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maternity nurses, he would make representations to theTreasury for a proportionate grant to be made to Scottishmaternity institutions.-Sir J. GILMOUR replied : Withregard to the first part of the question I would refer thehon. Member to the Minister of Health. As regards thesecond part, under the Maternity Service and Child Welfareschemes in Scotland, no payments of grant are made directlyto maternity institutions, but where a local authority hasmade approved arrangements to a voluntary institution, oritself provides an institution, the approved cost ranksagainst the maternity and child welfare grant. In replyto the last part of the question, as the hon. Member isdoubtless aware, the whole question of the finances of volun-tary hospitals in Scotland has been the subject of a remitto a special committee whose report I have just received.

Miners’ Nystagmus.Mr. WILFRID PALING asked the Secretary for Mines the

number of coal-miners certified as having nystagmus ineach of the years from 1921 to 1925 inclusive.-Colonel LANE-FOX replied : The number of certificates of disable-ment given by certifying surgeons was : In 1921, 1986 ; in1922, 4047 ; in 1923, 4050 ; in 1924, 3446. The figuresfor 1925 have not yet been compiled by the Home Office.

Sir H. BARNSTON, on behalf of the Home Secretary, alsoreplied : The number of new cases of miners’ nystagmusfor which compensation was paid under the Workmen’sCompensation Acts in each of the years 1921 to 1924 wasas follows: 1913 in 1921; 4092 in 1922 ; 3883 in 1923 ; and3271 in 1924. The figures for 1925 are not yet available.

Lead Paints Protection Bill.Lieut.-Colonel HENDERSON asked the Home Secretary

whether he proposed to reintroduce the Lead Paints Pro-tection Bill this session.-Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS replied :I hope to reintroduce this Bill very shortly.

Medical Diary.Information to be included in this column should reach us

in proper form on Tuesday, and cannot appear if it reachesus later than the first post on Wednesday morning.

SOCIETIES.ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole-street, W.

.MONDAY, Feb. 22nd.-8 P.M., ODONTOLOGY. Mr. F. Coleman :An Ivory Exostosis of the Mandible Simulating a

Tooth. Sir Frank Colyer : Abnormal Teeth from theRegion of the Premaxilla.

’TUESDAY.-5.30 P.M., MEDICINE, ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS,SURGERY, AND LARYNGOLOGY. Dr. L. S. T. Burrell,Dr. Stanley Melville, Mr. J. E. H. Roberts, and Mr.Somerville Hastings : Open discussion on the Diagnosisand Treatment of Intrathoracic New Growths.

’WEDNESDAY.-5.15 P.M., COMPARATIVE MEDICINE. Dr.P. H. Manson-Bahr : The Relation of Wild Animalsto Certain Diseases of Man. Discussion opened byDr. Andrew Balfour.

’THURSDAY.-8.30 P.M., UROLOGY. Prof. Hugh MacLean :The Testing of Renal Function and the Treatment ofRenal disease. Discussion.

FRIDAY.-4.30 P.M., STUDY OF DISEASE IN CHILDREN.Clinical Meeting at Paddington Green Children’sHospital, W. 8 P.M., EPIDEMIOLOGY AND STATEMEDICINE. Dr. M. Greenwood and Prof. W. W. C.Topley : Experimental Epidemiology : Some GeneralConsiderations.

MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 11, Chandos-street,Cavendish-square, W.MONDAY, Feb. 22nd.-8.30 P.M., Discussion on the -Etiology

and Diagnosis of Gall-stones, to be introduced bySir Humphry Rolleston, Bart., followed by Mr. R. P.Rowlands and Dr. Robert Knox.

WEDNESDAY.-9 P.M., Dr. E. Farquhar Buzzard : Principlesof Treatment in Relation to Diseases of the NervousSystem. (Second Lettsomian Lecture.)

MEDICAL SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF VENEREALDISEASES, 11, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, W.FRIDAY, Feb. 26th.-8.30 P.M., Papers will be read by Sir

Thomas Horder and Dr. F. W. Price on Syphilis of theHeart and Aorta, more Especially the Early Signs andSymptoms. A discussion will follow.

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

Inn-fields, W.C.MONDAY, Feb. 22nd.-5 P.M., Sir Arthur Keith : The Taungs

Anthropoid : Its Zoological and Geological Position.WEDNESDAY.—5 P.M., Fossil Anthropoids of Europe and

of Asia.FRIDAY.-5 P.M., The Kivu Gorilla and its Bearing on the

Problems of Human Evolution.

CENTRAL LONDON THROAT, NOSE, AND EARHOSPITAL, Gray’s Inn-road, W.C.

FRIDAY, Feb. 26th.-4 P.M., Mr. Harold Kisch : FrontalSinus Disease and its Treatment.

NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR THE PARALYSED ANDEPILEPTIC, Queen-square, Bloomsbury, W.C. 1.POST-GRADUATE COURSE : FEBRUARY-MARCH, 1926.

CLINICAL LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS.MONDAY, Feb. 22nd.-2 P.M., Out-patient Clinic : Dr. Hinds

Howell. 3.30 P.M., The Neuro-Muscular System, I.,The Action of Muscles: Dr. Kinnier Wilson.

TUESDAY, Feb. 23rd.-2 P.M., Out-patient Clinic : Dr.Walsho. 3.30 P.M., Treatment of Head Injuries: Mr.Armour.

THURSDAY, Feb. 25th.-2 P.M., Out-patient Clinic : Dr.Kinnier Wilson. 3.30 P.M., Neuro-syphilis, 1.: Dr.Riddoch.

FRIDAY, Feb. 26th.-2 P.M., Out-patient Clinic : Dr. Adie.3.30 P.lII., Surgery of the Peripheral Nerves : Mr.Sargent.

The fee for the Course, including Pathology lectures, is;8f) 5s. For those who hold Perpetual Tickets the feeis k3 3s.

Mr. Armour and Mr. Sargent operate at the Hospital onTuesday and Friday mornings at 9 A.M., or at such othertimes as may be announced.

Any part of the Course may be taken separately. Specialarrangements will be made for those unable to take thewhole Course.

Fees should be paid to the Secretary of the Hospital at theOffice on entering for the Course.

J. G. GREENFIELD, Dean of Medical School.FELLOWSHIP OF MEDICINE AND POST-GRADUATEMEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 1, Wimpole-street, W.MONDAY, Feb. 22nd, to SATURDAY, Feb. 27th.-Fellowship

of Medicine lecture, at the Medical Society, 11, Chandos.street, W. Thursday, 5 P.M., Mr. Frank Kidd : SomePoints in the Treatment of Tuberculosis of the Uro-Genital Tract. Free to members of the medical pro-fession. Special Clinical Surgery Demonstration, atRoyal Northern Hospital, at 2 r.ns., by Mr. L. B.Barrington-Ward.—QUEEN MARY’S HOSPITAL, Strat-ford, E. Special Post-graduate Course in GeneralMedicine and Surgery. Operations, Surgical Demon-strations, Medical Demonstrations, Lectures, andDemonstrations in the Special Departments. Daily10-5 P.M.—LONDON LOCK HOSPITAL, Dean-street,W. Clinical Course. Instruction daily in the O.P.Department.—COMBINED CHILDREN’S COURSE, Padding-ton Green Hospital, Victoria Hospital (Tite-street,Chelsea) and the Children’s Clinic (Cosway-street,N.W.). Morning and afternoon sessions daily. Furtherinformation from the Secretary of the Fellowship ofMedicine.

HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, Great Ormond-street, W.WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24th.-Dr. Harrison : Tests of Pancreatic

Effleiency.THURSDAY.-4 P.M., Mr. 0. L. Addison: Some Surgical

Infections of the Kidney.QUEEN CHARLOTTE’S MATERNITY HOSPITAL, Maryle-

bone-road, N.W.THURSDAY, Feb. 25th.-5 P.J’vI., Mr. L. H. S. Williams : Acute

Abdominal Pain in Pregnancy.ROYAL DENTAL HOSPITAL OF LONDON SCHOOL OFDENTAL SURGERY.WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24th.-5.30 P.M., Mr. J. G. Turner:

Biological Factors of " Regulation."UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL.

THURSDAY, Feb. 25th.-4.15 P.M., Dr. Charles Singer : TheHistory of Small-pox (last of four lantern lectures, opento medical students of the University of London).

NORTH-EAST LONDON POST-GRADUATE COLLEGE,Prince of Wales’s General Hospital, Tottenham, N.MONDAY, Feb. 22nd.-10 A.M., Surgical Out-patients: Mr.

W. E. Tanner. 10.30 A.M., Gynaecological Operations:Mr. A. E. Giles : Throat, Nose and Ear Operations:Mr. W. Ibbotson. 2 P.M., Medical, Surgical, andGynaecological Clinics, Operations. 6.30 P.n., VenerealDepartment.

TUESDAY.-2 P.M., Medical, Surgical, Throat, Nose and EarClinics, Operations. 4.30 P.M., Dr. W. Jenkins Oliver:Some Skin Diseases of Childhood.

WEDNESDAY.—10.30 A.M., Surgical Operations: Mr. E.Gillespie. 2 P.M., Medical, Eye, and Skin Clinics,Operations. 5.30 P.M., Venereal Department.

THURSDAY.-10.30 A.M., Dental Out-patients : Mr. E. S.Pierrepont. 2 P.M., Medical, Surgical, and Throat,Nose and Ear Clinics, Operations. 5 P.M., Operations.

FRIDAY.-10.30 A.M., Eye Operations : Mr. N. Fleming,2 P.M., Surgical, Medical, and Children Clinics, Opera-tions. 3 P.M., Gynaecological Clinic. 6.30 P.M., VenerealDepartment.

LONDON SCHOOL OF DERMATOLOGY, St. John’s Hospital,Leicester-square, W.C.TUESDAY, Feb. 23rd.-5 P.M., Dr. J. H. Sequeira: Tuber.

culosis Cutis (2).THURSDAY.-5 P.M., Dr. Wilfrid Fox : Cutaneous

Syphilis (1).UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD POST-GRADUATE CLINICS.

TUESDAY, Feb. 23rd.-3.30 P.M. (at the Jessop Hospital),Mr. King : Some Gynaecological Difficulties.

FRIDAY.-3.30 P.M. (at the Royal Infirmary), Prof. Mellanby :Some Points in Clinical Therapeutics.

ST. MARY’S HOSPITALS, MANCHESTER, POST-GRADUATE LECTURE.FRIDAY, Feb. 26th.-4.30 P.M. (at Whitworth-street West

Branch), Dr. D. Dougal: The Indications for theInduction of Labour and the Methods Employed.