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THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
170 Methods and Organisations : (1) Public-by Dr. James Niven, Dr. J. M. Ross, and Miss Bibby, sanitary inspector, Borough of St. Pancras ; (2) Voluntary-by Miss Cowen, honorary secretary of the Health Committee, Jewish Board of Guardians. July 20th : III. T’/’eatment: Introductory Address by Sir William Osler, Bart. ; (a) Sanatorium Treatment, by Dr. A. C. Latham and Dr. Jane Walker ; (b) The Educational Value of the Sanatorium, by Dr. M. S. Paterson and Dr. J. J. Perkins ; (0) Home Treatment, by Dr. J. E. Squire, C.B., and Home Treatment of Persons under 16, by Dr. J. F. J. Sykes ; (d) Open-air Recovery Schools, by Dr. Ralph P. Williams ; (e) Tuberculosis Schools, by Miss McGaw, Member of Council, N.A.P.C. ; (f) Advanced Cases and Segregation, by Dr. A. Maxwell Williamson. July 21st (morning) : IV. Aftercare of Patients, by Mr. C. S. Loch, secretary of the Charity Organisation Society, and Dr. H. W. McConnel, to be followed by a general discussion. Afternoon : V. The Administractive and Financial Aspects of the Bill. Introductory Address, by Dr. W. Leslie Mackenzie: (a) The Cost to the Community, by Mr. Waldorf Astor, M.P. ; (b) The Use of Existing Accommodation, by Dr. Nathan Raw; (c) TheGeneral and Medical Aspects of the Insurance Bill, by Mr. Ernest J. Schuster, LL. D. The Tuberculosis Exhibition of the association will be on view. In view of the importance of the occasion the meeting is likely to prove of exceptional interest, as is shown by the ready response of all the public bodies having control over tuberculosis in the three kingdoms to a request that they should be represented by delegates, and by the prominence of all the contributors. It is expected, moreover, that Mr. John Burns and possibly the Chancellor of the Exchequer will attend.
excursions. Matters of great moment in connexion with the Insurance Bill will be considered by the representatives, and also referred to in the Medico-Sociological Section.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND: NEW ADDITIONS TO THE MUSEUM. IN THE LANCET of July 1st (p. 30) we announced that the annual exhibition of specimens which have been added to the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England during the past collegiate year would be on view at the College on July 6th, 7th, and 8th. The following is an analysis of the specimens acquired : Pathological series, 193 ; surgical instruments, 4 ; teratological series, 34; human
physiological series, 101 ; histological series, 720 ; osteological series, man 85, vertebrata 16 ; odontological series, 27; and miscellaneous series, 15; making a anatomy series, 8 ;
Among the several donations it may be noted that H.M. the King presented another pheasant illustrating alteration in the secondary sexual characters of the hen bird. The President presented 43 drawings of cases of cancer and conditions which may be mistaken for cancer of the tongue. Many of these are in water colours and have been prepared by a skilled artist. Professor F. D. Bird of Melbourne gave 32 stereoscopic radiographs illustrating anatomical and surgical aspects of the human body. The collection of microscopical preparations, made by the late Mr. Cresswell Baber during his research on the comparative anatomy of the thyroid, and on which he based his paper in the Philosophical Transactions, 1881, was presented to the College by Mrs. Cresswell Baber. This valuable addition, amounting to 712 preparations, will be placed in the histology collection. Further additions to the pathology of THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BRITISH tropical diseases have been received from Captain A. WhitMEDICAL ASSOCIATION. more, I.M.S., Rangoon, and from Dr. R. D. Keith, Dr. G. A. THE annual meeting of the British Medical Association at Finlayson, and Dr. S. M. Livesey of Singapore. Numerous have made to the in and all are donations been series. is now almost Through ethnological sight, arrangements Birmingham practically complete. The annual meeting itself commences Dr. C. G. Seligmann 26 crania were obtained from various on Tuesday, July 25th, and continues during the next three parts of New Guinea, and Mr. R. R. Williamson also obtained
grand total of 1203 specimens.
excursions. Matters of great moment in connexion with the Insurance Bill will be considered by the representatives, and also referred to in the Medico-Sociological Section.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND: NEW ADDITIONS TO THE MUSEUM. IN THE LANCET of July 1st (p. 30) we announced that the annual exhibition of specimens which have been added to the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England during the past collegiate year would be on view at the College on July 6th, 7th, and 8th. The following is an analysis of the specimens acquired : Pathological series, 193 ; surgical instruments, 4 ; teratological series, 34; human
physiological series, 101 ; histological series, 720 ; osteological series, man 85, vertebrata 16 ; odontological series, 27; and miscellaneous series, 15; making a anatomy series, 8 ;
Among the several donations it may be noted that H.M. the King presented another pheasant illustrating alteration in the secondary sexual characters of the hen bird. The President presented 43 drawings of cases of cancer and conditions which may be mistaken for cancer of the tongue. Many of these are in water colours and have been prepared by a skilled artist. Professor F. D. Bird of Melbourne gave 32 stereoscopic radiographs illustrating anatomical and surgical aspects of the human body. The collection of microscopical preparations, made by the late Mr. Cresswell Baber during his research on the comparative anatomy of the thyroid, and on which he based his paper in the Philosophical Transactions, 1881, was presented to the College by Mrs. Cresswell Baber. This valuable addition, amounting to 712 preparations, will be placed in the histology collection. Further additions to the pathology of THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BRITISH tropical diseases have been received from Captain A. WhitMEDICAL ASSOCIATION. more, I.M.S., Rangoon, and from Dr. R. D. Keith, Dr. G. A. THE annual meeting of the British Medical Association at Finlayson, and Dr. S. M. Livesey of Singapore. Numerous have made to the in and all are donations been series. is now almost Through ethnological sight, arrangements Birmingham practically complete. The annual meeting itself commences Dr. C. G. Seligmann 26 crania were obtained from various on Tuesday, July 25th, and continues during the next three parts of New Guinea, and Mr. R. R. Williamson also obtained
grand total of 1203 specimens.