appropriate speech thanking his colleagues for their kind words and the token of their appreciation of his work.

A collation then was served at which the good fellowship continued. And so ended a most enjoyable evening.

A Notable Achievement.

R. Charles Gordon Hayd, president of the class of 1909, Medical Department University of Buffalo, to be graduated May 28, instant, recently took the examination for interne at the New York Postgraduate Hospital. Thirty candidates entered the arena, one having failed to appear before the contest began.

These young men represented nearly all the universities and other great medical schools of the land. At the end of the first day one-half the number had disappeared. The second day proved too much for one-half the remainder; while the third day left but four still "in the running." And behold, Mr. Hayd "lei all the rest," having secured first place in an examination noted alike for its severity and fairness.

It should be remarked that Mr. Hayd had already passed, standing first on the list, the examination for interne at the Buffalo General Hospital. This place he resigned when the New York appointment was won. The JOURNAL extends its congratulations to Mr. Hayd, who is a nephew of Dr. Herman E. Hayd, the well known surgeon of Buffalo.

GREATER University of Buffalo grows apace. Through the efforts of vice-chancellor Norton, $27,000 have been added to the treasury and within the last few days the sum is further increased by more recent contributions. Let the good work go on.

THE health department is preparing to enforce the antispitting ordinance, which goes into effect on July 1st. Small yellow cards, bearing the words "You are violating the law against spittingyou are subject to imprisonment or fine or both, by order of the health board-" are being printed ready for distribution.

The plan is to give these cards to school children, businessmen and others, who, when they see a person spitting on the sidewalk or in a public building or conveyance, are expected to hand one of the reminders to the offender. Other notices are being prepared for posting in public places.

ALLAN WILMOT, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wilmot, died March 31, 1909, of spinal meningitis. He was a student at the University of Buffalo and a graduate of the Delavan High School.

PERSONAL.

DR. ROSWELL PARK announces the removal of his offices from 510 Delaware avenue to 430 Delaware avenue. Dr. Edgar R. McGuire has removed his office and residence to the same address. The office hours of Drs. Park and McGuire will be from 2 to 4 P. M., Sundays by appointment only. Telephones: Bell, Tupper 4; Frontier, 637.

DR. HARRY R. TRICK, of Buffalo, announces his removal from No. 1195 Main street to No. 605 Elmwood avenue, "Elmwood Heights," apartment No. 1.

DR. JAMES E. KING, of Buffalo, has succeeded Dr. DeWitt G. Wilcox in the conduct of Lexington Heights Hospital, 173 Lexington Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y.

Dr. George N. JACK, of Buffalo, announces the removal of his office from 91 Niagara street to 901 Mutual Life Building, 202218 Pearl street. Hours: 9 to 1. Excepting Sundays.

DR. LUCIEN HOWE, of Buffalo, who has been in attendance upon the International Ophthalmological Congress at Naples, has returned. He was accompanied by Mrs. Howe.

DR. W. L. ALLEN, of Williamsville, has been elected president of the Board of Health of that village for the current year. Dr. W. H. Baker is appointed health officer for the year.

OBITUARY

DR. ALBERT GROVES ELLINWOOD, of Attica, N. Y., died at the German Deaconess's Hospital, Buffalo, March 26, 1909, aged 84 years. He was the son of Eli Ellinwood, and was born at Clinton, N. Y., July 1, 1824. He received his preliminary education at the Clinton Grammar School. Meanwhile, however, the family had removed to Pembroke,. N. Y., where some of its members still reside. Dr. Ellinwood received his medical degree at the University of Buffalo in 1848, and immediately thereafter began practice at Cowlesville, N. Y., in association with Dr. M. E. Potter. Later he removed to East Pembroke, and finally, in 1862, located at Attica where he continued to reside until his death.

Dr. Ellinwood enjoyed the confidence of a large clientele during his entire medical career. In 1855, he married Arlotta

Maria Bass, of Randolph, Mass., who died a few years ago. One son, Dr. F. F. Ellinwood, of Utica, and two daughters, both of whom married clergymen, survive.

Dr. Ellinwood kept his activity until about a month previous to his death. He was a member of the local and general medical societies, and served as surgeon of the Erie railway for some

thing more than forty years. He was a courtly gentleman, spected of all who knew him.

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DR. WILLIAM HYSER, of Plainfield, Mich., died at his home March 20, 1909, aged 82 years. He graduated at the University of Buffalo in 1850.

COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL NOTES

THE sixty-third annual commencement of the Medical Departnient of the University of Buffalo, will be held at the Teck Theater, Friday, May 28, 1909 at 11 A. M. The program is not yet out but the usual ceremonies, doubtless, will be observed. The Alumni Association will begin its annual conclave Friday evening, May 25, with a reception, addresses, election of officers, and a collation. During Wednesday and Thursday, clinics, luncheons, and other entertainments will take place.

BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

International Clinics. A Quarterly of Illustrated Clinical Lectures and especially prepared articles on Treatment, Medicine, Surgery, Neurology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Orthopedics, Pathology, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Otology. Rhinology, Laryngology, Hygiene and other topics of interest to students and practitioners. Edited by W. T. Longcope, M.D., Volume .1. Nineteenth series. Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co. 1908. (Cloth, $2.00.)

These volumes appear four times a year with such regularity, and have continued to do so for eighteen years, that their popularity is attested by these facts. In this book there are two articles on treatment; four on medicine; four on surgery; two on gynecology and obstetrics; one on genitourinary disease; one on proctology; one on rhinology; one on dermatology; and one on pathology. Besides these there is a review of the progress of medicine for 1908, that part upon treatment being prepared by A. A. Stevens; that relating to medicine, by David L. Edsall, and Verner Nisbet; and that pertaining to surgery by Joseph C. Bloodgood. This addition to the regular articles serves to make this volume one of unusual interest, the resume on progress being exceedingly well excerpted. The clinical articles proper are in general presented by men of experience, some of whom are very well known in their respective fields of labor. The book is of interest and value, complimenting its predecessors in excellent fashion.

Progressive Medicine. A Quarterly Digest of Advances, Discoveries and Improvements in the Medical and Surgical Sciences. Edited by Hobart Amory Hare, M.D., Professor of Therapeutics and Materia Medica in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Vol. XI, No. 1, March, 1909, Octavo, 277 pages. Per annum, in four paper-bound volumes, containing 1,200 pages. Lea & Febiger, Publishers, Philadelphia and New York: ($6.00, net; in cloth, $9.90, net.)

In the issue of this periodical before us we find surgery of the head, neck and thorax, occupying about one hundred pages, prepared by Charles H. Frazier; infectious diseases, including

acute rheumatism, influenza, and croupous pneumonia, excerpted by Robert B. Preble and covering over fifty pages; diseases of children, occupying thirty-two pages, and made up by Floyd M. Crandall; rhinology and laryngology, dealt with by D. Braden Kyle; and otology handled by Arthur B. Duel. Dr. Crandall directs attention to Dr. F. Park Lewis's (Buffalo) recommendation relating to the prevention of ophthalmia neonatorum. Dr. Lewis insists that midwives as well as physicians shall instill a drop of a 1 per cent. silver nitrate solution in the eyes of every new born infant. This dictum cannot be presented too often; as only by "continually hammering" can it be made clear that 30 per cent. of blindness can thereby be prevented. The book is full of original material offered in an interesting and instructive form.

Orthopedic Surgery for Practitioners. By Henry Ling Taylor, M.D. Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Attending Örthopedic Surgeon, New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, etc.; assisted by Charles Ogilvy, M.D., Adjunct Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the same institution; and by Fred H. Albee, M.D., Instructor of Orthopedic Surgery at the same institution. With 254 illustrations. New York and London: Appleton & Company. 1909. (Price, $5.00, cloth.)

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This work is prepared by an expert orthopedic surgeon not, however, for the specialist, but for the general practising physician. It is well that this should be so, for he rather than the specialist generally sees deformed children and even adults before they go to the orthopedist. He even has the opportunity of treating the deforming diseases in their early stages and before the resultant deformities have become fixed or permanently distorted. It is during these earlier manifestations that frequently simpler methods, comparatively speaking, prove effectual.

The author attempts to place in the hands of any intelligent practitioner such methods of treatment as will result in success, putting aside useless or indifferent material. He makes three divisions of his book-namely, general, special, and technical, the several parts being essential to a complete presentation of the subject in its most scientific form. The general part deals with causes, congenital crippling affections, nutritional disorders. infections, diseases of unknown origin, tumors and cysts, malignant diseases, spontaneous fracture, ununited fracture, diseases of the nervous system, examination and diagnosis, prevention, prognosis, treatment of underlying cause, complications, and treatment of deformity. The latter includes bandaging, strapping, splinting and all mechanical apparatus; also operative treatment, exercises and gymnastics.

In the special part the author handles all deformities and deals with them in sections-first, in the neck and trunk, next in the shoulder girdle and upper extremity, and finally in the pelvic girdle and lower extremity. In the last part technic is considered in all its details, such as means of increasing and diminishing local pressure, increasing and restricting motion,