William Thomson

Self-tattooing by schoolchildren

Of 779 third-year pupils from seven secondary schools examined for evidence of self-tattooing, 31 (4%) had tattooed themselves. More boys (27/513, or 5.2%) than girls (4/266, or 1.6%) had tattooed themselves. One hundred and fifty six separate marks were identified in the tattooed boys and sixteen in the girls. The most popular sites were the fingers and back of the left hand, and the front and back of the left forearm. Only 2 pupils remained pleased with their tattoos and 19 expressed strong remorse. Waiting lists for the removal of such tattoos are very long. The craze for self-tattooing by schoolchildren should be curbed.

NOTES OF A CASE OF “NODULAR LEUKAEMIA.”

Peyers patches and from the pin-point abscesses in the thvroid were inoculated into bouillon. I consulted my friend, Dr. J. J. Buchan, M.O.H. St. Helens, who suggested to me that I should try the agglutinating reactions of serum from boys suffering from the disease with the different strains of intestinal bacilli which he had in his laboratory. Dr. Buchan lhas my sincerest thanks, as, butfor the use of his laboratory and materials and the fact that he corroborated and ellecked my results, I could not have continued the investigations.