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Board of ControlThe Board of Control are returning from St. Annes-on-Sea

to London and from Nov. 11 their address will be 32, RutlandGate, Knightsbridge, S.W.7. (Telephone : Kensington 3456.)General Board of Control for ScotlandThe appointment of Dr. H. B. Craigie as a medical com-

missioner has been announced. Dr. Craigie is at presentdeputy superintendent of Whittingham Mental Hospital,Preston.

Reablement in ScotlandThe Fitness.Centre at Gleneagles Hotel is to be transferred

next year to a part of Bridge-of-Earn Hospital. Mr. JosephWestwood, Secretary of State for Scotland, has decided thatreablement shall be available to people from all types ofindustry, with special recognition of miners’ requirements.Demonstrations in Neurology and PsychiatryAt St. George’s Hospital medical school, London, clinical

demonstrations in neurology and psychiatry are to be held at4.30 P.M. on Thursdays, by Dr. Anthony Feiling and Dr.Desmond Curran. The first demonstration will be given byDr. Feiling on Thursday, Dec. 5.

Demonstrations of Contraceptive TechniqueOn Thursday, Nov. 7, at 2.30 P.M., a practical demonstration

of the technique of the use of a variety of contraceptivemethods will be given at the C.B.C. clinic by Mrs. Marie Stopes,D.SC. Medical practitioners may apply for tickets to the

secretary, C.B.C., 108, Whitfield Street, London, W.l.

Rural Life ConferenceA rural life conference has been arranged by the Church

Missionary Society, to be held at High Leigh, Hoddesdon,Herts, from Jan. 7 to 10, 1947. The aim is to further the

study of man in relation to his environment. Applicationsshould be directed to the acting secretary, Rural Life Con-ference, C.M. House, 6, Salisbury Square, London, E.C.4.

Prize for Work on X Rays- The Royal Society of Edinburgh will award in 1947 aDavid Anderson-Berry medal, together with a sum of about;EI00, for the best recent work on the therapeutic effect ofX rays on human diseases. The last date for applications,which may be based on published and unpublished work,has been postponed to Jan. 3], 1947. Entries should beaddressed to the general secretary of the society, 22, GeorgeStreet, Edinburgh, 2.

Ministry of HealthDr. G. A. Clark, late professor of physiology and dean of

the medical faculty at Sheffield University, has been appointedto the whole-time staff of the Ministry of Health as a principalmedical officer.On the retirement of Dr. R. E. Whitting at the end of

August, Dr. C. F. Good became principal medical officer

(insurance service). Dr. W. D. Hopkins is now a principalmedical officer and Dr. L. M. Ladell and Dr. A. R. Doyle aresenior medical officers (insurance service). Dr. E. Martinhas retired.Our annotation on staff organisation in the Ministry

(1946, i, 932) should have included the name of Dr. PercyStocks (General Register Office) as a senior medical officer.

Electroencephalographic SocietyThe standardisation and interpretation of results was

discussed at the society’s autumn meeting at the Maudsleyand Runwell hospitals on Oct. 4 and 5, when a number ofEuropean workers attended. " If we are to attempt to bringelectroencephalography to an exact science," said Prof. E. D.Adrian, F.R.S., the president,

" it is essential that we formulatecommon standards and common terms which will form thebasis of an international E.E.G. language." The society’sprimary object is the exchange of information on the scienceand practice of electroencephalography. It also aims tomaintain a high standard in technique and the interpretationof records ; to this end it has issued recommendations on thecriteria of abnormal records and on the performance of E.E.G.apparatus. It is intended that membership shall be acceptedthroughout the world as implying a high standard in tech-nique and interpretation. The society is willing to adviseany centre or institution. The hon. secretary is Mr. G.Parr, 68, Compton Road, London, N.21.

Causes of DeathThe Minister of Health has appointed the following medical

committee to advise the Government on the forthcomingrevision of the international list of causes of death :

Sir Ernest Rock Carling, F.R.c.s. (chairman), Dr. C. F. Harris,Prof. A. J. Lewis, F.R.C.P., Dr. A. H. T. Robb-Smith, Mr. EardleyHolland, F.R.C.O.G., Prof. N. Hamilton Fairley, F.R.C.P., F.R.S.,Prof. A. Bradford Hill, D.SC., Dr. Percy Stocks, Dr. MelvilleMackenzie, Prof. Sydney Smith, M.D., Prof. W. W. D. Thomson, M.D.The present classification of causes of death, first adopted

by the International Institute of Statistics in 1893, has beenrevised five times. The next revision, due to be made in 1948,’and the establishment of an international nomenclature ofdiseases are to be carried out under the auspices of the WorldHealth Organisation.

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Return to PracticeThe Central Medical War Committee announces that

the following have resumed civilian practice :Dr. R. H. DOBBS, 135, Harley Street, London, W.1.Mr. CHARLES DONALD, F.R.C.S., 66, Harley Street, London, W.I(Langham 2878).

Mr. D. LL. GRIFFITHS, M.B.E., F.R.C.S., 14, St. John Street,Manchester, 3 (Blackfriars 9598). ,

The laboratory chemicals section of the British Drug HousesLtd. has been transferred to new works at Poole, in Dorset,leaving more space at Graham Street and Wharf Road,London, N.1, for the pharmaceutical and medical side oftheir work. Inquiries for this section should now beaddressed to the B.D.H. Laboratory Chemicals Group,Poole, Dorset. (Tel. : Poole 962.) Mr. Frank Hartley,PH.D., F.R.I.C., secretary of the Therapeutic Research

Corporation of Great Britain Ltd., has been appointedmanager of the scientific services department of the BritishDrug Houses Ltd.

Fifty Indian probationary nurses are to be trained inSydney metropolitan hospitals. Hospitals in other State

capitals may train a further 66 nurses, most of whom willgo to Melbourne.

Diary of the WeekNov. 3 TO 9

Monday, 4th ’

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’s Inn Fields,W.C.2

5 P.M. Mr. Terence Millin : Surgery of the Prostate.

Tuesday,5thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND

5 P.M. Mr. C. Price Thomas : Surgical Treatment of PulmonaryTuberculosis.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole Street, W.18 P.M. Orthopcedics. Short papers.

LONDON ASSOCIATION OF THE MEDICAL WOMEN’S FEDERATION8.30 P.M. (B.M.A. House, Tavistock Square, W.C.I.) Lady Florey

Chemotherapy of Infected Wounds.LONDON SCHOOL OF DERMATOLOGY, 5, Lisle Street, W.C.2

5 P.M. Dr. R. T. Brain : Electrotherapeutics.CHADWICK PUBLIC LECTURES -

2.30 P.M. (42, Broadway, S.W.1.) Mr. Asa Briggs : Public Opinionand Public Health in the Age of Chadwick.

Wednesday, 6thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND

5 P.M. Prof. R. St. Leger Brockman : Intestinal Obstruction.ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE

2.30 P.M. History of Medicine. Prof. J. J. Izquierdo (Mexico City) :Neglect of Harvey’s De Motu Cordis in Spanish-speakingCountries and its Recognition after Three Centuries.

8 P.M. Surgery. Prof. John Morley, Mr. C. G. Rob : Treatment ofAcute Peritonitis.

ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HYGIENE, 28, PortlandPlace, W.1

3.30 P.M. Dr. Brian Russell: Possibilities in the Prevention ofDisorders of the Skin.

Thursday, 7thROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, Pall Mall East, S.W.1

5 P.M. Dr. D. Evan Bedford : Hypertensive Heart Disease.(Bradshaw lecture.)

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE8 P.M. (Maida. Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases, W.9.) Neuro-

logy. Clinical meeting.MEDICAL RESEARCH SOCIETY

5 P.M. (University College Hospital medical school.) Dr. W. J.Kolff: Artificial Kidney.

LONDON SCHOOL OF DERMATOLOGY5 P.M. Dr. G. B. Mitchell-Heggs : Penicillin in Diseases of the

Skin.

Friday, 8th ,

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE5 P.M. Clinical. Cases at 4 P.M.

LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL, Victoria Park. E.25 P.M. Mr. S. C. Suggit : Carcinoma of the Larynx and Pharynx.

ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY, 7, Melbourne Place, Edinburgh8 P.M. Dr. J. R. Rees : Social Psychiatry and Medical Progress.