1114 MEDICAL DIARY FOR THE ENSUING WEEK.

July 30th (York).-Royal Sanitary Institute." (Liverpool).-British Medical Association, Eightieth Annual

Meeting." (York).-Twenty-seventh Congress of the Royal Sanitary

Institute." (London).-Imperial Congress of Universities.

Aug. 7th-10th (Glasgow University).-Thirty-second Annual Meet-ing of the British Dental Association.

Sept. 4th (Washington, D.C.) and Sept. 6th-13th (New York).-Eighth International Congress of Applied Chemistry.

" 23rd-28th (Washington, D.C.).-Fifteenth International Con-gress on Hygiene and Demography. I

September (Prague).-International Congress of Radiology andMedical Electrology.

(Budapest).-Tuberculosis Exhibition.(Stockholm).-Olympic Games.(Diisseldorf).—Third International Medical Accident Congress.

In 1913:-(Easter week) (Berlin).-Fourth International Congress for Physio-

therapy.Aug. 6th-12th.-(London).-Seventeenth International Congress of

Medicine.

" 22nd-28th(Cambridge).-International Mathematical Congress.(London).-Historical Medical Exhibition. (Organised by Mr.

Henry S. Wellcome.)(Chicago).-Congress of the International Association of Refri-

geration.

Medical Diary for the ensuing Week.SOCIETIES.

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

THERAPEUTICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SECTION (Hon. Secre-taries-H. Charles Cameron, H. H. Dale): at 4.30 P.M.

Presidential Address :Dr. W. E. Dixon, F.R.S.

Paper :Mr. P. P. Laidlaw : Laburnum Poisoning.PATHOLOGICAL SECTION (Hon. Secretaries-J. C. G. Ledingham,A. E. Boycott) : at 8.30 p M.

Dr. A. Leitch: Carcinoma of the Uterus in Rabbit.Dr. Poynton and Dr. Paine The Experimental Production of

Appendicitis by Intravenous Inoculation of a Diplococcus.Dr. J. B. Cleland : An Organism Isolated from an Abscess in the

Neck of a Bullock.Dr. P. Cole: The Muci-carmine Staining Method (Demonstration).

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

Demonstration of Cases.

FRIDAY.OTOLOGICAL SECTION (Hon. Secretaries-Sydney Scott, A.LoganTurner), at 11, Chandos-street, W.: at 5 P.M.

Presidential A ddi-ess :Dr. W. Milligan.

Cases will be shown by: .Mr. Yearsley, Mr. Lake, Mr. Nixon Biggs. Mr. Arthur Cheatle,

Dr. Milligan, Dr. Dundas Grant, Mr. West, and others.BLECTRo-TSERApEUTiCAL SECTION (Hon. Secretaries-G. Har-

rison Orton, Cecil R. C. Lyster) : at 8.30 P.M.Presidential Address :Mr. Archibald D. Reid.

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MEDICO-LEGAL SOCIETY, 11, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, W.TuESDAY.-8.30 P.M, Mr. R. Burrows : Note on a Recent Murder

Trial.-Mr. W. Asten : Traumatic Neurasthenia.

ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY, 20, Hanover-square, W.WEDNESDAY.-8 P.M., Mr. T. W. Butcher: Structural Details of

Coscinodiscus Asteromphalus.-Mr. A. Flatters : Abstract ofPaper on the Wheat Plant.-Rev. H. Friend: New BritishEnchytraeids.-Mr. W. Bagshaw : Instantaneous Exposure inPhotomicrography.

OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 11, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, W.THURSDAY.-8 P.M., Card Specimen will be shown by Mr. G. Coats.

8 30 P.M.: The President: Introductory Address. Mr. E. Nettle-ship : A New Case of Hereditary Night-blindness.-Mr. J. S.Manson: A Case of Hereditary Cataract (communicated byMr. Nettleship).

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LECTURES, ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS. &c.ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON, Pall Mall East.

WEDNESDAY.-4 P.M., Dr. C. T. Williams: Harveian Oration.

MBDICAL GRADUATES’ COLLEGE AND POLYCLINIO. 22,Chenies-street. W.C.MONDAY.-4 P.M., Mr. G. Pernet: Clinique (Skin). 5.15 P.M..

Lecture :-Mr. H. B. Robinson : Internal Strangulation.

TuESDAY.-4 P.M., Dr. R. H. Miller: Clinique (Medical). 6.15 P.M.,Lecture :-Dr. J. Donelan: Some Points in the Diagnosis andTreatment of Intra-nasal Suppuration.

WEDNESDAY.-4 P.M., Mr. A. H. Tubby: Clinique (Surgical).5.15 P.M., Lecture:-Dr. F. W. Price : The Early Diagnosisof Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

THURSDAY.-4 P.M., Mr. V. W. Low : Clinique (Surgical). 5.15 P.)!:.,Lecture: -Dr. J. Morrison : Induction of Premature Labour.

FRIDAY.-4 P.M., Mr. E. B. Waggett: Clinique (Ear, Nose, andThroat).

POST-GRADUATE COLLEGE, West London Hospital, Hammersmith-road, W.MONDAY.-10 A.M., Surgical Registrar: Demonstration of Cases

in Wards. Dr. Simson: Diseases of Women. 12 noon, Dr.Bernstein: Pathological Demonstration. 2 P.M., Medical andSurgical Clinics. X Rays. Operations. 2.30 P.M., Mr. Dunn:Diseases of the Eye. 5 P.M., Lecture :-Dr. R. Jones: TheMedical Treatment of Insanity.

TUESDAY.-10 A.M., Dr. Robinson: Gynaecological Operations.11.30 A.lII., 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. Berstein : Blood Examination-Morphology.

WEDNESDAY.-10 A.M., Dr. Simson: Gynaecological Demonstration.Dr. Saunders : Diseases of Children. Dr. Davis: Operationsof the Throat, Nose, and Ear. 2 P.M., Medical and SurgicalClinics. X Rays. Operations. Mr. B. Harman: Diseases of theEye. 2.30 P.M.. Dr. Simson: Diseases of Women. 5 P.M.,Dr. Beddard : Practical Medicine. (Lecture I.).

THUfesDer.-10 A.M., Surgical Registrar : Demonstration of Cases inWards. 12.15 P.M., Lecture :-Dr. G. Stewart : Practical Medi-cine. 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;—Dr. Morton: Radio-Therapeutics.

FRIDAY.-10 A.M., Dr. Robinson: Gynaecological Operations.12.15 P.m., Lecture:-Dr. Pritchard: Practical Medicine. 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., Clinical Lecture :-Dr. D.Robinson : Gynaecological or Obstetrical Subjects.

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

LONDON SCHOOL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE, Dreadnought,Hospital, 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 : Bar 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.M,Surgical and Medical. 12 noon, Skin.

WEDNESDAY.-2 P.M., Operations. 2.15 P.M., Dr. F. TaylorsMedicine. 3.30 P.M., Mr. Cargill: Ophthalmology. Out-patientDemonstrations:-10 A.M., Surgical and Medical. 11 A.M., Eye.3.30 P.M., Special Lecture :-Mr. Cargill: Hints on the RoutineExamination of the Eyes.

THURSDAY.-2 P.M., Operations. 2.15 P.M., Dr. G. Rankin: Medi-cine. 3.16 P.M., Sir W. Bennett: Surgery. Out-patient Demon-strations:-10 A.M., Surgical and Medical. 12 noon, Ear andThroat. 4.30 P.M., Special Lecture :-Mr. Pend)ebury;Csecostomy.

FRIDAY.-2 P.M., Operations. 2.15 P.M., Sir J. Rose Bradford:Medicine. 3.16 P.M., Mr. MeGavin: Surgery. Out-patientDemonstrations :-10 A.M., Surgical and Medical. 12 noon, Skin.

SATURDAY.-10 A.M., Radiography. 11 A.M., Dr. A. Davies: Patho-

logical Demonstration. 2 P.M., Operations. Out-patient Demonstration:-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:—10A.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).

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); Surgica(Mr. Carson). 3 P.M.. Medical In-patient (Dr. G. P. Chappel).4.30 P.M., Lecture : Mr. H. W. Carson: The Late Complicationsof Peritonitis.

FsiDAY.-2.30 P.M., Operations. Clinics:-Medical Out-patient(Dr. A. G. Auld); Surgical (Mr. E. Gillespie); Eye (Mr. E. F.Brooks). 3 P.M., Medical In-patient (Dr. R. M. Leslie).

CENTRAL LONDON THROAT AND EAR HOSPITAL, Gray’s Inn-road, W.C.

TUESDAY.-3.45 P.M., Mr. J. G. French: Pharynx and Naso-pharynx.FRIDAY.-3.45 P.M., Dr. Abercrombie : Pharynx and Naso-pharynx.

ST. JOHN’S HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE SKIN, 49, Leicester-square, W.C.

THURSDAY.-6 P.M., Chesterfield Lecture:—Dr. M. Dockrell :Eczema (its Varieties, Symptoms, and Causes).

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NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR THE PARALYSED AND EPILEPTIC.Queen-square, Bloomsbury, W.C.TUESDAY.-3.30 P.M., Clinical Lecture :-Dr. H. Tooth.FRIDAY.-3.30 P.M., Clinical Lecture ,-Mr. L. Paton : Oculo-motor

Paralysis.ANCOATS HOSPITAL, Manchester.

THURSDAY.-4.15 P.M., Dr. C. H. Melland: The Treatment of HeartDisease. (Post-Graduate Clinic.)

OPERATIONS.METROPOLITAN HOSPITALS.

MONDAY (16th).-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 (Gynaecological, by Physicians, 2 P.M.), Soho-square(2 P.M.), Gt. Northern Central (2.30 P.M.), West London (2.30 P.M.),London Throat (9.30 A.M.), Royal Free (2 P.M.), Guy’s (1.30 P.M.),Children, Gt. Ormond-street (9 A.M.), St. Mark’s (2.30 P.M.), CentralLondon Throat and Ear (Minor 9 A.M., Major 2 P.M.).

fUESDAY (17th).-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(9.30 A.M.), Samaritan (9.30 A.M. and 2.30 P.M.), Throat, Golden-square (9.30 A.M.), Soho-square (2 P.M.), Chelsea (2 P.M.), Children,Gt. Ormond-street (9 A.M. and 2 P.M., Ophthalmic, 2 P.M.), Totten-ham (2.30 P.M.), Central London Throat and Ear (Minor, 9 A.M.,Major, 2 P.M.), Royal National Orthopaedic (9.30 A.M. and 4 P.M.).

WEDNESDAY (18th).-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.),St. Peter’s (2 P.M.), Samaritan (9.30 A.M. and 2.30 P.M.), Gt. NorthernCentral (2.30 P.M.), Westminster (2 P.M.), Metropolitan (2.30 P.M.),London Throat (9.30 A.M.), Cancer (2 P.M.), Throat, Golden-square(9.30 A.M.), Guy’s (1.30 P.M.), Royal Ear (2 P.M.), Children, Gt.Ormond-street (9 A.M. and 9.30 A.M., Dental, 2 P.M.), Tottenham(Ophthalmic, 2.30 P.M.), West London (2.30 P.M.), Central LondonThroat and Ear (Minor, 9 A.M., Major, 2 P.M.).

THURSDAY (19th).-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.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.), Gt. Northern Central (Gynaecological, 2.30 P.M.),Metropolitan (2.30 P.M.), London Throat (9.30 A.M.), Samaritan(9.30 A.M and 2.30 P.M.), Throat, Golden-square (9.30 A.M.), Guy’s(1.30 P.M.), Royal National Orthopaedic (9 A.M. and 3.30 P.M.), RoyalBar (2 P.M.), Children Gt. Ormond-street (9 A.M. and 2 P.M.),Tottenham (Gynaecological, 2.30 P.M.), West London (2.30 P.M),Central London Throat and Ear (Minor, 9 A.M., Major, 2 P.M.).

FRIDAY (20th).-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.), LondonThroat (9.30 A.M.), Samaritan (9.30 A.M. and 2.30 P.M.), Throat,Golden-square (9.30 A.M.), Royal National Orthopaedic (3.30 P.M.),Soho-square (2 P.M.), Children, Gt. Ormond-street (9 A.M., Aural,2 P.M.), Tottenham (2.30 P.M.), St. Peter’s (2 P.M.)., Central LondonThroat and Ear (Minor, 9 A.M., Major, 2 P.M.).

SATURDAY (21st).-Royal Free (9 A.M.), London (2 P.M.), 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 A.M.),Throat, Golden-square (9.30 A.M.), Guy’s (1.30 P.M.), Children, Gt.Ormond-street (9 A.M. and 9.30 A.M.), West London (2.30 P.M.).

At the Royal Eye Hospital (2 P.M.), the Royal London Ophthalmic10 A.M.), the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic (1.30 P.M.), and theCentral London Ophthalmic (2 P.M.), Hospital operations are performeddaily.

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