D. F. Lincoln, on "Defective Children"; the other by Miss Edith T. Sears, on "Anthropometric Observations of Chicago Public School Children." The discussion which followed was taken part in by Dr. Fernald of Waverley, Supt. Seaver of Boston, Dr. Walter Channing of Brookline, and Dr. Sargent of Harvard. From the altogether too brief newspaper report, we gather that there are in every school, cases on the border line between the normal and the abnormal; that there is a distant relationship between the mental ability and physical make up; that boys are more enduring than girls; that physical condition is not sufficiently taken into account in grading schools.

Not infrequently the community is shocked by some atrocious crime, and it develops, afterwards, that the perpetrator is not entirely responsible; had been in some respects always peculiar, and upon critical examination shows all the "earmarks of degeneracy," at least. The crime is committed, the perpetrator is "committed," and thus it ends. Had the enfeeblement of mind which leads up to the crime, been earlier recognized, the crime might not, probably would not have occurred. So much thought and study has been expended in the treatment of the so-called "feeble-minded," and so much. success has attended proper treatment and education of these unfortunates, that we believe it not too bold a statement to make when we say, we believe the early diagnosis of mental inferiority and its recognition in educational methods, will do

much towards making reliable citizens of many who, under the present system, grow up to be a menace to society.

The facts that there is a more or less constant relationship between mental and physical makeup, and that boys have more endurance than girls are very suggestive. The former clearly indicates that by the proper grading of scholars on a physical basis, and by proper physical training, much may be done to improve the mentality; the second fact, that of the greater endurance of boys, is very suggestive from a co-educational standpoint.

SOCIETY REPORTS.

BOSTON HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICAL SOCIETY.

BUSINESS SESSION.

The annual meeting of the Boston Homœopathic Medical Society was held at the Boston University School of Medicine, Thursday evening, Jan. 2, 1902, at 8 o'clock, the President, T. Morris Strong, M.D., in the chair.

The records of the last meeting were read and accepted. John Sproull, M.D., 330 Washington Street, Haverhill, Mass., was proposed for membership.

The following physicians were elected to membership: E. P. Ruggles, 21 Bowdoin Street, Dorchester; Robert F. Souther, 845 Boylston Street, Boston; and C. E. Rice, Wilton, N. H.

The Secretary read a communication from the Boston Board of Health, acknowledging the receipt of resolutions passed by the Society at a previous meeting endorsing the action of the Board in its efforts to check the spread of smallpox, and expressing "its high appreciation of the value of such support when the matter comes before the Legislature."

The committee appointed to draw up resolutions on the death of Dr. Wm. Woods, reported as follows:

Whereas, our beloved brother, Dr. William Woods, of Bos