941MEDICAL NEWS.—MEDICAL DIARY.
ROYAL DENTAL HOSPITAL OF LONDON.—A courseof eight post-graduate lectures will be delivered in theSchool of Dental Surgery at the hospital at 5 P.M., betweenNov. 19th and Jan. 23rd next. The lectures are open to
practitioners, advanced students, and others interested in thesubjects. Admission is free, without ticket.
INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE.—At the recent annualgeneral meeting of the Institute at 33-34, Devonshire-street,London, W., the following office-bearers were elected :Sir Thomas Oliver to be President, in succession to thelate Sir Malcolm Morris ; Prof. John W. H. Eyre to be aVice-President ; Dr. Soltau Fenwick, to be Chairman of theGeneral Council ; and Mr. Robert H. Elliot, F.R.C.S., tobe Vice-Chairman. Mr. Grant Ramsay, who founded theInstitute of Hygiene 21 years ago, retired as Principal ofthe Institute at the end of last month.
ROYAL SOUTHERN HOSPITAL, LIVERPOOL.-A seriesof rooms specially equipped for electro-therapeutic treatmentand massage have been added to the orthopsedic departmentof this hospital. These were formally declared open byLord Derby on Oct. 24th as part of the commemoration ofthe jubilee of the hospital. Special features of the depart-ment include the apparatus for remedial exercises, baths,and arrangements for ionic medication. It is also intendedto form a school for the training of students in electro-therapeutics and medical gymnastics.UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS.-Dr. F. S. Fowweather has
been appointed to the Lectureship in Chemical Pathologyrecently instituted. Dr. Fowweather graduated with first-class honours in chemistry (first division) at LiverpoolUniversity in 1914, gaining the Isaac Roberts scholarshipand the John Willox exhibition. After a year’s research hewas awarded the llLSc. degree, and he is also a Fellow of theInstitute of Chemistry. Later Dr. Fowweather took up thestudy of medicine and graduated M.B., Ch.B. at LiverpoolUniversity in 1922, subsequently obtaining the Diploma inPublic Health. He has been in general practice inEllesmere Port, and has had chemical experience in industry.CANCER RESEARCH PRIZE.—The committee of the
Christie Hospital, Manchester, offers a prize of 2300 forcancer research. Candidates must be qualified in medicineor in science cognate to medicine and must submit evidenceof original research work bearing on cancer done andprojected, which shall in the opinion of the assessors qualifyhim for the prize. The object of the prize is to supportresearch work already in progress. The assessors will takeinto consideration promising work which might fail forwant of financial help. The successful candidate will berequired to send results of his work in a report ready forpublication, or to give a lecture in Manchester. The prizewill be awarded in two instalments. The competition isopen to research workers of any nationality provided thatall documents are submitted in the English language.Applications must be sent to the Chairman of the MedicalBoard, Christie Hospital. Manchester, on or before Dec. 31st,1924. The decision of the assessors shall be final, and theyshall have power to divide or withhold the prize as theythink fit.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN ENGLAND AND WALESDURING THE WEEK ENDED OCT. 18TH, 1924.
Notifications.—The following cases of infectious diseasewere notified during the week, namely :—Small-pox, 80 ;scarlet fever, 2165 ; diphtheria, 1091 ; enteric fever, 104 ;pneumonia, 698 ; puerperal fever, 52 ; cerebro-spinal fever,5 ; acute poliomyelitis, 28 ; acute polio-encephalitis, 12 ;encephalitis lethargica, 43 ; continued- fever, 2 ; dysentery,2 ; ophthalmia neonatorum, 114. There were no cases ofcholera, plague, or typhus fever notified during the week.Nine of the 12 cases of acute polio-encephalitis were notifiedfrom Liverpool. The cases of small-pox were reported fromthe county of Chester, 1 (Dukinfield) ; Derbyshire, 12(Derby, 4 ; Bolsover, 1 ; Chesterfield, 2 ; ChesterfieldR.D., 3 ; Clowne, 2) ; Lancaster, 17 (Ashton-under-Lyne,11 ; Hurst, 6) ; Leicester, 7 (Melton Mowbray) ; Lincoln,16 (Gains borough) ; . Northumberland, 7 (Ashington) ;Notts, 3 (Mansfield, 2 ; Mansfield Woodhouse, 1) ; Warwick,5 (Nuneaton, 4 ; Meriden R.D., 1) ; Yorks N. Riding, 6(Middlesbrough, 5 ; Eston, 1) ; Yorks W. Riding, 6(Rotherham).Two corrections are made in the return ; the reported
totals for encephalitis lethargica and continued fever forthe week ended Oct. llth should have been 44 and 10 respec-tively. A case of typhus fever shown for the week endedOct. 4th should have been a case of enteric fever.Deaths.-In the aggregate of great towns, including London,
there were 9 deaths from enteric fever, none from small-pox,9 from scarlet fever, 29 from diphtheria, 13 from measles,34 from influenza. In London itself the diphtheria deathsnumbered 14 and the deaths from infantile diarrhoea fell to 21.
Medical Diary.ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1. Wimpole-street, W.
MEETINGS OT,’ SECTIONS.Tuesday, Nov. 4th.
ORTHOPÆDICS : at 5.30 P.M. (Cases at 5 P.M.)Cases :Mr. Paul Bernard Roth : (1) Cases of Torsion of the Tibia.
(2) Case of Fracture Dislocation of Head of Radius.Mr. Muirhead Little : Case of Neglected Injuries to both
Knee-joints.Cases will also be shown by Mr. Bristow and others.
PATHOLOGY : at 8.30 P.M.Laboratory Meeting at the Inoculation Department,
St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington.Sir Ahnroth Wright : Some New Technique.B. J. Collingwood: The Influence of Gravity on the
Diffusion of Dissolved Carbon Dioxide.J. Freeman : Protein Idiopathy Experiments.R. M. Fry : Demonstration of the Proteolytic Properties
of Hæmolytic Streptococci.L. Colebrook: Enumeration of Bacteria in Blood in
Septicaemia.A. Compton : Demonstration of Blood-urea Estimation
by Ambard’s Apparatus. -
Joan Ross : Staining of Actinomycosis Clubs. W. D. Newcomb and Joan Ross: Demonstration of
Pathological Specimens. A. Fleming : A Simple Method of Removing Leucocytes
from Blood.Wednesday, Nov. 5th.
SURGERY : at 6 P.M.Presidential Address :Mr. H. J. Paterson : The Lure of the New.
Thursday, Nov. 6th.OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGYEPIDEMIOLOGY AND STATE MEDICINE at 8 P.M.SOCIETY OF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH
Joint Discussion on the Notification of Puerperal Sepsis.The following have promised to speak :-
Dr. R. Dudfield and Dr. W. Butler, Section of Epidemiologyand State Medicine ; Dr. R. A. Lyster and Dr. J. Cates,Society of Medical Officers of Health; Dr. HerbertW’illiamson and Dr. J. S. Fairbairn, Section of Obstetricsand Gynaecology.
Friday, Nov. 7th.LARYNGOLOGY : at 5 P.M. (Cases at 4 P.M.)
Cases will be shown by Mr. C. Gill Carey, Mr. G. W. Dawson,Dr. E. W’. Goodall, Sir James Dundas-Grant, Dr.Irwin Moore, Mr. E. Broughton Barnes, and others.
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ANÆSTHETICS : at 8.30 P.M.Paper: :
Mr. F. T. G. Hobday : The Selection and Administration.of Local and General Anæsthetics for Animals (withepidiascopic illustrations).
COMPARATIVE MEDICINE :Members of the Section of Comparative Medicine are
specially invited to attend this Meeting. -
Saturday, Nov. 8th.OTOLOGY : at 10 A.M. (Cases at 9.15 A.M.)
Presidential Address: :Dr. J. Kerr Love : On Some Neglected Corners of the-
Otological Field.Cases will be shown.
ROYAL INSTITUTION, Albemarle-street, W.MONDAT, Nov. 3rd.-5 P.M., General Meeting.
LECTURES, ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, &c.ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, Pall Mall East.
TUESDAY, Nov. 4th.—5 P.M., Dr. F. John Poynton : ThePrevention of Acute Rheumatism (Bradshaw Lecture).
THURSDAY.-5 P.M., Sir StClair Thomson, M.D. : Tuber-culosis of the Larynx; and its Significance to thePhysician (Mitchell Lecture).
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’sInn Fields, W.C.THURSDAY, Nov. 6th.-5 P.M., Mr. Raymond Johnson:
Some Clinical Aspects of Carcinoma of the Breast(Bradshaw Lecture).
FELLOWSHIP OF MEDICINE AND POST-GRADUATEMEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 1, Wimpole-street, London, W.MONDAY, Nov. 3rd, to SATURDAY, Nov. 8th.—WEST
LECTURE HALL, Royal Society of Medicine. Lecturearranged by the Fellowship of Medicine and open toall members of the profession. At 5.30 P.M., lklodday,the 3rd inst., Mr. W. Ernest Miles : Cancer of theRectum.-Diseases of Children (Combined Course) atthe Paddington Green Children’s Hospital, VictoriaHospital, and Children’s Clinic. Special IntensiveCourse, second week.—HAMPSTEAD GENERAL HOSPITAL,Haverstock Hill, N.W. Special Intensive Course inGeneral Medicine and Surgery, second week.-ST.JOHN’S HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE SKIN, Leicester-square. Daily demonstrations, pathological demon-strations, and lectures. First week.—LONDON LocliHOSPITAL, 91, Dean-street, W. 1. Daily clinical workand special lectures on Dermatology, first week.-ST. PETER’S HOSPITAL FOR STONE, &c., Henrietta-street, W.C. Daily clinical work and special lectureson Urology, third week.
942 APPOINTMENTS.—VACANCIES—BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, & DEATHS.
WEST LONDON POST-GRADUATE COLLEGE, WestLondon Hospital, Hammersmith, W.MONDAY, N ov..lrd.-12 noon, Mr. Simmonds : Applied
Anatomy. 2 P.u., Mr. Addison : Surgical Wards.2 P.M., Mr. Bishop Herman : Eye Dept.
TUESDAY.—11 A.M., Mr. Enelcan : Venereal Diseases.12 noon. Dr. Burrell : Chest Casss. 2 P.M., Mr. Sinclair:Surgical Out-patients.
WEDNESDAY.—11 A.M., Medical Registrar : Medical Wards.12.15 P.M., Dr. Burnford : Medical Pathology. 2 P.:u.,Dr. Periiet: Skin Dept.
THURSDAY.—11 A.M., Mr. Sinison : Gynfecological Wards.12 noon, Dr. Scott Pinchin : Heart Diseases. 2 P.M.,Mr. MacDonald : Genito-Urinary Dept.
FRIDAY.—11 A.M., Dr. -AleDoLi,-al: Electrical Dept.12 noon, Surgical Registrar: Surgical Pathology.2 P.M., Mr. Vlasto : Throat, Nose, and Ear Dept.
SATURDAY.—9.30 A.M., Dr. Burnford : Bacterial Therapy.10 A.M., Dr. Saunders : Medical Diseases of Children.10 A.M., Mr. Banks-Davis : Operations on Throat,Nose, and Ear.
Daily, 10 A.M. to 6 P.M., Saturdays, 10 A.M. to 1 P.M., In-patients, Out-patients, Operations, Special Deparments.
NORTH-EAST LONDON POST-GRADUATE COLLEGE,Prince of Wales’s General Hospital, Tottenham, N. TUESDAY, Nov. 4th.—4.30 P.M., Mr. J. Howell Evans :
The Pains and Penalties of the Erect Posture. !FRIDAY.—4.30 P.M., Mr. Aubrey Goodwill : Complications I
of the Menopause.Daily : Medical and Surgical Clinics and Clinics in the
various Special Departments, Surgical Operations, &c.HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, Great Ormond-st., W.C.
THURSDAY, Nov. 6th.-4 P.M., Mr. 0. L. Addison : The" Doctor’s Dilemma " as seen in Surgical Out-patients.
ST. JOHN’S HOSPITAL, 49, Leicester-square, W.C.TUESDAY, Nov. 4th.-5 P.3L, Dr. Knowsley Sibley:
Principles of Treatment (Local).THURSDAY.-5 P.M., Dr. A. lI. H. Gray : Eruptions Due
to External Irritants.MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY (at the University of
Manchester).WEDNESDAY, Nov. 5th.—4.30 P.M., Discussion on Jaundice
to be opened by Dr. F. C. Moore and Prof. A. H. Burgess.MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY POST-GRADUATELECTURES.TUESDAY, Nov. 4th.-4.15 P.M., Dr. J. Shaw Dunn :
Carcinoma of the Kidney.FRIDAY.—4.15 P.M., Prof. J. S. B. Stopford : The Motor
Pathway.UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL POST-GRADUATE LEC-TURES. (At 3.30 P.M.)WEDNESDAY, Nov. 3rd.-(At the Northern Hospital.) Dr.
Stopford-Taylor : Common Skin Disorders.THURSDAY.—(At the Stanley Hospital.) Dr. Wadsworth :
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Demonstration of Clinical Cases.FRIDAY.—(At the Royal Infirmary.) Dr. F. Wilson :
Modern Treatment of Urethritis.UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD POST-GRADUATE LEC-TURES. (At 3.30 p.nt.)TUESDAY, Nov. 4th.-(At the Royal Hospital.) Mr. G.
Simpson : Tubercular Kidney.FRIDAY.—(At the Royal Infirmary.) Dr. Barnes : The
Treatment of Diabetes.ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, Russell-square,
W.C.(Course of Lectures on the Health of the Commonwealth.)WEDNESDAY, Nov. 5th.-4 P.M., Mr. J. R. Kerr : Invalidity
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from Chronic Joint Disease.THE PEOPLE’S LEAGUE OF HEALTH. Course of Lectureson the Mind and What We Ought to Know About It.(At the Medical Society of London, 11, Chandos-street, W.)MONDAY, Nov. 3rd.-6 P.M., Dr. R. G. Rows : Association
of Ideas, Recognition, and Memory.
Appointments.BECKETT, A. J., M.B., Ch.B. Dub., has been appointed Certifying
Surgeon under the Factory and Workshop Acts for theKidwelly District of the County of Carmarthen.
Dc;Gox, T. H., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond., to be an AssistantDirector of Medical Service in Nigeria.
SOLLY, E., M.B. Lond., F.R.C.S. Eng., and MILBURN, C. H.,M.B., M.S. Durh., to be additional Medical Referees under
- the Workmen’s Compensation Act for the Districts of theDewsbury and Leeds County Courts.
Manchester Royal Infirmary : Central Branch : Miss FRANCESA. HOGBEX, M.R.C.S., Lr.R.C.P., Resident Medical Officer;Miss M. L. P. GoETZE, 1B1. B., B.S., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.,Assistant Resident Medical Officer.
Royal Eye Hospital, Southwark: HOPE, C. W. M., M.D.Durh., F.R.C.S. Eng., Honorary Rhinologist ; LIVINGSTON,A., M.B., Ch.B., M.D.S. Liverp., Honorary Dental Surgeon.
Vacancies.For further inforrnatioyz refer to the advertisement columns.
Aberdeen Royal Mental Hospital.-Third Asst. P. £250.Bolton County Borouglt.-Asst. M.O.H. and Sch. M.O. 9600.British Honduras.—Asst. M.O. $2430.Cape Town University.—Wernher Beit Chair of Pathology.
Chailey, Sussex, Herituge C’rotft Schools.-H.S. for OrthopedicSurg. Dept. £290.
Cobham, Surrey, Sehiff Home of Recovery.—Res. See. and Surg.Supt. £600.
Durham County Coune-il Education Committee.—Asst. SchoolM.O. £600.
Edinburgh Royal Mlental Hospital.—Res. Asst. P. £350.Fulham Infirmary, St. Dunstan’s-road, Hammersmith, W.—Third
A.M.O. £250.Hampshire County Council.—Dental S. £500.Ipswich, East Suffolk and Ipsrrich Hospital.—H.S. £100.Kensington, Fulharra and Chelsea General Hospital, Richmond-
road, Earl’s Court, S.W.—Sen. and Jan. Res. M.O.’s for sixmonths at rate of 9100 and £75 respectively.
Leicester Royal Infirmary.—Two Surgical Dressers. 10s. 6d., weekly.Liverpool, Alder Hey Children’s Hopsital.—Res. Asst. M.O. £260.London Hospital, E.-First Asst. to one of the four -AIed. Firms.
£400.Metropolitan Asylums Board Infectious Hospitals Service.—Jun.
Asst. M.O.’S. £560.Metropolitan Asylums Board Jientul Hospitals Sern;iee.-Two
Jun. Asst. ill.0.’s. Epch £500.Plymouth County Borough.—M.O.H., &c. £1200.Queen Charlotte’s Maternity Hospital, Marylebone-road, l’.lI’.-
Two Asst. Res. M.O.’s for four months at rate of £80.Also Sen. R.M.O. £100.
Queen’s Hospital for Children, Hackney-road, E.-Phys. in chargsof Skin Dept.Rochester, St. Bartholonzew’s Hospital.-Third Res. DLO. £260.
Royal National Orthopœdic Hospital, 231, Greut Portland-street,W.—Two Surg. Regs. £105.
Royal Naval Medical Service.—Surg. Lients. 2.5s. per day.Royal Northern Hospital, Holloway, N.—H.S., Joint H.P. and S.
Each f!.75. Also Cas. 0. £125.St. Mary’s Hospital for TVomen and Children, Pluistow, E.-
Res. M.O. and Asst. Res. M.O. for six months at rate of,g175 and P130 respectively.
St. Peter’s Hospital for Stone, &c., Henrietta-street, CoventGarden, W.C.—Third Anxsthetist. £25.
Wallasey, Victoria Central Hospital.—Sen. H.S. Also Jun. H.g.£150 and ;S100 respectively.
West London Hospital, Hammersmith-road, W.-Surg. for Dis. ofWomen. Dermatologist. Also Hon. Medical Radiologist.
The Chief Inspector of Factories, Home Office, London, S.W.,announces the following vacant appointments : Folkestone,Kent ; Shilton, Warwick ; Ilkeston, Derby.
Births, Marriages, and Deaths.MARRIAGES.
CORKET—EWART.—On Oct. 23rd, at Christ Church, Lisburn,I. W. Corkey, M.C., F.R.C.S., of Epsom, Surrey, to Ethel,only daughter on F. W. Ewart, of Derryvolgie, Lisburn.
DICK—Row.—On Oct. 22nd, at the Garrison Church, WoodcotePark Camp, Epsom, James Hamilton Dick, M.C., M.B.,Ch.B., of Bexhill, to Dorothy Charlotte Martin, elderdaughter of Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. Row, Woodcote ParkCamp, Epsom.
DODWELL—SÖRENSEN.—On Oct. 25th, at St. Nicholas, Godstone,Howard Branson Dodwell, M.B., Ch.B., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.,to Dorothea Maclagan Sorensen, younger daughter ofMarius A. Sorensen.
HALES-LEE-ELLIOTT.-On Oct. 22nd, at the Parish Church,Blakeney, Dr. Henry Ward Hales, of Lees Lodge, Shering-ham, to Charlotte Winifred (Pearl) Lee-Elliott, elder daughter
I of the Rev. and Mrs. D. L. Lee-Elliott, of Blakeney Rectory.
DEATHS.ALCIXDOR.—On Oct. 25th, at St. -Alary’s Hospital, John Alcindor,
M.B., B.Ch. Edin., aged 51.HOBBS.—On Oct. 20th, at the War Memorial Hospital, High
Wycombe, after an operation, Frederick William Hobbs,M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond., aged 42.
STORRS.-On Oct. 21st, at Southwood-avenue, Southbourne,W. H. Townsend Storrs, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
WATTS-SILVESTER.—On Oct. 13th, suddenly, at SturminsterNewton, Dorset, Thomas Henry Evered Watts-Silvester,M.A. Camb., B.Ch:, M.B., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
N.B.—A fee of 7s. 6d. is charged for the insertion of Notices ofBirths, Marriages, and Deaths.
ASSURANCE MEDICAL SOCIETY.—The first meetingof the session will be held at the house of the Medical Societyof London on Wednesday, Nov. 5th, when the new President,Dr. G. G. Howitt, will give an address on Life Assurance :its Evolution and Progress.THE LATE DR. 0. H. A. MAGGS, J.P.-Oliver
Henry Arthur Maggs, of Haworth, hon. anaesthetist, VictoriaHospital, Keighley, who died in his seventy-third yearon Oct. 19th in a private ward at the Keighley VictoriaHospital, had recently retired after practising medicinefor nearly a quarter of a century at Haworth and was wellknown throughout the Keighley district. A student atCharing Cross Hospital he qualified with the L.S.A. in 1892,and for a time was hon. medical officer at Pimlico-road FreeDispensary, London. At Haworth he took an active partin all branches of public life and was for 18 years a memberof the urban council. During the war he was honoraryradiographer, physician, and anaesthetist at the KeighleyWar Hospital. He leaves a widow and one son.
