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Medical News.ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON.-An

extraordinary Comitia was held on June 13th, Sir NormanMoore, the President, occupying the chair.-The Presidentannounced the acceptance of the following lectureships : theGoulstonian, by Dr. J. L. Birley ; the Horace Dobell, by SirWilliam Leishman, F.R.S.; the Lumleian, by Sir John RoseBradford, F.R.S.; and the Croonian for 1921, by Dr. J. L.Golla.-A letter was received from the Right Hon.Christopher Addison concerning the Ministry of HealthAct. It contained an invitation to the College to nominateone member of a small panel to assist him in the forma-tion of a Consultative Council. On the motion of Sir F. W.Mott, seconded by Dr. R. Crawford, the President wasappointed.-The President then dissolved the Comitia.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND.-An ordinary meeting of the Council was held on June 12th,Sir George H. Makins, the President, being in the chair.The congratulations of the Council were given to SirAnthony Bowlby on being made a Knight Commander ofthe Most Honourable Order of the Bath and to Sir Charters J.Symoncls- and Sir D’Arcy Power on being made Knight ofthe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.-A reportwas read from the Board of Examiners in Anatomy andPhysiology for the Fellowship stating that at the recentexamination 73 candidates were examined, including 20admitted under the special war conditions, of whom 15 weresuccessful, and 53 admitted under the ordinary conditions, ofwhom 23 were successful.-A report was read from theCourt of Examiners stating that 44 candidates presentedthemselves for the Final Examination for the Fellowshipand of these 15 acquitted themselves satisfactorily.It was resolved that Diplomas of Fellowship should begranted to the successful candidates.-On the recommenda-tion of the Court of Examiners it was resolved that theUniversities of Allahabad and Malta should be added to thelist of universities whose graduates in medicine and surgerymay present themselves for examination for the Fellowshipwithout ’first becoming Members of the College.-It wasresolved on the recommendation of the Board of Examinersin Dental Surgery to revert to the practice of holding threeexaminations for the Licence in Dental Surgery in the year inview of the large number of students now in the schools,many of whom will be eligible for examination next year.The examinations will be held as follows : First ProfessionalExamination, Oct. 3rd, 1919, and Jan. 29th and April 29th,1920; Second Professional Examination, Nov. 7th, 1919, andFeb. 27th and May 28th, 1920.-Mr. Jonathan Hutchinsonwas elected a member of the Board of Examiners in DentalSurgery in the vacancy occasioned by the retirement of SirCharles Ballance.-The following examiners were appointedfor the ensuing year :-Primary Examination for the Fellowship.-Anatomy: William

Wright, Arthur Ralph Thompson. John Ernest Sullivan Frazer, andGordon Tavlor. Physiology: John Beresford Leathes, HerbertWilloughby Lyle, Francis Arthur Bainbridge, and Arthur Rendle Short.Examining Board in ErrgL and.-Elementary Biology: Thomas

Wiiliam Shore and Jam’*s P. Hill. Anatomy; Arthur Thomson,Frederic Wood Jones, and Frederick Gymer Parsons. Physiology: GeorgeAlfred Buck master and Herbert, Eldom Itoaf. Midwifery: John ShieldsFairbairn, Ge rge Frederick Darwall Smith, Cuthbert Lockyer, andGeorge Drummond Robinson. Diploma in Public Health: Part I.,John William Hen, y Eyre; Part IL, Frederick Norton Kaye Menzies.Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene: Bacteriology, JohnWilliam Henry Eyre ; Diseases and Hygiene of Tropics, CharlesWilberforce Daniels.The following lecturers and professors were elected for theensuing year :-Hunterian Professors: A. Keith, Sir Berkeley Moynihan, W. G.

Spencer, James Sherren, II. T. Gray, E. Farrant, and V. Z. Cope. Arrisand Gale Lecturers : F. Wood Jones and G. Elliot Smith. A’-nottDemonstrator: A. Keith. Thomas Vicary Lecturer: Sir. John Tweedy.The President was appointed to represent the College at theinaugural meeting of the annual conference of the RoyalInstitute of Public Health.-A letter was received from Mr.H. J. Waring reporting the proceedings of the GeneralMedical Council at their recent session. The best thankswere given to Mr. Waring for his services as the representa-the of the College on the General Medical Council.-On themotion of Mr. Waring it was resolved to appoint a committeeto consider and report upon the future position of the Collegein its relation to medical education and examinations.As the result of the recent Final Examination for the

Fellowship, for which 44 candidates presented themselves,diplomas of Fellow were conferred upon the following 15candidates (including one woman) :-John Bruoe Baird. Glasgow Univ. and St. Bart.’s Hosp. ; MartinWright Kidman Bird, St. Bart.’s Hnsp.; Henry Harold Greenwood,Leeds Univ. ; Thomas Albert Hindmarsh, Durham Univ.; ThomasErnest Victor Hurley, Melbourne Uuiv. ; Theodore Hartman Just,Cambridge Univ. and St. Bart.’s Hosp. ; Emily Catherine Lewis,

Royal Free and Charing Cross Hosps. ; Arthur Eisdell Moore,Edinburgh Univ. ; Hickman Walter Lancelot Motesworth, LondonHosp. ; Hihbert Alan Stephen Newton, Melbourne Univ. ; LeouardGeorge Phillips, lkliddieser Hosp. ; Harold Bedford George Russell,Cambridge Univ and St. Bart.’s Hosp. ; Robert Evelyn TissingtonTatlow, Trin. Coll., Dublin, and Leeds General Infirmary; WilliamGeorge Uismorn Upjohn, Motbourne Univ. ; and Ronald OgierWard, Oxford Univ. and St. Bart.’s Hosp.

Diplomas of M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. were conferred upon thefollowing two candidates, who have passed the requisiteexaminations and have complied with the by-laws :-Simon Kelly, Manchester Univ. ; and Charles Albert Lang, TorcntoUniv. and Univ. Coll. Hosp.

The Licence in Dental Surgery was also conferred uponHorace Oliver Irwin, Guy’s Hospital, who has now compliedwith the necessary by-laws.

UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.-The following were onJune 12th appointed University lecturers in connexion withthe Faculty of Medicine :-Tuberculosis (at the Ruchill Hos-pital) : Dr. Alexander S. M. Macgregor. Medical Diseases ofInfancy and Childhood (Royal Hospital for Sick Children) :Dr. Leonard Findlay. Surgery and Orthopaedics in Relationto Infancy and Childhood (Royal Hospital for Sick Children):Dr. Alexander MacLennan.

LONDON HOSPITAL MEDICAL COLLEGE.-A courseof clinical lectures for advanced students on " IntermittentBlood Infections and their Relation to Certain CommonDiseases of the Kidney, Prostate, Testicle, and other Organs,"will be delivered by Mr. Frank Kidd in the clinical theatreof the hospital on four successive Wednesdays, beginningAugust 6th. Members of the medical profession will beadmitted on presentation of their cards.

THE WORK OF THE SCOTTISH WOMEN’S HOSPITALS.-The work, although greatly reduced, is continuing inSerbia, where hospitals are being maintained at Belgradeand at Vranja in Old Serbia. The latter hospital is the onlymedical centre in the district. The Headquarters Committee(2, St. Andrew-square, Edinburgh) is represented in Londonby an office at 110, Victoria-street, S.W. 1.

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR COMBATING VENEREALDISEASES.—The annual general meeting of the NationalCouncil will be held on Monday, June 23rd, at the Fellows’Room, Royal Botanical Gardens, Regent’s Park, London,N.W., at 3.45 P.M. Lord Sydenham will occupy the chairand Dr. Addison will speak.THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE IRISH PUBLIC HEALTH

COUNCIL.-It is announced that Dr. E. Coey Bigger has beenoffered the chairmanship of the Irish Public Health Councilwhich is to be set up by the Chief Secretary in obedience tothe Ministry of Health Act. Dr. Bigger was for many yearsa medical inspector of the Local Government Board, and forthe past four or five years he has been the medical memberof that Board. He is also chairman of the Central Midwives’Board (Ireland) and a member of the General Council ofMedical Education and Registration. He was a member ofthe Vice-Regal Committee on Poor-law Reform whichreported in 1906. It is understood that acceptance of thechairmanship of the Health Council will entail the retire-ment of Dr. Bigger from the Local Government Board.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFANT WELFARE.-The conference on infant welfare arranged by the NationalLeague for Health, Maternity and Child Welfare is tobe held in the Kingsway Hall, London, W.C., fromTuesday, July 1st, to Thursday, July 3rd. On Tuesday theinaugural address will be given by Dr. Addison. Themorning session will be devoted to a discussion on ante-natal and neo-natal mortality and its prevention, whenpapers will be read by Dr. Amand Routh, Dr. EardleyHolland, and Dr. Morna Rawlins. At the afternoon session,Sir Malcolm Morris in the chair, Dr. C. W. Saleeby willread a paper on the racial poisons and the racial prospect,followed by Dr. J. J. Buchan. On Wednesday morning, SirFrancis Champneys in the chair, the work of the midwifein relation to ante-natal and neo-natal mortality will bediscussed by Dr. S. J. Fairbairn, Miss Burnside, and others.In the afternoon (chairman, Mrs. Scharlieb) the industrialemployment of mothers in relation to infant mortality willreceive consideration from Dr. Rhoda Adamson, MissBarker (Woolwich), and Mrs. Holden (Dewsbury). OnThursday the subject for discussion is the illegitimatechild, the Council for the Unmarried Mother cooperating inthe conference. At the morning session Sir John Kirk isin the chair, when Lady Nott-Bower will deal with thedestitute unmarried mother, and Mr. Robert Parr with thelegislative aspect of the illegitimate child. In the afternoon(chairman, Mrs. H. A. L. Fisher) Mrs. A. C. Gotto, Dr.W. F. J. Whitley, and Miss Cox (Salvation Army) will dealwith other aspects. Tickets for the whole conference, price£ 1 1s., may be obtained from the secretary, N.A.P.I.M., at4, Tavistook-square, London, W.C. 1.

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PRESENTATION TO SIR W. WHITLA. M.P.-At theannual dinner of the Ulster Medical Society, held on

June 12th, the opportunity was taken to present Sir W.Whitla with a silver cup, given by his colleagues of themedical staff of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, on hisrecent retirement under the 65 years age-rule from thatinstitution.

Dr. C. S. Myers, F.R.S., director of the CambridgeUniversitv laboratory of experimental psychology, has beenelected a Fellow of Caius College. LAY PREACHERS ON HOSPITAL SUNDAY.-With the

approval of the Bishop of London, Sir James Cantlie willpreach on Sunday next, at 6.30 P.M., at St. Peter’s Church,Vere-street, London, W.

THE Banca Commerciale Italiana has sent tothe Italian Hospital, Queen-square, a gift of £ 1000 for theendowment of one of the Allied war beds, commemoratingthe wounded treated in the hospital.

Colonel A. Fullerton has been elected Presidentof the Ulster Medical Society for the session 1919-20; andDr. J. T. Creery (Coleraine) has been appointed President ofthe Ulster Branch of the British Medical Association for thecoming year.A NEW NURSING HOSTEL FOR CAMBRIDGE.-Mr.

C. Morland Agnew, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, hasgiven £ 25,000 for the purchase of a site and for the buildingand equipment of a new nursing hostel in Cambridge as atoken of gratitude for the recovery of Mrs. Agnew after anoperation at the present nursing hostel. The Cambridge I

College will be asked to contribute towards a guarantee fund of not less than £ 750 for the first .12 months’ expenses ofconducting the hostel on the new site.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.-Messrs. Cassell and Co.,Ltd., announce the forthcoming appearance of the first twonumbers of a new "English Public Health Series," editedby Sir Malcolm Morris-namely, an introductory volumeentitled " The Story of the English Public Health," by theeditor, and " Infant and Young Child Welfare," by Dr.Harold Scurfield, medical officer of health for Sheffield.-The University of London Press, Ltd., announce forimmediate publication a second edition of Dr. H. R. Cole’s" Mental Diseases," revised throughout and reset.

THE " ROASE SIDGWICK " FELLOWSHIP.-As a

memorial to Miss Sidgwick, one of the two women memberssf the British Educational Mission which visited the UnitedStates last year, where Miss Sidgwich died of pneumonia,American university women have founded a Fellowship forgraduate study in arts. It will be awarded annually to aBritish woman for a year of graduate research work at anAmerican college or university. The fellowship has beensubscribed for by every college and university visited byMiss Sidgwick, and during 1919-20 it will be tenable atColumbia University, New York. Applicants should applybefore July lst. Full particulars may be obtained fromMiss L. C. Kempson, Bedford College for Women, London,N.W.1.

EAST SUSSEX HOSPITAL.-It was stated at theseventy-ninth annual meeting of the East Sussex Hospitalat Hastings, held on June 10th, that it had been decided toproceed with the erection of the new hospital so far as theadministrative (central) block was concerned, and allowsecondhand huts to serve the purposes of laundries, &c.,until a future time. It was felt that with the great increasein prices the sum originally estimated would not in any wayallow the full scheme to be carried out at present. Theyear 1918-19 constituted a record for the hospital, with nofewer than 962 in-patients, and the increase being due to theadmission of 222 sick and wounded soldiers. Out-patientsnumbered 3898, with 31,250 attendances.

THE LATE SIR BARCLAY JOSIAH BARON.-SirBarclay J. Baron, M.B., C.M. Edin., J.P., died at hisresidence at Clifton, Bristol, on June 7th, from complicationsfollowing the fracture of a rib, caused by a fall in his garden.The deceased was for many years on the honorary medicalstaff of the Bristol General Hospital, and was in charge ofthe nose and throat department of that institution for about18 years, enjoying a considerable consulting practice inBristol and district. Since 1913 he took an active partin the municipal life of Bristol, being elected for the Cliftonward. He was for two years Lord Mayor of Bristol, andfilled the office with such distinction that he received a

knighthood. Sir Barclay Baron performed much usefulwork during the early days of the war, especially in recruitingand caring for the wounded soldiers. He will be muchmissed in Bristol, as he was a man of many attainments,who took a keen interest in all matters connected with thewelfare of the city , ,

ROYAL MEDICAL BENEVOLENT FUND.-At the lastmeeting of the committee held on June 10th 13 cases wereconsidered and S147 10s. voted to 12 of the applicants. Thefollowing is a summary of some of the cases relieved :-Daughter. aged 80. of M.R.C.S. Eng., who practised at Hackney and

died in 1859. Applicant is too old to work. Sha receives £ 30 fromfriends and £ 3O from another charit,y. Pays 25s. a week rent. Relievedseven times, £ 96. Voted £ 15 in 12 instalments.—Daughter, aged 62.of M.R C.S. Eng. who practised at Long Sutton and died in 1879.Receives £ 25 from investmt-nts. Her employer now dead, but she islooking after the house until the son’s return home and she receivesno salary. Relieved four times, £ 48. Voted S12 in 12 instalments.-Daughter, aged 55, of M.R 0 S. Eng. who practised at Box. Wilts, anddied in 1894. Has no income. Lives with her sister, who also has helpfrom the Fund. Unable to aam anvthing owing to ill-health. Relievednine times, £ 120. Voted £ 12 in 12 instalments.—Widow, aged 54, ofL.R C.P. & S. Edin. who practiced in Jamaica and died in 1893. Appli-cant is an invalid. She receives £ 20 a year from a hospital for incurables,and her eldest daughter helps to pay the rent when possible. Has threedaughters, two married and unable to help. Relieved 10 times, £ 120.Voted £ 12 in 12 instalments.—Daughter. aged 60, of M R.C.S. Eng.who practised at Rotherhithe and died in 1879. Was left withoutmeans. Only income £4 from investments, and £ 20 from friends. ,

Pays 8s. a week rent for one room. Suffers from chronicglaucoma. Relieved 10 times, £ 106. Voted £ 15 in 12 instalments.-Daughter. aged 58, of M.R.C.S. Eng. who practised in Cornwall anddied in 1917. Was left unprovidei for. Applicant acts as organist atthe parish church, for which she receives £ 12 per annum, and byteaching music she receives about £ 12 a year. Pays £13 10s for rentand rates. Relieved twice, £ 24. Voted £ 12 in 12 instalments.-Wife, aged 53, of L.R.C.S. Eng. who practised at Bournemouth.Applicant was deserted by husband many years ago. Has one daughter,who pa,"s her mother all she earns, 31s. per week. Applicant suffers fromill-health. Relieved six times, JE62. Voted £ 12 in 12 instalments.-Widow, aged 52, of M.R C.S. Eng. who practised at Stalham, Norfolk,and died in 1917. Applicant left without means with four children.two of whom are still at school. Receives ,E15 a year from late mother’sestate. Has ,just taken a small house at Stalham to take in vis’tors orpermanent boarders. Friends help a little with the children’s educa-tion. Rent and rates, £ l7 8s. Relieved twice, £ i7- Voted £ 12 in12 instalments.—Widow, aged 54, of L.S.A. Lond. who practit-ed atLeicester and died in 1910. Applicant wa,9 left with four children andnow receives 22 8s. per week from the two eldest. Owing to the highcost of living finds it impossible to manage. Relieved seven times, £ 89.Voted C12 in 12 instalments.

Subscriptions may be sent to the acting honorary treasurer,Dr. Samuel West, at 11, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square,London, W. 1.

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THE SERVICES.

ROYAL NAVAL MEDICAL SERVICE.

Surg.-Comdr. (retired) R. Hardie to be Surgeon-Captain (retired) in

recognition of services rendered during the war.Surg.-Comdr. E. Arkwright is placed on the Retired Lisf-.’, To be Surgeon-Lieutenants: G. W. WoodhouseandJ. F. M. Campbell.

ARMY MEDICAL SERVICE.

Temp. Col. Sir William Arbuthuot Lane, Bt., C.B. (Captain,R.A.M.C.; T.F.), relinquishes his temporary commission on re-posting.Temp. Major-Gen. Sir Wilmot P. Herringham, C B. (Lieutenant-

Colonel. R.A.M.C., T.F.) relinquishes his temporary commission onre-posting. -

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORP3.

Temp. Lleut.-Col. F. C. Moore (Captain, R.A.M.C., T.F.) relinquisheshis temporary commission on re-posting.Majors W. J. Weston and E. B. Booth to be acting Lieutenant-

Colonels whilst specially employed.Temp. Major W. Robertson (Captain, R.A.M.C., T.F.) relinquishes

the acting rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.Major P. C. T. Davy relinquishes the acting rank of Lieutenant-

Colonel on re-posting, and is seconded for service under the EgyptianGovernment.To be acting Majors: Capt A. L. Foster; Temp. Capts. W. J. D,

Bromiey, St. G. E. Harris, E T. C. Milligan.The unciermentioned relinquish the acting rank of Major: Capt.

0. 14. Rigby; Temp. Capts. W. Fell, D. 1. Anderson, F. N. Brown, R. G.Oram, J. A. W. Watta.Major F. C. Sampson relinquishes the temporary rank of Lieutenant-

Colonel on re-posting.Capt. W. J Tobin to be acting Major whilst specially employed.Captains, from Special Reserve, to be Lieutenants and to be

temporary Captains: H. VI. Alexander, (Acting Major) D. J.Valeutine.To be Captains : Capt,. (acting Major) C. H. Brennan, from Special

Reserve; Temp. Capts. W. Frier, M. P. Power.Capt. H. B. F. Dixon, from R.A.M C.. T.F., to be Captain.Temporary Lieutenants t o be temporary Captains - I. Hodgkinson,

A. E. Clarke, C. B. Gervis, A. F. (Mtoway. E. C. Tatam, G. F. Rigden,H. Sheasby. A. Shearer, E- H. Mdwards, C. A. Masson, S. H. Wilkinson,A. P. Green, H. Harrison F. SheArar, F. H. Alexander, J. H. D.Pbelps, R. J. Hutchin-on, J. Elder, C. H. Broomhead.Temp. Lieut. C. A. Whit&ctd to be Lieutenant.Capts. A L. Urquhart, T. D. Incn, C. J. D. May resign their

commissionsOfficers relinquishing their commissions:-Temporary Lieutenant-

Colonels retaining the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel: A. B. Mitchell,J. C. G. Ledingham; Temp. Major H. H. Sepell (granted therank of Lieutenant-Colonel); Temp. Hon. Major H. S. Souttar(retains the honorary rank of Major). Temporary Captainsgranted the rank of Major: W. Anderson. A. C. E. Gray,S. Campbell,- P. M. Heath, T. A. Lawder. Temporary Captainsretaining the rank of Captain : W. J. Harris, L. D. Callander, R. W.