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Notes and News

TREE OF HIPPOCRATES

A HISTORIC ceremony took place in the Chelsea PhysicGarden on April 27’when a gift from the Greek governmentand the University of Athens was presented to the RoyalCollege of Physicians of London. The gift was a cuttingfrom the famous plane-tree of Cos under which Hippocratesis reputed to have taught, and it was presented by Dr.Gerasime Loverdos, endocrinologist and medical historian, inthe presence of the Greek Ambassador, the chairman of theBritish Council, the master of the Society of Apothecaries, thechairman of the board of trustees of the Physic Garden, andrepresentatives of the Royal Colleges. Dr. W. S. C. Copeman,accepting the gift on behalf of the Royal College of Physicians,said that the cutting would be a living memento of the greatGreek teacher to whom modern medicine all over the worldowes all that is sound in its origins, and would symbolise forfuture generations the traditional good will between Greeceand Great Britain. Dr. Loverdos was also thanked byMr. Walter Prideaux, chairman of the board of trustees of thePhysic Garden, and by Dr. F. D. Howitt, master of theSociety of Apothecaries. The tree was planted by Dr. Loverdos,Lord Webb-Johnson, Dr. Copeman, and Dr. Howitt.A second cutting has since been planted in the council

garden at B.M.A. House, in the presence of the presidentand council of the British Medical Association, and a thirdat Oxford.

A UFAW JUBILEE

ON April 30, Major C. W. Hume, with twenty-five years ofanimal welfare work to his credit, sat down to dine with thefriends of the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare,to celebrate this pleasant jubilee. Fougasse, the dearly lovedartist of UFAW, and in other manifestations Mr. KennethBird, and editor of Punch, was at the head of the table inthis family party, and toasted The Guests as wittily as hedraws. Mr. W. R. Wooldridge, PH.D., proposing the toast ofUFAW, recalled its founding as ULAWS (the University ofLondon Animal Welfare Society) in the days when MajorHume played hockey furiously for Birkbeck College and wastough with his opponents though tender with rats. Fundswere small in those days ; and new ideas, Dr. Wooldridgecomplained, do not come easily to an educated community.Major Hume won the university over, brought in the veterin-arians, and invited the late Sir Frederick Hobday to becomethe first president., In replying Major Hume noted thatnearly half of the early supporters were present, and hementioned others who would have been present if theycould. UFAW attracts people, he said, because of the soundunderlying idea that science and learning have a duty to thesubject of animal welfare. It also attracts because, as Mr.John S. Cripps said, in replying for the guests, it sees theproblem whole and without undue’ sentiment. All its friendswish it long life and more power to its elbow.

CALL-UP OF AMERICAN DOCTORS

BECAUSE of the shortage of volunteers for the Americanarmy and air force the Department of Defence has announced 1that compulsory call-up of doctors will begin in July thisyear. The department intends to call up 1202 doctors duringJuly, August, and September, but this figure may be reducedif the number of volunteers increases before then. Asannounced previously,2 doctors will be selected from thosewho were trained at government expense in the late war andwho served less than 90 days on active service ; later addi-tional doctors will be selected from those government-traineddoctors who served less than 21 months.

University of OxfordDr. R. V. Coxon, F.R.c.s., has been appointed to the

readership in human physiology.

Ministry of Healthllr. J. P. Dodds has been appointed under-secretary for

finance and accountant-general in the Ministry.R.A.F. Appointment

Dr. J. C. Sawle Thomas has been appointed civil senior

specialist in psychiatry to the Royal Air Force.

1. See New York Times, April 24, 1951, p. 11.2. See Lancet, Jan. 20, 1951, p. 178.

Royal College of Physicians of LondonAt a comitia of the college held on April 26, with Dr.

W. Russell Brain, the president, in the chair, Mr. WinstonChurchill, o.M., C.H., F.R.S., was elected to the honoraryfellowship of the college. The following members wereelected to the fellowship :

H. H. STNWART, Belfast ; B. A. HUNT, Perth, Australia ; W. G.PATTERSON, Newcastle upon Tyne ; B. F. RussELL, London ;MOHAMED AMIED IBRAHIM Bey, Cairo ; C. E. DOLMAN, Van-couver ; C. J. HACKETT, London ; R. T. GRANT, O.B.E., F.R.S.,London ; G. H. NEWNS, London ; A. H. IMRIE, Glasgow ; G. R.ELLIS, Liverpool; T.-M. GREENAWAY, Sydney; K. D. KEELE,Staines ; J. H. KELLGREN, Manchester ; S. A. PIWPERT, Colchester ;W. S. TEGNER, London; J. E. G. PEARSON, Bristol; J. W. D.BULL, London ; C. R. St. JoHNSTON, Birmingham ; H, J. WALLACE,London ; D. H. DAVIES, Bristol; W. W. PAYNE, Watford; J. W.(’ROFTON, London ; J. D. HAY, Liverpool ; J. B. RENNIE, Glasgow ;SHEILA SHERLOCK, London ; WILLIaM MAYER-GROSS, Dumfries ;CLIFFORD WILSON, London ; MELVILLE W. ARNOTT, Birmingham ;and, under by-law 39c, Brigadier J. S. K. BOYD, O.B.E.,F.R.S., London.

The following were elected to the fellowship under by-law39b which provides for the election of non-members " whohave distinguished themselves in any branch of the serviceor practice of medicine " :

Viscount ADDISON, K.G., London; Sir ALAN DRURY, C.B.11,.,F.R.s., London ; Sir HOWARD FLOREY, F.R.s., Oxford.

The following having satisfied the Censors’ Board wereelected to the membership :

Barbara M. Ansell, ivi.i3. Birm. ; A. F. Barnett, M.B. Lond. ;K. T. Bassadone, L.R.C.P. ; J. H. - Baylis, M.B. Lond. ; J. H.Bruce, M.D. Belf. ; W. H. Cary, M.B. Sydney ; F. S. Cooksey,o.B.E., M.D. Lond. ; Philip Freedman, M.D. Lond.; H. R.Gilmore, M.B. Adelaide ; Harry Greenburgh, M.B. Lond. ; P. G.Griffiths, M.B. Mane. ; Fred Grundy, M.D. Leeds ; G. W.Hadfield, M.B. Lond. ; S. P. Hall-Smith, M.D. Edin. ; J. P.Horder, B.M. Oxfd ; A. W. MacLeod, M.B. Glasg. ; ChristopherPallis, B.M. Oxfd ; M. 1. VI. Pines, M.B. Camb.; KennethRawnsley, M.B. Manc. ; J. B. Ryder, M.D. Dubl. ; J. S. I.Skottowe, M.D. Glasg. ; J. M. K. Spalding, B.M. Oxfd ; LionelStein, M.B. Cape Town ; J. D. Stevens, M.B. Lond. ; K. B. Taylor,B.M. Oxfd ; A. W. S. Thevathasan, L.M.S. Singapore ; LouisVogelpoel, m.B. Cape Town ; C. A. C. Wiggins, M.B. N.z.

Licences to practise were conferred upon 194 candidates(164 men and 30 women) who have passed the final examina-tion of the Conjoint Board :

S. W. Albright, Valerie M. D. Alcock, A. J. Allen, Barry Altman,R. A. J. Anthony, G. H. Apthorp, Joyce A. Arscott, James Ashworth,G. A. E. Baker, Katharine M. Baker, A. A. Bapty, W. R. Barrow,A. P. Barter. P. R. Bateson, Elizabeth L. Batson, T. R. Beatson,T. G. L. Bellis, B. W. Betterton, Geoffrey Birch, Kenneth Biss,Pauline M. Bousquet, A. L. C. A. M. Bracchi, A. J. Bridge, A. R.Brighten, N. P. Bronsdon, William Brumfitt, T. A. Bryant, J. A. B.Burn, Jean M. Burnett, A. M. Burnford, A. C. Campbell, D. S.Carroll, R. D. Catterall, P. A. Chapman, J. S. Clayton, C. J. Dliffe,M. K. Coles, P. H. Connell, B. 1. Copeland, Delia M. H. H. Cothay,H. V. W. Coupe, P. H. E. Courtenay, B. P. Courtenay-Mayers,A. N. Cowan, W. H. A. C. Cox, M. J. Craft, K. A. Creamer,Mary’ D. Daly, Margaret E. Darling, D. D. Davies, Joan R. Davies,J. P. Davies, D. M. Devane, S. H. Dunce, C. E. Durber, F. B. D.Easby, Ralph Emery, F. 0. Esiri, G. L. Evans, Stella FeldmanArrigo Ferrari, P. G. Fildes, A. C. Garnham, Jean-Claude Gazet,Hilda L. Gibbs, Michael Gibbs, J. S. Gilbert, Alan Gillespie, G. D.Glennie, Peter Goodall, J. W. Goodfellow, D. J. C. Graff, Pamela E.Greeii,.David Greenbaum, J. D. Hackett, M. H. Hambling, T. R.Hamilton, J. W. Hamlett, C. R. Harrison, C. B. L. Hart, P. D.Harvey, M. D. A. Heller, C. B. Higgie, F. E. P. Higgins, B. W. Hol-brook, J. B. Holland, D. C. Hood, J. M. Hood, P. T. Hull, Penelope C.Humphries. J. H. M. James, G. H. Jantet, J. C. Jelleyman, G. C.Jenkins, Marion J. P. Jenkins, A. H. John, B. T. Johnstone,G. A. H. Jones, Zilla M. Kaye, Russell Keeley, T. D. Kellaway,S. W. Kemp, G. C. E. King, R. H. King, Beryl J. Lander, J. G.Lewis, R. C. Lewis, W. H. J. Llewellyn, A. L. Lloyd, Colin McKinna,E. J. Masters, William May; Margaret B. Mearns, J. W. Mercer,P. McK. Middleton, J. L. Montagnon, Ada C. Morrison, F. J.Moynihan, J. W. Murdoch, Shirley E. Nathan, P. J. Nobes,Zofia Nowiak, P. M. J. O’Brien, Mary Ogden, J. 0. Ojukwu,J. E. O’Malley, G. P. C. Orlay, D. R. M. P. B. O’Sullivan, J. N.Pachmayr, P. H. Padwick, S. A. C. Paget, Jack Palmer, J. A.Parrish, R. E. H. Partridge, J. T. Patton, P. L. Pelmear, Jacqueline S.Pennycuick, R. J. Pett, A. R. Phillips, J. M. Powley, W. J. Pryn,Adrian Raban-Williams, Mary T. C. Randall, Ann Reader, S. H.Richards, R. A. A. Rickett, J. N. Roper, E. J. Ross, F. L. Rowland,D. L. Rugg-Easey, G. C. Saint, Z. R. Salib, Vitezslav Schoengut,Dan Scott, Rosamund 0. F. Shanks. M. H. Sheard, C. H. Sheridan,A. J. Sims, D. P. Q. Smith, R. G. Smith, Mia Ayoob Sorefan,K. A. E. Spence, A. G. Spooner, W. J. Stanley, E. H. Stephenson,G. J. Stott, Joan M. M. Sutherland, Maurice Sutton, J. A. Szydzik,Joseph Taylor, W. N. A. Taylor, Jack Terry, J. L. Tester,Frances M. Thortont, A. W. Tranter. W. M. E. Tweed, VernonUdall, J. T. Vorster, D. R. H. Walker, M. A. T. Waters, Monica E.Watkins, M. W. B. Watson, A. N. E. Watt, P. K. B. White, B. R.Wilkinson, W. H. Wilkinson, D. K. Williams, J. F. Williams,R. A. J. Williams, Frederick Wilson, Vivienne L. L. Wolfson,Robert Woodside, E. H. Wyatt, P. A. Zorab.

The following diplomas were also conferred conjointlywith the Royal College of Surgeons :

D.C.H.—Harry Altman, J. P. Anderson, G. C. Arneil, SunderLaxman Balse, J. S. Beedie, Mary T. Behauan, Samir KumarBiswas, Sisir Kuniar Bosc, Lucy M. C. Boyd, R. J. K. Brown, HymanChai, Isabel A. Cossar, Constance M. Cowan, G. N. H. Cranswick,Mary E. Curling, S. B. du Toit, J. S. Ebsworth, R. E. E. Edwards,

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Joseph Erulkar, D. G. Evans, Elspeth M. Evans, Loveday A.Farquharson, Ann Ferguson, Prudence A. FitzGerald, R. M.Forrester, J. B. Frost, Angela D. Fuller, Molly 1. Govier, A. J.Gray, Zaida M. Hall, Yuen Ho, C. W. Howden, Lionel SoubhkaranJaikaran, Trilochan Kaur Jari, J. G. P. Jones, Syed Mohamed AliKhadri, Percy Lancer, K. W. Lavers, Lois M. Leitch, Schneir Levin,Joan V. Llewelyn, Archibald Macfarlane, Lisa E. Mandelbaum,Margaret G. Martin, Joan M. Milne, Mary D. Milne. L. H. Mofflin,Judith Murray-Jones, R. W. Nash, Margaret 1. E. Neave, G. F.Newbold, Joan R. Nichols, Marjorie G. Nisbet, T. C. Noble,Fakirbhai Hirabhai Patel, Kumaradasa Rajasuriya, Margaret P. B.Reid, J. D. L. Reinhold, Jean Robson, F. C. Rose, Margaret M. P.Ryan, Henry Sharma, Swasdi Skulthai, Mary G. Southern Holt,Sybil H. Stephens, G. J..Sutin, H. T. Swan, Joyce M. Teasdale,Joan P. Tom, Shabbarahmed Bashirahmed Vahidy, Sarla Vaishnava,R. H. Vines, Mary Vowles, Daphne M. L. Walters, B. W. Webb,J. W. Woodburn, Audrey J. Worman, Guan Eng. Yeoh,D.O.-G. W. Allen, C. H. Baker, H. H. W. Bennett, G. L. Cantrell,

Malcolm Cowan, J. A. Eustace, E. M. L. Evans, R. H. L. Ferguson,Anwar Rouben Gabbay, Foad Ahmed Hamdi, D. R. L. Hart,J. 1. Heany, Hemanta Kumar Indra, Nem Chand Jain, JohnMoLenachan, J. G. Madden, K. P. Milne, T. G. O’Driscoll,Winifred I. Pearce, R. P. Phillips, Noe Pines, Muhammad AbdulQayyum, Mumtaz Quli Khan Raja, James Roche, J. H. Slade,Mona A. Smith, L. C. G. L. Trichard, John Whitwell, Kin Yip Wong.D.T.M. & H.-W. G. L. Allan, Isaac Nnadiebulam Oparauwoma

Asinobi, J. C. Babbage, Kyaw Bo, Mohomed Ahmed Botawala,James Carswell, D. W. F. Charlton, B. J. Chelmicki, V. St. E.D’Abrera, C. R. Doering, Anilkant Chhaganlal Doshi, Fazal Elahi,Titus Fernando, L. F. Gunaratna, B. P. Harris, Hans Herlinger,J. H. Hobson, Ma Hpay, Varaphon Israngura, Lakshmi Kant,Ravindra Motichand Kapadia, Isaac Shaoul Khutaina, Kali DasLahiri, Poo Ling, J. A. McDonald, W. H. McDonald, J. A. Mahoney,A. L. Meikle, H. 0. L. Murray, R. J. Pitchford, Bermeshwer Prasad,Satwant Singh, L. P. Spence, Daniel Arianayagam Thamotheram,Muhtar Yildiz.D.Phys. Med.-M. Q. Birkbeck, B. O. Scott,D.I.H.—David Crichton.D.L.O.—Coroth Madathankandy Leelavathi.D.P.M.-J. B. Gordon Russell.

Conference on A.C.T.H.A conference on A.C.T.H. is to be held by Armour Labora-

tories in Harrogate on Sept. 13 and 14. Medical speakersfrom this country will include Dr. W. S. C. Copeman andDr. 0. A. Savage, Dr. J. J. R. Duthie, Dr. J. R. Forbes,Dr. F. Dudley Hart, Dr. G. Kersley, Dr. F. T. G. Prunty,and Prof. L. J. Witts. Attendance will be confined to thosedoctors who have administered Acthar.’

International Centre for Training in AnaesthesiaOn April 27, ceremonies at the University of Copenhagen

marked the successful conclusion of the initial course at theW.H.O. international training centre for anæsthesiology,established a year ago by W.H.O. and the university. Asecond group of 30 medical fellows-from Finland, Greece,Norway, Sweden, France, Yugoslavia, and Denmark-arrivein Copenhagen this week for the second course of one year.W.H.O. provides for the maintenance and travel of the foreignmedical fellows, and book allowances for the Danish students ;it has also provided anaesthesia equipment.Society for General MicrobiologyThe following have been appointed as officers and committee

for 1951-52 :President, Prof. J. W. McLeod, F.R.S. ; meetings secretary,

W. E. van Heyningen ; general secretary, J. G. Davis ; treasurer,R. Lovell; editors, B. C. J. G. Knight and A. F. B. Standfast ;associate editors, G. C. Ainsworth, W. B. Brierley, T. Gibson,A. T. R. Mattick, A. A. Miles, K. M. Smith, A. W. Stableforth,and D. D. Woods; members of committee, L. A. Allen, C. H.Andrewes, P. W. Brian, H. J. Bunker, A. W. Downie, Betty Hobbs,H. B. Maitland, N. W. Pirie, H. Proom, P. M. Frances Shattock,and G. Sykes ; representing International Association of Micro-biologists, Sir Alexander Fleming, F.R.S.

The society, which was founded in 1945, now has 985members and will hold its September meeting at Manchester.Further information may be had from the general secretary,35, Villiers Road, Southall, Middlesex.

Kingston Victoria Hospital -

The Ministry of Health announces that the Minister" eonsiders that there is no justification for further delay inthe conversion by the South West Metropolitan RegionalHospital Board of the Kingston Victoria Hosiptal to meetgynaecological needs. Since the debate in the House ofCommons on Jan. 30 (see Lancet, Feb. 10, 1951, p. 343)detailed discussions have taken place between the Ministerand representatives of the hospital and of the regional board,as well as direct between the board and the hospital. Allthe alternative proposals put forward have, however, on

examination proved to be unworkable. The Minister has,therefore, informed the board that they may now proceedto the conversion of the Kingston Victoria Hospital and tothe opening of the Claremont Hospital which has been

specially adapted for the use of general practitioners."

West London Medico-Chirurgical SocietyOn Monday, May 21, at 8.30 P.M., the Bishop of Birmingham,

the Rt. Rev. E. W. Barnes, SC.D., F.R.S., will deliver theCavendish lecture to this society at 1, Wimpole Street,London, W.I. He is to speak on Overpopulation.

Harveian Society of LondonThe annual Buckston Browno dinner of this society will be

held at the Hyde Park Hotel, Knightsbridge, London, S.W.I,on Thursday, May 10, at 7.30 r.M. The principal guest will beMr. L. S. Amery, C.R. Further information may be had fromthe hon. secretaries, 11, Chandos Street, London, W.I.

’Institute of Hospital AdministratorsThe annual conference of the institute is to be held at

Eastbourne on May 17, 18, and 19 when papers will be readon Central Administration and Finance, on Regional andLocal Hospital Administration, and on AdministrativeProblems within the Hospital. Sir Wilson Jameson, F.R.C,P.,will also open a discussion on the Needs of the HospitalService. Further particulars may be had from the secretaryof the institute, 75, Portland Place, London, W.I.

Scottish South-Eastern Regional Hospital Board

Owing to ill health Dr. J. R. C. Greenlees, D.s.o., hasresigned from the chairmanship of the South-Eastern RegionalHospital Board. Sir Humphrey Broun Lindsay, D.s.o., D.L.,J.P., has agreed to accept appointment as chairman for thetime being.

Diary of the WeekMAY 6 TO 12

Monday, 7thINSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, Judd Street, NN’.C.1

5.30 P.M. Mr. M. H. Whiting : Sympathetic Ophthalmitis.MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 11, Chandos Street, W.1

8.30 P.M. Sir Charles Symonds : Migrainous Variants.

Tuesday,8thROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, Pall Mall East, S.W.1

5 P.M. Dr. T. F. Fox : Professional Freedom. (First of twoCroonian lectures.)

ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL, St. George’s Circus, Southwark, S.E.15 P.M. Dr. T. H. Whittington : Non-paralytic Strabismus.

INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, St. John’s Hospital, Lisle Street, W.e,25 P.M. Dr. G. B. Dowling : Tuberculosis of the Skin.

Wednesday, 9thINSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY

5 P.M. Dr. H. Haber : Cellulae Ntevi and Melanomas.INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY ,

5.30 P.M. Mr. H. Ridley : Recent Advances in Ocular Thera-peutics.

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM4 P.M. (Medical School, Hospitals Centre, Birmingham, 15,)

Mr. John Stallworthy : Antepartum Haemorrhage. (FirstIngleby lecture.)

UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN4.30 P.M. (School of Physic, Trinity College.) Prof. J. H. Burn,

F.R.s.: Importance of Noradrenaline. (John MalletPurser lecture.)

Thursday, 10thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, W.C.2

3 P.M. Mr. J. H. Mulvany : Exophthalmos.5 P.M. Prof. Emile Holman : Constrictive Pericarditis.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, Gower Street, W.C.14.45 P.M. Prof. H. A. Krebs, F.R.s. : Energy Transformatioiis

in Living Matter. (Third of four lectures.)5.15 P.M. Prof. G. Liljestrand (Stockholm): Studies on the

Regulation of Arterial Blood-pressure.LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, Houghton

Street, W.C.25 P.M. Prof. R. M. Titmuss : Social Administration in a Changing

Society. (Inaugural lecture.)ST. GEORGE’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, Hyde Park Corner, S.W.1

4.30 P.M. Dr. Denis W’illiams : Neurology lecture-dcmonstration,INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY

5 P.M. Dr. Brian Russell: Cutaneous Manifestations of theReticuloses.

ALFRED ADLER MEDICAL SOCIETY8 P.M. (11, Chandos Street, ’V.I.) Dr. A. R. Redfern : The

Neurotic Life-style.UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

4 P.M. Mr. Stallworthy : Antepartum Hæmorrhage. (lastIngleby lecture.)

HONYMAN GILLESPIE LECTURE5 P.M. (University New Buildings, Teviot Place, Edinburgh.)

Prof. C. Scott Russell: Injuries of the Female Bladder andUrethra.

UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS5 P.M. (Medical School, Small’s Wynd, Dundee.) Sir Lionel

Whitby: Realistic Approach to the Problem of Anæmia.