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which should be taken to limit the spread of infectiousdisease. The need for ordinary cleanliness is not understood,and the mot elementary rules of diet are disregarded. We aresatisfied that the work which is to be commenced in NorthBucks will be of great value. There is only one point con-cerning which we have any hesitation. We doubb verymuch whether those who are to be teachers can learn all

they ought to know by attending, twelve lectures; and,again, it must be borne in mind that it is not everyonecan learn who is able to teach. There will, we anticipate,have to be a more extended education than is at present con-templated to enable these ladies to do their duty properly,and even after such education their ability to teach mustbe thoroughly tested before they are allowed to undertakethe important duty of educating the poor. We regard thetwelve lectures which Mr. De’Ath will give as the beginningonly of this education, and we do not doubt that there willbe considerable development of this s3 stem as soon as alittle experience is gained of the requirements for work ofthis sort.

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A NEW MEDICAL SOCIETY.

A MEETING was held at the Great Northern Central

Hospital on Nov. 26th, at which a new Medical Societywas inaugurated, under the name of the "North LondonMedical and Chirurgical Society." The new Society startsunder favourable auspices, for 150 medical men have

already become members, and the hospital authorities havegranted the use of rooms. The next meeting of the newSociety will be held on Dec. 17th, for the election of

officers, the approval of rules, and to hear an address fromDr. Lauder Brunton, F.R.S.

THE TREATMENT OF TACHYCARDIA.

THE most distressing affection known as paroxysmaltachycardia, or "rapid heart," has unfortunately not gene-rally proved as amenable to treatment as could be desired;but Dr. Poulet of Plancher.les-Mines has recently found aremedy in a little-known plant indigenous to Alaace, whichappears to exert a rapid and beneficial influence over theparoxysms. The plant in question is the Coronilla varia, orfaucille, which, like some other species of Coronilla, is some-times used as a household remedy, being considered to havecathartic and diuretic properties. Some recent researches

by MM. Spillmann and Haushalter on a closely alliedspecies-Coronilla scorpioides-showed that that plant actsas a powerful heart tonic, causing an increase in thearterial tension and in the fulness of the pulse, excitingdiuresis and diminishing eedema and dyspnoea—acting, infact, very similarly to digitalis. Dr. Poulet was induced bythese researches to make trial of Coronilla varia in heartcases. He employs a tincture made from the entire plant(1 in 5), also a powder made from the flower. The dose perdiem of the tincture is from half a drachm to a drachm, andthat of the powder from fifteen to thirty grains. These

preparations, though they have a strong characteristicodour, are not nearly so disagreeable to the taste as thoseof Coronilla scorpioides. Details are given of two verysevere cases in which these preparations of the Coronillavaria gave almost immediate relief. M. Poulet recom-mends this drug also in other heart cases where digitalishas been used, and where it seems to have been given fortoo long a period, or, as sometimes occurs, where it has

begun to act on the gastro-intestinal canal.

FOREIGN UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.Buda Pesth.-Dr. Emmerich Navra’il has been promoted

to the Professorship-in-ordinary of Laryngology.Cracow.-Dr. Julian Schramm has been promoted to the

rank of Extraordinary Professor.

I D07pat --Owing to the change which the Russian Govern,-ment is bringing about-viz , that of the language in which

I instruction is given-several of the medical professors winhave to resign either because they cannot lecture in Itussianor because they do not choose to do so. Amongst thoseabout to vacate their chairs are Dr. Masing, Lecturer onPharmaceutical Chemistry, and Dr. Thoma, Professor of

Pathological Anatomy.Halle -A new operating theatre, costing 94000 and

replete with every modern improvement and appliance, hasjust been finished.Leipsic.-Dr. Max von Frey, Assistant in the Physio-

logical Institute, has been promoted to the rank of Extra.ordinary Professor.Vienna.-A small laboratory has been prepared for Dr>

Henning at the desire of Professors Kaposi and Neumannfor modelling skin diseases for teaching purposes.

DEATHS OF EMINENT FOREIGN MEDICAL MEN.

THE deaths of the following distinguished members ofthe medical profession abroad have been announced :-Dr. Eugene Bouchut, Professor Agrégé in the Paris MedimlFaculty, the well-known physician of the Paris H6pMdes Edants Malades, and author of many contributionsto medical literature.-Dr. C. Liman, Extraordinary Pro-fessor of Forensic Medicine in Berlin.

THE Laboratories Committee of the Royal Colleges ofPhysicians and Surgeons have arranged for the delivery o2a course of three lectures bearing on the results of researchescarried out at the Laboratories on the Victoria Embankment.The first lecture will be given by Dr. Sims Woodhead onTuesday Dec. 8th. The second lecture will be delivered onthe following Tuesday by Dr. Armand Ruffer, and the thirdon the 22nd inst. by Dr. A. E. Wright. Each lecture wilrcommence at 5 P.M.

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AT the quarterly general Court of Governors of theMiddlesex Hospital, Dr. James Kingston Fowler was ap.pointed to the office of fourth physician, in place of Dr.

David W. Finlay, resigned. Resolutions were also passedauthorising expenditure for increased salaries to the nursingstaff, and for electric lighting of portions of the hospital. it

was also resolved to abolish the office of house steward.

ADVICES from Cairo state that owing to the retirement,of Dr. Greene Pasha, from ill health, the post of chief of theSanitary Department has become vacant.

MR. ALBAN DORAN, surgeon to the Samaritan Free

Hospital, has been elected Corresponding Fellow of theObstetrical Society of Leipsic.

DR. W. PASTEUR, of the Middlesex Hospital, has beenelected Foreign Corresponding Member of the Royal Societyof Public Medicine, Belgium.

GUEST HOSPITAL, DUDLEY.-The work accomrplished by this charity during the past year compares veryfavourably with any previous record. There had been animprovement on all the usual annual sources of income, andalso an addition to the donations received. The demand forqualified nurses for cases of sickness in private families wasincreasing. The earnings for these services during the yearamounted to £ 90 9s. The need of an operating room on thefemale side, with a detached small ward for the treatment.of injuries, was much felt, which are estimated to cost f500.A resolution has been adopted that the medical staff shall!consist of not more than six honorary surgeons, one ofwhom shall be an honorary pathologist, and of one residentmedical officer, and all must hold a registered qualincationin medicine and surgery.