. Glimpses of medical Europe. ut three days. The direct route, which we took, is only anights journey by boat to Malmo and thenceby train to Stockholm. These night trainsare managed simply in Europe. The back ofthe seat, that forms one side of the compart-ment, is pushed up to make a shelf. You geton to the shelf, and that is all there is to may be a lady on the next shelf, butnobody seems to mind. We did not sleep very well on our shelves,and so landed in Stockholm in a rather badhumor. My feelings were not improved bythe unkind remark of my friend, who referredto my nether garments
. Glimpses of medical Europe. ut three days. The direct route, which we took, is only anights journey by boat to Malmo and thenceby train to Stockholm. These night trainsare managed simply in Europe. The back ofthe seat, that forms one side of the compart-ment, is pushed up to make a shelf. You geton to the shelf, and that is all there is to may be a lady on the next shelf, butnobody seems to mind. We did not sleep very well on our shelves,and so landed in Stockholm in a rather badhumor. My feelings were not improved bythe unkind remark of my friend, who referredto my nether garments as * accordion-pleated 39 MEDICAL EUROPE trousers. However, a brush up and a pot ofexcellent coffee at the Rysdale soon put usto rights and we were ready for adventure. A man who had travelled much told us thatto him Stockholm was one of the three finestcities in the world. The other two places hementioned were Edinburgh and have never been to all the cities in the worldand, unfortunately, I have never seen either. The l;iii al Palate—Stockholm. St. Petkesbukg Steamer at of the two latter places, so I am not in a posi-tion to pass judgment. However, I can truth-fully affirm that Stockholm is a fine city. Itis less clean than Berlin, less beautiful thanBudapest, less interesting then Prague, andless picturesque than Venice. But it has oneproduct that makes it stand out distinctlyabove all these other cities, and that is itsCaloric Pwisch. I never knew what it could have been thatmade the chap in Hedda Gabler have 40 STOCKHOLM vine leaves In his hair until I visitedScandinavia. Now I know Ibsen must havereferred to Swedish punch. The 300,000 people who live here are un-doubtedly proud of their islands, their plains,and their rocky hills, which serve to make thisVenice of the North so picturesque. Compared with many European townsStockholm is modern, for the settlement wasnot founded till 1255, and it was not until1857 that the old wooden houses were replacedby
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