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Medical Diary for the ensuing Week.SOCIETIES.

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

OBSTETRICAL AND GYNÆCOLOGICAL SECTION (Hon. Secretaries-W. J. Gow, G. F. Blacker) at 15, Cavendish-square, W. : at7.45 P.M.

Specimens :Dr. A. E. Giles: Large Fibroid of Cervix.

.Paper.’ :Dr. Henry Jellett: The Place of Caesarean Section in the Treat-ment of Placenta Prsevia.

FRIDAY.ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICAL SECTION (HOn. Secretaries-ReginaldMorton, G. Harrison Orton) at 15, Cavendish-square, W.: at8.30 P.M.

Paper: .’Dr. Howard Pirie : The Disappearance of Enlarged Glands in

Lymphadenoma under Treatment by X Rays.Discussion :The Relative Value of the Various Types of High Tension

Transformers used for the Production of X Rays (opened byDr. Reginald Morton).

Demonstrations :Dr. Howard Pirie : A Pocket Stereoscope for Use with X Ray

Negatives.Mr. A. J. H. Iles: A New Simple Stereoscope.

MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 11, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, W.MONDAY.-8 P.M., Clinical Meeting.

HUNTERIAN SOCIETY, London Institution, Finsbury-circus, E.C.WEDNESDAY.-8.30 P.M.. Discussion on Vaccine Therapy (intro-

duced by Dr. H. White).UNITED SERVICES MEDICAL SOCIETY, Royal Army MedicalCollege, S.W.WEDNESDAY.-8.30 P.M., Lieut.-Colonel H. E. Deane (R.), R.A.M.C.:

Records of Pulse-rates after Exercises of Various Kinds inTrained and Untrained People (illustrated by sphygmograms).

HARVEIAN SOCIETY OF LONDON, Stafford Rooms, Titchborne-street, Edgware-road, W.THURSDAY.-8.30 P.M., Dr. L. Williams: Surgeons, some Mortals,

and the Climacteric.-Dr. E. 1. Spriggs: The Treatment ofIndigestion.

LECTURES, ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, &c.HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST,Brompton, S.W.WEDNESDAY.-4 P.M., Lecture:-Dr. K. Fowler: The Diagnosis,

Prognosis, and Treatment of Pneumonia.CENTRAL LONDON THROAT AND EAR HOSPITAL, Gray’s Inn-road, W.C.FRIDAY.-3.45 P.M., Lecture :—Dr. AbercromMe : Clinical Cases.

OPERATIONS. METROPOLITAN HOSPITALS.

iMONDAY (llth).-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.), Central London Throat and Ear (Minor 9 A.M.,Major 2 P M.).

TUESDAY (12th).-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 College2 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.), Central (London 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.),Central London Throat and Ear (Minor, 9 A.M., Major, 2 P.M.).

WEDNESDAY (13th).-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.), Samaritan9.30 A.M. and 2.30 P.M.), Gt. Northern Central (2.30 P.M.), West- Sminster (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.), Royal Orthopaedic (3 P.M-), Children, Gt. tOrmond-street (9 A.M. and 9.30 A.M., Dental, 2 P.M.), Tottenham

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(Ophthalmic, 2.30 P.M.), West London (2.30 P.M.), Central London JThroat and Ear (Minor, 9 A.M., Major, 2 P.M.). T,THURSDAY (14th).-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. IGeorge’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

,I(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.), Royal Ear (2 P.M.), Children,Gt. Ormond-street (9 A.M. and 2 P.M.), Tottenham (Gynwcological, t2.30 P.M.), West London (2.30 P.M.), Central London Throat and Ear "(Minor, (9 A.M., Major, 2 P.M.). t

FRIDAY (15th).-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.) Children, Gt. Ormond-street (9 A.M., Aural, 2 P.M.),Tottenham (2.30 P.M.), St. Peter’s (2 P.M.), Central London Throatand Ear (Minor 9 A.M., Major, 2 P.M.),

SATURDAY (16th).-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 Hospltals operations are performed daily.

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