SCOTTISH SOCIETY OF ANAESTHETISTS

SCOTTISH SOCIETY OF ANAESTHETISTS lems and responsibilities of the anaesthetist in the National Health Service. In particular he dwelt on the dental anaesthetic field, indicating the scope for improvement in remuneration, training and technique. In conclusion, Dr. Campbell Dewar mentioned briefly the technique which he preferred in dental anaesthesia, gas-oxygen-trichlorethylene, which he had used consistently during the President: Dr. I. M. Campbell Dewar, Glasgow. past ten years in some 25,000 cases. Vice-President: Dr. F. G. Gibbs, Edinburgh. Professor R. R. Macintosh, was a guest Hon. Secretary : Dr. A. G. Miller, Glasgow. of the Society on this occasion. In a talk entitled "Experiences Abroad", illusDr. W. M. Shearer, Dundee. Dr. R. G. Grieve, Glasgow. trated by many slides, he described the Dr. M. C. Macqueen, Edinburgh. various anaesthetic techniques in use Dr. R. M. P. Milne, Aberdeen. in the different countries which he had Dr. M. Shaw, Glasgow. visited. Dr. D. W. Shannon, Edinburgh. The prize which the Scottish Society of Dr. R. Lawrie, Dundee. Anaesthetists awards annually for the Dr. I. M. Campbell Dewar, in his best paper submitted by an anaesthetist presidential address entitled "Wells, of or below the grade of Senior Registrar, Morton, et al.", discussed the many prob- was won by Dr. J. B. Stirling, Glasgow.

THE SOCIETY OF ANAESTHETISTS OF SOUTH WALES THE Society of Anaesthetists of South The Programme for the forthcoming year Wales, meeting at Porthcawl on April 9, is as follows: 1954, elected the following officers for the Saturday, July 3, 1954. Clinical Meeting at the Plastic Surgery Centre, forthcoming year: St. Lawrence Hospital, Chepstow; 9.30 ajn. to President: Dr. D. S. Jones, F.F.A.R.C.S., 4 p.m. Tegfynydd, Llwynhendy, Llanelly. Thursday, October 21, 1954. Vice-President: Mr. F. Y. Pearson, F.R.C.S., Dinner Meeting at the Park Hotel, Cardiff. 39 Cyncoed Road, Cardiff. "An Anaesthetist in Brazil" by Professor Treasurer : Dr. D. K. W. Picken, F.F.A.R.C.S., William W. Mushin. 52 St. Michael's Road, Llandaff, Cardiff. March 17, 1955. Secretary : Dr. H. G. Middleton, F.F.A.R.C.S., Annual General Meeting at Porthcawl. Sheercliff, Tidenham, Chepstow, Mon. Discussions and Medical Films, 294

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THE Scottish Society of Anaesthetists held its Annual Meeting at Dunblane Hotel Hydro, Perthshire, from Friday, April 2, 1954, until Sunday, April 4, 1954. A company of about 120—members, their wives and guests—were present. The Executive Council for 1954-55 is as follows: