Lumbago 1Read before the Bath and Bristol Branch of the British Medical Association, April 26th, 1905.

Five Cases of Pelvic Disease Treated by Laparotomy 1Read before the Bath and Bristol Branch of the British Medical Association, October 25th, 1899.

Is Opsonic Treatment Useful in Phthisis? 1Read before the Bristol and Bath Branch of the British Medical Association at Bath on April 29th, 1908.

This question, often asked by interested patients and their relatives, is still met by the majority of family doctors with an answer in the negative, and an appeal to a consultant does not usually result in any material alteration in the advice given. Although the object of this paper is to incline readers to an opposite verdict, one cannot complain of the adoption of a cautious attitude. Those...

Paralysis of the Accommodation‒an a Posteriori View of Diphtheria 1Read at a Meeting of the Bath and Bristol Branch of the British Medical Association, April 30th, 1902.

Paralysis of the accommodation is a condition often seen by ophthalmic surgeons following attacks of throat disease of so slight a character that the anginal symptoms have been almost, or, it may have been, quite overlooked. If all these cases are considered diphtheritic, it is probable that more cases of diphtheria are treated by the mothers of England (in consultation with the local druggist)...

The End-Results of Cases Operated on for Gallstones 1Read at a meeting of the Bath and Bristol Branch of the British Medical Association, held at Bristol on October 30th, 1912.

It is easy to obtain details as to the findings at operation, the mortality rate, and the condition of the patient a few weeks after any surgical procedure, but reliable figures collected by a disinterested observer, extending over a period of years afterwards, are few and far between, and it would be difficult, if not impossible, to obtain such guidance with reference to the operation for gall...

The New Theory and Prophylaxis of Puerperal Eclampsia 1Read at a meeting of the Bath and Bristol branch of the British Medical Association, March 28th, 1906, at Bristol.

Last July I saw in the country a severe case of eclampsia, and a week after, the sister of this patient wrote to me, saying that her own hands and feet were swollen?that is to say, she herself was displaying the same symptoms that had preceded the eclampsia in the first case in which no prophylactic measures had been taken, for the lady had not sought advice. Both sisters were pregnant for the ...