obfuscating the mental profundity." Of course the above is no more than the migration of lumbricoids from the ilium through the jejunem into the duodenum, and from thence up the spinal canal into the spiritual realm of the surgeons who do the operating. The work, however, was so well done, and the operation so rare and so highly successful, that the end justifies the means.

Drs. Jollop and Equiserum were very wroth at the reporter for using their names, as the ethics do not permit such notoriety; and though the child was restored immediately to intelligence, and the wired spine allowed better locomotion, therefore successful; but Allie May was laid away the very next day, and the friends were not able to give a death notice, in small type, or in a corner of that paper. The reporter was not present when the patient died. The results are not so much in buried treasures as it is the notoriety in performing the new operation, only one of which has been known to be performed in this country.

Of course Drs. Jollop and Equiserum spring into immediate prominence as actors in the drama, who but two years ago were only known as internes in a livery stable whose functions then were to rub down the doctor's horses.

The hospital and dispensary abuse has grown into frightful phases. These institutions are nearly as numerous in St. Louis as the saloons, and the tricks that are played to get a patronage have assumed wonderful proportions. There are runners, drummers and bummers to work up business.

Forty-five of the best doctors, and "every morning after breakfast we meet to worship God." Just think of that as a hypnotic suggestion. The 50 cent scheme has been worked for all that is out. It is not merely the deserving poor that is held in view; but the rich and well-to-do are brought into those meshes to help the poor doctor who, through much solicitation, has left a large business, perhaps, in the country to connect himself with some "free" clinic that pays both in money and advertising.

The newly-fledged doctor starting business in the city looks out of his window and sees the crowds going to the so-called free hospitals and sanitariums where there is a large corps of noted physicians, and he conceives the idea of starting a "free dispensary,"

charges made only for the medicine."

Of course the services are not worth much, but the young blood expects that from the clientage thus gained he can gather up enough means and reputation from his advertising to start as a man of experience.

NOTES.

Study of the American Medicinal Flora.-The Sub-Commission of the Pan-American Medical Congress appointed to study the medicinal plants of the United States has entered into an association with the Smithsonian Institution for that purpose. The attention of our readers is called to the respective circulars issued by these organizations. Instructions are given and information concerning the plants is solicited and, it is hoped that a large number will contribute to this information. This is a field that needs cultivation in this country and it is hoped that it will result in much good. The Chairman of the General Commission is H. H. Rusby, M.D., New York College of Pharmacy, and the Chairman of the Sub-Commission is Valery Havard, M.D., Port Slocum, David's Island, New York.

Black-Listed Medical Colleges.-From the Indianapolis Special we gather that the Indiana State Board of Medical Examiners and Registration at a recent meeting rejected a large number of applications from physicians to practice medicine in the State, and under that clause of the law which empowers the board to refuse recognition to colleges, the following institutions, including five in Chicago, were placed on the black list so far as their graduates practicing in Indiana is concerned:

American Eclectric College of Cincinnati.
American University of Pennsylvania.

Curtis Physio-Medical College of Cincinnati.
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Buffalo.
Curtis Physio-Medical College of Indiana.
Druidic University of Maine.

Eclectic Medical College of St. Louis.

Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania.

Hygeia Therapeutic College of New York.

*This is the bogus medical college of Geo. H. Field that has been extinct for a number of years.-EDITOR.

Illinois Health University of Chicago.

Hygeia Therapeutic College of New Jersey.
Indiana College of Medicine.

Joplin Medical College of Missouri.

Medical University of Ohio.

Philadelphia University of Medicine and Surgery.

Wymont Medical College of Rutland.

Dunham Medical College of Chicago.

Illinois Medical College of Chicago.

Wisconsin Electric Medical College of Milwaukee.

University of Illinois, Chicago.

National Medical College, Chicago.

Under the rule of the board none of the graduates of these colleges can practice medicine in Indiana.

It has become a well-known fact that this journal contains more reading matter to the square inch than any journal of the same dimensions in this country.

"Doctor, what do you think is the matter with my boy?"

"Why, it is only a corrustificated exegesis antispasmodically emanating from the source of the animal refrigerator, producing a prolific source of irritability in the pericranium, blunting his mental profundity."

"That's about what I told Betsy, but she 'lowed it was wurrums."-N. A. Med. Review.

The Medical Gazette Publishing Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, announces a small volume soon to be issued with the title "About Children." The author is Dr. Samuel W. Kelley, of the Cleveland College of Physicians and Surgeons. The book will contain six lectures filled with information for nurses, medical practitioners, students and all who have the care of children. Advance orders will be filled in September.

Would Lister Approve ?-The Hungarian Government permits women to study medicine if they so desire; but one of the professors of the University of Buda-Pesth has recently proclaimed that he has something to say in the matter. Of the five women now studying medicine there, one has a remarkably fine head of hair, which the professor of surgery says must come off before she can be permitted to attend his clinics. The reason that he gives

for his prohibition is that "wool carries infection."--Medical Review.

Dr. D. McLean Seriously Shot.-Just as we are going to press we read in the Globe-Democrat that Dr. Donald McLean, Dean of the California Medical College, was shot and seriously wounded on Van Ness avenue, San Francisco, July 23d, by Patrick Walsh, a janitor, who subsequently committed suicide.

Dr. McLean was walking home from the college when he encountered Walsh, who taxed the doctor with having failed to fulfill a promise made some months ago to aid him in securing the position of janitor at the college. The doctor denied that he was under any obligation to him, whereupon Walsh drew a pistol and shot him three times, producing serious wounds. Walsh then ran, with a crowd in pursuit. After running for several blocks, Walsh put the pistol to his head and blew out his own brains. At the morgue it was found he had written a statement to the effect that the doctor had lied to him, and therefore had driven the nails into his own coffin.

Dr. McLean is 55 years old and has a wife and three children. Dr. McLean was elected President of the National Eclectic Medical Association at Portland last year and presided over that body at Minnetonka Lake in June last. We saw him first at Portland, and no man within our ranks ever made an impression upon us as the Good and Great as did Dr. McLean.

We hope that the report above is not as serious as represented. On the Death of Dr. R. L. Galbreath.-CARTHAGE, Mo.,. May 11th, 1897.-Honor to His Memory: We, the members of the Southwest Eclectic Medical Association, extend our sympathies. to the family and friends of Dr. R. L. Galbreath; and be it

Resolved, That in his death we have lost one of our most able and valuable members of the association; and be it further

Resolved, That a copy be placed on the records of this meeting,. and a copy be sent to the family, and also that the same shall be sent to the AMERICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL for publication.

A. O. DEWITT, M. D.
JOHN F. CROMLEY, M.D.
L. L. CAMPBELL, M.D.

Committee on Resolutions.

BY J. L. INGRAM, M.D., ST. LOUIS, MO.

In the armamentarium of the physician of to-day the microscope has merited and now occupies no mean position; and this is very natural, for is it not in the natural order of things that the instrument which has been so useful, yes, indispensable, in determining the functions and minute anatomy of the various tissues and organs of the animal body should be also invaluable in diagnosing the multifarious departures from normal structural composition, and in displaying before us the results of functional wrongs? This use of the amplifying and resolving apparatus called the microscope gives to our formulated diagnosis, prognosis, and also as a natural consequence to our method of treatment a directness and positiveness that they could not otherwise possess, and which are very gratifying to both patient and physician.

To those who are not familiar with the qualities of a good microscope a few words upon that subject might not be amiss. These functions or qualities reside principally in the objective, as it performs most of the amplification and resolving of the structure of the object under inspection; the perfection of these qualities depends upon the manner of construction of the optical parts.

*Read before the Eclectic Medical Society of Missouri.