Perhaps the most appropria: thing to say on the present St. Andrew's Day ix to compliment the society of Scots in our midst on their choice of a President for the year, No Commandant Volunteers has ever had a more trying or arduous time than has Colonel Gordon, and the way in which he has handled matters has won the admiration of the com: munity. So the most fitting com. pliment which could be paid to hin: is in making him President of St Andrew's Society. To the affairs of this organization he has brought to bear a tremendous energy, and one result of it is that there is already assured a record attendance at the Caledonian Ball to-night. Several days ago it was already greater a* regards the number of invitations issued than the pr ious year, which had also been a record, and it fan excellent augury for the opening of his term of office. An affair like the Caledonian Ball is conducted with one special object in view—to bring money into the treasury, to be expended for charitable purposes—and like every other society St. Andrew's has had very heavy c1'is upon it during the past year. So the.more successful the ball, the more there will be for the relief of those in distress. In addition this, the present' year of St. Andrew's Society will be memorable. Twelve months ceremony at the War Memorial initiated, and it has again been carried out on this occasion. In addition there has this year been a very fine church service, of a nature to appeal to all Scots. We may be sure that this will prove a feature in all future observances of St. Andrew's Day, and the hope may be expre: ed that the Scottish community in fature will insist upon it as an institution, It ought to have been ong since—possibly it was—but now that we have it, it must not be allowed to lapac Tue story of a case of cobra bite, successful treated with Fitz: simons polyvalent _anti-venom serum is narrated by Dr. A. C. Bharadwaja, of Benares, in the current number of the Indian "Medical Gazette." Sarupir, a female patient, aged 25 years, was bitten by a cobra in the web between the left index finger and thumb at 12 noon on August 6, 1926. The patien= was discharged completely cured on August 7, 1925. The polyvalent serum was injected as late as six hours after the poison had totally permented the system. Although in this case the snake had been caught and was" known fo be a cobra, it is claimed by the manufacturers that the scram being polyvalent is equally effective against any variety of snake venom. view of the fact that over people die of snake bite in India every year, this treatment, Jsays Dr. Bharadwaj, should prove very usefal if it gives: such good results in this case.
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