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Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of GlasgowAt a meeting held on March 31, honorary fellowship was

conferred on Mr. P. J. Kenny, president of the RoyalAustralasian College of Surgeons, Prof. J. H. Louw, presi-dent of the College of Physicians, Surgeons, and Gynae-cologists of South Africa, and Prof. R. B. Salter, seniorvice-president of the Royal College of Physicians andSurgeons of Canada.

Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical EducationDr. Christopher Clayson has been appointed chairman of

the new Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical Educa-tion, which will advise professional and educational bodies,as well as the Government, on coordinating postgraduatemedical education and training in Scotland.

International Cancer FellowshipsThe International Union Against Cancer, with funds

provided by the American Cancer Society, is to award

fellowships for research on cancer. They will be granted toexperienced investigators, at present on the staff of universi-ties, teaching hospitals, research laboratories, or similarinstitutions, who wish to work on the experimental orclinical aspects of cancer research at a single institutionabroad. Application forms (which must be returned bySept. 1) and further details may be had from the Union,P.O. Box 400, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland.

Transplantation ResearchA Canadian Medical Research Council group on trans-

plantation research has been established at the Universityof Alberta. Research will be undertaken over a period offive years by a team directed by Dr. J. B. Dossetor (Alberta)and Dr. Erwin Diener (Melbourne).

Nutritional Problems in the TropicsA symposium on this subject will be held jointly by the

Nutrition Society (Chandos House, 2 Queen Anne Street,London W.1) and the Royal Society of Tropical Medicineand Hygiene, on Thursday, April 16, at Manson House,26 Portland Place, London W.l.

Dr. R. W. D. Turner has been elected an honorary memberof the Cardiological Society of India, and of the Pakistan CardiacSociety.

The annual exhibition by members of the Medical Art Societywill be held in London on May 2-16. Invitations may be had fromthe hon. secretary, Dr. M. B. J. McGrath, 27 Arundel Gardens,London W.l1.

The dates of the congress of the World Federation of Hxmo-philia have been changed from July 26-29 as previously announced(March 28, p. 682) to July 25-27.

Pamphlets and Reports

Students from Other Countries in Universities in

Britain, 1968Ń69. This is an analysis, based on country oforigin and subject studied, of the 16,154 overseas studentsenrolled for full-time studies in universities in Britain in Decem-

ber, 1968. 507 were pursuing courses of study in medicine,dentistry, or health, 277 of these at the postgraduate level.(Obtainable from the Association of Commonwealth Universi-ties, 36 Gordon Square, London W.C.1.)

Body Plethysmography. Nijmegen (international sym-

posium) ; September, 1968. (Basle and New York: S. Karger.London: Academic Press. Sw. fr./DM 75;$18; E7 10s.)

Nutrition in Preschool and School Age. Tyiosland,Sweden (Swedish Nutrition Foundation); August, 1968. (Stock-holm : Almqvist & Wiksell. S. kr 45.)

Diary of the Week

APRIL 12 TO 18

Monday, 13thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’s Inn Fields,

London W.C.25.15 P.M. Mr. A. G. Apley: Fractures Around the Elbow Joint.6.30 P.M. Mr. J. Alexander Williams: Metabolic Effects of Gastric

Surgery.

Tuesday, 14thLONDON MEDICAL GROUP

5.45 P.M. (Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, Chandos Place,London W.C.2.) Dr. D. M. Potts: Moral Responsibility inFamily Planning.

Wednesday, 15thINSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY, National Hospital, Queen Square, LondonW.C.15.30 P.M. Prof. J. E. Desmedt (Brussels): Maturation of Cerebral

Potentials Evoked by Sensory Stimulation in Man.INSTITUTE OF ORTHOPEDICS, 234 Great Portland Street, London W.1

11 A.M. Dr. H. A. Sissons: Reaction and Repair in Tissues.6 P.M. Fractures of Femoral Neck. Dr. Mary Catto: Histology.

Mr. M. B. Devas: Prosthetic Replacement.8.15 P.M. Fractures of Femoral Neck. Mr. R. S. Garden, Prof. Roland

Bames: Classification and Treatment.INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London

S.E.55.30 P.M. Prof. A. H. Crisp: Anorexia Nervosa.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray’s Inn Road, London W.C.15.15 P.M. Dr. E. Farber (U.S.A.): Biochemical Approaches to Liver

Cell Injury.ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, Hill Square,

Edinburgh7.15 P.M. Dr. B. I. Davies: Cholera-Past and Present.

Thursday, 16thLONDON JEWISH HOSPITAL MEDICAL SOCIETY

8.15 P.M. (11 Chandos Street, London W.1.) Dr. Clifford Rose:Speech Disorders in Childhood.

LONDON MEDICAL GROUP5.45 P.M. (St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College, West

Smithfield, London E.C.1.) Dr. P. S. Byrne: Attitudes inGeneral Practice.

MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY5 P.M. (Medical School.) Pcediatrics. Dr. D. Macaulay: Pxdiatrics in

Vietnam.8.15 P.M. (Medical School) Anasthetics. Dr. Peter Morris, Dr. E. A.

Shaw: Peediatric Open-heart Surgery. Dr. Merton Cohen:Anxsthesia and the Muscle Spindle.

UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE5 P.M. (Physiology Department.) Prof. O. M. Wrong: Metabolism of

Urea in Man-Theoretical and Therapeutic Implications.

Friday, 17thROYAL POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL, Ducane Road, London W.12

11 A.M. Antibiotics in Surgery. Prof. L. P. Garrod: Prophylaxis.Miss P. M. Waterworth: Assay Methods. Mr. G. D. Chisholm:Urological Application.

Appointments

GLEN, A. C. A., M.B., B.sc. Glasg.: consultant in biochemistry, GlasgowVictoria and associated hospitals.

RAMASWAMY, N. S. I., M.R.C.P.E. : consultant geriatrician, Rotherhamand Mexborough hospital group.

WHITTAKER, C. B., M.B. Edin., D.P.M. : consultant psychiatrist, GogarburnHospital, Edinburgh.

WORMSLEY, K. G.. M.D., B.SC. Lond., M.R.C.P. : consultant physician,Dundee teaching hospitals.

Leeds Regional Hospital Board:BARNETT, DAVID, B.M. Oxon., M.R.C.P.: consultant in general medicine,

Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds.HANNAH, GEORGE, M.B. Glasg., F.R.C.S.E., F.R.C.S.G.: consultant in

general surgery, Harrogate General Hospital.HOLLINGWORTH, G. T., M.B. Lond., D.P.M. : consultant psychiatrist,

Airedale General Hospital.MOGHISSI-CHIRAZI, KEYVAN, M.D. Geneva, F.R.C.S.E.: consultant in

thoracic surgery, Castle Hill Hospital, Hull.