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1184 Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift Original articles in this journal are now followed by summaries in English and Spanish. Society for the Study of Fertility This society is to hold a conference in Birmingham on June 23 and 24. Further particulars may be had from Mr. H. H. Fouracre Barns, 31, Weymouth Street, London, W.I. Middlesex Hospital Medical School Prof. Corneille Heymans (Ghent) will give a lecture on the History of the Development of our Knowledge of the Physiology of the Baroceptors and Chemoceptors, on Tuesday, June 7, at 4.30 P.M., in the medical school. Pembury Hospital, Kent Two stained glass windows were dedicated by Bishop J. C. Mann in Pembury Hospital Chapel on May 22 to the memory of F. Carter Browne and E. C. Hughes, surgeons to the hospital, and also of Amelia Scott, a social worker. Cambridge Graduates’ Medical Club . The annual general meeting and dinner this year will be held at Jesus College on Friday, June 24. Members of the club who have not received a notice, or who have not yet notified their intention to be present, should communicate with Dr. T. B. Anderson, 1, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge. International Congress on Diabetes The second congress of the International Diabetes Federa- tion is to be held at Cambridge from July 4 to 8, under the presidency of Sir Lionel Whitby. On July 4 Dr. Elliott P. Joslin will deliver the Banting lecture of the British Diabetic Association. He has chosen as his subject Diabetes for the Diabetics. Further information may be had from the office of the congress, 152, Harley Street, London, W.l. Symposium on Stammering ‘ The Goldsmiths’ College announce a public symposium on stammering to be given on Monday, June 20, by students of Mr. H. V. Hemery’s speech re-education classes for stam- merers. Of the three assistant chairmen, two will be members of the medical profession. The meeting will be in the small concert hall of the college, New Cross, London, S.E.14, and will begin at 6.45 P.M. Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene The society’s annual meeting will be held at Manson House, 26, Portland Place, London, W.I, on Wednesday, June 15, at 7.30 P.M., when Prof. R. M. Gordon will be inducted as the new president. Afterwards, to mark the centenary of the birth of Sir David Bruce, Sir William MacArthur will give an address entitled an Account of Some of Sir David Bruce’s Researches, Based on his own Manuscript Notes. Postgraduate Medical School of London and Hammersmith Hospital The school’s 20th anniversary and the hospital’s jubilee are to be celebrated next week. On Monday, June 6, the Queen is to visit the hospital. Wednesday, June 8, will be an Open Day, from 2.30 to 5.30 P.M., when there will be an exhibition illustrating the school’s research work, and doctors will be able to see a programme of medical films in the lower lecture-theatre. Radioactive Materials in Biological Assay This subject is to be discussed at a joint meeting of the biological and physical methods groups and the Scottish section of the Society for Analytical Chemistry with the Edinburgh and East of Scotland sections of the Royal Institute of Chemistry, the Society of Chemical Industry, and the Chemical Society on Monday and Tuesday, July 11 and 12, in the department of biochemistry, University New Buildings, Teviot Place, Edinburgh. British Association of Urological Surgeons This association is to hold its annual meeting from June 30 to July 2 at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, W.C.2, under the presidency of Mr. Terence Millin. The programme includes a discussion on Calcification and Calculus Formation in the Upper Urinary Tract, and at a joint session with the section of urology of the Royal Society of Medicine. The subject is to be the Treatment of the Paraplegic Bladder. Medical Golfing Society ’ In the Society’s summer meeting at the Berkshire Golf Club, Ascot, on May 26, Dr. J. G. H. McNabb won the Lancet cup (scratch medal 78) and the Henry Morris cup (2 up). L Inauguration of an Accident Service . From June 1 the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Brockley Hill, Stanmore (Grimsdyke 2900), is operating a twenty-four-hour accident service for the treatment of orthopædic injuries. There are facilities for the reception of injured direct from the site of the accident. Requests for admission or outpatient treatment should be made to the duty registrar. Investigation of Tonsillectomy The South East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board has approved plans for an inquiry into the value of tonsillectomy (Times, May 26). At Farnborough Hospital, Kent, and perhaps other hospitals in that area, 1000 children on the tonsils waiting-list will be chosen for the trial: 500 will have their tonsils removed-and 500 will not. The health of the two groups in the succeeding year will then be compared. Dr. J. Ferguson Smith has been elected an honorary member of the German Dermatological Society. Dr. K. G. Bergin, British Overseas Airways Corporation’s medical superintendent at London Airport, has been elected a fellow of tbe Royal Aeronautical Society. Copies of the report on pre-war diets, the subject of a note in our issue of May 21, have been sent to public libraries. The Carnegie United Kingdom Trust Has only a limited number of copies for further distribution. New British standards include a glossary of terms used in radiology (B.s. 2597/1955, price 10s.) and a standard for electrically heated blankets (B.s. 2612/1955, price 3s.). Copies are obtainable from the Sales Branch, British Standards Institution, 2, Park Street, London, W.1. Births, Marriages, and Deaths DEATHS BUCKLEY.—On May 28, Charles William Buckley, M.D., F.R.C.P.. of Bentley Corner, Ashbourne, and formerly of Buxton, in his 81st year. Appointments BRATHERTON, D. G., M.B. Camb., F.F.R., D.M.R.T.: consultant radiotherapist, as asst. director of radiotherapeutic centre. and for East Anglian R.H.B. DAVIDSON-LAMB, WILLIAM, M.C., M.B. Aberd., D.P.H.: deputy county M.O.H. and deputy principal M.O., Gloucester. ELKINGTON, J. ST. C., M.D. Camb.. F.R.C.P.: consultant neuro- logist, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London. FEINMANN, E. L., M.B. Mane., M.R.C.P.: consultant chest physician, Gateshead Tuberculosis Administrative Area, Newcastle R.H.B. HELM, W. H., M.R.C.P.: consultant chest physician, Burnley and district hospitals, Manchester R.H.B. KUPER, S. W. A., M.B. Witw’srand, D.P.H., D.T.111. &H., D.C.P.: whole- time clinical pathologist and biochemist, Brompton Hospital, London, S.W.3. MACKAY, N. R., M.B. Aberd., F.R.C.S.E., D.1f.R.T. asst. radio- therapist (S.H.M.o.), Royal Marsden Hospital, London. S.W.3. MEARA, R. H., M.B. Camb., M.R.o.p. : asst. physician, Middlesex Hospital, London. NIKITIK, CONSTANTIN, M.D. LWOW, D.A.: consultantchestphysician, South Shields H.M.C., Newcastle R.H.B. O’CONNELL, DANIEL, m.B. Dubl., D.M.R. : first asst., radiotherapy department, Charing Cross Hospital, London. THOMAS, L. P., M.B. Wales, F.R.c.s. : senior casualty officer. Cardiff Royal Infirmary, Cardiff. WALKER, G. B., M.B. Edin., D.P.H. : group medical superintendent, Borderg Hospitals board of management, South-Eastern R.H.B. WEAR, A. R.,. M.B. Leeds, D.o. : senior consultant ophthalmic surgeon, special area committee, Cumberland and Xorth W’estmorland and the Dumfries and Galloway board of management. London County Council: BARNES, ROSALIND A., M.B.Lond., D.P.H., D.OBST. : whole-time M.o., Public Health Department. HARVEY, HAROLD, L.R.C.P., D.P.R.: whole-time M.O., Public Health Department. SHORE, ELIZABETH C.. L.R.C.P., D.OBST. : whole-time M.o., Public Health Department. Birmingham Regional Hospital Board: FRIEND, J. H., M.D. Lond., M.R.C.P.: part-time consultant physician, Stoke-on-Trent group. LEVISON, V. B., M.B. Lond., F.F.R., D.M.R.T.: whole-time con- sultant radiotherapist, Coventry and Birmingham (Dudley Road) groups.
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Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift
Original articles in this journal are now followed bysummaries in English and Spanish.
Society for the Study of FertilityThis society is to hold a conference in Birmingham on
June 23 and 24. Further particulars may be had from Mr. H. H.Fouracre Barns, 31, Weymouth Street, London, W.I.
Middlesex Hospital Medical SchoolProf. Corneille Heymans (Ghent) will give a lecture on
the History of the Development of our Knowledge of thePhysiology of the Baroceptors and Chemoceptors, on Tuesday,June 7, at 4.30 P.M., in the medical school.
Pembury Hospital, KentTwo stained glass windows were dedicated by Bishop J. C.
Mann in Pembury Hospital Chapel on May 22 to the memoryof F. Carter Browne and E. C. Hughes, surgeons to the
hospital, and also of Amelia Scott, a social worker.
Cambridge Graduates’ Medical Club .
The annual general meeting and dinner this year will beheld at Jesus College on Friday, June 24. Members of theclub who have not received a notice, or who have not yetnotified their intention to be present, should communicatewith Dr. T. B. Anderson, 1, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge.
International Congress on DiabetesThe second congress of the International Diabetes Federa-
tion is to be held at Cambridge from July 4 to 8, under thepresidency of Sir Lionel Whitby. On July 4 Dr. Elliott P.Joslin will deliver the Banting lecture of the British DiabeticAssociation. He has chosen as his subject Diabetes for theDiabetics. Further information may be had from the officeof the congress, 152, Harley Street, London, W.l.
Symposium on Stammering ‘
The Goldsmiths’ College announce a public symposium onstammering to be given on Monday, June 20, by students ofMr. H. V. Hemery’s speech re-education classes for stam-merers. Of the three assistant chairmen, two will be membersof the medical profession. The meeting will be in the smallconcert hall of the college, New Cross, London, S.E.14, andwill begin at 6.45 P.M.
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneThe society’s annual meeting will be held at Manson House,
26, Portland Place, London, W.I, on Wednesday, June 15,at 7.30 P.M., when Prof. R. M. Gordon will be inducted as thenew president. Afterwards, to mark the centenary of thebirth of Sir David Bruce, Sir William MacArthur will give anaddress entitled an Account of Some of Sir David Bruce’sResearches, Based on his own Manuscript Notes.
Postgraduate Medical School of London andHammersmith HospitalThe school’s 20th anniversary and the hospital’s jubilee
are to be celebrated next week. On Monday, June 6, theQueen is to visit the hospital. Wednesday, June 8, will be anOpen Day, from 2.30 to 5.30 P.M., when there will be anexhibition illustrating the school’s research work, and doctorswill be able to see a programme of medical films in the lowerlecture-theatre.
Radioactive Materials in Biological AssayThis subject is to be discussed at a joint meeting of the
biological and physical methods groups and the Scottishsection of the Society for Analytical Chemistry with the
Edinburgh and East of Scotland sections of the Royal Instituteof Chemistry, the Society of Chemical Industry, and theChemical Society on Monday and Tuesday, July 11 and 12,in the department of biochemistry, University New Buildings,Teviot Place, Edinburgh.British Association of Urological Surgeons
This association is to hold its annual meeting from June 30to July 2 at the Royal College of Surgeons of England,Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, W.C.2, under the presidencyof Mr. Terence Millin. The programme includes a discussionon Calcification and Calculus Formation in the Upper UrinaryTract, and at a joint session with the section of urology of theRoyal Society of Medicine. The subject is to be the Treatmentof the Paraplegic Bladder.
Medical Golfing Society’ In the Society’s summer meeting at the Berkshire Golf
Club, Ascot, on May 26, Dr. J. G. H. McNabb won the Lancetcup (scratch medal 78) and the Henry Morris cup (2 up).
L Inauguration of an Accident Service. From June 1 the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital,
Brockley Hill, Stanmore (Grimsdyke 2900), is operatinga twenty-four-hour accident service for the treatment of
orthopædic injuries. There are facilities for the receptionof injured direct from the site of the accident. Requestsfor admission or outpatient treatment should be made tothe duty registrar.
Investigation of TonsillectomyThe South East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board has
approved plans for an inquiry into the value of tonsillectomy(Times, May 26). At Farnborough Hospital, Kent, and
perhaps other hospitals in that area, 1000 children on thetonsils waiting-list will be chosen for the trial: 500 will havetheir tonsils removed-and 500 will not. The health of the twogroups in the succeeding year will then be compared.
Dr. J. Ferguson Smith has been elected an honorary memberof the German Dermatological Society.
Dr. K. G. Bergin, British Overseas Airways Corporation’s medicalsuperintendent at London Airport, has been elected a fellow of tbeRoyal Aeronautical Society.
Copies of the report on pre-war diets, the subject of a note in ourissue of May 21, have been sent to public libraries. The CarnegieUnited Kingdom Trust Has only a limited number of copies forfurther distribution.
New British standards include a glossary of terms used inradiology (B.s. 2597/1955, price 10s.) and a standard for electricallyheated blankets (B.s. 2612/1955, price 3s.). Copies are obtainablefrom the Sales Branch, British Standards Institution, 2, ParkStreet, London, W.1.
Births, Marriages, and Deaths
DEATHS
BUCKLEY.—On May 28, Charles William Buckley, M.D., F.R.C.P..of Bentley Corner, Ashbourne, and formerly of Buxton, inhis 81st year.
AppointmentsBRATHERTON, D. G., M.B. Camb., F.F.R., D.M.R.T.: consultant
radiotherapist, as asst. director of radiotherapeutic centre.. and for East Anglian R.H.B.DAVIDSON-LAMB, WILLIAM, M.C., M.B. Aberd., D.P.H.: deputy
county M.O.H. and deputy principal M.O., Gloucester.ELKINGTON, J. ST. C., M.D. Camb.. F.R.C.P.: consultant neuro-
logist, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London.FEINMANN, E. L., M.B. Mane., M.R.C.P.: consultant chest physician,
Gateshead Tuberculosis Administrative Area, Newcastle R.H.B.HELM, W. H., M.R.C.P.: consultant chest physician, Burnley and
district hospitals, Manchester R.H.B.KUPER, S. W. A., M.B. Witw’srand, D.P.H., D.T.111. &H., D.C.P.: whole-
time clinical pathologist and biochemist, Brompton Hospital,London, S.W.3.
MACKAY, N. R., M.B. Aberd., F.R.C.S.E., D.1f.R.T. asst. radio-therapist (S.H.M.o.), Royal Marsden Hospital, London. S.W.3.
MEARA, R. H., M.B. Camb., M.R.o.p. : asst. physician, MiddlesexHospital, London.
NIKITIK, CONSTANTIN, M.D. LWOW, D.A.: consultantchestphysician,South Shields H.M.C., Newcastle R.H.B.
O’CONNELL, DANIEL, m.B. Dubl., D.M.R. : first asst., radiotherapydepartment, Charing Cross Hospital, London.
THOMAS, L. P., M.B. Wales, F.R.c.s. : senior casualty officer. CardiffRoyal Infirmary, Cardiff.
WALKER, G. B., M.B. Edin., D.P.H. : group medical superintendent,Borderg Hospitals board of management, South-EasternR.H.B.
WEAR, A. R.,. M.B. Leeds, D.o. : senior consultant ophthalmicsurgeon, special area committee, Cumberland and XorthW’estmorland and the Dumfries and Galloway board ofmanagement.
London County Council:BARNES, ROSALIND A., M.B.Lond., D.P.H., D.OBST. : whole-time
M.o., Public Health Department.HARVEY, HAROLD, L.R.C.P., D.P.R.: whole-time M.O., Public
Health Department.SHORE, ELIZABETH C.. L.R.C.P., D.OBST. : whole-time M.o.,
Public Health Department.
Birmingham Regional Hospital Board:FRIEND, J. H., M.D. Lond., M.R.C.P.: part-time consultant
physician, Stoke-on-Trent group.LEVISON, V. B., M.B. Lond., F.F.R., D.M.R.T.: whole-time con-
sultant radiotherapist, Coventry and Birmingham (DudleyRoad) groups.
