1398 DIARY OF THE WEEK-APPOINTMENTS

University of ManchesterThe following have passed the final examination for the

degrees of M.B., CH.B. : ’

James Adams, E. S. Ainsworth, Norman Beenstock, J. N. Bowers,E. C. Cockings, R. P. Davis, A. W. Drummond, T. B. Edwards,Anne E. Evans, Joseph Glass, S. L. Goodman, Audrey W. Gostling,C. A. A. Haigh, Catherine E. Hall, Susan Hetherington, J. N.MacCaig, Anne Maclachlan, J. G. M. Maclachlan, J. D. Mason,Brian Peach, Sheila G. Quain, Gillian P. Roach, Raine E. I. Roberts,J. H. M. Robertson, Eric Rowley, Beryl Sephton, Anne E. Treharne.

University of LiverpoolAt recent examinations the following were successful:M.D.-F. G. Anderson, Cynthia J. Discombe, R. J. Fallon,

W. L. Sanders, J. K. Wilson.M.Ch. Orth.-M..Slms, Sheroo D. Bharucha, P. G. Brady, J. H. C.

Carrier, H. S. Y. Fang, P. Kilburn, H. Klein, 1. L. Macfarlane,I. K. Sharp, G. C. Slee, H. Thompson.

M.B., Ch.B.-J. R. Burrows, W.Caplan, Mary R. Daniel, P. VV.Davies, M. M. Gerassimos, R. G. Ingham, Audrey E. Jaques, C. D.Krasner, E. Lewis, G. S. Wilson, E. M. W. Wong.

University of BirminghamOn Dec. 16 the following degrees were conferred :M.D.-C. G. Berry, D. L. Crombie.Ch.M.-J. A. Mantle.

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M.B., Ch.B.-Eric Anthony, George Atkins, J. E. Backhouse,Brian Baker, John Bennett, J. A. Binnie, A. H. Brittain, Brenda M.Browne, Nancy G. Campbell, R. H. Cawley, M. J. Daly, J. B. Davies,H. R. Dobson, J. D. Earp, R. I. Froment, Harrydewa Goriah,Daphne E. Mahabir, NI. E. T. D. R. Maigrot, Stanley Middleburgh,D. W. Millard, Helen W. Rogers, M. G. Saunders, L. W. Smith,M. P. Taylor.

University of SheffieldDr. S. K. R. Clarke has been appointed lecturer in bacteri-

ology and virus diseases.

University of EdinburghOn Dec. 16 the following degrees and diplomas were

conferred :M.D.-Margery A. Lawley, *J. A. H. Lee, *Rachel B. Mackay

(with honours), D. S. McLaren, J. B. Primmer, *J. D. Robertson,J. L. Stewart.

* Commended for thesis.D.Sc.-G. W. A. Dick.Ph.D. (in the faculty of medicine).-G. D. Forwell.J.11.B., Ch.B.-Catherine G. Butcher, C. S. Cairns, I. M. Campbell,

R. I. Davies, T. K. Hay, I. M. Hourston, J. Q. Jones, Thalia H.Lowe, R. T. McKay, J. C. Ramsay, M. D. Scott, P. M. Shaw, .J. R. M. Shepherd, Isobel M. Sinclair, Phyllis Watson, EvanWhittaker.D.P.H.-Ariane G. M. Wiseman.D.M.R.D.-J. K. Davidson, Lockhart Frain-Bell, K. W. M.

Grossart, M. W. M. Hadley, Hamish Innes.D.M.R.T.-J. T. Lamb, A. L. Meikle, William Muirhead.D.Psychiat.-Frank Badrock, P. G. McGrath, H. B. Milne.

Royal College of Physicians of LondonOn Tuesday, Jan. 10, Dr. R. T. Brain will deliver the

Watson Smith lecture. His subject will be the ClinicalVagaries of the Herpes Virus. The first Marc Daniels lecturewill be given by Sir Geoffrey Todd on Thursday, Jan. 12.He is to speak on Chemotherapeutic Control in the Treat-ment of Fibro-nodular Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Bothlectures will be given at 5 P.M. at the college, Pall Mall East,S.W.I.

Royal College of Surgeons of EdinburghAt a meeting of the college held on Dec. 14, with Prof.

Walter Mercer, the president, in the chair, the followingwere admitted to the fellowship :

Jayalakshmi Yegnanarayan Ayer, Shyam Kishinchand Bul-chandani, Remo Cantamessa, George Fahmy, N. P. G. FischerKizhakeveettil Idikula George, Jayashree Kirloskar, Agnes Kramer,E. V. Mackay, G. M. J. Mascarenhas, A. F. Masson, R. W. D.Middleton, R. R. Munro, T. D. Ness, Robert Nikhwa,Ramachandra Pararajasegaram, R. B.’ J. Peiris, E. R. Price,Tahir Abdel Rahman, Abdur Rashid, Royston Reed-Davis,Sunil Kumar Sarkar, Sohandal Sharma, Hiran Sirikantha Kirth,Singha, Peter Stemmler, David Tanne, W. A. Lisle Thompson,G. M. Thomson, W. G. Walker, G. A. Wall, T. E. C. Williamsz.

Child Psychiatry in GlasgowThe opening of a new department of child psychiatry

(the third of its kind to be established in Scotland) is describedin the Glasgow Herald of Dec. 16. Associated with the RoyalHospital for Sick Children, it is under the direction of Dr.Frederick Stone, and the permanent staff will include apsychiatrist, a psychiatric social worker, and a child therapist.Its special concern will be emotional health and developmentin childhood and adolescence, and it will provide a specialistservice for diagnosis and treatment. Plans are being madefor research and teaching, in cooperation with the depart-ments of child health and psychological medicine in GlasgowUniversity.

King Edward’s Hospital Fund for LondonThe Fund has .received a further instalment of £50,00’.

from the Nuffield Trust for the Special Areas. In foundingthis Trust, Lord Nuffield provided that any sums availableby way of repayment of loans or otherwise from his trustfor the special areas should pass to King Edward’s HospitalFund. In all £1,650,000 has now been received.

Scientific Film AssociationA meeting arranged by the medical committee of this

association is to be held on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 6.30 P.M.,at the Mezzanine Cinema, Shell-Mex House, Strand, London,W.C.2, when Dr. Robert Ollerenshaw will discuss the use andabuse of film in medical illustration.

Common Cold Research UnitThis unit is asking for 600 volunteers during 1956 so that

there may be no hold-up in the work. They are anxious toenroll as soon as possible 100 volunteers for the trials fromthe middle of January till the middle of March. Comfortableliving quarters are provided for volunteers. Fares to andfrom Salisbury are paid up to a maximum of ;E3, and 3s. a daypocket-money is allowed. Volunteers should be between18 and 45 years of age and in normal health. Furtherinformation may be had from the medical director of theunit, Harvard Hospital, Salisbury.

CORRIGENDUM : Rowton Hoisses.-In one of the referencesto Rowton Houses that have recently appeared in our columns(Sept. 17, p. 572), they were described as lodging-houses.This was incorrect. From 1899 onwards legal rulings haveestablished that Rowton Houses do not belong to this categorybut are hotels or hostels for working-class people.

Diary of the Week

JAN. 1 TO 7Monday, 2ndDENTAL AND MEDICAL SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF HYPNOSIS

8 P.M. (11, Chandos Street, W.1.) Dr. A. A. Mason: Treatmentof Oral Disorders by Hypnosis.

Tuesday,3rdROYAL ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE, Millbank, S.W.1

5 P.M. Sir William MacArthur : Mediaeval Leprosy in the BritishIsland-What Was It ?

INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, Lisle Street, W.C.25.30 P.M. Dr. P. D. Samman : Tuberculosis Cutis.

Wednesday, 4th _ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole Street, W.1

8 P.M. Surgery. Dr. R. L. Holt, Mr. W. M. Capper, Prof.A. G. R. Lowdon : Surgical Management of UncomplicatedDuodenal Ulcer.

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INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY5.30 P.M. Dr. J. 0. Oliver : Mycobacteria in Skin Diseases.

Thursday, 5thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’s Inn Fields,

London, W.C.25 P.M. Prof. Arnold Sorsby : Some Dominantly Inherited Central

Fundus Lesions.ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE

8 P.M. Neurology. Dr. R. S. Allison, Dr. P. D. Bedford, Prof.A. Meyer : Clinical Consequences of Cerebral Anoxia.

Friday, 6thUNIVERSITY OF LONDON

5.15 P.M. (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,Keppel Street, W.C.1.) Prof. C. De Duve (Louvain):Intracellular Distribution Patterns of Enzymes. (First oftwo lectures.)

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE5.30 P.M. Anœsthetics. Dr. A. A. Mason : Hypnosis.

INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY5.30 P.M. Dr. G. B. Dowling : Skin Tuberculosis and Sarcoidosis.

ROYAL MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW8.30 P.M. (Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow,

242, St. Vincent Street.) Prof. Graham Bull: Treatmentof Disturbances in Body Water and Electrolytes.

AppointmentsGILLIGAN, M. S., M.B. Belf., F.R.C.S.1. : surgeon, Louth county

council.HELLIWELL, PHILIP, M.B.Edin., IP.F.A.R.C.S., D.A.: consultant

aneasthetist, St. Peter’s, St. Paul’s, and St. Philip’s Hospitals,London.

HODGSON-JONES, 1. S., M.D. Camb., M.R.c.p. : consultant dermatolo-gist, Northampton and Kettering areas.

WILLIAMS, W. R., M.B. Wales, D.T.M. & H., D.P.H.: asst. M.o.H. andschool M.o., Merionethshire.

Appointed Factory Doctors :CuRRAN, D. V., L.R.C.P.E. : Shipley, Yorks.SHELDON, K. M. M., M.B. Camb. : Bradford East, Yorks.TURNER, R. E. S., m.R.c.s. : Bracknell, Berks.