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most carefully any alteration of the existing rules inorder to remove any occasion of hardship, and inparticular to ensure the integrity of the family- being kept intact. (Cheers.)

There was a subject which had been near hisheart for many years before he had attained aposition where he might have a hand in putting itthrough. That was the question of maternity andmidwives. Here was a question upon which therecould be no political conflict. He would try to pegout a claim now early by begging the House to seewhen they came to that Bill that if it commendeditself to the House they might do their best to getit through this session. He did hope with regard tothat most important piece of social legislation thatthey might be in a position to see it law before theywent away for the summer holidays.The debate on the Address in reply to the Speech

from the Throne was adjourned.

Medical DiarySOCIETIES

ROYAL SOCIETY O.F MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole-street. W..’ MONDAY, Dec. 9th.

United Services. 4.30 r.n2. Major S. H. Woods : ChronicDental Infection as a Cause of Inefficiency in theArmy.

TUESDAY.Therapeutics and Pharmacology and Medicine. 5 P.M. SirWilliam Willcox, Prof. L. J. Witts, and Dr. E. C.Warner : Agranulocytosis.

Psychiatry. 8.30 P.M. Dr. Aubrey Lewis : Problems ofObsessional Illness.

FRIDAY.. Clinical. 5.30 P.M. (Cases at 4.30 P.M.) Dr. F. Parkes

Weber and Dr. A. Schluter: 1. Chronic Ansemia,Leucopenia, Granulocytopenia, Thrombocytopenia withAbsolute Increase of Lymphocytes. 2. Hirschsprung’s

Disease Treated by Bran in the Diet.Ophthalmology. 5 P.m. Clinical Meeting at the RoyalWestminster Ophthalmic Hospital, Broad-street, W.C.

MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 11, Chandos-street, W.MONDAY, Dec. 9th.-8.30 P.M., Dr. Reginald Miller and

Dr. William Moodie: The Care and Treatment ofDifficult Children.

PADDINGTON MEDICAL SOCIETY.TUESDAY, Dec. 10th.-9 P.M. (Great Western Royal Hotel,

Paddington)’, Dr. Desmond Curran : States of Anxietyand Depression.

WEST KENT MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY.FRIDAY, Dec. 13th.-8.45 P.M. (Miller General Hospital,

Greenwich, S.E.), Mr. W. Sampson Handley : GastricDerelicts. -

NORTH LONDON MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICALSOCIETY.THURSDAY, Dec. 12th.-9 P.M. (Royal Northern Hospital,

Holloway-road, N.), Dr. Bruce Williamson : ClinicalSignificance of the Cardiac Innervation.

SOUTH-WEST LONDON MEDICAL SOCIETY.WEDNESDAY, Dec. llth.-9 P.M. (Bolingbroke Hospital,

Wandsworth Common), Dr. H. W. Barber : Etiologyand Treatment of Eczema and Psoriasis.

MEDICAL SOCIETY OF INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY.THURSDAY, Dec. 12th.-8.30 P.M. (11, Chandos-street, W.),

Dr. R. G. Macdonald Ladell : Medical Psychology :Pre-war, War-time, and Post-war : a Retrospect.

BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY.SATURDAY, Dec. 14th.-3.30 P.M. (Biochemical Depart-

ment, University of Durham College of Medicine,Newcastle-upon-Tyne), Short Communications.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE ANDHYGIENE.THURSDAY, Dec. 12th.-8.15 P.M. (Hospital for Tropical

Diseases, Endsleigh-gardens, W.C.), Clinical andLaboratory Meeting.

PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN,17, Bloomsbury-square, W.C.TUESDAY, Dec. 10th.-8.30 P.M., Mr. Percival Hartley,

D.Sc. : International Biological Standards for Drugsand Therapeutic Substances.

LECTURES, ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, &c.ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’s

Inn-fields, W.C.THURSDAY, Dec. 12th.-5 P.M., Dr. Cecil Wall: The

Surgeons’ Company, 1745-1800. (Thomas Vicarylecture.)

ROYAL SANITARY INSTITUTE, 90, Buckingham Palace-road, S.W.TUESDAY, Dec. 10th.-5.30 P.M., Dr. E. J. Boome : The

Cause and Modern Treatment of Speech Disorders.ST. JOHN CLINIC, Ranelagh-road, S.W.

FRIDAY, Dec. 13th.-4.30 P.M., Dr. A. P. Cawadias :Physical Methods in Endocrinal Disorders.

FELLOWSHIP OF MEDICINE AND POST-GRADUATEMEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 1, Wimpole-street, W.MONDAY, Dec. 9th, to SATURDAY, Dec. 14th.-BROMPTON

HOSPITAL, S.W. M.R.C.P. class. Choice of twosessions from those held on Mon., Tues.> Thurs., andFri. at 5 P.M..-CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL, VictoriaPark, E. M.R.C.P. class in diseases of heart andlungs, Wed. and Fri. at 6 P.M.—LONDON LOCK Hos-PITAL, 91, Dean-street, W. Course in venereal diseasedaily at 2 P.M.

,SOUTH-WEST LONDON POST-GRADUATE ASSOCIATION.WEDNESDAY, Dec. llth.-4 P.M. (St. James’s Hospital,

Ouseley-road, S.W.), Mr. V. Z. Cope : Demonstrationof Surgical Cases.

KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Denmark Hill, S.E.THURSDAY, Dec. 12th.-9 P.M., Dr. E. Mapother : Psycho-

logy of the Tuberculous Patient.HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, Great Ormond-street,W.C.THURSDAY, Dec. 12th.-2 P.M., Mr. James Crooks : Nasal

Catarrh in Childhood. 3 P.M., Dr. D. N. Nabarro :Congenital Syphilis (III.).

Out-patient clinics daily at 10 A.1B!. and ward visits (excepton Wednesdays) at 2 P.M.

WEST LONDON HOSPITAL POST-GRADUATE COLLEGE,Hammersmith, W.MONDAY, Dec. 9th.-10 A.M., skin clinic, medical wards.

11 A.M., surgical wards. 2 P.M., surgical and gyneeco-logical wards, gynaecological and eye clinics.

TUESDAY.-10 A.M., medical wards. 11 A.M., surgicalwards. 2 P.M., throat clinic. 4.15 P.M., Mr. Roche :Some Recent Urological Cases.

WEDNESDAY.-I0 A.M., children’s wards and clinic, medicalwards. 2 P.M., eye clinic. 4.15 P.M., Mr. WooddWalker: Reaction of Ossification to Trauma andDisease.

THURSDAY.-10 A.M., neurological and gynaecologicalclinics. Noon, fracture clinic. 2 P.M., eye and genito-urinary clinics. 4 P.M., venereal diseases.

FR.mar.-10 A.M., skin clinic. Noon, lecture on treatment.2 P.M., throat clinic.

SATURDAY.-10 A.M., children’s and surgical clinics, medicalwards.

The lectures at 4.15 P.M. are open to all medical practi-tioners without fee.

Operations, medical and surgical clinics daily at 2 P.M.HAMPSTEAD GENERAL AND NORTH-WEST LONDONHOSPITAL, N.W.

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WEDNESDAY, Dec. llth.-4 4 P.w., Mr. S. Boyd: The. Surgery of the Biliary Passages.GENERAL INFIRMARY, Leeds.

TUESDAY, Dec. 10th.-3.30 P.M., Dr. J. T. Ingram : Dietin Skin Cases.

PUBLIC DISPENSARY AND HOSPITAL, POST-GRADUATECOURSE, Leeds.WEDNESDAY, Dec. llth.-Dr. H. G. Garland : Mental

Disorder in General Practice.ROYAL INFIRMARY, Manchester.

TUESDAY, Dec. 10the.-4.15 P.M., Dr. E. W. Twining :Radiological Investigation of Intracranial Lesions.

FRIDAY.-4.15 P.M., Dr. A. Hillyard Holmes : Demon-stration of Medical Cases.

ST. MARY’S HOSPITALS, Manchester.THURSDAY, Dec. 12th.-4.15 P.M. (Whitworth-street West

Hospital), Dr. Hunter : Female Sex Hormones.HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THEEAR, NOSE, THROAT AND CHEST, Hardman-street,Manchester, 3.WEDNESDAY, Dec. llth.-L30 P.M., Mr. B. P. Robinson :

Tonsils and Adenoids.GLASGOW POST-GRADUATE ASSOCIATION.

WEDNESDAY, Dec. llth.-4.15 P.M. (Ear, Nose, and ThroatHospital), Dr. W. C. Macartney : Otitis Media.

AppointmentsBAEER-BATES, E. T., M.D. Liverp., M.R.C.P. Lond., has been

appointed Hon. Assistant Physician to the LiverpoolHospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest.

BRAIN, R. T., M.D., F.R.C.P. Lond., Hon. Dermatologist to theRoyal Free Hospital.

MACLEOD, DouGLAS, M.S., M.R.C.P. Lond., F.R.C.S. Eng.,M.C.O.G., Second Obstetric Surgeon to Out-patients atSt. Mary’s Hospital, London.

MILLER, ARTHUR, F.R.C.S. Eng., Consulting Oto-laryngologistto the Chiswick and Ealing Fever Hospitals.

PAGE, A. P. M., M.D., M.R.C.P. Lond., Deputy Medical Super-intendent at the City General Hospital, Leicester.

St. Thomas’s Hospital.-The following appointments are

announced :-

MiTOHmTEft, P. H., M.S., M.D. Lond., F.R.C.S.Eng.. Surgeon ;BARRETT, N. R., M.Chir.Camb., F.R.C.S. Eng., Surgeon in

Charge of Out-patients ;DOYNE, P. G., M.B. Oxon., F.R.C.S. Eng., Ophthalmic

Surgeon ; andPENHAM, G. G., M.B. Camb., F.R.C.S. Eng., Ophthalmic

Surgeon in Charge of Out-patients.

Certifying Surgeons under the Factory and Workshop ActsDr. R. F. SiMKiN (Melbourne District, Leicester) ; Dr.W. R. C. CAMPBELL (Helensburgh District, Dumbarton).