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A POLICE INQUIRYA female child, aged 10-14 days, was found

abandoned at the central railway station, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on April 14th. The infant had on thescalp, two and a half inches above the right eyebrow,a healing vertical wound half an inch long, possiblycaused by forceps at birth. The Newcastle police,who are trying to trace the identity of this child,would be glad to hear from the doctor who deliveredthis baby. The child had received some medicalattention and is presumed to have left some home orinstitution on the night of April 13th or early onthe 14th.

NEW PREPARATIONS

LIBBY’S HOMOGENISED FooDs.-Having deviseda method of homogenisation that reduces fibres tominute particles the Chicago firm of Libby, McNeilland Libby (Forum House, 15, Lime-street, London,E.C.3) offer a variety of vegetable and fruit mixturesfor infants and invalids. The fine division of thefoods exposes a larger area to digestive enzymes,and increases the rate and completeness of absorption;but the bulk remains the same.. Three combinationsof vegetables are prepared (the components beingpeas, beet, asparagus, beans, pumpkins, tomatoes,spinach, and carrots) and they are recommendedas a rich natural source of vitamins and mineral salts.There is also a cereal (composed of whole wheat,soya bean, and milk), a fruit preparation (prunes,pineapple juice, and lemon juice) with a laxativeaction, and a soup (tomatoes, carrots, celery, liver,barley, and onions). These foods can be readilyheated in the enamel-lined containers in which theyare supplied and are intended both as a supplementto the normal infant’s diet and as a source of nourish-ment in colitis, gastro-enteritis, and other disorders ofolder children and adults. Since they cause no

intestinal irritation the vegetables have been givento babies three months of age, and the cereal asearly as seven weeks.A booklet on Vitamin Products reaches us from the

BRITISH DRUG HOUSES Ltd. (Graham-street, N.1).It summarises recent scientific advances and describesthe B.D.H. preparations available.

The REGISTER OF VETERINARY SURGEONS for 1938contains as usual the report of the council of theRoyal College of Veterinary Surgeons which makesit clear that any apparent diminution in the numberof veterinary graduates is due to the lengthening ofthe course of study from four to five years. The firstqualifying examination under the new regulationswas held last July. The Register may be had fromthe secretary of the College, 10, Red Lion-square,London, W.C.1, for 5s.

Medical DiaryMay 9th to xay 15th

SOCIETIESROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Vimpole-street, W.TUESDAY.

Therapeutics and Pharmacology. 5 P.M., annual generalmeeting. Mr. F. G. Young, Ph D. : Relationship of theAnterior Hypophysis to Diabetes Mellitus.

Psychiatry. 8.15 P.M., annual general meeting. 8.30 P.M.(with the Section of Neurology), Dr. W. Mayer-Gross,Dr. Macdonald Critchley, and Dr. J. G. Greenfield : ThePresenile Dementias-Symptomatology, Pathology, andDifferential Diagnosis.

WEDNESDAY.Surgery: Subsection of Proctology. 5 P.M., annual 1

general meeting. Mr. Henry Wade and Mr. LionelNorbury : Urinary Fistulee in Relation to the Colon andRectum. Mr. G. Gordoia-Taylor, Dr. Cuthbert Dukes,and Mr. Lawrence Abel will also speak.

FRIDAY.Clinical. 5.30 P.M. (cases at 4.30 P.M.), Mr. Duncan

Fitzwilliams : (1) Ruptured Spleen. Dr. Bernard Myers :(2) Gaucher’s Disease of the Lungs. Dr. Ernest Fletcher :

(3) Infective Arthritis associated with Chronic PulmonaryTuberculosis. (4) Monarticular Arthritis, ? Diagnosis.Mr. A. Simpson-Smith : (5) Neuroblastoma of Sacrum,2 Years after Removal.

SATURDAY.Physical Medicine. 10 A.M., annual general meeting

at Droitwich. Dr. J. W. T. Patterson : Treatment byBrine Baths. 2.15 P.M., Visit to baths, hospitals, andclinic.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF RADIOLOGISTS.FRIDAY.-I0 A.M. (Whitla Medical Institute, Belfast), Dr. R. M.

Beath : presidential address. Noon, Prof. P. FlemmingM0]Ier (Copenhagen) : Chronic Fluorine Poisoning asseen from a Radiological Standpoint. 2.15 P.M., Dr. T.Garratt Hardman : A Position for Radiography of theFourth Ventricle. Dr. J. F. Brailsford : Brodie’s Abscessand its Differential Diagnosis. Dr. Peter Kerley : SyphiliticAortitis and Aneurysm of the Aorta.

SATURDAYS10 A.M., Dr. S. Cochrane Shanks: Four-areaMethod of X Ray Treatment of Tinea Tonsurans. Dr. J.Ralston Paterson and Miss Margaret Tod : The RadiumTreatment of Angiomata in Children. Dr. R. McWhirter:The Treatment of Certain Non-Malignant Conditionsby X Ray and Radium Therapy.

MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 11, Chandos-street, W.MONDAY.—8 P.M., annual general meeting. 8.30 P.M.,

Sir Henry Gauvain : Planning a Hospital. (Annualoration.)

HARVEIAN SOCIETY OF LONDON.THURSDAY.-8.30 P.M. (26, Portland-place, W.), Mr. Rainsford

Mowlem : Plastic Surgery.PADDINGTON MEDICAL SOCIETY.TUESDAY.-9 P.M. (Paddington Tuberculosis Dispensary,

20, Talbot-road, W.), discussion on the Problems of GeneralPractice.

SOUTH-WEST LONDON MEDICAL SOCIETY.WEDNESDAY.-9 P.M. (Bolingbroke Hospital, Wandsworth-common), Dr. Henry Yellowlees : Psychological GrowingPains.

WEST KENT MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY.FRIDAY.—8.45 P.M. (Miller General Hospital, Greenwich),Mr. Myles Formby : Some Common Oto-laryngologicalConditions ; Aids to their Diagnosis and Treatment.

MEDICAL SOCIETY OF INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY.THURSDAY.-8.15 P.M. (11, Chandos-street, W.), Dr. A. T.Macbeth Wilson : Psychological Factors in OrganicDisease.

LECTURES, ADDRESSES, DEMONSTRATIONS, &c.BRITISH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL, Ducane-

road, W.TUESDAY.—4.30 P.M., Dr. H. Gardiner-Hill : Diseases of the

Ductless Glands.WEDNESDAY.—Noon, clinical and pathological conference

(medical). 2 P.M., Mr. E. J. King, Ph.D. : CarbohydrateMetabolism and Diabetes. 3 P.M., clinical and patho-logical conference (surgical).

THURSDAY.—2.15 P.M., Dr. Duncan White : radiologicaldemonstration. 3.30 P.M., Colonel L. W. Harrison :Gonorrhoea in Women.

FRIDAY.-2 P.M., clinical and pathological conference(obstetrics and gynaecology).

Daily, 10 A.M. to 4 P.M., medical clinics, surgical clinics andoperations, obstetrical and gynaecological clinics andoperations.

ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL, W.TUESDAY.-5 P.M. (Institute of Pathology and Research),

Dr. R. A. Young : The Treatment of Pneumonia.NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE HEART,

Westmoreland-street, W.TUESDAY.-5.30 P.M., Dr. B. T. Parsons-Smith : Angina

Pectoris.HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, Great Ormond-street,

W.C.THURSDAY.-2 P.M., Dr. B. E. Schlesinger : Pulmonary

Tuberculosis in Childhood. 3 P.M., Dr. D. N. Nabarro :The Cerebro-spinal Fluid.

Out-patient clinics daily at 10 A.M. and 2 P.M.ST. GEORGE’S HOSPITAL, S.W.THURSDAY.-5 P.M., Dr. Antony Feiling : neurological

demonstration.LONDON SCHOOL OF DERMATOLOGY, 5, Lisle-street, W.C.MONDAY.-5 P.M., Dr. W. N. Goldsmith : Acneiform

Eruptions.TUESDAY.-5 P.M., Dr. J. E. M. Wigley : Napkin Area

Eruptions.THURSDAY.-5 P.M., Dr. W. Griffith : Bullous Eruptions.FRIDAY.—5 P.M., Dr. G. Duckworth : Psoriasis.

ST. JOHN CLINIC AND INSTITUTE OF PHYSICALMEDICINE, Ranelagh-road, S.W.

FRIDAY.-4.30 P.M., Mr. T. J. Phillips : Physical Medicinein Diseases of the Eye.

FELLOWSHIP OF MEDICINE AND POST-GRADUATEMEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 1, Wimpole-street, W.

MONDAY to SUNDAY.-MAUDSLEY HOSPITAL, Denmark-hill, S.E., afternoon course in psychological medicine.-ST. JOHN’S HOSPITAL, 5, Lisle-street, W.C., afternooncourse in dermatology. (Open to non-members.)—PLASTICSURGERY (various hospitals), Wed. and Thurs., all-daycourse.—PRINCESS BEATRICE HOSPITAL, Richmond-road,S.W., Sat. and Sun. course in general surgery.

MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY.FRIDAY.-4.15 P.M., Mr. D. M. Sutherland : clinica

demonstration.