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828 University of Newcastle upon Tyne Dr William Dunlop has been appointed senior lecturer in obstetrics and gynsecology, and Dr H. Ranasinghe has been appointed senior lecturer in pathology.
University of Newcastle, New South Wales The following foundation appointments have been made in the new Faculty of Medicine: Dr R. M. Clarke, professor of anatomy; Mr Charles Engel, associate professor in medical education; Dr S. White, professor of human physiology; and Dr G. M. Kellerman, professor of medical biochemistry.
Royal College of Surgeons of England The annual meeting of fellows and members will be held at 2.30 P.M. on Wednesday, Dec. 10. A symposium on teaching postgraduate surgery will be held from 9.30 A.M. to 1 P.M. on the same day, and at 4.30 P.M. Mr Ronald Raven will give a Bradshaw lecture entitled Oncology-Attainment and Anticipation. The symposium and lecture are open to all practitioners; details may be had from the secretary, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PN.
THE LANCET, OCTOBER
25,1975
International Index of Laboratory Animals The third edition of this index lists the location of over 4000 animal colonies throughout the world, and it is obtainable from the M.R.C. Laboratory Animals Centre, Woodmansterne Road, Carshalton, Surrey SM5 4EF (price £2+postage and packing). Overseas Doctors' Language Problems The Exeter Postgraduate Medical Institute with the Language Centre, University of Exeter, are to be the base for a one-year study of the language difficulties of overseas doctors and possible remedies. The investigation is to be supported by the Nuffield Foundation. Simultaneous Investigation and Treatment of Suspected Acute Adrenal Insufficiency-- The 4th line in the summary of the article by Dr Sheridan and Professor Mattingly (OCI. 11, p. 676) should have read" ... with suspected acute adrenal insufficiency ... " CORRIGENDUM:
Diary of the Week Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh A conference on recent advances in medicine will be held on Dec. 2 and 3 at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 9 Queen Street, EH2 IJQ, and on Dec. 4 and 5 a symposium on infections and infestations will be held at the College for the St. Andrew's Day festival.
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Mr J. A. Ross has been elected president, and Prof. A. W. Wilkinson and Prof. F. J. Gillingham have been elected vicepresidents.
Inquiry into Preventive Medicine The Social Services and Employment Sub-Committee of the House of Commons Expenditure Committee (chairman, Mrs Renee Short) is embarking on an inquiry into preventive medicine, and would be glad to have the views of interested individuals and organisations. Submissions, in as brief a form as possible, should be sent to the Clerk of the Sub-Committee, Social Services and Employment Sub-Committee, House of Commons, London SWl.
British Association for Psychopharmacology The next scientific meeting will be held on Nov. 6 at the Royal Society of Medicine, London. Individual papers will be presented on behavioural, experimental, and clinical aspects of psychopharmacology, and Prof. R. G. Grenell (Baltimore) will speak on membranes, molecules, and memory. Non-members may attend as guests, and anyone wishing to do so should write to the honorary secretary, Dr David Wheatley, 325 Staines Road, Twickenham TW2 5AX.
Children's Hospital, Sheffield The Children's Hospital, Sheffield, will celebrate its 100th anniversary next year, and will be holding scientific meetings in the week July 3-9. Any doctors who have ever worked at the hospital in the last forty years, and who would like to attend the celebrations but have not already received an invitation, should write to the secretary of the centenary committee, Dr G. M. Steiner, Children's Hospital, Western Bank, SheffieldS10 2TH.
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Monday, 27th UNIVERSITY OF LONDON 5 P.M. (Royal Postgraduate
Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, WI2). Prof. K. Frank Austen (Harvard): Molecular Basis of Some Interactions between Mast Cells and Eosinophils.
MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY 8.30 P.M. (New Medical School).
General Practice. Prof. John Marshall: The Management of Cerebral Ischemia.
Tuesday, 28th ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PN 5 P.M. Prof. R. A. Malt: Molecular Mechanisms of Compensatory Renal Hypertrophy. (Arris and Gale Iecture.) MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY 5.30 P.M. (New Medical School). Psychiatry. Prof. W. H. Trethowan: Madness in Great Ones.
Wednesday, 29th ROYAL COLLEGE OFPHYSICIANS, 11 S1. Andrew's Place, Regent's Park, London NWI4LE 5 P.M. Dr N. C. Oswald: Pulmonary Metastases. (Tudor Edwards lecturc.) BRITISH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAl. FEDERATION 1.15 ".M. (Channel 7, I.LEA Closed Circuit Television System.) Dr I. A. Carr: The Macrophage. (Repeated on Thursday at 12.15 P.M. and on Fridav at 1.15 P.M.) INSTITUTE OF NEUROI~OGY, National Hospital, Queen Square, London \X'CIN 3BG 6 P.M. Dr S. Moncada: The Mechanism of Analgesia of Aspirin-like Drugs. 7 P.M. Dr Harold Merskey: Psychiatry and the Treatment of Pain. (Sandoz Foundation lectures.) INSTITUTE OF ORTHOPAEnJr..~, 234 Great Portland Street, London WIN 6AD 6 P.M. Dr S. S. Herman: Battered Babies. 7 £>.M. Prof. C. E. Stroud: Orthopedic Problems in the Immigrant Population. INSTIHITF. OFPSYCHIATRY, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AP 5.30 P.M. Dr D. L. Davies: Alcoholism-A Sociomedical Approach. NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HAl 3l l J I £>.M. Mr Leslie Klenerman: Common Orthopedic Problems in Children. RESEARCH DEFENCE SOCIETY 5.30 P.M. (Royal Society of Medicine, I Wimpole Street, London WIM 8AE.1 Dr A. S. V. Burgeri, F.R.S.: Animals in Medical Progress. (Stephen Paget lecture.) UNIVERSITY OFDUNDEE 1.30 P.M. (Ninewells Hospital.) Prof. F. P. Muldowney: The Diagnosis of Recurrent Kidney Stones.
Thursday, 30th ROYAL COLLEGE OFSURGEONS OF ENGLAND 5 P.M. Sir Francis Avery Jones: The Norwich Schools of Surgery. (Thomas Vicary lecture.) ST MARV~S HOSPITAl. Mf.D1CAI. SC.HOOL, London \X'2 5.15 P.M. Mr R. M. L. Winston; Experiences in Fallopian-tube Transplantation. (Aleck Bourne lecture.)
University of Newcastle, New South Wales The following foundation appointments have been made in the new Faculty of Medicine: Dr R. M. Clarke, professor of anatomy; Mr Charles Engel, associate professor in medical education; Dr S. White, professor of human physiology; and Dr G. M. Kellerman, professor of medical biochemistry.
Royal College of Surgeons of England The annual meeting of fellows and members will be held at 2.30 P.M. on Wednesday, Dec. 10. A symposium on teaching postgraduate surgery will be held from 9.30 A.M. to 1 P.M. on the same day, and at 4.30 P.M. Mr Ronald Raven will give a Bradshaw lecture entitled Oncology-Attainment and Anticipation. The symposium and lecture are open to all practitioners; details may be had from the secretary, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PN.
THE LANCET, OCTOBER
25,1975
International Index of Laboratory Animals The third edition of this index lists the location of over 4000 animal colonies throughout the world, and it is obtainable from the M.R.C. Laboratory Animals Centre, Woodmansterne Road, Carshalton, Surrey SM5 4EF (price £2+postage and packing). Overseas Doctors' Language Problems The Exeter Postgraduate Medical Institute with the Language Centre, University of Exeter, are to be the base for a one-year study of the language difficulties of overseas doctors and possible remedies. The investigation is to be supported by the Nuffield Foundation. Simultaneous Investigation and Treatment of Suspected Acute Adrenal Insufficiency-- The 4th line in the summary of the article by Dr Sheridan and Professor Mattingly (OCI. 11, p. 676) should have read" ... with suspected acute adrenal insufficiency ... " CORRIGENDUM:
Diary of the Week Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh A conference on recent advances in medicine will be held on Dec. 2 and 3 at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 9 Queen Street, EH2 IJQ, and on Dec. 4 and 5 a symposium on infections and infestations will be held at the College for the St. Andrew's Day festival.
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Mr J. A. Ross has been elected president, and Prof. A. W. Wilkinson and Prof. F. J. Gillingham have been elected vicepresidents.
Inquiry into Preventive Medicine The Social Services and Employment Sub-Committee of the House of Commons Expenditure Committee (chairman, Mrs Renee Short) is embarking on an inquiry into preventive medicine, and would be glad to have the views of interested individuals and organisations. Submissions, in as brief a form as possible, should be sent to the Clerk of the Sub-Committee, Social Services and Employment Sub-Committee, House of Commons, London SWl.
British Association for Psychopharmacology The next scientific meeting will be held on Nov. 6 at the Royal Society of Medicine, London. Individual papers will be presented on behavioural, experimental, and clinical aspects of psychopharmacology, and Prof. R. G. Grenell (Baltimore) will speak on membranes, molecules, and memory. Non-members may attend as guests, and anyone wishing to do so should write to the honorary secretary, Dr David Wheatley, 325 Staines Road, Twickenham TW2 5AX.
Children's Hospital, Sheffield The Children's Hospital, Sheffield, will celebrate its 100th anniversary next year, and will be holding scientific meetings in the week July 3-9. Any doctors who have ever worked at the hospital in the last forty years, and who would like to attend the celebrations but have not already received an invitation, should write to the secretary of the centenary committee, Dr G. M. Steiner, Children's Hospital, Western Bank, SheffieldS10 2TH.
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TO
Nov. I
Monday, 27th UNIVERSITY OF LONDON 5 P.M. (Royal Postgraduate
Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, WI2). Prof. K. Frank Austen (Harvard): Molecular Basis of Some Interactions between Mast Cells and Eosinophils.
MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY 8.30 P.M. (New Medical School).
General Practice. Prof. John Marshall: The Management of Cerebral Ischemia.
Tuesday, 28th ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PN 5 P.M. Prof. R. A. Malt: Molecular Mechanisms of Compensatory Renal Hypertrophy. (Arris and Gale Iecture.) MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY 5.30 P.M. (New Medical School). Psychiatry. Prof. W. H. Trethowan: Madness in Great Ones.
Wednesday, 29th ROYAL COLLEGE OFPHYSICIANS, 11 S1. Andrew's Place, Regent's Park, London NWI4LE 5 P.M. Dr N. C. Oswald: Pulmonary Metastases. (Tudor Edwards lecturc.) BRITISH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAl. FEDERATION 1.15 ".M. (Channel 7, I.LEA Closed Circuit Television System.) Dr I. A. Carr: The Macrophage. (Repeated on Thursday at 12.15 P.M. and on Fridav at 1.15 P.M.) INSTITUTE OF NEUROI~OGY, National Hospital, Queen Square, London \X'CIN 3BG 6 P.M. Dr S. Moncada: The Mechanism of Analgesia of Aspirin-like Drugs. 7 P.M. Dr Harold Merskey: Psychiatry and the Treatment of Pain. (Sandoz Foundation lectures.) INSTITUTE OF ORTHOPAEnJr..~, 234 Great Portland Street, London WIN 6AD 6 P.M. Dr S. S. Herman: Battered Babies. 7 £>.M. Prof. C. E. Stroud: Orthopedic Problems in the Immigrant Population. INSTIHITF. OFPSYCHIATRY, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AP 5.30 P.M. Dr D. L. Davies: Alcoholism-A Sociomedical Approach. NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HAl 3l l J I £>.M. Mr Leslie Klenerman: Common Orthopedic Problems in Children. RESEARCH DEFENCE SOCIETY 5.30 P.M. (Royal Society of Medicine, I Wimpole Street, London WIM 8AE.1 Dr A. S. V. Burgeri, F.R.S.: Animals in Medical Progress. (Stephen Paget lecture.) UNIVERSITY OFDUNDEE 1.30 P.M. (Ninewells Hospital.) Prof. F. P. Muldowney: The Diagnosis of Recurrent Kidney Stones.
Thursday, 30th ROYAL COLLEGE OFSURGEONS OF ENGLAND 5 P.M. Sir Francis Avery Jones: The Norwich Schools of Surgery. (Thomas Vicary lecture.) ST MARV~S HOSPITAl. Mf.D1CAI. SC.HOOL, London \X'2 5.15 P.M. Mr R. M. L. Winston; Experiences in Fallopian-tube Transplantation. (Aleck Bourne lecture.)