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NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR THT PARALYSED AND EPILTPTIC,NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR THE PARALYSED AND EPILEPTIC,Queen-square, Bloomsbury, W.C.TUESDAY.-3.30 P.M., Clinical Lecture -Dr. G. Stewart: Subacute

Combined Degeneration of the Spinal Cord.FRIDAY.—3.30 P.M.. Clinical Lecture :-Sir Victor Horsley: Indica-

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CENTRAL LONDON THROAT AND EAR HOSPITAL, Gray’s Inn-road, W.C.TUESDAY AND FRIDAY.-3.45 P.M., Lecture :-Dr. D. Grant:

Methods of Examination.

ST. JOHN’S HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE SKIN, Leicester-square, W.C.THURSDAY.-6 P.M., Chesterfield Lecture :—Dr. M. Dockrell’:

Paratuberculides (due to Tuberculous Toxins)-I., Macular, II.,Papular; III., Pustular ; IV., Pigmentary.

ANCOATS HOSPITAL, Manchester.THURSDAY.-4.15 P.M., Dr. C. H. Melland: Epilepsy. (Post-

Graduate Clinic.) _____

OPERATIONS.METROPOLITAN HOSPITALS.

MONDAY (28th).-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.), 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.), CentralLondon Throat and Bar (Minor 9 A.M., Major 2 P.M.).

TUESDAY (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.), 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.), Children,Gt. Ormond-street (9 A.M. and 2 P.M., Ophthalmic, 2 P.M.), Totten-ham (2.30 P.M.). Central London Throat and Ear (Minor, 9 A.M.,Major, 2 P.M.), Royal National Orthopaedic (9.30 A.M. and 4 P.M.).

WEDNESDAY (30th).-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.),St. Peter’s (2 P.M.), Samaritan (9.30 A.M. and 2.30 P.M.), Gt. NorthernCentral (2.30 P.M.), Westminster (2 P.M.), Metropolitan (2.30 P.M.),London Throat (9.0 A.M.), Cancer (2 P.M.). Throat, Golden-square(9.30 A.M.), Guy’s (1.60 P.M.), Royal Ear (2 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.), Central LondonThroat and Ear (Minor, 9 A.M., Major, 2 P.M.).

THURSDAY (1st).—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 (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 (S.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 National Orthopaedic (9 A.M. and 3.30 P.M.), RoyalEar (2 P.M.), Children, Gt. Ormond-street (9 A.M. and 2 P.M.),Tottenham (Gynaecological, 2.30 P.M.), West London (2.30 P.M.),Central London Throat and Ear (Minor, 9 A.M., Major, 2 P.M.).

FRIDAY (2nd).—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.), Royal National Orthopaedic (3.30 P.M.),Soho-square (2 P.M.), Children, Gt. Ormond-street (9 A.M., Aural,2 p.as.), Tottenham (2.30 P.M.), St. Peter’s (2 P.M.), Central LondonThroat and Ear (Minor, 9 A.M., Major, 2 P.M.).

SATURDAY (3rd).-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 (2 P.M.) Hospitals operations are performeddaily.

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