The St. Luke`s Hospital Gazette : volume 9 issue 2

Abstract

The editorial sets off with a well-deserved praise to this periodical, whereby with this issue "The St. Luke's Hospital Gazette" concludes its ninth year of existence. It has been by far the longest lived local medical periodical, it is in the "World List of Medical Periodicals". Reference is made to the meeting of the International Academy of Legal Medicine and Social Medicine recently held successfully in Malta. A list of the Malta representatives is also presented. A note on a subject brought up in the last issue, namely on suicide is forwarded by Mr. Joseph Galea, mainly consisting of a list of suicides in Malta between 1800 and 1900. Within the “Medical News” information is provided about outstanding lectures given by physicians, as well as advancements, new appointments, seminars and an obituary section. Further reference deals with the nomenclature for chronic lung diseases, specifically regarding the relative objectives and topics discussed. A recent “Publications List” and a “Book review” section are also indicated. An Index containing an alphabetical list of the authors and the titles of the articles is also included.