PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECTIONS. 34$ 



MEDICAL SECTION. 



At the provisional meeting held on April 27th, 1894, the 

 following officers were elected : — Chairman : Dr. A. Shewen. 

 Committee : Hon. Dr. MacLaurin, Professor Anderson Stuart, 

 and Drs. Chisholm, Sydney Jones, MacCormick, and Purser. 

 Secretaries : Drs. G. E. Rennie and C. J. Martin. 



It was agreed to hold only three meetings during the year as 

 in 1893. 



First meeting June 15, 1894, at 8'15. 

 Dr. A. Shewen in the Chair. 



Dr. Thomas Evans exhibited a patient suffering from a cyst 

 in the anterior chamber of the eye, which he believed to be a 

 hydatid cyst. 



Dr. Angel Money read a short paper on " Clinical Symptoma- 

 tology of Cerebral Tumours," and Dr. Fiaschi read a paper on 

 " The Surgical Treatment of Cerebral Tumours." 



At the discussion which followed Drs. Sydney Jones, Crago, 

 Schwarzbach, Jenkins, C. J. Martin and Rennie took part. 



Second meeting August 17, 1894, at 8'15. 

 Dr. A. Shewen in the Chair. 

 Dr. F. R. Tidswell read a paper on "Sewer-gas and its relation 

 to the Spread of Disease." 



Drs. MacLaurin, Coode, Milford, Quaife, Wilkinson, 

 Chisholm, and the Chairman discussed the paper. 



Owing to the lateness of the hour the further business was 

 postponed until the next meeting. 



Third meeting October 19, 1894, at 8' 15. 

 Dr, A. Shewen in the Chair. 

 Dr. Sydney Jones drew the attention of the members present 

 to the recent death of Sir Alfred Stephen, and proposed : — 



