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In summarizing this case report, the following statement was made: “While, up to the present time, there is no definite evidence of an associated Lindau’s syndrome in this patient, cases of this type should be followed by both x-ray and physical examination for evidence of pathology in the central nervous system or somatic organs.” On April 26, 1941, this patient was admitted to the Neuro-Surgical Service of the Brooklyn Hospital complaining of nausea and vomiting, increasingly severe headaches, and inability to get about because of unsteadiness of gait. A diagnosis of cerebellar tumor was made and on April 28, 1941, a posterior foasa craniotomy was performed. In the left cerebellar lobe there was encountered a cyst containing rapproximately 30 to 40 C.C. of xanthochromic fluid. The cyst was evacuated, but no attempt was made to remove the cyst wall. The postoperative diagnosis was left cerebellar cyst, the postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient was discharged from the hospital on May 27, 1941. The discharge diagnosis: Angiomatosis retinae (von Hippel’s disease) cerebellar cyst, left side (Lindau’s disease). MEBVYN 85 PIERREPONT BROOKLYN, N.
V. ARMSTRONQ, M.D.
STREET, Y.
Items Ametioau Board of Obstetrics and @%ecology The written examination and review of case histories (Part I) for Group B candidates will be held in the various cities of the United States and Canada on Saturday, January 3, 1942, at 2 :00 P.M. Formal notice of the place of examination will be sent each candidate several weeks in advanee of the examination date. No candidate will be admitted to examination whose examination fee has net been paid at the Secretary’s Office. Candidates who successfully complete the Part I examination will proceed automatically to the Part II examination held in June, 3942. Candidates for reeammkndm in Part I (written paper and submission of case histories) must request such reexamination by writing the Secretary’s 06lce net later than November 15, 1941. Candidates who are required to take reexaminations must do so before the expiration of three years from the date of their original examination. The general oral and pathological examinations (Part I&) for all can&dates (Groups A and B) will be conducted by the entire Board, meeting at Atlantio City, N. J., in June, 1942, immediately prior to the annual meeting of the American Medical Association. Application for admission to Group A, Part II, examinations must be on file in the Secretary’s Office not later than March 1, 1942. As previously announced in the Board booklet, this tlscal year (1941-1942) of the Board marks the close of the two groups of classification of applicants for examination. Thereafter, the Board will have only one classification of candidates, and all will be required to take the Part I examinations. For further information and application blanks, address Dr. Paul Titus, Secretary, 1015 Highland Building, Pittsburgh (6)) Pennsylvania.
Fellowship in Public Health Obstetrics The Alabama State Department of Public Health, in cooperation with the Children’s Bureau of the United States Department of Labor, announces fellowships in public health obstetrics for physicians who have had a minimum of a year’s rotating internship and one year of obstetric training. Training provided will embrace ield work in already established maternity clinics in rural areas ; in the organization of new centers and rotating through the various departments and projects connected with the obstetric aspects of public health. A stipend of $150.00 a month plus travel while in the field is provided. Applications should be sent to Dr. J. N. Baker, State Health Otllcer, Montgomery, Alabama.