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tests, to adopt recognised methods, so as to approachuniform results for the purposes of comparative study."The personnel of the Medical Committee who prepared thereport is as follows :-

Chairman : Dr. E. E. King. Secretary : Dr. C. H. Archibald.Members: Dr. Gordon Bates, Dr. Kendal Bates. Dr. NobleBlack, Dr. W. Colling, Dr. M. A. Cox, Dr. H. C. Cruickshank,Dr. H. K. Detweiler, Dr. E. C. Dixon, Dr. W. E. Ferguson,Dr. A. G. Fleming, Dr. Edna Guest, Dr. C. H. Hair,Dr. E. B. Hardy, Dr. F. W. Hassard, Dr. Hewett, Dr G.Howland, Dr. W. Jones, Dr. W. W. Lailey, Dr. Lillian Langstafl’e,Dr. J. C. McClelland, Dr. R. A. McComb, Dr. Alex McKay, Dr.F. W. Marlow, Dr. E. A. Morgan, Dr. R. W. Naylor, Dr. H. E.Paul, Dr. Itobiu Pearse, Dr. G. W. Ross, Dr. Geo. S. Strathy, Dr.E. J. Trow, Dr. W. T. Williams, and Dr. A. I. Willinsky.The Canadian Social Hygiene Council will follow this

report immediately by another on the same subject, preparedspecially for the instruction of nurses and for use in alltraining schools for nurses throughout Canada.

LONDON HOSPITAL MEDICAL COLLEGE. -- TheSchorstein Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Dr.Gordon Holmes on Dec. 3rd, at 4.15 P.M., in the anatomicaltheatre of the College. The subject will be Some Symptomsof Cerebral Irritation.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL.-A festival dinnerwill be held at the Savoy Hotel on Nov. 20th, at 7.30 P.M.,for the purpose of inaugurating a campaign to raise forUniversity College Hospital a capital sum of £500,000.This campaign is a direct result of, and is necessitated by,the gift made for the purposes of medical education by theRockefeller Foundation of New York. The Rockefellergift is to be devoted exclusively to purposes of medicaleducation and research, and the Rockefeller Foundation inmaking the gift indicated clearly that the maintenance ofthe additional beds so provided was the responsibility ofthe British people. Among the speakers at the dinner willbe Mr. Winston Churchill. Prince Henry will preside, andwill announce at the dinner a list of the subscriptionsreceived towards this special appeal.

THE PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN INDIA,COONOOR.—In the annual report of the Institute, the director,Lieut.-Colonel J. W. Cornwall, I.M.S., states that the numberof patients who underwent a full course of treatment duringthe year in the Institute was 3375, a decrease of 96 on theprevious year’s number. The fall in the number was due tothe gradual introduction of the scheme for the issue of anti-rabic vaccine to Government headquarter hospitals in thePresidency. With the sanction of the Government it wasdecided to issue carbolised anti-rabic vaccine to differentcentres in the Presidency so that persons bitten by animalssuspected to be rabid might be treated locally and saved longrailway journeys to Coonoor with all the attendant expenses.The scheme is a tentative one, and treatment at the PasteurInstitute is still open to anyone who desires it and can go toC,oonoor at his own expense. It is too soon, the report states,to comment on the working of the new scheme. Possibly thechief drawback will be that many persons who are beingtreated near their homes will not have patience to go throughthe full course of treatment. A pamphlet entitled Notes onRabies for Medical Officers, was sent to the superintendentsof all the headquarters hospitals, which contained allnecessary information under the following headings : (1) Thepossibilities of infection with the virus of rabies ; (2) methodsof dealing with wounds inflicted by rabid animals ; (3) howto deal with a dog which has bitten one or more persons ;(4) indications for anti-rabic treatment; (5) care of patientsduring and after treatment; (6) how to give the injections ;(7) reactions, local and systemic. The total number ofpersons who received anti-rabic treatment during the yearwas 4623, distributed between the following institutions :at the Pasteur Institute, Coonoor, 3375 ; at Governmentheadquarter hospitals, 1248.

Parliamentary Intelligence.HOUSE OF COMMONS.

TUESDAY, NOV. 13TH.PARLIAMENT reassembled on Nov. 13th after the summer

recess.

Panel Doctors’ Fees.

Sir KINGSLEY WOOD asked the Minister of Health whetherhe could state the present position of the negotiations withthe doctors on the panel lists concerning their duties andremuneration ; and whether he had conferred with theapproved societies in relation to such matters.-Sir W.JOYNSON-HICKS said: I have now made two alternative

offers to the doctors which will be considered by the PanelConference to-morrow. As regards the second part of thequestion, for some months past a series of consultationshave been taking place with the Approved Societies’ Con-sultative Councils of England and Scotland, and, in addi-tion, conferences have been held with representatives ofthe various important groups of approved societies inGreat Britain in relation to both duties and remuneration.

Sir KINGSLEY WOOD: What is the additional suminvolved in the offer that has been made to the medicalprofession, and from what source does the right hon. gentle-man intend to obtain payment ?-Sir W..JOYNSON-HICKS :I am not prepared to make any statement until I get thereply of the doctors, which I hope will be to-morrow.If my hon. friend will put down a further question forThursday I will be prepared to answer it.

Mr. SEXTON : May I ask the right hon. gentleman whetherhe anticipates that he will be able to make any agreementby the end of this week ?-Sir W..TOYNSON-HICKS : I hopeto be in a position to make an agreement before the end ofthis week.

Major MACKENZIE WOOD : Would the right hon. gentle-man consider the advisability of publishing an actuarialreport on the new proposals ?-Sir W.JOYNSON-HICKS: Ifthe offer I have made is accepted, I propose to lay a WhitePaper on the whole subject, which will include an actuarialreport.

Sir W. R. ADKINS: Is it an agreement assented to bythe approved societies ?-Sir W. JoYNSON-HlcKS : No, Sir.I, as Minister of Health, after fully considering the wholematter, have made alternative proposals to the doctors.If either of these proposals is accepted legislation will benecessary, and I hope to have the responsibility of bringingin the legislation and submitting it to the House.

I Dissolution of Parliament.Mr. BALDWIN announced that Parliament would be

dissolved on Friday, Nov. 16th.

Medical Diary.Information to be included in this column should reach us

in proper form on Tuesday, and cannot appear if it reachesus later than the first post on Wednesday morning.

SOCIETIES.

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

MEETINGS OF SECTIONS.

Tuesday, Nov. 20th.PATHOLOGY : at 8.30 P.M.

Communications : :Dr. E. E. Atkin : Cultural Characteristics of the Different

Types of Meningococci.Dr. 0. Heath: The Meaning of Fever ; illustrated from

Typhoid.’ Baron Nopcsa: Evolution and Disease : based on Osteo-

logical Changes in Man and Fossil Animals.Dr. J. A. Arkwright: The Characteristics of Certain

Cultures Sensitive to Bacteriophage.

Wednesday, Nov. 21st.HISTORY OF MEDICINE : at 5 P.M.Paper :

Mr. Percy E. Newberry : Egyptian Medicine.

Friday, Nov. 23rd.STUDY OF DISEASE IN CHILDREN : at 5 P.M. (Cases at

4.30 P.M.)Cases and Specimens :

Dr. J. D. Rolleston : Specimen of Hair-ball of the Stomach.Dr. Benjamin (for Dr. Robert Hutchison) : Case of Pre-

cocious Puberty.Dr. W. E. Robinson : Lymphangioma of the Foot.Dr. C. Worster-Drought: Case of Progressive Neural

Macular Atrophy affecting the Upper Limbs.Dr. Norah Schuster and Dr. Donald Paterson : Specimen

from a case of Paroxysmal Tachycardia in an Infantwith Gross Malformation of the Heart.

EPIDEMIOLOGY : at 8 P.M.Paper :

Dr. P. G. Stock: Some Considerations on the Use ofHydrogen Cyanide and Allied Substances with specialreference to International Preventive Medicine.(Illustrated.) ___

HUNTERIAN SOCIETY.MONDAY, Nov. 19th.-(At Cutlers’ Hall, London.) Mr.

W. B. Maxwell and Dr T. B. Hyslop : Medicine andLetters. To be followed by a discussion.