THE

DUBLIN JOURNAL

OF

MEDICAL SCIENCE.

EDITED BY

JOHN WILLIAM MOORE, B.A., M.D., M.CH., UNIV. DUBL.;

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF IRELAND;

PHYSICIAN TO THE MEATH HOSPITAL AND COUNTY DUBLIN INFIRMARY;
CONSULTING PHYSICIAN TO CORK-STREET FEVER HOSPITAL;
EX-SCHOLAR OF TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN,

FANNIN AND COMPANY, GRAFTON-STREET.
LONDON: LONGMANS & CO.; SIMPKIN, MARSHALL & CO.
EDINBURGH: JAMES THIN.

PARIS: HACHETTE & CO.

1894.

CATALOGULD.

J. F. B.
JAN 22 1895

JOHN FALCONER, PRINTER, 53 UPPER SACKVILLE STREET, DUBLIN.

THE DUBLIN JOURNAL

OF

MEDICAL SCIENCE.

CONTENTS.

THIRD SERIES, No. CCLXXI.-JULY 2, 1894.

PART I. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS.

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ART. I.-Notes on Cases of a Severe Type of Influenza. By JOHN J.

BURGESS, F.R.C.S.I., L.R.C.P.I., -

ART. II. Note on a Case of Insular Sclerosis. By H. C. TWEEDY,

M.D. Dubl.; Fellow and Examiner, Royal College of Physicians

of Ireland; Physician to Madam Steevens' Hospital,

ART. III.-Remarks on the Water Supply in Dublin in 1890 and 1894.

By WILLIAM ROBERT GRAVES, L.R.C.P.I., L.R.C.S.I.; Patholo-

gist to the City of Dublin Hospital,

ART. IV.-Burmese Ringworm. By H. S. PURDON, M.D.; Physician,

Belfast Hospital for Skin Diseases,

PART II. REVIEWS AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES.

1. Congenital Affections of the Heart. By GEORGE Carpenter, M.D.

Lond., M.R.C.P.; Senior Physician to Out-Patients, Evelina

Hospital for Sick Children, London,

2. Memorandum on the Opium Question. (Evidence forwarded to the

Royal Opium Commission.) By PATRICK HEHIR, M.D., F.R.S.E.,

F.R.C.S.E., D.P.H. (Camb.); Surgeon-Captain, Bengal Army;

Principal Medical Officer, His Highness the Nizam's Regular

Troops; Lecturer on Medicine and Pathology, Hyderabad Medical

School,

3. Manual of Practical Anatomy. By D. J. CUNNINGHAM, M.D.,

D.Sc., LL.D., D.C.L. (Oxon), F.R.S.; Professor of Anatomy and

Chirurgery, University of Dublin. Vol. II. Thorax, Head, and

Neck,

4. Primer Congreso Medico-Farmacéutico Regional celebrado en

Valencia del 26 al 31 de Julio de 1891, para commemorar el Ano

50 de la Fundación del Instituto Médico. Actas y Detalles publi-

cados bajo la dirección del DR. FAUSTINO BARBERA, Secretario-

general de dicho Congreso,

5. Thirty-third Annual Report of the Cincinnati Hospital to the Mayor

of Cincinnati for the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 1893.

FRANK W. HENDLEY, M.D., Superintendent,

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6. 1. Royal University of Ireland. The Calendar for the Year 1894.

2. Royal University of Ireland. Examination Papers, 1893. A

Supplement to the University Calendar for the Year 1894,

7. Physical Education. By FREDERICK TREVES, F.R.C.S.; Surgeon

to, and Lecturer on Anatomy at, the London Hospital. Reprinted

from "A Treatise on Hygiene," by various authors. Edited by

Stevenson and Murphy,

8. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied

(Based on Mayne's Lexicon).

Sciences.

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PART III. SPECIAL REPORTS.

REPORT ON NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASE. BY RINGROSE Atkins,

M.A., M.D.; Resident Medical Superintendent, District Asylum,

Waterford :-

Notes on Uncommon Forms of Skin Diseases. By R. GLASGOW

PATTESON, B.A., B.Ch., Univ. Dubl.; F.R.C.S.I.; Surgeon in

charge of the Skin Department, St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin,

PART IV. MEDICAL MISCELLANY.

ROYAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE IN IRELAND:—

SECTION OF SURGERY.

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Nephrectomy and Nephrorrhaphy. MR. M'ARDLE,

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Case of Lacerated Wound of the Upper Third of the Thigh. MR.

PRATT,

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Three Cases of Popliteal Aneurysm. MR. LENTAIGNE,

SECTION OF MEDICINE.

The Sequel of a Case of Myxedema treated by Thyroid Juice.

DR. LITTLE,

On the Treatment of Bright's Disease. DR. M. F. Cox,

Note on a Case of Insular Sclerosis (Patient exhibited). DR. H.

C. TWEEDY,

Tetany. DR. Parsons,

SECTION OF OBSTETRICS.

Ovaries and Tubes removed for Dysmenorrhoea. DR. A. J. SMITH,

Cases of Uterine Myomata treated by Injection of Ergot. DR. R.

D. PUREFOY,

Ovariotomy in a Lunatic, and Life History of a Uterine Fibroid.

DR. ATTHILL,

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Spleno-medullary Leukæmia. DR. M'WEENEY,

Perforating Wound of the Pharynx. MR. M'ARDLE,

SECTION OF STATE MEDICINE.

Some Points in connection with the Administration of Hospital

Relief. DR. H. C. TWEEDY,

Demonstration of the Typhoid Bacillus in Drinking Water. DR.

M'WEENEY,

SANITARY AND METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. Compiled by J. W. Moore,

B.A., M.D., Univ. Dubl.; F.R.C.P.I.; F.R. Met. Soc.; Diplo-

mate in State Medicine and ex-Sch. of Trin. Coll. Dubl. :-

Vital Statistics for Four Weeks ending Saturday, May 19, 1894,

Vital Statistics for Four Weeks ending Saturday, June 16, 1894,

Meteorology-Abstract of Observations made at Dublin for the

Month of May, 1894,

PERISCOPE:-

Formation of Sugar in the Animal Organism,

Apollinaris Water,

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Medical Sickness, Annuity, and Life Assurance Society,

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