1422 MEDICINE AND THE LAW. Insanity by Inference. IN an overwhelming proportion of cases a person who is found " guilty " on a charge of murder makes an appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeal. The defence is often a plea of insanity, and it seldom succeeds. But the unexpected sometimes happens ; on Dec. 12th, in the case of R. 1. Lloyd the Court of Criminal Appeal substituted a verdict of " guilty but insane " for a verdict of " guilty." Lloyd had been tried at Durham Assizes before Mr. Justice Roche for murdering a policeman. His defence at the trial was insanity. His military medical records showed that in 1916 he was removed from duty in the field in France suffering from exposure, exhaustion, and shock, and after that date grave reports were made of his mental condition. In September, 1925, he was described as having a childish mentality, and as being a-social, unstable, and emotional. In 1926 he was said to be a congenital mental defective. The dead policeman had somehow upset him, and Lloyd threatened " to swing for him." Mrs. Lloyd said he had always been a good husband, but that last Christmas he had attacked her with a rolling-pin without any cause ; he had seized his father-in-law by the throat and afterwards had cried when told what he had done : sometimes it had taken six or seven men to prevent his injuring himself and others. At the trial the learned judge gave the jury a rather broad hint that if they found the prisoner " guilty " and accompanied their verdict with a strong recom- mendation to mercy, the usual consequences would not follow. He explained that the result of the recommendation would be a reference from the Home Office to himself as presiding judge, and he intimated that, if consulted, he would give a favourable opinion. In effect, as the Lord Chief Justice observed at the hearing of the appeal, he possibly led the jury to think that it would be better for Lloyd if he were found " guilty " of murder, and thus he possibly dissuaded the jury from finding the accused to be insane. The Court of Criminal Appeal, Lord Hewart concluded, was satisfied that Lloyd was insane when he com- mitted the act charged against him ; it therefore substituted for the verdict of " guilty " a verdict of " guilty, but insane," it quashed the death sentence, and ordered that the prisoner be kept in custody as a criminal lunatic. This paradoxical trial gave fresh proof of the judicial distrust of medical evidence recently expressed by Lord Hewart when discussing the danger of allowing uncontrollable impulse to be a defence. On Lloyd’s appeal counsel for the Crown stated that no medical witness had been called to prove insanity in the court below. " The evidence of ordinary witnesses," thereupon remarked Mr. Justice Avory, " is often better than that of experts on those matters." Remarkable inferences might be drawn from the case. In the first place the man’s insanity was so obvious that, after merely reading the documents and apparently without examining him, the Lord Chief Justice would have been prepared to certify him as a lunatic. In the second place, the judge and jury at trial, equipped with the same information, failed to detect unsoundness of mind in spite of the advan- tage of having merely " ordinary," and not expert, witnesses. Dangerous Drugs Acts Prosecution of Medical Practitioner. Notification is made from time to time in the London Gayette when the Home Secretarv withdraws a medical practitioner’s authorisation to obtain drugs within the Dangerous Drugs Acts. A few days ago a practitioner was brought before a bench of magistrates upon two charges of attempting to obtain drugs after his authorisation had been withdrawn. It was stated that on Oct. 27th and 28th he had written to London asking for morphine. According to the brief report of the case in the Times he informed the justices that he did not recognise the law, and that the proceedings, if allowed to stand, meant that he was debarred from practice ; no authority other than the General Medical Council could, he maintained, so debar him. The magistrates bound him over to appear on Jan. 3rd upon the condition that he made arrangements to enter a home. Thus, if he undertakes to undergo treatment, no more will be heard of the charge upon which the proceedings were taken. Without more detailed knowledge of the facts it is difficult to offer any comment. The accused prac- titioner apparently stated to the bench that the medical profession did not want the Act, and that every registered chemist said the same. No doubt. it is true that the medical profession was reluctant to be hampered by restrictions ; but the arrangement under which he was charged was an honourabl& compromise between the Home Office and the profession ; it represents an agreement reached by all concerned in the endeavour to control the supply of drugs to addicts. The case of doctors seeking to obtain drugs for their personal use received special attention, and to a considerable extent the undesir- ability of bringing doctors before police tribunals. was sympathetically recognised. Tyndall v. Alcock. In the case of damages for negligence, which has been reported upon briefly in our columns (vide THE LANCET, Dec. 17th, p. 1318) the Coumil of the London and Counties Medical Protection Society Limited, has decided to appeal against tin adver. e verdict. Medical News. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.-At recent examinations the following candidates were successful :- B.M., B.CH. Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics.-L. W. H. Bertie, D. H. Brinton, H. A. Byworth, A. W. Cubitt, H. P. Gilding, R. E. Havard, A. P. Kingsley, J. C. Neely, Ripley Oddie, E. M. B. West, A. L. Wilkinson, and Olive H. Lister. Forensic Medicine and HygÍene.-O. A. Beadle, A. R. Bowtell, A. W. Cubitt, H. P. Gilding, R. E. Havard, A. J. Leslie- Spinks, M. G. Pearson, A. E. Porritt, L. T. Ride, E. E. Swaby, E. M. B. West, and Margaret A. L. Herbertson. Pathology.-W. J. Cotton, H. R. J. Donald, J. M. Gibson, H. M. Harris, R. S. Harrison, A. J. M. Melly, F. G. Parker, and R. L. P. Peregrine. UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.—At a congregation on Dec. 19th the following degrees were conferred :- M.D.—P. Lazarus-Barlow. M.B. and B.Chir.-fG. F. Oakden, A. S. Hollins, and W. S. Grove. t By proxy. At recent examinations the following candidates were successful :- THIRD EXAMINATION FOR JBI.B. AND B.CHIR. Part I., Surgery, Midwifery, and Gynaecology.-M. C. Andrews > W. R. Ashby, D. H. Belfrage, W. V. Boyle, W. Buckley, A. J. W. Chamings, A. D. Charters, A. G. Clogg, S. F. L- Dahne, J. T. Dunkerley, J. L. H. Easton, J. Foster, L. Foulds, J. L. Franklin, T. 0. Garland, C. P. Giles, J. M. Graham, R. A. P. Gray, A. C. Hampson, L. T. Hilliard, E. M. Hoskin, W. H. Hubert, E. R. Keeble, M. Koettlitz, T. E. Lamech, J. M. Lees, W. J. Lloyd, R. A. McCance, D. J. MacMyn, W. N. Mascall, W. E. Mashiter, J. B. Murray, R. L. Osmaston, E. A. E. Palmer, V. E. Palmer, T. N. Parish, R. E. M. Pilcher, G. W. Pimblett, L. J. Rae, E. G. Recordon, W. H. G. Reed, F. A. Richards, R. W. N. Robins, G. Rocyn Jones, J. I. Sapwell, S. W. Savage, M. P. Shackle, L. Shillito, F. Smith, T. R. Smith,. W. Smith, E. T. C. Spooner, B. Stewart, G. S. Storrs, I. C. C. Tohaperoff, D. R. Tweedie, W. E. Underwood, and F. H. Ward. Part II., Physic, Pathology, and Pharmacology.—G. M. Addison, R. G. Apthorpe, J. R. Armstrong, G. H. Barendt, W. J. H. M. Beattie, H. Bell, B. Blaxill, G. J. 0. Bridgeman, W. A. Briggs, J. W. D. Buttery, I. Caley, A. D. Charters, G. C. Dewes, G. A. Eason, T. I. Evans, J. Foster, H. Girling, A. R. Glover, S. J. P. Gray, M. J. Harker, E. T. James, G. K. Kirwan-Taylor, M. E. Lampard, L. C. Lancaster, R. M. B. MacKenna, W. S. Maclay, R. W. L. May, G. C. Milner, F. J. Milward, J. K. Monro, W. J. Moody, D. E. Oakley, R. L. Osmaston, C. L. Potts, P. E. Pym, J. B. W. Roberton, J. W. Shackle, M. R. Sinclair, J. F. Stent, T. R. Stevens, D. R. Tweedie, S. Tyagaraja, K. H. Uttley, J. R. S. Webb, E. V, E. Whidborne, W. J. Wilkin, D. B. Wilson, R. M. Windeyer, C. G. Windsor, and E. C. Wynne- Edwards.
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MEDICINE AND THE LAW.
Insanity by Inference.IN an overwhelming proportion of cases a person
who is found " guilty " on a charge of murder makesan appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeal. Thedefence is often a plea of insanity, and it seldomsucceeds. But the unexpected sometimes happens ;on Dec. 12th, in the case of R. 1. Lloyd the Court ofCriminal Appeal substituted a verdict of " guiltybut insane " for a verdict of " guilty." Lloyd had beentried at Durham Assizes before Mr. Justice Roche formurdering a policeman. His defence at the trial wasinsanity. His military medical records showed thatin 1916 he was removed from duty in the field inFrance suffering from exposure, exhaustion, andshock, and after that date grave reports were madeof his mental condition. In September, 1925, he wasdescribed as having a childish mentality, and as beinga-social, unstable, and emotional. In 1926 he wassaid to be a congenital mental defective. The deadpoliceman had somehow upset him, and Lloydthreatened " to swing for him." Mrs. Lloyd said hehad always been a good husband, but that lastChristmas he had attacked her with a rolling-pinwithout any cause ; he had seized his father-in-lawby the throat and afterwards had cried when toldwhat he had done : sometimes it had taken six orseven men to prevent his injuring himself and others.At the trial the learned judge gave the jury a ratherbroad hint that if they found the prisoner " guilty "and accompanied their verdict with a strong recom-mendation to mercy, the usual consequences wouldnot follow. He explained that the result of therecommendation would be a reference from the HomeOffice to himself as presiding judge, and he intimatedthat, if consulted, he would give a favourable opinion.In effect, as the Lord Chief Justice observed at thehearing of the appeal, he possibly led the jury tothink that it would be better for Lloyd if he were found" guilty " of murder, and thus he possibly dissuadedthe jury from finding the accused to be insane. TheCourt of Criminal Appeal, Lord Hewart concluded,was satisfied that Lloyd was insane when he com-mitted the act charged against him ; it thereforesubstituted for the verdict of " guilty " a verdict of" guilty, but insane," it quashed the death sentence,and ordered that the prisoner be kept in custody asa criminal lunatic.
This paradoxical trial gave fresh proof of thejudicial distrust of medical evidence recently expressedby Lord Hewart when discussing the danger ofallowing uncontrollable impulse to be a defence. OnLloyd’s appeal counsel for the Crown stated that nomedical witness had been called to prove insanity inthe court below. " The evidence of ordinarywitnesses," thereupon remarked Mr. Justice Avory," is often better than that of experts on those matters."Remarkable inferences might be drawn from the case.In the first place the man’s insanity was so obviousthat, after merely reading the documents and
apparently without examining him, the Lord ChiefJustice would have been prepared to certify him as alunatic. In the second place, the judge and juryat trial, equipped with the same information, failedto detect unsoundness of mind in spite of the advan-tage of having merely " ordinary," and not expert,witnesses.
Dangerous Drugs Acts Prosecution of MedicalPractitioner.
Notification is made from time to time in theLondon Gayette when the Home Secretarv withdrawsa medical practitioner’s authorisation to obtain drugswithin the Dangerous Drugs Acts. A few days agoa practitioner was brought before a bench ofmagistrates upon two charges of attempting to obtaindrugs after his authorisation had been withdrawn.It was stated that on Oct. 27th and 28th he hadwritten to London asking for morphine. Accordingto the brief report of the case in the Times he informed
the justices that he did not recognise the law, andthat the proceedings, if allowed to stand, meantthat he was debarred from practice ; no authorityother than the General Medical Council could, hemaintained, so debar him. The magistrates boundhim over to appear on Jan. 3rd upon the conditionthat he made arrangements to enter a home. Thus,if he undertakes to undergo treatment, no more willbe heard of the charge upon which the proceedingswere taken.Without more detailed knowledge of the facts it is
difficult to offer any comment. The accused prac-titioner apparently stated to the bench that themedical profession did not want the Act, and thatevery registered chemist said the same. No doubt.it is true that the medical profession was reluctantto be hampered by restrictions ; but the arrangementunder which he was charged was an honourabl&compromise between the Home Office and theprofession ; it represents an agreement reached byall concerned in the endeavour to control the supplyof drugs to addicts. The case of doctors seeking toobtain drugs for their personal use received specialattention, and to a considerable extent the undesir-ability of bringing doctors before police tribunals.was sympathetically recognised.
Tyndall v. Alcock.In the case of damages for negligence, which has
been reported upon briefly in our columns (videTHE LANCET, Dec. 17th, p. 1318) the Coumil ofthe London and Counties Medical Protection SocietyLimited, has decided to appeal against tin adver. everdict.
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Medical News.UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.-At recent examinations
the following candidates were successful :-B.M., B.CH.
Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics.-L. W. H. Bertie, D. H.Brinton, H. A. Byworth, A. W. Cubitt, H. P. Gilding,R. E. Havard, A. P. Kingsley, J. C. Neely, Ripley Oddie,E. M. B. West, A. L. Wilkinson, and Olive H. Lister.
Forensic Medicine and HygÍene.-O. A. Beadle, A. R. Bowtell,A. W. Cubitt, H. P. Gilding, R. E. Havard, A. J. Leslie-Spinks, M. G. Pearson, A. E. Porritt, L. T. Ride, E. E.Swaby, E. M. B. West, and Margaret A. L. Herbertson.
Pathology.-W. J. Cotton, H. R. J. Donald, J. M. Gibson,H. M. Harris, R. S. Harrison, A. J. M. Melly, F. G. Parker,and R. L. P. Peregrine.
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.—At a congregationon Dec. 19th the following degrees were conferred :-
M.D.—P. Lazarus-Barlow.M.B. and B.Chir.-fG. F. Oakden, A. S. Hollins, and W. S.
Grove. t By proxy.At recent examinations the following candidates were
successful :-THIRD EXAMINATION FOR JBI.B. AND B.CHIR.
Part I., Surgery, Midwifery, and Gynaecology.-M. C. Andrews >
W. R. Ashby, D. H. Belfrage, W. V. Boyle, W. Buckley,A. J. W. Chamings, A. D. Charters, A. G. Clogg, S. F. L-Dahne, J. T. Dunkerley, J. L. H. Easton, J. Foster,L. Foulds, J. L. Franklin, T. 0. Garland, C. P. Giles,J. M. Graham, R. A. P. Gray, A. C. Hampson, L. T.Hilliard, E. M. Hoskin, W. H. Hubert, E. R. Keeble,M. Koettlitz, T. E. Lamech, J. M. Lees, W. J. Lloyd,R. A. McCance, D. J. MacMyn, W. N. Mascall, W. E.Mashiter, J. B. Murray, R. L. Osmaston, E. A. E. Palmer,V. E. Palmer, T. N. Parish, R. E. M. Pilcher, G. W. Pimblett,L. J. Rae, E. G. Recordon, W. H. G. Reed, F. A. Richards,R. W. N. Robins, G. Rocyn Jones, J. I. Sapwell, S. W.Savage, M. P. Shackle, L. Shillito, F. Smith, T. R. Smith,.W. Smith, E. T. C. Spooner, B. Stewart, G. S. Storrs,I. C. C. Tohaperoff, D. R. Tweedie, W. E. Underwood, andF. H. Ward.
Part II., Physic, Pathology, and Pharmacology.—G. M. Addison,R. G. Apthorpe, J. R. Armstrong, G. H. Barendt, W. J. H. M.Beattie, H. Bell, B. Blaxill, G. J. 0. Bridgeman, W. A.Briggs, J. W. D. Buttery, I. Caley, A. D. Charters, G. C.Dewes, G. A. Eason, T. I. Evans, J. Foster, H. Girling,A. R. Glover, S. J. P. Gray, M. J. Harker, E. T. James,G. K. Kirwan-Taylor, M. E. Lampard, L. C. Lancaster,R. M. B. MacKenna, W. S. Maclay, R. W. L. May, G. C.Milner, F. J. Milward, J. K. Monro, W. J. Moody, D. E.Oakley, R. L. Osmaston, C. L. Potts, P. E. Pym, J. B. W.Roberton, J. W. Shackle, M. R. Sinclair, J. F. Stent,T. R. Stevens, D. R. Tweedie, S. Tyagaraja, K. H. Uttley,J. R. S. Webb, E. V, E. Whidborne, W. J. Wilkin, D. B.Wilson, R. M. Windeyer, C. G. Windsor, and E. C. Wynne-Edwards.
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UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.-At examinations held Irecently the following candidates were successful :- .
D.SC. EXAMINATION.Veterinary Patholopy.-Francis C. Minett, private study.ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.-
At the Primary Examination for the Fellowship held fromDec. 6th to 17th, 169 candidates presented themselves, ofwhom 51 were approved and 118 were rejected. Thefollowing are the names and medical schools of the successfulcandidates :-
J. C. Anderson, M.B. St. And., F.R.C.S. Edin., St. Andrew’sand Sheffield; M. Axford, M.B. Otago, Otago and Middle-sex ; L. H. Ball, M.B. Melb., Melbourne, Middlesex, andLondon ; A. C. H. Bell, M.R.C.S., St. Bart.’s; Ilma B. S.Bingemann, St. Mary’s; N. W. Bolton, M.B. Manch.,M.R.C.S., Manchester; J. M. Buchanan, M.B. Melb.,Melbourne and Middlesex ; P. H. Charlton, Middlesex ;A. M. Chaudhuri, M.B. Calcutta, Calcutta and St. Bart.’s ;W. D. Coltart, St. Bart.’s; R. V. Cooke, M.B. Bristol,M.R.C.S., Bristol and Middlesex ; S. G. Davidson, M.B.Aberd., Aberdeen and London; P. T. L. Day, Guy’s ;J. H. Doggart, M.B. Camb., M.R.C.S., St. Thomas’s andLondon ; G. C. Dorling, M.R.C.S., London ; V. H. Ellis,M.R.C.S., St. George’s and King’s Coll. ; W. R. Forster,M.S. Melb., Melbourne and Middlesex; Kathleen E.Gambrell, Lond. Sch. Medicine ; A. D. Harper, M.B.Liverp., Liverpool: A. R. C. Higham, St. George’s andKing’s Coll. ; A. F. Hobbs, M.B.Adelaide, Adelaide andLondon ; S. Howard, B.M. Oxf., Oxford, Adelaide, andLondon ; T. G. I. James, M.B., F.R.C.S. Edin., Cardiffand St. Mary’s ; A. L. Johnston, lYLB. Melb., Melbourne
. and Middlesex ; J. A. Kerr, M.R.C.S., Birmingham andMiddlesex ; G. C. Knight, St. Bart.’s ; J. C. Leedbam-Green, B.A. Oxf., Oxford and London; D. L. Lewis,Cambridge ; Muriel H. E. Long, King’s Coll. ; E. I. A.Macdonald, M.B. New Zealand, New Zealand and Middle-sex ; W. McKissock, King’s Coll. ; Moyra I. Macnaughton- ’,Jones, Lond. Sch. Medicine ; C. M. Marshall, M.B. NewZealand, New Zealand and Middlesex ; I. D. Miller, M.B.Sydney, Sydney and Middlesex ; D. K. Mulvany, King’sColl. ; R. F. Phillips, M.R.C.S., St. Bart.’s ; R. V. Powell,M.R.C.S., King’s Coll. and St. Mary’s; P. V. Reading,Guy’s ; E. Renbom, St. Bart.’s : R. F. Roberts, M.B. NewZealand, New Zealand and Middlesex ; R. Rutherford,M.R.C.S., King’s Coll. ; C. D. Shapland, M.B. Lond.,M.R.C.S., Univ. Coll. ; C. K. Simpson, Guy’s; F. E.Stabler, M.B. Durham, Durham ; D. J. R. Steen, B.A.Camb., Cambridge and St. Thomas’s ; R. C. Tatham,
. M.R.C.S., Middlesex ; H. Taylor and C. F. Watts, M.A.Camb., M.R.C.S., Cambridge and St. Bart.’s ; R. A. K.
_ Wiener, M.R.C.S., St. Thomas’s and London ; H. V. Wells,M.B. Lond., M.R.C.S., Charing Cross and St. Mary’s ; andF. G. Wood, M.B. Camb., M.R.C.S., St. Thomas’s andLondon.
SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES OF LONDON.—At,
examinations held recently the following candidates passedin the subjects indicated :-
Surgery.—K. D. C. Beckitt, Manchester and Charing CrossHosp.; A. F. Briglmen, Edinburgh ; L. J. Corbett, St.Mary’s Hosp. ; and H. S. Marks, Guy’s Hosp.
Medicine.—K. E. Clarke, Charing Cross Hoap. ; H. M. deHartog, St. Mary’s Hosp. ; J. Miller, St. Bart.’s Hosp. ;J. L. M. Wood, Sheffield.
Forensic Medicine.—L. J. Corbett and H. M. de Hartog, St.. Mary’s Hosp. ; H. W. Maurer, Glasgow ; and 1. 0. B.
Shirley, St. Thomas’s Hosp.Midwifery.—S. A. Carr, Birmingham ; G. L. McDermott,
St. Bart.’s Hosp. ; H. Tenenbaum, Nancy and London Hosp.The Diploma of the Society was granted to the following
candidates, entitling them to practise medicine, surgery, andmidwifery : A. F. Briglmen, S. A. Carr, H. M. de Hartog,J. Miller, and J. L. M. Wood.UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS.-Dr. C. W. Vining has been
appointed to the newly instituted chair in Diseases ofChildren ; Dr. J. T. Ingram has been appointed Lecturerin Diseases of the Skin ; and Prof. J. K. Jamieson, deanof the faculty of medicine, has been nominated representa-tive of the University on the General Medical Council.-The University Council has approved a revised ordinancefor the Doctorate of Medicine. The ordinance providesthat the degree will be given by examination, but preservesthe old principle of the thesis, which may be substitutedfor part of the examination, or for the whole if the thesisis of exceptional merit.At a congregation held on Dec. 20th the following degrees
were conferred :-M.D.—Désirée M. B. Grosst and J. Science.M.B, Ch.B.—F. Grundy,* W. Hyman,* F. V. Allen, J.
Benson, J. Caplan, M. M. Day, Mildred I. Ealing, W. Levi,Mary Lightowler, W. Milligan, and J. H. Phillips.
† With distinction. *With second-class honours.The William Hey gold medal was awarded to Mr. David
William Currie.UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER.-The newly insti-
tuted John Henry Agnew Fellowship in the Diseases ofChildren has been awarded to Dr. Marguerite F. Johnstone,who will go to the Orthopaedic Institute in Bologna forresearch with Prof. Putti.
. UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL.-At recent examina-tions the following candidates were successful :—
M.D.R. W. Brookfield, Ethel Browning, Kathleen Edgecombe, andM. T. Morgan.
CH.M.W. H. A. Dodd.
M.CH. (ORTH.).L. 0. Betts.
M.B. AND CH.B. (HON.).Class II.—W. S. Creer and G. L. Roberts (distinction in
Surgery), and S. L. Tunnicliffe (distinction in Medicine).FINAL EXAMINATION FOR M.B. AND CH.B.
Part III.—A. B. Anderson, A. N. Cameron, D. E. Davies,Lilian W. Edwards, A. W. Green, Elsie A. Griffiths,I. Gurland, R. E. Jackson, T. Lotter, J. McWilliams,J. J. O’Donovan, G. W. Phillips (distinction in Medicine),J. W. Pickup, E. S. Smith, and E. F. Thompson.
Part II.—Ariel R. S. Deacon, H. F. Cohen, R. A. Furniss,J. E. Jones, Hilda M. C. McMahon-Garry, N. W. Roberts(distinction in Public Health), and Elizabeth B. Robson.
Part I.—W. W. Gerrard (distinction in Pathology), I. Kossew,and I. Lipschitz.
DIPLOMA IN TROPICAL MEDICINE.H. S. Bawa, R. R. Evans, F. A. Khan, M. M. Khan, P. N. H.
Labuschagne, W. J. Laird, B. F. Lewin, A. 1. Meek, H. C.Mehta, M. V. Menon, H. V. R. Miller, S. N. Mokand,F. Murgatroyd, Pauline V. Murray, P. L. Nirula, D. 0.Peters, J. H. Pottinger, G. V. S. Rodriguez, H. Singh,S. D. Sturton, and S. A. Wilkinson.
DIPLOMA IN TROPICAL HYGIENE.P. N. H. Labuschagne.
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM.—The followingdegrees were conferred on Dec. 16th :-
M.D.—*L. C. Hill, *A. V. Neale, J. A. Scott, and W. Summers.M.B. and Ch.B.—Mary E. A. Allen, C. C. Cookson, L. H.
Crossley, J. F. Duesbury, A. M. Ghaith, R. D’A. GiffordD. V. Hague, S. K. Mansor, W. H. Shilvock, F. Smith, andR. W. W. Watson. °
* With honours.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF EDINBURGH.-At a meeting’ of the College on Dec. 16th Mr. AlexanderMiles, the President, in the chair, the 49 successful candidatesout of 94 entered, who passed the requisite examinationsbetween Sept. 26th and Oct. 5th, were admitted Fellows:-
Harold H. Barnett, Israel Blain, Paul D. Braddon, Clifford V.Braimbridge, John W. D. Buttery, Walter J. W. Close,Peter Connan, Carlton E. Cross, James T. Danis, Bessie P.-Darling, Bernard V. Dunn, James T. R. Edwards, Herbert G.Furnell, Eric G. Gorstenberg, Richard E. Gibson, EwenG. M. Gilchrist, James C. Gillies, William C. Gissane,William R. D. Griffiths, Eric W. Gutteridge, William G.Hazelton, William A. Hervey, Stuart W. Houston, LeonardW. Johnston, Mary Keith-Thompson, Gordon B. King,Frederick A. Lamb, George E. J. Lannin, George Lowe,Derrick J. Martin, Ralph Morton, Elayedath A. Menon.Kunnankalathmadhathil Rama Menon, Joseph MacGowan,Archibald A. MacKelvie, Donald C. MacRae, ShenaMacVicar, Daniel J. P. O’Meara, Nadkorni Mangesh Rao,Samuel 1. H. Reid, Cecil C. Ross, Kevin Bush, Albert E.Sawday, Hector M. Simpson, Harbhajan Singh, CyrilM. Smithies, Thomas W.,Stephens, Norman Waddle, andAi Sung Wong.
UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM.—At the Convocation heldon Dec. 23rd the following degrees and diplomas were
conferred :-M.D.-C. N. Atlee.M.B., B.S.-W. R. S. Good, Gerald Holmes, T. F. Jarman,W. A. Kirkpatrick, Eleanor Patterson, and V. B. Purvis.
B.Hy. and D.P.H.—E. L. Ewan, Iris M. Pratt, and W. S.Walton.
METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL SUNDAY FUND.-At theannual meeting of this fund at the Mansion House it wasstated that this year’s total of £86,935 was £114 less thanlast year’s.
TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY.-A meeting of this societywill be held at 8 P.M. on Friday, Jan. 20th, at the houseof the Royal Society of Medicine, 1, Wimpole-street, W. Adiscussion on the Work and Aims of Tuberculosis CareCommittee and Kindred Agencies will be opened by Dr. G.Jessel, Dr. A. P. Ford, and Miss Lewis.
PEOPLE’S LEAGUE OF HEALTH.—A series of eightlectures on the Mind and What We Ought to Know About Itis to be given by Dr. H. Crichton-Miller, Dr. E. D.Macnamara, Dr. R. D. Gillespie, Dr. Thomas Beaton. SirRobert Armstrong-Jones, Dr. Edward Mapother, Dr. W. A.Potts, and Dr. A. F. Tredgold, beginning on Jan. 25th.A series of lectures on Nutrition in Health and Disease willstart on Feb. 17th, the lecturers including Dr. Leonard Hill,Dr. Harry Campbell, Dr. L. J. Harris, Prof. V. H. Mottram,Prof. Winifred Cullis, and Dr. Eric Holmes. Particularsmay be had from Miss Olga Nethersole at 12, Stratford-place, W. 1.
