Twelve free public lectures on medical subjects, to be given at the Medical School on Longwood Avenue in Boston, have just been announced by the Faculty of Medicine. These lectures will be given on Sunday afternoons during the months of January, February, and March. Each lecture will begin at 4 o'clock, and the doors will be closed five minutes after the hour. The first lecture of the series will be delivered on Sunday, January 8.

The purpose of this course is to provide an opportunity for the general public to become better educated in medical knowledge, at present the average person gains his medical knowledge from hearsay. These lectures will enable everyone taking advantage of them to obtain an authoritative viewpoint on vital aspects of this course.

The lecturer titles and the dates of delivery are as follows:

January 8 "Maintaining Physical Efficiency by Work and Play". Mr. N. W. Fradd.

January 15 "gas Poisoning, Electric Shock and Drowning". Dr. C. K. Drinker.

January 22--"The Laws of the Heart" Dr. A. T. Redfield '13.

January 29--"The Importance of Diet in the Treatment of Anemia" Dr. G. R. Minot '08.

February 5 "Aptitude Measurements in Vocational Guidance" Mr. Johnson O'Connor '12.

February--12 "The Child Meets the Family". Dr. Hallowell Davis '18.

February 19 "Infantile Paralysis" Dr. W. L. Aycock.

February 26 "Restoration of Function in the Mouth and Teeth as a Health Measure". Dr. F. A. Beckford.

March 4 "Brain Disorders from the Surgical Standpoint". Dr. Gilbert Horray.

March 11 "Cancer". Dr. D. F. Jones.

March 18 "Public Health Aspects of Canned Food". Mr. H. H. Loomis.

March 25 "Health Conditions in Equatorial Africa Contrasted with Those in Countries were Sanitation Prevails". Dr. R. P. Strong '16