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Medical News.ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON.-An

ordinary Comitia of the College was held on Jan. 28th, thePresident, Sir Humphry Rolleston, being in the chair.-The following were admitted to the Membership :—

Drs. Douglas K. Adams, George A. Allan, John F. Anderson,George V. Ashcroft, Hugh Barber, Harry Bedingfield,John A. Birrcll, Ernest Bulmer, Ernest W. H. Cruickshank,Manindranath De, Henry B. F. Dixon, Daniel M. B. Evans,William M. Feldman, Gwenvron Mary Griffiths, Arthur H.Hall, John T. Ingram, Leslie M. Jennings, Frank A. Knott,Robert Knox, David Krestin, Alexander Lyall, ThottakatBhaskara Menon, Trevor Owen, Albert E. H. Pinch,George H. Rossdale, Percy S. Selwyn-Clarke, GeorgeSimpson, Byron L. Stanton, Alexander J. H. Stobo,

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Selwyn E. Tanner, John T. P. Tansey, Norman B.Williamson, and Claude Wilson.

On the nomination of Council, Dr. James Collier, Dr.S. W. Wheaton, Dr. J. S. Fairbairn, and Dr. C. J. Martinwere elected Councillors to take the place of Dr. W. S.Lazarus-Barlow, Sir John Broadbent, Dr. T. W. Eden, andSir George Newman.-The President consulted the Collegeas to the desirability of appointing an Assistant Registrar,and Dr. R. 0. Moon was nominated for appointment atthe next meeting.-Licences to practise were conferredupon 184 candidates (including 37 women) who have passedthe Final Examination in Medicine, Surgery, and Midwiferyof the Conjoint Board, and have complied with the necessaryby-laws. The following are the names and medical schoolsof the successful candidates :-

P, W. A. Agnew, St. George’s ; S. A. Antoun, Birmingham ;N. A. Arnold, Guy’s ; A. Ashworth, Liverpool; A. L. Banks,Middlesex; C. M. Barker, Univ. Coll. ; L. H. Belcher,Guy’s ; R. J. I. Bell and S. B. Benton, St. Bart.’s ; S.Bernstein and M. Bomze, Univ. Coll. ; Elsie Boyton,King’s Coll. ; R. Broomhead, Leeds; A. Byrne-Quinn,St. Thomas’s ; Irene F. Callender, St. Mary’s ; A. L. Canby,St. Thomas’s ; De Lisle Carey, St. Mary’s ; S. Chazen,Guy’s ; R. Childs, St. Thomas’s; J. H. Chitty, Guy’s;J. H. Clapp, London ;"A. Clark, St. Bart.’s ; G. C. W. Clarke,Sheffield ; H. N. Collier, Guy’s ; Violet H. Comber, Univ.Coll. ; R. V. Cooke, Bristol; W. F. Cooper, St. Bart.’s ;A. R. Cox, Guy’s ; S. T. Davies, Univ. Coll. ; T. W. Davies,Cardiff ; T. E. Davies, St. Thomas’s; Hilda C. Dean,Charing Cross ; A. E. de Fonseka, Ceylon and King’s Coll. ;May W. de Livera, Ceylon and Royal Free; G. C. Dewes,St. George’s ; H. V. Dicks, St. Bart.’s ; Mary G. H. Dickson,King’s Coll. ; Margaret H. Duncan, London; G. H.Dymond, St. Bart.’s ; Elaine 0. H. Earengey, Univ. Coll. ;R. W. B. Ellis, St. Thomas’s ; D. C. M. Ettles and J. Evans,Guy’s ; B. Fink, Manchester; C. W. Flemming, Univ. Coll.;T. D. W. Fryer, St. Thomas’s ; S. W. Gabbe, Cape andSt. Thomas’s ; S. C. Gawne, Liverpool; P. Gibbin, Cardiff ;Dorothy Godden, St. Mary’s; P. J. Gonsalves, Guy’s;A. P. Gorham, Bristol; Agnes H. Gray, Royal Free ; D. P.Gray, Middlesex ; Margaret K. Green, St. Mary’s ; W. H.Green, Middlesex ; C. R. M. Greenfield, St. Bart.’s ; L. A. N.Greenway, Calcutta and King’s Coll. ; B. J. Griffiths.Cardiff; A. A. M. Groot, Leyden and Westminster ; A.Gross and F. P. Guilfoyle, St. Bart.’s ; K. H. Hadley,Melbourne and Middlesex ; R. N. Hall, St. George’s ; C. W.Harrison, St. Bart.’s ; L. Hartston, London; H. G. Harvey,St. Thomas’s; J. P. Helliwell, St. Mary’s ; T. R. Hill,Guy’s ; R. L. Holt, Manchester ; B. B. Hosford, St. Bart.’s ;Mary H. M. Huggett, King’s Coll. ; N. C. Hypher, London ;D. E. Iago-Jones, Cardiff and Middlesex; R. J. Isaac,St. Mary’s ; G. L. C. Jones, Cardiff and St. Bart.’s ; T.Jones, Cardiff; J. Kahanas, Berne and London; J. A.Kerr, Birmingham ; Hilda M. King, St. Mary’s ; R. H.Knight, St. Bart.’s ; P. H. Knowles, Bristol and St. Mary’s ;T. P. Lalonde, Bristol; F. J. L. Lang, St. Mary’s ; F. W.Law, Cambridge and Middlesex ; D. F. Lawson and R. L. J.Le Clezio, St. Thomas’s ; Margaret E. Ledger, Royal Free ;Anne Theresa Leigh, Manchester ; E. A. Lewis, St. George’s ;R. A. V. Lewys-Lloyd, St. Bart.’s ; Leonora M. K. Lines,Charing Cross ; T. M. Ling, St. Thomas’s ; Edith M. Little,Royal Free ; G. F. H. McCormick, Middlesex and Univ.Coll. ; G. L. M. McElligott and L. J. McGregor, St. Thomas’s;Evelyn T. D. Maclagan, St. Mary’s; A. J. McMillan,Middlesex; P. Malpas, Liverpool; Ruth E. Mansfield,Westminster ; Mary A. Marshall, St. Mary’s ; I. 0. Martin,Cardiff ; S. R. Matthews, Middlesex; H. R. R. Mavor,St. Thomas’s ; W. Mayne, Guy’s ; S. Mellins, Middlesex ;R. H. Metcalfe, St. Thomas’s; G. C. Milner, London;J. Mintzman, Middlesex ; F. E. Montague, St. Thomas’s ;P. Morton, London ; M. Mundy, St. Bart.’s ; D. H. P. M. Q.Mylechreest, St. Thomas’s ; C. B. Nicholson, Middlesex ;J. R. P. Norman, Birmingham ; G. F. Oakden, Cambridgeand St. Thomas’s ; E. J. O’Keeffe, N.U.I. and London ;J. E. J. Palser and C. H. Parker, London ; G. E. G. Peirce,St. Mary’s ; H. A. Picton, Birmingham ; H. P. Pieris,Middlesex; N. R. Pooler, St. Mary’s ; W. G. Porter,Guy’s ; D. C. Price, St. Bart.’s; Winifred E. Probert,Cardiff and Westminster ; D. M. Pryce, St. Mary’s ; MurielA. Pugh, Charing Cross ; F. W. F. Purcell, Cape and St.Thomas’s ; Nellie L. Pyman, Charing Cross ; J. H. Randall,Univ. Coll., Marjorie D. Reddan, Royal Free ; MargaretG. P. Reed, King’s Coll. ; H. G. St. M. Rees, Cardiff ;J. L. Reeve, St. Bart.’s ; A. M. Rhydderch, London ;O. Richardson, St. Barto’s; L. Roberts, Middlesex ; VictoriaA. Roberts, Royal Free ; D. J. L. Routh and Audrey E.

Russell, Univ. CoU. ; J. W. Schabort, Guy’s ; Gitta Schewel,Westminster ; F. L. G. Selby, St. Mary’s ; T. H. Sellors,Middlesex ; D. W. Seth-Smith, St. George’s; A. de M.Severne, St. Thomas’s ; W. D. Sheldrake, Guy’s; M.Sidky and H. J. A. Simmons, Middlesex; W. S. Slater,Manchester; E. V. Slaughter, Middlesex; Beatrice G.Smith, Univ. Coll. ; L. G. Smith, St. Bart.’s ; A. Sourasky.Leeds; H. B. Stallard, St. Bart.’s ; C. A. Stanley, St.Thomas’s ; B. L. Steele, Univ. Coll. ; A. F. H. Stewart,Guy’s ; R. K. Stockbridge, Adelaide and London ; DorothyS. Tait, St. Mary’s ; G. M. Tanner, St. Bart.’s ; ConstanceP. Thomas, Cardiff ; D. W. R. Thomas, Cardiff and Middle-sex ; R. Thorpe, St. George’s ; G. O. Tippett, St. Thomas’s; JR. S. Tooth, St. Bart.’s ; Rose A. H. Traill, Charing Cross;R. M. Walker, Univ. Coll. ; L. H. F. Walton and H. D.Weatherhead, St. Thomas’s ; Janet Welch and Violet M.Weston, Royal Free ; E. A. White, St. Bart.’s ; J. E. B.Williams, Univ. Coll. ; J. H. Williams, Cardiff ; H.Williamson, King’s Coll. ; D. B. Wilson, Cambridge andBirmingham ; Jessie Wiltshire and Ada R. Winter, Univ.Coll. ; J. Wiseman, Guy’s ; Joan Worsfold, Royal Free;and Dorothy E. Wright, Univ. Coll.

The special diplomas mentioned in the report of the Councilof the Royal College of Surgeons of England were alsoconferred (jointly with that College) upon the candidateswhose names were specified in TiiE LANCET of Jan. 23rd.In addition the Diploma in Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgerywas conferred upon the following candidates :-Esme V. Anderson, J. B. Baird, A. Bajaj, D. P. Bilimoria,

C. H. G. Blakemore, Victoria E. Brander, J. A. Browne,A. Caddy, H. R. Dive, R. R. Garden, P. N. Gokhale, G,McN. Hargreaves, K. R. Hill, A. MacRae, J. Marshall,J. N. Piplani, Portia K. Taylor, Doris Todd, and S. T. Wong.

Dr. Major Greenwood moved the following resolution :-" The College, taking note of the fact that members of themedical profession have stated in the public press that thepractice of certain methods of diagnosis and treatmentgenerally known as ’Psycho-analysis’ is open to graveobjections, requests the President to appoint a committee toinquire into the truth of such allegations, so far as theyrelate to the practice of members of the medical profession,and to report what restrictions, if any, it may be in thepublic interest to impose upon the use of these methods byFellows, Members, and Licentiates of the College." Thiswas not carried.-Sir Francis Champneys was appointed,on the nomination of the Council, as a representative ofthe College on the Central Midwives Board.-Dr. Drewittwas reappointed representative of the College on the Com.mittee of Management of the Chelsea Physic Garden forfour years.-Sir Thomas Barlow was reappointed a repre-sentative of the College on the Executive Committee of theImperial Cancer Research Fund.-Dr. Arthur Shadwellwas appointed a representative of the College on the QueenVictoria Jubilee Institute for Nurses.-The Presidentannounced that he had appointed Dr. F. G. Crookshankto deliver the Bradshaw Lecture for 1926, and that theCouncil have appointed Mr. W. F. Dearden to be MilroyLecturer for 1927.-The resignation of Air. Bryan Farreras junior standing counsel to the College was received.The President nominated Mr. Dighton Pollock for election.It was directed that a letter should be sent to Mr. BryanFarrer thanking him for services of quarter of a century.-The resignation of Sir Dyce Duckworth as RepresentativeGovernor of the University of Liverpool was received.The Council expressed their high sense of the services hehas rendered. Dr. Abram was appointed in his place.-The Registrar moved for the first time that By-law 160 beamended to read as follows :-

" A list of all Fellows and Members of the College, and a listof the new licentiates and diplomates in the special branchesof medicine admitted during the preceding 12 months, with theirplaces of residence, shall be printed annually under the directionof the Censors’ Board, and a copy of such lists certified under theCollege seal shall be sent to the registrar of the branch medicalcouncils for England, Scotland, and Ireland."The report of the representative of the College on the

General Medical Council on the proceedings of the Councilat its session held in November last was received.-Booksand other donations to the Library presented during thelast quarter were received and thanks returned to thedonors.The following reports from the Committee of Management,

dated Dec. 23rd, 1925, were received and adopted :-1. The Committee of Management recommend that certain

universities which were removed in the year 1918 from the listof recognised places of study, and graduates of which are admis.sible to the Final Examination of the Board, be now reinstatedin the list, as follows :—Msa ; Graz, Innsbruck, Vienna.Czecho-."ilovakia: Prague. Germany: Berlin, Bonn, Breslau,Erlangen, Freiburg, Giessen, Gottingen, Greifswald, Halle,Heidelberg, Jena, Kiel, Konigsberg, Leipzig, Marburg, Munich,Tubingen, Wurzburg. Hicngary Budapest. The Committeealso recommend that the University of Hamburg be added to thelist of recognised German universities.

2. The Committee of Management recommend that thefollowing additional clauses be added in Chapter I. of theRegulations of the Examining Board in England: X. Any repre-sentation which a candidate may desire to make with regard tothe conduct of his examination must be addressed to the secretary

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XI. The Committee of Management may refuse to admit toexamination or to proceed with the examination of any candidatewho infringes a regulation of the Examining Board in England,or is considered by the Committee to be guilty of behaviourprejudicial to the proper management and conduct of theExamination.

3. In accordance with the conditions relating to specialdiplomas laid down by the Royal Colleges in April, 1920, theCommittee of Management now report that they have recognisedcourses of instruction at the following institutions :-D.P.H. :Newport Borough Isolation Hospital (fever hospital practice).D.T.M. & H. : Royal Army Medical College (laboratory course).D.O.M.S. : Cork Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital (completecourses). D.P.M. : Bethlem Royal Hospital (neurology,pathology, and bacteriology). D.L.O. : Royal Naval Hospitalsat Chatham, Haslar, and Plymouth (hospital practice only underspecial conditions). Norfolk and Norwich Hospital (hospitalpractice only).The Comitia was constituted into an extraordinary

Comitia and, on a report from the Censors’ Board, it wasresolved : "That Charles Bertrand Wagstaff be declaredto be no longer a Licentiate of the College ; that he forfeitall the rights and privileges of a Licentiate ; and that hisname be expunged from the List of Licentiates-duringthe pleasure of the College."

After some formal College business the President dissolvedthe Comitia.

SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES OF LONDON. Atrecent examinations the following candidates were successfulin the undermentioned subjects :-Surgery.-E. W. D. Long, London Hosp. ; P. B. B. Mellows,

St. Bart.’s Hosp. ; D. P. Mitra, Charing Cross Hosp. ;M. N. Nicolson, Sheffield ; and G. H. Pereira, St. George’sHosp.

-41ledicin6.-C. H. S. Johnston, Birmingham ; P. H. L. Mooreand G. H. Pereira, St. George’s Hosp. ; and B. A. Perott,Petrograd.

Forensic Medicine.-W. Hinds, Durham; and M. Pettigrew,Sheffield.

AMMef!/.—M. Bannounah, Guy’s Hosp. ; W. H. D. Priest,King’s Coll. Hosp. ; L. A. Rostant, St. Thomas’s Hosp. ;and J. W. Whitney, London Hosp.

The Diploma of the Society was granted to the followingcandidates entitling them to practise medicine, surgery, andmidwifery : M. Bannounah, E. W. D. Long, P. B. B. Mellows, andB. A. Perott.

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.-A meeting of the Senatewas held on Jan. 27th, Prof. E. A. Gardner, the Vice-Chancellor, being in the chair. The Doctorates conferredinclude the following :-D.Sc. in Psychology : Mr. E. H.Magson, of University College, for a thesis entitled How WeJudge Intelligence. D.Sc. in Cytology : Mr. R. J. Ludford,for a thesis entitled Studies in Normal and PathologicalCytology, and other papers. Dr. Andrew Balfour and Dr. M. E.Delafield were appointed to represent respectively theUniversity and University College at the Imperial Congressof the Royal Sanitary Institute to be held in London in Julyto celebrate the jubilee of the Institute.Applications are invited for the Graham scholarship,

value 300, founded by the late Dr. Charles Grahamto enable a young man to continue his pathologicalresearches, his services remaining under the directionof the Professor of Pathology at University College.Applicants, who need not be students of the Universitymedical schools, should send in their names before March 1st.Further particulars may be obtained from the AcademicRegistrar of the University.FELLOWSHIP OF MEDICINE AND POST-GRADUATE I

MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.—On Feb. Ilth Dr. S. A. KinnierWilson will lecture for the Fellowship on Sudden CerebralLesions, at 5 p.ii., in the lecture hall of the Medical Societyof London, 11, Chandos-street, W. This lecture is free tomembers of the medical profession. The Queen Mary’sHospital, Stratford, will give a general intensive course inmedicine, surgery, and the special departments from Feb. 15thto 27th. Daily sessions will be held from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M.(excepting Mondays, when they begin at noon), includingdemonstrations of clinical methods and groups of illustrativecases. There will be opportunities for those attending thecourse to visit the new gynaecological and obstetrical depart-ment at this hospital. Courses in progress are a combinedcourse in Diseases of Children at Paddington Green Hospital,Victoria Hospital, and the Children’s Clinic, and a compre-hensive course in Venereal Diseases at the London LockHospital. For the convenience of general practitioners theLondon Temperance Hospital will hold a general course from4.30 to 6 P.. in the various departments of the hospitalfrom Feb. 8th to 19th. The March courses are as follows :Bacteriology, diseases of the chest, gynaecology, ophthalmo-logy, tropical medicine, and a course for general practitioners.Copies of all syllabuses, of the General Course programme,and of the Post-Graduate Medical Journal may be had onapplication to the Secretary of the Fellowship, at 1, Wimpole-street, London, W. 1.

WEST KENT MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY.-Ameeting of this society will be held at the Miller GeneralHospital, Greenwich, S.E., on Friday, Feb. 12th, at 8.45 P.M.,when Dr. Millais Culpin will give an address entitled theScope of Psychotherapy.HUNTERIAN SociETY.—The annual dinner of the

society will be held at the Hotel Victoria, Northumberland-avenue, on Thursday, Feb. llth, at 7.30 P.M. The LordMayor and Lady Mayoress of London and the Bishop ofKensington will be amongst the guests. Fellows wishingto be present are asked to write to Mr. Mortimer Woolf,94, Harley-street, London W. 1.

THE ROGERS MEDICAL PRIZE ESSAY.-Nearly40 years ago Dr. Joseph Rogers, Chairman of Counciland Vice-President of the Poor-law Medical Officers’ Associa-tion, left iô500 in trust for the establishment of an essaycompetition, the money to accumulate until the sum inhand-sufficed to provide a prize of £150, for the best essayon the Treatment of the Sick Poor of the Country and thePreservation of the Health of the Poor. The first awardwill be made on June 21st, the anniversary of the death ofDr. Rogers’s widow. The trustees are the President ofthe Royal College of Physicians of London and the Masterof the Society of Apothecaries, and the prize will be competedfor every ten years.

PARIS FACULTY OF MEDICINE.-A revision andpost-graduate course on Recent Views of Clinical Practiceand the Use of Current Laboratory Methods in Diagnosisis to be given at the Medical Clinic of the Hôtel-Dieu fromMarch 22nd to April 2nd, under the direction of Prof.Maurice Villaret. There will be 36 lessons, and they willbe so arranged as to give students a chance of seeing some-thing of the hospital work of Paris in the intervals. Furtherinformation may be obtained from the Secretary of the.Faculty of Medicine of the University of Paris. Afternooncourses in Dermatology and Syphilology are held at theHôpital St. Louis under the direction of Prof. M. Jeanselme.The next course in dermatology will begin on April 12thand in Venereal Diseases on April 17th. Details of thesecan be obtained from Dr. Burnier, Hôpital St. Louis, Paris.

LANCASHIRE HOSPITALS FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN.-The Lancashire County Council is asked to approve aproposal to establish a new tuberculosis hospital atWrightington Hall, near Parbold, where it is proposed toprovide 80 beds for adults and 146 for children in fivenew pavilions, leaving the hall, after suitable changes,as the administrative block. The Ministry of Health hasagreed, subject to the approval of the Treasury, to makea grant of £180 per bed towards the capital cost. TheCouncil has also been recommended by its finance committeeto apply for sanction to a loan of £25,000 to meet the costof buying the Biddulph Orthopaedic Hospital, NorthStaffordshire, for the treatment of crippled school-children.

BIRTH CONTROL CLINIC FOR MANCHESTER ANDSALFORD.-It is announced that a Manchester and Salfordmothers’ clinic is shortly to be established, probably withits headquarters in Salford. A woman doctor has beenappointed to conduct the work and the necessary fundshave so far been obtained by private subscription. Theservices of the clinic will be available only for women whoare already mothers. The promoters aim at providing achannel through which married women, whose means areinsufficient to enable them to command the services of aprivate practitioner, may obtain, under expert medicaldirection, knowledge of the best known methods of contra-ceptive birth control. The Ministry of Health does notat present allow this instruction to be given at the existingmaternity and infant welfare centres.

THE LATE DR. W. C. COOKE.—After a long illnessDr. William Conway Cooke died on Jan. 26th at the age of76. A son of the late Rev. Canon Daniel Cooke, of Rochester,Kent, Dr. Cooke studied medicine at King’s College Hospital,London, and qualified as M.R.C.S. Eng. in 1875 and L.R.C.P.Edin. two years later. In 1878 he settled at Bognor, wherehe joined the late Dr. Whitman Thompson in partnership.Later he entered practice on his own and became medicalofficer of health, holding the office for the long period of32 years. Some five years ago he resigned owing to ill-health. Dr. Cooke was appointed to this important postwhen Bognor was a small fishing village, and that the townhas now developed into a flourishing seaside resort is nodoubt in a great measure due to the care he exercised.In 1895 Dr. Cooke entered into partnership with Dr. F. S.Tidcombe, and they built up a very large practice, not onlyin Bognor itself but in the district round. During the warDr. Cooke was a major in the R.A.M.C. (T.). He leavesa widow and a daughter.

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LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY.-It is hoped torebuild the central wing of this institution at a cost of£46,000, of which only £12,000 has yet been obtained. An

anonymous offer of £16,000 has now been made on conditionthat the balance of £18,000 is raised without recourse toinvested funds.

AN international post-graduate medical course

will be held, with special reference to balneology andbalneotherapy at Karlsbad on Sept. 12th-18th. Specialrailway concessions are being offered to foreign doctors.Further information can be obtained from Dr. Edgar Ganz,Karlsbad.

LONDON TEMPERANCE HOSPITAL.—This hospitalis in such serious difficulties that the board of managementstate that unless generous support is forthcoming theywill have to consider seriously whether it shall be closed.Last year ended with a deficit of £26,000, caused to a greatextent by compulsory extraordinary expenditure.

ROYAL MEDICO-PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION.-The next quarterly meeting of this association will takeplace on Feb. 16th at 19B, Tavistock-square, London, W.C.(British Medical Association House), under the presidency ofSir Frederick Mott, F.R.S., at 2.30 P.M. Dr. IsabelRobertson will read a paper entitled " Blood and VascularConditions in Psychoses."THE LATE DR. VERNON HOWARD.—Dr. E. V.

Howard, who died in London on Jan. 18th, was a graduatein arts, letters, and medicine of the University of Durham,where he qualified M.B., B.S. in 1921. For a time he actedas house surgeon at the Eye Infirmary, Newcastle, and inApril last was appointed medical officer and public vaccinatorfor the Benington district under the Boston Board ofGuardians. Besides holding the appointment he was

engaged in private practice in this district of Lincolnshire.

LONDON (R.F.H.) SCHOOL OF MEDICINE FOR

WOMEN.—Nearly 200 past and present students assembled onJan. 28th at the School to meet Dr. F. Wood Jones, F.R.S.,now professor of anatomy in the University of Adelaide, whowas on a brief visit to this country. Prof. Mary Lucas Keene,on behalf of the staff and past students, expressed the pleasurefelt at seeing him again at the School, and recalled the sevenhappy years during which he had worked among them ascolleague and teacher. Prof. Jones then gave a lectureon the Theories of Evolution.

ROYAL SANITARY INSTITUTE.-A sessional meetingwill be held on Friday, Feb. 26th, in the Municipal Buildings,Middlesbrough, from 4 P.M. onwards. There will be dis-cussions on the Malthriving Infant, the Present Type ofSmall-pox, Organic Salvage, and Housing and Main Drainage,and on the following day there will be an opportunity tovisit works of sanitary interest in the neighbourhood. Thefirst two discussions will be opened by Dr. Grace Dundasand Dr. C. V. Dingle respectively. Those intending to bepresent should notify the hon. local secretary, Mr. S E.Burgess, city engineer and surveyor, not later thanFeb. 20th.

MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL ANNEXE.-From Feb. 12thto the 14th the temporary premises of the MiddlesexHospital, which have been formed out of an old M.A.B.infirmary in Cleveland-street (near the hospital) will be onview prior to their opening by the Minister of Health onFeb. 23rd. The opening of the annexe is described as thefirst step towards the reconstruction of the Middlesex, andas the processes of pulling down and rebuilding are likely tolast for several years the temporary home has been madecomplete in itself. From top to bottom the building hasbeen re-floored, drained, heated, and lighted according tomodern standards of hospital design. There are six wards,two operating theatres, and an X ray department, and about180 patients will be moved into the building before theopening.

ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL.-The ballot designed tohelp the funds has actually resulted in a loss to the hospitalof more than £1000. Holders of half-crown tickets wereasked to place in order of popularity 12 out of a list of 24sportsmen, and it was hoped that half a million tickets wouldbe sold. Actually only about 250,000 were disposed of, andMr. G. Q. Roberts, the secretary, believes that the competi-tion was too difficult. Large sums were spent upon adver-tising, and during the competition two other ballots, witheven larger prizes, were announced. The winner of thefirst prize of £5000, a lady employed in the Post OfficeSavings Bank Department, has given a donation of £500and has been elected a governor, and the winner of thetouring car, which formed the second prize, a woman shopassistant, has promised to return 10 per cent. of the amountfor which she sells it.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE men and women in London arerequested to get into touch with an organisation whicharranges social gatherings for them. The secretary isMr. J. H. Woolgar, 1, Dorset-buildings, E.C. 4.

PRESENTATION TO DR. ESSEX WYNTER.-Sir JohnBland-Sutton presided over a gathering of old MiddlesexHospital men at Prince’s Restaurant on Jan. 28th, whenDr. Essex Wynter’s friends entertained him to dinner on hisretirement from the active staff of the Middlesex HospitalDr. Wynter was presented with a portrait of himself, paintedin oils by Miss Beatrice Bright, which was the gift of over140 subscribers.

Parliamentary Intelligence.NOTES ON CURRENT TOPICS.

Opening of the Session.—The King’s Speech.THE new session of Parliament was opened by the King

in State in the House of Lords on Feb. 2nd. In thecourse of His Majesty’s gracious speech from the Throneit was stated that invitations were being issued to the Govern-ments of Belgium, France, Germany, and Italy to attenda conference in London to consider the possibility of securingan effective international agreement for regulating hours oflabour. The Government had given earnest considerationto the increasing need for national economy. Proposalsfor effecting reductions of public expenditure were nowbeing formulated and the House of Commons would beasked to pass measures required to give effect to them withoutdelav.

While His Majesty had learned with satisfaction ofthe progress made in the building of new houses in theurban areas of England and Wales, the conditions underwhich many of the people were compelled to live, both incountry districts and in the congested areas of numeroustowns, still occasioned him deep concern. His Ministerswere now examining certain proposals for the improvementof these conditions, and if time permitted they would submitto Parliament measures designed to hasten the removal ofthe worst defects, both in town and country. Among theBills which would, if time and opportunity permitted, belaid before Parliament in the coming session were measuresdealing with National Health Insurance, the control ofroad vehicles, the finance of Poor-law in London, and theposition and powers of boards of guardians, and the ratingand valuation machinery in Scotland.

Medical Diary.Information to be included in this column should reach us

in proper form on Tuesday, and cannot appear if it reachesus later than the first post on Wednesday morning.

SOCIETIES.ROYAL SOCIETY, Burlington House Piccadilly, W.

THURSDAY, Feb. llth.-4.30 P.M. The following paperswill be read: H. G. Thornton and N. Gangulee : TheLife Cycle of the Nodule Organism Bacillus Radicicola(Beij) in Soil and its Relation to the Infection of theHost Plant. (Communicated by Sir John Russell,F.R.S.) C. E. Walker : The Meiotic Phase in CertainMammals. (Communicated bySirJohn Farmer, F. R.S.)J. Needham and Dorothy Needham : Further Micro-Injection Studies on the Oxidation-Reduction Potentialof the Cell Interior. (Communicated by Sir FrederickHopkins, F.R.S.) J. W. H. Harrison and F. C. Garrett :The Induction of Melanism in the Lepidoptera andits Subsequent Inheritance. (Communicated by Prof.E. W. MacBride, F.R.S.) J. Gray: The Mechanismof Ciliary Movement. V. The Effect of Ions on theDuration of Heat. (Communicated by Prof. J. StanleyGardiner, F.R.S.) N. H. W. Maclaren: The EarlyDevelopment of Cavia : Note on Associated Remainsof Previous Placentation. (Communicated by Prof.T. H. Bryce, F.R.S.)

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole-street, W.MONDAY, Feb. 8th.-5 P.M., WAR. At the Central Medical

Board, Royal Air Force, 3 and 4, Clement’s Inn, W.C.(entrance off the Strand, near St. Clement DanesChurch). Demonstration : The Medical Examinationof Candidates for Aviation, with Particular Referenceto the Physiological and Ophthalmological TestsEmployed.

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10th.—4.30 P.M., PSYCHIATRY. Patho-logical Meeting in the Laboratory of the MaudsleyHospital, Denmark Hill, S.E. Dr. Golla : VariousRecent Methods of Investigation. Dr. Lovell: Macro-scopic and Microscopical Specimens. 5.30 P.M.SURGERY : SUB-SECTION OF PROCTOLOGY. Discussion :The Complications of Excision of the Rectum.