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Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandThe following lectures will be delivered at the College in

Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2, at 5 PM, during Octoberand November :

Imperial Cancer Research Fund lecture : Dr. Leslie Foulds,Cancer Research (Thursday, Oct. 4).

Lister lecture: Sir Howard Florey, FRS, the use of micro-organismsfor therapeutic purposes (Thursday, Oct. 11).Erasmus Wilson demonstrations : Mr. R. Davies-Colley, cysts

and innocent tumours of the breast (Monday, Oct. 22) ; malignanttumours of the breast (Wednesday, Oct. 24). Mr. L. E. C. Norbury,the kidney (Thursday, Oct. 25).Thomas Vicary lecture : Sir Arthur MacNatly, the influence of

the renaissance on English medicine, surgery, and public health(Thursday, Nov. 1).Bradshaw lecture : Mr. C. Max Page, fracture treatment (Thurs-

day, Nov. 8).

Royal Institute of Public Health and HygieneColonel Walter Elliot, FRCP, has been elected president of

the institute in succession to the late Sir Stanley- Woodwark.Royal Society of Medicine On Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 2.30 rM, Sir Arthur MacNalty will

deliver his presidential address to the section of history ofmedicine. He will speak on the influence of medical poets onEnglish poetry. On Oct. 4 at 8 PM at the section of neurologyDr. J. Purdon Martin will give his presidential address on thedischarging lesion.Welsh National School of Medicine

Dr. J. R. Rees, medical director of the Tavistock Clinic,London, will give the opening address of the new session atthis school on Tuesday, Oct. 2.British Institute of PhilosophyOn Monday, Oct. 8, at 5 rM, at 14, Gordon Square, London,

WC1, Prof. C. D. Broad, LITTD, will speak on problems of £moral philosophy.

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Liverpool School of Tropical MedicineCourses of instruction for the diplomas in tropical medicine

and tropical hygiene of Liverpool University are to beresumed. The first course for the DTM will start on Jan. 3,and the examination will be at the end of March. A DTHcourse will start in April.

, Specialists needed for ChinaMedical practitioners with specialist experience are urgently

required for immediate service with UNRRA in China as

radiologists, gynaecologists, obstetricians, surgeons and ortho-paedic surgeons, physicians, otolaryngologists, paediatricians,and ophthalmologists. Particulars will be found in our

advertisement columns.

Return to PracticeThe Central Medical War Committee announces that the

following have resumed civilian practice :Dr. BERNARD SCHLESINGER, FRCp, Hospital for Sick Children

(Private Wing), Great Ormond Street, WC1..Mr.- A. L. D’ABREU, OBE, FRCS, Surgical Unit, Royal Infirmary,

Cardiff.Mr. C. W. GORDON BRvCiN, 118, Harley Street, London, Wl.

. Mr. GEORGE T. HANKEY, MRCS, LDS, 79, Harley Street, Wl.Dr. H. L. MARRIOTT, FRCP, 63, Wimpole Street, Wl. ’Mr. R. K. DEBENHAM, FRCS, 18, Greenfield Crescent, Edgbaston,

Birmingham.Dr. W. S. C. COPEMAN, FRCP, 41, Harley Street, Wl.Mr. R. OGIER WARD, FRCS, 149, Harley Street, Wl.Dr. STEPHEN COFFIN, 52, Upper Brook Street, Wl.Dr. J. NORMAN CRUICKSHANK, FRCp, 4, Newton Place, Charing

Cross, Glasgow, C3. ’

Department of Industrial OphthalmologyThe Royal Eye Hospital, London, has established a depart-

ment of industrial ophthalmology to which Mr. J. Minton,FRCS, has been appointed ophthalmologist. The following

- problems are being investigated :(1) Prevention of eye injuries (type and efficieiney of preventive-

appliances).(2) Welders’ conjunctivitis (arc eye).(3) Lens opacities in furnace workers, welders, and so forth.(4) Reablement of the one-eyed worker. ’

(5) Eye strain of workers engaged on fine close work (radio-valvemanufacturers ; work on very fine parts in any other industry).

(6) Eye strain due to deficient illumination dnring work.(7) Keratitis, conjunctivitis, amblyopia, due to the use of industrial

solvents (carbon tetrachloride, benzol, carbon disulphide, anilinedyes, and so forth).

(8) Vision and the selection of staff in industry (visual standardsin industry).

Industrial medical officers are invited to refer any of theseproblems or any other difficulties in industrial ophthalmologyto Mr. Minton at the Royal Eye Hospital, St. George’s Circus,London, SE 1.

Disabled Persons RegisterThe register of people entitled to the advantages próvided

by the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act was opened onSept. 25. As soon as it contains sufficient names the Ministerof Labour will fix the quota of disabled which every employerof more than 20 workpeople must engage. To begin with thiswill probably be 2%, but it will grow with the register. Regis-tration is voluntary and is open to those disabled through warservice, industrial, road, or other accidents, or congenitally.Disablements which do not carry a war pension may yetadmit to the register, for disease is recognised equally withinjury or wounds as a cause of disablement.

INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN ENGLAND AND WALES

WEEK ENDED SEPT. 15Notifications.—The following cases of infectious disease

were notified during the week : smallpox, 0 ; scarletfever, 1381 ; whooping-cough, 1159 ; diphtheria, 495.;paratyphoid, 15 ; typhoid, 17 ; measles (excludingrubella), 551 ; pneumonia (primary or influenzal), 326;puerperal pyrexia, 140 ; cerebrospinal fever, 39 ; polio-myelitis, 31 ; polio-encephalitis, 2 ; encephalitis leth-argica, 3 ; dysentery, 292 ; ophthalmia neonatorum, 80.No case of cholera or typhus was notified during the week.The number of service and civilian sick in the Infectious Hospitals

of the London County Council on Sept. 12 was 1025. During theprevious week the following cases were admitted : scarlet fever, 81diphtheria, 28 ; measles, 15 ; whooping-cough, 23.Deaths.-In 126 great towns there were no deaths from

measles, 1 (0) from an enteric fever, 1 (0) from scarletfever, 5 (1) from whooping-cough, 7 (0) from diphtheria,77 (4) from diarrhoea and enteritis under two years, and11 (2) from influenza. The figures in parentheses arethose for London itself.Blackburn reported the fatal case of enteric fever. There were

10 deaths from diarrhoea and enteritis at Liverpool, and 9 at Man-chester.

The number of stillbirths notified during the week was203 (corresponding to a rate of 30 per thousand totalbirths), including 21 in London.

AppointmentsFosTER-CARTER, A. F., DM OXFD : temp. medical superintendent

at Brompton Hospital Sanatorium, Frimley. ’

CURRAN, D. D., MB Nui: RSO, Scunthorpe and District WarMemorial Hospital.

CAVANAGH, FLORENCE, B SO wIANC., MB MELB., DLO : part-timechief assistant, aural department, Manchester Royal Infirmary.

GARSON, H. L., OBE, MC, MB CAMB. : examining factory surgeonfor Bebington, Cheshire.

MORRIS, PATRiCE, MRCS, DPM: examining factory surgeon forDonington, Lincolnshire.

COLONIAL SERVICE.—The following appointments are announced:KNOWLES, ETHEL E. A. D., MRCS: DMO, Bahamas.MILLER, MARGARET D., MB EDIN.: MO, Tanganyika.MUNRO, H. A., LRCPE : MO, St. Vincent.

Births, Marriages, and DeathsBIRTHS

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ATKINSON.—On Sept. 16, at Romford, Essex, the wife of Dr.Esmond Atkinson-a son.

HUGH-JONES.—On Sept. 20, at Poole, Dorset, the wife of Dr.Philip Hugh-Jones-a son.

MACKENZIE.—On Sept. 20, at Wakefield, the wife of Capt. A. G.Mackenzie, RAMO (SEAC)—a daughter.

PRICE.—On Sept. 20, in London, Dr. Dora Price, wife of Squadron-Leader C. F. Price, MB, RAFvR-a daughter.

TEMPLE.-On Sept. 15, in London, Dr. Barbara Temple (neeBroadwood), wife of Captain L. J. Temple, EAMC—a daughter.

WHITHEHEAD.—On Sept. 15, at Salisbury, the wife of Dr. B. L.Whitehead—a daughter.

MARRIAGES ’

ABBOTT—RANKIN.—On Sept. 18, in Cyprus, Peter Harry Abbott,MROS, Sudan Medical Service, to Mary Lucas Rankin. ,

FULTON—ELLIS.—On Sept. 14, at Brockenhurst, Morris Fulton,MO, major RAMC, to Diana Ellis, third-officer WRNS.

MACARTHUR—WARDE.—On Sept. 20, at Ramsey, ArchibaldAlastair Cameron MacArthur, captain RAMO, to Elinore MurielWarde, flight-officer WAAF.

OWENS—MORTIMER.—On Aug. 30, at Chittagong, Bengal, Wa3terEugene Owens, major ims, to Dorothy Joan Mortimer,QAIMNS(R).

PEARSON—JOHNSTON.—On Sept. 18, at Cambridge, Allan C.PEARSON, MB, NTorthiam, Sussex, to Beatrice M. Johnston.

DEATHSMCCUTCHEON.—On Sept. 17, at Selly Hill, Birmingham, Archibald

Munn McCutcheon, MB GLASG., FRFPS, formerly medical super-intendent of Monyhull Colony.

PARRY.-On Sept. 21, in London, Thomas Wilson Parry, MA, MDCAMB., FSA.