P E R I S C O P E .

THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF DERMATOLOGY.

T ~ above Congress is to take place in London from August 4th to 8th, inclusive, the meetings being held, as previously announced, at the Examination Hall on the Victoria Embankment. About 400 members, British and Foreign, have already signified their intention of being present. I t would greatly facilitate the work of the Executive Council and of the various committees if gentlemen desirous of becoming members would forward the membership fee of s (which entitles to the volume of Transactions) to the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. Malcolm Morris, No. 8 Harley-street, W., as soon as possible. All information respecting the work of the various committees may be obtained from Dr. James Galloway, Secretary of the Museum and Demonstration Committee, 21 Queen Anne- street, Cavendish-square; Mr. H. D. Plimmer, "wunderbau, ' ' Sydenham, S.E., Secretary of the Bacteriological Committee ; and Mr. George Pernet, 77 Upper Gloucester-place, N.W., Secretary of the Reception Committee; while all general information will be given on application to Dr. J. J. Pringle, Secretary-GeneraL The following arrangements have been made for the reception and entertainment of members of Congress. The Reception Room at the Examination Hall on the Victoria Embankment, where the meetings of Congress will take place, will be open on Monday, August 3rd, from 12 noon to 6 p.m., for the distribution of tickets of membership, programmes of the prcceedings, &c. Clerks, speaking French, German and Italian, will be in attendance. There will also be Bureaux, to which postal and telegraphic com- munications for members may be addressed. On the evening of Monday~ August 3rd, an informal reeeption~ by the British members of Congress, will be held at the International Hall, Caf~ Monico, Piccadilly Circus, from 9 to 12 p.m. On Tuesday, August 4th, the Examination Hall will be opened at 9 a.m. for the issue of tickets, &c. The ot~cial proceedings will begin at 11 a.m., by the usual routine business and the delivery of a Presidental Address by Mr. Jonathan Hutchinson, F.R.S., followed by speeches by Professor Kaposi of Vienna, and Dr. Ernest Besnier of Paris. On the evening of Wednesday, August 5th, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress will entertain the Congress at a reception at the Mansion House, from 9 to 11 o'clock. On Friday, August 7th~ a Banquet

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will be offered to the Foreign members of Congress, at the Hotel Cecil. Foreign members are strongly recommended to make their arrangements so as to arrive in London on Sunday, August 2nd, as Monday, August 3rd, is a national holiday. On Thursday, August 6th, Dr. Stephen Mackenzie will entertain the members at a reception in the evening, at 18 Cavendish-square, W. On Saturday, August 8th, the President and Miss Hutchinson will give an " A t Home," at " Inval ," Haslemere, and by the invitation of Lord Tennyson, the party will visit the house of the late poet laureate. Dates and subjects for demonstration :~Wednesday, August 5th, 9 a.m., the Lichen group.---Cases of lichen planus, lichen aeuminatus, pityriasis rubra pilaris, lichen simplex chronicus (Vidal), &c.; prurigo; keratosis pilaris, and other keratoses; angiokeratoma, ichthyosis. 2 p.m.--Turnouts of the skin, benign and malignant; hidrocystoma, adenomata, angiomata, fibromata, xanthoma; carcinoma, rodent ulcer, xeroderma pigmentosum; sarcoma cutis, mycosis fungoides. Thursday~ August 6th, 9 a.m.--Cases of cutaneous tuberculosis, showing important or exceptional features; erythema induratum scrofulo- sorum, ache scrofutosorum, lichen ~scrofulosorum ; cases of these diseases showing the effects of treatment. 2 p.m.--Cases of vegetable parasitic diseases as observed in this country. Friday, August 7th, 9 a.m., the Erythema group.--Purpura; urticaria pigmentesa; dermatitis herpetiformis, pemphigus, pemphigus vegetans, &c. ; hydroa mstivale and allied conditions. 2 p .m.~ Syphilis, typical and illhstrative cases. Saturday, August 8th, 9 a .m~Skin diseases associated with diseases of the nervous system, syringomyelia, sclerodermia, &c. ; leprosy.

ECZEMA.

~/L E. SAULFELD prescribes the following for- eczema :--Europhen, 5 grammes; anhydrous lanoline, 5 gr~mmea;~powdered talc, 90 grammes ; mix.

ERYSIPELAS.

M. NAGOU~OPF prescribes the f~)llowlng ointment for erysipelas : ~ Ie~hyol, 10 grammes ; vaseline, 5 grammes ; mix.

(EDEMA~ FOR (edema of cardiac origin, Dr. Hinkelstein recommends the following :--Calomel, 0"12 centigramme~; digitalis powder, 0"02 centlgrammes ; mix for a dose. Four such doses to be taken daily.-- La Retn~e Mgdi~ale.