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MONDAY (27th).-MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.-8.3O P.M. OrdinaryMeeting. Mr. Mansell Moullin: Excision of the Vesicula Seminales-Dr. H. A. Caley : Prognosis in Appendicitis ; with Notes of 200Cases.

TUESDAY (28th).-SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES OF LONDON.-4 P.M.Professor Nebtor Tirard : The Pharmaeopceia in its Relation toMedical Men: Scope ; Limitations; Influence on Practice ; Addi-tions.

CHILDHOOD SOCIETY (Library of the Sanitary Institute, 72, Margaret-street, W.).-8 P.M. Mr. 0. W. Kimmins: The Waste of Mental

Energv in Children. --- _h ,- n- -___ ’M tr_.___ _ _______ROYAL MEDICAL AND CHlRURGICAL SOCIETY (20, Hanover-square,W.).-8.30 P.M. Adjourned Discussion on the Open-air Treatmentof Tuberculosis, to be opened by Sir R. Douglas Powell, Bart.

FRIDAY (1st).-LARYNGOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON (20, Hanover-square, W.).—5 P.M. Cases and Specimens will be shown by SirFelix Semon, Dr. Powell, Dr. Bronner, Dr. Waggett, Dr. Pegler,Mr. Butlin, Mr. Roughton, Mr. Wingrave, and others.

SOCIETY OF ANÆSTHETISTS (20, Hanover-square, W.).-8.30 P.M. Dr.Walter Copestake: A Combined Inhaler for Ether, Chloroform andA.O.E. Mixture -Clinical Cases by Mr. McCardie, Mr. R. W. Lloyd,Mr. Turle Bakewell, and others.

WEST LONDON MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY (West London Hospital,Hammersmith, W.).-830 P M. Cases: - Mr. McAdam Eccles :(1) Excision of Carcinoma of Ascending Colon; (2) Wiring in anUnunited Fracture of the Tibia, with Skiagram by Dr. F. H. Low.-Mr. Bidwell : (1) Two Sisters from whom Thyroid Cysts have beenRemoved; (2) Pylorectomy.-Mr. Keetley: (1) Extensive Suppu-ration of the Abdominal Wall; (2) Tumour of the ExtrovertedBladder.-Dr. George Johnston: Intracranial Growth affecting theFirst Eight Cranial Nerves. - The President: Lupus (?) of theTongue. And other cases.

LEOTURES, ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, &c.

MONDAY (27th).-CENTRAL LONDON THROAT, NOSE, AND EAR HOSPITAL(Gray’s Inn-road, W.C.).-5 P.m. Mr. Wyatt Wingrave: ThePathology of Nasal Obstruction.

WEST LONDON POST-GRADUATE COURSE (West London Hospital,W.).- 6 P.M. Dr. Robinson : The Causes and Treatment of PelvicPain.

MEDICAL GRADUATES’ COLLEGE AND POLYCLINIC (22, Ohenies-street,W C.).-4 P.M. Dr. St.Clair Thomson: Consultation (Nose andThroat).

TUESDAY (28th).-NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR THB PARALYSED ANDEPILEPTIC (Queen-sq., W.C.).-3.30 P.M. Mr. Gunn: Optic Neuritis.

MEDICAL GRADUATES’ COLLEGE AND POLYCLINIC (22, Chenies-street,W.C.).-6 P.M. Dr. Seymour Taylor: Physical Diagnosis (Demon-stration III). ).

WEST-END HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM (73,Welbeck-street. W.).-4 P.M. Clinical Demonstration :—Dr. FletcherBeach: Cases of Epilepsy and other Convulsive Disorders.

LONDON THROAT HOSPITAL (204, Gt. Portland-street, W.).-4.30 P.M.Dr. Cathcart : Syphilitic Affections of the Pharynx and Larynx.(Post-Graduate Course.)

WEDNESDAY (29th) -HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OFTHE CHEST (Brompton).—4 P.M. Dr. Maguire: The Progressionof Phthisical Cesions.

THURSDAY (30th).-CENTRAL LONDON THROAT, NOSE, AND EARHOSPITAL (Gray’s Inn-road, W.C.). -. 5 P.M. Dr. D. Grant:Treatment of Diseases of the Nasal Sinuses.

CHARING-CROSS HospiTAL.-4 P.M. Mr. Wallis: Demonstration ofSurgical Cases. (Post-Graduate Course.)

THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN (Gt. Ormond-street, W.C.).-4 P.M.Dr. Garrod: Some Urinary Disorders of Childhood.

MEDICAL GRADUATES’ COLLEGE AND POLYCLINIC (22, Chenies-street,W.C ).-6 P.M. Dr. J. Edward Squire: Physical Diagnosis (Demon-stration IV.).

WEST LONDON POST-GRADUATE COURSE (West London Hospital,W.).—6 P.M. Mr. Percy Dunn : External Diseases of the Eye.

FRIDAY (1st).—LONDON THROAT HOSPITAL (204, Gt. Portland street,W.). -430 P.M. Dr. Stoker: Chronic Glandular Diseases of the Noseand Naso-pharynx. (Post-Graduate Course.) -

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