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Notes, Short Comments, and Answersto Correspondents.

AMERICAN FOOTBALL.

To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,-The late visit of the United States battle fleet was probably thefirst occasion on which American football has been played by Americanteams in England. The verdict of the spectators was unhesitating. Evenas a spectacle, once the novelty was gone, the game was vastly inferiorto good Rugby Union play, whilst as a contest of skill, and particularlyas a contest of true sportsmanship, it compared even worse. It hasother and, I think, graver disadvantages. Despite the inauguration ofwhat is known as "new football" in 1905, football continues to claim agreat number of victims from amongst the finest athletes of the nation.In 1906 Dr. Coughlin, in the 11Iedical Record, N.Y., summarised thefootball casualty list for the preceding year, and found that at least 26deaths were directly due to football. Dr. Coughlin’s list included the

following cases of fatal injuries in 1905 :-Abdominal injuries ..................... 7

Fracture of skull ..................... 5Concussion of brain ..................... 5

Fracture of spine ..................... 1

Dislocation of spine with paralysis ............ 3Cerebral haemorrhage .................. 2

Acute peritonitis ..................... 1

Fracture of rib, broken end being driven into the heart ... 2

In 1906 the Chicago Tribune found that football had caused 11 deathsand 103 cases of serious injury. In 1907 there were also 11 deaths and

97 cases of serious injury. The New York Amcl’ican has summarised

the next three seasons, and the figures as quoted by Dr. Clurman inthe -4tedica.1 Record are as follows : in 1908 there were 13 deaths and84 serious non-fatal injuries ; in 1909 33 deaths and 216 injuries, 73 ofwhich were classified as serious; in 1910 there were 19 deaths and 400injuries not classified.In addition, Professor James of Illinois has stated that nearly all

football players have weak hearts and are more liable to diseases ofother forms than men who exercise moderately." English Rugby hasthe great disadvantage of leaving many of its devotees with weakenedknees and shoulders, a serious fault scarcely sufficiently appreciated,but compared with these American records its history is as the whiteflower of a blameless life. The Minotaur of Knossos achieved hisunenviable reputation by devouring each year seven Athenian youthsand maids, but this demoralising and brutal game far exceeds him inits yearly sacrifice of life and health in America of the present day.The spirit of commercialism threatens English Rugby, and English

football is not free to-day from other blemishes. There is too much ofthe spirit which causes 30,000 spectators to watch paid and professionalplayers do battle for their respective limited liability companies.Football tends to degenerate, even here, from a game into a gladiatorialspectacle. Rough play and semi-intentional fouls are far too common.Let us read aright the lessons of these American figures and set our

own house in order, although it may seem somewhat cleaner than ourneighbour’s. I am, Sir, yours faithfully,Feb. 4th, 1911. SPORTSMAN.

BOY SCOUTS AND THE PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS.

WE have before had occasion to notice The Boy Scouts (Baden Powell’s)Head Quarter Gazette, the magazine of an organisation that is

undoubtedly doing much to implant in the youth of the cominggeneration the spirit of discipline, of self-help, of loyalty, the love ofnature, and the love of country-qualities that in the past madeEngland great, and must be reanimated if England is to remain so.The December issue shows also that from a purely sociological pointof view the organisation can be used to further many desirable move-ments, about the expediency of which there can be no division ofopinion. It contains an article entitled "A Great National Work for

Scoutmasters," which lays down some sensible lines on which theScout movement can become active for good in the fight against con-sumption by spreading the knowledge of the germ doctrine, of nosebreathing, ventilation, cleanliness, sterilisation, the avoidance of

spitting, and of the practice of forethought by insurance at a lowpremium. Consideration for others is impressed by instructions tcstop the bands on such occasions as the following : when passinghospitals or churches during service, in streets after dark whenchildren are in bed, or in which there is illness, and on meetingnervous horses.

DR. GRENFELL’S WORK IN LABRADOR.

THE unostentatious but valuable services of Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell t(civilisation in Labrador have several times received mention in thesf

columns, but his presence in England on a brief but well-earnecvacation again calls attention to his work. Since 1893, when Dr. Grenfel

began his medical missionary work with a 90-ton sailing vessel inLabrador, with all the attendant difficulties of an enormous coast-linepoorly charted, inclement weather, and a widely scattered popula-tion, great progress has been made. The severities of isolation havebeen mitigated by the establishment of a chain of centres, with fourhospitals, five resident medical officers. and a staff of lady nurses: whilepoverty has been ameliorated by the introduction of cooperative storesand the replacement of barter by a cash system, and by the introduc-tion of lumbering, weaving, clay-moulding, peat-cutting, and farming,as useful and remunerative occupations during what used formerly tobe periods of enforced idleness. An effort is being made to replace theenormous number of dogs, which have hitherto been necessary forwinter driving, by reindeer. This will render more practicable theintroduction of cattle. On the whole, Labrador is healthy, muchlike Norway, but the insanitary habits of the people in their

dwellings afford conditions suitable for the spread of tuberculosis,which is rife among the people, notwithstanding their outdoor life.A large institute is now being erected as a correcting influence to thesaloons. Dr. Grenfell’s work is of the eminently practical kind, andthe medical profession has reason to congratulate itself that so muchgood administrative work is being done by one of its members.

ENCEINTE.

To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SiB,—All the French etymologists I have read (Littre, Brachet,Scheler, Pourret, Landais, Laveaux, Gattel) say incineta, or non ciiieta.Scheler, however, discusses that origin and refers to the Spanish : estaren cinta, to be double ; and to the Italian : incigner, enceulher, to makebig. French has grosse, engrosser, enceintzerer, to make pregnant. Butagainst " Blancus’s " opinion for cloister we must note that in, in Latin,if it means without, means also inside, wherefrom comes the s1Lbstantiveenceinte, that which encloses (ei2.ceiate applied to a woman is an

adjective). Menage, in his "Dietionnaire Etymologique," derives theword from inciens.

’ Besides, I would remark that the’child, not the woman, is "cloistered."Moreover, the old engravings, for instance, the engraving to be found in" Hebammen Buch " of J. Rueff, Frankfort, 1583, called " La Visite a laSage-femme," represents the woman without a girdle.

I am, Sir, yours faithfully,Geneva, Jan. 19th, 1911. A. CORDES.

HEALTH MATTERS IN JAMAICA.

A REPORT by the Governor, Sir Sydney Olivier, K.C.M.G., on the Blue-book of the colony for the year ended March 31st, 1910, has beenreceived at the Colonial Office and ordered to be presented to

Parliament. In the section devoted to vital statistics the estimated

population is set down at 862,422-421,056 males and 441,366 females.The number of marriages during the year was 3543, the rate (4’1) per1000 of population the same as in the previous year, and correspond-ing with the average prevailing during the five years preceding theearthquake of Jan. 14th, 1907. The abnormal rates of 1907-03 (7’4) and1906-07 (6’6) were due to the emotional effects of that calamity. The

effect of the same incident on the ptoportion of illegitimate tolegitimate births would appear to be also waning, as the percentageof illegitimate births amounts this year to 62’00, against 60 59 in1908-09, and is approaching the average rate of 63’5 which has prevailed during the past ten years. The total births registered numbered32,402, against 31,785 in the previous year, the rate per 1000 ofestimated population being 37’8, against 37’6.The number ot deaths registered was 18,636, being 21’7 per 1000 of

the estimated population, the lowest death-rate since 1902-03, whenit was 19’8. In 1908-09 the rate was 22’4 and the average of the pastten years has been 23’3. There were 5657 deaths of children underone year of age. In 12,600 out of the 18,636 deaths registered thecauses of death are stated, whilst 6036, or about 32’4 per cent., arereturned as due to ill-defined or not specified causes. Thus in onlyabout two out of three cases is any definite account receivedof the cause of death. There were medical certificates in 4134 cases,and coroners’ certificates in 219 ; total 4353 out of 18,636, a little over23’3 per cent. of the whole. In other cases the [cause of death is

stated on the authority of the registrar after such inquiries as he hasthought it necessary to make. Whilst, however, more than three outof four cases of the deaths recorded are not medically certified, it isnot necessary to infer that so large a proportion of these died withoutmedical attendance. In a great number of cases a medical man i,

’ called in once or oftener during the illness, but is not applied to fora certificate of the cause of death.

, The highest number of deaths attributed to any one specified cause is 1715, returned under " Convulsions," presumably almost entirelyL deaths of infants. The list is headed by " Fever, undistinguished,"( 3201 cases, which may be taken as meaning for the most part

malaria. From malarial fever so defined only 536 deaths were reported,and of these 113 are attributed to Kingston, where returns are madewith much greater accuracy than is to be found in those for other

) parishes. The manifest excess of this proportion confirms the view9 that a great mauyof the deaths from " undefined fever " reported1 elsewhere were probably cases of malarial fever. It may safely be1 assumed that the average of deaths from this cause was as high in the

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island generally as in Kingston, which has less than one-fifteenth ofthe whole population. At this rate the deatlrs from malarial fever in

the rest of the island might be estimated at 1700, or for the whole ofthe island, including Kingston, not less than 1800.The next most important group is that of 1232 deaths from phthisis,

of which 153 cases are returned from Kingston-a very high propor-tion-indicating the occupation of close and insanitary dwellings inthe city.Enteric fever is credited with 244 deaths throughout the island, of

which 88 are recorded in Kingston. There can be no question thatthis fever is prevalent in Kingston in a higher proportion than inalmost any other part of the Island, and that this is due, not to anydefect of the water-supply, but to the transmission of infection byflies and possibly, to a certain extent, by milk. In addition to thereturns of enteric fever, 10 deaths are reported from epidemicdiarrhcea and 661 from choleraic diarrhcea and 159 from dysentery.It may be suspected that the distinction between many of these casesand those formally returned as enteric fever was not very reliable, sofar as the country returns are concerned. 184 deaths (88 in Kingston)are reported as due to enteritis and to gastro-enteritis, not epidemic.Deaths from pneumonia are reported as 177, from bronchitis 110, andfrom Bright’s disease 243. The other predominant causes of deathare venereal disease 152, parasitism 134 (probably very much under-stated, as parasitic infection and anaemia are frequently associatedwith deaths reported as fever), chronic rheumatism 139, and

asthma 119.The disease known as "vomiting sickness," which breaks out in

certain districts in the cold months of the year, continues to be a

subject of regrettable perplexity to the medical profession. 620 deathsare attributed to what the superintending medical officer calls " thecombination of diseases known popularly as vomiting sickness," andhe expresses the opinion that many of these cases may be, indeedundoubtedly are, due to ackee poisoning, cassava poisoning, worms,meningitis, bronchitis, gastritis, and other more familiar diseases,but there is little doubt that, beyond these, there remains an

unexplained residue which needs investigation.The reports of the district medical officers vary in fulness, and are

not all compiled from the same point of view, but the extent to whichparticular diseases are mentioned there may be taken as a pretty fairindication of their prevalence and of the importance attached tothem by the medical officers. Thus 39 reports were received, in 32 ofwhich reference is made to malarial fever as more or less prevalent,in 14 to yaws, in 13 to enteric fever, in 12 to venereal diseases,and in 10 to vomiting sickness. These diseases (all of whichcan be prevented or abated by hygienic precautions) may fairlybe taken as those which are most troublesome in the com-

munity, although there is an immense amount of constitutional

derangement owing to indigestion, and a considerable prevalenceof phthisis and pneumonia.

A QUEER SYMPTOM.To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR.-With reference to my note in THE LANCET last week (p. 349),I have been giving my patient a course of valerian in the formcalled bornyval, so far with no benefit. The dose I gave was one "perle"

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containing 4 minims) three times a day until 25 had been taken; thenI increased the amount to four per diem for the next six days. At theend of that time I went back to three daily- My patient has taken3 x 25 in toto, and says I have "completely cured her nervousness."But I have signally failed to " cure "the one thing I hoped to-viz., thehot peppery taste in the mouth.-I am, Sir, yours faithfully,Jan. 29th, 1911. CAPSICUM.

PS.-Bornyval is stated to be the iso-valerianic acid ester of borneol,preformed as such in the valerian root.

INQUIRIES FOR HOMES.As our columns testify, we are constantly receiving inquiries from ourreaders for homes or institutions to which crippled or mentallydefective children or others may be sent. Unless these inquiriesstate how much per week the parent or guardian can afford to pay,and whether a temporary or permanent home is desired at that rate,very few, if any, useful answers will be received. If it is desired tomake the more vague appeal to our readers, correspondents are

requested to affix initials and an address to their inquiry. With everywish in the world to be helpful, the task of forwarding the veryvoluminous correspondence which a vague inquiry may bring tc

our office is one which we cannot undertake.

A CONVENIENT EYE DIAGNOSIS CHART.

Mr. Charles A. Adair Dighton, honorary ophthalmic and aura

surgeon to the Scarborough Hospital, has sent us a description of an eye diagnosis chart which has been drawn up for hinby the Medical Supply Association of Gray’s Inn-road, London. Icombines the full history of the patient’s case on the one side of th,sheet, with the fees and treatment on the other, and is made so thait can be easily filed and kept for reference. The advantages of this inconsultant work are obvious and the price of the sheets is moderate.

Ignotits (M.D.) writes that he will be glad of information as to thechances of employment in Sydney for a capable woman who hasreceived a general and an obstetrical training and who has had largeexperience of private nursing. The Emigrants’ Information Office,31, Broadway, Westminster, S.W., affords a great deal of this kind ofinformation, but some of our readers may know of a particularopening.

Individual.—The circumstances should be brought before the CentralMidwives Board, secretary, Mr. G. W. Duncan, at Caxton House,Westminster, London, S.W. If the midwife is on the roll she can be

punished by removal; if she has pretended falsely to be on theroll she can be proceeded against legally.

COMMUNICATIONS not noticed in our present issue will receive attentionin our next.

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A DIARY OF CONGRESSES.THE following Congresses, Conferences, and Exhibitions are announced

for 1911 :-

Feb. 20th-25th (Cairo).-Fifth International Congress for the Blind.March 2nd-6th (Berlin).-Thirty-second Balneological Congress.

" 23rd (Paris).-First Congress of French Medical Journalists." 28th-April 25th (Tunis).-Exhibition of Hygiene.

April 4th-7th (London).-Fourth Annual Nursing and MidwiferyConference and Exhibition.

" 18th-20th (Paris).-Third Congress of Physiotherapy of French-speaking Physicians.

" 18th (Berlin).-Tenth Congress of the German OrthopsedicSurgery Society.

" 19th-22nd (Berlin).-German Surgical Congress. (FortiethAnnual Meeting.)

" 19th-22nd (Wiesbaden).-Twenty-eighth German Congress ofInternal Medicine.

20th-22nd (Groningen).-Thirteenth Nature and Medical

Congress.May 30th (The Hague).-International Congress on Opium.May (Washington).-Conference on the Protection of Industrial

Property. (Question of False Marking of Goods.)May-October (Dresden).-International Hygiene Exhibition.May-October (London, Crystal Palace).-Festival of Empire Imperial

Exhibition. (Profits to King Edward VII. HospitalFund.)

May-October(?) (London, Shepherd’s Bush).-Coronation Exhibition." (Los Angeles, Cal.).-American Medical Association.

June 5th-8th (Kolberg, Prussia).-Fifth International Congress ofThalassotherapy.

June and July (Romford).-Town Planning and Modern House andCottage Exhibition.

July (Bergen).-Seventh Norwegian Congress of Internal Medicine." (Birmingham).-British Medical Association.

July 24th-28th (London).-Second International Congress of Urology.11 24th-29th (Belfast).-Congress of the Royal Sanitary Institute.

August 15th-21st (Dublin).-Royal Institute of Public Health." 30th-Sept. 6th (Portsmouth).-British Association.

August or September (Berlin). - Third International Laryngo-Rhinological Congress.

September (Paris).-First Congress of the International MedicalAssociation for the Prevention of War.

" (Brussels).-Exhibition of Fractures.! " (Turin).-International Congress of Pathology.

" (Genoa).-International Exhibition of Marine Hygiene.September-November (Antwerp).-International Exhibition of Ali-

mentation, Brewing, Wines, and Liqueurs.Sept. llth-13th (Berlin).-National Congress for the Study and Pre-

vention of Infantile Mortality (f?OMM6S de Lait). llth-16th (The Hague).-Thirteenth International Congress on

Alcoholism.

" 18th-23rd (Sydney).-Australasian Medical Congress." 18th-24th (Turin).-Fourth National Congress of Hygiene." 24th-30th (Rome).-International Congress on Tuberculosis. 25th-29th (Rome) Seventh International Congress of Der-

matology and Syphilology.October (Cologne).-International Congress of Criminal Anthro-

pology.Oct. lst-4th (Liége).-Second Congress of Alimentation.Dec. 4th-9th (Havana, Cuba).-American Public Health Association.(Date not fixed) (Montreal).-Canadian Medical Association.(Date not fixed) (Rome).-International Exhibition of Social

Hygiene.(Date uncertain) (Turin).-International Exhibition of Industry and

Labour.In 1912 :-

Spring (London).- Second Optical Convention.July(?) (Cologne).-International Congress of Nurses.September (Prague).-International Congress of Radiology and

, Medical Electrology.

September (Berlin).-Sixth International Congress of Obstetrics andGynaecology.

" Visit of German Medical Men to America.Nov. 22nd-29th (Washington, D.C.).-Fifteenth Internationa Con-- ’

gress of Hygiene and Demography.In 1913 :-

(London).—Seventeenth International Congress of Medicine.

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(London).-Historical Medical Exhibition. (Organised by Mr. Henry S. Wellcome.)

(Dresden (?)).-International Conference on Cancer.(Washington).-Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons.August (Buffalo).-Fourth International Congress of School Hygiene.

In 1914 :-(Vienna).-Third International Congress for Professional Diseases.

In 1915 :-

(London).-International Prison Congress.(London).-Imperial Exhibition (?)

The following journals, magazines, &c., have been received ;-Journal of Physiology, Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology,Phonographic Record, Allgemeine Medizinische Central Zeitung,Quinzaine Therapeutique, II Morgagni, Yale Medical Journal, Annalesde Physicotherapie, Australasian Medical Journal,Australasian MedicalGazette, Electrical Review, Man, Derbyshire Times, The LocalGovernment Review, The Shield, Medico-Legal Journal, Gazzettadegli Ospedali, Medical Record, New York State Medical

Journal, Therapeutic Gazette, The Practitioner, Journal of the

Royal Sanitary Institute. British Journal of Dental Science,St. Thomas’s Hospital Gazette, Edinburgh Medical Journal,Electrical Engineer, Le Progres Medical, Archives de Médecine et Pharmacie Navales, The Child’s Guardian, Century IllustratedMonthly Magazine, Archives of Pediatrics, Gazette Medicalede Paris, Centralblatt fiir Allgemeine Pathologie, Clinique Infantile,Bulletins et Memoires de la Societe Médicale des Hopitaux,Picneer Mail, Bulletin de l’Académie de Médecine, La France Medico-Thermale, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Journal, Optician, Inter-national Hygiene, Duodecim, South African Medical Record,Albany Medical Annals, La Prensa Medical, Archives Internationalesde Neurologie, La Policlinique, Bulletin, Office International

d’Hygiène Publique, La Belgique Médicale, The Boston Medicaland Surgical Journal, Guy’s Hospital Gazette, The Nation in

Arms, Mayfair, North of England Clinical Journal, Local Govern-ment Chronicle, The Medical Review, The Institution Quarterly,Inter-State Medical Journal, University College Hospital Magazine.

Medical Diary for the ensuing Week.SOCIETIES.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 15, Cavendish-square, W.(temporary address during building of new house).THURSDAY.

DERMATOLOGICAL SECTION (Hon. Secretaries-H. G. Adamson,J. H. Sequeira), at 11, Chandos-street, W.: at 5 P.M.

Dr. H. G. Adamson: Some Cases of Unilateral Linear Pig-mentary Nsevus.

Dr. Graham Little : Four Cases of Pigmentary and VerrucoseNaevus. And other Cases.

FRIDAY.OTOLOGICAL SECTION (Hon. Secretaries-H. J. Marriage, Sydney

Scott), at 11, Chandos-street, W.: at 5 P.M.Cases and SpecimensWill be shown by Dr. Edward Law, Dr. H. J. Davis, Mr. Sydney

Scott, Dr. Jobson Horne, and others.ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICAL SECTION (Hon. Secretaries-ReginaldMorton, G. Harrison Orton): at 8.30 P.M.

Clinical Evening.Demonstrations: :Dr. Schmidt: A Universal Safety and Protective Tube Stand for

all Kinds of Fluoroscopy and Radioscopy.Dr. Deane Butcher: Mr. iieinz Bauer’s Qualimeter, an Instru-

ment for Measuring the Hardness of an X Ray Tube.Skiagrams, Specimens, &c., will be shown by Dr. Lewis Jones,

Dr. Ironside Bruce, Mr. A. D. Reid, Mr. Gilbert Scott, Dr.Stanley Melville, Dr. Knox, and others.

MEDICAL SOCIETY’OF LONDON, 11, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, W.MONDAY.-8.30 P.M., Dr. F. S. Palmer: Traumatic Neuroses and

Psychoses and their Medico-legal Considerations.-Dr. W. Hill:The Treatment of Malignant otricture of the (Esophagus withEspecial Reference to Intubation and to Radium (illustrated bythe epidiascope and the oesophagoscope).

SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 11, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, W.FRIDAY.-8.3O,P.M., The President (Prof. R. Ross): Some Enumera-

tive Studies on Malaria and Sleeping Sickness.

LECTURES, ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, &c.ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’s Inn

Fields, W.C.MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY.-5 P.M., Prof. G. E. Smith: The

History of Mummification-a Discussion of the Nature and His-torical Significance of the Important Mummies and otherEmbalmed Bodies and the Egyptian and Nubian Anthropo-logical and Pathological Specimens in the College Museum.

MEDICAL GRADUATES’ COLLEGE AND POLYCLINIC, 22,Chenies-street, W.C.MONDAY.-4 P.M., Dr. H. G. Adamson: Clinique (Skin). 5.15 P.M.,.

Lecture :-Mr. R. P. Rowlands: Some Complications of GabtheUlcer and their Surgical Treatment.

TUESDAY.-4 P.M., Dr. P. Parkinson: Clinique (Medical). 5.15 P.M.,Lecture:-Dr. N. Raw (Liverpool): Bovine Tuberculosis in theHuman Subject and its Treatment.

WEDNESDAY.-4 P.M., Mr. W. Trotter: Clinique (Surgical). 5.15 P.M.,Lecture :-Dr. A. E. Giles: When to Examine and What to ,

Look for.THURSDAY.-4 P.M.. Mr. H. J. Paterson : Clinique (Surgical). 5.15 P.M..

Lecture :-Dr. P. Parkinson: Acute Pneumonia in Children.FRIDAY.-4 P,M., Mr. H. Barwell : Clinique (Ear, Nose, and Throat).

POST-GRADUATE COLLEGE, West London Hospital, Hanimeramttb.road, W.

MONDAY.—10 A.M., Surgical Registrar: Demonstration of Cases-in Wards. Dr. Simson: Diseases of Women. 12 noon :

Pathological Demonstration:-Dr. Bernstein. 2 p.n2. Medicaland Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Operations. 2.30 P.M., Mr. Dunn..Diseases of the Eye.

TUESDAY.-10 A.M., Dr. Robinson: Gynaecological Operations.11.30 A.M.: Mr. Etherington-Smith: Demonstration of MinorOperations. 2 P.M., Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays.Operations. Dr. Davis : Diseases of the Throat, Nose, and Ear.2.30 P.M., Dr. Abraham : Diseases of the Skin.

WEDNESDAY.-10 A.M., Dr. Saunders: Diseases of Children. Dr,Davis: Operations of the Throat, Nose, and Ear. Dr. Simson : -.Gynaecological Demonstration. 2 P.M.. Medical and SurgicalClinics. X Rays. Operations. Mr. B. Harman: Diseases of theEye. 2.30 P.M., Dr. Simson: Diseases of Women.

THURSDAY.-10 A.M., Surgical Registrar : Demonstration of Cases.in Wards. 12 noon, Lecture: Dr. G. Stewart: Practical Medi-cine. 2 P.M., Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Operations.2.30 P.M., Mr. Dunn : Diseases of the Eye.

FRIDAY.—10 A.M., Dr. Robinson : Gynaecological Operations. 2 P.M.,Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Operations. Dr. Davis:.Diseases of the Throat, Nose, and Ear. 2.30 P.M., Dr. Abraham:Diseases of the Skin.

SATURDAY.-10 A.M., Dr. Saunders: Diseases of Children. Dr.Davis : Operations of the Throat, Nose, and Ear. Mr. B. Harman:Diseases of the Eye. 2 P.M.. Medical and Surgical Clinics.-X Rays. Operations.

LONDON SCHOOL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE. DreadnoughtHospital, Greenwich.MONDAY.-2 P.M., Operations. 2.15 P.M., Mr. Turner: Surgery.

3.15 P.M., Sir Dyce Duckworth: Medicine. 4.30 P.M., Mr. R.Lake : Ear and Throat. Out-patient Demonstrations:-10 A.M.,Surgical and Medical. 12 noon, Ear and Throat.

TUESDAY.-2 P.M., Operations. 2.15 P.M., Dr. R. Wells: Medicine.3.15 P.M., Mr. R. Carling: Surgery. 4 P.M., Sir M. Morns:Diseases of the Skin. O.ut-patient Demonstrations :-10 A.M.,Surgical and Medical. 12 noon, Skin. 2.15 P.M., Special Lecture:-Dr. R. Wells : Angina Pectoris.

WEDNESDAY.-2 P.M., Operations. 2.15 P.M., Dr. F. Taylor:Medicine. 3.30 P.M., Mr. Cargill: Ophthalmology. Out-patientDemonstrations:-10 A.M., Surgical and Medical. 11 A.M., Eye.2.15 P.M., Special Lecture:—Dr. F. Taylor : Bronchial Obstruc.tion.

THURSDAY.-2 P.M., Operations. 2.15 P.M., Dr. G. Rankin: Medi.cine. 3.15 P.M., Sir W. Bennett: Surgery. 4.30 P.M., Radio-graphy. Out-patient Demonstrations :-10 A.M. Surgical andMedical. 12 noon, Ear and Throat. 4.30 P.M., Special Lecture:-Mr. R. Howard : Some Operations of Urgence.

FRIDAY.-2 P.M., Operations. 2.15 P.M., Dr. R. Bradford:Medicine. 3.15 P.M., Mr. MeGavin: Surgery. Out-patient’Demonstrations :-10 a.n2., Surgical and Medical. 12 noon, Skin.

SATURDAY.-2 P.M., Operations. Out-patient Demonstrations’-10 A.M., Surgical and Medical. 11 A.M., Eye.

NORTH-EAST LONDON POST-GRADUATE COLLEGE, Prince ofWales’s General Hospital, Tottenham, N.MONDAY.-Clinics :-10 A.M., Surgical Out-patient (Mr. E. Gillespie),.

2.30 P.M., Medical Out-patient (Dr. T. R. Whipham); Nose,Throat, and Ear (Mr. H. W. Carson).

TUESDAY.—Clinic :-10 A.M., Medical Out-patient (Dr. A. G. Auld).2.30 P.M., Operations. Clinics :-Surgical (Mr. Howell Evans) ;Gynaecological (Dr. A. E. Giles). 3.30 P.M.. Medical In-patient:(Dr. A. J. Whiting). 4.30 P.M., Lecture Demonstration:—Dr.G. G. Macdonald : Recent Developments in the Diagnosis andTreatment of Syphilis.

WEDNESDAY.-Clinics :-2.30 P.M., Medical Out-patient (Dr. T. R.Whipham); Skin (Dr. G. N. Meachen); Eye (Mr. R. P. Brooks).3 P.M., X Rays (Dr. A. H. Pirie).

THURSDAY.-2.30 P.M., Gynaecological Operations (Dr. A. E. Giles).Clinics:-Medical Out-patient (Dr. A. J. Whiting); Surgical(Mr. Carson). 3 P.M., Medical In-patient (Dr. G. P. Chappel).

l 4.30 P.M., Dr. G. P. Chappel : Special Demonstration of SelectedMedical Cases.

FRIDAY.-2.30 P.M., Operations. Clinics;—Medical Out-patient’ (Dr. A. G. Auld); Surgical (Mr. E. Gillespie) ; Eye (Mr. R. P.

Brooks). 3 P.M.. Medical In-patient (Dr. R. M. Leslie).NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR THE PARALYSED AND EPILEPTIC,Queen-square, Bloomsbury, W.C.TUESDAY.-3.30 P.M., Clinical Lecture :-Dr. F. Buzzard: Ataxy.FRIDAY.-3.30 P.M., Clinical Lecture :-Dr. F. Buzzard: Diagnosis

and Treatment of Epilepsy.CENTRAL LONDON THROAT AND EAR HOSPITAL, Gray’s Inn-

, road, W.C.TUESDAY.-3.45 P.M., Lecture :-Mr. 1. G. French : Tracheoscopy, &c.FRIDAY.—3.45 P.M., Lecture :—Dr. W. Wingrave: Clinical Pathology.

a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN (UNIVERSITY op LONDON), GreatOrmond-street, W.C.

r TUESDAY.-5.15 P.M., Demonstration:-Mr. 0. L. Addison: General’- ) Surgical Diseases-Appendicitis, Peritonitis, Abdominal Tuber-

culosis. (Special Post-Graduate Course.)