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enced and did not appreciate the medical worker’s busy time-schedule. The report recommends interprofessional exchangesin the early stages of training.

University of London

Dr Elizabeth Robson, joint assistant director of the M.R.C.unit has been appointed to the Galton chair of human gene-tics ; she has been joined by Prof. R. J. Berry, of the Royal FreeHospital School of Medicine as joint head of a combineddepartment of genetics and biometry.

University of Khartoum

Dr J. A. Bennett, consultant anaesthetist at Frenchay Hospi-tal, Bristol, and clinical lecturer in anaesthetics at the Univer-sity of Bristol, has been appointed Royal Society Leverhulmevisiting professor.

Royal College of PathologistsWe regret that the date of the Foundation Lecture given in

last week’s issue (p. 906) was incorrect. The lecture, to be de-livered by Prof. P. G. H. Gell, will be at 5.30 P.M. on Tuesday,Nov. 14, at the Royal College of Physicians, 11 St. Andrew’sPlace, Regents Park, London NW1.

Society of Apothecaries of London

Applications for the Gillson scholarship in pathology are in-vited from candidates under 35, who are licentiates or freemenof the Society, or who become either within six months of elec-tion to the scholarship. The scholarship has a value of D050spread over three years, and will be awarded on Jan. 1, 1979.Information may be had from the Clerk, Worshipful Societyof Apothecaries of London, Blackfriars Lane, London EC4V6EJ.

Occupational Disease

The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council has been asked bythe Secretary of State for Social Services to-consider whetherany changes should be made to the list of prescribed industrialdiseases under the Social Security industrial injuries scheme,and whether industrial injuries benefits should be made avail-able to any individual who can show that his disease is occupa-tional in origin. The schedule of prescribed industrial diseaseslists 47 different diseases (including injuries not caused by acci-dent) and the occupations to which they apply. It was lastreviewed 20 years ago, since when a number of new diseaseshave been added and changes made to other diseases. TheCouncil will give special attention to the possibility of simplify-ing the definitions of the prescribed diseases and of removingany restrictive conditions in them.

Travel Award for Consultants

An award scheme for consultant surgeons and anaathetistshas been launched by the Surgikos Division of Johnson &

Johnson. The award is supported by the Association of Sur-geons -of Great Britain and Ireland and its aim is to assist con-sultants to undertake study and research in Britain or in otherEuropean countries. The value of the award is [1200 and thiswill be allocated in separate amounts to successful applicants.Application forms, which must be submitted by Nov. 30, 1978,are available from Surgikos Travel Award 1978, 2 SeaforthPlace, Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6JP.

The 8th Congress of the European Society of Neuroradiology willbe held in Strasbourg on Sept. 7-8, 1979. The Secretary General ofthe Society is Prof. A. Wackenheim, Service de Neuroradiologie,C.H.U., Strasbourg 67091, France.

The 7th European congress on pathology will be held in Valenciaon Sept. 17-21, 1979. Information may be obtained from the Secre-tariat, Department of Pathology, Medical School, Apartado 2045,Valencia, Spain.

Corrections

Beneficial Effect of D.D.A.V.P, on Bleeding-time in von Wille-brand’s Disease.-We regret that in the table of the letter by DrMenon and colleagues (Sept. 30 p. 743) the pretreatment bleeding-time of patient 1 should have been 25 min, and not 5 min as wasprinted. The pretreatment bleeding-times of patient 2 should havebeen > 15 min.

Cryoprecipitate Preparation.-We apologise for a misprint in thefifth paragraph of this letter (Oct. 14, p. 844): the third line shouldrefer to exposure-times so short, not so "slow."

Diary of the Week

OCT. 29 TO NOV. 4Monday, 30thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A

3PN4.30 P.M. Dr June Almeida: The Virology of Hepatitis.

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

4.30 P.M. Dr A. Challoner: Measurement of Skin Blood Flow.INSTITUTE OF OBSTETRICS AND GvNACOLOGY, Queen Charlotte’s Hospital, Gold-

hawk Road, London W6 OXG12.30 P.M. Dr Heather Mellows: Current Concepts in Maternal Physiology.

Tuesday, 31stROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND

4-30 P.M. Prof. Neville Crawford: Do Cells Move by Miniature Muscles?ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE, Millbank London SW1P 4RJ

5 P.M. Dr L. A. Hersov: Problems of School Attendance.SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES OF LONDON, Black Friars Lane, London EC4V 6EJ

6 P.M. Mr Roworth A. J. Spurrell: Recent Advances in the Management ofTachycardias. (Joseph Strickland Goodall lecture.)

Wednesday, 1stINSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY, National Hospital, Queen Square, London WC1N

3BG6 P.M. Dr H. Valdimarsson (Iceland): Immunological Aspects of Viral Dis-

orders of the Nervous System.7 P.M. Dr M. H. Bellman: Epidemiological Aspects of Encephalitis. (Sandoz

Foundation lectures.)INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY, de Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5

5.30 P.M. Dr A. Clare: "Let’s Talk about Me"---on the Evolution of the Talk-ing Therapies.

RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY, OxfordS P.M. Dr G. de J. Lee: Studies of the Lung Circulation in Health and Disease.

Thursday, 2ndST. MARY’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, London W2 1NY

5.15 P.M. Dr John Guillebaud: Control of Fertility: Fears, Fantasies andFacts. (Aleck Bourne lecture.)

INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY2 P.M. Dr H. Baker: Percutaneous Absorption.

Friday, 3rdSOCIETY FOR THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF MEDICINE

6.30 P.M. (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.) Dr DavidGreaves: Disease Concepts. Models and Classification in WesternMedicine; Illustrated by Reference to Pulmonary Tuberculosis andCoronary Heart Disease.

UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL, Ashton Street, LiverpoolS P.M. Mr M. H. Ghorbal: Problems in the Management of Acute Hand In-

juries.

Saturday, 4thUNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL

9 A.M. Mr P. K. M. Rostron: Recent Advances in Tendon and LigamentRepair.