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joints. 1 died. No mortality in 43 fractures of the 

 limbs, and 1 death in 4 fractures of the skull. 



st. Vincent's hospital. 



This is the only denominational hospital in Mel- 

 bourne. Jt is conducted by the Sisters of Charity, a re- 

 ligious order, with the mother house at Dublin, Ireland. 

 The present hospital is a private residence reconstructed 

 for hospital use. It can accommodate 30 patients. Two 

 surgeons, Mr. G. A. Syme and Dr. William Moore, and 

 two physicians constitute the attending staff, to which 

 must be added the different specialists, four anesthet- 

 ists, the pathologist and the members of the outdoor 

 department. Last year the Sisters received a govern- 

 ment appropriation of $3,500. The Catholic clergy are 

 the most liberal subscribers. A small training school 

 for nurses is connected with the hospital, in charge of 

 the seven sisters. One interne answers for the resident 

 staff. An elegant four-story brick building, with all 

 modern improvements, and which will cost $150,000, 

 and which will accommodate 200 patients, is now in 

 process of construction. The new building when com- 

 pleted will be the best hospital in Melbourne. Last year 

 10 cases of hydatid were operated on, all successful; 

 32 cases of appendicitis, with 2 deaths, in 8 the disease 

 was complicated by suppuration ; 25 cases of radical 

 operation for hernia, without a death, and 6 cases of 

 suprapubic cystotomy, with no mortality. The whole 

 number of operations during the year amounted to 498, 

 of which number 490 were relieved and only 3 died, a 

 mortality of 1.6 per cent., a record which can not be 

 surpassed and which does great credit to the surgeons 

 who performed the operations. I can not quit Mel- 

 bourne without giving a brief description of 



A TRIP TO THE GIANT EUCALYPTUS TREES. 



On his arrival at Sydney the traveler's attention is 

 attracted at once bv two of the characteristic trees of 



