knowledge on the subject,

for there is abuudant material

for observation in Calcutta.

In many parts of the households have been and are prostrated by the disease, and many deaths have been already caused by it?more perhaps than we have as

town and suburbs whole

conception of. Careful and systematic enquiries being made on this point. Exact clinical experience and a few post-mortem examinations are the

yet

any

are

main desideratum. We

that the meeting which will take place on Wednesday of February, will bring to light good facts regarding this extremely impor-

hope

the second

many and tant matter.

THE CALCUTTA MEDICAL SOCIETY. This

Society,

the

proceedings

has made

of whose first meeting

good start. The meetprint elsewhere, ing was well attended, and the list of members has already reached little short of fifty. We hope that this will be materially added to if not doubled as the we

a

The annual subscription has been year advances. fixed at a very moderate figure, lis. 6, in order to prevent its being prohibitive to struggling native graduates

and licentiates. We would particularly draw attention to the fact that the promoters of the Society are very desirous to enrol members from all parts of the presidency and to obtain papers from them. These will be

published

in this

culated to each member. discussion at the January

priate

one

for

and

Society, namely,

a

novel form

of

prevailed in and around Calcutta elsewhere in Bengal during the last few years. Smith's address, of which an abstract is given, was

disease which

Dr.

a new

journal, reprinted and cirThe principal subject of meeting was a very appro-

has

eminently suggestive and what is

so

garding

the

well

calculated to elicit

much wanted?more exact information

re-

causation, symptoms, nature, mortality malady. The next meeting ought to produce much additional

and treatment of the