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1153 lescents. It is easy to see how this would tend to lessen the number of cases it is possible to treat in-doors in any given time. The gain financially will be equally striking, as it is well known that patients, on an average, are kept in con- valescent homes at a cost of little over half that necessary in an infirmary. The average period of residence in the Royal and Western Infirmaries is thirty-six days, and the average total cost is £5, or 2s. 9d. per day ; at a home the cost is kittle over half, say Is. 6d. per day ; twenty days in an in- firmary and sixteen days in a home would thus cost SE3 19s., a saving of one guinea on each case fully treated. St. Mungo’s College. This College is stirring itself actively in affording facilities for study qualifying for medical officerships of health under the County Councils. Two new lectureships have been instituted, one on Hygiene, to which Professor Glaister has been appointed, and another on Public Health, to be under- taken by Dr. J. C. McVail of Kilmarnock, the well-known - champion of vaccination. Anderson’s College. Since removing to the new quarters in Dumbarton-road this College has continued prosperous. The last winter session was a very successful one, the number of students having been 145, representing an increase of fifty. The encouraging results of the summer session are such as to show conclusively that in removing to the new abode the (interests of the old Andersonian have been fostered. Glasgow, May 19th. DUBLIN. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Royal College of Surgeons. THE candidates at present before the electors for seats on the Council are: Mr. William Frazer, ex-examiner and member of Council ; Dr. Heuston, professor of anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons, who last year was elected to the Council; Dr. C. B. Ball, Surgeon to Sir P. Dun’s Hospital; and Mr. Thomas Myles, surgeon to Jervis-street Hospital. Dr. Thompson of Omagh and Mr. Kelly of Drogheda are also mentioned, but in a few days additional names may be ex- pected. Analysing the returns of the annual elections for the past few years, it may generally be stated that unless a can- didate can obtain 120 votes, he will probably fail to obtain a seat. -Surgeon Parke, A. M. S., of the Stanley Expedition, is ,expected to arrive in Dublin on the 31st inst., when he will ’be presented with the Honorary Fellowship of the College, and will dine the same evening at the College.-The prizes - obtained by the students of the schools of surgery at the termination of the winter session 1889-90 will be conferred by the president (Mr. Austin Meldon) on the 27th inst. University of Dublin. At the Medical Scholarship examination commencing on June 30th, in the subjects of Anatomy and Institutes of Medicine, a Stewart Scholarship of the value of £10 a year, tenable for three years, will be awarded to the second best candidate, provided he reaches the required standard.- The four candidates for the representation of the Univer- sity in Parliament are Mr. Carson, Q.C., Colonel Lowry, Surgeon Wheeler, and Mr. Sheckleton, Q.C. The fifth candidate has resigned in favour of the Crown nominee, Mr. Carson. The late President of the Queen’s College, Cork. At a meeting of the Council of the Queen’s College, Cork, held last Saturday, the following resolution was adopted :- " That the Council desire to express their deep sorrow at the death of William Kirby Sullivan, the President of the College, and to convey to his family their sympathy with them in their present bereavement. The Council hereby ,place on record their sense of the devotion to the College displayed by the late President during the period of seventeen years in which he presided over it, and the energy land wisdom which he brought to bear in developing its resources and increasing the advantages which it would on’er to its students. They feel quite unable to express adequately their conviction of the loss sustained by them- selves and the entire College through the removal from amongst them of one of whom the strength of his character and his generous sympathies exercised so beneficial an influence." A preliminary meeting will be held this week for the purpose of taking steps to perpetuate the memory of the deceased president. Presentation to Mr. Stafford. Mr. Stafford has been presented with two testimonials- one from the general community, and the second from his professional brethren-congratulating him on his recent promotion to the post of Medical Inspector for Ulster Local Government Board. Cork Lunatic Asylum and the Cork Town Council. The Corporation have refused to pay for the support of the city patients in the asylum for a very considerable period, and they now owe a sum of ;f4103 17s. 3d. Their refusal to contribute is on the alleged ground that they do not possess sufficient representation on the Asylum Board. But it has been shown that there are six mem- bers of the Corporation on the Board, as contrasted with four members of the Grand Jury, and as the proportion of representation according to taxation of these two bodies is as two to five, the Cork Corporation should only have three instead of six members on the board. If the asylum governors applied for a mandamus the money would have to be paid at once, and the refusal to pay by the Corpora- tion is thoroughly illogical, untenable, and unjust to the pauper inmates from the city. Pharmacy Act (Ireland), 1875, Amendment Bill, 1890. This is a Bill to amend the Pharmacy Act, 1875, and if passed will apply to Ireland only. Section 15 of the principal Act, and all other provisions of that Act, em- powering the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland to create a grade of chemists and druggists legally qualified to dis- pense medical prescriptions, are repealed. The registrar is to maintain a complete list, to be called "The Register of Chemists and Druggists in Ireland," of all persons authorised to be registered as chemists and druggists, and those registered will be entitled to keep open shop for the sale, retailing, or compounding of poisons. But nothing in the Act will confer on such persons any right to compound medical prescriptions. The Act details the conditions under which persons who were in business before January lst, 1889, and after that date shall be admitted to the register, and the fees to be paid for registration and examination. Any person who assumes the title of registered druggist or chemist, or sells poisons, unless registered, will be liable to a penalty of 95 for each offence. Dublin, May 20th. PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Remarks on Digitalis. IN a paper on this subject Dr. Huchard remarks that opinions are extremely varied as to what preparations of this drug should be prescribed, and the manner in which it should be administered. Gubler gave the preference to the tincture of digitalis, but the majority present prescribed the cold infusion of digitalis, on account of its supposed greater diuretic activity. It is prepared by taking from 25 to 40 centigrammes of the powdered leaves of digitalis and adding 300 grammes of cold water. This should be allowed to macerate for twelve hours, and should then be filtered. It may be sweetened with sugar or syrup. When it is desired to obtain a powerful diuretic action, it is preferable to administer this quantity in two or three doses. It is always useful to prescribe it, according to the advice of Dr. Richard Pfaff, in gradually decreasing doses, then to stop the drug after four or five days. Some practitioners prefer giving the digitalis in small doses of ten centigrammes, to be continued for about ten days. Drs. Jaccoud and Fernet recom- mend the infusion, while others prefer powders or pills. In concluding his note, Dr. Huchard suggested that there should be no hesitation in giving the preference to the first-named, and in prescribing it in large doses. The .4advance. of Surgery. . A recent meeting of the Academy of Medicine was almost entirely taken up with reports of different surgeons demonstrating the progress that has been made in surgery during the last few years. By the use of antiseptics and anaesthetics operations are now performed which twenty
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lescents. It is easy to see how this would tend to lessen thenumber of cases it is possible to treat in-doors in any giventime. The gain financially will be equally striking, as itis well known that patients, on an average, are kept in con-valescent homes at a cost of little over half that necessary inan infirmary. The average period of residence in the Royaland Western Infirmaries is thirty-six days, and the averagetotal cost is £5, or 2s. 9d. per day ; at a home the cost iskittle over half, say Is. 6d. per day ; twenty days in an in-firmary and sixteen days in a home would thus costSE3 19s., a saving of one guinea on each case fully treated.
St. Mungo’s College.This College is stirring itself actively in affording facilities
for study qualifying for medical officerships of health underthe County Councils. Two new lectureships have beeninstituted, one on Hygiene, to which Professor Glaister hasbeen appointed, and another on Public Health, to be under-taken by Dr. J. C. McVail of Kilmarnock, the well-known- champion of vaccination.
Anderson’s College.Since removing to the new quarters in Dumbarton-road
this College has continued prosperous. The last wintersession was a very successful one, the number of studentshaving been 145, representing an increase of fifty. Theencouraging results of the summer session are such as toshow conclusively that in removing to the new abode the(interests of the old Andersonian have been fostered.Glasgow, May 19th.
DUBLIN.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Royal College of Surgeons.THE candidates at present before the electors for seats on
the Council are: Mr. William Frazer, ex-examiner andmember of Council ; Dr. Heuston, professor of anatomy,Royal College of Surgeons, who last year was elected to theCouncil; Dr. C. B. Ball, Surgeon to Sir P. Dun’s Hospital;and Mr. Thomas Myles, surgeon to Jervis-street Hospital.Dr. Thompson of Omagh and Mr. Kelly of Drogheda are alsomentioned, but in a few days additional names may be ex-pected. Analysing the returns of the annual elections for thepast few years, it may generally be stated that unless a can-didate can obtain 120 votes, he will probably fail to obtain aseat. -Surgeon Parke, A. M. S., of the Stanley Expedition, is,expected to arrive in Dublin on the 31st inst., when he will’be presented with the Honorary Fellowship of the College,and will dine the same evening at the College.-The prizes- obtained by the students of the schools of surgery at thetermination of the winter session 1889-90 will be conferredby the president (Mr. Austin Meldon) on the 27th inst.
University of Dublin.At the Medical Scholarship examination commencing on
June 30th, in the subjects of Anatomy and Institutes ofMedicine, a Stewart Scholarship of the value of £10 a year,tenable for three years, will be awarded to the second bestcandidate, provided he reaches the required standard.-The four candidates for the representation of the Univer-sity in Parliament are Mr. Carson, Q.C., Colonel Lowry,Surgeon Wheeler, and Mr. Sheckleton, Q.C. The fifthcandidate has resigned in favour of the Crown nominee, Mr.Carson.
The late President of the Queen’s College, Cork.At a meeting of the Council of the Queen’s College, Cork,
held last Saturday, the following resolution was adopted :-" That the Council desire to express their deep sorrow atthe death of William Kirby Sullivan, the President of theCollege, and to convey to his family their sympathy withthem in their present bereavement. The Council hereby,place on record their sense of the devotion to the Collegedisplayed by the late President during the period ofseventeen years in which he presided over it, and the energyland wisdom which he brought to bear in developing itsresources and increasing the advantages which it wouldon’er to its students. They feel quite unable to expressadequately their conviction of the loss sustained by them-selves and the entire College through the removal fromamongst them of one of whom the strength of his characterand his generous sympathies exercised so beneficial an
influence." A preliminary meeting will be held this weekfor the purpose of taking steps to perpetuate the memory ofthe deceased president.
Presentation to Mr. Stafford.Mr. Stafford has been presented with two testimonials-
one from the general community, and the second from hisprofessional brethren-congratulating him on his recent
promotion to the post of Medical Inspector for Ulster LocalGovernment Board.
Cork Lunatic Asylum and the Cork Town Council.The Corporation have refused to pay for the support of
the city patients in the asylum for a very considerableperiod, and they now owe a sum of ;f4103 17s. 3d. Theirrefusal to contribute is on the alleged ground that theydo not possess sufficient representation on the AsylumBoard. But it has been shown that there are six mem-bers of the Corporation on the Board, as contrasted withfour members of the Grand Jury, and as the proportionof representation according to taxation of these two bodiesis as two to five, the Cork Corporation should only havethree instead of six members on the board. If the asylumgovernors applied for a mandamus the money would haveto be paid at once, and the refusal to pay by the Corpora-tion is thoroughly illogical, untenable, and unjust to thepauper inmates from the city.
Pharmacy Act (Ireland), 1875, Amendment Bill, 1890.This is a Bill to amend the Pharmacy Act, 1875, and if
passed will apply to Ireland only. Section 15 of theprincipal Act, and all other provisions of that Act, em-powering the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland to createa grade of chemists and druggists legally qualified to dis-pense medical prescriptions, are repealed. The registraris to maintain a complete list, to be called "The Registerof Chemists and Druggists in Ireland," of all personsauthorised to be registered as chemists and druggists, andthose registered will be entitled to keep open shop for thesale, retailing, or compounding of poisons. But nothing inthe Act will confer on such persons any right to compoundmedical prescriptions. The Act details the conditions underwhich persons who were in business before January lst,1889, and after that date shall be admitted to the register,and the fees to be paid for registration and examination.Any person who assumes the title of registered druggist orchemist, or sells poisons, unless registered, will be liable toa penalty of 95 for each offence.Dublin, May 20th.
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(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Remarks on Digitalis.IN a paper on this subject Dr. Huchard remarks that
opinions are extremely varied as to what preparations ofthis drug should be prescribed, and the manner in which itshould be administered. Gubler gave the preference to thetincture of digitalis, but the majority present prescribedthe cold infusion of digitalis, on account of its supposedgreater diuretic activity. It is prepared by taking from 25to 40 centigrammes of the powdered leaves of digitalis andadding 300 grammes of cold water. This should be allowed tomacerate for twelve hours, and should then be filtered. Itmay be sweetened with sugar or syrup. When it is desired toobtain a powerful diuretic action, it is preferable to administerthis quantity in two or three doses. It is always useful toprescribe it, according to the advice of Dr. Richard Pfaff, ingradually decreasing doses, then to stop the drug after four orfive days. Some practitioners prefer giving the digitalisin small doses of ten centigrammes, to be continuedfor about ten days. Drs. Jaccoud and Fernet recom-mend the infusion, while others prefer powders or pills. Inconcluding his note, Dr. Huchard suggested that thereshould be no hesitation in giving the preference to thefirst-named, and in prescribing it in large doses.
The .4advance. of Surgery.. A recent meeting of the Academy of Medicine was
almost entirely taken up with reports of different surgeonsdemonstrating the progress that has been made in surgeryduring the last few years. By the use of antiseptics andanaesthetics operations are now performed which twenty
