BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 429 STRAND, W.C. (FOUNDED 1832.) Officers.--Presidents (1900-1901): William Alfred Elliston, M.D.; (1901-1902) George Bagot Ferguson, M.D. President-Elect: Walter Whitehead, F.F.C.S., Edin., F. R.S. E. President of the Council: J. Roberts Thomson, M.D. Treasurer: Andrew Clark, F.R.C.S. Editor of the "British Medical Journal": Dawson Williams, M.D. General Secretary: Francis Fowke. Acting General Secretary (1901 meeting): Guy Elliston. Branches of the Association.-Aberdeen, Bunff and Kincardine―J. S. Riddell, M.B., and H. M. W. Gray, M.B., Aberdeen; Bath and Bristol-J. M. Clarke, M.D., Bristol, and W. M. Beaumont, Bath; Birmingham and Midland Counties -W. F. Haslam, M.R.C.S., and J. J. T. Morrison; Border Counties-W. F. Farquharson, M.D., Carlisle; Cambridge and Huntingdon-E. Lloyd Jones, M.D., Cambridge; Cork and South of Ireland-P. G. Lee, M.D., Cork; Dorset and West Hants-W. G. V. Lush, M. D., Weymouth, and C. H. W. Parkinson, Wimborne Minster; Dublin-James Craig, M.D., Dublin; Dundee DistrictR. C. Buist, M.D., Dundee; East Anglian-B. H. Nicholson, M. B., Colchester; East York and North Lincoln-E. M. Hainworth, M.D., Hull; Edinburgh—J. W. B. Hodsdon, F. R.C.S., Edinburgh; Glasgow and West of Scotland—J. H. Nicoll and J. Hamilton, M.B., Glasgow; Gloucestershire-W. Wilshaw Grosvenor, M. B., Gloucester; Lancashire and Cheshire-T. A. Helme, M.D., Manchester; Londonderry and N. W. of Ireland-E. Donaldson, Londonderry ; Metropolitan Counties-H. B. Robinson, M.S., and J. W. Washbourn, M.D.; Midland - F. M. Pope, M. B., Leicester; North of England-T. Beattie, M.D., Newcastle-on-Tyne; North of Ireland-G. Gray, M.D., Newcastle, Co. Down; North Wales-W. Jones Morris, Portmadoc, and H. Joues Roberts, Pen-y-Groes; Northern Counties of Scotland--J. W. N. Mackay, M.D., Elgin; Oxford and District-W. Collier, M.D., Oxford; Perthshire—A. R. Urquhart, M.D., Perth; Reading and Upper Thames-H. H. Phillips-Conn, M.D., Reading; Shropshire and Mid Wales—H. H. B. Macleod, L. J. Godson Shrewsbury; South-Eastern-T. J. Verrall, L. R. C. P., Brighton; South-East of Ireland-J. C. L. Stawell, M. B., Bagnalstown; South Midland-C. J. Evans, Northampton; South Wales and Monmouthshire-A. Sheen, M.D., Cardiff, and D. A. Davies, M. B., Swansea; South-Western-G. Y. Eales, L. R.C.P., Torquay; Southern ·H. J. Manning, Laverstock; Staffordshire F. M. Blumer, M. B., Stafford; Stirling, Kinross, and Clackmannan-J. E. Moorhouse, M.D., Stirling; Thames Valley-R. L. Langdon-Down, M. B., Hampton Wick ; West Somerset - R. L. Meade- King, M. D., Taunton; Worcestershire and Herefordshire-G. W. Crowe, M. D., Worcester, and E. W. Du Buisson; Yorkshire— A. Bronner, M.D., Bradford. Colonial Branches.-Adelaide and South Australia--J. B. Gunson, M.B., Adelaide; Barbados E. H. Bannister, M. B., Bridgeton; Bermuda — E. Harvey, M.D., Bermuda; Bombay-Major H. P. Dimmock, I.M.S., Bombay; Brisbane and Queensland-F. G. Connolly, Brisbane; British Guiana-J. F. S. Fowler, M.B., M.D., Georgetown; Burmah-Capt. C. Duer, M.B., I. M.S., Rangoon; Cape of Good Hope-D. J. Wood, M.D., Cape Town, and J. Paterson, M. B.; Colombo, Ceylon-J. L. Thomas, F. R.C.S., Colombo, Bambalapitiya; Deccan-Capt. C. H. L. Palk, M.B.; Gibraltar—-J. Abrines, Gibraltar; Grahamstown and Eastern Province-J. T. Bays, M.D., Grahamstown; Griqualand West -R. D. Booth, M.B., Kimberley; Halifax, Nova Scotia-C. D. Murray, M. B. ; Hong Kong and China-G. M. Marston, Hong Kong; Jamaica-G. F. da Costa, M.B., Kingston; Leeward Isles-G. E. Pierez, M.D., Antigua; Malaya—E. W. Statistics of the National Vaccine Establishment and Educational Vaccination Stations. Report by Mr Stott on the Operations of the Animal Vaccine Station at Lamb's Conduit Street during the year 1899-1900. Report by Dr F. R. Blaxall on the Operations of the Glycerinated Calf Lymph Establishment, 18991900. Abstract of Medical Inspections made in 1899 with regard to the Incidence of Disease on particular places, and to Questions concerning Local Sanitary Administra tion. Report by Dr Thomson and Col. Marsh, R. E., on Enteric Fever in the City of Chichester. Report by Dr Bulstrode upon the Sanitary Condition of the Borough of Windsor, and upon the Character of the Town Council's Administration. Report by Dr Buchanan and Mr Bicknell upon Inspection of the Gathering Grounds and Waterworks of the Corporation of Bolton. Report by Dr Reece on the General Sanitary Circumstances and Administration of the Urban District of Aldershot, with special Reference to the Prevalence of Fatal Diphtheria therein. Report by Dr Buchanan upon Epidemic Enteric Fever in the Borough of Falmouth. Compilation of Returns of certain Notified Infectious Diseases (with the Deaths therefrom) in 93 Urban Districts, Quarter by Quarter, and for the whole year 1899. Compilation of Returns of certain Notified Infectious Diseases (with the Deaths therefrom) in each of the Sanitary Areas within the Administrative County of London, and in the County as a whole, Week by Week, Quarter by Quarter, and for the whole year 1899. Summary by Dr Bruce Low of the Progress and Diffusion of Plague in 1899-1900. Memorandum by Dr Bruce Low on Precautionary Measures taken in 1899 to Prevent the Importation of Bubonic Plague into England and Wales, and on certain Cases reported as Plague or suspected Plague. Report by Dr Klein on Pseudotuberculosis: its Pathology and Etiology. Further Report by Dr Gordon on the Bacteriology of Scarlatina, with special Reference to the Investigation of Ten Fatal Examples of that Disease. Report by Dr Houston on the Value of Examination of Water for Streptococci and Staphylococci, with a view to Detection of its recent Contamination with Animal Organic Matter. Report by Dr Houston on the Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of the "Washings" of Soils, with Reference to the Amount and Nature of the Organic Matter, and the Number and Character of the Bacteria contained in them. Further Report by Dr Martin on the Growth of the Typhoid Bacillus in Soil. Report by Dr Houston on the Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Samples of Soil obtained from the "Fever" and "Non-fever" Areas at Chichester. Preliminary Report by Dr Klein on Cockles as Agents of Infectious Diseases. Report by Dr Klein on the Behaviour of certain Pathogenic Microbes in Milk, Cream, and Cheese. Preliminary Account by Drs Klein and Houston of the Results of a Bacterioscopic Analysis of different Cereals and Food Stuffs. Observations by Mrs Fremlin on the Bacteria found in Calf Lymph during the Process of Glycerination. THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 11 CHANDOS STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE. (FOUNDED 1773.) Officers.-President: John H. Morgan, F.R.C.S. Treasurer: D. H. Goodsall. Hon. Secretaries: F. C. Wallis, F.R.C.S.; A. F. Voelcker, M. D. Registrar and Res. Librarian: W. R. Hall. Meetings. On the second and fourth Mondays, from the second Monday in BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 429 STRAND, W.C. (FOUNDED 1832.) Officers.--Presidents (1900-1901): William Alfred Elliston, M.D.; (1901-1902) Colonial Branches.-Adelaide and South Australia--J. B. Gunson, M.B., Adelaide; Barbados E. E. H. Bannister, M. B., Bridgeton; Bermuda · Harvey, M.D., Bermuda; Bombay-Major H. P. Dimmock, I.M.S., Bombay; Brisbane and Queensland-F. G. Connolly, Brisbane; British Guiana-J. F. S. Fowler, M.B., M.D., Georgetown; Burmah-Capt. C. Duer, M.B., I.M.S., Rangoon; Cape of Good Hope-D. J. Wood, M. D., Cape Town, and J. Paterson, M. B.; Colombo, Ceylon-J. L. Thomas, F.R.C.S., Colombo, Bambalapitiya ; Deccan-Capt. C. H. L. Palk, M. B.; Gibraltar-J. Abrines, Gibraltar; Grahamstown and Eastern Province—J. T. Bays, M.D., Grahamstown; Griqualand West -R. D. Booth, M.B., Kimberley; Halifax, Nova Scotia-C. D. Murray, M.B.; Hong Kong and China-G. M. Marston, Hong Kong; Jamaica-G. F. da Costa, M.B., Kingston; Leeward Isles-G. E. Pierez, M.D., Antigua; Malaya―E. W. BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION-continued. von Tunzelmann, M.B., Singapore; Malta and Mediterranean-Surg. -Major L. Manché, M.D., Valetta; Melbourne and Victoria-W. Kent Hughes, M. B., Melbourne; Montreal-John A. Springle, M.D., Montreal; Natal-W. Russell Strap, M.D., Pietermaritzburg; New Zealand-Graham Campbell, M. B., Christchurch; Ottawa--C. P. Dewar, M. D., Ottawa; Quebec-A. Marois, M.D., Quebec ; South Indian and Madras-C. B. R. Row and Capt. C. H. L. Palk, Madras s; Sydney and New South Wales-G. T. Hankins, Sydney; Toronto-W. B. Thistle, M.D., Toronto; Trinidad and Tobago-E. Prada, Port of Spain; West Australia-T. L. Anderson, M.D. The 68th Annual Meeting was held at Ipswich July 31 to August 3, 1900, and the 69th, at Cheltenham, July 30 to August 2, 1901. The 70th Meeting will be held in 1902. Addresses and Reports at the Ipswich (1900) Meeting. The President's Address: "Some Incidents in the Evolution of the Modern Physician." Address in Medicine: "Medicine as a Science and Medicine as an Art." By P. H. PYE-SMITH, M. D., F.R.S. Address in Surgery: "The Surgeon in the Nineteenth Century." By F. TREVES, F.R.C.S. Address in Obstetrics: "The Maternal Mortality in Childbed." By W. J. SMYLY, M.D. Report of Council. Report of Parliamentary Bills Committee. Report of the Scientific Grants Committee. Report of Committee for Legislation on Inebriates. Report of Therapeutic Committee. Report of Medical Charities Committee. Report of Committee appointed to consider the Early Decay of Teeth among the Inhabitants of Britain. Report of the General Practitioners' and Ethical Committee. Report of Anaesthetics Committee. List of Papers communicated to the Sections at the Sixty-eighth Annual Meeting held at Ipswich July 31 to August 3, 1900. Section A. Medicine. Officers.-President: Thomas Buzzard, M.D. Hon. William Burton-Fanning, M.D. Secretary: Frederick plegia, apparently due to Infection from Dental Caries and Stomatitis, treated by Anti - Streptococcus Serum and by Saline Infusions. Gore, W. R., M.B.--A Toxin Theory of the Causation of Gout. Marshall, Prof. C. R.-Demonstration of Sphygmographs. M'Keown, D., M.D.-Explanation of so-called Imperfect Aeration Symptoms of Post-Nasal Adenoids. Pruen, S. T., M.D. -Some Practical Points in the Construction of Openair Sanatoria. (Ipswich, 1900.) MacDonald, J. S., M. D.-Demarcation BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION-continued. Carlier, Prof. E. W.-Changes occur- Presence of Ciliated Cells in Con- Harris, D. F., M. D.-The Inertia of Section G. Mann, G., M.D.-Points of Homology Demonstration of Photographs and Charts of Monkey's Cord. Demonstration of different Types of Nerve Cells seen in Cord and higher centres. Milroy, T. H., M.D.-The Rôle of the Nucleins. Parsons, J. H., M.B.-Dilation of the Sherrington, Prof. C. S., F.R.S.- Symes, W. L., M.R.C.S.-An Embed- Thompson, Prof. W. H.-Anæsthetics Pathology. Officers.-President: Edward E. Klein, M.D., F.R.S. Hon. Secretaries: Alex. Grant Russell Foulerton, F.R.C.S.; Sydney Herbert Long, M.B. Discussion on the Pathological Distri- | The Pathology of Cirrhosis of the Bunch, J. L., M.D., D.Sc.-Ringworm Harris, W. J., M. D.--On the Pathology and Significance of the Argyll- Lazarus-Barlow, W. S., M.D. - On Flexner, Prof. S.-The Bacteriology | Williams, W. R., F.R.C.S. Faulerton, A. G. R., F.R.C.S.—Primary The Pathogenesis of Myoma of the Section H. Ophthalmology. Officers.-President: William Arthur Brailey, M.D. Hon. Secretaries: Charles Devereux Marshall, F. R. C. S.; Walter William Sinclair, M.B. Discussion on the Treatment of Chronic | The Treatment of Lachrymal A Case of Clarke, E., F. R. C.S. Fergus, A. F., M.D.-Some Forms of canthus. Griffin, W. W., M.B. On Epi |