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University of EdinburghDr. Gweneth Whitteridge has been appointed to the lecture-

ship in the history of medicine, and on Friday, May 5, at5.15 P.M., in her inaugural lecture she will speak on theuniversity of Padua and its medical school in the 16th century.

University of GlasgowDr. G. C. Arneil has been appointed senior lecturer in child

health, and Dr. F. I. Caird senior lecturer in geriatric medicine.

University of WalesAn honorary degree of D.SC. is to be conferred in July on

Prof. Charles Huggins.

Royal College of Obstetricians and GynaecologistsAt a meeting of council on April 1, with Sir John Peel,

the president, in the chair, Mr. H. J. Malkin was appointeddirector of postgraduate studies at the college. Mr. D. B.Fraser was appointed Sims-Black professor for 1968 to visitCanada and the West Indies. K. S. Malcolm was admittedto the membership.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of GlasgowAt a meeting of the college on April 3 with Prof. J. H.

Hutchison, the president, in the chair, the following wereadmitted:M.R.C.P.G.-Manir Uddin Ahmed, Qasem Ahmad Al-Zaqqa, Ali

Ashraf, Mohamed El-Soleih Hamad Aly, Muttiah Kanagarajah, MohammedAbdul Mannan, Mukundan Mukkapuzha Menon, Bhupasamudram KarnamSrinivasa Murthy, Joel Marous Eusebius Pinto, Vashno Parkash Sachar,Adebisi Olatunji Senbanjo.F.R.C.S.G.-Parmanand Vijay Poonai.

Review BodyThe Prime Minister has appointed Mr. D. F. Landale

a member of the Review Body on the Remuneration of Doctorsand Dentists in succession to Sir Archibald Forbes. Mr.

Landale, who is 61, was chairman of the Royal Bank ofScotland from 1955 to 1965.

Imperial Cancer Research FundProf. E. F. Scowen has been elected chairman of the council

of this Fund in succession to Sir Cecil Wakeley, who has retired.

Central Midwives Board

Sir Alan Moncrieff has succeeded Sir Arnold Walker aschairman of this Board. Sir Arnold has retired after holdingoffice for 21 years.

Health Centres in ScotlandIn Scotland 4 health centres are already in operation, 2 others

(at Cumbernauld and Langholm) will be opened later this year,and the building of another in Livingston will begin shortly.The planning of several other health centres has reached anadvanced stage, and in all more than 50 projects are at presentunder consideration.

Peripheral Circulation GroupThis group has been formed by clinicians, medical scientists,

veterinary scientists, biologists, and biomedical engineersinterested in the peripheral circulation, the microcirculation,and the relationship between fluid-flow and local tissue function.The group plans to hold informal discussions and demonstra-tions of experimental techniques. Beginners in research willbe welcome. Further information may be had from Mr. I. A.Sewell, senior surgical registrar, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow C.4.

Appeal against G.M.C. DismissedThe Judicial Committee of the Privy Council dismissed an

appeal by Dr. Sunil Chandra Battacharya against the directionof the Disciplinary Committee of the General Medical Councilto erase his name from the Medical Register.

National Health Centre ConferenceThis conference is to be held at Queen Mary College, Mile

End Road, London E.1, on Saturday and Sunday, May 6and 7. Speakers will include Dr. Michael Warren, Dr. M. A.Slee, Dr. R. C. Wofinden, Dr. I. A. MacDougall, and Dr. BrianThornton. Details may be had from Dr. Sidney Greaves,Medical Practitioners’ Union, 55-56 Russell Square, LondonW.C.1.

Biochemical SocietyThis society is to hold a meeting at the Ciba Laboratories,

Horsham, Sussex, on Saturday, May 20, when Prof. R. R.Porter will deliver the 1966 Ciba medal lecture. His subjectwill be the structures and biological activities of antibodies.Details of the meeting may be had from the executive secretaryof the society, 20 Park Crescent, London W.1.

Second International Corneo-Plastic ConferenceThis conference is to be held at the Royal College of Surgeons

of England, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London W.C.2, fromMonday to Friday, July 17 to 21. On July 19, Dr. LorenzZimmerman will give a Pocklington lecture on cancerous, pre-cancerous, and pseudocancerous lesions of the cornea andconjunctiva. Registration forms may be had from Mr. P. V.Rycroft at the Pocklington eye research unit at the college.

Sir Geoffrey Keynes has been awarded the James Tait Black prizefor 1966 for his Life of William Harvey.

Dr. Nicholas Bennett-Jones has been appointed high sheriff ofthe County of Montgomery for the coming year.

At the Western Infirmary, Glasgow, on Monday, April 17, at

5 P.M., Prof. Bryan Hudson (Monash University) is to give a lectureon cretinism, endemic goitre, and exophthalmos.

Dr. J. A. Fraser Roberts will deliver a Sandoz lecture in neurologyon Tuesday, May 2, at 5.15 P.M., at the General Infirmary at Leeds.His subject will be applications of genetics in neurological medicineand surgery.

A symposium on endocrinology in obstetrics and gynaecology is tobe held at St. Thomas’s Hospital Medical School, London S.E.1, onFriday, May 26, from 9.30 A.M. to 5.30 P.M.

AppointmentsMARTIN, J. A. M., M.B. Lond., F.R.c.s., D.L.O. : director (consultant),

Nuffield hearing and speech centre, Royal National Throat, Nose, andEar Hospital, London.

MoRRis, E. D., M.B. Wales, F.R.c.s., M.R.C.O.G., D.OBST.: consultant obstetricsurgeon, Queen Charlotte’s Maternity Hospital, London.

Birmingham Regional Hospital Board:BARKER, P. A., M.B. Lond., M.R.C.P.B., D.C.H., D.P.M. : consultant child

psychiatrist, All Saints’ (Birmingham) hospital group.BROWN, I. A. R., M.B. Edin., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.B., D.O. : consultant ophthal-

mologist, Shrewsbury hospital group.McINTOSH, J. W., M.D. Glasg., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.B.: consultant neurosurgeon,

North Staffordshire hospital group.

Leeds Regional Hospital Board:DAVIBS, S. B., L.R.C.P.B., D.o.: consultant ophthalmologist, Halifax area.GILL, J. G., M.B. Cantab., D.OBST., F.R.C.S.: consultant orthopedic

surgeon, Royal Infirmary, Halifax.GODDARD, UNA K., M.B. Sheff., F.R.C.S., D.o.: consultant ophthalmologist,

Hull Royal Infirmary and Victoria Hospital for Sick Children, HullHIGGINBOTTOM, W. M., L.R.C.P.B., D.O. : consultant ophthalmologist,

Wakefield/Pontefract area.JOHNSTON, F. D., M.B. Edin., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.B.: consultant in orthopedic

surgery, Pontefract.PRATT, DAVID, M.B., B.sc. Leeds, F.R.c.s.: consultant general surgeon,

Chapel Allerton Hospital and St. James’s Hospital, Leeds.

Liverpool Regional Hospital Board:COAKLBY, D. V. L., M.B. Lpool, M.R.C.P.B., D.P.M.: consultant psychiatrist,

Whiston and Rainhill Hospitals.MARTLBW, R. H., M.D. Lpool, D.P.M. : consultant psychiatrist and medical

superintendent, Rainhill Hospital.SHACKLETON, JEAN, M.B. ManC., M.R.C.P.B., D.C.H., D.OBST.: consultant

paediatrician. Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.