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THE Fourteenth International Medical Congress will be held at Madrid, Spain, April 23d to 30th, inclusive, 1903. The American party will sail from New York, April 11th, on the steamer Princess Irene, North German Lloyd, direct to Gibraltar. Tickets for the round-trip, including hotel and sight-seeing, $265, $375 and $515, according to the tour selected. Thos. Cook & Son, New York, will have full charge of the excursion.

BY AN unfortunate mistake the name of the Cleveland Medical Press, of Chicago, publishers of Ochsner's Surgery, was omitted in our review column of February last, and the name W. T. Keener & Co. credited with the publication of this excellent volume. We now desire to state that The Cleveland Press (The Clinical Review Publishing Company), of Chicago, published Ochsner's Clinical Surgery, and that much credit is due them for this splendid publication.

THE Fourteenth International Medical Congress will be held this year in Madrid, Spain, from April 23d to 30th. Several tours are being organized. The first tour of 33 days will cost $275, from New York and return. The second tour of 40 days will cost $325. The third tour comprises 45 days, and will cost $375. The fourth tour is 66 days long and will cost $515. These tours may be arranged by writing to Thomas Cook & Son of the town in which the traveler is located, or by writing to Dr. Charles Wood Fassett, St. Joseph, Mo. These rates will be extended to members of the physician's family as well as to himself. The first tour leaves New York, Saturday, April 11th. The second tour leaves New York, Saturday, April 24th. leaves New York, Saturday, April 11th. leaves New York, Saturday, April 11th, on different steamers. We understand there will be a large party leaving America for this interesting meeting this year.

VOL. XLVI-11

The third tour The fourth tour

DR. C. E. DE M. SAJOUS has just completed the first volume of a work which seems to suggest that the ductless glands form elements for future labor which in turn may lead to a new era in practical medicine. As the author remarks in his preface: * * * Among the subjects which had received attention during our preliminary inquiry was the physiology of the ductless glands. Although the thyroid body had been studied by a larger number of investigators than the adrenals, the latter seemed to us to present a feature directly connected with the problem: i.e., the marked affinity of adrenal extractives for oxygen. We therefore determined to follow the clue this afforded as far as recorded facts would permit, and to trace its connections beyond the field of physiology, if possible. * ** The overwhelming importance of the internal secretion of the adrenals having been determined, the functions of the other ductless glands were studied. Our investigation then showed that the adrenals were directly connected with the anterior pituitary body through the solar plexus, the splanchnic nerves, and the cervico-thoracic ganglia of the sympathetic. Indeed, this diminutive organ, hardly as large as a pea, and now thought to be practically functionless, proved to be the most important organ of the body, as governing center of the adrenals, and, therefore, of all oxidation processes. * * The author fur

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ther goes on to say that the majority of drugs, toxins, physiological serum and albumins, etc., stimulate the adrenal system up to a certain point. When the drug exceeds this point or is excessive, there is either inhibition or arrest of the functions of this system, controlled by the anterior pituitary body. The posterior pituitary body is proved to be the chief functional centre of the nervous system. Dr. Sajous' work is looked upon with great interest, as he certainly has investigated a subject that is very imperfectly, if at all, understood.

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Correspondence.

THE AMERICAN CONGRESS ON TUBERCULOSIS FOR THE PREVENTION OF CONSUMPTION.

SECRETARY'S OFFICE, ATLANTA, GA., U. S. A.,

February 18, 1903. To Members of the American Congress on Tuberculosis: GENTLEMEN-Dr. Lewis authorizes the following statements:

Dr. Charles O. Probst, of Columbus, Ohio, has been appointed a member of the Executive Council; Dr. Chas. Wood Fassett, of St. Joseph, Mo., has been appointed Fifth Vice-President.

The next meeting will be held in St. Louis, Mo., U. S. A., July 18th to 23d, inclusive, 1904.

The work of organization is being pushed as rapidly as possible. To facilitate this the Congress has been granted a charter, thus making it a legal body, and by this means greatly facilitating the work of reorganization on the lines mapped out at the last meeting, when it was decided that a radical reorganization should be completed by the officers elected.

For the purpose of completing the organization of the International or World's Congress on Tuberculosis on strictly ethical lines, the following well-known physicians have been asked to serve on an Advisory Committee to assist the Council in perfecting plans for the meeting. All have accepted, and a large number will be added to this list:

Dr. R. M. Reilley, Surgeon-General U. S. Army; Dr. J. N. Hurty, Secretary State Board of Health, Indiana; Dr. H. Beaumont Small, Secretary Canadian Association for Prevention of Consumption; Dr. George W. Webster, President State Board of Health, Illinois; Dr. A. G. Young, Secretary Maine State Board of Health; Dr. J. B. Maxwell, Mt. Carmel, Illinois; Dr. Thos. F. Harrington, 128 Merrimack street, Lowell, Mass.; Dr. Willis F. Westmoreland, Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. Henry D. Holton, President American Public Health Association; Dr. J. C. Shrader, Secretary State Board of Health, Iowa; Dr. A. C. Bernays, St. Louis, Mo.; Dr. Irving A. Watson, President New Hampshire Medical Society; Dr. J. A. Egan, Secretary State Board of Health, Illinois; Dr. P. M. Rixey, Surgeon

General U. S. Navy; Dr. H. M. Bracken, Secretary State Board of Health, Minnesota; Dr. J. Harris Pierpont, President Florida State Medical Association; Dr. Chas. Hicks, President Georgia State Medical Association; Dr. W. A. Evans, President Chicago Medical Society; Dr. E. M. Reading, 6501 Kimball avenue, Chicago, Ill.; Dr. J. B. Walker, Effingham, Ill.; Dr. H. H. Stone, Phoenix, Ariz.; Dr. Wm. Oldright, Toronto, Canada; Dr. Chas. O. Probst, Secretary American Public Health Association; Dr. Benjamin Lee, Secretary State Board of Health, Pennsylvania; Dr. P. H. Bryce, Secretary Provincial Board of Health, Toronto; Dr. Frank Paschal, Secretary Texas State Board of Health; Dr. Manning Simmons, President South Carolina Medical Society; Dr. Donald Campbell, Butte, Montana.

The other committees will be named as soon as they can be selected. It is earnestly requested that the Secretary be informed of the date of all meetings of medical societies, names of officers of same, and other information that would aid him in his work. Respectfully,

GEORGE BROWN, Secretary.

CALIFORNIA IS AT LAST FREE FROM THE SUSPICION OF BUBONIC PLAGUE.

The following communications are self-explanatory: WASHINGTON, D. C., February 22.-Frank J. Symmes, Chairman of the Mercantile Joint Committee, San Francisco, Cal.: Replying to inquiry, I have to say that no case of plague has been discovered in San Francisco since December 11th, nearly two months and a half ago, and then only one case. Official reports show that the National, State and city authorities are working in thorough harmony under the leadership of the Federal officers; that searching inspections are being made daily in Chinatown, and proper sanitary measures are being rigidly enforced, including radical measures for the destruction of rats. Bacteriological examinations of captured rats are being made daily, and the last infected rat was found on December 8th, since which time bacteriological examinations have been made of 324 dead rats, and none found infected. The State Department was requested last week to notify the Governments of Mexico and Ecuador of the satisfac

tory conditions now prevailing, and which have prevailed for some time in San Francisco, and doubtless this has been done, and the above facts have been, moreover, communicated to the International Union of American Republics. WALTER WYMAN, Surgeon-General U. S. Republic Health and Marine Hospital Service.

The following message was sent to the Assembly by the Governor:

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

Sacramento, February 23, 1903. To the Assembly of the State of California: I have the honor herewith to transmit for your information a copy of a dispatch which has been received from SurgeonGeneral Wyman, of the Public Health and Marine Hospital service of the United States Government.

As you will observe, this dispatch shows that the United States authorities believe the health conditions in San Francisco are now satisfactory, and they have proceeded to communicate a knowledge of the actual situation to the governments of countries, which, under a misapprehension, had established quarantines against ships sailing from that port.

The showing thus made is one which the people of California can regard with considerable satisfaction, and I believe that the policy of co-operation between the Federal, State and municipal government is being justified by results. GEORGE C. PARDEE, Governor of California.

Formalin in Streptococcic Infection. Intravenous injection of formalin, 1 in 5000 of sterilized water, has again been tried with apparent success. It was used several years ago by an English physician in the treatment of tuberculosis with considerable success. 500 cubic centimetres of a 1 in 5000 solution is gradually thrown into the vein of the arm. This may be repeated in 12 or 24 hours. The reaction is not severe, and it would seem to have a decided beneficial result.