DISEASES OF THE LOCOMOTORY SYSTEM. Rheumatism 1322 Specific Rheumatism 5 Podagra 51 Rheumatic Arthritis 550 Synovitis 2 Chronic Periostitis 1 Sciatica 197 Lumbago 15 Sciatica and Lumbago 14 Neuralgia 10 Peripheral Neuritis 3 Poliomyelitis Anterior Chronica 1 Lateral Sclerosis 7 Progressive Muscular Atrophy 1 Pseudo, Hypertrophic Muscular Paralysis 1 Locomotor Ataxia 15 Multiple Sclerosis 1 Chronic Myelitis 1 Hemiplegia 8 Chorea 10 Paralysis Agitans 1 Lead Poisoning 10 2222 I find that during thirty-two years, the Devonshire Hospital, which contains 300 beds, has admitted between fifty-two and fifty-three thousand patients, suffering principally from the various forms of gout rheumatism and those diseases which are allied to them. Out of this vast number were returned only 6,753, having obtained no relief, which may be accounted for by the fact that most of these latter were labouring under affections unconnected with either gout or rheumatism. These figures will, I think, be admitted as conclusive evidence of the medicinal efficacy of the Buxton Spa in relieving suffering humanity from some of the most painful and intractable forms of disease to which high and low, rich and poor, are alike amenable. * * * * * JOHN HEYWOOD, Excelsior Printing and Bookbinding Works, Manchester.