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THE BEIT MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIPS.NEW ELECTIONS.

IN 1909 Sir Otto Beit made a gift of f:230,000for the endowment, not of buildings, but of men andwomen who were equipped and anxious to devote afew years of their lives to research in medicine andthe allied sciences, but lacked the means to do so.At first the values of the Fellowships were E350 perannum for three years for Junior Fellows ; E400 forfourth year Fellows; and E500 for three years forSenior Fellows. These stipends were increased in1927 respectively to 400, E500 and 700.The trustees of the fund are assisted in the selection

of candidates by a scientific advisory board,and in the annual report for 1929 this board expressesthe opinion, in which all will concur, that the founderhas every reason to be satisfied with the resultsobtained during the first 20 years of the life of thetrust. The total number of Fellows elected up toand including 1930 is 138.

Ignoring the more recent appointments, the reportanalyses the subsequent career of the 101 Fellows

appointed up to 1925. We made a similar analysisin THE LANCET (1926, ii., 1019) of the first 70Fellows, and it is interesting to see that the morerecently appointed Fellows follow much the samepaths as their distinguished predecessors.

Of the 79 men elected to Fellowships up to 1925, sevendied at a relatively early age. Four have received theF.R.S., and 16 have been appointed to University Professor-ships. Most of the remainder occupy whole-time posts forteaching, research, or scientific work. Of the total of 52who held medical qualifications when appointed, 13 havepassed into medical practice, consulting or otherwise, butthe majority of these are continuing scientific work.

Of the 22 women elected during the same period, a fewhave married, but all continued for many years the work ofresearch and many are still thus engaged. That theyhold, or have held, such positions as members of the scientificstaff of the Lister Institute ; university lectureships inbiochemistry; pathologist and bacteriologist to generalhospitals and boards of health ; head of a department inan institute for medical research ; principal of a horticulturalcollege ; physicians to children’s hospitals, and holders ofRockefeller Medical Fellowships, is sufficient proof of thevalue to them and to the community of their training.

This year a Senior Fellowship has been given toDr. R. J. Lythgoe, who is working on the specialsenses, and fourth year Fellowships respectively toMr. Philip Eggleton, M.Se., for work on the differenttypes of contractile tissues and their metabolism,and to Dr. F. R. Winton, who is investigating thephysiology and pharmacology of urinary secretionat Cambridge.The Junior Fellowships for 1930 are allocated as

follows :Frederick Horace Smirk, M.D. Manch., M.R.C.P. Lond.

(1) To study the functional pathology and physiology ofdiuresis from a biochemical standpoint; (2) to study thefunctional pathology of plethoras, ansemias, and osdemas.

Gordon Roy Cameron, M.B., D.Sc. Melbourne. To completework on the histological identification of calcium salts inpathological deposits and to commence study of inflammationin invertebrates. Proposes to investigate reaction of tissuesof earthworm to foreign bodies, parasites and bacteria.John McMichael, M.B., M.R.C.P. Edin. For a continuation

of present studies on the inter-relationships of liver andsplenic disease and on diseases of portal vessels and othervessel changes in liver disease.

Robert Percival Cook, B.Sc. Melbourne, Ph.D. Camb. Fora study of bacterial metabolism and its relation to thespecific action between host and bacterial parasite. Proposesto study metabolism of various types of bacteria by(1) chemical changes produced during actual growth in

Ichemically defined media; (2) to study the individual enzymesystems of the bacterial cell.Norman Urquhart Meldrum, B.Sc. Edin. For (1) a study ’,

of the so-called reversible denaturation of haemaglobin.Intends to determine the influence of factors such as dilution,addition of foreign proteins and influence of acidity on the I

equilibrium between metheemoglobin, globin, and haematin;(2) to measure formation of sulphydryl groups in varioustypes of protein denaturation.David Reginald Piper Murray, B.A.Camb. For a

comparison of the two types of proteolytic enzymescharacteristic of the tissues and organs and of the digestivetract. Investigation to be based on studies of kinetics.

George Norman Myers, M.Sc., M.B. Durh. The curativeaction of digitalis, its glucosides and allies, in generaltoxsemia, and in conditions of shock.

Charles Amos Ashford, B.A. Camb. For studies in (a) themetabolism of nervous tissue ; and (b) mode of action ofvitamin D, with special reference to hypervitaminosis D.

Dr. Smirk will work in London at the medicalunit of University College Hospital, Dr. Cameron atthe Graham Laboratory of University College MedicalSchool. Dr. John McMichael is to work at Aberdeen,in the department of medicine of the University,and Dr. Myers in the Pharmacological Laboratoriesat Cambridge. The other four new Junior Fellowspropose to carry on their research at the Sir WilliamDunn Institute at Cambridge.

THE SERVICES

ROYAL NAVAL MEDICAL SERVICE.Surg. Comdr. E. B. Kenny is placed on the retd. list.The following appointments are notified : Surg. Comdrs.

E. St. G. S. Goodwin to Suffolk, and P. L. Gibson toMalabar, for R.N. Hospital, Bermuda; A. H. Joy toPembroke, for R.M. Infirmary, Chatham; C. H. M. Gimletteto Dolphin; and R. A. W. Ford to Coventry.

Surg. Lts. T. B. Lynach to 11’etson W. D. M. Sim toCambrian; W. V. Beach to Adamant ; R. L. G. Proctorto Vivid, for R.N. Hospital, Plymouth ; and T. A. Cochraneto 6’)’eeMMcA.

ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE.

Prob. Surg. Sub.-Lt. J. D. Lendrum to be Surg. Sub.-Lt.Surg. Lt. H. M. Willoughby to Albury.

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS.Maj. and Bt. Lt.-Col. H. M. J. Perry, R.A.M.C., to be a

Professor at the Royal Army Medical College.Col. M. H. Babington, late R.A.M.C., retires on retd. pay.Col. G. T. Brierley, on attaining the age for compulsory

retirement, retires on retd. pay.Maj. and Bt. Lt.-Col. H. M. J. Perry, from the seed. list,

is restd. to the estabt.Capt. J. C. Coutts to be Maj. (prov.).Lt. (on prob.) W. A. Y. Knight, from the seed. list, is restd.

to the estabt.ARMY DENTAL CORPS.

Capt. P. E. Brown to be Maj.Capt. J. L. Garrard to be Maj. (prov.).Capt. G. A. Ballantyne, relinquishes his comm. on appt.

to the R.A.F.ARMY RESERVE OF OFFICERS.

Capt. W. W. Phillips from Supp. Res. of Offs., to be Capt.TERRITORIAL ARMY.

Capt. W. A. Jackman to be Maj.Lt. E. A. L. Murphy to be Capt.C. N. Suter (late Cadet, Edin. Academy Contgt., Jun. Div.,

O.T.C.) to be Lt.Capt. G. Williams resigns his commn.Lt. J. B. Dedman resigns his commn.

ROYAL AIR FORCE.Squadron-Leader H. J. Proctor (Major, Army Dental

Corps) relinquishes his temporary comm. on return to Armyduty.

DEATHS IN THE SERVICES.Lt-Col. Sidney Browning Smith, C.M.G., late I.M.S.,

who, as we announced last week, died on July 13th, aftera long illness, at Lyncroft, Otford, Kent, at the age of 63.was the son of Dr. Thomas Browning Smith of Sittingbourne,and was educated at Epsom College and St. Bartholomew’sHospital. After qualifying with the Conjoint diploma hejoined the Indian Medical Service and took part in theChitral operations with Sir Francis Younghusband (mentionedin despatches and medal with clasp). After the Waziristanoperations of 1901-02 he was appointed district plagueofficer at Amritsar and later chief plague officer in thePunjab. He embodied his experiences in this connexionin " Plague in India," which he published in 1904. In thelate war he served on the western front and in Egypt(mentioned in despatches and made C.M.G.) and he wasthe organiser of the Mount Dore Hospital for Indian troopsat Bournemouth and the clearing station at Karachi. Heretired in 1921.