1196 others, their ideals, or behaviour. His contributions to Ethiopia were magnificent. At the very centre of the creation of the medical faculty of Haile Sellassie I University, he bore, perhaps more than most, the brunt of early criticisms and doubts, since overcome and almost forgotten. He began the Ethiopian Medical Journal which, striving now for inter- national respect, knows no longer the difficulties of its birth. Oscar Barry never failed the people he served for ten years of his life." JAMES REGINALD RICKETT M.R.C.S. Dr. J. R. Rickett, who was in practice in Emsworth, Hampshire, for many years, died on Nov. 15 at the age of 63. He qualified at Guy’s Hospital in 1927, before becoming house-surgeon to Sir Heneage Ogilvie and Mr. Grant Massie. A year later he joined a group practice in Emsworth, doing much of the surgery for the practice at Emsworth Hospital. In 1942 he enlisted with the R.A.M.C. with which he served as a surgical specialist in the North African and Italian cam- paigns. In the Island of Vis, which was then the headquarters of the Yugoslav partisans, he worked to save the lives of British servicemen and Yugoslavs, and his service to the cause of the partisans was honoured by Marshal Tito. Later he took part in the advance of the First Army through Italy to Venice. On demobilisation he was found to have contracted tuberculosis and his patients raised the money to send him to a sanatorium in Switzerland. He returned to practice in 1947 until his retirement in 1960. He is survived by his widow and their daughter and two sons. B. W. writes: " James Rickett was a surgeon of good judgment and great ability, but with the advent of the National Health Service he withdrew from the practice of surgery. During his many years in general practice he earned the deep respect of his patients for whom no effort was too great for him to make. He was a man of strong personality and drive, to which was allied a warm and generous nature. He understood people and loved them, and had a wide circle of friends. His hobby, at which he was an expert, was shooting. To work and play alike, he brought an infectious enthusiasm and zest. In his company the world was a better place." Appointments BROWN, J. D., M.B. Edin., F.R.C.S.: consultant orthopaedic surgeon, Ayrshire area, Scotland. DALE, B. A. B., M.B. Edin., F.R.C.S.E. : consultant E.N.T. surgeon, Edinburgh and West Lothian areas. ELLIS, F. G., M.S. Lond., F.R.C.S. : consultant surgeon, Guy’s hospital group. GRASSET-MOLLOY, GABRIELLE, J. M., M.B. Lond., D.P.H.: senior M.O., Brighton. JONES, K. E., M.B. L’pool, D.P.H.: deputy county M.O.H. and deputy principal school M.o., Lindsey. LANGLANDS, A. 0., M.B., B.sc. Edin., F.F.R.: consultant radiologist, Royal Infirmary and Western General Hospital, Edinburgh. MALCOLM-SMITH, N. A., M.B. Edin., F.F.A. R.C.S.: consultant antsthetist, Bangour General Hospital, Broxburn, and the City Hospital, Edinburgh. McNAUGHT, D. A. H., M.B. Aberd., D.A.: consultant anxsthetist, Borders hospitals, Scotland. RAFFLE, E. J., M.B. L’pool, M.R.C.P.E., D.C.H.: consultant dermatologist, Dundee Royal Infirmary. Liverpool Regional Hospital Board: BARK-JONES, NEVILLE, M.B. Cantab., F.R.C.S.: consultant otorhinolaryngo- logist, North Liverpool H.M.c., and Ormskirk and Aintree Hospitals. BROSTOFF, JONATHAN, M.B. Oxon., M.R.C.P. : consultant physician, United Liverpool Hospitals and Liverpool R.H.B. DAVIS, C. M., M.D. L’pool, D.M.R.T., D.M.R.D.: consultant radiologist, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. McKENDRICK, THOMAS, M.B. Lond., M.R.C.P., D.C.H., D.P.H.: consultant p2ediatrician. Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and Broadgreen Hospital. Notes and News ABBREVIATING JOURNALS Nature unadorned would cause little confusion as a journal reference, nor would Medicine, Surgery, or Pediatrics-but the purists insist that we distinguish them from the rarely cited, and sometimes long defunct, periodicals whose names they share. A surprising amount of effort has been devoted to fussy precision of this sort, yet we are no nearer any form of inter- national agreement. We have the computer-oriented American standard,1 an expensive and rather unhelpful do-it-yourself British Standard the World List’s scholarly swansong,3 World Medical Periodicals 4 with supplement,5 and the latest offering from the Biological Council. This last has the merit of cheap- ness, wide acceptability (it is based on the World List but gives U.S. Standards Institute differences where applicable), an unexpectedly light-hearted preface, and good coverage of medi- cal and related journals. Any list giving full titles will be out of date long before it appears in print-the 700 entries in the World Medical Association’s supplement 5 give some indication of how rapidly new journals appear and old ones change their names. Further effort along these lines would almost certainly be wasted for all the signs are that some computer-based system will win the day. For those who see no fun in making up new abbreviations from published word lists (such as those given in the British Standard or in the World List) there is, believe it or not, a full-time organisation that will do it for them-the National Clearing House for Periodical Title Word Abbrevia- tions, c/o Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, Ohio 43210. One outstanding problem is what to do about the proceedings of world congresses and the like. The World List solution, treating favoured gatherings as of journal status, can lead to ambiguity since date and place of publication and convocation may be anything up to four years or a hemisphere apart; and difficulty may arise where the complete proceedings of a given congress appear in more than one volume. BIRTH CONTROL BY CATHOLICS OF the many people who, on the publication of Humance Vitae last July, turned sympathetic eyes towards South America and elsewhere, few, perhaps, had any very clear idea about the extent to which Roman Catholics adhered to their Church’s teaching in the pre-encyclical era. The Population Council has published just such a baseline-a review of over a hundred papers describing work done on fertility, birth control, and opinions with special reference to the world’s 600 million Catholics. Naturally, there are many gaps: little is known about how attitudes and practices have changed with time, few published reports distinguish between occasional lapses into non-approved methods of birth control and the more regular use of techniques inconsistent with Roman Catholic doctrine, and there is very little information about rural Latin America. In Europe and North America between a third and a half of the Roman Catholics interviewed in various surveys had, at some time, used methods of birth control other than rhythm or abstinence; similar proportions were found in city populations of Latin America but in more rural areas the numbers were much lower. In the U.S.A. the percentage of women ever using non-approved methods rose significantly between 1955 and 1965; and, in Toronto in 1967, the proportion of Canadian- born women taking oral contraceptives at the time when the 1. Biol. Abstr. 1968, 48, no. 24. 2. British Standard 4148: 1967. Recommendations for the Abbreviation of Titles of Periodicals. British Standards Institution, 1967. 40s. 3. World List of Scientific Periodicals. London, 1963. 4. World Medical Periodicals. New York, 1961. 5. ibid. supplement, 1968. Obtainable from the British Medical Journal, B.M.A. House, Tavistock Square, London W.C.1. 20s. 6. Abbreviated Titles of Biological Journals. 1968. Obtainable from the Institute of Biology, 41 Queen’s Gate, London S.W.7. 12s. 6d. (S1.75). 7. See Lancet, Aug. 10, 1968, p. 338. 8. Studies in Family Planning no. 34. Population Council, New York, 1968.
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others, their ideals, or behaviour. His contributions to
Ethiopia were magnificent. At the very centre of the creationof the medical faculty of Haile Sellassie I University, he bore,perhaps more than most, the brunt of early criticisms anddoubts, since overcome and almost forgotten. He began theEthiopian Medical Journal which, striving now for inter-national respect, knows no longer the difficulties of its birth.Oscar Barry never failed the people he served for ten years ofhis life."
JAMES REGINALD RICKETTM.R.C.S.
Dr. J. R. Rickett, who was in practice in Emsworth,Hampshire, for many years, died on Nov. 15 at the ageof 63.
He qualified at Guy’s Hospital in 1927, before becominghouse-surgeon to Sir Heneage Ogilvie and Mr. Grant Massie.A year later he joined a group practice in Emsworth, doingmuch of the surgery for the practice at Emsworth Hospital.In 1942 he enlisted with the R.A.M.C. with which he servedas a surgical specialist in the North African and Italian cam-paigns. In the Island of Vis, which was then the headquartersof the Yugoslav partisans, he worked to save the lives ofBritish servicemen and Yugoslavs, and his service to the causeof the partisans was honoured by Marshal Tito. Later hetook part in the advance of the First Army through Italy toVenice. On demobilisation he was found to have contractedtuberculosis and his patients raised the money to send him toa sanatorium in Switzerland. He returned to practice in1947 until his retirement in 1960.He is survived by his widow and their daughter and two
sons.
B. W. writes:"
James Rickett was a surgeon of good judgment and greatability, but with the advent of the National Health Service hewithdrew from the practice of surgery. During his manyyears in general practice he earned the deep respect of hispatients for whom no effort was too great for him to make.He was a man of strong personality and drive, to which wasallied a warm and generous nature. He understood peopleand loved them, and had a wide circle of friends. His hobby,at which he was an expert, was shooting. To work and playalike, he brought an infectious enthusiasm and zest. In his
company the world was a better place."
Appointments
BROWN, J. D., M.B. Edin., F.R.C.S.: consultant orthopaedic surgeon, Ayrshirearea, Scotland.
DALE, B. A. B., M.B. Edin., F.R.C.S.E. : consultant E.N.T. surgeon, Edinburghand West Lothian areas.
ELLIS, F. G., M.S. Lond., F.R.C.S. : consultant surgeon, Guy’s hospitalgroup.
GRASSET-MOLLOY, GABRIELLE, J. M., M.B. Lond., D.P.H.: senior M.O.,Brighton.
JONES, K. E., M.B. L’pool, D.P.H.: deputy county M.O.H. and deputy principalschool M.o., Lindsey.
LANGLANDS, A. 0., M.B., B.sc. Edin., F.F.R.: consultant radiologist, RoyalInfirmary and Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.
MALCOLM-SMITH, N. A., M.B. Edin., F.F.A. R.C.S.: consultant antsthetist,Bangour General Hospital, Broxburn, and the City Hospital, Edinburgh.
McNAUGHT, D. A. H., M.B. Aberd., D.A.: consultant anxsthetist, Bordershospitals, Scotland.
RAFFLE, E. J., M.B. L’pool, M.R.C.P.E., D.C.H.: consultant dermatologist,Dundee Royal Infirmary.
Liverpool Regional Hospital Board:BARK-JONES, NEVILLE, M.B. Cantab., F.R.C.S.: consultant otorhinolaryngo-
logist, North Liverpool H.M.c., and Ormskirk and Aintree Hospitals.BROSTOFF, JONATHAN, M.B. Oxon., M.R.C.P. : consultant physician, United
Liverpool Hospitals and Liverpool R.H.B.DAVIS, C. M., M.D. L’pool, D.M.R.T., D.M.R.D.: consultant radiologist,
p2ediatrician. Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and BroadgreenHospital.
Notes and News
ABBREVIATING JOURNALSNature unadorned would cause little confusion as a journal
reference, nor would Medicine, Surgery, or Pediatrics-but thepurists insist that we distinguish them from the rarely cited,and sometimes long defunct, periodicals whose names theyshare. A surprising amount of effort has been devoted to fussyprecision of this sort, yet we are no nearer any form of inter-national agreement. We have the computer-oriented Americanstandard,1 an expensive and rather unhelpful do-it-yourselfBritish Standard the World List’s scholarly swansong,3 WorldMedical Periodicals 4 with supplement,5 and the latest offeringfrom the Biological Council. This last has the merit of cheap-ness, wide acceptability (it is based on the World List but givesU.S. Standards Institute differences where applicable), an
unexpectedly light-hearted preface, and good coverage of medi-cal and related journals. Any list giving full titles will be out ofdate long before it appears in print-the 700 entries in theWorld Medical Association’s supplement 5 give some indicationof how rapidly new journals appear and old ones change theirnames. Further effort along these lines would almost certainlybe wasted for all the signs are that some computer-based systemwill win the day. For those who see no fun in making up newabbreviations from published word lists (such as those given inthe British Standard or in the World List) there is, believe it ornot, a full-time organisation that will do it for them-theNational Clearing House for Periodical Title Word Abbrevia-tions, c/o Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, Ohio 43210.One outstanding problem is what to do about the proceedingsof world congresses and the like. The World List solution,treating favoured gatherings as of journal status, can lead toambiguity since date and place of publication and convocationmay be anything up to four years or a hemisphere apart; anddifficulty may arise where the complete proceedings of a givencongress appear in more than one volume.
BIRTH CONTROL BY CATHOLICS
OF the many people who, on the publication of HumanceVitae last July, turned sympathetic eyes towards SouthAmerica and elsewhere, few, perhaps, had any very clear ideaabout the extent to which Roman Catholics adhered to theirChurch’s teaching in the pre-encyclical era. The PopulationCouncil has published just such a baseline-a review of over ahundred papers describing work done on fertility, birth control,and opinions with special reference to the world’s 600 millionCatholics. Naturally, there are many gaps: little is knownabout how attitudes and practices have changed with time, fewpublished reports distinguish between occasional lapses intonon-approved methods of birth control and the more regularuse of techniques inconsistent with Roman Catholic doctrine,and there is very little information about rural Latin America.In Europe and North America between a third and a half of theRoman Catholics interviewed in various surveys had, at sometime, used methods of birth control other than rhythm orabstinence; similar proportions were found in city populationsof Latin America but in more rural areas the numbers weremuch lower. In the U.S.A. the percentage of women ever
using non-approved methods rose significantly between 1955and 1965; and, in Toronto in 1967, the proportion of Canadian-born women taking oral contraceptives at the time when the1. Biol. Abstr. 1968, 48, no. 24.2. British Standard 4148: 1967. Recommendations for the Abbreviation
of Titles of Periodicals. British Standards Institution, 1967. 40s.3. World List of Scientific Periodicals. London, 1963.4. World Medical Periodicals. New York, 1961.5. ibid. supplement, 1968. Obtainable from the British Medical Journal,
B.M.A. House, Tavistock Square, London W.C.1. 20s.6. Abbreviated Titles of Biological Journals. 1968. Obtainable from the
Institute of Biology, 41 Queen’s Gate, London S.W.7. 12s. 6d.(S1.75).
7. See Lancet, Aug. 10, 1968, p. 338.8. Studies in Family Planning no. 34. Population Council, New York,
1968.
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survey was done was as high among Roman Catholics as it wasamong Protestants. The Centro Latinoamericano de Demo-
grafia is carrying out a number of surveys on abortion in LatinAmerica (where, generally speaking, a therapeutic abortion ispermitted only to save the life of the mother), but some ofthe figures already published are alarming enough-" oneabortion for every three full-term pregnancies ", abortion the" nrst cause of death " among women aged 15-34, nearly aquarter of all pregnancies aborted deliberately in one series inChile.
APPROVED NAMES FOR DRUGS
THE British Pharmacopoeia Commission has issued the
following new supplementary list of approved names:Approved name
In an earlier supplementary list (see Lancet, Aug. 31, p. 521), the followingshould replace the existing entries:
Approved name
Diprenorphine ....
Profadol ......
Other names
N-Cyclopropylmethyl-7,8-dihydro-7a-( 1-hydroxy-1-methylethyl)-O ’’-methyl-6,14-endoethanonormorphine, ’ M. 5050 ’
1-Methyl-3-propyl-3-(3-hydroxyphenyl)pyrrolidine, ’ A 2205 ’ and ’ CI-572 ’ are thehydrochloride
University of CambridgeThe following degrees have been conferred:M.D.-F. T. de Dombal, A. F. Fleming, P. A. H. Millac, P. J. Watkins.M.B.-Q. R. Bailey.
University of NottinghamDr. G. A. Stirling has been appointed senior lecturer in
pathology, and Dr. J. A. Scott senior lecturer in health-servicesdevelopment in the department of community health.
University of LondonThe following have passed the final examination for the
M.B., B.S.Honours.-C. C. Barnes (b), Hilary H. Graham (c), Susan A. Hart (b) (c),
Elizabeth D. Hodby (d), G. M. Jeremiah (c), M. W. Jones (a) (d), R. A.Jones (a), A. G. Morgan (e), Diana M. Samson (a) (b), Keren A. Simpson (b),A. M. Spencer (d).
(a) Distinguished in pathology, (b) distinguished in medicine, (c) dis-
tinguished in applied pharmacology and therapeutics, (d) distinguished insurgery, (e) distinguished in obstetrics and gynaecology.
Pass.-Jennifer M. Allen, Janice R. Anderson, P. A. Ashby, F. J. V.Ashton, Rashidally Aumeerally, T. J. Baily Gibson, J. G. D. Baker, DavidBarnes, P. K. Barnes, A. J. Barrett, S. R. D. Bates, R. S. Baumber, J. W.Beach, David Beckitt, J. K. Bell, G. J. Benke, R. F. R. Bennett, M. M.Bentley-Taylor, Susan M. M. Bews, W. D. Bisset, Jan Black, Cordelia L.Blackburn, Victoria H. Blackstone, Josephine C. Boxer, A. J. S. Brain,Inga F. Brazendale, M. W. M. Bridger, Ann Brown, Isabel F. Brown,K. R. Butterworth, J. W. Calvert, 1. A. Campbell, Winifred D. J. Cantrell,Rudy Capildeo, Mary L. Catto, C. N. H. Cawthorne, H. A. Chandler,Rene Chang Wen Suen, A. J. Chapman, Patrick Chapman, Paul Cheetham,Daniel Wei-Tu Chen, A. K. Clarke, T. P. A. Clarke, H. B. Coakham,B. S. Cole, Violet M. Collett, John Collier, John Collyer, P. V. F. Cosgrove,Julia Cotter, S. G. Crocker, I. G. Crossman, Noel Curry, R. T. L. Curties,R. C. Cutler, R. A. Davenport, Jane Davey, R. W. Davey, Jean A. Davies,J. P. M. Davies, P. R. F. Dear, J. L. Dod, K. L. Dodd, John Dove, N. C.Drew, A. R. Duke, S. R. Dunn, I. Q. Eastwood, C. S. T. Ebrill, Christine V.Edwards, G. M. Edwards, Ekpo Ita Efiong, G. J. H. Emrys-Jones, Gillian H.Endacott, Sara J. Endean, Susan Estcourt, D. M. Evans, John Eyre, C. G. C.Fagg, M. J. Fairman, I. S. Fentiman, J. F. Ferrier, R. L. Fisher, J. P.Fleetcroft, Richard Flew, R. D. Forrest, A. D. Fox, A. 0. Frank, R. C.Freedman, A. H. Freeman, C. E. L. Freer, J. R. L. Froude, Helia Gapper,J. K. Garland, C. L. L. Gauci, A. D. Gayner, P. A. Gentle, Mary F. George,Raymond Goddard, Hilary Gordon, I. R. 0. Gordon, K. R. Grace, P. S.Graves, E. P. Green, Patricia M. Greenfield, Birgit Griffiths, R. L. Griffiths,P. A. Harris, Lorna M. Hatcher, Colin Hathaway, C. I. P. Havers, A. G. D.Henderson, Amanda J. Hetigin, Elizabeth J. Heyer, J. P. Hickey, Carol J.Higgins, C. M. Hinds-Howell, F. D. Hollanders, Elizabeth C. Hornung,R. J. Houseman, Maureen Howe, Anthony Howell, W. C. Hughes, M. C. E.Hutchinson, T. R. James, S. B. Janvrin, D. A. Jeffs, M. V. Jolliffe, A. H. D.Jones, Hilary W. Jones, J. G. Jones, D. N. Kay, P. J. S. Keating, B. R.Keeton, Theresa M. Kelly, M. M. Killoch, Basil King, H. G. Kiruluta,P. A. Knapman, S. E. Knight, Adrian Larner, N. C. Latchford, P. M.Leach, R. Q. Leeper, J. R. 0. Leigh, R. J. Levinsky, Gordon Little, R. L.Liversedge, J. A. Lynden, J. A. Lyttle, Kilian J. M’Caw, C. 0. McKeown,R. 0. McKeran, J. N. MacLean, Ian McLellan, Sara A. MacLennan,S. G. E. McMinn, P. D. McSorley, M. A. McTaggart, Chandulal BhimjiMalde, Rosalind M. Mance, T. C. Marrs, D. A. Marsh, T. K. Meikleham,J. F. Merrill, Elizabeth Miller, J. 1. H. Mitcheson, C. N. A. Mobbs,Alison E. J. Moore, J. S. Moore, J. R. Morris, D. V. Moss, Brian Naylor,D. E. F. Newton, Sean O’Connell, F. H. O’Driscoll, D. A. O’Kane, ChengSeong Ong, Edith V. Onians, Mary E. Opie, Ezekiel Abiodun OlufemiOrebiyi, S. M. O’Riordan, D. R. Osborne, P. W. Overstall, C. F. S. Oxley,F. B. Page, Thomas Pastor, R. M. Philpott, John Piper, Theresa N. Plange,D. J. Power, D. A. Price, R. H. Pullinger, F. E. Pymont, A. J. A. Raw,John Richardson, Caroline E. A. Roberts, J. K. Roberts, V. P. Robinson,M. G. Roth, B. J. Rowlands, Patricia A. Russell, Jill A. Ryder, JeremySaklatvala, J. R. Sampson, John Saunders, J. W. Scott, John Sellers,Hilary G. Shepard, M. D. Shields, Fatemeh Golnar Shiva, M. J. Simmons,Janet M. Sizer, A. P. Skirving, T. G. C. Smith, R. H. Soper, M. A. P.Spencer, M. C. Spencer, Richard Spicer, G. H. M. Stanley-Jones, G. S.Stein, J. W. Stephens, D. R. Stoddard, Gillian M. Stoddard, Jennifer A. S.Stone, M. H. A. Symes, Gabriel Symonds, R. C. H. Taylor, S. A. Taylor,P. R. M. Thomas, P. A. Thomas, G. D. Thompson, Jane L. Thompson,J. V. Titley, J. H. Tripp, A. G. Turner, S. C. Ungar, W. 0. Uprichard,Vaithilingam Sadasivan Vaithilingam, J. A. Vale, M. J. Wade, C. R. Walker,T. M. Walker, R. J. Walton, J. G. Wandless, I. K. Weir, Jamie Weir, JohnWeston Underwood, J. G. Wheeler, R. A. F. Whitelocke, 1. V. Whitmore,R. D. Wilkins, C. J. C. Willard, A. T. D. Williams, Rosemary W. Williams,W. D. C. Williams, R. D. Winter, Elizabeth M. Wood, C. H. M. Woollam,J. H. Young, N. J. A. Young, Shanti E. Zachariah.
University of LiverpoolThe degree of PH.D. in the faculty of medicine has been
conferred on H. G. Huxley and M. S. El-0. T. Kovra. TheD.P.M. has been conferred on Mary V. Marshman.
Royal Australasian College of Physicians _
The following have been elected to fellowship under theprovisions of article 44:
Prof. S. J. Baker (Vellore), Prof. Douglas Gordon (Queensland), Prof.Khoo Oon Teik (Singapore), Prof. J. M. Watt (Dunedin).
The following members have been elected to fellowship:John Apthorp, C. H. Baird, Harry Black, G. L. Brinkman, A. D. Cameron,
P. M. Dennis, P. W. Dykes, 1. C., Isdale, C. A. Macleod, W. I. McDonald,A. W. S. Ritchie, T. Le Gay Brereton, H. J. H. Colebatch, 1. S. Collins,K. D. G. Edwards, R. M. Gibson, P. J. Maloney, G. S. Nagy, C. A. Rigg,Theodore Selby, D. C. Wallace, W. H. Kitchen, I. Home McKenzie, K. D.Muirden, James Rankin, J. N. Santamaria, M. J. Eadie, D. H. Meyers,Peter Breidahl, R. B. Goldrick.
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Royal College of General PractitionersAt a meeting of the college on Nov. 16 it was announced that
the foundation council award had been presented to Dr. MichaelBalint. Dr. John Hunt was re-elected president and thefollowing officers of council were elected:
Chairman, Dr. George Swift; vice-chairman, Dr. J. H. Owen; deputyvice-chairman, Dr. J. S. McCormick; hon. treasurer, Dr. S. J. Carne;hon. secretary, Dr. B. C. S. Slater.
The Mentally Abnormal OffenderDr. H. R. Rollin is to address a meeting of the London
Medical Group on this subject at St. Mary’s Hospital MedicalSchool, Praed Street, London W.2, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at5.45 P.M.
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CORRIGENDA: Dr. F. J. C. Millard has been appointed consultantphysician at the country branch of the Royal National OrthopaedicHospital, Stanmore.
Mobilisation of Iron in Pregnancy.-In table I and fig. 4 of thearticle by K. W. Hancock, P. H. Walker, and T. A. Harper(Nov. 16, p. 1055) the correct units for serum-folate levels are ng.per ml.
Asthmatic Breathing in Mice.-In the letter by Prof. P. Stern andDr. Enisa Basagic (Oct. 19, p. 870), the fifth line should read "...A.R. sensitise the guineapig to the action of B."
The Hydrocortisone Test in Primary and Tertiary Hyper-parathyroidism.-In the summary of the article by Prof. C. E.Dent and Dr. Lyal Watson (Sept. 21, p. 662) the dose of hydro-cortisone should have been given as 40 mg. three times a day.
Pamphlets and Reports
Radiation Quantities and Units. The International Commis-sion on Radiation Units and Measurements defines here twenty-threeitems used in radiation physics and gives symbols and conversionfactors where appropriate. The Commission prefers internationalsystem (s.I.) units which, in this context, limits units to combinationsof joules, metres, seconds, kilogrammes, and coulombs, but gives anindication of the c.g.s. system. Special units, the rad, roentgen,curie, and electron-volt are retained in certain cases. (Obtainablefrom I.C.R.U. Publications, P.O. Box 4869, Washington, D.C.
20008.$1.)
Cancer and Aging. The second Thule International Symposiumheld in Stockholm in September, 1967. (Stockholm: AktiebolagerNordiska Bokhandeln. Sw. kr. 45;$8.75; 75s.)
Endocrine Aspects of Disease Processes. The proceedings ofa conference held in honour of Dr. Hans Selye at Mont Tremblant,Quebec. (St. Louis, Missouri: Warren H. Green.$22.75.)
Parathyroid Hormone and Thyrocalcitonin (Calcitonin).Papers presented at the Third Parathyroid Conference held in Mon-treal in October, 1967. (Amsterdam: Excerpta Medica. D. fl. 108;$30; E12 lls.)
Diabetes in the Tropics. The proceedings of a world congressheld in Bombay in January, 1966, containing over 100 papers.(Obtainable from the Diabetic Association of India, 127 ManeckjiWadia Building, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Fort, Bombay 1. 50s.;$5.50; Rs 40.)
Diary of the Week
DEC. 1 TO 7Sunday, lstPOSTGRADUATE MEDICINE
10.20 A.M. (Tyne Tees Television.) Industrial Health 2-The Risks.
(Repeat.)
Monday, 2ndROYAL POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL, Ducane Road, London W.12
4 P.M. Dr. D. N. S. Kerr: Management of Acute Renal Failure.6 P.M. Dr. Leon Kaufman: Anæsthetic Management.of Phasochromo-
cytoma.INSTITUTE OF DISEASES OF THE CHEST, Brompton Hospital, London S.W.3
6.15 P.M. Mr. W. P. Cleland: Special Problems of Pa:diatric ThoracicSurgery.
POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE11.20 P.M. (Scottish Television.) Industrial Health 3-Practice Counts.
Tuesday,3rdUNIVERSITY OF LONDON
5.30 P.M. (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, KeppelStreet, London W.C.1.) Prof. P. C. C. Garnham: Zoonosis as aBasis of Parasitology. (First of four Heath Clark lectures.)
BRITISH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL FEDERATION5.30 P.M. (Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London W.c.1.)
Dr. J. W. Scopes: Control of Body-temperature in Newborn Babies.INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, St. John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin,
Lisle Street, London W.C.24.30 P.M. Dr. R. W. Riddell: Clinical Pathology of Ringworm Infections.
WESTMINSTER MEDICAL SCHOOL, Horseferry Road, London S.W. 15.15 P.M. Dr. Julian Bloom: Hormone-dependent Tumours of the Kidney.
MEDICINE TODAY1.15 P.M. (B.B.C.-2.) Prof. W. J. H. Butterfield, Mr. J. Williams:
Arterial Diseases of the Leg.
Wednesday, 4thINSTITUTE OF DISEASES OF THE CHEST
5 P.M. Mr. Vernon Thompson: Surgery of the Thymus.INSTITUTE OF ORTHOPEDICS, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital,
234 Great Portland Street, London W.18.15 P.M. Mr. J. N. Wilson: Arthroplasty of the Rheumatoid Hip.
INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY, 10 Henrietta Street, London W.C.25 P.M. Dr. A. R. Harrison: Renal Failure of Surgical Origin.
INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY, National Hospital, Queen Square, London W.C.16 P.M. Dr. T. A. Sears: Action of Local Anæsthetics.7 P.M. Prof. A. S. V. Burgen: General Anaesthetics.
ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray’s Inn Road, London W.C.15.15 P.M. Dr. Sheila Callender: Iron Metabolism.
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD5 P.M. (Nuffield department of medicine.) Dr. Betty Brownell: New
Techniques in Muscle Histopathology.
MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY5 P.M. (Medical school.) Medicine. Prof. Henry Miller: New Doctors’
Dilemmas.MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH
8.30 P.M. (Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.) Prof. J. 0. Forfar,Dr. Forrester Cockburn: Metabolic Disturbances in the NewbornInfant.
POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE1 P.M. (Tyne Tees Television.) Industrial Health 3-Practice Counts.1.10 P.M. (Scottish Television.) Industrial Health 3-Practice Counts.
(Repeat.)
Thursday, 5thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, LondonW.C.25 P.M. Mr. Fenton Braithwaite: Oral Carcinoma in Relationship to the
Reconstruction. (McIndoe lecture.)5.30 P.M. Mr. 0. H. Shaheen: Studies of the Nasal Vasculature-
Problems of Arterial Ligation for Epistaxis. (Arris and Galelecture.)
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON5.30 P.M. (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.) Prof.
Garnham: Changing Pattern of Parasitic Diseases. (Second offour Heath Clark lectures.)
ROYAL POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL5 P.M. Dr. Edwin Clarke: Pathology Becomes Anatomical-II.
NATIONAL HEART HOSPITAL5 P.M. (Royal College of Physicians, St. Andrews Place, London N.W.1.)
Dr. Richard Emanuel: Genetics and Congenital Heart-disease.
(St. Cyres lecture.)ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, Paddington, London W.2
5 P.M. (Wright-Fleming Institute.) Mr. B. Berde (Basle): The Story ofOxytocin.
LIVERPOOL MEDICAL INSTITUTION, 114 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool L3 5SR8 P.M. Wing Commander J. Ernsting: Space Medicine.
UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN, University Medical Buildings, Foresterhill5 P.M. Dr. James Crooks: Epidemiology and Therapeutics.
UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE5 P.M. (Physiology department.) Prof. T. C. N. Gibbens: Female
Offenders.
Friday, 6thROYAL POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL
10.15 A.M. Dr. E. W. Emery: Significance of Statistics. Mr. Alex Barr:Statistics in Costing Procedures. Prof. E. A. Cheeseman: Non-sequential Analysis of Clinical Comparisons. Prof. P. Armitage:Sequential Analysis in Clinical Trials.
4 P.M. Prof. Bernard Lennox: Chromosome Abnormalities.
Saturday, 7thOXFORD UNIVERSITY
8.30 A.M. (Nuffield department of orthopaedics.) Dr. D. Mears: Designand Properties of Metal Implants.
9.45 A.M. Dr. C. Woods: Histological Response of Bone to AbnormalTissues and Substances.
