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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1926.

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PUNISHMENT FOR DELAY IN SHAVING. Doctors who advise operations] There is a remarkable sequel after a superficial oxamination, to the drastic shaving order issued and surgeons who "potter about on the demise of the late Mu- in the operating room" while the haraja of Kashmir as a sign of patient is on the table awaiting national mourning by Colonel operations, were severely cri- Janaksing, the senior member of ticised by Dr. D. J. McCarthy, at, the State Council, says an Indian a session of the. Eastern Society correspondent. of Anesthetists at the Adelphi The dourth of barbers was so Hotel, Philadelphia.

great on the day of burini that

Dr. McCarthy's talk was one, "subordinate official of thei devoted to the subject of "Post-Palace could not get shaved be- operativo Insanities," which he fore the funeral procession had indicated can be avoided in many started. That was so serious an cases if the anesthetist is sup- offence that immodiate cognis-1

delivered, may be obtained on appli-plied with the full history of the anco was taken of it by the high-

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case. Ho considered cortain in-cal oxecutive officer of Jammu. tangible roserve factors, such as The poor man was just in tho nervo resources, of the utmost middle of being shaved when three! importance. Theso, he declared, orders were served on him: (1) are not always shown on the Suspension from sorvice, (2) ox-. Usual charts, but are obtained pulsion from the compound of the moro by Impression.

Palace, and (3) notice of a cri- The psychic factor also was and the police authorities came minal prosecution. The military stressed by Dr. S. Adolphus on the scene, the culprit was ask. Knopf, major Medical Office of ad to get up, half-shaved as he the Reserve Corps, U. S. A. in was, with the rest of his favo his paper dealing with "Medical lathered, and physically forced to Care of Tuberculosis Patients quit the precincts of the Palace Proceding and Following Surgie.Disgusted with the treatment so al Operations," He advocated, meted out to him, he has sent in also, the control of diaphragmatic his resignation aftar, eighteen brenthing on the part of the years of service. patient, not only as an aid to the mrgeon, but also as of great this trouble as their religion for The Mohammedans escaped all benefit to the individual.

tade them to shuve. But others) "The slow-breathing animal is had to undergo this discipline, longest lived," ho declared, and and the barbers in Kashmir had! a The result of observation he the time of their lives. Some de-l has found that the hors, taking manded exorbitant amounts, the! en breaths a minute, at rest, is charges being two shillings per least susceptible to tuberculosis, head, while ordinarily it would among domesticanimals; whereas, be even less than a pony for al the cow, at rost taking from clean shave. fifteen to thirty per minute, is most susceptible. The turtle. which lives the longest of animal, and never contracts tuberculosis, breathes so slowly and infre- quently that the respirations are hardly perceptible, he said,

Dr. Knopf gave a demonstra- tion of his method of teaching. entrolled breathing. using Dr Charles J. Wells, of Syracuse, as a subject, and Dr. Anna M. Stuart. of Elmira, N. Y as an observer to time the breath.

CAXTON

BOOK RUBBISH HEAP.

ON

HIDING PLACE FOUND AFTER SEARCH, Removed from the Castic Museum, Colchestor, because of air raids, an example of Caxton's work has been rediscovered in a rubbish heap and restored to the

museum.

The work, a fine copy of the Do Consolation

In his attack on those surgeons Boethius who delay in operating while the Philosophiae," consisting of 93 patient is on the table, Dr.pages, dates back to 1478. McCarthy Said: "I am no going

For 50 years it had been in

Mr. James Round died -nine Douglas, who also know of the yeara ago, and his brother, hiding-place of the manuscript, also died during the war.

to have the surgeon waste the re-the Castle library when, during serve of my patient while he the war, it was taken, for greater stands around for twenty minutes safety, by the late Hon. Jus. washing his hands. He should Round, to his home at Birch Hall, be ready to operate when the; patient is placed on the table."

near Colchester. There is a great deal of evid-1 ence that the use of morphine, under certain conditions, reduces postoperative stuck, Dr. M. A Sloenin, of Pittsburgh, brought, out in his paper on

Other members of the family Use of Mor- generally understood that the phine Before and After Operation, copy was somewhere in the Hall, The position of the patient dur-and many fruitless searches wore ing and after operation is highly made. The library of the Hall important, according to Dr. Willy was disposed of four years ago, Meyer, of New York City, who but the Caxton was not among cited numerous instances where the volumes sold, or it could change of position of the patient hardly have escaped notice. prevented serious consequences, His subject was "Posture After further search was carried out,, In the past few wooks a [Operation."

and, wrapped in brown paper and lying amid the dust and refuse of the collar, was discovored the HYGIENIC INSTITUTE, beautiful specimen of the groat

| printer's work,

OPENING THIS MONTH.

Lloyd's Register Shipbuilding The new Hygienic Institute of September 30th show that the

Returns for the quarter ended| the S.M.R. Co. at Duiren (Supermerchant tonnage under con- intendent Dr. S. Kanai of the struction in Great Britain and, Sanitation Office hoing in charge Ireland at that date was 1,009,- of the new Institute additionally) 155 tons, or over 84,000 tons less will be partially opened to busi-than at the end of June, 1925, ness on December 10, boginning and about 459,000 tons less than with the three Divisions of Bac-the tonnage building twelve Horiology, Serum manufacture. months ago. Further, the ton-

and Vaccin-manufacture.

The nage other three Division of Pathology, susponded at the end of Septem- which work WILS Medical Chemistry, and Hygien-bor was 81,000 tons, compared ics will follow in due course of with only 37,000 tons at the end of The new institute is under con-totals are the lowest recorded September, 1924. The prosent struction on the old site of the since December, 1909, and are Government Agricultural Experi-1881,000 tons below the average. mental Station that has been shift-tonnage building during the

time.

ed to Chinchou, and the sum of twolve months immediately pre- Yon 350,000 has been appropriated eeding the war. The total mor for the construction work. For chant tonnage under construction the current fiscal year, the sum of in other countries at the end of about Yen 150,000 is set apart. September was 1,107,750 tons, ori Already, the rooms for nianufac-about 78,000 tons less than at the turing serums and vaccin, the ond of the preceding quartor. room for researches on the plague, During the the house for animals for cultural tons of new

quarter, 225,236 Losts, the godown, etc., altogether launched in Great Britain, a shipping wore 9 buildings, have been finished. decrease of 72,925 tons compared Dr. K. Ando is in charge of the with the previous three months, Pacteriological Division; and Dr. while 250,378 tons were launch- K. Sakamoto of the Gevernment ed abroad, or a decline of 44,748 Cattle Epidemic Institute, has tons. Disappointing as the roturns been selected to take charge of are, it is satisfactory to note that the Vaccin Division.

the tonnage of 260,551 commencod By the way, the Kwangtung in British yards during Government, besides placing the quarter compares with 244,00%) site ground of the Institute at the tons commonged abroad, These latter's disposal, is to bear the figures show an increase in com- sum of Yen 30,000 out of the ap-parison with the second quarter) nual upkeep of the Institute of 1925 of 70,746 tons in British amounting to Yen 170,000.~Mun-and of 11,093 tons in foreign Ichiria Daily News.

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