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others speaking presumably for the whole body. I

may quote the following : " the Association isrecognised as the mouthpiece of the profession’’ ;"there is only one organisation in the medical pro-fession-namely, the Association " ; " the Associationcould, if loyally supported by the whole profession, doall that the Federation aims at doing." On Dec. 15th,1920, the Central Council of the Association rejectedthe recommendation of the Ministry of Health Sub-committee, which body advised cooperation with theFederation.The view of the Federation.-Desiring to meet the

needs of the community and the allied professions,the Federation has adopted a policy of neutrality andconciliation. It claims that by no other means than thoseit provides can the collective voice of a great professionand its allies in the public service be made avail-able in the councils of the nation. Amongst the 45

organisations cooperating at the present time maybe mentioned the Royal Society of Medicine, theBritish Science Guild, the Medical Women’s Federa-tion, Medico-Psychological Association, Association ofM.O.H., British Dental Association, PharmaceuticalSociety, College of Nursing, Royal British NursesAssociation, and Midwives Institute-mentioning largerbodies only. And as all the allied professions are

fully represented it requires only the cooperationof the British Medical Association and the Medico-Political Union to make adequate representationof medicine possible. Is not this a goal worth somepersonal sacrifice ?

I am. Sir. vours faithfully.

N. HOWARD MUMMERY.The Federation of Medical and Allied Societies,

5, Vere-street, W.1., Dec. 21st, 1920.

SPIRITUALISM AND THE NEW PSYCHOLOGY.To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,-May I congratulate you on having secured foryour Christmas Day number a review of Dr. M. Culpin’sbook on spiritualism by a whole-hogger believer intelepathy? Next Christmas I shall look forward to anumber devoted entirely to ghost stories, spirit-rapping,ouija boards, &c.-an annual relief from the sobriety ofyour weekly review of British medicine.

I am, Sir, yours faithfully,LEONARD HILL.

THE X RAY TREATMENT OF RINGWORM:A WARNING.

To the Editor of THE LANCET.

SIR,-The increasing number of claims againstmedical practitioners in respect of permanent alopeciafollowing upon the treatment of ringworm of the scalpby X rays renders it desirable that those who may haveoccasion to use that method of treatment should warnthe patient’s parents of the possible after-effects.The violent reaction which occasionally follows even

minimum doses of X rays, in spite of all precautions, isotherwise apt to create a suspicion of overdosage ornegligent technique, and give rise to claims which

might have been avoided by a preliminary word ofcaution. I am, Sir, yours faithfully,

JAMES NEAL,General Secretary.

Medical Defence Union, Ltd., 4, Trafalgar-square,London, W.C.2, Dec. 23rd, 1920.

MEDICAL OFFICERS OF SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION.-The annual general meeting of the Medical Officers ofSchools Association was held at 2, Savoy-hill, VictoriaEmbankment, London, W.C., on Dec. 17th, when Mr.R. C. Elmslie was elected president, and thanks wereaccorded to Dr. James Kerr, the retiring president. Havingregard to the important position occupied by the journal, ISchool Hygiene, it was agreed to continue its publication, Iand Dr. James Kerr and Dr. C. W. Hutt were elected editors.It was announced that Dr. E. H. Nash would read a paperon School Punishments.

Parliamentary Intelligence.NOTES ON CURRENT TOPICS.

PARLIAMENT was prorogued on Thursday, Dec. 23rd, untilTuesday, Feb. 15th, 1921. The Royal Assent was given to a,number of Acts, including the Women and Young Persons(Employment in Lead Processes) Act and the Employmentof Women, Young Persons, and Children Act.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

MONDAY, DEC. 20TH.

Substitutes for Salvarsan.Mr. WATERSON asked the Minister of Health if he would

furnish the names of the various substitutes for salvarsanand neo-salvarsan the use of which had been approved byhis department; and if he would state whether his depart-ment guaranteed that the substitutes were exactly similarto the German salvarsan and neo-salvarsan.-Dr. ADDISONreplied: The following substitutes for salvarsan and neo-salvarsan have been approved : Kharsivan, neo-kharsivan,arsenobillon, novarsenobillon, diarsenol, neo-diarsenol, galyl,and salvarsan (manufactured by an English firm of chemists).No guarantee of the kind suggested can be given, but thereis good reason to believe that all these drugs, with theexception of galyl, correspond in general chemical constitu-tion to the respective German preparations. They are allofficially tested for toxicity before being placed on sale.

Dental Bill.Dr. ADDISON introduced a Bill "to amend the Dentists

Act, 1878, and the provisions of the Medical Act, 1886,amending that Act." The Bill was read a first time.[On Tuesday, Dec. 21st, the order of the second reading

of this Bill was discharged and the Bill withdrawn. It isunderstood that it has been introduced for the purpose ofdiscussion and that it will be re-introduced at the beginningof next session.]

TUESDAY DEC. 21ST.Ex-Service Men in Asylums.

Mr. LEONARD LYLE asked the Minister of Pensions ifhis department made any payments in connexion withex-Service men who were in any asylums whatever in thecountry for the treatment of mental disease; why, if thiswas the case, both his department and the Ministry ofHealth abstained from giving figures; whether the numberof such men had been stated officially to be inconsiderable ; -,and whether it was possible, in view of payments made byhis department, to give the public reliable information onthe matter.-Mr. IAN MACPHERSON replied: I would drawmy honourable friend’s attention to the replies given to thehonourable Member’for Frome on June 28th, and to thehonourable and gallant Member for Gateshead on July 30th,last. From these it will be seen that ex-Service men,confined in asylums and suffering from certifiable insanitydue to war service, are by special arrangements treated asservice patients with all the privileges of private patients.Their number on Dec. 9th was, I regret to say, 5634. Theentire cost of their maintenance and treatment is borne bymy department and, in addition, treatment allowances aremade on substantially the same basis as in other cases ofin-patient treatment.

uTedical A_p_peal Tribunalfor Wales.Lieutenant-Colonel PARRY asked the Minister of Pensions

whether he was aware that the medical appeal tribunal forWales had been removed from Wales to hear appeal cases inEngland, and that consequently the hearing of appeal casesin Wales had been suspended, and what was the reason forsuch action.-Sir G. HEwART (Attorney-General for England)replied: I assume that this question refers to the PensionAppeal Tribunals set up under the War Pensions (Adminis-trative Provisions) Act, 1919. The sitting of the tribunalsin various large centres in England and Wales are arrangedin accordance with the number of cases received in eachdistrict. The tribunal which sits almost continuously inWales was temporarily removed to London for the fortnightcommencing Dec. 6th. It returned to Wales yesterday. Thearrangement was the result of (a) a diminution in thenumber of cases received from Wales, and (b) an increase inthe number of London cases received.

Cal,i7es Used for Lymph Production.Mr. LUNN asked the Minister of Health if he would state

how the carcasses of the calves used for the production ofvaccine lymph at the Government lymph establishmentwere disposed of after the lymph had been taken from themand the animals had been slaughtered.-Dr. ADDISONreplied: The calves used for the production of lymph atthe Government lymph establishment are hired, and afterslaughter are examined by the veterinary surgeon of the

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establishment. The carcasses sold for food are subject tofurther examination by officers of the local sanitary autho-rities. I am advised that there is no evidence whateverthat the carcasses of vaccinated calves are unfit for food.

Public Vaccination Stcatistics.Mr. KENYON asked the Minister of Health if he would

furnish a statement showing the number of public vaccina-tions carried out in England and Wales in each year duringthe past 10 years, and the expenditure incurred in respect ofthe same out of national and local funds respectively.-Dr.ADDISON replied : The information asked for by my honour-able friend is as follows :-

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 22ND.Food Value of Milk.

Mr. HURD asked the Parliamentary Secretary to theMinistry of Agriculture what steps had been taken to carryout propaganda regarding the food value of milk, as

promised six months ago, so as to remedy the insufficientconsumption of milk, especially among children.-Dr.ADDISON (Minister of Health) replied: The Ministry ofAgriculture and Fisheries and the Board of Education haveagreed to cooperate with the Ministry of Health in thismatter and have drawn up a scheme for including instruc-tion as to the value and use of milk in various courses at- schools and colleges.

Free Passages for Indian lYledical Service.Lieutenant-Colonel RAW asked the Secretary for India if

he could make any statement regarding the promisedconcessions to officers of the Indian Medical Service in thematter of passages to and from India.-Mr. MONTAGUreplied: The concession to officers of the Indian MedicalService of free passages to and from this country when senthome on sick leave has been sanctioned with effect fromJuly 1st, 1919.

Committee on Smoke Abatement.

Major HAMILTON asked the Minister of Health whether hehad accepted the conclusions of the Committee on SmokeAbatement; and, if so, whether he would explain why inSheffield and elsewhere contracts for thousands of houseswere being approved by his Department without these con-clusions being specially brought to the notice of the localauthorities concerned.-Dr. ADDISON replied : I have circu-lated copies of the Interim Report of the Committee onSmoke Abatement to all local authorities with a memorandumrecommending consideration of the various substitutessuggested for the open coal fire where these can be- economically adopted. The Report has also been broughtto the notice of the Housing Commissioners. I understandthat in the case of Sheffield the Housing Commissioner hasbeen in touch with the local authority, and that the council.are considering the Report with a view to the possibility of.taking action in accordance with the suggestions made.

Military Casea of Small-po,,’.)Mr. RAFFAN asked the Minister of Health if he wouldstate how many naval or military cases of small-pox werereported to his Department during the year 1919 ; what wasthe vaccinal condition of the cases; and how many endedfatally.-Dr. ADDISON replied: Four naval cases and 13military cases of small-pox were reported to my Departmentduring 1909. Four of the patients were stated to have beenunvaccinated, and 3 of these cases proved fatal. Therewas one other fatal case, the vaccinal condition of which<could not be ascertained. The remaining 12 cases werestated to have been vaccinated in infancy and one of themto have been revaccinated.

Sacrpt2ca H08pital Accommodation.’Mr. ORMSBY-GORE asked the Minister of Health whetherhe would further consult the Association of Poor-law Unionswith regard to the best method of rendering all surplushospital accommodation in Poor-law institutions availablefor the treatment of the sick before re-introducing Clause 9of the Ministry of Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill;

and whether it was his intention to make any alterations inthe Bill before re-introducing it.-Dr. ADDISON replied: I amprepared to consider any suggestions, whether from thePoor-law Unions Association or from any other source,which are consistent with the declared policy of the Govern-ment that the treatment of the sick poor should be mergedin the general health services of the community. In replyto the latter part of the question, I am not at present awareof any valid reason why the Clause should be altered.

THURSDAY, DEC. 23RD.

Washington Conference and 1I1aternity.Mr. G. BARNES asked the Minister of Health whether he

was yet in a position to state the intentions of the Govern-ment with regard to the Washington Conference withrespect to maternity.-Dr. ADDISON replied: As my righthonourable friend is aware, the views of this Departmentwere communicated some time ago. I understand thatquestions have arisen affecting international law. Theyhave been referred to the law officers, and the matter iswith them at present.-Mr. BARNES : Is it within therecollection of the right honourable gentleman that he hasgiven me that answer almost in exactly similar terms to thesame question for the last six months? Will he undertaketo speed up the law officers ? Is he aware that the Govern-ment are under an obligation to put this Convention tothe House within 12 months of Jan. 26th last. Theremay be exceptional circumstances which would justifya postponement, but will he bear that fact in mindand endeavour to get these international law ques-tions settled as speedily as possible? Is it not a factthat international law questions can only arise if theGovernment intend to put the Convention into operation, andinasmuch as the right honourable gentleman has said thatthey do not intend to do so, why raise these internationallaw questions at all ?-Dr. ADDISON: I really cannot professto answer questions of international law; I can only saythat as far as this Department is concerned its work on thismatter was finished some two or three months ago. Iunderstand that the questions are very difficult and intri-cate. I am advised that important international questionsmust be settled before the Government can put it to thisHouse, and those are the matters which are causing thedelay. I regret the delay, but I know that the law officersare being as expeditious as they can in the matter.

Divisional and Whole-time Medical Officers.Colonel Sir ARTHUR HOLBROOK asked the Minister of

Health if he would state the salaries to be paid to the fourdivisional medical officers and the 33 whole-time outdoormedical officers recently appointed by him and what heestimated would be their travelling expenses; whatexpenditure would be incurred for the clerical and nursingstaffs for these officers ; what payment had been sanctionedfor rent and care of regional offices throughout the country;was he aware that the appointment of these officers tosupervise and direct panel doctors throughout the countrywas strongly resented by the medical profession ; and, inview of the large expense involved and having regard to theheavy financial obligations already existing, could the matterbe reconsidered.-Dr. ADDISON replied: The salary to bepaid to the four divisional medical officers is at therate of .f:1600 a year, and for the 33 whole-time medicalofficers the salaries range from .f:1000 to jE1400 a yearin all cases inclusive, and providing that no additionalpayment is made in the shape of war bonus. The totaltravelling expenses of this staff for a full year is estimatedat .f:8000. In addition a clerk has been assigned in certainareas, and the cost of clerical assistance under this head isestimated at ;E2700 a year. Where necessary nurses areemployed to assist the medical officers at a fee ofhalf a guinea a session. Where it has been necessary torent premises for this work the arrangements have beenmade by the Office of Works, but I shall be glad to obtainparticulars of cost and furnish them to my honourable andgallant friend. In answer to the last two questions I amcertainly not aware that the policy adopted is stronglyresented by the medical profession. This policy, which wasadopted in 1914, has been continuously supported by medicalmen and by the Approved Societies; it is sound in itself, andwill produce results abundantly justifying the expenditurein the saving of health and of the amounts paid in sicknessbenefit.

Section 79 of the Lunacy Act, 1890.Mr. FREDERICK ROBERTS asked the Minister of Health

whether he intended to have Section 79 of the Lunacy Act,1890, posted up in the waiting-rooms of pauper asylums,since this step had been now for some time under the con-sideration of’ the Lunacy Board; and, if so, when wouldthis commence.-Dr. ADDISON replied: I am advised thatthis proposal is by no means free from difficulties, and thatthere is much difference of opinion among experts as to itsadvisability. But the Board of Control have now completed

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their inquiries, and I hope to receive their consideredrecommendation early in January.

The Care of Lunacy Documents.Mr. FREDERICK ROBERTS asked the Minister of Health if

he could say what became of the original reception orderand accompanying medical certificates of inmates whowere dead or who have been discharged from asylums,licensed houses, and registered hospitals, and also in thecase where a licence was extinguished; did they remainpermanently in the keeping of the medical superintendentor licensee; and, in view of the possibility of subsequentlegal action taken by a sometime inmate, where the issuemight turn upon the integrity and security of theseoriginal documents, would he take steps by regulationor otherwise to secure that these originals remainedhenceforth in the custody of the Lunacy Board andwere safe from any interference with their contents.-Dr. ADDISON replied: The original admission papersrelating to dead or discharged patients are retained bythe authorities of institutions for as long as, in theirdiscretion, they think it necessary. In the case of licensedhouses there is no general rule with regard to the custodyof documents when the licence is extinguished. But inview of the fact that copies of all these documents are inthe possession of the Board of Control, I see no necessityfor any regulations of the kind suggested, nor have I anyreason to believe that the discretion left to the authoritiesis not properly exercised.

Medical News.UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE : DIPLOMA IN MEDICAL

RADIOLOGY AND ELECTROLOGY.-The Special Board forMedicine, on the recommendation of the Committee onMedical Radiology and Electrology, have approved thegranting of the Diploma in these subjects to-

Sir A. D. Reid, L.R.C.P. Lond., M.R.C.S. Eng.; R. W. A. Salmond,M.D., Ch.M. Aberd.; H. Martin Berry, M.D. Liverp.; J. F. Hall-Edwards, L.R.C.P. Edin. ; and J. T. Case, M.D. 111.

At examinations held recently the following candidateswere successful :-THIRD EXAMINATION FOR MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DEGREES.Part I., Surgery and Midwifery.-C. G. Ainsworth and A. B.Appleton, Downing; C. S. Atkin, A. B. Bratton, and W. M.Casper, Caius; M. T. Clegg, Jesus; B. K. T. Collins,Trinity; S. J. Cowell, Queen’s; F. C. Cozens, Emmanuel;E. J. Crisp, Sidney Sussex; E. C. Curwen, Caius; H. B.Dodwell and E. A. Fiddian, Emmanual ; L. P. Garrod,King’s; H. L. Garson, Clare; W. N. Goldschmidt, Pembroke ;E. H. H. Granger, Clare; C. Griffith-Jones, Caius; J. C. N.Harris, Pembroke ; G. A. Harrison, Caius; F. B. Hobbs, SidneySussex; L. W. Jones, Emmanuel; E. I. Lloyd, Trinity; W. H.Palmer and H. A. A. Pargeter, Sidney Sussex; F. P. N. Parsons,Pembroke ; P. W. Putnam" Emmanuel; R. S. Scott and T. H.Somervell, Caius; E. D. Spackman, Queens’; G. D. C. Tracyand A. R. Walker, Emmanuel; T. T. B. Watson, Christ’s; A. D.Whitelaw, St. John’s; V. Wilkinson, Christ’s; M. Wong, St.John’s; F. G. Wood, Jesus; W. G. Woolrich, St. John’s; H. B.Yates, Downing; and K. J. Yeo, Emmanuel.

Part IL, Medici7rz,Patholog, a.ad1’harmacology.-C. G. Ainsworth,Downing; F. Allen and J. C. Andrews, St. John’s ; C. S. Atkinand S. H. Barnett, Caius; D. C. Beaumont, Christ’s ; C. C.Beney, Jesus; P. F. Bishop, Clare; C. N. Carter, Trinity;P. D. H. Chapman, Sidney Sussex; A. 0. Courtis, Pembroke ;S. J. Cowell, Queens’ : L. Cunningham, Downing; H. B. Dodwell,Emmanuel; W. D. Doherty, King’s; H. V. Edwards, Trinity;L. S. Gathergood, Sidney Sussex; A. C. V. Gosset, Caius;E. B. H. Granger, Clare; J. R. Harris, Queens’; G. A.Harrison, Caius; F. B. Hobbs, Sidney Sussex; L. W.Jones, Emmanuel ; J. M. Lawrie, Trinity; P. Lazarus-Barlow, Downing; F. S. Maclean, Jesus; J. W. McK.Nicholl and E. S. Orme, Queens’; R. Y. Paton, Trinity; C. J.Penny, Jesus; K. Playfair and J. L. Potts, Caius ; W. B.Purchase, Sidney Sussex; G. P. N. Richardson, Christ’s ; A. G.Shurlock, Jesus ; F. N. Sidebotham, Clare; J. A. B. Snell andF. V. Squires, Caius; W. S. Sykes, Emmanuel; D. C. L. Vey,Clare; H. N. Webber, A. T. Westlake, and A. D. Whitelaw,St. John’s; J. Whittingdale, Downing; V. Wilkinson, Christ’s;F. B. Winfield, Downing; W. G. Woolrich, St. John’s.

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.-At examinations heldrecently the following candidates were successful in thesubjects indicated :-

M.D. EXAMINATION.Branch I., Medicine.-Monty Baranov, Univ. Coll. Hosp.; StanleyBatchelor, William Moses Feldman, and Ernest Eugene Herga,London Hosp.; Kenneth Reed Hill, Univ. Coll. Hosp.; GeoffryChallen Linder and Rowland John Perkins, St. Bart.’s Hosp.;Evelyn Dennis Scott, Guy’s Hosp.; and James Aubrey Torrens,St. George’s Hosp.

Branch IV., Midwifery and Diseases of Women.-Henry WilliamEvans, Guy’s Hosp. ; and Violet lone Russell, London (R.F.H.)Sch. of Med. for Women. ,

Branch V., State Medicine.-Maitland Radford, Univ. Coll. Hosp.Branch VI.. Tropical Medicine.-George Alex Sheridan Madgwick,London Sch. of Trop. Med. and London Hosp.; and Edward

Selby Phipson (University medal), Birmingham Univ. andLondon Sch. of Trop. Med.

M.S. EXAMINATION.Branch L, jSMfsef’A&mdash;Hugh Ernest Grifliths, St. Bart.’s Hosp.;Robert Lister Horton (University medal), Univ. Coll. Hosp.;Samuel Walter Maslen Jones, Middlesex Hosp.; Norbert LeoMaxwell Reader and Cedric Sydney Lane Roberts, Guy’s Hosp. ;and Henry James Drew Smythe and Douglas George ClutsamTasker, Bristol Univ. and London Hosp.

UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER.-At examinationsheld recently the following candidates were successful inthe subjects indicated:-

FINAL I-VI.B. AND CH.B. EXAMINATION.F. H. Anderson, May Blakiston, Phyllis M. Congdon, J. W.Crawshaw, A. M. El Aguizy, Florence M. L. Graham, E. M.Greaves, Albert Haworth, G. E. Hayward, Irma M. C.Jehansart,A. W. Kirkham, James Leather, G. H. Lees, Gertrude B. Leigh,P. B. Mumford (second-class honours and distinction inObstetrics and Surgery), Terence O’Brien, Florence G. Sherry,Doris A. Taylor, Henry Tomlinson, and Raymond Williamson.

MedtCttte.&mdash;Martha F. Barritt and Violet M. Jewson.Obstet7ics.-T. E. Coope.Forensic Medicine.-R. J. Allison, Caroline M. Edwardes-Evans,

Cecil Nelson, H. D. Preston, and S. J. Woodall.THIRD M.B. AND CH.B. EXAMINATION.

General Pathology and Morbid Anatomy.-R. S. van Aalten, P. D.Abbatt, Reginald Anderton, J. H. Appleton, Mary W. Atkinson(distinction in Pathology), J. B. Bennett, Doris H. Bentham,Benjamin Broman, G. H. Buckley, E. W. Clough, H. M. Coope,Margaret Derbyshire, 0. M. Duthie, Kathleen M. Eastwood,Beatrice L. Ellison, H. E. Emmett, H. P. Fay, J. H. Fletcher,William Geraghty, Doris M. Hardman, Arthur Ingham, E. L.Jones, J. I. Kelly, Nora Mills, Winifred H. Mitchell, LouisMorgenstern, A. C. Newman, Hilda Pratt, G. T. Robinson,Abram Rosenstone, F. H. Scotson, Henry Southworth, G. B.Stenhouse, Leo Unsworth, Emmeline Wade, Margaret J.Warburton, Margaret Wild, James Worthington, and JamesYates.

Pharmacology and T7M)’a;peMMM.&mdash;Margaret Derbyshire, Gwen-dolen A. G. Edwardes-Evans, Richard Handley (distinction inPharmacology), G. A. Lord, Louis Morgenstern, and Margaret J.Warburton.

Hygiene.-Lionel Boyars, Richard Handley, L. W. Kay, G. B.Lord, and Louis Morgenstern.

FINAL EXAMINATION FOR DIPLOMA IN DENTISTRY.Alan Booth, Dorothy Marsden, and Norman Wood.

UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS.-At recent examina.tions the following candidates passed in the subjectsmentioned :-THIRD PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION FOR M.B., CH.B. DEGREES.Forensic Mec7.icine and Public Health.-David A. K. Cassells,George R. M. Cordiner, and William A. Steel.

FINAL EXAMINATION FOR M.B., CH.B. DEGREES.Margaret Jane Mudie Cuthbert. Jean Helen Dumbreck Fleming,Mabel Hodgson, Frances Lilian Knipe, Margherita MurrayLilley, Christian Elinor Little, and John Bain Macdonald.

CAMBRIDGE AND VIENNA.-A collection is beingmade among resident members of Cambridge University,graduate and undergraduate, in support of relief work in theUniversity of Vienna, but it is believed that many Cambridgemen no longer resident would wish to identify them-selves with this attempt to help the greatest seat ofiearning in Central Europe at this time of most pressingneed. The Times of Oct. 23rd recorded the death in Vienna,from starvation of Professor Max Margules, the greatmeteorologist, who had been living on a pension’ of400 kronen (equivalent to 8s.) a month; and it is only tooclear that this is not an isolated or exceptional instance. Inthe coming winter both students and professors (with theirfamilies) will be in urgent want of the necessities of life.The Cambridge Executive Committee has asked for JE5000,and all assistance which old Cambridge men can give will beneeded if this sum is to be reached or even approached.Cheques should be sent to Barclay’s Bank, Ltd., Cambridge,made payable to the " Universities’ Relief Fund."

LONDON (ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL) SCHOOL OFMEDICINE FOR WOMEN.-The following appointments havebeen made by the Council: Sir Leonard Rogers, F.R.S.,to be Stuart Mill Lecturer in Tropical Medicine; MissDorothy Maughan, M.P.S., to be Lecturer in Pharmacy.The Staff of the London School of Medicine for Womenhave announced that they will increase their donationto the Appeal Fund for the extension of the Hospitaland Medical School from .f:500 to .f:1000. The extension isto provide beds for the class of workers who live in smallflats or lodgings. For these illness is a haunting dread, asthey cannot be nursed where they live, while they are unableto afford the high fees charged by good nursing homes.They can afford the cost of maintenance at the presentcharge of ;E4 per week. A few beds are now available formen and women at this charge, and 23 more will shortlybe ready. Further accommodation for men, women,and children will be provided as soon as funds permit.Donations and subscriptions should be sent to Sir FrancisLeyland Barratt, Bart., Honorary Treasurer, Royal FreeHospital, Gray’s Inn-road, W.C. 1.