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568 being of the human race that the Committee venture to put forward this appeal for public support. Cheques should be made payable to the London Joint City and Midland Bank, crossed "& Co." and marked "The Mackenzie Davidson Memorial Fund," and sent to Dr. Robert Knox, 38, Harley-street, W. 1. We are, Sir, yours faithfully, A. BONAR LAW. STANLEY BALDWIN. J. J. THOMSON. CLIFFORD ALLBUTT. HUMPHRY D. ROLLESTON. ALEXANDER OGSTON. ROBERT HADFIEED. ROBERT JONES. J. Y. W. MACALISTER. A. E. BARCLAY. THOMAS J. HORDER. N. S. FINZI. G. HARRISON ORTON. LENNOX WAINWRIGHT. G. W. C. KAYE. CHRISTOPHER ADDISON. HARCOURT. BERTRAND DAWSON. W. D. COOLIDGE. W. WATSON CHEYNE. FREDERICK W. MOTT. ANDERSON CRITCHETT. ERNEST RUTHERFORD. CHARLES H. WORDINGHAM. ARCHIBALD D. REID. C. THURSTAN HOLLAND. SIDNEY RUSS. W. IRONSIDE BRUCE. GILBERT SCOTT. ROBERT KNOX. BLIND MASSEURS. To the Editor of THE LANCET. SIR,-In THE LANCET of Feb. 21st is an annotation referring to blind masseurs. In the concluding para- graph thereof the opinion is expressed that a blinded masseur is incapable of giving effective remedial exercise and re-education treatment. To this opinion I wish to take very strong exception. Considerable experience of blinded masseurs, who have also been trained to apply remedial exercises and to re-educate muscles, has convinced me that with careful and adequate preparation there is no reason whatever why a blind masseur or masseuse should not be able to apply any of the remedial exercises described by Kleen, Wide, or any other disciple of Ling (I write as one who was trained in this method of treatment in Stockholm). As a further proof, I may mention the fact that a member of the Association of Certificated Blind Masseurs passed the full examination conducted by the Incorporated Society of Trained Masseuses, qualifying for the certificate in " Swedish remedial exercises," and came out first in the list, although he was the only blind examinee ! I consider that the paragraph referred to is calculated to affect adversely the prospects of a very deserving, enthusiastic, and capable band of workers, worthy of every possible help and fair treat- ment. I disagree entirely with the statement that "the blind administrator will be tempted to mete out to patients inferior treatment." I state with conviction that if a blind masseur has been properly trained his treatment will not be inferior to that of an administrator gifted with sight. T am Sir VDnrH f1l.ithfnllv. W. H. BROAD, M.D., Major, R.A.M.C., Lately O.I.C., Physical Treatment Department, Alder Hey Military Hospital. Liverpool, Feb. 25th, 1920. To the Editoi- of THE LANCET. SIR,-Many thanks for your generous reference to the Association of Certificated Blind Masseurs in your issue of Feb. 21st. In regard to the final paragraph our men go through a specially prepared course of remedial exercises, but I quite agree with you that perfection in these is out of the reach of the blind practitioner. I am, Sir, yours faithfully, Feb. 26th, 1920. ARTHUR PEARSON, Chairman, Blinded Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Care Committee. A PROFESSOR OF MILITARY MEDICAL HISTORY FOR OUR INDIAN WARS. To the Editor of THE LANCET. SIR,-A letter from Major-General Sir G. J. H. Evatt, A.M.S., in your issue of Jan. 31st, contains the valuable suggestion that a medical history of our Indian wars should be compiled. I am in entire agreement with him in this, as I have from time to time during the last quarter of a century experienced the greatest difficulty in collecting data, on the subject. The same suggestion was put forward in my d Prevention of Disease and Inefficiency, with Special Reference to Indian Frontier Warfare," second-edition, 1911. The records from which such a history could he compiled are scattered in a host of files in various departments in Simla and in the old files stored in Calcutta. Some useful information on the subject is also to be found in that (lulightful and charmingly written work, ’’History of the Indian Medical Service," two volumes, by Lieutenant-Colonel D. G. Crawford, 1.M.S. (Thacker, Spink, and Co., Calcutta). For the compilation of such a history 1 would suggest that a senior major or junior lieutenant-colonel of the I.M.S. with a talent for collecting and arranging historical facts he selected, and placed on special duty for the purpose for six months. I do not see my way to agreeing with General Evatt’s further suggestion that " Military Medical History for our Indian Wars " should be made the subject of a professorship. I greatly doubt if the material available would be sufficiently entensive to justify this. It could, however, be most profitably included in some other professorship such as one dealing with medical organisa- tion and administration in the field. One earnestly hopes that in the near future a military medical school will be opened in India and that the matter under reference will receive due consideration in connexion with it. I am, Sir, yours faithfully, London, Ilarch lst, 1920. P. HEHIR, Major-General. I.M.S. ARTIFICIAL SPIROCHÆTES. l’o the Editor of THE LANCET. SIR,-It may interest those who have been concerned in recent years with the motile " streamers which exude from red blood corpuscles and pretend they are spirochaetes to know of an excellent description of them given by Dr. William Addison in the Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London, Vol. IX., 1861, p. 22, and Plate III. (in the Quarterly Journal of Micro- scopical Science, n.s., Vol. I.). His recipe for their pro- duction is to mix equal quantities of blood and a solution containing 1 gr. of common salt and gr, of bicarbonate of soda in two fluid drachms of water added to half a fluid ounce of good sherry wine. Port wine containing a grain of sulphate of quinine in half a fluid ounce was also efficacious ; so was a mixture of one part of fresh urine with two or three parts of sherry wine. I am, Sir, yours faithfully, Radlett, Feb. 28th, 1920. A. E. BOYCOTT. THE NEEDS OF AUSTRIAN MEDICAL FAMILIES. 1’0 the Editor of THE LANCET. SIR,-May I make an appeal through your columns for the families of physicians in Vienna, especially the lecturers in the University, who are not in private practice and are in dire distress ? I have been aiding a number of friends and acquaintances for some time and have received to-day a letter from an eminent university professor, who is well known in England, in which he says : ’’ Whatever you may have heard or read about our condition is far from exaggerated, but rather underestimates the state of our misery. The exchange alone (the English sovereign being formerly 24 crowns and now 950) is an indication of our extreme poverty. We hunger and freeze-for six weeks I have seen no coal-and it is a wonder that I can sometimes summon energy for work. Indeed, there is a danger of falling into a state of complete lethargy....... Being father of a family I venture to make use of your kind offer. If you could send us corned beef, flour, fat, and condensed milk, you would do us a great service." Much is, no doubt, being done in England and else- where for the very poor of Vienna ; but, Sir, let us not forget our own colleagues, some of them famous and too proud to disclose their misery. THE LANCET has been so often the leader in appeals for charity, and is
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being of the human race that the Committee ventureto put forward this appeal for public support. Chequesshould be made payable to the London Joint City andMidland Bank, crossed "& Co." and marked "TheMackenzie Davidson Memorial Fund," and sent to Dr.Robert Knox, 38, Harley-street, W. 1.
We are, Sir, yours faithfully,A. BONAR LAW.STANLEY BALDWIN.J. J. THOMSON.CLIFFORD ALLBUTT.HUMPHRY D. ROLLESTON.ALEXANDER OGSTON.ROBERT HADFIEED.ROBERT JONES.J. Y. W. MACALISTER.A. E. BARCLAY.THOMAS J. HORDER.N. S. FINZI.G. HARRISON ORTON.LENNOX WAINWRIGHT.G. W. C. KAYE.
CHRISTOPHER ADDISON.HARCOURT.BERTRAND DAWSON.W. D. COOLIDGE.W. WATSON CHEYNE.FREDERICK W. MOTT.ANDERSON CRITCHETT.ERNEST RUTHERFORD.CHARLES H. WORDINGHAM.ARCHIBALD D. REID.C. THURSTAN HOLLAND.SIDNEY RUSS.W. IRONSIDE BRUCE.GILBERT SCOTT.ROBERT KNOX.
BLIND MASSEURS.
To the Editor of THE LANCET.
SIR,-In THE LANCET of Feb. 21st is an annotationreferring to blind masseurs. In the concluding para-graph thereof the opinion is expressed that a blindedmasseur is incapable of giving effective remedialexercise and re-education treatment. To this opinionI wish to take very strong exception.Considerable experience of blinded masseurs, who
have also been trained to apply remedial exercises andto re-educate muscles, has convinced me that withcareful and adequate preparation there is no reasonwhatever why a blind masseur or masseuse should notbe able to apply any of the remedial exercises describedby Kleen, Wide, or any other disciple of Ling (I writeas one who was trained in this method of treatment inStockholm). As a further proof, I may mention the factthat a member of the Association of Certificated BlindMasseurs passed the full examination conducted by theIncorporated Society of Trained Masseuses, qualifyingfor the certificate in " Swedish remedial exercises," andcame out first in the list, although he was the onlyblind examinee ! I consider that the paragraph referredto is calculated to affect adversely the prospects of avery deserving, enthusiastic, and capable band ofworkers, worthy of every possible help and fair treat-ment. I disagree entirely with the statement that "theblind administrator will be tempted to mete out to
patients inferior treatment."I state with conviction that if a blind masseur has
been properly trained his treatment will not be inferiorto that of an administrator gifted with sight.
T am Sir VDnrH f1l.ithfnllv.
W. H. BROAD, M.D., Major, R.A.M.C.,Lately O.I.C., Physical Treatment Department, Alder Hey
Military Hospital.Liverpool, Feb. 25th, 1920.
To the Editoi- of THE LANCET.SIR,-Many thanks for your generous reference to the
Association of Certificated Blind Masseurs in your issueof Feb. 21st. In regard to the final paragraph our mengo through a specially prepared course of remedial
exercises, but I quite agree with you that perfection inthese is out of the reach of the blind practitioner.
I am, Sir, yours faithfully,
Feb. 26th, 1920.
ARTHUR PEARSON,Chairman, Blinded Soldiers’ and Sailors’
Care Committee.
A PROFESSOR OF MILITARY MEDICAL HISTORY FOR OUR INDIAN WARS.
To the Editor of THE LANCET.SIR,-A letter from Major-General Sir G. J. H. Evatt,
A.M.S., in your issue of Jan. 31st, contains the valuablesuggestion that a medical history of our Indian warsshould be compiled. I am in entire agreement withhim in this, as I have from time to time during the last
quarter of a century experienced the greatest difficultyin collecting data, on the subject. The same suggestionwas put forward in my
d Prevention of Disease andInefficiency, with Special Reference to Indian FrontierWarfare," second-edition, 1911. The records from whichsuch a history could he compiled are scattered in a hostof files in various departments in Simla and in the oldfiles stored in Calcutta. Some useful information onthe subject is also to be found in that (lulightful andcharmingly written work, ’’History of the Indian MedicalService," two volumes, by Lieutenant-Colonel D. G.Crawford, 1.M.S. (Thacker, Spink, and Co., Calcutta). Forthe compilation of such a history 1 would suggest thata senior major or junior lieutenant-colonel of the I.M.S.with a talent for collecting and arranging historicalfacts he selected, and placed on special duty for thepurpose for six months.
I do not see my way to agreeing with General Evatt’sfurther suggestion that
" Military Medical History forour Indian Wars " should be made the subject of a
professorship. I greatly doubt if the material availablewould be sufficiently entensive to justify this. It could,however, be most profitably included in some otherprofessorship such as one dealing with medical organisa-tion and administration in the field.One earnestly hopes that in the near future a military
medical school will be opened in India and that thematter under reference will receive due considerationin connexion with it.
I am, Sir, yours faithfully,
London, Ilarch lst, 1920.P. HEHIR,
Major-General. I.M.S.
ARTIFICIAL SPIROCHÆTES.l’o the Editor of THE LANCET.
SIR,-It may interest those who have been concernedin recent years with the motile " streamers whichexude from red blood corpuscles and pretend they arespirochaetes to know of an excellent description of themgiven by Dr. William Addison in the Transactions ofthe Microscopical Society of London, Vol. IX., 1861,p. 22, and Plate III. (in the Quarterly Journal of Micro-scopical Science, n.s., Vol. I.). His recipe for their pro-duction is to mix equal quantities of blood and asolution containing 1 gr. of common salt and gr, ofbicarbonate of soda in two fluid drachms of wateradded to half a fluid ounce of good sherry wine. Portwine containing a grain of sulphate of quinine in half afluid ounce was also efficacious ; so was a mixture ofone part of fresh urine with two or three parts of sherrywine. I am, Sir, yours faithfully,Radlett, Feb. 28th, 1920. A. E. BOYCOTT.
THE NEEDS OF AUSTRIAN MEDICALFAMILIES.
1’0 the Editor of THE LANCET.
SIR,-May I make an appeal through your columnsfor the families of physicians in Vienna, especially thelecturers in the University, who are not in privatepractice and are in dire distress ? I have been aidinga number of friends and acquaintances for some timeand have received to-day a letter from an eminentuniversity professor, who is well known in England, inwhich he says : ’’ Whatever you may have heard orread about our condition is far from exaggerated, butrather underestimates the state of our misery. Theexchange alone (the English sovereign being formerly24 crowns and now 950) is an indication of our extremepoverty. We hunger and freeze-for six weeks I haveseen no coal-and it is a wonder that I can sometimessummon energy for work. Indeed, there is a danger offalling into a state of complete lethargy....... Beingfather of a family I venture to make use of your kindoffer. If you could send us corned beef, flour, fat, andcondensed milk, you would do us a great service."Much is, no doubt, being done in England and else-
where for the very poor of Vienna ; but, Sir, let us notforget our own colleagues, some of them famous andtoo proud to disclose their misery. THE LANCET hasbeen so often the leader in appeals for charity, and is
