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University of LondonThe following degrees have been awarded:M.D.-J. A. M. Ager, George Belyavin, David Burman.M.S.-I. F. K. Muir.

Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandOn Thursday, Oct. 20, Prof. J. F. Nuboer will give a

Moynihan lecture. He will speak on recurrent peptic ulcer aftergastrectomy. On Thursday, Oct. 27, Dr. Cuthbert Dukes willgive a Thomas Vicary lecture. His subject will be genetics inrelation to surgery. Both lectures will be given at 5 P.M. at thecollege, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, W.C.2.

Royal College of Surgeons of EdinburghOn Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 3.30 P.M., at the college, Mr. Eric

Samuel will give a lecture on mechanical syndromes followingpartial gastrectomy.

Royal College of Obstetricians and GynaecologistsAt a meeting of council on Sept. 24, with Sir Andrew Claye,

the president, in the chair, the following were admitted to themembership:Augustus Amartei Armar, Christian Bam, Dhirendra Nath Banerjee,

Sreemanta Kumar Banerjee, N. M. D. Blyth, Pauline M. Bousquet, A. H.Bradfield, G. F. Bradfield, I. T. Brake, Tancred Busuttil, I. E. Cary,K. L. Collins, Joan M. Curtis, L. S. Deane, Marie T. D’Netto, R. F. Heys,Ma Hla-Kyi, Florence P. Isaiah, W. I. H. Johnston, J. B. Jones, KarapatiKanakadurgamba, William Kelso, J. F. Kemp, J. F. Leeton, J. L. Marcus,J. M. Mistry, W. M. Moore, E. D. Morris, Barun Kumar Mukherji,Olusola Adewole Ojo, P. R. B. Pedlow, W. S. E. Perera, Walter Pollard,Doreen Rothman, Anjul Kumar Sinha, Sarel Johannes Smal, A. M. Smith,H. J. Solomon, Bruce Sutherland, T. E. Torbet, A. R. Trist, W. L. White-house.

St. Mary’s Hospital, LondonDr. G. B. Mitchell-Heggs has been appointed dean of the

Medical School in succession to Mr. A. G. Cross.

College of General PractitionersOn Sunday, Nov. 20, at 10 A.M., at the Wellcome Building,

Euston Road, London, N.W.1, the college will hold a sym-posium on mental health and the family doctor. In the

morning there will be a discussion on emotional disorders ingeneral practice (Dr. E. C. Hamlyn, Dr. Michael Balint, andDr. David Stafford-Clark), and in the afternoon on thepsychoses in general practice (Dr. J. R. Rees, Dr. John Horder,and Dr. Russell Barton). Further particulars may be had fromthe secretary of the college, 41, Cadogan Gardens, SloaneSquare, London, S.W.3.

Ophthalmological Society of the United KingdomThe annual congress of this society will be held from April 13

to 15 at 1, Wimpole Street, London, W.1, when Mr. F. W.Law will give his presidential address. Miss Ida Mann haschosen for the subject of her Bowman lecture Climates,Cultures, and Eye Diseases. The programme will also includea discussion on neovascularisation in ocular disease (Prof.Norman Ashton and Mr. Redmond Smith) and a symposiumon the late complications of aphakia (Mr. A. J. B. Goldsmithand Mr. J. R. Hudson). Further particulars may be had fromthe society, 47, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, W.C.2.

Sir Andrew Claye is visiting Nigeria at the invitation ofthe Federal Government in connection with the independencecelebrations.

On Friday, Oct. 14, at 3 P.M., at the University of Leeds, SirRobert Aitken will give the inaugural lecture to the faculty of medi-cine. His subject will be Medicine Today and Tomorrow.

Dr. G. M. Carstairs is to give a lecture at the Marlborough DayHospital, 38, Marlborough Place, St. John’s Wood, London, N.W.8,on Monday, Oct. 3, at 8.15 P.M. He is to speak on recent trends inAmerican Psychiatry.

At a meeting of the Cambridge Medical Society on Wednesday,Oct. 19, at 8.30 P.M., at Owen Webb House, 1, Gresham Road,Cambridge, Dr. L. S. Penrose will speak on mongolism.

The second edition of the International Catalogue of Mental HealthFilms has been published by the World Federation for Mental Health.The editor is Dr. T. L. Pilkington and copies (21s. each) may beobtained from the Federation, 19, Manchester Street, London, W.1.

At a meeting of the Medical Electronics Discussion Group onFriday, Oct. 7, at 6 P.M., at the Institution of Electrical Engineers,Savoy Place, London, W.C.2, the subject for discussion will be

nerve-endings. The opening speakers will be Dr. 0. C. J. Lippoldand Dr. D. R. Wilkie.

The autumn dinner of the Wessex Rahere Club will take placeat the Grand Spa Hotel, Bristol, on Saturday, Oct. 29, under thechairmanship of Dr. Russell Grant. Membership of the club is opento all Barts men practising in the West Country. The hon. secretaryis Mr. A. Daunt Bateman, 11, The Circus, Bath.The Medical Research Council have reprinted from their annual

report for 1958-59 reviews of research on selected medical and bio-logical subjects which they think will interest scientific and lay aswell as medical readers. Copies of Current Medical Research (3s. 6d.)may be had from H.M. Stationery Office.The National Committee on Maternal Health, Inc. (2, East i03rd

Street, New York 29, N.Y.), have published a Selected Bibliographyof Contraception: 1940-1960. The editor is Dr. Christopher Tietze.Free copies will be supplied to schools, libraries, and governmentaland non-profit organisations.

Semipermanent exhibitions will be held during the autumn at theInstitute of Dermatology, Lisle Street, London, W.C.2. The first,from Oct. 3 to 7, will be by Dr. Henry Haber on normal skin.The Hospitals Symphony Orchestra, which meets on Mondays at

7.30 P.M. in St. Thomas House, Lambeth Palace Road, London,S.E.I, has vacancies in all string sections and in some of the wind andbrass sections. Further particulars may be had from Miss M. A.Whipp, South Western Hospital, Landor Road, S.W.9.

Births, Marriages, DeathsDEATH

MACINTYRE -On Sept. 23, Eneas John MacIntyre, M.D. Glasg., formerlyM.O.H. for Sutton and Cheam and Banstead, at the age of 62 years.

Diary of the Week

OCT. 2 TO 8

Monday, 3rdROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole Street, W.1

5 P.M. United Services. Air Commodore G. H. Morley: Role of PhsticSurgery in the Royal Air Force.

Tuesday, 4thROYAL ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE, Millbank, S.W.1

5 P.M. Dr. Wilson, F.INST.P.: Nuclear Physics.WEST END HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY, 91, Dean Street,

W.1 .

5.30 P.M. Mr. Ian McCaul: Involuntary Movement.

Wednesday, 5thROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE

5.15 P.M. History of Medicine. Prof. K. J. Franklin: Charles I and Harvey.8 P.M. Surgery. Prof. C. Lambert Rogers: Surgical Problems of the

Cervical Spine.POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL, Ducane Road, W.12

2 P.M. Prof. G. M. Bull: Place of Chemical Pathology in Medicine.INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, Lisle Street, W.C.2

5.30 P.M. Dr. Henry Haber: Histology of Normal Skin.INSTITUTE OF DISEASES OF THE CHEST, Brompton Hospital, S.W.3

5 P.M. Dr. J. R. Bignall: Problems of Lung Cancer.UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

5 P.M. (General Infirmary at Leeds) Miss U. M. Lister: Endometriosis.6 P.M. Sir Andrew Claye: Dyspareunia.

Thursday, 6thROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE

8 P.M. Neurology. Dr. W. H. McMenemey: Immunity Mechanisms inNeurological Disease. (Presidential address.) -

WEST LONDON MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY8 P.M. (Rembrandt Hotel, Thurloe Place, S.W.7). Mr. Harvey Jackson:

Pathways to the Brain. (Presidential address.)

Friday, 7thROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE

10.30 A.M. Dr. R. S. Allison, Dr. J. H. D. Millar, Dr. Henry Miller,Prof. C. E. Lumsden, Dr. E. J. Field, Dr. J. B. Finean, Prof. G.Payling Wright, Prof. R. H. S. Thompson, Prof. S. Refsum(Oslo), Prof. G. I. Scott, Dr. Rowland Farrell: DisseminatedSclerosis and Allied Conditions. (All-day symposium.)

POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL10 A.M. Prof. L. N. Pyrah: Aspects of Renal Calculi.4 P.M. Prof. G. M. Bull: Regulation of Water and Salt Excretion.

Saturday, 8thBRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE

10.15 A.M. (Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton). Provincial autumnmeeting.