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University of SouthamptonDr. E. D. Acheson, May reader in medicine in the Nuffield

department of medicine, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, hasbeen appointed dean of medicine and professor of clinicalepidemiology.

Dr. Acheson, who is 41, was educated at Merchiston Castle School,Oxford University, and the Middlesex Hospital, graduating B.M.

in 1951. After graduation he heldhouse-posts and a medical registrar-ship at the Middlesex Hospital, andlater served in the Royal Air ForceMedical Branch. He took theM.R.C.P. in 1953 and D.M. in 1957. In1957 he went to America for two

years as a Radcliffe travelling fellowof University College, Oxford, andbecame chief of the division of

geographic epidemiology at theVeterans Administration CentralOffice, Washington. He returned tothe post of medical tutor in theNuffield department of clinical medi-cine, Oxford, and was later appointedto his readership. In 1967 he waselected F.R.C.P. His chief researchinterests are the epidemiology ofchronic disease, the study of the

organisation of medical care, and the use of computers in medicine.He is medical director of the Oxford Record Linkage Study, and hisbook on Medical Record Linkage was published last year. His other

published work includes articles on the epidemiology of nasal cancerin woodworkers, and of multiple sclerosis and ulcerative colitis, andwork on the use of computers in medicine and the organisation ofmedical care. He is a fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford.

University of DublinOn July 11 degrees were conferred on the following:M.D.-M. G. C. Kelly, G. S. A. McDonald, K. C. Martin, R. D.

Stevenson.M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O.-Olawole Alakija, Heather E. Anderson, J. A. A.

Archbold, Rosalie H. Auckland, P. M. Bartnicki, S. M. Black, G. F. J.Borrett, Fionnula M. Branscombe, G. R. Caird, Kathleen Z. T. Carr,A. M. Carroll, James Chang, Nagendrakumar Dalpatbhai Chauhan, JamesColville, F. G. Daly, J. B. Donaghy, D. E. Dorman, Adrian Fine, T. E.Forson, M. J. Fox, B. F. Hannigan, Ann M. Heelas, D. M. Huey, T. C.Jerram, Sowntharaleela Kandiah, Margaret F. Kirwan, H. G. McNeill,D. P. Miller, W. H. Moore, R. R. L. De V. O’Moore, R. V.

Parton, R. G. S. Platts, B. J. Reid, Oonah M. Sheppard, D. I. Shier,Regina M. Smith, Gillian S. Stanley, J. G. Brock-Utne, M. D. S. Wilson.

Welsh National School of Medicine

Dr. B. H. Knight has been appointed senior lecturer inforensic pathology and Dr. Eileen N. Thompson seniorlecturer in child health. Dr. J. M. Anderton has been appointedlecturer in anxsthetics, Dr. M. R. Beamish lecturer in hsema-tology, Dr. T. M. Hayes lecturer in metabolic medicine, andDr. John Rhodes lecturer in gastroenterology.

Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandAt a meeting of the council on July 11, Sir Hedley Atkins

was re-elected president and Mr. H. C. Edwards and SirThomas Holmes Sellors were elected vice-presidents. A

diploma of fellowship was granted to P. S. Punna, and theaward of the Nuffield prize of the Faculty of Anxsthetists toDr. N. R. Fahmy (Cairo) was recorded.The following diplomas were granted, jointly with the Royal

College of Physicians:D.A.-Doreen L. Aitken, M. D. Allam, M. A. B. Allan, Abdul Halim

Ansari, Susanta Kumar Bagchi, P. W. Bailey, Barbara A. Baird, RubyKusum Baksh, Peruvanam Hariharan Balkrishnan, T. M. Ball, F. L. Barton,Michele E. Baverstock, D. J. Belbin, K. B. J. Beswick, Pamela Booker,Jacqueline P. Bottome, Ann R. Bowdler, Anne G. Boyle, C. H. W. Browne,Maurice Brygel, Francisco Caicedo, Elizabeth Calder, Joy S. Catling,Chiu-Suck Chan, Swades Chandra Chatterjee, Arthur Chesshire, VijayChibber, Jamal Muhammad Chishti, Minakshi Avantilal Choksi, Hazel G.Chung, Jane T. Conner, Chaitanya Charan Das, R. J. L. Davis, Maria P.Demetriou, L. G. Dempsey, Flora M. McK. Dewar, Suresh Kumar Dhingra,Ann K. Donaldson, Corina Engler, Kasim Sukru Erel, Jon Evans, J. C. D.Ferreira, Ruth M. B. Furness, Margaret M. Gibbon, J. D. Graham, D. M.Griffiths, Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Wehbeh Hanna, P. L. Harrison, NaveedHasan, Raza Hassan, D. M. Hastings, A. M. Hipkin, Anne D. Hodson,D. M. Jackson, Baburajan James, Sinnathamby Jenagaratnam, P. M.Johnson, Samir Hassan Kamel, J. R. Keith, Mohammad Akhtar Waheed

Khan, P. J. Kingsley, M. E. Kingston, Shanta Kishore, SukumaranKizhakepat Pisharoth, D. L. Knights, H. 1. Knutzelius, Ghanasham WamanKuvelker, Anne G. Lacey, Christian A. Lampel, Barbara V. Latham, I. P.Latto, Elizabeth M. Lawton, Lillian Ching-Woo Lee, Patricia Lee, GoldaLieberman, Charles Pak Chiu Lung, Evelyne D. McCall, Heather M.Macorison, P. S. Martin, Helen A. Matheson, Isobel M. Mathias, J.W. G. A. Maxwell, B. J. Mills, A. D. Milne, W. J. Montgomery, K. C.Moore, W. P. N. Moore, A. H. Morris, D. J. Morris, Luma Akram Mushtaq,Zubeda Husainuddin Nagamia, Hewathuduwewattege Michael Nanayak-kara, Husham Mohamed Ali Nazhat, J. M. Newbery, Janet M. Organe,K. A. Osmond, D. N. H. Owen, D. L. Parker, Kokila Bakulchandra Patel,Yusuf Mohamed Patel, Mary-Lou Phillips, Om Prakash, Shyam BihariPrasad, Kamalajany Puvanendran, Bethini Radha Rao, F. G. Reader, AytenSalih, Usha Mahadeo Salvi, G. J. H. Sandes, P. C. H. Schofield, DavidShepherdson, Rasnidhi Ratanlal Sheth, Hooshang Shirazi, Ram Janm Singh,Mohamed Taysir Said Soliman, Kamaladevi Somasundram, Louise A.Stephens, Manisha Vasant Subhedar, Natwarlal Keshavji Tanna, AbdulQavi Tariq, T. A. Thomas, G. H. K. Tippett, D. C. Townsend, PerVaagenes, Nirmal Kanti Varma, R. S. Vaughan, Umeshchanra PatilVijayalakshmi, Napoleon Voulgaris, Rosalind M. Ward, E. J. White, B. L.Whitty, Anne D. Witheford, J. B. Wylie, J. F. Wynters.

Dip. Path.-Shamsi Atanda Adegbite, Nasrat Jar-Allah Al-Douri, ChitrikaKamalani De Silva, Ramachandran Devarajalu, Emmanuel Doe-Doosey,A. P. Dorevitch, Prem Bikram Hamal, A. A. Jaffe, Kusum Lata Marwaha,Elizabeth A. Meinhard, A. E. Mills, Ramnath Rajamani.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of GlasgowA William Mackenzie centenary symposium, on the ocular

circulation in health and disease, is to be held at the college,242 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, on Sept. 23 and 24. Tickets(S3 3s.) may be had from the hon. secretary of the college.Society of ApothecariesThe mastery of midwifery, honoris causa, was being con-

ferred on Sir Hector MacLennan on Wednesday.Review of Hospital-building MaintenanceMr. Kenneth Robinson, Minister of Health, and Mr.

William Ross, Secretary of State for Scotland, have set up anindependent committee to review arrangements for hospital-building maintenance and minor capital works. The chairmanwill be Mr. D. E. Woodbine Parish, chairman of the City andGuilds of London Institute. Anyone wishing to give evidenceshould write to the secretary of the committee, Ministry ofHealth, Room B. 1210, Alexander Fleming House, Elephantand Castle, London S.E.l.

Microscopy of Adrenergic MechanismsThis is to be the theme of a meeting, organised by the

Royal Microscopical Society, to be held at the Middlesex

Hospital Medical School, Mortimer Street, London W.1, onTuesday, Oct. 1. Details may be had from Prof. Robert Barer,University Department of Human Biology and Anatomy,Sheffield S10 2TN.

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The Association of Sterile Supply Administrators is to hold aconference on methods for the supply of sterile instruments andother equipment to operating-theatres. This is to take place at theUniversity of Leeds on Friday, Sept. 20. Application forms may behad from Mr. H. B. Edge, Central Sterile Supply Department,General Infirmary, Leeds 1.

AppointmentsEVANS, A. G., M.B. Wales, F.R.C.S.I., D.L.O. ; consultant E.N.T. surgeon, Derby

hospital group.FENTON, G. W., M.B. Belf., M.R.C.P., M.R.C.P.E., D.P.M. : consultant neuro-

physiologist, Bethlem Royal Hospital and Maudsley Hospital.GHOSH, M. L., M.B. Calcutta, M.R.C.P.G., M.R.C.P.I.: consultant pathologist,

Barnsley hospital group.HARRIS, RuTH F., M.D. Lond., D.C.H.: consultant neurophysiologist, Bethlem

Royal Hospital and Maudsley Hospital.MEADOWS, J. G., M.B. Brist., D.P.H. : deputy M.o.H., Bournemouth.SOUTER, W. A., M.B. Edin., F.R.C.S.E. ; orthopaedic consultant, South-Eastern

Regional Hospital Board, Scotland.TAYLOR, I. H., M.B. Durh., F.F.A. R.C.S.: consultant anaestheûst, Doncaster

hospital group.THOMPSON, P. J., M.B. Belf., F.F.A. R.C.S. : consultant anaesthetist, Doncaster

hospital group.

Manchester Regional Hospital Board:BLENKINSOPP, W. K., M.D. Cantab., M.C.PATH. : consultant pathologist,

North Manchester hospital group.GAAN, D., M.B. Cairo, M.R.C.P., M.R.C.P.E. : consultant physician, Stock-

port and Buxton hospital group.JACKSON, A. W., M.D. Manc., F.F.R.: consultant radiotherapist, Christie

Hospital and Holt Radium Institute.