letters M. R. C. S. after his name, without ged himself before the tribunal to give evidence, when the following dialogue took place :

a diploma, he defended himself by saying that he was a Member of the Reformed College of Surgeons, of New York!Monthly Journ. Med. Sci., May 1854.

A French Bone Setter.-A bone setter named RICHARD, famous in the neighbourhood of Napoléon Vendée, but still more famous by having been fined five francs, which made him a martyr and increased his practice five fold, was consulted on June 4, 1853, by a farmer of the commune of St. Denis, named Lachavasse, who complained, after a heavy fall, of violent pain in the neck. The bone-setter, meeting him, made him enter a neighbouring cot. tage, and said that he would soon put his neck right. He seized with both hands the patient's head, and by a rapid motion from left to right, and from right to left, he three times turned the head over the shoulder. At the third time a crack was heard, and the bone-setter exultingly exclaimed-“ It is done; the neck is reduced." But at this very instant the patient was seized with paralysis of the arms and legs; his speeeh became very difficult; he complained violent pain, and died the next day, firmly convinced of the skill of the operator, and asserting to the last that his neck was properly set.

President-Did Richard set your leg? Witness-Yes, M. le President. President-But you cannot congratulate yourself on the operation, for you are still lame.

Witness-It is true that the leg is more than four inches shorter than the other; but I might have been much more crippled.

The strong faith of the witness provoked general merriment. The tribunal condemned Richard to be imprisoned for four months, and to pay a fine of sixty francs.Rev. Thérap. du Midi.

MEDICAL NEWS.

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.

Dr. Dizi Crosby's acquittal on charge of Mal-Praxis.—We rejoice to learn that the result of the new trial granted to Dr. Dixi Crosby, of Hanover, N. H., has been a triofumphant verdict of acquittal. At a former trial, an unjust verdict was given against him for $900 damages. (See this Journal for August, 1853, p. 127.) Dr. Crosby has, however, temporarily suffered great injustice from the first verdict, and doubtless has been subjected to great anxiety and expense. For there the law will afford him no redress. The prosecutor in such a case, when failing to prove his charge, should surely be subjected to heavy penalties. This may not be in accordance with law, but it certainly is with justice.

Examination of the body showed an effu sion of blood at the level of the second and third vertebræ, the ligaments between which were stretched and torn; there was another effusion between the cerebellum and the base of the skull, evidently arising from lesion of the cord and its membranes. It was concluded that death had been produced by these injuries, which were themselves the result of the rough treatment to which the patient had been subjected by the bone setter. The paralysis had been instantaneous; as no symptoms of it had appeared after the fall.

Health of our Cities.-The health of our principal northern cities is, we are glad to state, improving. The cholera, which, however, never existed, to any extent, in Philadelphia, is rapidly disappearing, and the mortality from all diseases has considerably diminished. The largest mortality in any one week was in that ending on the 29th of July last, when it amounted to 573. Since this period it has rapidly decreased, and for the week ending on the 26th of August, it reached only 316, of which but 22 were from cholera.

Being tried for homicide through imprudence, Richard endeavoured to prove his skill as an operator, and produced several witnesses, who earnestly declared that they had to thank him for his treatment of them. They were all astonished at the lowness of his fees, and his high talent; and could with difficulty understand how one could dare to prosecute a man who possessed the secret In New York, the mortality has also diof curing wry-neck, sprains, dislocations,minished. The most fatal week was that and fractures. One of the witnesses drag. {ending August 5th, when the mortality

{great moral purity, and his gentlemanly deportment, pre-eminently qualified him.

The number of deaths in Boston, last fluencing him to resign a place, for which week, was 135, of which 26 were from his high professional qualifications, his cholera, an increase over the previous week. Our southern cities, we regret to learn, are in a less satisfactory condition of health. Yellow fever is said to be prevailing in New Orleans, Savannah, and Charleston.

Resolved, That the efforts he has made in the arduous duties of his office, and for the benefit of the Institution committed to his care, entitle him to the highest praise and the lasting gratitude of the people of the State of New York.

Resolved, That we part from him with reluctance, and shall not soon forget his kind, gentle, and skilful treatment of the insane, nor his enlightened government of an institution which required the highest personal and professional qualifications for its management, and that, wherever he may go, he will carry with him our warmest wishes for his continued health, prosperity, and usefulness in that department of pro{fessional life, for which nature and education so eminently qualify him.

Resolved, that a copy of the foregoing resolutions, signed by the President and Secretary, be furnished to Dr. Benedict, and that the same be published.

S. G. WOLCOTT, President. M. M. BAGG, Secretary.

Dr. Benedict was admitted a member of the Medical Society of the County of Oneida, N. Y. soon after his appointment as Physician and Superintendent of the N. Y. State Lunatic Asylum.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Essence of Turpentine, by the Iatraleptic Method, for the Cure of Cholera.-Dr. ELIE BELLENCONTRE sent to the Gazette des Hôpitaux last January, the particulars of a very severe case of cholera, treated and cured by frictions of the essence of turpentine upon the vertebral column. The following case has occurred since the publication of the last report :

The frictions were continued, and a solution of gum arabic was given in abundance as a drink, with the object of distending the alimentary canal, that the natural secretions might the more readily be restored.

The case terminated favourably, and the author concludes by remarking that he could enumerate others of a similar nature, two of which especially he mentions in justification of the anti-choleric value of this therapeutic agent.-Med. Times and Gaz. July 15, from Gazette des Hôpitaux, June 22, 1854.

THE CHOLERA.-This epidemic is now prevailing over a very considerable portion

London. The disease has suddenly

Madame Berthau, aged 49, of nervous temperament, who had not menstruated for a year, accompanied to the Hospital St. Antoine, on the 28th of April, about midday, one of the domestics, who was attacked by cholera. Upon her return from the hos-of the globe. It has reappeared with conpital about five in the evening, she was siderable virulence in different parts of Great seized with watery evacuations, which per- Britain, and is prevailing in various parts sisted through the whole night; they were of Italy, Turkey, France, and Russia, in so numerous that neither the patient nor Mauritius, the West Indies, and at different those who assisted could reckon the num-points over a considerable extent of North ber. About five A. M. cramps in both America. upper and lower extremities, and also vomit. ing, supervened. Then there was suppres-sprung into activity in this metropolis. For sion of the urine, and coldness of the entire body. About nine A. M. the family sent for Dr. A. Thierry; but, as he was absent, Dr. Bellencontre arrived in his place, and he found the patient in the following state: Face hippocratic and blue; no radial pulse; suppression of the urine; abundant and copious evacuations, which passed involuntarily; frequent vomiting; cramps so in tense that they roused the patient from her. torpor, and made her cry out; the skin, having lost its elasticity, retained the folds into which it was thrown after the cramps had subsided. The body looked like that

of a skeleton.

For half an hour the oil of turpentine was rubbed, first along the vertebral column, and then over the whole body. Twenty drops were administered, with warm water, internally. Then the husband was directed to continue the frictions every quarter of an hour, or hour, until the surface of the body became red and in a glow. Towards even. ing there was a marked improvement; the warmth of surface had returned; the pulse had acquired both frequency and power. The skin assumed a red, coppery colour; the face had recovered animation. She confessed that she had no consciousness of what had passed. The evacuations were considerably diminished, both in amount and frequency.

the week ending on the 15th of July, the number of deaths was only 5. In the following week (ending 22d July), the number rose to 26; in the week ending July 29, the mortality from it increased to 133; and in the following week, ending August 5, to 399.

Scotland.-Cholera raged, at the last accounts, with some severity at Glasgow, and has made its appearance in Edinburgh, and also in Skye.

St. Petersburg-According to the offi cial returns, there were 113 new cases of cholera, and 46 deaths on the 14th of July. There were, on the 9th of July, 670 cases of cholera, 74 of which occurred on that day, and 30 deaths; on the 10th there were

55 fresh cases, and 30 deaths.

Count Woronzoff Daschkoff, Grand Master of Ceremonies. died of the disease on the 8th of July, at Peterhoff.

Baltic Fleet.-There have been about 150 cases of cholera in the Baltic squadron, and about 48 deaths, it is said in a letter from a surgeon, dated Barro Sound, July 18. The Austerlitz, French Screwliner, has lost 54 or 56 men, including one officer. A very singular feature regarding the disease is, that the screw ships only have suffered from the epidemic, the sailing vessels escaping with impunity.

cases,

are lying in the military hospitals of that place ill with cholera. Four French Gene rals have died of this disease. The Colonel of the 13th Regiment of the line (quartered at Gallipoli) is dead. The French had already lost two Generals-Ney and Carabucciaabout 25 officers, and 550 men. The 4th Regiment (English) had lost about 20. There were 80 men in hospital; and on the

The epidemic is said also to prevail at Constantinople, Varna, Smyrna, and Malta. The Mauritius -A letter from Port Louis, dated May 30, states that the cholera had appeared in the prison of that town on the 15th, and by the 27th, 101 cases, and 36 deaths had occurred. Up to that date it was confined to the prison; but on the 28th

South of France.-On the 15th of July, the deaths at Avignon had reached 300. At the civil hospital there had been 41 and 113 deaths. At Montpellier, there had been 41 cases and 16 deaths in hospital. At Marseilles, there is rather a diminution in the number of deaths, but in other places the epidemic continues to rage, and the alarm which it creates is excessive. Burgundy, and especially the neighbour.24th of July there were 6 deaths, all decided hood of Dijon, seem to have suffered most. cases of cholera. The heat was intolerable, The whole of the valley of the Saône is often with the thermometer at 109 in the attacked. At Dôle, several hundreds have tents, and the water was very bad indeed. died. The government has sent down The disease also rages in the Pirceus, twenty-one medical men to tend the sick.and the French army there is suffering From several places the inhabitants have severely from it. fled, and the towns are almost deserted. Many of the public functionaries have taken to flight, and the government has conse. quently deprived them of their offices. It is now said that the complaint is spreading, not only to the department of the Vosges which adjoins Burgundy, but towards Normandy. Italy. The cholera has made its appear-it appeared in the town. On the 30th, the ance at Leghorn, Florence, and Naples. On the 27th of July, there were at Genoa, 126 cases, and 51 deaths. According to the last advices, the total number of cases of cholera there since the outbreak has been 1790; deaths, 747. The number of persons who had left Genoa on account of the cholera amounted, up to the 2d, to 30,514. The King left Turin on the 4th for Genoa, to visit the hospitals. The sanitary condition of Turin continues excellent; only two or three cases of cholera have occurred. In Genoa, nearly every shop is closed, and Collodion in Orchitis.-Prof. COSTES renot a soul is to be seen in the streets. lates three cases of this disease, where rubPopular prejudice is strongly excited, and bing over the scrotum with a mixture of the druggists' shops are constantly guarded twenty parts collodion and six of castorby gendarmes, lest they should be laid waste oil was followed by disappearance of both as the laboratories of poison. Physicians swelling and pain, and by rapid and com. are threatened as poisoners, while in theplete cure.-Journ. de Bord. March, 1854. performance of their duties; and, the other day, one of them was so maltreated that he died of cholera produced by fear. A little east wind had in part abated the intense heat. The official return of the 3d showed 202 cases, and 91 deaths.

deaths had amounted to 100, and the disease was rapidly spreading to the interior.

New Mode of Administering Cod-Liver Oil.-Take the yolk of one egg; sugar, two ounces; orange flower water, one ounce; cod liver oil, three ounces; essence of bitter almonds, one drop. Either the sixth or eighth part will be a dose, according to the quantity of oil which is intended for the patient.—Annales Cliniques de Montpellier.

Smallpox in Scotland.-Smallpox is said to be extensively prevalent in Scotland.

OBITUARY RECORD.-M. LALLEMAND, The East.-The French steamer which formerly Professor at the Medical Faculty, arrived at Constantinople, on the 12th of of Montpellier, and well known by his treaJuly, had nine fatal cases of cholera on tise on Spermatorrhoea, and his Letters on board, between Malta and the Dardanelles. the Encephalon, died recently at MarA letter from a French medical officer, atseilles, where he had gone for the benefit Gallipoli, states that 400 of the French army of his health.

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CLINICS.

Statistical Report of the Principal Ope-pital. rations performed in the London Hospitals during June, 1854.

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labourer, stout, florid, and in good health, under the care of Mr. Cock, in Guy's Hos The usual operation was performed, and a large stone removed. Recovered. Case 4. A boy, aged 7, in good health, but Lithotomy.The case (Case 5) left under who had suffered extremely from the stone, treatment last month has recovered. Num-under the care of Mr. Cock, in Guy's Hosber of cases, 4; recovered, 3; under treat- {pital. Recovered. ment, 1.

Case 1. A boy, in good health, aged 12, under the care of Mr. Cutler, in St. George's Hospital. Two stones were removed, each of considerable size, and consisting of phosphate of lime, with lithic acid nucleus. Recovered. Case 2. A boy, aged 8, in moderate health, who had suffered extremely from the irritation caused by the stone, and whose urine was habitually alkaline. The usual operation was performed by Mr. Hawkins, in St. George's Hospital, and a stone of moderate size removed. The nucleus consisted of lithic acid, and was surrounded by concentric rings of lithic acid and lithate of ammonia, the outer coating being of triple phosphate. The patient is doing well. Case 3. A man, aged 67, a farm

Lithotrity. A man, aged about 54, is in the London Hospital, under Mr. Curling's care, on account of calculus in the bladder, on whom two lithotrity operations have been performed during the last month. Three years ago, Mr. Curling adopted the same measures, and succeeded in relieving him of all symptoms of stone, numerous fragments having been passed. He is the subject of a very much enlarged prostate, and habitually requires the use of a catheter.

Lithectasy (in the female).-Two cases have occurred, during the month, of operations for the removal of calculi from the female bladder. Case 1. A woman, aged 21, under the care of Mr. Fergusson, in King's College Hospital, admitted on ac

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