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Junior Hospital Doctors’ AssociationThis Association has appointed a firm of architects to draw

up minimum standards of accommodation acceptable to hos-pital doctors. Details may be had from Dr. J. H. Briggs,8, Lyall Mews, London S.W.1, or Charing Cross Hospital,London W.C.2.

Royal Photographic Society of Great BritainThe annual exhibition of the Society’s medical group was

opened on March 2 by Sir Clement Price Thomas. Theexhibition will be on view in the Claire Wand Gallery at B.M.A.House, Tavistock Square, W.C.1, until April 29. The

following awards were presented:Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries colour trophy-.

D. R. Kedgley (Glaxo Laboratories).Pharmaceutical Society juniors’ trophy.-S. Gough (Royal Free

Hospital).Medical Group technical award.-J. H. Burnard (St. Mary’s

Hospital, Colchester).Medical Group merit awards.-R. R. Phillips (Institute of

Dermatology); H. T. Oliver (Dental School, Newcastle upon Tyne);Department of Medical Illustration, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital,London.

Lancet trophy.-Moshe Ivry (Hebrew University-HadassahMedical School, Jerusalem).

Chairman’s award.-Elizabeth Mason.

International Chest and Heart ConferenceThis conference is to be held in Eastbourne from April 4 to 7,

when the programme will include papers on fungal hyper-sensitivity, air pollution, and the role of local authorities in thewelfare of chest and heart patients. Details may be had fromthe conference secretary, Chest and Heart Association, Tavi-stock House North, Tavistock Square, London W.C.1.

The address of the Poisons Reference Service is now New CrossHospital, Avonley Road, London S.E.14. (Telephone no.

01-407 7600.) ____________

CORRIGENDA: The Water in the Bath.-In our annotation ofFeb. 11 (p. 320) we made a mistake in the chloride levels. We meantto say:

" a residual chlorine estimation which never falls below

0,5 p.p.m. is probably a better guarantee of safety." The minimumconcentration recommended by the Ministry of Health is 0-2 p.p.m.

Treatment of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis with Azathioprine.-Throughout the article by Dr. J. A. Fischer and Dr. Martin Schmid(Feb. 25, p. 421) the approved name azathioprine was incorrectlyspelt.

Pamphlets and Reports

Cerebrovascular Disease. This volume contains the pro-ceedings of a meeting of the Association for Research in Nervous -andMental Disease held in New York in December, 1961. It includes

papers on cerebral atherosclerosis, anticoagulant therapy of cerebralinfarction, and treatment of cerebrovascular thrombosis with plasminand plasminogen activators. (Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins.Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone. E8 4s., plus 4s. 6d. postage.)

Development of the Lung. This volume contains the proceed-ings of a Ciba Foundation symposium held in London in November,1965, when 20 papers were read on phylogeny and ontogeny of thelung, gas/liquid interface, intrauterine gas exchange, and the start ofbreathing. (London: Churchill. 65s.)

Morbidity in Immigrant Villages: Doctor-Patient andNurse-Patient Contacts in Eight Villages over Three Years.This report from Israel shows

" a high morbidity of heads of familieswith high age differences between spouses, with urban origin, lowstate of health, negative attitude to work and to farm, poor civicorientation, and restricted social contact". (Jerusalem: Ministry ofHealth. Obtainable from Dr. Michael Davies, Department of MedicalEcology, Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.No charge.)

Diary of the Week

MARCH 12 TO 18Monday, 13thROYAL POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL, Ducane Road, London W.12

4 P.M. Dr. G. F. M. Russell: Principles of Psychosomatic Medicine-Anorexia Nervosa.

INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, St. John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin,Lisle Street, London W.C.2

4.30 P.M. Dr. Imrich Sarkany: Apocrine Sweat-glands.ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray’s Inn Road, London W.C.1

5.15 P.M. Dr. Muriel Newhouse: Biological Effects of Exposure to

Radiation.

Tuesday, 14thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London

W.C.25 P.M. Prof. Theunis Coetzee (Pietermaritzburg): Surgical Reconstruction

and Replacement following Loss of the Urethra and Bladder-neck.UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

5.15 P.M. (St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College, CharterhouseSquare, E.C.1) Dr. D. L. Revesz (Stockholm): Medical-radiationBiology-Basic Research or Applied Science ?

5.30 P.M. (University College, Gower Street, W.C.1) Prof. H. Passow(University of Saarland): Passive Ion-permeability of the Erythro-cyte Membrane. (First of two lectures.)

ROYAL POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL4 P.M. Mr. A. G. Cox: Surgery in Peptic Ulcer.

INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY4.30 P.M. Prof. C. D. Calnan: Sebaceous Gland.

WESTMINSTER MEDICAL SCHOOL, Horseferry Road, London S.W.15.15 P.M. Mr. Christopher Wastell: Vagotomy.

MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY8 P.M. Surgery. Mr. B. H. Dawson: Stereotactic Surgery.

Wednesday, 15thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND

4 P.M. Dr. G. Jackson Rees: Influence of Clinical Practice on Research inAnaesthesia. (Frederic Hewitt lecture.)

ROYAL POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL11.45 A.M. Dr. E. J. M. Campbell: Exercise-capacity.4 P.M. Dr. Kjell Aas (Oslo): Asthma in Childhood.

INSTITUTE OF DISEASES OF THE CHEST, Brompton Hospital, London S.W.35 P.M. Mr. J. R. Belcher: Treatment of Carcinoma of the Bronchus.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL5.15 P.M. Prof. H. L. Duthie: Duodenal Inhibition of Human Gastric

Secretion.MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY

5 P.M. Pcediatrics. Dr. J. W. Farquhar: Lessons from the Newborn ofthe Diabetic Mother.

Thursday, 16th

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND5 P.M. Mr. Kevin Cronin: Healing of Colonic Anastomoses-an

Experimental Study. (Arris and Gale lecture.)UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

5.30 P.M. (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, KeppelStreet, W.C.1) Dr. M. Pourtois (Brussels): Experimental Studieson the Differentiation of Palatal Shelves prior to Fusion.

ROYAL POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL4 P.M. Mr. W. H. Stephenson: Post-irradiation Fractures.5 P.M. Dr. A. J. Popert: Mistreatment in Rheumatic Disease.

INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY, National Hospital, Queen Square, London W.C.15.30 P.M. Prof. Ernst Gutmann (Prague): Motor-unit in Old Age.

KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, Denmark Hill, S.E.5 ’

4.45 P.M. Dr. Clifford Hoyle: Sarcoidosis. (Wiltshire lecture.)ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, Paddington, W.2

5 P.M. (Wright-Fleming Institute) Dr. D. M. Kerslake: Termination ofPregnancy by Vacuum-aspiration.

WESTMINSTER MEDICAL SCHOOL5.15 P.M. Mr. R. W. Nevin: Diagnosis of Non-malignant Conditions of

the Colon.MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY

8 P.M. Anaesthetics. Dr. D. G. McDowall: Blood-flow and Metabolismof the Brain during Ana:sthesia.

’ UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS5 P.M. (Queen’s College, Dundee) Dr. M. F. Oliver: Intensive Coronary-

care.

Friday, 17th

ROYAL POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL, 10.15 A.M. Mr. K. P. S. Caldwell: Electronic Control of Bladder and, Rectal Incontinence.. 4 P.M. Mr. Robert Shields: Pathophysiology of the Gastrointestinal Fluids.; UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

l 5.30 P.M. Professor Gutmann: Neurotrophic Relation between Nerve-

’ and Muscle-cells.· INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH, 30 Guilford Street, London W.C.1

5.30 P.M. Dr. Aas: Diagnostic Methods in Asthma in Childhood.