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Medical News.SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES OF LONDON.-At

examinations held in May the following candidates passed in- the subjects indicated :-Surgery.-R. V. Cookes, Guy’s Hosp. ; C. F. L. Haszard,McGilI; S. E. Hymans de Tiel (Sect. 11.), Royal FreeHosp. ; L. 0. Jaggassar, St. Mary’s Hosp. ; and K. G. B.McMahon, Charing Cross .Hosp.

fed’tCtMe.—R. V. Cookes, Guy’s Hosp. : M. Escovar, Cam-bridge and London Hosp. ; J. E. Howard, St. Mary’s Hosp. :R. F. Middleton, Birmingham : J. Pattis, Innsbruck andUniv. Coll. Hosp. ; A. Purvis, Durham ; H. A. Sack,Middlesex Hosp. ; M. Stinnesbeck, Frieburg and RoyalFree Hosp. ; and F. Widlake, Guy’s Hosp.

Forensic Medicine.-R. P. Charles, King’s Coll. Ilosp.M. Escovar, Cambridge and London Hosp. : H. J. Fordham,St. Mary’s Hosp. ; E. J. Jones, Middlesex Hosp. ; E.Kessel, Kharkoff and Westminster Hosp. : P. H. L. Moore,Sydney and St. George’s Hosp. ; A. Purvis, Durham ;R. 1. Richards, St. Bart.’s and St. George’s I3osps. ; andH. A. Sack, Middlesex Hosp.

]JlidwifeTY.-A. K. A. Carter, Univ. Coll. Hosp. ; L. O.Jaggassar, St. Mary’s Hosp. ; K. G. B. McMahon, CharingCross Hosp. ; R. F. Middleton, Birmingham ; E. Kessel,Kharkoff and Westminster Hosp. ; I. Rivlin, MiddlesexHosp. ; and A. D. Shubsachs, Manchester.

The Diploma of the Society was granted to the following.candidates entitling them to practise medicine, surgery, andmidwifery: M. Escovar, C. F. L. Haszard, S. E. Hvmans de’Tiel, E. J. Jones, E. Kessel, P. H. L. Moore, I. Rivlin, H. A.Sack, and F. Widlake.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL.’The Bucknill entrance scholarship, entitling the holder tothe course of intermediate medical studies at UniversityCollege and the final course at the hospital and medicalschool, will be held on June 29th. The subjects of theexamination are chemistry, physics, botany, and zoology.-’Two Goldsmid entrance scholarships entitling the holder to"the final course are offered for competition in June. Thesubjects of the examination are anatomy, physiology, orgeneral pathology. Further particulars may be had fromthe secretary of the school.

LONDON INTER-COLLEGIATE SCHOLARSHIPS BOARD.Six medical entrance scholarships and exhibitions of an

aggregate total value of jE512, tenable in the Faculty ofMedical Sciences of University College, and in the medicalschool of University College Hospital, the London Hospital,,and the London (Royal Free Hospital) School of Medicinefor Women, will be offered. The examination will beginon June 29th. Full particulars may be obtained fromthe secretary of the Board, Mr. S. C. Ranner, the MedicalSchool, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London,;S.E.5.

VACATION COURSE IN CLIMATOLOGY.-The DavosMedical Society announces a vacation course, on tuberculosis- and the climate of altitude, to be held at Davos from

August 22nd to 29th. Prof. K. Dorno will open with twolectures on physical climatology, Prof. A. Lowy will followon pathological physiology, and Drs. Biland and Hans Staubwill deal with pathology. A series of 20 lectures on diagnosis,treatment, and prognosis will be given by the variousmedical men in practice in the Davos Valley, and two specialaddresses will be given, one by Prof. F. Sauerbruch, ofMunich, on the relations between medicine and generalculture, and the other on

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Paralipomena," by Dr. Karl’Turban. Arrangements have been made for lodging at amoderate price, and the Rhetian railway offers a substantialreduction on its ordinary fares. Information can beobtained from the Commission of Holiday Courses for

Doctors, Davos-Platz, Switzerland.

NATIONAL MEDICAL UNION.-The thirteenth annualgeneral meeting was held on May 29th, when thefollowing resolution was passed unanimously :—

" It is certain that in London and the provinces a very largenumber of insured persons when sick refuse to consult paneldoctors, although they are required by law to contribute afixed sum annually to the salaries of these doctors, and are unableto obtain any rebate towards their medical expenses. TheNational Medical Union regards this condition as grossly unfairto the insured, and while expressing its great surprise at thesilence on the subject in the report of the recent RoyalCommission on the working of the National Insurance Acts,earnestly invites the Minister of Health to examine the subjectwith a view to giving fair play to such insured persons as do notwish to consult Government doctors."

The Union claims to speak for the non-panel element inthe profession and thus to represent over 50 per cent. ofthe medical men in the country.

ROYAL INSTITUTION.-A general meeting ofmembers will be held on Monday, June 7th, at 5 P.1If. OnWednesday, June 9th, at 5.15 P.M., Prof. Joseph Barcroftwill lecture on the Lnngs, and on Thursday, June 10th, at5.15 P.M., Mr. Newton Friend, D.Sc., will lecture on Sciencein Antiquity.

Dr. C. M. Rolston (Chief Medical Officer) has beenappointed by the King an Official Member of the ExecutiveCouncil of the Presidency of Dominica and an OfficialMember of the Legislative Council of that Presidency. ,GLASGOW POST-GRADUATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

Arrangements have been made for post-graduate teachingin Glasgow which include a general medical and surgicalcourse from August 16th to Sept. llth, special courses invarious subjects, and clinical assistantships. The syllabusfor the summer session and other information may be hadfrom the secretary of the Association, at the University,Glasgow.RoNTGEN SOCIETY.-The annual general meeting

will be held on Tuesday, June 8th, at 8.15 P.M. at 32, Welbeck-street, London, W. Following the election of officers apaper will be read by Mr. A. E. Speight entitled Abstractsfrom Apparatus and Technique for Radiography of theAccessory Sinuses, and a paper by Mr. L. A. Levy, D.Sc., andMr. D. W. West on a New Method of Dosage for Use inActinotherapy.LONDON DER1IATOLOGICAL SOCIETY.-The annual

oration will be delivered on Wednesday, June 16th, at4.30 P.-iNf., by Sir Humphry Rolleston, at St. John’s Hospital,Leicester-square. His subject will be the Relations ofDermatology and General Medicine. The annual dinner ofthe society will be held at the Trocadero Restaurant at6.30 P.M. for 6.45. Sir Humphry Rolleston will be theguest of the Society.

THE SITE OF BETHLEM HOSPITAL.-At a recentmeeting of the London County Council, Lord Monk Bretton,Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee, gave explana-tions as to the future of the site of Bethlem Hospital whichwas recently purchased by Lord Rothermere for a publicpark to be named after his mother, the late Geraldine MaryHarmsworth. The Corporation of London are the free-holders and, in consideration of the Monks Orchard site ofthe new hospital being handed over to them they will vestthe South London freehold in the London County Council.The old buildings are to be removed by the governors ofBethlem " unless otherwise agreed between the governors,Lord Rothermere, and the Council." It is greatly to behoped that these interesting buildings will be preserved.

BICENTENARY OF THE EDINBURGH MEDICALFACULTY.-This year marks the bicentenary of the Faculty’sfoundation and arrangements are now complete for thespecial celebrations on June 10th and llth. A dinner is tobe held in the upper library of the old College on June 10th,at which many distinguished guests from abroad and fromthis country will be present. There will be an honorarygraduation in the McEwan Hall in the morning ofJune llth, when an address will be given by SirGeorge Newman, Chief Medical Officer of the Ministryof Health, and thereafter a service will be conducted inSt. Giles Cathedral by Prof. W. P. Paterson. The honorarygraduates will be entertained to luncheon by the Royal Collegeof Surgeons and in the afternoon Sir John Gilmour, Secretaryfor Scotland, will open the reconstructed department ofsurgery, which includes the new research department.This ceremony will take place in the McEwan Hall. In theevening the Royal College of Physicians will entertain thehonorary graduates to dinner, and the celebrations will endwith a reception in the Royal Botanic Gardens.

CELEBRATION OF PROF. RICHET’S JUBILEE.-Thecelebration of the jubilee of Charles Richet last week atthe Paris Academy of Medicine was attended by manypersons of high standing, including Mr. Painleve (Minister ofWar), Marshal Foch, Mr. Henneguy (President of the Societyof Pathology). Prof. Roger (Dean of the Paris Faculty ofMedicine), Prof. Bar (President of the Academy of Medicine) ,Prof. Gley (of the College of France), and Prof. Fr6d6ricq (ofBrussels). The last named invested Prof. Richet. on behalf ofthe King of the Belgians, with the insignia of Grand Officerof the Order of Leopold. Marshal Foch then, in the nameof the President of the French Republic, pinned on hisbreast the emblem of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour.After a series of short addresses by Prof. Richet’s fellowscientists, Mr. Painleve congratulated him on his brilliantcareer and offered to him a jubilee book and his bust inbronze executed by the sculptor Landowski. In his reply,Prof. Richet expressed his gratitude not only to those whowere present.but also to such of his collaborating masters andcolleagues as had passed away.

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A Russell Lodge bed, endowed by the Tinfoil(Hospital) Fund of the Ancient Order of Druids, has beendedicated at the Royal Northern Hospital.

Dr. J. R. Leeson, J.P. for Middlesex, has beenunanimously appointed Charter Mayor by the TwickenhamIncorporation Committee.

ON May 28th Dr. George Alexander Pirie, ofDundee, was presented with the Carnegie Hero Fund awardof a bronze medallion and the first instalment of oB100 towardsan annual allowance of B200. Dr. Pirie has become per-manently incapacitated as the result of injuries receivedduring work with X rays.THE CANCER HOSPITAL, KENSINGTON.-A course

of post-graduate lectures will be given at the CancerHospital in June and July at 4.30 P.M., the lecturersincluding Mr. W. E. Miles, Mr. Cecil Rowntree,Sir James Dundas-Grant, Mr. P. P. Cole, Mr. C. A.Joll, Dr. E. S. Rowbotham, Mr. C. E. Shattock,Dr. Robert Knox, Mr. R. Jocelyn Swan, Sir ThomasHorder, Dr. A. Leitch, and Dr. Stanley Wyard. The firstlecture will be delivered at 4.30 P.M. on June 9th by Mr.Miles on Carcinoma of the Rectum, and Mr. Rowntree willlecture on June llth on Cancer of the Breast. Subsequentlectures will be announced in our Medical Diary.

BRITISH HOSPITALS ASSOCIATION.-The sixteenthannual meeting and conference will be held in the Town Hall,Portsmouth, on June 24th and 25th, Sir Arthur Stanleypresiding. The first day programme includes an addressby Dr. H. L. Eason on Pension Schemes for Officers andNurses, and one by Sir John Paget, K.C., on Street Accidentsand Compensation Cases. On the second day Dr. S. C. Dykewill read a paper on the Pathological Service of the GeneralHospital. A discussion will follow each of these addresses.In the afternoon of June 25th visits will be paid to Ports-mouth Hospital, Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar; H.M.S.Victory, a battleship, and a submarine. Further particularsmay be obtained from the secretary of the Association at33, Bloomsbury-square, London, W.C. 1.

PRESENTATION TO SIR FRANK COLYER.—At theannual general meeting of the Odontological Section ofthe Royal Society of Medicine held on May 31st, a presenta-tion was made by Mr. Lewin Payne, President of the Section,to Sir Frank Colyer in recognition of his services as honorary ’,curator of the Odontological Museum. An address waspresented to Sir Frank Colyer, and a sum of oB200 subscribedby members of the Section will be used for a Colyer prizeto be awarded triennially to dental surgeons ’of not morethan five years’ standing for the best piece of research insome branch of dental science. The Odontological Museumwas founded by the old Odontological Society. When thesociety was merged in the Royal Society of Medicine themuseum was entrusted to the Royal College of Surgeons,which undertook responsibility for its upkeep. The museumstill retains its separate identity and its curator is appointedby the Odontological Section of the Royal Society of Medicine.Under Sir Frank Colyer’s devoted care it has been greatlyenlarged and the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons ’,has recently decided to enlarge the available accommodation ’,by about one half. Largely owing to the work of Sir FrankColyer the Odontological Museum is probably the finest IIcollection of dental specimens in the world.

ENDOWMENT OF A BRITISH COLLEGE OF NURSES.-The Brilish Journal of Nursing for May contains the announce-ment of an anonymous donation of more than .8100,000 tofound a British College of Nurses, to be composed at firstof Foundation Members, all of whom will be registered womennurses, and of Foundation Fellows occupying responsibleofficial positions in the nursing world. After an initialperiod of grace membership will be limited to registered Inurses who pass an examination and pay an entrance fee. ’,Such a diploma, it is suggested, will become essential for ’,those who wish to gain higher posts in the nursing profession,and the higher professional status offered is designed toattract candidates of a desirable type to adopt nursing as theirprofession. The Council of the College will appoint lecturers,teachers, inspectors, and examiners ; will offer legal adviceto its Members and Fellows, and provide for their assistancein sickness, accident, or old age. The founders of the Collegeintend that its work shall be attended with due ceremony ;its meetings are to be opened with prayers ; Members andFellows will be required to take a solemn oath and to givean undertaking of professional and personal conduct, andmembers of the Council will be entitled to wear a distinctiveacademic robe. The two trustees, whose names are notmentioned but one of whom is stated to be the treasurer,are to nominate the officers of the first Council, and, as soonas the complete Council has been nominated, further informa-tion will be available from 431, Oxford-street, London, W. 1.

As we go to press we learn with deep regret of thedeath of Sir William Leishman, Director-General, A.M.S.,after a short illness.

A NEw CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL.-Sir William Hamer,the late chief medical officer of the London County Council,has opened a small children’s hospital in the grounds ofthe Rye-lane Clinic, Peckham. Children suffering fromadenoids and tonsil troubles are to be treated there. Hithertothey have had to go to Woolwich or one of the generalhospitals.JAMES MACKENZIE INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL

RESEARCH.—On Monday, June 14th, at 4 P.M., Dr. MaitlandRamsay, hon. director of the Institute, will give the intro-ductory lecture of the post-graduate course to be held atSt. Andrews from June 14th-30th. His subject will be thePrinciples of the Reflex Arc as applied to the Function ofVision. Particulars of the course may be had from thesecretary.A YEAR OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL.—The

annual report of the treasurer, Lord Stanmore, has justbeen issued. It is, as usual, one of the fullest and mostinteresting of hospital records, and contains much in theway of statistics and other information of value to thosewho are professionally concerned with hospital work in anyform. The in-patients numbered 9191 ; the casualtypatients 66,601, and during the year 2714 cases of streetaccidents or illness were brought in. At £184,000 the incomeshowed a reduction of £22,000, chiefly accounted for by adrop in legacies. The second block of Queen Mary’s Homefor Nurses, which will bring the number of bedrooms upto 257, will be ready for occupation during’the presentmonth. It is stated that in the near future it will be necessaryto make a material addition to the nursing staff to allow asufficient margin for holidays, illness, and emergencies, andto provide facilities for study.THE LATE MAJOR H. DUTCH.-Major Henry Dutch,

who died on April 30th after a long illness, was born in Dublin64 years ago. He was trained at Coombe Hospital, Dublin,and at Middlesex and St. Mary’s Hospitals, London, takingthe diploma of L.R.C.P. Lond. in 1886 ; ten years later hebecame M.D. Brux. For over 30 years he practised inMayfair with great success, and he was a notable figure in thedistrict. A member of the Westminster City Council, herepresented the Grosvenor ward for a quarter of a century,and previously he had been a member of St. George’s vestry.

, From 1899 onwards he was public vaccinator for the St.George’s, Hanover-square district. During the war Major

’ Dutch was attached to the 4th (City of London) RoyalFusiliers and was physician to the Bancroft MilitaryHospital ; he was also on the staff of the Assistant Provost-Marshal, London district. In 1918 he invented the aurora- .

! scope, which has been widely used by practitioners. Major! Dutch leaves a widow and one daughter, who is also a member, of the Westminster City Council.

Medical Diary.SOCIETIES.

ROYAL SOCIETY, Burlington House, W.THURSDAY, June 10th.-4.30 P.M., the following papers

will be read.- A. V. Hill : The Viscous-Elastic Propertiesof Smooth Muscle. A. S. Parkes : (1) Observations onthe (Estrous Cycle of the Albino Mouse. (2) On theOccurrence of the Œstrous Cycle after X Ray SteriJisa’tion. (Communicated by Prof. J. P. Hill.) IsabellaGordon : The Development of the Calcareous Test ofEchinocardium cordatum. (Communicated by Prof.E. W. MacBride.) J. Walton : Contributions to theKnowledge of Lower Carboniferous Plants. (Com-municated by Prof. F. E. Weiss.) J. H. Priestley andE. Rhodes : On the Macro-Chemistry of the Endodermis.(Communicated by Dr. F. F. Blackman.) D. Keilin :A Comparative Study of Turacin and Hsematin andits Bearing on Cytochrome. (Communicated by Prof.J. Barcroft.) E. Ponder : The Equations applicableto Simple Hæmolytic Reactions. (Communicated bySir E. Sharpey Schafer). J. P. Hoet and PhyllisKerridge : Observations on the Muscles of Normal andMoulting Crustacea. (Communicated by Prof. A. V.Hill.) C. H. Best and H. P. Marks : Additional Noteon the EJIect of Insulin on the Lactacidogen Content ofthe Skeletal Muscles. (Communicated by Dr. H. H.Dale.)

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole-street, W.MONDAY, June 7th.-8.30 P.M.—SOCIAL EVENING. Fellows,

Members of Sections, and their friends will be receivedin the Library by the President, Sir StClair Thomson.9.30 P.M., Mr. Frederick T. G. Hobday (President ofthe Section of Comparative Medicine) will give anillustrated address on Our Animal Friends as Patients.