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Abstract

THE inaugural meeting of the Domestic Economy Congress was held at the rooms of the Society of Artists in Birmingham, on Tuesday last. In the absence of Lord Leigh the Mayor took the chair. Prof. Huxley gave a short address, in which, he maintained that our so-called education does not fit a man for understanding his social duties. Public opinion was now beginning to take a different view of what education ought to be. Those who supported this Congress were among those who felt most strongly on the subject, and the influence on Government from discussions and meetings would be successful in the long run. The real business of the Congress commenced yesterday, when, amongst the papers read, were:—“Nursing,” by Mrs. W. E. Gladstone; “Infant Life,” by the Countess of Ebersburg; “Nursing in Connection with Education,” by Miss Helen Taylor; “Elementary Instruction to Children in Physiology,” by Prof. Huxley; and “Warming and Ventilation,” by Capt. Galton. We give elsewhere an account of Prof. Huxley's paper, and we commend the latter part of it especially, not only to those who are interested in the teaching of physiology in schools, but to all who have given attention to that “burning question” of the day—vivisection.