to Disease. The subject will be treated under the following headings: (a) Physiological Introduction, by Dr. Percy M. Dawson (Baltimore). (b) Clinical Methods of Investigating Blood Pressure, by Dr. G. A. Gibson (Edinburgh). (c) Pathology and Therapeu tios of Morbid Blood Pressure, by Sir Wm. Broadbent. (d) The Relation of Blood Pressure to Arterial Sclerosis, by Professor Clifford Allbutt. The following will also take part: Dr. Mackenzie (Burnley), Sir James Barr, Dr. Theodore Janenway (New York),

OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. President: A. H.Freeland Barbour, M.D.,

Edinburgh. Honorary Secretaries: Frederick Fenton, M.D., C. M., 75 Bloor street E., Toronto; Kennedy Crawford McIlwraith, M. B., 54 Avenue Road, Toronto; Cuthbert Lockyear, M. D., 117a Harley street, London, W.

It has been arranged that on August 21st, 22d and 23d the first part of the meeting be devoted to a discussion on the following sub

(b) Military Services. To be opened by Mr. Arnold Lawson (London).

PEDIATRIOS.

President: George Alexander Sutherland, M.D., London. Honorary Secretaries: Edward Stanley Ryerson, M.D., C. M., 261 College street, Toronto; Joseph S. A. Graham, M.B., 102 College_street, Toronto; Ralph Vincent, M.D., I Harley street, London, W. The section will meet on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (August 21st, 22d, 23d and 24th), at 9:30 a. m., adjourning at 12:30 p.m. each day. The following preliminary arrangements have been made: A discussion on Congenital Pylorio Stenosis. The medical aspects of the subject will be intro

Professor Adami and Dr. McCallum, and followed by Dr. Gustav Mann (Oxford), Professor E. Wace Carlier (Birmingham), Professor A. S. F. Grunbaum (Leeds), and Dr. H. E. Roaf (Liverpool). Wednesday.-Etiology and Life-history of Malignant New Growths. To be opened by Professor H. R. Gaylord (Buffalo); Professor Clowes (Buffalo) and Drs. Buxton and Beebie (New York), Professor G. Sims Woodhead (Cambridge), Professor A S. F. Grunbaum (Leeds), Dr. Robert Muir (Glasgow) and others are expected to take part in the discussion. Thursday.-The Forms of Arteriosclerosis, their Classification and Experimental Production. To be opened by Professor W. H. Welch (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore), Dr. Klotz (Montreal), and Dr. J. J. MacKenzie (Toronto); and followed by Professor L. Aschoff (Freiburg), Professor Leith (Bir

PROF. CLIFFORD ALLBUTT, Cambridge.

duced by Dr. Edmund Cautley (London), and the surgical aspects will be introduced by Mr. Harold J. Stiles (Edinburgh). A discussion on Pneumococcal Infection. The medical aspects of the subject will be introduced by Dr. Henry Ashby (Manchester).

A Clinical Demonstration of interesting cases in one of the Toronto hospitals will be arranged.

PATHOLOGY AND BACTERIOLOGY.

President: Professor J. G. Adami, M.D., F.R.S., Montreal. Honorary Secretaries: Gideon Silverthorn, M. B., M.D., C. M., 266 College street, Toronto: Harold C. Parsons, B.A., M.D., C.M., 72 Bloor street W., Toronto; Frank George Bushnell, M.D., Sussex County Hospital, Brighton.

The following preliminary arrangements have been made: Tuesday. -On Nuclear Pathology and Physiology, to be opened by

SIR. WM. BROADBENT, London.

mingham), Professor Clifford Allbutt (Cambridge), Professor W. Osler (Oxford), Professor Adami (Montreal), Dr. Pearce (Albany), and Dr. Robert Muir (Glasgow). Friday. Papers upon Pathogenic Protozoa: by Dr. F. W. Mott (London), Acute and Chronic Changes in the Nervous System produced by Trypanosoma Infections; Professor F. E. Novy (Ann Arbor), On the Nature of Spirochaetes and the Prevention and Cure of Relapsing Fever, with lantern demonstrations; and Dr. J. Ballah (Montreal), On the Life History and Cultivations of Certain Pathogenic Protozoa.

PHYSIOLOGY.

President: Professor Wm. Dobinson Hallibuton, M.D., F.S.R., London. Honorary Secretaries: Herbert E. Roaf, M.D., The Bio Chemical Department, The University, Liverpool; Gustav Mann, M.D., 25 Beechcroft Road, Oxford.

A large number of prominent American physiologists have accepted invitations to attend, and British physiologists will thus have the opportunity of making the personal acquaintance of their Amercian colleagues. Several French physiologists have also signified their intention to be present, and it is hoped that other foreigners may also accept the invitations sent to them. A joint discussion on the Role of the Nucleus in Nutrition with the Section of Pathology has been arranged, and another joint discussion with the Section of Medicine will also take place, the subject being Over-nutrition and Undernutrition, with special relation to Proteid Metabolism in Heatlh and Disease. This will be opened by Professor Chittenden.

Surgical Treatment of Ascites Secondary to Chronic Hepatitis. Prostatectomy. Duodenal Ulcer. Peritonitis.

THERAPEUTICS.

President Donald MacAlister, M.D., Cambridge. Honorary Secretaries: Velyien E. Henderson, M. A., M.B., University of Toronto; Charles Potter Lusk, M.D., C. M., 99 Bloor street W., Toronto; E. R. Morton, M. D., 22 Queen Anne street, London, W.

The following subjects have been selected for discussion: Tuesday, August 21st.-The Kidney, its Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Wednesday, August 22d.-Serumtherapy. Thursday, August 23d.-Joint Sessions with the Section of Medicine on the subject of Heart-block. Friday, August 24th.-The Place of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in the Medical Curriculum. The Secretaries will be glad to receive specimens, drawings, tracings, or preparations for exhibition during the session.

HONORARY LOCAL SECRETARIES.

Frederic Newton Gisborne Starr, M. B., Medical Building, Toronto. Professor John Joseph Mackenzie, B.A., M.B., Medical Building, Toronto. David James Gibb Wishart, B.A., M.D., L.R. C. P., Medical Building Toronto.

TORONTO ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE.

Dr. Geo. A. Bingham, 68 Isabelle street, Toronto. Dr. C. J. C. O. Hastings, 258 Wellesley street, Toronto. Dr. A. A. Macdonald, 341 Bloor street West, Toronto. Professor J. J. Mackenzie, Medical Laboratories Toronto. Dr. Alex. McPhedran, 151 Bloor street West, Toronto. Dr. R. A. Reeve, President-elect, 48 Bloor street E., Toronto. Dr. F. N. G. Starr, 112 College street, Toronto. Dr. J. Algernon Temple, 333 Bloor street W., Toronto. Dr. D. J. Gibb Wishart, 47 Grosvenor street, Toronto.

THE LOCAL DELEGATION.

Arrangements have been made for the from this city to Toronto over the Illiparty from St. Louis for through service nois Central and Grand Trunk systems. Those who took this route to the recent meeting of the A. M. A. will appreciate the wisdom of its selection. A rate of $21.60 with a return limit of fifteen days is made from August 1st to September 1st, giving ample time for the many side trips which will be offered. Reservations may be made through the editor of the FORTNIGHTLY or at the office of the Illinois Central, 707 Olive St., St. Louis.