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Information as to the number of schemes which have startedis not available.

Drinking of " Red Biddy in Scotland.Mr. McELwEE asked the Secretary of State for Scotland

whether he was aware of the damage to health caused byan intoxicant known as " red biddy " among the industrialpopulation in the West of Scotland ; and whether he wouldcause an investigation to be made thereon.-Mr. ADAMSONreplied : I am informed that an alcoholic concoction com-monly known as " red biddy " is being increasingly con-sumed in the poorer areas in certain districts. I am advisedthat it has a most serious effect on the health of the con-sumer, and am having the, matter fully inquired into.

Medical News.UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.-On Feb. 8th the

following degrees were conferred :-M.B. t6- B.Chir.-G. N. Wood.P.Chir.-J. R. Peacock and S. R. Matthews.

UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN.-The Diploma in Gynae-cology and Obstetrics has been awarded to’Dr. Chua BoonTeck.

ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON ANDSURGEONS OF ENGLAND.-As the result of the FinalExamination held from Jan. 6th to 29th the followingcandidates were approved in the undermentioned subjects,but are not eligible for diplomas :-Pathology.-E. S. Asiedu-Ofei, Birmingham ; H. B. Bagshaw,London; J. H. Bartlett, Cambridge and St. Mary’s ;Ilma B. S. Bingemann, St. Mary’s ; M. Bloom, Manchester ;B. F. M. Bond, Westminster ; W. D. Coltart and A. F. Davy,St. Bart.’s ; P. T. L. Day, Guy’s ; C. M. Dell, St. Thomas’s ;P. G. Dowdell and D. G. Evans, Univ. Coll. ; J. D. J.Freeman, St. Thomas’s ; K. H. Gaskell, Cambridge andKing’s Coll. ; G. H. Gool, Guy’s ; J. 0. Harrison, St. Bart.’s;Florence R. Hart, King’s Coll. ; D. S. Hayes, St. Bart.’s ;A. R. C. Higham, St. George’s; H. L. Hodgkinson,St. Bart.’s ; H. R. Hovsha, King’s Coll. ; E. B. Jackson,Univ. Coll. ; L. Jacobson, Cape and London ; J. E. Jones,Liverpool; G. C. Knight, St. Bart.’s; S. R. Ledger,King’s Coll. ; E. H. W. Lyle, Cambridge and King’s Coll. ;F. G. Maitland, St. Mary’s ; Gladys L. Neill, King’s Coll. ;A. M. Nussbrecher, Middlesex; T. C. Outred, Guy’s;M. Phillips, London ; J. H. Pierre, St. Bart.’s ; N. H. L.Ridley, Cambridge and St. Thomas’s ; R. S. Risk, St. Bart.’s;M. A. Robertson, Cambridge and London ; K. M. Ross,St. Bart.’s ; B. Rubinsky, London ; C. K. Simpson, Guy’s ;H. Simpson, Manchester ; D. J. R. Steen, Cambridge andSt. Thomas’s ; M. R. Thomas, Univ. Coll. ; G. M. Tickler,King’s Coll. ; D. Trimble, Birmingham; and Rose E. Williams,Roval Free.

.MecKcKe.—S. Bochenek, St. Bart.’s; J. Britanischski,London; Amy C. E. Clarke, Oxford and Univ. Coll. ;A. F. H. Coke, St. Mary’s; Charlotte A. G. Conway,Royal Free ; J. H. Conyers, Cambridge and St. Thomas’s ;H. Coorland, St. Bart.’s ; Catherine B. Crane, Royal Free ;R. M. S. Cross, Cambridge and St. Bart.’s ; Elizabeth T.Davies, Cardiff and Westminster; P. G. Dowdell, Univ.CoU.; Margaret L. Foxwell, Manchester; G. H. Gool,Guy’s; P. R. Graves, St. Thomas’s; J. T. P. Handy,Univ. Coll. ; Eileen E. Harvey, Royal Free ; J. R. Hind-marsh, Durham ; A. D. H. Hugo, Cape and Guy’s ; J. E. S.MacDonald, London; Joyce MacInnes and Margery L.Maltby, Royal Free; M. Mandelstam, St. Bart.’s ; C. B.Melville, Melbourne and Middlesex ; A. M. Nussbrecher,Middlesex; D. D. Payne, St. Thomas’s; M. Phillips,London; S. Ramanathan, Ceylon and King’s Coll. ;N. H. L. Ridley, Cambridge and St. Thomas’s ; R. S. Risk,St. Bart.’s ; C. G. Roberts, Cambridge and Westminster;H. E. W. Roberton, Cambridge and St. Bart.’s; J. M.Robertson, Guy’s ; L. Seaton, Leeds ; T. Shahani, Bombay;L. Silman and S. Silman, Leeds ; J. G. Sleigh, Cambridgeand King’s Coll. ; B. Southwell, Guy’s ; Enid C. Street,Punjab and Royal Free; T. F. Tierney, St. Bart.’s;W. N. P. Wakeley, King’s Coll. ; Mary J. Westall, RoyalFree ; G. P. B. Whitwell, Guy’s ; D. A. Williams, Cardiffand Univ. Coll. ; and T. C. Wilson, Birmingham.

Surgery.-K. Alman-Vtcherachnia, Royal Free ; Kathleen W.Aylwin-Gibson, Liverpool and Westminster ; G. N. Baileyand W. I. Bain, Cambridge and St.Thomas’s ; G.Balasuriya,Ceylon and Guy’s; A. N. Barker, St. Thomas’s; C. 0.Barnes, Cambridge and St. Bart.’s; F. Bartholomew,St. Thomas’s ; W. L. H. L. Bell, St. George’s ; A. Buch,St. Mary’s; A. Burkhardt, Univ. Coll.; M. L. Bynoe,King’s Coll. ; H. M. Chappel, Cambridge and Univ. Coll. ;L. P. Clarke, St. George’s; A. L. Climer, -St. Bart.’s;J. H. Conyers, Cambridge and St. Thomas’s; R. V. S.Cooper, Birmingham ; T. R. S. Cormack, Cambridge and.London ; W. C. Cresdee, St. George’s ; W. J. D’Rosario,Guy’s ; R. H. Dobbs, London, J. J. Eapen, Madras andBirmingham ; R. E. M. Fawcett, St. Bart.’s ; F. H. H.Finlaison and R. H. Fish, Cambridge and St. Thomas’s ;J. D. J. Freeman, St. Thomas’s ; K. Ghosh, Royal Free ;R. W. Graham-Campbell, Cambridge and St. Bart.’s;C. A. Grant, Cambridge and St. George’s ; E. R. Greathead,

Cambridge and London; Rachel Gubbay, Punjab and;Royal Free ; S. R. Gunewardene, Ceylon and Univ. Coll.:C. J. K. Hamilton, Cambridge and Liverpool; R. M.Harvey, London ; D. S. Hayes, St. Bart.’s ; Geraldine J. G.Hayes, Manchester and Charing Cross ; H. L. Hodgkinson,St. Bart.’s ; W. Holdsworth, Liverpool; Laura M. Holling-worth, Univ. Coll. ; U. M. Hopkins, Bristol; B. Horwitzand L. H. Howells, London; N. R. Jeffery, Manchester ;E. N. Jenkinson, St. Bart.’s; H. B. John, St. Mary’s ;W. J. Johnson, Guy’s ; M. M. St. G. Johnstone, Cambridgeand St. Thomas’s ; Alison F. Z. Judd, Royal Free; J. D.Kershaw, Univ. CoU.; F. P. L. Lander, Middlesex ; D. H.LeGood, St. Thomas’s ; H. Lwow, Vienna and St. George’s;W. McKissock, St. George’s ; F. G. Maitland, R. W. Malim,and C. E. P. Markby, Cambridge and St. Thomas’s ; J. H. G.Mason, Middlesex; Blodwen Morgan, Charing Cross;B. B. Nanavatty, Bombay and Royal Free ; P. M. Oxley,St. Bart.’s ; G. H Pearce, Univ. Coll. ; F. E. Pilkington,Cambridge and King’s Coll. ; J. 0. Poynton, Cambridge andCharing Cross ; G. E. Ranawake, Ceylon and Middlesex;A. H. T. Robb-Smith, St. Bart.’s ; Victoria M. Robinson,Oxford and King’s Coll. ; C. A. RumbaII, Guy’s ; M. H.Shah, Punjab and Univ. Coll. ; W. W. Simkins, St. Mary’s ;Edith M. P. Smith, Charing Cross ; N. Solomon, St. Bart.’s ;R. W. Stephenson, Guy’s; A. El K. Talkhan, Cairo;F. H. Taylor, Durham ; J. C. G. Whitelaw, Cambridge andSt. Thomas’s ; H. W. Williamson, Cambridge and St. Bart.’s;W. E. Wimberger, Birmingham ; F. S. Winton, Cambridgeand St George’s ; F. J. Wright, Cambridge and London ;and W. Young, St. Mary’s.

Midwifery.-E. F. Adams, Manchester ; N. W. Alexander,Cambridge and St. Thomas’s; M. Ata Ullah, CharingCross ; F. G. Badger, Cardiff and London ; H. B. Bagshaw,London; G. N. Bailey, St. Thomas’s ; I. E. Banner, RoyalFree ; C. 0. Barnes, Cambridge and St. Bart.’s ; C. R. G.Barrington, Univ. Coll. ; G. P. Barua, Calcutta and London;D. A. Beattie, St. Bart.’s ; J. H. Beilby, St. Thomas’s ; -,G. A. Betts, Birmingham ; A. Bhardwaj, Guy’s ; lima B. S.Bingemann, St. Mary’s ; A. T. Blair, St. Bart’.s ; B. F. M.Bond, Westminster P. Brown, London; W. D. T.Brunyate, Oxford and St. Bart.’s ; C. R. Caffry, London;G. F. Carey, St. Thomas’s; J. Carlton, Guy’s; H. T.Chilton, Birmingham; Amy C. E. Clarke, Oxford andUniv. Coll. ; R. T. V. Clarke, Oxford and St. Bart.’s;E. C. Coaker, Oxford and St. Mary’s; W. D. Coltart,St. Bart.’s; Margaret E. Cook, Royal Free; H. F. G.Corfield, Bristol; F. H. J. Crawford, Liverpool; S. D.de Silva, Ceylon and Univ. Coll. ; J. A. Doherty, Durhamand Univ. Coll. : W. S. Dyson, Cambridge and Manchester ;D. G. Evans, Univ. Coll. ; Lena Finkelstein, Charing Cross ;F. H. H. Finlaison, R. H. Fish, and E. D. Forster, Cambridgeand St. Thomas’s; H. R. Fosbery, Middlesex; A. C.Fraser, Cambridge and St. Bart.’s ; Lorna M. A. GouldenBach, Westminster ; Mabel E. Grace, Royal Free ; C. A.Grant, Cambridge and St. George’s ; S. R. Gunewardena.Ceylon and Univ. Coll. ; G. Hale, Cambridge andSt. Thomas’s ; H. C. Halge, St. Mary’s; F. R. T. Hancock,Cambridge and St. Bart.’s ; Florence R. Hart, King’s Coll. ;Eileen E. Harvey, Royal Free ; J. Henry, Leeds ; A. R. C.Higham, St. George’s; F. T. J. Hobday, St. Bart.’s ;U. M. Hopkins, Bristol; K. T. Hosain, Punjab ; L. H.Howells, London ; K. N. Irvine, Oxford and St. Thomas’s ;0. Ive, Guy’s ; J. L. S. James, Bristol; G. H. Jennings,Cambridge and St. Mary’s; H. B. John, St. Mary’s;E. Johnson, Manchester ; G. W. Kendrick, St. Thomas’s ;C. J. King-Turner, Oxford and St. George’s ; G. C. Knight,St. Bart.’s ; J. P. F. Lloyd, Birmingham ; A. H. Loudoun,St. Thomas’s ; H. Lwow, St. George’s ; D. G. Macdonald,Cambridge and London ; A. P. McEldowney, St. Thomas’s;Joyce MacInnes, Royal Free ; W. McKissock, St. George’s!;Moyra Macnaughton-Jones, Royal Free ; J. D. McVean,Cambridge and Manchester ; J. B, Marshall, St. Mary’s ;C. B. Melville, Melbourne and Middlesex ; Blodwen Morgan,Charing Cross; D. K. Mulvany, King’s Coll. ; EmilataNawal Kishore, Bombay and Royal Free; Gladys L.Neill, King’s Coll. ; K. 1. Nicholls, Bristol; A. M. Nuss-brecher, Middlesex ; C. G. Owen, Edinburgh and St. Mary/s;R. 0. Payne, Guy’s ; J. H. Pierre, St. Bart.’s ; N. S.Plummer, Guy’s ; E. H. Protheroe Smith, Birmingham ;A. Rafla, Cairo ; S. Ramadas, Bombay and St. George’s ;L. Rees, St. Thomas’s; Louise Rees, Charing Cross;V. H. Riddell, Cambridge and St. George’s ; S. L. Rikhye,Lahore ; C. G. Roberts, Cambridge and Westminster ;D. M. Roberts and B. Rubinsky, London ; C. R. Sadler,St. Thomas’s; A. R. Sahy, Edinburgh; J. Sakula,Middlesex; L. Seaton, Leeds; T. Shahani, Bombay ;Edna F. Sheridan, King’s Coll. ; H. H. S. Sherwill,Manchester; L. Silman, Leeds; Phyllis F. L. Simon,Royal Free ; S. Smith, London ; Winifred M. H. Smythe,St. Mary’s ; G. H. G. Southwell-Sander, R. S. Stacey, andD. J. R. Steen, Cambridge and St. Thomas’s; R. W.Stephenson and G. V. Steward, Guy’s; J. G. Stewart,Westminster ; Enid C. Street, Royal Free ; H. M. Strover,.Bristol; Mary Sutcliffe, Cambridge and Leeds ; A. El K,Talkhan, Cairo ; F. H. Taylor, Durham; J. W. P.Thompson, St. Thomas’s ; 0. T. Wade, Leeds ; H. Walton,Cambridge and Manchester; E. C. Watson, St. Mary’s;J. H. Way, Leeds; Clara E. Wetherall, Royal Free;J. C. G. Whitelaw, Cambridge and St. Thomas’s; G. P. B;Whitwell, Guy’s ; T. C. Williams, Cardiff and Univ. Coll. ;T. C. Wilson, Birmingham : and G. R. H. Wrangham andW. Young, St. Mary’s.

THE Conservator of the Wellcome Historical MedicalMuseum (54, Wigmore-street, London, W. 1) informs us that"in connection with the anniversary of Galen’s birth(A.D. 130) a small exhibition has been prepared

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ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF EDINBURGH.-Atameetingofthe College on Feb. 4th, with Sir Norman Walker,the President, in the chair, Dr. Roy Mackenzie Stewart andDr. William Malcolm McAlister were introduced and tooktheir seats as Fellows. Dr. John Henry Douglas Webster,Dr. Arthur Oliver Gray, Dr. David Pieter Marais, Dr. SydneyWatson Smith, and Dr. James Kirkwood Slater were electedto the Fellowship.

Dr. David Rorie was appointed Dr. Alexander BlackLecturer for 1930.

The College arranged to send a message of congratulationto the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada- on its erection.

INDUSTRIAL HEALTH EDUCATION SOCIETY.-SirWilliam Haldane will take the chair at the annual meeting.vf this Society, to be held at the British Medical Association’sHouse in Tavistock-square, London, W.C., at 4 P.M. on

Tuesday next, Feb. 18th.

POST-GRADUATE COURSES IN BERLIN.-Besides theTegular programme of the post-graduate study a series of’13pecial courses will be held in Berlin during March andOctober. Particulars may be had from the informationbureau of the Kaiserin Friedrich-Haus (Berlin N.W.6,Luisenplatz, 2-4), which offers help in procuring suitablelodgings and in arranging attendance at clinics.

PRIZES AND GRANTS FOR OTOLOGICAL RESEARCH.-’The Council of the Royal Society of Medicine has acceptedthe sum of 91000 presented by Mr. Norman Gamble for thepurpose of providing a prize of 250 every fourth year fororiginal work in otology, the balance of the fund to be usedfor grants in aid of research. The prize is open to anyBritish subject, whether lay or medical, and applications forthe prize and for grants must be received by the Secretaryof the Society at 1, Wimpole-street, London, W. 1, notlater than Sept. 30th.

1ST AND 2ND LONDON SANITARY COMPANIESR.A.M.C. (T.F.).-The first reunion dinner, since the endof the late war, of the 1st and 2nd London SanitaryCompanies of the Territorial Force was held on Feb. 8th,at the Imperial Hotel. Major Goddard, who commandedthe 2nd London Sanitary Company at the outbreak ofwar, presided over a gathering of more than 300 formerofficers and men. The guest of the evening was Major-General Sir Wilfred Beveridge, who was the Deputy Director-General, Sanitation, at General Headquarters for the greaterpart of the war in France, and was therefore the officerresponsible for the work of the sanitary sections mannedby the two sanitary companies. In responding to the toastof the Guests, Sir Wilfred gave an interesting account ofthe part played by the sanitary companies in the war.He reminded his hearers that in the original ExpeditionaryForce no provision was made for sanitary sections, thoughthere was personnel trained in water duties. The twoLondon sanitary companies formed part of the TerritorialForce at the commencement of war and had an establishmentof six officers and about 150 men in each company. Verysoon it was found that there was urgent need in Franceof men trained in sanitary work, and the sanitary companieswere enlarged so as to form a reserve from which officersand men could be sent out to the various theatres of war.The first sanitary section, consisting of one officer and 25men with full equipment, was sent out in October and wasstationed at Rouen. General Beveridge soon found thatsimiliar sections were needed for work with the Divisions,and 12 sections were sent out to France in December fromthe two sanitary companies and were posted to variousDivisions. From this time there was a steady stream ofsanitary sections until each Division had its own section, Iwhile others were posted on the line of communication. ISanitary sections were also sent to Gallipoli, Italy, Salonica,and Africa. By the end of the war nearly 300 sanitarysections were in being. It was a remarkable tribute tothe efficiency of the original companies that it was possibleto train such a large personnel of officers and men throughout ’,the whole course of the war. The work of the sanitarysection, said Sir Wilfred, was of the utmost value and couldnot be overpraised. It had been estimated that an army- could not afford a wastage from disease and sickness ofmore than 0-3 per cent. That this figure was rarely reached..and scarcely ever exceeded was largely due to the workof the sanitary sections in the field. Major Goddardproposed the health of the Old Comrades of the Sanitary- Companies. This toast was responded to by Prof. R. J. S.McDowall, who was in charge of a section during the war.The toast of Absent Comrades was proposed by Major Martin,of the 2nd London Sanitary Company, and responded toby Mr. Manser, a former staff-sergeant, who was chieflyresponsible for the arduous task of getting in touch withthe former officers and men and for arranging the dinner.

AT the quarterly meeting of the directors of theNaval Medical Compassionate Fund on Jan. 22nd, withSurgeon Vice-Ad-miral Arthur Gaskell in the chair, the sumof 2120 was distributed among the several applicants.

HEALTH CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION IN GREECE.The first Panhellenic Health Conference will be held inAthens in April and will be followed by an internationalexhibition of social and individual hygiene from May 1stto July 31st. Exhibits from abroad should arrive beforeMarch 31st. The headquarters of the organising committeeare in the offices of the Medical Association of Athens, OdosKriezotou, 1.

MEDICAL TOUR IN SPAIN.-A second tour formedical men to the hydromineral and climatic stations ofSpain has been arranged for Easter. The party will leaveBarcelona by special motor boat on April 13th, visitingPalma (Majorca), Alicante, Malaga, Seville (in time for thecelebrated Good Friday procession), and Valencia, returningto Barcelona on April 23rd. There will be an opportunityof seeing the exhibitions at Barcelona and Seville. Furtherinformation may be had from Dr. Maneru, Ronda deConde Duque, 4, Madrid.

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR MENTAL HYGIENE.-Aseries of lecture-discussions on Mental Health and theChild will be delivered at 11, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, London, W., on Wednesdays, at 5 P.M. The sub-jects and lecturers are as follows : The New Psychologyand the Parent, by Dr. Hugh Crichton-Miller (Feb. 26th) ;the Child and the Teacher, by Dr. Letitia Fairfield(March 5th) ; the Delinquent Child, by Mr. W. Clarke Hall(12th) ; the Difficult Child at Home and at School, by Dr.William Moodie (19th) ; Sex Education, by Mrs. Neville-Rolfe (26th) ; and Choosing a Career, by Dr. R. D. Gillespie(April 2nd). Tickets may be had from the Secretary ofthe Council, 78, Chandos House, Palmer-street, S.W.1, orat the doors.

ENLARGEMENT OF CAMERON HOSPITAL, WESTHAHTLBPOOL.—The Prince of Wales is being asked to laythe foundation stone of a children’s ward to be added to thisinstitution, when he presently visits West Hartlepool.A new radiological block is to be added at the same time.

TRAMWAYMEN AND HOSPITALS.-Of the 8000tramwaymen in Manchester nearly 6000 are contributing tothe local hospitals through a fund started a little over a yearago. Deductions of from 2d. to 5d. a week are made fromtheir wages, and last year 23201 was thus raised. Thecontributors and their families are entitled to hospitaltreatment, and there are no administrative expenses.

STUDY OF MEDICAL HYDROLOGY.-The Committeefor the Study of Medical Hydrology in Great Britain informsus that it can arrange for lectures, on’ medical hydrology andspa treatment, to senior medical students, post-graduateassociations, and medical societies. It is also prepared toarrange for visits of such associations to any of the Britishspas and to give lecture-demonstrations. Further particularsmay be had from the hon. secretary, Dr. Geoffrey Holmes,11, Ripon-road, Harrogate.

THE BATH HOSPITALS.-The Bath Royal UnitedHospital is to be transferred to Combe Park at a cost ofjoe100,000, in addition to z30,000 to be paid by the corporationfor the existing buildings, which it is intended to convertinto a technical college. Mr. A. Stanley Wills, of Bath,has given job10,000 towards the amount required.-LadyStothert has opened two sitting-rooms for the use of patientsin the Forbes-Fraser Hospital as a memorial to her husband,the late Sir Percy Stothert, who was chairman of thehospital.

WESTERN INFIRMARY, GLASGOW.-The annual reportrecords an ordinary income of £72,639, and an expenditurewhich left a deficit of £9665, an improvement upon the£12,337 deficit of the preceding year. There were 15,521in-patients and 38,437 out-patients, a total increase of3616. The average period of residence was 18-18 days, asagainst 20-05 days in 1928, and the average cost per patientwas £6 14s. 8d., as compared with £7 18s. 3d. in the precedingyear. After deducting patients who died within 48 hours ofadmission, the death-rate was 5-1 per cent. The means forproviding an ophthalmic department have been in hand since1916, but owing to the continuance of the Rent RestrictionsAct it has not been possible to clear the site, which is occupiedby tenements belonging to the Infirmary. The new X rayand electrical department is nearing completion, and is

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BIDEFORD HOSPITAL.—In this small hospital theaverage cost per occupied bed fell last year from £2 3s. perweek to £2 Os. 9d. Administration cost 3-49 per cent.

BRADFORD HOSPITAL AND CONVALESCENT FUND.-For the sixth successive year this Fund is allocating£20,000 to the City’s hospitals and institutions. In thelast 25 years £292,000 have thus been provided.A BRICK HOSPITAL IN THE " GRANITE CITY."—The

possibility that the new Joint Hospitals at Foresterhill, maybe built of brick instead of the native granite, is causing ananimated discussion in Aberdeen. The buildings, insteadof costing £400,000 as originally estimated, are now expectedto cost half a million at least, and it is understood that thegoverning body of the Royal Infirmary has therefore beenconsidering the possibility of reducing the amount bybuilding in brick instead of stone. On the one hand, it isargued that every mason in North and East Scotland is alreadyoccupied, and that a granite building would progress veryslowly owing to the scarcity of labour ; on the other hand,bricklayers are said to be even scarcer than masons andmen would have to be tempted from England and southernScotland by the offer of higher wages which would swallowup economies, which, it is represented would, in any event, bevery small.

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 OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole-street, W.

TUESDAY, Feb. 18th.-5.30 P.M., GENERAL MEETING OFFELLOWS. Ballot for election to the Fellowship.8 P.M., PATHOLOGY. Communications : E. R. Cullinan :A Case of Tuberculosis of the Stomach. A. Fleming andI. H. McLean : The Occurrence of Influenza Bacilli inthe Mouth. T. H. C. Benians : Treatment of Cases ofAcute Osteo-myelitis with Benzol, with the Object ofDiminishing the Leucocytosis. W. W. C. Topley:Antibodies in Rabbits. Demonstration : W. G.Barnard: Hæmangeioma of the Cerebrum.

THURSDAY.-5 P.M., DERMATOLOGY. (Cases at 4 P.M.).Dr. H. MacCormac : 1. Morphoea Type of Tuberculide.Dr. H. C. Semon : 2. Leuksemia Cutis. Mr. A. DicksonWright (introduced by Dr. Graham Little): 3. TheTreatment of Varicose Ulcer. Dr. G. B. Dowling:4. Case for Diagnosis. Dr. W. J. O’Donovan: 5.Poikilodermia of Civatte. Dr. R. T. Brain (for Dr.W. J. O’Donovan): 6. Hodgkin’s Disease withCutaneous Nodules. Other cases will be shown.

FRIDAY.-5 P.M., ,BALNEOLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY.Discussion on Bath Reaction in Spa Treatment.Opener: Dr. J. Barnes Burt. 8 P.M., OBSTETRICS,ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS. Special Discussion on ThePosition of Radium in the Treatment of GynaecologicalConditions. Openers : Mr. Malcolm Donaldson andMr. Stanley Dodd, Obstetrics ; Dr. A. E. HaywardPinch and Dr. J. E. A. Lynham, Electro-Therapeutics.

MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 11, Chandos-street.Cavendish-square, W.MONDAY, Feb. 17th.-9 P.M., Sir John Thomson-Walker :

Enlarged Prostate and Prostatectomy. (First LettsomianLecture.)

ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE ANDHYGIENE, 11, Chandos-street, W.THURSDAY, Feb. 20th.-8.15 P.M.. preceded by a Demonstra-

tion at 7 45 P.M., Dr. V. B. Wigglesworth : Some Noteson the Physiology of Insects related to Human Disease.

CHELSEA CLINICAL SOCIETY.TUESDAY, Feb. 18th.-7.30 P.M., Dinner at the Hotel

Rembrandt, Thurloe-place, W., followed by a discussionon Defæcation. Dr. Harold Pritchard and Mr. IvorBack will begin the discussion.

SOCIETY OF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH, 1, UpperMontague-street, W.C.FRIDAY, Feb. 2 Is -.-5 P.M., Dr. R. Veitch Clark, Dr. A. J.

Shinnie, and Dr. V. T. Thierens: The Medical Officer ofHealth in Relation to Housing and Housing Procedure.

LECTURES. ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS. &c.ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’sInn Field’s, W.C. (Arris and Gale Lectures).MONDAY, Feb. 17th.-5 P.M., Mr. R. H. 0. B. Robinson :

The Role of Short Circuit Operations in the Treatmentof Cholecystitis.

WEDNESDAY.-5 P.M., Mr. W. McAdam Eccles : Anatomy,Orthodox and Heterodox, in Relation to Surgery.

FRIDAY.-Mr. E. R. Flint: The Association Between Gall-bladder Lesions and Hepatitis in the Human Subject,

FELLOWSHIP OF MEDICINE AND POST-GRADUATEMEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 1, Wimpole-street, W.MONDAY, Feb. 17th to SATURDAY, Feb. 22nd.—MEDICAL

SOCIETY, Lecture Room, 11, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, W., Tues., 4 P.M., Dr. Thomas Tennent :Malaria Treatment of General Paralysis. No fee.-ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL, Paddington, W. Wed., 3 P.M.,Dr. C. M. Wilson (Special cases and Out-patients),No fee.-CENTRAL LONDON THROAT, NOSE, AND EARHOSPITAL, Gray’s Inn-road, W.C. Wed., 2 P.M.Mr. C. Gill-Carey : Selected Operations on the Ear,Nose, and Throat. No fee.-CHELSEA HOSPITAL FORWOMEN, Arthur-street, S.W. Special Course inGynaecology, lectures and demonstrations in theoperating theatres. Second week.—HOSPITAL FORTROPICAL DISEASES, 25, Gordon-street, W.C. Post-graduate course. Tues. and Thurs. afternoons at 2 P.M.- BETHLEM ROYAL HOSPITAL, S.E. Tues. and Sat.,11 A.M., Lecture-demonstrations, PsychologicalMedicine.-Further particulars from the Fellowship ofMedicine.

KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, Den.mark Hill, S.E.THURSDAY, Feb. 20th.-9 P.M., Sir John Thomson-Walkers

Enlargement of the Prostate and Its Treatment.

NATIONAL HOSPITAL POST-GRADUATE COURSE, Queen-square, W.C.MONDAY, Feb. 17th.—12 noon., Dr. Greenfield : Pathology

of Nervous System. 2 P.M., Dr. Riddoch : Out-PatientClinic. 3.30 P.M., Mr. Leslie Paton : The Control ofOcular Movements.

TUESDAY.-2 P.M., Dr. Walshe: Out-Patient Clinic.3.30 P.M., Dr. Critchley : Central Disorders of Vision.

THURSDAY.-2 P.M., Dr. Kinnier Wilson: Out-PatientClinic. 3.30 P.M., Mr. Just: Demonstration of Methodsof Testing the Eighth Nerve.

FRIDAY.-12 noon, Dr. Purdon Martin: Anatomy andPhysiology of Nervous System. 2 P.M., Dr. Adie :Out-Patient Clinic. 3.30 P.M., Mr. Elmquist: Demon-stration of Re-educative Exercises.

ROYAL NORTHERN HOSPITAL, Holloway.WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19th.-3.15 P.M. (at the Royal Chest

Hospital), Dr. J. Maxwell: Treatment of Asthma.

CENTRAL LONDON THROAT, NOSE, AND EAR HOSPITAL,Gray’s Inn-road, W.C.

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MONDAY, Feb. 17th.-1.30 P.M., The Mouth and Pharynx.WEDNESDAY.-1.30 P.M., The Larynx.FRIDAY.-4 P.M., Mr. C. Gill-Carey : Foreign Bodies in the

Food and Air Passages.SOUTH-WEST LONDON POST-GRADUATE ASSOCIATION,

St. James’ Hospital, Ouseley-road, Balham, S.W.WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19th.-4 P.M., Dr. Arthur H. Douthwaite:

The Treatment of Osteo-Arthritis and RheumatoidArthritis.

NORTH-EAST LONDON POST-GRADUATE COLLEGE,Prince of Wales’s General Hospital, Tottenham, N.MONDAY, Feb. 17th.—2.30 to 5 P.M.: Medical, Surgical, and

Gynaecological Clinics. Operations.TUESDAY.-2.30 to 5 P.M.: Medical, Surgical, Ear, Nose, and

Throat Clinics. Operations.WEDNESDAY.-2.30 to 5 P.M. : Medical, Skin, and Eye

Clinics. Operations.THURSDAY.—11.30 A.M. : Dental Clinics. 2.30 to 5 P.M.:

Medical, Surgical, Nose, Throat and Ear Clinics.Operations.

FRIDAY.—10.30 A.M. : Throat, Nose and Ear Clinics. 2.30 to5 P.M.: Surgical, Medical, and Children’s Diseases.Clinics. Operations.

BRITISH INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY, 32,WeIbeok-street,W.THURSDAY, Feb. 20th.-8.30 P.M. (in the Reid-Knox

Memorial Hall of the Institute), Dr. A. E. Barclay :Mechanism of Swallowing. Mr. J. Preston Maxwell:Osteomalacia and Foetal Rickets. Dr. John Muir :The Irritable Colon.

FRIDAY.-4 P.M., Medical Committee. Reports on cases ofgastro-intestinal conditions are especially requested forthis meeting, but other cases of interest will.also bewelcome.

LONDON SCHOOL OF DERMATOLOGY, St. John’s Hospital,49, Leicester-square, W.C.TUESDAY. Feb. 18th.-5 P.M., Dr. G. B. Dowling : Staphylo-

coccal Infections.THURSDAY.-5 P.M., Dr. I. Muende : Pathology Demonstra"

tion.

ST. MARY’S HOSPITALS, Manchester.FRIDAY, Feb. 21st.-4.15 P.M. (at the Whitworth-street

West Branch), Post-graduate Lecture, Dr. D. Dougal :Genital Prolapse.

UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD POST-GRADUATE CLINICS.TUESDAY. Feb. 18th.—3.30 P.M. (at the Jessop Hospital),

Mr. Chisholm: Consideration of the Report of Depart-mental Council on Training and Employment ofMidwives.

FRIDAY.-3.30 (at the Royal Infirmary), Mr. E. F. FinchRenal Tumours.

GLASGOW POST-GRADUATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19th.-4.15 P.M. (at the Royal Maternity

and Women’s Hospital), Prof. J. H. Munro Kerr :Obstetrical Cases.