A member reported one of those peculiarly (excruciatingly, I ought to say) interesting cases of labor, in which, by _great_ exertion on his part, and the assistance of two physicians and three (I think is the number) midwifes or old ladies, he managed “to save the old man,” though the other parties concerned passed on into the mysterious future. (The society is expected to laugh a good deal just here, and of course we expect the readers to do the same.) At a recent meeting of the Baltimore Medical Association a member related the following experience: In a family of three children, the oldest, who had scarlatina four years ago, contracted diphtheria; in a few days a younger one became ill with the same disease, but accompanied in forty-eight hours with a distinct eruption of scarlatina. A few days later the youngest was stricken with scarlatina, but had no symptom of the diphtheritic trouble. The report brought out the thought of most of the members present. The two questions of “the identity of pseudomembranous croup and diphtheria,” and of “diphtheria a local or a constitutional disease” were again argued, and, as usual, no opinions were changed. Like the Scotchman, each was willing to be convinced, but he could not find any one able to convince him. Two points were fully agreed upon, namely, that the presence of membrane in the fauces, and of sequellæ, are not of importance in diagnosis; also that nearly all of the cases in which the posterior nares becomes seriously implicated are fatal. One gentleman advanced the opinion, supported by “statistics” (as accommodating a friend as “facts”), that when the submaxillary glands were enlarged in this disease recovery took place; when they were _not_ enlarged, death occurred. The doctor did not say that death occurred at once or within a few days, so we shall be charitable and suppose that he meant sometime during the succeeding hundred years. Notes of two very interesting cases of myelitis, followed by spastic paraplegia, were read and discussed. The author made special mention of the exaggerated tendon-reflex being always present in disease of the lateral tract of the cord, and that this symptom is diagnostic—if hysteria be first excluded. He also noted in these cases that the condition of the muscles of the posterior portion of the legs (lower) was very tense, producing an impression on grasping them similar to that noticed on grasping a piece of iron. Neither of these men were able to place the heel upon the floor when standing erect. No amount of effort on their part could enable them to accomplish it. Neither of them were improved by the use of the iodides. NOTES AND COMMENTS. If “K.” will send name, we will take pleasure in publishing his article in our next number. * * * * *