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Third International Congress of Dermatology
Arch Dermatol. 1995;131(6):651.
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To be held in London, August 4th to 8th, inclusive, 1896.
REGULATIONS.
- All duly qualified medical men, British or foreign, or others interested in science invited by the council, who shall have paid the fee of one pound sterling,* and who shall have enrolled themselves, shall be members of the congress and entitled to the volume of Transactions.
J Cutan Genito-Urin Dis.
June 1895;13:266-267.
First, the good news: In 1895 £1 sterling equaled $5; in 1995 it takes only $1.50 to buy £1 British.
Next, the not-so-good news: Although 100 years ago $1 was worth 4 German marks, in 1995 $1 is only worth 1.5 deutsche marks. Still, in 1895 $1 was worth only 5 Italian lire, and nowadays $1 will get you more than 1600 lire!
Now, the bad news: $1 in 1895 would be worth 18 cents today.
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Footnotes
The equivalent of one pound sterling is—French, twenty-five francs; German, twenty marks; Italian, twenty-five lire; American, five dollars.
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