A. M. Fauntleroy, U. S. Navy; Report of a case of intussusception caused by a Meckel's diverticulum; U. S. Naval Med. Bull., July, 511.

J. M. Flint; Organization and problems of war hospital; Mil. Surg., April and May.

L. D. Fricks, P. H. S.; Rocky mountain spotted fever; Reprint 327 from Pub. Hlth. Reports, March 3.

J. D. Gatewood, U. S. Navy; Contribution to the study of artificial illumination; U. S. Naval Med. Bull., July, 401. Also, Early history of Naval Hospital Reservation, Washington; Ibid., 573.

W. C. Gorgas, U. S. A.; Sanitation in Panama; Review in South. Med. Jour., June, 571.

H. H. Hazen; Cases illustrating the faulty treatment of superficial malignancy; Jour. A. M. A., June 10, 1829.

L. T. Hess, U. S. A.; Deficiency of sanitary units of organized militia; Mil. Surg., April.

R. C. Holcomb, U. S. Navy; The atmosphere and its relation to the human mechanism, with special reference to the naval service; U. S. Naval Med. Bull., July, 430.

L. W. Johnson, U. S. Navy; Syphilis in a Chamorro; Ibid., 511. J. R. Kean, U. S. A.; New rôle of American Red Cross; Mil. Surg., May.

W. V. King; Anopheles punctipennis, a host of tertian malaria; Amer. Jour. Trop. Dis., 426; abstracted in South. Med. Jour., June, 500.

G. M. Kober and W. C. Hanson; Diseases of occupation and vocational hygiene; published by Blakiston, Son & Co., Philadelphia.

R. S. Lamb; Internal secretory system in ophthalmology with special reference to goiter; Annals of Ophthalmology, April.

A. J. Lanza; Health hazards of metal mining industry; Amer. Jour. Pub. Hlth., May. Also, Miner's consumption in southwestern Missouri; report of a case; Missouri State Med. Assn. Jour., `· June, 251; abstracted in Jour. A. M. A., July 1, 76.

M. W. Lyon, Jr., Ambystoma not amblystoma; Science, June 30, 929.

T. C. Merrill; Some aspects of home use of proprietaries with children; Amer. Jour. Pub. Hlth.

S. B. Muncaster; Experience in cataract operations; Ophthalm. Record, May.

M. M. Obst; Bile compared with lactose bouillon for determining presence of B. coli in water; Jour. Bact., January; abstracted in Jour. A. M. A., June 3, 1820.

Mary O'Malley; Relation of pellagra to nutrition; South. Med. Jour., June, 498.

M. A. Reasoner, U. S. A.; Early death from cerebral syphilis, with successful rabbit inoculation; Jour. A. M. A., June 17, 1917. D. E. Robinson and J. G. Wilson, P. H. S.; Tuberculosis among industrial workers; Public Health Bull., 73, March.

M. E. Scheetz; Sensibility of nipple area with reference to mental disease; Amer. Jour. Insanity, April.

E. F. Smith; Studies on crown gall of plants: its relation to human cancer; Jour. Cancer Research, April.

C. H. T. Townsend, Etiology of verruga as deduced from study of asexual stages of bartonella; Jour. Parasit., March.

J. W. Trask, P. H. S.; The relation of the practicing physician to the public health administration; Jour. Tenn. State Med. Assn., June, 1915, 77; abstracted in South. Med. Jour., June, 1916, 500. Also, Practical utilization of vital statistics in prevention of disease and control of epidemics; Mil. Surg., April. A. Viehoever, C. O. Johns and C. L. Alsberg; Cyanogenesis in plants; Jour. Biol. Chem., May.

W. A. White; Psycho-analytic tendencies. Annual meeting of Amer. Med. Psych. Assn., at New Orleans, April 5.

M. I. Wilbert, P. H. S.; Some fallacies regarding phenol; Reprint 336, from Pub. Hlth. Reports, April 28.

T. A. Williams; Functional and organic differentiation in nervous diseases as shown by cases; abstracted in South. Med. Jour., June, 500.

A. A. Wilson; Case of peripheral neuritis with Korsakow's symptom complex; Jour. Nerv. and Ment. Dis., May.

B. L. Wright, U. S. Navy; Treatment of pyorrhoea alveolaris and its secondary systemic infections by deep muscular injections of mercury; Med. Record, N. Y., May 6; abstracted in Jour. A. M. A., May 22, 1745.

PERSONAL NOTES.

Dr. S. S. Adams attended the meeting of the American Pediatric Society, May 8 to 10, and took part in discussion.

Dr. T. A. Ashby, of Baltimore, an honorary member of this Society, died June 26.

Dr. J. W. Bovée attended the meeting of the Medical Society of the State of New York at Saratoga Springs, May 16 to 18, took part in discussions and read a paper on "Syphilitic invasion in Gynecology and Obstetrics."

Major Roger Brooke, M. C., U. S. A., has been ordered to duty as Attending Surgeon in this city.

Dr. F. V. Brooks of this Society died June 25. The Society will take appropriate action at its meeting in October.

Dr. G. Wythe Cook, delegate to the Amer. Med. Assn., is a member of its committee on Rules and Order.

Dr. John S. Gaul, 1st Lt., M. R. C., U. S. A., has been ordered for duty to Walter Reed Hospital.

Surgeon General W. C. Gorgas, U. S. A., accompanied by Major E. R. Whitmore and Major T. C. Lyster, M. C., U. S. A., have been granted four months leave to visit South America, with reference to the study of yellow fever there.

Dr. Cary T. Grayson, U. S. Navy, was married, May 24, to Miss Alice Gertrude Gordon, of New York City.

Dr. A. L. Hunt was married, June 14, to Miss Marie Seitz, of this city.

Dr. S. R. Karpeles and Dr. Kate B. Bogle of this city and this Society, were married June 7.

Dr. J. R. Kean, M. Č., U. S. A., is a member of the committee on Constitution and By-laws of the A. M. A.

Dr. J. W. Kerr, P. H. S., is a member of the committee on Hygiene and Public Health of the A. M. A.

Dr. Ernest F. King of this Society died June 8. Appropriate action will be taken by the Society at the first October meeting. Dr. J. J. Kinyoun has accepted the position of Health Officer at Winston-Salem, N. C.

Dr. G. M. Kober is chairman of the committee on Red Cross of the A. M. A. Drs. W. J. Lyster, M. C., U. S. A., and R. C. Holcomb, U. S. Navy, are also members of the same committee.

Dr. Rosalie S. Morton, formerly of this Society, has been elected an Attending Physician at the Vanderbilt Clinic, N. Y. City. Dr. Morton also has presented to the Women's Medical College, Philadelphia, a relief tablet entitled "The Woman Physician."

Matilda Smoot Fox, wife of Duane E. Fox, of this city, and daughter of the late Dr. S. C. Smoot of this Society, died in this city May 29.

Dr. E. R. Stitt, U. S. Navy, is a member of the committee on Reports of Officers of the A. M. A.

Dr. E. B. Vedder, M. C., U. S. A., attended the meeting of the Amer. Assn. Immunologists May 11 and 12, and took part in the discussions.

Dr. W. C. Woodward was elected one of the councillors of the Amer. Assn. Med. Jurisprudence at the annual meeting in this city, May 6.

WASHINGTON

MEDICAL ANNALS

CASE OF STREPTOCOCCUS MENINGITIS.*

By B. M. RANDOLPH, M. D.,

Washington, D. C.

Mrs. E., white, aged 58, a healthy vigorous woman, leading an active life as housewife and nurse to an invalid husband.

About a month before her death felt tired, and had some fulness in her head on stooping forward. At the solicitation of friends she consulted me, saying that she feared arterio-sclerosis. I went over her thoroughly, finding no evidence of any disease. Her systolic pressure was 145, and urinalysis showed no evidence of renal disease.

A week or more later she was attacked with the prevailing epidemic of so-called grippe, having headache, muscular pains, slight fever and catarrhal involvement of the nasal passages and trachea. Under catharsis, diaphoresis and rest in bed, these symptoms. quickly disappeared, and in three days she felt well, and was again about her household duties.

Three or four days later she had in the evening a throbbing pain in her head and pain also in her right ear. Early next morning the tympanic membrane ruptured spontaneously from middle ear abscess. There was a copious purulent discharge, which on culture gave staphylococcus pyogenes aureus. Under irrigation the discharge subsided, but showing a tendency to return, I referred her to Dr. W. B. Mason, whom she first consulted, Feb. 18. Dr. Mason's examination revealed no cause for serious concern, and she was given directions as to treatment and to report conditions. Feb. 21 she reported to Dr. Mason that she had a return of pain and throbbing. He found a bulging pulsating membrane in right ear which he incised, liberating a very abundant purulent discharge. She stated that she was much relieved, and returned home.

The same evening, on retiring, she felt some nausea, and took a dose of a domestic preparation containing sodium bicarbonate and peppermint water. During the night she was very restless, and complained of pains in her legs, and towards morning vomited.

* Reported with specimen to the Medical Society May 31, 1916.