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antigen positive and all the plumbing through which this waste haspassed must be considered potentially infectious.The Peritoneal Dialysis Bulletin is available, free of charge, from Dr

Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos, Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst Street,Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada.

University of EdinburghDr J. L. Potter, formerly associate dean, New York University

Medical Centre, has been appointed executive dean of the Faculty ofMedicine. He succeeds Prof. D. C. Simpson, who retired inSeptember. ,

University of OxfordThe Brian Johnson prize in pathology for 1980 has been awarded

to Mr P. A. Watson, Green College. The John Freind prize inmedical history for 1980 has been awarded to Miss Sarah Rowland-James, Green College.Ministry of DefenceMajor-General H. A. J. Reay has been appointed Director

General, Army Medical Services, with effect in April, in the rank oflieut.-general. He succeeds Lieut.-General Sir Richard Bradshaw.

Graduates of British birth, with a degree or degrees in medicine and aminimum of three, preferably five, years’ practical experience since qualifica-tion, are eligible to apply for the Menzies Trust/Commonwealth Founda-tion sports medicine travelling scholarship. The award is of 4000 tocover three months’ clinical experience and practical study in Australia thisyear. The closing date for applications is Jan. 31, and they should be sent with astamped addressed envelope to the Institute of Sports Medicine, 10 Not-tingham Place, London WI.

A .200,000 kidney unit at Hope Hospital, Salford, is to be opened on Jan.22 by Dr Mary McGeown, of Belfast City Hospital.The Alzheimer’s Disease Society is organising a symposium for

members and others involved in the care of patients with this condition, at theInstitute of Psychiatry, London, on Feb. 28. Further information and pro-grammes (price D to members and D 50 to non-members) may be obtainedfrom Dr G. K. Wilcock, Chairman, Alzheimer’s Disease Society, Departmentof Neuropathology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford OX2 6HE.

Corrections

Haemodynamic, Hormonal, and Electrolyte Responses to Captoprilin ResistantHeart Failure.-In this article by Dr A. H. Maslowski and his colleagues (Jan.10, p. 71) the dosage of captopril (Methods: line 5) should be 0. 0625-0’ 25mg/day.‘ Role of Bronchial Irritant Receptors in Asthma.-The final sentence of thearticle by Dr M. G. Harries and his colleagues (Jan. 3, p. 5) should have read"... bronchoconstriction initiated in dogs by intravenous injections ofcapsaician ..."

A High Carbohydrate Leguminous Fibre Diet Improves All Aspects of DiabeticControl.-In the paper by Dr H. C. R. Simpson and colleagues (Jan. 3, p. 1)figs. 3 and 5 were transposed.

International Diary1981

3rd European Congress of Endoscopy: Berlin, W. Germany, June 14-17(Priv.-Doz. Dr L. Witzel, DRK Krankenhaus, Drontheimer Strasse, D 1000Berlin 65).

Advanced Course on Monoclonal Antibodies and Ultrasensitive

Immunoassay in Human Diagnosis and Monitoring of Therapy:Gardone Riviera, Italy, May 6-7, and 3rd International Symposium onCalciotropic Hormones Methods and Clinical Applications: May 8-9(Secretariat, Fondazione Giovanni Lorenzini, Via Monte Napoleone 23,20121 Milan).

International Symposium on Prostaglandins in Cardiovascular andThrombotic Disorders: Chicago, U.S.A., May 7-9 (Mary Jane Bennett,Department of Continuing Education, AF 599, Rush Medical College, 600South Paulina, Chicago, Illinois 60612).

XXIIemes Journées de Diabetologie de 1’Hotel Dieu: Pans, France,May 7-9 (Dr M. Rathery, Hotel-Dieu, Place du Parvis de Notre-Dame, 75181Paris Cedex 04).

International Symposium on Nephrotoxicity-Assessment and Patho-genesis: University of Surrey, England, Sept. 7-11 (The Secretary, Nephro-toxicity Symposium, Department of Biochemistry, University of Surrey,Guildford GU2 5XH, Surrey).

3rd European Organization for Research on Treatment of Cancer/NationalCancer Institute Symposium on New Drugs in Cancer Therapy: Brussels,Belgium, Oct. 22-24 (Dr M. Rozencweig, EORTC Data Center, InstitutJulesBodet, 1 rue Heger-Bordet, B-1000 Brussels).

lst Medican-American Congress of Allergy and Clinical Immunology:Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego, California, Nov. 17-20 (Dr J. G. Huerta L,Co-Chairman M-AC, Chief Allergy Service, Hospital del Ninos (DIF),Mexico, D.F.).

Diary of the Week

JAN. 25 To 31

Monday, 26thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND11.30 A,M. (Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, Fulham Palace Road, London W6

8RF). Mr R. W. Hoile: Development of Application of a CytochemicalBioassay for Gastnn (Arris and Gale lecture).

2.30 P.M. (Charing Cross Hospital Medical School). Mr J. A. Rennie: Human ColomcNeural and Humoral Factors in Postoperative Ileus (Arris and Gale lecture).

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

4.45 P.M. Dr Fergal Nally: The Mouth: Pre-Malignant and Malignant Disorders.NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ

12.45 P.M. Dr J. Pickup: Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion.GREEN COLLEGE OXFORD

5 P.M. (The Old Radcliffe Observatory) Prof. Brian Abel-Smith: Health Care in a ColdEconomic Climate (Green College lecture).

MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY, Coupland Building, The University, Man-chester M13 9PL

8.30 P.M. Dr B. A. Lieberman: Female Sterilisation and its Sequelae.

Tuesday, 27thNORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL

1 P.M. Dr D. E. M. Lawson: Rickets Revisited.8 P.M. (Clementine Churchill Hospital.) Mr p, Smith: The Clementine Hospital and the

Harrow Community.LONDON MEDICAL GROUP

5.45 P.M. (King’s College Hospital Medical School, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8RX.)Symposlum.—Terminal Illness: What the Doctor Ought to Tell.

MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY5.30 P.M. Prof. F. A. Jenner: Biochemistry: an Exciting Approach-but Dangerous for

the Patient?

Wednesday, 28thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, LondonWC2

5 P.M. Mr Charles Drew: Pride and Prejudice in Thoracic Surgery (Tudor Edwardsmemorial lecture). ).

INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY4.45 P M. Dr C. M. Ridley: Non-venereal Genital Diseases.

INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY, de Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5.5 P.M. Prof Isaac Marks: Psychopathology: Towards an Empirical Science.

NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITALI P.M. Dr M. W. P. Carney: Involuting Madly: Fact or Fiction?

JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL, Headington, Oxford5 P.M. Dr Robert D. Koler: Determinants of Oxygen Transportation.

Thursday, 29thINSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY, National Hospital, Queen Square, London WC1N

3BG5.30 P.M. Dr J. Newsom-Davis: Myasthenia GravIs: a Model for Autoimmune Disease of

the Nervous System?LONDON MEDICAL GROUP5.45 P.M. (London Hospital, London El) Symposium.—The Medical and Social Con.

sequences of Unemployment.

Friday, 30thNORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL9.10 A.M. Dr K. D. R. Setchell. Lignans: a New Class of Compounds Identified in Man

and Ammals.

Saturday, 31stUNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL

9 A.M Mr R. Calver. Methods of Stimulation of Wound Healing.NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE, Headington, Oxford..8.30 A.M. Dr D. Macey: Radioisotope Methods Used for Measurement of Bone Blood

Flow.9.30 A.M. Dr 0. Nagi: Models of Vasculansed Bone Grafts.