domestic soap (one part), marble powder (three parts), and lysol (four per cent. of the whole). This soap is said to clean less by chemical than by mechanical means, the fine marble powder penetrating into all the folds of the skin and rubbing away all dirt and detritus.—Berlin Correspondent of Lancet.

10 grams.

36 cubic centimeters.

60 cubic centimeters.

4 cubic centimeters.

(U. S. P.), When much sepsis exists, two cc. of creolin, or metacresol, are substituted for the ferric chlorid solution. We should prefer guaiacol. The therapeutic value of this solution is attested by many competent observers. The application is quite painful, and cannot be borne by the nose or larynx.-Polyclinic.

Septicemia.

Septicemia after childbirth, and particularly after miscarriage, is a very dangerous complication. Dr. D. Rose gives his method of treatment of such cases in the N. Y. Med. Jour. He wipes out the uterine cavity until the borated cotton comes away odorless, and then he applies iodized phenol to the interior of the uterus. This he repeats daily, if necessary, and also gives internal medication. This method of treatment is attended with no pain, no risk, and in his hands has been uniformly successful.-Ex.

The Regulation of Doctors' Fees.

A member of the Illinois State Senate, whom we may term O'Dwyer, has introduced a bill into the Senate regulating the fees of physicians and surgeons. The Journal has not been favored with a copy of this bill, but we learn by the daily press that the bill proposes to fix the maximum fee for any surgical operation at $100. Senator O'Dwyer is given credit by the veracious chronicler of the press for being the first to bring this subject to the attention of the law.-Jour. of Amer. Med. Association.

Dr. William T. G. Morton.

Among the fifty-three names which are to be inscribed as a roll of honor in the dome of the new chamber of the House of Representatives in the State House at Boston, and each of which is intended either to mark an epoch or designate a man who has influenced the course of events, we note that three were borne by members of our profession. Only one of these three, however, was chosen on account of eminent services to medicine. The name so dignified is that of Dr. William T. G. Morton, who was the prime mover of the experiments which led to the establishment of anesthesia by sulphuric ether as a matter of practice. Of the priceless value of this boon to the human race, it would be superfluous at this day to speak. That the name of the man through whom it came should be held in lasting honor, and given a high place in the list of benefactors to mankind, is but just and right.-Medical Record.

The New York State Board of Medical Examiners.

The State Board of Medical Examiners, representing the Medical Society of the State of New York, has made a report of its work for the year 1894, which contains a number of interesting data. The total number of candidates actually examined was 536; of these 470 were examined by the Board representing the Medical Society of the State of New York, 59 by the Board representing the Homœopathic State Medical Society, and 7 by the Board representing the Eclectic Medical Society of the State of New York. Of the first 316 passed, and 32.7 per cent. were rejected; of the second 46 passed, and 22 per cent. were rejected; of the third 3 passed, and 57.1 per cent. were rejected. Seventeen candidates were rejected a second time, 6 three or more times, and 54 were unable to secure a license.-Medical Record.

After 1894 all applicants for a license to practice medicine in the State of California will be required to have attended four full courses of medical lectures. If a physician has not been guilty of unprofessional conduct for one year, his professional standing is established under the laws of that State. Ala. Med. & Surg. Age.

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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OF THE MEMPHIS HOSPITAL MEDICAL COLLEGE.-The Fifteenth Annual Commencement of the Memphis Hospital Medical College was held at the Auditorium on the evening of the 29th ult. in the presence of a large audience the directors, faculty and assistants occupying the stage. After prayer by Rev. Dr. F. P. Davenport, Judge L. P. Cooper, President of the Board of Directors, made a brief address replete with good counsel to the candidates, and then on their identification by Prof. W. B. Rogers, Dean, and Prof. A. G. Sinclair, Secretary, of the Faculty, conferred on seventyfive young men recommended by the Faculty to the Board for graduation, the degree of Doctor of Medicine. The Dean then announced that a number of others who are taking the graded course had passed their final examination in several of the primary branches and would continue their studies in the remaining departments for another year before becoming eligible for graduation.

Prizes were then awarded as follows:

By Prof. W. B. Rogers to Dr. Alfred Moore of Tennessee, for Best Examination in General Surgery, with Report of Surgical Clinics-Gross' Pocket Case.

By Prof. S. A. Rogers (Dr. E. E. Francis acting) to Dr. Alfred Moore of Tennessee, for Best Examination in Anatomy-Gross' Pocket Case.

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By Prof. A. G. Sinclair to Dr. Alfred Moore of Tennessee, for Best Report of Clinics for Diseases of the Eye, Ear and Throat-An Ophthalmoscope.

By Prof. H. L. Williford to Dr. Alfred Moore of Tennessee and Dr. F. G. Priestley of Arkansas, for Best Examination in Materia Medica. The papers of these two candidates having been of equal merit, a prize was awarded to each.

The valedictory was by Prof. S. A. Rogers, and dealt chiefly with "crime, criminals and criminal law," questions to which society owes deeper study than has yet been given them, and offered suggestions well worthy of consideration.

The proceedings were interspersed and enlivened by excellent music, and closed with a benediction by the Rev. Dr. Brooks.

Farned, Abner, Belgreen, Ala.

Fowler, W. Y., Valley Springs, Tex.
Grimsley, V. H., Granger, Ala.
Hamm, J. S., Lacy, Ark.
Haynie, W. R., McNairy, Tenn.
Hill, J. H., Dumas, Miss.

Following is a list of the graduates :
Anderson, A. B., Mound City, Miss.
Allen, L. E., Arcadia, La.
Armour, C. H., Millington, Tenn.
Austin, C. W., Gibbs, Tenn.
Andrews, J. L., Vicksburg, Miss.
Baldwin, J. H., Cale, I. T.
Borden, A. J., Homer, Tex.
Blasingame, A. A., Denman, Tex.
Beasley, Josh., Waldo, Ark.
Baldwin, J. E., Kleburg, Tex.
Black, D. S., Memphis, Tenn.
Black, W. A., Kingsville, Ala.
Brooks, J. S., Ellistown, Miss.
Bonnette, E. V., Pollock, La.
Baker, M. A., Sidon, Ark.
Bailey, J. H., Thaxton, Miss.
Bowen, W. M., Navasota, Tex.
Chaney, J. C., Alma, Ark.
Courtney, D. T., Carencro, La.
Comfort, J. W., Kosciusko, Miss.
Creekmore, R. A., Pittsburg, Miss.
Colvin, A. R., Cypress, Ark.
Cook, C. P., Potts Camp, Miss.
Covey, W. R., Savannah, Tenn.
Dickson, T. B., Chelsea, I. T.
Davis, T. S., Masseyville, Tenn.
Davis, M. H., Purdy, Tenn.
Ellis, J. N., Arcadia, La.

Edwards, J. W., Mt. Pleasant, Tex.
Ellis, E. M., Ship, Miss.

Harton, J. B., Kenneday, Ala.
Halbrook, A. J., Marietta, Tex.
Hassell, J. W., Rose Bud, Ark.
Howard, W. L., West, Miss.
Johnson, E. W., Weldon, Ark.
Jones, B. B., Silver City, N. M.
Lasater, R. H., Haughts Store, Tex.
Lovell, J. N., Denmark, Ark.
Love, J. B., Denmark, Tenn.
Moore, Alfred, Memphis, Tenn.
Moore, J. R., Vienna, La.
Miller, Adolph, Memphis, Tenn. (late Russia)
Mitchell, J. L., Pryor Creek, I. T.
Michie, T. A., Hiattville, Kan.
McDowell, E. P., Canton, Miss.
McKnight, F. V., Black Oak, Tex.
Outlaw, E. B., Rector, Ark.
Page, J. A. T., Paige, Tex.
Priestley, F. G., Wedington, Ark.
Robertson, E. H., Dallas, Ga.
Robinson, S. S., Arthur City, Tex.
Stanley, A. F., Cisney, Ky.
Shaw, W. C., Kaufman, Tex.
Smith, Jeff. D., Violet Hill, Ark.

Stewart, G. B., Memphis, Tenn.
Shields, J. D., Natchez, Miss.
Scheidt, Chas., Pocahontas, Ark.
Story, C. A., Pilot Oak, Ky.
Shirey, W. L., Rector, Ark.
Tackett, John, Richland, Miss.
Thompson, H. A., Onset, Ark.
Taylor, W. C., Franklin, Tex.

Wolfe, J. M., Jacobi, Tex.

Williams, J. M., Donaldson, Ark.
Williams, J. W., Bean's Creek, Tenn.
Weaver, T. P., Dallas, Miss.
Walker, C. H., Verona, Miss.
White, R. L., Mannsdale, Miss.
Zvesper, J. S., Ammannsville, Tex.

THE attention of our enthusiastic American appendix-otomists is called to the statement of our Berlin correspondent, that the profession in Germany regard the removal of the appendix with much less favor than do their brethren in this country, and that in the Berlin Charite Hospital more than ninety-four per cent. of the cases of appendicitis recover without operation. It would seem that reports from abroad like the foregoing should somewhat lessen the ardor of such zealots as Dr. John B. Murphy of Chicago, who in a late issue of the Philadelphia Med. News thus effervesces: "We have no sign, symptom or combination of symptoms that indicate with any degree of certainty suppurative peritonitis in the early stage. The rule, first, last and always, should be: operate in every case of appendicitis, promising or unpromising, at the earliest possible moment." It may be that ninety-four patients in a hundred are philanthropic enough to undergo unnecessary operation and mutilation in order to save the other six whose cases require it, but we doubt it. Moreover, it does not appear that Dr. Murphy's universal appendix-chopping saves ninetyfour per cent.

THE AMERICAN LANCET.-With the March issue ended the career of this excellent journal; and after twenty-five years' service its able editor, Dr. Leartus Connor, retired from journalism. This we much regret, as we have always classed the Lancet with the brightest of our exchanges, and shall greatly miss its monthly appearance on our table. Although he had been so long in the service, the genial Connor is yet in the prime of life, and we trust that he will not long remain out of a field for which he has shown himself eminently fitted.