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Medical News.UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.-At the third examina-

tion for medical and surgical degrees held recently thefollowing candidates were approved :-

Part I., Surgery, Midwifery, and Gynxcology.-G. M. Addison,F. M. Allen, A. F. Alsop, R. Anderson, G. H. Barendt,W. J. H. M. Beattie, H. Bell, S. A. Belshaw, P. G. Bentlif,G. J. 0. Bridgeman, W. A. Briggs, C. F. Brockington,A. C. Brown, H. B. Bullen, H. J. Burrows, R. W. Butler,C. P. Campion, A. B. Connell, E. C. Cosgrove, G. A. Eason,E. G. Frewer, R. Gallimore, H. Girling. A. R. Glover,E. W. Hayward, J. S. Hensman, W. G. S. Hopkirk, E. T.James, M. E. Lampard, L. C. Lancaster, A. H. Lankester.E. W. Lindeck, W. N. Maclay, F. J. Milward, J. K. Moore,J. L. Newman, T. St. M. Norris, M. D. Nosworthy, D. E.Oakley, C. D. Politeyan, J. C. C. Poole, E. J. Pye-Smith,M. G. P. Reed, J. H. Richmond, E. E. F. Rose, P. G. Salt,M. R. Sinclair, T. C. Stevenson, G. R. S. Stewart, C. L.Stote, J. R. H. Towers, C. G. Townsend, C. F. Watts,J. R. S. Webb. E. Whidborne, W. J. Wilkin, D. B. Wilson,E. C. Wynne-Edwards.

Part II., Principles and Practice of Physic, Pathology, andPharmacology.-C. Adamson, E. S. Bolton, P. R. Buckton,R. C. L’E. Burges, H. J. Burrows, R. W. Butler, R. D.Curran, C. E. Donaldson, T. D. W. Fryer, H. K. Goadby,F. Goldby, A. C. Hampson, V. C. J. Harris, J. A. Hartley,A. S. Hollins, W. G. S. Hopkirk, F. S. Hubbersty, C. E.Kellett, F. Kellett, F. H. King, A. H. Lankester, T. F.McNair Scott, A. W. C. Mellor, W. J. Montague, G. M. B.Morgan, K. A. Muir, M. F. Nicholls, E. A. Nicoll, G. F.Oakden, C. J. Ormerod, C. L. Owen, R. Pearce, R. A.Phillips, W. P. Purvis, D. N. Rocyn-Jones, H. J. A. Simmons,L. A. P. Slinger, H. Smith, G. M. Tanner, C. I. Tuckett,C. W. Walker, R. Watson, C. F. Watts, R. W. Windle,C. E. Woodrow.

Degree of ltT.(’hir.-R. S. Corbett, F. W. Roques.At a Congregation held on June 21st the following degrees

were conferred :-.M.C/M?-.—F. W. Roques.J1I.B. & B.Chir.-T. S. Dewey.M.B.-F. W. Law.

SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES OF LONDON.-Atexaminations held recently the following candidates passedin the subjects indicated :-

Surgorp.-S. A. Carr, Birmingham ; F. G. Hardaker, St.Mary’s :fIoqp., S. Jenkinson, St. Barf.’s Ho"p.; H. I.Jones, St. Mary’s Hosp. ; T. C. Lansdale, Guy’s Hosp. ;H. S. Littlepage, Birmingham ; and S. K. Rina, Bristol.

’lledicine.-S. A. Carr, Birmingham ; R. P. Charles, King’sColl. and Charing Cross Hosp. ; T. C. Lansdale, Guy’sHosp. ; H. S. Littlepage, Birmingham : D. D. Stidston,St. Mary’s Hosp. ; and N. W. Wood, Middlesex Hosp.

Forensic .Me<Kct’Mp.&mdash;G. Furniss, Manchester; K. Girgis,Charing Cross Hosp. ; G. L. McDermott, St. Bart.’s Hosp. ;R. C. Pratt, Birmingham ; S. Slotar, Guy’s Hosp. ; andS. le R. Switzer, London Hosp.

ltlid2vifergr.-K. E. Clarke, Charing Cross Hosp. ; G. Furniss,Manchester ; H. J. Harcourt, St. Thomas’s Hosp. ; G. C.Rhys-Jones, Charing Cross Hosp. ; and I. 0. B. Shirley,St. Thomas’s Hosp.

The Diplcma of the Society was granted to the followingcandidates, entitling thcm to practise medicine, surgery, andmidwifery : S. Jenkinson, H. S. Littlepage, R. C. Pratt, S. K.Rigg, D. D. Stidston, S. le R. Switzer, and N. W. Wood.

UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.&mdash;At a Ceremony ofgraduation held on June 22nd the following degrees wereconferred :-Hon. LL.D.-Sir Charles Ballance (London), Prof. MurdochCameron (Glasgow), and Prof. Harvey Cushing (Harvard).

?iT.D.-1%hith honour : Peter Laird --LNI’Kinliy and MaryMacpherson Stevenson. Illith com7nendation : MarySloan Smith. Ordinary degree: : William Simpson andWilliam M’William.

Ph.D.-John Donald and Annabel Mary Tough Murray.

HARVEIAN SOCIETY OF LONDON.-A meeting willbe held at the Star and Garter Hospital, Richmond, onSaturday, July 9th, at 4.30 P.M.

ST. JOHN’S HOSPITAL DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY.-’The annual oration of this society, which incorporates theLondon Dermatological Society, was delivered on June 22ndby Dr. H. Haxthausen, first assistant in the Skin Departmentof the State Hospital, Copenhagen, on StreptococcalPityriasis. After a vote- of thanks to the orator had beenpassed the annual general meeting of the society was held,and the following officers were elected for the coming session :Patron : The Earl of Chesterfield. President: Dr. WilfridFox. Hon. treasurer : Dr. Knowsley Sibley. Hon. secretaryand editor of Transactions : Dr. J. M. S. Scovell. Theannual dinner was held at the Cafe Royal after the meeting.Dr. Haxthausen, Dr. J. H. Sequeira, Dr. J. A. Drake, Dr.A. M. H. Gray, Dr. Graham Little, Dr. H. MacCormac,Dr. W..T. O’Donovan, Dr. A. Whitfield, and Mr. Arnaudinwere the official guests of the society.

EpsoM COLLEGE.&mdash;The annual general meeting ofgovernors was held at the office, 49, Bedford-square, London,,W.C., on June 24th, Dr. Raymond Crawfurd, the Chairmanof the Council, presiding. The result of the elections topensionerships and foundation scholarships was announcedas follows, the scrutineers being Ur. Raymond Crawfurd,Sir Ernest Goodhart, and Dr. Seymour Taylor z" Christie "pensioner : Charles W. J. Chepmell, 7411 votes. Ordinarypensioners : Fanny Dawson, 6798 votes, and Augusta M.Raper, 6456 votes. " Sir Thomas Smith" pensioner:Harriet E. Mullings, 5617 votes. Foundation scholars : JohnC. Stephens, 12,442 votes ; Charles H. F. Joy, 11,643 votes.The secretary reported that further vacancies havingarisen, Dr. Edward J. Minchin, Mrs. Grace S. W. Dempster,and Mrs. Florence A. M. Swindlehurst would be appointedordinary pensioners at a council meeting which would beheld immediately after the annual general meeting. TheChairman moved the adoption of the annual report of thecouncil to the governors, which showed that since the lastannual general meeting W. J. Leaning had been awardedan open classical scholarship of JB100 per annum at PembrokeCollege, Oxford ; C. E. C. Townsend had won an openEmpire scholarship of E75 per annum at LoughboroughEngineering College ; and E. A. Marsh had been awardedan open major scholarship in natural science of oB100 perannum at Jesus College, Cambridge. Various importantstructural improvements have been made. The new

chemistry block, which cost about jE10,000, was opened byViscount Grey of Fallodon on Founder’s Day last year, andwas in general use from the beginning of the Michaelmasterm. The lower school annexe, providing washing, changing,and drying-room accommodation, which cost over &pound;2500,had proved a great boon, and owing to the conversion of anold gymnasium near the lower school into class-rooms ithad been possible to admit further boarders. The re-

organisation of the heating and hot-water supply systems,which cost &pound;8000, was completed by the opening of the Lentterm, 1927, and the centralisation of these systems willresult in a material economy in working. The funds for theprovision of a new cricket pavilion, costing &pound;3000, have beenprocured from old Epsomians, parents of boys in the school,the masters, members of the Council, and other friends ofthe College. A cordial vote of thanks to Dr. RaymondCrawfurd for the deep interest taken by him in EpsomCollege and its Royal Medical Foundation was moved byMr. George E. Waugh, seconded by Dr. de Havilland Hall,and carried unanimously.The Council will shortly award the following special

scholarships :-Leopold Salonions Entrance Scholarship.&mdash;The value of

this scholarship is &pound;50 a year, and it will be awarded to theson of a duly qualified medical man. Candidates must showan adequate standard of education for their age, and theirfinancial position must be such as to make it impossible ordifricult to obtain an education at Epsom College withoutthe help of the scholarship.

St. Anne’s Honae Scholarship.-The value of this scholar-ship is &pound;52 a year, and it will be given to a deserving andnecessitous orphan daughter of a medical man who hasbeen for not less than five years in independent practice inEngland or Wales.Further particulars and forms of application for either of

these scholarships can be obtained from the secretary, Mr.J. Bernard Lamb, at 49, Bedford-square, London, W.C. 1.

ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL MEMORIAL.&mdash;Last weekthe Duke of Connaught, President of the hospital, unveileda large carved oak panel in the central hall in memory ofthose in the hospital who fell in the war, inscribed with thenames of 74 students, a nurse, and 9 employees. Notwith-standing the recent opening of the students’ residentialclub, it was thought fitting that the names of those who fellshould be inscribed in the hospital itself. The Duke after-wards presented the Carnegie hero medal to Mr. ChisholmWilliams, formerly a student of the hospital, in recognitionof his services to radiology, of which he was one of thepioneers, together with a cheque for the first instalment ofa pension from the fund.

NEW CONVALESCENT HOME FOR WIRRAL.&mdash;By thegenerous gift of their former residence at Noctorum, a

suburb of Liverpool, as a convalescent home for children,Mr. and Mrs. Kielberg have added considerably to thefacilities for the after-care of children. The Kielberg Con-valescent Home, as the new institution is to be called, isaffiliated to the Birkenhead and Wirral Children’s Hospital,the pressure upon which will now be distinctly reduced. Notonly have the generous donors given the house and groundsfor this purpose, but they have also contributed considerablyto the cost of necessary alterations and have promised anannual subscription of 2500 for the next ten years. -

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THE Dame Louisa Aldrich-Blake memorial inTavistock-square, London, W.C. 1, will be unveiled by SirWilliam Beveridge, Vice-Chancellor of the University ofLondon, on July 4th, at 11.30 A.M.

A HOSPITAL FOR REDCAR.-The seaside resort ofRedcar is growing so rapidly that it is considered that thetime has come for it to be dependent no longer on theNorth Ormesby Hospital, ten miles away. A fund hasrecently been opened for the provision of a separate hospital.

SEAMEN’S DREADNOUGHT HOSPITAL, GREENWICH.Seven beds have now been endowed by the Seamen’sHospital Aid Committee since the end of the war. Mrs.Spencer Stidolph has just unveiled a tablet over the lastof these in the Northumberland Ward, which has beendedicated to the memory of officers and men of the mercantilemarine who lost their lives in the war.

PROPOSED HOSPITAL FUSION AT MIDDLESBROUGH.-A meeting is to be held shortly to consider the possibilityof amalgamating the three large Middlesbrough institutions,the North Riding Infirmary, North Ormesby Hospital,and the Carter Bequest Hospital. Better accommodationis urgently required for convalescent patients where theycan receive skilled treatment in pure air and pleasantsurroundings.

NEW INFIRMARY AT DEWSBURY.-The foundation-stone of the new infirmary was laid at Dewsbury by SirMark Oldroyd. The new building will cost about &pound;100,000,of which sum 70,000 has been promised and is in hand.The site chosen is close to the town, yet sufficiently removedfrom the main road to escape the noise of traffic. It willconsist of two storys in blocks, so arranged as to obtain theutmost amount of sunshine. Sir Mark Oldroyd emphasisedthe desirability of maintaining the infirmary as a voluntaryinstitution.

FURTHER HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION FOR SWANSEA.Two recent additions testify to Swansea’s determinationto maintain its hospital reputation. A new isolation hospitalon the most modern lines is in course of construction inplace of a temporary building which has had to serve untilnow. It can accommodate 118 patients and a staff number-ing about 40, and it is situated in a delightful district over-looking Swansea Bay. A new maternity hospital is beingcreated out of an already existing building and 11 patientscan be accommodated. The house stands in its own groundswith space for future extensions.

ORDER OF THE HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM.The King has sanctioned the following promotions in,and appointments to, the Venerable Order of the Hospitalof St. John of Jerusalem : As Commanders : Dr. G. Locke,Lieut.-Colonel W. B. Cockill, Major J. Orton, Sir BerkeleyMoynihan, P.R.C.S., Dr. U. Marks, Dr. C. J. R. MacFadden,Dr. 1. G. Modlin, Dr. R. D. Thomas, Surgeon-CaptainE. A. G. Wilkinson, R.N., Lieut.-Colonel F. T. Rees, CaptainJ. Anderson, Surgeon-Commander G. 0. M. Dickenson,R.N., Dr. A. M. Ware, Mr. William C. Bentall, ColonelM. Maclaren, and Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir Joseph Chambers.As Officers (Brothers) : Dr. R. Laurie, Dr. A. H. Mackie,Captain G. W. Kendall, Dr. J. N. Robins, Dr. D. Holmes,Dr. R. J. Isaac, Colonel R. J. S. Simpson, Dr. R. J. Archibald,Dr. E. Llewellyn, and Dr. S. Williams. As Officers (Sisters) :Dr. Margaret E. Lovett.

DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS.&mdash;Mr. Charles HerbertMill yard, Torquay, left &pound;500 to the British Empire CancerCampaign.-Mr. Russell Maule Stephenson, South Audley-street, W., left &pound;500 each to the Cancer Hospital, Fulham-road, and the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases ofthe Chest, Fulham-road.-Mr. Duncan Graham Robertson,of Newbury, Berks, bequeathed &pound;500 to Rossall School,Fleetwood, Lancashire ; &pound;500 to McLaren High School,Callander, to endow a bursary, and &pound;200 to Newbury DistrictHospital.-Mr. H. Percy Shepherd, one of the citysheriffs, has given &pound;1000 from the estate of his father forthe Metropolitan Hospital Appeal Fund for the new nurses’home.-Dr. Alexander Laurence, formerly medical super-intendent of the Cheshire County Mental Hospital,left estate ofthe value of &pound;40,381. Besides various legacies, he left &pound;250 toChester Royal Infirmary, and the residue to his sister, andthen to the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund.-Over &pound;15,000has been raised towards building a new hospital for Ted-dington and Hampton Wick.-Mr. Joseph Shoesmith, ofBright View, Halifax, Yorks, left &pound;1000 each to the RoyalHalifax Infirmary, John Abbott’s Trustees Ladies’ Home,and the Crossley and Porter Orphan Homes and Schools,and &pound;2500 to other charities.

Parliamentary Intelligence.NOTES ON CURRENT TOPICS.

LANDLORD AND TENANT BILL.DURING the discussion in Standing Committee B of the

House of Commons of the Landlord and Tenant (No. 2)Bill a question affecting the interests of doctors and otherprofessional men was raised.On Clause 4 (which deals with compensation for goodwill)

Sir R. LucE urged the advantages of extending the Bill toprofessional as well as business premises. He said he wouldlike to deal particularly with the medical profession anddentists. It had been said by a member of the Committeethat there was no goodwill in the case of a doctor, but he(Sir R. Luce) did not agree with that contention. It wastrue in the case of a Harley-street surgeon or physicianthat he could not create goodwill by living in a particularhouse, because the goodwill applied to the whole street;but it was not the same thing in the case of a doctor whostarted practice in a small town. He might take a housewhich had not been built specially for the purposes of adoctor, but after he had occupied it for a certain length oftime it became a valuable site as a doctor’s house. By hisoccupation of it a doctor would increase the value of thehouse and create a goodwill for which he was as muchentitled to compensation as any business man. The sameobservations applied to the case of a dentist. There wasalso the question of improvements. It frequently happenedthat a doctor who took a house was obliged to improve itin certain ways to meet the needs of his profession. It wasalmost essential that a doctor’s house should have a garage,for instance ; and in view of what was required of doctorsunder the National Health Insurance Acts a practitionermight be compelled to improve his surgery accommodation.If he was forced to do that at his own expense he wasentitled to compensation when he left the house, because inall probability it would be taken by another doctor forwhom it would have a special value in view of the improve-ments which had been made.The CHAIRMAN : We cannot discuss the question of

improvements now. We are dealing with the question ofgoodwill only.

Sir R. LUCE said he thought that it was understood thathe might deal with improvements because the Committeewere dealing here with a definition which raised the wholequestion of whether a doctor should come within theprovisions of the Bill.

Mr. WOMERSLEY said he would like to support Sir R. Lucein his claim for extending the provisions of the Bill toprofessions, but he suggested that he should raise thematter when they came to Clause 12.

Captain HACKING (Under Secretary for the Home Office)said he thought that Sir R. Luce was quite right in raisingthis point at that stage because the words " or profession "would have had to be added if the amendment were made onClause 12. He was afraid, however, that he could not agreewith the arguments of the hon. Member. During the pastfew months he had been unfortunate enough to have beenunder many doctors, and he could assure Sir R. Luce thathe did not go to a doctor in Harley-street because he wasin Harley-street. He required to know something moreabout him than that before he paid him a visit. He didnot think that a doctor or a dentist could leave goodwillbehind. He happened to have as his medical adviser abrother of an hon. Member on that Committee. Quiterecently he moved from one part of London to another.He (Capt. Hacking) did not go to the successor who cameto his medical adviser’s house, but he followed his owndoctor to his new address because he liked him and hadfaith in him. It was very unlikely that he left goodwillbehind him in the case of any other of his patients. Thevalue of a doctor as an individual had to be taken intoconsideration, and none of his goodwill attached to hispremises when he left. It was the determination of theGovernment not to extend the Bill to include the medicalprofession, and he must therefore decline to accept theamendment.

Sir W. PERRING said that in industrial areas there wasa large number of men carrying on business as dentists infirst-floor rooms situate above business premises. Peoplehad been in the habit of going to such dentists because theyknew they were at a particular address, and if for anyreason a landlord refused to renew the tenancy and a dentistleft and another dentist came in his place, a large number ofworking people would go to his successor, having no notionof following a man about. There was no comparison betweenthe case of a dentist in an industrial area and some speciallydistinguished dentist or doctor such as Capt. Hacking had