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MEDICAL NEWS

Royal College of Physicians of LondonOn Feb. 1st the diploma of L.R.C.P. was conferred upon

William Bullock, University of Liverpool; H. D. Fairman,London Hospital; and J. R. Kingdon, St. Bart.’s Hospital.On Feb. 27th and March 1st Sir George Buchanan will

deliver the Milroy lectures, taking as his subject inter-national cooperation in public health. On March 6th,8th, and 13th Prof. E. C. Dodds will give the Goulstonianlectures. He will speak on hormones and their chemicalrelations. On March 15th and 20th the Lumleian lectureswill be given by Dr. H. Letheby Tidy, who will speak onglandular fever and infective mononucleosis. On May1st and 3rd Dr. C. H. Andrewes, as Oliver-Sharpeylecturer, will discuss viruses in relation to the aetiology oftumours. On June 5th, 7th, and 12th Prof. 0. L. V. deWesselow will deliver the Croonian lectures and will speakon arterial hypertension. All the lectures will be givenat 5 P.M. at the Royal College of Physicians of London,Pall Mall East, S.W. They are open to members of themedical profession on presentation of a card.Biochemical SocietyThe next meeting of this society will be held at the

Lister Institute, Chelsea Bridge-road, London, S.W.,on Friday, Feb. 16th, at 4.30 P.M.West Kent Medico-Chirurgical SocietyA meeting of this society will be held to-day, Friday,

Feb. 9th, at 8.45 P.M., at the Miller General Hospital,Greenwich, S.E., when Dr. William Smith will read apaper entitled How Pathology can Help the Clinician.

London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineThe Prince of Wales has consented to become patron

of this school, with which the Ross Institute is now

incorporated. The announcement was made at a staffand students’ dinner by Sir Austen Chamberlain, chairmanof the court of governors.

Pharmaceutical Society of Great BritainAt a meeting of this society to be held at 17, Bloomsbury-

square, London, W.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 13th, at 8.30 P.M.,Prof. Edward Mellanby, F.R.S., will give a lecture on theinfluence of some nutritional factors in disease.

Paddington Medical SocietyA meeting of this society will be held on Tuesday,

Feb. 13th, at 9 P.M., at the Great Western Royal Hotel,Paddington, London, W. Dr. Robert Forbes, deputymedical secretary of the British Medical Association, willgive an address on medical ethics. The secretary of thesociety is Dr. S. Crown, 81, Elgin-avenue, W.9.

British Institute of PhilosophyAn address on Determinism, Indeterminism, and Free-

dom will be given by Prof. C. D. Broad at UniversityCollege, Gower-street, London, W.C., at 8.15 P.M. on

Tuesday, Feb. 13th. The chair will be taken by Prof.Julian Huxley. Cards of admission can be obtained fromthe director of studies, at University Hall, 14, Gordon-square, W.C.I.

Royal Medical Benevolent FundAt the meeting held in January the committee voted

88 grants, amounting to 1971. The following are parti-culars of a few cases helped.M.D., aged 82. Widower, has been in practice as long as his

age and infirmity permitted. He is now confined to his bedroomliving in very poor and straitened circumstances. He has norelatives who can give financial help. Income, which includesthe old age pension of 6, approximately .648. Fund voted 40.Widow, aged 77, of .R.C.S. Husband had retired and was

on pension which ceased at his death. The widow was left withprivate means of .820. A charity has made a grant of .830. Fundvoted <S13 for a period of six months, pending application forold age pension.Widow, aged 64, of M.B. On husband’s death in 1924 the

widow had to look for employment. She acted as housekeeperin a nurses’ home for some years until failing health compelledher to give up the post. She is suffering from cardiac enlarge-ment. National health insurance .61 4s. a month, letting roomzel a month, friends have given .615. Fund voted .626.

Cheques should be made payable to the hon. treasurerof the fund, 11, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, London,W.I.

Medical Officers of Schools AssociationThe annual general meeting of this association will be

held at 11, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, London,W.. on Friday, March 2nd, at 5 P.M. Sir Montagu Fosterand Dr. H. C. Cameron will open a discussion on thenecessity for greater reciprocity between parents, consul-tants, home doctors, and school authorities, more especiallyin matters relating to health.

Chadwick LecturesOn Tuesday, Feb. 13th, at 5.30 P.M., Sir William Collins

will take the chair at a lecture to be given by Mr. EugenKaufmann in the hall of the Royal Institute of BritishArchitects, 9, Conduit-street, London, W. Mr. Kaufmannwill speak on housing, town and regional planning in SovietRussia. Information about this and other lectures maybe had from the secretary of the Chadwick Trust, Mrs.Aubrey Richardson, 204, Abbey House, Westminster.

British College of Obstetricians and GynaecologistsThe quarterly meeting of the council was held on

Jan. 29th, with Dr. J. S. Fairbairn, the president, in thechair. Dr. Lucian de Zilwa was admitted a foundationFellow in absentia. The following were elected to themembership :Margaret Anderson, Gavin Stiell Brown, Frederick William

Buddee, Charlotte Douglas, Gwyneth Griffiths, KathleenHarding, Lionel George Higgins, Gladys Hill, Harry Leaver,John Cyril Holdich Leicester, Jocelyn Moore, Herbert KennethPacey, Percy Peltz, John Marshall Scott, and Arthur JosephWrigley, and, in absentia, Arthur Benyon Nash, David JohannesMalan, George Milburn White, and Blake Haverson Watson.

Life-saving and First-Aid CongressThe fourth International Congress for Life.saving and

First Aid in cases of Accidents will be held from June 11thto 16th at Copenhagen in the Christiansborg Castle, theseat of the Danish parliament. A British committee forthe congress has been provisionally formed which includes:Sir Thomas Oliver (chairman), Prof. S. Lyle Cummins,Prof. E. L. Collis, Prof. John Glaister, Colonel P. S. Lelean,Colonel D. J. Mackintosh, Dr. D. A. Coles, Dr. TheodoreThompson, and Dr. Gilbert Burnet. Further particularsmay be had from Mr. G. L. Perry, the secretary of theIndustrial Welfare Society, 51, Palace-street, London,S.W.I.

Cheap Milk for School-childrenAddressing a farmers’ organisation at Northallerton, on

Feb. 2nd, Mr. Thomas Baxter, chairman of the MilkMarketing Board, pointed out that the standard of healthof the nation and the ability to resist disease would begreatly increased by an ample supply of good milk duringchildhood. According to a report in the ManchesterGuardian (Feb. 3rd), he said that if the Minister of Health,the medical profession, and the distributors of milk wouldcooperate with the Board they were prepared to considerthe possibility of providing ample supplies of good milkto school-children at a greatly reduced rate.

An Award in ElectrotherapyDr. W. J. Turrell, physician-in-charge of the electro-

therapeutic department of the Radcliffe Infirmary,Oxford, has received from Dr. Norman E. Titus, of NewYork, who is now visiting London, the " gold key" "awarded to him at the last annual meeting of the AmericanCongress of Physical Therapy. This award is made fororiginal research and distinguished services in the field ofelectrotherapy, and among other recipients have beenProf. d’Arsonval, Dr. Harvey Cushing, Prof. ClaudiusRegaud, and Dr. Gustav Bucky. The presentation toDr. Turrell was made at a dinner offered to Dr. NormanTitus by Dr. Howard Humphris, to whom the award wasmade by the Congress of 1932. Among those presentwere Sir Henry Gauvain, Sir Leonard Hill, Sir WilliamWillcox, Dr. R. King Brown, Dr. J. B. Mennell, and Dr.Franz Nagelschmidt. In a speech of acceptance, Dr.Turrell said that he felt that all who practised physio-therapy should first devote at least ten years to gainingthe clinical experience which only a general physician andsurgeon could obtain.

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Gray’s InnMrs. L. S. Farquharson, M.B., D.P.H., was called to the

Bar at Gray’s Inn on Jan. 26th.

Wolverhampton Royal HospitalFor the first time in many years this institution in 1933

paid its way. The 43,000 received from the ContributoryAssociation is an increase of more than :EIO,OOO. In1931 the hospital spent 18,000 more than it receivedand there had been serious thoughts of closing some of thewards. The debt to the bank, however, still exceeds;E60,000.

Leicester Royal InfirmaryThe report for 1933 states that at 85,970, expenditure

exceeded income by JE493, which brings up the totaldeficiency spread over the last ten years to E26,870.Both annual subscriptions and the Hospital Saturday Fundhave fallen off-the latter has been diminishing for severalyears. The hospital which has radium to the value off7250 has now been recognised as a centre by the NationalRadium Commission.

Connaught Hospital, WalthamstowPrince Arthur of Connaught recently opened extensions

of this hospital which have cost about jE10,000 A new wardhas been provided as a memorial to the late Mrs. Mathews,wife of Alderman A. M. Mathews, of Leyton, who hascontributed 5::4500 towards the cost of the whole scheme.The cost of a new massage department has been borne byMrs. J. H. Keene in memory of her husband. The hospitalwas established in 1878, primarily for the inhabitants ofWalthamstow, Leyton, and Wanstead.

Medical DiaryInformation to be included in this column should reach U6

in proper form on Tuesday, and cannot appear if it reachesus later than the first post on Wednesday morning.

SOCIETIES

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole-street, W.TUESDAY, Feb. 13th.

Therapeutics and Pharmacology. 5 P.M. Dr. C. Kauf-mann (Berlin) : Therapeutics with Hormones of theOvary. Followed by Mr. A. S. Parkes, F.R.S., Prof.E. C. Dodds, Dr. H. Gardiner-Hill, Mr. Aleck Bourne,and others. Obstetrics and Gynaecology : Members ofthis Section are specially invited to attend the Meeting.

Psychiatry. 8.30 P.m. Dr. R. D. Curran : A ClinicalStudy of Delirium.

THURSDAY.Dermatology. 5 P.M. (Cases at 4 P.M.) Cases : Dr. H.

Barber: (1) Nsevus unius lateris of the mouth asso-ciated with multiple naevi of various types. Dr. I.Muende: (2) Leprosy. Dr. A. Peters : (3) Hirsutestreated with ovarian follicular hormone. Other caseswill be shown.

Neurology. 8.30 P.M. Discussion : Intracranial pres-sure ; its clinical and pathological importance.Openers : Mr. Lambert Rogers, Dr. Ritchie Russell,Dr. Fergus Ferguson, and Dr. F. W. Pickering. Otherspeakers will take part.

FRIDAY.Physical Medicine. 5.30 P.M. Surgeon Commander G.Murray Levick : The Expedition of the Public SchoolsExploring Society to Northern Finland. (Illustratedby film.) A discussion will follow on the physicaleffects of a long " pack march " upon boys of 19 yearsof age. United Services : Members of this Sectionare specially invited to attend the Meeting and totake part in the discussion.

Obstetrics and Gyncecology. 8.15 P.M. Mr. V. B. Green-Armytage: Post-menopausal Uterine Haemorrhage.Mr. M. M. Datnow : Vaginal Hysterectomy. (Illus-trated by cinematograph demonstration.) Followedby Mr. A. C. Palmer, Prof. Miles Phillips, Prof.Beckwith Whitehouse, and others.

Radiology. 8.15 P.M. Discussion on Radiodiagnosis inthe Diseases of Children. Openers : Dr. B. Shiresand Dr. C. G. Teall. Followed by Dr. Wilfred Pearsonand Dr. N. B. Capon. N.B.-Members are requestedto note the change in time of the Meeting.

MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 11, Chandos-street,Cavendish-square, W.MONDAY, Feb. 12th.-8.30 P.M., Discussion on The Present

Position of the Vaccination Question. To be introducedby Dr. C. Killick Millard.

SOUTH-WEST LONDON MEDICAL SOCIETY, BolingbrokeHospital, Wandsworth.WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14th.-9 P.M., Dr. Gerald Slot:

Drunkenness.

SOCIETY OF MEDICAL OFFICERS OF HEALTH, 1, UpperMontagu-street, W.C.

FRIDAY, Feb. 16th.-5 P.M., Dr. Peter Edwards, Dr. GeorgeJessel, Dr. G. T. Hebert, Dr. R. C. Wingfield, andDr. F. T. H. Wood: Modern Developments inDispensary and Sanatorium Work.

PADDINGTON MEDICAL SOCIETY.TUESDAY, Feb. 13th.-9 P.M. (at the Great Western Royal

Hotel, Paddington, W.), Dr. Robert Forbes : MedicalEthics. Discussion.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE ANDHYGIENE, Manson House, 26, Portland-place, W.THURSDAY, Feb. 15th.-8.15 P.M. Discussion on blood

regeneration in the anaemias. The following paperswill be read: Prof. A. E. Boycott: Regenerationof Red Blood Corpuscles. Dr. Janet Vaughan:The Haemopoietic Response to Therapy in Non-tropical Aneemias. Dr. N. Hamilton Fairley : BloodRegeneration and Reticulocytosis in Certain Diseasesof the Tropics.

PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN,17, Bloomsbury-square, W.C.TUESDAY, Feb. 13th.-8.30 P.M., Prof. E. Mellanby : The

Influence of some Nutritional Factors in Disease.

LECTURES, ADDRESSES. DEMONSTRATIONS. &c.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’sInn-fields, W.C.TUESDAY, Feb. 13th.-4 P.M., Sir Cuthbert Wallace:

Hunterian Oration.

FELLOWSHIP OF MEDICINE AND POST-GRADUATEMEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 1, Wimpole-street, W.MONDAY, Feb. 12tb to SATURDAY, Feb. 17th.-ST. JOHN’S

HOSPITAL, Leicester-square, W.C. Course inDermatology. Afternoons and evenings: lecturesand demonstrations. Practical Pathology arranged, ifdesired. (Open to non-members).-MEDICAL SOCIETYOF LONDON, 11, Chandos-street, W. Lecture-demon-stration on Constipation, by Dr. A. E. Clark-Kennedy,on Tues., at 2.30 P.M. to 4 P.M.--CHELSEA HOSPITALFOR WOMEN, Arthur-street, S.W. Course in Gynee-cology. Mornings and/or afternoons.-HOSPITAL FORCONSUMPTION, Brompton, S.W. Course in Diseasesof the Chest. All day.-ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL,Gray’s Inn-road, W.C. Demonstration on Ante-natal Diagnosis and Treatment. Fri., at 5 P.M., byDame Louise McIlroy.-INTERPRETATION OF PYELO-GRAMS. Tues. and Fri., at 8 P.M., by Dr. G. R. MatherCordiner.-PANEL OF TEACHERS. Individual clinics invarious branches of medicine and surgery are availabledaily by arrangement with the Fellowship of Medicine.Courses of instruction, lectures, demonstrations, &c.,arranged by the Fellowship of Medicine are open onlyto Members and Associates, unless otherwise stated.

WEST LONDON HOSPITAL POST-GRADUATE COLLEGE,Hammersmith, W.MONDAY, Feb. 12th.-10 A.M., Medical Wards, Skin Clinic.

11 A.M., Surgical Wards. 2 P.M., Gynaecological andSurgical Wards, Operations, Medical, Surgical, Gynocco-logical, and Eye Clinics.

TUESDAY.-10 A.M., Medical Wards. 11 A.M., SurgicalWards. 2 P.M., Medical, Surgical and Throat Clinics,Operations. 4.15 P.M., Lecture. Mr. Roche : SomeGenito-Urinary Conditions.

WEDNESDAY.-10 A.M., Medical and Children’s Wards,Children’s Clinics. 2 P.M., Medical, Surgical and EyeClinics, Gynaecological Operations.

THURSDAY.&mdash;10 A.M., Gynaecological and NeurologicalClinics. 11 A.M., Fracture Clinic. 2 Medical,Surgical, Eye and Genito-Urinary Clinics, Operations.

FRIDAY.-10 A.M., Skin Clinic. 12 noon, Lecture onTreatment. 2 P.M., Medical Surgical and ThroatClinics, Operations.

SATURDAY.-10 A.M., Medical and Surgical Wards, Surgicaland Children’s Clinics. The Lectures at 4.15 P.M.are open to all Medical Practitioners without fee.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, Gower-street, W.C.MONDAY, Feb. 12th.-5 P.M., Mr. H. R. Ing, D.Phil.,

Chemical Structure and Pharmacological Action(first of six public lectures).

NATIONAL HOSPITAL, Queen-sqlt8,re, W.C.MONDAY, Feb. 12th.-2 P.M., Dr. Riddoch : Out-

patient clinic. 3.30 P.M., Dr. Martin : Disordersof the Pituitary Body (2).

TUESDAY.-2 P.M., Dr. Walshe : Out-patient clinic.3.30 P.M., Dr. Grainger Stewart: SubacuteCombined Degeneration.

WEDNESDAY.-2 P.M., Dr. Martin: Out-patientclinic. 3.30 P.M., Dr. James Collier: ClinicalDemonstration.

THURSDAY.-2 P.M., Dr. Kinnier Wilson : Out-patientclinic. 3.30 P.M., Dr. Gordon Holmes : Tumoursof the Central Nervous System (2).

FRIDAY.-2 P.M., Dr. Adie : Out-patient clinic.3.30 P.M.. Dr. Gordon Holmes : Tumours of theCentral Nervous System (3).