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MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS,
Arrol, Joseph Findlay, Eobt. Maclaurin, Alexander
Cross, M.P., Wm. Henderson, Wm. L. Reid, M.D.,
Geo. Munsie, J. B. Wingate, Matthew Dunlop, and
Professor Ferguson, LL. D. ; treasurer, Geo. Munsie,
109 Virginia Place; secretary, Wm. George Black,
88 West Regent Street ; senior surgeon, Thos. Reid,
M.D. ; surgeons, T. S. Meighan, M.D., A. F. Fergus,
M.D., A. M. Ramsay, M.D. ; assistant surgeons,
Wm. Robertson, M.B.C.M., A. Wilson, M.B.C.M.,
James Hinshelwood, M. D. ; pathologist, Leslie
Buchanan, M.B.C.M. ; house surgeon, Wm. A. Nish,
M.B.C. M. ; assistant house surgeon, John F. Barr,
M.B.C.M. ; clinical assistants, Robert H. Young,
M.B CM., A. Lewis M'Millan, M.B.C.M., Wm. Weir,
B.Sc, M.B.C.M. House steward and collector of
subscriptions, D. Anderson. Matron, Miss Chalmers.
Housekeeper at Charlotte Street, James Bell.
At the end of 1892 there remained on the books
of the Infirmary 1978 cases ; the number of new
cases admitted in 1893 was 13,438, making the total
number of cases under the care of the medical officers
during the year 15,416, as against 14,599 in 1892.
THE GLASGOW HOSPITAL FOR SKIN
DISEASES.— 8 Elmbank Street.
His Grace the Duke of Argyll, KT., patron ; The
Right Hon. Lord Overtoun, president ; Jas. A. Camp-
bell of Stracathro, M.P., vice-president ; C. R. Dunlop,
Very Rev. Principal Caird, D.D., Rev. Professor
Charteris, D.D., Wm. Jamieson, Sir James King,
Bart, ex-Lord Provost, William Ker, Robert Gourlay,
Geo. M'Call, Peter Denny, LL.D., Sir Chas. Tennant,
Bart., Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Bart., extraordinary
directors; James Grahame (chairman), Charles M.
King, Hickson Fergusson, J. Pirrie, Hugh B. Cram,
Robert Maconechy, Brigadier General Sir Donald
Matheson, K.C.B., D. M. Crerar-Gilbert, and the
physician, treasurer, and secretary for the time being,
ordinary directors; Prof. M'Call Anderson, 2 Wood-
side Terrace, physician; Andrew Moyes, M.B., 10
W. Princes Street, assistant physician ; Archibald
Craig, LL.B.,156 St. Vincent Street, hon. secretary;
A. S. M'Clelland, 115 St. Vincent St., hon. treasurer.
Gratuitous advice to the poor afflicted with diseases
of the skin .ind hair, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays, at 2 o'clock p.m. In connection with the
Hospital two wards for skin diseases are provided in
the Western Infirmary, to which the directors have power
to send the more serious cases. Upwards of 40,000
patients have been treated since the foundation of
the Hospital. A practical course for students is
held during the months of May, June, and July, each
year ; fee. Two guineas. The Hospital is entirely sup-
ported by voluntary contrit)utions.
JOINT HOSPITAL (KNIGHTSWOOD) FOR
THE BURGH OF PARTICK, AND FOR
PART OF THE DISTRICT ADDED TO THE
CITY OF GLASGOW.
Board of Directors : — Peter Strachan, Hugh Craw-
ford, Donald Wright, Jas. Caird, Thomas Logan,
and George Green, representatives of the burgh of
Partick; Jas. Dick, Eobt. Crawford, Robert Murdoch,
E. W. Langlands, and J. M. Thomson, representatives
of the City of Glasgow. Chairman, Donald Wright ;
J. M. Taylor, writer, 180 St Vincent St., secretary
and treasurer; Jain Clerk, M.B., resident medical
officer; Miss Jane Stuart, matron.
ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN,
Hospital, 45 Scott Street, Gaenethill.
Dispensary, 11 West Graham Street.
Patronesses, H.R.H. Princess Louise, Marchioness
of Lome, and H.R.H. Princess Christian. Office-
bearers for 1894 — President, the Duke of Montrose,
K.T. ; vice-presidents, Prof. Leishman and Dr. H. C.
Cameron; directors, Thos. Carlile, William Hamilton,.
Dr. James B. Russell, Mai-k Bannatyne, R. H. Dunn,,
and J. C. Mitchell ; hon. secretary and treasurer,
M. P. Eraser, 91 West Regent Street; hon. medical
officers — physicians, Dr. Jamse Finlayson and Dr.
Samson Gemmell ; extra physicians, Dr. George S.
Middleton, Dr. J. Lindsay Steven, Dr. R. S. Thom-
son, Dr. C. Workman, Dr. R. M. Buchanan, and
Dr. J. H. Carslaw ; surgeons. Dr. W. MacEwen and
Dr. W. J. Fleming; extra surgeons, Dr. T. Kennedy
Dalziel, Dr. Quintin M'Lennan, Dr. Henry Ruther-
furd, and Dr. G. Ritchie Thomson ; pathologist. Dr.
Joseph Coats; aurist. Dr. Thos. Barr; extra aurist,
Dr. J. Walker Downie ; oculist. Dr. Thomas Reid;
extra ocuUst, Dr, C. Fred. Pollock ; and dentist, Mr.
Rees Price.
The objects of this institution are the medical and
surgical treatment of poor children sufiering from non-
infectious diseases or accidents; to provide a dis-
pensary and furnish advice and medicine to those
who cannot be received into the hospital ; to pro-
mote the advancement of medical science with refer-
ence to the diseases of children ; and to provide for
the clinical instruction of students, the training of
nurses for children during illness, and the instruction
of lady pupils in the care of sick children. The hos-
pital, which has now seventy beds, and the dispen-
sary are entirely supported by voluntary contribu-
tions. Patients admitted to the hospital on Mondays,
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, between 10 and
11 a.m., on production of an order signed by &
subscriber. Accidents or urgent cases admitted afe
any hour by day or night without an order. Friends^
admitted to see patients on Wednesdays, from 9 to
9.30 a.m., and Sundays, from 2.30 to 3 p.m. Visitors
admitted to the hospital on Tuesdays, Wednesdays^
Fridays, and Saturdays from 2 to 4 p.m., but
Wednesdays and Saturdays are preferable.
The Dispensary is open daily at 10.30 for the
treatment of outdoor patients. No line is required
for the dispensary, it is enough that the child is sick
and poor.
GLASGOW POLYKLINIK,
For the Study and Treatment of Special Diseases^
401 St Vincent Street,
The Polyklinik was established in 1885 for the
double purpose of giving gratuitous advice to de-
serving poor people, and of providing opportunities
to senior students for studying the diseases of special
organs under the medical and surgical staff.
Bepartmefits. — Diseases peculiar to women ;
diseases of children ; diseases of the ear, throat and
nose ; and diseases of the skin. Each department is
under a specialist. The dispensary is open daily,
and accommodation is provided for the treatment of
patients in-door.