Dr. Ross McPherson (_Provid. Med. Jour._) summarizes his views in the following conclusions: First. Cesarean section is a very useful operation for removing the child from a pregnant woman at or near term in cases: (a) where there is a relative disproportion between the birth canal and the fetus, sufficiently large to make the birth difficult or impossible; (b) in cases of serious obstruction due to tumors, or deformities congential or acquired; (c) a certain number of cases of placenta previa, convulsive toxemia, or occasionally organic disease. Second. The operation should not be decided upon except by a person whose training and experience in pelvic and abdominal examination is sufficiently large to warrant the acceptance of his judgment. Third. The operation should not be performed by anyone unless he be a skillful abdominal surgeon, preferably one who has given particular thought and attention to this subject. Fourth. A long labor, much handling and manipulation, especially in the presence of ruptured membranes, predispose the patient to infection of the peritoneal cavity, and fifth, therefore, intraperitoneal abdominal Cesarean section should not be undertaken under those conditions, with one exception, namely when the religious prejudices of the family demand the saving of the child at the expense of the mother, and then only in the presence of and with the advice of a consultant and a clergyman, after carefully explaining the situation to the family and obtaining their written consent to the procedure. Sixth. If the above demands and conditions are fulfilled the maternal mortality should be practically nothing, the morbidity negligible, the end result perfect, and with the exception of those cases undertaken solely in the interest of the mother, every child should be born alive.—_Medical Progress._ TREATMENT OF OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.