earlier in the disease the drug was used the more favorable result we should expect, and the less the quantity of curara we should suppose necessary. We cannot but think it worth while to make further use of curara in hydrophobia in view of the results so far obtained, and certainly in the absence of anything more promising. ---MEDICAL NOTES. -Dr. De Chaumont observed, in a square ward of St. Mary's Hospital, which had a dividing screen down the centre, on each side of which beds were placed,

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... at patients in some of the beds got erysipelas, whilst those opposite did not. On examining the air, it was found to be more impure where the erysipelas prevailed, the patients receiving only 1560 cubic feet of fresh air per head an hour, whereas in the other parts they were receiving from 2500 to 3600. Pus cells were also detected by the microscope over the beds where the ventilation was least satisfactory.