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Medical News.UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.-At examinations held

recently the following candidates were successful :SECOND EXAMINATION FOR MEDICAL DEGREES.

Part II.—Janet Kerr Aitken, Ruth Mildred Arkwright, and HelenRosaline Achton. Lond. Sch. of Med. for Women; Henry EricBeasley, Univ. Coll. ; Mary Hilda Youle Blakeston, RosalindBradley, Lorna Phoebe Brown, Margaret Minna Brownstone, EdithKathleen Budden, and Jean Elizabeth Callander, Lond. Sch. ofMed. for Women ; Frederick Cecil Wray Capps, St. Bart.’s Hosp. ;Linda Catmur, Lond. Sch. of Med. for Women ; James CharlesChurcher, St. Thomas’s Hosp. ; Joseph Alfred Cohen, King’s Coll.;Gwendolen Coode Cotton and Catherine Agnes Cowan, Lond. Sch.of Med. for Women; Sidney Davies. Univ. Coll., Cardiff ; BernardDeichowsky, King’s Coll.; ’Edward Charles Dodds, MiddlesexHosp. ; Kenneth Henry Doouss, St. Bart.’s Hosp. ; Doris KathleenEmery, Lond. Sch. of Med. for Women; Geoffrey EdwardWoollcombe Felce, Guy’s Hosp.; Vivian Feldman, Univ. Coll. ;Ena Dorothy Foster, Lond. Sch. of Med. for Women; Arthur JohnGardham, Univ. Coll. ; Hilda Margaret Garlick and Geraldine NoraGeary, Lond. Sch. of Med. for Women; Dorothy Gibson, Cam-bridge Univ.; Kate Glyn-Jones. London Hosp.; Marjory AnnieGodfrey, Matie Louise Pauline Goetze, and Alice Muriel FeliciteGoldmann. Lond. Seh. of Med. for Women ; John Fereday Hack-wood, St. Thomas’s Hosp.; Doris Mary Hammond, Lond. Sch. ofMed. for Women; Margaret Olwen Howell, Univ. Coll., Cardiff,and Lond. Soh. of Med. for Women; Fred Cecil Hunt, LondonHosp.; Lily Graham Iliff and Erna Henrietta Jebens, Lond. Sch.of Med. for Women; Leslie Middlemiss Jennings. St. Bart.’sHosp. ; Eva Mary Johnson and Lorna Susan King, Lond. Sob. ofMed. for Women; Alfred Thomas Lock Kingdon. Univ. Coll.;David Krestin and Henry Dillon Lawson, London Hosp. ; CharlesGordon Lewis, Univ. Coll. ; William Ernest Lloyd and DavidMartyn Lloyd-Jones, St. Bart.’s Hosp.; Alison Nicol Macbeth,Univ. Coli. ; Caroline Gordon Lennox McHardy, Muriel Mackintosh,and *‡Phyllis Margaret Manson, Lond. Sch. of Med. for Women;Maurice Melglave, B.Sc., King’s Coll. ; George Gliddon Michell,Univ. Coll. ; Enid Marjorie Moore, Lond. Sch. of Med. for Women;Andrew John Morland, Univ. Coll. : George Joseph Victor Nelken,St. Bart.’s Hosp. ; Enid Mary Powell, Univ. College, Cardiff;Gwendolen Mary Pratt and Elaine Margaret Katharine Salmond,Lond. Sch. of Med. for Women; Effie Frederike Amelia Samter,Victoria Ufiiv. of Manchester; Ena Mildred Sansom and tEileenMargaret Saxton, Lond. Sch. of Med. for Women; Frank PaulSahofield. St. Bart.’s Hosp.; William Skelly, Guy’s Hosp. ; GeorgeJohn Sophianopoulos, St. Bart.’s Hosp. ; Eleanor Charlotte Emma

; Stone and Emma Marjorie Store, B.Se., Lond. Sch. of Med. forWomen; Muriel Amy Sutton, B.Se., Univ. Coll. ; Eric WaldoCaryl Thomas, St. Bart.’s Hosp. ; Howard Metherell Toop, LondonHoep.; Hygeia Leigh Josephine Wallace. Lond. Sch. of Med. forWomen and King’s Coll. ; Robert Arthur Walsh, St. Bart.’s Hosp.;Hilda Margaret Wlaitfield, Lond. Sch. of Med. for Women ; ‡CharlesPaul Wilson, Middlesex Hospital ; and Harriette Barbara Wood-house and Eva Young, Lond. Sch. of Med. for Women.

* Distinguished in Physiology. † Distinguished in Pharmacology..

1 Distinguished in Anatomy.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON.-Anordinary Comitia of the Royal College of Physicians ofLondon was held on April 14th, Dr. Norman Moore, thePresident, being in the chair.-After some formal business,the President delivered his annual address. He referredto the various honours and decorations conferred uponFellows, Members, and Licentiates during the past year, andmentioned that in this, the 40lst year of the College its rollconsisted of 368 Fellows, 492 Members, and 13,645 Licentiatescompared with 6 Fellows at the time of its foundation in1518. He referred to the work of the College and of its com-mittees during the year, with special reference to the Com-mittee of Reference and the Joint Committee on theproposed Ministry of Health. He then read obituaryaddresses on the 18 Fellows who had died during the pastyear-namely, Dr. Alfred Ellington Stansfeld, Sir HermanWeber, Dr. Edward Liveing, Dr. Frederick ThomasRoberts, Dr. Richard Grainger Hebb, Dr. George Ogilvie,Dr. Robert Liveing, Dr. Edward Thomas Wilson, Dr.William Vicary Snow, Sir James Sawyer, Dr. RobertSaundby, Dr. Alfred Henry Carter, Dr. John MichellClarke, Dr. William Barnett Warrington, Dr. WilliamAllen Sturge, M.V.O., Dr. Thomas Buzzard, Dr.Frederick Eustace Batten, and Dr. Leonard GeorgeGuthrie.-The thanks of the College were accorded to thePresident for his address, and he was asked to allow it tobe printed.-Dr. Norman Moore was re-elected Presidentfor the ensuing year.-Sir Wilmot P. Herringham proposedand Sir William Hale White seconded the following resolu-tion, which was carried -.-The Royal College of Physicians of London in full meeting hereby

records its opinion that the passing into law of the Dogs ProtectionBill now before the House of Commons will greatly retard the progressof our knowledge with regard to the prevention and treatment ofdisease.The President then dissolved the Comitia.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.-A quarterlv meeting of the Council was held on April 10th,Sir George Makins, the President, being in the chair.-It wasresolved to issue diplomas of Membership to three successfulcandidates, and a diploma of Fellowship to one successful

candidate.-The thanks of the Council were given to Mr.Stephen Paget for presenting to the College the microscopeused by his father, Sir James Paget, for his work on surgicalpathology.-The Jacksonian prize for the year 1918 wasawarded to Mr. F. A. Cairns Forsythe, F.R,C.S., for hisdissertation on " Injuries and Diseases of the Pancreas andtheir Surgical Treatment." Mr. Cairns Forsythe wasrequested to attend at the ordinary meeting of ’theCouncil on May 8th to receive the Jacksonian prize.-It was resolved that the subject for the Jacksonianprize for the year 1920 should be " The Results andTreatment of Gunshot Injuries of the Blood-vessels."—.The Triennial Prize Committee reported that no essay hadbeen received on "The Development of the Hip-joint andKnee-joint of Man." It was resolved that the subject forthe next prize should be " The Anatomy, Morphology, andAge Changes of Cervical Ribs in Man, including a,Descrip-tion of the Associated Ligaments, Muscles, Blood-vessels,and Nerves."-Two Members of 20 years’ standing wereelected Fellows of the College-Professor J. G. Adami,Colonel, C.A.M.C., and Sir John Goodwin, K.C.B., C.M.G.,D.S.O., Director-General, Army Medical Service.-SirCharles Ballance was elected the representative of theCollege on the Senate of the University of London for fouryears.-The President reported that Professor T. B. Layton’spostponed Hunterian lecture on 11 Surgical Aspects of theCollection and Transport of Wounded " will be delivered at5 P.M. on Tuesday, May 6th.-The Council resolved that anexamination in general anatomy and physiology and generatpathology and surgery, Part I. of the Second ProfessionalExamination for the Licence in Dental Surgery, shall beheld in July in addition to the examinations in Mayand November, and that candidates who fail to pass the exa-mination in May shall be allowed to present themselves forre-examination in July.-The Council authorised the chair-man of the Board of Examiners in Dental Surgery to makecertain concessions to dental students who have served withHis Majesty’s Forces.-A report was read from Dr. W. S. A.Griffith on the proceedings of the Central Midwives Boardduring the year 1918. The thanks of the Council weregiven to Dr. Griffith for his report, and it was entered on theminutes.-Mr. E. W. Hey Groves was appointed a delegatefrom the-College to the annual session of the AmericanMedical Association in Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.A., inJune next, and the Convention of the Ontario Medical Asso-ciation at Toronto, in May.-A letter was read from theBarbers’ Company reporting that at a recent court of thecompany it was resolved that the company should offer theannual sum of 10 guineas for five years for the purpose ofinstituting at the Royal College of Surgeons an historicallecture in anatomy or surgery, to be called the ThomasVicary lecture, the appointment of the lecturer being in thegift of the College. The offer was accepted with thanks.-The President reported that the term of office of Sir CharlesBallance on the Court of Examiners would expire in May,and that the vacancy thus occasioned would be filled at theordinary Council on May 8th. -

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.—Messrs. A. and C. Blackannounce the issue of a new volume in the EdinburghMedical Series on Cerebro-spinal Fever, its Etiology,Symptomatology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of EpidemicCerebro-spinal Meningitis, by Dr. Cecil Worster-Drought,Captain (Temp.) R.A.M.C., and Dr. Alex. Mills Kennedy,late Captain, R.A.M.C. The outbreak of this disease inEngland in 1915, and the methods adopted in the Armyto combat it, afforded the authors exceptional opportunitiesfor the investigation of cerebro-spinal fever, and the volumeincludes observations extending over a period of more thanthree years.

THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH BILL: ACTION INBELFAST.-At a very largely attended meeting of the medicalprofession of Belfast, held in the Medical Institute onWednesday evening, April 9th, the following resolution was

passed unanimously :-! That the medical profession in Belfast regret that no oppor-tunity was found for the profession in Ireland to place theirviews before the Government, and that no organisation repre-sentative of Irish medical opinion was consulted prior to the

drafting of the Irish clauses in the Ministry of Health Bill. Theyobject, to the constitution of the Irish Public Health Council to beestablished under the Bill, the object of which is to give adviceand assistance and to make proposals to the Chief Secretary in con-nexion with his powers and duties under the Act-first, because there isnot sufficient representation of the medical profession on the council,and, second, because those to be appointed must be nominated by theChief Secretary, thus denying to the medical profession the right toselect their own representatives, a democratic principle conceded bythe precedent established in the Central Midwives (Ireland) Act of1918. The medical profession in Belfast believe that unless all parts of- Ireland are adequately represented in this Advisory Health Council itwill become a mere centralised body largely composed of officials andcarrying little weight or influence.It was further resolved that the Chief Secretary (Mr. IanMacpherson), who is coming to Belfast on April 29th withthe Irish Attorney-General and Sir Henry Robinson (vice-chairman of the Local Government Board), be asked to

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receive a deputation of medical men on this forthcomingvisit. At the same meeting a looal medical committee for1919-20 was appointed ; five delegates were selected to ameeting of the profession to be held in Dublin and instructedas to their attitude towards matters in a provisional agenda,which was discussed.

SMALL-POX IN LONDON.-As there have been twooutbreaks of small-pox in London during the past 12 months,and as many cases have remained undiscovered for a con-siderable time after the first appearance of the disease, theLondon County Council is publishing the arrangementsunder which in doubtful cases the certifying practitionerconfers with the medical officer of health of the borough.Special attention is drawn to the fact that, should a furtheropinion be required, on application to the Public HealthDepartment, No. 2, Savoy-hill, W.C. 2 (Tel. No. Gerrard 3641),the services of Dr. W. McConnel Wanklyn will be available.In similar circumstances Dr. J. A. H. Brincker’s serviceswill be available as at present for the purpose of makingany necessary lumbar punctures in suspected cases ofcerebro-spinal fever, poliomyelitis, and encephalitislethargica. Further, in view of the recent order of theLocal Government Board requiring the notification ofdysentery, trench fever, and malaria contracted in thiscountry, it is mentioned that, pending any further directionsin the matter, facilities will be afforded for examination ofany material which may be submitted for pathologicalinvestigation.

KING EDWARD VII. SANATORIUM, MIDHURST.—Thetwelfth annual report (July, 1917-July, 1918) announces theresignation of Sir Frederick Treves, the chairman of thecouncil, who has been connected with the institution sinceits opening in 1906. The resignation of Dr. N. Bardswell, themedical superintendent, is also announced, but it is addedthat his connexion with the statistical work of the saua-torium will be continued. The sanatorium has recentlybeen equipped with a dental department, as it was foundthat the mouths of many of the patients were in a neglectedcondition which interfered with their general treatment.The report of the throat department shows that of the471 patients with laryngeal tuberculosis discharged since1906, 310 are dead, 155 are still alive, and 6 have not beentraced. Of the 14 who served with H.M. forces in spiteof laryngeal disease, 7 are still serving and 7 have beeninvalided out. Altogether 126 ex-patients have served inH.M. forces and 75 have remained well. One point ofinterest elicited by statistical observation is the prognosticsignificance of the disappearance of tubercle bacilli fromthe sputum during the patient’s residence in the sana-

torium. It has also been found that the disappearance oftubercle bacilli usually occurs within the first 12 weeks oftreatment. If present after this interval they will probablystill be demonstrable three months later. The reportsupports the findings of earlier years as to the limitations oftuberculin treatment.

DEATH OF DR. BRANSBY ROBERTS.—The deathoccurred recently at Eastbourne, where he had resided forover half a century, of Bransby Roberts, M.D. St. And.,M.K.Q.C.P., M.R.C.S. Eng., L.S.A. Lond. (retired), whoat one time was one of the best known medical prac-titioners in Sussex. Born in Finsbury-circus, London,in 1830, he was educated at St. Paul’s School andGuy’s Hospital, taking the M.R.C.S. degree and L.S.A.diploma in 1853. For a short time he was residenthouse surgeon at the London Ophthalmic Hospital, butthe Crimean War breaking out he proceeded thither andwas assistant surgeon at Renkioi Hospital. Dardanelles, andwas in camp before Sevastopol three days before its fall.After the war he settled at Eastbourne and acquired anextensive practice. In 1867 he took the licence of the Kingand Queen’s College, Ireland, becoming a member in 1883,and proceeded to the M.D. degree St. Andrews in 1876. Hetook a keen interest in any movement for the well-being ofEastbourne, was for many years consulting physician at the IPrincess Alice Memorial Hospital, was a considerable itraveller, and was the founder and first president of the localNatural History Society.

QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S HOSPITAL FOR OFFICERS, IIHIGHGATE, N.—On March 20th an entertainment was givento the patients and nursing staff at this hospital to celebrate ’,the fourth anniversary of the opening of the institution.Sir Alfred Mond, the chairman, who presided, presented thematron and each member of the staff with a wrist watch.Major Ian Anderson, the senior officer in the hospital.thanked Sir Alfred Mond, to whom the hospital, he said, owedmuch. The building, which was commenced in December,1914, was completed by February of the following year, andwas accepted by the Army Council in the succeeding March.Consisting originally of 26 beds, the accommodation was sub-sequently increased by seven beds. The S. J.Waring Annexe inPortland-place was opened in 1917 and the Lady Mond Annexe

at Machet-court was also adde i. These annexes broughtup the total of available beds to 57 and they have always beenfully occupied. The experience of four years has demon-strated the fact that treatment under the conditions of thesalubrious air of Highgate has diminished the duration ofhospital treatment by some 30 days in 100. The report alsostates that the fresh air of Highgate had an influence on thecondition of patients after the administration of an anæs-thetic. " There is a slighter rise of temperature, anigreater freedom from bronchial irritation as comparedwith the effects of similar anaesthetics administered in aLondon hospital. This is especially the case with regard tonitrous oxide gas and oxygen, which during the past threeyears has been employed extensively by one of our honoraryanagsthetists." Tne statistics of the work done during thefour years ending March 20th, 1919, show that 839 officerswere admitted and 794 discharged. There were 581 opera-tions, 855 X ray examinations, and 8 deaths. The mortality-rate of all cases was 9 per cent., and the mortality-rate ofoperation cases 3 per cent. Of the officers discharged 437returned to duty (of whom 35 subsequently were killed inaction or died of wounds), 88 are still unfit, and 32 haverelinquished their commissions on account of ill-health.

SCOTTISH BOARD OF HEALTH BILL.-A meeting ofthe medical profession in Edinburgh and Leith was held onApril 8th to consider questions concerning this Bill. Themeeting was largely attended, and the two following resolu-tions were passed unanimously :—That even if it involves an addition to the membership of the Board

there should be two members representing the clinical side of medicine.Having now considered the Bill of the Scottish Bard of Health this

meeting of the medical profession of Edinburgh and Leith are

strengthened in their conviction of the necessity for the establishmentof a Standing Medical Consultative Council. the members of whichshould be elected directly by the profession, and should have powers todiscuss and make representations to the Board en any matters which intheir opinion affects, directly or indirectly, the health of the com-munity. And this Council should have power to met jointly withany council, medical or lay. as occasiou arises. This Council shouldconsist of at least 11 members, one of whom should be a registereddentist with a medical qualification.

THE LATE MR. H. W. SHETTLE.-Harry WynterShettle, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Edin., who died atSouthampton on April 9th, was a son of T. W. Shettle, ofWimborne. Born in 1854, he was edcated at Sherborne,where he was a member of the school cricket eleven.Coming up to St. George’s Hospital he continued his athleticperformances bv winning the high jump at the UnitedHospitals sports and was at the same time a prominentfootballer. He qualified M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Edin.in 1880 and went as house surgeon to the Royal South HantsInfirmary ; after leaving this post he settled in practice atSouthampton and became surgeon to the Royal SouthHants Infirmary. Mr. Shettle held a commission in theR.A.M.C. (T.F.) as lieutenant-colonel, and had been work-ing during the war at the Red Cross Hospital at HighfieldHall, Southampton. He was an ex-President of the South-ampton Medical Society, and in former days had been amember of the Dorset county cricket eleven.

Communications, Letters, &c., to the Editor havebeen received from=

A.-Col. J. G. Adami. A.D.M.S.;Dr. H. G. Adamson, Lond.

B.-Dr. W. Brown, Lond.; SirJohn Rose Bradford, K.O.M.G.,C.B.; Dr. M. Benaroya. Paris;British Red Cross and Order ofSt. John, Jotnt Finance Com-mittee, Chairman of ; Major-Gen.Sir David Bruce, K.C.B.: Dr. J.Riomneld, O.B.E., Lond.; Mr.F. A. Bath. Bournemouth ; Lieut.W. G. Burt, R.N.; Board ofEducation, Lond.

C.-Mr. H. Coleman, Lond.; Mr.E. M. Corner, Lond.; M.r. S.Coltson, Lond.; Mr. J. Cabburn,Lond.; Mr. J. C. Carr, Liverpool.

D.-Mr. E. Doherty, Lond.F.-Dr. J. G. Forbes, Redhill.G.--Messrs. George Goodman. Ltd..Birmingham ; Capt. J. K. Gaunt,R.A.M.C.; Dr. M. Garnier,Patis; Col. G. E. Gask, C.M.G.,D.S.O., A.M.S.

H.-Dr. A. K. Henry, Dublin ; Mr.E. Hindle, Ph.D., Cambridge ;Mr. J. Henderson, Pietermaritz-burg.

J.-Dr. R. W. Johnstone, Lond.L.-Dr. W. J. Le Grand, Black-

well ; Dr. C. E. Lakin, Lond.;Mr. C. M. Leakey, Gunnislake ;Mr. J. Lewenstein, Hull; Dr. T.Lumsden, Lond.

M.—Dr. H. C. Miller, Lond. ; Mr.! J. Y. W. MacAlister, Lond. ; Capt.

W. M. Munby, R.A.M.C.(T.);Mr. P. A. McKay, Clydebank;Medical Society of London, Mr.J. S. Milne, Swalwell-on.Tyne.

N.-Dr. H. P. Newsholme, Trow-bridge.

O.-Dr. S. A. Owen, Lond.P.—Mr. F. H. Perrycoste, Pol-

perro ; Dr. G. R. Pirie, Loud.R.-Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.,Lond.; Royal College of Surgeonsin Ireland, Dublin, Sec. of; Dr.W. C. Rivers, Barnsley; RoyalSbatirtical Society, Lond.; RoyalMedical Benevolent Fund, Lond.,Royal Institution, Lond.

S.-Dr. E. B. Sherlock, Lond ; Dr.C. N. Staney. Parkhurst; Mr.W. P. Stocks, Manchester;St. George’s Hospital MedicalSchool, Lond., Dean of ; Prof. W.Stirling, Manchester; Dr. W. G.Spencer, Lond.; Dr. J. F. W.Silk, Lond. ; Mr. P. Smith,Tredegar ; Mr. R. E. Smith,Mutley.

T.-Dr. W. W. C. Topley, Lond.;Prof. E. H. Tweedy. Dublin;Sir Nestor Tirard, Lond.; Dr. L.Thatcher, hdinburgh; Capt. J. G.Thomson, R.A.M.O.

V.-Mr. T. Vivian-Rees, Cardiff ;The Victim.

W.-Mr. J. P. Williams; Mr.J. St. G. Whitty. Weston-super Mare; Capt. A. Watson,B.A.M.O.