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from Ayrshire to other sanatoriums until it could be ascer-tained that the treatment was likely to be successful. By aconsiderable majority, however, it was decided to go on withthe plans. In deference to the opinions expressed by severalof the large contributors another meeting of subscriberswas held last week to consider whether building should bedelayed until an annual income had been secured. Thechairman stated that they had collected £12,200 ; whenthe hospital was in full working order it would have40 beds, but in the meantime it was not proposed tohave more than 12 beds, but the whole of the administrativeblock would be built and the estimated cost was .B10,200.In the course of discussion Sir Matthew Arthur said that hedid not think it was practicable to say they were not tobuild until they had an income, because he did not thinkthey would get subscriptions towards maintenance untilthere was something to maintain. It was also pointed outthat the sanatorium would appeal to a county with a popula-tion of 240,000 and there should be no difficulty in securingan annual income. Eventually it was decided that £10,000should be spent in providing a sanatorium, including cost ofsite, and R2500 be ear-marked as maintenance reserve fund.

Northern Infirmary, Inverness.At the annual meeting at Inverness on May 3rd Mr. C. M.

Brown, honorary treasurer, reported that the ordinary revenuefor 1904 amounted to .E3548 and the expenditure to £5206,showing an adverse balance of E1658. The legacies receivedamounted to .BU22. The average cost per patient last yearwas E19 lls. 10d., showing a satisfactory decrease ofEl 16s. 6d. per patient. The daily average of patients was86 8, as compared with 76’ 3 in 1903. Mr. Alexander Grantexpressed regret that inroads were being made on capitaland Mr. Brown replied that they could only appeal to thepublic by way of remedy. Mr. D. Shaw, honorary sec-

retary, showed that the committee of management hadcurtailed the expenditure last year to the lowest figuresconsistent with fairness to the patients. Mr. JamesAnderson said that the deficiency was not quite so badas it usually was. For the past 40 years they had hadinvariably to draw upon legacies and it was perfectlylegitimate to do so. There was really nothing alarmingabout the state of the funds. It would take about 22 yearsto exhaust the funds at their disposal. The reports of thesecretary and the treasurer were adopted. Mr. Steele,banker, was added to the managers and house committee.Dr. W. A. Reid of Inverness was appointed house surgeon,he being the only applicant for the vacancy. Miss Maccon-nachie intimated her resignation of the post of matron,stating that she had accepted the appointment of matron-housekeeper of the Upper Banffshire Hospital at Duff town.The managers tendered their thanks to Miss Macconnachiefor her long services and the house committee was authorisedto advertise for a matron and to report. It was remittedto the committee to continue the negotiations with thetown council and district committee as to accommoda-tion for fever patients. ,

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IRELAND.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.)

Death of Mr. C. R. C. Tichborne, LL.D., D.P.H.,L.R. C.S. Irel.

Professor Tichborne, who died at his residence, 15, NorthGreat George’s-street, Dublin, on May lst, was well knownto all the medical profession of that city, although he neverengaged in general or hospital practice. He devoted hislabours to analytical chemistry and was for a life-timechemist to the Apothecaries’ Hall of Ireland which herepresented for some years on the General Medical Council.He held the position of public analyst to many institutionsand boards throughout Ireland. Many resolutions express-ing the high esteem in which he was held by his colleagueswere recently passed, more especially by the Apothecaries’Hall, the governors of which assembled at a special meetingon May 3rd. Similar resolutions were unanimously passedby the Royal Irish Academy and the Royal Academy ofMusic. Professor Tichborne was a highly skilled player ofthe ’cello.

Jervis Street Hospital, Dublin.The annual meeting of the friends and supporters of Jervis

Street Hospital, Dublin, took place on May 3rd.. There was avery large attendance and the Right Hon. Lord Chief BaronPalles, who occupied the chair, delivered a long and eloquentappeal to the public in support of the charitable claims ofthis old-established institution.

Health of Belfast.At the monthly meeting of the city corporation of Belfast,

held on May lst, it was reported that the number of cases ofzymotic disease notified was more numerous than in the

April report, typhoid and simple continued fevers beingsomewhat more numerous, whilst cases of diphtheria anderysipelas were slightly fewer in number. The death-ratefrom zymotic disease was rather higher, this being mainlyattributable to measles, a disease which caused 32 deaths,those from all other zymotic diseases being 25. There hadbeen no case of small-pox notified since Feb. 23rd and therewas only one case in hospital which was still detained owingto complications. With reference to the new infectiousdiseases hospital, it was announced that it was proposed toput the whole institution under the care of a visitingphysician and to have no resident medical officer or medicalsuperintendent. Indeed, the house which was intended tobe reserved for a resident medical officer has now beendesignated as a diphtheria ward.

Rainfall in Ulster during A_pril.In April rain fell in the north of Ireland on 26 days

to the amount of 2’ 93 inches, which is more than the

average (2’ 53). The total rainfall for this year is now 12 ’ 07inches, which is over the average (11’ 74 inches).

Belfast District Asylum.There are at present 1082 patients on the asylum register,

361 males and 369 females being at Belfast, 290 at

Purdysburn, and 62 at Ballymena. It is very satisfactoryto find that in all the new buidings at Purdysburn there areno extras except in the contracts and this is one for a

corrugated iron roof costing R8 10s.Quality of Milk and Meat.

After the completion of his duties as high sheriff of Belfast,and after having been selected as a Parliamentary candidatefor one of the divisions of the city, Dr. Henry O’Neill wentfor a holiday on the continent, where he visited Copenhagen,Berlin, and other cities to study the inspection of meatand the milk problem. Since his return to Belfast, aboutten days ago, he has been giving the public throughthe local press his views on these questions. He is

strongly in favour of the stamping of all meat by themunicipal authorities, which is obligatory in the continentalcities, and he urges the same course of action in Belfast.Dr. O’Neill also describes the Danish method of dairyingas seen in Copenhagen, of which he appears to approve.A writer in the Belfast Northern Whig of May 9th con-gratulates Dr. O’Neill on the rapid strides he has madeon this subject." He was formerly in favour of sterilisedmilk, but the real principle of all scientific modern dairyingis to procure a pure untreated and natural milk, this beingdone by perfect cleanliness in milking, by lowering thetemperature of the milk after it comes from the cow, bymedical and veterinary inspection, and by delivery in sealedcans or vessels. This is the Danish method, as was pointedout by writers in the Belfast papers long before Dr. O’Neillvisited Copenhagen.May 8th.

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The Re-opening of the Faculty of Medicine.I HAVE already kept the readers of THE LANCET au courant

with the recent troubles at the Faculty of Medicinein connexion with the course of lectures given by M.Gariel which resulted in the closing of the Facultyof Medicine. After the Easter holidays the Faculty re-

opened and M. Gariel began his course of lectures againwithout any notable incident. The Corporate Associationof Students has addressed a manifesto to its members ask-ing them for the future to refrain from individual protesta-tions but to give such protestations an impersonal andgeneral character so that the association may be able toorganise some collective and legal method of interventionwith a view to the reformation of medical studies. At theconclusion of M. Gariel’s lecture a large number of his

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hearers applauded him and M. Debove, the dean of thefaculty, who was present at the lecture, made a short speechin which he thanked the students and expressed his satis-faction that this distressing incident had terminated so

satisfactorily.The Identification of Formol in Milk.

At the meeting of the Academy of Sciences held on

April 17th M. Nicolas read a communication upon a SimpleTest for Formol in Milk. The test will show the presence offormol in the proportion of 1 part in 500,000. The casein is

precipitated and filtered and to the filtrate are added one ortwo crystals of amidol. The tube is then corked and at the- end of a minute or two if formol has been added to themilk a beautiful green fluorescence shows itself. The reac-tion may be hastened by warming the fluid, but in this caseit is better to remove all albuminous coagulable substancesby the addition of a little acetic acid and subsequentfiltration.

17w Ophthalmological Institute of Adolphe de Rothschild.A new ophthalmological institute has just been founded in

Paris and is about to be opened. It is destined exclusivelyfor the treatment of diseases of the eye and receives patientsof any religion or nationality provided solely that they areindigent or necessitous. Gratuitous consultations are givenevery day from 9 to 11 A.M.and from 1 to 3 P.M. On Tuesdays,Thursdays, and Saturdays additional consultations are givenfrom 7 to 8 P.M.May 9th.

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Obituary.SIR JOHN SIBBALD, M.D.EDIN., F.R.C.P. EDIN.

BY the death of Sir John Sibbald the senior ranks of the

medical profession in Edinburgh have lost one of their mostesteemed and pleasant members. In his own departmenthe had ungrudging admiration extended to him, whilst

amongst a wider professional circle he impressed men byhis friendly bearing, his quiet courtesy, his calm judgment,and a little vein of Scotch humour. He was not an oldman, although he had reached a little beyond the allottedthree score years and ten, and he had every appearance ofliving a good many more years when the mortal malady,which rapidly ran its fatal course, was first recognised.

Sir John Sibbald was an Edinburgh man and was born therein 1833. He received his medical education in Edinburghwhere he took his M.D. degree in 1854. His positionamongst students is indicated by the fact that he was oneof the Presidents of the Royal Medical Society. After hold-ing some general appointments he finally decided to devotehimself to lunacy work, and became an assistant at the RoyalEdinburgh Asylum under Dr. Skae. From that positionhe was selected for the medical superintendentship ofthe Argyle and Bute Asylum in 1862. Eight years afterwardshe was appointed a deputy Commissioner in Lunacy forScotland and on the death of Sir James Coxe he was created aCommissioner. This latter position he held until 1899 when heretired under the age limit. On his retirement he washonoured with knighthood in recognition of his valuable publicand official services. His life was devoted to improving themanagement and the treatment of the insane in Scotland. Hedid much towards initiating and fostering the views regard-ing the nature of mental affections which now prevail in theprofession generally ; he was a pioneer in reducing theprison-like arrangements in vogue in asylums at that time.He from time to time contributed important papers to theJournal of Mental Science, his earlier ones dealing with themost advanced continental work bearing upon insanity. Fora short period before he became deputy Commissioner inLunacy he edited the journal mentioned. In 1877 hedelivered the Morison lectures at the Royal College ofPhysicians, Edinburgh, taking as his theme Insanity in itsPublic Aspect; these were published in book form. Sincehis retirement he published an important pamphlet entitled"Plans of Modern Asylums for Insane Poor," and so highlywas his opinion esteemed on this question that the Edin-burgh District Lunacy Board appointed him its medicaladviser when the board had to decide on plans for its newasylum.The last prominent public work on which he was engaged

was during last year when the International Congress forHome Relief met in Edinburgh. Sir John Sibbald was chair-man of the executive committee and many of his friends in

Edinburgh remember the warm interest which he displayedin all matters appertaining to the work of the congress. Oneof the latest, if not the latest, of his writings must be thepamphlet which lie put in the hands of members of that

congress on the " Relief of the Poor in Edinburgh, 1904."The pamphlet dealt with public relief under the Poor-lawand with private relief rendered by voluntary agencies andwas mainly intended for the enlightenment of foreignrepresentatives.

Sir John Sibbald died in his house in Edinburgh and wasburied in Warriston Cemetery. The funeral was largelyattended by representative members of the Royal College ofPhysicians, by past colleagues on the Board of Lunacy, andby many private friends.

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THOMAS CREED, M.D. ST. AND., M.R.C.S. ENG. L.S.A.ON April 20th, at Boscombe, Hants, Dr. Thomas Creed

passed away at the age of 79 years, after a lingering andpainful illness which he bore with great fortitude. From

1851 he practised for 45 years at Greenwich and did yeoman’sservice amongst the poor of that neighbourhood. For morethan 40 years of this long residence in Greenwich he wasone of the honorary medical officers of the Royal Kent Dis-pensary ; at the centenary of this institution in 1883 andupon the foundation of the Miller Hospital he was appointedhonorary physician to the latter. This post he held till1891. On his resignation in February of this year to retireto a quieter practice at Boscombe he was elected a con-sulting physician to the combined institutions and a testi-monial, consisting of a purse of sovereigns with an address,was presented to him by the Very Rev. Canon O’Halloran onbehalf of his numerous old friends and in appreciation ofthe respect in which he was held by his professionalbrethren. In 1876 Dr. Creed was President of the WestKent Medico-Chirurgical Society and took a keen interestin its meetings for many years.

Medical News.UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.-At recent examina-

tions in the subjects indicated the following candidates havepassed :-Further examination in mathematics.-G. W. Carte, H. 0. Gibson,

S. B. Henson, R. E. Negus, A. Pearce-Gould, and A. S. Roe.Elementary zoology.-P. P. W. Andrews, T. Bentham, J. L. Birley,A. Booth. G. W. Carte, A. R. Chavasse, H. E. Clarke, G. E. Downs,H. 0. Gibson, H. Hinds, E. G. Martin, H. P. Newsholme, J. A.Noble, E. L. Pearce-Gould, E. W. M. H. Phillips, H. W. Scott-Wilson, C. J. G. Taylor, W. W. Wagstaffe, R. 0. Ward, and T. S.Wright.

FOREIGN UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.-Bologna: Dr. L. Cappelletti has been recognised as privat-docent of Neurology and Psychiatry.-Cadiz : Dr. 1. GimenoRodriguez has been appointed Professor of Clinical Medicine.-Florence : Dr. E. Dacco has been recognised as privat-docent of Dermatology.-Kharkoff : Dr. Penski,privat-docent,has been promoted to the Extraordinary Professorship ofTopographical Anatomy and Operative Medicine.-Königs-berg: Dr. W. Rindfleisch and Dr. E. Rautenberg have beenrecognised as privat-docenten of Internal Medicine.-Munich:Dr. E. Meyer has been recognised as privat-docent ofMedicine.- Vienna: Dr. Raimann has been recognisd as

privat-docent of Psyebiatry.-Ziirich : Dr. K. Jung has beenrecognised as privat-docent of Psychiatry.

CENTENARIANS IN CORNWALL.-Mrs. Oliver ofNewquay, Cornwall, celebrated her 101st birthday on

May 2nd, when she was the recipient of many presents andcongratulations. Mr. James Carne of St. Columb Minor,near Newquay, entered his 100th year on May 3rd.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.-Messrs. Green andSon of Edinburgh will shortly issue " Methods of MorbidHistology and Clinical Pathology," by Walker Hall and G.Herxheimer. It will include all the new methods for bloodand nervous tissues and a very full bibliography. Special