Medical "Howlers."

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7701, 2 January 1905, Page 2

Medical "Howlers."

AMUSING EXAMINATION REPLIES OF STUDENTS, More like a pantomime than a meeting of tHe Incorporated Society of Medical Officers was tho gathering under that solemn 'appellation. Roars of laughter went up from the physicians and others present when Dr. N«wsholmo, tlio modieal officer of health for Brighton, stood before them. Ho 'was giviing away the secrets of examination papers. To be able to collect "howlers," ho explained, was ono of the few delights ho enjoyed as an examiner. What should bo done in the case of ft parson who has been bitten by a maid dog? was a question. "Redhot porker," was tile reply of one student. Another student was more precise. Ho wrote : Vlf any person ia found' handy and foolish enough to suck the bite, let it be done."- A thiird said, -"It should be burned out with cosmetic." "Caustic" l .was what ho meant, explained Dr< Newsholme. In reply to another question a student wrote : -'The best way to avoid jlanger from impure water in the cistern is to luave the water from tho mam sewer in the roaid in front." '' Icebergs aro not a Hesirable s.ourco of water supply" was another answer, fas icebergs aro not made up of pure water," One student advocated the use of "artisan"- wells. Coffee adu'ltei'attion was dealt with as follows : "Coffee is adulterated 'by adding brickdust land sometimes by ground cayenne pepper, but chiefly by adding chicory 4 23 "Nitrogenous fooids help to build up tho 'waist' of the body" was another reply ; and "Let the moat 'simper' until finished" yet another. A further speaker referrod to an examination paper i n w hich a student had written Tuberculosis is developed in nn emancipated cow." At the same meeting Mr G. A. Heron, M.D., condomnetl tho ureal teachers of hygiene f o r not practeT mg wliat they pi-Oaclie'd. In Harley-street and Winipolo-street, he sand, there appeared upon almost every door the name of a doctor, vet there wore to be seen of a night vory few open windows an th'e bodrooms of these housea.—Homo paper.