The Treatment and Teaching of Incipient and Transient Mental Disorders in the Royal Infirmary

This was a special meeting of the Edinburgh MedicoChirurgical Society, held in the Royal College of Physicians, Queen Street, Edinburgh, for the purpose of discussing the establishment of wards for the treatment of " incipient and transitory mental disorders" in connection withTKiT Royal Intirmary. There was a large attendance. Apologies for absence were received from the Lord Provost, Sir Charles Pearson, Mr John Cowan, Dr John Fraser, Dr Mar and Dr Farquhar. The CHAIRMAN, in his opening remarks,explained that they had met for the purpose of discussing the treatment and teaching of incipient and transitory mental disorders. The subject had been already brought into notice at a meeting held in that