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Notes and News

SOUND FEET

WHEN a quasimedical book is produced for popular readingthe question springs to mind " Is this information or propa-ganda ?

" The propaganda type necessarily deal withdiseases, and nearly always emphasise the need for seekingadvice at an early stage when symptoms are usually quiteminor. Such books are in the nature of two-edged swords,for they can be prolific causes of neurosis and hypochondriasisin the otherwise healthy. With neurosis on the increaseany action likely to add to the incidence should be strictlyavoided. Fortunately.the foot is not a common site of refer-ence for neurotic symptoms (although it is surprising howmany people develop an obsession about a non-existent flatfoot), and so while Take Care of Your Feet (Foot HealthEducational Bureau. Pp.129. 5s.) is. primarily propaganda,little objection can be taken to it on this seore, especially asmuch of its matter is informative.

It is a symposium contributed to by orthopaedic surgeons,doctors, chiropodist, physiotherapist, shoe manufacturer,leather expert, and tanner, among numerous others. The

language is non-technical, and the lay reader will find it easyto understand both the letterpress and the drawings whichaccompany it. Possibly the general public may complainthat there is really nothing in the book which actually tellsthem how to avoid many of the foot troubles from which theysuffer ; and they may correctly guess that in many instancesthe experts themselves are not able to point to causativefactors with assurance. It is not enough, for instance, to tella patient with ingrowing toenail that his trouble is due tocrowding’of the toes in a narrow toecap, when he protests thathe has never worn footwear with these characteristics.While orthopaedic specialists differ so considerably in their

views on the aetiology and nature of many foot troubles, suchas flat foot, perhaps the time is scarcely ripe for offeringguidance to the public except on simple matters of hygieneand shoe fitting. This book does that well. The chapters on

the making, repairing, and fitting of shoes, and those onleather and tanning, are especially instructive.

University of Cambridge .

Brigadier Sir Lionel Whitby has been elected an honoraryfellow of Downing College.Royal College of Obstetricians and GynaecologistsThe following have been elected to the fellowship :G. S. Adam, Caroline A. Elliott, E. A. Gerrard, A. M. Hill, J. J.

Kearney, R. J. Kellar, A. Meave Kenny, W. K. McIntyre, B. T.Mayes, H. K. Pacey, Frank Stabler, F. R. Stansfield, and G. A.Thompson.The following have been awarded the diploma of the college :Isabel H. M. Blyth, J. T. Carson, H. J. A. Conte-Mendoza, G. K.

Emsley, J. L. Farmer, J. J. Handler, Denzil Heap, Alistair Hender-son, Michael Hutchinson, William Johnston, E. E. Jones, KathleenLawrence, Betty J. Poland, and D. B. Stewart.

Negotiating Committee’s ReportThe London Association of the Medical Women’s Federa-

tion, which is represented on the committee, will meet to dis-cuss the report on Saturday, April 21, at 3 PM, at BMA House,Tavistock Square, WC1.Association for Scientific PhotographyAt a meeting to be held at 2.30 PM on Saturday, April 21,

at the Caxton Hall, Westminster, Mr. E. Mackie will speak onrequirements for micrography and cinemicrography apparatus.Faculty of RadiologistsOn Friday, April 20, at 2.30 rM, at the Royal College of

Surgeons, Lincoln Inn Fields, London, WC2, Mr. G. F.Stebbing will deliver the Skinner lecture on the diagnosisof cancer in a national medical service. The annual meetingof the faculty will take place in Leeds on Friday and Saturday,June 29 and 30 (not June 28 and 29 as previously announced).

Postgraduate Lectures in EdinburghA series of Honyman Gillespie lectures, open to graduates

and senior students, is to be held at Edinburgh RoyalInfirmary, at 4.30 rM, on Thursdays. Mr. I. S. Smillie is to

speak on the stiff knee-joint in fracture of the femur (April 19) ;Prof. T. Ferguson on employment and health (May 3) ;Major C. E. van Rooyen on infective hepatitis (May 24) ;Dr. A. S. Johnstone on dysphagia due to causes other thanmalignant disease (June 7) ; Mr. W. Quarry Wood on duodenalulcer (June 14) ; and Dr. C. Kelman Robertson on post-operative pulmonary complications (June 21).

Royal Society of MedicineThere will be a meeting of fellows of the society on Tuesday,

April 17, at 5 PM. On April 18, at 2.15 pwt, at the section ofcomparative medicine, Lieut.-Colonel C. H. Stuart-Harris;Mr. J. S. Carmichael, and Dr. Raymond Lewthwaite will opena discussion on the control of rickettsial infections. OnApril 20, at 6.30 PM, the section of radiology is holding a jointmeeting with the Faculty of Radiology and the BritishInstitute of Radiology. Dr. Frank Ellis, Dr. J. W. McLaren,and Mr. J. Read, Pli D, will open a discussion on thestandardisation of radiological apparatus.Guests from Liberated EuropeA French medical delegation are at present visiting this

country as the guests of the British Council and the RoyalCollege of Physicians. The members are as follows : Académiede Medecirte Prof. A. Baudouin, dean of the Faculty ofMedicine, Paris, Prof. A. Lemierre, and Dr. P. F. Armand-Delille ; Conseil Supérieur de Médecine : Dr. Ravina, Dr. A.Laporte and Dr. H. Descomps ; Provinces Prof. C. Soula(Toulouse), Prof. Gernez-Rieux (Lille), Prof. J. Roche(Marseilles), and Dr. M. Nédelec (Angers).Four groups of Belgian professors are also to visit this

country during the next three months. The first group, whowill be here from April 16 to 30, will include Prof. N. Goor-maghtigh (Ghent), and Prof. P. Govaerts (Brussels).

AppointmentsBAUEROVA, OLGA, MD BRATISLAVA, DMR : radiologist diagnostician,

Leicester Royal Infirmary.CARTWRiGHT, W. H., MB LOND., examining factory surgeon for

Ilminster. ’

HEPBURN, JANET W., MB GLASG., DPH : acting MOH for Grimsby.LEFF, SAMUEL, MD LOND., DPH : temp. senior asst. School MO and

acting deputy MOH for Tottenham.PowELL, K. W., MB LOND., FRCS: resident surgeon, Brighton

Municipal Hospital Services.

Births, Marriages, and DeathsBIRTHS

ALLAN.—On March 28, in London, the wife of Lieut.-ColonelHamish Allan, RAMC—a son. ’

ATKINSON.—On March 26, the wife of Dr. A. H. B. Atkinson, ofDunster, Somerset-a son. ,

BOMFORD.—On March 15, the wife of Lieutenant W. B. N. Bomford,RAMO, of Salford Priors-a son.

DANIEL.-On March 28, at Oxford, the wife of Dr. Peter M. Daniel-a daughter.

FARQUHAR.—On March 31, at Oxford, the wife of Captain GordonFarquhar, RAMC—a daughter.

GOODHART.—On April 4, in London, the wife of Surgeon LieutenantJohn Goodhart, RNVR—a daughter.

HARVEY.—On April 1, at Moradabad, India, to Dr. E. MargaretHarvey, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel C. C. Harvey, IMS—a son.

JONES.—On March 30, at Brentwood, Essex, the wife of CaptainM. T. 1. Jones, RAMC—a son.

ORD.-On April 3, in London, the wife of Major J. W. E. Ord,RAMC—a son.

POwELL.-On April 5, at Harrogate, the wife of Captain C. E.Powell, RAMO—a daughter.

WILLIAMS.-On March 27, at Wolverhampton, the wife of Squadron-Leader Bryan Williams, FRCSE—a son.

MARRIAGESCOTTRELL—HARWOOD.—On March 12, at Birmingham, Thomas

Cottrell, to Joan Evelyn Harwood, MRCS.MURRAY—CARGILL.—On April 3, in London, Robert Murray,

major RAMO, to Noreen Cargill.SIMMONS—HUTTON.—On April 5, at Salisbury, Arnold Benjamin

Simmons, MRCS, of Andover, to Mary Hutton (née Radford).

DEATHSBURKE.—Recently, in Manila, William Joseph Butler Burke,

MD DUBL., professor of medicine at the University of SantoTomas.

CAMPBELL.—On April 6, at Perth, John William Campbell, MD PARIS,M B CAMB., MRCP, DPH, of Mentone, France, and Layer MarneyHall, Essex, aged 79.

COFFEY.—On April 3, in Dublin, Denis Joseph Coffey, MB RUI, LL DDUBL. ,

EVANS.—On April 5, at Sidmouth, Evan Laming Evans, CBE,MD CAMB., FRCS, aged 73.

GARRETT.—On April 2, at Chandler’s Ford, Hants, RaymondReynolds Garrett, MRCS, aged 66.

KENNISH.—On March 28, Joseph Kennish, LRCPE, of ClaphamCommon.

MARLIN.—On April 5, at Bushey Heath, Herts, Thomas Marlin,MD GLASG., DMRE.

ORME.—On April 7, Gilbert Orme, MBCAMB., of Gilbert Street,Grosvenor Square, London.

PEGGE.—On April 4, George Pegge, MA OAMB., MRCS, of Harley Street,London, Wl.

REEs-JONES.—On March 27, at Lytham St. Annes, EdwardWilliam Rees-Jones, MD GLASG., DPH.

The fact that goods made of raw materials in short supply owingto war conditions are advertised in this paper should not be taken

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as an indication that they are necessarily available for export.