very different verdict has, however, been given since by the great body of scientific men; and the Society, which formerly received this great man's contribution coldly, now mourns the loss of its brightest and most illustrious member.

Since the promulgation of his researches upon the nervous system, Dr. Marshall Hall has been principally occupied with extending, applying, and developing them in every possible direction. The admirable success with which he indoctrinated the profession at large with his views must be attributed as well to his native lucidity as to their inherent truth.

During the time of Palmer's trial, it occurred to Dr. Hall to institute a physiological test for the recognition of strychnia. As if to show the absolute correctness of his views, and how unlimited were the number and nature of the scrutinies they would bear, he found that a frog, immersed in water containing the part of a grain of strychnia, would, in process of time, be thrown into tetanic convulsions. For the details of these experiments we must refer to The Lancet of last year. The physiological test was found to be far more delicate than the chemical. Here was an instance of sagacity and precision of thought which would have done credit to any man in the flower of his age.

The last and crowning effort of Dr. Marshall Hall in the cause of science and humanity has been his discovery of what is now universally known as the "Marshall Hall Method" of restoring asphyxiated persons. How completely and irrefragably he has proved the inutility and danger of the practices hitherto in vogue for the resuscitation of asphyxiated persons! Space prevents us from going into the theoretical details of Dr. Marshall Hall's method; but our columns have, for any time these last six months, contained overwhelming proofs of its truth and adaptation to practice. It is pleasing to find that this last labor of a great mind has been a labor of love, something added to the stock of human happiness, something taken away from the bitterness of life. It is singular enough that in the very place where Marshall Hall has drawn his last breath, two cases have lately occurred illustrating the superiority of the "Marshall Hall Method" over the empirical rules of the Royal Humane Society. In one case of drowning the warm bath was administered; in another, the "Marshall Hall Method" was resorted to: in the first case death was the result; in the second, restoration to life. It is also remarkable that in this number of our journal should be recorded three more examples, illustrative of the successful application of the "Marshall Hall Method" of treatment. It is curious, too, that one of them should have occurred at Nottingham.

In the practice of his profession, Dr. Marshall Hall was very successful. He linked himself early and resolutely to a great subject, and rose into fame upon his development of it. He realized an ample fortune as the reward of a life of unremitting toil. We do not mean to imply that competency was hardly earned under such conditions. Such a man would have been less than happy in a different sphere. Labor was to his restless and indomitable spirit a necessity. Even now, when we are recording the death of this illustrious and lamented physician, there is a volume in the press, a recent effort of his prolific mind; and until within two months before his dissolution, the mental energies of this extraordinary man were engaged in preparing for publication, in "The Lancet, a series of papers, entitled, "The Complete Physiology of the Nervous System."

It is somewhat remarkable that Dr. Marshall Hall never held the office

of physician in a hospital in London. He was only physician to a dispensary for a short time. He lectured at the Aldersgate-street and Webbstreet School of Medicine, and also at St. Thomas's Hospital Medical School. He was a candidate for the Professorship of Medicine at University College upon one occasion; but owing, it is believed, to some improper influences, matters assumed such an aspect as to induce Dr. Hall to retire from the field.

We have thus far considered Dr. Hall as a man of science. In other relations of life he was equally deserving of our highest respect. As a politician, he was liberal in the highest degree. He was a strictly moral man, and was deeply imbued with a sense of the obligation of a practical cultivation of religion. That which he thought right to do, he did, with unswerving honesty and courage. All subterfuge, trickery, quackery, and guile, were utterly foreign to his nature. So simple and childlike was he in disposition, as hardly to be able to imagine in others the guile which had no home in his own breast. He was a kind husband, a most indulgent father, and a faithful friend. He married, in 1829, Charlotte, second daughter of Valentine Green, Esq., of Normanton-le-Heath, Leicestershire. Mrs. Marshall Hall's maternal grandfather was M.P. for Shaftesbury, and son of Dr. Cromwell Mortimer, physician to the Prince of Wales, father of George III. Throughout the protracted illness of Dr. Marshall Hall, the assiduous, devoted, and unremitting attentions of an affectionate wife were probably never surpassed. This testimony is due from personal observation of the fact. The deceased has left one son, who has relinquished the profession for the rural life of a country gentleman.

We must now close our notice of one over whose name we would fain linger. Melancholy as it is to say he was amongst us, our sorrow is stayed by the reflection that he did not live in vain. All that a grateful profession has to give to his memory will be given. We shall still think of him with affectionate respect as a Father in Medicine, but as a child in the purity and simplicity of his mind. Though no title has adorned the name of the great Marshall Hall, we who are left behind will esteem him as one who would have graced rather than have been graced by honors however exalted. The title, which he preferred beyond all others was that of the English physiologist.

The mortal remains of this distinguished man were, on Wednesday last, removed from Brighton to Nottingham, where, we believe, a post-mortem examination has been made by his brother-in-law, Mr. Higginbottom, his nephew, Mr. Higginbottom, Jr., and Dr. Ransom, physician to the Nottingham General Hospital. It is believed that the death of Dr. Marshall Hall was caused by exhaustion produced by a stricture of the oesophagus of many years' standing, accompanied latterly, it was considered by many eminent surgeons, with malignant ulceration of the part. Dr. Alfred Hall, of the Old Steyne, Brighton, was one of the chief medical attendants of the deceased in his last illness. Sir Benjamin Brodie had long since pronounced the malady from which Dr. Marshall Hall was suffering to afford no hope of the application of any permanent remedy.

Sulphate of Zinc and Nitrate of Silver in Chronic Ophthalmia.-Dr. Posta endeavors to lay down some rules, based on practical experience, respecting the employment of these substances. In all ophthalmias, the zinc should be employed as soon as the chronic stage commences, the pro

portion being at first 1 part to 75 of the vehicle, going on in case of resistance of the disease to 2 to 100. When there is a slight degree of chronic keratitis present, with cloudiness of the cornea, the nitrate (1-20 part to 30 parts) is the preferable means. He considers that all greater strength than this is unjustifiable and mischievous.-[Bull. de Thérap., and Peninsular Journal of Medicine.

Gonorrhea.-Mr. Dallas, of Odessa, confirms the statements of Taddei, Marchal and others, that copaiba injections afford the most efficacious treatment of gonorrhoea. He reports sixteen cases cured, without internal remedies, by repeated injections of the following mixture:-Copaibæ, dr. 5; vitell. ovi unius; ext. opii, gr. j; aquæ, oz. vij. Dr. Henry Hancox (Lancet, Aug. 1856) pronounces buchu as effectual as copaiba in the treatment of gonorrhoea. Med. Chir. Rev.

Climate in Consumption.-Dr. Hays, by request, gave his views to the Ohio State Medical Society in regard to the treatment of chilblains, frostbites, &c. In the course of his remarks, he said that in the expedition to the Arctic regions with Dr. Kane, he had never seen a case of tubercular disease among the natives, and heard of but one case of hæmorrhage from the lungs. If he had a consumptive patient, he would send him to Greenland, if possible, and put him upon train oil diet, with a dog sledge and a bear hunt for exercise."-Boston Med. and Surg. Jour.

Wholesome Bread.-A large company has been formed in London for the manufacture and sale of perfectly genuine flour and bread. A mill of enormous capacity has been secured, and the dongh will be kneaded by machinery, exposed to public view while in full operation. All the analyti cal arrangements will be under the immediate personal supervision of Dr. Hassall. A capitalist, an experienced miller, is so confident of the commercial success of the company, that he has engaged to embark in it no less than fifty thousand dollars.-[1b.

Lilac Leaves as a Febrifuge.-M. Macario having been induced to try these in intermittent fever, owing to a popular reputation they had acquired in Flanders, found that of 20 cases, 13 were entirely successful, and 7 failed. In some of the former, quinine or arsenic had failed. A decoction of the leaves was administered fasting, during five or six days in succession. Rev. Méd., and Peninsular Jour. of Med.

Sesquichloride of Iron in Hemorrhages.-Dr. Herzfelder quite confirms the good accounts of this given by the French practitioners, as a most valuable agent in various kinds of internal hemorrhage, and far superior to ice, alum, tannin, etc. He dissolves a scruple in 4 ounces of water, and gives a spoonful every quarter or half hour. Dr. Raith confirming this account, and especially as regards uterine hemorrhages, prefers the tinct. ferri sesquichl., as the watery solution is very nauseous. [Buchner's Repert and Nashville Jour. of Med. and Surg.

A Report on Diseases of the Cervix Uteri. By JOSEPH A EVE, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, in the Medical College of Georgia. (Read before the Medical So ciety of the State of Georgia, at the Annual meeting in Augusta, April, 1857, and ordered to be printed.)

[Concluded from p. 527, Sept. No.]

With respect to the third point-the Treatment-there is great difference of opinion; some consider no special local treatment necessary, and look and look upon medical treatment alone as sufficient for the cure of inflammation and ulceration of the cervix,whilst others regard this as altogether inadequate, and believe local sur gical applications essentially requisite.

For many years my reliance was almost exclusively on medical treatment, with the prescription of vaginal injections, blisters, cups, etc., to the sacrum and loins; my success was only partial and very unsatisfactory such cases frequently relapsing, and requiring a repetition of the same remedies; whereas, since the surgical, or what has been styled the medico-chirurgical treatment of simple inflammation and ulceration of the cervix has been adopted, such cases are undertaken with more confidence and cer tainty of cure, than any other class of chronic diseases; their re

doubtless requisite, when the stronger caustics are employed; but it is certainly not absolutely necessary, when nitrate of silver only is applied at weekly or even longer intervals.

In reference to the treatment of leucorrhoea, which is tantamount to that of inflammation or ulceration of the cervix, inasmuch as in most cases of leucorrhoea the pathological condition is inflammation of that part, with or without ulceration, Dr. Tyler Smith remarks: "Absolute separation should never be advised except for good and sufficient reasons. In leucorrhoea intercourse should only be forbidden in the worst cases. This is one objection to the use of caustics in mild cases of leucorrhoea, because it is necessary to enjoin separation while they are employed. When intercourse causes considerable pain, excites bleeding, or where the os and cervix are secreting pus, it is out of the question, but its moderate use is quite compatible with the successful treatment of profuse mucous leucorrhoea. It may be questioned whether it does not relieve the uterus of states of congestion, which occur in the unmarried, and are probably a cause of leucorrhoea in single women, or in the married who live in separation from their husbands."

According to this truly scientific and talented author, the presence of the husband might even prove beneficial. Since caustics have been employed no difference is observed in the treatment of those whose husbands are present and in that of the unmarried, or those whose husbands are absent; before their employment, the latter certainly improved faster than the former.

At present, so far from enjoining "rest in the recumbent posture," my patients are required to take exercise in the open air regularly, and systematically, as much as they can without inducing pain or much fatigue. One great advantage in the treatment by cauterization is, that it allows exercise,* which is essential to restoration of the general health and strength; without attention to which, local affections, generally, are not treated to best advantage.

The condition of the bowels, the state of the stomach, and of the general system, the regulation of diet, &c., all received as much, if not more, attention, before, than since the adoption of eauterization. The occurrence of the menstrual period was watched with as much care, and every symptom of disorder met by its appropriate remedy as promptly heretofore as at present.

* See Tyler Smith, p. 194-195.