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the abdominal swathe or binder, that it puzzles one toimagine from what data the observations have beenformied. And if neitlher party be wrong, the instrumentmust be simply inert and useless. If such were rightlythe explanation, the subject might be left as it is.The ends which it may be expected to serve, are, I

conclude, 1. To assist the recently very much distendedabdominal muscles and the integuments covering them,to regain their ordinary dimensions and lost tone morerapidly than they otlherwise miglht; and wihile this isbeing accomplished, to act as a substitute by exertingpressure on the abdominal and pelvic viscera; and assome ladies have been led to believe, to prevent or lessenthe alteration in their figures, which might otherwise en-sue. The latter idea is a rnere phantom, as any effectthat it might exert, would be equally powerful in twomonths, as immediately after delivery. For observationteaches that in all parts of the body, the integumentsand muscles are always disposed to contract in propor-tion to the pressure underneath them, as resistance maybe removed. This principle we see illustrated in emaci-ated subjects; in amputations in wlhich at the time ofthe operation the flaps have been baggy and unsightly,but which in all cases that I have seen, have contractedto the form of the subjacent parts and formed,what havebeen called (by licence of surgery) beautifutl stumps.The same takes place with the scrotum after castration,as we see exemplified more particularly in the brutecreation. I am, therefore, led to doubt the correctnessof the conclusion, that the binder exerts any influence inproducing contraction of the abdominal mtuscles. ThetendernCy of contraction of the abdominal muscles as ex-erted at intervals, is to expel the contents of the pelvicviscera, and sometimes the viscera themselves or a por.tion, as exemplified in cases of prolapsus ani; and, Ithink, I may adduce prolapsus uteri. And no one would,I think, upon reflection, use an instrument in imitationof such action in such direction, while the uterus occu-pies such a very delicate position as it must do for manydays after delivery. A friend lately told me that patients,who in former labours had wvorn a swathe, expressedthemselves as deriving much comfort on its being dis-used.

2. The pressure which it may exert on the uterus isuseful. The fundus uteri, imimediately after delivery,will ordinarily be felt to reach to a line about an inchhigher than the wings of the ilia, so that a binder appliedwith the view of restoring the waist would impinge onthe fundus uteri and force it downwards, encouragingprolapsus uteri. Some practitioners have told me thatthey apply the swathe round the false pelvis and lypo-gastriunm. If any pressure should be brought to bearupon the uteruis in this situation. it must necessarily in-terfere with the distention of the bladder. The abovearguynents will, undoubtedly, be well weighed in theminds of others. But they force my own mind to theconclusion that, the abdominal binder after labour can-not be otherwise than injurious.

I will now say a few words on the mode of performingvaccination. My presumption is based upon very exten-sive experience in past years, having on some occasionsvaccinated as many as seventy childreni durincg a morn-ing. I reconmmenid the plan of scarifying with (not, asDr. Graily Hewvitt recommends, a sharp lancet, but) onebut moderately sharp-by which wider scratches willbe produced, and less blood flow. The spot should befreely scatified till blood begins to show in a few of thescarifications. The blade of the same lancet shouldthen be charged with lymph, and (as it were) the samespot be rescarified. This plan has the advantages ofproducing a large compound and confluent vesicle, is veryexpeditious, produces but little or no pain, and will befound to be highly successful.

I am, etc., JOHN RTUSSELL.Bawtry, August 1863.

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. Preliminary Scientific M.B.Examination for Honours.

Chemtistry and Natural Philosoplhy.-Second Class.MN'Dougal, Arthur, Oweni's]Bushell, Stephen WNoottoni, Guy's HospitalKelly, Charles, Kiing's

Third Class.Adams, Artlhur Bagley, London HospitalMaybury, Augustuis Constable, St. Thomas's Equal.Wi-hitwell, John IMaude, UniversityBrown, James Camnpbell, University of AberdeenWagstaffe, William Warwick, St. Thomas's Hiospital

Biology.-First Class.Howse, -henrv Greenway (Exhibition and Gold Mledal), Guy's

Second Class.Brown, Chiarles Camnpbell, University of Aberdeen

T1tisid Class.Dyer, AVilliam T sLrner Thiselton, Kitng's

APOTIIECARIES HALL. On August 20th, the followingLicentiates were admitted:-

Carter, Richard, Newbury, BerksChalleni, John Furnell, Alpha House, Old Kernt [toadElvans, Tlsomas Griffith, Narberth, PembrokesbireFrance, George Henry, Hightown, hiear LeedsHowes, Franik Charles Plumtre, Belton, Great YarmouthIKing, Franicis, Southampton Row, Russell SquareLong, Charles Frederic, IpswichIledfern, Thomas, ChesterfieldWood, Francis Henry, New Romney, Kent

At the same Court, the following passed the firstexamination:-

HayNvard, John William, Guy's Hospital

ARMY MEDICAL SERVICE. List of the candidates whowere successful at the Competitive Examination in Feb.ruary last, and who have passed through a course at theArmy Medical School.

Names. Studied at No. of NTarks.Chanidler, Edward .............. London ...... 4935Creyk, Williamii, M.B .......... Aberdeeln ...... 4737Venning, Edgcoinbe ............ London ...... 4500Brebner, Alexander, M.D....... Aberdeen ...... 4458Nash, William, MI.D............. Londoni ...... 4385Dudley, William Edmondsoin.... Dublin ...... 4233Doig, Alexanider ......... l.....Gasgow ...... 4125Mlartini, Henry Arthur.......... London ...... 3980Quiniton, William West, MB.. .. Dublin ...... 3959'McNalty, George William ...... Duiblin ...... 3924Mtartin, WVilliam Thomas ........ Dublini ...... 3821])avis, John Norman .......... Galway ...... 3772Page, William John ............ Dublin ...... 3653FergusoD, Frederick, M.D....... Dublin .........3628Segrave, Richard George .....D.ublin ...... 3013

APPOINTMENTS.CHURCInILL, Auigustuis H., Esq., appointed House-Surgeon to theWallasey Dispensary, Birkenhead.

FErGoUsoN, George, M.B., appoinited Surgeon to the Royal GeneralDispensary, Bartholomew Close.

IIANDYSIDE, Peter D., MI.D., elected Lecturer on Anatomy at Sur-geons' Hall, Edinburgh.

*HOUNsSELL, H. Strangways, M.D., appointed Physician to the TorbayInfirmary.

*JAcusoN, J. Hu,hlings, M.D., appointed Assistant-Physician tothe London Hospital.

WYALKER, Joseph, MA.D., elected Dental Surgeon to the WVestminsterHospital.

POOR-LAW MEDICAL SERVICE.BRAYTON, Joniathan, Esq., to the Workhouse of the WhitehavenUnion.

CLAnIDoE, Charles Ilenry, Esq., to the Fulham Town District of theFulham Union.

CLARKE, Joseph, Esq., to the Bailieborough Dispensary District ofthe Bailieborough Union, co. Cavan.

DivERi, Ebeilezer, M.D., to the Heck-field District of the HartleyWVintney Union.

ENGIEHEART, Stephen Paul, L.R.C.P.Ed., to District No. 2 of theBromley Union, Kent.

FELCE, Stamford, L.R.C.P.Edin., to District No. 2 of the LauncestonUnion.

HAaDING, Charles F., MA.D., to the AVest Woolwich District of theGreenwich Uniion.

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HraST, Charles, L.R.C.P.Ed., to the West Ardsley District of theWakefield Union.

MACDONALD, John Edward, Esq., to the Tuosist Dispensary Districtof the Kenmare UJnion, co. Kerry.

MERRYWEATHER, J. Hutchinson, Esq., to the Guisborough Districtand the Workhouse of the Guisborough Union, Yorkshire.

O'CONNOR, Martin, L.K.Q.C.P.I., to District No. 5 of the NorthWitchford Union, Cambridgeshire.

OWEN, George, Esq., to the Leanwrin District of the MNachynllethUnion,

RENSHAW. Charles J., M.D., to the Ashton-on-Mersey District ofthe Altrincham Union.

ROYAL NAVY.ROCHE, William S., Esq., Surgeon, to the Cliar-ybdis.

VOLUNTEERS. (A.V.=Artillery Volunteers; R.V.=RifleVolunteers):

MIATTHEws, B. P., Esq., to be Assistant-Surgeon 18th Kent RX.To be Honorary Assistant-Surgeons:

CLOWES, F., Esq., 14th Norfolk R.V.

DEATHS.DOUGLASS. On August 19th, at 16, Bernard Street, aged 55, ElizaAsh, widow of James N. Douglass, M.D.

HABERSHON. On August 16th, at Hastings, aged 3 months, theinfant son of *S. 0. l-abershon, Mr.D., Winipole Street.

LAYNG. On August 20th, at Broadstairs, Isabella, wife of EdwardLayng, Esq., Surgeon.

PRESTON, Richaid, Esq., Surgeon, Stand, near Manchester, aged 62,on August 20.

SPARROW. On Aurrust 19th, at Portsea, aged 6 months, Georgina,youngest son of the late George WV. P. Sparrow, M.D., Surgeon60th Rifles.

STEWART. Alexander, M.D.. Inspector-General of Army Hospitals,at Lansdowne Road, Kensington Park, aged 73, on August 23.

STUART, Robert, M.D., at Calcutta, aged 63, on July 8.

ALLEGED SUICIDE OF A NAVAL SURGEON. Dr. Galbraith,surgeon of the Sebastopol, is reported to have committedsuicide off New Zealand.

IIMPORTATION OF OpuIur. For the year 1864, 27,000chests of Patna opium, and 20,000 of Benares, are calcu-lated by the Scindian as forthcoming.

DR. MACLACHLAN, chief medical officer of Chelsea Hos-pital, has retired from office through illness. The dutiesof the Chelsea Hospital medical staff have been conse-quently amalgamated with those of the Military Asylum.A TRIUIMPH OF SURGERY. His Majesty the King of

the Belgians is enjoying excellent health at Ostend. Hemakes frequent excursions on horseback in the neigh-bourhood of the town.LONGEVITY IN IRELAND. Among the 5,7,)8,967 persons

enumerated in Ireland at the census of 1801, no lessthan 742 are returned as being of the age of 100 yearsand upwards. 278 of these aged persons were men and401 were women.

SURGICAL PRACTICE. It is officially stated that thetotal number of Federals wounded in the three daysbattle at Gettysburg is about fourteen thousand. Afraction over two thousand wounded still remain in thehospitals there.THE LATEST USE FOR PETROLEUM. An assistant sur-

geon, writing from Gettysburg, says :-" Will you allowme, as one alleviation of the horrors of the battlefield, tocall your attention to the use of coal oil in suppuratingwounds?' As volunteer assistant, I received permissionfrom the suraeons of the First Division of the FifthCorps, Gettysburg, to use it in the most offensive cases.By its manifest utility, and the solicitations of thewounded, I was induced to enlarge its use until I becamesatisfied that what cold water is to a wound in its in-flamed state, coal oil is to it in its suppurating state,dispelling flies, expelling vermin, sweetening the wound,and promoting healthy granulations. It can be used byan assistant of ordinary judgment with perfect safety,and to the great comfort of the patient. I have seentwo patients, whose wounds had been dressed with it,asleep before I was through with the third.' (MlissouriI)emnocrat.)

BRITISiH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OFSCIENCE. On Wednesday last, Sir William Armstrongopened thee proceedings of this Association with an elo-quent address to one of the most brilliant audiences everassembled in Newcastle-on-Tyne.BOVINE DISEASE, AND HOW TO CURE IT. From Rome

we hear of the ravages made by the distemper amongthe cattle in the Campagna. It is calculated that morethan ten thousand beasts have fallen victims to themalady since it set in. No measures of an efficaciousnature have been taken to check it by the Papal govern-ment. There have been religious processions, neuvaines,and the like, in the hope of averting the evil, but as yetthey have not produced the desired effect.YANKEE ENROLLING SURGEONS. We have noticed the

fact that the enrolling surgeons, with many honourableexceptions, were mere political doctors, and totally unfitfor their position. The evidences of their incapacitybegin to appear as the conscripts gather at their rendez-vous. From authentic sources, we learn that the mostobvious diseases are passed over without notice. AtRiker's Island, the rendezvous for the eastern part ofthe State of New York, are men suffering from cardiacdiseases, amaurosis, etc. (American Mled. Times.)DEATH OF THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF ARMY HOSPI-

TALS. Alexander Stewart, Esq., M.D., Inspector-Gene-ral of Army Hospitals, died at his residence, LansdowneRoad, Kensington Park, on the 24th inst. He was inhis seventy-third year. He accompanied the army, andserved with considerable distinction, during the Peninsu-lar campaign. He was present at several of the severestactions, when his professional services were eminentlyuseful. In December 1845, he was appointed DeputyInspector-General, and in March 1852, Inspector-Gene-ral, when he retired on half-pay. He had the war medaland clasps for the battles at which he had served.MORTALITY IN THE UNITED STATES. Mr. Kennedy

computes the annual number of deaths in the UnitedStates as having been 1 in 4-5 or 46f of the population;and when allowance is made for the greater proportionof persons in their prime amongst this population, byreason of constant immigration, the mortality will nearlyequal that of England, if the latter is riahtlv estimatedby Mr. Kennedy as being 1 in 44 of the population.Much interesting information is given respecting thedeaf and dumb, the blind, the insane, and the idiotic.According to the census of 1800, the deaf and dumbportion of the population amounted to some 15,077 per-sons, whereof 14,269 were whites, and 808 slaves; theblind to 12,635, 11,125 free and 1,510 slaves; the insaneto 23,999, 23,593 free and 406 slaves; and the idiotic to18,865, 17,286 free and 1,579 slaves.SURGICAL CERTIFICATES. According to a Connecticut

journal, the Hartford Times, the exemptions by sur-geon's certificate of draughted men since the commence-ment of the draught in New England amount to theenormous proportion of seventy-three per cent.! Theamount of fee given for this service is variously esti-mated. If a man be very poor-and the surgeon also-a glass of whisky is sufficient honorarium to offer andaccept. But, as a general rule, the price varies with theworldly circumstances of the person " who will not be asoldier," and ranges from one to twenty dollars. Thewould-be exempt is stripped-and if the surgeon find agreenback between the man's toes, under his arm-pit,behind his ear, between his teeth, or elsewhere, thematter becomes as clear to his capacity, as it previouslywas to that of him who does not wish to risk his life forhis country, and the business is settled to the mutualsatisfaction of doctor and patient. But the dishonestydoes not answer its purpose, the government having re-solved to admit of no exemptions but such as are signedby its own appointed army surgeons.

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UNITED STATES POPULATION. In 1860 theilopulationamounted to 31,445,089, showing in round sn¶rnbers anincrease of 8,250,000 over that of 1850; of 13,333,000over that of 1840; of 18,500,000 over that co 1830; of21,750,000 over that of 18220; of 24,200,000 over that of1810; of 26,000,000 over that of 1800; and of 27,500,000over that of 1790, when the population only amounted to3,929,827. The average decennial rate of increase was'34.6 per cent. Of the entire population 26,975,575 werewhite, and 4,441,705 coloured,and of these latter 3,953,760were held as slaves. While the whites, between 1850 and1S00, gained 38 per cent., the African race increased only22 per cent., though it must be remembered that duringthis period some 1,500,000 immigrants entered the UnitedStates. Unlike the census returns of England, those of theUnited States, as published by Mr. Kennedy, give an ex-cess of males over females of 750,000, whicih was attri-butable to the greater influx of male immigrants fromEurope.PAUPER LUNATIC ASYLUMS. On the day of the pro.

rogation an act was passed to amend the Ltunacy Acts,in relation to the building of asylums for pauper luna-tics. It is enacted that where, in pursuance of theLunatic Asylums Act, 1853, an agreement for providinga common asylum has beenl duly entered into betweendivers counties properly so called, and suchi agreementhas been afterwards varied by the admission as a partythereto of a county of a city, or county of a town, theoriginal agreement is to be binding on the countiesoriginally parties thereto, in the same manner as if novariation of such agreement had been made. By section8 of the 25th and 26th of Victoria, c. 88, the guardiansof a parish were to make provision for the reception of"chronic lunatics," and doubts lhave arisen as to themneaning. It is now declared that chronic lunatics areto include those chargeable to other parishes or Unions,as well as the chronic lunatics chargeable to parish orUnion into the workhouses of which they are proposedto be received.A NEW TEST FOr. ALBUMEN. MIr. Lightfoot has found

that the aqueous solution of camnphor is a delicate test foralbumen, which it coagulates as a film, and in other inter-esting forms. Into a perfectly clean foot.-lass some wateris poured, and one or two bits of camphor are droppedupon it from a tube. When rotation has been establishedfor a few minutes, one drop of fluid albumen from an eggis allowed to fall upon the surface, anid to remain undis-turbed for a few minutes. On looking at the undersideof the water surface, a fine film of uniform thicknesswill be seen to occupy the whole surface of the liquid,and to imprison the bits of camphor which have, in con-sequence, lost their power of roaming about by this me-chanical impedimiient of the albuminous sheet. Thecamphor is, however, still vibrating. If the film be nowbroken, it will hang in shreds or fall down and settle atthe bottom of the glass. It is sufficiently coagulated topermit its separation by a paper filter, which, after drvying carefully, may be weighed. By this process minuteportions of soluble albumen muay be quantitatively esti-mated in anialytical investigations of various organicmatters. As a u6croscopic test, arn aqueous solution ofcamphor will be i,aend of great use in rendering delicateorg,ans of minute structure muore distinctly visible.(Cheemical Newvs.)SCOTTISH R1EGISTRAAR-GENEr.AL'S R-EPORlT. The report

of the Registrar-General for Scotland for the secondquarter of 1863 recor(ds a very h-igl blirth rate-namely,in the annual proportion of 383 births in every 10,000 ofthe estimiated population. Btut the death rate was hiahalso-2'31 per annumrl in the 10,000. Again a fatal epi-demic of measles has followed an epidemic of small-pox,and it is noticed as an additional reason for securing thepeople fromn small-pox by vaccination, since it may hap-pen that by extinguishing small-pox we may also be re-

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ducing the fatalitv from measles. Diphtheria hlas pre.vailed extensively in Scotland, and in several instancesalmost assumed the epidemic form. The weather dur-ing the quarter was distinguished by more humidity andless sunshine than usual, and the continuance of thisweather almost without interruption for nearly two yearsseems to have produced debility or laxity of the consti-tution. It would seem that changes in weather are asbeneficial to health as changes in diet. The excess ofbirths over deaths in the quarter was 11,704, making thenatural increase in the population of Great Britain82,040; but emigration took away a tbird of this numberof British-born subjects. It spealis well for the generalprosperity of Scotland that the marriage rate has beenabove the average in both the first and second quartersin the present year.

SOCI.AL SCIENCE CONGRESS AT EDINBURGH. Theseventh annual meeting of the National Association forthe Promotion of Social Science is to be held at Edin-burgh. The opening address will be delivered on Octo-ber 7tli, by Lord Brougham. The business of each ofthe six following days will be opened by addresses fromthe presidents of the different departments; and, afterthe address, the sectional meetings will be held in theLaw Courts and Free Assembly Hall. The concludinggeneral meeting will take place in the Church of Scot-land Assembly Hall, on Wednesday, October 14th. TheCouncil will meet in the library of the writers to thesignet, and the Parliament House will be opened as areception room, the College and law libraries and otherpublic buildings and places of exhibition will be openedto members during the week. Conversaziones will beheld in the University, in the Museum and Hall of theRoyal College of Surgeons, and in the National Gallory,on the evenings of the 8th, 9th, and 12th. A workingmen's meetingc will be held in the Corn-Exchange onthe evening of the 9th, at which Lord Brougliam willpreside; and on the 13th, the Association dinner willtake place in the Music Hall. The Royal Scottish Aca-demy intend to hold an exhibition of the works of de-ceased and living artists of Scotland, collected for theoccasion, durina the meeting of the Association. TheSpeculative Socioty of Edinburgh propose to celebratethe centenary of nieir foundation by a dinner, to he pre-sided over by Lord Brcugham, who was one of its mostactive members about sixty years ago. The Scotchrailways, generally, have agreed to give retturn tick-ets tomembers anid associates, and the leading English lineswill afford facilities to visitors through their tourists'tickets.

LIvErmPOOL HEALTIH COHMaITTEE: TRIBUTE TO DR.CAMERON. The following flattering anid handsome ac-knowledgment of services rendered by Dr. Carnoern, inhis capacity of Atting AMedical Officer of Health at Liver-pool, was made at the last meeting of the Committee:-"The Chairman- said, before the Committee proceededwith the public business of the day, he, would call atten-tion to the appointmient of Dr. Trenclh. Thiat fact wouldsever the corinectioni betwveen Dr. Cameron and the Com-mittee; and he was sure that every gentleman wouldbear him out, when lie said that the Commuittee weredeeply grateful to Dr. Caimeron for tiei very cheerfulway in which, ifmmediately uipon the decease of Dr. D)un-can, hie had steppe d in to fill ulp the vaciunr, and tiadsince that time volutntarily fulfilled the dul-ties of -MeciicalOfficer of Health. The great exertion, scientific acquire-ments, and the sacrifice of tirne. thiat Dr. Cameron lhadbrought to bear to the discharge of the duties of theoffice, were suelh that he (the Clhairrnan) wvas sure heonly spoke from his beart the sentiments of the Cominmnittee (hear, hear) when he said they were all deeplyindebted to Dr. Camelron for his assistance; and hetherefore moved-' That this Committee desires to re-cord the high sense entertained of the very valuable and

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efficient services rendered by Dr. Cameron as ActingMedical Officer of Health since the death of Dr. Duncan,and beg to render their thanks to him for those services,which he so kindly undertook to perform, under circum-stances that must have involved a great sacrifice of timeand labour.' (Hear, hear.) Mr. Lawrence entirely con-curred in every word that the Chairman had said; andmoved-' That a sum of 150 guineas be presented toDr. Cameron, as a slight acknowledgment of the veryvaluable services he had rendered as Acting MedicalOfficer of Health.' Both resolutions were carried unani-mously." (From the Liverpool Daily Post, July 10, 1863.)THE PROPOSED NEW MEDICAL BILL. We are not sur-

prised that the proposal to introduce a new Medical Billinto parliament, with clauses affecting pharmacy, andrestricting the dlispensing of medicines to men provedto be qualified for the duty, should have excited the at-tention of the pharmaceutical body; but we confess wewere not prepared for the opposition that appears to betllreatened to this measure. The Bill, in the form inwhich it has been issued, contains but a rough draughtof the proposed amendments. However, it serves to ex-plain the principles which it is proposed to carry ouit,and witlh reference to which the opinions of the licens-ing bodies have been asked. The objects contemplatedare quite in accordance with principles which havealways bee: recognised by the Pharmaceutical Society.The adoption of these principles has repeatedly beenurged upon chemists and druggists in the pages of thisjoiurnal. It has been insinuated that the Pharrmaceuti-cal Society wouldc be benefited in some especial mannerby the proposed Act, and that they therefore have a par-ticular interest in promotina the measure. This we en-tirely deny. Indeed, so far is it from being the case,that we have no lhesitation in sayinga that the measurewould be a far greater boori to those who are withoutthan to those who are within the pale of the Society.WVe have no exclusive interest in promoting this; on thecontrary, self-interest might dictate a different line ofp6licy; but the interests we, advocate are those of phar-macy and of the wholle body of plharmzraceutical opera-tives: If the proposed Bill be carried into effect, it willnecessarily cause a complete revolution in the state andpractice of pharmacy in this country, irvolving, no doubt,mariy important changes in the constitution of the Phar-maceutical Society. The sphere of action for the So-cietv vco.old 1).0e greatly widened, but at the same time itis probable thiat the nature of its operations would insoi-mie respects be restricted. (Phar. Journal.)

SULPIIVSRINGC VINES. At the last sitting of the Academyof Sciences a paper was receivedl fromnIl. Bouisson onophtlhalmia produced by the sulpliuriDg of vines. Fromthe mnoment this practice wvas had recouirse to for theporirose of destroying the oidiuim it was percl!ived thatsore _ees becani,e very prevalent amor-i the labourersengaged in that worlk. Sulplhur is emnployed under theforrm. of a. sublimate ca<lled flowers of sulphur, or else ina triturated state. In the former case it contains asi-mall btit perceptible quantity of ifee sulphuric acid inthe l;,tter case, there is lhardly a traee of it; alnd accord-ingl3 the sublimate is iiltinitelv menore efficacious thanthe meore powder. Under tlhe tnicroscope the pow(lerpresents irreguilar forms ending in angles arid points,vlhile. tie flowers tappear under the form of very smallround -l3bules ; hence the mechanical actior of thleforner is muclh mole irritating than. that of tile flowersof sulplhur. Blut mechanicall irritation beinglessr activethan the chemical one of sulplhuric acid on) thef conjjunct-iva or external coat of th-e eye, triturated stulphur is lessinjuirious to that organ than flower of sulphur. Regard-ing the instrumenits use1 for the dliffuision of sulphurthe bellows are less hurtftul to the eves than the sieve,which scatters about a great deal of the powdei- in ihe-air. A man works seven hours per day, during which

time he expends ten kilogrammes of sulphur. Theoperation lasts five days per hectare, and is repeatedthree or fouir times during the season. Sore eyes arechiefly prevalent during the last sulphuring process,showing that heat and drought increase the irritatingeffects of sulphur. Women and children being chieflyemployed in the operation they are most subject to thiskin(d of ophthalmia, which, however, is not malignant,and generally consists in a mere inflammation of theconjunctiva. The mixture of sulphur with lime, re-cently proposed, is more lhurtful to the eyes than sul-phur alone; but mixture of sulphur and plaster is betterfor the eyes, though detrimental to the respiratory or-gans.VIVISECTIONS IN PARIS. The atrocities of vivisection

continue to occupy the attention of the Paris papers.The Opinion Nationale says: " The poor brutes' cries ofpain sadden the wards of the Clinique, rendering the so-journ there insupportable both to patients and to nurses.(The Hopital des Cliniques, situated on the square ofthe School of Mledicine, contains a hundred and fifteenbeds for adults, and tlhirty-seven for children. Sick andwounded persons are received there as at the HotelDieu. It has, mnoreover, a special department for ac-couchements.) Only imagine that when a dog has notbeen killed at one sitting, and that enough life remainsin him to experiment upon him in the following one,they put him back in the lkennel all throbbing and pal-pitating! There the unhappy creatures, already torn bythe scalpel, howl until the next day in tones renderedhioarse and faint by another previous operation intendedto deprive thert of voice. The kennel in which they arekept is close to the Clinique, whither poor pregnant wo-men betake themselves for deliverance." Mr. C. Sauves-tre, who signs the letter from which the above is anextract, quotes, in confirmation of his statements, a letteraddressed to M. Husson, Director-General of Public As-sistance (hospitals, asylums, etc.), by a distinguishedphysiciag. "You doubtless are aware, MIonsieur le Di-iecteur," says Dr. Bossu,-' Thlat, tiuring the course ofphysiology of the Faculty, the dogs destined for experi-ment are shut up in the pavilions of the Practical School,which touch the hospital of the Clinique. These dogscry and lowl night and day, notwithstanding the pre-liminary operation performed on then with the view ofrendering them mute. Will you, whose solicitude forthe siclk is so great, join your complaints to ours in orderto obtain from the competent authorities that hencefor-ward no more dogs shall be taken to the Practical School,and that the repose, the sleep, the moral tranquillity ofour poor lying-in womlen shall he respected ? Assuredlyit will not be said thiat, for the sanguinary and uselessexhibitions of a course which serves only to expose thestate of science, the repose of a whole hospital, and thatof twenty neighbouring liouses, is to be disturbed."A PROFESSIONAL CLAIMi. BECK V. STErNE. This was

an action by the same plaintiff as in the case " Beck v.Farey", tried in the other court last week, and partlyarose out of the same transactions. It was an action byDr. Snow Beek to recover £5191 for medical attendances,etc., on the defendant's wife and family froim 1856 to1859 inclusive. The parties had kniiown each othersince 1854, but hlad quarrelle(l. The plaintiff was called,anti saidlhe was a menmber of the College of Suirceons;and he lhad attended thae defendaint and hiis family assiigeon and accoucheur, and generally as medical at.tendant, during tlhehoears fi orot to 1859, at Clap-lamn and Stratford. When cioss-examinied, the plaintiffadmitted that he had nevter sent in any accotnt of hispresent claiim until this action. He hlad been for someyears initimate wvithi the defendant, anid had been recom-m-nended by him to the Samaritan Hospital, ancl liad beena co-director vithi hini of the Australian Investm-lenit So-ciety; and he had been acetistoned for yvears to dine

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with the defendarnt. He was pressed whether he hadnot charcged for visits when he had gone home anddined with him; and this he denied. He had been goodfriends with him up to 1859. He produced some littleannual pocket-books, in which he said entries of theattendances were made, but in which he admitted thatother matters not professional were indiscriminately en.tered. He said he was not a physician, though he wasstyled " physician to the Samaritan Hospital", and wascalled "Dr. Snow Beck" on his door. Pressed if hevisit.ed patients as a physician, he said he had done so,and received his guinea fees, generally, at parting.Sometimes lhe attended gratuitously, though not foryears; and sometimes gave advice gratis to a friend atdinner. The attendances at Clapham in 1856 were,generally on Sundays. He often dined there on theSunday, and took his wine with the family. He, ad-mitted that the defendant had made him occasionalpresents-a present of a case of champagne and a set ofdiamond studs, but prior to this account. He also hada roll of linen for shirts ra laugh]-not very fine. Hehad paid, however, for all this by his medical attendancefor three years. The defendant had also lent him awatch, which he had kept sorme time. He had dined-with the defendant on Sundays in. 18U5-58-59 ; but hecharged patients for attendances, though on occasionswheni he dined with them. He rarely went to the housewithout dining. He attended the family as a generalpractitioner; but, beina then asked how he came tocharge £3: 3 an attendance, he said that a general prac-titioner could charge anything; and, when pressed as towhether a general practitioner charged even a guineafor attendance, he said he meant that he attended assurgeon and physician, and, he added, as consulting,physician and surgeon. He admitted that he hiadbrought an action against another friend for £300, forsix years medical attendance; and that was after severalyears.-The learned Judge: It is usual, and, indeed, therule, is it lnot, for a physician to be paid at the tiuie ofhis attendance ?-Plaintiff: It is usual; but there areexceptions.-The learned Judge: Did you ever hear ofsuch a bill as this before ?-Plaintiff: Yes, I have.-The learned Judge: Have you? Then it is more than Ihave.-Dr. logers of Berners Street, was called to provethat the plaintiff's charges were fair and reasornable. ADr. Slhorthouse, of Carshalton, and a Dr. Jones werecalled to give similar evidence. They admitted thatgeneral pr actitioners usuallv sent in bills at Christmas.Mr. Chamnbers submitted that the Mledical RegistrationAct. of 1858 did inot enable the plaintiff to recover foratten lances as physician before registration under thatAct, wllicih only camne into operation on the 1st ofJanuary, 1859. TMr. Serjeant Shee said that Act did notpreclud(e recovery for services as a surgeon or ac-

coucheur before that Act. The learnied Judge, how-ever, said he was of a different opinion on the latterpoint, for before the Act physicians could not sue. Thelearned Judge ruled that he could only be entitled torecover for his services as surgeon and accoucheur be-fore the registration. The jury said they were all infavour of the defendant. The learned Judge said liewas not at all surprised at it, for in all his experienlce amore out-ageous claim had never been brouglht into a

court of justice. [The Secretary of the Samaritan Hos-pital wishes the public to understand that Dr. SnowBeck's connexion with that institution was of very shortduration, and dates some years back.]

QL-ACKEIRY. Quackery is not linmited to any place,time, or calling. It is found in the fashionable as wellas the unfashionable dwelling places of the humanfanmily-in aristocratic as well as in plebeian quarters.Go vhiere you please, quackery like superstition andfolly, is sure to be met with. Nor is quackery a thinoof recent growth. Our old ancestors practised and sup-

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ported it to quite as great an extent as men now do.Monarchs in days gone by were medical quacks. Theywere foolish enough to believe in, or lhypocritical enoughto " touch" for kina's evil and other maladies. And fur-ther, quackery is met with in every trade and profession.There are legal quacks and theological quacks; in shortquackery is a hydra-headed monster, and one that haspower to adapt itself to large or small places, to richor poor, to the learned or ignorant, to all time and everyconceivable circumstance. It is an evil, an almost un-mixed evil, and as such it only produces evil. The de-ceptions practised by quacks, in such a district as ours,are very painful in character and number. If wve takethe medical quack alone as an instance, it will be appar-ent to every one of discernment and common sense thathe must be an awftnl purse-sucker, and even health de-stroyer among those who believe in his nostrums. Scoresof cases have come to our knowledge, in Merthyr, ofworthless scamps forcing their vile concoctions uponsimple-mirnded, unsuspecting people, to the perimanentunderminiing of health. The harvest which they reapis, in most cases, a bountiful one. Taking a walk throughthe streets of Merthyr, Dowlais, or any of the sturround.ing places, the hideous, lying bills of the quack meet oneat every turn, evidencing only too plainly the number ofthe victims, and the profitableness of the pursuit. (Mler-thyr Telegraph.)

AMETROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION OF 'MEDICAL OFFICERS OFHEALTH. The report of the Secretaries for the Session1862-3, states that during the past year there have beenthirteen general meetings of the Association. The As-sociation at present consists of forty-two ordinary mem-bers, medical officers of health; and of seventeen honor-ary members, among whom are several noblemen andgentlemen distinguiished for their efforts in the cause ofsanitary science. The work of the Association duringthe past session has not only had reference to subjectsof direct local interest to metropolitan officers of health,but has embraced the consideration of several wide socialquestions, and has been directed to the elucidation ofsome general hygienic problems of great importance. Theclief matters of immediate metropolitan interest were, 1.The licensing of cowhouses under the provisions of the"Metropolis Local Manaaement Amendment Act"; 2. Thesanitary inspection of bakehouses in London, legislativesupervision of such establishments being advocated ofthe kind that has since been provided by the " Bake.houses Regulation Act"; 3. An outbreak of cholera inthe Norwvood parochial school, upon which a paper wasread by Dr. Gavin Alilroy; 4. The sebeme of the Metro-politan Board of Works, for discharging into the Thames,at Fulham, the deodorised sewage of the western enid ofthe metropolis; upon this subject a memorial was pre-sented to the Metropolitan Board, and a deputation ofthe Associationi had an intem-view with that bocid, withthe effect of obtaining a revision of the scheme and itsultimate abandonment; 5. The presence of epidemicsmall-pox in London. A circular has been addressed tothe Boards of Guardians of the metropolitan unions,urging the necessity for increased hospital accommoda-tion for cases of snmall-pox and suggesting nmeasures topromote the universal vaccination of the community.The desirability of petitioning the Privy Council to applyto the metropolis the provisions of the " Diseases Pre-vention Act" of 1848 wvas also taken into full considera-tion. Upon existing impediments to vaccination a paperwas read by Dr. Druiitt. A series of subjects of greatsocial importance was submitted to the Association in apaper by Dr. Lankester, on some points in common be-tween the duties of coroner and those of medical officerof health. Arising out of this paper, the point on whichimmediate action seemed most desirable was the ineffi-ciency of the present law of registration in ascertainingduly the cause of every deatb. A sub-committee of the

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Association is at present engraged in pressing this pointupon the Registrar-General with a view to the amend-ment of the registration laws. In the course of the yearthe Association has held communication with the Epi-demiological Society, concerning a proposition to collectand utilise the statistics of pauper-sickness. Upon gene-ral hygienic subjects the Association is indebted to itsPresident, for directing attention to the Miodes of Ana-lysis of Bread; to Dr. Murchison, for au elaborate essayon the Causation of Conitinued Fever; to Mr. Acton, fora paper on the Increasing Mortality in England fromSyphilis; to Mr. Orton, for a communication on the In-jury resulting to Health from the use of Arsenical PaperHangings; and to Professor Gamgee of Edinburoh, fora paper on the Diseases of Animals in their Relation toPublic Health. A petition to parliament was adoptedin view of Mr. Gamgee's paper. This petition, whichwas confided to Mr. Edward Holland, M.P., prayed for abetter system of inspecting cattle at places of import andin the markets, and showed reasons in support of a billthat had been recently introduced by Mr. Holland intothe House of Commons for preventing the spread ofcontagious disorders among animals. Through the ad-vocacy of Viscount Raynham, an amendment has alreadybeen procured in those clauses of the " Nuisances Re-moval Act" that relate to the seizure of diseased meat.The Association congratulates itself on having attainedan important public position, and on having exercised auseful influence in promoting sanitary science.

SANITARY SCIENCE ABROAD. As I have previouslystated, the imnpression made upon my mind by the sani-tary survey of the principal health towans of Italy was un-satisfactory in the extreme. The authors wbose worlks Ihave read on winter climates have, it appears to me,made all extraordinary but all-important omission. Thevhave studied winds, sunshine, cloud, temperature, pro-tection, and all the various elements which constituteclimate, forgetting hygienie, and yet are not the laws ofhygiene of more importance to the invalid than all therest put together ? Of what avail is it to place a patientsuffering from a constitutional disease, such as phthisis, irnthe most favourable climatic condition, if every law of hy-giene is violated,if he is made to live in the midst of a foul,badly drained, badly ventilated town, such as Florence,Rome, Naples, or Malaga? In these unhealthy centresof southern population, where the nmortality is habituallyvery hiah amonst healthy natives (much higher, as wehave seen, than in our most unwholesome manufactur-ing localities). what right have we to expect the generalhealth of our patients to rally ? In reality, it would beas reasonable to send consumptive patients in the sum-nmeg montlhs to live in the worst parts of WYhitechapel,Liv6rpool, or Glasgow, as it is to send them in winter tolive in the centre of these unhealthy southern towns. Inchoosing a winter residence, therefore, hygienic condi-tions should be first considered, even before warmth andsunshine. (Dr. Bennet on Mlentone, etc.)

POPULATION STATISTICS AND METEOROLOGYOF LONDON-AUGUST 22, 1863.[From thze Registrar-General's Report.]

Births. Deaths.During week ........

I Boys 912 1788 1337

Average of corresponding weeks 1853-62 ........1 S11 1321i

Baromneter:Highest (Fri.) 29.987; lowest (Mon.) 29.564; mean, 29.,2 5.

Thermnometer:Highest in sun-extremes (Sun.) 115 degs.; (Wed.) 83.3 dogs.In shade-highest (Sun.) 76 dogs.; lowest (Fri.) 46 degs.MYean-58.1 degrees; difference from mean of 43 yrs.-2.9 degs.Range-during week, 30 degrees; mean daily, 17.2 degrees.

Mlean humidity of air (saturation= 100), 72.Mean direction of wind, S.W.-Rain in inches, 0.29.

OPERATION DAYS AT THE HOSPITALS.

MONDAY.......MAletropolitan Free, 2 P.s.-St. Mark's for Fistulaand other Diseases of the Rectum, 1.15 r.m.-Sama-ritan, 2.30 P.m.

TUESDAY. .... Guy's, 11 P.M.-Westminster, 2 P.M.WEDNESDAY... St. MIary's, 1 P.r.-Middlesex, 1 P.r.-University

College, 2 Prn-London, 2 P.M.TIURSDAY.....St. George's, 1 P.M.-Central London Ophthalmic

1 P.M.- Great Northern, 2 P.M.- Loidon SurgicalHome, 2 P.M.-Royal Orthopnedic, 2 P.m.

FRIDAY.......WVestminster Ophthalmic, 1-30 p.M.SATURDAY..... St. Thomas's, 1 P.M.-St. Bartholomew's, 1-30 P.M.-

King's College, 1-30 P.m.-Charing Cross, 2 rP..-lock, Cl;iniCal Demonistration aiid Operations, 1 P.M.-Royal Free, 1.30 P.M.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

*,* All letters and commnunications for tlte JOURNAL, to be a'ddresselto the EDITOR, 37, Great Queen St.,Lincoln's Inn Fields. I}.C.

CORRESPONDENTS, who wish notice to be taken of their cominunica-tions, should atutheniticate tbemn with their names-of course notnecessarily for publication.

DrP. lIGBY'S 1PORTtIAIT.-A subscriber wishes to know wlien lhe mayexpect to receive his copy of the engraving froin the late Dr.Rligbv's portrait. [We have received several inquiries of the samrekind. EDITOR.]

LTAIBILITY OF MASTErS.-Will any of your readers, who may havebeen conipelled to appeal to a County Court under the followingcircumstances, inform me tlle result. A domestic servant is sentitotie ill from a towil wvhere slhe is residing, and passes through asevere typhoid fever, requiring daily attendance for four weeks.After recovery, slie returils to lher duties. Can her master, who isin good eircumstanices, be compelled to pay the medical attend-aiit's charge or not '-D. I.[We do not see lhow any legal claim can be made oti the niaster,

unless he called iii the iiuedical attelndant. EDITOR.]

PROFESSION'AL AuPATtIY.-A correspoIndent asks us how it is thatthe professioil on the occasion of the appeal last year made totherni by the Theraipentical Committee, for the purposes of enilight-eniiug our knowledge conceriinig the effects of remedies, senit inonly six or seveti returins oii Scarlatila aiid Jaundice; and tahouttwelve on Pneumoiiia. The question is worthy of serious conisi-derationi, and of a serious answer.

THE ANNUAL IEETING OF TIlE AsSOCIATION.-The followsing are afew reniiarks on the late meetilig of the Association, extracted froma leanler in the Dution Medical 'rless.

"We have inow to lay before our readers the sayings and (loingsof aniother inistitutioi which, although not strictly speakingnational, is sufficietitly }Br-itish to justify solemn editorial reeogni-tioIn- Iospitality there was, if we can call that hospitalitywhere genitlemen enitertain themselves ; and splendour doubtlessthere was also, but wlhere, the reporter does not distinctly indi-cate- That digniity aiid grace there vas, we do not pretenid todeny, anld miiore than that, all the smellities which grace suchfestive occasiolns, with full ensjoymetit of agreeable social inter-course; and nio wonder, considering the generous lhospitality andsplerndid entertaiitmeiitt...-.. The progress then of the Associalionis satisfactory, atid its numerical streilgtli improves; so let usrejoice, albeit we in Ireland here derive little benefit froiti itscreature coinforts or its intellectual feasts.*.... As an Associationfor tle prornotion and diffusioni of medical ktnowledge, the laboursof its members seem devoid of activity or energy; the contribu-tions on the lpresetit occasion having this object in view, are fe-w inniumber and deficiernt ini quality anid originality.+ It is nlot iii anyunfriendly spirit thtit we thus call in quiestion the character ofthis Society..... Never in the memiiory of mati has there been suchnecessity for the ititerference of competent aind influential bodiesto avert the consequeitces irmipenditig from illicit proceedings andcollusions between medical speculators and official authorities;atid iiever, perhaps, less prospect of a salutary effort to resist dan-gerous encroachments."t'* Strictly speaking, thtis is haldly the fact; because, iii alitiost

every number of the Prcss, several columns of initellectual food, talkenfromn our pages, are served up to the readers of the Irish journal.

+ Never were papers niore original anid better in quality preseiitedto our anlnual nmeeting. We are sorry our contemporary was uiotthere. Had he been, he woiild have sting a very different stote.

S Why, instead of exercising the easy aiid useless business offault-finding, does not the editor leind a hand to the good work 9

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BRRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL ADVERTISER. [August 29, 1863.

COMMUNICATIONS have been received from: -Dr. THOMASK. CIIAMBERS; Dr. BLANSTIARD; Mr. R.O. BLYTHRIAN; Dr. GRAILYHEWITT; MIr. C. MlARRIOTT; Dr. HARTSHORNE; Dr. NVILLIAMNEWMAN; Dr. AITKEN; Dr. CAMERON; Dr. E. WELLS; Mr. J.SPROULE; Mr. H. WASBROUG}I; and Mr. J. LANCASHIRE.

BOOKS RECEIVED.1. A Mranual of Zoology. By MI. MAilne-Edwards. Translated from

the last French edition by P. Knox, 'M.D., F.R.S.E. Secondedition. Edited by C. C. Blake. Lonidon: 186I.

2. The Influenice of Weather on Disease and Mortality. By R. E.Scoresby-Jackson, M.D., F.R.S.E. Edinburgh: 1862.

3. Special Tlherapoutics. ]3y J. C. Lory Marsh, M.D. London:1863.

4. Debate in the Houise of Commons on the Proposed Introductionof the MIetric System. Lolndon: 1SGJ.

ADVERTISEMENTS.

Sydenham College MedicalSCHOOL, SLMMEE111 LAN,-E, B1I1RMlIN(GHG4AM (opposite thle

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Practical Anatloy andf)eimionlstl'.tioni-M\essrs. GEOPGOE ELKINo.-TON, F1OotD JO-NE,S. atlitd DIAID JOIHNSON.

Principles iti1(1 Pr'actice of Mledicine-BETBTJ FLE'TCrEir., Mr.D.,F.ll.C.P.L.. aindI JTALS RUssEr,t, Ml.)., L.R.C.P'....- Pysicirns to theGenleral li-spital.

Principlesalld Practice of Srllg1ry-AralRE1BAEr.P, I'. PCS.,llodDAVTID OLTON, F.It.C.S.. Surgeons to the General Hospital.

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Medica:l lIdtcation. It is situiated olpposite the Genieral Hospital, soas to) era-foni Studlelnts every advantog whlieh ciinla e dlerivedl fromClinical 1Instructionll a(ll Studyl) in asi InstitiltiolIl wlhich contain)s twvoIisnid(lredl eindl filrt beds, at which tmore than twenty tihusand pitientsrleyevect noedie;'d sIil SurgiiealiaS(i dIri1ng thC Ipast yelar. an(1 Wlicil,fromti its close proXimity to the mining andl n0ltlnufactlring districts,tatfotls opportulllities for the llrlalti(al stti(ly of 'Medicine, and Sorqeryequal to those of alny similar iistittstion in tlhe kingdom. It is,governed by it Couneil colmposed of ilmore tlittan sixty of tlhe imiostemr1inient \Medi(cal Practitioners of the midland coiisoties. Attendanlce111(11 thle Lectures and 1-fospital Practice svill qualify for examlinatiolla1t the ll(oyal Colleges thIe Armny, NaIvy, and Ifnliitil Boards. Ii Ce)-forilwithll t1e1 rc,ent regulistions of tlhe Exatoining Boards, Classicalanld MazltlIelnatical TutOrs have beeii a tplointel. as vell 1s a GenelntlTlutor. wtIto is in attendance dtily to assist is tlhe discipline of tlleColle,ge to slperilItel(Il tlhe dissectionlss. IIlid to lold celsses for theinlstrluvftiols of Stullenlts. Clinifcal Lectures will be delivered by tlePlhvsisitns .11d Sirgeomis of tlhe General Hospital, a1511 Prizes aregivenl annusally for the best sets of Meical attcl Surgical Iteports. TheChl-llneal Labolatoy is titteld witl every louvellienc, aiiti speciall careis taken tO illstlrlCt the Studenlts ill M-:toliplulative Chemoistr. Anmpleopllohtllllities are atford, d fIr obteirining at pr.sfetical knowle llga ofMIidwife. Prizes are awarded ill Cael cass, and one is given by tlleClunevil twoe gelelral prioficiency.

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INSTRUCTION will commence oni Thursday, October lst, with anIntroductory Address by Mr. HENRY LEE, at 2 P.M.

Physicians-Dr. Page, Dr. Pitman, Dr. Fuller, Dr. Barclay.Assistant-Plhysicians-Dr. Ogle, Dr. Wadham.Consulting Surgeons-Mr Cessar Hawkins, Mr. Cutler.Surgeons-Mr. Tatum, Mr. Hewett, Mr. Pollock, Mr. Henry LeeAssistant-Surgeons-Mr. Holmes, Mr. Brodhurst.

LECTIJRERS.Descriptive and Surgical Anatomy-Mr. Holmes, and Mr. RousePhysiology and Comparative Aniatomy-Dr. Wn. Ogle.Chemistry-Dr. Noad, F.R.S.MIedicine-Dr. Pitman.Surgery, iMr. Tatum.Patholo-y-Dr. Ogle and Mr. Tlenry Lee.

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