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EPILEPSY ANSWERS

Do fits impair the memory? Do antiepileptic drugs cause

addiction? Does it hurt to have an EEG? These are some of the

questions commonly asked by epileptic patients and their relatives,and over 300 such questions are answered simply and clearly by DrP. M. Jeavons and Mr Alan Aspinall in The Epilepsy ReferenceBook, the latest in a useful series of comprehensive health books.The book explains the nature of epilepsy and how it is diagnosed andtreated, discusses fears and misunderstandings about the illness,and deals sympathetically with the difficulties facing epilepticpatients in everyday life. Action groups and clubs are listed and, forthe itinerant patient, there is a catalogue of epilepsy organisationsworld wide.

1. Jeavons PM, Aspinall A. The epileptic reference book. London: Harper & Row.

Pp 121. £3.95. 1985

NEW CONTROL LIMITS FOR CADMIUM

SOME of the new control limits for cadmium given on April 27,p 977, were wrong. The limits that will apply from July 1 are as

follows: 0-05 mg m- 3, 8 h time weighted average (TWA), forcadmium and cadmium compounds other than calcium oxide fumeand cadmium sulphide pigments; 0 - 05 mg m - 3, 10 min TWA, and0-05 mg m- 3, 8 h TWA, for cadmium oxide fume; and 0 - 05 mgm-3, 8 h TWA, and 0-2 mg m-3, 10 min TWA, for cadmiumsulphide pigments.

British Paediatric Association

ProfJ. 0. Forfar, formerly professor of child life and health at theUniversity of Edinburgh, has succeeded Sir Peter Tizard as

president.

International Meetings

Jetsetting doctors or workaholics simply unable to holiday abroadwithout taking in a conference or two are advised to refer to thecalendar of congresses of medical sciences, produced annually byCIOMSl for the place and event of their choice.1. Calendar of Congresses of Medical Sciences 1985 no 46. Available from the Council for

International Organisations of Medical Sciences, c/o World Health Organisation,Avenue Appla, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.

Inquiry into the Prison Medical Service

The Social Services Committee is to undertake an inquiry into thePrison Medical Service, which serves prisons in England andWales. Northern Ireland is also to be included in the scope of the

inquiry. Written evidence should be sent to the Clerk to the SocialServices Committee, Committee Office, House of Commons,London SW1A OAA (01-219 5466), by the end of July.

Sir John Walton will deliver the 29th Crookshank lecture at the RoyalInstitute of British Architects, London, on Friday, May 17, at 4.30 pm. SirJohn will speak on Change, Challenge, and Responsibility in Medicine.

A postgraduate weekend course in Radiotherapy and Oncology will beheld at the British Institute of Radiology, London, on Saturday, May 18:Meetings Secretary, Royal College of Radiologists, 38 Portland Place, LondonWIN 3DG.

The annual conference and dinner of the British Society of Audiologywill take place at the University of Hull on July 8-9: Dr P. M. Haughton,Audiology Department, Hull Royal infirmary, Hull HU3 2JZ (0482 28541 ext422).

A scientific meeting and the annual general meeting of the British RenalComputing Group will be held at Exeter University on July 12-13: Dr N.Sellwood, UK Transplant Service, Southmead Hospital, Bristol BS10 5ND(0272 507777).

A joint conference of the Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitationand the Royal National Institute for the Deaf, entitled Technology andCommunication Impairment, will be held at the Institute of Education,London, on July 16-18: RADAR Conference Officer, 25 Mortimer Street,London WIN 8AB.

A workshop of clinical practice and research on Medical MicrocomputingApplications will take place at the University of Liverpool on Sept 12-13:Mr W. A. Corbett, Department of Surgery, University of Liverpool, PO Box147, Liverpool L69 3BX (051 228 4878 ext 395).

The 17th annual conference of the British Sociological Association MedicalSociology Group will be held at the University of York on Sept 17-19:Malcolm Colledge, BSA Conference, School of Behavioural Science,Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic, Northumberland Building,Northumberland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NEI 8ST (0632 326002 ext3426).

An advanced postgraduate course on Diabetes 1986 will take place inSheffield on Jan 7-10, 1986: Dr J. D. Ward, Royal Hallamshire Hospital,Ward PI, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF).

Correction

Comparison of Lassa, Mobala, and Ippy Virus Reactions byImmunofluorescence Test.-Mobala virus does not react with monoclonal

antibody 2129-0018; this entry in Dr D. Y. Meunier and colleagues’ table(April 13, p 874) should have been -, not +.

Diary of the WeekMAY 12 TO 18

Monday, 13thWELLCOME INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 183 Euston Road,

London NW 2BP6 pm Keith Thomas: Children in Early Modern England.

MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL RESEARCH SOCIETY,Bland-Sutton Institute of Pathology, London WIP 7PN

5 pm ProfD. Doniach: Autoimmunity.Prof M. A. Epstein: Studies to Develop an Antivir-us Vaccine to Prevent EB virus

Associated Cancers.ProfL. Wolpert: Limb Morphogenesis.

ST GEORGE’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, 3rd Floor, Lanesborough Wmg,Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 ORE

12.30 pm Dr M. Humphrey: Donor Insemination.BRITISH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL FEDERATION6 pm (Morris Lecture Theatre, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London ECl) Sir Raymond

Hoffenberg: Twenty-five Years of Thyroid Research.

Tuesday, 14thICRF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT, Ida Green

Seminar Room, Observer’s House, Green College, Oxford.5 pm Dr David Wood: Fatty Acids and Coronary Heart Disease.

Wednesday, 15thROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON, 11 St Andrew’s Place, Regent’s

Park, London NWI 15.40 pm Dr Ronald Marks: Premalignant Epidermal Disease-Some Light on Neoplasia

(Parkes Weber lecture).ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF EDINBURGH

10.30 am (Ntnewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DDl 9SY) Symposium-Medical Aspects of Travel.

CHACE POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE, Chase Farm Hospital, TheRidgeway, Enfield, Middlesex

1 pm Dr A. Sinniah: Geriatrics—Is It a Specialty?

Thursday, 16thROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON

6 pm(Queen Elizabeth Postgraduate Medical Centre, Metchley Park Road, Birmingham)Sir James Black: Drug Discovery-the Quest for Selectivity.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, Manson House,26 Portland Place, London WIN 4EY

6 pm Dr H. C Spencer: Drug Resistant Malaria—Changing Patterns Mean DifficultDecisions

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD6 pm (Witts Lecture Theatre, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford) ProfW. R. Lee: Secondary

Open Angle Glaucoma.EXETER POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital,,

Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW12 45 pm Dr Richard Lee: A Simple Working Guide to Bleeding Disorders.

TAYSIDE COMMUNITY MEDICINE GROUP, Level 10, Nmewells Hospital,Dundee DD 9SY

2 pm Dr L. Davidson: A Health Promotion Scheme for Ischaemic Heart Disease

Friday, 17thROYAL COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGISTS4.30 pm (Royal Institute of British Architects, 66 Portland Place, London WI) Prof Sir

John Walton: Change, Challenge and Responsibility m Medicine.INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, St John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, Lisle

Street, Leicester Square, London WC2H 7BJ4.45 pm Dr G M. Levene: Degenerative Conditions due to Aging.