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WEDNESDAY.—2 P.M , Wards, Dr. A. Davies; Out-patient Depart-ment, Dr. Drysdale, Dr. Kellie. 4 P.M., Wards, Dr. Drysdale.4.30 P.M., Roentgen Ray Department, Dr. Jordan.

THURSDAY.—9.30 A.M., Dental Department, Mr. G. Thomson.10 A.M., Cardiac Department, Dr. Stott. 1.30 P.M., Departmentfor the Prevention of Consumption. 2 P.M., Out-patientDepartment, Dr. Phear, Dr. S. Thompson. 4.30 P.M. Laryngo-logical Department, Mr. Mant.

FRIDAY.-1.30P.M., Department for the Prevention of Consumption.2 P.M., Wards, Dr. Calvert; Out-patient Department, Dr. M.Leslie, Dr. B. King.

SATURDAY.-10 A.M., Out-patient Department, Dr. Drysdale, Dr.Ke1lie. 11.30 A.M., Roentgen Ray Department, Dr. Jordan.

CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST,Victoria Park, E.Course of Demonstrations for Post-Graduates:—THURSDAY.-4 P.M., Dr. D. Firth : Fibroid Lung.

THE THROAT HOSPITAL, Golden-square, W.MONDAY.-5.15 P.M., Special Demonstration of Selected Cases.THURSDAY.-5.15 P.M., Clinical Lecture.

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A DIARY OF CONGRESSES.

THE following Congresses, Conferences, and Exhibitions are announced.In 1914 :-

May Ist-Nov. 1st (Lyons).-International Town Hygiene Exhibition." 15th-Oct. 15th (Berne).-Swiss National Exhibition.

May-October (London, Shepherd’s Bush).-Anglo-AmericanExposition.

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July-September (Australia).-Eighty-fourth Annual Meeting of theBritish Association for the Advancement of Science.(July 28th to August 3rd at Perth, August 8th to12th at Adelaide, August 13th to 19th at Melbourne,August 20th to 26th at Sydney, August 27th to Sept. 1stat Brisbane).

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of Ophthalmology." 29th-Sept. 14th (Toronto). —Canadian National Exhibition.

Sept. 7th-12th (Berne).-International Congress for Neurology,Psychiatry, and Psychology.

10th-12th (Fort William and Port Arthur, Ontario).-FourthAnnual Congress of the Canadian Public HealthAssociation.

21st-26th (Victoria, B.C.).-Dominion Exhibition." 21st-26th (Vienna).-Third International Congress on Diseases

of Occupation.30th-Oct. 4th (Brussels). Fourteenth French (de langue

française) Congress of Medicine.Oct. 31st-Nov. 2nd (Berlin).- First Congress of the International

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