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[dugust 20, 1885 
BRITISH ASSOCIATION 
FOR THE 
ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 
22, ALBEMARLE STREET, LONDON, W. 
The NEXT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING will be held at 
ABERDEEN, commencing on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER o. 
PRESIDENT-ELECT, 
The Ricut Hon. Sir LYON PLAYFAIR, K.C.B, M.P., Ph.D., LL.D., 
F.R.S. L. and E., F.C.S. 
NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS OF MEMOIRS.-— 
requested to give early notice of their intention to offer Papers. 
Information about Lodgings and other Local Arrangements may be 
obtained from the Local Secretaries, Aberdeen. 
T. G. BONNEY, Secretary. 
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. 
The Session of the Faculty of Medicine will commence on OCTOBER 1. 
Introductory Lecture at 4 p.m. by Prof. E. A. Schafer, F.R.S. 
The Examinations for the Entrance Exhibitions will te heldon SEPT- 
EMBER 28 and 20. 
Scholarships, Exhibitions, and Prizes of the Value of 4800 are awarded 
Annually. 
In University College Hospital over 3000 In-patients and 30,000 Out- 
patients are treated during the year. ‘Thirty-six Appointments, eighteen 
being resident, as House-Surgeon, House Physician, and Obstetric Assistant, 
&c., are filled up by competition ‘during the year, and these, as well as all 
Clerkships and Dresserships, are open to Students of the Hospital 
without extra Fee 
Prospectuses with full information as to Classes, 
obtained from the College, Gower Street, W.C. 
G. V. POORE, M.D., Dean of the Faculty. 
TALFOURD ELY, M.A., Secretary. 
VICTORIA UNIVERSITY. 
This University confers Degrees in Arts, Science, Law, and Medicine on 
those who have pursued prescribed Courses of Study in a College of the 
University, and have passed the necessary Examinations. 
A Preliminary Examination (Faculties of Arts, Science, and Law) rae. an 
Entrance Examination in Arts (Faculty of Medicine) will take place in 
October, commencing on Monday, the sth. 
Particulars as to these and other Examinations and as to Courses of Study 
may be obtained from the Registrar. 
Authors are 
Prizes, &c., may be 
A. T. BENTLEY, M.A., Registrar. 
Manchester. 
OWEN’S COLLEGE, VICTORIA 
UNIVERSITY, MANCHESTER. 
I. Arts, Science, and Law Department. 
II. Medical Department (including the Dental and Pharmaceutical 
courses). 
III. Department for Women. 
IV. Evening Classes Department. 
Prospectuses of the above, and of Entrance Scholarships and Exhicitions 
(14 in number, and varying from £12 to £100 per annum), will be forwarded 
free on application to the Registrar of the College, or may be obtained from 
Mr. Cornish, 33, Piccadilly, Manchester. 
HENRY WM. HOLDER, Registrar 
THE OWENS COLLEGE, 
MANCHESTER. 
Prof. GAMGEE being about to commence Practice as a Physician in the 
South of England, the Chair of Physiology will shortly be Vacant. A 
detailed statement of the terms and conditions of the Office will be ready 
about the end of September, and may then be obtained from Dr. Grren- 
woop, the Principal of the College. 
HENRY WM. HOLDER, Registrar. 
GUY’S HOSPITAL. 
The MEDICAL SESSION commences on THURSDAY, October r. 
The Hospital contains, besides the beds for Medical and Surgical Cases, 
wards for Obstetric, Ophtha!mic, and other special departments. 
Special Classes are held in the Hospital for Students preparing for the 
Examinations of the University of London and of other Examining Boards. 
APPOINTMENTS.—The House Surgeons and House Physicians, the Obste- 
tric Residents, Clinical Assistants, and Dressers, are selected from the 
Students according to merit and without payment. ‘There are also a large 
number of Junicr Appointments, every part of the Hospital Practice being 
systematically employed for instruction 
ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS.—Open Scholarship of 125 guineas, in Classics, 
Mathematics, and Modern Languages. Open Scholarship of 125 guineas, 
in Chemistry, Vhysics, Botany, and Zoology. 
Prizes, &c.—Six Scholarships, varying in value from £10 to £50 each, 
for general proficiency in Medical Study; the Treasurer’s Gold Medal, in 
Medicine; the Treasurer's Gold Medal, in Surgery ; the Gurney Hoare Prize 
of £25, for Clinical Study; the Beaney Prize of 30 guineas, for Pathol gy; 
the Sands Cox Scholarship of £15 per annum for three years, for Physiol: Sy; 
the Joseph Hoare Prizes of £25 and £103 the Michael Harris Prize of 410, 
for Anatomy; the Mackenzie Bacon Prize of £10, fur Ophthalmoscopy ; the 
Mackenzie Bacon Prize, for Nervous Diseases, of £15; the Burdett Prize for 
Hygiene, value £10. 
For Prospectus and further informaticn apply to the Dean, Dr. F. 
Guy's Hospital, I.ondon, S.E., July 1885. 
TAYLOR. 
LIVING SPECIMENS FOR THE MICROSCOPE. 
GOLD MEDAL awarded at the FISHERIES EXHIBITION to 
THOMAS BOLTON, 57, NEWHALL STREET, BIRMINGHAM, 
who has last week sent to his subscribers Lacinularia socialis, with drawing 
and description. He has also sent out Cristatella mucedo, Alcyonella 
fungosa, Plumatella repens, Fredericella sultana, Zoothamnium arbuscula, 
Cordylophora lacustris, Leptodora hyalina, Volvox globator; also Hydra, 
Ameeba, Vorticella, Crayfish, and other Specimens for (Huxley and Martin’s) 
Biological Laboratory work, 
Weekly Announcements will be made in this place of Organisms T. B. is 
supplying. 
Specimen Tube, One Shilling, post free. 
Twenty-six Tubes in course of Six Months for Subscription of £1 1s. 
ar Twelve Tubes for 10s. 6a. 
Portfolio of Drawings, Ten Parts, 1s. each. 
NORMAL SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND 
ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES, 
SOUTH KENSINGTON AND JERMYN STREET. 
Dean.—Proressor T. H. Hux ey, P.R.S. 
SESSION 1885-86. 
From the rst October 1885, till about the middle of June 1886, the Labora- 
tories will be open to Students in the following Sciences :— 
CHEMISTRY AND AGRICULTURE. 
Puysics. 
Bro.ocy. 
GEOLOGY. 
Mecuanics AND MecHANnIcAL DRAWING. 
METALLURGY, MINING, AND ASSAYING. 
The following Courses of Lectures will be given during the Session :— 
Physics, Professor Guthrie, F.R.S., rst Oct. 1885; Principles of Agriculture, 
J. Wrightson, Esq., ust Oct.; Biology, G. B. Howes, Esq., rst Oct.; 
Metallurgy, Professor Chandler Roberts, F.R.S., 2nd Oct. 3 Elementary 
Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Professor T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S., 2nd 
Oct. ; Mining, Professor Warington Smyth, F.R.S., 9th Nov. ; Astronomi- 
cal Phy. sics, J. Norman Lockyer, Esq., F.R.S., r5th june, 1886 ; Elementary 
Geology, Professor Judd, F.R.S., rsth Feb. ; Zoology and Palzontology, 
G. B. Howes, Esq., 15th Feb.; Botany, D. H. Scott, Esq., 15th Feb. ; 
Advanced Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Dr. F. R. Japp, F.R.S., 
F.C.S., 15th Feb. ; Mineralogy, F. Rutley, Esq., 9th March. 
A Course of Mine Surveying, conducted by Mr. B. H. Brough, will begin 
on the 15th Feb., 1886. 
In addition to the above, Lectures will be given in the Chemical Depart- 
ment by Drs. Hodgkinson and Percy Frankland. 
For further particulars apply to the RecisTRAR, Normal School of Science. 
South Kensington. 
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SOUTH 
WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE. 
An ASSISTANT LECTURER in MATHEMATICS will be AP 
POINTED in SEPTEMBER (Stipend, 41co per annum). Candidates 
must send in applications, with testimonials and references, not later than 
AUGUST 27. 
For further information apply to 
Cardiff, June 12, 1885. 
ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL 
SCHOOL. 
ALBERT EMBANKMENT, LONDON, S.E. 
The WINTER SESSION of 1885-86 will commence on OCTOR™ 
IVOR JAMES, Registrar. 
BIR ay 
when an Introductory Address will be delivered by A. O. MacKELUAR, 
Esq., M.Ch., at 3 p-m 
TWO ENTRANCE SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIPS of £100 and £60 
respectively, open to all first-year Students, will be offered for competiti n. 
‘The Examination will be held on the sth, 6th, and 7th of October, and the 
subjects will be Chemistry and Physics, with either Botany or Zoology, at 
the option of Candidates. 
Special Classes are held throughout the year for the ** PRELIMINARY 
SCIENTIFIC” and ‘“INTERMEDIATE M.B.” Examinaticns of the 
UNIVERSITY of LONDON. 
All Hospital Appointments are open to Students without extra charge. 
Scholarships and Money Prizes of considerable value are awarded at the 
Sessional Examination, as also several Medals. 
The Fees may be paid in one sum or by instalments. Entries may be 
made to Lectures or to Hospital Practice, and special arrangements are 
made for Students entering in their second or subsequent years; also for 
Dental Students and for Qualified Practitioners. 
Several medical practitioners and private families residing in the neigh- 
buurhood receive Students for residence and supervision, and a register of 
approved lodgings is kept in the Secretary's office. 
Piesnectucee and all particulars may be obtained from the Medical Secre- 
tary, Mr. GEorGE RENDLE. 
W M. ORD, Dean. 
ST. GEORGE'S HOSP 
MEDICAL SCHOOZT; 
HYDE PARK CORNER, S.W. 
The WINTER SESSION will commence on THURSDAY, ee Lp 
with an Introductory Address by TIMOTHY HOLMES, Esgq., F.R.C. 
at4p.m. A Prospectus of the School and further information may fe 
obtained by personal application between 1 and 3 p.m. ; or by letter addressed 
to the DEAN at the Hospital. 
