. Wisconsin medical recorder . exathem, etc., must becarefully and persistently searched forin every suspicious case. They may beso slight as to entirely escape carelessexamination. * * * In Ireland and England thirty-fiveand in Scotland thirty-six persons outof every 10,000 are insane, the totalasylum population being 165,125. A shrewd financier, noting that thepercentage had increased enormouslyduring the past few years, has establish-ed a system of insurance against insani-ty. For a premium of $ a year thecompany guarantees $500 a year for fiveyears of insanity; for $ the guar-antee
. Wisconsin medical recorder . exathem, etc., must becarefully and persistently searched forin every suspicious case. They may beso slight as to entirely escape carelessexamination. * * * In Ireland and England thirty-fiveand in Scotland thirty-six persons outof every 10,000 are insane, the totalasylum population being 165,125. A shrewd financier, noting that thepercentage had increased enormouslyduring the past few years, has establish-ed a system of insurance against insani-ty. For a premium of $ a year thecompany guarantees $500 a year for fiveyears of insanity; for $ the guar-anteed income covers ten years; and for$5 it is unlimited. It is said that the new company isattracting a large volume of businessand this is not to be wondered at. Acci-dent insurance is common enough, yetno accident can render an individualmore incompetent than mental defect. The frequency of insanity in theUnited States is such that it would ap-pear to be wise to have such insurancein this countrv. WISCONSIN MEDICAL RECORDER 51. This Department contains each month discussions ofquestions concerning the medical profession, case reports,letters, inquiries and replies from our readers, and short articleson matters of interest to the profession. If you have a caseyou would like some help with, or a question to ask, write usand we will publish it in this Department and you will getthe opinions of our medical brethren. When you have aninteresting case, write a report of it and sent it in and it willhelp someone else. We need each others counsel so let ushelp each other from our experiences. Letters are desiredfrom physicians on any subject pertaining to our profession. THE BEST METHOD OF TURBIN-AL REMOVAL. A PROTEST. The more I read the contributions tocurrent medical literature, the strongergrows my conviction that among otherthings sadly needly, is a national bureauof censors, whose chief duty it shouldbe to pass upon certain brands of pseudo-scientific lore, and to issue injunctions
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