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to those who employ accumulators for surgical work, motorpurposes, lighting, and in other directions, as to offer aconsiderable inducement to place this new form of cellunder practical trial. In our hands it has given resultswhich, so far as they go, substantiate the claims of the

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COMMUNICATIONS not noticed in our present issua willreceive attention in our next.

Medical Diary for the ensuing Week.SOCIETIES.

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

SECTION OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNÆCOLOGY (Hon. Secretaries-T. Watts Eden, 0. Hubert Roberts): at 8 P.M.

Specimens :Dr. Russell Andrews : (1) Carcinoma of the Cervix Obstructing

Labour; (2) Submucous Fibroid causing Severe Haemorrhageafter the Climacteric.

Mr. J. D. Malcolm: Case of Fibromyoma Masking More SeriousDisease.

Dr. W. S. A. Griffith : Uterine Adenomyoma showing DecidualChanges.

Short Commecnications :Dr. Archibald Leitch : Migratory Adenomyomata.Dr. Donald Roy: Case of Puerperal Eclampsia, Fatal from

Rupture of a Large Subcapsular Haematoma of the Liver.Votes of Thanks to Retiring Officers.The President’s Anvitat Address.

The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE FELLOWS will beheld in the Robert Barnes Hall, 1, Wimpole-street, on Tuesday,July 7th, at 5 P.M. _____

MEDICO-LEGAL SOCIETY,11, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, W.TUESDAY.-8.45 P.M., Annual General Meeting. Election of

Officers, &c.

BRITISH OTO-LARYNGOLOGIOAL SOCIETY, 11, Chandos-street,Cavendish-square, W.WEDNESDAY.-4 P.M., Cases.

LECTURES, ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, &c.ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON. Pall Mall East.

TUESDAY.-5 P.M., Croonian Lecture :-Dr. E. Goodall : On SomeModern Aspects of Certain Problems in the Pathology of MentalDiseases. (Lecture IV.)

MEDICAL GRADUATES’ COLLEGE AND POLYCLINIC, 22,Chenies-street, W.C.MONDAY.-4 P.M., Dr. S. E. Dore: Clinique (Skin). 5.15 P.M.,

Lecture :-Dr. R. Hutchison : The Diagnostic Significance ofAbdominal Pain.

TUESDAY.-4 P.M., Dr. R. A. Young: Clinique (Medical). 5.15 P.M.,Lecture :-Mr. R. Lake: Acute Otitis Media, its Complicationsand Treatment.

WEDNESDAY.--4 P.M., Sir A. Pearce Gould, K.C.V.O.: Clinique(Surgical). 5.15 P.M., Lecture :-Dr. F. W. Price: Hints on theHeart.

THURSDAY.-4 P.M., Mr. J. K. Murphy: Clinique (Surgical). 5.15 P.M.,Lecture:-Dr. E. P. Cumberbatch : Surgical Diathermy.

FRIDAY.-4 P.M., Dr. D. Grant : Clinique (Ear, Nose, and Throat).POST-GRADUATE COLLEGE, West London Hospital, Hammersmith-road, W.MONDAY.-10 A.M., Dr. Simson: Diseases of Women. 10.30 A.M.,

Medical Registrar: Demonstration of Cases in Wards. 12 noon,Dr. Bernstein : Pathological Demonstration. 2 P.M., Medical andSurgical Clinics. X Rays. Mr. D. Armour: Operations. Dr.Pritchard: Bacterial Therapy Department. Mr. B. Harmanand Mr. Gibb: Diseases of the Eye. 5 P.M., Lecture:-Mr.Pardoe: Genito-urinary Surgery.

TUES9DAY.—10 A.M., Dr. Robinson: Gynæcological Operations.Dr. Owen: Demonstration of Cases in Wards. 12 noon,Mr. T. Gray: Demonstration of Fractures, &e. 2 P.M.,Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Mr. Baldwin : Operations.Dr. Davis : Diseases of the Throat, Nose, and Ear. Dr. Pernet :Diseases of the Skin. 5 P.M., Lecture:-Dr. Pardoe: Genito-urinary Surgery.

WEDNESDAY.-lO A.M., Dr. Saunders: Diseases of Children. Dr.Davis : Operations of the Throat, Nose, and Ear. 11 A.M.,Mr. Souttar: Demonstration of Minor Operations. 12 noon,Lecture :-Mr. Souttar: Abdominal Diagnosis. 2 P.M., Medicaland Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Mr. Pardoe: Operations. Dr.Simson: Diseases of Women. Mr. Gibb: Diseases of the Eye.5 P.M., Lecture :-Mr. Pardoe : Genito-urinary Surgery.

THURSDAY.-9 A.M., Dr. Bernstein : Bacterial Therapy Depart-ment. 10 A.M., Dr. Simson: Gynaecological Demonstration.12 noon, Lecture :-Dr. G. Stewart: Neurological Cases.2 P.M., Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Mr. D. Armour:Operations. Mr. B. Harman : Diseases of the Eye. 5 P.M.,Lecture :-Dr. G. Stewart: Compression Paraplegia.

FBInay.-lOs.r2., Dr. Robinson: Gynaecological Operations. 10.30 A.M , ,Surgical Registrar : Demonstration of Cases in Wards. 12.15 P.M.,Lecture :-Dr. Bernstein: Applied Pathology. 2 P.M., Medicaland Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Mr. Baldwin: Operations.Dr. Davis: Diseases of the Throat, Nose, and Ear. Dr. Pernet :Diseases of the Skin. 5 P.M., Lecture :-Dr. G. Stewart: Com-pression Paraplegia.

SATURDAY.-10 A.nt., Dr. Saunders : Diseases of Children. Dr. Davia:Operations of the Throat, Nose, and Ear. Mr. B. Harman :Operations of the Eye. 12 noon, Lecture :—Mr. Souttar : SurgicalAnatomy of the Abdomen. 2 P.M., Medical and Surgical Clinics.X Rays. Mr. Pardoe : Operations.

LONDON SCHOOL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE, DreadnoughtHospital, Greenwich.MONDAY.-Out-patient Demonstrations :—10 A.M. Dr. H. B. Carlill :

Medical. Mr. H. Curtis: Surgical. 12 noon, Mr. G. N. Biggs:Throat, Nose, and Ear.-2.15 P.M., Mr. W. Turner: Surgery.3 P.M., Mr. W. Turner : Operations. 3.15 P.M., Sir DyceDuckworth: Medicine. 4.15 P.M., Mr. R. Lake: Throat, Nose,and Ear.

TUESDAY.-Out-patient Demonstrations:-10 A.M., Dr. C. E. Zundel:Medical. Mr. Cole: Surgical. 12 noon, Dr. H. MaeCormae:Skin.-2 P.M., Mr. L. McGavin : Operations. 2.15 P.M., Mr.R. Carling: Surgery. 3.15 P.M., Dr. G. Rankin : Medicine.4.15 P.M., Sir Malcolm Morris: Skin.

WEDNESDAY.—Out-patient Demonstrations: 10 A.M., Dr. H, B.Carlill : Medical. Mr. Cecil Rowntree : Surgical. 11 A.M., Mr.R. E. Bickerton : Eye.-2 P.m., Mr. L. V. Cargill or Mr. Choyce:Operations. 2.15 P.M., Dr. F. Taylor: Medicine. 3.15 P.M., Mr. Cargill : Eye Clinique. 4.30 P.M., Mr. C. C. Choyce:Surgery.

THURSDAY.-Out-patient Demonstrations :-10 A.M., Dr. H. R. Pren-tice : Medical. Mr. H. Curtis: Surgical. 12 noon, Mr. G. N. Biggs:Throat, Nose, and Ear.-2 P.M., Mr. R. Carling or Mr. W.Turner: Operations. Dr. A. Davies: Pathological Demonstra-tion. 3.15 P.M., Dr. R. Wells : Medicine.

FRIDAY.-Out-patient Demonstrations;-10 A.M., Dr. C. E. Zundel:Medical. Mr. Cole: Surgical. 12 noon, Dr. H. MacCormao: Skin.-2 P.M., Mr. L. McGavin : Operations. 2.15 P.M., Sir John RoseBradford ; Medicine. 3.15 P.M., Mr. L. McGavin: Surgery.

SATURDAY.-Out-patient Demonstrations: 10 A.M., Dr. H. R.Prentice: Medical. Mr. Cecil Rowntree : Surgical. 11 A.M.,Mr. R. E. Bickerton: Eye.-10 A.M., Col. Barry: Radiography.

NORTH-EAST LONDON POST-GRADUATE COLLEGE, Prince ofWales’s General Hospital, Tottenham, N.MONDAY.-Clinics :-10.30 A.M., Surgical Out-patient (Mr. E.

Gillespie). 2.30 P.M., Medical Out-patient (Dr. T. R. Whipham);Gynecological (Dr. Banister). 3 P.M., Medical In-patients (Dr.R. M. Leslie).

TUESDAY.-2.30 P.M., Operations. Clinics :-Medical Out-patient(Dr. A. G. Auld); Surgical (Mr. Howell Evans) ; Nose, Throat,and Ear (Mr. H. D. Gillies). X Ray and Electrical Methods(Dr. Metcalfe). 3.30 P.M., Medical In-patient (Dr. A. J.Whiting).

WEDNESDAY.-Clinies:-2 P.M., Throat Operations (Mr. Gillies).2.30 P.M., Children’s Out-patient (Dr. T. R. Whipham); Skin(Dr. G. N. Meachen) ; Eye (Mr. Dorell).

THURSDAY.-2.30 P.M., Gynaecological Operations (Dr. A. E. Giles).Clinics :---Medical Out-patient (Dr. A. J. Whiting) ; Surgical(Mr. Carson); X Rays and Electrical Methods (Dr. Metcalfe).

FRIDAY.-2.30 P.M., Operations. Clinics :-Medical Out-patient(Dr. A. G. Auld): Surgical (Mr. E. Gillespie); Eye (Mr. R. P.Brooks). 3 P.M., Medical In-patient (Dr. G. P. Chappel).

ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST, MedicalSchool, City-road, E.C.MONDAY.-1.30 P.M., Department for the Prevention of Consump.

tion. 2 P.M., Cardiac Department, Dr. Stott; Out-patientDepartment, Dr. Phear, Dr. S. Thompson. 3 P.M., Wards, Dr.Phear.

TUESDAY.-9 A.M., Laryngological Department, Mr. Mant. 1.30P.M.,Department for the Prevention of Consumption. 2 P.M., Out-patient Department, Dr. M. Leslie, Dr. B. King; Operations,Mr. A. Evans. 3 P.M., Wards, Dr. White. 4 P.M., Wards, Dr.M. Leslie.

WEDNESDAY.-2 P.M, Wards, Dr. A. Davies ; Out-patient Depart-ment, Dr. Drysdale, Dr. Kellie. 4 P.M., Wards, Dr. Drysdale.4.30 P.M., Roentgen Ray Department, Dr. Jordan.

THURSDAY.-9.30 A.M., Dental Department, Mr. G. Thomson.10 A.M., Cardiac Department, Dr. Stott. 1.30 P.M., Departmentfor the Prevention of Consumption. 2 P.M., Out-patientDepartment, Dr. Phear, Dr. S. Thompson. 4.30 P.M. Laryngo-logical Department, Mr. Mant.

FRIDAY.-1.30P.M., Department for the Prevention of Consumption.2 P.M., Wards, Dr. Calvert; Out-patient Department, Dr. M.Leslie, Dr. B. King. 5 P.M., Lecture-Demonstration:-Mr. A.Evans: The Treatment of Empyemata.

SATURDAY.-10 A.M., Out-patient Department, Dr. Drysdale, Dr.Kellie. 11.30 A.M., Roentgen Ray Department, Dr. Jordan.

HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST,Brompton, S.W.WEDNESDAY.-4.30 P.M., Dr. Young: The Modes of Onset of

Pulmonary Tuberculosis with Special Reference to EarlyDiagnosis.

CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST,Victoria Park, E.Course of Demonstrations for Post-Graduates:-FRIDAY.-4 P.M., Dr. G. Lyon; Demonstration of Cases under

Treatment.

NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR THE PARALYSED AND EPILEPTIC,Queen-square, Bloomsbury, W.C.TUESDAY.-3.30 P.M.. Clinical Lecture:-Dr. F. Buzzard: Tabes.FRIDAY.-3.30 P.M., Lecture :-Dr. F. Buzzard: Clinical Cases.

THE THROAT HOSPITAL, Golden-square, W.MONDAY.-5.15 P.M., Special Demonstration of Selected Cases.THURSDAY.-5.15 P.M., Clinical Lecture.

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MANCHESTER HOSPITALS POST-GRADUATE CLINICS.TUESDAY.-MANCHESTER AND SALFORD HOSPITAL FOR SKIN

DISEASES, Quay-street.-4.30 P.M., Dr. W. Dyson : Tuberculosisof the Skin (I.).

WEDNESDAY.-ROYAL INFIRMARY-4.30 P.M., Dr. Williamson : TheDietetic Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus.

THURSDAY.-ANCOATS HOSPITAL-4.30 P.M., Dr. E. B. Leech : SomeForms of Jaundice.

Forfurtherparticulars of the above Lectures, &c., see Advertisement

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A DIARY OF CONGRESSES.TJI’E following Congresses, Conferences, and Exhibitions are announced.

In 1914:—May lst-Nov. 1st (Lyons).-International Town Hygiene Exhibition.

.. 15th-Oct. 15th (Berne).-Swiss National Exhibition.May-October (London, Shepherd’s Bush).-Anglo-Ameriean

Exposition.June 24th-July 9th (London, Royal Agricultural Hall).-Fourth

International Rubber and Allied Industries Exhibition.June-July (Groningen).-University of Groningen 300th Anniver-

sary Celebration.July 2nd and 3rd (Liverpool).-National Conference on Infant

Mortality." 6th-11th (Blackpool).-Twenty-ninth Congress of the Royal

Sanitary Institute.7th and 8th (Leeds).-Sixth Annual Conference of the National

Association for the Prevention of Consumption, &c.7th-10th (St. John, N.B.).-Canadian Medical Association.,. 8th-10th (Oxford).-Ophthalmological Congress." 15th-20th (Edinburgh).-Congress of the Royal Institute of

Public Health." 21st-23rd (Chester).-British Pharmaceutical Conference.27th-31st (London).-Fifth Annual Session of the Clinical

Congress of Surgeons of North America.,t 28th-31st (Aberdeen).-Eighty-second Annual Meeting of the

British Medical Association.July-September (Australia).—Eighty-fourth Annual Meeting of the

British Association for the Advancement of Science.(July 28th to August 3rd at Perth, August 8th to12th at Adelaide, August 13th to 19th at Melbourne,August 20th to 26th at Sydney, August 27th to Sept. 1stat Brisbane).

Aug. 2nd-10th (Paris).-Tenth Congress of Medical Esperantists.,. 3rd-8th (London).-Sixth International Dental Congress." 10th-15th (St. Petersburg).-Twelfth International Congress

of Ophthalmology." 29th-Sept. 14th (Toronto).—Canadian National Exhibition.

Sept. 7th-12th (Berne).-International Congress for NeurologyPsychiatry, and Psychology. ,

10th-12th (Fort William and Port Arthur, Ontario).-FourthAnnual Congress of the Canadian Public HealthAssociation.

" 21st-26th (Victoria, B.C.).—Dominion Exhibition." 21st-26th (Vienna).—Third International Congress on Diseases

of Occupation.30th-Oct. 4th (Brussels). Fourteenth French (de langue

francaise) Congress of Medicine.Oct. 31st-Nov. 2nd (Berlin).-First Congress of the International

Society for Sexual Research.Nov. 15th-21st (London).-Health Week. (Under the direction of

the Health Week Committee appointed by the RoyalSanitary Institute.)

(St. Petersburg).-Third Mendeléeff Congress of Pure and Applied

in 1915:- Chemistry and Physics.

In 1915 :-May 31st-June 5th (London, South Kensington).-Sixth Inter-

national Congress of Social Work and Service.Sept. 5th-8th (Hamburg).-Tenth International Congress of

Otology.. " 8th (begins) (Manchester).-Meeting of the British Association.

9th-12th (Hamburg).-Fourth International Rhino-Laryngo-logical Congress.

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