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Medical Diary for the ensuing Week.OPERATIONS.

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MONDAY (17th).-London (2 P.M.), St. Bartholomew’s (1.30 P.M,), St.Thomas’s (3.30 P.M.), St. George’s (2 P.M., Ophthalmic 1.16 P.M.),St. Mary’s (2.30 P.M.), Middlesex (1.30 P.M.), St. Mark’s (2 P.M.),Chelsea (2 P.M.), Samaritan (Gynaecological, by Physicians, 2 P.M.),Soho-square (2 P.M.), Royal Orthopaedic (2 P.M.), City Orthopaedie(4 P.M.), Gt. Northern Central (2.30 P.M.), West London (2.30 P.M.),Westminster (2 P.M.).

TUESDAY (18gth).-London (2 P.m.), St. Bartholomeves (1.30 P.M.), Guy’e(1.30 P.M.), St. Thomas’s (3.30 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. Marde (1 P.M.), St. Mark e(2.30 P.M.), Cancer (2 P.M.), Metropolitan (2.30 P,M.).

WEDNESDAY (19th).-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. Mary’s (2 P.M.), National Orthopaedic (10 A.M), St. Peter’s (2 P.M.),Samaritan (2.30 P.M.), Gt. Ormond-street (9.30 A.M.). Gt. NorthernCentral (2.30 P.M.), Westminster (2 P.M.), Metropolitan (2.30 P.M ).

THURSDAY (20th).-St. Bartholomew’s (1.30 P.M.), St. Thomas’!(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.), Chelsea (2 P,M.). Gt. Northern Central (Gynaeco-logical, 2.30 P.M.), Metropolitan (2 30 P.M.). _ _

FRIDAY (21st).-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.).

SATURDAY (22nd).-Royal Free (9 A.M. and 2 P.M.),Middlesex, (1.30 P.M.)St. Thomas’s (2 P.M.), London (2 P.M.), University College (9.15 A.M.),Charing-cross (3 P.M.), St. George’s (1 P.M.), St. Mary’s (10 P.M.),Cancer (2 P.M.).

At the Royal Eye Hospital (2 P.M.), the Royal London Ophthalmic(10 A.M.), the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic (1.30 P.M.), and theCentral London Ophthalmic Hospitals operations are performed daily.

SOCIETIES.TUESDAY (18th).-PATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.-8.30 P.M. Dr.

Voelcker: Ulceration of a Caseous Gland into the Bronchus, Deathfrom Asphyxia.-Dr. H. B. Robinson: A Papilliferous Cyst of aSudoriparous Gland from the Axilla.-Dr. Drysdale: The Bloodfrom a Case of Pempbigus.-Mr. C. B. Lockwood : Stricture ofthe Small Intestine causing Intestinal Obstruction and Perfora-tion.-Mr. F. C. Wallis : (1) A piece of Intestine removed by Ente-rectomy ; (2 A Case of Appendicitis.-Mr. A. W. Addinsell: A Caseof Appendicitis with Suppuration of the Right Suprarenal Capsule.-Dr. Freyberger : An anomalous Truncus Brachi-cephalicusassociatedwith Aortic Disease and Symptoms Simulating Aneurysm.-Mr.Furnivall: An unusual Cyst of the Tongue.-Mr. A. G. R. Foulerton:Cystic Dilatation of the Vermiform Appendix.

WEDNESDAY (19th).-ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (Institutionof Civil Engineers, Gt. George-street. Westminster. S.W.).-7.30 P.M.Ordinary Meeting. 7.45 P.M. Election of Officers and Council.Mr. E. Morley (President): Weather Influences on Farm andGarden Crops.

NORTH-WEST LONDON CLINICAL SOCIETY (North-West London Hos-pital).--8.30 P.M. Monthly Demonstration of Clinical Cases.

ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY (20, Hanover-square, W.).-8 P.M.The President will read his Annual Address.

THURSDAY (20th).-SOCIETY OF ANÆSTHETISTS (20, Hanover-square,W.).-Discussion on Resuscitation in Emergencies under Anæs-theties (opened by Dr. Wilson).

HARVEIAN SOCIETY.-8.30 P.M. Annual Meeting. 9.30 P.M. Con-versazione.

FRIDAY (21St).-EPIDEMIOLOGTCAL SOCIETY OF LONDON (11, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, W.).-8.30 P.M. Dr. C. Childs: TheHistory of Typhoid Fever in Munich.

LECTURES, ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, ETC.TUESDAY (18th). - WEST-END HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE

l’iERVOUS SYSTEM (73, Welbeck-street).-4.30 P.M. Dr. D. Grant:Cases of Ménière’s Disease and other Forms of Vertigo.

NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR THE PARALYSED AND EPILEPTIC (Blooms-bury).-3.30 P.M. Dr. R. Russell: A Pathological Demonstration ofCerebral Tumours.

CITY ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL. - 5.30 P.M. Mr. J. Poland: Deformitiesof Bones after Injury.

GRESHAM COLLEGE (tiasinghali-street, E C ).-6 P.M. Dr. E. SymesThompson: Climate and Diseases of Greater Britain.

SOCIETY OF ARTS.-4.30 P.M. Mr. F. ViUiers: My Recent Journeyfrom the Nile to Souakim.

ROYAL INSTITUTION.-3 P.M. Prof, E. Ray Lankester: The SimplestLiving Things.

WEDNESDAY (19th).-WEST LONDON POST-GRADUATE COURSE (WestLondon Hospnal, W.).- 5 P,M. Mr. J. B. Ball: Cases in the ThroatDepartment.

GRESHAM COLLEGE (Basinghall-street, E.C.).-6 P.M. Dr. E. SymesThompson: Tropical Fevers.

SOCIETY OF ARTS.-8 P.M. Mr. E. S. Bruce: The Projection ofLuminous objects in Space.

CLINICAL MUSEUM ffark-crescent, Regent’s-park).-4 PM. Mr.Hutchinson: New Year’s Addiess, being a Summary of the Year’sWork at the Museum. Demonstration of Cases.

THURSDAY (20th).-CHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL.-4 P.M. Mr. StanleyBoyd : Surgical Cases in the Wards.

SOCIETY OF ARTS (Imperial Institute, South Kensington).-4.30 P.M.Right Hon. Sir M. E. &. Duff i Recreaticias of an Indian Official.

GRESHAM COLLEGE (Basin ghall- street, B.C ).-6 M. Dr. E. Syme3’ Thompson: Malaria and its Microbes (illustrated by microscopio,

lantern demonstration)., ROYAL INSTITUTION.-3 P.M. Prof. Dewar: The llalogen Group of

Elements.FRIDAY (21st).-RoYAL INSTITUTlON.-9 P.M. Right Hon. Sir Joha

Lubbock: Buds and Stipules.GRESHAM COLLEGE (Basinghall- street, E.C.).-6 P.M. Dr. E. SymesThompson : Rare Diseases of the Tropics.

SATURDAY (22nd).-RoYAL INSTITUTION.-3 P.M. Prof. P.IGeddes:Cyprus.

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"SUPPOSED CONVULSIONS."THE following extract from a local paper has been sent to us by acorre-spondent who vouches for its accuracy and wishes for our opinion as;to the wisdom of dispensing with an inquest :-

" The infant child of Mr. William Curtis, of Church-street, died in,bed on Tuesday evening of supposed convulsions. The mother putthe child in bed at evening time and about six o’clock found thechild in a dying state. Death shortly followed. The police-sergeant examined the body and found no marks of violence, andhaving reported the case to the coroner that officer deemed an,

inquest unnecessary."We think the story of "supposed convulsions" ought to have beeninquired into, and do not see how this could be done satisfactorilywithout the aid of a medical man. If the question of overlayingonly was present in the coroner’s mind he might be right to hold no ,inquest where the circumstances had nothing especially suspiciousabout them. At 6 P.M. the child could not have been overlaid, at6 A.M. it might have been, and the extract does not define the hour.

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OB3TETRIC FEES AND OBSTETRIC ENGAGEMENTS.

To the Editors of TRB LANCET.

SIRs,-I venture to submit the enclosed newspaper extract to you asbearing on the general interest of the profession, and to ask youropinion whether the judge’s ruling expresses the law correctly. Accord-ing to his decision an engagement to attend a woman in her confinementis binding neither upon her nor upon the practitioner. Is this in

reality the ease? I am. Sirs, yours faithfully,Jan. 9th, 1898. M.D.

LENCLOSURE

"An important decision affecting the retaining and feeing ofmedical men was delivered at Greenwich County Court by JudgeAddison yesterday. The case was one in which a doctor named

Scott, of Evelyn-street, Deptford, sued a labourer named Pascoe,also of Evelyn-street, Deptford, for the recovery of a sum of 15s.,being a fee in lieu of attendance upon the defendant’s wife duringher confinement. Mr. Scard, who appeared for the plaintiff, saidthe defendant’s wife engaged him to attend her professionallyduring her confinement. Instead she engaged someone else andplaintiff now sued for the recovery of the fee in respect of hisengagement." Defendant said he never engaged the plaintiff and never gave

his wife permission to pledge his credit."The Judge held that even if the husband had himself engaged

the plaintiff and subsequently saw fit to engage someone else thedoctor had no remedy. How could he charge for work he neverdid ? Lawyers, and even those of the higher branch of that pro-fession, would be only too glad to recover fees in similar cases;but they could not and neither could a doctor. There might bethe argument that the plaintiff had "booked" the engagement,but that would not support his claim as the booking of it would I,be merely for the purpose of jogging his memory. Notwith-

standing an engagement the plaintiff would have been free on thedate of its fulfilment not to have done so had he chose and thedefendant would have had no claim against him. The point wasan important one and he was bound to hold, in his interpretationof the law, that in such cases no claim could be made. Plaintiff

would, therefore, be non-Euited and there would be costs for thedefendant."

** We have dealt with this matter in a leading article.-ED. L.

THE HEALTH OF PRINCE BISMARCK.

IN connexion with the recently and widely reported death of PrinceBismarck we have received a letter from Mr. John Carter, of 6A, NewCavendish-street, W., in which he says that he h"s just forwarded aspecially constructed Bath-chair to the illustrious statesman. Wenote with pleasure that when Germany wants to buy a really goodthing in invalid furniture she has to come to England.

"MR. HALL HAINS’S DEFENCE FUND." "

To the Editors of THE LANCET.

SIRS,-The following additional subscriptions have been received. II shall be glad to receive others.I am. Sirs. vours faithfullv.

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HHRBERT CARRE-SMITII,Hon. Secretary and Treasurer to the Fund.

3, Turnham-green-terrace, Chiswick, W., Jan. llth, 1898.

THE PAYMENT OF MEDICAL MEN AT CORONERS’ INQUESTS :A NICE POINT.

To the Editors of THB LANCET.

SIRS,-I should like an opinion from you on the following case which Iis only one phase of the old subject concerning medical men and theirfees at coroners’ inquests. I am the assistant medical officer at an

asylum. Some two or three months ago the dispenser (resident on thepremises) died under circumstances which necessitated an inquest. Atthe coroner’s order I made a post-mortem examination and gaveevidence. The coroner, who was most courteous and agreeable, statedthat he could not, of course, allow me any fee for the post mortem,but as the deceased was not a patient in the institution he thought hecould allow me my fee for giving evidence and paid me £1 1s. Theauditor of the county council now disallows my claim to any fee and Ihave had to refund it. Now I believe the law reads to the effect that"in the case of a person dying in a lunatic asylum, hospital." &c. The

original idea of the law, I believe, meant to refer to "patients," not"persons." But what (not having t1e law itfelf before me) I am notcertain about is, Does this law which prohibits the " medical officerwhose duty it was to attend upon the deceased" from receivinga fee for doing a post-moitem examination also Eay that he is

not entitled to a fee for giving his evidence? I believe W iti,is true that "every legally qualified medical practitioner whohas attended at a coroner’s inquest, in obedience to a coroner’ssummons, is entitled to a fee of £1 1s. for giving evidence." In’theAbstract of Laws in the Medical Directory for 1898, on page 30, it saysthat it seems doubtful whether a fee can be claimed when the inquest.was held on the body of a patient who had died in an institution. Oughtit not to be much less doubtful when the deceased was not a patient inthe proper sense of the word. And although as medical officer it is myduty (according to the rules of the committee) to attend on theattendants when ill it is not so by law and they are at liberty to seekmedical advice elsewhere, which a patient would not be. I do not wanttto take up more of your time, but should be glad if you can give mean opinion on this point and also say in what volume, or where, I canget the best information on the laws relating to these matters.

I am, Sirs, your obedient servant,Jan. 10th, 1888. A.M,O.

*** We do not know any better treatise on the laws affecting themedical profession t,han the little prefatory notes in the MedicalDirectory. They are very br.ef but they are very comprehensive.We certainly think the auditor of the county council might have-taken the same view as the coroner seeing that the dispenser was not,a patient although an inmate of the asylum.-ED. L.

THE "GERTRUDE" SUIT.

To the Editors of THE LANCET.

SIRS,-Can any of your readers tell me whether it is possible to obtainin England the "Grertrude" suit for infants, devised by ProfessorL. Grosvenor, of Chicago, or where a full description of it is to be-found ? I am, Sirs, yours faithfully,

Thirlinere, Watford, Jan. 5th, 1898. A. LESTOCK REID

Mr. Clement H. Sers.-The appointment of such a medical assessor tothe coroners’ courts has been suggested before. It would have itsdisadvantages as well as its advantages. THE LANCET has always,advocated medical coroners on purpose that the situations alluded,to by our correspondent should be properly dealt with as they arise.

Emiaration.-The address of the emigration office is 31, Broadway...S.W., where our correspondent would probably obtain all the in-formation he requires.

Nem. Con.-If there is no doubt of the diagnosis there might still heruse for the consultation. Questions of treatment are numerous.

R. J.-The paper appeared in THE LANCET of Jan. lst, 1898.L. D. S.—It is usual.

COMMUNICATIONS not noticed in our present issue will receive attention*in our next.

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During the week marked copies of the following newspapershave been received: Gloucestershire Echo, Eastern Daily Press,Norwich Mercury, East Angliali Daily Times, Western Morning NewsNorfolk Chronicle, Times of India, Birmingham Daily Gazette, East!London Observer, P,oneer Mail, Guernsey Star, Herald of Wales,Builder, Peebleshire Advertiser, Yorhhire Post, Leicester Post, SussexDaily News, Architect, Some-set County Herald, Cheshire Chronicle,Scotsman, Leeds Mercury, Northampton Mercury, Midland Times,Hampshire Independent, Liverpool Daily Post, Worcester Chronicle,Ilfracombe Gazette, Bolton Evening News, Chatham News, Lichfield’hiercury, Kidderminster Shuttle, Biggleswade Chronicle, Lincoln-Gazettf, Bristol Mercury, qalifax Guardian, Essex Telegraph, Brighton,Gazette, Sheffield Telegraph, Darwen News, Newcastle Chronicle,Montrtal Star, Cape Times, South Wales Daily News, DundeerAdvertiser, Bradford Daily Telegraph, Manchester Guardian,-Cambridge Daily Leader, Natal Mercury, Public Health, Blackburn.Standard, Kirtintollock Gazette, Holborn Guardian, ManchesterCourier, Hull News, Sanitary Record, HertfordshireMercury, Mining,.Tou nal, City Press, Reading Mercury, Lincolnshire Chronicle,Herald (Melbourne), Local Government (’hronicle, Surrey ddvertiaers,Local Government Journal, jb’eekly Free Press and Aberdeen Herald"L verpool Mercury, Neweastte Daily Chronicle, Shields -Daily Gazette,West Middlesex Herald, &ec, &c.

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Communications, Letters, &c., have beenreceived from—

A.—Dr. A. Abelheim, Johannes-burg ; Mons. J. Astier, Paris;Messrs. Armour and Co., Lond.;Archives de Médecine des Enfants,Paris; A., Lond.; Ancoats Hos-pital, Manchester, Secretary of.

B.-Dr. J. F. Bullar, Southampton ;Messrs. Burgoyne, Burbidges,and Co., Lond.; Messrs. Fred.Bateman and Co., Lond.; Messrs.Burroughs, Wellcome, and Co.,Lond.; Mr. J. Ball, Lond.; BritishOrthopaedieSoeiety,Lond.;BritishGynaeeological Society, Lond.,Hon. Secretary of ; Herr Benno-Schlessinger, Paris; Messrs.Benson and Co., Lond.; Dr.Beor, St. Servan, France; Mrs.Bradburn, Leamington Spa;Bradford Royal Infirmary, Secre-tary of; Messrs. Black and Co.,Lond.; Dr. Bond, Gloucester;Mr. W. Bassett, Lond.; BristolRoyal Infirmary, Secretary of;Brentford Free Public Library,Librarian of; Messrs. Battleyand Watts, Lond.; Dr. J. S.Bolton, Birmingham ; Mr. T.Bryant, Lond.

C.-MLr. S. N. Corbett, Lond.;Chelsea Public Libraries, Libra-rian of; Church Sanitary Associa-tion, York. Hon. Secretary of ;Mr. R. Creasy, Windlesham;Corporate and Medical ReformCommittee, Lond.. Hon. Secre-taries of ; Charing Cross HospitalMedical Society, Lond., Hon.Secretaries of; Messrs. Casselland Co., Lond.; Messrs. C. H.Cooper and Co., Lond.; Chambers-street (7), Edinburgh; Children’sHospital, Nottingham, Secretaryof : Dr. H. T. Cooper, Dorset.

D.-Dr. S. Delepine, Manchester;Mr. T. W. Davies, Lond.; Dr.A. S. Dick, Cathcart; Messrs.Duncan, Flockhart, and Co.,Edinburgh; Mr. E. R. Dale,Salisbury; Dorset County Hos-pital, Dorchester, Clerk of; Dr.J. Donelan, Lond.; Mr. A. E.Davis, Lond.

E.-Mr. C. W. Edwards. EastGrinstead; Dr. D. N. B.Emerson, Eastbourne ; Messrs.F. H. and E. Elliott, Christ-church.

F.—Dr. G. Ferdinands, Aberdeen;Messrs. J. S. Fry and Sons,Bristol; Major F. Fernandez,Folkestone: Dr. W. E. Foggie,Dundee; Messrs. Fangier andCo., Lond.; Fra, Lond.

G. -Dr. R. L. Guthrie, Lond.; Dr.J. G. Gemmell, Liverpool; Mr.S. Gale, Lond.: The GeneralMedical Council, Lond., Regis-trar of ; Dr. H. C. Garth, Calcutta -.Dr. R. M. Gil, Malaga; GreatNorthern Central Hospital,Lond., Secretary of; Dr. A. S.Grunbaum, Lond.; Dr. Girvan,Edinburgh; Dr. J. Gardner,Aberdeen.

H.-Mr. J. Harold, Lond.; Mr.A. G. Hudson, Leominster; Rev.R. Poole Hooper, Brighton; Or.L. N. Harding, Brighton; Hos-pital for Diseases of the Throat,Lond., Secretary of; Humerus,

Lond.; Mr. H. W. Hancock; Dore ; Mr. J. Heywood, Man-chester ; Mr. J. Hutchinson, ILond.; Mr. J. Hawkes, Lea-mington.

J.-Dr. C. Jones, Ottery St. Mary;Dr. J. Johnston, Bolton; Mr.T. R. Jessop, Leeds; Mr. R.Jones-

K.-Mr. H. Kimpton, Lend.; TheKreochyle Co., Lend.; K. L. S.,East Grinstead; Dr. Keene, Cam-bridge; Mr. E. P. King,Chepstow.

L.-Dr. J. F. Little, Loud.; Londonand South Western Bank, OtterySt. Mary, Manager of ; Mr. W. W.Leigh. Treharris; London Tem-perance Hospital, Secretary of ; iDr. A. P. Luff, Lond.; "Lattice" Elastic Stocking Co., Lond.

M.-Dr. W. F. MacDonough, Twickenham; Medicus, Wolver-hampton: Mercer’s Hospital Dublin, Registrar of; MedicalSociety of Victoria, Melbourne,Hon. Secretary of ; ManchesterCrematorium, Secretary of;Mountjoy Brewery. Dublin; iMessrs. C. Mitchell and Co., Lond.; Messrs. Maple and Co.,Lond.; Manchester Hospital forConsumption, Bowdon, Secretaryof; Mr. E. A. Morgan, Royston.

N.-National Hospital for the Para-lysed and Epileptic, Lond., Becre -tary or, Neuron, Lond.

P.-Dr. J. W. Pare, Lond.; Messrs.Parke, Davis, and Co., Lond.; Dr.T. F. Pearse, Bombay; Philadel-phia Medical Journal, Editor of;Prudential Assurance Co., Lond.,Secretary of,; Mr. F. Pamphilon,Gloucester ; Dr. P. H. Pye-Smith, Lond.; Mr. Young J.

iPentiand. Edinburgh. !Q.-Queen’s Hospital, Birmingham,

Secretary of.R.-Mr. E. J. Read, Lond.; RoyalAlexandra Hospital for SickChildren, Brighton : Royal Hos-pital, Richmond, Secretary of;Messrs. Reynell and Son, Lond.

S.-Dr. R. Sisley, Lond.; Dr. J. A.Shaw-Mackenzie, Lond.; Societyof Apothecaries, Lond., Secre-tary of; Mrs. Margaret Smith,Redhill; Society of Public Ana-lysts, Lond., Hon. Secretary of ; lMessrs. W. H. Smith and Son, Birmingham; Sheffield RoyalHospital, Secretary of; Messrs.Spiezs and Pond, Lond.; Messrs.T. P. Salt, Birmingham; SanitaryWood Wool Co., Lond.: St.Saviour’s Public Library, Libra-rian of; Sanitary Co., Lond.; ! Sanitary Institute, Lond., Secre-tary of; Dr. S. A. Smith. Bilston ;Societe Vaudoise de Médecine,Lausanne; Messrs. Street andCo., Lond.; Dr. Septimus Sun- derland. Lond. !

T.-Mr. J. M. Tuoby, Lond.; Mr. iG. E. Twyman, Load.; Thelma, ILond.; Dr. J. H. Thompson, Nottingham; Messrs. J. Turner ’and Co, Queen’s Ferry; Tem- iperance Male Nurses’ Associa-tion, Lond., Secretary of.

U.-University of London, Regis- Itrar of.

W.-Mr. J. Weaver, Southport;Dr. E. Walford, Cardiff ; Mr.M. H. Wry, Lond.; Mr. GomerWilliams, Liverpool; Dr. A. W.Williams, Hove; Wolverhamptonand Staffordshire General Hos-pital, Secretary of; Mr. A. F.

Walbrook, Bath; Messrs. Willingand Co., Lond.

X.-X. Y. Z., Lond.Y.-Yorkshire College, Leeds,Dean of ; Young Men’s ChristianAssociation, Brighton, Secre.tary of.

Letters, each with enclosure, are alsoacknowledged from—

A.-Mr. G. Arnison, AllendaleTown; Apollinaris Co., Lond.;Alpha, Lond.; Messrs. Allen andHanburys. Lond.; Alma, Lond.;A. B., Bath; Mr. Ashmall,

! Hanley.

A.G G. A. Bruce, Aberdeen; Dr.A. G. Bagshawe. Lond.; Broom-wood-gardens (No. 1), ClaphamCommon; T. B. Browne, Ltd.,

i Lond.; Barium, Lond.; Mrs. S. A,I Bennett, Lond.; Mr. R. W.

Brimacombe, Kingswood; B. L.,Lond.; Beresford, Lond.; Beta,Lond.; Borax, Lond.

C.-Mr. H. Cointepas, St. Denis;Mr. F. Cufaude, Acle; Mr. H. W.Cox, Lond.; Dr. R. Caton, Liver-pool ; Mr. B. K. Coomar, BowBazaar, India; Mr. B. R. Conolly,Funchal, Madeira; Messrs. A.Cohen and Co., Lond.; Coelebs,Lond.; Mr. C. A. Colmer, Wey-mouth ; County Borough of Sal-ford, Treasurer of; Mr. D. J.Carroll, Ballynattin.

D.-Mr. H. N. Davidge, Lond.E.-Mr. J. Evans, Wolverhampton ;Eastbourne Hydropathic Estab-lishment, Secretary of; Ethmoid,Lond.; Surgeon-Captain H. M.Earle, Bombay.

F.-Mr. L. Franlilin, Thaxted; Dr.A. Foxwell, Birmingham ; Dr. T.Fennell, Lond.; Messrs. Festensenand Co.. Bale; Facultad de Medi-

i oina, Zaragoza ; Faciiis, Lond.;

! Dr. A. Foster, Blackburn ; Mr.T. J. Frost, Llanhilleth : Messrs.Fenn and Stephenson, Diss ; Dr.S. Focas, Cephalonia, Greece;Femur, Alfreton.

G.-Mr. J. M. Galgay, Cork ; Dr.L. G. Guthrie, Lond. ; G. Wigan;

, Gwalia, Lond.; Graham. Lond.;Mr. C. Graham, Lowestoft.

H.-Mr. W. Hughes, Waenfawr;Hants, Lond.; Dr. J. B. Hellier,Leeds ; Messrs. J. Haddon andCo., Lond.; Mr. V. X. Harcourt,Maidstone ; Hertford Union,Clerk of; Mr. C. G. Heard, Hun-manby ; Mr. J. J. Harding,Ballincollig.

I.-Mr. R. Irvine, Hucknall-Huthwaite ; Mr. P. A. B. Isher-wood, Ramsgate.

J.-Mr. E. M. Jones, Denbigh;! Messrs. Jones Bros., Clifton ; Mr.! F. H. Jacob, Bratton.K.-Mr. E. W. Kemp, Castleford;

Kumbakonam (India) MunicipalCouncil, Chairman of ; Kent,Lond.; K. L., Lond.; Dr. 0. F.

! Knight, Edinburgh; ILeighleg,! Lond.; Messrs.Kilner Bros., Lond.

L.-Dr. J. H. Lowry, Belfast: Mr.G. D. B. Lerriek, Pinner; Mons.. H. Le Soudier, Paris; L. A. M.,

Lond.: Messrs. E. Loescher and ICo., Rome; The London, Glou- ’:cestershire, and North Hants

! Dairy Co., Ciifton; L. H. P., ;Lond.; Mr. H. Littlewood, Leeds.

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N.-Mr. A. E. Norris, Southend-on-Sea; Messrs. North, Kirk,and Cornett, Liverpool: Dr. F.B.Norris, Surbiton; Northern Hos-pital, Liverpool, Secretary of;Northern, Lond.

O.-Dr. H. Oppenheimer, Lond, ;Messrs. Oliver and Boyd, Edin.burgh; Omega, Lond.; Dr. W.Osler, Baltimore, U.S.A.

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R.-Dr. A. Routh, Lond.; Dr. T. H.Redwood, Rhymney; Mr. T. M.Roberts, Enniscorthy: Dr. H,Rayner, Lond.; Radius, FortBeaufort, Cape Colony; RoyalSociety of Tasmania, Hobart,Hon. Secretary of ; Radius, Lond, ;Dr. R. M. Ronaldson, Edinburgh;

, Dr. M. A. Ruffer, Alexandria,’ Egvpt.S.-Mr. F. C. Simpson, Tadley;

Dr. E. Sutcliff, Torrington; Mr.G. F. Sydenham, Dulverton;Scott, Lond.; Sigma, Lond.; Mr,J. Spencer, Hetton; Scalpel,Lond.

T:-Mr. A. H. Tubby, Lond.: Dr.R. S. Thomas, Exmouth; Mr. J.Thin. Edinburgh; Taunton andSomerset Hospital, Taunton,secretary of, T. C. P., Aylesbury;Mr. V. P. Tighe, Lond.

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X.-X. G., West Worthing; X.,Preston ; X. Y. Z., Sheffield.

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