=A Presse-artère for Compression of the Arteries=, which may be found useful in some cases, has been described by Mr. B. Wills Richardson, of Dublin. The tubular _presse-artère_ which he has invented is intended only for immediate compression, but it was used with good result in the amputation of the fore-arm. The new instrument is composed of two parts. (1) A fine silver or a fine German silver tube. To the upper end of this tube a small milled button is soldered. The button facilitates the turning or screwing of the tube by the fingers of the surgeon. A female screw is formed upon the upper half of the inside of the tube. (2) A steel stem having two jaws at its lower end. These jaws are perfectly smooth on their opposed as well as on their outer surfaces, and free from any cutting edge. They are so arranged as to open and close parallel to each other. At the upper end of the stem there is a handle nut. It is hexagonal only in the present instrument; but, for recognition in wounds, the handle nut of the _presse-artère_ intended for large arteries should have some other form when more than one instrument is in use. The nut is fitted to the stem by means of a square mortise to prevent it from turning on the stem during the screwing or unscrewing of the tube. The handle nut is secured in its position by a smaller but screw nut. The upper half of the stem has a male screw cut upon it, and is adapted to the female screw on the inside of the tube. The inventor claims the following advantages for this piece of apparatus:—(1) The smallness of the space it occupies. (2) Facility of application and removal. (3) Accurate graduation of the compression by means of the fine screw arrangement. (See _Medical Times_, April 24.)