of his special practice, although several show the scope of his broad philosophic mind.

Personally DOCTOR CONNOR is a sterling, strong, conscientious, positive character. Possessed by birth of the best qualities and fine capabilities he has nurtured them in a most active and almost Puritanic manner until today he stands among his fellows a model gentleman and an honor to our State Medical Society.

ANNOTATIONS.

THE RECENT SPREAD OF SMALLPOX.

ELSEWHERE in this number will be found a very readable analysis of a localized epidemic of smallpox such as has surprised the whole country during the past two years. Fortunately the cases were generally mild, but the characteristics of the disease were so unmistakably apparent that the authorities had no excuse for not using rigid precautionary measures. The spread of smallpox in Michigan may be appreciated from a recent report of the State Board of Health to the effect that outbreaks of it have been caused to cease in one hundred and sixty-two localities since the first of January. It is still present in seventy-six places in this state.

PROFESSIONAL SECRECY AND THE LAW.

THE recent occurrences in two Detroit hospitals of two deaths following suspected criminal malpractice, and the markedly differing attitudes of the two institutions toward the law have again brought into prominence publicly the old subject of professional secrecy. In one case the defendants were themselves members of the medical staff of the hospital and the authorities of that hospital voluntarily offered no information. In the other and later instance representatives of the medical staff brought certain facts to the notice of the police authorities, who made such detention as they saw fit. From the standpoint of the hospitals themselves the cases were different but in the eyes of the law they were practically the It is not the intention of this journal to discriminate between the two institutions. We shall, however, call to mind an important point which the public mind is apt to forget. Although the prevention, detection and punishment of crime should deeply concern every good citizen, and though the concealment of the fact of crime is regarded as being accessory after the fact, yet common sense alone teaches that under certain circumstances it is expedient to disregard, at least temporarily, the fact of a crime. Self-inflicted abortion and attempted suicide are criminal acts, and yet if the guilty parties were invariably punished they would seldom come under needful medical attention for fear of being reported.

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A few years ago the London Lnncet mentioned the employment of the police authorities as sanitary inspectors during a severe epidemic of scarlet fever in Whitechapel. Having the right of entry with the permission of the owners or tenants into lodging houses, thieves' kitchens and other such places, they obtained valuable information concerning the spreading disease, and although they constantly came across men who were "wanted," yet for the time being such men were allowed to go free. They considered such a course expedient for the attainment of their immediate and more important object. Similarly the primary function of a hospital and the professional work of a physician are to save life. Like a victim in a city of refuge a patient looks for succor and not for a moral judge or a detective. If a physician or a hospital be unable to dissociate these functions it may be presumed with certainty that those who shall have need of them will find such as are not portals to a criminal dock or agents in the service of the law.

A FURTHER REPORT ON ANESTHETICS.

PENDING the publication of the report of the Anesthetic Committee the following points are patent from the editorial comment in the British Medical Journal: Clinical evidence showed chloroform to be responsible for more than one case of danger in every two hundred administrations, ether for fewer than one in fifteen hundred, gas and ether for fewer than one in one thousand. Complications of anesthesia appeared to be more common in females, although dangerous complications under ether were more common in males than in females. The tendency to circulatory disturbances seemed to vary according to the relative amount of chloroform in the anesthetic employed. Respiratory complications occurred with nearly equal frequency under ether and chloroform but those under chloroform seemed graver and more persistent. The statement under the Hyderabad Commission that chloroform has no direct action on the heart was refuted clinically over and over again, and was disposed of in the following conclusion: "When danger occurs in chloroform, whatever its exact nature may be, there is abundant evidence that in a large proportion of cases the symptoms that are observed are those of primary circulatory failure." The only dictum given as to methods of administration is that no mixture which contains chloroform should be administered by means of a closed inhaler. In general it was concluded that the occurrence of danger during anesthesia depends largely upon the administrator and that by far the most important factor in the safe administration of anesthetics is the experience he has acquired.

MEDICAL NEWS.

STATE SOCIETY OFFICERS.

THE following officers of the Michigan State Medical Society were elected at the recent annual meeting: President, Doctor Leartus Connor, of Detroit; first vice-president, Doctor Beverly Drake Harison, of Sault Sainte Marie; second vice-president, Doctor Charles Douglas, of Detroit;

third vicepresident, Doctor Walter H. Sawyer, of Hillsdale; fourth vicepresident, Doctor Lincoln P. Parkhurst, of Middleville. Section on General Medicine: Chairman, Augustus W. Crane, of Kalamazoo; secretary, Willis S. Anderson, of Detroit; orator, William K. West, of Calumet. Section on Surgery and Ophthalmology: Chairman, George C. Hafford, of Albion; secretary, William A. Spitzley, of Ann Arbor; orator, Angus McLean, of Detroit. Section on Gynecology and Obstetrics: Chairman, John J. Mulheron, of Detroit; secretary, Casper K. Lahuis, of Kalamazoo; orator, William H. Haughey, of Battle Creek. The next meeting will be held at Port Huron.

AWARDED A MEDAL OF HONOR.

DOCTOR GEORGE E. RANNEY, Lansing, Michigan, has been awarded a medal of honor by President McKinley for distinguished gallantry in the civil war. "On this occasion," according to the war department record of the action at Resaca, Georgia, May 14, 1864, "Assistant Surgeon Ranney, at great personal risk, went to the aid of a wounded soldier lying under heavy fire between the Union and Confederate lines, and with the aid of an orderly, carried him to a place of safety." On another battlefield the doctor was promoted to a brigade surgeoncy for bravery.

MEDICAL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.

DETROIT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE.

THE thirty-third annual commencement exercises of this institution were held at the Light Guard Armory, Thursday evening, May 9, when a class of forty-five received the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Twentyfive of the graduates resided in Michigan and the remaining twenty were residents of other states and countries. Addresses were delivered by Doctor William M. Donald and Judge Alfred J. Murphy, and the degrees were conferred by Honorable Sidney D. Miller. Following are the names of the recipients: William F. Acker, Robert H. Baird, Herbert M. Best, Parker S. Bishop, Emory J. Brady, George W. Brooks, Byron E. Burnell, Eugene G. Charbonneau, Julius C. Clippert, Frank B. Collins, Roswell W. Comstock, Archibald S. Coutts, Marcellus E. Coy, James W. Cunningham, Francis J. Durocher, James A. Elliott, James E. Elliott, Gilbert E. Frank, George A. Gordon, Frederick J. Hackney, William R. Hanes, Charles D. Huber, Albert G. Huegli, J. William H. Jordan, Louis C. Kent, Charles H. Lozar, Archibald R. McCracken, Allan W. McDonald, Archibald E. McGregor, Theodore R. MacClure, Frank H. Morehouse, Henry A. Moyer, George V. Oill, Albert E. Patterson, James B. Rice, Paul F. Rice, Julius J. Siffer, Francis J. Smith, Frank T. F. Stephenson, Robert T. Tapert, James B. Wallace, Franklin S. Waterworth, Charles Wetherbee, William H. White, Arthur J. Wilkinson.

At the conclusion of the exercises, the faculty of the college, the newly created doctors, and the many invited guests repaired to Hotel Cadillac and participated in the festivities of the annual banquet. Postprandial speeches were delivered by Reverend Edward H. Pence, Judge Alfred J. Murphy and Doctor Albert E. Carrier. . The Alumni Association convened in annual session at the Russell House in the afternoon of the above date, and listened to an address by the retiring president, Doctor Don. M. Campbell. After pursuing the order of busi

ness, the following officers were elected for the current year: President, Doctor James E. Davis, of Detroit; vice-president, Doctor T. B. Scott, of Vernon, Michigan; financial secretary and treasurer, Doctor G. C. Bassett, of Detroit; historian, Doctor C. T. Southworth, of Monroe, Michigan; executive committee, Doctors Don. M. Campbell and H. H. Cook, of Detroit, members for three years.

THE MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

THE thirteenth annual commencement exercises of this college were held at the Detroit Opera House, Thursday afternoon, April 25. The following list comprises the names of students whose entrée to the medical profession dates from that occasion: Henry L. Burdeno, James E. Curlett, Peter C. Dodenhoff, Romeo H. Earle, Thomas A. Ewart, Mrs. Annette B. Fiske, Herbert J. Higgs, John W. Hoffman, Burton E. Kellogg; Charles F. Kuhn, Christopher G. Lehman, Frank E. Luton, Esli T. Morden, Robert B. Mark, Irving W. Norris, John F. Osbaldeston, Morgan Parker, Dayton L. Parker, Henry H. Patton, Roy Pope, Miss Pisa Ricci, Frank H. Smith, Fred J. Sober, William A. Spencer, John J. WeitzThe annual banquet tendered to the graduating class

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was held at the Wayne Hotel in the evening.

THE DETROIT MEDICAL SOCIETY.

THE annual meeting for the election of officers of the Detroit Medical Society was held on Wednesday evening, April 24. The election resulted as follows: President, Delos L. Parker; vicepresident, Frank L. Newman; secretary, Louis J. Goux; treasurer, Wadsworth Warren. The new officers will assume their duties beginning with the last meeting in May, at which time the new committees will be appointed. After the May meeting the society will adjourn to the first Monday in September.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

REVIEWS.

THE TREATMENT OF FRACTURES.*

THIS work has speedily won a well-deserved popularity. Combining as it does the teaching of experience with Röntgen ray studies it is at once practical, up-to-date and the author has made it of great value. The exchange of "closed" and "open" for the old terms "simple" and "compound" is a mark of sensible authorship. The many illustrations are well selected and finely executed.

*By Chas. L. Scudder, M. D., Assistant in Clinical and Operative Surgery in Harvard Medical School. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Octavo, 433 pages, with nearly 600 original illustrations. Polished buckram, $4.50 net. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders & Company,

1901.

MATERIA MEDICA AND PHARMACOLOGY.*

THIS is a manual of more than ordinary value. It is of convenient size and yet comprises a fund of knowledge both as a reference work for pharmacists and physicians and as a text-book for students.

*By David M. R. Culbreth, M. D., Professor of Botany, Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy in the Maryland College of Pharmacy, Baltmore. New (second) edition. In one octavo volume of 881 pages, with 464 illustrations. Cloth, $4.50, net. Lea Brothers & Company, Publishers, Philadelphia and New York.

TUBERCULOSIS AS A DISEASE OF THE MASSES AND HOW

TO COMBAT IT.*

It is needless to dilate upon the excellence of this monograph for the general reader. It is popularly written and, out of eighty-one essays upon the subject given, this one was awarded the prize by the "International Congress to Combat Tuberculosis as a Disease of the Masses." The work is certainly a masterpiece of its kind.

*By S. A. Knopf M. D., New York. Price: paper, 25 cents per single copy; cloth, 50 cents. Special price in quantities. Published by M. Girestock, 200 West Ninety-sixth street, New York, 1901.

BACTERIOLOGY IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY.*

THIS is essentially a manual for the use of students, health officers, and practitioners. In addition to describing bacteria and the methods of their cultivation and study, the author has treated such general subjects as the relation of bacteria to disease, immunity, infection, the relation or effect of light, heat, electricity, temperature, chemicals, et cetera to bacteria, disinfection, sterilization, the examination of water, et cetera.

*By William H. Park, M. D., Associate Professor of Bacteriology and Hygiene in the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York. In one 12mo volume of 688 pages, with 87 illustrations in black and colors, and two full page colored plates. Cloth, $3.00 net.

MODERN MEDICINE.*

THIS work is essentially modern. About one hundred and fifty pages are devoted especially to symptomatology, physical diagnosis, clinical bacteriology, and laboratory methods the contribution of the present

era.

The various diseases are treated of in a pointed, comprehensive style, such as to make it of great value to students or for the perusal of practitioners. Type, illustrations and binding are all attractive.

*By Julius L. Salinger, M. D., Demonstrator of Clinical Medicine, Jefferson Medical College; Chief of the Medical Clinic, Jefferson Medcal College Hospital; Attending Physician to the Philadelphia Hospital: and Frederick J. Kalteyer, M. D., Assistant Demonstrator of Clinical Medicine, Jefferson Medical College; Hematologist to the Jefferson Medical College Hospital; Pathologist to the Lying-in Charity Hospital, Philadelphia; Assistant Pathologist to the Philadelphia Hospital. W. B. Saunders & Company: Philadelphia and London, 1900. Cloth, $4.00 net.