the fats, then diluting the proteids, then returning the fats to the milk. The function of the milk laboratory was to fill prescriptions. The physician could know exactly what the infant was taking, and could know what element disagreed. In that way milk could be modified to meet the demand of the individual.

The CHAIRMAN called attention to the fact that one of the greatest drawbacks was the commercial side of the question, but that had nothing to do with the principle involved in the percentage system. The laboratories must always be out of the hands of commerce and in charge of scientific investigators.

Intestinal Occlusion in Infancy and Childhood. -Dr. EDWARD SAUNDERS, of St. Louis, read a paper thus entitled. He considered that the subject had not received the attention it deserved. In the textbooks the information was misleading. One of these referred to it as a dilatation of the stomach due to rhachitis. Dr. Saunders reviewed the etiology, symptoms, and treatment of the condition.

Pneumonia in Infancy was the title of a paper by Dr. JOHN L. MORSE, of Boston. He stated that infants were especially liable to the disease because of the undeveloped condition of their lungs. That, however, did not predispose to lobar pneumonia. The condition was most common in the early spring or late winter. Dr. Morse gave very full statistics on the mortality of the condition. and reviewed the etiology, symptomatology, and

treatment.

Book Notices.

A Laboratory Manual of Human Anatomy. By LEWELLYS F. BARKER, M. B., Tor., Professor and Head of the Department of Anatomy in the University of Chicago and Rush Medical College. Assisted by DEAN DE WITT LEWIS, A. B., M. D., and DANIEL GRAISBERRY REVELL, A. B., M. B., Instructors in Anatomy in the University of Chicago. Illustrated. Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1904. Pp. 583.

A review of this book cannot be condensed into a few sentences. There are so many features, most of them to be commended and some that possibly may lead to an honest difference of opinion as to their utility or expediency, that it is necessary to take more space than usual for reviewing a work of this character. The book itself is of convenient size, well bound, and printed on a fine grade of paper in a well chosen variety of clear type that conforms to a definite scheme for headings, subheadings, important, and less important subject matter.

The illustrations are all good, well selected, and numerous enough to help the student along his way. References to illustrations in other standard textbooks are frequently introduced, so that the deficiency in the Manual may be met by consulting such authorities.

The bibliography suggested to students for use and reference is an innovation and an excellent idea. The references throughout the work to other volumes and papers for special articles is a great aid

to the student if he will take the trouble to find and read such writings.

Another excellent idea is the introduction of a list of general anatomical terms with their English equivalents. The scheme of dissection is more after the European method than the usual one observed here.

It would be very helpful if the order of dissection for the various subdivisions of the body was given more in detail, so that each man would know just when in reference to the others he was to begin and how long to remain upon a certain region. This is especially advantageous when there are eight or even ten students at work, as Dr. Barker mentions, for, unless there is a very carefully arranged "time system" to harmonize the work there will follow more or less confusion and interference.

While the order of dissection is a recognized one of merit, still there are minor grounds for criticism, as, for instance the very early separation of the upper extremity from the trunk destroys the mutual relation of those parts, and students will fail to fully observe and study them. Again, the dissection of the gluteal region, the popliteal area, and following this the posterior part of the thigh, is rather an inversion of the natural sequence of dissection.

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The nomenclature follows that of the German Society of Anatomists. A systematic and accurate onomatology is very desirable, yet it will take a long time to supplant some of the present anatomical terms by others of greater length or no more significance than those at present in general use, as, for instance, calling the "small sciatic" nerve the posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh"; substituting "oval fossa" for the "saphenous opening," or the "nerve of the calf" for the "short saphenous nerve." Will "ligamentum laciniatum " give a student a clearer idea of the position and nature of the structure than the term "internal annular ligament," or the "inguinal aponeurotic falx than the old expression, "conjoined tendon," and the "lacertus fibrosus than the "bicipital fascia."

Notwithstanding the presence of some features the utility of which we question, the book, on the whole, is a model of clear thinking and concise expression, and will be a valuable aid to any one, student or teacher, engaged in practical anatomical work.

The Principles of Relief. By EDWARD T. DEVINE, Ph. D., LL. D., Author of The Practice of Charity; General Secretary of the Charity Organization Society of the City of New York. New York: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1904. Pp. vi-495. ($2.00.)

The tendency to organization that is so characteristic of human society as it is constituted to-day has in no instance been more usefully or successfully developed than in the systematization of the principles of relief to that persistently existent element that for various reasons is unable to help itself. As fast as units disappear by reason of death or because of the acquisition of knowledge of selfhelp, new units are by various causes added to the social element referred to, so that it is impossible to look to a future when the poor will not be with us.

Hence the necessity of the careful consideration of all phases of this important subject by the student of social economy.

The author of this volume presents a carefully considered statement of the principles of relief. To avoid the danger of pauperization or the danger of exceeding the need, there should be discrimination based on full knowledge of all facts about applicants for aid, disciplinary treatment of those who are criminally responsible for dependence, relief with trained oversight for those who cannot maintain a normal standard of living, and refusal of charitable aid to those who can. The standard of living, the elimination of disease, the housing problem, the relief of families at home, relief as modified by the constitution of the family, the breaking up of families, dependent children, dependent adults, family desertion, intemperance, industrial displacement, and immigration are treated of as they are related to the subject.

The second part of the book gives a digest of seventy-five illustrative cases of typical relief problems. The third part is devoted to an historical survey of the reform of the English poor law and to public and private outdoor relief in America. The fourth part gives accounts of the methods of relief that were used in such disasters as the Chicago fire, the Johnstown flood, the Slocum disaster, etc. The appendices include a draft of a constitution for a charity organization society and rules of the committee on charitable transportation. The book is a valuable contribution to the literature of this important subject.

The Essentials of Chemical Physiology. For the Use of Students. By W. D. HALLIBURTON, M. D., F. R. S., Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians; Professor of Physiology in King's College, London, etc. Fifth Edition. Illustrated. London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green & Co., 1904. Pp. xi, 236.

In this new edition the author has introduced a lesson on the detection of the elements contained in substances of physiological interest, so as to form a link in the work of the student who passes from the study of pure chemistry to that of chemical physiology. A number of new exercises have been introduced, and the sections on fats, milk, muscle, pancreatic digestion, and Kjeldahl's method of estimating nitrogen have been rewritten. The work is a most useful handbook for laboratory work in chemical physiology.

BOOK AND MAGAZINE NOTES.

An interesting article in the January Strand Magazine, is The Promise of Science. It is a "symposium on the factors, food, and forces of the future, by Marcelin Berthelot, Lord Kelvin, Lord Avebury, Sir William Crookes. Sir William Ramsay, Sir Oliver Lodge, and Professor Ray Lankester. The possibility of the utilization of the direct heat of the sun and of the heat of the earth's centre is a point of argument amongst the distinguished men of science.

BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, ETC., RECEIVED. Lectures on Diseases of Children. By ROBERT HUTCHISON, M. D., F. R. C. P., Assistant Physician to the London Hospital and to the Hospital for Sick Children; Author of

Food and the Principles of Dietetics, etc. London, 1904: Edward Arnold. Pp. xii-338. [8s. 6d. net.]

New or Noteworthy Philippine Plants, II. By ELMER D. MERRILL, Botanist. 1904-No. 17. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Government Laboratories. Issued October 1, 1904. Manila, 1904: Bureau of Public Printing. Pp. 47.

Transactions of the American Otological Society, Thirtyseventh Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, N. J., July 11th and 12th. Volume VIII, Part III. Published by the Society, 1904. Pp. 209.

American Public Health Association. The United States of America. The Dominion of Canada. The Republic of Mexico. The Republic of Cuba. Final Announcement. Thirty-second Annual Meeting to be held at Havana, Cuba, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, January 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 1905.

The Milk and Cream Supply of Cities. What It Is and What It Shall Be. By JULIUS MOLDEN HAWER, Salem, N. Y. Pp. 80.

Part I. Amabas: Their Cultivation and Etiological Significance. By W. E. MUSGRAVE, M. D., and MOSES T. CLEGG. Part II. Treatment of Intestinal Amabiases (Amabic Dysentery) in the Tropics. By W. E. MUSGRAVE, M. D. No. 18, October, 1904. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Government Laboratories, Biological Laboratory. Manila, 1904: Bureau of Public Printing. Pp. 117.

Précis d'Auscultation et de Percussion du Poumon et du Caur; Signes Physiques. Par J. VIRES, Professeur agrégé, et P. PAGÈS, Chef de clinique médicale, à la faculté de médecine de Montpellier. Montpellier, 1905: Coulet et Fils. Paris: Masson et Cie. Pp. xvi-136. [Fr. 2.50 net.]

Miscellany

Aseptic Surgical Technics.-Monks, in the Annals of Surgery, for October, 1904, summarizes the minimum requirements for aseptic work as follows:

1. Materials to be sterilized in saturated steam in the autoclave for half an hour, under fifteen pounds pressure; rubber gloves and salt solution. under ten pounds pressure. If there is not sufficient space in the autoclave for the gauze dressings they may be baked.

2. In hospitals without proper facilities for sterilization of absorbable ligatures they may be obtained from reliable dealers.

3. An operating room which can be easily cleaned, and which is cleaned, the air being kept as free from dust as possible, draughts minimized, and formalin fumigation thoroughly practised.

4. A hot bath for the patient, and cleansing and shaving of the operative surface the night before the operation, if possible. Just before operation a second cleansing and sterilization with 70 per cent. alcohol, or some equally efficient method.

5. Thorough mechanical cleansing of the hands and sterilization with 70 per cent. alcohol, or some equally efficient method.

6. Ten minutes boiling for instruments, special attention being paid to unlocking clamps and hæmostatic forceps.

7. Caps, masks, and sterile gloves always to be worn, at least in major cases.

8. Warm sterile salt solution for irrigation and washing.

9. Belief in the aseptic idea, fixed aseptic habits, and aseptic cooperation on the part of all engaged in an operation.

10. Instruction of assistants and nurses in the foregoing plan.

The

Gastrointestinal Toxæmia.-Rachford, in the Archives of Pediatrics, for September, 1904, defines this condition as a systemic intoxication produced by poisons formed in and absorbed from the gastrointestinal canal. Autotoxines are not intestinal toxines. The intestinal contents are toxic even under normal conditions and this toxicity is greatly increased by the toxines produced by the bacterial fermentation of foods, the result being profound systemic intoxication. The poisons produced by bacteria in the intestinal canal may be derived from three sources. components of dead bacteria may furnish proteins, some of which are poisonous, for example, tuberculin, which is a product of the tubercle bacillus. Living bacteria in the intestinal canal may excrete ferments which produce the most profound nervous symptoms, and these are believed to be potent factors in producing intestinal toxæmia. Substances produced by bacteria from the culture media are most important sources of intestinal intoxication. Such are the ptomaines, their virulence depending upon the microorganisms which produce them, and the character of the food material in which they have been cultivated. Other substances may also produce intestinal toxæmia, among them indol, skatol, etc. Constipation is the most important predisposing factor to both acute and chronic intestinal toxæmia; other factors may relate to the food, which may be excessive in quantity, indigestible, or food which has already undergone fermentation. Lack of fresh air and exercise, individual peculiarities, etc., may also be determining factors. Many poisons become innocuous after leaving the intestine, their virulence being removed during their passage through the liver. Acute intestinal toxæmia is more common in the infant and young child than in the adult, the principal cause of this being the great irritability and immaturity of the nervous system in the child. A small quantity of virulent material absorbed by a child may cause fever, convulsions, etc., the same quantity being easily resisted by an adult. Chronic intestinal toxæmia is produced by the same poisons which cause the acute variety, but they are absorbed in smaller quantities and over a longer period of time. This form of disease is an important causative factor in many of the nervous conditions from which children suffer.

It may

be associated with either constipation or diarrhoea. Symptoms which may be produced or exaggerated by this cause are malnutrition, anæmia, headache, malaise, fever, heightened reflexes. convulsive disorders, restlessness at night, hysteria, incontinence of urine, brachycardia, hyperæsthesia, paræsthesia, psychoses, and various other symptoms. Intestinal toxæmia may complicate typhoid fever, malaria, tuberculosis, and other diseases of the alimentary canal. The urine may contain an excess of indican and the ethereal sulphates, these being evidence of excessive fermentation, and retardation in the intestinal canal of albumenoid material. Worms in the intestine may be a cause of nervous symptoms, but it does

not follow that they have exceeded the poisons which cause toxæmia.

Papillary Cysts and Papillary Tumors of the Ovaries With a Consideration of the Prognosis and Treatment.-Pozzi, in the American Journal of Obstetrics, for October, 1904, speaks of cysts and papillary tumors of the ovary as forming but one clinical and anatomopathological group. They have two important features, ascites, which is often considerable in connection with external vegetations, and disseminated growths over the parietal and visceral peritonæum, while the omentum may or may not be infiltrated. The prognosis is often more unfavorable than is warrantable. They are not necessarily malignant, and can often be completely removed. Even an incomplete operation may be followed by a permanent recovery. The author's conclusions are expressed in the following propositions: 1. Cystic or solid papillary tumors of the ovary are not always malignant. Some of them never undergo malignant degeneration, do not recur, or only after a long time, and do not have metastases. 2. We should differentiate between carcinomatous generalization by the lymphatics and blood vessels and simple grafts which result from contact or from growth upon the peritonæum of detached papillary vegetations of the ovary. They may be compared with papillomata and warts of the skin. 3. Some of these tumors undergo a malignant process which is limited at first, then extends over the mass and finally results in cancer metastases. Before the final period malignancy can be determined only with the microscope and even such an examination may be misleading, for the malignant process may be very limited in extent. In the cases which are clearly malignant removal will be futile, if not impossible. 4. In the absence of cancerous cachexia or visceral metastases these tumors should be removed as extensively as possible. The disseminated growths may disappear, or if they recur it may be possible to remove them at a subsequent operation. 5. Frequency of successive invasion. of both ovaries by papillary tumors constitutes indication for removal of the annexa of both sides, even if the annexa of one side appear to be healthy, especially in women who are approaching the menopause. In young women conservative operations should be performed unless the tumor is clearly cancerous, in which case the annexa and the uterus also should be removed. 6. With bilateral papillary tumors the operation will be simplified by performing sub-total or total hysterectomy. The latter should be performed if malignant degeneration is feared. If the bilateral papilloma is benign sub-total hysterectomy is preferable, since it may be performed more rapidly and is less serious. Hysterectomy in bilateral tumors simplifies the technics and makes the control of hæmorrhage easier. 7. Drainage is not necessary when cysts do not present outside vegetations, and when there is no ascites. If ascites is present the peritoneal cavity should be drained for some time. Incomplete removal or even an exploratory incision is sometimes accompanied by a diminution of ascites with

local and general improvement. An incision with drainage for forty-eight hours is preferable to tapping in every kind of ascites. The operation is more definite, and the improvement is apt to be more durable.

The Leucocytosis of Pregnancy, of the Puerperium, and of Eclampsia.-Lobenstine, in the American Journal of the Medical Sciences, for August, 1904, realizes that general conclusions cannot be drawn from the study of the small number of cases which he has tabulated, but he feels. justified in offering the following propositions: 1. The toxines of eclampsia usually cause a leucocytosis, the exact cause of which has not yet been explained.

2. All things being equal, the degree of leucocytosis depends on the degree of toxicity of the patient.

3. The greater the resistance of the patient the higher the leucocytosis.

4. A sudden increase in the leucocytes generally indicates an aggravation of the disease in an individual with good resistance.

5. A low leucocyte count in a highly toxic patient is of bad omen.

6. A leucocytosis originally high, that falls rapidly in a toxic patient, is also of bad significance.

7. There is no direct relation between the leucocyte curve and the temperature curve.

The foregoing propositions were based upon careful observations. They were verified by a second observer when the count was unusually high, and there was no evidence of uterine infection in any case.

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Public Health and Marine Hospital Service:

List of Changes of Station and Duties of Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Officers of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service for the seven days ending December 21, 1904:

CARTER, H. R., Surgeon. Detailed to represent the Service at meeting of Pan-American Medical Congress to be held at Panama, R. P., January 3 to 6, 1905. Carrington, P. M., Surgeon. Reassigned to duty as Medical Officer in Command at Fort Stanton, N. M., to date from December 18th.

HALL, L. P., Pharmacist. Relieved from duty at Cape Charles quarantine, and directed to proceed to Louisville, Ky., and report to Medical Officer in Command for duty and assignment to quarters. December 16, 1904. MAGRUDER, G. M., Surgeon. one month, on account 23rd.

Granted leave of absence for of sickness, from December

PECK, F. H., Pharmacist. Services discontinued, to take effect December 16th.

PERRY, J. C., Surgeon. Detailed to represent the Service at meeting of Pan-American Medical Congress to be held at Panama, R. P., January 3 to 6, 1905. PETTUS, W. J., Assistant Surgeon-General. Granted leave of absence for five days from December 27th. PIERCE, C. C., Assistant Surgeon. Detailed to represent the Service at meeting of Pan-American Medical Congress to be held at Panama, R. P., January 3 to 6, 1905. STONER, G. W., Surgeon. Granted seven days' leave of absence under paragraph 189 of the regulations from December 16, 1904.

VAN NESS, G. I., JR., Pharmacist. Relieved from duty at Louisville, Ky., and directed to proceed to Evansville, Ind., and report to Medical Officer in Command for duty and assignment to quarters. December 16, 1904. VON EZDORF, R. H., Passed Assistant Surgeon. Granted leave of absence for four days from December 21st. Casualty.

Acting Assistant Surgeon D. M. ECHEMENDIA died at Havana, Cuba, December 19, 1904.

manent) as passed assistant surgeon, to rank as such from November 4, 1904.

Assistant Surgeon R. L. WILSON, commissioned (permanent) as passed assistant surgeon, to rank as such from December I. 1004.

Navy Intelligence:

Official List of Changes in the Medical Corps of the United States Navy for the week ending December 24, 1904:

GEIGER, A. J., Assistant Surgeon. Ordered to the Prairie. NORTON, O. D., Surgeon. Detached from the Illinois and granted sick leave for three weeks.

PEASE, T. N., Assistant Surgeon. Detached from the Hartford and ordered to the Columbia.

Tolfree, H. M., Assistant Surgeon. Ordered to the Hancock.

Army Intelligence:

Official List of Changes in the Stations and Duties of Officers serving in the Medical Department of the United States Army for the week ending December 24, 1904: DESHON, GEORGE D., Major and Surgeon. Promoted major and surgeon, to rank from December 5, 1904. EWING, CHARLES B., Major and Surgeon. Leave of absence extended seven days.

FISHER, HENRY C., Major and Surgeon. Relieved from duty at Camp George H. Thomas, Georgia, and ordered to sail on April 1, 1905, for duty in the Philippine Islands.

GRAY, WILLIAM W., Major and Surgeon. Relieved from duty at Fort McPherson, Ga., and ordered to sail on April 1, 1905, for duty in the Philippine Islands. HARTNETT, E. H., First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon. Granted three months' leave of absence, with permission to go beyond the sea.

HOFF, JOHN VAN R., Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy Surgeon General. Assigned to duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., with the Infantry and Cavalry School and Staff College.

IVES, FRANK J., Major and Surgeon. Relieved from duty at Fort Sheridan, Ill., and on expiration of present leave will proceed to Manila for duty in the Philippines.

JONES, PERCY L., First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon. Reports from duty as transport surgeon on the Sumner to detached service with recruits to Angel Island, Cal. Kendall, WILLIAM D., Major and Surgeon. Relieved from duty at the Presidio of Monterey, Cal., and ordered to sail on March 1, 1905, for duty in the Philippine Islands.

MARROW, CHARLES E.. First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon. Granted three months' leave of absence. MATHEWS, GEORGE W., First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon. Ordered to report to Major William C. Borden, president of the Examining Board, Washington, D. C., for examination to determine his fitness for promotion. SHILLOCK, PAUL, Major and Surgeon. Relieved from duty at Fort Sheridan, Ill., and on expiration of present leave of absence will proceed to Manila for duty in the Philippine Islands.

SILER, JOSEPH F., First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon. Left Fort Logan, Colo., en route to Fort Douglas, Utah, for temporary duty.

SMART, CHARLES, Colonel and Assistant Surgeon General. Relieved from further treatment at the Army and Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark., and will report to Washington with a view to appearing before a retiring board.

STARK, ALEXANDER N., Captain and Assistant Surgeon. Relieved from duty with the Isthmian Canal Commission, and upon expiration of leave of absence will proceed to Manila for duty in the Philippine Islands.

TURNBULL, WILFRID, First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon. Ordered to report to Major William C. Borden,

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president of the Examining Board, Washington, D. C., for examination to determine his fitness for promotion. WINTER, FRANCIS A., Major and Surgeon. Relieved from duty at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., and ordered to sail on March 1, 1905, for duty in the Philippine Islands.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths

Born.

BARNEY.-In Fort Schuyler, N. Y., on Monday, December 19th, to Dr. Charles Norton Barney, United States Army, and Mrs. Barney, a son.

ELY.-In Waterbury, Connecticut, on Wednesday, December 7th, to Dr. Clarence F. Ely, United States Navy, and Mrs. Ely, a daughter.

Married.

EATON-WALKER.-In Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, on Friday, December 16th, Dr. William Bradford Eaton and Miss Mary H. Walker.

LOCKE-SCARTH.-In Irvington, N. Y., on Saturday, October 12th, Dr. Charles F. A. Locke and Miss M. A. Mary Scarth.

PENROSE-STOWE.-In Baltimore, Maryland, on Wednesday, December 14th, Dr. Clement A. Penrose and Miss Helen Stowe.

RYERSON-HAMILTON.-In Chicago, on Tuesday, December 6th, Dr. Edwin Warner Ryerson and Miss Adelaide Hamilton.

SHIELDS-PAGE.-In Winchester, Virginia, on Wednesday, December 7th, Dr. Randolph Tucker Shields and Miss Ellen Randolph Page.

WOODIN-HUNTSMAN. - In Seattle, Washington, on Thursday, November 24th, Dr. Scott P. Woodin and Miss Imogen Ashley Huntsman.

Died.

BIRTWELL.-In Providence, Rhode Island, on Thursday, December 8th, Dr. Charles E. Birtwell.

BLINCOE.-In Bardstown, Kentucky, on Saturday, December 10th, Dr. A. G. Blincoe, in the sixty-first year of his age.

BRYANT-In La Junta, Colorado, on Monday, December 4th, Dr. R. S. Bryant.

BUTLER.-In Montclair, New Jersey, on Tuesday, December 20th, Dr. Clarence Willard Butler, in the fifty-seventh year of his age.

CARDWELL.-In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on Monday. December 12th, Dr. Peter Cardwell.

ELEBASH. In New York, on Tuesday, December 20th, Dr. Clarence S. Elebash, in the forty-sixth year of his age. FISKE--In Brooklyn, N. Y., on Wednesday, December 21st, Dr. William M. L. Fiske, in the sixty-fourth year of his age.

GILFILLAN.-In Brooklyn, N. Y., on Sunday, December 18th, Dr. William Gilfillan, in the seventy-second year of is

age.

HEMINGWAY.-In New York, on Sunday, December 18th, Dr. Samuel Hemingway, in the fifty-first year of his age. KIRCHOFFER.-In New York, on Monday, December 19th, Dr. George W. Kirchoffer.

RINGE. In St. Louis, Missouri, on Wednesday, December 14th, Dr. Joseph Ringe, in the sixty-sixth year of his age.

TURNER. In Fargo, North Dakota, on Sunday, December 11th, Dr. F. S. Turner, United States Army.

WESSELHOEFT.-In Newton Centre, Massachusetts, on Saturday, December 17th, Dr. Conrad Wesselhoeft, in the seventy-second year of his age.

WHITE-In Baltimore, Maryland, on Sunday, December 18th, Dr. Alphonso A. White, in the seventy-fourth year of his age.

WHITNEY.-In Chicago, on Thursday, December 15th, Dr. Lorenzo W. Whitney, in the sixty-sixth year of his age. WINSTON.-In Hanover, Virginia, on Sunday, December 11th, Dr. B. L. Winston.