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156 are often willing to pay large sums for them. One of the Karoo herb doctors prescribes for consumptives a plant which grows in water furrows known as water salad, followed by large quantities of tortoise soup. Karoo bushes like the " geelblom teringtee " and the " rhenoster bos " are often used for this disease, with varying success. Many of the herbs certainly have some medicinal value, the most important being buchu, which grows wild in many parts of South Africa. The successful bossie doctor needs to know some- thing about herbs and how to give them the authentic dispensary flavour, a few large pots in which to pre- pare his concoctions and bottles in which to pour them, and a gullible clientele. Most of his medicines are harmless, and in many cases they do benefit the patient, at least through suggestion. The back- velder can often be convinced that the bitter fluid he is told to swallow will do him good, and if it only succeeds in doing this for a month or two the bossie doctor will feel that his skill has been vindicated. AN APPEAL FOR EVACUEES THE National Council for Maternity and Child Welfare has issued an appeal for funds on behalf of expectant mothers and children under live. The dispersal of mothers and children from the danger zones of our cities has brought out, in a forcible man- ner, the urgent need for clothing of all kinds for many of the evacuees owing to changed conditions of life and for comforts for mothers in the emergency maternity hospitals, and the council is receiving many applications for help and advice. It is known that a vast amount of voluntary aid is at present unused because, while many people are anxious to give service in making garments they are held back by lack of money with which to purchase materials. This is particularly the case with many women’s organisations and working parties throughout the country. Money received will be spent in buying materials at as low a cost as possible with the help of the Personal Service League. The distribution of garments will be made in consultation with local maternity and child-welfare authorities or responsible local organisations. Contributions should be sent to the hon. treasurer of the council, Carnegie House, 117 _Piccadilly, London, W.1. The appeal is signed by Sir Bruce Bruce-Porter, M.D., Dame Louise McIlroy, M.D., Lady Cynthia Colville, Mr. Reginald Garratt, Miss Margaret Bondfield, and Mrs. Sydney Marsham. DIARY BAYER’S Medical Diary and Therapeutic Index for 1940 is a leather-bound pocket-size volume compact with information. It includes an alphabetical list of Bayer products, with their uses and properties, sug- gestions for the treatment of many diseases and symp- toms, and much other material of general medical interest. Pages for brief notes of appointments follow and then there are the usual blank pages of the detachable quarterly diary. Most doctors, we fancy, will be prepared to take the risk of becoming too exclusively Bayer conscious entailed by the possession of this vade mecum. WHO’S WHO—Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, apothecary, sweep-Who’s Who is perhaps not quite as catholic as the plumstones, but it throws its net wide and we find, for instance, Joachim von Ribbentrop cheek by jowl with Colonel William Riach, M.D. The new 1940 edition of this reference book is a miracle of compression. It contains some 40,000 autobiographies of which over 1000 are new, yet its middle-aged spread is not too pronounced and it can still be handled easily. The offices of the Hampstead Public Health Depart- ment have been removed from the town hall to 33/35, Lancaster Grove, N.W.3. 1. London: Adam and Charles Black. Pp. 3532. 63s. Vacancies Barking .BoM’tt.—Deputy M.O.H. and deputy school M.O., .8725. Barry Accident and Surgical Hosp.-Res. surg. 0., £350. Bedford County Hosp.-Second H.S., at rate of 9150. Benenden, Kent, National Sanatorium.-H.P., at rate of .8150. Birmingham City.-Two asst. school M.O.’s, 9500. Birmingham United Hosp.-Registrar to ear, nose, and throat dept., £150. Bradford Royal Infirmary.—H.S.’s, each at rate of 150. Also Res. surg. 0., £250. Brighton, Royal Alerandra Hosp. for Sick Children.-H.S., at rate of £150. Bristol General Hosp.--(’as. H.S., at rate of £100. H.P.’s, H.S.’s. Also res. ohstet. 0., each at rate of £80. Also Temp. res. surg. 0. and registrar, .8200. Bristol Royal Infirmary.-Res. med. appts., at rate of £150- £80. Bristol University.-Lecturer in dental prosthesis, £500. Bristol, Walker Dunbar Private Hosp., &c.-Vacancy on medical staff. British Postgraduate Medical School, Ducane Road, W.12.— Temp. first asst. in surgical unit. , Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hosp.-H.S., and res. anæsthetist and emergency officer, each at rate of £130. Chester Royal Infirmary.—H.S. to orthopædic dept., £150. Coventry City.—Temp. asst. school M.O. and asst. M.O.H., £600. Dorchester, Dorset County Hosp.—H.S., at rate of 9150. Dover, Royal Victoria Hosp.-Res. M.O., £140. Durham, Richard Murray Hosv., Blackhill.-H.S., £200. Grimsby and District Hosp.—Res. H.P. also res. anaesthetist and jun. house officer, each at rate of £175. Hostel of St. Luke, 14, Fitzroy Square, W.1.—Res. M.O., at rate of £200. Liverpool Heart Hosp., 34, Oxford Street.-H.P., at rate of £100. London County Council.-Temp. asst. M.O.’s, £350 and £250 respectively. Manchester, Ancoats Hosp.—Two H.S.’s, each at rate of £100. Manchester City.—M.O. for maternity and child welfare, £600. Manchester, Crumpsall Hosp.-Res. asst. M.O., .&bgr;200. Manchester Royal Children’s Hosp., Pendlebury.—Res. surg. 0.. at rate of .8150. Manchester Royal Eye Hosp.-Jun. H.S., 9120. Manchester Royal Infirmary.—Chief asst. to a surgical unit, £250. National Dental Hosp., Great Portland Street, W.1.—Hon. elin. asst. in X-ray dept. Newcastle upon Tyne, Royal Victoria Infirmary.—Temp. med. reg., 250. Oldham County Borough.—Deputy M.O.H. and asst. tuber. 0. 750. Oxford, Wingfield-Morris Orthopcedic Hosp., Headington.—Lord Nuffield scholarship in orthopaedic surgery, 9200. Plymouth, Prince of Wales’s Hosp., Greenbank Road.-H.S., at rate of £120. Royal College of Physicians.—Milroy lecturer. Royal Free Hosp., Gray’s Inn Road, W.C.1.—Hon. asst. surgeon to orthopeedic dept. Also hon. asst. surgeon to ophth. dept. Also Hon. obstet. surgeon. Hon. asst. obstet. surgeon. Also asst. med. reg., £200. Royal National Orthopœdic Hosp.-Res. surg. and med. supt., at rate of £1250. Saint Mary’s Hosp. for Women and Children, Plaistow, E.13.- Res. H.P., at rate of £150. Southampton, Royal South Hants and Southampton Hosp.- Res. anaesthetist. Also H.P., each at rate of £150. Stepney Metropolitan Borough.-Asst. tuber. O. and asst. M.O.H., £600. Surrey County Council.-Two asst. M.O.’s. each £ 600. Swansea General and Eye Hosp.-Res. anaesthetist, at rate of 150. Swansea, Hill House Isolation Hosp.-Res. M.O., £200. Taunton Borough.-Temp. asst. school M.O. and asst. M.O.IEI., £500. Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough.-Temp. asst. M.O.H., and asst. tub. 0., 600. West Ham County Borough.-Jun. asst.. M.O. for Plaistow Hosp., £300. TVolverharn,pton Royal Hosp.-Cas. 0., at rate of £100. Also Res. surg. O., £200. Wolverhampton and Midland Counties Eye Infirmary.—H.S., £150. The Chief Inspector of Factories announces vacancies for examining surgeons at Shettleston, Lanark ; Hungerford, Berks ; and Erdington (Birmingham), Warwick. Corrigendum. - On page 88 of our issue of 3-an. 13. the footnote reference to Dr. W. S. Tegner’s survey should read : Ann. rheum. Dis. October, 1939.
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are often willing to pay large sums for them. Oneof the Karoo herb doctors prescribes for consumptivesa plant which grows in water furrows known as watersalad, followed by large quantities of tortoise soup.Karoo bushes like the " geelblom teringtee " and the" rhenoster bos " are often used for this disease, withvarying success. Many of the herbs certainly havesome medicinal value, the most important beingbuchu, which grows wild in many parts of SouthAfrica.The successful bossie doctor needs to know some-
thing about herbs and how to give them the authenticdispensary flavour, a few large pots in which to pre-pare his concoctions and bottles in which to pourthem, and a gullible clientele. Most of his medicinesare harmless, and in many cases they do benefit thepatient, at least through suggestion. The back-velder can often be convinced that the bitter fluid heis told to swallow will do him good, and if it onlysucceeds in doing this for a month or two the bossiedoctor will feel that his skill has been vindicated.
AN APPEAL FOR EVACUEES
THE National Council for Maternity and ChildWelfare has issued an appeal for funds on behalf ofexpectant mothers and children under live. Thedispersal of mothers and children from the dangerzones of our cities has brought out, in a forcible man-ner, the urgent need for clothing of all kinds for manyof the evacuees owing to changed conditions of lifeand for comforts for mothers in the emergencymaternity hospitals, and the council is receivingmany applications for help and advice. It is knownthat a vast amount of voluntary aid is at presentunused because, while many people are anxious togive service in making garments they are held backby lack of money with which to purchase materials.This is particularly the case with many women’sorganisations and working parties throughout thecountry. Money received will be spent in buyingmaterials at as low a cost as possible with the helpof the Personal Service League. The distributionof garments will be made in consultation with localmaternity and child-welfare authorities or responsiblelocal organisations. Contributions should be sentto the hon. treasurer of the council, Carnegie House,117 _Piccadilly, London, W.1. The appeal is signedby Sir Bruce Bruce-Porter, M.D., Dame LouiseMcIlroy, M.D., Lady Cynthia Colville, Mr. ReginaldGarratt, Miss Margaret Bondfield, and Mrs. SydneyMarsham.
DIARY
BAYER’S Medical Diary and Therapeutic Index for1940 is a leather-bound pocket-size volume compactwith information. It includes an alphabetical list ofBayer products, with their uses and properties, sug-gestions for the treatment of many diseases and symp-toms, and much other material of general medicalinterest. Pages for brief notes of appointmentsfollow and then there are the usual blank pages of thedetachable quarterly diary. Most doctors, we fancy,will be prepared to take the risk of becoming tooexclusively Bayer conscious entailed by the possessionof this vade mecum.
WHO’S WHO—Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, richman, poor man, apothecary, sweep-Who’s Who isperhaps not quite as catholic as the plumstones, butit throws its net wide and we find, for instance,Joachim von Ribbentrop cheek by jowl with ColonelWilliam Riach, M.D. The new 1940 edition of thisreference book is a miracle of compression. Itcontains some 40,000 autobiographies of which over1000 are new, yet its middle-aged spread is not toopronounced and it can still be handled easily.
The offices of the Hampstead Public Health Depart-ment have been removed from the town hall to 33/35,Lancaster Grove, N.W.3.
1. London: Adam and Charles Black. Pp. 3532. 63s.
Vacancies
Barking .BoM’tt.—Deputy M.O.H. and deputy school M.O.,.8725.
Barry Accident and Surgical Hosp.-Res. surg. 0., £350.Bedford County Hosp.-Second H.S., at rate of 9150.Benenden, Kent, National Sanatorium.-H.P., at rate of .8150.Birmingham City.-Two asst. school M.O.’s, 9500.Birmingham United Hosp.-Registrar to ear, nose, and throat
dept., £150.Bradford Royal Infirmary.—H.S.’s, each at rate of 150. Also
Res. surg. 0., £250.Brighton, Royal Alerandra Hosp. for Sick Children.-H.S., at
rate of £150.Bristol General Hosp.--(’as. H.S., at rate of £100. H.P.’s,
H.S.’s. Also res. ohstet. 0., each at rate of £80. AlsoTemp. res. surg. 0. and registrar, .8200.
Bristol Royal Infirmary.-Res. med. appts., at rate of £150- £80.Bristol University.-Lecturer in dental prosthesis, £500.Bristol, Walker Dunbar Private Hosp., &c.-Vacancy on medical
staff.British Postgraduate Medical School, Ducane Road, W.12.—
Temp. first asst. in surgical unit. ,
Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hosp.-H.S., and res. anæsthetist andemergency officer, each at rate of £130.
Chester Royal Infirmary.—H.S. to orthopædic dept., £150.Coventry City.—Temp. asst. school M.O. and asst. M.O.H., £600.Dorchester, Dorset County Hosp.—H.S., at rate of 9150.Dover, Royal Victoria Hosp.-Res. M.O., £140.Durham, Richard Murray Hosv., Blackhill.-H.S., £200.Grimsby and District Hosp.—Res. H.P. also res. anaesthetist
and jun. house officer, each at rate of £175.Hostel of St. Luke, 14, Fitzroy Square, W.1.—Res. M.O., at rate
of £200.Liverpool Heart Hosp., 34, Oxford Street.-H.P., at rate of £100.London County Council.-Temp. asst. M.O.’s, £350 and £250
respectively.Manchester, Ancoats Hosp.—Two H.S.’s, each at rate of £100.Manchester City.—M.O. for maternity and child welfare, £600.Manchester, Crumpsall Hosp.-Res. asst. M.O., .&bgr;200.Manchester Royal Children’s Hosp., Pendlebury.—Res. surg. 0..
at rate of .8150.Manchester Royal Eye Hosp.-Jun. H.S., 9120.Manchester Royal Infirmary.—Chief asst. to a surgical unit, £250.National Dental Hosp., Great Portland Street, W.1.—Hon. elin.
asst. in X-ray dept.Newcastle upon Tyne, Royal Victoria Infirmary.—Temp. med.
reg., 250.Oldham County Borough.—Deputy M.O.H. and asst. tuber. 0.
750.
Oxford, Wingfield-Morris Orthopcedic Hosp., Headington.—LordNuffield scholarship in orthopaedic surgery, 9200.
Plymouth, Prince of Wales’s Hosp., Greenbank Road.-H.S.,at rate of £120.
Royal College of Physicians.—Milroy lecturer.Royal Free Hosp., Gray’s Inn Road, W.C.1.—Hon. asst. surgeon
to orthopeedic dept. Also hon. asst. surgeon to ophth.dept. Also Hon. obstet. surgeon. Hon. asst. obstet. surgeon.Also asst. med. reg., £200.
Royal National Orthopœdic Hosp.-Res. surg. and med. supt., atrate of £1250.
Saint Mary’s Hosp. for Women and Children, Plaistow, E.13.-Res. H.P., at rate of £150.
Southampton, Royal South Hants and Southampton Hosp.-Res. anaesthetist. Also H.P., each at rate of £150.
Stepney Metropolitan Borough.-Asst. tuber. O. and asst.M.O.H., £600.
Surrey County Council.-Two asst. M.O.’s. each £ 600.Swansea General and Eye Hosp.-Res. anaesthetist, at rate
of 150.
Swansea, Hill House Isolation Hosp.-Res. M.O., £200.Taunton Borough.-Temp. asst. school M.O. and asst. M.O.IEI.,
£500.Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough.-Temp. asst. M.O.H.,
and asst. tub. 0., 600.West Ham County Borough.-Jun. asst.. M.O. for Plaistow
Hosp., £300.TVolverharn,pton Royal Hosp.-Cas. 0., at rate of £100. Also
Res. surg. O., £200.Wolverhampton and Midland Counties Eye Infirmary.—H.S.,
£150.
The Chief Inspector of Factories announces vacancies forexamining surgeons at Shettleston, Lanark ; Hungerford,Berks ; and Erdington (Birmingham), Warwick.
Corrigendum.- On page 88 of our issue of 3-an. 13.the footnote reference to Dr. W. S. Tegner’s surveyshould read : Ann. rheum. Dis. October, 1939.
