WANTED.-A purchaser of an order for an artificial limb, at a great reduction from the original price. Will some one of our surgical friends take notices. STILL WANTED. Copies of the April number, 1868, of the Western Journal of Medicine; also of the Cincinnati Journal, February, 1866. Twenty-five cents for each one of these returned in good condition. *THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE, U. S.-We have received a pamphlet entitled "Commencement Exercises of the University of Louisville, Medical Department, containing addresses by W. C. Maul, A. M., and Prof. Lunsford P. Yandell, Jr." As the latter author made a very favorable impression upon us when we had the pleasure of seeing him in London, we turned to the pamphlet with some curiosity. We were at first puzzled, as one of the discourses of the "Commencement Exercises" is a valedictory address. But it would appear that it is customary with our cousins to give some advice to newly-created doctors assembled on the occasion, when the new-comers begin their studies. Judging from the sound counsels contained in Dr. Yandell's address-though the language to us on this side of the Atlantic seems quaint the custom is not bad. Our own introductory lectures have, on the contrary, this defect, that they often contain advice of use in actual practice, whilst the hearers are but embryo doctors. A feature of this pamphlet, rather unusual with us, is the speech of one of the newly-made physicians, full of hope for the future, and teeming with praise of the professors; the diction is high-flown, and approaches bombast. Dr. Yandell, however, does not conceal from his hearers the shortcomings and the dark sides of our profession. But we have rewards, also, and the author says:-"In truth, you may very correctly judge of the civilization of a country by the estimation in which medical men are held in it. The worthy representative of the noblest people on this planet, Queen Victoria, delights to honor the conspicuously worthy members of our profession in her kingdom. And that wonderful man, the third in name, but hardly second in point of wisdom, the peerless-minded Emperor of the French, is scarcely behind the good Queen of England in rewarding medical merit." The author is very full and explicit on the "duties and qualities of the good physician.' Here he says, "Never tell your wife's secrets to your patients, nor your patients' secrets to your wife." On the subject of cleanliness Dr. Yandell remarks: The healthiest people in the world, and the longest-lived, I believe, are the English of the higher-classes, and beyond all peradventure they are the most cleanly.' He insists on the necessity of pure air and good cooking; and with reference to the latter the author has the following bold outburst:-"Bad cooking, which spoils food, however good in itself, is the cause, I strongly suspect, of half the sins of the world, and of quite three-fourths of the domestic *Prof. L. P. Yandell, Jr., will not feel offended at this notice which we find in the Lancet, May 8th. infelicity. If I had the training of a girl, I should charge and beseech her, above all things, to be amiable and unselfish, and a good cook. There is little doubt in my mind that the bad biscuits of America are in a great measure to blame for the numberless homicides which render our country a bye-word among the nations. Bad bread breeds battle, murder, and sudden death. Bad cooking probably killed more Confederate soldiers than the bullets of the enemy. I am not sure that our Legislature ought not to pass laws making bad cooking, if by a servant, punishable as a felony, and if on the part of a wife, unquestionable ground for divorce." This is certainly a savory bit, and will frighten any gourmand intending a trip to Kentucky. But Dr. Yandell is in sober earnest when he speaks of the art of "giving advice," on the "duties of physicians and patients," and on the "bearing of doctors towards one another." We wish the Professor and his University much success. INDIANAPOLIS, MAY 22, 1869. I desire to inform the members of the State Medical Society, and all societies tributary to it, that the assessment for this year has been reduced to one dollar. All those desiring the Transactions this year will please send me their names and the assessment at once, so that it can be ascertained what number shall be issued. No one will receive them otherwise, as only sufficient will be published for the real wants. G. V. WOOLEN, Secretary. INDIANA MEDICAL COLLEGE.-The subject of organizing a Medical College at the State Capital, has long been a theme for discussion among medical men at the annual meetings of our State Society; but now discussion has been ended by the action of the Indianapolis Academy of Medicine. The following faculty has been selected by the committee appointed for that purpose: J. S. Bobbs, M. D., Prof. of Surgery. J. A. Comingor, M. D., Prof. of Operative and Clinical Surgery. R. N. Todd, M. D., Prof. of Practice of Medicine. W. B. Fletcher, M. D., Prof. of Physiology. L. D. Waterman, M. D., Prof of Anatomy. T. B. Harvey, M. D., Prof. of Diseases of Women and Children. R. T. Brown, M. D., Prof. Chemistry. F. S. Newcomer, M. D., Prof. Materia Medica and Therapeutics. Charles E. Wright, M. D., of Demonstrator of Anatomy. The faculty thus appointed, have organized, under the laws of the State, with a capital stock of $100,000, and have leased, for a term of years, the building, in course of erection, on Delaware street, opposite the court house, where the necessary rooms will be fitted up on the most improved plans. The first course of lectures will be delivered next fall and winter, commencing sometime in October. The faculty have appointed the following gentlemen to lecture on the subjects named: Diseases of the Eye and Ear, Charies E. Wright, M. D. Diseases of the Mind and Nervous System, Wilson Lockhart, M. D., J. H. Woodburn, M. D., James S. Athon, M. D. Medical Jurisprudence, Hon. J. W. Gordon, M. D., and Judge S. E. Perkins. Dental Surgery, P. G. C. Hunt, D. D. S., and J. F. Johnston, D. D. S. The Board of Trustees consists of the faculty, Judge S. E. Perkins and Hon. John D. Howland. KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.-At a meeting of the Faculty of this school, May 13th, the following preamble and resolution were unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, The medical colleges of the United States have, hitherto, in vain sought for an expression of the wish of the American Medical Profession in regard to the amount of fees proper for a single official course of collegiate lectures; and WHEREAS, The American Medical Association did, by a vote conspicuously, decide on the 6th of May, 1869, that $120 should be accepted as the MINIMUM amount to be charged for such a course of lectures; and WHERRAS, This vote is morally and honorably binding upon all who personally or by delegate authority entered into it; and WHEREAS, The Faculty of the Kentucky School of Medicine, in common with all reputable members of the medical profession, accepts the decisions of the American Medical Association as representing, through its delegate organization, the sentiment and desire of the great body of American physicians; Be it hereby resolved, That the Faculty of the Kentucky School of Medicine acknowledges this officially expressed wish of the Association as its guide in this relation, and that it will hereafter charge $120 for each official course of its collegiate lectures. L. J. FRAZBE, M. D., Dean. The undersigned, by a special vote of the Faculty, is instructed to send a copy of the above proceedings to the Deans of Medical Schools in the United States, for the information of their respective Schools; and to also send a copy to each American Medical Journal, with the request, that the facts mentioned may be made public in such manner, as in the judgment of the editors of these Journals may appear expedient and best. L. J. FRAZEE, M. D., Dean. LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, May, 1869. COLUMBUS, MAY 26, 1869. DR. THEOPHILUS PARVIN-Dear Sir:-Please announce in the Western Journal of Medicine, that the meeting of the Ohio State Medi cal Society, for Tuesday, June 8th, will be held in the hall of House Representatives, and that arrangements for the return of members and their families, free on certificate of attendance, have been completed with the following roads: Little Miami and Columbus & Xenia; Baltimore & Ohio; Panhandle; Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati, including the Springfield & Columbus via Delaware; the Columbus, Chicago & Indiana, and the Cincinnati, Sandusky & Columbus, including London branch. All applications have been made in person, and so far, without exceptions, received affirmative replies. Other applications are being made by proxy and by letter, and the success has been such, up to this time, as to justify the expectation that our railroad companies will give us every facility we can reasonably ask or desire. I think it safe to predict that this will be the most successful meeting the Society has ever had. I would respectfully suggest that every physician in the State, (as well as a liberal sprinkling of those of Indiana, Kentucky, Western Virginia, and Pennsylvania), who wishes to see and make the acquaintance of every other physician, that he will do well to embrace this opportunity. J. W. HAMILTON, Chairman Executive Committee. OIL OF TURPENTINE IN AFFECTIONS OF THE SKIN.-Prof. Von Erlach and E. Lucke have recently communicated the results of their experience in the external use of oil of turpentine for parasitic affections of the skin as it acts quickly, and upon the whole of the diseased structure. Alcohol, it is stated, does not extend its action to the spores, etc., seated deeply at the bottom of the follicles; and iodine requires frequent applications, and is often useless. Cases of herpes tonsurans and mentagra are reported, in which a rapid cure was brought about by brushing oil of turpentine over the diseased surfaces. The same agent has been employed in a similar manner by Lucke in cases of surgical erysipelas, with great success. According to the results of nine reported cases, recovery takes place in about three days. The local application of the turpentine was followed by a rapid disappearance of the eruption, and by an immediate fall in the temperature of the body. The last fact is explained by Lucke as due to a destruction of septic material at the inflamed surface, and a consequent diminution of the general fever.-Berliner Klinische Wochenschrift, 45, 1868. OF THE NEW YORK INFIRMARY, No. 126 Second Avenue, near Eighth Street, New York. Students of this school can attend the clinics at Bellevue Hospital, the Eye and Ear Infirmary and the City Dispensaries. They receive practical training in the New York Infirmary, which treats about seven thousand patients annually. Winter Session 1869-70 begins on first Monday in October, 1869. For announcements and particulars, address the Secretary of the Faculty, DR. EMILY BLACKWELL, No. 126 SECOND AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY. REYNDERS, 64 CHATHAM ST,, NEW YORK, SURGICAL & ORTHOPEDICAL INSTRUMENTS |