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1397 does not deal with the syphilitic lesions of the bones and other deep structures, so far at least as the illustrations are concerned, but the text does give a brief account of ,, these. The student who reads German cannot have a better series of plates for the study of cutaneous and mucous I manifestations of venereal disease. JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. Vol. II., No. 6 (April, 1909). London : Longmans, Green, and Co.- Amongst the communications to this volume of the Proceedings which have not been reported already in THE LANCET are the following. In the Clinical Section a case of malignant tumour in the spinal meninges, with invasion of the cord, secondary to carcinoma of the mammary glands, with other metastases, by Dr. H. Macnaughton-Jones. In the Derma- tological Section are reports of cases of urticaria pigmentosa in a girl, aged 10 years, and of trophic lesions in a boy of four years, by Dr. J. L. Bunch; of a doubtful case, possibly sclerodermia of the penis, by Dr. E. G. Graham Little; of acne varioliformis in a man, aged 37 years, by Dr. T. Colcott Fox; of a case showing the curative effects of x rays on scar keloid in a boy of six years, illus- trated by reproductions of photographs of the boy before and after this treatment was adopted, by Dr. J. H. Sequeira ; and of a case of syphilitic elephantiasis of the lips, by Dr. A. Whitfield. In the Electro-Therapeutical Section Dr. H. Lewis Jones writes on the treatment of nasvus by electrical methods, with notes on 1600 cases. A valuable paper in which the author describes the respective scope of action of electrolysis, the galvano-cautery, high-frequency applica- tions, x rays, and radium in the treatment of nævi, port- wine marks, and stellate veins. In the Laryngological Section Dr. J. Dundas Grant describes cases of Hunterian sore inside the lip of a young woman, of laryngeal tuberculosis improved by galvano-caustic puncture, and of a similar case in which the same treatment has been started. Dr. H. Lambert Lack describes a case of telangiectasis with epistaxis; Mr. W. Stuart-Low a case suggested to be one of thyroid tumour of the tongue ; Mr. C. A. Parker a case of chronic infiltration of the larynx ; and Dr. G. William Hill a case of crescentic subglottic web or hyperplasia in a syphilitic subject, causing stenosis of the anterior half of the lumen of the larynx. In the Obstetrical and Gynaecological Section Dr. W. Rivers Pollock describes a specimen of bilateral ovarian dermoids removed post mortem from an old lady aged 92 years. Mr. W. Gifford Nash records cases of torsion of a parovarian cyst during pregnancy, of haemorrhage into an ovarian sarcoma producing symptoms resembling torsion, and of haemorrhage into the peritoneal cavity following a strain, a case in which the great omentum, infiltrated with blood, was removed by operation. Dr. H. Russell Andrews con- tributes a case of twin pregnancy in a Fallopian tube ; Dr. A. H. N. Lewers, an account of a fibroid tumour spon- taneously expelled from the uterus seven and a half weeks after delivery ; and Dr. H. R. Spencer two cases of ovarian fibroid complicating pregnancy. The Odontological Section is occupied by a paper of exceptional general interest in which Mr. Ashley Densham reviews the progress of dental science and literature from the earliest ages. The Birmingham Medical Review.—In the February number of this review Dr. D. C. Lloyd Owen writes on the influence of the sexual organs on affections of the eye in women and suggests a toxic origin for such troubles, the catamenial flow normally eliminating some poison which may otherwise accumulate in the system. Mr. Leonard P. Gamgee discusses the indications for and against removal of the gall-bladder, which should not be done as a routine operation in cases of gall-stones nor in the presence of obstruction of the common duct. The Bristol Medieo-Chirzvrgaeccl.To2crrtccl.-The fifth annual Long-Fox lecture was delivered by Mr. J. Herbert Parsons on Nov. 5th, 1908, and is published in the March number of this magazine. He deals with metastatic inflammations of the eye, and maintains that sympathetic inflammation is due to invasion by bacteria which are pathogenic only for the eye. Dr. George Parker writes on transient cerebral paralyses, many of which he believes to be due to localised ansemia of the brain, and Mr. A. L. Flemming on vomiting connected with anæsthesia. An interesting account of Thomas Dover, physician and merchant adventurer, is given by Dr. J. A. Nixon, who defends our ancient colleague against the accusation brought by Professor Osler that he was a buccaneer who was thorough both in medicine and piracy. A series of six articles is devoted to the merits and demerits of milk. The -Edinb2trgA Medical Journal.—The late Sir William Gairdner, who suffered from heart-block and the resulting symptoms known as the Stokes-Adams syndrome, kept some record of his malady, and this historic instance of the con- dition is discussed by Dr. G. A. Gibson and Dr. W. T. Ritchie in the April issue of this journal. Dr. R. W. Philip gives an interesting and useful account of the pro- ceedings of the International Congress on Tuberculosis at Washington, which was notable for the increased favour shown to treatment by various forms of tuberculin. Among these Beraneck’s preparation seems to be coming to the fore. The Bublin Journal of Medical Science.—In the April number Dr. Walter G. Smith records an unusual case of Lupus Mutilans, in which the destruction of the extremities of the fingers resembled the lesions of leprosy. Illustrations are given of the deformity produced and skiagrams of the bony changes accompanying them. Sir John Broadbent writes on Prognosis in Valvular Disease of the Heart and Sir Charles A. Cameron on an Outbreak of Typhoid Fever caused by Infected Milk. The Medical Chronicle.—Lesions of the diaphragm are dealt with in two articles in the April issue of this journal. In the first Dr. E. B. Leech and Dr. C. H. S. Redmond narrate two cases of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and discuss the phenomena of this condition, which is seldom recognisable by symptoms and signs during life. In the second Mr. E. D. Telford records two cases of Rupture of the Diaphragm, in one of which the patient lived 91 days after the accident and attended to her ordinary duties. Dr. E. M. Brockbank gives post-mortem notes of the cases of aneurysm of the aorta which have occurred in the Royal Infirmary, Manchester, during the last 40 years. The West London Medical Journal.—A clinical lecture by Dr. Seymour Taylor on Epilepsy published in the April issue of this magazine calls attention to some nervous condi- tions- allied to ordinary epilepsy, especially to cases of nocturnal, and occasionally of diurnal, enuresis. Dr. E. Furniss Potter writes on Submucous Resection as an Operation for Deformities of the Nasal Septum, and Mr. Aslett Baldwin on the Treatment of Appendicitis. NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT.—The Brighton town council on May 6th decided to adopt the Notification of Births Act and to appoint a female to act as health visitor and superintendent of midwives at a salary of E80 per annum. The sanitary committee, on whose recommendation the Act was adopted, met with considerable opposition on the ground of the additional burden on the rates, but eventually carried its point by a large majority. It was stated during the discussion that 132 authorities had now adopted the Act.
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does not deal with the syphilitic lesions of the bones
and other deep structures, so far at least as the illustrationsare concerned, but the text does give a brief account of ,,
these. The student who reads German cannot have a betterseries of plates for the study of cutaneous and mucous Imanifestations of venereal disease.
JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. Vol. II.,No. 6 (April, 1909). London : Longmans, Green, and Co.-Amongst the communications to this volume of the Proceedingswhich have not been reported already in THE LANCET arethe following. In the Clinical Section a case of malignanttumour in the spinal meninges, with invasion of the cord,secondary to carcinoma of the mammary glands, with othermetastases, by Dr. H. Macnaughton-Jones. In the Derma-
tological Section are reports of cases of urticaria pigmentosain a girl, aged 10 years, and of trophic lesions in a boy offour years, by Dr. J. L. Bunch; of a doubtful case,
possibly sclerodermia of the penis, by Dr. E. G. Graham
Little; of acne varioliformis in a man, aged 37 years,
by Dr. T. Colcott Fox; of a case showing the curativeeffects of x rays on scar keloid in a boy of six years, illus-trated by reproductions of photographs of the boy beforeand after this treatment was adopted, by Dr. J. H. Sequeira ;and of a case of syphilitic elephantiasis of the lips, by Dr. A.Whitfield. In the Electro-Therapeutical Section Dr. H.
Lewis Jones writes on the treatment of nasvus by electricalmethods, with notes on 1600 cases. A valuable paper in
which the author describes the respective scope of action ofelectrolysis, the galvano-cautery, high-frequency applica-tions, x rays, and radium in the treatment of nævi, port-wine marks, and stellate veins. In the LaryngologicalSection Dr. J. Dundas Grant describes cases of Hunterian sore
inside the lip of a young woman, of laryngeal tuberculosisimproved by galvano-caustic puncture, and of a similar case inwhich the same treatment has been started. Dr. H. Lambert
Lack describes a case of telangiectasis with epistaxis; Mr.W. Stuart-Low a case suggested to be one of thyroid tumourof the tongue ; Mr. C. A. Parker a case of chronic infiltrationof the larynx ; and Dr. G. William Hill a case of crescenticsubglottic web or hyperplasia in a syphilitic subject, causingstenosis of the anterior half of the lumen of the larynx. In
the Obstetrical and Gynaecological Section Dr. W. Rivers
Pollock describes a specimen of bilateral ovarian dermoidsremoved post mortem from an old lady aged 92 years. Mr.
W. Gifford Nash records cases of torsion of a parovariancyst during pregnancy, of haemorrhage into an ovarian
sarcoma producing symptoms resembling torsion, and of
haemorrhage into the peritoneal cavity following a strain,a case in which the great omentum, infiltrated with blood,was removed by operation. Dr. H. Russell Andrews con-
tributes a case of twin pregnancy in a Fallopian tube ; Dr.A. H. N. Lewers, an account of a fibroid tumour spon-
taneously expelled from the uterus seven and a half weeksafter delivery ; and Dr. H. R. Spencer two cases of ovarianfibroid complicating pregnancy. The Odontological Sectionis occupied by a paper of exceptional general interest inwhich Mr. Ashley Densham reviews the progress of dentalscience and literature from the earliest ages.
The Birmingham Medical Review.—In the Februarynumber of this review Dr. D. C. Lloyd Owen writes on theinfluence of the sexual organs on affections of the eye inwomen and suggests a toxic origin for such troubles, thecatamenial flow normally eliminating some poison whichmay otherwise accumulate in the system. Mr. Leonard P.
Gamgee discusses the indications for and against removal ofthe gall-bladder, which should not be done as a routine
operation in cases of gall-stones nor in the presence ofobstruction of the common duct.
The Bristol Medieo-Chirzvrgaeccl.To2crrtccl.-The fifth annualLong-Fox lecture was delivered by Mr. J. Herbert Parsons onNov. 5th, 1908, and is published in the March number ofthis magazine. He deals with metastatic inflammations ofthe eye, and maintains that sympathetic inflammation is dueto invasion by bacteria which are pathogenic only for theeye. Dr. George Parker writes on transient cerebral
paralyses, many of which he believes to be due to localisedansemia of the brain, and Mr. A. L. Flemming on vomitingconnected with anæsthesia. An interesting account of
Thomas Dover, physician and merchant adventurer, is givenby Dr. J. A. Nixon, who defends our ancient colleagueagainst the accusation brought by Professor Osler that hewas a buccaneer who was thorough both in medicine andpiracy. A series of six articles is devoted to the merits and
demerits of milk.
The -Edinb2trgA Medical Journal.—The late Sir William
Gairdner, who suffered from heart-block and the resultingsymptoms known as the Stokes-Adams syndrome, kept somerecord of his malady, and this historic instance of the con-dition is discussed by Dr. G. A. Gibson and Dr. W. T.Ritchie in the April issue of this journal. Dr. R. W.
Philip gives an interesting and useful account of the pro-ceedings of the International Congress on Tuberculosis at
Washington, which was notable for the increased favour
shown to treatment by various forms of tuberculin. Amongthese Beraneck’s preparation seems to be coming to the fore.
The Bublin Journal of Medical Science.—In the Aprilnumber Dr. Walter G. Smith records an unusual case of
Lupus Mutilans, in which the destruction of the extremitiesof the fingers resembled the lesions of leprosy. Illustrationsare given of the deformity produced and skiagrams of thebony changes accompanying them. Sir John Broadbentwrites on Prognosis in Valvular Disease of the Heart andSir Charles A. Cameron on an Outbreak of Typhoid Fevercaused by Infected Milk.
The Medical Chronicle.—Lesions of the diaphragm aredealt with in two articles in the April issue of this journal.In the first Dr. E. B. Leech and Dr. C. H. S. Redmondnarrate two cases of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia anddiscuss the phenomena of this condition, which is seldomrecognisable by symptoms and signs during life. In the
second Mr. E. D. Telford records two cases of Rupture ofthe Diaphragm, in one of which the patient lived 91 daysafter the accident and attended to her ordinary duties. Dr.
E. M. Brockbank gives post-mortem notes of the cases of
aneurysm of the aorta which have occurred in the RoyalInfirmary, Manchester, during the last 40 years.
The West London Medical Journal.—A clinical lecture byDr. Seymour Taylor on Epilepsy published in the Aprilissue of this magazine calls attention to some nervous condi-tions- allied to ordinary epilepsy, especially to cases of
nocturnal, and occasionally of diurnal, enuresis. Dr.
E. Furniss Potter writes on Submucous Resection as an
Operation for Deformities of the Nasal Septum, and Mr.Aslett Baldwin on the Treatment of Appendicitis.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT.—The Brightontown council on May 6th decided to adopt the Notification ofBirths Act and to appoint a female to act as health visitorand superintendent of midwives at a salary of E80 perannum. The sanitary committee, on whose recommendationthe Act was adopted, met with considerable opposition on theground of the additional burden on the rates, but eventuallycarried its point by a large majority. It was stated
during the discussion that 132 authorities had now adoptedthe Act. ’
