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THE MUSEUM.LIVING examples of rare or very interesting diseases were

shown every morning during the meeting of the Congress,in a room adjoining the Museum, at 9.30 P.M.; and thesedemonstrations were largely attended, forming one of themost successful features of the Congress. We give belownotes of some of the cases shown.

During the week numerous interesting cases of diseasewere exhibited in the Museum. Dr. Duckworth showed agroup of well-marked cases of true gout with uratic deposits,and Mr. Hutchinson, on the same day, showed severalexamples of the same disease and rheumatic arthritis,separately and in association. Messrs. Macnamara, Page,and Treves exhibited cases of joint disease in tabesdorsalis. Mr. Page’s case was remarkable, for the joint-affection (which involved the foot) was present together withthe Argyll-Robertson symptom and absence of knee-jerk,but without any ataxy. The patient had had severe painsin the limbs and vomiting some time previously. Dr. Ordshowed a number of cases illustrating myxoedema, illus-trating the disease in various stages of progress. Dr.Barlow exhibited a case of aphasia, with right brachialmonoplegia in a boy, the subject of hereditary syphilis ; Dr.Sturge some cases of muscular atrophy, and Mr. Hutchin-son two cases in which rupture of the brachial plexus wasdiagnosed.

Cases of True Gout were exhibited by Dr. Dyce Duck-worth. A female, aged eighty-one, inherited gout, first attackat seventy years of years ; other cases, some of acquired,others of inherited gout, showing its various causes, signs,and combinations.

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A Case of Scar-Keloid was exhibited by Dr. Dyce Duck-worth. A male, aged fifty, was blistered over prsecordia in1871; nine months later lines of pink keloid growth began toappear in the scar left by blister, but seven years later beganto subside and be replaced by pale scar tissue.

Cross-legged Progression was exhibited by Mr. ClementLucas. Two cases; one in which the hip-joints are dis-located, the other in which they are not.Cases of Leprosy.-Mr. Hutchinson exhibited three

patients, showing both tubercular and anaesthetic changes,and a case of recovery from severe tubercular leprosy. Mr.Startin also showed a case of leprosy with the usual signs ofthe disease, in which there was no distinct evidence that itarose from a fish diet.

Casesof Mlyxoedema were exhibited by Dr. W. M. Ord. Thecases were excellent illustrations of all the features of thispeculiar malady, and attracted considerable interest.Three cases of Charcot’s joint disease. 1. Exhibited by

Mr. Herbert Page; a man, aged thirty, with absence of patellartendon-reflex, the Argyll-Robertsonsymptom, shootingpains,and gastlic crises. There was thickening of the tarsal boneson both feet, which were freely movable on each other withbony grating; no pain; several’’ gathered corns on the soles.2. Exhibited by Mr. C. Macnamara, a man, aged fifty,with distinct evidence of locomotor ataxy. The femur dts-located on to the ilium, freely movable in all directionswithout pain. There is also bony thickening on ilium andrising up over brim of pelvis. No pain. 3. Exhibited by Mr.C. Macnamara, a man, aged forty-eight. An almost exactcounterpart of the above ; symptoms of ataxy not so distinct.Two cases of Osteitis Deformans (Paget) were shown.Case 1, under the care of Mr. Frederick Treves. The

patient was a woman, aged forty-nine. Five years ago shebegan to notice some sense of weariness in the legs onwalking, and then discovered a ’bending " of the left shin.The case now presents a typical aspect. The left tibia henormously thickened, and bends forwards and outwards.The right femur is bent forwards at its upper part, and igreatly thickened. The right tibia and left femur are bu’little affected. The spine is much curved in the uppeidorsal region, and in five years she has lost four inches iiheight. The skull is enlarged, and presents a very characteristic outline. Of the bones of the upper extremities onbone is affected-viz., the left ulna. The bone is rnnclthickened, and curved backwards. The movements of th,hand are, however, not impaired. The affection is perfectlypainless, and the patient’s general health good.

Case 2, exhibited by Mr. Symonds, surgical registrar oGuy’s Hospital. The patient, a widow, aged seventy. At thage of forty-nine the tibiae began to curve and become prominent, next the femora. Twelve years ago the lei

radius began to thicken and twist, and now it is so muchelongated and curved that the hand is iixecl in a position ofcomplete pronation. The head and spine are unaffected.

Case of Aphasia, exhibited by Dr. Barlow, with slightfacial paresis and brachial monoplegia on the right side, in Dboy aged ten years, the subject of congenital syphilisThere was a definite family history of syphilis and of exten-sive scaling rash and snullles in the case of the boy, and hehad well-marked pegged upper incisors. His paralysis hadcome on gradually-tin3t, loss of speech, then drawing of theface, then paresis of the hand. No convulsion or apoplecticseizure. The aphasia was at fir..,t typical, but at the timewhen shown the boy did not use the wrong words, but founddifficulty in remembering the right ones. Could say any-thing by way of imitation. The condition was believed tobe due to partial occlusion of some branches of the left middlecerebral artery from syphilitic deposit.Two cases of Dactylitis Syphilitica (Taylor) were shown

by Mr. Dawson Williams.-Case 1, under the care of Mr.Churchill. A male child, aged two years and four months ;no history of syphilis to be obtained. * Nearly all the

metacarpal and phalangeal bones of both hands, thefirst metacarpal bones of both feet, and the upper endsof the radius and ulna on both sides, as well as thenasal bones, were affected with a chronic inflammation,which had pefsisted for about a year, and had in thehands, feet, and nose advanced to the suppurative stage.-Case 2, under the care of Mr. Walter Pye. A male child,aged one year and ten months ; a distinct history of syphilisin the parents ; the metacarpal bones and phalanges of onehand, to the number of five altogether, were affected, as

also the upper end of the radius.A case of Syphilis in an Infant (? acquired) with osseous

thickening in the neighbourhood of the epiphyses, was shownon August 8th by Dr. H. Radcliffe Crocker. Eliza P-,aged one year and eleven months, was apparently quitehealthy up to the age of nine months ; suckled up to sevenmonths. When brought to the East London Hospital forChildren she had a papular and dry syphilide over the wholebody and hoarse cry. Six months later she was againbrought with inflammation at the epiphyses of the lowerend of the left humerus at the junction of the olecranonprocess of the right ulna and the upper end of both tibiae.the family history opens up a possibility of the disease beingacquired. The father is a sailor, and returned home, after along absence, six weeks after the birth of the child. Themother had hitherto been quite well, but six months afterhis return symptoms began, and when she came to the hos-pital there was well marked syphilis in the shape of rasb,

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bone pains, sore-throat, &c.’ A case of Varicose Veins of Abdominal Wall was ex-

hibited by Mr. Frederick Treves. A lad, aged seventeen,was kicked in the lower part of the abdomen by a horse tenyears ago. Some months after he noticed commencing varicesin the left leg; the condition gradually extended. Nowthe left internal saphenous vein is extremely varicose, andends as a huge mass at the saphenous openings. The super-ficial epigastric and superficial circumflex veins of the leftside are also very varicose. The vein that runs from theaxillary vein to the femoral (described by Mr. Fenwick inthe anatomical section) is very conspicuous. He has adouble varicocele ; no bsemorrhoids ; viscera healthy. It isdifficult to understand where the obstruction exists, if therebe obstruction. If in the vena cava, it is hard to perceivewhy the right leg should be quite sound; if in the commoniliac vein, the double varicocele is mysterious. -

PROPOSED CONVALESCENT HOME.—Alderman SirSydney Waterlow (the treasurer of St. Bartholomew’sHospital) has received from Mr. Charles Kettlewell, ofArmadale Castle, Island of Skye (a governor of the hospital),a communication, offering the sum ot £ 10,000 for the erectionof a Convalescent Home for St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, asa memorial to his late brother, who died of fever in Naples.Mr. Kettlewell has made the offer conditionally upon asuitable site being found within a reasonable time. Two orthree promises of E500 each have already been received,and it is proposed to appeal to the friends of this ancientand noble foundation to raise about X6000 for the sits neces-sary for the convalescent home.-City Press.MR. E. DAY, late Medical Officer for the Fifth

District of the Barton Regis Union, has received a super.annnation allowance of £ 60 per year,