ver, Holyoke one. From typhus fever, Baltimore one. Thirty

ton, New Orleans, and Nashville one each. From puerperal
Boston, Cincinnati, District of
fetver, Nashville two, Brooklyn,
Col'imbia, Milwaukee, and Lowell one each, From tetanoid fever, Holyoke one. From typhus fever, Baltimore one.
Thirty-two cases of small pox were reported in St. Louis,
Baltimore 16, Buffalo nine ; scarlet fever 21, diphtheria 19, typhoid fever 12 in Boston ; scarlet fever 14, diphtheria three in
-
Milwaukee.
In 37 cities and towns of Massachusetts, with
an
estimated
of 1,105,589 (estimated population of ihe State
1,922,530), the total death-rate for the week was 19.66 against
20.40 and 20.44, for the previous two weeks.
In the 28 greater towns of England and Wales, with an estimated population of 8,620,975, for the week ending May 19th,
the death-rate was 21.3. Deaths reported 3518 : acute diseases
of the respiratory organs (London) 302, measles 89, whoop48, diarrhcea 32, diphtheing-cough 66, scarlet fever 65, fever
ria 23, small-pox (Newcastle four, London and Leeds one each)
six. The death-rates ranged from 12.6 in Bolton to 314 in
Hull; Leicester 16 1 ; Derby 18.9; Nottingham 19.9; London
20.2; Cardiff 22; Manchester 24.8 ; Liverpool 25.9 ; Leeds 26.
In Edinburgh 18.6; Glasgow 35.1 ; Dublin 29.5.
population
For the week ending May 12th, in 169 German cities and
an estimated population of 8,663,340, the death-rate
was 27.7.
Deaths reported 4607 ; under five years of age,
2093; consumption 712, lung diseases 676, diphtheria and croup
diarrhœal
diseases 156, measles and rötheln 105, scarlet fever
175,
66, typhoid fever 48, whooping-cough 37, puerperal fever 23,
small-pox (Mainz and Wiesbaden one each) two, typhus fever
( Braunschweig one) one. The death-rates ranged from 16.7 in
Wiesbaden to 46.7 in Augsburg; Königsberg 31.1; Breslau
34.8 ; Munich 34.2 ; Dresden 30.6 ; Berlin 28.6 ; Leipzig 29.2 ;
Hamburg 30.2; Cologne 26.9; Frankfort a. M. 23.2; Stras-
towns, with
burg 30.1.
For the week ending May 12th, in the Swiss towns, there
39 deaths from consumption, lung diseases 31, diarrhœal
diseases 13, diphtheria and croup nine, measles seven, whoopingcough three, scarlet fever one, typhoid fever one.puerperal fever
one.
The death-rates were, at Geneva 33.8, Zurich 18, Basle
14.3, Berne 33.9.
were
The meteorological record for the week ending June 2d,
in Boston, was as follows, according to observations furnished
by Sergt. O. B. Cole, of the United States Signal Corps :
—
Date.
Barom-
Thermom-
eter.
eter.
Relative
Velocity of
Direction of
Wind.
Humidity.
State of
Weather.l
Wind.
Rainfall.
May
June,
a
1883.
Sun.,
«
27
Wed., 30
Thurs.,31
Fri.,
Sat.,
1
2
Means, the 29.957
week.
1
SW
;70
29.682
29.728
29.800
30.135
29.931
30.261
30.484
Mon., 28
Tues., 29
W
SW
w
S
NW
NE
78
77
79
76
75
71
G4
51
SW
w
sw
SE
SW
N
E
SW
W
NW
SE
W
R
N
C
C
SW
C
O
C
R
O
F
F
C
B
C
C
.
S 2
as
3
17.15
.51
C
c
c
F
F
C
C
68
O., cloudy ; O, clear ; F., fair ; G., fog ; H., hazy ; S., smoky ; R., rain ; T., threatening ; B., clearing.
OFFICIAL LIST OF CHANGES OF STATIONS AND
DUTIES OF OFFICERS OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT U. S. ARMY, FROM JUNE 1, 1883, TO
JUNE 8, 1883.
Alexander, Charles T., major and surgeon. So much
of paragraph 6, S. O. 82, A. G. 0., April 10, 1883, amended to
qui les couvre et se confondent sur l'homme vivant pour
que le chirurgien habile.'
Sur le vivant les arières battent mais pas tant qu' on le
croirait (Richet), pas toujours au voisinage des anétirysmes
( Hodgson)." Précis de Manuel Opératoire Ligatures des Artères,
L. H. Farabeuf, pages 8 and 11.
Yours truly,
W. C. B. Fifield.
sang
tout autre
"
duty at the United States MiliY., October 1, 1883. Paragraph
Books and Pamphlets Received.
Handbook of Medical Electricity, with a Description of a New Medical Battery.
7, S. O. 125, A. G. 0., June 1, 1883.
McKee, J. C, major and surgeon. Assigned to duty as post By A. M. Rosebrugh, M. D., Surgeon to the Toronto Eye and
Paragraph 2, S. 0. Ear Dispensary, etc. Printed for the Author. Toronto.
surgeon Presidio of San Francisco, Cal.
1883.
56, Department of California, May 25, 18S3.
Db Loffre, A. A., captain and assistant surgeon. To proAnnual Report of the Adjutant-General of the Commonceed to Madison Barracks, N. Y., and report to the post com- wealth of Massachusetts for the Year ending December 31,
the
of
S.
0. 98, Department
mander for duty. Paragraph 2,
1882. Boston: State Printers. 1883.
East, June 5, 1883.
Insanity; its Causes and Prevention. By Henry Putnam
Stearns, M. D., Superintendent of the Retreat for the Insane,
direct that he be relieved from
tary Academy, West Point, N.
—
etc. New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1883.
Aids to Medicine. Parti. (Double Part.) The General Diseases, Diseases of the Lungs, Heart, Blood-Vessels, and Liver.
The report of my remarks made at the meet- By C. E. Armand Simple, B. A., M. B. Cantab., L. S. A., M.
Mr. Editor,
at Cincinnati, does R. C. P. London. New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1883.
ing of the AmericanoutSurgical Association
Corning, M. D., Resident Assistclearly the point I aimed at making, antBrain-Rest. toBytheJ. LeonardRiver
not, I think, bring
State Hospital for the InHudson
Physician
namely, that in ligature of arteries the finger rather than the
sane, etc. New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1883.
eye" of the operator recognizes the vessel in the wound.
Quarterly Report of Medical Officers United States Army,
C'est au doigt qu'il faut avoir recours sur le vivant, lui seul
with their Stations and Duties, as reported to the Surgeon-Genvoit clair au fond des plaies inonde'es de sang.
"
L'élève ne doit jamais l'oublier. Il faut qu'il passe à l'am- eral April 1, 1883. Washington: Surgeon-General's Office.
A System of Human Anatomy, including its Medical and
son doigt plutôt que celle de ses yeux.
phithéâtre l'éducationendel'air
et le doigt dans la plaie qu'il faut Surgical Relations. By Harrison Allen, M. D. Section IV.
C'est donc les yeux
s'habituer à lier les artères une fois les incisions superficielles Arteries, Veins, and Lymphatics. Philadelphia : Henry C. Lea's
Co. 1883.
accomplées. Ecoutez Sabatier. Les vaisseaux, les nerfs, le SonMr.& and
Mrs. Morton. A Novel. Second Edition. Boston :
tissu cellulaire, les muscles qu'il est si facile de distinguer de
séparer sur le cadavre, paraissent uniformément colorés par le Cupplcs, Upham & Co. 1883.
CORRECTION.
AMERICAN SURGICAL ASSOCIATION.
Hartford, Conn.,
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