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55 should conform by the British Medical Association and does not itself at present offer a training to such persons. Quite clearly, no medical man would wish to claim a monopoly over the whole field of psychology. There is educational psychology, there is commercial psychology, there is industrial psychology-and there is also pastoral psychology. The guild exists to define the limits of pastoral psychology, and the medical members of its committee are there to help it to ensure that pastors do not unwittingly infringe on the province of medical psychology. I am, Sir, yours faithfully, BERNARD C. EVANS,
professionally
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SiR,—My committee have instructed me to ask the hospitality of your columns for the purpose of clearing up a serious misunderstanding which seems to exist among medical men about the aims and objects of the Guild of Pastoral Psychology. The guild desires to equip ministers of religion with sound psychological training so that they may better perform their pastoral duties. It is not attempting to create a class of non-medical persons who would conceive themselves qualified to practise quasi-medical psychotherapy. It envisages as its typical "fellow" a man who holds a cure of souls and who carries out the duties thereof more efficiemly by reason of a training in psychology. The guild considers that any minister who wishes to practise
as
a
psychotherapist
to the standards to be laid down
Secretary.
MEDICAL NEWS of Oxford On June 21 the honorary degree of doctor of science was conferred on Sir Edward Mellanby, F.R.C.P., F.R.S., secretary to the Medical Research Council. The John Malcolm Mitchell scholarship, to be competed for by daughters of professional men, will become vacant in October, 1940. Particulars may be found in our advertisement columns.
University
of Cambridge At recent examinations the
University
following
candidates
were
successful :THIRD EXAMINATION FOR
M.B., B.CHIR.
Part II, Principles and Practice of Physic, Pathology and Pharmacology.-P. S. Adler, G. N. Allen-Williams, R. H. Armin, J. Aspin, D. M. Baker, G. C. Barron, J. R. Bolton, J. F. Buchan, J. H. Burkinshaw, D. L. Caldwell, N. G. Clegg, M. A. X. Cochemé, R. I. G. Coupland, O. J. Curl, J. H. Dean, A. P. Dick, H. J. Dismorr, K. C. Dixon, R. H. Elphinstone, J. F. Erskine, T. Fenwick, A. D. Fisk, W. J. D. Fleming, C. M. Fletcher, R. Fletcher, J. H. P. Gauvain, T. C. N. Gibbens, M. O. J. Gibson, O. D. Gilmore, J. A. Glover, I. R. S. Gordon, G. S. Graveson, A. Hargreaves, G. W. Harris, K. M. Hay, J. M. Holford, W. F. Holman, R. M. Howitt, P. W. Isaac, I. M. Jackson, W. H. Kirkaldy Willis, A. M. Lewis, G. M. Lewis, J. A. Lorimer, F. M. McGown, K. S. MacLean, P. D. MacLellan, J. E. M. Melville, N. E. Monteuuis, E. P. Morley, J. M. Naish, J. C. B. Nesfield, R. O. G. Norman, J. C. R. Nuttall-Smith, A. M. Ogilvie, L. D. Osler. J. N. Pattinson, J. H. Penrose, C. P. Petch, A. Ponder, B. W. Powell, L. M. Reid, W. H. S. St. John-Brooks, P. D. Samman, M. Savory, M. J. Scott, P. D. Scott, J. R. Squire, A. Standeven, A. J. S. B. Tawse, P. S. Thorne, J. S. H. Wade, H. R. E. Wallis, W. H. C. Watson, G. C. Wells, H. W. Whittingham, R. Wilson, and P. N. Witney.
of St. Andrews At recent examinations the
University
following
candidates
were
successful
treatment.
FOURTH EXAMINATION FOR M.B., CH.B.
R. M. Bell, J. M. Berry, John Black, K. G. Broadbent, J. S. Brunton, John Cameron, A. J. M. Cathro (with commendation), Elizabeth P. Dodds, J. M. Duncan, A. C. Fraser, Elizabeth N. Harrison, M. C. Hodgson, W. F. E. Immelman, R. S. Kennedy, R. T. Kiddie, Peter Kinnear (with commendation), Douglas Latto, H. L. Lillie, A. R. T. Lundie, Elizabeth T. McDougall,
W. T. McGinness (with commendation), Winifred 1. McNicol (with commendation), E. G. McPherson, D. J. Macrae, D. S. Milne, Charles Milne, Freda C. J. Nicoll, R. A. Philp, D. V. Porter, G. H. Rea, G. W. Taylor, B. S. Tulloch (with distinction), Kathleen S. Turner, W. A. J. S. Young, and John
Whyment,
Young.
EXAMINATION FOR B.D.S.
1. M. B. Allan, E. A. and R. P. McGlynn.
Botleys
Haxton, R. S. Henderson, J. L. Hutton,
Park
Colony for Mental Defectives buildings, which are situated in 300 acres of parkland and have accommodation for 1200 patients of either sex, with provision for an additional 300, were declared open last Saturday by Lady Henriques, wife of Sir Philip Henriques, chairman of the Surrey county council. The hospital, built mainly of fireproof materials, The
new
530,000, and consists of 21 residence houses for patients, together with a recreation hall with seats for 750, administration and stores buildings, workshop, kitchen, laundry, and school premises. The eighteenth-century manor is being used as a nurses’ home. cost
Prizes at Glasgow The senate of the University of Glasgow announces that the Struthers gold medal and prize has been awarded to George M. Wyburn, D.Sc., M.B., F.R.F.P.S.G., F.R.S.E., for an important series of embryological studies embodied in papers published in the Journal of Anatomy in January, 1937, April, 1938, and January, 1939. The Harry Stewart Hutchison prize has been awarded to James Holmes Hutchison for his dissertation entitled the iron-deficiency anaemia of childhood. Short Service Appointments in the Navy The Admiralty announces that the following havee received appointment as surgeon lieutenant, R.N., for short service : P. W. Edmondson, M.R.C.S. ; E. A. Penn, M.R.C.S. ; G. N. Reed, M.B. ; J. K. Salmon, M.R.C.S. ; and F. B. B. Weston, M.R.C.S. Extension of Harrogate Baths Harrogate’s new 100,000 spa extension scheme will be opened by the Lord Mayor of London on Monday, July 10. The new scheme provides for an entirely new building, in which exclusively Harrogate mineral water treatments will be administered. The equipment of the building and the treatment apparatus are said to be the last word in spa technique. The capacity of the new building will be a thousand treatments a -day. In addition a new lounge hall has been constructed for the recreation of patients undergoing the cure. Between the new building and the lounge hall is a fountain court surrounded by a covered colonnade, heated, and enclosed in glass shutters in winter, where patients may take gentle walking exercise while drinking the spa waters, and between the periods of A
Postgraduate Class in Dublin Our Irish correspondent writes : A postgraduate class on, for Ireland at least, novel lines is just concluding a fortnight’s work in Dublin. It was novel in that it was organised as a cooperative undertaking by the entire ten general clinical hospitals of Dublin, each hospital acting in turn as host for one day. It differed also from previous postgraduate courses in Dublin in that the tuition was entirely clinical, the medical schools as distinct from the hospitals taking no part in the course. The experiment has proved a success, as far more graduates entered for the course than had been expected-over 70 in all. This degree of popularity was in fact embarrassing as the numbers were too large to render clinical demonstration easy. It became clear that if the class is to be repeated in future years it must be divided into manageable groups. The members of the class and their teachers dined together in the Royal College of Surgeons last Saturday evening under the chairmanship of Mr. William Doolin, president of the College. There were no formal speeches, but the members of the class, on the invitation of the chairman, offered criticisms and suggestions on its future management. An interesting and instructive discussion followed which should help the development of postgraduate teaching in Dublin.
professionally
LAY PSYCHOTHERAPISTS
SiR,—My committee have instructed me to ask the hospitality of your columns for the purpose of clearing up a serious misunderstanding which seems to exist among medical men about the aims and objects of the Guild of Pastoral Psychology. The guild desires to equip ministers of religion with sound psychological training so that they may better perform their pastoral duties. It is not attempting to create a class of non-medical persons who would conceive themselves qualified to practise quasi-medical psychotherapy. It envisages as its typical "fellow" a man who holds a cure of souls and who carries out the duties thereof more efficiemly by reason of a training in psychology. The guild considers that any minister who wishes to practise
as
a
psychotherapist
to the standards to be laid down
Secretary.
MEDICAL NEWS of Oxford On June 21 the honorary degree of doctor of science was conferred on Sir Edward Mellanby, F.R.C.P., F.R.S., secretary to the Medical Research Council. The John Malcolm Mitchell scholarship, to be competed for by daughters of professional men, will become vacant in October, 1940. Particulars may be found in our advertisement columns.
University
of Cambridge At recent examinations the
University
following
candidates
were
successful :THIRD EXAMINATION FOR
M.B., B.CHIR.
Part II, Principles and Practice of Physic, Pathology and Pharmacology.-P. S. Adler, G. N. Allen-Williams, R. H. Armin, J. Aspin, D. M. Baker, G. C. Barron, J. R. Bolton, J. F. Buchan, J. H. Burkinshaw, D. L. Caldwell, N. G. Clegg, M. A. X. Cochemé, R. I. G. Coupland, O. J. Curl, J. H. Dean, A. P. Dick, H. J. Dismorr, K. C. Dixon, R. H. Elphinstone, J. F. Erskine, T. Fenwick, A. D. Fisk, W. J. D. Fleming, C. M. Fletcher, R. Fletcher, J. H. P. Gauvain, T. C. N. Gibbens, M. O. J. Gibson, O. D. Gilmore, J. A. Glover, I. R. S. Gordon, G. S. Graveson, A. Hargreaves, G. W. Harris, K. M. Hay, J. M. Holford, W. F. Holman, R. M. Howitt, P. W. Isaac, I. M. Jackson, W. H. Kirkaldy Willis, A. M. Lewis, G. M. Lewis, J. A. Lorimer, F. M. McGown, K. S. MacLean, P. D. MacLellan, J. E. M. Melville, N. E. Monteuuis, E. P. Morley, J. M. Naish, J. C. B. Nesfield, R. O. G. Norman, J. C. R. Nuttall-Smith, A. M. Ogilvie, L. D. Osler. J. N. Pattinson, J. H. Penrose, C. P. Petch, A. Ponder, B. W. Powell, L. M. Reid, W. H. S. St. John-Brooks, P. D. Samman, M. Savory, M. J. Scott, P. D. Scott, J. R. Squire, A. Standeven, A. J. S. B. Tawse, P. S. Thorne, J. S. H. Wade, H. R. E. Wallis, W. H. C. Watson, G. C. Wells, H. W. Whittingham, R. Wilson, and P. N. Witney.
of St. Andrews At recent examinations the
University
following
candidates
were
successful
treatment.
FOURTH EXAMINATION FOR M.B., CH.B.
R. M. Bell, J. M. Berry, John Black, K. G. Broadbent, J. S. Brunton, John Cameron, A. J. M. Cathro (with commendation), Elizabeth P. Dodds, J. M. Duncan, A. C. Fraser, Elizabeth N. Harrison, M. C. Hodgson, W. F. E. Immelman, R. S. Kennedy, R. T. Kiddie, Peter Kinnear (with commendation), Douglas Latto, H. L. Lillie, A. R. T. Lundie, Elizabeth T. McDougall,
W. T. McGinness (with commendation), Winifred 1. McNicol (with commendation), E. G. McPherson, D. J. Macrae, D. S. Milne, Charles Milne, Freda C. J. Nicoll, R. A. Philp, D. V. Porter, G. H. Rea, G. W. Taylor, B. S. Tulloch (with distinction), Kathleen S. Turner, W. A. J. S. Young, and John
Whyment,
Young.
EXAMINATION FOR B.D.S.
1. M. B. Allan, E. A. and R. P. McGlynn.
Botleys
Haxton, R. S. Henderson, J. L. Hutton,
Park
Colony for Mental Defectives buildings, which are situated in 300 acres of parkland and have accommodation for 1200 patients of either sex, with provision for an additional 300, were declared open last Saturday by Lady Henriques, wife of Sir Philip Henriques, chairman of the Surrey county council. The hospital, built mainly of fireproof materials, The
new
530,000, and consists of 21 residence houses for patients, together with a recreation hall with seats for 750, administration and stores buildings, workshop, kitchen, laundry, and school premises. The eighteenth-century manor is being used as a nurses’ home. cost
Prizes at Glasgow The senate of the University of Glasgow announces that the Struthers gold medal and prize has been awarded to George M. Wyburn, D.Sc., M.B., F.R.F.P.S.G., F.R.S.E., for an important series of embryological studies embodied in papers published in the Journal of Anatomy in January, 1937, April, 1938, and January, 1939. The Harry Stewart Hutchison prize has been awarded to James Holmes Hutchison for his dissertation entitled the iron-deficiency anaemia of childhood. Short Service Appointments in the Navy The Admiralty announces that the following havee received appointment as surgeon lieutenant, R.N., for short service : P. W. Edmondson, M.R.C.S. ; E. A. Penn, M.R.C.S. ; G. N. Reed, M.B. ; J. K. Salmon, M.R.C.S. ; and F. B. B. Weston, M.R.C.S. Extension of Harrogate Baths Harrogate’s new 100,000 spa extension scheme will be opened by the Lord Mayor of London on Monday, July 10. The new scheme provides for an entirely new building, in which exclusively Harrogate mineral water treatments will be administered. The equipment of the building and the treatment apparatus are said to be the last word in spa technique. The capacity of the new building will be a thousand treatments a -day. In addition a new lounge hall has been constructed for the recreation of patients undergoing the cure. Between the new building and the lounge hall is a fountain court surrounded by a covered colonnade, heated, and enclosed in glass shutters in winter, where patients may take gentle walking exercise while drinking the spa waters, and between the periods of A
Postgraduate Class in Dublin Our Irish correspondent writes : A postgraduate class on, for Ireland at least, novel lines is just concluding a fortnight’s work in Dublin. It was novel in that it was organised as a cooperative undertaking by the entire ten general clinical hospitals of Dublin, each hospital acting in turn as host for one day. It differed also from previous postgraduate courses in Dublin in that the tuition was entirely clinical, the medical schools as distinct from the hospitals taking no part in the course. The experiment has proved a success, as far more graduates entered for the course than had been expected-over 70 in all. This degree of popularity was in fact embarrassing as the numbers were too large to render clinical demonstration easy. It became clear that if the class is to be repeated in future years it must be divided into manageable groups. The members of the class and their teachers dined together in the Royal College of Surgeons last Saturday evening under the chairmanship of Mr. William Doolin, president of the College. There were no formal speeches, but the members of the class, on the invitation of the chairman, offered criticisms and suggestions on its future management. An interesting and instructive discussion followed which should help the development of postgraduate teaching in Dublin.