1362 MEDICAL NEWS.

and 0717 during 1921. Statistics on this point were not,collected for the year 1918. At the request of my advisersan expert committee of inquiry into the causes of nystagmuswas set up by the Medical Research Council in 1920. Thelirst report of the committee was published at, the beginningof this year and the committee is still at work.

The Personnel of Medical Boards.Mr. SHORT asked the Minister of Pensions whether the

medical boards were composed of permanent officers of theMinistry ; if so, the number of officers so employed and theirsalaries ; and, if the boards were composed of medical mendrawn from panels of local practitioners, the fees paid forindividual examination and the total cost for 1921 for suchpayments.-Major TBYON replied : The personnel of themedical boards of the Ministry is very largely drawn fromlocal practitioners, who receive the following fees : chairman,;!,J1 lls. Od. for a session of two and a half hours ; specialists,jE2 2s. ; ordinary members or assessors, ;!,J1 6s. 3d. Consider-able assistance is now given on this work by full-time medicalofficers of the Ministry, of whom some 200 are liable for thisservice as part of their duties. The average salaries of theseofficers is approximately £924 per annum. The totalexpenditure on payments to sessional members of the boardswas, in 1921, ;!,J627.795. The corresponding figure for thecurrent year will be more than one-third less, owing to areduction of the sessional fees payable, and of the numberof members of ordinary boards from three to two.

Medical News.UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.—At recent examinations

the following candidates were successful :-EXAMINATION FOR DEGREE OF M.B.

JIatPriu Medica and Pharmacology.-C. E. Beveridge. New ;W. B. Boon, Lincoln; C. W. C’arter. Qucen’s ; 1). I2.Gawler. University : L. N. Jackson. Ballio] : T. L. Ormerod,Queen’s ; H. A. Robertson, Balliol; B. E. Toinpson,Brasenose ; 0. 1. Wilson, Queen’s ; G. P. Wright, Exeter ;Olive B. Buckley and Matilda E. Bugnion, Somervillc ;Ella Cockram, Oxford Home Student ; and Cicely Williams,Somerville.

Pathology.-D. T. Barnes, St. John’s : A. M. C’ooke. Jesu-H. N. Elphick and P. H. Martin. New : G. F. Mitcheson,Christ Church ; -A. A. F. Peel, University ; H. A. Robertson,Balliol: A. W. L. Row, Brasenose : T. E. Ryves, Trinity ;B. G. Scholefield and A. W. L. Stevens. Christ Church;E. B. Strauss, New; T. S. Townsend. Jesus; II. F. Turney.Magdalen ; W. R. Wood. Pembroke ; Alice E. Harding,Oxford Home Student ; and Cicely Williams. Somerville.

Forensic Medicine and Public Health.-R. V. Facey. Brasenose :R. F. Johnstone, St. John’s : T. L. Ormerod. Queen’s :.f. P. Shaw. Balliol : A. W. L. Steveus. Christ C’hurch :E. H. Watkins. Hertford : A. Q. Wells, St. J ohn’a : Norah E.Bodkin, Oxford Home Student; Dorothy W. Crook,Somerville : Sibyl R. Eastwood, Oxford Home Studentand Katharine M. Hodgkinsou, Somerville.

Jledicine, 3fidicifc)-y, and Surgery.-W. R. Brain, -New;F,. Chapman and D. S. Davies. Magdalen : H. A. Gilkes,Christ Church ; J. G. Johnstone. St. John’s : C. R. Lane,New : Dorothy J. Collier, Oxford Home Student : Katha-rine M. Hodgkinson, Somerville; and Constance M. Ottley.Oxford Home Student.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.—Anordinary Council meeting was held on Dec. 14th, Sir AnthonyBowlby being in the chair. A report was read from theCourt of Examiners respecting candidates found qualifiedfor the diploma of Fellow, and diplomas were awarded to thefollowing 23 candidates :-

Alan C. Ainsley, Cambridge and London : R. B. Chandrachud,Bombay and Guy’s ; Charles O. Davies, Liverpool ; JohnLI. Davies, Cambridge and St. Bart.’s : Roland A. H.Fulton, Otago and London ; Charles L. Gimblett, Cambridgeand St. Thomas’s ; Aubrey Goodwin, Uniy. Coll. anrl St.Thomas’s ; Arthur C. Halliwell, St. Thomas’s ; Ivan B.Jose, Adelaide and London ; Nathanael J. Judah, Edin-burgh and ct. George’s : Leonard C. E. Lindon, Adelaide,London, and Guy’s ; Samuel D. Lodge, Leeds and London ;Norman P. L. Lumb, St. Thomas’s and London ; Herbert L.Sackett, St. Bart.’s ; John F. T-1. Stallman, Guy’s; MildredWarde, Royal Free ; Gilbert C. Wellish, Sydney and London ;John G. Whitaker, Melbourne and London; Horace P. W.White, Edinburgh and London ; David Whyte, Otago andLondon: -, Valentine Wilkinson, Univ. Coll. and Guy’s ;Reginald S. Woods, Cambridge and St. George’s; andArthur D. Wright, St. Mary’s.

In addition to the above Mr. M. W. B. Bulman satisfied theexaminers, but had not reached the requisite age for thegranting of the diploma.A report was read from the Board of Examiners in Dental

Surgery respecting candidates found qualified for theLicence in Dental Surgery, and licences were awarded to thefollowing 84 candidates :-

R. C. Andrews, Guy’s; S. Attwooll, Royal Dental; W. O.Bailey and D. J. Baker, Guy’s ; C. T. Bason, Birmingham ;

G. Beamish, Guy’s; if. F. limns. London ; C. C. Brattlemxl A..J. Britz. Guy’s ; M. !’. S. Uurger. London; T. C.Butler and A. Clarke, Guy’s ; E.J. Cloke, Univ. Coll. ;A. J. Constance, Bristol; D. E. Davies, Royal Dental;J. S. Dick. Guy’s ; W. ’1’. L. Douglas, London; J. E. H.Duckworth, Guy’s ; -, H. A. Edmonds, T. E. Ellis, andA. B. Evans, Royal Dental ;L. Evans, Cxny’s ; R. H.Faure, Royal 1)cntal: 11’. J. Kourio, Guy’s; G. Freedman,-Royal Dental: F. C. Gardenner and A. S. T. Garland,Guy’s ; Violet 11. George, Royal Dental ; L. J. Godden,G. W. Griflitlis, G. T. Hankoy, Ij. B. Holder, J. B. Hine,.and S. T. Hinc, Guy’s; F. Cx. IIoilicr, Royal Dental;K. Hooper and J. A. Hudson, Guy’s ; A. E. T. Hunt andT. Hunt, Birmingham ; F. G. lliit,chiiisoii, Guy’s ; H. W.Jones, Itoyal Dental; L. T.Jones and G. Kilvington,London ; J. S. Lycett, Sheffield ; G. D. Margetts, RoyalDental ; A. G. Mandsley, Univ. Coll. : 8. Mellor, Sheffield ;R. H. Muller, Guy’s ; A. II. Murch, Royal Dental; F. A..Nicolai, Guy’s; A. Pain and Margery G. Pain, Univ. Coll. ;M. Patlansky and A. F. Porter, Guy’s ; R. V. Power andII. D. Roberts, Royal Dental; P. Rubinstein, E. Samuels,S. E. Sennitt, E. A. Sheppard. and H. Slater, Guy’s;S. G. Smith, Royal Dental; W. (x. Smith, Bristol; C. H.Stevens, Guy’s; F. B. stevens, J. W. Stretton, and J. N.Strickland, Royal Dental ; W. H. Taylor, Guy’s ; A. F.Tunsta.11, London; F. E. Turley, Itoyal Dental; C. E.Turner, London ; A. K. van Niekerk and H. J. Walters,Guy’s ; H. H. Watkins, Bristol; H. Wayman, Guy’s ;L. F. C. C. Whateley, Royal Dental ; A. S. Whittaker,Manchester ; C. Williams, London ; W. J. Williams and(!. B. Wilson, Guy’s ; L. W. Wilson, London ; M. B. Wilsonand W. H. Wilson, Royal Dental ; and O. H. M. Woodbridge,Guy’s.

A report was reau from uiie noaru OL Examiners III Dental

Surgery, with reference to the revised regulations for theLicence in Dental Surgery to come into force on Jan. lst,1923, which were approved and adopted.-The Presidentreported that, owing to the illness of Sir Arthur Keith, the-Ilunterian lectures arranged for Jan. 15th, 17th, 19th, 22nd,24th, and 26th, 1923, would be postponed until March or somelater time, of which due notice would be given.

At the Primary Examination for the Fellowship of theCollege, which concluded on Dec. 15th, 152 candidatespresented themselves for examination, of whom 56 wereapproved and 96 were rejected. The following is a list ofthe names and medical schools of the successful candidates:-

C. B. Andreae, Guy’s Hosp. ; 1. C. P. Beauchamp, Cambridgeand Guy’s Hosp. ; L. A. Bennett. Otago, London, andMiddlesex Hosps. ; H. J. BhatiH, Bombay and LondonHosp. ; B. Bourke, Dublin and Middlesex Hosp.; G. J.Bowen, Middlesex and St. Mary’s Hosps. ; J. Brumwell,.Durham and St. Mary’s Hosp. ; J. D. M. Cardell, St.Thomas’s Hosp. H. K. Christie, Otago and MiddlesexHo’3P.; C. C. (’ogblan, Sydney and St. Mary’s Hosp. :W. M. Cotter, New Zealand and St. Bart.’s Hosp. ; W. I.1)aggett, Cambridge and King’s Coll. R. K. Debenham,Camoridge and London Hosp. ; A. M. Deif, Cairo and Guy’sHosp. ; J. D. Dhruv. Bombay and St. Thomas’s Rosp.;T. A. J. M. Dodd, Oxford and St. Bart.’s Hosp. ; K. M. K.Duff, Guy’s Hosp. ; F. J. T. Foenander, Ceylon andMiddlesex Hosp. ; D. Frost, London Hosp. : J. A. Galletly,Cambridge and Middlesex Bosp ; H. H. Gellert, Edinburghand St. Mary’s Hosp. ; A. S. Gough, Guy’s Hosp. ; AgnesH. S. Gray, London and London Seh. of Med. for Women ; *,C. M. Greenslade, Otago and St. Bart.’s Hosp.; E. J.Greenwood, Cambridge and Guy’s Hosp. ; A. L. Gregg,Dublin and St. Mary’s Hosp. : Dorothy W. Hall, Liverpooland St. Mary’s Hosp. ; R. J. B. Hall, Otago and St. Bart.’sHosp. ; A. J. C. Hamilton, Edinburgh and London Hosp.;R. W. Jones, Liverpool; S. Kadinsky, Westminster, King’s,and Middlesex Hosps. ; F. H. King, Cambridge and St.iIary’s Hosp. ; D. Lurie, Cape and Oxford ; G. E. Mackay,Melbourne and Middlesex Hosp. ; D. H. MacLeod, MiddlesexHosp. ; A. McMillan, Birmingham ; Alice M. C. Macpherson,London Sch. of Med. for Women ; D. P. Marks, Cambridgeand St. Thomas’s Hosp. ; D. V. Murphy, Cork and St.Mary’s Hosp. ; A. E. Park, Otago and Middlesex Hosp.;H. L. Peake, Guy’S Hosp. ; Annie Pichaimuthu, Madrasand Royal Free and Univ. Coll. ; G. H. Pitt, Guy’s Hosp. ;.W. A. Richards, Charing Cross and St. Mary’s Hosps. ;E. W. Riches, Middlesex Hosp. ; C. R. Sandiford, Manchester-and St. Mary’s Hosp. ; C. Satyaraju, Madras and St. Mary’sHosp. ; T. Seshaohalam, Madras and London Hosp. R. C. Shaw, Manchester ; G. S. Sinnatamby, Ceylon and’St. Mary’s Hosp. ; N. R. Smith, Sydney and St. Mary’sHosp. ; G. H. Steele, Univ. Coll. and St. Mary’s Hosp. ;H. G. Taylor, Cambridge and St. George’s Hosp. ; S. P.Taylor, Bristol; C. H. Thomas, St. Bart.’s Hosp.; A. H.Whyte, Durham, St. Bart.’s, London, and Middlesex Hosps.

UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL.-At examinationsrecently held the following candidates were successful :-

’ FINAL EXAMINATION FOR DEGREES OF M.B., CH.B.Pccrt I.-B. E. Acland, Grace A. Austin, C. B. Bamford:

(distinction in Pathology), R. V. Berrington, C. H. Bradley,R. S. Brock, Helen S. H. Brown, Alison M. Brummitt,

’

M. Byala, A. Cooke, J. W. Cowen, J. D. Craig, M. M. Datnow,Edwina M. Davies, Eileen N. Deane, W. T. Donovan,J. C. Drummond, H. Dun, H. BV. Fell, H. R. Fisher, G. A.

Fulton, J. Gaughan, Clara M. V. Gleave, H. Gobie, T. A.. Griffiths, D. C. G. Hanlon, Dorothy M. Hanson, Fannie S,’

Holt, J. E. Howie, G. P. Huws, C. P. Jones, R. Jones,.A. L. Kerr, G. F. Kinder, J. Leggate, W. E. Lishman.

. J. H. M. Little, G. Lowe, G. Macdonald, Margaret S.; Macdonald, D. D. O. McLoughlin, G. A. Moulden, A

1363MEDICAL NEWS.

Newton, J. R. R. Nicholas, W. E. Pennington, A. Pool,R..1. Prydderch, Gwendolen tl’. Roberts, J. T. C. Roberts,E. Rowlands, E. Scott, (’. Sharp. G. V. L. Taylor, MarjorieA. Unsworth, N. Weinberg, 11. S. Welton, T. W. White,and Gwennio Williams.

Part II.--Mary (x. H. Allen, W. J. B. Chidlow, A. Cooko,L. Davies, Kathleell Edgecombe, W. R. H. Ellis, E. J.Foley, N. D. Fraser, S. C. Goldstone, 11. Graf, W. J.Griffiths, A. J. IIawc, D. Kippax, D. D. 0. McLoughlin,Phyllis Marsh, Margaret 1). ’1’. Mills, Dorothea W. Itogers,P. J. liogers. J. F. D. Shrewsbury, Helen Standring, andMabel J. Watterson.

Part III.-Eleanor E. Briant, D. Brown, G. Clark, Marie B.Clarke, H. M. Coho’. 11. L. Corlett, R. W. C’owie, W. H. A.Dodd (distinction in Surgery), J. Elsohn, W. C. Eyan=,F. S. Fowwea,ther, H. S. Gordon. S. B. Hall, G. M. Hughes,Hilda F. Jefferson, I. Lloyd, Vera M. Alitchell, Annie It.Niven, Mary E. Nosworthy, J. R. Parry, G. F. G. Prideaux,C. C. L. Spnrring, V. T. Thierens, Mary A. Thomas, L. F.Unsworth, A. Weisberg, and D. A. Woodeson.

DIPLOMA IN TROPICAL MEDICINE.M. J. Cohcn, A. C. Crawford, C. M. Gracias, W. A. Lcthem,and S. D. Rieley.

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.—At the graduation- ceremonial held in the M’Ewan Hall on Dec. 15th thefollowing degrees were conferred :—

DOCTOR OF MEDICINE.David Aiken, John Brander, *George A. Casalis de Pury (in

absentia), ‡John H. Crawford (first-class honours), *BornardV. Dunn,’John D. Ingram, James Mackenzie, fDuncan M.Morison (second-class honours), (in absentia), Terence C.St. Clessie Morton (in absentia), Henry J. Parish, *George S. ’,Sowden, *James Walker and Lloyd-Werden (in absentia).

* Commended for thesis. t Highly commended for thesis.‡ Awarded Gold Medal for thesis.

BACHELOR OF MEDICINE AND BACHELOR OF SURGERY.lahinoud Soliman Abaza, Stanley C. Alcock, Isabella H.

Allan, William Anderson, Jean Y. Andrew, Margaret S. R.Armstrong, Montague P. Atkinson, Cyril J. Austin, Leslie C.L. Averill, Petrus J. Badenhorst, John B. S. Baxter,Lilias Frances E. Begg, Margaret I. Bower, James Brown,Eleanor M. Cadman. Angus H. Campbell, John M’PhailCampbell, Mary J. Cheng, Daniel Stewart Cherry (second-class honours), Irene V. E. Christison, Joseph J. Coulthard,Robert T. Deas, Kenneth S. Dick, James L. N. Dinwiddie(second-class hononrs), Grace M. F. Dover, Grace W. W.Eason, Edward C. Ellis, Duncan L. Ferguson (in absentia),Nathaniel Fram, James Glover, Richard T. F. Grace,Annie C. S. Haddow, Henry R. Haigh, Margaret M. R.Hamilton, Harry Hastings, Henry D. Hayes, Flora M.Hogg, Charles F. W. Illingworth, Alastair K. James, LionelB. Jones, Margaret W. Kemp, Gabriel G. King, BennieLeader, Robert C. Little, Elizabeth T. Logan, Douglas B.M’Crie Lothian, Duncan T. M’Ainsh, Ian H. M’Clui’e(second-class honours), Fritiof N. M’Farlane, AnnabellaM’Garrity, John C. Macgown, Elizabeth M. Mackay,Arthur W. Mackie, ’Villiam 3I’Kie, Marjorie C. Mackintosh,Ian F. Macleod, Robert A. C. Maonair, James M. Manson,Grace J. Marshall, Kenneth A. T. Martin, Frederick G. J.Mulder, Charles L. L. Murray, Solomon Petkoon, Johanna V.Pietersen, Elsie Porter, Jean S. Riacb, Thomas Ritchie,Solomon J. Rom, Isobel S. Rutherford, Roy M’GregorSaunders, Annie B. A. Scott, Robert Selby, David Slight,Flora M. Stewart, David Summerville, Brian G. Thompson,

. Charlotte E. W. Thompson. Elizabeth N. Thompson,Harold V. Thwaites, John Todd (second-class honours),Isabella du Toit, Harold R. Vernon, Henry L. Wallace,Reginald W. R. Watson, Hazel Helen F. Watt, JamesWilliams, Margaret S. Williamson, Rowland P. Wilson,Morris WiLkin, and William Woodburn.

The Freeland Barbour Fellowship has been awarded toJessie Eeles.

ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY.-AT a meeting heldon Dec. 19th 1fr. T. T. S. de Jastrzebski read a paper onChanges in the Birth-rate and in Legitimate Fertility inLondon Boroughs, 1911 and 1921. He said that a com-parison between the crude birth-rate in the AdministrativeCounty of London showed that in the nine months followingthe Census of 1921 there was a fall of 9-4 per cent. from thesame period of 1911, although the proportion of marriedwomen under 45 years of age in the populationshould have given an increase of 1-7 per cent. The declinein infant mortality, however, reduced the fall in the effectivebirth-rate-i.e., the rate obtained by deducting the deathsunder 1 year from the births-to 4-2 per cent. Legitimate’fertility showed a decline of 12-8 per cent., or when stand-ardised for variation in the ages of the married women under45, of 11-7 per cent. The gap between the boroughs withbetter economic conditions and those with a poorer popula-tion had diminished sensibly. Notwithstanding the fallin both the birth-rate and in legitimate fertility, the naturalincrease by’excess of births over deaths in 1921 was 390,335as against 354,328 in 1911, and this gain was at the firstperiod of life. There was no reason to consider an infantmortality of between 50 and 60 per 1000 births as beyond- the scope of our legitimate expectations. In the view ofthe speaker the reproductive forces at work in the nationare greater than the destructive, and the problem of the;immediate future is one of over, rather than of under-ipopulation.

SOCIÉTÉ INTERNATIONALE DE CHIRURGlE. - Thesixth triennial congress of this Society will be held in Londonfrom July 17th to July 20th, 1923, and a provisionalprogramme lias been issued. The congress is under thepatronage of His Majesty the King and the Presidency ofSir William Macewen. The meetings will be held at theRoyal Society of Medicine, and the subjects chosen fordiscussion are : (1) The Surgery of the Endocrine Glands.with the exception of the Thyroid ; (2) Arthroplasty :(3) The Late Results of Surgical Intervention in TraumaticLesions of the Peripheral Nerves ; (4) Sero- and Vaccino-therapy of Surgical Infections with the exception of Tetanus :(5) Operative Shock. The inaugural meeting will take placeon Tuesday, July 17th, at 11 o’clock, when H.R.H. the Princeof Wales will open the congress. Scientific sessions will beheld on Tuesday afternoon and the three following mornings.Operations and demonstrations will be arranged for at thevarious hospitals on the last three days of the congress. Acollection of pathological specimens illustrating diseases ofthe endocrine glands will be on view at the Royal Society ofMedicine. Hospitality will be extended to members of thecongress by His Majesty’s Government, the Lord Mayor ofLondon, the Royal College of Surgeons of England, theUniversity of London, and the Barbers’ Company.The organising secretaries are Sir D’Arcy Power, K.B.E.,

and Mr. J. E. H. Roberts, O.B.E. The British Secretariat isat 26, Harley-street, W. 1.TYPHUS FEVER IN NoRTH-WEST MAYO.—There has

recently been an outbreak of typhus fever in the Errisdistrict of West Mayo, in regard to which the Minister forLocal Government, Mr. Ernest Blythe, gave some particularsin Dail Earann last week. He said that the outbreak hadbegun in June last, and 20 cases had come under notice,including the sanitary sub-officer and a nursing sister, whohad contracted the fever in the discharge of their duties.The source of the infection appeared to have been a disusedcoastguard station, in which families crowded, desertingtheir homes. Belmullet had long been recognised as a dis-trict in which typhus fever might be said to be endemic.The population was very poor, living in small and congestedhomes, with primitive habits, and the practice of housinganimals in dwellings still persisted.

ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY MEDICAL OFFICERS OFHEALTH : ANNUAL DINNER.—This Association met on

Dec. 15th in Pagani’s Rooms, London, W., at their firstsocial function or dinner since the creation of the conferencein 1906, which preceded the formation of the Association in1914. Dr. G. Reid (Staffs) occupied the chair and the guestof the evening was Sir George Newman ; 32 members werepresent. The President, in proposing " The Guest," reviewedbriefly the evolution of the Association and its relation tolegislation, to the Government Public Health Department.s.to the British Medical Association, and the County Councils’Association. Dr. A. Bostock Hill, supporting the toast,eulogised the excellent work of Sir ’George Newman as a.

friend, adviser, and colleague. Sir George Newman repliedin a pithy speech, in which he reviewed his work and rela-tionship to the profession. He felt amply revarded by thefriendship returned by the county medical officers ofhealth. The health of the chairman, Dr. Reid, and thehon. secretary, Dr. J. R. Kaye, were duly proposed, and theproceedings created a unanimous demand for an annualrepetition of the dinner.

MEDICO-LEGAL SOCIETY ANNUAL DINNER.-Thisdinner was held on Dec. 15th at the Holborn Restaurant,London, Lord Justice Atkin presiding. Amongst the guestsinvited were Sir Chartres Biron, Sir Ernley Blackwell, SirAnthony Bowlby, Mr. Justice McCardie, Mr. Copson Peake,Sir Humphry Rolleston, Sir F. J. Willis, and the Master of theSociety of Apothecaries. Earl Russell, in proposing the toast of" Medicine and Law," mentioned a most important discussionwhich the Society had held during the present year-namely,that on Professional Secrecy, which had been opened byLord Dawson. That discussion had done a great deal inthat it had helped medical men to understand the legalstandpoint and had assisted lawyers to understand the medicalaspect, and he felt that the chief reason for the divergence ofopinion which did exist between the two professions wasthat the interests of the lawyer were centred in the communityas a whole, whilst the doctor had more especially the interestsof the individual patient at heart. Mr. Justice McCardie,in proposing the toast of the Medico-Legal Society, welcomedevery branch of science to aid the proper administrationof justice. With the advance of knowledge the law must notstand still, therefore the law of yesterday did not serve thepurpose of to-day. Medicine and law must progress togetherto fight disease and crime. The President, in reply, announcedthat the Society had just come of age, having been 21 yearsin existence. Never had it been in a more flourishing statethan at the present time, and its prosperity was assured bythe steady influx of new members.

1364 MEDICAL NEWS.—APPOINTMENTS.—VACANCIES.

OLD EPSOMIAN CLUB ANNUAL DINNER.—Thisdinner was held at the Tt’ocadero Restaurant, London, onDec. 14th. Dr. 1-f. F. Ealand, President, of the Club, presidedover a large gathering of members and guests. The club hadthe pleasure of welcoming for the first time the new head-master, Mr. Arnold Powell, who, in replying to the toast of theCollege, outlined the year’s doings at the school, its presentprosperity, and its hopes for the future. He had foundonly one disadvantage at Epsom, and that was the verylarge proportion of boys who were in one way or anotherassociated with the medical profession ; he was of opinionthat a serious attempt should be made to widen the sphereof influence of the school. Lord Dawson, who replied to thetoast of the visitors, applied the remarks made by Mr. Powellto the medical profession as a whole, remarking that it hadbeen far too isolated from the rest of the body politic. Hesaid that its influence was increasing, and many otherprofessions were coming into the closest contact with it.He concluded that much more remained to be done beforethe profession exercised that influence on the body politicdue to its numbers and its culture.

LONDON HOSPITAL MEDICAL COLLEGE : LIDDLETRIENNIAL PRIZE.-This prize for 1922-23 (value £120)will be awarded for an essay, to be handed in on June 30th,1923, on the subject of Rheumatic Fever, its Cause andPrevention. The prize is open to public competition, andthe conditions governing its award may be obtained fromthe Dean of the College, Mile End, London, E.

BETI-ILEM ROYAL HOSPITAL POST-GRADUATE COURSE.—A course of lectures and practical instructionfor the Diploma in Psychological Medicine granted byvarious universities will be given at Bethlem Royal Hospital,commencing on Jan. 15th, 1923. The lecturers on Neurologywill include Dr. S. A. Kinnier Wilson, Dr. C. Worster-Drought, Dr. F. C. E. Danvers-Atkinson, Dr. Clement Lovell,and Dr. James Collier. Dr. William Brown and Dr. J. A.Hadfield will lecture on Pyschology and Dr. A. F. Tredgoldon Mental Deficiency, while Psychological Medicine will bedealt with by Dr. E. D. Macnamara, Dr. W. H. B. Stoddart,Dr. J. G. Porter Phillips, Dr. Thomas Beaton, Dr. C. StanfordRead, Dr. M. Hamblin Smith, and Dr. R. H. Cole. Thelectures are divided into two parts. The fee for the fullcourse is 15 guineas and the fee for part A or part B separatelyis 10 guineas. Entrants who take the complete course mayattend the daily clinical practice of the hospital at a reduced , fee. For syllabus and all particulars, application should be made to the physician-superintendent, at the hospital, Lambeth-road, London, S.E. 1. :MODIFIED MILK FOR INFANTS.-The Walker- ,

Gordon Laboratories, Ltd., which, owing to difficulties con-nected with the war, had to be closed down in 1916, haverecently re-equipped their farm and reopened

business.These laboratories can undertake to supply milk modified toany percentage of fat, lactose, and protein content, on

physicians’ prescriptions, and also to supply unpreservedand unpasteurised cream of any percentage of butter fatdesired. The laboratory also prepares milk and cream forocean voyages, milk for shipment being packed in strongrefrigerator cases and consigned to the port of embarkationfor immediate delivery to the ship’s steward. At the labora-tory farm at Wembley every cow is inspected weekly by a iveterinary surgeon, and sick and ailing cattle are segregated. The employees are examined medically every fortnight andare not allowed to come to the laboratory or farm whenindisposed. Further details and price list may be obtained onapplication to the laboratories at 54, Weymouth-street,London, W.

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR GREETINGS BY CABLE.The Postmaster-General announces that special arrange-ments have been made for the delivery in Australia, NewZealand, and Canada, on Christmas Day and New Year’sDay, of telegrams of greeting sent from this country by theImperial Cables. Messages for Australia or New Zealandshould be handed in at post-offices not later than Thursday,Dec. 28th, for delivery on New Year’s Day. They will becharged quarter rates (9d. a word to Australia and 8d. a wordto New Zealand), with a minimum of 10 words. Messagesof greeting for Canada should be handed in not laterthan to-da,y, Sat,urday, Dec. 23rd, for Christmas delivery,or Dec. 30th for New Year’s Day. The charge will be thatfor messages sent by the night letter service to Canada"via Imperial," with a minimum of 10 words. The rateto the Eastern Provinces (Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, &c.)is 3d. a word. The rates to the Western Provinces areslightly higher. Christmas messages must be marked" X. W. T.," and New Year messages " Y. W. T." (chargedfor as one word) immediately before the address, androuted " via Imperial." .

POST-GRADUATE COURSE ON INFANT AND CHILDWELIFARE.-A course of 12 lectures on the Management andFeeding of Infants and Young Children will be given byDr. Eric Pritchard, medical director of the Hospital, toqualified practitioners, at the Infants Hospital, Vincent-square, London, beginning Jan. 15th, 1923. Students takingthe course will be entitled to attend the round-table consulta-tions held by Dr. Pritchard on Tuesdays and Fridays, at2 P.M., with cases in the wards of the hospital. Tickets forthe course, two guineas. For further information apply toMr. A. J. Small, Secretary, the Infants Hospital, Vincent-square, S.W. 1.

TIlE LATE DR. H. LUCAS.-Dr. Herbert Lucas,who died at Huntingdon on Dec. 10th at the age of 80, wasborn at Hitchin and received his medical training at Guy’sHospital, London, where he took the M.R.C.S. and L.S.A.in 1865. lie went into partnership with Mr. Michael Fosterat Huntingdon in 1868, incidentally relieving the latter’sson, the late Sir Michael Foster, from general practice totake up research work. He continued to practise until1917 when failing health caused him to retire infavour of another old Guy’s man, Dr. C. E. Hicks,who had assisted him for 17 years. Herbert Lucas wasfor 40 years surgeon to the Hunts County Hospital andheld nearly all the local public medical appointments.In addition to his strenuous professional life he wasa keen cricketer and a well-known figure in the hunting

field.I, INTERNATIONAL ILLEGITIMACY STATISTICS.- Inreply to a question from Mr. Snowden addressed to theMinister of Labour as representing the Ministry of Health,the most recent statistics of illegitimacy in this country andon the Continent were recently given as follows :-

Appointments.CRAIG, GEOR&ixA S.. ILB., Ch.B. St. And., D.P.II., has been

appointed Assistant Medical Inspector to the CheshireEducation Committee.

GRiFFix, A. J. B., M.B.. Ch.B. Liverp., D.P.H., AssistantMedical Officer of Health for Ealing.

MARTIN, J. P., M.R.C.P. Lond., M.D. Belf., Medical Registrarat St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington.

OWEN, C. S., L.R.C.P. & S. Fdin., House Surgeon ’at theWhitehaven and West Cumberland Infirmary.

’

Jescop Hospital for Women, Shefheld : PINDAR, DoRis, M.B.,B.Ch.Sheffield, and COCKER, DORA, M.B., B.Ch. SheffielcT,Assistant House Surgeons.

Vacancies.For f2trther irtforntcrtiort refer to the adi7ei-tise))teiit column.

Aberystwyth Infirmary and Cardiganshire General Hospital.-H.S. £200.

Ascot, Heatherwood Hospital for Orthopædic Children.-Res. Med.Supt. £850.

Bath, Ministry of Pensions Hospital.-Jun. M.O. £350.Belfast, Joint Nursing and illfiduliies Council for Northern Ireland.

-Examiners of Midwives.Bimrtingham General Hospital.-H.P. and H.S. £70. Also H.S.

to Skin Dept..695.Ca_pe Town University.-Sen. Lectureship in Physiology. £450.Cornwall Education Committce.-Deputy Asst. Sch. M.O. 9500.D1’eadnought Hospital, Greenwich.-S. for Throat, Nose, and Ear

Dept.Dudley, Guest Hospital.--Asst. H.S. £150. ‘

East London Hospital for Children and Dispensary for Ifomen,Shadwell, E.-Morning Cas. O. £120.

Glamorgan County Mental Hospital, Bridgend.-Tnn. Asst. M.O.350.

Ipswich, East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital.-H.S. £150.Jarrow Borough Council.-,11.0.H., &c. £750.Leeds Education Comntittee.-Asst. School M.O. £500.Llanell?l, Borough of.-Female Asst. M.O.H. and Asst. Schools

M.O. ?500.London County Itlek2tal I-los2)it(fl Serrice.-Seventh A.M.O. £300.