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1020 National Health Service Tribunal The address of the clerk to this tribunal is now R. B. Cooke, Solicitor, 2, John Adam Street, Adelphi, London, -W.C.2 (TEMple Bar 6055). Research Board for the Correlation of Medical Science and Physical Education The William Hyde Award (JE300) for 1948, for work in connexion with physical medicine, has been given to Dr. J. M. Tanner, lecturer in physiology at St. Thomas’s Hospital. West of England and Wales Society of Dermatology The inaugural meeting of this society was held at Bristol on Oct. 28 when Dr. Clifford Evans took the chair. It was decided to hold three clinical meetings each year-one will will be at Bristol in October, one in Wales in January, and one in Gloucester, Plymouth, or Exeter in April. Further information may be had from Dr. Robert Warin, the hon. secretary, 18, Mortimer Road, Clifton, Bristol, 8. British Commonwealth and Empire Nurses War Memorial Fund This fund was inaugurated by the Nursing Mirror in 1946 to furnish a memorial chapel in Westminster Abbey and to found postgraduate travelling scholarships for nurses and midwives. Over 70,000 has been subscribed already. When the appeal for the fund is complete permanent arrangements for administration of the scholarship fund will be made, but as several scholarships have been given outright the council has decided to make an interim award in 1950 of eight scholarships, each of 350. Further particulars may be had from the scholarships secretary of the fund, Dorset House, Stamford Street, London, S.E.1. Registrars’ Groups At a meeting of registrars from six hospitals of the North East Metropolitan region, on Nov. 3, it was decided to form a registrars’ group, and a provisional committee was elected. All registrars inal-iis region are invited to attend a general meeting at Mile End Hospital, Bancroft Road, London, E.1, on Thursday, Dec. 8, at 8 P.M., when it is proposed to form a permanent committee. In the Leeds region the committee of the newly formed group is made up of representatives from seven sub-regions. Further information may be had from the group’s hon. secretary, Dr. P. R. R. Clarke, County Hospital, York. Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology At the annual meeting of this institute in Oxford on July 29, the following exemptions from institute examinations were approved. Exemption from the final examination for associateship may be granted to those with a science degree (or associateship of the Royal Institute of Chemistry) in approved subjects, where the candi- date has had not less than one year’s experience in approved patho- logical laboratories. The above may qualify for fellowship by thesis after a further three years’ experience. Exemption from the intermediate examination may be granted to those having not less than 15 years’ experience in approved pathological laboratories prior to July 29, 1949. Copies of the institute’s memorandum and articles of association may be obtained (price Is. 2;d.) from the registered office, 76, Brewer Street, London, W.I. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Prof. Andrew Topping has been appointed whole-time dean of the school. He will take up his duties in the middle of February, 1950. Dr. Topping, who is 58 years of age, graduated M.B. at the University of Aberdeen in 1914 and served with the R.A.M.C. in Gallipoli and Mesopotamia during the first world war. For some years he was senior medical officer at Abadan in Persia, and on his return to England he became medical officer of health for Rochdale. After a period of service in the London fever hospital service, he was deputy medical officer of health to the London County Council and lecturer in public health at Charing Cross Hospital medical school. After the second world war he became deputy chief of the relief services of UNRRA and later director of health of the European division. Dr. Topping is at present professor of social and preventive medicine in Manchester University. In 1944 he published, with Sir Archibald Gray, for the Ministry of Health, a Survey of the Hospital Services in London and the South-East Counties. He was elected r.R.c.p. in 1946. The Royal Society of Medicine is to publish a full account of the symposium on psychosurgery by United States speakers, which was held by the psychiatry section of the society on Sept. 12 and 13, and was reported briefly in these columns (Sept. 24, p. 562). Application for copies, price 7s. 6d. each, .should be made to the society’s hon. editors, 1, Wimpole Street, London, W.l. Diary of the Week NOV. 27 TO DEC. 3 Monday, 28th MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 11, Chandos Street, W.1 8.30 P.M. Dr. S. L. Simpson, Dr. E. B. Strauss : Impotence. Tuesday, 29th ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, W.C.2 3.45 P.M. Dr. C. H. Andrewes, F.R.S. : Virus Theory of Cancer in the Light of Recent Work. (Imperial Cancer Research Fund lecture.) INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, Lisle Street, W.C.2 5 P.M. Dr. W. N. Goldsmith : Lupus Erythematosus. Thursday, 1 st ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS 5 P.M. (With the Institute of Laryngology and Otology.) Prof. Geoffrey Jefferson, F.R.S. : Intracranial Abscess. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON ° 5.30 P.M. (London School of Hygiene, Keppel Street, W’.C.l.) Dr. J. H. Sheldon : Problems of Old Age. INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY 5 P.M. Dr. L. Forman : Ulceration of the Mouth. INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY 4.30 P.M. (Maudsley Hospital, S.E.5.) Prof. W. E. Le Gros Clark, F.R.S.: The Visual System. ST. GEORGE’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, S.W.1 4.30 P.M. Dr. Anthony Feiling : Neurology lecture-demonstration. ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, 16, Princes Gate, S.W.7 7 P.M. Medical Group. Mr. Hedley Atkins, Prof. G. W. Pickering : Criticism of Lantern Slides from a Medical Point of View. HONYMAN GILLESPIE LECTURE 5 P.M. (University New Buildings, Teviot Place, Edinburgh.) Dr. D. M. F. Batty : Cirrhosis of the Liver. Friday, 2nd UNIVERSITY OF LONDON 4.30 P.M. (King’s College Hospital Medical School, S.E.5.) Mr. Geoffrey Keynes : Surgery of the Thyroid. (Legg lecture.) MAIDA VALE HOSPITAL FOR NERVOUS DISEASES, W.9 5 P.M. Dr. Helen Dimsdale : Clinical demonstration. Saturday, 3rd YORK MEDICAL SOCIETY, 17, Stonegate 8.30 P.M. Prof. Martin Rushton : Deformities of the Jaw. Appointments TEMPL.E, L. J., M.B. Lond., F.R.C.S. : consultant thoracic surgeon, Stoke-on-Trent group of hospitals, for duty at the Cheshire Joint Sanatorium. THOMAS, G. H., M.B. Lpool, D.M.R.D. : consultant radiologist, Walsall group of hospitals. London County Council Public Health Department Assistant medical officers : FLEMING, MARY, M.B. Belf. FOLEY, CATHERINE, M.B. K.U.I. FOXE, ANTHONY, M.B., D.P.H. MATHERS, RUTH, M.B. Lond. PAUL, JACK, M.B., D.C.H. SHERRIFF, G. G., m.B. Edin., D.P.H. SiMPSON, ESTHER, M.D. Lond., M.R.C.P., D.C.H. Births, Marriages, and Deaths BIRTHS BAIRD.—On Nov. 10, at Guildford, the wife of Dr. J. T. Baird- a son. DONALD.—On Nov. 16, at Inverness, the wife of Dr. W. A. J. Donald-a daughter. MARRIAGES HARRISON—LAMB.—On Nov. 18, in Auckland, New Zealand, William Rhodes Harrison, M.R.c.s., to Elisabeth Allison Lamb. DEATHS CLUTTON.—On Nov. 19, at Crowland, Frank Husband Clutton, M.R.C.S., aged 78. HARDING.-On Nov. 13, Robert Dennis Harding, B.A., D.M.Oxfd, M.R.C.P., D.T.M. & H. MCMURRAY.—On Nov. 16, in London, Thomas Porter McMurray, C.B.E., M.B., M.CH. R.TJ.I., F.R.C.S.E., aged 61. THOMSON.—On Nov. 16, Andrew George Anderson Thomson, M.A., M.B. Aberd. Prof. Crighton Bramwell is returning on Dec. 8 from a three-week tour in Italy where he is lecturing on behalf of the British Council. Mr. C. Price Thomas and Dr. Robert Machray have left for Portugal where they are to give a series of lectures on behalf of the British Council. Dr. Darma Setiawan, former minister of health in’the republican government of Indonesia and now personal adviser to the republican premier of Indonesia, is visiting this country at the invitation of the British Council to study public health and hygiene in Britain and in particular the National Health Service.
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National Health Service TribunalThe address of the clerk to this tribunal is now R. B. Cooke,
Solicitor, 2, John Adam Street, Adelphi, London, -W.C.2(TEMple Bar 6055).Research Board for the Correlation of Medical Scienceand Physical EducationThe William Hyde Award (JE300) for 1948, for work in
connexion with physical medicine, has been given to Dr. J. M.Tanner, lecturer in physiology at St. Thomas’s Hospital.West of England and Wales Society of DermatologyThe inaugural meeting of this society was held at Bristol on
Oct. 28 when Dr. Clifford Evans took the chair. It wasdecided to hold three clinical meetings each year-one willwill be at Bristol in October, one in Wales in January, andone in Gloucester, Plymouth, or Exeter in April. Furtherinformation may be had from Dr. Robert Warin, the hon.
, secretary, 18, Mortimer Road, Clifton, Bristol, 8.British Commonwealth and Empire Nurses WarMemorial FundThis fund was inaugurated by the Nursing Mirror in 1946
to furnish a memorial chapel in Westminster Abbey and tofound postgraduate travelling scholarships for nurses andmidwives. Over 70,000 has been subscribed already. Whenthe appeal for the fund is complete permanent arrangementsfor administration of the scholarship fund will be made, but asseveral scholarships have been given outright the councilhas decided to make an interim award in 1950 of eightscholarships, each of 350. Further particulars may be hadfrom the scholarships secretary of the fund, Dorset House,Stamford Street, London, S.E.1.
Registrars’ GroupsAt a meeting of registrars from six hospitals of the North
East Metropolitan region, on Nov. 3, it was decided to forma registrars’ group, and a provisional committee was elected.All registrars inal-iis region are invited to attend a generalmeeting at Mile End Hospital, Bancroft Road, London, E.1,on Thursday, Dec. 8, at 8 P.M., when it is proposed to forma permanent committee.
In the Leeds region the committee of the newly formedgroup is made up of representatives from seven sub-regions.Further information may be had from the group’s hon.secretary, Dr. P. R. R. Clarke, County Hospital, York.Institute of Medical Laboratory TechnologyAt the annual meeting of this institute in Oxford on
July 29, the following exemptions from institute examinationswere approved.
Exemption from the final examination for associateship may begranted to those with a science degree (or associateship of theRoyal Institute of Chemistry) in approved subjects, where the candi-date has had not less than one year’s experience in approved patho-logical laboratories. The above may qualify for fellowship by thesisafter a further three years’ experience.Exemption from the intermediate examination may be granted
to those having not less than 15 years’ experience in approvedpathological laboratories prior to July 29, 1949.
Copies of the institute’s memorandum and articles ofassociation may be obtained (price Is. 2;d.) from the
registered office, 76, Brewer Street, London, W.I.London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineProf. Andrew Topping has been appointed whole-time dean
of the school. He will take up his duties in the middle of
February, 1950.Dr. Topping, who is 58 years of age, graduated M.B. at the
University of Aberdeen in 1914 and served with the R.A.M.C. inGallipoli and Mesopotamia during the first world war. For someyears he was senior medical officer at Abadan in Persia, and on hisreturn to England he became medical officer of health for Rochdale.After a period of service in the London fever hospital service, hewas deputy medical officer of health to the London County Counciland lecturer in public health at Charing Cross Hospital medicalschool. After the second world war he became deputy chief ofthe relief services of UNRRA and later director of health of theEuropean division. Dr. Topping is at present professor of socialand preventive medicine in Manchester University. In 1944 hepublished, with Sir Archibald Gray, for the Ministry of Health, aSurvey of the Hospital Services in London and the South-East Counties.He was elected r.R.c.p. in 1946.
The Royal Society of Medicine is to publish a full accountof the symposium on psychosurgery by United States speakers,which was held by the psychiatry section of the societyon Sept. 12 and 13, and was reported briefly in these columns(Sept. 24, p. 562). Application for copies, price 7s. 6d. each,.should be made to the society’s hon. editors, 1, WimpoleStreet, London, W.l.
Diary of the WeekNOV. 27 TO DEC. 3
Monday, 28thMEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 11, Chandos Street, W.1
8.30 P.M. Dr. S. L. Simpson, Dr. E. B. Strauss : Impotence.
Tuesday, 29thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, W.C.2
3.45 P.M. Dr. C. H. Andrewes, F.R.S. : Virus Theory of Cancerin the Light of Recent Work. (Imperial Cancer ResearchFund lecture.)
INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, Lisle Street, W.C.25 P.M. Dr. W. N. Goldsmith : Lupus Erythematosus.
Thursday, 1 stROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS - -
5 P.M. (With the Institute of Laryngology and Otology.) Prof.Geoffrey Jefferson, F.R.S. : Intracranial Abscess.
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5.30 P.M. (London School of Hygiene, Keppel Street, W’.C.l.)Dr. J. H. Sheldon : Problems of Old Age.
INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY5 P.M. Dr. L. Forman : Ulceration of the Mouth.
INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY4.30 P.M. (Maudsley Hospital, S.E.5.) Prof. W. E. Le Gros
Clark, F.R.S.: The Visual System.ST. GEORGE’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, S.W.1 -
4.30 P.M. Dr. Anthony Feiling : Neurology lecture-demonstration.ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, 16, Princes Gate, S.W.7
7 P.M. Medical Group. Mr. Hedley Atkins, Prof. G. W.Pickering : Criticism of Lantern Slides from a MedicalPoint of View.
HONYMAN GILLESPIE LECTURE5 P.M. (University New Buildings, Teviot Place, Edinburgh.)
Dr. D. M. F. Batty : Cirrhosis of the Liver.
Friday, 2ndUNIVERSITY OF LONDON
4.30 P.M. (King’s College Hospital Medical School, S.E.5.) Mr.Geoffrey Keynes : Surgery of the Thyroid. (Legg lecture.)
MAIDA VALE HOSPITAL FOR NERVOUS DISEASES, W.95 P.M. Dr. Helen Dimsdale : Clinical demonstration.
Saturday, 3rdYORK MEDICAL SOCIETY, 17, Stonegate
8.30 P.M. Prof. Martin Rushton : Deformities of the Jaw.
AppointmentsTEMPL.E, L. J., M.B. Lond., F.R.C.S. : consultant thoracic surgeon,
Stoke-on-Trent group of hospitals, for duty at the CheshireJoint Sanatorium.
THOMAS, G. H., M.B. Lpool, D.M.R.D. : consultant radiologist, Walsallgroup of hospitals.
London County Council Public Health DepartmentAssistant medical officers :
FLEMING, MARY, M.B. Belf.FOLEY, CATHERINE, M.B. K.U.I.FOXE, ANTHONY, M.B., D.P.H.MATHERS, RUTH, M.B. Lond.PAUL, JACK, M.B., D.C.H.SHERRIFF, G. G., m.B. Edin., D.P.H.SiMPSON, ESTHER, M.D. Lond., M.R.C.P., D.C.H.
Births, Marriages, and DeathsBIRTHS
BAIRD.—On Nov. 10, at Guildford, the wife of Dr. J. T. Baird-a son.
DONALD.—On Nov. 16, at Inverness, the wife of Dr. W. A. J.Donald-a daughter.
MARRIAGESHARRISON—LAMB.—On Nov. 18, in Auckland, New Zealand,
William Rhodes Harrison, M.R.c.s., to Elisabeth Allison Lamb.
DEATHSCLUTTON.—On Nov. 19, at Crowland, Frank Husband Clutton,
M.R.C.S., aged 78.HARDING.-On Nov. 13, Robert Dennis Harding, B.A., D.M.Oxfd,
M.R.C.P., D.T.M. & H.MCMURRAY.—On Nov. 16, in London, Thomas Porter McMurray,
C.B.E., M.B., M.CH. R.TJ.I., F.R.C.S.E., aged 61.THOMSON.—On Nov. 16, Andrew George Anderson Thomson,
M.A., M.B. Aberd.
Prof. Crighton Bramwell is returning on Dec. 8 from athree-week tour in Italy where he is lecturing on behalf ofthe British Council.
Mr. C. Price Thomas and Dr. Robert Machray have left forPortugal where they are to give a series of lectures on behalfof the British Council.
Dr. Darma Setiawan, former minister of health in’therepublican government of Indonesia and now personal adviserto the republican premier of Indonesia, is visiting this countryat the invitation of the British Council to study public healthand hygiene in Britain and in particular the National HealthService.
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