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(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(2 P.M. and 6 P.M.), Royal Ear (3 P.M.).

WEDNESDAY (29th).-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 Ortho-p2edic (10 A.M.), St. Peter’s (2 P.M.), Samaritan (2.30 P.M.), Gt.Ormond-street (9.30 A.M.), Gt. Northern Central (2.30 P.M.), West-minster (2p.M), Metropolitan (2.30 P.M.), London Throat 2 P.M.),Cancer (2 P.M.)

THURSDAY (30th).-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.), Chelsea (2 P.M.), Gt. Northern Central (Gynæco-logical, 2.30 P.M.), Metropolitan (2.30 P.M.), London Throat (2 P.M.),St. Mark’s (2 P.M.).

FRIDAY (31st).-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.), Charing-cross (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 (2 P.M. and 6 P.M.).

SATURDAY (1st).—Royal Free (9 A.M. and 2 P.M.), Middlesex (1.30 P.M.),St. Thomas’s (2 P.M.), London (2 P.M.), University College (9.15 A.M.),Charing-cross (2 P.M.), St. Geutge’s (1 P.M.), St. Mary’s (10 P.M.),London Throat (2 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.

LECTURES, ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, &c.NONDAY (27th).-WEST LONDON POST GRADUATE COURSE (West

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THURSDAY (30th).-WEST LONDON POST-GRADUATE COURSE (WestLondon Hoepital, W.).-5 P.M. Dr. S. Taylor: The Diagnosis ofSpinal Cord Cases.

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L. -Mr. J. Lawton, Hanley;Livingstone College, Lond., Prin-cipal of; Lafayette, Lond.;

Messrs. T. Lewin and Co., .

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T.—Mr. L. A. Tallerman, Lond.;

II Tallerman Treatment Institute,Lond., Secretary of; Technique

i Publishing Co., New York ; Dr., H. P. TAyIor, Mid Yell ; Mr., Tarbet, Ledhnry ; Township of

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, Wooley and Co., Lond. : Mr. T.WohIiebea.Lnnd.: Mr. J. Worth,St. Day ; Mr. 0. Williams, Lond.;Worth’s Food Syndicate, Lond.;Mr. W. Woollcombe, Plymouth ;

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