London.

The Otological Congress.  —This congress held in London the past week, under the presidency of Dr. Urban Prichard, had a most successful meeting, 300 aurists from all over the world, having been in attendance. Such names as Politzer Knapp, Hartman, Luc, Macewen, Malherhe, adorned the program, and so great was the pressure of papers that extra sessions had to be held to accommodate them all. Many of the foreign delegates came the week before and attended the British Medical Association at Portsmouth. The social side of the gathering was most elaborate; congratulations were sent to the Queen, and the festivities closed with a visit to Windsor and an entertainment on the prettiest part of the River Thames, by Dr. Field.One of the most amusing things about the Congress was the frank and outspoken astonishment of the lay press that such a large body of scientists could assemble from such