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1535 reported since then, so that spring and summer are looked forward to with considerable anxiety. Cholera Statistics. It is now officially stated that the number of persons who died of cholera in Germany during the recent epidemic was 8510, of whom 7611 died in the City and State of Hamburg. Louis Pasteur. The Medical Section of the Institut de France has invited the Society for Internal Medicine here to take part through delegates m the celebration of Pasteur’s seventieth birthday. The Society has elected Pasteur an honorary member. Miscellaneous Items. Dr. Baginsky of Berlin University has been promoted to the rank of Extraordinary Professor. Surgeon-General Schaper, the new medical director of the Charite, entered on his office on the 14th inst.-Herr Köhler, Director of the Imperial Office of Health, is seriously ill. December 26th. VIENNA. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Cholera zic Austria-Hungary FRESH cholera cases have occurred during the last week in Galicia, near the Russian frontier. Single cases are reported from the town of Husiatyn and the villages Zalucze, Wier- bowka and Siekierzynce in Galicia. It is stated that the cholera is raging severely in the adjacent port of Russian Podolia. At Budapest there are still nine cases of cholera at the cholera hospital and a case of cholera was stated to have occurred at Esseg in Crotia. It is feared by the sanitary authorities that the epidemic will spread in Austria and Hiin,-ary in next spring. At the last meeting of the Styrian Society of Physicians at Graz Pro- fessor Klemensiewicz announced that he had found a new method for staining the comma bacillus and that by this method the flagellum of the bacillus could be made visible, so that it could be easily distinguished from other similar bacteria. The researches on this matter, however, are not yet concluded. Operation for Cataract. Professor Fuchs of Vienna gave recently an interesting lecture on the methods of operating for cataract, in which he stated that the excellent results obtained by Professor Weaker of Paris with the old method of Daviel and Beer (who performed extraction without iridectomy) induced him to try the same method again at his clinic. Between May, 1890, and November, 1892, 1344 cases of cataract were operated upon-702 of them by Professor Fuchs himself and in 311 of these without iridectomy. The results were very favourable with the elder (Beer’s) method, as only 0 ’9 per cent. of the cases were unsuccessful, while with the other method the percentage of non-success was 2’3. Pasteur’s Seventieth Birthday. At the last meeting of the Vienna Society of Physicians it was resolved to present an address to M. Pasteur on his seventieth birthday. Medical Provideict Society. A new medical society has been formed here for the aid of physicians who have become disabled or ill. The annual subscription is 30fl. (50s.). Three hundred members have joined the society. - December 26th. Obituary. WALTER HAYLE WALSHE, M.D. EMN., F.R.C.P. LOND. WALTER HAYLB WALSHE, the son of William Walshe, a barrister of great promise who died at the early age of forty- eight, was born in Dublin on March 19th, 1812. He entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1827, and continued to the third year of study, but did not proceed to the degree of B.A. The intention up to this time had been that his profession should be that of a barrister-at-law ; but he preferred another course, and in 1830 went to Paris, whither his mother had already gone with the idea of making her permanent residence in France. From advice then given by an old family friend, he in 1830 began the study of Oriental languages, commencing with Arabic, but after two years gave up the idea, to use his own expression, of "pushing himself in life as an Oriental linguist," although assured there was a fine opening" in India for anyone who could attain even moderate skill in the use of three or four of the current tongues. To those who know Dr. Walshe’s great classical learning, and his latest work on the " Colloquial Faculty for Languages," published in 1886, it may appear strange that one so highly gifted as he was in this particular direction, as well as in the mastery of language on its scientific side, should have relinquished this pursuit at that time and have com- menced the apparently uncongenial study of medicine. This was in 1832, but at that time physical and biological science presented an immense attraction to young Walshe ; and so he bega,n, in October of that year, to attend the practice of Boyer and Roux at La Charite in Paris, and to dissect and follow other kindred studies in the same metropolis. In the beginning of 1834 the most important event of his professional career occurred. It was then that he became acquainted with M. Louis, and the impetus given to his mind was intensified by his devoted study in the clinique of that physician at La Fitie ; and thenceforward, until the end of his long life, he never swerved from the lines laid down and illustrated by his great master. The natural inborn bias of Dr. Walshe’s mind was towards strict observation and in- ductive reasoning; and in the school of Louis this bias was so accentuated as to develop in him a,n equally potent ’’ polar " repulsion in regard of imperfectly noted facts and a priori reasoning of all or any kind. The great teachers "at whose feet he sat," to use his own expression, and whom he specially remembered with gratitude and admira- tion, were Berard, Orfila, Dumas, Cruveilhier, Andral, de Blainville, Dubois, Velpeau, Ricord and Marjolin. He was dresser to Dupuytren for some months and attended the extra-professional lectures of Michelet, Flourens and Arago among others. In 1835 he was elected a member of the Societe Médicale d’Observation, being nominated by his friends and colleagues, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes and M. Valleix- M. Louis being president. In the August of the same year, 1835, Dr. Walshe left Paris for Edinburgh, and there became acquainted with his uncle, the Rev. R. 0. Shannon of the Episcopal Chapel, York-place, who had for a long time been one of the most popular and socially prominent men in the "Modern Athens." To this intercourse Dr. Walshe often referred as being one of the great helps he had received in the cultivation of his literary taste. In 1836 he proceeded to the degree of M.D. in Edinburgh, and immediately after graduating returned to Paris M. Louis was kind in intro- ducing him to a few English families, but Dr. Walshe felt that he was wasting time, and in 1838 came to England and commenced medical practice in a very humble manner in the north of London. During the years 1839 and 1840 Dr. Walshe was a vigorous writer on pathology, contributing the articles on Cancer, Endosteitis, Cephalhasmatoma, Ectopia, Emphysema (surgical), Empyema and Thoracic Fistula to Costello’s " Cyclopædia of Surgery " ; and, but several years later, the very remarkable paper on Adventitious Products to Dr. Todd’s "Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology." The article on Cancer was written in 1840, and was the foundation of his important and quite classical work 14 On the Nature and Treatment of , Cancer," published separately in 1846. In the preface to this book Dr. Walshe refers to the" flattering reception with which the article on Cancer in the Cyclopædia of Surgery’ was honoured by the profession," and to the fact that in 1844 Dr. Mason Warren, of Boston, produced an American edition of it as a separate book. It was doubtless in consequence of the high distinction as a pathologist obtained by Dr. Walsbe as the author of these masterly papers that the Council of University College in 1841 elected him, in succession to the late Sir R. Carswell, as their Professor of Morbid Anatomy, an office which he held . during the following eight years, when he succeeded the late a, Dr. John Taylor as Special (Holme) Professor of Clinical Medicine. The duties of this office were those ot minute personal instruction of the students in the wards of the hos- pital and the delivery of clinical lectures. Those were very ’ high days in University College and its hospital. The e colleagues of Dr. Walshe in the Faculty of Medicine were dLindley, Grant, Graham, Fownes, Quain, Sharpey, C. J. B. , Williams, A. T. Thomson, Ellis, S. Cooper and Liston ; while y in the Faculty of Arts, in which he always took a most lively n interest, were Augustus de Morgan, H. Malden, George Long, eT. H. Key, R. Potter, R. G. Latham, Tom Taylor, Merlet, Creaky,
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reported since then, so that spring and summer are looked forward to with considerable anxiety.
Cholera Statistics.It is now officially stated that the number of persons who
died of cholera in Germany during the recent epidemic was8510, of whom 7611 died in the City and State of Hamburg.
Louis Pasteur.The Medical Section of the Institut de France has invited
the Society for Internal Medicine here to take part throughdelegates m the celebration of Pasteur’s seventieth birthday.The Society has elected Pasteur an honorary member.
Miscellaneous Items.Dr. Baginsky of Berlin University has been promoted to
the rank of Extraordinary Professor. - Surgeon-GeneralSchaper, the new medical director of the Charite, entered onhis office on the 14th inst.-Herr Köhler, Director of theImperial Office of Health, is seriously ill.December 26th.
VIENNA.(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Cholera zic Austria-Hungary FRESH cholera cases have occurred during the last week in
Galicia, near the Russian frontier. Single cases are reported from the town of Husiatyn and the villages Zalucze, Wier-bowka and Siekierzynce in Galicia. It is stated that the cholera is raging severely in the adjacent port of RussianPodolia. At Budapest there are still nine cases of choleraat the cholera hospital and a case of cholera was
stated to have occurred at Esseg in Crotia. It is feared by the sanitary authorities that the epidemic willspread in Austria and Hiin,-ary in next spring. At the lastmeeting of the Styrian Society of Physicians at Graz Pro-fessor Klemensiewicz announced that he had found a newmethod for staining the comma bacillus and that by thismethod the flagellum of the bacillus could be made visible,so that it could be easily distinguished from other similarbacteria. The researches on this matter, however, are notyet concluded.
Operation for Cataract.Professor Fuchs of Vienna gave recently an interesting
lecture on the methods of operating for cataract, in whichhe stated that the excellent results obtained by ProfessorWeaker of Paris with the old method of Daviel and Beer (whoperformed extraction without iridectomy) induced him to trythe same method again at his clinic. Between May, 1890,and November, 1892, 1344 cases of cataract were operatedupon-702 of them by Professor Fuchs himself and in 311 ofthese without iridectomy. The results were very favourablewith the elder (Beer’s) method, as only 0 ’9 per cent. of thecases were unsuccessful, while with the other method thepercentage of non-success was 2’3.
Pasteur’s Seventieth Birthday.At the last meeting of the Vienna Society of Physicians it
was resolved to present an address to M. Pasteur on hisseventieth birthday.
Medical Provideict Society.A new medical society has been formed here for the aid of
physicians who have become disabled or ill. The annual
subscription is 30fl. (50s.). Three hundred members have
joined the society.- December 26th.
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Obituary.WALTER HAYLE WALSHE, M.D. EMN., F.R.C.P. LOND.WALTER HAYLB WALSHE, the son of William Walshe, a
barrister of great promise who died at the early age of forty-eight, was born in Dublin on March 19th, 1812. He entered
Trinity College, Dublin, in 1827, and continued to the thirdyear of study, but did not proceed to the degree of B.A. The
intention up to this time had been that his profession shouldbe that of a barrister-at-law ; but he preferred another course,and in 1830 went to Paris, whither his mother had alreadygone with the idea of making her permanent residence inFrance. From advice then given by an old family friend, he
in 1830 began the study of Oriental languages, commencingwith Arabic, but after two years gave up the idea, to usehis own expression, of "pushing himself in life as
an Oriental linguist," although assured there was a fineopening" in India for anyone who could attain even
moderate skill in the use of three or four of the current
tongues. To those who know Dr. Walshe’s great classicallearning, and his latest work on the " Colloquial Faculty forLanguages," published in 1886, it may appear strange thatone so highly gifted as he was in this particular direction, aswell as in the mastery of language on its scientific side, shouldhave relinquished this pursuit at that time and have com-menced the apparently uncongenial study of medicine. Thiswas in 1832, but at that time physical and biological sciencepresented an immense attraction to young Walshe ; and sohe bega,n, in October of that year, to attend the practice ofBoyer and Roux at La Charite in Paris, and to dissect andfollow other kindred studies in the same metropolis.
In the beginning of 1834 the most important event of hisprofessional career occurred. It was then that he becameacquainted with M. Louis, and the impetus given to his mindwas intensified by his devoted study in the clinique of thatphysician at La Fitie ; and thenceforward, until the end ofhis long life, he never swerved from the lines laid down andillustrated by his great master. The natural inborn bias ofDr. Walshe’s mind was towards strict observation and in-ductive reasoning; and in the school of Louis this bias wasso accentuated as to develop in him a,n equally potent’’ polar " repulsion in regard of imperfectly noted facts anda priori reasoning of all or any kind. The great teachers"at whose feet he sat," to use his own expression, andwhom he specially remembered with gratitude and admira-tion, were Berard, Orfila, Dumas, Cruveilhier, Andral,de Blainville, Dubois, Velpeau, Ricord and Marjolin. Hewas dresser to Dupuytren for some months and attended theextra-professional lectures of Michelet, Flourens and Aragoamong others. In 1835 he was elected a member of theSociete Médicale d’Observation, being nominated by his friendsand colleagues, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes and M. Valleix-M. Louis being president. In the August of the same year,1835, Dr. Walshe left Paris for Edinburgh, and therebecame acquainted with his uncle, the Rev. R. 0. Shannon ofthe Episcopal Chapel, York-place, who had for a long timebeen one of the most popular and socially prominent men inthe "Modern Athens." To this intercourse Dr. Walshe oftenreferred as being one of the great helps he had received inthe cultivation of his literary taste. In 1836 he proceeded tothe degree of M.D. in Edinburgh, and immediately aftergraduating returned to Paris M. Louis was kind in intro-
ducing him to a few English families, but Dr. Walshe feltthat he was wasting time, and in 1838 came to England andcommenced medical practice in a very humble manner in thenorth of London.
During the years 1839 and 1840 Dr. Walshe was a vigorouswriter on pathology, contributing the articles on Cancer,Endosteitis, Cephalhasmatoma, Ectopia, Emphysema (surgical),Empyema and Thoracic Fistula to Costello’s " Cyclopædia ofSurgery " ; and, but several years later, the very remarkablepaper on Adventitious Products to Dr. Todd’s "Cyclopædiaof Anatomy and Physiology." The article on Cancer waswritten in 1840, and was the foundation of his importantand quite classical work 14 On the Nature and Treatment of
, Cancer," published separately in 1846. In the preface tothis book Dr. Walshe refers to the" flattering reception with
which the article on Cancer in the Cyclopædia of Surgery’was honoured by the profession," and to the fact that in1844 Dr. Mason Warren, of Boston, produced an Americanedition of it as a separate book. It was doubtless in
consequence of the high distinction as a pathologistobtained by Dr. Walsbe as the author of these masterlypapers that the Council of University College in 1841elected him, in succession to the late Sir R. Carswell, astheir Professor of Morbid Anatomy, an office which he held
. during the following eight years, when he succeeded the latea, Dr. John Taylor as Special (Holme) Professor of Clinical
Medicine. The duties of this office were those ot minutepersonal instruction of the students in the wards of the hos-pital and the delivery of clinical lectures. Those were very’ high days in University College and its hospital. The
e colleagues of Dr. Walshe in the Faculty of Medicine weredLindley, Grant, Graham, Fownes, Quain, Sharpey, C. J. B., Williams, A. T. Thomson, Ellis, S. Cooper and Liston ; whiley in the Faculty of Arts, in which he always took a most livelyn interest, were Augustus de Morgan, H. Malden, George Long,eT. H. Key, R. Potter, R. G. Latham, Tom Taylor, Merlet, Creaky,
