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Notes and News

COMMITTEE ON RADIOLOGY

A COMMITTEE to review the present practice in diagnosticradiology and in the use of radiotherapy in non-malignant

, conditions has been set up by the Minister of Health and theSecretary of State for Scotland and has begun work. The

- decision to appoint this committee,’ under the chairmanshipof Lord Adrian, o.M., accorded with a recommendation by theMedical Research Council’s Committee on the Hazards toMan from Nuclear and Allied Radiation. 2 The terms ofreference of the new committee are :

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To review the present practice in diagnostic radiology and theuse of radiotherapy in non-malignant conditions, having regard tothe Report of the Committee on the Hazards to Man of Nuclearand Allied Radiations and to make recommendations."

The members in addition to the chairman are :

Prof. J. C. McC. Browne, F.R.C.O.G.; Sir Horace Evans, F.R.C.P.ltr. R. J. G. Grewcock, L.D.S. ; Prof. R. J. Kellar, F.R.c.o.G. ; Dr.Peter Kerley; Dr. D. R. Maitland ; Prof. W. V. Mayneord, D.sc.Prof. J. S. Mitchell, F.F.R., F.R.S.; Mr. C. Naunton Morgan, F.R.c.s.Dr. Kenneth Robson ; Mr. T. Holmes Sellors, F.R.C.S. ; Mr. G. R.Seward, M.D.S. ; Prof. F. W. Spiers, D.SC. ; Prof. E. J. Wayne,F,R.C.P. ; Prof. C. A. Wells, F.R.C.S. : Prof. B. W. Windeyer, F.F.R.

A JOURNAL OF MEDICAL HISTORY

IT is a pleasure to welcome at long last a major Britishjournal dealing with Medical History. Published by theantiquarian booksellers, William Dawson & Sons, and editedby Mr. W. J. Bishop, for many years librarian at the WellcomeHistorical Medical Library, the first number of 90 pages is ahandsome piece of work. Its decorative cover, incorporating aportrait of Thomas Linacre, worthily suggests the quality ofthe material it contains.

This quarterly journal devoted to the history and biblio-graphy of medicine and the related sciences is already the

official organ of three history-of-medicine societies and of theOsler Club of London. The five special articles in this numberinclude an interesting account of Blue Books by Sir JohnCharles, and articles on the history of venous thrombosis, onthe plague in Cambridge, and on the health of James VI ofScotland and I of England. There are also sections on textsand documents, and on news, notes, and queries, that maywell be the strength of the journal. Book reviews, societyreports, and a long list of medical anniversaries for 1957 areprominent features. There are eight admirable full-pageplates. The paper and type are excellent.There is at the moment a growing interest in medical

history. The new journal will be an added stimulant and itdeserves full support both financial and literary from all whoare interested in medical history or medical bibliography.It is obtainable at jE2 10s. per annum from the publishers,4. Duke Street, Manchester Square, London, W.1.

S.H.M.O.s UNDERTAKING CONSULTANT DUTIES

COMMITTEE B of the Medical Whitley Council has agreedconsider claims for remuneration on the consultant scalebmitted by senior hospital medical officers who are under-taking consultant duties.3 Application forms may be hadJam the secretary of the British Medical Association (B.M.A.House, Tavistock Square, London, W.C.I), to whom the

completed forms should be returned by March 2.

HOSPITALS IN NORTHERN IRELAND

THE report for 1955 4 of the Northern Ireland HospitalsAuthority shows that during the year admissions and out-patient attendances were each about 1% more numerous

,than in the previous year. The provision of new buildings atmental hospitals was helping to reduce over-crowding ; but,says the report,

" further building will be essential before thesituation can be regarded as satisfactory." Work continued’jn the planning of admission units for three mental hospitals.

International Society of Internal MedicineSir Russell Brain, P.R.C.P., has been elected president of

this society. The next meeting will be held in Philadelphiafrom April 24 to 26, 1958.

1. See Lancet, 1956, ii. 150.2. H.M.Stationery Office, 1956. See Lancet, 1956, i, 949.3. Brit.med. J. Feb. 9, 1957, suppl. p. 60.4. Issued by the Authority, Victory Buildings, 44, Queen Street,Belfast. Pp. 159. 3s. 6d.

University of LondonDr. M. J. Blunt, senior lecturer in anatomy at St. Bartholo-

mew’s Hospital Medical College, has been appointed to thereadership in anatomy at that college.

Dr. Blunt, who qualified from Guy’s Hospital in 1944, was residentsurgical officer at Woolwich Memorial Hospital before he becamelecturer in anatomy at the Royal Free Hospital Medical School.He has also been visiting lecturer in anatomy at Queen ElizabethCollege. He took up his appointment at Barts last year. His pub-lished work includes papers on the posterior wall of the inguinalcanal and on the blood-supply of the facial nerve.

Royal College of Physicians of EdinburghAt a quarterly meeting of the college held on Feb. 5, with

Dr. A. Rae Gilchrist, the vice-president, in the chair, thefollowing were elected to the membership.

R. F. Guymer, M. A. O’Halloran, Misra Madhav Prasad, JamesAllan, John Wilkinson, Boris Levin, Saifuddin Ahmed, Elaine H.McNeil-Smith, Mohan Sankar Naryan Pathy, Sharnagat SinghKhandpur, Ram Dev Pasi, B. J. Baldachin, J. R. Roy, A. C. Gibson,Purnendu Sama,ddar Mukherji, Flora M. Bisset-Smith, J. P. F.Fogarty. N. Z. Sacks, Tribhovanbhai Becharbhai Patel, AnokchandJain, J. H. Learmonth, Koratti Ardhanarishwara Krishnamurthy,Bhim Prosad Mozoomdar, W. B. Hudson, Pitambar Dayal.

Royal College of Physicians of IrelandAt a meeting of the college on Feb. 1 the following were

admitted to membership : Elizabeth A. A. Awoliyi, W. D.Linehan, R. J. P. Skelly.British Medical AssociationThe annual meeting of the association will be held in

Newcastle upon Tyne from Wednesday, July 10, to Friday,July 19.

Biochemical SocietyA meeting of this society will be held at the Senate House

of the University of London, W.C.1, at 11 A.M. on Saturday,Feb. 23, when there will be a symposium on the -structureand function of subcellular components.Central Council for Health EducationThe council’s summer school is to be held from Aug. 20 to

30 at the University of North Wales, Bangor, on the promotionof health. The speakers will include Dr. J. N. Morris, Dr.Wilfred Barlow, and Dr. C. 0. Carter. Further particulars canbe had from the medical director of the council, TavistockHouse, Tavistock Square, London, W.C.I.

Lady Tata Memorial TrustThe trustees of this fund invite applications for grants,

scholarships, or fellowships for research on blood diseases,with special reference to leuksemia, in the academic yearbeginning next October. Programmes of research on anyaspect of malignant disease which may throw light on problemsof leukaemia’ will be considered, and awards may be made toinvestigators of any nationality, working in any countrywhere payment can be made. Particulars and applicationforms may be had from the secretary of the (European)Scientific Advisory Committee of the trust, Chester BeattyResearch Institute, Fulham Road, London, S.W.3. Applica-tions must be submitted before March 31.

Society for General MicrobiologyThe general meeting of this society will be held at the

Royal Institution, Albemarle Street, London, W.1, fromApril 15 to 17. At 6 P.M. on Monday, the 15th, Dr. AndreLwoff, of the Pasteur Institu e, Paris, will give the MarjoryStephenson lecture on the Notion of Virus. This lecture willbe open to non-members. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the16th and 17th, there will be a symposium on microbial ecologyand the speakers will include Dr. Jane Gibson, Dr. E. S.Anderson, Dr. C. H. Andrewes, F.R.s., and Dr. G. S. Wilson.Further particulars may be had from the office of the society,c/o Institute of Biology, 41, Queen’s Gate, S.W.7.

International Symposium on Curare and CurarisingSubstancesThis symposium will be held in Brazil from Aug. 5 to 17.

During the first week meetings will be held at the Universityof Brasil in Rio de Janeiro and during the second week visitswill be made to Manaus (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas deAmazonia) and to Belem (Instituto Agronomico do Norte).Further particulars may be had from Prof. C. Chagas, Institutode Biofisica, Universidade do Brasil, 458, Avenida Pasteur,Rio de Janeiro, Prof. Daniel Bovet, Instituto Superiore diSanita, 299, Viale Regina Elena, Rome, or Prof. P. B.Carneiro, Delegation du Bresil, UNESCO, 19, Avenue Kléber,Paris 16e.

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International Symposium of Clinical Psychopharma-cologyFurther particulars of this symposium, which is to be held

at Milan from May 9 to 11, may be had from Dr. S. Garattini,Via. A. del Sarto, 21, Milan.

European Organisation for Research on Fluorine andDental Caries ResearchA meeting of this organisation will be held at Malmo,

Sweden, from June 15 to 17. Further particulars may be hadfrom Professor Syrrist, Royal Dental School, Malmo.Education for MotherhoodA seminar for medical officers of health on health education

for the expectant mother is to be held at St. John House,Collingham Gardens, London, S.W.5, from Feb. 26 to March 1.Further particulars may be had from the medical director,Central Council for Health Education, Tavistock House,Tavistock Square, W.C.I.Atoms and HealthThe Royal Society of Health, with the United Kingdom

Atomic Energy Authority, is holding an exhibition on thissubject at 90, Buckingham Palace Road, London, S.W.1,from Monday, March 18 to Friday, May 31. It will be opento the public on Mondays to Fridays from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M.Hearing-tests for Cerebral Palsied ChildrenA film on this subject has been made at the Centre for

Spastic Children, Chelsea, in cooperation with the audiologyunit of the Royal National Throat, Nose, and Ear Hospital.The film is silent (16 mm., 650 ft.), and a script to go with itcan be obtained or a lecturer supplied from the centre, 61,Cheyne Walk, London, S.W.3.American Broadcasts on British Medicine

During February and March, in its weekly broadcasts onThursday evenings For Doctors Only, the New York Academyof Medicine is including a series of lectures on British medicine.The lecturers are to be Sir David Campbell, Lord Cohen ofBirkenhead, Sir Charles Dodds, Dr. J. R. Duthie, Prof.C. F. W. Illingworth, Prof. John McMichael, Prof. AlanMoncrieff, Sir James Paterson Ross. Mr. T. Holmes Sellors,Prof. B. W. Windeyer, and Prof. L. J. Witts.Ministry of Health Appointments

Mr. Dennis Vosper, the Minister of Health, has appointedMr. John Barter, M.P. for Ealing North, as his parliamentaryprivate secretary. He has appointed Mr. P. Benner to behis private secretary and Mr. E. F. Cooper to be his assistantprivate secretary.Mr. J. K. Vaughan-Morgan, the parliamentary secretary to

the Ministry, has appointed Mr. J. P. Cashman to be hisprivate secretary.National Association for Maternal and Child WelfareThe annual conference of this association will be held at

Church House, Westminster, London, S.W.I, from June 26 to28. The theme of the conference is to be safeguarding thehealth of mother and child, and the speakers will includeDr. Charlotte Naish, Dr. J. W. B. Douglas, Dr. W. C. Cockburn,Dr. Ian Taylor, Sir Weldon Dalrymple-Champneys, and Prof.F. R. G. Heaf. Further information may be had from thesecretary of the association, Tavistock House North, TavistockSquare, W.C.1.International Poliomyelitis Conference

This conference will be held at Geneva from July 8 to 12.The subjects chosen for discussion include vaccination againstpoliomyelitis, enteric viruses producing disease simulatingpoliomyelitis, studies on cultured mammalian cells, generalconsiderations of viruses, respiratory distress in patients withpoliomyelitis, and care of patients severely stricken bypoliomyelitis. Further information may be had from thesecretariat of the conference, Hotel du Rh6ne, Geneva,Switzerland.

French Government Exchange ScholarshipsUnder a reciprocal arrangement with the Centre National

de la Recherche Scientifique, the Medical Research Councilinvite applications from British workers in medical sciencefor two scholarships tenable at research institutions in Franceduring 1957-58.The scholarships will carry a maintenance allowance of 50,000-

70,000 francs a month ; married men will receive a supplementaryallowance, and provision will be made for travelling expenses.Further particulars may be had from the secretary of the council,38, Old Queen Street, London, S.W.I, with whom applications mustbe lodged by March 31.

Diary of the Week

FEB. 17 To 23Monday, 18thHUNTERIAN SOCIETY

8.30 P.M. (Mansion House, E.C.4.) Mr. A. W. Badenoch : TteSurgery that Hunter Changed.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LONDON, Gower Street, London, AV.(.15.30 P.M. Mr. T. S. Work, D.sc. : Biochemical Approach to the

Problems of Protein Synthesis. (First of two lectures.)POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF LONDON, Ducane Road, W.12

4 P.M. Dr. W. Ritchie Russell: Pain.

Tuesday, 19thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’s Inn Field,

W.C.23.45 P.M. Dr. Frank Stansneld : Anatomy of the Visual Pathway,

(Arnott demonstration.) ,

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole Street, London, W.18 P.M. Pathology: : Physical Medicine. Dr. W. S. Tegner. Dr,

Bruce Cruickshank, Dr. A. T. Richardson, Dr. L. E.dynn : Rheumatoid Disease.

BRITISH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL FEDERATION5.30 P.M. (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicint.

Keppel Street, W.C.I.) Mr. A. L. Greenbaum, PH,D,:Control of Fat Metabolism.

ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, W.2 5 P.M. Mr. Norman Morris : Uterine Blood-flow During Late

Pregnancy and Labour.ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE, Millbank, London, S.W.1

5 P.M. Prof. G. W. A. Dick : Attenuated Virus Vaccines.INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, Lisle Street, London, W.C.2

5.30 P.M. Dr. G. B. Dowling : Scleroderma and Dermatomyositis.MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY

4.30 P.M. (Medical School, University of Manchester.) History ofMedicine. Dr. William Brockbank : Debt of Medicine toHer Undergraduate Students.

Wednesday, 20th íROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE

8.15 P.M. General Practice. Dr. Kenneth Irvine, Sir GeoffroMarshall, Sir Clement Price Thomas : Modern Outlooks ; the Management of Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF LONDON2 P.M. Dr. J. H. Humphrey : Biochemical Mechanisms Underlfing

Hypersensitivity Reactions. (First of two lectures.)INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY

5.30 P.M. Dr. Henry Haber : Localised Disease of the Collagcn. ; INSTITUTE OF DISEASES OF THE CHEST, Brompton, S.W.3

5 P.M. Dr. Howard Nicholson : Pneumonia.ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY, Tavistock House South, W.C.15.30 P.M. Mr. R. J. King, M.sc. : Investigations of Mouse Ascites ’e

Cells by Ultraviolet Phase-contrast and Interferenle Microscopy.

NOTTINGHAM MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY, 64, St. James’s Street. Nottingham

8.30 P.M. Dr. R. M. B. MacKenna : Common Problems in fDermatology. I.

Thursday, 21st ’

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND 3.45 P.M. Mr. B. E. Greenfield : Functions of the Maseeter

Muscle. (Arnott demonstration.)BRITISH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL FEDERATION

5.30 P.M. (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine’ : ‘Miss Honor Fell, F.R.S. : Physiology of Skeletal Tissue ill ,

Culture.ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 26, Portlol ,

Place, W.17.30 P.M. Dr. W. S. S. Ladell: Physiological Aspects of the Heat

Disorders.HYPNOTHERAPY GROUP ,

8 P.M. (1, Wimpole Street, W.I.) Dr. D. M. L. Doran, Dr. Ian’Hadfield : Hypnotherapy From the Trainee Point of View.

LIVERPOOL MEDICAL INSTITUTION, 114, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool.8 P.M. Pathological Meeting. Dr. Edith Dawson : MammarCancer in Young Subjects with Special Reference t ,

Pregnancy.MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY

8 P.M. (Staff House, University of Manchester.) Anœstheties.Dr. B. L. S. Murtagh : Anaesthetics and Midwifery. !

NORTH WESTERN TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY ’5 P.M. (Manchester Royal Infirmary.) Dr. Brockbank: Asthms

UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS, Queen’s College, Small’s W)11cDundee -

5 P.M. Prof. C. Bruce Perry : Prevention of Acute Rheumatism.

Friday, 22ndROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE

4 P.M. Pcediatrics. Dr. A. White Franklin : Place of the Pædistrician in the Maternity Hospital. Dr. John MurraF,Dr. G. H. Lathe, Dr. A. P. Norman : Haemolytic Diseastof the Newborn.

8.15 P.M. Obstetrics and Gynœcology. Prof. J. McClure Brorrne,Mr. Norman Morris, Mr. John Sophian: .Etiology of

Pre-eclampsia.POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF LONDON

10 A.M. Mr. Geoffrey Flavell : Unusual Manifestations of Canurof the Lung.