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ST. Joari HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE SKIN, 49, Leicester-square, W.C.-Clinical Assistants.

SALISBURY INFIRMARY.—Assistant House Surgeon. Salary .E50 perannum, with apartments, board, lodging, and washing.

SAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN, Marylebone-road, N.W.-Resident House Surgeon. Salary £80 per annum, with board andresidence.

SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY.-Senior House Surgeon.Salary .E100 per annum, with board, residence, &c.

SHEFFIELD, JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN.-Assistant House Surgeon.Salary £40 per annum.

SHEFFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL.-Sixth Resident, unmarried. Salary .E60per annum, with board, lodging, and washing. Also Two HonoraryAssistant Dental Surgeons.

SOUTHAMPTON FREE EYE HOSPITAL.-House Surgeon. Salary £100per annum, with board, lodging, and laundry.

STAFFORD, STAFFORDSHIRE GENERAL INFIRMARY.-HOUSE Physician.Salary £100 per annum, wah board, residence, and laundry. AlsoHouse Surgeon. Salary B120 per annum, with board, residence, andlaundry.

STROUD URBAN AND RURAL DISTRICTS AND NAILS WORTH URBANDISTRICT.-Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Inspector.Salary about E515 per annum.

TEIGNMOUTH HOSPITAL, S. Devon.—House Surgeon. Salary .E100 perannum, with board, lodging, and laundry.

"l’UNBRIDGE WELLS GENERAL HOSPITAL.-House Physician, unmarried.Salary £100 per annum, with board, residence, &c.

’VICTORIA HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, Tite-street, Chelsea, S.W.-HousePhysician for six months. Salary £40, with board, lodging, andlaundry.

WAKEFIELD GENERAL HOSPITAL.-Second House Surgeon, unmarried.Salary 2120 per annum, with board, lodging, and washing.

WARRINGTON INFIRMARY AND DISPENSARY.-Junior House Surgeon.Salary at rate of P,100 per annum, with board, lodging, andlaundry.

WEST AFRICAN MEDICAL STAFF.-Appointments. Salary £400 perannum.

WEST HAM COUNTY BOROUGH.-School Medical Inspector. Salary- E2&0 per annum.

WEST LONDON HOSPITAL AND POST-GRADUATE COLLEGE, Hammer-smith-road, W.-Clinical Assistants. Also Three Non-residentAssistant House Surgeons. All for three months.

WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL (opposite Westminster Abbey), S.W.-AssistantPhysician for Diseases of the Skin.

WINWICK, LANCASHIRE COUNTY ASYLUM, Warrington.-PathologistSalary £200 per annum, with board, apartments, attendance, andwashing.

WINCHESTER, ROYAL HAMPSHIRE COUNTY HOSPITAL.-House Phy-sician. Salary .E80 per annum.

WOLVERHAMPTON AND STAFFORDSHIRE GENERAL HOSPITAL.-House Surgeon for six months. Salary £80 per annum, withboard, rooms, and laundry.

WOMEN’S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN (Out-patient Department), 688,Harrow-road.-Assistant Surgeon (female).

THE Chief Inspector of Factories, Home Office, London, S.W., givesnotice of vacancies as Certifying Surgeons under the Factory andWorkshop Acts at Tenby, in the county of Pembroke; at

Holswortby, in the county of Devon; at Scalloway, in the countyof Shetland; and at Maidstone, in the county of Kent.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

BEADNELL.-On June 10th. at Shrublands, Sydenham-road, Croydon,the wife of Captain Herbert Beadnell, R.A.M.C., of a son.

DICKSON.—On June 13th, at Nelson-place, Newcastle, Staffordshire, thewife of Robert H. Dickson, F.R.C.S., a son.

HOFFMEISTER.-On June 13th, at Sion-hill, Ramsgate, the wife ofCyril J. R. Hoffmeister, B.A. Cantab., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., of a son.

NITCH.—On June 14th, at Harley-street, W., the wife of Cyril A. R.Nitch, F.R.C.S., of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.APPLEBY—SAXTON-WHITE.—On June 18th, at St. George’s Church,

Jeamond, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Ernest Bertram Appleby, M.B., B.S.,to Freda, elder daughter of Colonel R. Saxton-White, V.D., J.P.,and Mrs. R. Sexton-Whiter of Shirley, Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

MARSHALL-BINGHAM.-On June 15th, at St. Jude’s Church, Southsea,John J. de Zouche Marshall, L.R.C.S.I., V.D., Lieutenant-ColonelR.A.M.C.T. (retired), of " Garryowen," Weston Green. ThamesDitton, S.W., to Bessie, widow of the late Colonel E. H. Bingham,Indian Army.

MAY-ROSE.-On June 12th, at St. Andrew’s Church, Oxford, Otto May,M.D. Cantab., to Gertrude Mabel, younger daughter of ThomasHarry Rose, J.P., Oxford. -

TALBOT—GARTSIDE.—On June 12th, at St. Michael’s Church, Mottram-in-Longdendale, Philip Talbot, M.B., F.R.C.S., to Catherine, onlydaughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Gartside.

DEATHS.WATSON.—On June 16th, at The Lea, Corstorphine, Midlothian, Deputy-

Surgeon. General William Watson, M.D., I.M.S. (retired), aged 80years.

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N.B.-Afee of 5s. it charged for the insertion of Notices of Births,Marriages, and Death!.

Notes, Short Comments, and Answersto Correspondents.

DIRTY CHILDREN AT SCHOOLS.

WHEN we consider how the crusade for cleanliness has been wagedduring the last decade it is rather astonishing to find that there arestill such a large number of cases where children are sent to schoolwith verminous heads as to call for drastic action on the part of theeducation authority. At least, this is the experience in West Sussex,and in a county by no means thickly populated. The education

authority there has decided to prosecute parents who will persist insending their children to school in a filthy condition; and it is

alleged, too, that there are very many parents who intentionallyencourage ringworm so that they may have their children at home.Sheer inattention and laziness on the part of mothers are put down asthe reason for this condition of affairs, and a member of the educationcommittee suggested a revival of the ducking-stool for those motherswho do not keep their homes in order. The committee has decidedthat the medical officer shall first of all give his authority in writingto each head teacher to:examine the heads of children ; that the treat-ment of ringworm be proceeded with at once on discovery; that incases where parents refuse to cleanse their children the children shallbe compulsorily cleansed; and that where the children are found tobe verminous after repeated warnings legal proceedings shall betaken. Evidently something is needed to bring some parents to asense of their important responsibility. Cleanliness at school is

essentially the first condition of good health.

CAUTION TO MEDICAL MEN.

Mr. C. W. Hogarth, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., of 12, Woolwich-road,Greenwich, encloses for publication a police warning, in the hopethat it may safeguard the pockets of some medical men. Theman is shifting his ground, uses local colouring in his story, and has"had" several members of the profession already, though Mr.

Hogarth himself fortunately escaped being victimised. The policewarning runs as follows : " Description of a man who is calling upondoctors in South-East London and informs them that he has been

appointed president of the local branch of the Boy Scouts Ambu-lance Brigade, and then solicits a subscription to the funds of thebrigade; if successful gives a printed receipt for same, signedW. T. Rogers, Captain and Instructor. Age 21, height 5 ft. 5 in.,clean shaven, dress brown suit; wears button badge of St. JohnAmbulance Association. A revolver was seen in his possession whencalling on a doctor in this district." The warning ends with arequest from the local police superintendent, Mr. 0. Wakeford(R Division, Westcombe Park), that if this man should call upon anymedical men they will inform the police.

HOLIDAY GUIDES."WHERE shall we go for the holidays?" is a constantly recurringquestion at this time of the year among those who are fortunateenough to be able to break away from the " daily round, the commontask," and obtain that spell of rest which mind and body demand, andwhich custom has sanctified at least once a year. Even the dis-cussion of the question in the family circle may have its advantages

, and certainly its anticipatory pleasures for the younger members ofthe home. In deciding the question and resolving the many prob-

’, lems which arise out of it, the little books that are issued by the’

corporations of holiday resorts, by railway and shipping companies, andI by others who wish to advertise the attractions of various places where

annual recreation may be obtained, afford considerable help. For

, those who do not contemplate leaving the shores of our own

island, the pamphlet by Mr. Percy Lindley, On the East Coast

(London : Great Eastern Railway Company. Post free), will be founda useful guide to some of the less known districts of East Anglia,to the country between Cromer and Hunstanton and the NorfolkBroads. In addition to an alphabetical description of the placesmentioned there is a list of golf links in the district covered, and theillustrations, many of them coloured, enhance the value of the guide.A guide to a cheap holiday abroad is The Moselle (same author andpost free from the same company), perhaps one of the least frequentedand most beautiful rivers of Europe. The charm of its natural

scenery and quaint life make it an ideal place for a quiet holiday, andthe illustrations, maps, and descriptions in the book give the

preliminary information that the prospective holiday-seeker needs.The Midnight Sit7t: Cruises in Norway (Albion Steamship Company,Newcastle on-Tyne. Post free) is the illustrated itinerary of cruisesto a land whose beauty will have attractions for many, recalling thepast of which the sagas have sung, and appealing to that sense of awewhich the sight of rugged crags, fjords, waterfalls, and lakes en-

genders. Another guide is The Highlands of Scotland (Inverness,

j Glasgow, and Edinburgh : The Highland Railway Company. London :

Il W. T. Hedges, Effingham House, Arundel-street, W.C. Pp. 202),which describes the history, romance, and beauty of a part of

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Scotland much appreciated by tourists. Details as to golfing,fishing, and recreations generally are included, and the itineraries,maps, and illustrations will be found a useful feature.

ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY.THE concluding meeting of the session was held on June 19th at the

society’s rooms, 70, Victoria-street, Westminster, Dr. H. N. Dickson,President, in the chair.-Dr. G. C. Simpson, meteorologist to theBritish Antarctic Expedition, 1910, read a paper on Coron2e and lrides-cent Clouds.-Mr. W. W. Bryant read a paper on the Adoption of aClimatological Day. When observations are made only once a day-viz.,at 9 A.M.-it is the practice to enter the reading of the maximumthermometer to the previous day and the reading of the minimumthermometer to the current day. Mr. Bryant does not consider thatthese give correct, results, but that they are higher than if the

readings were taken at 9 P.M. or midnight and applied to the civil day.ERRATUM.—In the advertisement of the Infants Hospital. Vincent-square, S.W., for an Assistant Physician, in THE LANCET ofJune 15th, the date for applications was erroneously given as

June 19th instead of June 29th.

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

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A DIARY OF CONGRESSES.WE shall publish this diary from time to time that our readers mayhave under their hands the dates of the approaching scientific Con-gresses. It is unnecessary to issue the lists of ali these function. Iweek by week, and we propose to make only such gatherings aa willoccur in the immediate future the subject of regular announcement.The following Congresses, Conferences, and Exhibitions are announcedfor June :-

May to October (London, Earl’s Court).-Shakespeare’s England.June 12th-22nd (London).-Missionary Exhibition.

so 17th-29th (London, Olympia).-International Horse Show." 21st and 22nd (Middelburg).-Dutch Congress for Public Health

Regulations." 23rd-27th (London, Royal Horticultural Hall).-The (Biennial)

Health Conference and Exhibition." 29th (Coventry).—Society of Medical Officers of Health (Annual

Provincial Meeting)." (Birmingham).-Tuberculosis Exhibition." (London,ScienceMuseum,SouthKensington).-SecondOptical

Convention.

Medical Diary for the ensuing Week.SOCIETIES.

ROYAL SOCIETY, Burlington House, London, W.THURSDAY.-Lord Rayleigh, O.M.: Electrical Vibrations on a Thin

Anchor Ring.-Hon. R. J. Strutt: The Molecular Statistics ofSome Chemical Actions.-Prof. H. E. Armstrong and Mr. E. H.Rodd: Morphological Studies of Benzene Derivatives. III.,Para-dibromobenzene-sulphonates (isomorphous) of the "RareEarth" Elements-a Means of Determining the Directions ofValency in Tervalent Elements.-Dr. T. M. Lowry : OpticalRotatory Dispersion. Part I., The Natural and MagneticRotatory Dispersion in Quartz of Light in the Visible Region ofthe Spectrum (communicated by Prof. H. E. Armstrong).-Mr.J. J. Manley : On the Apparent Change in Mass during ChemicalReaction (communicated by Prof. J. H. Poynting).-Dr. W. H.Eccles : On the Diurnal Variations of the Electric WavesOccurring in Nature, and on the Propagation of Electric WavesRound the Bend of the Earth (communicated by Sir ArthurRücker).-Rev. A. L. Cortie : Report on the Total Solar Eclipseof 1911, April 28th (communicated by the Joint PermanentEclipse Committee). And other Papers.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole-street, W.MONDAY.

SPECIAL MEETING OF FELLOWS OF THE SOCIETY: at5 P.M.

DiscussionOn Syphilis with Special Reference to

(a) Its Prevalence and Intensity in the Past and at thePresent Day;

(b) Its Relation to Public Health, including CongenitalSyphilis;

(c) The Treatment of the Disease.The Discussion will be re-opened by Major H. C. French,

R.A.M.C. The following will take part in the Discussion:-Sir George Savage, Dr. Douglas White, Dr. F. E. Fremantle,Dr. H. R. Dean, Mr. J. H. Dauber, Dr. J. P. Candler, and thePresident (Sir Henry Morris, Bart.) will wind up the Discussion.ODONTOLOGICAL SECTION (Hon. Secretaries-W. W. James,Stanley Mummery): at 8 P.M.

Papers: :Mr. J. Howard Mummery: The Nerves of the Dentine.Mr. H. P. Pickerill Some Pathological Conditions of the Teeth

and Jaws of Maori Skulls.

LECTURES, ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, &c. EDICAL GRADUATES’ COLLEGE AND POLYCLINIC, 22,Chenies-street, W.C.MONDAY.-4 P.M., Dr. A. M. H. Gray: Clinique (Skin). 5.15 P.M.,

Lecture :-Dr. J. Morrison : Treatment of Haemorrhage in theThird Stage of Labour.

TUESDAY.—4 P.M., Dr. P. Stewart: Clinique (Medical). 6.16 P.M.,Lecture :-Dr. S. A. Owen: Syphilis of the Nervous System inYoung Subjects.

WEDNESDAY.-4 P.M., Mr. E. R. Carling: Clinique (Surgical)5.15 P.M., Lecture :-Dr. F. J. Poynton : The Cause of AcuRheumatism (lantern demonstration).

THURSDAY.—4 P.M., Mr. V. W. Low: Clinique (Surgical). 5.15 P.M.,Lecture :—Dr. A. M. Gossage: Meningitis.

FRIDAY.—4 P.M., Mr. J. D. Grant: Ciinique (Ear, Nose, andThroat).

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

MONDAY.—10 A.M., Dr. Simson : Diseases of Women.. 10.30 A.M.,Surgical Registrar: Demonstration of Cases in Wards. 12 noon,Dr. Bernstein: Pathological Demonstration. 2 P.M., Medical and

’, Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Operations. 2.30 P.M., Mr. Dunn:Diseases of the Eye. 6 P.M., Lecture:-Mr. Bidwell : Treatmentof Acute Obstruction.

TUESDAY.—10 A.M., Dr. Robinson: Gynaecological Operations.11 A.n2., 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. 5 P.M., Lecture :-Dr. Morton : The X Ray Diagnosis-Bones and Joints.

WEDNESDAY.—10 A.n2., Dr. Saunders: Diseases of Children. Dr.Davis : Operations of the Throat, Nose, and Ear. 10.30 A.M.,Surgical Registrar: Demonstration of Cases in Wards. 2 P.M.,Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Operations. Mr, B.Harman : Diseases of the Eye. Dr. Simson: Diseases of Women,5 P.M., Lecture :-Dr. Beddard: Practical Medicine.

THURSDAY.-10 A.M., Dr. Simson: Gynecological Demonstration,12.15 P.M., Lecture :-Dr. G. Stewart: Practical Medicine.2 P.M., Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Opera-tions. 2.30 P.M., Mr. Dunn: Diseases of the Eye. 5 P.M.,Lecture :-Mr. Bidwell: Surgical Treatment of Acute GeneralPeritonitis.

FRIDAY.-10 A.M., Dr. Robinson: Gynaecological Operations,12.15 P.M., Lecture :—Dr. Bernstein: Clinical Pathology. 2P.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. 5 P.M., Lecture:—Dr. Davis: Diseases ofthe Nose.

SATURDAY.-10 A.M., Dr. Saunders: Diseases of Children. Dr. Davis ;Operations of the Throat, Nose, and Ear. Mr. Bishop Harman:Diseases of the Eye. 10.30 A.M., Medical Registrar: Demonstra-tion of Cases in Wards. 2 P.M., Medical and Surgical Clinics,X Rays. Operations.

NORTH-EAST LONDON POST-GRADUATE COLLEGE, Prince ofWales’s General Hospital, Tottenham, N.MONDAY.- Clinics :-10.30 e.ns., Surgical Out-patient (Mr. B.

Gillespie). 2.30 P.M., Medical Out-patient (Dr. T. R. Whiphara);Nose, Throat, and Ear (Mr. H. D. Gillies). 3 P.M., ClinicalPathology and Pathological Demonstration (Dr. W. H. Duncan).

TUESDAY.—Clinic: 2.30 P.M., Operations. Clinics:—Medical Out-patient (Dr. A. G. Auld).; Surgical (Mr. Howell Evans);Gynaecological (Dr. A. E. Giles). 3.30 P,nd.. Medical In-patient(Dr. A. J. Whiting). 4.30 P.M., Lantern Demonstration:-Dr.R. M. Leslie: Cases of Visceroptoais.

WEDNESDAY.—Clinics:—2 P.M., Throat Operations (Mr. Gillies).2.30 P.M., Children’s Out-patient (Dr. T. R. Whipham); Skin(Dr. G. N. Meachen); Eye (Mr. R. P. Brooks). 3 P.M., X Rays(Mr. W. Steuart); Clinical Pathology and Pathological Demon.stration (Dr. W. H. Duncan). 5.30 P.M., Eye Operations (Mr.Brooks).

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

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); ClinicalPathology and Pathological Demonstration (Dr. W. H. Duncan).

LONDON SCHOOL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE, DreadnoughtHospital, Greenwich.

MONDAY.—2 P.M., Operations. 2.16 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. 3.15 P.M., Dr. R. Wells: Medicine.2.15 P.M., Mr. R. Carling : Surgery. 4.15 P.M., Sir M. Morris :Diseases of the Skin. Out-patient Demonstrations :-10 A.tf..Surgical and Medical. 12 noon, Skin. 4.30 P.M., SpecialLecture :-Mr. Walton: The Operative Treatment of Fractures.

WEDNESDAY.—2.15 P.M., Dr. ir, Taylor Medicine. 3.30 P.M., Mr.Cargill - Ophthalmology. Out-patient Demonstrations :-10 A.M.,Surgical and Medical. 11 A.M., Eye. 2.15 P.M., Special Lecture:-Dr. F. Taylor: A Case of Hypernephroma. 5 P.M., Mr. McGavin:Surgical Demonstration.

THURSDAY.-2 P.M., Operations. 2.15 P.M., Dr. G. Rankin: Medt-cine. 3.15 P.M., Mr. Turner: Surgery. Out-patient Demon-strations :-10 A.M., Surgical and Medical. 12 noon, Bar andThroat. 4.30 P.M., Dr. W. Steuart: Radiography. 4.30 P.M.,Special Lecture :—Dr. R. O. Moon: Clinical Aspects of Graves’sDisease.

FRIDAY.—11 A.M., Dr. A. Davies: Pathological Demonstration.2 P.M., Operations. 2.15 P.M., Sir J. Rose Bradford: MedI.cine. 3.15 P.M., Mr. MoGavin: Surgery. Out-patient Demon-strations :-10 A.M., Surgical and Medical. 12 noon, Skin.

SATURDAY.—Out-patient Demonstration :-10 A.M., Surgical andMedical. 11 A.M., Eye.

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LONDON HOSPITAL MEDICAL COLLEGE, Clinical Theatre,London Hospital, Mile End-road, E.MONDAY.-4.15 P.M., Clinical Lecture :-Dr. H. Head: Diagnostic

Value of Sensory Changes in Diseases of the Nervous System.NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR THE PARALYSED AND EPILEPTIC,Queen-square, Bloomsbury, W.C.TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.—3.30 P.M., Clinical Lectures:—Dr. J.

Collier : Aphasia.ST. JOHN’S HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE SKIN, 49, Leicester-square, W.C.TUESDAY.-6 P.M., Dr. W. K. Sibley: Alopecia.