NA TURE 



[April 13, 1899 



BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE 

 ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, 



BURLINGTON HOUSE, LONDON, W. 



The NEXT ANNUAL MEETING of the ASSOCIATION will 



be held at DOVER, commencing on WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 13, 



1899. 



President-Elect : 

 Prof. MICHAEL FOSTER, M.D., D.C.L., LL.D., Sec.R.S. 

 Notice of Papers proposed to be read should be sent to the Office. 

 Burlington House, before Jui.v i. 



Information about local ajrangemenis may be obtained from the Local 

 Secretaries, Castle Hill House, Dover. 



G. GRIFFITH. Assistant General Secretary. 



THE MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL 

 MEDICAL SCHOOL. 



MORTIMER STKKKT, LONUON, W. 



The Summer Session, 1R99, will commence on Monday, May 1. 



Full opportunities for study are offered to Students preparing for any of 

 the examinations in Medicine and Surgery in the United Kingdom. 



Classes will be held in the following subjects :— Midwifery, Pathology, 

 Pathological Histology, Bacteriology, Forensic Medicine and Public 

 Health, Anatomy, Practical Physiology and Histology, Chemistry and 

 Practical Chemistry, Materia Medica, Therapeutics, Psychological Medi- 

 cine with Clinical Demonstrations, Practical Pharmacy, 



Students entering in May are eligible to compete for the Entrance 

 Scholarships (value £100 and ;C6o) awarded at the commencement of the 

 ensuing Winter Session. The Broderip Scholarships, Governors' Prize, 

 Hetley Prize, Lyell Medal, Leopold Hudson Prize, and Freeman Scholar- 

 ship, are awarded annu.ally. the Murray Scholarship (in connection with the 

 University of Aberdeen) every third year. Eighteen resident appointments 

 are open for competition annually, without fee. 



The composition fee, admitting 10 the whole curriculum, is 120 guineas; 

 if paid in three instalments, first instalment 60 guineas 



For University of London Students requiring Preliminary Science In- 

 struction, 140 guineas, or by instahnentji. For members of Universities 

 recognised by the General Medical Council, and other Students who have 

 completed their Anatomical and Physiological studies, the fee for admission 

 as General Students is 70 guineas, or by instalments, 75 guineas. Students 

 from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge entering in May are eligible 

 to compete for the University Scholarship of ifio awarded at the commence- 

 ment of the Winter Session. Fee for Dental Student, 54 guineas. 



Tbc New Laboratories and Class-rooms for Physiology, Chemistry, 

 Uiolog>*, Pathology, Hacteriology, with all modern improvements as well as 

 a new and larger Dissecting Room and Operative Surgery Room are now in 

 regular use. 



The Residential College contains .iccommodaticn for Thirty .Students. 



For Prospectus and further Particulars apply to 



W. PASTEUR, M.n., Dean. 



PUBLIC HEALTH INSTRUCTION. 



THE MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL 



MEDICAL SCHOOL. 



A THREE (3) MONTHS" COURSE will commence on TUESDAY, 

 MAY 2, at 2.30 p.m. Full particulars on application to the Dean, the 

 Middlesex Hospital, W. 



THE LONDON HOSPITAL MEDICAL 

 COLLEGE. 



The SUMMER SESSION commences on May 1. 



The Hospital is the largest in the kingdom ; nearly 800 beds are in 

 constant use, and no beds are closed. Being the only General Hospital for 

 East London— /.f. for a million and a half people— the practice is immense. 

 In-patients last year, 11,622; Out-patients, 178,838; Accidents, 17,370; 

 Major Operations, 2320. 



Ai'i'OiNTMENTs.— Owing to the enormous number of patients more 

 Appointments arc open to Students than at any other Hospital. Sixty 

 oualified Appointments are made annually, and more than 150 Dressers, 

 Clinical Clerks, &c., appointed every three months. All are free to 

 Students of the College. Holders of Resident Appointments have Free 

 Board. 



SciiouARSHics AND Prizes.— Twenty-seven Schol.irshlps and Prizes are 

 given annually. Students entering in May can compete for Five Entrance 

 Scholarships in September. 



Special arrangements have been made to enable Students entering in May 

 loprcscnt themselves for examination in Chemistry, &c., in July. 



Sj'Eciai. Classes are held for the University of London and other higher 

 Examinations. Special entries for Medical and Surgical Practice ran be 

 made. Qualified Practitioners wilt find excellent opportunities for studying 

 the rare.«it diseases. 



A reduction of 15 Guineas is made to the Sons of Members of the Profession. 



Enlargement OF the College.— The new Laboratories and Class- 

 rooms for Bacterioto8;y, Public Health, Operative Surgery, Chemistry, 

 Biology, ftc, have now been added, with all modern impiovements. 



The Clubs' Union Athletic Ground is within easy reach of the Hospital. 



The Metropolitan and other Railwayshavc Stations close to the Hospital 

 and College. 



For Prospectus and information as to Residence, &c., apply, personally 

 or by letter, to 



MUNRO SCOTT, Warden. 

 Mile End, E. 



GUY'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL. 



The SUMMER SESSIOX will l.cgin on M.-iy 1. and Students then 

 entering will be eligible to compete for Entrance Scholarships uf the com- 

 bined value of j£4io in the following September, as well as for the numerous 

 Medals, Scholarships, and Prices awarded during the period of Studentship. 



The Hospital contains accommodation for 695 beds, and arrangements arc 

 being made as rapidly as possible to place the entire number at the service 

 of the sick poor, by reopening the Wards that have been closed for want of 

 funds for the hist fifteen years. 



The Appointments tenable by Students have recently been increased by 

 more than 150 a year, chiefly by the addition of Clerkships and Dresserships 

 in the departments of Ophthalmology, Gynecology, and Otology. 



To augment the teaching of special subjects, Registrars and Tutors have 

 been appointed in the Ophthalmic and Obstetric Departments. 



All Hospital Appointments ' open to Students without charge, and the 

 holders of Resident Appointments are provided with board and lodging. 



The College accommodates 60 Students, under the supervision of a 

 Resident Warden. 



The Dental School provides the full Curriculum required for the L.D.S. 

 England. 



The Clubs' Union Athletic Ground is easily accessible. 



A Handbook of Information for those about to enter the Medical Pro- 

 fession will be forwarded on application. 



For the Prospectus of the School, containing full p.irticulars as to Fees, 

 Course of Study advised, -Regulations for Residents in the College, &c., 

 apply, personally or by letter, to the Dean, Guy's Hospital, London 

 Bridge. S.E. 



UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. LONDON. 



FACULTY OF MEr)ICINE. 



The Summer Session begins on May i. The work is arranged so iha 

 Student may advantageously begin his Medical Curriculum then. 

 Full information may be obtained from eUher of the undersigned. 



GODLEE, M.S., F.R.C.S., 

 ]. M. HORSBURGH. M.A.. Sec 



Dc, 



of the Faculty. 



QUERNMORE. 



BEDFORD COLLEGE, LONDON (FOR 

 WOMEN), 



YORK PLACE, UAKER STREET, W. 

 Principal— Miss ETHEL HURF.HATT. 

 The Easier Term besins on Thursday, April 20. A Course of Lectures 

 on the History of Ancient Literature (Roman), and a Course (Lectures a]id 

 Practical Work) on Bacteriology, will be held during this Term. 



Two Entrance Sch.ilarships will lie offered for competition in June. 

 MAPEI, F. ROHINSO N. Secretary. 



LONDON BRANCH at 

 24 CHANCERY LANE.W.C. 



by JOHN ( ;ir,.SON, ALA. iFirst Class, Camb.). and G.LOLY,B..A. 

 (First Class, London), for all Public Examinations. Special InstrUOtlOU 

 In Scientific Agriculture for successful practical .Xsriculture and Forestry 

 in the British Islands or the Colonies; also in Geology, Botany, &c., 

 Practical, Chemical, and Physical Laboratories. The "State Corre- 

 spondent" and Higher Examination Journal gives up-to.datc particulars 

 of all the leading C.S. and other Examinations. Price aid., post free. 

 Prize of One Guinea for competition each month ; Special Prize of Five 

 Guineas each Ju ne anil December 



THE ELECTRICAL 



GENERAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE. 



experimental" ENGINEERING 

 WORKS, 



2 and 4 I'ENVWKKN ROAD. EARL'S COURT, 

 LONDON, S.W., 

 Trains Students for Electrical, Mechanical and Mining Engineering. 

 Develops Electrical and Mechanical Patents. 



Constructs Experimental and Special Machinery and Models 10 

 Specification. 



D. P. H. 



HEATHCOTE SCIENCE 

 LABORATORIES. 



The SUMMER Course (Listing ten weeks) comracMLcd on WEDNES- 

 DAY, APRIL 1.1. 



A similar Course will commence on WEDNESDAY. MAY 3. 



Each Cour.se comprises Lectures and Practical Work to meet the 

 requirements in the Science Subjects of all the Public Health Ex.imin.alions 

 of the various Examining Bodies. Subjects, with fees, as below : Bac- 

 teriology, Practical and Theoretical, ;£s 5X. ; Chemistry and Physics, 

 Pr.actical and Theoretical, {,(> 6». '. Vital Statistics and Special Lectures on 

 Sewage treatment, £1 a. ; Inclusive Fee for above, .£13 121. ; Short 

 Revision Course, {,- .<.— HOURS to suit the majority of those attending, 

 but special arrangements can be made in individual cases. For furlhei 

 information apply, TheSui'ERiNTKNl>l-;NT, Heathcole Science Laboratories 

 Q Heathcote Street. Grays Inn Ro.id. 



WANTED, an ANALYTICAL CHEMIST 



of exceptionally liich and proved ability and .accuracy, vvithgood e.\peri- 

 ence in testing Medical Chemicals, to lake the position of Chief 

 Analyst at the Works of a le.idinc London Firm uf Manufacturing 

 Chemists. A gentleman who has taken University Degrees preferred. 

 —Address, stating age, qualifications, and experience, to " .\iialyst,'* 

 c/o Messrs. .M.VKKliv, SlKWAJiT, & Co., 57 Coleman Street, London, 

 E.C. 



