Memoir of the late Martin Barry, M.D., F.R.SS.L. and E.

Date:
1855
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    tn*~ i. « v» i Ci,iA*-1 4 /qUtz C4^4A4>XC* 4 V. MEMOIR OF DR MARTIN BARRY. ai them (Dr Kilgour’s) the pylorus was nearly impcr\ious. There were too few facts to allow of secure conclusions being formeJ, but Dr Oairduer was in- clined to believe that it would be found that fKcal vomiting was to be looked for cliietiy in those cases in which the pyloric o{>ening was free, and in which, therefore, the stomach was not overloaded witli its own proper contents; while vomiting of food was to be expected in the oppoeite class of cases. Where fsccal vomiting did not occur, the diagnosis of a fistulous communication like that which existed in those cases must always be obscure. The diminished tendency to vomit food, and the rapid emaciation which might be expected to ensue, were not cluiracteristic; l^ause the ordinary course of cancerous stricture of the pylorus did not in these resjwcts differ very materially from the condition in question. If, indeed, a marked and sudden alleviation of the vomiting occurred, simultaneously with a great reduction in the size of the stomach on percussion, and with the dejection of alimentary matters lialf digested, while the appetite continued strong and the patient was yet not nourished, a diagnosis might be arrived at. os THE DIFFUSION OF CIIOLEBA IN THE BEMOTE DISTKICTS OF SCOTLAND. BT W. T. UAIRDNER, M.D. Dr JF. T. Gairdner made a verbal communication on the results of some inquiries in wliich he had been engaged on this subject. He found that the epidemic of 1832 had jiassed with peat rapi4lity to the extreme north, being apparently propagated along the fishing villages of the eastern coast as far as Caithness-shire. Aberdeen and Inverness ha<l both been involved in the epi- demic ; and the latter place had been again attacked, two years after, in 18.34, when the greater part of the eastern coast was entirely exempt. Dr Gairdner susjiected tliat the disease had on this occasion been carried along the Cale- donian Canal, possibly from Gla^ow or the neighbourhood, but he had not been able to make out distinctly the channel of communication. On the west ^ast, with the exception of a few cases at Stornoway, and possibly some in the island of Skye, he had reason to believe that no cholera had existed north of the Sound of Mull, nor in any of the Hebrides, with the exertions just mentioned. He was still in want of information a.s to the periods of invasion, etc., of the disease on the south side of the Moray Frith, and at a few stations, such as Peterhead and Frawrburgh on the east coast. As regarded the progress of cholera in the interior, and particularly along the line of the Caledonian Canal, he wa.s also imperfectly informed, although he had made attempts to get in- formation both from medical men and clergymen. Dr Gairdner intimated his intention to publish shortly the details in his possession, and said that he would feel greatly obliged by being made the medium of any important information on the points indicated, whether as regarded the first or any of the subsequent epidemics. The /’re«cfewt_intimated that this was the last meeting of the season; and after noticing in detail the various papers which had been communicated to the bociety, with a few appropriate remarks he brought the session to a close. MEMOIR OF THE LATE MARTIN B.\RRY, M.D., F.R..SS. L. a.vd E. Martin Barry was bom at Fratton, in Hampshire, on the 28th March 1802. His father lived here in retirement, but had property embarked in a mercantile concern in Nova Scotia. This was conducted by a brother, who resided there, as acting partner, their vessels trading to the neighbouring colonies. New Bruns- wicl^ Newfoundland, West India Islands, and to the United States. It was originally intended to ^alify Martin for mercantile pursuits. With this object he received a liberal etfucation, and, at his father’s death, was placed for a term of years under the care of a judicious relation in America. At the expiration of VOL. T.-t-NO. I. Jin.T 18f)S. T