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MEDICAL TOUTING BY THE TOWN CRIER.

IT is stated in a German medical journal that in a certain village inGermany professional rivalry was so keen that the unseemly spectaclewas observed of the town crier blowing a trumpet and publiclyannouncing that one of the doctors would pay visits at sixty pfennigseach. Two hours later the same crier informed the inhabitants thatanother doctor would see them for fifty pfennigs a visit.

Mr. Humphreys.—The paper is extant. The additional case would be

acceptable.

COMMUNICATIONS not noticed in our present number will receive atten-tion in our next.

COMMUNICATIONS, LETTERS, &c., have been received from-Dr. Clifford

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LETTERS, each with enclosure, are also acknowledged from-Dr. Kelso,Alloa ; Mr. Lee, Leeds ; Mr. Brownfield, London; Messrs. Hooper andCo., London ;Mr. Haslam, Reading ; Mr. Morris, Feltham ; Mr. Brett,Bridlington; Mr. Watson, Glasgow; Dr. Brailey, London; Dr. Holmes,Warwickshire ; Mr. Arrowsmith, Bristol; Messrs. Mottershead andCo., Manchester; Mr. Hargreaves, Lancashire; Messrs. Child and

Co., Leeds ; Mr. Arnison, Newcastle; Miss Hunt, Dublin ; Mr. Mason,London ; Mr. Duncan, Newcastle ; Mr. Jessett, London ; Dr. Roberts,Sheffield ; Mr. Heywood, Manchester; Mr. Wormald, Manchester ;Mr. Partridge, London ; Mr. Humphrey, Carnarvon; Mr. Birchall,Liverpool; Masonic, London ; Omega, Mon.; Forceps, London ;Rectus, London ; B. W., Rent; M. P. J., Wilts ; Victoria Hospital forNurses, Bournemouth; E., London; Denmark, London; DeaconessElsie, Tottenham; S. H., Hull; Surgeon, Mon. ; M. R., London ; J. S.,Sydenham ; Eblana, London ; G. D., London ; Z., London ; Medicus,Mon. ; Medicus, Blackburn ; Ajax, London ; Medicus, Leeds ; Dr. B.,London; V. C., London ; E. H., Brighton ; K., Brentford ; X. Y. Z.,London ; Mens, Leicester ; Medicus, Hastings ; S. M., Oxford ; X. L.,Penzance ; Alpha, London ; Medicus, Manchester ; Beta, Newcastle-on-Tyne ; Transfer, London ; Cantab., London ; C., Bristol ; Surgeon,London; E. F. C., London; M. F., London; G., Suffolk; Genuine,London; Medicus, London ; Matron, Barnsley ; Surgeon, Leeds ; E.,Birmingham ; J. H. B., Cornwall; Fidelis, Manchester; E. D., Dar-lington ; Mona, London ; Matron, London.

Chester Chronicle, Newcastle Daily Leader, Bristol Mercury, WarringtonGuardian, West Middlesex Advertiser, Reading Mercury, SurreyAdvertiser, Herald and Weekly Free Press, Irish Times, HertfordslzireMercury, North Star, Windsor and Eton Express, City Press, School, d:c.,have been received.

Medical Diary for the ensuing Week.Monday, October 8.

ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, MOORFIELDS.—Operations,10.30 A.M., and each day at the same hour.

ROYAL WESTMINSTER OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1.30 P.M.,and each day at the same hour.

CHELSEA HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN.-Operations, 2.30 P.M.; Thursday, 2.30.ST. MARK’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M. ; Tuesday, 2.30 P.M.HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN, SOHO-SQUARE. -Operations, 2 P.M., and on

Thursday at the same hour.METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.ROYAL ORTHOPÆDIC HOSPITAL.—Operations, 2 P.M.CENTRAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL. -Operations, 2 P.M., and

each day in the week at the same hour.

Tuesday, October 9.GUY’S HOSPITAL.—Operations, 1.30 P.M., and on Friday at the same hour.

Ophthalmic Operations on Monday at 1.30 and Thursday at 2 P.M.ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL.-Ophthalmic Operations, 4 P.M. ; Friday, 2 P.M.CANCER HOSPITAL, BROMPTON.-Operations, 2.30 P.M.; Saturday, 2.30 P.M.WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.WEST LONDON HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2.30 P.M.ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1.30 P.M. Consultations, Monday,

2.30 P.M. Skin Department, Monday and Thursday, 9.30 A.M.THE PARKES MUSEUM (74A, Margaret-street, Regent-street, W.).-8 P.M..

Prof. W. H. Corfield : Sanitary Appliances.

Wednesday, October 10.NATIONAL ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL.-Operations, 10 A.M.MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1 P.M.ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL.--Operations, 1.30 P.M. ; Saturday same

hour. Ophthalmic Operations, Tuesday and Thursday, 1.30 P.M.Surgical Consultations, Thursday, 1.30 P.M.

ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL.-Operations, 1.30 P.M. ; Saturday, same hour.LONDON HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P. M.; Thursday & Saturday, same hour.GREAT NORTHERN CENTRAL HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P,M.SAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN.—Operations.,

2.30 P.M.UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M. ; Saturday, 2 P.M.

Skin Department, 1.45 P.M. ; Saturday, 9.15 A.M.ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL.—Operations, 2 P.M., and on Saturday.KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.-Operations, 3 to 4 P.M. ; Friday, 2 P.M. ;

Saturday, 1 P.M.CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, GREAT ORMOND-STREET.—Operations, 9 A.’K. ;

Saturday, same hour.HUNTERIAN SOCIETY.-8 P.M. An Address from the President (Mr. R.

Clement Lucas). Dr. Robert Barnes : The Recent Triumph of Sur-gery. Special General Meeting at 7.45 P.M.

ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY.-8 P.M. Mr. H. B. Brady: Reproduc-tive Condition of Orbitolites complanata, var. laciniata.

BRITISH GYNÆCOLOGICAL SOCIETY.-8.30 P.M. Specimens and Notes.of Cases by Dr. Inglis Parsons, Mr. Reeves, Dr. Fancourt Barnes,Dr. Granville Bantock, Mr. Lawson Tait, Dr. Mansell-Moullin, andthe President.

Thursday, October 11.ST. GEORGE’S HOSPITAL,—Operations, 1 P.M. Surgical Consultations,

Wednesday, 1.30 P.M. Ophthalmic Operations, Friday, 1.30 F.M.CHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL.—Operations, ? 51 p 4.

Friday, October 12.ROYAL SOUTH LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.CLINICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—Mr. Nunn : Injury to Elbow-joint,

Unreduced Dislocation of Head of Radius, and Injury to theUlnar Nerve.-Dr. Pasteur : Case of Pulmonary Gangrene treatedby Incision and Drainage.-Dr. A. Morison: Case of ExtensiveAnkylosis of Skeleton, with Diaphragmatic Breathing.-Dr. StephenMackenzie : Case of Peculiar Skin Disease, possibly a form ofLupus. Living Specimen by Dr. Stephen Mackenzie: SyphiliticArthritis.

THE PARKES MUSEUM (74A, Margaret-street, Regent-street, W.).-8P.M.Mr. H. Percy Boulnois : Scavenging, Disposal of Refuse and Sewage.

Saturday, October 13.MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL.-Operations, 2 P.M.