Appointments
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704 HUMAN FACTORS IN INDUSTRY THE Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and the Medical Research Council have jointly set up two com- mittees to work on human problems in industry. One will study individual efficiency ; the chairman of this committee is Sir Frederic Bartlett, F.R.s. ; its medical members are Prof. Esther Killick and Prof. W. E. Le Gros Clark, F.R.S.; and the joint secretaries are Dr. Brandon Lush and Mr. Winston Rodgers. The second committee, which will deal with human relations, has Mr. A. B. Waring as chairman and Prof. T. Ferguson, Prof. A. J. Lewis, and Dr. A. T. M. Wilson as medical members ; the joint secretaries are Mr. J. R. Gass and Dr. Lush. BUYING FOREIGN BOOKS LAST month a peripatetic correspondent described the formalities that had to be completed before he could pay for a book published in a foreign country.l UNESCO, we learn, has an international scheme by which the purchaser obtains with his own currency dollar coupons which are cashed with UNESCO by publishers or booksellers in any of the countries participating in the scheme. These coupons are intended to enable institutions and individuals to obtain publications in the fields of education, science, and culture ; and they may be used not only for books but also for subscriptions to periodicals, for copies, and for membership subscriptions to learned societies provided that the subscription is mainly a means of obtaining the society’s publications. In the United Kingdom applications for coupons should be sent to : Unesco Book Coupons, c/o Book Tokens Ltd., 14, Buckingham Palace Gardens, London, S.W.I. NEW GENETICS JOURNAL THE Journal de Génétique Humaine, the first journal in French on this subject, began publication about six months ago, edited by Prof. A. Franceschetti, of Geneva, Prof. L. Van Bogaert, of Antwerp, and Prof. Maurice Lamy, of Paris. It is to be issued four times a year. There are English and German summaries. An unfortunate system of pagination mars the production of at least the first two numbers, each of which has individual pagination, with an indication of the volume pagination on a gummed strip at the head of each strip. The publishers are Medecine et Hygiene, 15, Boulevard des Philosophes, Geneva. PROVINCIAL CONVALESCENT HOMES THE British Hospitals Contributory Schemes Association have published a directory of convalescent homes in the provinces. The first issue lists 20 independent homes with details such as almoners may require given in the form used by the King’s Fund convalescent homes directory. The two directories are thus complementary. The association have set a high standard, for, although they know of ten times the number of homes, they have only published details of those which have been inspected ‘and approved by a respon- sible almoner. A further 28 homes belonging to contributory schemes are listed but without details. Copies of the directory may be had (Is. 6d., post free) from the association, Royal London House, Queen Charlotte Street, Bristol, 1. University of Manchester , At recent examinations the following were successful : D.P.M. Part I-r.-K. J. R. Ford, O. J. Slowik. International College of Surgeons This college will hold meetings at the University of Amsterdam on April 8, 9, and 10 ; at the University of Rome on June 5, 6, and 7 ; and at the University of Vienna on June 11, 12, and 13. Further information can be had from Dr. J. F. Brailsford, the secretary of the British Chapter of the college, 20, Highfield Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, 15. Board of Control Mr. H. R. Green, at present a commissioner of the board, has been appointed a senior commissioner in succession to Mr. C. F. Penton, who is retiring. Manson Medal This year the council of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene have awarded the Manson medal to Prof. Jerome Rodhain, director of the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, and the Chalmers medal to Mr. David J. Lewis, entomologist in the Sudan government service. 1 Lancet, March 14, 1953, p. 544. Carlisle 24960 The Carlisle Medical Bureau, which is to open on Wednes- day, April 1, will enable a doctor who has to leave his house or surgery unattended to inform the operator on duty of the arrangements for the time he will be away. When a patient receives no reply from his doctor’s telephone he may then ring Carlisle 24960 for information and help. The bureau will be staffed by operators of the fire and ambulance control. CoREi&ENDTjM : Smoking and Lung Cancer.-In the debate on this subject, reported in our parliamentary columns last week (p. 645), Miss Patricia Hornsby-Smith said that research into exhaust gases of petrol and diesel engines had not been abandoned as a possible source contributing to cancer of the lung. Dr. Albert Sharman, as a vice-president of the Internatioiaal Fertility Association, representing the United Kingdom, is attending the first World Fertility Congress which is to be held in New York from May 26 to 31. Births, Marriages, and Deaths BIRTHS MATTHEWS.—On March 16, at St. Helier Hospital, Carshalton, to Diana, wife of Dr. H. W. Matthews--a daughter (Fiona Elizabeth Marguerite). Appointments KNOWLES, R. R., M.B. Sydney : registrar in psychiatry, Bristol mental hospitals. LUDLOW, JoycE, M.B.E., M.B. Lond., F.R.C.S.: asst. county M.O. in the North East Kent area. Diary of the Week APRIL 5 TO 11 Wednesday, 8th - ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, W.C.2 3.45 P.M. Prof. Lambert Rogers : Tumours of Central Nervous System. (Arnott demonstration.) ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole Street, W.1 4.30 P.M. Section of Physical Medicine. Group-Captain C. J. S. O’Malley, Dr. A. C. Boyle, Dr. D. Kininmonth : Present State of Physical Medicine in Countries of Europe. ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL, St. George’s Circus, Southwark, S.E.1 5.30 P.M. Dr. A. A. Guild: Mechanism and Appearances of Papilloedema. ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HYGIENE, 28, Portland Place, W. 1 3.30 P.M. Dr. G. W. J. Bousfield: Case for Combined Diphtheria- Pertussis Prophylaxis in Young Infants. MIDLAND MEDICAL SOCIETY 8.15 P.M. (Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham, 18.) Clinical meeting. ’Thursday, 9th ’ ’ ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE ,6 P.M. Sections of Neurology and Comparative Medicine. Some Neurological Diseases of Man and Animals. Dr. E. Weston Hurst, Dr. J. W. Trevan, Mr. H. B. Parry : Demyelinating Disorders. i Dr. A. M. G. Campbell, Mr. T. W. F. Pay: Toxoplasmosis. ’. ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CpLLE&E, Millban]:, S.W.l 5 P.M. Brigadier J.’S: K. Boyd, F.R.S.: Some Aspects of Chemo- therapy in Tropical Medicine. ALFRED ADLER MEDIOAL SOCIETY’- 8 P.M. (11, Charidos Street, W.I.) Dr. Walter Schindler : Group Psychology. Friday, 10th ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE 5.30 P.M. Section’ of Anæsthetics. Dr. W. W. Mushin, Dr. L. Rendell-Baker : Are Aneesthetic Records Worth Keeping ! ROYAL EYE, HOSPITAL 4.30 P.M. Mr. A. J. Cameron : Ophthalmic Aspects of Hyper- , tension and its Treatment. WHIPPS- CROSS HOSPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY, Whipps Cross Hospital, E.11 8.30 P.M. Prof. S. P. Bedson, F.R.S.: Recent Trends in Virus Research. Saturday, llth SOUTH EAST METROPOLITAN REGIONAL TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY 10.30 A.M. (Benenden Sanatorium, Benenden, Kent.) Clinical meeting. SOUTH WEST LARYNGOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 2.30 P.M. (Portsmouth Eye and Ear Hospital, Grove Road North, Southsea, Hants.) Mr. Seymour Jones, Mr. Robert Morley : Clinical demonstration. BIOCSHEMICAL SOCIETY 9 A.M. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Brussels.) Scientific papers.
Transcript of Appointments
704
HUMAN FACTORS IN INDUSTRY
THE Department of Scientific and Industrial Research andthe Medical Research Council have jointly set up two com-mittees to work on human problems in industry. One will
study individual efficiency ; the chairman of this committeeis Sir Frederic Bartlett, F.R.s. ; its medical members areProf. Esther Killick and Prof. W. E. Le Gros Clark, F.R.S.;and the joint secretaries are Dr. Brandon Lush and Mr.Winston Rodgers. The second committee, which will dealwith human relations, has Mr. A. B. Waring as chairmanand Prof. T. Ferguson, Prof. A. J. Lewis, and Dr. A. T. M.Wilson as medical members ; the joint secretaries are Mr.J. R. Gass and Dr. Lush. _
BUYING FOREIGN BOOKS
LAST month a peripatetic correspondent described theformalities that had to be completed before he could pay fora book published in a foreign country.l UNESCO, we learn,has an international scheme by which the purchaser obtainswith his own currency dollar coupons which are cashed withUNESCO by publishers or booksellers in any of the countriesparticipating in the scheme. These coupons are intended toenable institutions and individuals to obtain publications inthe fields of education, science, and culture ; and they maybe used not only for books but also for subscriptions toperiodicals, for copies, and for membership subscriptions tolearned societies provided that the subscription is mainly ameans of obtaining the society’s publications. In the United
Kingdom applications for coupons should be sent to : UnescoBook Coupons, c/o Book Tokens Ltd., 14, BuckinghamPalace Gardens, London, S.W.I.
NEW GENETICS JOURNALTHE Journal de Génétique Humaine, the first journal in
French on this subject, began publication about six monthsago, edited by Prof. A. Franceschetti, of Geneva, Prof.L. Van Bogaert, of Antwerp, and Prof. Maurice Lamy, ofParis. It is to be issued four times a year. There are Englishand German summaries. An unfortunate system of paginationmars the production of at least the first two numbers, eachof which has individual pagination, with an indication of thevolume pagination on a gummed strip at the head of eachstrip. The publishers are Medecine et Hygiene, 15, Boulevarddes Philosophes, Geneva.
PROVINCIAL CONVALESCENT HOMES
THE British Hospitals Contributory Schemes Associationhave published a directory of convalescent homes in theprovinces. The first issue lists 20 independent homes withdetails such as almoners may require given in the form usedby the King’s Fund convalescent homes directory. Thetwo directories are thus complementary. The associationhave set a high standard, for, although they know of tentimes the number of homes, they have only published detailsof those which have been inspected ‘and approved by a respon-sible almoner. A further 28 homes belonging to contributoryschemes are listed but without details. Copies of the directorymay be had (Is. 6d., post free) from the association, RoyalLondon House, Queen Charlotte Street, Bristol, 1.
University of Manchester .
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At recent examinations the following were successful :D.P.M. Part I-r.-K. J. R. Ford, O. J. Slowik.
International College of SurgeonsThis college will hold meetings at the University of
Amsterdam on April 8, 9, and 10 ; at the University of Rome onJune 5, 6, and 7 ; and at the University of Vienna on June 11,12, and 13. Further information can be had from Dr. J. F.Brailsford, the secretary of the British Chapter of the college,20, Highfield Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, 15.Board of ControlMr. H. R. Green, at present a commissioner of the board,
has been appointed a senior commissioner in succession toMr. C. F. Penton, who is retiring.Manson Medal
This year the council of the Royal Society of TropicalMedicine and Hygiene have awarded the Manson medal toProf. Jerome Rodhain, director of the Institute of TropicalMedicine, Antwerp, and the Chalmers medal to Mr. David J.Lewis, entomologist in the Sudan government service.
1 Lancet, March 14, 1953, p. 544.
Carlisle 24960The Carlisle Medical Bureau, which is to open on Wednes-
day, April 1, will enable a doctor who has to leave his houseor surgery unattended to inform the operator on duty of thearrangements for the time he will be away. When a patientreceives no reply from his doctor’s telephone he may thenring Carlisle 24960 for information and help. The bureau willbe staffed by operators of the fire and ambulance control.
CoREi&ENDTjM : Smoking and Lung Cancer.-In the debateon this subject, reported in our parliamentary columns lastweek (p. 645), Miss Patricia Hornsby-Smith said that researchinto exhaust gases of petrol and diesel engines had not
been abandoned as a possible source contributing to cancerof the lung.
Dr. Albert Sharman, as a vice-president of the InternatioiaalFertility Association, representing the United Kingdom, is attendingthe first World Fertility Congress which is to be held in New Yorkfrom May 26 to 31.
Births, Marriages, and DeathsBIRTHS
MATTHEWS.—On March 16, at St. Helier Hospital, Carshalton,to Diana, wife of Dr. H. W. Matthews--a daughter (FionaElizabeth Marguerite).
AppointmentsKNOWLES, R. R., M.B. Sydney : registrar in psychiatry, Bristol
mental hospitals.LUDLOW, JoycE, M.B.E., M.B. Lond., F.R.C.S.: asst. county M.O. in
the North East Kent area.
Diary of the WeekAPRIL 5 TO 11
Wednesday, 8th- ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, W.C.2
3.45 P.M. Prof. Lambert Rogers : Tumours of Central NervousSystem. (Arnott demonstration.)
ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole Street, W.14.30 P.M. Section of Physical Medicine. Group-Captain C. J. S.
O’Malley, Dr. A. C. Boyle, Dr. D. Kininmonth : PresentState of Physical Medicine in Countries of Europe.
ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL, St. George’s Circus, Southwark, S.E.15.30 P.M. Dr. A. A. Guild: Mechanism and Appearances of
Papilloedema.ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HYGIENE, 28, Portland
Place, W. 13.30 P.M. Dr. G. W. J. Bousfield: Case for Combined Diphtheria-
Pertussis Prophylaxis in Young Infants.MIDLAND MEDICAL SOCIETY
8.15 P.M. (Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham, 18.) Clinicalmeeting.
’Thursday, 9th ’
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ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE,6 P.M. Sections of Neurology and Comparative Medicine. Some
Neurological Diseases of Man and Animals. Dr. E. WestonHurst, Dr. J. W. Trevan, Mr. H. B. Parry : DemyelinatingDisorders. i Dr. A. M. G. Campbell, Mr. T. W. F. Pay:Toxoplasmosis. ’.
ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CpLLE&E, Millban]:, S.W.l5 P.M. Brigadier J.’S: K. Boyd, F.R.S.: Some Aspects of Chemo-
therapy in Tropical Medicine.ALFRED ADLER MEDIOAL SOCIETY’- -
8 P.M. (11, Charidos Street, W.I.) Dr. Walter Schindler : GroupPsychology.
Friday, 10thROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE
5.30 P.M. Section’ of Anæsthetics. Dr. W. W. Mushin, Dr. L.Rendell-Baker : Are Aneesthetic Records Worth Keeping !
ROYAL EYE, HOSPITAL4.30 P.M. Mr. A. J. Cameron : Ophthalmic Aspects of Hyper-
, tension and its Treatment.WHIPPS- CROSS HOSPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY, Whipps Cross Hospital,
E.118.30 P.M. Prof. S. P. Bedson, F.R.S.: Recent Trends in Virus
Research.
Saturday, llthSOUTH EAST METROPOLITAN REGIONAL TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY
10.30 A.M. (Benenden Sanatorium, Benenden, Kent.) Clinical- meeting. ’
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SOUTH WEST LARYNGOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION2.30 P.M. (Portsmouth Eye and Ear Hospital, Grove Road North,
Southsea, Hants.) Mr. Seymour Jones, Mr. Robert Morley :Clinical demonstration.
BIOCSHEMICAL SOCIETY9 A.M. (Faculty of Medicine, University of Brussels.) Scientific
papers.
