1223VACANCIES.—BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

CORNWALL ROYAL INFIRMARY.-House Surgeon (unmarried). Salary.BlOO, increasing, with board and apartments.

CROOKSBURY SANATORIUM FOR OPFN-AIR TREATMENT.-AssistantMedical Officer. Salary .BIOO per annum.

DUDLEY, THE GUEST HOSPITAL. -Assistant House Surgeon for six, months. Salary JEM per annum, with residence, board, and

washing.DuRHAM COUNTY ASYLUM.-Junior Assistant Medical Officer wanted.

Salary .E150, rising to oEl80 a year, with apartments, board, laundry,and attendance.

ESSEX COUNTY ASYLUM, Brentwood.-Locum Tenens. Salary 4 guineasweekly with board.

FISHERTON ASYLUM.-Assistant Medical Officer. Salary oEl50 perannum.

HORTON INFIRMARY. Banbury.-House Surgeon and Dispenser. SalaryoE80 per annum, with board and lodging.

HACKNEY UNION.-Medical Officer. Salary oE80 per annum, with fees.HUXTON HOUSE ASYLUM, Hoxton-street, London, N.-Clinical Assist-

ant. Salary oE60 per annum, with hoard, lodging, and washing.KINGS NORTON AND NORTHFIELD URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL AND

INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL.-Medical Officer of Health andMedical Superintendent. Combined salary oE500 per annum.

LIVERPOOL DAVID LEWIS NORTHERN HOSPITAL.-Assistant HouseSurgeon.. Salary £70 per annum, with residence and maintenance.

LIVERPOOL STANLEY HOSPITAL.-Third House Surgeon. Salary oE70per annum, with board, residence. and washing.

MILLER HOSPITAL AND ROYAL K’èN1.’ DispENSARY, Greenwich-road,S.E.—Junior Resident Medical Officer. Salary £80 per annum,with board, attendance, and washing, and prospect of re-election asSenior (salary .E100).

NORFOLK AND NORWICH HOSPITAL.-Assistant House Surgeon for sixmonths. Honorarium oE20, with board, lodging, and washing.

NORTH-WEST LONDON HosplTAL, Kentish Town-road.-ResidentMedical Officer. Also Assistant Resident Medical Officer, each forsix months. Salary at rate of .B50 per annum, with board, resid-ence, and washing.

PADDINGTON GREEN CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL. London, W.-House Phy-sician, also House Surgeon, both for six months. Salary at rate of50 guinpaq a year. with board and residence.

POPLAR AND STEPNEY SICK ASYLUM, Bromley, E.-Second AssistantMedical Officer. Salary .BlGO per 3 ear, with rations, apartments,and washing.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE’S LYING-IN HOSPITAL, Marylebone-road, N.W.-Assistant Resident Medical Officer for four months. Salary at rateof oE50 per annum, with board, residence, and washing.

SUEFJ1IELD ROYAL INFIRMARY.-Junior Assistant House Surgeon.Salary oE70 per annum, with board, lodging, and washing.

STOCKPORT INFIRMARY.- Assistant House and Visiting Surgeon.Salary £80 per annum, with residence, board, and laundry.

SUFFOLK GENERAL HOSPITAL.-House Surgeon. Salary .E100 a year,with board. lodging, and washing.

TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL.-Assistant House Surgeon for sixmonths. Salary at rate of oEGO per annum, with board, lodging,and laundrv,

ST. GEORGK’s HOSPITAL. S.W.-Assistant Dental Snrgeon.S’r. MARY’S HOSPITAL, Paddington.-Surgeon-in-Charge of Out-

patients.UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL.-Radiographer and Photographer.

Salary £50.WESTERN GENERAL DISPENSARY, Marylebone-road, N.W.-Second

House Surgeon, unmarried. Salary oE80 a year, with board,residence, and laundry.

WittAN INFIRMARY.-Junior House Surgeon. Salary R80 per year, withapartments and rations.

WORCHESTER GEXERAL INFIRMARY.-House Physician, nnmarried.Salary oE70 per annum, with board, residence, and washing.

THE Chief Inspector of Factories, Home Office, S.W., gives notice of avacancy as Certifying Surgeon, under the Factory Acts, at Edg-worth, in the county of Lancaster.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.BIRTHS.

ANDREWS.-On April 15th. at Martindale, Tonbridge, Kent, the wife ofII. Arthur Andrews, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., of a son.

BIDDLE.—On April 12th, at Broadstairs, the wife of Henry G. Biddle,M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond., of a daughter.

CARD.-On April 15th. at Muswell-rise, N., the wife of Alfred II. Card,M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond., of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.JAMES-BURNABY.-On April17th. at St. Stephen’s Church, Paddington,

Arthur James. M.D. Brnx., D.P.I1., to Gertrude Hilda, daughter ofthe Rev. Henry Fowke Burnaby.

WALKER-SECKER.-On April 24th, at All Saints’, Daresbury, Cheshire,hy the Rev. H. Milnes Walker, brother of the bridegroom. assistedby the Rev. F. Clifton Smith, vicar, and the Rev. E. U. E. Carleton.Henry Seeker Walker, F.R.C.S., of Leeds, to Elaine Mary Seeker,only daughter of the late Rev. T. J. Seekpr, sometime vicar of St.Pfter’s. Bishop Wearmouth, and niece of John White, Esq., ofMoore Hall, Cheshire.

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DEATHS.ACKERLEY.-At Naples, on April 19th, Eliza Helen (Li:t:e), wife of

Richard Ackerley, M.B., of Surhiton.COLEMAN.-On April 18th. at his residence, Salop-strect, -Wolver-

hampton, John MAi’or Coleman, M.D., in fi is 71st year.WATSON.-On April 17th, at West Dell,,)’, Liverpool, Dr. Alexander

Watson, Inspector-General R.N. ’

N. B.-A fee of 58. is charged for the insertion of Notices of Births,Marriages, and Deaths.

Notes, Short Comments, and Answersto Correspondents.

THE "Y" FLND.

SURGEON-GENERAL H. S. MUIR begs to acknowledge, with thanks,donations towards the "Y" Fund from Sir William S. Church anct

Lady Church, Mr. IIowse, the Director-General of the Army MedicalService, Surgeon-General W. R. Hooper, C.S.I., Lady Bective, LadyRussell Reynolds (who also sends an anonymous contribution), Mrs.de Pass, Mrs. Giraud Cooke, Surgeon-General A. H. Keogh, C.B.,Lieutenant-Colonel A. Clarke, Lieutenant-Colonel H. E. Drake-

Brockman, the Proprietors of THE LANCET, Dr. John Anderson,C.I.E., Sir Felix Semon (who also sends a contribution from "A

Well-wisher"), Dr. P. II. Pye Smith, Dr. H. G. Turney, Dr. H.

Scharlieb, Dr. II. II. Tooth, Mr. C. Stonham, Mr. Vesey Holt, andMr. Thomas Wakley, Jun.

It may be explained that this is in response to an appeal madeprivately to members of the profession for benevolent aid in a dis-tressing case which has been described in a letter sent to a limitednumber of medical men (who would heip the cause by kindly " hand-ing on " to confrères). Should anv reader desire further particularswith a view to expressing practical sympathy, a copy of the letter willhe forwarded on application to Surgeon-General Muir, 26, Hensingtou-gardens-terrace, Hyde Park, London, W.

THE PREHISTORIC REMAINS HECENTLY ACQUIREDBY THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

To the Editors of THE LANCET,

SIRS,-The catalogue of the Egyptian room describes the first of theseremains that is exhibited to the public as " man of a very remotetime before the rule of the historic kings of Egypt." The dried.

body is shown just as it was found lying on its left side, with itsthighs doubled up under it, in an exact model of the grave, withall its neolithic flint instruments, &c., in sitts. The head suggestsrather a small man. The features, as far as one can see them, areunlike those of the ordinary type of the Egyptian mummy. Atuft of hair on the scalp seems to be of fine woolly texture and a.

depression in the right parietal bone looks like a wound from a bluntinstrument that has healed up. Besides this one there are threeothers that are not yet exhibited publicly ; these I was kindly allowedto examine. Two are apparently the bodies of old men and one isthat of a woman about 30 or 40 years of age. These remains aremore imperfect than those of the other body, but the three skulls andthe teeth are more visible and from these I estimated their ages rthe pelvis of the woman indicated her sex. The heads of the men

appear to me to be small but that of the woman excessively so, eventaking into account her diminutive size. The teeth of all threeseem to be in perfect condition, with this peculiarity, that they areunusually large, especially the canines, which look ferociously pro-minent. The teeth of Egyptians wear away faster than is usual by theaction of the sand masticated in the food. With a magnifying glassthe enamel can be seen all scored and scratched instead of being polishedby use. Another peculiarity of all is the strong development of thebones of the legs, which indicates a life of great activity. The state ofthe teeth in some of the mummies is a great contrast to the above.In one near the prehistoric man the front teeth are worn and twistedin an extraordinary manner; the molars are coated with tartar,because decay and suppuration caused the loss of several of them andall necessary mastication, &c., had to be done with the front teeth,thus destroying them by excessive use. I make this out by the presenceof tartar on all the double teeth left, which proves that he did not usethem for years before his death. This is also interesting, as it shows usthat these evils are not altogether due to modern eivilisation, as one sooften hears. There is a curious thing like a round plug, with a shorthandle about three-quarters of an inch, in the right orbit of the femalemummy ; it is beautifully made of some woven material of about the sizeof the eyeball. I think it must have been used during life to fill up thecavity due to the loss of the eye. If it was merely intended to fill thepace after death there would have been one to each orbit and theywould have been less carefully made than this one is.The examination is necessarily imperfect because of the impossibility

)f taking exact measurements, as the remains cannot be got at in the;lass cases. I am, Sirs, yours faithfully.

N. STEVEXSON, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.D.S.Wimpole-street, ’%V., April 8th, 1902.

SANDGATE AND ITS SANITAIIY STATE.

SOMK time ago Miss Florence Warden (Mrs. James) laid lovers of an ex-citing sensational story under a great obligation by writing " TheHouse on the Marsh." She is now endeavouring to lay Sandgate underan obligation by trying her best to get the authorities of that popularseaside resort to improve its sanitary status and more especially topay some attention to the so-called convalescent homes run by thenotorious John James Jones. The Sandgatc health authorities,however, so far refuse to move and the matter is being ventilatedboth in Truth and in The Public Health Engineer. What has themedical officer of health of Sandgate to say in the matter?

1224 NOTES, SHORT COMMENTS, AND ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

ORGANO-THERAPY.

To the Editors of THE LarrcFm.

SIRS,-The perusal of the Hunterian Lecture in THE LANCET of

.April 19th, p. 1089, brought to mind in association with the sectionreferring to the exhibition of glandular juices the ancient dictum of- Nicander of Colophon in his poem " Theriaca (line 565) 4,

cs &pgr;o&tgr;&ngr;, &eegr;&pgr;&agr;&ngr;&agr;&kgr;s,&eegr; &kgr;&agr;&sgr;&tgr;opos o&lgr;oo&ngr; opXcv." It has been suggested, and evenasserted, that the substance reterred to was castoreum and not the

gland, but it is surely absurd to suppose that the two substances couldbe confounded-the one an amorphous mass and the other evidentlyhighly organised. I am, Sirs, yours faithfully,

GEO. SHERRINGTON-MORRIS.

DISGUSTING ADVERTISEMENTS.

.A CORRESPONDENT has sent to us the Lincolnshire Chronicle of Aprilllth, in one column of which wc find the following advertisements :—

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Beware of Imitations, injuriozzs and worthless.

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- containing plain and practical advice how Irregularities, Sup-pressions, &c.. may be prevented or removed hy a simple means in afew hours. Recommended by eminent Physicians, and thousands-of Ladies, as being the only Genuine Remedy. This is not a quackmedicine. Established 30 years.-LESLIE MARTYN, Ltd., Chemists,.34, Dalston-lane, London.

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DR. DAVIS’S FAMOUS PILLSHAVE HAD A

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They are universally known as the Best Remedy for Anæmia.Debility, Depression, Weakness, and other ailments. Of Chemists:and Stores everywhere.

Boxes 9’2d., 1/1½, 2/9, 4/6. and 11/-, or under cover fromthe Proprietor,

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MARRIED LADIES’ Correspondent.-Send stamped- address for particulars to Mrs. E. WILSON, Elder Grove,Sheffield.

We have before now demonstrated in THE LANCET-and our viewhas been practically adopted by all decent papers-that advertise- ments of drugs for females purporting to "remove obstructions " or"prevent suppressions" are simply invitations to attempts at

- a.bortion. Botli " Dr." Davis and his pills have a reputation among- respectable persons that is as malodorous as copaiba. We omit anadvertisement of a substitute for cubebs, but the following advertise- ment of a "cancer cure" is very appropriately included in the

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SAFE, CERTAIN.As there is so much suffering from this dire clisease I wish to

make it known that I can cure either Cancer or Tumour without

cutting, unless the disorder has reached the final stage. No oneneed despair. No expensive Quackery. Been discovered a century.Numerous Testimonials. Consultations on Fridays from 11 to 2,at No. 16. St.BcrL-STHEKT, Lincoln, or appointments by letter.-Address, Mrs. SINGLETON, Saxilby, Lincoln.

’The proprietors of the Lincolnshire Cleroaticle cannot be congratulatedupon the money which they have received for the dissemination ofthis mendacious filth.

WANTED A HOME.

To the Editors of THE LANCET.

SIRS,-Would any of your readers inform me whether there is anyhospital or home where a rheumatic patient in poor circumstancescould be taken for treatment ? She is not able to dress herself but canfeed herself. I am, Sirs, yours faithfully, Hildegard House, Whitby, Yorks, April 14th, 1902. M.D. I

TO MEDICAL FREEMASONS.

THE election at the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution of 13 widowsof Freemasons and of 20 aged Freemasons as annuitants will takeplace on Friday, May 16th. Our readers may remember that we

published an appeal recently on behalf of Arthur Somers Ivens,M.R.C.S.Eng., L.R.C.P. Edin., the only medical man on the list of48 candidates. The only medical case among the 58 widows ofFreemasons is No. 4, that of Mrs. Eliza Emma Dickinson, who ismaking her ninth application. We trust that those of our readerswho possess votes which are not already engaged or promisedwill see their way to suprort these medical candidates.

PROPOSED MEMORIAL TO THE LATE SURGEON-GENERALW. NASH, A.M.S.

THE following subscriptions have been received since the lastnotification :-

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F. J. F.-The consultant physician, in our opinion, acted rightly.The patient, or the patient’s employer, erred in not being candidwith the general practitioner about their intention to have a secondopinion, hut laymen must not be expected to observe the rules ofmedical etiquette. The patient wished, or deferred to the wish ofhis employer, to seek the consultant physician’s advice. The cir-cumstances of the case would not all be necessarily clear to theconsultant, but when he learned that the patient was already undermedical care he wrote to the medical attendant. In these difficultcases we do not invariably find consultant physicians ready torecognise the claims to consideration of the general practitioner, butwe think that our correspondent has no cause for complaint againstthe consultant.

X. Y.Z.-Under Section 21 of the Poor-law Board Act, 1847, and Section14 of the Poor-law Amendment Act, 1834, the Local GovernmentBoard has power to make an order for the payment of witnesses whohave received a subpoena from one of the board’s inspectors-thatis, assuming such witnesses have not travelled over 10 miles. Thefees vary according to the station in life of the witness, but a pro-fessional man, other than an expert, would receive from 15s. to 21s.per diem. If the distance be over 10 miles special arrangementswould have to be made. The precise amount of the fee in eachinstance is largely determined by the presiding inspector.

B. G.-In the circumstances narrated by our correspondent we do notsee anything unfriendly in B being prepared to accept a certainpart of A’s district if it is offered to him. A clearly cannot do thework himself and the guardians may prefer to appoint B rather thanemploy an assistant to be procured by A. The choice remainswith the guardians, but there is nothing unprofessional in B’scandidature.

M.O.H.-We do not think that parish councils ought to consider themedical oflicer of health of then district at their beck and call; but,on the other hand, we doubt whether our correspondent will be able toexact a fee if he charges one. lle should obtain the advice of his

sanitary authority on the matter, and if necessary of the LocalGovernment Board.

A ,Subscriber.-We are quit without information concerning the treat-ment in question which, to the best of our belief, has never beenmade public to the medical profession. The treatment is not fullydescribed, so iar as we know, in any book. We regret to be of noservice.

C. S. HW.-1. There is no book on the subject written in the qualifiedmanner suggested by our correspondent. 2. Allbutt’s System of. Medicine, vol. i., Article on Balneology and IIydrotherapeutics.X.Y.Z. (2) has a right to the sty;e of his medical degree. Ile will

find the question discussed and summarised in THE LANCET of

August 17th, 1895, p. 412.

Paddy is recommended either Jacobson’s Operations of Surgery (J. A.Churchill, 34s.) or Treves’s Operative Surgery (Cassell, 42s.).

Quæsitor should consult his medical adviser.

During the week marked copies of the following newspapershave been received :-Torquay Times, Western Daily lllercnry,Cork Constitution, Manchestr Evening News, Yorkshire Post,Skeffield Independent, Wiltshire Mirror,Bradford Observer, MorningPost, -Essex Ilerald, Ncwca.’tle Journal, Hereford Mercury, Hartle-pooL Mail, Brighton Gazette, Kent Examiner, Suffolk Chronicle,Surrey Advertiser, Bristol Mercury, Dublin Express, DarlingtonStar, Times of India, J’MfttA Observer, Daily Graphic, Hudders-field Examiner, Sanitary Record, Local Government Chronicle, Hert-fordshire Mercury, Burton Chronicle, Dundee Advertiser, WestSussex Gazette, Lincolnshire Advertiser, Barking Advertiser, BoltonChronicle, Kent Messenger, Middlesbrough Gazette, BirminghamPost, Aberdeen Press, &c.

1225DIARY.-EDITORIAL NOTICES.-MANAGER’S NOTICES.

METEOROLOGICAL READI NGS.(Taken daily at 8.30 a.m. by Steward’s Instruments.)

THE LANCET Office, April 24th, 1902.

Medical Diary for the ensuing Week.OPERATIONS.

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METROPOLITAN HOSPITALS. MONDAY (28th).-London (2 P.M.), St. Bartholomew’s (1.30 P.M.), St.

Thomas’s (3.30 P.M.), St. George’s (2 P.M.), St. Mary’s (2.30 P.M.),Middlesex (1.30 P.M.), Westminster (2 P.M.), Chelsea (2 P.M.),Samaritan (Gynæcological, bv Physicians, 2 P.M.), Soho-square(2 P.M.), Royal Orthopaedic (2 P.M.), City Orthopædic (4 P.M.),Gt. Northern Central (2.30 P.M.) West London (2.30 P.M.), LondonThroat (2 P.M.).

TUESDAY (29th).-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.), West-minster (2 P.M.), West London (2.30 P.M.), University College(2 P.M.), St. George’s (1 P.M.), St. Mary’s (1 P.M.), St. Mark’s(2.30 P.M.), Cancer (2 P.M.), Metropolitan (2.30 P.M.), London Throat(2 P.M. and 6 P.M.), Royal Ear (3 P.M.), Samaritan (9.30 A.M. and2.30 P.M.), Throat, Golden-square (9.30 A.M.).

WEDNESDAY (30th).-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. George’s (Ophthalmic, 1 P.M.), St. Mary’s (2 P.M.),National Orthopaedic (10 A.M.), St. Peter’s (2 P.M.), Samaritan(9.30 A.M. and 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.),London Throat (2 P.M.), Cancer (2 P.M.), Throat, Golden-square(9.30 A.M.).

THURSDAY (1st).-St. Bartholomew’s (1.30 P.M.), St. Thomas’s(3.30 P.M.), University College (2 P.M.), Charing-cross (3 P.m.), St.George’s (1 P.M.), London (2 P.lI!.) , 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 (Gynæco-logical, 2.30 P.M.), Metropolitan (2.3C P.M.), London Throat (2 P.M.),St. Mark’s (2 P.M.), Samaritan (9.30 A.M. and 2.30 P.M.), Throat,Golden-square (9.30 A.M.).

FRIDAY (2nd).-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.), Charing-cross (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.), LondonThroat (2 P.M. and 6 P.M.), Samaritan (9.30 A.M. and 2.30 P.M.),Throat, Golden-square, (9.30 A.M.), City Orthopaedic (2.30 P.M.).

SATURDAY (3rd).-Royal Free (9 A.M. and 2 P.M.), London (2 p.jf.)Middlesex (1.30 P.M.), St. Thomas’s (2 P.M.), University College(9.15 A.M.), Charing-cross (2 P.M.), St. George’s (1 P.M.), St. Mary’s(10 P.M.), London Throat (2 P.M.), Throat, Golden-square (9.30 A.M.).

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

S O C I E T I E S.MONDAY (28th).-MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON (11, Chandos-street,

Cavendish-square, W.).-8.30 P.M. Council Meeting Night. Paper:-Mr. A. H. Tubby: The Quiescent Period in the course of Grave Abdominal Inflammation.-Lieutenant P. S. Lelean, R.A.M.C.: ASeries of Cases of Bilharzia (illustrated by lantern and microscopicaldemonstrations).

ODONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN (20, Hanover-square, iW.).—7 P.M. Council. 8 P.M. Communication:—Mr. J. G. Turner: A Case of Pyorrhoea Alveolaris leading to Antral Suppuration. Paper :-Mr. K. W. Goadby : A Preliminary Note on the Bacteriafound in Pyorrhcea Alveolaris. (Progress Report.)

TUESDAY (29th).-PATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON (20, Hanover- square, W.).-8.30 P.M. Card Specimens will be shown by Mr.W. G. Spencer and Dr. Malcolm. Papers on Endotheliomataoccurring in various situations by Dr. Seligman, Mr. R. Johnson and Mr. Lawrence Dr. Emmanuel, Dr. Rolleston and Dr. Griin-baum. Mr. Shattock, Dr. Corner and Mr. Scott, and Mr. Gask.- ,)Dr. Pernet: Congenital Multiple Sarcomata of the Skin.-Dr.Fawcett: Chyle Cyst of Mesentery.-Mr. W. W. Pitchford : Pan-creatic Tumour.

THURSDAY (ISt).-RI5,NTGEN SOCIETY (20, Hanover-square, W.).-8.30 P.M. Discussion upon the Relation between X Rays andAllied Phenomena in Light and Electricity (opened by Mr. E.Payne).

OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.-ClinicalEvening. Cases will be shown by Mr. G. Hartridge, Mr. H. Grims- cdale. Mr. W. A. Frost, Mr. E. T. Colllns. Mr. L. V. Cargill, Dr.G. M. Thompson, Mr. W. Lang and Dr. G. M. Thompson, and Dr. S

A. Bronner. T

FRIDAY (2nd).-SOCIETY OF ANÆSTHETISTS (20, Hanover-square,W.).-8.30 P.M. Papers :—Dr. Blumfeld : Some Points concerningcomplete Relaxation of the Abdominal Walls under Anaesthetics.—Dr. Flux : The Use of the Open Stopcock.

BRITISH ELECTRO-THERAPEUTIC SOCIETY (11, Chandos-street, Caven-dish-square, W.).-8.30 P.M. Adjourned Discussion on Dr. Sequeira’spaper on the Finsen Treatment of Lupus, Rodent Ulcer, &c.

LARYNGOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON (20, Hanover-square,- W.).-5 P.M. Cases, Specimens and Instruments will be shown by Dr.A. Bronner, Dr. W. Downie, Dr. J. Horne, and Dr. Donelan.

WEST KENT MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY (Royal Kent Dispensary,Greenwich-road. S.E.).-8.45 P.M. Dr. T. C. Meggison: Migraine(Presidential Address). Smoking Concert.

LECTURES, ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, &c.MONDAY (28th).-MEDICAL GRADUATES’ COLLEGE AND POLYCLINIC

(22, Chenies-street, W.C.).-4 P.M. Dr. J. Galloway: Clinique.(Skin.)

TUESDAY (29th).-MEDICAL GRADUATES’ COLLEGE AND POLYCLINIC(22, Chenies-street, W.C.).-4 P.M. Dr. S. Taylor: Clinique.(Medical.) .

WEDNESDAY (30th).-MEDICAL GRADUATES’ COLLEGE AND POLY-CLINIC (22, Cheuies-street, W.C.).-4 P.M. Mr. J. Berry: Clinique.(Surgical.)

THURSDAY (lst).-MEDICAL GRADUATES’ COLLEGE AND POLYCLINIC(22, Chenies-street, W.C.).-4 P.M. Mr. Hutchinson: Clinique.(Surgical.)

FRIDAY (2nd).-MEDICAL GRADUATES’ COLLEGE AND POLYCLINIC(22, Chenies-street, W.C.).-4 P.M. Mr. P. R. W. de Santi: Clinique.(Ear.)

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