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MEDICAL NEWS______Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandAt the recent primary examination for the fellowship

of the college the following candidates were approved inthe subjects of anatomy and physiology :—

H. F. Anderson, M.B. Camb., St. George’s; D. W. Bailey,M.B. Liverp., St. Mary’s ; G. S. Barber, M.D. Toronto, St.Mary’s ; A. C. Belfield, M.B. N.Z., Middlesex ; E. P. Bharucha,Univ. Coll. and Middlesex ; T. M. Boyle, M.B. Leeds, Univ.Coll. ; J. K. Bremer, M.B. Cape Town, Univ. Coll. and Middlesex;W. R. Burkitt, Camb., St. Bart.’s, St. Thos., and Guy’s;M. Gamal-El-Din, M.B. Cairo, Middlesex; R. L. Canney,Camb., Middlesex, and Univ. CoU.; Marie A. Catchatoor, M.B.Punjab, Univ. Coll. ; A. M. Clarke, M.B. Melb., Univ. Coll. ;F. B. Cockett, St. Thos. ; F. Cote, M.D. Toronto, Univ. Coll. ;G. A. Craig, M.B. Belt Middlesex ; W. J. C. Crisp, M.B. Lond.,Univ. Coll. and Middlesex ; J. S. Darling, M.B. Belf. ; J. R.Dickinson, M.B. Camb., Univ. Coll. ; W. R. S. Doll, M.B. Lond.,St. Thos. ; A. E. Dreosti, M.B. Cape Town, Middlesex; F. C.Dwyer, M.B. Cape Town, Liverp. and St. Mary’s; M. K.El-Sherbini, M.B. Cairo, Middlesex; I. G. Fergusson, West-minster and Univ. Coll. ; J. Freeman, Middlesex ; D. L. Fromow,M.R.C.S. Eng., Middlesex ; O. C. Fung, Guy’s ; W. P. Greening,M.R.C.S.Eng., London; A. N. Guthkelch, Oxford; R. C.Hallam, Guy’s; H. A. Hamilton, B.Chir. Camb., Guv’s;H. R. S. Harley, M.B. Lond., Guy’s; E. H. C. Harper, M.B.Lond., St. Thos.; A. G. Hemsley, M.R.C.S. Eng., Middlesex ;J. C. Hislop, M.B. Edin., Univ. Coll. ; P. W. Houghton, M.B.Lond., St. Bart.’s, St. Thos., and Guy’s ; D. F. H. Hutter,St. Mary’s and Middlesex ; C. W. S. Jerram, M.B. N.Z., Univ.Coll. ; B. A. E. Johns, Birm. ; P. M. Kelly, M.R.C.S. Eng.,Camb. and St. Thos.; E. R. Keyworth, St. Mary’s and Univ.Coll. ; G. Krafft, St. Mary’s and Middlesex ; E. F. Langley,M.B. Melb., St. Mary’s and Middlesex; C. W. Maclay, M.B.Glasg., King’s Coll. ; K. W. Martin, St. Thos. ; F. H. Mills,M.B. Sydney ; R. S. Monro, Camb. and Middlesex; R. Petticrew,M.B. Leeds, Middlesex ; J. M. Pullan, Camb. and St. Thos. ;J. D. Raftery, M.R.C.S. Eng., Oxford, St. Mary’s, and MiddlesexG. K. Rose, Birm. and Middlesex ; T. W. Rowntree, Camb.,Univ. Coll., and Middlesex ; J. A. Seymour-Jones, M.B. Camb.,Birm. and Middlesex ; H. S. Sharp, M.B. Camb., Univ. Coll. ;A. Shelton-Agar, M.B. Edin., Univ. Coll. and Middlesex ; B. W.Smith, M.B. Lond., Guy’s and Middlesex; I. B. Speight,M.B. N.Z., Middlesex ; E. E. T. Taylor, Oxford, St. Thos., andMiddlesex; R. A. Thatcher, M.R.C.S. Eng., Middlesex andSt. Mary’s; S. A. Vincent, M.B. Belf. : Winifred J. Wadge,M.B. Lond., Univ. Coll. ; F. G. Ward.B.M. Oxon., St. Bart.’s.and Univ. Coll. ; W. H. J. Weston, King’s Coll. ; and J. 1Vk-Yeates, M.B. Sydney.

Royal College of Surgeons of EdinburghAt a meeting of the college held on Dec. 16th, with

Mr. W. J. Stuart, the president, in the chair, the followingcandidates who have passed the requisite examinationswere admitted to the fellowship :—

Earl Stephenson, M.D. Manitoba ; Joseph Leonard Dimond,M.B. N.Z. ; Peter Macintyre Birks, M.B. Adelaide ; AlfredFinlay Brown, M.B. Glasg. ;. Charles Cockburn, M.B. Aberd..Francis Wilfrid Peter Dixon, M.B. Melb. ; John NormanInglis Emblin, M.B. Edin. ; Ivor Quarren Evans, M.R.C.S.Eng. ; Ralph Harrison Gardiner, M.R.C.S. Eng. ; John SharpGrant, M.B. Edin.; Noel Atherton Gray, M.B. Edin.; WilfredAubrey Hill, M.B. Dubl. ; Ronald Harry Hucknall, M.R.C.S.Eng. ; James Russell Hughes, M.R.C.S. Eng. ; Francois PaulJacobsz, M.B. Cape Town ; Wilfred Kark, M.B. Witwaters-rand ; David Murray Keir, M.B. Edin.; Charles Rupert DuncanLeeds, M.B. Edin. ; William Alexander Liston, M.B. Edin. ;Janendra Nath Majumdar, M.B. Calcutta ; Charles MitchellMcQuibban Murray, M.B. Aberd. ; Philip Hudson Macindoe,M.B. Sydney ; Frank Joseph Patrick O’Gorman, M.B. Glasg. ;Gilbert Parker, M.B. Aberd.; Kadambady Manjunath Rai,M.B. Madras ; Jack Mendel Rogaly, M.B. Cape Town ; JackRubin, M.B. Cape Town; Jagdish Singh, M.B. Punjab; StanleyFerguson Soutar, M.B. St. Andrews; John Low Stephen,M.B. Aberd. ; Douglas Lang Stevenson, L.R.C.P. Edin. ; andJohn Kenneth Booth Waddington, M.B. Liverp.

University of EdinburghLord Tweedsmuir has been elected Chancellor of the

University in succession to Sir James Barrie.On Dec. 17th the following degrees and diplomas were

conferred :-

.M..D.—fJ. A. Chapel, *R. V. Christie, F. L. A. Gacé (inabsentia), Walter Henderson, Helen M. Hendrie (in absentia),*T. B. Johnston (in absentia), W. M. McIntyre, W. R. H.Mackay, Jean M. MacLennan, W. R. Martine, R. C. M. Pearson,tArchibald Penman, L. V. Roberts, A. M. Ross, and J. 0.Westwater.

* Awarded gold medal for thesis.t Commended for thesis.

D.Sc.-T. B. Menon.Ph.D.-Alexander Haddow.21-I.B., Ch.B.-C. A. Anderson, I. L. Briggs, P. E. Brown,

A. G. Brownlie, J. A. Cooper, C. F. Coutts-Wood, Millicent C.Dewar, Frances H. Drew, Ahmed El Shahed, Adam Farquhar,.Max Goldberg, Arnold Goldblatt, G. H. Hughes, WilliamHunter, Julius Hurwitz, Alexander Jeannacopoulo, R. W.Jones, R. D. Kennedy, Robert Kerr, J. W. Leslie, D. P. Macmillan,

I. A. G. MacQueen, Robina M. Marwick, Jan Miedema, JohnMilligan, A. D. Mitchell, J. R. Moffat, W. A. Muir, W. G. Pollard,G. D. Roworth, James Runcie, Robert Saffley, R. L. Sanderson,Ganesh Sawh, W. D’A. Silvera, I. F. Smith, Lesley I. Stewart,Lecraz Teeluck, W. S. Thomson, F. L. Turner, B. C. Walker,R. B. W. Walker, and Peter Walton.D.P.H.-R. P. Jack and K. C. Mathew (in absentia).

University of AberdeenOn Dec. 14th the following degrees were conferred :—

M.D.-J. W. Howie (with honours); A. B. Donald andJ. G. Thomson (with commendation).

M.B., Ch.B.-J. C. Annand, L. S. Bain, P. H. Bell, J. H.Brodie, Marion M. P. Clarkson, W. E. Coutts, James Dow,R. W. Farquhar, G. B. Forbes, John Fraser, E. A. D. Glen-Campbell, W.,C. Gordon-Russell, A. W. Hardie, R. M. Hector,J. D. Kynoch, A. R. Laing, W. L. S. Ledingham, S. F. Lindsay,F. G. Mackintosh, Angus Menzies, William Newlands, Adeline F.Petrie, Beryl G. Petrie, G. C. Rae, J. S. Riddell, W. M. Ritchie,D. B. Stephen, V. L. Tennant, J. B. Tolmie, R. J. Walker,S. M. K. Watkins, and D. F. Wiseman.

University of ManchesterProf. J. S. B. Stopford, F.R.S., vice-chancellor of the

university, has been appointed to a newly institutedchair of experimental neurology on his resignation fromthe chair of anatomy, to which Prof. F. Wood Jones,F.R.S., has been appointed.

Prof. Stopford is 49 years of age and was educated at Liver-pool College, Manchester Grammar School, and the Universityof Manchester where he graduated M.B. in 1911. Four yearslater he was awarded the gold medal for his M.D. thesis. Afterholding resident posts at the Manchester Royal Infirmary andRochdale Infirmary he was appointed demonstrator, and thenlecturer in anatomy at the university, and in 1919 he becameprofessor. He held the posts of dean of the medical school andpro-vice-chancellor before he was elected to the vice-chancellor-ship in 1935. He is also honorary advisory anatomist to theRoyal Infirmary. His academic distinction was recognisedwhen he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1927, andhe was awarded an hon. D.Sc. by the University of Dublin lastyear. His writings deal chiefly with sensation, the sensorypathways, and the blood-supply of the brain.

Dr. J. C. Kerrin, assistant director of the routine sectionof the department of bacteriology, has been appointedlecturer in bacteriology.At recent examinations the following candidates were

successful :-FINAL EXAMINATION FOR M.B., CH.B.

Part II.-R. E. Ball, Gretel Bergheimer, George Berry,Hilda Brice, C. D. Coe, D. B. H. Dawson, Roger JacksonT. H. Lawton, G. B. Locke, N. J. de V. Mather, Mary A.Rogerson, D. A. Fletcher Shaw, E. P. Whitaker, A. B. White,and J. H. Wilding.

Part I.-P. N. Holmes, D. N. Kiff, Constance M. F. Lyth,J. C. Ramsden, J. F. Rickards, and H. E. Thackray.

D.P.M.

Part II.-Eleanor B. Schill.

University of LiverpoolAt recent examinations the following candidates were

successful :-M.D.

A. G. Leigh, A. J. McCall, W. N. M. Mason, M. H. Pappworth,and T. Seager.

M.CH. ORTH.

A. L. Dawkins, L. Gillis, W. Gray, A. J. Helfet, B. A. Maken,P. B. Moroney, S. Pappworth, and W. H. M. Smith.

FINAL EXAMINATION FOR M.B., CH.B.Part III.-L. Boyars, A. M. Brown, P. Cohen, J. Gendle,

H. K. Lucas, C. McGibbon, E. H. Moore, W. J. Patton, W. H. G.Patton, H. Rifkin, T. H. Rigg, G. H. Shaw, A. R. Unsworth,N. Waldman, and S. R. Warren.

Part B (old reU1.tlations).-H. W. E. Jones.Part II.-D. J. Doherty, D. W. Forgan, J. A. Gillet, G. L.

Manson, and R. H. M. Stewart.Part J.—E. T. Downham, T. S. Eimerl, S. Ellenbogen, J. A.

Gillet, Harry Hall, J. S. Hindley, R. R. Knowles, *Anne E.McCandless, E. F. Mason, T. Murtock, A. G. O’Malley, D.Prysor-Jones, J. A. Pugh, Kathleen Pugh-Jones, Gertrude0. W. Watson, and Emilie M. Winter.

* Distinction in pharmacology and general therapeutics.D.T.M.

P. V. Bamford, P. E. M. Clarke, J. L. Dales, E. A. Daley,Alma Downes-Shaw, M. S. B. A. Hamid, M. U. Khan, 0. V. S.Kok, F. Lake, P. L. F. de Livera, M. N. Mahadevan, W. Man-well, K. C. Mathew, L. Mazzotti, V. G. Patwardhan, H. Prasad,S. L. Robert, N. N. Singh, Elizabeth H. West, H. F. West, andJ. D. T. Wilson.

Dr. M. U. Khan has been recommended for the Milnemedal.

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University of BirminghamOn Dec. 17th the following degrees and diplomas were

conferred :-

l1f.D.-H. B. Hunt.

M.B., Ch.B.-J. H. Briscoe-Smith, R. T. R. Freshwater,K. A. Marandi, P. E. Morris, and Frances C. Myatt.Diploma in Dental Surgery.-A. E. Bayley, B. B. Brown,

G. A. Condry, R. A. Gray, G. S. Hoggins, J. J. Horton, MargaretM. Owen, D. W. Price, Mary 1. Prince, J. P. Saxby, A. W.Smith, J. R. Statham, J. D. Stephenson, F. L. S. Stokes,Ronald Thexton, G. P. W. Wallis, A. S. Whyman, andF. W. Woodward.

Epsom College : The St. Anne’s ScholarshipThe council of Epsom College will shortly elect a girl

to a St. Anne’s scholarship of ;E30 a year. Candidatesmust have been not less than nine years of age on

July 1st, 1937, and must be orphan daughters of medicalmen who have been for not less than five years in inde-

pendent practice in England or Wales. Application mustbe made by Jan. 15th on a form to be obtained fromthe secretary of the college, 49, Bedford-square, London,W.C.I.

Congress of Dermatology and SyphilologyThe tenth International Congress of Dermatology and

Syphililogy will be held in New York in September, 1940,Dr. Oliver S. Ormsby is president and Dr. Paul A. O’Leary,Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, is the executive

secretary.

Royal InstitutionThe subject of this year’s Christmas lectures for young

people is rare animals and the disappearance of wild life,and they will be given at 3 P.M. on Dec. 28th, 30th,Jan. 1st, Jan. 4th, Jan. 6th, and Jan. 8th, by Mr. JulianHuxley, D.Sc., secretary to the Zoological Society ofLondon. The address of the institute is 21, Albemarle-street, London, W.

Royal Sanitary InstituteA discussion on recent advances in methods of bed-bug

disinfestation will take place at the institute, 90, Buck-ingham Palace-road, London,S.W.2, on Tuesday, Jan. llth,at 5.30 P.M. Mr. S. A. Ashmore of the governmentlaboratory and Dr. B. T. J. Glover, senior assistantmedical officer of health for Liverpool, will open the dis-cussion, and a demonstration of the methods describedwill be given by Dr. John Macmillan, medical officer ofhealth for Woolwich.

Medico-Legal SocietyLord Atkin, president of this society from 1920 to

1927, was the first speaker at the annual dinner held atthe Trocadero on Dec. 17th, with Mr. Justice Humphreysin the chair. He said that though lawyers and doctorswere alike engaged in the ascertainment of truth the

lawyer was wholly dependent on what people said ; whereasthe doctor would not get far if he relied on what his

patients told him, and had devised other means-oftenmost unpleasant means-of arriving at the truth. Onthe other hand a judge had the advantage over a doctorthat if he ordered a man six months’ rest he could besure he would take it. It must be most annoying, LordAtkin continued, for a man who really knew his job tobe cross-questioned by someone who (for the time being)knew even more of that job. But the expert witnesswas too often unwilling to admit ignorance ; for actuallyone of the most effective answers was " I don’t know."It had two merits : (a) it gave the witness an immediatereputation for complete integrity ; and (b) it got him outof an awkward situation. Sir William Willcox spoke ofthe valuable work done by the society and of the enlargingfield this must cover. But if the object of the law wastruth, truth, truth, it would always have at its servicethe best that medicine could offer. Mr. Justice Hawkecomplained that the effect of medical teaching was thatto-day every first offender (" I doubt if I ever saw one ")had to be medically examined and asked what his grand-father had said in 1872-receiving three or six monthsaccordingly. The judge was in the position of the West-country labourer who broke a pick and bent two spades

in trying to dig up a tree on a frosty day. " Damn they

pigs," said he, " as didn’ eat thee when thee was a’ acorn."’Sir Edward Tindal Atkinson reported that in his sevenyears as director of public prosecutions he had changedhis opinion and come to have a high admiration for theexpert witness. Mr. Justice Humphreys, as presidentof the society, said that two of its founders-Dr. R.Henslowe Wellington, the first hon. secretary, and SirWalter Schroeder, treasurer for thirty years-were present.at the dinner. The society, which had started with55 members and now had 380, was making arrangements.for affiliation with other medico-legal societies and therecognition of branch societies. Manchester had led theway ; Essex had a branch and it was hoped that mostcounties would follow suit. Dr. Wellington, proposingThe Guests, expressed his hope that the society wouldrealise his original ambition and develop into a medico-legal institute. Mr. Justice du Parcq and Sir RobertPickard, F.R.S., replied, and Sir Robert, as vice-chancellorof the University of London, said he thought the formationof a medico-legal institute depended primarily on thenecessary endowment.

Modern Fracture ClinicsThe Rehabilitation Committee heard evidence on

Dec. 17th from Sir Cuthbert Wallace, president, Prof.Grey Turner, a vice-president, and Prof. Seymour Barling,a member of the council of the Royal College of Surgeonsof England, in support of the organisation of fractureclinics on lines recommended in the Committee’s interim

report issued earlier this year. The witnesses discussedthe medical staffing of the clinics, the steps which shouldbe taken to instruct medical men in the modern methodsof treating fractures, and the part which general practi-tioners might take in an organised fracture service.

Psychotherapy at Middlesex HospitalAt a meeting of the court of governors held on Dec. 15th,

the chairman, Mr. T. B. Money-Coutts, drew attention tothe recognition of the department of psychotherapy whichhad just been authorised by the court. This work, hesaid, had been in progress since 1923 when no Englishteaching hospital had yet attempted to link up the mentalhospital with the neurological department of a generalhospital. With the collaboration of St. Luke’s Hospitalthey had worked for many years with increasing success,supported more recently by the new Woodside Hospitalat Muswell Hill. Of the certifiable borderline cases withwhich they had had to deal more than 90 per cent. hadreturned to live useful lives.

GERMAN FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS

THE student who begins his medical career withan adequate knowledge of German can browse atwill among our contemporary Wochenschriften andBeitreige and has what must sometimes seem thedoubtful privilege of reading twice as many medicaljournals as his unilingual brother. But the numberof medical undergraduates who make time to acquireat any rate a "reading knowledge" of Germanshows that it is an accomplishment of real value.And it is to help these part-time learners, who usuallyhave some rudimentary knowledge of the languagebut wish to improve their facility for reading medicaland scientific matter, that Mr. W. F. Mainland hasproduced his small reader.! The graded selectedpassages it contains are all on medical or scientificsubjects, but their authors range from Strumpelland Falta to Thomas Mann and Vicki Baum. At thebeginning of the book there are some practical noteson grammar and hints on text-reading, and thereader is given further intelligent help with idiomaticphrases in footnotes appended to the texts. It isperhaps a pity that the list of common abbreviationsof the titles of medical journals was not compiledfrom the World List of Scientific Periodicals. Avocabulary is given at the end of the book.

1 German for Students of Medicine and Science. By W. F.Mainland, M.A., lecturer in the department of German, King’sCollege, London. Edinburgh and London : Oliver and Boyd.1937. Pp. 160. 8s. 6d.