296 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECTIONS. 



Fifth Meeting, September 1G, 1887. 



Dr. Sydney Jones in the Chair. Seventeen members present. 



Mr. Twynam read a paper on " Amputation at the hip joint." 



Dr. MacCullocii exhibited patient with peculiar curvature of 

 the tibia. 



Dr. MacCormick exhibited a foreign body removed from knee 

 joint. 



Dr. Sydney Jones exhibited a tumour from axilla. 



Sixth Meeting, October 21, 1887. 



Dr. Sydney Jones in the Chair. Twenty-six members present. 



Dr. Wm. Chisholm read notes of a case of " Gastrostomy," and 

 exhibited the patient. 



Dr. Watjgh, Parramatta, shewed a case of " Vicious union of 

 Tibia." 



Dr. Wm. Goode read notes on a case of " excision of rectum." 



Dr. Sydney Jones read a paper on " Intestinal Obstruction," 

 for Dr. Mancler Jones, absent. 



Dr. Goode exhibited — (1) Strangulated femoral Hernia (2) 

 Large fatty Tumour. 



Last Meeting, November 18, 1S87. 



Dr. Sydney Jones in the Chair. Twenty-seven members present 



Dr. Worrall read a paper on "Remarkable case of Faecal 

 accumulation." 



Dr. Chisholm exhibited a patient with " Hydatid Tumour of 

 Right Lung," also a specimen of " Abscess in Frontal Lobe." 



Dr. Jenkins read notes of a case of " Fibroid Polypus of the 

 neck of Womb " and exhibited the specimen. 



Dr. Foreman exhibited a cyst of the Broad Ligament. 



Dr. Ross exhibited specimens of two kidneys, one with renal 

 calculus obstructing ureter — the other from same patient shewing 

 ''grave cirrhotic change." 



Dr. Schwarzbach read a paper on the use of " corrosive 

 sublimate " in eye-disease. 



" Remarks." — Seven meetings of the Medical Section were, held 

 during the Session of 1887, under the Presidency of Dr. P. Sydney 

 Jones, and the abstract will show that the attendance of members 

 was considerably above that of the previous year. Some of the 

 papers excited great interest, and lively discussion, and there was 

 no lack of material, and the exhibits living and dead were 

 unusually attractive. 



A. MACCOMICK, M.D., (Edin.) 

 EDWD. J. JENKINS, M.D., (Oxon.) 



