A copy of the report can be had by forwarding fifty cents to the secretary, Lewis C. Hopp, Cleveland, O. NOTES AND COMMENTS. _The Graubuch of the General Hospital of Vienna._—From this very interesting report for 1884 we learn the following: At the end of ‘83 there remained in the hospital 1,672 patients; of these 1,037 were males and 635 females. In ‘84, 23,937 patients were admitted, 14,801 males and 9,136 females. Discharged as cured, 12,532; improved, 4,485; uncured, 2,857. At the end of December, 1884, the number of patients remaining in the hospital was 1,742. The maximum of sickness among males was reached in January (1,179); among females in May (740). The minimum among males in the month of August (842); among females in September (588). It is somewhat interesting to note among the victims of pulmonary tuberculosis, the proportion furnished by various occupations. Two hundred and four day laborers, 113 shoemakers, 90 blacksmiths, 76 cabinetmakers, 71 turners, 30 coachmen, 19 butlers, 19 waiters, 8 landlords, 6 musicians, 6 servants, 4 conductors, 2 janitors, 1 stenographer, 1 chorister, 1 turnkey, etc. The proportion of deaths from tuberculosis expressed in percentage of the whole number of deaths was as follows: June, 5.6; April, 4.7; March, 4.4; August, 4.3; May, 4.2; February, 4.1; January, 3.9; October, 3.6; July, 3.2; November, 2.9; September and December, 2.8. The most rheumatism occurred in May (84), most typhus in September (19), most bronchitis in March (210), the most pneumonitis in April (78), the most catarrh of the digestive organs in July (81). * * * * * WINTER PRURIGO, says Dr. Corlett in a clinical lecture, a common and most annoying disease of the skin in this climate, must be regarded as a _local neurosis_. In its treatment internal medication avails but little, excepting in severe cases where the paroxysms of itching occur several times during the four and twenty hours, when hydrobromic acid may be used with marked benefit. It is in local measures, however, that we are effectually able to control it. At the outset of a paroxysm apply caustic potash in strength varying from x to xxx grains to the ounce of water, to which a drachm of glycerine may be added, after which the following should be added: ℞ Menthol ℨss. Acidi carbolici ℨss. Sodii benzoati ℨij. Ung. aquae rosae ℥iij. Cerae alba q. s. Misce. In mild cases, by omitting the caustic potash, the following lotions will be sufficient: ℞ Menthol ℨj. Alcoholis ℥ij. Acidi carbolici ℨss. Sodae benzoati ℥j. Aquae rosae ℥vj. Misce.