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508 University of Durham Dr. E. J. R. Primrose, general practitioner in Brora, has been appointed university medical officer. University of Sheffield The title of visiting professor of medicine has been conferred on Prof. R. R. H. Lovell of the University of Melbourne and Prof. H. N. Robson of the University of Adelaide, who will come to Sheffield, under the Ernest Finch Memorial Fund, in March and October respectively. Dr. Thomas Lodge has been appointed a lecturer in radiodiagnosis, and Dr. E. W. Parry an assistant lecturer in pathology. Royal College of Surgeons of England Dr. H. J. A. Dartnall will give the Edridge-Green lecture on Wednesday, March 11, when he will speak on visual pig- ments-a photobiological study. On Friday, March 20, Dr. W. G. Senior will give the Webb-Johnson lecture on dental health and the national economy. Both lectures will be held at the college, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, W.C.2, at 5 P.M. Faculty of Anaesthetists.-Prof. E. M. Papper, from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, will give the Joseph Clover lecture at the college on Wednesday, March 18, at 4 P.M. He will speak on the impact of man, machines, and mechanisms on the clinical practice of anaesthesia. Resuscitation and Cardiac Pacing A conference on this subject will be held at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow from March 18 to 20. Forms of application may be had from the secretary of the college, 242, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2. British Diabetic Association The medical and scientific section of this Association will meet at University College, Cardiff, on April 3 and 4. Further particulars may be had from the Association, 152, Harley Street, London, W.1. Chemotherapy of Tropical Diseases A meeting on this subject will be held by the fine chemicals group and the Nottingham section of the Society of Chemical Industry in Nottingham on April 6 and 7. Particulars may be had from the assistant secretary of the society, 14, Belgrave Square, London, S.W.I. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Dr. E. D. 0. Okeke, visiting physician to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has given the school E500 to endow a prize to be awarded each year to the best student taking the course for the new academic postgraduate diploma in tropical public health of the University of London, Dr. Okeke was himself a postgraduate student at the school. Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation Trust At the inaugural meeting of this Trust held at the Mansion House on Feb. 20, Lord Bossom was elected chairman of the trustees. The medical advisory committee are: Dr. A. P. Norman, Dr. C. 0. Carter, Dr. D. N. Lawson, Dr. Lynne Reid, and Dr. Winifred Young. Mr. John B. Panchand, the hon. secretary may be addressed at 66, Haymarket, London, S.W.I. International Congress on the Scientific Study of Mental Retardation This congress will be held in Copenhagen from Aug. 7 to 14, under the auspices of the International Committee on the Scientific Study of Mental Deficiency. New Chair of Virology at Hammersmith The National Fund for Research into Poliomyelitis and Other Crippling Diseases has agreed to donate eel 00,000 to the Postgraduate Medical School of London to endow a chair of virology at the school. Negotiations are proceeding with the University of London about the establishment of the chair. Funds for the building of a department of virology have already been donated by the Wellcome Trust, and the depart- ment will be housed in the new medical school building now under construction. Indian Medical Association (Gt. Britain) The following officers have been elected for 1964: President, Dr. S. Chakravorti; hon. treasurer, Dr. J. B. Lobo hon. joint secretaries, Dr. D. R. Kaikini, Dr. L. R. Sausman. Diagnosis in General Practice The East Anglia Faculty of the College of General Practi. tioners is to hold a symposium on this subject at the department of human ecology of the University of Cambridge, on May 3( and 31. Further particulars may be had from Dr. A. S. Playfair, 20, Long Road, Cambridge. Course in Experimental Teratology This course will be held at the department of anatomy of the University of Cambridge, from Sept. 21 to 25. It is intended primarily for medical and scientific graduates working in the pharmaceutical industry, but is open to others. Further particulars may be had from Dr. D. H. M. Woollam, at the department of anatomy. Major-General A. N. T. Meneces and Dr. Joan Taylor have been elected fellows of University College London. The freedom of Bolton has been conferred on Mr. E. S. Gawne, consulting surgeon to Bolton District General Hospital and Bolton Royal Infirmary. Willesden General Hospital Medical Society will meet at the hospital on March 18 at 8.30 P.M., when Sir John Peel will speak on dysfunctional uterine bleeding. The North of England Otolaryngological Society will meet at the Victoria Hospital, Whinney Heys Road, Blackpool, on Saturday, March 21. Particulars may be had from Mr. 1. B. Thornburn, ? Whitegate Drive, Blackpool. A discussion on Encapsulation of Electronic Circuits and Materials Compatible with Human Body Implantation will be held at 2.30 P.,i. on Friday, March 6, at the Institution of Electrical Engineers, Savoy Place, London, W.C.2. Among the speakers will be Mr. P. H. Lord, F.R.C.S., Mr. R. Cooper, PH.D., and Dr. J. Scales. The axis-deviation calculator described by Air Vice-Marshal Sir Aubrey Rumball (Lancet, 1963, ii, 20) is now obtainable from Stanley Sealey Instruments, Ltd., 33, Avery Hill Road, New Eltham, London, S.E.19, at 15s., plus Is. postage. CORRIGENDUM.-Dr. Annie Berry, superintendent of Mackay Base Hospital, Queensland, has written to draw our attention to a mistake in our announcement of her appointment as O.B.E. (Jan. 4, p. 35). Dr. Berry holds the degree of M.B. N.z. but not the surgical fellowships which we attributed to her. Appointments BANNISTER, R. G., C.B.E., M.A., D.M., B.SC. Oxon., M.R.C.P.: consultant, department for nervous diseases, St. Mary’s Hospital, London. BARCLAY, G. P. T., M.D. Edin.: consultant pathologist (assistant), Inverness laboratories of the Northern Regional Hospital Board. DUGMORE, W. N., M.B. Sheff., D.o.: consultant ophthalmologist, Burnley and district hospital group. East Anglian Regional Hospital Board: EvANS, 1. E., M.B. Lond., M.R.C.P. : consultant physician, West Suffolk area. JONES, KINGSLEY, M.R.C.P.I., D.P.M.; consultant psychiatrist, St. Andrew’s hospital group, Norwich. Joss, G. S., M.B. Aberd., L.M.C.C., F.R.C.S.E.: consultant plastic surgeon, regional plastic surgery and burns unit, West Norwich Hospital, IRVINE, R. R., L.R.C.P.E., F.F.A. R.C.S., D.A. : consultant anesthetist, NonviLh. Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth hospital group. SELLICK, R. J., M.B. Cantab., F.R.C.S., D.OBST.: consultant E.N.T. SllIgeC-^., Norfolk and Norwich area. Western Regional Hospital Board, Scotland: ADAMS, J. F., V.R.D., M.D. Glasg., M.R.C.P. Glasg., M.R.C.P.E., D.OBSI.’ consultant physician, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow. ANTON, H. C., M.B. Aberd., F.F.R., D.M.R.D.: consultant radiologist, Stc’e- hill General Hospital, Glasgow, and associated hospitals. HUNTER, R. D., M.B. Glasg., D.o.: consultant ophthalmologist, GhsM Ophthalmic Institution. MACGREGOR, AGNES M., M.B. Glasg., D.M.R.D.: consultant radiologist. Stobhill General Hospital, Glasgow, and associated hospitals. - PEEBLES-BROWN, D. A., M.B. Glasg., F.R.C.S.E.: consultant surgeon Western Infirmary, Glasgow. SCOTT, JEAN M., M.D. Glasg.: consultant pathologist, Glasgow mater-.:. and women’s hospitals. SHARP, JESSIE J., M.D. Glasg., DIP. PATH.: consultant pathologist, Glasgow maternity and women’s hospitals. STEVENSON, JOHN, M.B. Glasg., M.R.C.P. Glasg., M.R.C.P.E. : Consultant physician in infectious diseases, Belvidere Hospital, Glasgow.
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University of DurhamDr. E. J. R. Primrose, general practitioner in Brora, has been
appointed university medical officer.
University of SheffieldThe title of visiting professor of medicine has been conferred
on Prof. R. R. H. Lovell of the University of Melbourne andProf. H. N. Robson of the University of Adelaide, who willcome to Sheffield, under the Ernest Finch Memorial Fund,in March and October respectively. Dr. Thomas Lodge hasbeen appointed a lecturer in radiodiagnosis, and Dr. E. W.Parry an assistant lecturer in pathology.Royal College of Surgeons of England
Dr. H. J. A. Dartnall will give the Edridge-Green lectureon Wednesday, March 11, when he will speak on visual pig-ments-a photobiological study. On Friday, March 20,Dr. W. G. Senior will give the Webb-Johnson lecture on dentalhealth and the national economy. Both lectures will be held atthe college, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, W.C.2, at 5 P.M.
Faculty of Anaesthetists.-Prof. E. M. Papper, from ColumbiaUniversity College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York,will give the Joseph Clover lecture at the college on Wednesday,March 18, at 4 P.M. He will speak on the impact of man,machines, and mechanisms on the clinical practice ofanaesthesia.
Resuscitation and Cardiac PacingA conference on this subject will be held at the Royal
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow from March 18to 20. Forms of application may be had from the secretary ofthe college, 242, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2.British Diabetic AssociationThe medical and scientific section of this Association will
meet at University College, Cardiff, on April 3 and 4. Further
particulars may be had from the Association, 152, Harley Street,London, W.1.
Chemotherapy of Tropical DiseasesA meeting on this subject will be held by the fine chemicals
group and the Nottingham section of the Society of ChemicalIndustry in Nottingham on April 6 and 7. Particulars may behad from the assistant secretary of the society, 14, BelgraveSquare, London, S.W.I.London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr. E. D. 0. Okeke, visiting physician to the President ofthe Federal Republic of Nigeria, has given the school E500to endow a prize to be awarded each year to the best studenttaking the course for the new academic postgraduate diplomain tropical public health of the University of London, Dr.Okeke was himself a postgraduate student at the school.
Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation TrustAt the inaugural meeting of this Trust held at the Mansion
House on Feb. 20, Lord Bossom was elected chairman of thetrustees. The medical advisory committee are: Dr. A. P.Norman, Dr. C. 0. Carter, Dr. D. N. Lawson, Dr. LynneReid, and Dr. Winifred Young. Mr. John B. Panchand, thehon. secretary may be addressed at 66, Haymarket, London,S.W.I.
International Congress on the Scientific Study of MentalRetardationThis congress will be held in Copenhagen from Aug. 7 to
14, under the auspices of the International Committee on theScientific Study of Mental Deficiency.New Chair of Virology at HammersmithThe National Fund for Research into Poliomyelitis and
Other Crippling Diseases has agreed to donate eel 00,000 to thePostgraduate Medical School of London to endow a chair ofvirology at the school. Negotiations are proceeding with theUniversity of London about the establishment of the chair.Funds for the building of a department of virology havealready been donated by the Wellcome Trust, and the depart-ment will be housed in the new medical school building nowunder construction.
Indian Medical Association (Gt. Britain)The following officers have been elected for 1964:President, Dr. S. Chakravorti; hon. treasurer, Dr. J. B. Lobo
hon. joint secretaries, Dr. D. R. Kaikini, Dr. L. R. Sausman.
Diagnosis in General PracticeThe East Anglia Faculty of the College of General Practi.
tioners is to hold a symposium on this subject at the departmentof human ecology of the University of Cambridge, on May 3(and 31. Further particulars may be had from Dr. A. S. Playfair,20, Long Road, Cambridge.
Course in Experimental TeratologyThis course will be held at the department of anatomy of the
University of Cambridge, from Sept. 21 to 25. It is intendedprimarily for medical and scientific graduates working in thepharmaceutical industry, but is open to others. Furtherparticulars may be had from Dr. D. H. M. Woollam, at thedepartment of anatomy.
Major-General A. N. T. Meneces and Dr. Joan Taylor have beenelected fellows of University College London.The freedom of Bolton has been conferred on Mr. E. S. Gawne,
consulting surgeon to Bolton District General Hospital and BoltonRoyal Infirmary.
Willesden General Hospital Medical Society will meet at thehospital on March 18 at 8.30 P.M., when Sir John Peel will speak ondysfunctional uterine bleeding.The North of England Otolaryngological Society will meet at the
Victoria Hospital, Whinney Heys Road, Blackpool, on Saturday,March 21. Particulars may be had from Mr. 1. B. Thornburn, ?Whitegate Drive, Blackpool.A discussion on Encapsulation of Electronic Circuits and Materials
Compatible with Human Body Implantation will be held at 2.30 P.,i.on Friday, March 6, at the Institution of Electrical Engineers, SavoyPlace, London, W.C.2. Among the speakers will be Mr. P. H. Lord,F.R.C.S., Mr. R. Cooper, PH.D., and Dr. J. Scales.The axis-deviation calculator described by Air Vice-Marshal Sir
Aubrey Rumball (Lancet, 1963, ii, 20) is now obtainable from
Stanley Sealey Instruments, Ltd., 33, Avery Hill Road, New Eltham,London, S.E.19, at 15s., plus Is. postage.CORRIGENDUM.-Dr. Annie Berry, superintendent of Mackay Base
Hospital, Queensland, has written to draw our attention to a mistakein our announcement of her appointment as O.B.E. (Jan. 4, p. 35).Dr. Berry holds the degree of M.B. N.z. but not the surgical fellowshipswhich we attributed to her.
AppointmentsBANNISTER, R. G., C.B.E., M.A., D.M., B.SC. Oxon., M.R.C.P.: consultant,
department for nervous diseases, St. Mary’s Hospital, London.BARCLAY, G. P. T., M.D. Edin.: consultant pathologist (assistant), Inverness
laboratories of the Northern Regional Hospital Board.DUGMORE, W. N., M.B. Sheff., D.o.: consultant ophthalmologist, Burnley
and district hospital group.
East Anglian Regional Hospital Board:EvANS, 1. E., M.B. Lond., M.R.C.P. : consultant physician, West Suffolk
area.
JONES, KINGSLEY, M.R.C.P.I., D.P.M.; consultant psychiatrist, St. Andrew’shospital group, Norwich.
Joss, G. S., M.B. Aberd., L.M.C.C., F.R.C.S.E.: consultant plastic surgeon,regional plastic surgery and burns unit, West Norwich Hospital,
IRVINE, R. R., L.R.C.P.E., F.F.A. R.C.S., D.A. : consultant anesthetist, NonviLh.Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth hospital group.
SELLICK, R. J., M.B. Cantab., F.R.C.S., D.OBST.: consultant E.N.T. SllIgeC-^.,Norfolk and Norwich area.
Western Regional Hospital Board, Scotland:ADAMS, J. F., V.R.D., M.D. Glasg., M.R.C.P. Glasg., M.R.C.P.E., D.OBSI.’
consultant physician, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow.ANTON, H. C., M.B. Aberd., F.F.R., D.M.R.D.: consultant radiologist, Stc’e-
hill General Hospital, Glasgow, and associated hospitals.HUNTER, R. D., M.B. Glasg., D.o.: consultant ophthalmologist, GhsM
Ophthalmic Institution.MACGREGOR, AGNES M., M.B. Glasg., D.M.R.D.: consultant radiologist.
Stobhill General Hospital, Glasgow, and associated hospitals. -
PEEBLES-BROWN, D. A., M.B. Glasg., F.R.C.S.E.: consultant surgeonWestern Infirmary, Glasgow.
SCOTT, JEAN M., M.D. Glasg.: consultant pathologist, Glasgow mater-.:.and women’s hospitals.
SHARP, JESSIE J., M.D. Glasg., DIP. PATH.: consultant pathologist, Glasgowmaternity and women’s hospitals.
STEVENSON, JOHN, M.B. Glasg., M.R.C.P. Glasg., M.R.C.P.E. : Consultantphysician in infectious diseases, Belvidere Hospital, Glasgow.
