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Medical Diary for the ensuing Week.SOCIETIES.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole-street. W.MEETINGS OF SECTIONS.

Friday, April 7tn.LARYNGOLOGY (Hon. Secretaries—Cecil Graham, Frank Rose): at 4 P.M.

Dr. L. H. Pegler: Case of Laryngeal Tuberculosis.Mr. E. D. D. Davis : (1) Report of a Case of Laryngeal Crises, with

Abductor Paralysis (Sections of the Brain, Spinal Cord, andVagus Nerves will be demonstrated); (2) Laryngeal Stenosisfollowing a Bayonet Wound treated by Intubation.

Mr. Herbert Tilley: Cases illustrating Results of IntranasalOperation for Chronic Frontal Sinusitis.

Dr. James Donelan: Case of Paralysis of Left Vocal Cord in aYoung Woman.

Dr. Jobson Horne: Two Cases of Suppuration in the Antrum ofHighmore due to Uncommon Causes.

And other Cases.

R6NTGEN SOCIETY, Institution of Electrical Engineers, VictoriaEmbankment, W.C.TUESDAY.—8.15 P.M., General Meeting. Demonstration :-Mr. P. J.

Neate:—A Chronograph constructed to Work with the Electro-scope. Papers :-Mr. B. H. Morphy and Mr. S. R. Mullard: TheEnclosed Tungsten Arc as a Source of Ultra Violet Light.-Mr.E. Schall: Experiments with a Coolidge Tube.-Mr. H. E.Donnithorne: A New Modification of the Ionization Method ofMeasuring X Rays. Exhibition of Plates showing Experimentswith the (Joolidge Tube in Radiography, conducted by Members0: the Staff in the Radiographic Department at the CancerHospital.

WEST LONDON MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY, West LondonHospital, Hammersmith-road, W.FRIDAY.-8 P.M., Special Clinical Evening.

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

TUESDAY AND THURSDAY-5 P.M., Lumleian Lectures :—Dr. F. E.Batten: Acute Poliomyelitis. (Lectures II. and III.)

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’s InnFields, W.C.Course of Lectures on the Anatomy of the Human Body, for First-aid

and Ambulance Students (open to all members of ambulance com-panies and first-aid classes) :- ’

MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY.-5.30 P.M., Prof. A. Keith.4 PM. to 7 P.M., Exhibition of Anatomical Preparations andSpecimens in the Theatre on lecture days, and between 10 A.M.and 5 P.M. in the Hall of the Museum on the following day.

POST GRADUATE COLLEGE, West London Hospital, Hammersmith-road, W.MONDAY.—2 P.M., Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Mr. Gray:

Operations. Mr. B. Harman : Diseases of the Eye. Dr. ;Simson:Diseases of Women.

TUESDAY.—2 P.M., Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Mr.Addison: Operations. Dr. Banks Davis: Diseases of the Throat,Nose. and Ear. Dr. Pernet: Diseases of the Skin.

WEDNESDAY.—10 A.M., Dr. Saunders : Diseases ot Children. Dr. BanksDavis: Operations of the Throat, Nose, and Ear. 2 P.M., Medicaland Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Mr. Pardoe : Operations. Dr.Simson’ Diseases of Women. ,

THURSDAY.—2 P.M., Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Mr. Gray:Operations. Mr. B. Harman : Diseases of the Eye.

FRIDAY.—10 A.M., Dr. Simson: Gynaecological Operations. 2 P.M.,Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays. Mr. Addison: Opera-tions. Dr. Banks Davis: Diseases of the Throat, Nose, and Bar.Dr. Pernet: Diseases of the Skin.

SATURDAY.-10 A.M., Dr. Saunders: Diseases of Children. Dr. BanksDavis: Operations of the Throat, Nose, and Ear. Mr. B. Harman :Eye Operations. 2 P.M., Medical and Surgical Clinics. X Rays.Mr. Pardoe: Operations.

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

Gillespie). 2.30 P.M., Medical Out-patients (Dr. T. R. Whipham) :Gynæcological Out-patients (Dr. Banister). 3 P.M., MedicalIn patients (ur. R. M. Leslie).

TUESDAY.—2.30 P.M., Surgical Operations (Mr. Carson). Clinics:-Medical Out-patients (Dr. A. G. Auld); Surgical Out-patients(Mr. Howell Evans); Nose. Throat, and Bar Out-patients (Mr.C. H. Haytt’n). Radiography (Dr. Metcalfe). 3.30 P.M., MedicalIn-patients (Ur. A. J. Whiting).

WEDNESDAY.—Clinics:—2.30 P.M., Throat Operations (Mr. C. H.Hayton). Children Out-patients (Dr. T. R. Whipham); Eye Out-patients (Mr. R. P. Brooks); Skin Out-patients (Dr. H. W.Barber). 5.30 P.M., Eye Operations (Mr. R. P. Brooks).

THURSDAy.-2.30 P.M., Gynaecological Operations (Dr. A. E. Giles).Clinics:-Medical Out-patients (Dr. A. J. Whiting) ; SurgicalOut-patients (Mr. Carson); Radiography (Dr. Metcalfe). 3 P.M.,Medical In-patients (Dr. R. M. Leslie).

FRIDAY.—2.30 P.M., Surgical Operations (Mr. Howell Evans).Clinics:-Medical Out-patients (Dr. A. G. Auld); Surgical Out-patients (Mr. E. Gillespie); Eye Out-patients (Mr. R. P. Brooks).

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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