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SATURDAY.—9.30 A.M. to 10.30 A.M., Dr. W. S. Colman: CongenitalHeart Diseases, with Special .Reference. to Prognosis (Lecture

, Room). 11 A.M. to 12.30 P.M., Dr. Nabarro : The Value of Lumbar:’ Puncture in the Diagnosis of Nervous Diseases in Children’

(Pathological Laboratory and Lecture Room).NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR THE PARALYSED AND EPILEPTIC,Queen-square, Bloomsbury, W.C.TuESDAY.-3.30 P.M., Clinical Lecture:-Dr. J. Collier: Bulbar

Paralysis.FRIDAY.-3.30 P.M., Clinical Lecture:—Dr. J. Collier: Cerebral

Diplegia.ST. JOHN’S HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE SKIN, 49, Leicester-

, square, W.C.

THURSDAY.—6 P.M., Dr. M. Dockrell: Essentials, Clinical and Patho-logical, to the Diagnosis of Diseases of the Skin.

QU’EEN’S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, Board Room of the Hospital,Hackney-road, N.E.WEDNESDAY.-4 P.M., Lecture :-Dr. R. W. A. Salmond : Differences

in the Radiography of Children compared with, Adults.ANCOATS HOSPITAL, Manchester.

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THURSDAY.-4.15 P.M., Dr. C. H. Melland : Heart Disease, SomeRecent Developments. (Post-Graduate Clinic.)

OPERATIONS.METROPOLITAN HOSPITALS.

MONDAY (7th).-London (2 P.M.). St. Bartholomew’s (1.30 P.M.), St.Thomas’s (3.30 P.M.), St. George’s (2 P.M.), St. Mary’s (2.30 P.M.),

, Middlesex (1.30 P.M.), Westminster (2 P.M.), Chelsea (2 P.M.),Samaritan (Gynaecological, by Physicians, 2 P.M.), Soho-square(2 P.M.), Gt. Northern Central (2.30 P.M.), West London (2.30 P.M.),London Throat (9.30 A.M.), Royal Free (2 P.m.), Guy’s (1.30 P.M.),Children, Gt. Ormond-street (9 A.M.,), St. Mark’s (2.30 P.M.), CentralLondon Throat and Ear (Minor, 9 A.M., Major, 2 P.M.).

TUESDAY (8th).-London (2 P.M.), St. Bartholomew’s (1.30 P.M.), St. Thomas’s (3.30 P.M.), Guy’s (1.30 P.M.), Middlesex (1.30 P.M.), West-

minster (2 P.M.), West London (2.30 P.M.), University College(2 P.M.), St. George’s (1 P.M.), St. Mary’s (1 P.M.), St. Mark’s(2.30 P.M.), Cancer (2 P.M.), Metropolitan (2.30 P.M.). London Throat(9.30 A.M.), Samaritan (9.30 A.M. and 2.30 P.M.), Throat, Golden-square (9.30 A.M.), Soho-square (2 P.M.), Chelsea (2 P.M.), Children,Gt. Ormond-street (9 A.M. and 2 1’.:11.), Tottenham (2.30 P.M.),Central London Throat and Ear (Minor, 9 A.M., Major, 2 P.M.),Royal National Orthopædic (9.30 A.M. and 4 P.M.).

WEDNESDAY (9th).-St. Bartholomew’s (1.30 P.M.), University College. (2 P.M.-), Royal Free (2 P.M.), Middlesex (1.30 P.M.), Charing Cross

(3 P.M.), St. Thomas.s (2 P.M.), London (2 P.M.), King’s College,. (2 P.M.), St. George’s (Ophthalmic, 1 P.M.), St. Mary’s (2 P.M.),

St. Peter’s (2 P.M.), Samaritan (9.30 A.M. and 2.30 P.M.), Gt. Northern- Central (2.30 P.M.), Westminster (2 P.M.), Metropolitan (2.30 P.M.),

London Throat (9.30 A.M.), Cancer (2 P.M.), Throat, Golden-square(9.30 A.M.), Guy’s (1.30 P.)1.), Royal Ear (2 P.M.). Children, Gt.

- Ormond-street (9.30 A.M., Dental, 2 P.M.), Tottenham (Ophthalmic,2.30 P.M.), West London (2.30 P.M.), Central London Throat andEar (Minor, 9 A.M., Major, 2 P.M.).

THURSDAY (10th).-St. Bartholomew’s (1.30 P.M.), St. Thomas’s(3.30 P.M.), University College (2 P.M.), Charing Cross (3 P.M.), St.George’s (1 P.M.), London (2 P.M.), King’s College (2 P.M.), Middlesex(1.30 P.M.), St. Mary’s (2.30 P.M.), Soho-square (2 P.M.), North-WestLondon (2 P.M.), Gt. Northern Central (Gynaecological. 2.30 P.M.),Metropolitan (2.30 P.M.), London Throat (9.30 A.M.), Samaritan

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(9.30 A.M. and 2.30 P.M.), Throat, Golden-square (9:30 A.M.), Guy’s(1.30 P.M.), Royal National Orthopaedic (9 A.M. and 3.30 P.M.), RoyalEar (2 P.M.), Children, Gt. Ormond-street (9 A.M. and 2 P.M.Aural and Ophthalmic), Tottenham (Gynaecological, 2.30 P.M.), West’London (2.30 P.M.), Central London Throat and Ear (Minor, 9 A.M.,

- Major, 2 P.M). FRIDAY (llth).-London (2 P.M.), St. Bartholomew’s (1.30 P.M.), St.

Thomas’s (3.30 P.M.), Guy’s (1.30 P.M.), Middlesex (1.30 P.M.), CharingCross (3 P.M.), St. George’s (1 P.M.), King s College (2 P.M.), St. Mary’s(2 P.M.), Ophthalmic (10 A.M.), Cancer (2 P.M.), Chelsea.(2 P.M.), Gt.Northern Central (2.30 P.M.), West London (2.30 P.M.); London

. Throat .(9.30 A.M.), Samaritan (9.30 A.M. and 2.30 P.M.), Throat,Golden-square ,(9.30 A.M.), Royal National Orthopaedic (3.30 P.M.),Soho-square (2 P.M.). Children, Gt. Ormond-street (9 A.M. and! 2 P.M.), Tottenham (2.30 P.M.), St. Peters (2 P.M.), Central LondonThroat and Ear (Minor, 9 A.M., Major, 2 P.M.).

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SATURDAY (12th).-Royal Free (9 A.M.), London (2 P.m.), Middlesexti.30 P.M.), St. Thomas’s (2 P.M.), University College (9.15 A.M.),Charing Cross (2 P.M.), St. George’s (1 p.m,), St. Mary’s (10 A.M.),Throat, Golden-square (9.30 A.M.), Guys s (1.30 P.M.), Children, Gt.

. Ormond-street (9.30 A.M.), West London (2.30 P.M.).At the Royal Eye (2 P.M.), the Royal London Ophthalmic (10 A.M.)

the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic (1.30 P.M.), and the Central London. Ophthalmic (2 P.M.) Hospitals operations are performed daily. At theWestern Ophthalmic Hospital operations are performed on Monday,’Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday at 2 P.M., and on Wednesday andSaturday at )0 A.M.

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A.-Messrs. Allen and Hanburys,Lond.; Mr. F. Aldridge, Lond.;Mr. J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol;Ardath Tobacco Co., Lond.;Messrs. Adlard and Son, Lond.;Mr. J. E. Adams, Lond.

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Royal Infirmary. Secretary of;Hot Mineral Springs, Bath;Mr. W. F. Hall, Liverpool;

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K.-Messrs. H. A. Knight and Co.,Lond.; Dr. Knight, Edinburgh;Messrs. Kutnow and Co., Lond.;Professor A. Keith, Lond.

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I Hospital Medical School, Lond.,Dean of; Mr. J. E. R. McDonagh,Lond.; Mr. J. Y. W. MacAlister,Lond.; Dr. Charles Mercier,Parkstone; Medical Sickness andAccident Society, Lond., Secre-tary of ; Dr. A. S. Morton, Lond.;Mr. P. Lockhart Mummery,Lond.

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H.-Dr. D. L. Hubbard, Lond.;Haywood Hospital, Burslem,Clerk to the; Dr. T. E. Hill,Durham; Messrs. C. J. Hewlettand Son, Lond.

J.-Messrs. Jessop and Co., Lond.;J. H.; Lieutenant H. F. Joynt,R.A.M.C., Bloemfontein ;J. E. F.;J. M. R.

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L.-Leicester Corporation, Trea-surer to the; L. E. W.. Hamp-stead ; Mr. H. H. Lacy. Warwick ;Mr. T. S. Logan, Exminster;

) Mr. C. B. Lockwood, Lond.;Mr. G. S. Levis, Brigg; L. B.

M.-Messrs. Muller and Steinicke,Munich; Dr. C. Martin, Tarbert;Mr. J. G. Margenout, Lond.;Mr. H. D. Mukherji, Allahabad;Dr. 1. S. Macaulay, Seremban;Manchester Corporation, Trea-surer to the ; Dr. E. Merck, Lond.;Medicus, Liverpool; Medicus,Edgbaston; Dr. G. Metcalfe,Helmersdale.

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