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enteric fever. It is noteworthy that in the last ten

years, and especially of recent years, there has beenan increase in the total fever mortality. The per-centage liability to contract enteric fever at certain

ages and periods of service, the influence which season hasupon its prevalence, and many other interesting subjects ofinquiry, are set forth in the volume under review. Weregret that within the limits at our disposal we are unableto touch upon the sections dealing with the native army andgaol population; but we may refer to the concluding para.graph of the report, which, adverting to Surgeon-Major D. D.Cunningham’s further observations and experiments, says:these show that in Calcutta cholera is associated withmany different species of comma bacilli, and that there-fore Koch’s theory of the existence of a single specificcholeraic comma bacillus must be abandoned. Thismatter was, however, the subject of discussion at the lateInternational Hygienic Congress.

THE BRITISH DENTAL ASSOCIATION.

THIS Association, which has been remarkably successfulin binding together the scattered members of the dentalprofession and in giving them a distinct line of action and adefinite policy, commenced its annual general meeting in theExamination Hall on Thursday morning. As a preliminaryto the more important business, a conversazione was givenby the president elect, Mr. J. S. Turner, and the vice-pre-sidents, Sir Edwin Sounders, Sir John Tomes, F. R S., andDr. John Smith, LL.D. of Edinburgh, in the Whitehalliroom of the Hotel M6,,ropole. The meeting extends overthree days, and finishes up with a garden party at Caterham,given by Sir John Tomes.The programme of business is a good one, and includes

such subjects of interest to the general profession as

"Methods of Research in Bacteriology," " On the Choice ofAnaesthetics in Dental Surgery and Operations about theMouth"; a "Case of Tllberculosis of the Palate treated byKoch’s Method"; and a "Demonstration of Cultures ofthe more important Micro-organisms." There are alsopapers on Dental Education-a question which seems yetunsettled amongst the dentists themselves. The technicalpapers include both mechanical and surgical matters relatingto dentistry. In the demonstration department no less thanfifteen gentlemen are announced to show their differentmethods of performing special operations on the teeth.Each operator is provided with a miniature operating room,furnished with all the ordinary conveniences of a dentalsargery.There is to be an exhibition of a large number of micro-

scopic slides, and also of microphotographs on the screen ofphysiological and pathological sections, and several micro-scopists of well known skill will demonstrate the latestmethods of making and mounting sections for the micro-scope.The headquarters of the Association are in the H6bel

Metropole, where the London members entertain thevisitors on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday to lunch, in theWhitehall R)om. On Thursday Mr. S. J. Hutchinson, thePresident of the Odontological Society, and the Council,give a conversazione to friends and members of the Associa-tion in the South Kensington Museum; and on Friday themembers and friends dine together at the H6tel Mebropole.This is the second regular annual general meeting held inLondon, and the numbers present promise to far exceedany previous meeting of the Association.The President (J. Smith Turner), in his opening address

on Thursday, said that people seemed to think that theircomplement of thirty-two teeth was inexhaustible, andparted with them on the slightest provocation. The mouthformed a happy hunting ground for every charlatan with anostrum to palm off upon a greedy public. After havingdealt with the causes which lead to the premature decay ofthe teeth he said, 11 civilization has been blamed formuch. I am inclined to blame the liberties we have takenwith nature and her unerring precedes for much of thedental distress now existing. With all the appearances ofhealth and strength the teeth have been starved, andthe great factors in healthy teeth so keenly competedfor by the more active parts of the body must besupplied in our daily diet. In feeding a regiment we

are feeding men who have been chosen for certainphysical qualities and certified health, but with growingchildren in schools it is different, and although the powerwhich makes one substance out of others may supply thewell-covered frame, the absence of lime salts is the taletold to the dentist." Speaking of the British Dental Asso-ciation, he said: "When the British Association wasestablished eleven years ago, there were certain definiteobjects in view. Some of them concerned the Asso-ciation, and others the general public. They could bedivided into objects social, political or legal, and educa-tional. All of these the Association had tried to followwith varying degrees of success. In testing the provisionsof the Dentists Act they had in view the desire to awakenthe public to the fact that they are daily preyed upon bypeople who make pretensions to having what they do notpossess. They had been successful in showing the MedicalCouncil that they had certain claims to their consideration,and these claims had been acknowledged satisfactorily.The next meeting of this Association is fixed to be held

at Manchester. A fuller account of the proceedings will befurnished in our next issue.

ASSOCIATION OF GERMAN NATURALISTSAND PHYSICIANS.

THE sixty-fourth annual meeting of this large scientificand medical association (it comprises no fewer than thirty-two sections) will take place at Halle on Sept. 21st to 25th.From the programme we extract the following as likely tobe of especial interest to medical readers :—

Seetion 11. Geneml Pathology and Pathological Anatomy.Professor Chiari (Prague) : On Cerebellar Changts due toHydrocephalus. Dr. Unna (Hamburg) : Protoplasm Stain-ing. Professor Eberth (Halle): Reparative Processes in theCornea. Dr. Haasler : Compensatory Hypertropby of theLungs. Dr. Gerdes: Changes of the Cerebral Cortex inDementia. Dr. Ackermann : Morbid Changes in the HumanPlacenta.

Section 14 JMeC!’Me.—Discussion on Koch’s Treatmentof Tuberculosis ; opened by Dr. Aufrecht (Marburg).

Section 15. <S’&laquo;r.&mdash;Professor v. Bergmann: The Cureof Defects in Bjne?. Professor Mikulicz: GangrenousHernise. Profeqsor Scbonhorn : Acute Tuberculous Osteo-myelitis. Dr. Fraentzel: Treatment of Tuberculous JointDisease by Injections of Iodoform Glycerine.

Section 16 Obstetric;; and G-mcccodogy.-Dr. WinterFever during Labour. Protessor Kaltenbach : The Treat-ment of Endometritis. Dr. v. Heril’: Etiology of NephritisGravidarum. Dr. Pantzer : Relations between Basedow’sDisease and Female Genital An’ections.

Section 17. Diseases of Children. - Papers on Vaccinationby Drs. Pott. Risel, Pfeiffer, and Biedort. Koch’s Remedyin Children’s Diseases, by Drs. Kanke, Ganghoefer, andE. Leser. Dr. B6kai: Oa Intubation. Dr. Rebn : Here-ditary Syphilis. Dr. Unger : Ventricular Meningitis.

Section 18. Neurology and, Psychiatry.-Dr. Flechsig:Pathological Anatomy of Tabes Dorsahs. Dr. Mendel:Pathological Anatomy of Bisedow’s Disease. Dr. Siemer-ling : New Facts in Chronic Progressive Ophthalmoplegia.Dr. Binswanger : Pathological Anatomy of ProgressiveParalysis. Tnere are also sections on Diseases of the Eye,Diseases of the Ear, Lityrigology and Rhinology, Dermato-logy and Syphilis (where the subject of tuberculin is to bediscussed), Hygiene and Medical Police, Forensic Medicine,Medical Geography and Climatology, Military Hygiene,Dentistry, and Veterinary Medicine.

ARMY ORDER.

War Office, Aug. lOtb, 1891THE following Royal Warrant is promulgated to the army

by his Royal Highness the Commander-in. Chief, with theapproval of the Secretary of State for War.

ROYAL WARRANT.Alteration of Ranks of, and Grant of Sick Leave to,

VICTORIA R. Officers of the Medical Staff.

VICTORIA R.Whereas we have deemed it expedient to alter in some

I respect the designations of the departmental ranks of our