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Diary of the Week
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Postgraduate Medical School of London A series of clinico-pathological conferences is to be held at this institute on Wednesdays at 11.45 A.M. The first will take place on Oct. 26, when Prof. Paul Beeson will speak. Academy of Medicine, Singapore The office-bearers for 1966-67 are as follows: Master, Prof. Shanmugaratnam; assistant master, Mr. Choo Jim Eng; scribe, Dr. Lee Yong Kiat; bursar, Mr. Loh Choo Kiat; bedel, Dr. George Tay. North Staffordshire Medical Institute Occupational Health.-This section is to hold its inaugural meeting at the Institute, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 8 P.M. when Dr. Andrew Meiklejohn and Dr. Robert Murray will speak. Noise Abatement Society This society is to hold a meeting for doctors, at Cavell House, 2A, Charing Cross Road, London W.1, on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 8 P.M. The theme will be the effects of aircraft noise on health. Those wishing to attend should notify the chairman of the society, 6 Old Bond Street, London W.I. Society for Psychosomatic Research This society is to hold a conference at the Royal College of Physicians, St. Andrew’s Place, Regent’s Park, London N.W.l, on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 11 and 12. The pro- gramme will include a lecture on medical education and the psychosomatic approach. Application (E3 3s.) may be made to Dr. H. N. Levitt, 45 Lisson Grove, London N.W.I. Central Council for Health Education This Council is to hold a conference at Church House, Westminster, S.W.I, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, when Dr. Bernard Benjamin will speak on changes in population and the way of life and Dr. Michael Winstanley on leisure problems. Application (El Is.) may be made to the medical director of the Council, Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London W.C.I. Family Planning Association and Advice to the Unmarried On Oct. 13 this Association’s national council received an interim report from its executive committee, which has been considering whether unmarried people can be advised in F.P.A. clinics. A final report is to be presented to the council at its next meeting in June, 1967, when it is expected that a decision will be reached. Society of Medical Officers of Health Research group.-This group is to hold a symposium at the Wellcome Foundation, Euston Road, London N.W.1, on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 10.45 A.M. The subject will be mental health, and the programme will include lectures on residential care for the mentally subnormal, psychotic children, and drug treatment of schizophrenia. Details may be had from Dr. John Maddison, Health Office, Elmfield -House, High Street, Teddington, Middlesex. Lister Centenary Conference This conference will be held at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London W.C.2, from Sunday to Thursday, April 2 to 6, 1967. The theme will be safe surgery, and the programme will include lectures on the metabolic response to operation and injury, the maintenance of hommostasis, circulatory and respiratory problems, and organ dysfunction. Registration (E12 10s.) should be made to the Lister conference secretary at the college, before Thursday, Dec. 15. At a joint meeting of the Anglo-Continental Medical Society and the Anglo-German Medical Society on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 8.15 P.M., at 26 Portland Place, London W.1, Prof. N. Henning (University of Erlangen) will speak on chronic gastritis. A meeting on blood-group nomenclature will be held on Monday, April 10, at the New York Academy of Sciences. Further details may be had from Dr. A. S. Wiener, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, 520 First Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016. Prof. C. G. Phillips has been elected to a professorial fellowship at Trinity College, Oxford. Prof. Henry Barcroft has joined the Board of the Wellcome Trustees. Mr. S. Rayner was the guest of honour at a dinner held by the Medical Protection Society on Oct. 7, to mark his retirement after nearly 40 years’ service as the society’s financial secretary. Diary of the Week OCT 23 To 29 Monday, 24th ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London W.C.2 5 P.M. Dr. M. S. Israel: Diseases of the Stomach. (Erasmus Wilson demonstration.) POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF LONDON, Ducane Road, W.12 4 P.M. Prof. Bernard Lennox: Sex and the Sex Chromosomes. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray’s Inn Road, London W.C.1 5.15 P.M. Dr. A. E. M. McLean: Diet and Liver Disease. Tuesday, 25th BRITISH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL FEDERATION 5.30 P.M. (Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London W.C.1) Dr. H. E. Huxley: Fine Structure of Striated Muscle and its Functional Significance. POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF LONDON 5 P.M. Dr. J. A. Davis: Neonatal Resuscitation. INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, St. John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, Lisle Street, London W.C.2 4.30 P.M. Dr. A. S. Breathnach: Melanogenesis. Wednesday, 26th ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND 5 P.M. Dr. Una Fielding: Lowliest Mammalian Brains in the Hunterian Museum examined in the Light of Present-day Knowledge of Human Neuroanatomy and Physiology. (Arnott demonstration.) POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF LONDON 2 P.M. Dr. Hermann Lehmann: Hemoglobin Molecule. INSTITUTE OF DISEASES OF THE CHEST, Brompton Hospital, London S.W,3 5 P.M. Dr. N. Lloyd Rusby: Carcinoma of the Bronchus. INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY, National Hospital, Queen Square, London W.C.1 6 P.M. Prof. A. Iggo: Physiology of Peripheral Sensory Mechanisms. 7 P.M. Dr. R. G. Willison: Applied Physiology of Sensory Testing. NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH, Mill Hill, London N.W.7 4.30 P.M. Prof. Henry Harris: Regulation of Genetic Activity in Hybrid Animal Cells. KING’S COLLEGE, Strand, London W.C.2 5.30 P.M. Sir John Eccles (Australian National University): Neuronal Circuits of the Cerebellar Cortex. (Halliburton lecture.) ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL 5.15 P.M. Dr. Basil Hirschowitz (Birmingham, Alabama): Symptomatic Post-gastrectomy Patients. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD 5 P.M. (Radcliffe Infirmary) Dr. P. M. F. Bishop: Intersexual States. (Litchfield lecture.) Thursday, 27th ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND 5 P.M. Dr. G. G. Macdonald: General Medical Practice in the Time of Thomas Vicary. (Thomas Vicary lecture.) BRITISH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL FEDERATION 5.30 P.M. Dr. lain Maclntyre: Calcitonin. INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY 4.30 P.M. Dr. Breathnach: Disorders of Pigmentation. INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY 5.30 P.M. Prof. Georg Schaltenbrand (Wurzburg, West Germany): Diseases of the Skin and the Nervous System transmitted by Arthropods in Western Germany. ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, London W.2 5 P.M. (Wright-Fleming Institute) Mr. Albert Sharman: Changes in the Genital Tract in the Puerperium. UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL 5.15 P.M. (New Medical School) Sir John Eccles: Inhibitory Pathways of the Central Nervous System. (First of two Sherrington lectures.) UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN 5 P.M. (University medical buildings, Foresterhill) Dr. P. B. Stones: Problems of Virus-vaccine Production. Friday, 28th POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF LONDON 4 P.M. Prof. C. H. Stuart-Harris: Respiratory Virus Infections. MEDICAL,SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF VENEREAL DISEASES, 11 Chandos Street, London W.1 7.30 P.M. Dr. E. M. C. Dunlop, Dr. 1. A. Harper, Dr. J. W. Race, Dr. J. D. Treharne: Further Studies in Infection by the Bedsonia Group.
Transcript of Diary of the Week
Postgraduate Medical School of LondonA series of clinico-pathological conferences is to be held at
this institute on Wednesdays at 11.45 A.M. The first will takeplace on Oct. 26, when Prof. Paul Beeson will speak.Academy of Medicine, SingaporeThe office-bearers for 1966-67 are as follows:
Master, Prof. Shanmugaratnam; assistant master, Mr. Choo Jim Eng;scribe, Dr. Lee Yong Kiat; bursar, Mr. Loh Choo Kiat; bedel, Dr.George Tay.
North Staffordshire Medical Institute
Occupational Health.-This section is to hold its inauguralmeeting at the Institute, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, on
Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 8 P.M. when Dr. Andrew Meiklejohnand Dr. Robert Murray will speak.Noise Abatement Society
This society is to hold a meeting for doctors, at Cavell
House, 2A, Charing Cross Road, London W.1, on Wednesday,Nov. 16, at 8 P.M. The theme will be the effects of aircraftnoise on health. Those wishing to attend should notify thechairman of the society, 6 Old Bond Street, London W.I.
Society for Psychosomatic ResearchThis society is to hold a conference at the Royal College of
Physicians, St. Andrew’s Place, Regent’s Park, London
N.W.l, on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 11 and 12. The pro-gramme will include a lecture on medical education and the
psychosomatic approach. Application (E3 3s.) may be made toDr. H. N. Levitt, 45 Lisson Grove, London N.W.I.
Central Council for Health Education
This Council is to hold a conference at Church House,Westminster, S.W.I, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, when Dr.Bernard Benjamin will speak on changes in population andthe way of life and Dr. Michael Winstanley on leisure problems.Application (El Is.) may be made to the medical director of theCouncil, Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London W.C.I.
Family Planning Association and Advice to theUnmarried
On Oct. 13 this Association’s national council received aninterim report from its executive committee, which has beenconsidering whether unmarried people can be advised inF.P.A. clinics. A final report is to be presented to the councilat its next meeting in June, 1967, when it is expected that adecision will be reached.
Society of Medical Officers of HealthResearch group.-This group is to hold a symposium at the
Wellcome Foundation, Euston Road, London N.W.1, onThursday, Nov. 10, at 10.45 A.M. The subject will be mentalhealth, and the programme will include lectures on residentialcare for the mentally subnormal, psychotic children, and drugtreatment of schizophrenia. Details may be had from Dr. JohnMaddison, Health Office, Elmfield -House, High Street,Teddington, Middlesex.Lister Centenary Conference
This conference will be held at the Royal College of
Surgeons of England, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London W.C.2,from Sunday to Thursday, April 2 to 6, 1967. The themewill be safe surgery, and the programme will include lectureson the metabolic response to operation and injury, themaintenance of hommostasis, circulatory and respiratoryproblems, and organ dysfunction. Registration (E12 10s.)should be made to the Lister conference secretary at the
college, before Thursday, Dec. 15.
At a joint meeting of the Anglo-Continental Medical Society andthe Anglo-German Medical Society on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at
8.15 P.M., at 26 Portland Place, London W.1, Prof. N. Henning(University of Erlangen) will speak on chronic gastritis.A meeting on blood-group nomenclature will be held on Monday,
April 10, at the New York Academy of Sciences. Further details maybe had from Dr. A. S. Wiener, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner,520 First Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016.
Prof. C. G. Phillips has been elected to a professorial fellowship atTrinity College, Oxford.
Prof. Henry Barcroft has joined the Board of the WellcomeTrustees.
Mr. S. Rayner was the guest of honour at a dinner held by theMedical Protection Society on Oct. 7, to mark his retirement afternearly 40 years’ service as the society’s financial secretary.
Diary of the Week
OCT 23 To 29
Monday, 24thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London
W.C.25 P.M. Dr. M. S. Israel: Diseases of the Stomach. (Erasmus Wilson
demonstration.)POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF LONDON, Ducane Road, W.12
4 P.M. Prof. Bernard Lennox: Sex and the Sex Chromosomes.ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray’s Inn Road, London W.C.1
5.15 P.M. Dr. A. E. M. McLean: Diet and Liver Disease.
Tuesday, 25thBRITISH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL FEDERATION
5.30 P.M. (Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London W.C.1)Dr. H. E. Huxley: Fine Structure of Striated Muscle and itsFunctional Significance.
POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF LONDON5 P.M. Dr. J. A. Davis: Neonatal Resuscitation.
INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, St. John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin,Lisle Street, London W.C.2
4.30 P.M. Dr. A. S. Breathnach: Melanogenesis.
Wednesday, 26thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND
5 P.M. Dr. Una Fielding: Lowliest Mammalian Brains in the HunterianMuseum examined in the Light of Present-day Knowledge ofHuman Neuroanatomy and Physiology. (Arnott demonstration.)
POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF LONDON2 P.M. Dr. Hermann Lehmann: Hemoglobin Molecule.
INSTITUTE OF DISEASES OF THE CHEST, Brompton Hospital, London S.W,35 P.M. Dr. N. Lloyd Rusby: Carcinoma of the Bronchus.
INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY, National Hospital, Queen Square, London W.C.16 P.M. Prof. A. Iggo: Physiology of Peripheral Sensory Mechanisms.7 P.M. Dr. R. G. Willison: Applied Physiology of Sensory Testing.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH, Mill Hill, London N.W.74.30 P.M. Prof. Henry Harris: Regulation of Genetic Activity in Hybrid
Animal Cells.KING’S COLLEGE, Strand, London W.C.2
5.30 P.M. Sir John Eccles (Australian National University): NeuronalCircuits of the Cerebellar Cortex. (Halliburton lecture.)
ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL5.15 P.M. Dr. Basil Hirschowitz (Birmingham, Alabama): Symptomatic
Post-gastrectomy Patients.UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
5 P.M. (Radcliffe Infirmary) Dr. P. M. F. Bishop: Intersexual States.
(Litchfield lecture.)
Thursday, 27thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND
5 P.M. Dr. G. G. Macdonald: General Medical Practice in the Time ofThomas Vicary. (Thomas Vicary lecture.)
BRITISH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL FEDERATION5.30 P.M. Dr. lain Maclntyre: Calcitonin.
INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY4.30 P.M. Dr. Breathnach: Disorders of Pigmentation.
INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY5.30 P.M. Prof. Georg Schaltenbrand (Wurzburg, West Germany):
Diseases of the Skin and the Nervous System transmitted byArthropods in Western Germany.
ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, London W.25 P.M. (Wright-Fleming Institute) Mr. Albert Sharman: Changes in the
Genital Tract in the Puerperium.UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL
5.15 P.M. (New Medical School) Sir John Eccles: Inhibitory Pathways ofthe Central Nervous System. (First of two Sherrington lectures.)
UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN5 P.M. (University medical buildings, Foresterhill) Dr. P. B. Stones:
Problems of Virus-vaccine Production.
Friday, 28thPOSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF LONDON
4 P.M. Prof. C. H. Stuart-Harris: Respiratory Virus Infections.MEDICAL,SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF VENEREAL DISEASES, 11 Chandos Street,
London W.17.30 P.M. Dr. E. M. C. Dunlop, Dr. 1. A. Harper, Dr. J. W. Race,
Dr. J. D. Treharne: Further Studies in Infection by the BedsoniaGroup.
