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Tolmie, Mary J. Torbet, J. G. van Bavel, G. A. B. Waddell, G. M. Watson,Janet G. Watson, J. P. White, Marjorie L. Wood, R. F. M. Wood, F. D.Wren, Mary A. Wright, D. F. Yule; and, in absence, N. I. McPhail andChristine E. Robertson.

University of Lagos Medical SchoolThe first group to receive the degrees of M.B., B.S. from this

school, which opened in 1962, graduated last month. The 24successful candidates included A. A. Owoseni, who passedwith honours.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of GlasgowAt a -meeting of the college on July 3, with Prof. J. H.

Hutchison, the president, in the chair, J. R. Ayers was admittedF.R.C.S.G.

Royal College of Surgeons in IrelandThe final fellowship in otolaryngology has been conferred on

L. R. C. Bain and A. G. Evans, and in ophthalmology onF. L. Lavery and P. A. Tan.British Association of Urological SurgeonsThe following have been elected officers of this Association

for 1967-68:

President, Mr. A. W. Badenoch; immediate past president,Mr. D. S. Poole-Wilson; vice-president, Mr. W. S. Mack; hon.treasurer, Mr. Howard Hanley; hon. secretary, Mr. J. F. R.

Withycombe; hon. editorial secretary, Mr. J. D. Fergusson.Arthritis and Rheumatism Council

During 1966 this Council gave f.137,000 in grants,including f 15,500 to Dr. I. M. Roitt for his research at theMiddlesex Hospital Medical School, E13,500 to Dr. P. H.Wood for an epidemiology survey analysis by a group workingin Manchester, and E12,000 to Dr. J. J. R. Duthie to allow theresearch of his team at the Northern General Hospital in

Edinburgh to continue.Cardiovascular Research at HammersmithOn Monday the Joseph Collier building at the Royal Post-

graduate Medical School, Hammersmith, London, was

formally opened. The building, which will house the MedicalResearch Council’s Cardiovascular Research Unit, includeslaboratories, recording-rooms, and offices, with space foroverseas research fellows who wish to work for a time in theUnited Kingdom.Postgraduate Medical Centre at Sutton Coldfield

Sir Max Rosenheim, P.R.C.P., is to open this centre at

Good Hope General Hospital on Saturday, July 15.British Academy of Forensic SciencesA meeting of the Academy will be held at the Institute of

Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London S.E.5,on Friday and Saturday, July 21 and 22. The subject of themeeting will be the hazards of modern life, and the programmewill include discussions on noise, travel, crime, and recreation,with a panel discussion on the right to privacy. Application fortickets should be made to the secretary-general of the Academy,37 Welbeck Street, W.1.

Dr. Thomas Stuttaford has been chosen as Conservative candidatefor Norwich South constituency for the next general election.

AppointmentsABBOTT, T. K., M.B. Sydney, D.P.H., D.I.H.: M.o.H., Cheshunt, and assistant

M.O.H., Hertfordshire.AYOUB, J. E. M., B.M. Oxon., F.R.C.S. : consultant ophthalmic surgeon, Royal

Masonic Hospital, London.CHALMERS, G. L., M.B. Aberd., M.R.C.P.E., M.R.C.P.G. : consultant in geriatric

medicine, Western Infirmary sector of Glasgow, also KnightswoodHospital and Killearn Hospital.

CROWLEY, NORA V., M.B. N.U.I., D.C.H., D.P.H.: principal senior M.O., CO.Durham.

DUTHIE, W. H., M.B. Edin., F.F.A. R.C.S.: consultant anaesthetist, Ayrshirearea, based at Ballochmyle Hospital.

EDMONDSON, J. S., M.B. Brist., D.P.M., D.OBST.: consultant children’spsychiatrist, North Lincolnshire hospitals and child-guidance centres.

ELGOOD, F.R.M., D.M. Oxon., D.C.H.: consultant paediatrician, Lincoln No. 1hospital group.

ROBINSON, J.O., M.D. Cantab., F.R.C.S. : consultant surgeon, Royal MasonicHospital, London.

Diary of the Week

JULY 16 To 22

Monday, 17thROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray’s Inn Road, London W.C.1

5.15 P.M. (department of pathology) Prof. T. Doxiades (Athens): ModernAspects of Amcebiasis.

Tuesday, 18thROYAL POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL, Ducane Road, London W.12

4 P.M. Mr. G. C. Knight: Stereotactic Tractotomy in Mental Illness.MEDICINE TODAY

1.15 P.M. (B.B.C.2) : Heart-failure.

Wednesday, 19thINSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY, National Hospital, Queen Square, London W.C.1

5.30 P.M. Prof. K. J. Ztilch (Max-Planck Institut fiir Hirnforschung):Pyramidal and Parapyramidal Movement.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, LondonW.C.2

4 P.M. Prof. L. E. Zimmerman: The Cancerous, Precancerous, andPseudocancerous Lesions of the Cornea and Conjunctiva. (Pock-lington lecture.)

Thursday, 20thROYAL POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL

4 P.M. Professor Doxiades: Amoebiasis.

Friday, 21stROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND

3 P.M. Dr. F. A. Henny: Evaluation of High Mandibular Condylectomyfor Temporomandibular Dysfunction. (Charles Tomes lecture.)

ROYAL POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL10.15 A.M. Mr. J. M. P. Clark: Peripheral Surgery in Spastic Paralysis.

Pamphlets and Reports

Bilirubin Metabolism. This book, containing the proceedingsof a meeting held in London in July, 1966, includes papers on theorigin, structure, and hepatic transport of the bile-pigments, bili-rubin metabolism in obstructive jaundice, and the renal excretion ofbile-pigments. (Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications. 63s.)

Brain Function III. This volume contains the proceedings ofa conference on speech, language, and communication, held in LosAngeles in November, 1963. It includes papers on linguistic typesof aphasia, speech disorders in childhood, and the problem of

primitive languages. (Los Angeles: University of California Press.$12.00. London: Cambridge University Press. 96s.)

Symposia on Quantitative Biology. Vol. XXXI. TheGenetic Code. At a symposium held at Cold Spring Harbor, NewYork, in June, 1966, eighty-eight papers were read on the decipher-ment of the genetic code. " The elucidation of the genetic code is ...the key to molecular biology because it shows how the two greatpolymer languages, the nucleic acid language and the protein language,are linked together." (New York: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ofQuantitative Biology.$15.00.)Mean Blood Hematocrit of Adults, United States, 1960-1962.

This study showed a higher hematocrit for men than for women, anda higher level for white women than for Negro women. (Washington,D.C.: P.H.S. publication no. 1000, series 11, no. 24. Obtainable fromsuperintendent of documents, U.S. Government Printing Office,Washington, D.C. 20402.$0.30.)

Recent Developments in Schizophrenia. These papers arebased on a series of lectures organised by the research and clinicalsection of the Royal Medico-Psychological Association in 1966. Thesubjects covered include epidemiology, genetics, and biochemistry ofschizophrenia, social treatment, rehabilitation, and management, andpsychotic disorders in early childhood. (London: Royal Medico-Psychological Association. 25s.)

Immunological Properties of Protein Hormones. This bookcontains the proceedings of a meeting organised by the AcademiaNazionale dei Lincei and the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche,which was held in Rome in June, 1964. It includes papers on

gonadotrophins, growth-hormone, and insulin. (New York andLondon: Academic Press.$12.00. 96s.)

Cancer of the Nasopharynx. Papers in this monograph, whichwere delivered at a symposium held in Singapore under the auspicesof the International Union Against Cancer, include the epidemiology,morbid anatomy, ultrastructure, and biology of nasopharyngeal

; cancer. (Copenhagen: Munksgaard. New York: Medical Examina-tion Publishing Co. 105 Dan. kr.)