. Simpson's
treatise.

A pound of pure carbolic acid was used in 1865, in 1911 the quantity was
2.5 tons. Nurses have increased from a "matron and eleven sisters in the
reign of King Edward VI. to the matron, assistant-matron, thirty-eight
sisters, and 268 nurses who form the highly trained nursing staff of the
present day" (ii., p. 778).

I cannot resist quoting a reminiscence of Mr Mark Morris, the Steward of
the Hospital, who was born early enough to remember "several cases . . .
of wives who had been sold in Smithfield. A rope was loosely thrown
round them, and as the seller handed the end of the rope to the buyer,
the buyer gave him a shilling. The new marriage was regarded . . . as in
every way reputable and complete" (ii., p. 789).

We have space for but a few of Dr Moore's pleasant reminiscences. A
woman came from South Wales whose only language was Welsh. Her husband's
native language was Irish, and he had learned Welsh, but could speak no
English. A scavenger came into the Casualty Department named Michael
O'Clery. "An illustrious name," said the physician (N. M.?) remembering
a certain famous chronicler. The scavenger explained accurately to which
part of the family of hereditary historians he belonged.

"Another patient, a shoemaker . . . gave the name of Conellan. 'Have you
ever heard,' said the physician, 'of Owen Conellan, who wrote a grammar?'
'My relation,' replied the patient, 'historiographer to His Majesty King
George IV.' Thus was the physician instructed in the biography of the
grammarian" (ii., p. 873).

A mountebank, who gained his living by thrusting a sword, about a foot
long, down his gullet was admitted to a surgical ward. The treatment
consisted in putting probangs of india-rubber down the gullet, and in
this the patient was more adroit than the highly skilled surgeon who
attended him (ii., p. 874).

I like, too, the case of a patient who was described as an "arrow-maker,"
and on being asked whether he did not call himself a fletcher, said,
"Yes, but I thought you would not know." We read, also, of ruler-makers
with "their hair turned green by the resin dust produced by their
lathes." Also of "secret springers and piercers," who suggest murder and
sudden death to the imperfectly informed.

The following incident (ii., p. 883) is interesting from the point of
view of history:--A negro, Jonathan Strong, had been brutally beaten by
his master, and was admitted to the hospit