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of which are printed notes on the selection and price of different food-stuffs and simple cooking recipes, whilst the inner pages form thechart upon which the specimen menus are set out, their relativefood values being graphically expressed in the margins. We quotethe "diet for "Friday" as a specimen. Breakfast: porridge and

treacle, tea, bread-and-dripping. Dinner: Irish stew, rice, andcurrant pudding (for children). Tea: tea, brown bread, treacle.Supper: bread, dripping, cheese, cocoa (half skim milk.) The quan-tities required for each day’s provision are stated in another column.We consider that the chart affords a useful guide to the classes whodepend on their daily wage for their daily bread and the suggestedscheme would serve as a good foundation for families who can spenda few more shillings on the weekly °‘ housekeeping." There is nodoubt that in this matter the very poor classes are often the most

thoughtless and have little idea of " managing." The pamphletrightly points out how expensive is the frying-pan as a means ofpreparing food and we think that it would be improved by a moreemphatic statement of the economical and gastronomical advantageof the stew-pot in every-day cookery. The chart can be obtained atthe cost of its production from the above-mentioned association,3A, Bootham, York.

FAT AS A PREVENTIVE OF TUBERCULOSIS.

Mr. A. W. Martin, the medical officer of health of Gorton, referring tothe high death-rate from this cause in his district, has pointed outthat the eating of fat is a great preventive, basing his statement onpersonal investigations extending over 20 years. He states that an

average of three ounces a day is the necessary quantity. This idea is,of course, not a new one but it is well that so simple a therapeuticmeasure should be made known as trial is easy and inexpensive. I

HONOLULU: AN ATTRACTIVE REST-PLACE.

Mr. Forster, Acting British Consul in the Hawaiian Islands, in hisreport for the past year, remarks that for the travelling public inneed of rest or relaxation Honolulu offers ideal attractions. Its

equable climate, its sea-bathing, its glorious flowers and vegetation,combined with the excellence of its hotel accommodation, shouldrender it a favoured resort of those who have no dread of a sea

voyage. The steamers of the Inter-island Company provide facilitiesfor visiting the other islands of the group, in which tourists will findobjects of interest ranging from an active volcano to the simplemonument erected to the memory of Captain Cook, the pioneer ofEuropean civilisation amongst the Hawaiian islanders. Honolulu issituated in Oahu, the third of the islands in size. It is distant 2100miles from San Francisco, 3400 from Yokohama, and 4410 from

Sydney.

Humanity.-Our correspondent speaks of 11 a death from puerperalfever which has not been so reported by the doctor." We do notunderstand how the cause of death has been diagnosed. The

authority to inquire into the cause of death where any doubt exists inthe matter is the coroner.

COMMUNICATIONS not noticed in our present issue will receive attentionin our next.

Medical Diary for the ensuing Week.SOCIETIES.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 20, Hanover-square, W.MONDAY.

ODONTOLOGICAL SECTION (Hon. Secretaries-Lewin Payne,H. H. Trewby) : at 8 P.M.

Communications: :Mr. Wm. Rushton : Notes on the Extraction of an Upper

Wisdom Tooth.Mr. J. G. Turner: Some Clinical Notes on Pyorrhoea Alveolarls.

Paper: :Mr. Stanley Mummery: Heredity and Dental Disease.

TUESDAY.MEDICAL SECTION (Hon. Secretaries-H. H. Tooth, H. P.Hawkins): at 5.30 P.M.

Discussion: :On Dr. Latham’s paper on the Administration of Tuberculin

and other Vaccines by the Mouth together with (a) NormalSaline Solution, (b) Fres Horse-serum.

(See Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, No. 6,Medical Section, pp. 195-240.)

N.B.-Fellows of the Society are entitled to attend and to speakat all Meetings.

CHELSEA CLINICAL SOCIETY, Chelsea Dispensary, Manor-street,Chelsea, S.W.TUESDAY.-8.30 P.M., Annual General Meeting. Election of Officers

for the ensuing Session, 1908-09. Dr. E. Pritchard : Regulationof the Manufacture and Sale of Proprietary Medicines andFoods.

LECTURES, ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, &c.MEDICAL GRADUATES’ COLLEGE AND POLYCLINIC, 22,

Chenies-street, W.C.MONDAY.-4 P.M., Dr. A. Whitfield: Clinique (Skin). 5.15 P.M.,

Lecture: Dr. J. Collier: Myasthenia Gravis and AmyotoniaCongenita (with cases).

TUESDAY.-4 P.M., Dr. W. Harris: Clinique (Medical). 5.15 P.M..Lecture :—Dr. B. Abrahams : Modern Views on RheumatoidArthritis (lantern slides).

WEDNESDAY.-4 P.M., Mr. H. L. Barnard: Clinique (Surgical).5.15 P.M., Lecture : Dr. P. Stewart: Lesions of the OpticChiasma.

THURSDAY.-4 P.M., Mr. Hutchinson: Clinique (Surgical).5.15 P.M., Lecture:-Sir Malcolm Morris : Seborrhœa of theScalp.

FRIDAY.-4 P.M.. Mr. E. Clarke: Clinique (Eye).

POST-GRADUATE COLLEGE, West London Hospital, Hammersmith,road, W.MONDAY.-12 noon, Lecture:—Dr. Low: Pathological Demonstra-

tion. 2 P.M., Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Mr. Dunn:Diseases of the Eyes. 2.30 P.M., Operations. 5 P.M., Lecture :-Dr. Robinson: Gynaecology.

’ TUESDAY.-l0 A.M., Dr. Moullin: Gynaecological Operations. 2 P.M.,Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Dr. Davis : Throat,Nose, and Ear Diseases. 2.30 P.M., Operations. Dr. Abraham:Skin Diseases. 5 P.M., Lecture:-Dr. S. Taylor: TyphoidFever-Relapses.

WEDNESDAY.—10 A.M., Dr. Saunders: Diseases of Children.12 15 P.M. : Lecture :-Dr. Pritchard: Practical Medicine. 2 P.M.,Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Dr. K. Scott: Diseasesof the Eyes. 2.30 P.M., Operations. Dr. Robinson: Diseasesof Women. 5 P.M., Lecture :-Dr. Ll. Williams: When toExtract. (1) Caries. Septic Conditions. (2) Overcrowding.Malocclusion. (c) Instruments and Methods.

THURSDAY.-2 P.M., Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Mr.Dunn: Diseases of the Eyes. 2.30 P.M., Operations. 5 P.M.,Lecture :—Mr. Baldwin : Practical Surgery.

FRIDAY.-I0 A.M., Dr. Moullin: Gynaecological Operations.12.15 P.M.., Lecture :-Dr. Pritchard: Practical Medicine. 2 P.M.,Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Dr. Davis: Throat,Nose, and Ear Diseases. 2.30 P.M., Operations. Dr. Abraham:Skin Diseases. 5 P.M., Lecture :-Dr. Abraham: Cases of SkinDiseases.

SATURDAY.—10 A.M., Dr. Saunders: Diseases of Children, 2 P.M.,Medical and Surgical Clinics X Rays. Dr. K. Scott: Diseasesof the Eyes. 2.30 P.M., Operations. Dr. Robinson: Diseases ofWomen.

NORTH-EAST LONDON POST-GRADUATE COLLEGE, Prince ofWales’s General Hospital, Tottenham, N.MONDAY.-Clinics :-10 A.M., Surgical Out-patient (Mr. J. H.

Evans). 2.30 P.M., Medical Out-patient (Dr. Whipham); Nose,Throat, and Ear (Mr. Carson); X Rays. 4.30 P.M., MedicalIn-patient Clinic (Dr. Whiting).

TUESDAY.-Clinic :-10 A.M., Medical Out-patient (Dr. Auld).2.30 P.M., Surgical Operations (Mr. Carson). Clinics I-Surgical(Mr. Edmunds); Gynaecological (Dr. Giles). 4.30 P.M., SpecialDemonstration of Selected Skin Cases (Dr. G. N. Meachen).

WEDNESDAY.-Clinics :-2.30 P.M.. Medical Out-patient (Dr. Whip-ham) ; Skin (Dr. Meachen); Eye (Mr. Brooks).

THURSDAY.-2.30 P.M., Gynaecological Operations. (Dr. Giles).Clinics:-Medical Out-patient (Dr. Whiting); Surgical (Mr.Carson); X Rays. 3 P.M., Medical In-patient (Dr. Chappel).4.30 P.M., Demonstration of Clinical Methods of Estimating

, Blood Pressure (Dr. B. Price).

FRIDAY.-10 A.M., Clinic:-Surgical Out-patient (Mr. J. H. Evans).2.30 P.M., Surgical Operations (Mr. Edmunds). Clinics:-Medical Out-patient (Dr. Auld); Eye (Mr. Brooks). 3 P.M.,Medical In-patient (Dr. R. M. Leslie).

LONDON SCHOOL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE, DreadnoughtHospital, Greenwich.MONDAY.-2.15 P.M., Sir Dyce Duckworth : Medicine. 2.30 r.ar.,

Operations. 3.15 P.M., Mr. W. Turner : Surgery. 4 P.M., Mr.L. A. Lawrence: Ear and Throat. Out-patient Demonstra-tions :—10 A.M., Surgical and Medical. 12 noon, Ear and Throat.

TUESDAY.-2.15 P.M., Dr. R. T. Hewlett: Medicine. 2.30 P.M.,Operations. 3.15 P.M., Mr. Carless: Surgery. 4 P.M., Sir M.Morris: Diseases of the Skin. Out-patient Demonstrations :-10 A.M., Surgical and Medical. 12 noon, Skin. Special LectureMr. Carless : Haemorrhoids and their Treatment.

WEDNESDAY.-2.15 P.M., Dr. F. Taylor : Medicine. 2.30 P.M.,Operations. 3.30 P.M., Mr. Cargill: Ophthalmology. Out-patient Demonstrations :-10 A.M., Surgical and Medieal,11 A.M., Eye. Special Lecture :—Mr. Cargill : The Treatmentof Corneal Ulcers.

THURSDAY.-2.15 P.M., Dr. G. Rankin : Medicine. 2.30 P.M., Opera-tions. 3.15 P.M., Sir W. Bennett: Surgery. 4 P.M., Mr. M.Davidson: Radiography. Out-pat.ient Demonstrations :-10 A.M., Surgical and Medical. 12 noon, Bar and Throat.Special Lecture :—Dr. Rankin : Exophthalmic Goitre.

F.RIDAY.-2.15 P.M., Dr. R. Bradford: Medicine. 2.30 P.M.,Operations. 3.15 P.M., Mr. McGavin: Surgery. Out-patientDemonstrations -.-10 A.M., Surgical and Medical. 12 noon,Skin.

SATURDAY.-2.30 P.M., Operations. Out-patient Demonstrations :-10 A.M., Surgical and Medical. 11 A.M., Eye.

ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN, Albemarlestreet,Piccadilly, W.TUESDAY.-3 P.M., Prof. W. Stirling : Animal Heat and Allied

Phenomena.

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NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR THE PARALYSED AND EPILEPTIC,Qneen-square, Bloomsbury, W.C.TUESDAY.-3.30 P.M., Lecture ;—Dr. J. Taylor: Cerebral Diplegia.FRIDAY.-3.30 P.M., Lecture :-Sir V. Horsley : Surgery of the

Nervous System.

LONDON HOSPITAL (New Out-patients’ Building), Whiteohapel-road, E.WEDNESDAY.-3 P.M., Demonstration of Instantaneous Radio-

graphy. (All medical men invited to be present.)

OPERATIONS.METROPOLITAN HOSPITALS.

MONDAY (25th).-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.), City Orthopaedic (4 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.), West London (2.30 P.M.).

TUBSDAY (26th).-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.), CentralLondon Throat and Ear (2 P.M.), Children, Gt. Ormond-street(9 A.M. and 2 P.M., Ophthalmic, 2 P.M.), Tottenham (2.30 P.M.).

WEDNESDAY (27th).-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. Northern Central (2.30 P.M.), West-minster (2 P.M.), Metropolitan (2.30 P.M.), London Throat (9.30A.M.),Cancer (2 P.M.), Throat, Golden-square (9.30 A.M.), Guy’s (1.30 P.M.), !,,Royal Ear (2 P.M.), Royal Orthopaedic (3 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.).

THURSDAY (28th).-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 (2P.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 Orthopaedic (9 A.M.), Roya’ Ear (2 P.M.), Children,Gt. Ormond-street (9 A.M. and 2 P.M.), Tottenham (Gynaecological,2.30P.M.), West London (2.30 P.M.).

FRIDAY (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.), 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.), City Orthopaedic (2.30 P.M.). Soho-square(2 P.M.), Central London Throat and Ear (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.).

SATURDAY (30th).-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 Ophthalmic(10 A.M.), the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic (1.30 P.M.), and theCentral London Ophthalmic Hospitals operations are performed daily.

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