cursions, yachting trips; steamer, rail and tram to surrounding points of interest; receptions, private and public; a dinner or a ball. On one of the days of the meeting the delegates will be taken by tram to New Westminster, visit the asylum there and other points of interest, then take the boat down the mighty Fraser to Steveston, visit some of the canneries, so that visitors will have the opportunity of verifying the stories of the salmon. industry; then take the train back to Vancouver—a trip of great interest from start to finish. In Victoria a committee is arranging a series of entertainments there, viz., reception at Government House, conversazione at the Parliament Buildings, a visit to Esquimalt and William Head Quarantine Station, beside other excursions to points of interest in and about Victoria. For those who would like to extend their visit, special rates are arranged for to Nanaimo, where they will have an opportunity of seeing the vast coal fields of British Columbia. Arrangements can be made for stop-overs at Kaslo and Golden, the Board of Trade of the latter having issued a special invitation to the members of the Association to visit that thriving city. Other side trips have been arranged for to Skagway, Atlin, via Yuk n and White Pass Railway to Dawson City. For those who would like hunting excursions, full informatien can be secured from the local secretary at Vancouver as regards game laws, and excellent sport is promised. Hunting parties can be made up at Vancouver, and reliable guides furnished. Guides can also be supplied for those who want to do mountain climbing. The following are the rates for hotel accommodation: Vancouver Hotel, $3.00 to $5.00 per day; Badminton Hotel, $2.00 to $3.00 per day; Leland Hotel, $2.00 to $3.00 per day; Commercial Hotel, $2.00 to $3.00 per day; Metropole Hotel, $2.00 to $4.00 per day; Dominion Hotel, $1.00 to $2.00 per day. Board and rooms can also be arranged for at private houses, a complete list of which can be obtained from the local secretary. The Pullman rate from Toronto to Vancouver is $17.00 each way; from Montreal, $18.00 each way. Meals for five days about $12.50. Yellowstone National Park is situated mostly in the State of Wyoming, in its north-western corner. Those contemplating visiting this "Wonderland" after the meeting in Vancouver, should see that their tickets are routed on return journey via the Northern Pacific Railway. From Vancouver the return trip is made over the Canadian Pacific Railway to the boundary where the Northern Pacific is taken at Sumas. Thence through Auburn and Spokane to Livingston, where change is made for Gardiner, at the entrance to the Park. A six-days' trip by stagecoach through the Park, including meals and lodging at the hotels, which are all first-class, will cost $49.50. The Park is sixty-two miles from north to south, and fifty-four miles wide. The General Secretary will be glad to hear from all those intending to take in this trip on return journey, having been assured that a party of from twenty-five to fifty will receive better attention than smaller ones. As announced above, the Canadian Medical Association has no arrangements in force for return via California. For the benefit of those, however, who wish to return that way to St. Louis, the information may be tendered that there will be in force at the same time as our own convention an open rate of $70.25 from Toronto to San Francisco, good going via Canadian Pacific Railway to Vancouver, allowing liberal stop-overs in each direction; final return limit, 23rd of October. No certificates are required for this trip, as it is an open rate to all. In taking this trip, members of the Canadian Medical Association going to Vancouver should be routed on return via Southern Pacific, Portland to San Francisco or Los Angeles; Southern Pacific, San Francisco or Los Angeles to Ogden; Union Pacific to Kansas City and St. Louis. Mr. H. F. Carter, T.P.A., Union Pacific Railway, 14 Janes Building, Toronto, will supply any further information regarding this route. The fee for membership is $2.00, and may be paid to the Treasurer, Dr. H. Beaumont Small, Ottawa, when registering at the meeting. For the information of those who have not been elected to membership, the same rates apply to them as well, and they are instructed to ask for application forms when registering. All delegates must have for themselves, their wives and daughters, if going, a special certificate from the General Secretary, in order to secure reduced transportation rates. Should any one require any further information as to accommodation at Vancouver or Victoria, side trips, hunting, etc., they will kindly address the Local Secretary, Dr. W. D. Bryden Jack, Vancouver, B.C. For certificates and general information, address the General Secretary. The following are some of the papers to be read: Address in Gynecology-Dr. E. C. Dudley, Chicago. Paper, title to be announced-Dr. A. McPhedran, Toronto. Paper, title to be announced-Dr. J. H. Elliott, Gravenhurst, Ont. Surgical Treatment of Trachoma-Dr. G. Sterling Ryerson, Toronto. Paper, title to be announced-Dr. A. Armstrong, Arnprior, Ont. Paper, title to be announced-Dr. A. E. Garrow, Montreal. The Operative Treatment of Spina Bifida-Dr. E. R. Secord, Brantford, Ont. The Business Aspect of the Medical Profession-Dr. James E. Hanna, Ottawa, Ont. Paper, title to be announced-Dr. D. J. Gibb Wishart, To ronto. Paper, title to be announced-Dr. J. W. Stirling, Montreal. Paper, title to be announced-Dr. B. E. McKenzie, Toronto. Hernia of Bladder Complicating Inguinal Hernia-Dr. Francis J. Shepherd, Montreal. real. Gastric Ulcer and its Treatment-Dr. J. B. McConnell, Mont La Syphilis Canadienne et Différents Facteurs et GraviteDr. D. E. LeCavelier, Montreal. Case Reports Dr. Robert H. Craig, Montreal. Paper, title to be announced-Dr. James S. Edwards, Grand Rapids, Mich. Paper, title to be announced-Dr. Henry Howitt, Guelph, Ont. Chronic Cystitis-Dr. J. O. Camirand, Sherbrooke, Que. Iniencephaly, with a Report of Three Cases-Dr. Maud E. Abbott, and Dr. F. A. L. Lockhart, Montreal. Actinomycosis-Dr. James Bell, Montreal. Paper, title to be announced-Dr. Ingersoll Olmstead, Hamilton, Ont. Prostatectomy Under Local Anesthesia-Dr. H. H. Sinclair, Walkerton, Ont. High Frequency Currents in Functional Disease, more particularly Functional Neuroses-Dr. S. F. Wilson, Montreal. Therapeutic Hints from Bacteriology-Dr. G. R. Cruickshank, Windsor, Ont. Paper, title to be announced-Dr. C. H. Mayo, Rochester, Minn. In addition there will be a number of papers from Western men, whose names have not yet been received. Any further particulars required will be gladly furnished by the General Secretary, Dr. George Elliott, 129 John Street, Toronto. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Honors for Canadians. On the occasion of the visit of the British Medical Association to Oxford, on July 27th, the honorary degree of D.S.C. will be conferred, among others, on Dr. Roddick, of Montreal, and Dr. Wm. Osler, of Baltimore. A Splendid Booklet.-The firm of C. J. Hewle't & Son, 35 to 42 Charlotte Street, London, E.C., England, have recently published a splendid surgical instruments and druggists' sundries list, and are prepared to send a copy of it, free, to any Canadian physician on application. Resident Physicians.-The following have been appointed resident physicians at the Hospital for Sick Children for the year commencing 1st July, 1904: Dr. Bruce Courtney Whyte, of Millbrook; Dr. Melville H. Embree, of Parkdale; Dr. K. D. Panton, of Milton, and Dr. Walter W. Wright, of Toronto. Milk in Typhoid Fever. A book'et bearing this title has recently been issued by the firm of Smith, Kline & French, Philadelphia, Pa., and is intended for free distribution among the medical profession. It will be sent by the publishers on application, and is worth while having, as it is most interesting, and written in a thoroughly scientific manner, showing that the constituent properties of milk are such that it is even a more valuable form of food in many diseases than some practitioners think. We would recommend our readers to secure a copy and peruse it. The Mississippi Valley Medical Association.-The Thirtieth Annual Session of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association will be held at Cincinnati, Ohio, October 11th, 12th and 13th, 1904, under the presidency of Dr. Hugh T. Patrick, of Chicago. The headquarters and meeting places will be at the Grand Hotel. The annual orations will be delivered by Dr. Wm. J. Mayo, of Rochester, Minn., in Surgery, and Dr. C. Travis Drennen, of Hot Springs, Ark., in Medicine. Request for places upon the programme, or information in regard to the meeting, can be had by addressing the Secretary, Dr. Henry Enos Tuley, Louisville, Ky., or the Assistant Secretary, Dr. S. C. Stanton, Masonic Temple, Chicago, Ill. The usual railroad rates will be in effect. The Physician's Library. BOOK REVIEWS. Progressive Medicine. A Quarterly Digest of Advances, Discoveries and Improvements in the Medical and Surgical Sciences. Edited by HOBART AMORY HARE, M.D., Professor of Therapeutics and Materia Medica in the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. Assisted by H. R. M. LANDIS, M.D. Philadelphia and New York: Lea Brothers & Co. $6.00 per annum. Volume I., 1904, issued March 1st, 1904, includes articles on Surgery of the Head, Neck and Thorax; Infectious Diseases, including Acute Rheumatism, Croupous Pneumonia and Influenza; the Diseases of Children; Laryngology and Rhinology; and Otology. Volume II., 1904, issued June 1st, 1904, contains articles on Surgery of the Abdomen, including Hernia; Gynecology; Diseases of the Blood; Diathetic and Metabolic Diseases; Diseases of the Spleen, Thyroid Gland and Lymphatic System; and Ophthalmology. It is impossible in a short review to refer to the many excellent points contained in the several chapters of each volume. It may be sufficient to state that, on the whole, the articles are short and practical, and that they contain the latest information available, presented in a most readable and satisfactory manner. A. E. Special Diagnosis of Internal Medicine. A Handbook for Physicians and Students. By DR. WILHELM V. LEUBE, Professor of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief to the Julius Hospital at Würsburg. Authorized translation from the sixth German edition. Edited, with annotations, by Julius L. Salinger, M.D., late Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Jefferson Medical College, and Physician to the Philadelphia Hospital. With five colored plates and seventyfour illustrations in the text. New York and London: D. Appleton & Co. 1904. Canadian agents: Geo. Morang & Co., Limited, Toronto. Dr. v. Leube's work, dealing as it does with special medical diagnosis, is very useful to the true lover of medical science, for diagnosis being truly made, treatment suggests itself. |