219 Notes and News RIGHTS OF ANIMALS FONDNESS for animals usually gives rise to quarrels-an axiom tellingly illustrated by Fougasse in the prospectus just published by the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare.l The federation, however, take pride in keeping clear of quarrels; their function is to serve animals. Since their origin in 1926 as the University of London Animal Welfare Society they can claim to have got through a good deal of work, and to have grown greatly in membership. Component societies were formed before the recent war in the univer- ... quarrets to which a fondness for animals usually gives rise... sities of London, Oxford, Cam- bridge, and the South-West of England, Exeter, with a sister societv in Kyoto; but membership is also open to any- one who likes to join either as an ordinary mem- , ber (if he is a graduate or undergraduate or a member of the teaching or administrative administrative staff of any. British university, or if he holds a professional qualification approved by the governors), or as an associate member (if he is a person without a’university qualification but in sympathy with the aims of UFAW). Among other things the federation have worked to improve the lot of laboratory animals, and are publishing a handbook on their care. The number of experiments performed on animals in this country has steadily increased from 311 in 1883 to about 1,000,000 a year, and is expected to increase much further. No antivivisection bill has reached a second reading in either House since 1883, and the federation maintains that the humane treatment of animals used for experiment depends mainly on the experimenters rather than on legal regulations. The federation promoted the Gin Traps (Prohibition) Bill, which was defeated in the Lords in 1935 ; they initiated the appointment of the Mersey Committee on damage by rabbits, and promoted the Damage by Rabbits Act, 1939, clause 5 of which prohibited the trapping of rabbits in the open ; and they have plans for further legislation in hand. Short lectures have been given to children, accompanied by pin-up pictures of the animals described. A journal started before the war is to be revived as soon as possible, and in due course the Animal Yearbooks will be issued again. In order to prove that rabbits can be destroyed by humane methods the federa- tion helped Messrs. Geo. Monro Ltd. and Mr. R. M. Lockley to clear Skokholm Island-one of the most difficult of infested areas. The results have been described in Rabbits on an Island. Members of UFAW include vivisectors and anti- vivisectionists, opponents of blood-sports and masters of fox- hounds, and both vegetarian and carnivorous types of men. It is found that " ill-feeling is disarmed when the truth is ascertained impartially and told without spite." Subscriptions from ordinary members form only a small part of the federation’s income, most of which comes from larger contributions and legacies. They now have an effective development fund and hope to use it as animals would wish. TRAFFIC IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS THE advisory committee of the League of Nations has analysed the annual reports by governments on the traffic in opium and other dangerous drugs for 1940. The war years have dislocated and delayed the preparation and presentation of the usual annual reports from the countries which are parties to the several opium conventions. It has therefore been impossible to gather the basic material for the usual synoptic tables giving a statistical review of the world production and consumption of narcotic drugs. Moreover the variations in the exchange rates in the different countries have made comparisons based on financial statistics valueless 1. Obtainable from the Secretary, UFAW, 284, Regents Park Road, London, N.3. or misleading. Thus in ’1940 only 8 of the countries and territories in Europe furnished annual reports, as against 26 in 1936. Numerous legal and administrative changes have been made in various countries in regard to dangerous drugs. In the United States, by a recent Act of Congress, aliens con- victed under antinarcotic laws can be deported. China is inaugurating a policy of " absolute suppression " to supersede " gradual suppression," while Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek remarks : " To fight against Japan is to struggle for the existence of the nation ; to fight against opium is to reha- bilitate the health of the people." In the United Kingdom the number of known addicts is 505 (251 men and 254 women), of whom 80 are doctors, 3 dentists, 5 pharmacists, and 2 veterinary surgeons. In Turkey heroin is the drug favoured by addicts. In Colombia it is urged that barbituric drugs should be dealt with in the same way as derivatives of opium. In the Shanghai settlement addiction to opium is widespread and no improvement is discernible. In Aden opium and other narcotics are freely sold to addicts and opium-smoking is not prohibited. In the Lebanon a vigorous police campaign has been conducted against the cultivation of Indian hemp, and the amount destroyed in 1940 was equivalent to 800,000 kg. of prepared hashish. The amount of opium produced in British India in the year was 38,207 kg., with 11 % morphine content. As regards coca leaf in Colombia the consumption in 1940 was 131,222 kg., whereas 40,000 kg. was the amount furnished to the Permanent Central Opium Board ; mari- huana cigarettes made from Indian hemp have received the active attention of the health authorities. It is hoped that, with the end of the war in Europe and the Far East, international commerce in drugs of addiction may return to normal and the advisory committee may be able to resume its review of world production, manufacture, consum,p- tion, and distribution. PHARMACOLOGY AND CHEMOTHERAPY THE first number of the British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy will shortly appear, published for the British Pharmacological Society by the British Medical Association. Pharmacology and chemotherapy are two aspects of a subject which is rapidly expanding with promise of further great development. Not only pharmacologists but also clinicians, chemists, biochemists, physicists, bacterio- logists, pathologists, and other biologists, working in both university and industrial laboratories, have contributed to its advances, but their work is scattered throughout numerous journals. In the opinion of the British Pharmacological Society there is need for a new British journal which will bring together work, in all these fields, which is concerned with the effects of chemical substances on animals, living tissues and their chemical systems. The journal, which will publish original observations in all branches of pharmacology and experimental chemotherapy, including the biochemical and pathological aspects, will ,be edited by a board consisting of Prof. J. H. Gaddum, M.R.C.S., F.R.s., Prof. J. H. Burn, M.D., r.R.s., Dr. F. Hawking, Mr. H. R. Ing, D.PHIL., Dr. Nathan Mutch, Mr. C. M. Scott (Imperial ’Chemical Industries, Ltd.), Prof. F. R. Winton, M.D., and the editor of the British Medical Journal. Papers intended for publication should be sent to Dr. Ing at the Department of Pharmacology, Oxford. Each volume will consist of four quarterly parts and will cost 25s. Subscriptions should go to the British Medical Association, B.M.A. House, Tavistock Square, London, W.C.I. FORMULA OF PALUDRINE . ’ THE formula of ’Paludrine’ (i.c.i.), the new synthetic anti-malarial agent, has now been announced; it is N1-p-chlorophenyl-N5-isopropylbiguanide, and is used in the form of a salt such as the hydrochloride. The drug, whose discovery was announced last November (see leading article, Lancet, Nov. 17, 1945, p. 639), promises to prove at least as effective as mepacrine in the treatment of malignant tertian and benign tertian malaria ; and so far no toxic effects have been reported. Imperial Chemical Industries, in whose laboratories paludrine was discovered, has started limited production, and is preparing for full-scale manufacture ; it is expected that it will cost less than mepacrine. Mr. F. H. S, Curd and Mr. F. L. Rose, who synthesised the drug, gave an account of its development to the Chemical Society in London on Feb. 7. Mr. D. G. Davey, who made biological tests of its potency, is completing a tour of Australia and India where he has been collecting the results of field trials.
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Notes and News
, RIGHTS OF ANIMALSFONDNESS for animals usually gives rise to quarrels-an
axiom tellingly illustrated by Fougasse in the prospectus justpublished by the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare.lThe federation, however, take pride in keeping clear of
quarrels; their function is to serve animals. Since theirorigin in 1926 as the University of London Animal WelfareSociety they can claim to have got through a good deal ofwork, and to have grown greatly in membership. Componentsocieties were formed before the recent war in the univer-
... quarrets to which a fondness for animalsusually gives rise... -
sities of London,Oxford, Cam-bridge, andthe South-Westof England,Exeter, with asister societv in
Kyoto; butmembership isalso open to any-one who likes to
join either as anordinary mem-
,
ber (if he is a
graduate or
undergraduateor a member ofthe teaching or
administrativeadministrative
staff of any. British university, or if he holds a professionalqualification approved by the governors), or as an associatemember (if he is a person without a’university qualificationbut in sympathy with the aims of UFAW). ’
Among other things the federation have worked to improvethe lot of laboratory animals, and are publishing a handbookon their care. The number of experiments performed onanimals in this country has steadily increased from 311 in 1883to about 1,000,000 a year, and is expected to increase muchfurther. No antivivisection bill has reached a second readingin either House since 1883, and the federation maintainsthat the humane treatment of animals used for experimentdepends mainly on the experimenters rather than on legalregulations.The federation promoted the Gin Traps (Prohibition) Bill,
which was defeated in the Lords in 1935 ; they initiated theappointment of the Mersey Committee on damage by rabbits,and promoted the Damage by Rabbits Act, 1939, clause 5 ofwhich prohibited the trapping of rabbits in the open ; and
they have plans for further legislation in hand. Shortlectures have been given to children, accompanied by pin-uppictures of the animals described. A journal started beforethe war is to be revived as soon as possible, and in due coursethe Animal Yearbooks will be issued again. In order to provethat rabbits can be destroyed by humane methods the federa-tion helped Messrs. Geo. Monro Ltd. and Mr. R. M. Lockleyto clear Skokholm Island-one of the most difficult of infestedareas. The results have been described in Rabbits on anIsland. Members of UFAW include vivisectors and anti-vivisectionists, opponents of blood-sports and masters of fox-hounds, and both vegetarian and carnivorous types of men.It is found that " ill-feeling is disarmed when the truth isascertained impartially and told without spite."
Subscriptions from ordinary members form only a smallpart of the federation’s income, most of which comes fromlarger contributions and legacies. They now have an effectivedevelopment fund and hope to use it as animals would wish.TRAFFIC IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS
THE advisory committee of the League of Nations hasanalysed the annual reports by governments on the traffic inopium and other dangerous drugs for 1940. The war yearshave dislocated and delayed the preparation and presentationof the usual annual reports from the countries which areparties to the several opium conventions. It has thereforebeen impossible to gather the basic material for the usualsynoptic tables giving a statistical review of the worldproduction and consumption of narcotic drugs. Moreoverthe variations in the exchange rates in the different countrieshave made comparisons based on financial statistics valueless
1. Obtainable from the Secretary, UFAW, 284, Regents Park Road,London, N.3.
or misleading. Thus in ’1940 only 8 of the countries andterritories in Europe furnished annual reports, as against 26 in1936. -
Numerous legal and administrative changes have been madein various countries in regard to dangerous drugs. Inthe United States, by a recent Act of Congress, aliens con-victed under antinarcotic laws can be deported. China is
inaugurating a policy of " absolute suppression " to supersede
"
gradual suppression," while Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shekremarks : " To fight against Japan is to struggle for theexistence of the nation ; to fight against opium is to reha-bilitate the health of the people." In the United Kingdomthe number of known addicts is 505 (251 men and 254 women),of whom 80 are doctors, 3 dentists, 5 pharmacists, and 2veterinary surgeons. In Turkey heroin is the drug favouredby addicts. In Colombia it is urged that barbituric drugsshould be dealt with in the same way as derivatives of opium.In the Shanghai settlement addiction to opium is widespreadand no improvement is discernible. In Aden opium and othernarcotics are freely sold to addicts and opium-smoking is notprohibited. In the Lebanon a vigorous police campaign hasbeen conducted against the cultivation of Indian hemp, andthe amount destroyed in 1940 was equivalent to 800,000 kg.of prepared hashish. The amount of opium produced inBritish India in the year was 38,207 kg., with 11 % morphinecontent. As regards coca leaf in Colombia the consumptionin 1940 was 131,222 kg., whereas 40,000 kg. was the amountfurnished to the Permanent Central Opium Board ; mari-huana cigarettes made from Indian hemp have received theactive attention of the health authorities.,
It is hoped that, with the end of the war in Europe and theFar East, international commerce in drugs of addiction mayreturn to normal and the advisory committee may be able toresume its review of world production, manufacture, consum,p-tion, and distribution.
PHARMACOLOGY AND CHEMOTHERAPY
THE first number of the British Journal of Pharmacologyand Chemotherapy will shortly appear, published for theBritish Pharmacological Society by the British MedicalAssociation. Pharmacology and chemotherapy are two
aspects of a subject which is rapidly expanding with promiseof further great development. Not only pharmacologistsbut also clinicians, chemists, biochemists, physicists, bacterio-logists, pathologists, and other biologists, working in bothuniversity and industrial laboratories, have contributed toits advances, but their work is scattered throughout numerousjournals. In the opinion of the British PharmacologicalSociety there is need for a new British journal which willbring together work, in all these fields, which is concernedwith the effects of chemical substances on animals, livingtissues and their chemical systems.The journal, which will publish original observations in
all branches of pharmacology and experimental chemotherapy,including the biochemical and pathological aspects, will,be edited by a board consisting of Prof. J. H. Gaddum,M.R.C.S., F.R.s., Prof. J. H. Burn, M.D., r.R.s., Dr. F. Hawking,Mr. H. R. Ing, D.PHIL., Dr. Nathan Mutch, Mr. C. M. Scott(Imperial ’Chemical Industries, Ltd.), Prof. F. R. Winton,M.D., and the editor of the British Medical Journal. Papersintended for publication should be sent to Dr. Ing at theDepartment of Pharmacology, Oxford. Each volume willconsist of four quarterly parts and will cost 25s. Subscriptionsshould go to the British Medical Association, B.M.A. House,Tavistock Square, London, W.C.I.
FORMULA OF PALUDRINE .
’
THE formula of ’Paludrine’ (i.c.i.), the new syntheticanti-malarial agent, has now been announced; it is
N1-p-chlorophenyl-N5-isopropylbiguanide, and is used in theform of a salt such as the hydrochloride. The drug, whosediscovery was announced last November (see leading article,Lancet, Nov. 17, 1945, p. 639), promises to prove at least aseffective as mepacrine in the treatment of malignant tertianand benign tertian malaria ; and so far no toxic effects havebeen reported. Imperial Chemical Industries, in whoselaboratories paludrine was discovered, has started limited
production, and is preparing for full-scale manufacture ;it is expected that it will cost less than mepacrine. Mr. F. H. S,Curd and Mr. F. L. Rose, who synthesised the drug, gave anaccount of its development to the Chemical Society in Londonon Feb. 7. Mr. D. G. Davey, who made biological tests of itspotency, is completing a tour of Australia and India wherehe has been collecting the results of field trials.
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University of OxfordIn a congregation held on Jan. 24, the following degrees
were conferred :—
D.M.—David Whitteridge.B.M., B.Ch.-G. A. S. Lloyd, J. S. P. Rawlins, C. G. White,
I. C. Todd, A. J. Ogg, *R. P. C. Handfleld-Jones.,
* In absence.
University of Cambridge.. Chair of radiotherapeutics.—The university is to establisha chair of radiotherapeuties, which will be a whole-timeappointment, at a stipend of £1350 a year. The first holderwill be Dr. J. S. Mitchell.
Dr. Mitchell qualified at Cambridge in 1934. He became PH.D.in 1937, and obtained the D.M.R. in 1943. He is a fellow of St. John’sCollege, and holds a Beit memorial fellowship for research at thecolloid science laboratory. He was resident medical officer in theradiotherapy department of Christie Hospital, Manchester, beforetaking charge of the radiotherapy department at Addenbrooke’sHospital. - In 1944 Dr. Mitehell went to Canada on Governmentservice, but has now returned to this country. He is the authorof several papers on cellular metabolism.
Research into causes of ageinq.-The Nuffield Foundationhas offered the university jE2000 for initial outlay, and £6000a year for three years, for an investigation into the causes andresults of ageing. It will be made under the direction ofProf. F. C. Bartlett, F.R.S., at the psychological laboratory.
Royal College of Physicians of LondonAt a comitia held on Jan. 31 with Lord Moran, the president,
in the chair, Dr. B. T. Parsons-Smith was re-elected therepresentative of the college on the Queen’s Institute ofDistrict Nursing,. and Prof. J. W. McNee and Sir Arthur
MacNalty on the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Reportswere approved from the committee appointed to consider thetraining of general physicians (see p. 208), from the socialand preventive medicine committee (on student health), andfrom the committee on dermatology (see p. 205).The following having satisfied the censors’ board were
elected to the Membership :H. W. Bunjé, M.B. Lond. ; Glenys M. M. Donaldson, M.B. Edin.
H. H. Doss, -m.i3. Cairo ; Alexander Erdei, M.D. Vienna ; R. H. J.Fanthorpe, M.B. Lond. ; H. McC. Giles, M.B. Camb. ; C. H. Gold-mann, M.D. Leipzig ; Susanna Gordon, M.D. Chicago, M.B. Lond.;H. N. W. Harley, M.B. Lond. ; W. E. Henley, M.B.E., D.M. Oxfd ;Mark Hewitt, M.B. Lond. ; A. L. Humphrey, L.R.C.P. ; D. G.James, M.B: Camb.; S. T. H. Jenkins, M.B. Lond. ; J. D. Judah,B.M. Oxfd ; J. J. Kempton, M.B. Brist. ; Madeleine J. Mackenzie,M.B. Lond. ; T. N. Morgan, M.D. Aberd. ; Leslie Nancekievill,M.B. Lond. ; L. R. Patel, M.D. Bombay ; M. G. Philpott, M.B. Lond. ;J. D. Roger, M.D. Toronto ; Robert Schneider, M.D. Berlin ; J. C.Scott-Baker, M.B. Lond. ; J. C. Sloper, M.B. Camb. ; P. M. Smythe,M.B. Camb. ; C. J. Williams, M.B. Lpool; Hermann Wolfsohn,M.D. Lond. ; and F. J. Zacharias, M.B. Lpool.
Licences to practise were conferred upon the following 159candidates (132 men and 27 women) who have passed thefinal examination of the conjoint board and have compliedwith the by-laws of the college :
D. C. Adamson, R. W. Adlard, P. K. A. Andrews, E. H. Annels,D. A. Arthur, K. M. Backhouse, C. E. Bagg, R. 1. W. Ballantine,D. A. N. Barran, A. J. Barry, J. B. Berry, A. V. G. Bibby, G. E.Bond, J. G. Briant, H. G. Broder, William Brown, M. K. Bryce,Kenneth Burchill, D. J. Burnett, G. H. Carrick, N. R. Chan-Pong,Richard Clitherow, H. W. Colson, Olive Cooke, M. G. Cox, W. W.Cree, P. W. Dagger, D. G. Dalgliesh, P. W. Darby, W. H. Davies,H. R. De Vitre, Edward Dillistone, Jean M. Druce, Lucy M.Dunkerley, J. F. Durrans, Mary E. Eagles, Seymour Edelman,Sidney Eden, M. M. El Shinnawi, D. G. Evans, G. M. H. Evans,L. A. J. Evans, Elizabeth P. E. Everard, Elizabeth F. Everitt,Mary E. G. Feetham, P. A. Feldman, M. R. Fell, A. E. Flatt, J. M.Forbes, T. R. W. Forrest, Frances A. Fouracres, J. M. Garratt,E. B. Gethen Smith, Jean M. Gilbert, M. J. Gilkes, John Gloster,J. H. H. Glyn, Beryl M. Goetzee, Stanley Goldwater, Janet Gordon,R. L. Greenwood, A. W. Halfhide, W. M. C. Hallinan, R. J. C.Hart, P. M. R. Hemphill, N. D. H. Heneghan, A. C. Hill, Gina L.Hobbs, Hans Hofstadter, B. H. Hogben, Vera Holdway, H. B.Houldsworth, J. D. Huntley, F. L. Jackson, Pauline M. Jackson,G. J. Jacobs, G. V. Jaffe, D. W. James, H. C. W. James, A. M.Johnson, A. T. Johnson, 1. H. D. Johnston, G. F. Jolly, I. C. Jones,J. W. Jordan, W. P. Kelly, P. D. A. Kent, D. L. Kerr, S. J. Krister,Margaret A. Lakeman, C. H. B. Lawfield, Elizabeth J. Lee, KennethLowe, D. M. 0. Lowry, H. A. R. Loxdale, Grace M. Lukose,Phyllis E. Lyne, N. J. C. McGill, H. W. Macintyre, E. W. F. Mack,Freda S. Mackover, I. K. R. McMillan, Sheila M. McNeile, A. E.Malone, F. M. Mann, Bruce Marsden, Martha H. Martin, R. F.Martin, C. G. W. Mason, J. D. Medhurst, D. McV. Merritt, R. H. B.Mills, W. I. Murdoch, Donald Nuttall, R. H. Oldfield, T. C. L.Parry, R. A. J. Pearce, J. 0. Pearce Edgcumbe, R. M. Penny,P. P. Philip, Carol M. Plackett, R. M. Powell. R. D. Price, W. L. G.Quinlivan, 0. T. Randell, S. S. Raphael, R. W. Rapinet, A. T.Richardson, J. H. Ridgwick, Yvonne H. H. Roberts, Calmen Rosen,C. T. Ross, Dorothy J. Roth, A. H. Saddler, Roger St. Aubyn,D. V. Salkeld, Frances M. Saunders, R. E. Sidebotham, N. H.Silverton, R. S. Smylie, K. A. Sowden, M. H. Stroud, W. K. Sutton,A. K. Thomas, R. H. Thomlinson, J. R. Tighe, H. W. Topham,D. A. H. Trythall, Harold Wainstead, E. J. M. Weaver, Joan W.Wilkinson, J. D. Wilkinson, R. H. Wilkinson; J. R. B. Williams,R. D. Williams, C. J. Wilson, R. E. Woolley, G. R. Wotton, andSybil R. Yeates.
Diplomas in laryngology and otology, psychological medi-cine, medical radio-diagnosis and anaesthetics were conferredon those named at recent meetings of the Royal College ofSurgeons of England (Lancet, 1945, ii, 656 and 867,1946, i, 111).Diplomas in public health were also conferred jointly with
the Royal College of Surgeons on the following :John Attard, Ada Barnett, J. E. Dickson, Jack Fielding, T. H.
Harrison, C: F. L. Hill, P. G. C..Jones, and M. S. Moitra.
Scottish Conjoint BoardAt recent examinations of the board of the Royal Colleges
of Physicians and Surgeons of Edinburgh, and the RoyalFaculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, the followingwere successful :
J. B. Bale, Gordon Brill, J. E. Burdett, E. B. Cowan, R. M. Dykes,A. F. M. El-Nomani, G. W. Farrington, J. L. Fine, Janet H. A.Fleming, Allan Foreman, Hanna M. M. Girgis, William Henderson,Mary P. Hughes, F. J. G. Kinsella, A. K. Kuta-Dankwa, MurdinaMacrae, Ewen MacSween, Almena M. Maragh, T. A. Morton,R. A. K. Ross, E. De S. Sar, and J. S. P. Wilson.
Lothar Seewald, M.D. Bonn, was also admitted to thelicentiateship as- a graduate of a recognised foreign university.
Medical DiaryFEB. 10 TO 16
Monday, 11 thMEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 11, Chandos Street, W.1
8.30 P.M. Mr. A. C. Palmer : Etiology, Treatment, and Prog-nosis of Procidentia.
Tuesday, 12thUNIVERSITY OF LONDON
5.15 P.M. (University College, Gower Street, W.C.I.) Mr. F.Bergel, PH.D. : Etiotropic Compounds : Antimicrobials.(Last of five lectures.)
ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, Pall Mall East, S.W.15 P.M. Dr. H. E. Magee : Application of Nutrition to Public
Health-Some Lessons of the War. (First of two Milroylectures.)
ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole Street, W.15.30 P.M. Experimental Medicine and Therapeutics. Lieut.-Col.
J. M. Marshall, Dr. F. R. Selbie, Mr. A. J. King : Penicillinin the Treatment of Syphilis.
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5.30 P.M. Psychiatry. Lieut.-Col. A. T. M. Wilson, Dr. MaxwellJones : Psychiatric Problems of Repatriated Prisoners-of-War.
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ROYAL INSTITUTION, 21, Albemarle Street, W.15.15 P.M. Prof. H. Hartridge, F.R.S.: Recent Advances in the
Physiology of Vision. (Third of four lectures.)MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
5.30 P.M. Mr. A. C. Palmer: Disorders of Menstruation.(Lectures for demobilised medical officers.)
Wednesday, 13thROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE ,
4.30 P.M., Physical Medicine. Dr. W. S. C. Copeman, Dr. D. C.Norris : Prevention and Early Treatment of Rheumatismwith special reference to the Prevention of IndustrialAbsenteeism.
Thursday, 14thROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS
5 P.M. Dr. H. E. Magee : Application of Nutrition to PublicHealth—Some Lessons of the War. (Second of twoMilroy lectures.)
ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE5 P.M. Ophthalmology. Mr. O. M. Duthie, Mr. John Foster:
Indications for and Technique of Intracapsular Extractionof Cataract. (Cases at 4.30 P.M.)
PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY, 17, Bloomsbury Square, W.C.17 P.M. Prof. G. A. H. Buttle : War Experiences in Therapeutics.
EUGENICS SOCIETY5 P.M. (26, Portland Place, W.1.) Prof. Godfrey Thomson:
Trend of National Intelligence. (Galton lecture.)EDINBURGH POSTGRADUATE LECTURES
4.30 P.M. (Royal Infirmary.) Dr. J. P. Stewart: Experiencesof an Otologist on Active Service. (Honyman Gillespielecture: )
Friday, 15thROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE
8 P.M. Obstetrics and Gynœrology. Prof. W. H. Newton, Mr.G. W. Theobald, Mr. W. C. W. Nixon : Water Metabolismin Pregnancy.
8 P.M. Radiology and Neurology. Dr. R. MeWhirter, Mr. J.Pennybacker, Dr. Dorothy Russell: Radiation Treatmentof Cerebral Tumours.
FACULTY OF RADIOLOGISTS2.30 P.M. (Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln’s Inn Fields,
W.C.2.) Dr. E. Rohan Williams, Mr. L. G. Phillips, Mr.Aleck Bourne : Value of Antenatal Radiological Petvi-metry.
MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON5.30 P.M. Mr. A. Tudor Edwards : Indications for Chest Surgery.
(Lectures for demobilised medical officers.)WEST LONDON MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY
8.30 P.M. (West London Hospital.) Clinico-pathological andgeneral meeting.
Saturday, 16thBIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY
11 A.M. (London School of Hygiene, Keppel Street, W.C.I.)Discussion on Amino Sugars and Uronic Acids in Nature.
