The following paper was then read by the Honorable Acting Secretary : ON A CASE OF BOWEL OBSTRUCTION. In the evening, however, the pain and vomiting returned and continued through most of the night. On carefully examining the abdomen, I found a rounded swelling in the situation of the ileo-cwcal valve.
The bowels functioned freely after the mass passed, and she had no return to the vomiting. 105 especially in the right iliac fossa over the cmum, tympanitis and enlarged dullness over the seat of the spleen. From the sixth to the twelfth day the first harvest of the characteristic eruption appears.
The period of their greatest activity is also the period of greatest susceptibility to the disease. The treatment of the modern Italian school differs from the previous one in most respects. Polli, from Milan, and consists of the internal use of the sulfites of soda and magnesia.
The surest criterion of the severity of a case of typhoid fever is the degree of heat.
THE DIPHTHERIA COMMISSION
The depth was not ascertained, as it seemed wise to remember the adage that the more you stir a puddle, the more unpleasant it is.” (d.) “Drainage devices according to location. Of course the buildings were in all cases perfect." (e.) " Size of the house, including the number and cubic dimensions of the rooms. Answer: "Given that the Victorian architects and builders were all expert hygeists, and that every residence in the colony was equipped with a self-adjusting device to regulate the supply of air, this question is also quite superfluous." (Mr.) ".
34; Answer • " Again I am driven by the necessity of politely calling your attention to the supposition that I have had two hundred cases, and solemnly asking you which of them you will take. throughout the year, when it rained and when it did not rain." k.) "Description of closets, including arrangements for the removal of night soil and debris?". Therefore, let me say that water collections in backyards have been almost universal." Question 3.
I therefore beg to say that I will take time to consider which of these interpretations I shall accept, and will send you the result in another message." (b.) " Time before sending for medical attention. In other cases they were sent when they began to fear that something was really wrong, but not before." (c.) "Remedies used at this time" Answer: "Porridge, Holloway's pills, Epsom salt, and strips of flannel , and in the case of priests balls of sugar." Query 4. I therefore ask the Commission to give me a little time, say two years, to do a perfect work." (c.) "Corrective Actions, Internal and External.".
Wishing to give fair play to both the sthenic and asthenic systems, I gave half a glass of brandy and three grains of tartar emetic every half hour, and, in a very short time,. nothing further in the way of treatment was required.". d.)". It killed patients, but one should not consider accidents in scientific research." (e.) "Food and drink. The effect was to arouse a desire to insist on no more change of air." (g.) "Result of treatment.
The boy threw a stone and hit the cow in the eye, which rushed at the boy and slightly stabbed him in the throat." (e.) "Have any of the persons under your care contracted diphtheria several times. I cannot say with precision, but I have some interesting records of the occurrence of toothache among the Aborigines." (Mr.) ". 34; Comments and suggestions on the causes, nature, method of reproduction and treatment of the disease." Answer: "Volumes 4, 5 and 6, in the continuation of the entire work, it will prove necessary to write.".
REVIEWS
In 1862 he passed the final examination for the M.B. degree from London University, but previously, in 1860, when he passed the first examination for this degree, he graduated with honors and obtained the exhibition in anatomy and physiology, and the gold medal in the same subjects. He then became the resident medical officer of the Melbourne Benevolent Asylum, an appointment which he held for fifteen months. He was then appointed by the Government one of the resident medical officers of the Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum, where he remained within three months of his death.
He was peculiarly sensitive to changes of heat, and the sheltered position of Yarra Bend was eminently favorable to the maintenance of that steady temperature, which he knew from long experience to be necessary to prevent any aggravation of the disease from which he suffered. The gloomy, unprotected position of Ararat Asylum left it quite unprotected during the continuance of those equinoctial storms which prevailed during the latter part of the previous month. Outside the scope of scientific topics, moreover, his informedness and cultivated taste were evident.
He had an exquisite sense of beauty, and his knowledge of art and his acquaintance with art schools were extensive. At the Medical Society dinners, his comic songs were sought after as one of the special joys of the occasion. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1850, having previously taken an active part in the founding of the Cavendish, Pathological and Sydenham Societies.
The covering of the chimney of a lead-ore furnace collapsed under him, and resulted in the fracture of his arm and his narrow escape from suffocation, with the fumes of sulfuric acid. The subject which, medically speaking, will now most interest you will no doubt be the illness of the Prince of Wales and his recovery. There, too, the Earl of Chesterfield contracted a fever and died quickly from perforation of the bowels.
123 a specific disease always produced by a pre-existing farm of the same water-borne disease. In the early days of the Prince's illness, Sir William Jenner being away from the Queen, Dr. It was not long until Sir William Jenner was also present, and these two with the help of the local practitioner, Dr.
Of the two Gull had the wider field for study, but in the special subject of fever Jenner had opportunities, at first by courtesy, then by his position as physician to the Free Hospital, of which he made good use. Since the Prince's recovery there has been much discussion of the question of what should be done to honor these men 7 About Dr.
LOCAL TOPICS
His fortune would hardly support a hereditary peerage, and it has been generally agreed in this country that a man may not take guineas if he is called by the title of Lord and is a baron of the United Kingdom. Ed., was elected Resident-Physician at the Melbourne Hospital at the meeting of the Committee on the 2nd inst., in place of Dr. James Vernon McCreery, L.R.C.S.I, has been appointed Acting Superintendent of the Ararat Lunatic Asylum in the place of Dr, Bayldon.
Walsh was elected one of the honorary medical officers, the election of the other being deferred to the next meeting. Lectures on elementary anatomy in connection with the gymnastic exercises of the training classes under the Board of Education, commenced on the 9th. At the meeting of the Melbourne Hospital Committee on the 9th, it was decided to appoint a sub-committee to discuss with other institutions, regarding the propriety of procuring certain legal acts for the prosecution of persons discovered in the impositions on certain charities of the colony.
It has been decided by the Melbourne Hospital Committee not to fill the office vacated by Dr. The address expressed, unequivocally, the gratitude of the subscribers for the kindness and attention shown to them by him, and the regret. felt that he had renounced his connection with the institution,. The Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Association was held on the 26th, the chairman Mr.
A copy of the first draft of the Bill was sent to all chemists and druggists in Victoria. The responses received agreed with the principles of the draft law and the suggestions made were implemented. The translation of Professor Wittstein's new work on Vegetable Chemicals was delayed in publication for a short time by unforeseen circumstances, but was soon to be in the printer's hands.
It was an appeal by William Norris against the decision of the Magistrates at Sale, who had fined him £10 under the Physicians' Statute for malpractice. April, the facts to the satisfaction of the Board, and he was entitled to the privilege of continuing to practice as heretofore, and was exempted from criminal proceedings. A ship's medical officer was arrested for reporting the illness as measles.
