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Medical Members' Monthly Meeting

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A Meeting of the Medical Members took place in the Reid-Knox Hall of the Institute, on Friday, April 21, 1939. Dr. Brailsford was in the Chair and about forty members were present.

Dr. Bush: Seriescopy. Dr. Bush gave a résumé of his lecture on this subject which he had delivered the previous evening in the Institute. His paper is to be published shortly in the Journal.

The following cases were shown:—

Dr. Fawcitt: I. A case of diverticulum of the stomach. The patient, a male aged 61 years, complained of vague dyspeptic symptoms and foul eructations. Ten years previously he had had a gastro-jejunostomy for a duodenal ulcer. Bariummeal examination revealed a diverticulum about the size of a threepenny bit, situated in the posterior aspect of the cardia of the stomach. Dr. Fawcitt stressed the rarity of diverticula in this area of the stomach.

2. A case of chondromata of the ribs. This condition was found during barium-meal examination of a patient referred for radiological examination on account of dyspepsia. There were large, characteristic chondromata of the left lower five ribs.

3. Two cases of abnormality of the epiphysis of the proximal phalanx of the great toe. The first patient, a boy of 13 years, gave a history of dropping a weight on the foot. The radiograph showed a vertical split in the epiphysis at the base of the proximal phalanx of the great toe.