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Medical News.UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.—At a congregation on

31arch 31st the degree of B.M. was conferred on D. H.Brinton and Olive H. Lister.

UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN.-At a graduationceremony on March 28th the following degrees and diplomaswere conferred :-M.D.-F. Pearce Sturm (awarded highest honours for thesis),

T. J. C. MacDonald (awarded commendation for thesis),A. M. Geddes.

M.B., Ch.B.—*F. R. Selbie (with first-class honours), tW. C.Davidson, and tM. G. Gibb (with second-class honours),Isabella M. 0. Allan, E. R. Allison, N. J. Barron, W. J.Cumming, E. A. Cunliffe, †G. K. Ferres, H. D. Findlay,K. M. Finlayson, C. A. François, A. H. H. Fraser, E. R.Gauld, Dorothy F. Geershon, J. A. L. Innes, F. J. Lees, D.MacKenzie, F. E. Massie, G. E. Ord, J. B. W. Rowe,J. C. Smith, I. J. A. Stewart, R. Sutherland, G. H. Swapp,R. S. Venters, and P. M. Watt.

D.P.H.-Jean N. Howie, Aileen A. Nicol, E. R. Sorley, andM. Taylor.

Completed Final Medical Professional Examination withmuch distinction. t With distinction.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, EDINBURGH.-At.a recent examination, out of 33 candidates entered, thefollowing passed the Final Dental Examination and weregranted the Diploma of L.D.S. :-

J. G. Stewart, H. G. Simon, J. M. Macdonald, R. M. Cameron,R. H. White, H. E. Gersohn, F. P. MacGillivray, R. McA.Blair, W. G. Hetherington, J. H. Rossouw, D. Silverston.

The following candidates passed in the undermentionedsubjects :-

Pathology.-J. R. Rennie,K. llacGillivray, Elizabeth A. Wilson,D. A. H. Brown, A. C. J. Alexander, A. R. Hardy, F. T. C.Reakes, A. D. Dickson.

Medicine.—Dorothy Williams, H. G. Somerville, J. R. Rennie,C. V. Armitage, K. MacGillivray, Elizabeth A. Wilson,N. J. W. Smith, C. W. Collee, R. T. Amour, A. R. Hardy.

Surgery.—Dorothy Williams, H. G. Somervilie, J. R. Rennie,C. V. Armitage, N. J. W. Smith, C. W. Collee, R. T. Amour,F. T. C. Reakes.

Dental Subjects.-A. C. J. Alexander, A. R. Hardy, J. F. Miller.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL.-The annual general meeting of the corporation of University CollegeHospital was held in the board room on March 29th, whenSir Herbert Samuelson, the chairman and treasurer of thehospital, presided. On the motion of the Chairman, PrinceGeorge was elected president of the hospital in successionto the Duke of Bedford, who has retired, and the officers forthe year were afterwards chosen, Mr. A. G. Gumpert beingelected vice-treasurer in view of the increasing financialresponsibilities of the treasurer in consequence of hospital- extensions. In moving the adoption of the annual reportsand audited accounts for the year 1927, the Chairman referredto the loss which the hospital had sustained by the death ofthe chairman and treasurer, Sir Ernest Hatch, and of thevice-chairman, Lord Oranmore and Browne. Reviewingthe progress of the hospital, Sir Herbert Samuelson said theprincipal event of the year was the opening of the new RoyalEar Hospital in Huntley-street, now incorporated withthemselves and due principally to the munificence of Lieut.-Commander Geoffrey Duveen ; this hospital had alreadyproved a valuable help to treatment and research, whileeight single-bedded wards had been provided for patientsof moderate means. The expenditure on the Royal EarHospital had been double that incurred for the old building-namely, about £6000 a year-and. £ 3000 a year was requiredto meet additional expenditure. Progress had been made inthe reconstruction work of University College Hospital, andthe new south-west wing, which was opened in October last,contained 95 additional beds. There were new massagerooms, Finsen light and orthopaedic departments, and threenew operation theatres. A special feature of the hospitalwas the children’s clinic which had been instituted under Dr.Wilfred Pearson. Through this department children weretreated and watched from infancy to school age. The workin the genito-urinary department had been extended and anew clinic for mental defectives, under the charge of Dr.A. F. Tredgold, would give facilities to students which hadnot hitherto been available. The institution had accumulateda debt of £30,000, towards which C2900 had been receivedor promised, and although the appeal had not yet been reallylaunched he could say that preparations had been made fora magnificent ball which he hoped would add considerablyto the funds, while a dinner, it was hoped, would be held atthe Mansion House at the end of the year. At the conclusionof the meeting Sir Courtauld Thomson revealed the name ofa previously anonymous donor, who had promised £5000 tothe hospital on condition that £2500 was subscribed byothers. This, he said, was Sir Herbert Samuelson, who hadagreed that his name should be known, hoping that the fact’that one so closely associated with the institution wascontributing would give confidence to other donors.

UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS.—The Senate hasresolved to confer the degree of Doctor of Laws on Dr. E. P.Cathcart, F.R.S., Professor of Physiological Chemistry inthe University of Glasgow, and Prof. William Darroch, Deanof the Medical School, Columbia University, New York.

WEST KENT MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY. -Ameeting will be held on Friday, April 13th, at 8.45 P.M., atthe Miller General Hospital, Greenwich. Mr. R. Ogier Wardwill give an address on Some Difficulties in the Diagnosisand Treatment of Urinary Diseases.

NATIONAL HOSPITAL, QUEEN-SQUARE. — A post-graduate course on Diseases of the Nervous Systemwill be held at this hospital from May 7th to June 29th.Particulars may be had from the Secretary of the MedicalSchool, National Hospital, Queen-square, London, W.C.1.

NAVAL MEDICAL COMPASSIONATE FUND.-A meetingof the subscribers of the above fund will be held on April 26th,at 11.30 A.M., at the Medical Department of the Navy,Queen Anne’s Chambers, Tothill-street, London, S.W.1, toelect six directors of the fund.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL.—In aid of the CentenaryAppeal, the medical staff and students of the hospital areorganising a ball to take place on May Ist from 9.30 P.M.to 2 A.M., at the B.M.A. House, Tavistock-square. Ticketsmay be had from the hospital or from the hon. secretary,May Day Ball, 24, Mecklenburg-square, London, W.C. 1.

Dr. C. M. Rolson (Chief Medical Officer) has beenappointed an official member of the Legislative Council ofthe Presidency of Dominica; Dr. Kenrick Stanton Wise(Surgeon-General), an official member of the LegislativeCouncil of Trinidad and Tobago ; and Dr. A. H. McShine, anunofficial member of that Council.

LONDON CLINIC FOR RHEUMATISM.-On Sundaylast Sir Thomas Horder broadcast an appeal on behalf ofthe clinic which the British Red Cross Society is hoping toerect near Regent’s Park (see THE LANCET, March 10th,p. 505). Donations amounting to more than £21,000 havebeen received towards the £40,000 required for this purpose.They include contributions from the King, the Queen, andother members of the Royal Family.

EASTBOURNE ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL.-In April,1924, when new wards and operating theatre were opened,it was thought that this hospital was completed, but thework has so much increased that the governors report thatit has become necessary to purchase an adjoining house inCavendish-place. For this extension they are appealing for

£2500.MEMORIAL To DR. W. J. FRANCE.-The Lord Mayor

of Liverpool recently unveiled a tablet over a bed in theRoyal Infirmary of Liverpool, which has been endowed forauto-laryngeal work by the late William James France,F.R.C.S. Edin., hon. surgeon to the Ear and Eye Infirmary,Liverpool.CANCER CAMPAIGN IN IRELAND.-The National

Cancer Campaign is continuing its activity in holding publicmeetings in provincial centres. On March 30th a meetingwas held in the Town Hall, Waterford, under the presidencyof the Mayor of Waterford. Addresses dealing with thework of the campaign were given by Sir William Taylorand Dr. Robert J. Rowlette, of Dublin, by the Very Rev.the Dean of Waterford, and by Dr. M. P. P. Higgins, ofWaterford. In his address Sir William Taylor spoke ofthe increasing mortality from cancer, and described theearly signs of the various forms of the disease. Dr. Rowlettespoke of the special need in Ireland for provision for researchon health matters, and of the problems that await solutionin regard to cancer. Steps were taken at the meeting toform a local committee.

SWISS RED CROSS OFFICIALS. -The death isannounced of Mr. Gustave Ador, President of the Inter-national Committee of the Red Cross, and of Dr. Karl Bohny,chief medical officer of the Swiss Red Cross Society.Mr. Ador, who was 85 years of age, was largely responsiblefor founding the Prisoners of War agency at Geneva, whichcentralised the search for missing civilians and soldiers in thetheatres of war. He was a Swiss delegate to the Assembly ofthe League of Nations until 1924 and was elected honoraryPresident of the Assembly in 1921. Dr. Bohny, who hasdied at the age of 72, was for many years professor ofmedicine in the University of Basle. During the war he wasin charge of the exchange of wounded between Germany andthe Allies and for the internment of combatants in Switzer- .

land. Since 1919 he had been President of the SwissRed Cross.