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Scientific Film CongressA congress is to be held in Paris at the beginning of October

to consider the draft constitution of an international film

organisation which has been prepared by the British andFrench organisations. Further information may be hadfrom the Scientific Film Association, 34, Soho Square, London,W.I.

University College of NigeriaMr. Kenneth Mellanby, D.sc., reader in medical entomology

in the University of London at the School of Hygiene andTropical Medicine, has been appointed principal-designateof the university college which is to be set up in Nigeria.Dr. Mellanby was appointed o.i3.F,. in 1945 for his services inconnexion with the preservation of the health of our troops’in South-East Asia.

Empire Rheumatism CouncilThe council will hold a week-end course on June 13, 14,

and 15 at the Apothecaries Hall, Black Friars’ Lane, London,E.C.4. The speakers will include Sir Adolphe Abrahams,Dr. Ernest Fletcher, Dr. R. E. Bonham-Carter, Dr. G. D.Kersley, Dr. George Graham, Dr. W. S. C. Copeman,Dr. Oswald Savage, Dr. F. S. Cooksey, and Mr. W. D. Coltart.Further particulars may be had from the secretary of thecouncil, Tavistock House North, W.C.I. _

New York Academy of MedicineAt the centennial convocation held on April 24 the following

were elected to the membership of the academy as honoraryfellows : Sir John Fraser, Dr. Gordon Holmes, F.R.s., SirWilson Jameson, Sir John Boyd Orr, F.R.S., and Prof. JohnRyle. The following were elected as corresponding fellows :Prof. H. R. Dean, Prof. N. Hamilton Fairley, F.B.s., SirAlexander Fleming, F.R.S., Sir Howard Florey, F.R.S., Prof.James Mackintosh, and Sir Lionel Whitby.

Society of Apothecaries of LondonOn May 8 the honorary freedom was conferred on Sir

Stanley Hewett, and the mastery of midwifery, honoris

causa, on Sir Allen Daley, Sir Eardley Holland, and SirWilliam Fletcher Shaw. Dr. Thackray Parsons, the master,said that the society, which had brought women into themedical profession by giving its licence to Elizabeth GarrettAnderson, is this year to admit women to its freedom. Claim-

ing that medical education in Engldnd owes more to thesociety than to any other body, he described its influence onthe provincial medical schools, almost all of which began byframing their courses of instruction to satisfy the require-ments of its examining committee, and spoke particularly ofits interest in midwifery, and the relations of midwifery topaediatrics and to social medicine. Sir Stanley Hewett, inreceiving the freedom, said that as surgeon-apothecary toH.M. the King for nearly 40 years he felt he had served hisapprenticeship. Dr. J. P. Hedley, a past master of thesociety, introduced the new masters of midwifery, each ofwhom returned thanks for the honour.

R.A.M.C. War Memorial Fund

Launching a public appeal in London last week, SirAlexander Hood, president of this fund, said that over

98000 had already been raised among personnel of theR.A.M.C. and the Emergency Medical Service. Furtherresults could be achieved only through press publicity sincethe R.A.M.C., scattered throughout this country and overthe world, had no territorial background ; the Corps’ essen-tially humanitarian work justified extension of the appealto a wider public. Proceeds, said General Hood, were to bespent, not on a memorial in wood or stone but on the welfareof those who suffered during the war or of their dependants.Help would be substantial, so that in six or seven years thefund would cease; and " welfare " would be widely inter-

preted to include monetary grants and assistance-for

example, in training for civil technical qualifications, in

buying equipment, and in the education of children. Afterthe 1914-18 war the corresponding fund totalled about

£20,000; and it was hoped that this sum would be bettered.Subscriptions should be addressed to the hon. treasurer,c/o Glyn, Mills & Co., 22, Whitehall, London, S.W.I.

Return to PracticeThe Central Medical War Committee announces that

Dr. M. P. Leahy has resumed civilian practice at 39, HarleyStreet, London, W.1 (Langham 4012).

Diary of the WeekMAY 18 To 24

Monday, 19thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, W.C.2

5 P.M. Mr. Norman Capener : Reconstructive Operations inChronic Arthritis.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole Street, W.15.30 P.M. Odontology. Sir Frank Colyer : Roman-British Burials.

Tuesday, 20thROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, Pall Mall East, S.W.1

5 P.M. Prof. R. E. Lane : Care of the Lead Worker (Milroylecture).

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS5 P.M. Sir Thomas Fairbank : Developmental Affections of Bone.

LONDON SCHOOL OF DERMATOLOGY, 5, Lisle Street, W.C.25 P.M. Dr. R. T. Brain : Electrotherapeutics.

EUGENICS SOCIETY ,

5.30 P.M. (Burlington House, Piccadilly, W.1.) Mr. H. J. Eysenck,PH.D. : Measurement of Socially Valuable Qualities.

Wednesday, 21stROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

5 P.M. Mr. George Perkins : Lesion of the Epiphyses.ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE

5 P.M. Endocrinology. Prof. F. G. Young, D.SC., Dr. R. D.Lawrence : New Aspects of Insulin Action.

LONDON SCHOOL OF DERMATOLOGY5 P.M. Dr. C. W. McKenny : Technique of X-ray Treatment

(part I).

Thursday, 22ndROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS

5 P.M. Prof. R. E. Lane : Care of the Lead Worker (Milroylecture).

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS5 P.ni. Prof. Lambert Rogers : Ligature of Arteries (Arris and

Gale lecture).6.15 P.m. Mr. H. A. Brittain : Operative Treatment of Tuber.

culous Disease in the Larger Joints.UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN

5 P.M. (Dixon Hall.) Prof. B. R. Samuels : Sympathetic Ophthalmia(Montgomery lecture). -

EDINBURGH POST-GRADUATE COURSES4.30 P.M. (Royal Infirmary.) Mr. Donald Douglas : Surgery of

Hydatid Disease. ’

CHADWICK LECTURE3 P.M. (Cheltenham Town Hall.) Sir Arthur MacNalty : Advances

in Preventive Medicine during the War of 1939-45.

Friday, 23rd -

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS5 P.M. Mr. H. Osmond Clarke : Structural Deformities of the

Spine.ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE

3 P.M. Epidemiology and State Medicine. Dr. H. J. Parish :Future of Preventive Inoculations.

5 P.M. Pœdiatrics. Dr. L. K. Diamond : Erythroblastosis.

Births, Marriages, and DeathsBIRTHS

BLOMFIELD.—On May 9, at Sheffield, the wife of Mr. G. W. Blomfield,F.R.C.S.—a daughter. -

COWPER.—On May 6, at Kingsbridge, S. Devon, the wife of Dr.W. H. Cowper-a daughter.

DAY.-On May 6, in London, the wife of Dr. F. M. Day-a daughter.FYSH.—On May 7, at Roffey Park, Horsham, the wife of Dr.

Christopher Fysh-a son.HUNT.-On May 4, in London, the wife of Dr. John Hunt—twin

sons. ’

LAMBLEY.—On May 6, at Northampton, the wife of Mr. D. G.Lambley, F.R.C.S.—a son.

Low.-On May 3, the wife of Dr. M. G. Low-a daughter.MASSON.—On May 2, in London, the wife of Dr. H. F., Masson

-a son.O’BRIEN.—On May 2, the wife of Dr. Brendan O’Brien-a son.SMITH.-On April 11, in Ipswich, the wife of Dr. L. E. Smith-a son.WOODS.—On May 5, in London, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel T. Woods,

R.A.M.C.—a daughter.

MARRIAGESDAVIS—LOESER.—On May 7, in London, Albert Davis, F.R.C.S.,

to Renate Marie Loeser, M.R.C.S.MACARTHUR—PARTON.—On May 3, at Epsom, Angus MacLeod

Macarthur, M.B., to Hilary Claire Parton, M.B.POLLITT—ATTWOOD.—On April 30, at Stafford, P. G. H. T. Pollitt.

M.B., to Gwendoline Attwood. ’ ’

WILKINSON—EXELL.—On May 7, at Kensington, Ronald S. Wilkin-son, B.M., to Thelma M. Exell.

. DEATHSALCOCK.—On May 2, at Burslem, Staffs, Samuel King Alcock,

M.D. Lond., J.P., aged 84.CAZALET.—On May 10, at Bexhill-on-Sea, Grenville William Cazalet,

M.R.c.s., aged 87.CRAWFORD.—On May 4, at Martinstown, Dorset, James Muir

Crawford, o.B.E., M.B. Edin., lieut.-colonel I.M.S. (retired),aged 80.

LOWSLEY.—ON May 8, at Bradninch, Devon, Montagu MarmionLowsley, n.s.o., M.R.C.S., lieut.-colonel R.A.M.O.

MILLER.—On May 2, at Blackheath Park, London, John WilsonMiller, M.B. Glasg., D.P.H.

WRIGLEY.-On May 2, at Swettenhani, near Congleton, PhilipRoscoe Wrigley, F.R.C.S.