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CITY OF DUBLIN HOSPITAL.—An amateur dramaticentertainment in aid of the funds took place last week inthe Gaiety Theatre. The performance was an unqualifiedsuccess; and as the house was crowded almost to incon-venience, a very considerable sum must have been obtainedfor a very deserving charity.FATAL ACCIDENT TO A SURGEON.-A sad account Icomes from Kingskerswell. Mr. G. F. Symons, M.R.C.S.,

when out driving on the 23rd inst., was thrown irom his Itrap in consequence of his horse taking fright at the

opening of an umbrella, and died next day from the injurieshe received. I.LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.A- new journal is aboutto appear, dealing with the genito-urinary organs, both froma physiological and from a pathological point of view.

Amongst the members of the staff the names of ProfessorsPreyer and Ziilzer of Berlin are mentioned. The title ofthe new journal is the Internationales Centrablatt für diePhysiologie und Pathologic des Urogenitalsystems.THE ATTACK ON DR. BARR IN KIRKDALE GAOL.-

At the recent Liverpool Assizes, James Henry Gray, a

prisoner, was tried for grievously wounding, in October last,Dr. Barr, the medical officer at the gaol. The attack wasnoticed in these columns at the time. On the evidenceadduced the jury found the prisoner guilty of the charge,and he was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, withhard labour.

THE COLLEGE OF STATE MEDICINE.-The followinggentlemen have been duly elected by the Council as

Associates of the College :-Surgeon-Major Vr. G. King,M.B., Dip. P. H. Aber., Madras Army; Thomas Lane, Esq.,Dip. Stat. Med. Dub., Inverell, New South Wales ; C. W.Low, Esq., M.D., D.P.H., R.Coll.P.andS. Lond., ClaphamCommon ; A. S. Underhill, Esq., M.D., D.P.H. Camb.,Great Bridge, Tipton; Herbert Goude, Esq., M.D., Dip.San. Sc. Durham, Highgate Hill; J. Lane Notter, Esq.,M.D., Dip. Stat. Med. Dub., Surgeon-Major A.M.S.,Netley; Henry Edward Waddy, Esq., D.P.H. Camb.,Gloucester; J. Warnock, Esq., M.B., B.Sc. Edin.,Peckham.

BEQUESTS AND DONATIONS TO HOSPITALS.—Thelate Miss Allison H. Dunlop has bequeathed f:100 to theFever Hospital, Edinburgh, as the nucleus of a SamaritanFund.-The late Mr. P. T. Fish, of Phillip-lane, London,has left by his will £50 each to the Hospital for Paralysisand Epilepsy (Queen-square), the Royal Hospital for In-curables (Putney), the Cancer Hospital (Brompton), and theSea Bathing Iniirmary at Margate.-A donation of £50 hasbeen granted by the Grocers’ Company to the Royal Hospitalfor Children and Women, Waterloo-bridge-road. - TheGoldsmiths’ Company has made a grant of £50 to theTottenham Hospital.-Mr. Joshua Fennell has left 9100 tothe Monkstown Hospital. - Sir Edward Cecil Guinness,Bart., has given ;E100 to the Adelaide Hospital, Dublin.

HOSPITAL SATURDAY FUND.-At a meeting of thedelegates of this fund, held at the Board-room, 41, Fleet-street, on Saturday last, under the presidency of Mr. W. G.Bunn, it was unanimously resolved to distribute the sum of:E10,000 among 78 hospitals, 38 dispensaries, and 23 con-valescenthomesandsurgical aid societies. Thelargestawardlto hospitals were :—London, £578 6s. ; Brompton, £542 11s.Guy’s, £395 19s.; City of London, for Diseases of the Chest,f263; St. George’s, £259 5s.; University College, E246 15s.:St. Mary’s, 9242 Is.; Westminster, £183 2s. ; Middlesex,X201 6s. ; Royal London Ophthalmic, £181 ; Royal Free.9174 19s. 4d. ; Charing Cross, £151 10s. ; King’s College;;C144 3s.; North London for Consumption, £132 14.’,-.; Hospital for Sick Children, E132 8s. ; Seamen’s, £128 10s. ; Ger.man, £110 14s.

EAST LONDON HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN.-On the20th inst. the tenth annual dinner of this hospital, willwhich is combined a dispensary for women, was held aWillis’s Rooms, Mr. Charles A. Prescott, Vice-President othe Board of Management, occupied the chair. The Chairman, in proposing the toast of the evening, remarked on thgrowth of hospitals during the Victorian era. Ths.instances might be pointed out in which there had beeimistakes in management he would not contest, but on th.whole lie was certain that the hospital management of thimetropolis was one of which the people might very well b

proud. As regarded the East London Hospital the accom-modation for in-patients was perfect, butalarge building wasrequired for out-patients, and he hoped the necessary fundsfor it would be forthcoming. During the year 20,000 caseshad been treated. That total included upwards of 1000 littlechildren. The contribution-; connected with this festivalamounted to £2000.

LONDON VOLUNTEER MEDICAL STAFF CORPS.-On the 15th instant, a parade of some interest took placeon Hampstead Heath. The night was dark, and a

dense fog hung over the heath. The corps mustered sufli-cient men to form a complete bearer company and dressingstation party, the whole being under the command of thesurgeon commandant. The general idea was that an actionhad been fought, ending with the daylight, and that it wasnecessary to go out in the darkness to search for, attend,and bring into safety the wounded lying on the field. Thedressing and collecting stations beingformed and ambulancesposted, the bearer company advanced to the field andsearched for the wounded. These were represented by theband sent out in advance and hidden. Electric lampswere used, and rendered the search far easier than it usuallyis (in the army oil lamps are used for this purpose), lightingup the field and enabling the bearer to see quite thirtyyards ahead in a dense fog. The light was visible for over aquarter of a mile. The electric lamps were kindly lent tothe adjutant by Messrs. Watson, of the Haymarket.

MEDICAL NOTES IN PARLIAMENT.

The Sweating System.IN the House of l.orcls on the 20th inst., the Earl of Dnnraven moved

that the Select Committee on the Sweating System have power toemploy a gentleman for the purpose of visiting the various districts inthe United Kingdom where it had been alleged that the sweatingsystem existed, and examining into the evidence proposed to be sub.mitted to the Select Committee. The noble earl said the Home Officewas ready to place at the disposal of the Committee a gentleman whowas well capable of doing that work. But there was a technical diffi-culty in the way which it was the object of that motion to remove.-After some remarks by Lord Knutsford, who stated that the Govern-ment were quite ready to assist in the removal of any difficulty thatmight exist, the motion was agreed to.

Appointments.Succesful applicants for Vacancies, Secretaries of Public Institutions, and

others possessing information suitable for this column are invited toforward it to THE LANCET Office, directed to the Sub-Editor, not laterthan 9 o’clock on the Thursday morning of each week for publicationthe next number.

BiDDLECOMBr, EDWARD H., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., has been appointed, Senior Resident Medical Officer to the Miller Hospital and Royal

Kent Dispensary, Greenwich-road, S.E., vice Mr. Ernest H. Brock,M.B., B.S., resigned.

BROOKS, J. H., M.B., C.M. Aberd., has been appointed Assista.ncMedical Officer to the Mile-end Old Town Infirmary, Workhouse andSchools, London.

BURROWS, H. C., L.R.C.P. Edin., M.R.C.S.. has been appointed MedicalOfficer of the Foston District, Newark Union.

ECCLES, J. H., M.R.C.S., Jj.S.A. Lond., has been appointed ConsultingSurgeon to the Plymouth Royal Eye Infirmary.

HEMMING, C. W., L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S.Edin., has been appointed MedicalOfficer for the Glyncorreog District of the Neath Union.

HILL, H. GARDINER, M.R.C.S., L.S.A. Lond., has been appointedMedical Superintendent of the Surrey County Asylum, Wandshworth,vice J. Strange Biggs, M.D., M.R.C.P., resigned.

HOXEYBURNE, RICHD., M.B. Lond., M.R.C.S., has been reappointedMedical Officer of Health of the Idle Union District, Yorks.

Joaas2oa, A. R., M.B., has been appointed Medical Officer of theInfirmary, St. Olave’s Union, Rotherhithe.

JOHNSTON, R., F.R.C.S., has been appointed Admiralty Surgeon andAgent to Sutton Bridge and Drove End, Lincolnshire.

LITTLE, AF2arr, X., M.B. Lond., M.R.C.S., has been appointed SeniorAssistant Medical Officer to the Holloway Sanatorium Hospital forthe Insane, Virginia Water.

MESQUITA, S. BUENO DE, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., has beenappointed JuniorResident Medical Officer to the Miller Hospital and Royal KentDispensary, Greenwich-road, S.E., vice W. H. Hillyer, M.R.C.S.,L.R.C.P., resigned.

NESBIT, ROBERT, L.K.Q.C.P., L..Ni., L.R.C.S.Irel., has been appointedOfficer to the Fouith District of the Mansfield Union.

PRESTON, F. H., M.A.Cambs., L.S.A. Lond., has been appointed Medicalofficer of the Workhouse for the Parish of Bethnal-green.

SQUARE, J. ELLIOT, F.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., has been appointed Surgeonto the Royal Eye Infirmary, Plymouth, vice J. H. Eccles, resigned.

TODO, A. H. S., B.A., M.B., and B.Ch.Dub., has heen appointed HouseSurgeon to the Monkstown Hospital, co. Dublin.

VAUGHAX, W. E. W., M.R.C.S., L.S.A. Lond., has been appointedMedical Officer of Health of the Haslington District, antichUnion.

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Vacancies.In compliance with the desire of numerous subscribers, it has been decided

to resume the publication under this head of brief particulars of thevarious Vacancies which are announced in our advertising columns.For futher information regarding each vacancy reference should bemade to the advertisement.

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CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST, Victoria-park,N.E.—Resident Clinical Assistant.

COUNTY OF CLARE INFIRMARY.—Surgeon. Salary not exceeding £94 ayear, with a residence a,ttached.

DERBYSHIRF. GENERAL INFIRMARY.—Resident Assistant House Sur-geon. Board and washing provided. No salary, but a bonus of £10is given.

DURHAM COUNTY ASYLUM. — Second Assistant Medical Officer.Salary £150, with apartments, board, &c.

EVELINA HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, Southwark-bridge-road, S.E.-Physician to Out-patients.—Registrar and Chloroformist. Non-resident. Salary £30 per annum. Additional.&bgr;20 if the post is heldfor twelve months.

GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, Pendlebury, Manchester.-Junior Resident Medical Officer. Salary £80 per annum, withapartments and board.

GUY’S HOSPITAL, London.-Six Assistant Dental Surgeons; Lecturerson Dental Anatomy and Physiology and Dental Mechanics.—AnAnaesthetist and a Tutor for the Dental Students.

HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, Great Ormond-street, London, W.C.-Resident Medical Officer as House Surgeon. Salary £50 per annum,with board and residence in the hospital.

METROPOLITAN ASYLUMS BOARD.—Assistant Medical Officer at theDarenth Schools for Imbecile Children, near Dartford, Kent. Salary£120 per annum, rising £10 annually to .6150, with board, furnishedapartments, and washing.

NOTTINGHA3! GENERAL DISPENSARY.—Senior Resident Surgeon. Salary.6180 per annum, with furnished apartments in the institution, andcoal and as provided.

RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY, Oxford.-House Surgeon. Salary £80, withboard, lodging, and washing.

SALFORD ROYAL HOSPITAL.—Honorary Medical Officer for the PendletonBranch Dispensary.

WORCESTER COUNTY AND CITY LUNATIC ASYLUM, Powick, near

Worcester.-Third Assistant Medical Officer. Salary 100 perannum, with board, lodging, washing, and attendance.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

GODSON.—On the 20th inst., at Grosvenor-street, NV., the wife of ClementGodson, M.D., of a daughter.

WARNER.—On the 23rd inst., at 10, Brechin-place. South Kensington,the wife of Frederick Ashton Warner, F.R.C.S.E., of a son.

MARRIAGES.KER—KER.—On the 24th inst., at Queen’s-cross Free Church, Aberdeen,

by the Rev. Prof. Salmond, D.D., Edward Stewart Ker, of Liver-pool and Birkenhead, to Alice J. S. Ker, M.D., L.K.Q.C.P.L,

a L.R.C.P. & S.E., and F.P. & S.G.PINNIGER—BAlLLIE.—On the 12th inst., at Christ Church, Lee, Kent,

Charles Lever Pinniger, L.R.C.P., L.S.A.Lond., of Queen’s-road,Finsbury-park, N., only son of Broome Pinniger, Esq., M.R.C.S.,L.S.A.Lond. (formerly of Ryde, I. W.), to Emma, second daughterof Robert Baillie, Esq., M. Inst. C.E., of the Manor Way, Black-heath-park.

SCOFIELD—BANNISTER.—On the 20th inst., at St. George’s, Bloomsbury,Harold Scofield, M.B., B.Sc., only son of the late W. J. Scofield, ofBirmingham, to Annie Louisa, youngest daughter of the late GeorgeBannist,er, of Accrington, Lancashire.

WALLER—KEMPSON.—On the 18th inst., at the Parish Church, Ilkley,Theodore Harry Waller, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond., of Chelmsford,youngest son of the late Rev. Stephen Richard Waller, Rector ofSt. Cuthbert’s, Bedford, to Maud, third daughter of the Rev. HowardKempson, Vicar of Ilkley, and formerly Rector of St. Cuthbert’s,Bedford.

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DEATHS.BRADEN.—On the 1iith inst., at Castle-place, Lewes, l.ouisa, wife of

J. G. Braden, M.R.C.S. &c., and third daughter of the late AngusKennedy, of Stratford Hall, Stratford, E., Surgeon.

JULYAN.—On the 24th inst., at the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth,Francis Harvey Julyan, Surgeon R.N., only surviving son of W.Harvey Jnlyan and Mary, his wife, of Penzance, Cornwall, aged 26.

MAXWELL.—On the 15th inst., at St. James’s-square, Bath, CharlesRobhins Maxwell, M.D., formerly 38th Regiment, only son of thelate Colonel Maxwell, 67th Regiment.

MORTON.—On the 19th inst., at Kinasley Villa, Bidcford, John SimmMorton, M.D., Retired Surgeon-Major, Madras Medical Service,aged 57.

THORP.—On the 20th inst., at his residence, Lyppiatt Lodge, Cheltenham,Disney Launder Thorp, M.D., Senior Fellow of Caius College,Cambridge, youngest son of the late Dr. Thorp, of Leeds, in his8-lth year.

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ERRORS OF REFRACTION.

To the Editors of THE LANCET.

SIRS,—I read with pleasure Dr. Bell Taylor’s able and instructivelecture on the estimation and diagnosis of errors of refraction reported byyou in last week’s LANCET. In a footnote (referring to the estimation ofrefractive errors by "direct" ophthalmoscopic examination) he saysthat the surgeon himself should be emmetropic or have his ametropiacorrected by glasses. It occurred to me that he might with advantagealso have pointed out another source of error in using this method. Irefer to the difficulty one has in controlling one’s own ciliary muscles intrying to make out details of the fundua oculi at a close range. I expectDr. Bell Taylor will agree with me that it is not difficult (especially tothose not frequently engaged in practice of retinoscopy) to get errors of1, 2, or 3 D from this cause. I have an ophthalmoscope containing awhole magazine of lens, but which to me is useless for purpose of esti-mation of errors of refraction, because I also possess a pair of ciliarymuscles which I think I may appropriately term ., officious" and havingknown others troubled in the same way, I trespass on your space withthese few lines. I am, Sirs, yours faithfully,Cheshire, Dec. 19th, 1888 HERBERT TANNER.

T. li. B.-The article on inflammation referred to by Prof. Leber ofGi)ttingeii is in the 1’urtachritte der Medicin, vi., 12, 1888. There is anabstract also in the Allgemeine Medicinische Central Zeitzcn.y, N0, 95.

PEPPERMINT WATER.

To the Editors of THE LA.NCET.SIRS,—In Mr. Plimmer’s case of abdominal section given in your last

issue, it is stated that prior to the operation "the room was and washed with peppermint water (one ounce to the gallon)." This

appears somewhat vague. As so small a quantity of the water t3.1’.strength could not be detected in t gallon of water, prob:lhly ptpper-ment oil (which is about 1440 times stronger than the water) was in-tended and used. Again, was the peppermint water used for injectingthe wound the same strength as that used for cleansing the room Onegallon of water will not absorb more than one-eighth of an ounce ofoil of peppermint, so that if mixed in the proportion of one ounce to thegallon, there would be seven-eighths of an ounce of supernatant oit, toinject a definite quantity of which would be a difficult matter.

Is peppermint antiseptic ? There is a popular belief (a fallacy) thatcamphor is both antiseptic and prophylactic. Now peplieriiiiiit,lavender, rosemary, and many other lahiate plants contain a canpim-raceous principle (stearoptene). Is it from the existence of thi, principlethat the antiseptic idea as regards peppermint originates ?

I am, Sirs, yours faithfully,E. WHITE, L.S.A. &c.

Park-terrace, Regent’s Park, Dec. 23th 1888.