THE CONDUCT OF MEDICAL PRACTICE. By the Editor of The
Lancet and Expert Collaborators. (The Lancet. 10s. 6d.)—Laymen as well as members of the medical pro- fession will find Sir Squire Sprigge's symposium interesting and edifying. The chapter on the General Medical Council gives the strictly official view—which seems, to many people, to be somewhat evasive—of its powers and duties in cases of " infamous conduct." The chapter on lunacy certification is cautiously worded, but the most recent case shows how extremely careful medical men must be if they are to avoid costly law suits. In trying to show why some medical men may write articles for the Press and others- may not, without exciting the wrath of the General Medical Council, the editor exhibits much dialectic skill. To the mere layman, however, it would seem that to try to prevent a practitioner from " advertising, whether directly or indirectly, for the purpose of obtaining patients or promoting his own professional advantage ' is really impossible. What is " advertising " It implies a good deal more than signing a newspaper article, as everyone in the profession knows very well.
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