(Historyczne Bitwy 141) Dublin 1916 - Wydawn. Bellona (2006)
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1316 A record was kept of the subjects discussed or, "as it is quaintly phrased in the minute book, ’agitated."’ The following are some of them : " How far is a knowledge of Mathematics consistent with, and useful to, Medicine?" "Is an accurate knowledge of Anatomy absolutely necessary to Medicine?" "Are Hysteria and Hypochondriasis the same thing?" Convulsions or inward fits were thought to be due to redundant bile and superabundance of acidity in the stomach. The Society, composed as it was at that time of students, seems to have been the working part of the Medical School, and we find that the members met for "Lessons in Anatomy," when one of their number had to give his fellows an anatomical demonstration. Dr. Garden said they evidently believed in the maxim that "all work and no play makes Jack a dullboy," for the minute of one meeting at which office-bearers had been appointed ends thus: " We then proceeded to the tavern, where we spent the greater part of the meeting in mirth and jollity." In little more than a year after the formation of the Society qualified medical practitioners were admitted as extraordinary members, and from that date up to 1863 there were junior members or students, and senior members or practitioners. Since 1863, however, there had been no student members. Dr. Mac- alister proposed "The University of Aberdeen," which was responded to by Principal Geddes. On rising to reply to the toast of "The Aberdeen Medical School," proposed by Sheriff Dove Wilson, Dr. Struthers received quite an ovation. Other toasts followed, and in every respect the centenary dinner was a great success, and evidently enjoyed by everyone. Aberdeen, Dec. 18th. DUBLIN. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. AT a meeting of the Council held last week, the honorary Fellowship of the College was unanimously con- ferred upon Mr. Thomas Heazle Parke, A. M. D., a Licentiate of the College, in recognition of his distinguished services in the expedition of Stanley across Africa. At the same meeting, the President, Mr. Meldon, was congratulated by the Council on having been appointed a deputy lieutenant for the city of Dublin. Aecident to Sir Charles Cameron, M.D. I regret to state that an unfortunate accident on Friday last has incapacitated the genial and well-known medical officer of health for Dublin. It appears that shortly after leaving his house on Friday evening he tripped over a heap of stones and fell, breaking three ot his ribs on the left side. The late Mr. Jameson Dzvver. The following resolution was unanimously adopted at a recent meeting of the Cork Town Council: " That we, the Corporation of Cork, tender to the family of Dr. Dwyer, late resident medical superintendent of the Cork District Lunatic Asylum, our sincere sympathy on his demise, and express our great regret at the loss they have sustained by the death of such an amiable gentleman and fond father." City of Dublin Hospital. Dr. W. J. Smyly, having been appointed Master of the Rotunda Lying-in Hospital, has resigned his position on the staff as gynaecologist to this institution. The governors have passed a resolution expressing their sense of the value of his services and their appreciation of his skill and atten- tion whilst holding the office of gynæcologist. The Lord-Lieutenant has appointed Dr. Oscar Woods, resident medical superintendent of Killarney Lunatic Asylum, to be resident medical superintendent of the Cork District Lunatic Asylum, in the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Dwyer. The Cork Asylum is one of the best- paid asylums in Ireland, and the post was the object of much competition. Mr. L. T. Griffin, visiting physician to the Killarney Asylum, succeeds Dr. Woods as resident medical superintendent. The Public Health Committee of the Corporation of Cork have strongly recommended the adoption of the provisions of the Infectious Diseases Notification Act for that city. The bazaar lately held in the Town Hall, Kingstown, for the Monkstown Hospital, has realised a sum of £464. This amount will be placed to the credit of the building fund. I Dublin, Dec. 17th. PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT The Pi-opliylaxis of Ticbe-rcauloso. WITH reference to the report of Professor Villemin on the prophylaxis of tuberculosis, Professor Hardy, who opened the discussion at a recent meeting of the Academy of Medicine, summed up his opinion as follows: As regards the measures by the aid of which one might hope to restrain the development of phthisis, the first place belongs to general hygiene, which aims at fortifying the offspring of those affected with tuberculosis and other debilitated sub - jects. M. Hardy protested against the publication of details relative to the contagion of tuberculosis, and in the name of humanity he would not have tuberculous subjects looked upon as pariahs or outcasts who should not be approached. If the counsels of certain ultra-contagionists. be followed, it would be feared that the patients would be abandoned, or at least that they would not receive the phy- sical and moral care which they require. It is particularly on account of these latter considerations that M. Hardy refused his vote in favour of the propositions of the Commission, but only as far as concerns their being addressed to the public. M. Trasbot, professor of clinical medicine at the veterinary school at Alfort, declared that he could only consider one side of the question. He stated that the bovine origin of tuberculosis is not proved in an irrefutable manner, and, in any case, it is far from being so frequent as is generally supposed. There does not exist any example of the experimental transmission of tuberculosis. from the ox to man. Even clinically this has not been, demonstrated, although it is affirmed without reserve that bovine tuberculosis is transmitted to man by meat, blood, and milk, and this on the-grounds of experiments performed with divers animals. If, moreover, this transmission is effected, it is infinitely less frequent than is thought, and can have no share whatever in the incessant augmenta- tion of the malady in man. That which proves this last, proposition is that whereas tuberculosis is becoming more and more common in the human species, it is being diminished amongst cattle in considerable proportions In 1888, according to the report of M. Alexandre, Chief of the Sanitary Service of the Seine, of 24,724 animals from different parts, which appeared in bad condition, 125 only were found, at the necropsy, to be tuber- culous. This is a very small proportion relatively to the number of animals annually killed in Paris. It is therefore impossible to attribute the numerous cases of human tuberculosis to infection produced by meat. The hypothesis of contamination by blood is not worthy of dis- cussion. As regards that by milk, it must be very limited,. if it does exist, as tuberculosis is becoming excessively rare in the milch cows kept in Paris and its environs. In presence of the possible danger resulting from the consumption of tuberculous meat, the authorities have prohibited the sale of such meat; thisof course is a rational measure. The Congress. on tuberculosis, by exaggerating the fear of contagion by tuberculous meat and milk, has spread a kind of panic among the public. To a remark made by 1B1. Nocard, M. Trasbot observed that he never had the idea of disputing the identity of bovine and human tuberculosis, but that there was no certainty of the transmission of tuberculosis from the ox to man through the ingestion of the flesh of this animal. Professor Cornil, who is a confirmed conta- gionist, approves the instructions of the Congress, which, he thought, should be widely published. According to this. authority, there is no doubt of the contagiousness of this- malady, and in support of his thesis he cited that the. Fuegians did not know what phthisis was before the instal- lation of the English mission. The wife of the pastor, who. was phthisical, had collected in a school a certain number of children. These young Fuegians were lodged, clothed, and placed under apparently better hygienic conditions than those who still lived in a savage. state. Notwithstanding this, a terrible mortality occurred among the former. There was a veritable epidemic of acute phthisis. Lunatics at Liberty. In resuming his clinical lectures at the Sainte Anne Asylum, Professor Ball delivered a very interesting lecture on Lunatics at Liberty, a subject he had selected à propos of the following remarkable case. A very intelligent man,
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A record was kept of the subjects discussed or, "as it isquaintly phrased in the minute book, ’agitated."’ Thefollowing are some of them : " How far is a knowledge ofMathematics consistent with, and useful to, Medicine?""Is an accurate knowledge of Anatomy absolutely necessaryto Medicine?" "Are Hysteria and Hypochondriasis thesame thing?" Convulsions or inward fits were thought tobe due to redundant bile and superabundance of acidity inthe stomach. The Society, composed as it was at thattime of students, seems to have been the working part ofthe Medical School, and we find that the members met for"Lessons in Anatomy," when one of their number had togive his fellows an anatomical demonstration. Dr. Gardensaid they evidently believed in the maxim that "all work andno play makes Jack a dullboy," for the minute of one meetingat which office-bearers had been appointed ends thus: " Wethen proceeded to the tavern, where we spent the greater partof the meeting in mirth and jollity." In little more than ayear after the formation of the Society qualified medicalpractitioners were admitted as extraordinary members, andfrom that date up to 1863 there were junior members orstudents, and senior members or practitioners. Since 1863,however, there had been no student members. Dr. Mac-alister proposed "The University of Aberdeen," which wasresponded to by Principal Geddes. On rising to reply to thetoast of "The Aberdeen Medical School," proposed by SheriffDove Wilson, Dr. Struthers received quite an ovation. Othertoasts followed, and in every respect the centenary dinnerwas a great success, and evidently enjoyed by everyone.Aberdeen, Dec. 18th.
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DUBLIN.(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.AT a meeting of the Council held last week, the
honorary Fellowship of the College was unanimously con-ferred upon Mr. Thomas Heazle Parke, A. M. D., a Licentiateof the College, in recognition of his distinguished servicesin the expedition of Stanley across Africa. At the samemeeting, the President, Mr. Meldon, was congratulated bythe Council on having been appointed a deputy lieutenantfor the city of Dublin.
Aecident to Sir Charles Cameron, M.D.I regret to state that an unfortunate accident on Friday
last has incapacitated the genial and well-known medicalofficer of health for Dublin. It appears that shortly afterleaving his house on Friday evening he tripped over a heapof stones and fell, breaking three ot his ribs on the left side.
The late Mr. Jameson Dzvver.The following resolution was unanimously adopted at a
recent meeting of the Cork Town Council: " That we, theCorporation of Cork, tender to the family of Dr. Dwyer,late resident medical superintendent of the Cork DistrictLunatic Asylum, our sincere sympathy on his demise, andexpress our great regret at the loss they have sustained bythe death of such an amiable gentleman and fond father."
City of Dublin Hospital.Dr. W. J. Smyly, having been appointed Master of the
Rotunda Lying-in Hospital, has resigned his position on thestaff as gynaecologist to this institution. The governorshave passed a resolution expressing their sense of the valueof his services and their appreciation of his skill and atten-tion whilst holding the office of gynæcologist.The Lord-Lieutenant has appointed Dr. Oscar Woods,
resident medical superintendent of Killarney LunaticAsylum, to be resident medical superintendent of the CorkDistrict Lunatic Asylum, in the vacancy caused by thedeath of Mr. Dwyer. The Cork Asylum is one of the best-paid asylums in Ireland, and the post was the object ofmuch competition. Mr. L. T. Griffin, visiting physicianto the Killarney Asylum, succeeds Dr. Woods as residentmedical superintendent.The Public Health Committee of the Corporation of Cork
have strongly recommended the adoption of the provisionsof the Infectious Diseases Notification Act for that city.The bazaar lately held in the Town Hall, Kingstown, for
the Monkstown Hospital, has realised a sum of £464. Thisamount will be placed to the credit of the building fund.
IDublin, Dec. 17th.
PARIS.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
The Pi-opliylaxis of Ticbe-rcauloso.WITH reference to the report of Professor Villemin on the
prophylaxis of tuberculosis, Professor Hardy, who openedthe discussion at a recent meeting of the Academy ofMedicine, summed up his opinion as follows: As regardsthe measures by the aid of which one might hope to restrainthe development of phthisis, the first place belongs togeneral hygiene, which aims at fortifying the offspringof those affected with tuberculosis and other debilitated sub -jects. M. Hardy protested against the publication ofdetails relative to the contagion of tuberculosis, andin the name of humanity he would not have tuberculoussubjects looked upon as pariahs or outcasts who should notbe approached. If the counsels of certain ultra-contagionists.be followed, it would be feared that the patients would beabandoned, or at least that they would not receive the phy-sical and moral care which they require. It is particularly onaccount of these latter considerations that M. Hardy refusedhis vote in favour of the propositions of the Commission,but only as far as concerns their being addressed to thepublic. M. Trasbot, professor of clinical medicine at theveterinary school at Alfort, declared that he could onlyconsider one side of the question. He stated thatthe bovine origin of tuberculosis is not proved in an
irrefutable manner, and, in any case, it is far from being sofrequent as is generally supposed. There does not existany example of the experimental transmission of tuberculosis.from the ox to man. Even clinically this has not been,demonstrated, although it is affirmed without reserve thatbovine tuberculosis is transmitted to man by meat, blood,and milk, and this on the-grounds of experiments performedwith divers animals. If, moreover, this transmission iseffected, it is infinitely less frequent than is thought,and can have no share whatever in the incessant augmenta-tion of the malady in man. That which proves this last,proposition is that whereas tuberculosis is becoming moreand more common in the human species, it is beingdiminished amongst cattle in considerable proportionsIn 1888, according to the report of M. Alexandre, Chiefof the Sanitary Service of the Seine, of 24,724 animalsfrom different parts, which appeared in bad condition,125 only were found, at the necropsy, to be tuber-culous. This is a very small proportion relatively tothe number of animals annually killed in Paris. It istherefore impossible to attribute the numerous cases ofhuman tuberculosis to infection produced by meat. Thehypothesis of contamination by blood is not worthy of dis-cussion. As regards that by milk, it must be very limited,.if it does exist, as tuberculosis is becoming excessively rarein the milch cows kept in Paris and its environs. In presenceof the possible danger resulting from the consumption oftuberculous meat, the authorities have prohibited the sale ofsuch meat; thisof course is a rational measure. The Congress.on tuberculosis, by exaggerating the fear of contagion bytuberculous meat and milk, has spread a kind of panicamong the public. To a remark made by 1B1. Nocard, M.Trasbot observed that he never had the idea of disputingthe identity of bovine and human tuberculosis, but thatthere was no certainty of the transmission of tuberculosisfrom the ox to man through the ingestion of the flesh ofthis animal. Professor Cornil, who is a confirmed conta-gionist, approves the instructions of the Congress, which,he thought, should be widely published. According to this.authority, there is no doubt of the contagiousness of this-malady, and in support of his thesis he cited that the.Fuegians did not know what phthisis was before the instal-lation of the English mission. The wife of the pastor, who.was phthisical, had collected in a school a certain numberof children. These young Fuegians were lodged, clothed,and placed under apparently better hygienic conditions thanthose who still lived in a savage. state. Notwithstandingthis, a terrible mortality occurred among the former. Therewas a veritable epidemic of acute phthisis.
Lunatics at Liberty.In resuming his clinical lectures at the Sainte Anne
Asylum, Professor Ball delivered a very interesting lectureon Lunatics at Liberty, a subject he had selected à propos ofthe following remarkable case. A very intelligent man,
