"In the preliminary examination of patients the author introduces a test which is new to us; two or three breaths having been drawn through the nose, this organ is then punched by the anæsthetist, whilst the patient holds his breath as long as possible."—The Practitioner.
What the victim of this novel treatment says after recovering his breath is happily withheld from us.
From the Daily Orders of an Australian Battalion:—
"MOVES OF OFFICERS.
The following Officers have reported their arrival and departed respectfully."
Discipline in the Imperial contingents is evidently improving.
