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M E T E O R O L O G I 0 A L R E A D I N G S.(Taken daily at 8.M a.m. by Steward’s Instruments.)

THE LANOET Office, April 18th. 1895.

Medical Diary for the ensuing Week.OPERATIONS.

METROPOLITAN HOSPITALS.

MONDAY.—London (2 P.M.), St. Bartholomew’s (1.30 P.M.), St. Thomas’s(3.30 P.M.), St. George’s (1 P.M.), St. Mark’s (2 P.M.), Chelsea (2 P.M.),Samaritan (Gynecological, by Physicians. 2 P.M.). Soho-square(2 P.M.), Royal Orthopaedic (2 P.M.), City Orthopaedic (4 P.M.).

TUESDAY.—London (2 P.M.), St. Bartholomews (1.3U P.M., Gny’s(1.30 P.M.), St. Thomas’s (3.30 P.M.), Westminster (2 P.M.), WestLondon (2.30 P.M.), University College (2 P.M.), St. George’s (1 P.M.),St. Mary’s (1.30 P.M.). St. Mark’s (2.30 P.M.), Cancer (2 P.M.), Gt.Northern Central (2.30 P.M.).

WEDNESDAY.-St. Bartholomew’s (1.30p.m.),University College (2p.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.), NationalOrthopaedic (10 A.M.), St. Peter’s (2 P.M.), Samaritan (2.30 P.M.), Gt.Ormond-street (9.30 A.M.).

THURSDAY.—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(1p.m.), London (2 P.M.), King’s College (2 P.M.), Middlesex (2 P.M.).Soho-square (2 P.M.), North West London (2 P.M.). ).

FRIDAY.-London (2 P.M.), St. Bartholomew’s (1.30 P.M.), St. Thomas’e(3.30 P.M.). Guy’s (1.30 P.M.), Charing-cross (3 P.M.), St. George’s(1 P.M.), King’s College (2 P.M.), Cancer (2 P.M.), Chelsea (2 P.M.),Gt, Northern Central (2.30 P.M.).

SATURDAY.—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 (9.16 A.M.),Charing-cross (3 P.M.), St. George’s (1 P.M.), Cancer (2 P.M.).

At the Royal Eye Hospital (2 P.M.), the Royal London Ophthalmic

E 0 i,m.), the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic (1.30 P.M.), and the CentralLondon Ophthalmic Hospitals operations are performed daily.SOCIETIES.

MONDAY,-MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—8.30 P.M. Dr. Samuel West:Case of Pleuritic Effusion (Serous) of Eighteen Months’ Duration;tapped forty times, and side then incised; ultimate complete recovery,with complete expansion of lung and little flattening of side.-Dr.Archibald Garrod: Case of Scleroma Neonatorum ending in Recovery.

TUESDAY.-ROYAL MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY (20, Hanover-sq., W.).-Dr. Felix Semon : On the Probable Pathological Identityof the Various Forms of Acute Septic Inflammations of the Throatand Neck, hitherto described as Acute (Edema of the Larynx,(Edematous Laryngitis, Erysipelas of the Pharynx and Larynx,Phlegmon of the Pharynx and Larynx, and Angina Ludovici.

WEDNESDAY.—HUNTERIAN SOCIETY.-8.30 P.M. Mr. F. R. Humphreys :On the Desirability of Forming an Organisation with the view ofCorrecting the Grieva,nces arisiug from the Abuse of Hospitals, Dis-pensaries, and Clubs.

FRIDAY.-CLINICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.-8.30 P.M. Dr. Lucas Benhamand Mr. Silcock: A case of Acute Intestinal Obstruction due toVolvulus of the Sigmoid ; Abdominal Section ; Recovery. - Mr.Golding-Bird: Cases of Early Erasion in Inflammation of the Sacro-iliac Joint.-Mr. Mansell Moullin : Two cases in which Orchotomywas performed for Enlargement of the Prostate.-Mr. Bowlby: Acase of a Large Intra-thoracic Cystic Goitre causing Dyspnoea andtreated by Operation.—Mr. Arbuthnot Lane: A case of ExtensiveDegenerating Nfevus of the Bladder.

LECTURES, ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, &c.MONDAY.—SOCIETY OF ARTS.-8 P.M. Mr. James Douglas: Recent

Amerrean Methods and Appliances employed in the Metallurgy ofCopper, Lead, Gold, and Silver.

TUESDAY.—ROYAL INSTITUTION.-3 P.:’I1. Prof. George Forbes: Alter-nating and Interrupted Electric Currents (I.). ’

GRfisxaat COLLEGE.-6 Dr. Symes Thompson: The Climate ofEgypt and Sea Voyages. (First Gresham Lecture.)

SOCIETY OF ARTS.-8 P.M. Mr. Wm. Gowland: Art of Casting Bronzein Japan.

WIDNEBDAY,-GRE,SHA-,f Coi.LEnE.-6 P.M. Dr. Symes Thompson:The Climate of Egypt and Sea Voyages. (Second Gresham Lecture.)

SOCIETY OF ARTS.—8P.M. Mr.R. E.Crompton: The Use of Electricityfor Cooking and Heating.

THURSDAY.-RoYAL INSTITUTION.-3 P.M. Prof. Dewar: The Lique-faction of Gases (I.).

6RESHAM CoL.EGE.-6 P.M. Dr. Symes Thompson: The Climate ofEgypt and Sea Voyages. (Third Gresham Lecture.)

SOCIETY OF ARTS.-4.30 P.:’I1. Mr. J. W. Parry : The Coming Railwaysof India and their Prospects.

FRIDAY.-GRESIIax COLLEGE.-6 P.M. Dr. Symes Thompson: TheClimate of Egypt and Sea Voyages. (Fourth Gresham Lecture.)

ROYAL INSTITUTION.-9 P.M. Mr. John Hopkinson : The Effects ofElectric Currents in Iron on its Magnetisation.

BATURDAY.-RoY..!.L INSTITUTION.-3 P.M. Mr. Arnold Dolmetsch:English Music and Musical Instruments of the 16th, 17th, and 18thCenturies (with iiluetrations upon original instruments). (I.)

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QUACKERY.To the Editors of THE LANCET.

SIRS,—The following account of quackery rampant in the West ofEngland may interest some of your readers, although I fear it is by no’means unique.There lives in a neighbouring town a herbalist and "cancer curer,"

who pays us periodical visits here and swindles the people with animpudence and impunity scarcely credible to anyone unacquaintedwith the gullibility of the public in all matters medical. One market-

day in the present month he stood with his vehicle in the market-placehere. By his side was a girl he professed to have cured. She had beenà club patient of mine, and endorsed all his statements-I daresay inperfect good faith. Ile went on to say that this girl had been undermy care for many months (mentioning me by name), and under thatof another medical man, and had received no benefit whatever, kindlyremarking that he did not wish to say anything against us, but that" doctors do not understand these cases." He, on being consulted, atonce saw it was a cancer and cured her. He then drew attention to.the supposititious "cancer" contained in a bottle hanging at the side ofhis cart. The above account has been given to me by credible witnessespresent in the crowd. Now for the real facts of the case. This youngwoman was under my care for some time suffering from scrofulous dis-ease at the lower third of the femur, several pieces of hone comingaway. She then went into hospital for a considerable time, and on herreturn continued under my care until the sinus was healed, somethickening of the soft tissues remaining. For this she seems to haveconsulted the herbalist, who gave her some very irritating ointment,which she was to rub in daily, and which, he said, would bring away alump, which she was to bring to him. Of course, the ointment pro-duced a slough, which in due time separated, and was transferred to thebottle and dignitied by the name of "cancer," and the girl will go toher deathbed tirmly believing she has been cured of a cancer whichnever existed. He then told the people that for this case he hadreceived only thanks, but that for future cases he should charge £ 10-;E5 to be paid down and C5 on completion of the cure.This is not the only case that has come under my immediate observa-

tion. In November last I received a message from another patient, amarried man, saying that he was in intense pain and, it was feared,would be dead before I could arrive. I found him with all the sym-ptoms of irritant poisoning, and his mother gave me the followinginformation. Three weeks before this time he had consulted the

herbalist, who informed him that he was suffering from the inevitabletapeworm, and gave him a draught and a powder, for which he chargedten shillings, instructing him to wait until "four days before the fullof the moon," then fast for twenty-four hours, and finally mix themtogether and swallow the lot. He did so, and was rewarded by violentpain in the bowels, constantly vomiting, fifteen liquid stools,