Texas Medical Association.
—The thirtieth annual meeting of the Texas State Medical Association will be held April 26-29, 1898, at Houston, Texas.American Orthopedic Association meets at Boston, Mass., May 17, 18 and 19, 1898. The preliminary program includes the following papers:Operative Treatment of Paralytic Deformities, by Bernard! Bartow.A Brace for Cervical Spondylitis, by Wallace Blanchard.An Inquiry into Epidemics of Infantile Paralysis, and the Late Treatment of that Disease; and Caries of the Spine in Adults, by E. G. Brackett.Congenital Dislocation of the Hip-Joint, Correction of Stiffness of the Joints by means of the Pendulum Apparatus; and Normal Flexibility of the Anterior Part of the Foot and Means to maintain it, by E. H. Bradford.Remarks on the Various Gaits of Children, illustrated by some instantaneous photographs, by W. N. Bullard.Adenoids as a Causal Factor in Deformity, by F. S. Coolidge.Congenital Absence of the