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R20 per annum, with residence and board. Also Resident Anws-thetist. Salary at rate of £60 per annum, with residence andboard.

MIDDLESBROUGH. NORTH RIDING INFIRMARY.—Assistant House

Surgeon. Salary £75 per annum, with residence, board, andwashing.

NEWPORT AND Movrrou2asHIRE HOSPITAL.—House Surgeon. Salary£60 per annum, with board, residence, and laundry.

NORWICH, NORFOLK AND NORWICH HOSPITAL.—House Surgeon, un-married. Salary ,cSO per annum, with board, lodging. andwashing. Also Assistant House Surgeon for six months. Salary.E20, with board, lodging, and washing.

PORTSMOUTH WORKHOUSE INFIRMARY, WORKHOUSE. AND CHILDREN’SHOME.—First Assistant Resident Medical Officer and SecondAssistant Resident Medical Officer, both unmarried. Salary in eachcase £120 per annum, with apartments, rations, &o.

PRFSTON ROYAL INFIRMARY.—Resident Medical and Surgical Officer,unmarried, for six months. Salary £130, with board, residence, andwashing.

1’BESTtVlcn COUNTY ASYLUM, Manchester.-Junior Assistant MedicalOfficer, unmarried. Salary ,c150 per annum, with board, apart-ments, and washing.

REDHILL, EARLSWOOD ASYLUM.-Assistant Medical Officer, unmarried.Salarv £130, rising to £150 per annum, with board, lodging,washing, &c.

ROYAL DENTAL HOSPITAL OF LONDON, Leicester-square.-Joint MorningHouse Anaesthetist. Salary ,c25 per annum.

ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST, City-road, H.C.—House Physician for six months. Salary at rate of JE60 per annum,with board, lodging, and washing.

ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HospiTAL. City-road, E.C.-Senior HouseSurgeon. Salary at rate of £100 per annum, with board andresidence.

ROYAL NAVAL MEDICAL SERVICE.—Fifteen Commissions.ROYAL PIMLICO DISPENSARY, 104, Buckingham Palace-road.-Three

Visiting Medical Officers and a Dispenser.ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, Plaistow, E.-

Assistant Resident Medical Officer, unmarried, for six months.Salary at rate of .E80 per annum, all found.

ST. PETER’S HOSPITAL FOR STONE, &c., Henrietta-street, CoventGarden, W.C.-Junior Hnuse Surgeon for six months. Salary atrate of £50 per annum, with board, lodging, and washing.

SALFORD ROYAL HOSPITAL.—House Surgeon. Salary at rate of:E60 per annum. Also Junior House Surgeon. Salary at rate of£50 per annum. Each for six months, with board and residence.

SALFORD UNION INFIRMARY.—Resident Assistant Medical Officer, un-married. Salary £120 per annum, with apartments, attendance, andrations. ,

SHEFFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL.-,Assistant House Physician, unmarried.Salary £50 per annum, with board, lodging, and washing.

SHREWSBURY, SALOP INFIRMARY (COUNTY HOSPITAL). — House Physician. Salary at rate of C70 per annum, with board andapartments.

SOUTHPORT INFIRMARY.—Resident Junior House and Visiting Surgeon,unmarried, for six months. Salary ,c70 per annum, with residence,board, and washing.

TEIGNMOUTH HOSPITAL, S. Devon.—House Surgeon. Salary ,c80 perannum, with board, lodging, and laundry.

VENTNOR, ROYAL NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION.-AssistantResident Medical Officer, unmarried, for six months. Salary ,c100per annum, with board, lodging, &c.

WEST HARTLEPOOL, CAMERON HOSPITAL.—House Surgeon. Salary£100 per annum, with board, rooms, and washing.

WEST LONDON HOSPITAL, Hammersmith-road, W. -Two HousePhysicians and Three House Surgeons for six months. Board,lodging, and laundry provided.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

CAMrBFLL.-On August 24th, at Larbert, Stirlingshire, the wife ofRobert B. Campbell, M.B., M.R C.P., of a son.

JEFFFRY.—ON August 22nd, at Herne Bay, the wife of Mr. LouisJeffery, L.D.S. Eng., of a son.

JOY.—On August 28th, at Bradfield, Berks, the wife of Norman H. Joy,M.R.C.S., of a son.

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MARRIAGES.KEELING—ALLAN.—On August 25th, at St. Edmund’s Church, South-

wold, by the Rev. Maxwell F. Webb, Hector of Att eborough, GeorgeSydney Keeling, M.D., second son of the Rev. W. H. Keeling ofBradford to Florence Amy, widow of the late Richard Allan, M.B ,of Attleborough, Norfolk, youngest daughter of the late JohnClarkson Maynard, J.P., of Erirh, Kent.

WHITAKER—ZIMMER.—On August 25th, at Holy Trinity Church, UpperTooting, Alfred Gurth Whitaker, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., to MargaretMadeline May, daughter of George F. Zimmer.

DEATHS.BABLE.—On August 22nd, at Eastleigh, Beresford Nathaniel Earle,

M D., D.P H. Cantab., of Winchester, aged 66 vears.ENSOR.—On August 23rd, at Cardiff, Henry Collen Ensor, M.R.C.S.,

L S A., aged 51 years.MCKEON.—On August 30th, Hubert McKeon, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., of

St.. Kevin’s. Preston Drove, Brighton, aged 68 years.PAUL—On August 25th, at Torquav, John Liston Paul, Deputy

Surgeon-General (retd.), aged 83 years.

lq’.B.-A fee of 5s. is charged for the hasertion of Notices of Births,Marriages, and Deaths.

Notes, Short Comments, and Answersto Correspondents.

THE REMUNERATION OF A POOR-LAW MEDICAL OFFICER.

AT the last meeting of the Launceston (Cornwall) Board ofGuardians Dr. C. G. Gibson, district medical officer, applied for anincrease in his salary ; he stated that at present he received ;C19 perannum as medical officer to the workhouse. Dr. Gibson estimatedthat his expenses, including supply of medicines, amounted to ;C12,and in addition he made 141 professional visits; he asked that hisremuneration might be ;C30 per annum. This request certainlyseems a modest one, but the guardians unanimously decided that theapplication be deferred for six months, one of the members remark-ing that if the medical officer was not satisfied with his salary hecould resign. Every remark of this. nature from a guardian rendersit more likely that the guardians will be deprived of their presentposition in respect of medical relief.

BOOTS FOR SOLDIERS.

To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SiR,-Last year you published a letter from a correspondent drawingattention to the condition of the footwear in the Territorial Force. He

pointed out that the majority of the boots were very poor in

quality and quite unfitted for marching and that the condition of themen’s feet after a march was lamentable. Having been out during themanœuvres both last year and this I can fully confirm his remarks. Alarge number of the men wear their thin boots, which are absolutelyunfitted for rough wear and admit the water freely. It is quite certainthat were the force embodied for a month a large proportion of the menwould he barefoot before the end of that time. If the force is to be of

any real use steps should be taken immediately to provide the men withstrong waterproof boots. Great stress should be laid on the latter

quality in this country. After a very little rain the camps become

quite sodden, and at present a large number of men spend most of thetime with damp feet. I must plead the importance of the subject fortroubling you with this letter.

I am, Sir, yours faithfully,August 21st, 1910. CAPTAIN, R.A.M.C.T.

DOAN’S BACKACHE PILLS.

THE marvellous and speedy effect of taking Doan’s Backache Pills has,according to our breezy contemporary John Bull, received a curioustestimonial recently in the Somerset Standard. In the same issue of.

that paper in which a testimonial appears from a gentleman speakingto the claims of this remedy there is also printed a notice of thedeath of the giver of the testimonial at the early age of 36 years. The

testimonialist states that upon hi3 decision to try Doan’s BackacheBills " they immediately began to take effect." We are not in aposition to refute this statement, having no information of the periodthat elapsed between the writing of the testimonial and the death ofthe swallower.

THE POLLUTION OF SWIMMING-BATH WATER.

!Z’o the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,—I was much interested in your article in THE LANCET on thePollution of Swimming-bath Water. When I was a student at

Edinburgh I was a member of the Warrender Park baths. At thesebaths there were provided two ante-rooms, each supplied with a warmwater spray. It was the unwritten law that no one should enter the

swimming bath without first standing under the spray and well

soaping one’s person thoroughly.Could not such spray rooms be made to all new swimming-baths, and

a rule rigidly enforced that every bather must first enter the sprayroom and well wash himself before entering the bath ? I am surethat this method would go a long way to mitigate the existing evil.

I am, Sir, yours faithfutly,JAMES R. ATKINSON, M.D., D.P.H., F.R.C.S.Edin.

Earle-street, Crewe, August 21st, 1910.

GUARDIANS AND UNQUALIFIED DENTISTRY.A CORRESPONDENT calls our attention to a report in the Sheffield Daily

Telegraph of August 23rd, 1910, of a meeting of the Louth Board ofGuardians. The medical officer had recommended that a girl in theworkhouse should have her teeth stopped by a dentist. It was

proposed and seconded that the child should be sent to "Mr.

Manning," and an amendment to send her to " a registered dentist "

was defeated by 14 votes to eight, and the original resolution wascarried. The inference from the report is that "Mr. Manning " is an

unregistered person, nor do we find the name, as of Lincolnshire, inthe Dentists Register for 1910. We agree with our correspondent in

hoping that the auditor of the Local Government Board may

surcharge the Louth guardians for in,iulging their personal pre-

dilections at the expense of the ratepayers.

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STONE-BLIND.

To the Editor of THE LANCET.SIR,—Mr. Wm. Ettles may, or may not, be satisfied with Mr. J. Y. W.

MacAlister’s explanation in your issue of August 20th of this expression.If he is not, and will look at The Merchant of Venice, Act IL, Scene 2,he will find at least a suggestion of a better, where Launcelot speaks ofhis " true-begotten father, who, being more than sand-blind, highgravel-blind, &c."The explanation surely is that sand-blind, gravel-blind, and stone-

blind are three degrees of comparison, according to the inability of theindividual to distinguish, presumably at the height of hi eyes from theground, the constituent elements of the road upon which he walks.This has always seemed to me a logical interpretation ; possibly some

other of your readers can supply an earlier quotation.I am, Sir, yours faithfully,

Highgate, N., August 30th, 1910. H. L. GREGORY.

AN OBSTINATE CASE OF PRURITUS.

To the Editor of TiaE LANCET.

SIR,—In reply to 11 P (p. 528) re case of pruritus, I would suggest atrial of calcium lactate or chloride, say, gr. x. thrice daily. High-frequency currents might be useful.

I am, Sir, yours faithfully,August 17th, 1910. W. H. H.

NEW WORDS.

WE have received from Messrs. Funk and Wagnalls of London and NewYork a supplement of four pages to their Standard Dictionary of theEnglish language issued some years ago. The supplement consists ofnew words which have been introduced into the language, of old

words in a new sense, and of words omitted. We note the addition of

some well-known medical terms as follows: adrenalin, aspirin,dhobee-itch, opsonin, occlusion, and septic tank. " Belly-whopping" looks at first sight of medical interest ; it turns out to be " in coastingthe act of lying upon the stomach on a sled," and may have a secondarysurgical interest. Terms relating to the newer kinds of locomotionnaturally take up a large share of the supplement; illustrations ofthe Wright biplane and of the Bleriot monoplane remind us in whatcentury we are living, and the word "Televue" suggests to

unimaginative folk a very future century, for it is "a device designedto show the outline of the features of a person telephoning to theperson receiving the message." A joy ride" sounds alluring to theear, but it is a "ride in a motor-car, usually at night, sometimestaken without the permission of the owner, and driven at excessivespeed," truly an expressive and "portmanteau" word, conveyingmore than Lord Burleigh’s famous nod. Such rides have ended beforenow in an accident, police-court proceedings, and heavy fines—joy mayendure for a night, but heaviness cometh in the morning. TheStandard Dictionary is a great work, and its supplement shows theresolute intent of the editors to keep up to date.

BUILDINGS FOR RINKING. ’

To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,-I do not know whether your attention has been drawn to the Isubject of the unhealthy conditions under which roller-rinking in libuildings is indulged in. The air in such buildings is most impure, and Irecreation in such conditions is dangerous and should be rigorously Iprohibited. It is mostly young people who frequent these places, and ’,

their parents or guardians should be warned of the very real and !,serious risk they run. ’,

I trust that you will see your way to draw the attention of the public to the danger. I am, Sir, yours faithfully,Southsea, August 24th, 1910. F. H. SOMERS-GARDNER.

*** We have had no previous complaint on this score; it is obviousthat all the buildings used for rinking are not similar.—ED. L.

WANTED, A HOME.A REGULAR subscriber desires to hear from anyone who can recommendhim a home for a mentally defective child whose parents could payabout 2 guineas weekly. He begs that only a really reliable homemay be recommended to him and that the recommendation maycome from personal knowledge.

THE TREATMENT OF THREADWORMS.To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,-I have a patient, a boy, suffering from thread worms ; quassia,santonin, iron, and mag. sulph. have been tried and the case has beenmost intelligently treated by the mother, but there is always a specimento be found. Can anyone help with a suggestion ?

I am, Sir, yours faithfully,August 27th, 1910. A. T.

C. F. F.-Inoculation of small-pox was introduced into this countryby Lady Mary Wortley Montagu in 1721, and we believe that this isthe first recorded instance of the practice in these islands.

COMMUNICATIONS not noticed in our present issue will receh e attentionin our next.

A DIARY OF CONGRESSES.

CONGRESSES are now getting so numerous that we have thought thata diary like the one printed below might be of service to our readers.With that idea we shall repeat it occasionally, with any necessaryalterations or subtractions. The following Congresses, Conferences,and Exhibitions are announced for 1910 :-

Sept. lst-6th (Brussels).-International Congress of Pharmacy." 5th-10th (Brighton).—Congress of the Royal Sanitary

Institute." lOth-14th (Brussels) -Second International Congress on

Occupational Diseases. ’

" 13th-15th (Brussels).-International Congress on Radiologyand Electricity.

" 17th-25th (Antwerp).—Fourteenth Flemish Congress ofNatural and Medical Sciences and InternationalScientific Exhibition.

" 18th-24th (Königsberg).—Eighty-second Congress of GermanScientists and Medical Men.

" 22nd-27th (Toulouse).-Sixth French Congress of Gyn:e-cology, Obstetrics, and Paediatrics.

" 22nd-28th (St. Petersburg).-Fifth International Congress ofObstetrics and Gynaecology. ’

" 27th-30th (Vienna).-Eighth International PhysiologicalCongress.Oct. lst-5th (Paris).-Second International Conference for theStudy of Cancer.

" 3rd-7th (London).-Sixth London Medical Exhibition." 3rd-7th (Berlin).-International Congress on the Care of the

Insane.

" 4th-8th (Brussels).-Second International Congress of Ali-mentary Hygiene.

" 5th-8th (Brussels).-Ninth International Tuberculosis Con-ference.

" lOth-15th (London).-Town Planning Conference." 13th-15th (Paris).-Eleventh French Congress of Medicine." 16th-22nd (Barcelona).-First International Spanish Congress

of Tuberculosis.

Nov. 7th-12th (Cape Town).-Twelfth South African MedicalCongress (1910).

In 1911 :-

May-October (Dresden).-International Hygiene Exhibition.June and July (Romford).-Town Planning and Modern House and

Cottage Exhibition.July (Birmingham).-British Medical Association.August or September (Berlin).—Third International Laryngo-

Rhinological Congress.September (Brussels).-Exhibition of Fractures.Sept. 24th-30th (Rome).-International Congress on Tuberculosis.October (Cologne).-International Congress of Criminal Anthro-

In 1912:— pology.

In 1912:—

September (Washington, D.C.).—Fifteenth International Congressof Hygiene and Demography.

In 1913 the only fixture so far is in London, where the SeventeenthInternational Congress of Medicine will take place.

Medical Diary for the ensuing Week.LECTURES, ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, &c.POST-GRADUATE COLLEGE, West London Hospital, Hammersmith,road. W. *MONDAY.-2 P.M., Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Operations’

2.30 P.M., Mr. Dunn: Diseases of the Eye.TuESDAY.-10 A.M., Gynaecological Operations. 2 P.M., Medical and

Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Operations. Dr. Davis: Diseases ofthe Throat, Nose, and Ear. 2.30 P.M., Dr. Abraham: Diseasesof the Skin.

WEDNESDAY.-10 A.M., Diseases of Children. Operations of theThroat, Nose, and Ear. 2 P.M., Medical and Surgical Clinics.X Rays. Operations. Mr. B. Harman: Diseases of the Eye.2.30 P.M., Diseases of Women.

THURSDAY.-2 P.M., Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays, Opera-tions. Mr. Dunn: Diseases of the Eye.

FRIDAY.—10 A.M., Gynaecological Operations. 2 P.M., Medical andSurgical Clinics. X Rays. Operations. Diseases of the Throat,Nose, and Ear. 2.30 P.M., Dr. Abraham Diseases of the Skin.

SATURDAY.-10 A.M., Diseases of Children. Operations of the Throat,Nose, and Ear. Mr. B. Harman: Diseases of the Eye. 2 p.x.,Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Operations.

LONDON HOSPITAL MEDICAL COLLEGE (UNIVERSITY OF LONDON),Clinical Theatre, London Hospital, Mile End-road, E.MONDAY.-Dr Wall will take a party to Frimley Sanatorium. The

train will leave Waterloo (South Station) at 1.10 P.M. Vouchersfor cheap tickets may be obtained in the Warden’s Office.

TUESDAY.—2 P.M., Clinical Demonstration: Dr. Grunbaum: Diseasesof the Kidneys.

WEDNESDAY.—2 P.M., Clinical Demonstration: Dr. Hutchison: Dis-eases of the Digestive System and Children’s Diseases.

THURSDAY.—2 P.M, Clinical Demonstration : Dr. T. Thompson :Diseases of the Nervous System.

FRIDAY.—2 P.M., Clinical Demonstration: Dr. L. Smith: Diseasesof the Heart and Vessels.