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Medical Diary for, the ensuing Week.OPERATIONS.

METROPOLITAN HOSPITALS.

MONDAY (21st).—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 (Gynsecological, by Physicians, 2 P.M.), Soho-square(2 P.M.), Royal Orthopaedic (2 P.M.), City Orthopedic (4 P.M.),Gt. Northern Central (2.30 P.M.), West London (2.30 P.M.), LondonThroat (2 P.M.).

TUESDAY (22nd).-London (2 P.M.), St. Bartholomew’s (1.30 P.M.), Guy’s(1.30 P.M.), St. Thomas’s (3.30 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 s(2.30 P.M.), Cancer (2 P.M.), Metropolitan (2.30 P.M.), London Throat(2 P.M. and 6 P.M.), Royal Bar (3 P.M.).

WEDNESDAY (23rd).-St. Bartholomew’s (1.30 P.M.), University College(2 P.M.), Royal Free (2 P.M.), Middlesex (1.30 P.M.), Charmg-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-paedic (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 (2 P.M), Metropolitan (2.30 P.M.), London Throat (2 P.M.),Cancer (2 P.M.)

THURSDAY (24th).-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 (Gynaeco-logical, 2.30 P.M.), Metropolitan (2.30 P.M.), London Throat (2 P.M.),St. Mark’s (2 P.M.).

FRIDAY (25th).-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 (26th).-Royal Free (9A.M. and 2 P.M.), Middlesex (1.30 P.M.),St. Thomas’s (2 P.M.), London (2p.M.). University College (9.15 A.M.),Charmg-cross (2 P.M.), St. Geulgtj (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.

SOCIETIES.MONDAY (21st).-SOCIETY or ARTS. -8 P.M. Prof. V. Lewes: The

Incandescent Gas Mantle and its Use. (Cantor Lecture.)MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.-8.3O P.M. Annual Conversazione.Reception by the President. 8.45 P.M. Oration :-Dr. J. K. Fowler:Science and Medicine in the Eighteenth Century.

TUESDAY (22nd).-ROYAL MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY (20,Hanover-square, W.).-Addresses :-Mr. C. T. Dent and Sir WilliamMac Cormac : The Wounded in the Present War. (Illustrated bylantern slides and an exhibition of specimens showing the effects ofvarious forms of bullets.)

THURSDAY (24th).-DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAINAND IRELAND (20, Hanover-square, W.).-4.30 P.M. PresidentialAddress by Dr. A. J. Harrison. Discussion on Seborrhœic Condi-tions of the Skin, the Associated Constitutional Conditions and theTreatment (introduced by Mr. W. Anderson). Dr. R. Crocker, Dr. S.Mackenzie, and others will join in the discussion. Cases will beexhibited as usual.

FRIDAY (25th).-CLINICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON (20, Hanover-square’W.).-8.30 P.M. Annual General Meeting. Election of Officers,1900-1901. Papers :-Mr. A. E. Barker: A Case or Gastroenterostomyfollowed by Pylorectomy, Recovery.-Dr. W. F. V. Bonney (intro-duced by Dr. Abercrombie) : A remarkable Case of Obscure Septi- cæmia treated by Antistreptococcus Serum and Nuclein.-Dr. W.Pasteur: Conclusion and Post-mortem Notes of a Case of Graves’sDisease in which Bradycardia supervened (shown at the Society,April 29th, 1898).

LECTURES, ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, &c.MONDAY (21st).-MEDICAL GRADUATES’ COLLEGE AND POLYCLINIC

(22, Cheniea-street, W.C.).-4 P.M. Dr. C. Fox: Consultation.(Skin.)

TUESDAY (22nd).—MEDICAL GRADUATES’ COLLEGE AND POLYCLINIC(22, Chemes-street, W.C.).-4 P.M. Sir W. H. Broadbent: Consulta.tion. (Medical.)

NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR THE PARALYSED AND EPILEPTIC (Queensquare, W.C.)-3.30 P.M. Dr. Buzzard: Syringomyelia.

WEDNESDAY (23rd).—MEDICAL GRADUATES’ COLLEGE AND POLYCLINIC(22, Uhenies-street, W.C.).-4 P.M. Dr. C. 0. Hawthorne: Consultation. (Medical.)

EVELINA HOSPITAL (Southwark-bridge-road, S.E.).-4.30 P.M. MrS. H. A. Stephenson: Clinical Demonstration on EczematoU!(Phlyctenular) Affections of the Eye. (Post-graduate Course.)

HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST (Brompton).-4 P.M. Dr. C. T. Williams: The Relation of Pleurisyto Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

THURSDAY (24th).—MEDICAL GRADUATES’ COLLEGE AND POLYCLINIC(22, Chenies-street, W.C.).-4 P.M Mr. J. Hutchinson Consultation.(Surgical.)

CHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL.-4 P.M. Dr. Abercrombie : Medical Cases. (Post-graduate Course.)

THE HOSPITAL FOR SicR CHILDREN (Gt. Ormond-street, W.C.).-4 P.M.Mr. B. Pitts : Demonstration of Selected Cases.

FRIDAY (25th).-MEDICAL GRADUATES’ COLLEGE AND POLYCLINIC(22, Chenies-street, W.C.).-4 P.M. Mr. H. Splcer Consultation.(Eye.) 5-7 P.M. Mr. J. Griffith : Class. Practical Ophthalmology.Demonstration XI.

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