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ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME.-Because of certain business reasons, there was a temporary change in the editorial management of the TIMES. We have again returned to the work, and have assumed absolute editorial control of the DENVER MEDICAL TIMES. All we ask, is, that we may receive the same hearty co-operation from our medical brethren that they have given us during the past thirteen years, and we promise them in return, that in spite of the demonetization of silver and the re-establishment of the queen on the Hawaiian throne, the MEDICAL TIMES shall grow better, more interesting and representative as a medical journal.

For our friend, Dr. Munn, who has so ably conducted the journal editorially during the past few months, we entertain none but the kindest of feelings, and we trust that our readers may frequently have the pleasure of hearing from him through the columns of the MEDICAL TIMES. The Doctor is a spicy, piquant, though at times. sarcastic writer editorially. He is an earnest, energetic and zealous worker in the interests of the Colorado State Medical Society, and an old Cade man to the back bone.

We would suggest, if the TIMES might venture a suggestion, that our local societies, instead of referring matters which have been unsatisfactorily acted upon by the Board of Censors back to the Board, that they refer the same to a special committee of three, one to be appointed by the President, one by the gentleman who proposed the individual for membership, and the third by the Chairman of the Board of Censors, and let their action be final.

Mr. J. S. Bartow will be the business manager of the TIMES and will also look after the printing and publishing of the same. Mr. Bartow is well known to the profession of Denver. The "Transactions of the Colorado State Medical Society," which has given universal satisfaction to the profession, is some guarantee of the class of work that Mr. Bartow is able to turn out.

We regret to say that Mr. M. N. Patrick, who for so many years has been the publisher of the TIMES, and who has done so much to bring it up to its present standard of excellency, is suffering from nervous prostration. and will in a few days sail for Europe in pursuit of health and a much needed rest. The TIMES wishes him bon voyage.

Under its present management there will no longer be any necessity for personal attacks on individual members of the profession.

The November and December numbers of the TIMES will be a few weeks late, because of the change of management.

MEDICAL BOARDS AND HOSPITAL MANAGERS.

A recent attempt to bring before the medical profession the question of the treatment of Medical Boards by the Managers of Hospitals, provoked unfortunately a somewhat sharp discussion at the Academy, and showed again how quickly a certain number of physicians will side with the higher and moneyed powers, and against their medical brethren.

The facts in regard to the New York Infant Asylum have been presented to our readers, and we need not weary them again with the details.

On the one hand was a Board of Physicians which had been exercising the privilege of nominating to the Board of Managers the men who were to serve as visiting physicians with them. This Board was suddenly shown that it did not possess the privilege it had been exercising, and was categorically refused it by the President. We are credibly informed also that the members of the Medical Board, most of whom had served faithfully for years, were treated with discourtesy, personal interviews being denied, written communications ignored, and contemptuous epithets applied to the medical men. No attempt at conciliation was made, and no expression of appreciation of the medical services was expressed. Yet these gentlemen had been instrumental in reducing the mortality rate at the Maternity to as low a rate as in any of the most famous metropolitan institutions. At great personal sacrifice, also, several severe epidemics had been stamped out, and the medical status of the institution placed on a high level.

Despite this, these gentlemen were refused the ordinary attention given by any "boss" to his servants who have a grievance.

Taking all the facts into consideration and allowing weight even for the technicalities by which Boards of Managers hedge in their rights, we believe no fair-minded person could deny that the Medical Board was treated with gross injustice. We are surprised that any reputable medical men could be found to come to the Managers' defence. We cannot imagine any just reason for so doing.

We do, however, appreciate the feelings of some who do not wish the Academy to be made the scene of acrimonious debate. These gentlemen are perhaps unduly hyperæsthetic on this point, for the Academy is not too good to be the champion of a just cause. However, discussion and difference of opinion have arisen owing to the activity of the partisans of the Managers. These latter gentlemen are no doubt now chuckling over the doctors' quarrels and congratulating themselves on the ease with which laymen can play fast and loose with their medical servants. Nevertheless, we venture to predict that there will be some very radical changes in the conduct of the New York Infant Asylum; and that it will be a long time before physicians of repute will connect themselves with an institution whose management has so thoroughly discredited itself.-Med. Rec.

LONDON LETTER.

To the Editor of the Denver Medical Times:

SIR-The topic of interest this month is necessarily the meeting of the British Medical Association, which was held this year at Newcastle-on-Tyne and which was, as usual, both interesting and instructive, from many points of view. The city of Newcastle occupies in some respects almost a unique position, being a busy seaport with a very exposed entrance to its harbor. It possesses one of the largest iron and ship-building yards in the kingdom, in which a man-of-war can be built and completely furnished with everything, including its armamentarium, all by the same firm; at the same time it is within easy reach of beautiful maritime and inland scenery, and the neighborhood abounds with archæological remains both Roman and Saxon, as well as with the modern mansions of peers and merchant princes. The reception accorded to the members of the British Medical Association was most cordial, and one might almost imagine that a friendly rivalry impelled the various people in position to see who would be most generous in their hospitality. The excursions arranged were most varied in their interest and included specimens of all the points referred to above. It is impossible for me to mention them in detail, but I am sure that the visit to South Shields was as interesting as any, because it included a demonstration by the Volunteer Life Brigade of their Rocket apparatus for saving life of those in danger of shipwreck. The Brigade itself is composed entirely of volunteers, as the coast guards are not numerous enough to cope with the work that frequently has to be done on stormy winter nights, and the volunteers work with a will and with a keen sympathy in their work, as many of them know what it is to be exposed to the terrors of the deep. The apparatus referred to is used to throw a line to a ship; when once this is secured by those on board, a rope is drawn across and fixed to the ship, and by means of pulleys a basket can be made to travel back and forth containing the members of the crew. Sad cases have been reported when the line has reached the ship and no one on board has been able to fix it, so that the crew, have perished within reach of safety, but, fortunately, this is a rare

occurrence.

The museum was another feature of great interest, as here could be seen grouped together all the newest preparations in drugs and food stuffs, also new instruments for all departments of surgery. It was to be noted as a new development of aseptic surgery, that scalpels and knives of all descriptions are made with metal handles, in some cases forged in one piece, while jointed instruments, such as forceps, scissors and needle holders, are arranged so as to take to pieces quite readily for cleansing purposes. The exhibit of Down Brothers showed many good specimens of this kind. Messrs. Krolme & Sesemann exhibited their new apparatus for chloroform inhalation. This is intended to minimize the risk attending the administration of chloroform, and appears to me to act very well in practice. It consists of a face piece through which air can be breathed in and out freely. The chloroform is contained in a bottle and the vapour is propelled by means of a pneumatic ball through the connecting tubes. The object is to be able to control the amount of the anæsthetic administered and thus to use the smallest possible amount required. A feather attached to the face piece moves with respiration and draws attention to the slightest irregularity in quality or rhythm.

The honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law was conferred by the University of Durham on the following members of the British Medical Association, viz: Mr. Joseph White, Dr. Withers Moore, Dr. David Drummond, Mr. Butlin, Dr. George Haliburton Hume, Dr. C. J. Cullingworth, Sir Walter Foster, M. P., and Mr. Ernest Hart. The ceremony took place in the old banqueting hall at Durham and was followed by a most successful garden party.

The President of the Association this year, Mr. George Hare Philipson, M.A., M.D., D.C.L., F.R.C.P., Professor of Medicine of the University of Durham, etc., delivered an address of welcome at the opening meeting. In referring to the increase in membership since the last meeting in the same city in 1870, he said that then the number was 4,258, while now it is 14,700, while the weekly circulation of the JOURNAL has increased from 2,000 to 17,500. An interesting historical sketch of the city and its surroundings then followed, including a review of its medical, scientific and religious institutions. The Medical College is attached to the University of Durham, and