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MANCHESTER AND SALFORD HOSPITAL FOR SKIN DISEASES.-HouseSurgeon. Salary B75 per annum, with hoard and resitlence.

MANCHESTER CORPORATION.—Female Medical Officer under theMidwives Act, 1902, as Executive Officer, Salary B250 per annum.

MANCHESTER HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THETHROAT AND CHEST.—Assistant Medical Officer and Pathologist.Salary 260 per annum.

MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY.-Junior Demonstrator in Physiology. SalaryB100 per annum.

METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL, Kingslanrl-road, N.E.-Assistant House

Physician and Assistant House Surgeon for six months. Salary ineach case at rate of B40 per annum, with board and washing.

NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR THE RELIEF AND CURE OF THE PARALYSEDAND EPILEPTIC, Queen-square. Bloomsbury.—Two Assistant Phy-sicians for Out-patients. Also Registrar. Salary .E150 per annum.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, CITY AND COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY.-Medical Officer. Salary B350 per annum.

NEWTON, MONTGOMERYSHIRE, KING EDWARD VII. WELSH NATIONALMEMORIAL.-Tuberculosis Physicians. Salary B400 to B500 perannum.

NOTTINGHAM GENERAL DISPENSARY.-Assistant Resident Surgeon,unmarried. Salary 2160 per annum, with apartments, attendance,light, and fuel.

OLDHAM ROYAL INFIRMARY.--Third House Surgeon for six months.Salary at rate of £80 per annum, with residence, board, and

laundry.OXFORD, RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY AND COUNTY HOSPITAL.-Casualty

House Surgeon, unntarried, for six months. Salary at rate of £80per annum, with board. &c.

PAISLEY, ROYAL ALEXANDRA INFIRMARY. Barbour Park.-SeniorResident House Physician and Jnnior Resident House Surgeon.Salaries :E100 and :E60 per annum respectively, with bed and board.

PAPA WESTRAY, ORKNEY, PARISH COUNCIL.—Medical Officer andPublic Vaccinator. Salary e95 per annum.

PARISH OF ST. GILES INFIRMARY. Brunswick-square, Camberwell.-Third Assistant Medical Officer, Salary B140 per annum, withapartments, board, and washing.

RousAY AND EGILSHAY PARISH, Orkney.—Resident Medical Officer.Salary B71 per annum.

ROYAL DENTAL HOSPITAL OF LONDON, Leicester-square.—Anæsthetist.Salary £100per annum.

ROYAL EAR HOSPITAL, Soho.-House Surgeon. Salary £40 per annum.ROYAL NAVAL MEDICAL SERVICE.-Fifteen appointments.ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL, London, W.-Junior Casualty House Surgeon

for six months. Salary B100 per annum, with board and lodgingSAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN, Marylebone-road, N.W.-

Resident House Surgeon. Salary B80 per annum, with board andresidence.

SHEFFIELD, JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN.—Senior and Assistant HouseSurgeons, unmarried. Salary B80 and B60 per annum respectively,with board, residence, and laundry.

SHEFFIELD RoYAL HOSPITAL.—Sixth Resident, unmarried. Salary L60per annum, with board, lodging, and washing.

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SHEFFIELD ROYAL INFIRMARY.-Junior Resident Medical Officer.Salary £70 per annum.

SOUTHAMPTON FREE EYE HOSPITAL.-House Surgeon. Salary 2100per annum, with board, lodging, and laundry.

STAFFORD, STAFFORDSHIRE GENERAL INFIRMARY.—House Physician.Salary £100 per annum, with board, residence, and laundry. AlsoHouse Surgeon. Salary :E120 per annum, with board, residence, andlaundry.

TUNBRIDGE WELLS GENERAL HOSPITAL.-House Physician, unmarried.Salary B100 per annum, with board, residence, &c.

WALSALL AND DISTRICT HOSPITAL.-House Physician and CasualtyOfficer. Salary £90 per annum, with board, residence, and laundry.

WANDSWORTH UNION INFIRMARY, St. John’s Hill, near ClaphamJunction.-Junior Assistant Medical Officer, unmarried. Salary atrate of :E120 per annum, with board, lodging, and washing.

WEST LONDON HOSPITAL, Hammersmith-road, W.-Surgeon.WESTMINSTER GENERAL DISPENSARY, 9, Gerrard-street, Soho, W.-

Resident Medical Officer. Salary £120 per annum, with rooms, gas,coals, and attendance.

WHITEHAVEN AND WEST CUMBERLAND INFIRMARY.-Resident HouseSurgeon. Salary B120 per annum, with board and lodging.

WOOLWICH TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY.-Assistant Medical Officer.Salary B225 per annum.

WORCESTER COUNTY AND CITY ASYLUM, POWICK.-Junior AssistantMedical Officer, unmarried. Salary :E150 per annum, with board,apartments, washing, and attendance. ’,

Births, Marriages, and Deaths.

BIRTHS.BONHÔTE HENDERSON.-On June 26th, at Salisbury, the wife (Katherine

Snnjth-Windham) of T. Bonhote Henderson, M.A., M.B.Oxon.,F.R.C.S. Eng., of a daughter.

DRAKE.-On June 25th, at Leigham-avenue, Streatham, the wife ofCourtenay H. Drake, F.R.C.S., of a daughter.

FAIRBANK.-On June 26th, at Harley-street, W., the wife of H. A. T.Fairbank, M.S., F.R.C.S., of a son.

LETCHWORTH.-On June 29th, at 68, Claremont-road, Surbiton, thewife of T. W. Letchworth, M.B., F.R.C.S., of a son.

DEATHS.MURRELL.-On June 28th, William Murrell, M.D., F.R.C.P., Senior

Physician to Westminster Hospital.PEDLER.-On July 1st, at 235, Knightsbridge, S.W., Maria Stratford

Howard, wife of G. Henry Pedler, and daughter of the late Rev.Daniel Gillett, of Geldestone Rectory, Norfolk, aged 62 years.Funerol service, All Saints, Ennismore-gardens, 12.15, Friday.

SCOTT.-On June 26th, at Rumbold House, Ilkley, Thomas Scott, M.D.

-A’,B.-A fee of 5s. ischar,(,,e I for the in.sertinn nf Notices of Births,jtf tri iages, and Deaths. ,

Notes, Short Comments, and Answersto correspondents.THE COUNTRY SURGEON.

A CORRESPONDENT turning over an old book of verses that he had notread for many years came across the following poem entitled "TheCountry Surgeon." The book is " The Poetical Scrap-book," publishedat Edinburgh in 1824.

Luckless is he whom hard fates urge onTo practise as a country surgeon-To drag a heavy galling chain,The slave of all for paltry gain-To ride regardless of all weather,Thro’ frost, and snow, and hail together-To smile and bow when sick and tired,Consider’d as a servant hired.At every quarter of the compass,A surly patient makes a rumpus,Because he is not seen the first,(For each man thinks his case the worstAnd oft at two points diametric,Call’d to a business obstetric.There lies a man with broken limb,A lady here with nervous whim,Who, at the acme of her fever,Calls him a savage if he leave her.For days and nights in some lone cottage,Condemned to live on crusts and pottage,To kick his heels, and spin his brains,Waiting, forsooth, for labour’s pains ;And that job over, happy he,If he squeeze out a guinea fee.Then, worn like culprit on the wheel,He sits him down to hasty meal;He sits ! when, lo ! a patient comes,With rotten tooth and putrid gumsThe doctor takes his dentist tools,Fixes the screw, and tugs and pulls ;His dinner cold, his hands this mess in,All for a shilling or a blessing.Now comes the night-with toil opprest,He seeks his bed in hope of rest:Vain hope ! His slumbers are no more,Loud sounds the knocker at the door-A farmer’s wife, at ten miles distance,Groaning, calls out for his assistance:Fretting and fuming in the dark,He in the tinder strikes a spark,And, as he yawning heaves his breeches,Envies his neighbour blest with riches. Anon.

A CAUTION.

To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,-May I ask you to allow me to caution your readers that shoulda man calling himself Richard Nunn, and giving his qualifications asM.B., B.Ch., apply for either "locum" work or monetary aid, beforegiving either they should communicate with me at the offices of theMedical Defence Union, 4, Trafalgar-square, London, W.C.

I am, Sir, yours faithfully,June 26th, 1912. A. G. BATEMAN, General Secretary.

" KILL THAT FLY."

THE July number of Pearson’s Magazine contains an illustrated articleon the house-fly as a carrier of disease, which is intended to arousethe public to take part in the campaign against this dirty anddangerous insect. The article is well got-up, and has been pre-

pared with the assistance of medical men and entomologists. If thelessons which it teaches so graphically are taken to heart by thegeneral public, there is some prospect that the fly evil throughout thecountry may be much reduced from this summer onwards.

A MEDICAL STUDY TOUR (" A. P. M.")THE Study Tour of the ninth session of the "Association Internationalede Perfectionnement Scientifique" (Scientific Improvement Inter-national Association), patronised by the French Government, hasbeen organised by the Central Board as follows. The tourists willmeet on August 8th at Besançon, and follow this itinerary : Salzburg,K6n!gsee, Saltmines of Berchtesgaden, Reichenhall, Tauern, Karawankes, Wochein, Adelsberg Grots, Agram, Danube, Passages of

Kazan, Iron Doors, Bucarest, Constantinople (Pera-Stamboul-Scutari), Sofia, Belgrade, Fiume, Abbazia (the Nice of the Adriatic),Trieste, the Peninsula of Miramare, Venice. The tour ends on

August 30th at Aix-les-Bains. Intending subscribers are requestedto write as soon as possible to the " A. P. M." " Office, 12, Rue François-Millet, Paris XVIh, or to apply personally on Wednesdays andSaturdays from 3 to 4 P.M. The tour, we are informed, will take placeunder good auspices, as the sections of the " A. P. M." at the Balkansand Constantinople have prepared their plans with great care.

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S. Le P.-Our correspondent’s suggestion is not, we think, practicable.The strain upon the in-patient accommodation of most generalhospitals is already as great as they can bear.

M. G. (Leeds) has not appended his name to his request for in-formation.

COMMUNICATIONS not noticed in our present issue will receive attentionin our next. -

A DIARY OF CONGRESSES.WE shall publish this diary from time to time that our readers mayhave under their hands the dates of the approaching scientific Con-gresses. It is unnecessary to issue the lists of all these functionsweek by week, and we propose to make only such gatherings as willoccur in the immediate future the subject of regular announcement.The following Congresses, Conferences, and Exhibitions are announcedfor July :-May to October (London, Earl’s Court).-Shakespeare’s England.July 2nd-6th (Doncaster).-Seventy-third Annual Show of the Royal

Agricultural Society of England.4th-6th (Dublin).-Celebration of the Bicentenary of the

School of Physic in Ireland (Medical School of TrinityCollege, Dublin).

,, 11th and 12th (Gloucester).-Seventy-first Annual Meeting ofthe Medico-Psychological Association of Great Britainand Ireland.

12th-16th (London).-Imperial Conference of Teachers’ Asso-ciations.

,, 17th-19th (Oxford).-Oxford Ophthalmological Congress.19th-27th (Liverpool).-British Medical Association, Eightieth

Annual Meeting." 24th-30th (University of London).-First International Eugenics

Congress.25th-28th (Berlin).-Royal Institute of Public Health.26th-31st (Prague).-Sixth International Congress of Radiology

and Medical Electrology.,, 29th-August 3rd (York).-Congress and Exhibition of the Royal

Sanitary Institute." 29th-August 3rd (The Hague).-Second International Moral

Education Congress.

Medical Diary for the ensuing Week.SOCIETIES.

SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF INEBRIETY, Rooms of the MedicalSociety of London, 11, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, W.TUESDAY.-4 P.M., The President (Mrs. M. Scharlieb, M.D.): Short

Address.-Dr. T. B. Hyslop, Inebriety and Art (illustrated bythe epidiascope).

OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 11, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, W.THURSDAY.-5 P.M., Special Meeting to Consider the Question of

Amalgamation of the Ophthalmological Society of the UnitedKingdom with the Royal Society of Medicine. 8 P.::I1., OrdinaryMeeting. 7 Card Specimens will be shown by Mr. Jessop andMr. T. Collins. Papers :—Mr. B. James and Mr. S. Hosford :The Operative Treatment of Glaucoma. The Annual General i

Meeting will be held immediately after the Ordinary Meeting. ’

LECTURES, ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, &c.MEDICAL GRADUATES’ COLLEGE AND POLYCLINIC, 22,

Chenies-street, W.C.MONDAY.—4 P.M., Dr. G. Pernet: Clinique Skin). 5.15 P.M.,

Lecture :-Dr. W. H. B. Stoddart: Hysteria and its Relation toMental Diseases.

TUESDAY.-4 P.M., Dr. C. 0. Hawthorne: Clinique (Medical).5.15 P.M., Lecture :-Dr. G. N. Pitt : Aphasia.

WEDNESDAY.-4 P.::I1., Mr. J. Cantlie: Clinique (Surgical). 5.15 P.::I1.,Lecture :-Mr. A. H. Cheatle: Some Points in the SurgicalAnatomy of the Temporal Bone (lantern demonstration).

THURSDAY.-4 P.M., Mr. P. Turner: Clinique (Surgical) 5.15 P.M.,Lecture:—Mr. E. M. Little : Spastic Paraplegia and itsTreatment. -

FRIDAY.-4 P.M., Mr. J. G. French: Clinique (Ear. Nose, andThroat). 5.15 P.M., Lecture :-Dr. W. Wingrave: Examinationof Blood.

POST-GRADUATE COLLEGE, West London Hospital, Hammersmith-road, W.MONDAY.-10 A.M., Dr. Simson: Diseases of Women. 10.30 A.M.,

Surgical Registrar: Demonstrations of Cases in Wards. 12 noon,Dr. Bernstein: Pathological Demonstration. 2 P.M., Medical andSurgical Clinics. X Rays. Operations. 2.30 P.M., Mr. Dunn:Diseases of the Eye. 5 P.M., Lecture :-Mr. Armour: Opera-tions for Hernia.

TUESDAY.-10 A.M., Dr. Robinson: Gynaecological Operations.11 A.M., Mr. Etherington-Smith: Demonstration of MinorOperations. 2 P.M., Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays.Operations. Dr. Davis: Diseases of the Throat, Nose, and Ear.2.30 P.M., Dr. Abraham: Diseases of the Skin. 5 P.M., Lecture :-Mr. Lloyd Williams : Conditions Favourable to Infections fromthe Mouth and their Treatment.

WEDNESDAY.-10 A.M., Dr. Saunders: Diseases of Children. Dr.Davis: Operations on the Throat, Nose, and Ear. 10.30 A.M.,Surgical Registrar: Demonstration of Cases in Wards. 2 P.M.,Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Operations. Mr. B.Harman : Diseases of the Eye. Dr. Simson : Diseases of Women.5 P.M., Lecture: Mr. Lloyd Williams: Intoxications and Infec-tion from the Mout’h.

THURSDAY.-10A.M., Dr. Simson: Gynxcological Demonstration.12.15 P.M., Lecture :-Dr. G. Stewart: Practical Medicine.2 P.M., Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Opera-tions. 2.30 P.M., Mr. Dunn; Diseases of the Eye. 5 P.M.,Lecture:—Mr. Armour: Operations for Hernia,

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FRIDAY.-10 A.M., Dr. Robinson : Gynecological Operations.12.15 P.M., Lecture :-Dr. Bernstein : ’Clinical Pathology. 2 P.M.,Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Operations. Dr. Davis:Diseases of the Throat, Nose, and Ear. 2.30 P.M., Dr. Abraham:Diseases of the Skin. 5 P.M., Clinical Lecture :-Mr. Pardoe:Urinary Surgery.

SATURDAY.-10 A.M., Dr. Saunders: Diseases of Children. Dr. Davis:Operations of the Throat, Nose, and Ear. Mr. Bishop Harman:Diseases of the Eye. 10.30 A.M., Medical Registrar : Demonstra-tion of Cases in Wards. 2 P.M., Medical and Surgical Clinics.X Rays. Operations.

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) ;Nose, Throat, and Ear (Mr. H. D. Gillies). 3 P.M., Clinical

Pathology and Pathological Demonstration (Dr. W. H. Duncan).TUESDAY.-Clinic; 2.30 P.M., Operations. Clinics:—Medical Out-

patient (Dr. A. G. Auld); Surgical (Mr. Howell Evans);Gynacological (Dr. A. E. Giles). 3.30 P.M., Medical In-patient(Dr. A. J. Whiting).

WEDNESDAY.-Clinics :-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. R. P. Brooks). 3 P.M., X Rays(Mr. W. Steuart) ; Clinical Pathology and Pathological Demon-stration (Dr. W. H. Duncan). 5.30 P.M., Eye Operations (Mr.Brooks)..

THURSDAY.-2.30 P.M., Gynæcological, Operations (Dr. A. E. Giles).Clinics :-Medical Out-patient (Dr. A. J. Whiting); Surgical(Mr. Carson). 3 P.M., Medical In-patient (Dr. G. P. Chappel).

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. R. M. Leslie); ClinicalPathology and Pathological Demonstration (Dr. W. A. Duncan).

LONDON HOSPITAL MEDICAL COLLEGE, Clinical Theatre,London Hospital, Mile End-road, E.MONDAY.-4.15 P.M., Clinical Lecture :-Dr. H. Head: Diagnostic

Value of Sensory Changes in Diseases of the Nervous System.NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR THE PARALYSED AND EPILEPTIC,

Queen-square, Bloomsbury, W.C.TUESDAY.-3.30 P.M., Clinical Lectures :—Dr. A. Turner: Epilepsy.

ST. JOHN’S HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE SKIN, 49, Leicester-square, W.C.

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TUESDAY.-6 P.M., Dr. W. K. Sibley : Eczema.

HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST,Brompton, S.W.WEDNESDAY.-4 P.M., Dr. C. Miller: Pulmonary Fibrosis in

Children.

Special Course of Practical Instruction on the Diagnosis and Treat-ment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis :—

MONDAY.-10.30 A.M. to 12.30 P.M., Case-taking in the Wards.12.30 P.M. to 1.30 P.M., Dr. Young : Demonstration in the Out-patient Department of Cases illustrating Pulmonary Tubercu-losis in Childhood. 2 P.M. to 3 P.M., Mr. S. Boyd: Demon-stration of Cases illustrating the Surgical Complications ofPulmonary Tuberculosis. 3 P.")!. to 4 P.M., Dr. B. Shaw:Demonstration in the Wards of Cases illustrating CommonComplications of Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

TUESDAY.-10.30 A.M. to 12.30 P.M., Dr. Inman : Demonstration inthe Laboratory on the Nature of the Different Tuberculins andthe Technique of Administration. 12.30 P.M. to 1.30 P.M.,Dr. Jex-Blake : Demonstration in the Out-patient Departmentof Cases Simulating Pulmonary Tuberculosis. 2 P.-,4. to 3 P.M.,Dr. Dundas Grant: Demonstration in the Throat Departmentof Cases illustrating Tuberculous Disease of the Upper Air

, Passages. 3 P.M. to 4 P.M., Dr. Hartley: Demonstration in theWards of Cases illustrating the Treatment by Tuberculin.

WEDNESDAY.-10.30 A.M. to 12.30 P.M., The Practical Administra-tion of Tuberculin to Selected Cases in the Wards. 12.30 P.M.to 1.30 P.M., Dr. C. Wall: Demonstration in the Out-patientDepartment of Cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis of LongDuration. 2 P.M. to 3 P.M., Dr. B. Shaw : Demonstration in theMuseum of the Morbid Anatomy of the Complications of Pul-monary Tuberculosis. 3 P.M. to 4 P.M., Dr. Perkins : Demon-stration in the Wards of Cases illustrating the Mode of Selectionfor Sanatorium Treatment. 4 P.M. to 5 P.M., Dr. C. Miller:Lecture and Demonstration on Cases of Pulmonary Fibrosis in‘

Children.THURSDAY.-10.30 A.M. to 12.30 P.M., Dr. Inman: Demonstration in

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the Laboratory on Immunity in Tuberculosis. 12.30 P.M. to1.30 P.M., Dr. Young : Demonstration in the Out-patient

’ Department of Cases of Chronic Bronchitis and Pulmonary, Tuberculosis. 2 P.M. to 3 P.M., Dr. S. Melville : Demonstration

in the Radiographic Department of Cases of Suspected Pul-monary Tuberculosis. 3 P.M. to 4 P.M., Dr. Habershon : Demon-

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stration in the Wards of Cases illustrating the Dyspepsia ofPulmonary Tuberculosis.

. FRIDAY.-10.30 A.M. to 12 noon, Dr. Inman : Demonstration in*

the Laboratory on the Modes of Infection in Pulmonary Tuber-. culosis. 1.5 P.M., Departure from Waterloo (South Station) for. Frimley. Demonstration at the Frimley Sanatorium. The

return train reaches Waterloo at 7.1 P.M.SATURDAY.-10.30 A.M. to 12.30 P.M., Resident Medical Officer:

Demonstration in the Hospital of Hygienic Precautions Neces-.

sary in Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Methods of Sputum Collection, and Disposal, Diets, &e. 12.30 P.M. to 1.30 P.M., Dr. C. Miller:, Demonstration in the Out-patient Department of Cases illus-. trating Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Association with Other. Diseases. 2 P.M. to 3 P.M., Dr. Wall and Dr. Miller: Examina-’

tion of Cases in the Out-patient Department. 3 P.M. to 4 P.M.,Dr. H. Mackenzie: Demonstration in the Wards of Cases

. illustrating the Principles of Prognosis.ANCOATS HOSPITAL, Manchester

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, THURSDAY.-4.15 P.M., Dr. W. J. S. Bythell: Some Points on the_ Value of X Rays in Diagnosis. (Post-Graduate Clinic.)