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University of LondonOn Tuesday, Jan. 19th, Prof. J. C. Drummond will

give the first of six weekly lectures on problems of nutri-tion, and on Monday, Jan. 25th, Mr. H. R. Ing, D.Phil.,will give the first of six lectures on chemical structureand pharmacological action. These lectures will all be heldat 5 P.M. at University College, Gower-street, W.C.Five Heath Clark lectures on the development of

bacteriology with some account of the pioneers whohave made it a science will be given at the London Schoolof Hygiene, Keppel-street, W.C., on Jan. 25th, 28th, andFeb. 1st, 4th, and 8th, at 8 P.M., by Dr. William Bulloch,F.R.S., emeritus professor of bacteriology in the University.On Tuesdays, Feb. 9th, 16th, and 23rd, at St. Mary’sHospital medical school, at 5.30 Mr. E. D. Telford,emeritus professor of systematic surgery in the Universityof Manchester, will lecture on some disorders of the peri-pheral circulation. They are open to all interested in thesubjects.The following have been recognised as university

teachers at the schools indicated : Mr. J. P. Hosford, Dr.James Maxwell, and Dr. A. W. Spence (St. Bart.’s) ;Dr. J. D. Benjafield, Mr. Ralph Marnham, and Mr. T. F.McNair Scott (St. George’s) ; Mrs. Joan Taylor (RoyalFree); Mr. B. W. Fickling and Mr. D. G. Walker (LondonSchool of Dental Surgery) ; Mr. Percival Hartley, D.Sc.,and Sir Patrick Laidlaw (National Institute for MedicalResearch).At recent examinations the following candidates were

successfulM.D.

Branch I (Medicine).-J. A. Brocklebank, Guy’s Hosp. ;A. M. R. Cann, Middlesex Hosp. ; E. A. Danino, St. Bart.’sHosp. ; C. J. Gavey, London Hosp.; N. M. Green, Univ. Coll.Hosp.; R. R. Henderson,A. L. P. Jeffery, and Evan Jones,St. Thomas’s Hosp. ; E. I. Jones, King’s Coll. Hosp. ; F. A.Jones, St. Bart.’s Hosp. ; A. L. Light, Univ. of Leeds ; G. A. M.Lintott, Guy’s Hosp. ; Mary F. Lockett, Roy. Free Hosp. ;Brian McArdle, Guy’s Hosp. ; D. C. Reavell, St. Bart.’sHosp. ; A. M. Stewart-Wallace, Univ. Coll. Hosp. ; and J. B. L.Tombleson, St. Thomas’s Hosp.Branch 7 (Pathology).-G. J. Cunningham and A. H. T.

Robb-Smith (university medal), St. Bart.’s Hosp.Branch III (Pschological Medicine).-A. C. Dalzell (univer-

sity medal), King’s Coll. Hosp.Branch IV (Midwifery and Diseases of Women).-Agnes V.

Kelynack, Roy. Free Hosp. ; L. W. Lauste, St. Thomas’sHosp. ; G. G. Macdonald, Univ. Coll. Hosp. ; Marjorie E.Roberts, Roy. Free Hosp.; J. W. Schabort, Guy’s Hosp. andPostgraduate Medical School; and Violet H. Whapham,Roy. Free Hosp.Branch V (Hygiene).-]Karl Biden-Steele, Guy’s Hosp.

Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of GlasgowAt a meeting of the faculty held on Jan. 4th, with Prof.

Archibald Young, the president, in the chair, the followingwere admitted to the fellowship z

Jacques Simon Cramer (Fiji); Rustom Ardeshir Davar(London) ; Alexander Hutchison and Agnes Thomson Kennie(Glasgow); Sydney Mander Laird (Kilmacolm); PatrickJoseph Molloy (Glasgow) ; Benoy Bhusan Mukerjee andCharu Chandra Saha (London) ; and Tanjore SomosundaraSubramaniam (Liverpool).

International Surgical CongressThe next congress of the International Surgical Society

is to be held in Vienna in 1938, and arrangements arenow being made. The subjects of discussion will be thesurgical treatment of arterial hypertension, bone-grafts,and the surgical treatment of cysts and pulmonarytumours. Members of the society who would like to takepart are asked to communicate with Prof. Grey Turnerat the British Postgraduate Medical School, Ducane-road,London, W. 12.

Conference on the Accredited Milk SchemeOn Jan. 28th, as already announced, the Royal Sanitary

Institute is holding a discussion on the administration ofthe Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936, with respectto accredited milk. A large attendance is expected, andit has therefore been decided to transfer the meetingfrom the house of the institute to the Central Hall,Westminster. It begins at 2 P.M. Mr. Thomas Baxter,chairman of the Milk Marketing Board, will preside,and Dr. W. G. Savage, medical officer of health forSomerset, will open the discussion.

THE American Congress of Physical Therapy hasawarded to Dr. Stefan Jellinek, professor of electro-pathology in the University of Vienna, its gold key fordistinguished service, and has elected him an honorarylife member. A note describing Prof. Jellinek’s museumof electropathology was published in our issue of Nov. 14th,1936, p. 1195.

Research in EncephalitisThe foundation of the advancement of encephalitis

research, at the University of Berne, offers prizes toworkers in that field. Particulars will be found in ouradvertisement columns.

Hunterian SocietyThe Hunterian lecture of this society will be delivered

at the Mansion House, London, at 9 P.M. on Monday,Jan. 18th, by Dr. J. Schoemaker of The Hague. He willspeak on the surgery of gastro-duodenal inflammation.

Royal Microscopical SocietyThe annual meeting of this society will be held at

B.M.A. House, Tavistock-square, London, W.C., on

Wednesday, Jan. 20th, at 5.30 P.M., when Mr. R. S. Clay,D.Sc., will deliver a presidential address on the mechanicaldevelopment of the microscope.

A Hospitals EmblemHospitals Week in London and Greater London is

timed for May 2nd-8th, immediately before the Corona.tion. Over 80 hospitals are uniting in a combined attemptto raise funds, and this will take the place of the flag dayspreviously scattered throughout the year. The com-

mittee organising Hospitals Week, whose chairman isLord Luke, is in search of an emblem that can be madeas familiar to the public as the red cross and the Flanderspoppy. Suggestions may be addressed to the hon.secretary, Hospitals Week, 36, Kingsway, London, W.C.2,but no prizes are offered.

B.M.A. Scholarships and Grants in Aid of ResearchThe Council of the British Medical Association is

prepared to receive applications for research scholarshipsand grants for assistance of research in connexion withdisease.

Scholarshi-ps.-An Ernest Hart memorial scholarship, of thevalue of q200 per annum, a Walter Dixon scholarship, value200 per annum, and three research scholarships, each of thevalue of 150 per annum. These scholarships are given tocandidates whom the Science Committee of the Associationrecommends as qualified to undertake research in any subjectrelating to the causation, prevention, or treatment of disease.Preference will be given, other things being equal, to membersof the medical profession. Each scholarship is tenable for oneyear, commencing on Oct. 1st, 1937. A scholar may be re-appointed for not more than two additional terms, and is notnecessarily required to devote whole time to the work of research,but may hold a junior appointment at a university, medicalschool, or hospital, provided the duties of such appointmentdo not interfere with the work as a scholar.

Grants.-Grants for the assistance of research into the causa-tion, treatment, or prevention of disease will be made. Pre-ference will be given, other things being equal, to members ofthe medical profession and to applicants who propose as subjectsof investigation problems directly related to practical medicine.

Applications for scholarships and grants must be madenot later than Saturday, May 8th, 1937, on the prescribedform, a copy of which will be supplied on application tothe medical secretary of the Association, B.M.A. House,Tavistock-square, London, W.C.I. Applicants are requiredto furnish the names of three referees who are competentto speak as to their capacity for the research contemplated.The Council will also consider the award of the Katherine

Bishop Harman prize for the year 1938. The purposeof the prize, the value of which is 75, is the encourage-ment of study and research in connexion with risks ofpregnancy and childbearing, and the competitor, whomay be any registered medical practitioner, is left free toselect the work to be presented, provided it comes withinthe indicated terms. The essay must be typewritten orprinted in the English language, distinguished by a motto,and accompanied by a sealed envelope bearing the samemotto and enclosing the candidate’s name and address.

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Selly Oak HospitalBirmingham city council have approved large exten-

sions to this hospital which will cost over f250,000.

A Woman Police SurgeonIt is announced that Dr. Eleanor Margaret Reece has

been appointed a divisional police surgeon to the Metro-politan Police Force. This is the first appointment of awoman doctor to a post of this kind by Scotland Yard.

Society for Relief of Widows and Orphans of MedicalMen

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At a quarterly court of directors held on Jan. 6th,with the president, Mr. V. Warren Low, in the chair,six new members were elected, and one death and oneresignation reported. A sum of n540 was voted fromthe ordinary funds, and one of ;t541 from the Brickwellfund, for the payment of the half-yearly grants to the59 widows and 9 orphans in receipt of relief. It wasreported that 640 had been distributed in Christmaspresents, each widow receiving no and each orphan ;t5 ;this in addition to their ordinary grants. Particulars andapplication forms for membership from the secretary ofthe society at 11, Chandos-street, London, W.I.

Fellowship of Medicine and Post-Graduate MedicalAssociationFrom Jan. 25th to 30th there will be an all-day course

in chest diseases at the Brompton Hospital. An intensivecourse in gynaecology will be given at the Chelsea Hospitalfor Women (Feb. 8th to 20th), and a course in medicine,surgery, and gynaecology at the Royal Waterloo Hospital(Feb. 22nd to March 6th). A week-end course will be heldat the Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital for Children onFeb. 20th and 21st. M.R.C.P. courses will be given asfollows : clinical and pathological course at 8 P.M. on

Tuesdays and Thursdays at the National TemperanceHospital (Feb. 16th to 25th) ; chest diseases at 5 P.M.two evenings weekly at the Brompton Hospital (Feb. 22ndto March 20th) ; heart and lung diseases at 8 P.M. on

Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at the Royal ChestHospital (March 1st to 20th) ; and afternoon neurologycourse at the West End Hospital for Nervous Diseases(March 8th to 20th). A course in anatomy and physiologyin preparation for the primary F.R.C.S. examination willbe given at 5.15 P.M. on Mondays, Wednesdays, andFridays from Feb. 22nd to May 24th at the Infants

Hospital, Vincent-square. Surgical tutorial classes forF.R.C.S. (final) candidates are being given at the NationalTemperance Hospital at 8.30 P.M. on Tuesdays andThursdays. Further information may be had from thesecretary of the fellowship, 1, Wimpole-street, W.l.

Memorial to Dr. R. J. Gittins

An extension to the pathological department of theBirmingham Children’s Hospital was opened on Jan. 6thby the deputy mayor of Birmingham, Mr. AldermanS. J. Grey. The additional storey, which has cost ;t3500,brings the pathological and biochemical departmentsunder one roof and provides a biochemical laboratory,34 ft. by 15 ft., a museum and library, 21 ft. by 15 ft.,and separate rooms for balances, washing up of bottles,and equipment. There is an office and workroom for the

pathologist, and an office and workroom for the headbiochemist, with cloak-room accommodation for the

department. The ground floor has been reorganised andcontains a large pathological laboratory, with two separateworkrooms for research scholars, a post-mortem room,refrigerator room for bodies, a mortuary chapel, and arecord room. The old biochemical department adjacentwill serve for making routine media, sterilisation, &c., a

second room for X ray equipment, for animals, sections,and bodies, and a third as a photographic departmentwith dark room for Price-Jones apparatus.The extension has been erected to the memory of the

late pathologist to the hospital and a memorial tabletwas unveiled bearing the following inscription :—

" This tablet records the extension of the Pathological Depart-ment in memory of Robert John Gittins, M.D., M.R.C.P.,D.T.Al. & H., who rendered devoted service to the Hospital asPathologist from 1930-1934, and gave his life in an unavailingattempt to save his son from drowning on 7th October, 1934."

Maternity and Child Welfare ConferenceThe seventh English-speaking Conference on Maternity

and Child Welfare will be held at B.M.A. House, Tavis-tock-square, London, W.C., on June 1st, 2nd and 3rdunder the presidency of Sir Kingsley Wood, Minister ofHealth. The idea running through the whole conferenceis to be the further evolution of the maternity and childwelfare movement throughout the British Empire andthe United States of America. Further information maybe had from the secretary of the National Association forthe Prevention of Infant Mortality (Carnegie House, 117,Piccadilly, London, W.1) which is arranging the conferenceon behalf of the National Council for Maternity and ChildWelfare.

British Empire Cancer CampaignSir Cuthbert Wallace, P.R.C.S., presided at the sixty-

first quarterly meeting of the grand council of the BritishEmpire Cancer Campaign held in London last Monday.The council tendered its sympathy to Lady Bland-Suttonin her recent bereavement; the late Sir John Bland-Sutton was one of the founders of the campaign, andwas vice-chairman of the grand council for ten years.Mr. Stanford Cade, F.R.C.S., of the Westminster Hospital,was invited to become a member of the grand council,and Sir Harold Mackintosh and Mr. B. T. Clegg wereinvited to represent the Yorkshire council in addition toLord Harewood.The following grants, in addition to those totalling

28,995 which were made at the annual general meetingin November, were approved on the recommendation ofthe scientific advisory committee : 200 to cover the costof special physical investigations being carried out underthe direction of Dr. F. G. Spear at the StrangewaysResearch Laboratory, Cambridge ; 500 for one year toDr. H. J. Phelps, whilst carrying out experiments inconnexion with Dr. Lumsden’s anti-cancer serum underthe supervision of Dr. Gye and Prof. McIntosh, and 1:440for one year to Miss C. F. Fischmann working in theBernhard Baron institute of pathology at the London

Hospital.

AppointmentsCRAIG, J. W., M.D. Dub., has been appointed Assistant Medical

Officer at Clare Hall Sanatorium (under the MiddlesexCounty Council).

Hiaas, S. L., B.Chir. Camb., F.R.C.S. Eng., Orthopsedio Surgeonto St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.

JOSEPHS, H., M.R.C.S. Eng., Senior Assistant Medical Officerat the National Sanatorium, Benenden.

MEYER, A., M.B. Cape Town, D.M.R.E., whole-time Officer inthe X Ray Diagnostic Department of St. Bartholomew’sHospital.

WEATHERHEAD, E. L., M.B. Lond., Resident Medical Officer atBarking Hospital.

Medical DiaryInformation to be included in this column should reach U8

in proper form on Tuesday, and cannot appear if it reachesus later than the first post on Wednesday morning.

SOCIETIESROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole-street, W.

TUESDAY, Jan. 19th.General Meeting of Fellows. 5.30 P.m.Pathology. 8.30 P.M. (Royal Army Medical College,

Millbank, S.W.), W. G. Barnard : 1. MicrophotographicTransparencies in Colour. F. J. Sambrook Gowar :2. Adenoma of the Bronchus. 3. Fibro-adenoma ofthe Lung. J. Gray : 4. Secondary Carcinoma in thePlacenta. A. E. Hamerton : 5. Subacute CombinedDegeneration of the Spinal Cord in Captive Monkeys.6. Meningo-encephalo-myelitis in a Polar Bear. C. C.Holman: 7. Diffuse Polyposis of Intestine. E. J.King and G. A. D. Haslewood: 8. PhotometricMeasurement with the Ordinary Colorimeter : theDetermination of Bilirubin in Blood. A. B. Rosher :9. An Unusual Agglutinin Response in a Case ofEnteric. Dorothy M. Vaux: 10. Two Cases ofCongenital morbus cordis in one Family.

THURSDAY.Dermatology. 4 P.M. (Cases at 5 P.M.) Dr. W. N.

Goldsmith : 1. Scleroderma.Neurology. 8 P.M. Mr. W. Grey Walter : The Electro-encephalogram in Cases of Cerebral Tumour.

FRIDAY.Disease in Children. 5 P.M. (Cases at 4.30 P.M.) Dr.

K. H. Tallerman : 1. Influenzal Meningitis with