CORRESPONDENCE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8476, 29 January 1891, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE HOSPITAL INQUIRY. TO THE EDITOR. Sik, —If it be possible, I think ib would be well if youwere to publish the full text of the Commission issued to Drs. Giles and Hassel re the Arnaboldi charges ; for, if it be simply an instruction to inquire into the specific cases referred bo, then I am afraid the public will not be satisfied. What is wanted is a commission authorising a searching inqury into the general and particular fitness of the medical staff, and so to confirm or refute the very unpleasant rumours abroad.—l am, &c, January 28, 1891. J. M. MoLaohlan.

It was stated some time ago in these columns that a compressed paper horseshoe had been found a capital substitute for the common iron shoe, and, in fact, a decided improvement upon it. It seems that in Germany, amongsb military ciroles, considerable attention is at present being given to this new departure iu horseshoeing. It is claimed for the new shoe that, in addition to elasticity—an important point—it has the desirable property of being proof against the action of water and stable liquids. Some of the details of the new system are as follow: —"The new shoe consists of leaves of parchmented paper, rendered impermeable by means of oil of turpentine, strongly stuck together by a special mixture (mixture of Venice turpentine, whiting, lacquer, and litharged linseed oil). These leaves of paper are then shaped by means of a stamp. The shoe is afterwards subjected to strong hydraulic pressure, and, when dry, is finished with the file. Use is also made of a paper paste, mixed with sand, turpentine, lacquer, linseed oil, and litharge, which is pressed into moulds, so as to obtain, after drying, a perfectly homogeneous and impermeable maes. But experience has proved that the horseshoe thus prepared is less tenacious and less elastic than that made with superimposed leaves of paper. Both, however, may be pufcon either with nails or by means of a paste made of mineral tar and indiarubber.