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Vinyl Chloride Disease

Two diseases arising from exposure to vinyl-chloridemonomer are prescribed as industrial diseases under regula-tions which were laid before Parliament on Feb. 28. The dis-eases are angiosarcoma of the liver and osteolysis of the ter-minal phalanges of the fingers. Industrial injuries benefits willbecome payable for these two diseases from March 21, underthe industrial diseases provisions of the Social Security Act1975, to people employed in vinyl-chloride monomer polymeri-sation plants.

Violence in Institutional SettingsA meeting on the management of violence in institutional

settings is being held by the Royal Society of Health in New-castle upon Tyne at 1.45 P.M. on Wednesday, April 6. Detailsmay be had from the Conference Department, Royal Societyof Health, 13 Grosvenor Place, London SW 1X 7EN.

S.LM.G./Janssen AwardThe Societas Internationalis Medicinae Generalis/Janssen

award for 1976 has been awarded to Dr K. R. Bolden (Exeter),for his proposed research project on the morbidity of single-parent families.

Applications for the 1977 award are invited from generalpractitioners in Europe wishing to carry out a 2-year researchproject of international interest; preference will be given towork which could be developed at a later date into an interna-tional cooperative study. Details may be had from the S.I.M.GSecretariat, Bahnhofstrasse 22/VI, A9020, Klagenfurt, Aus-tria.

World Medical Association

The 31st World Medical Assembly will be held in Dublin onSept. 4-10; a symposium entitled Update 1977 has been

arranged for Sept. 8 and 9. Details may be had from Dr NoelReilly, Irish Medical Association, International ConferenceCentre, 10 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

The annual international meeting of the Eurotransplant Founda-tion will be held in Leiden on Sept. 24. Details may be had from thesecretary, Patricia A. Steen, c/o Bloodbank, University Hospital,Rijnsburgerweg 10, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Appointments

Mersey Regional Health Authority:CROWLEY, F. A., M.B. N.U.I.: consultant pathologist (hsematology), Wirral

health area.

GHAFFAR, ABDUL, M.B.Dacca, M.R.C.P., D.c.H.: consultant physician in geriat-ric medicine, Cheshire, and St. Helens and Knowsley health areas.

GREEN, HELEN T., M.D.L’pool: consultant pathologist (microbiology), Seftonhealth area.

ROPER, R. E., M.B.L’pool, F.F.A. R.c.s.: consultant anaesthetist, St. Helens andKnowsley A.H.A.

TRUE, R. C., M.B.Leeds, M.R.C.PSYCH., D.P.M. : consultant psychiatrist, Crewedistrict, Cheshire health area.

WILLIAMS, I. R., M.B.Edin., M.R.C.P. : consultant neurologist, Sefton healtharea.

Northern Regional Health Authority:

BARBER, LINDA M., M.B. Durh., M.R.C.PSYCH., D.P.M. : consultant child psychi-atrist, East and West Cumbria district, Cumbria health area.

McNuLTY, S. M., M.B. Durh., F.R.C.R., D.M.R.D., D.P.M. : consultant radiolo-gist, Darlington and South West Durham district, Durham health area.

O’NEILL, JANET, B.M. Oxon., M.R.C.P., M.R.C.PSYCH., D.P.M. : consultant childpsychiatrist, West and East Cumbria districts, Cumbria health area.

SOPPITT, G. D., M.B.Brist., F.R.C.R., D.M.R.D.: consultant radiologist, Gates-head Health area and Newcastle health area (teaching).

TERRY, GORDON, M.B. Durh., M.R.C.P.: consultant in general medicine, SouthTyneslde health area.

WILLIAMS, E. J., M.B. Leeds, M.R.C.PSYCH., D.P.M. : consultant in mental ill-ness, South West Cumbria, East Cumbria, and Lancaster health dis-tricts, Cumbria and Lancashire health areas.

Clinical Genetics SocietyDr D. F. Roberts has been elected president and Prof Mal-

colm Ferguson-Smith, vice-president. Details about the societyand its next meeting (which will be held in Newcastle uponTyne on April 22) can be had from the Honorary Secretary,Dr K. M. Lawrence, at the Child Health Laboratories, Depart-ment of Child Health, Welsh National School of Medicine,Heath Park, Cardiff CF4 4XN.

Diary of the Week

MARCH 13 TO 19

Monday, 14thUNIVERSITY OF LONDON

5.15 P.M. (School of Pharmacy, Brunswick Square, WC1.) Prof. D. Arigoni(Switzerland): Stereochemical Tools for the Study of EnzymmcProcesses.

INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, St John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, TasleStreet, Leicester Square, London WC2H 7BJ

4.30 P.M. Dr R. A. J. Eady: Wound Healing.INSTITUTE OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY, Queen Charlotte’s Maternity Hos-

pital, Goldhawk Road, London W6 OXG4.30 P.M. Prof. C. J. Dewhurst: Errors of Uterine Fusion in Obstetrics.

Tuesday, 15thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A

3PN5.15 P.M. Prof. V. V. Kakkar: Heparin and Venous Thromboembolism.

(Michael Cross memorial lecture.)UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

5.15 P.M. (School of Pharmacy.) Professor Arigom: Stereochemical Tools forthe Study of Enzymatic Processes.

5.30 P.M. (St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, Paddington, W2.) Dr H. V.Hempleman: Physical and Physiological Aspects of Life at HighPressures.

WESTMINSTER MEDICAL SCHOOL, 17 Horseferry Road, London SWIP 2AR5.15 P.M. Dr W. H. Joplmg: Leprosy and its Management in Britain.

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE, Millbank, London SW1P 4RJ5 P.M. Mr J. P. Williams: The Urethral Syndrome.

LONDON MEDICAL GROUP5.45 P.M. (University College Hospital Medical School, Gower Street, WCIE

6AU.) Prof. M. L. Marinker: The End of the Doctor-patient Rela-tionship ?

UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS2 P.M. (Leeds General Infirmary.) Chemical Pathology. Dr R. H. Michell:

Hormone Receptor Mechanisms-A Possible Role for Phosphate)Inositol.

Wednesday, 16thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND

4 P.M. Dr D. D. C. Howat: Anaathesia as a Career. (Frederic Hewitt lecture,)INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY

4.30 P.M. Dr M. M. Black: Cutaneous Amyloidosis.INSTITUTE OF ORTHOPAEDICS, 234 Great Portland Street, London WIN 6AD

6 P.M. Prof. J. S. Calnan: Management of Skin Damage of the Hand.7 P.M. Dr C. B. Wynn Parry: Rehabilitation of the Injured Hand.

NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ1 P.M. Dr H. B. Valman: Management of the Febrile Child.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG5 P.M. Prof. I. E. Gillespie: Current Status of Gastric Surgery.

MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY5 P.M. (New Medical School.) Medicine. Prof. K. T. Evans: The Swallow.

Thursday, 17thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND

5 P.M. Mr T. G. J. Bnghtmore: The Efficacy of Haemostatic Agents and theirEffects on Bone Healing. (Arris and Gale lecture.)

INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY, National Hospital, Queen Square, London WON3BG

6.15 P.M. Dr Donald Barltrop: The Lead Problem in Chlldhood. (Pewterers’lecture.)

FAMILIES NEED FATHERS6 P.M. (University College London, WC1.) Mr Gerald Godfrey, Q.c.: Judicial

Discretion in the Family Court.MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY

5.30 p.m. (New Medical School.) Pcediatrics. Prof. S. D. M. Court: ChildHealth Services Today and Tomorrow.

Friday, 18thINSTITUTE OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY, 330/332 Gray’s Inn Road, London

WC1X 8EE5.30 P.M. Mr J. C. M. Cume: Fractures at the Base of the Skull.