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University of OxfordOn July 26 the honorary degree of D.se. will be conferred

on Dr. A. E. Barclay.Royal College of Physicians of LondonOn Tuesday and Thursday, July 15 and 17, Prof. P. C. P.

Cloake will deliver the Humphry Davy Rolleston lectures atthe college, Pall Mall East, S.W.I. He will speak on theTreatment of Disseminated Sclerosis by Artificial Pyrexiaand Prolonged Administration of Arsenic.London Blood Transfusion ServiceThe headquarters of the Greater London Blood Trans-

fusion Service are now at 10, Collingham Road, S.W.5(Frobisher 6477).Research Defence SocietyOn Tuesday, June 17, at 3.15 r.M., at 26, Portland Place,

London, W.1, Prof. G. H. Wooldridge, F.R.C.V.S., will deliverthe Stephen Paget lecture on What Animals Owe to Experi-mental Research.

Passano Foundation AwardOn June 12 in Atlantic City this award for 1947 will be

presented to Mr. Selman A. Waksman, microbiologist at theNew Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, by Mr. Robert S.Gill, president of the Williams & Wilkins Company and of thefoundation. Mr. Waksman will afterwards give an addresson Antibiotics and Tuberculosis-a Microbiological Approach.Royal Medical Foundation of Epsom CollegeHenry Duncalfe annuities of E30 p.a. each for spinsters

in need of help will shortly be awarded by the council. Candi-dates must be daughters of registered medical practitionersand must have attained the age of 50. Pensions for

impecunious doctors or their widows, and scholarships fortheir sons, are also available from the funds of the foundation.Forms of application may be had from the secretary, EpsomCollege, Surrey.Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond StreetMembers of the consulting staff of the hospital will in future

see outpatients only by appointment. Appointments, whichshould be made by the patient’s own doctor, preferably inwriting, may be made for any time between 9.30 A.M. and12.30 P.M. except on Sundays. Patients who attend withoutan introduction from a doctor will be examined in the

receiving-room and only when necessary referred to a

consultant.

Society for Relief of Widows and Orphans of MedicalMen ’

The annual general meeting of the society was held onMay 21, with Dr. R. A. Young, the president, in the chair.The resignation of Dr. Blackett was received, and in appre-ciation of his services as secretary for over 40 years he waselected a vice-president. During 1946 E4950 was distributedto the 52 widows who are beneficiaries. The membership ofthe society is now 281, of whom 160 are life members and121 are ordinary members. Further particulars may be hadfrom the secretary, 11, Chandos Street, London, W.I.Central Drugs Laboratory for IndiaUnder the Drugs Act the Biochemical Standardisation

Laboratory at 10, Chittaranjan Avenue, Calcutta, has beenconstituted as the Central Drugs Laboratory. Its functionswill include : (1) the analysis of samples submitted bycustoms collectors and courts of law, and (2) the granting ofcertificates of registration for patent and proprietary medicineswith undisclosed formulae. The Drugs Act and rules cameinto force on April 1, except the provisions for the registrationof patent and proprietary medicines, which are to take effecton April 1, 1948.British Empire Leprosy Relief Association

Dr. Gordon Ryrie has been appointed medical secretary ofthe association in succession to Dr. Ernest Muir who hasretired.

Dr. Ryrie, who graduated M.B. at the University of Edinburghin 1926, joined the Colonial Medical Service in Malaya two yearslater. He was appointed superintendent of Sungei Buloh LeperHospital in 1930, where he remained until the end of 1945. Duringthe Japanese occupation Dr. Ryrie organised his settlement as abase for aiding our troops, guiding them in the jungle and sendingfood and medical supplies. In January, 1944, the Japs becamesuspicious, and they put him in prison, later sending him to alabour camp where he remained until the liberation. Immediatelyafter VJ-day, though in poor health, he resumed his work at theSungei Buloh Hospital until the autumn of 1945 when he returned toEngland.

Society for EndocrinologyThe following officers of this society have been elected:

chairman, Mr. A. S. Parkes, SC.D., F.R.S. ; secretary, Mr. S. J.Folley, PH.D.; treasurer, Mr. C. W. Emmens, PH.D. ; editorof the Proceedings, Prof. S. Zuckerman, F.R.S.; members of

committee, Dr. P. M. F. Bishop, Dr. C. H. Cray, Mr. P. C.Williams, Prof. F. G. Young, D.sc.Return to PracticeThe Central Medical War Committee announces that Mr.

Harold Park, F.R.C.S., has resumed civilian practice at

40, Wilbury Road, Hove, 3, Sussex.Foreign Awards .

The following decorations have been conferred on R.A.M.C.officers in recognition of distinguished services in the cause ofthe Allies :

UNITED STATES

Legion of Merit.—Major-General W. C. Hartgill, c.B., M.c., K.H.S.(commander) ; Brigadier D. B. McGrigor, O.B.E. (officer).Bronze Star Medal.—Lieut.-Colonel A. J. Kina, Major H. G.

McQuade.BELGIUM

Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palms.—Captain R. L. Rees.

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Order of the White Lion (3rd Class).-Major-General Sir HenryTidy, K.B.E.Medal for Merit (lst Class).-Lieut.-Colonel Henry Ross, C.I.E.,

I.M.S.

AppointmentsBALL, MARGARET, M.B. Camb., M.R.c.p.: asst. physician, the

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, London.BRASH, DAVID, M.B. Glasg., D.M.R.: radiologist. Bolton Royal

Infirmary.BURT, H. A., M.B. Camb., M.R.c.p. : director of department of

physical medicine, University College Hospital, London.BYARS. J. R., M.B. Aberd., D.P.H.: senior asst. county and school

M.o., Leicestershire.DAVIES, 1. G., M.D. Lond., M.R.c.p., D.P.H. : M.o.H. and school M.o.,

Leeds.DOYLE, W. J., M.B. N.U.I., D.p.H.: deputy county M.o.H., Devon.GEOHEGAN, V. P., M.B. Leeds, D.P.H.: deputy M.o.H., Weston-

super-Mare.HEWITT, SELWYN, M.B. Durh., B.HY., D.P.H.: senior asst. county

M.o. and school M.o., Herefordshire.KATZ, JACOB, M.D. Bratislava, D.P.H. : deputy M.o.H., Accrington.Louis, FRANCIS, M.B. Lond., F.R.C.S.: accident and orthopædic

surgeon, Great Western Hospital, Swindon.PURDIE, A. W., M.B. Glasg., F.R.F.P.s., M.R.c.o.G.: obstetrician,

North Middlesex County Hospital, Edmonton.ROSE, MURIEL, M.B. Lond., M.R.C.O.G.: obstetrician, Redhill County

Hospital, Edgware.SHAW, C. H., M.B. Lond. : asst. M.O.H., Rotherham.THORBURN, A. L., M.D. Belf., D.P.H.: senior asst. M.O., East Riding,

Yorks.TURNEY, H. F., D.M. Oxfd, M.R.c.P. : physician i.e. department of

physical medicine, Southend-on-Sea General Hospital.London County Council Mental Health Service :

Asst. medical officers: :AMINOFF, JACK, M.R.C.S. : Friern Hospital, New Southgate.ANNEAR, M. W., M.R.C.S.: Cane Hill Hospital, Coulsdon.JONES, R. M., M.B. Camb. : Banstead Hospital, Sutton.MAY, P. R. A., M.B. Camb. : Bexley Hospital, Bexley.

Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading :EVANS, W. G., M.B. Lond., D.M.R.T. : director of radiotherapy

department.HOOPER, A. N., M.B. Camb., F.R.c.s.: obstetrician and gynæco-

logist.WILLIAMS, R. H. H., M.B. Camb., F.R.c.s.E. : aural surgeon.

Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne:BLACK, J. 1. M., M.D. Durh., F.R.C.S. : asst. surgeon to throat,

nose, and ear department.BRUMWELL, JOHN, M.B. Durh., F.R.C.S. : surgeon.DAVISON, GEORGE, M.D. Durh., M.R.C.P., D.C.H. : associate

physician, children’s department.DEWAR, H. A., M.D. Durh., M.R.c.p. : asst. physician.GREEN, C. A., M.D., PH.D. Edin., D.P.H. : clinical bacteriologist.HOUSTON, B. D., M.B. Durh., D.M.R.: asst. radiologist.HUNTER, WILLIAM, M.D. Durh., li.R.C.O.G.: associate surgeon,

gynaecological department.JONES, J. D. T., M.S. Durh., F.R.c.s. : asst. surgeon.LAKE, L. H., M.B. Durh., D.O.M.S: asst. surgeon, ophthalmic,

department.MILLER, H. G., M.D. Durh., M.R.O.P., D.p.M. : aset. physician.MILLER, J. F. W., M.D. Durh., M.R.C.P., D.C.H. : associate physician,

children’s department.PASK, E. A., o.B.E., M.B. Camb., D.A. : head of department of

anaesthetics.RANKEN, MARGARET, M.B. Durh. : associate surgeon, ophthalmic

department.REID, J. L., B.M. Oxfd, D.L.o. : asst. surgeon, throat, nose, and

ear department.ROSE, J. D., M.B. Durh., F.R.C.S.: asst. surgeon.STABLER, F. E., M.D. Durh., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.O.G.: asst. surgeon,

gynaecological department.WAY, S. A., M.R.C.S., M.R.c.o.a. : associate surgeon, gynæco-

logical department.VVRIGHT, ELSIE, M.D. Lond.: associate physician, children’s

department.