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slip is ideal for notching the necks of capsules containing Ivaccine and serums previous to opening.I am, Sir, yours faithfully, I

EDWARD BIGG.

ELECTROLYTIC HYPOCHLORITE SOLU-TION FOR SURGICAL USE.

To the Editor of THE LANCET.

StR,—The credit of discovering that hypochlorite solutionsare rendered more permanent by the use of magnesiumhydroxide in a state of "gel" is due to Mr. F. W. Alexander,medical officer of health of Poplar.During the past year many experiments have been made,

and the following method affords a reliable solution for

surgical use: Magnesium chloride (MgCl2 6 aq.) 410 grammesand sodium chloride 325 grammes are dissolved with l’ 5

grammes of potassium iodide in 9 litres of water. To thismixture magnesium chloride 20 grammes dissolved in water500 c.c., and mixed with constant stirring to sodiumhydroxide 8 grammes dissolved in 500 c.c. of water isadded. The turbid solution of chlorides and iodide withthe suspended "gel " of Mg(HO)2 is then electrolysed witha flow of 1 litre per hour under a current of 3 to 5 amperesby means of thin Pt foil electrodes of 8 cm. by 2 cm. area.A permanent solution of hypochlorite yielding 3’5 to 4’5 5grammes of available chlorine per litre results. The strengthis estimated before sending to the wards by titration withdecinormal arsenic solution. Magnesium chloride is obtainableat about 3d. per Ib., and the current is taken by a shunt fromthe constant current in use for lighting the hospital. Whenthe alternating current is used a small aluminium andammonic phosphate rectifier is interposed. For use thesolution is diluted with 3 parts of warm water, and insome cases sodium citrate has been added.

I am, Sir, yours faithfully,T. GODDARD NICHOLSON, B.Sc., M.B. Lond., M.R.C.S.

London Fever Hospital, N., July 9th, 1916.

THE ADDRESS OF MEDICAL PRACTI-TIONERS SERVING IN THE ARMY.

To the Editor of THE LANCET.SIR,-Practitioners now serving in the R. A.M. C. may wish

to know what address to give for the next issue of theMedical Directory. As the military address is liable to

change, and as they may return to civil practice un-expectedly, we recommend the insertion of the home addressonly.-We are, Sir, your obedient servants,

THE EDITORS OF THE MEDICAL DIRECTORY.7, Great Marlborough-street, London, W., July 26th, 1916.

1 THE LANCET, Jan 18th, 1908, p. 157.

Mr. T. E. Gordon, F.R.C.S. Irel., senior surgeon tothe Adelaide Hospital, has been appointed professor ofsurgery in Trinity College, Dublin, in succession to Mr.E. H. Taylor. Mr. Gordon is not required to perform anyduties at Sir Patrick Dun’s Hospital.ISOLATION HOSPITAL FOR PAIGNTON (DEVON).-A

new isolation hospital is being erected for Paignton at acost of .E3200. It is nearly completed, and will shortly beopened.TUBERCULOSIS IN BELFAST.-In reference to the

work done at the Tuberculosis Institute, Belfast, a series ofinteresting tables have been submitted to the TuberculosisCommittee of the council of the county borough of Belfastby Dr. A. Trimble, the officer in charge, showing the workdone in that department for the year ended March 31st,1916. 1587 pulmonary cases were treated for tuberculosis atthe dispensaries and 206 non-pulmonary. In the sanatoriaand hospitals provided by the council 631 pulmonary and10 non-pulmonary cases were treated, while in sanatoria andhospitals otherwise provided (Union Infirmary and ForsterGreen Hospital) 369 pulmonary and 1 non-pulmonarypatients were received. Under the head "Treatment other-wise than in Dispensaries and Sanatoria (includingDomiciliary Treatment) there were 1410 pulmonary and 208non-pulmonary cases. Altogether 4422 cases were treatedfor various forms of tuberculosis in Belfast during the yearended March 31st, 1916. The population of Belfast is nowclose upon 400,000.

The War.THE CASUALTY LIST.

THE following names of medical officers appear among thecasualties announced since our last issue :—

Killed.

Captain J. D. H. Acland, R.A.M.C., attached to the SomersetLight Infantry, was a student at St. Thomas’s Hospital,London, and qualified in 1905. Previously to returningto England to join the R.A.M.C., soon after the outbreakof the war, he was medical officer of the GovernmentSchools at Bulawayo, South Africa.

Captain T. Guthrie, New Zealand Army Medical Corps.Captain H. G. Morris, R.A.M.C., qualified M.B., B.Ch. Oxon.

in 1914, and shortly afterwards joined the R.A.M.C.Lieutenant R. F. T. Newbery, R.A.M.C., attached to the

Northamptonshire Regiment, qualified M.B., Ch.B. Edin.in 1915, and after holding house appointments at theEdinburgh Royal Infirmary for a short period he joinedthe R.A.M.C. last October.

Previously reported TVounded, now reported Killed.Captain G. R. Heard, R.A.M.C., attached to the Royal

Warwick Regiment, was a student at the LondonHospital, qualifying in 1909, and was in practice atDevonport prior to joining the R.A.M.C.

Died of Wounds.Captain R. W. Michell, R.A.M.C., was educated at Cambridge

and at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, qualifyingin 1894, and was in practice at Cambridge before joiningthe R.A.M.C. on the outbreak of war.

Died.

Colonel Sir V. A. H. Horsley, C.B., F.R.S. (see Obituarycolumns).

Lieutenant S. W. Burrell, R.A.M.C., was a student at St.Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, where he gained theWarham prize for surgery, and qualified in 1915.

Surgeon E. W. Welchman, R.N., was educated at Queen’sCollege, Birmingham, qualifying in 1883, and was inpractice at Lichfield before becoming a surgeon in theAdmiralty Transport Service.

W tJ1fnded.Lieutenant R. M. Rowlette, R.A.M.C., attached to the Irish

Guards.Captain H. B. Thomason, R.A.M.C.Lieutenant G. J. Fraser, R.A.M.C., attached to the

Northumberland Fusiliers.Captain H. N. Goode, R.A.M.C.Captain A. Hamilton, R.A.M.C., attached to the West

Yorkshire Regiment.Captain C. A. Bernard, R.A.M.C., attached to the York and

Lancaster Regiment.Captain T. W. David, R.A.M.C.Lieutenant C. B. Davies, R.A.M.C.Captain L. D. Shaw, R.A.M.C.Captain J. A. Cole, R.A.M.C.Captain P. Walsh, R.A.M.C., attached to the Royal Welsh

Fusiliers.Captain R. M. Miller, R.A.M.C., attached to the Royal Welsh

Fusiliers.Captain W. A. Coats, R.A.M.C., attached to the Essex

Regiment.Lieutenant M. G. Pettigrew, R.A.M.C., attached to the

Welsh Regiment.Captain F. Sanders, R.A.M.C., attached to the Essex

Regiment.Captain H. P. Whitworth, R.A.M.C.Captain W. K. Campbell, R.A.M.C.Captain F. E. Chapman, R.A.M.C., attached to the Royal

West Kent Regiment.Captain S. W. McClellan, R.A.M.C.Lieutenant M. McNiff, R.A.M.C., attached to the Middlesex

Regiment.Captain J. P. Charles, R.A.M.C., attached to the Highland

Light Infantry.Captain D. H. Derry, R.A.M.C., attached to the King’s Royal

Rifle Corps.Captain D. J. Evans, R.A.M.C.Captain C. F. Hacker, R.A.M.C., attached to the Hertford

Regiment.Captain F. W. A. Ponsford, R.A.M.C., attached to the East

Surrey Regiment.Captain C. R. Wills, R.A.M.C., attached to the Sherwood

Foresters.

Previously reported Missing, now reported Prisoner.Captain W. R. W. Haight, Canadian A.M.C., attached to the

Canadian Mounted Rifles.

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OBITUARY OF THE WAR.

JOHN CECIL- RIX, M.R.C.S. ENG.,CAPTAIN, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain J. C. Rix, who was killed in action in France onthe night of July 5th-6th at the age of 40, was the fourthson of the late William Howells Rix, of Tunbridge Wells.From Tonbridge School he entered Trinity College, Cam-bridge, graduating B.A. in 1898, and continued his medicalstudies at the Middlesex Hospital, qualifying M.R.C.S. in

ivuz. lie tnen joinedhis father and uncle in

practice at TunbridgeWells, where he becamemedical officer to theConvalescent Homeand to the InvalidChildren’s Aid Associa-tion. He also actedfor a time as medicalofficer of health andwas police surgeon andschool medical officer.He was much liked bythe police of the town,who made him a pre-sentation when he gaveup this appointment.Captain Rix joined theRoyal Army Medical

Corps in April, 1915,and was gazetted cap-tain a year later. He

met ms aeaTn irom tne eneccs ot a sneii expiosion wnuehe was attending to the wounded outside his first-aidstation. His kindly disposition and genial manners had madehim a general favourite in both official and social life, andhis death is much deplored by his comrades. Captain Rixwas unmarried.

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GEORGE OLIVER MAW, M.R.C.S. ENG.,CAPTAIN, ROYAL ARMT MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain G. 0. Maw, who died in France on July 10th,at the age of 29 years, from wounds in action, was theonly son of George Maw, M.R.C.S., of Shortlands, Kent.He was educated at St. Andrew’s School, Eastbourne, andat Clifton College, going on to Pembroke College, Cambridge.After taking a first class in the Natural Science Tripos

in 1909 he continued hismedical work at St. Bar;tholomew’s Hospital,where his studies wereunfortunately i n t e r-

rupted by a very longand serious illness,which ended in a

successful operation atthe hands of Sir VictorHorsley. He passed theConjoint Examinationin 1912, and being pre-vented by the war fromcompleting his exa-

mination for the M.B.

Cambridge took

appointments as housephysician for six monthsat Bedford CountyHospital and as housesurgeon for a year at the

Metropolitan Hospital.In January, 1915, he obtained a commission in the1t.A.M.U.,remaining in France until the time of his death. His fatalwounds were received while attending to injured men in theopen and he died on his way to the ambulance.One of his oldest friends, who was in the same house at

school and in the same College at Cambridge, writes ofCaptain Maw. : "I knew him well enough to appreciatehis worth, his absolute truthfulness, fine character, andkeenness in his work. His pluck was phenomenal, as we allknew long ago at the time of his operation. In dying for his

country he crowns his well-spent young life, and we whomourn him will also rejoice that he has done all a mancan do." "

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EDWARD WILLIAM LAWRENCE, M.B., CH.B. EDIN.,CAPTAIN, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain E. W. Lawrence, who was killed on active servicein France on July 10th at the age of 28 years, was the eldestson of Mr. A. J. Lawrence, of Pontycymmer, Glamorgan.He was educated at Christ College, Brecon, and UniversityCollege, Cardiff, and took the medical course at EdinburghUniversity where he

graduated in 1910.After some experienceas assistant in generalpractice and house

appointments at the

Royal Gwent Hospital,Newport, he enteredinto partnership withMr. Wyndham Randallat Bridgend. On theoutbreak of war hevolunteered his servicesand obtained a com-

mission in the RoyalArmy Medical Corps,becoming seniormedical officer to a

brigade at Rhyl andthen going with the

University Battalion toFrance, where heremained until hisdeath. Fellow officers in writing to his partner describeCaptain Lawrence as a general favourite in his mess. He

exposed himself freely to danger in the performance of hisduties and, it is added, would go anywhere, nothing wouldstop him."

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ALEXANDER STANGER SEABROOKE, M.B.,B.C. CANTAB.,

CAPTAIN, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.

Captain A. S. Seabrooke, who died in Mesopotamia onJuly lst, from typhoid, at the age of 31, was the second sonof Mr. J. Seabrooke, of Grays, Essex. He was educated atTonbridge School, where he became head of his house, andat Christ’s College, Cambridge, entering heartily into the.

life and spirit of the University. He was a member ofthe Mounted InfantryCorps. Entering Guy’sHospital in 1908, hehad a successful aca-

demic career, and was

recognised as a man ofstrong character, whoinspired confidence inthose with whom he <came in contact. After jjqualifying in 1912, heheld house appoint-ments at his hospital H

for two years, surren-dering the post of resi-dent obstetric physicianin 1915 to join the

Royal Army MedicalCorps. He soon becameattached to the RawalPindi Hospital, withwhich, in November,1915, he was trans-ferred to Mesopotamia, where he remained until hisdeath.One of his hospital intimates writes of Captain Seabrooke:A man of fine physique and an appearance which befittedhis strong character, it is no exaggeration to say Seabrookewas one of the most popular men of his time at Guy’s. Hissympathy took practical forms : he was in the habit of visitinghis old patients who were too feeble to attend at the hospitalin their homes, giving them both advice and financial assist-ance. Whilst on active service he wrote letters of condolence