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804 two seek admission. After protest the honorary visiting staff resigned, and the Government made a contract with one, Victor Richard Ratten, to act as surgeon-superintendent. It was subsequently dis- covered that Ratten had been registered in virtue of a certificate of what appeared to be a bogus American night college, thereupon the Government passed a special measure to legalise this registration. It was felt that the state of affairs at this hospital was to the disadvantage both of the medical profes- sion and the hospital public ; therefore, on the reap- pointment of the surgeon-superintendent falling due, an attempt was made to arrange a conference between the B.M.A. and the board of management of the hospital. This conference was arranged, but before it could take place Ratten was reappointed by the board of management as the surgeon-superintendent with limited right of private practice. The matter will now drop unless the Government intervenes, and it is unlikely that the local medical profession will accept any appointment at this hospital in the future. Insulin in Australia. The Commonwealth Serum Institute has under- taken the manufacture of insulin, but up to the present it is only available in limited quantities and to special hospitals. The manufacture is being carried out under great difficulties, and it is not likely that it will be produced in any large amounts at present. The Australian Medical Congress. The arrangements for the Congress to be held in Melbourne in November are well advanced. A special feature will be a discussion on the early diagnosis of tubercle, in which all sections are taking part. Other subjects for general discussion are exophthalmic goitre and renal insufficiency. BRITISH SURGEONS IN DENMARK. THE recent visit of a party of British surgeons to Denmark, under the aegis of Prof. W. Thelwall Thomas, afforded a welcome opportunity to many of them to make the acquaintance for the first time of Prof. Thorkild Rovsing, the most distinguished of the Scandinavian surgeons. Rovsing’s many and great achievements have been the outcome of a combina- tion of qualities, one at least of which is rare. He has always shown an inveterate distrust of tradi- tional teachings and text-book orthodoxy, and his work has not only consisted of building up but also of breaking down and clearing away much rubbish. His special field has for many years been abdominal surgery, and his treatise on this subject has been a standard work for more than a generation. For the past 30 years he has devoted special attention . to the subject of gall-stones, and the part of this work which has already been published shows him in his most characteristic attitude-that of the icono- clast attacking false gods. It is anticipated that the final chapter of this work will be published in a few weeks; it challenges many of the accepted theories as to the genesis and development of gall-stones. Prof. Thorkild Rovsing demonstrating to British surgeons and Danish students at the Danish State Hospital. The visitors included Mr. John Anderson, Mr. Arthur Henry Burgess, Mr. Arthur Cooke, Mr. Ernest F. Finch, Prof. E. W. Hey Groves, Mr. Robert Ernest Kelly, Sir John Lynn-Thomas, Mr. Keith W. Monsarrat, Mr. John Morley, Mr. H. Herbert Rayner, Mr. Graham Scales Simpson, Prof. W. Thelwall Thomas, Mr. G. Grey Turner, and Mr. Henry Wade, some of whom are easily recognisable in this photograph. The Services. ROYAL NAVAL MEDICAL SERVICE. To be Surg. Lieuts. (D.) : R. IVI. Finlayson, G. G. Cruik- shank, T. Hunt, L. M. Hughes, L. B. Osborne, C. J. Finnigan, R. J. M. Andrews, and A. W. Wallace. ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS. ! Maj. and Bt. Lt.-Col. R. A. Bryden relinquishes the actg. rank of Lt.-Col. Maj. A. H. McN. Mitchell retires on ret. pay and is granted the rank of Lt.-Col. Maj. H. C. Todd retires receiving a gratuity. Capt. M. P. Power relinquishes the actg. rank of Maj. Capt. W. B. Allen, V.C., retires, receiving a gratuity, and is granted the rank of Maj. , RESERVE OF OFFICERS. Army Dental Corps.-Capt. E. D. Batty, late Gen. List, to be Capt. - ! ROYAL AIR FORCE. L. P. McCullagh is granted a short-service com- mission as a Flying Officer. A. W. Comber is granted a temporary commission as a Flight Lt.
