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Abortion Law in Australia

Dr. Bertram Wainer has challenged Australia’s anti-abortionlaws by informing the police that he has conducted an illegaloperation on an unmarried woman.

Institute of Child HealthDr. N. 0. Ericsson (Stockholm) is to give an Alex Simpson

Smith lecture on Thursday, July 1, at 5.30 P.M., at the Institute,30 Guilford Street, London W.C. 1. He will speak on the smallkidney. Tickets may be had from the dean of the Institute.

Gender IdentityThe Albany Trust and the Erickson Educational Foundation

of New York, are sponsoring an international symposium onthis subject, which will be held at Piccadilly Hotel, LondonW. 1, on July 26 and 27. Registration forms (E8 fee) may be hadfrom the secretary of the Albany Trust, 32 Shaftesbury Avenue,London W.1.

Application of Magnetism in BioengineeringA symposium on this subject is to be held at the Weizmann

Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, on Dec. 9-11. Details

may be had from Prof. E. H. Frei in the department of elec-tronics at the Institute.

The Central Council of Physical Recreation has arranged a con-ference on fitness in middle age. It will be held at St. Luke’s College,Exeter, from Sept. 12 to 14, and full board and lodging will be E6.Application forms may be had from the Council, 17 The Square,Crewkerne, Somerset.

Appointments

BEVERIDGE, MARGARET E., M.B. Aberd., F.F.A. R.c.s.: consultant anaathetist,Aberdeen teaching hospitals.

BUIST, T. A. S., M.B. Edin., F.F.R., D.OBST.: consultant radiologist, RoyalInfirmary, Edinburgh.

RAMASWAMi, GOPAL, M.B. Bombay, M.CH. ORTH. L’pool, F.R.C.S. : consultantin traumatic and orthopaedic surgery, Pontypridd and Rhondda H.M.c.

GRAY, J. A., M.B. Edin., M.R.C.P.E. : consultant in communicable diseases,Edinburgh Royal Victoria hospital group.

HOWARD, J. K., M.B. Edin.: principal M.o., Liverpool.MAcFARLANE, J. P. R., M.B. Glasg., M.R.C.P. : consultant physician in

geriatrics, Glasgow Victoria Infirmary and associated hospitals.NEWSOM DAVis, J. M., M.D. Cantab., M.R.C.P. : consultant neurologist,

National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases and Royal Free Hospital,London.

TURK, D. C., D.M. Oxon., M.R.C.P., M.C.PATH. : consultant clinical bacteriolo-gist, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.

Birmingham Regional Hospital Board:CAPPS, F. P. A., M.B. Lond., M.R.c.P., D.OBST.: consultant paediatrician,

Shrewsbury hospital group.CHADWICK, A. J., M.B. Manc., F.R.C.S.E., D.O.: consultant ophthalmologist,

Coventry hospital group.DAVIES, B. S., M.B. Lond., M.R.C.P., D.C.H.: consultant paediatrician. West

Bromwich and Walsall hospital groups.GEDDES, J. R., M.B. Birm., F.R.C.S. : consultant urologist, Coventry hospital

group.HAYES, BERNARD, M.B. Lond., F.F.A. R.c.s.: consultant anaesthetist, Dudley

Road hospital group.

Manchester Regional Hospital Board:ADAMSON, A. R., M.B. Cantab., M.R.C.P. : consultant physician, North

Lancashire and South Westmorland hospital group.GRUNDY, MICHAEL, M.B. Edin., F.R.C.S.E.: consultant traumatic and

orthopaedic surgeon, Blackburn and district hospital group.MANSON, I. W., M.B. Manc., M.R.C.O.G. : consultant obstetrician and

gynaecologist, Preston and Chorley hospital group.PADMANABHAN, HARIHARAN, M.B. Nagpur, F.F.A. R.C.S. : consultant

anesthetist, Rochdale and district hospital group.SCHRAIBMAN, I. G., M.B. W’srand, F.R.c.s., F.R.C.S.E.: consultant general

surgeon, Rochdale and district hospital group.

North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board:EAMES, G. M., M.B. Cantab., F.F.A. R.c.s.: consultant aneesthetist, St.

Helena hospital group.FAHMY, S. I., M.B. Cairo: consultant psychiatrist, Barking child-guidance

clinic, and psychiatric adviser, Barking.HARRISON, W. J., D.M. Oxon., M.C.PATH. : consultant pathologist, Enfield

hospital group.

Pamphlets and Reports

The Hostage Seekers. This report is based on interviews of 40childless couples and 40 couples who had adopted children; all 80women had originally been seen at an infertility clinic. The aim of thesurvey, by Michael Humphrey, lecturer in mental health at theUniversity of Bristol, was to find out more about the decision to adopt.(London: Longmans, in association with the National Bureau forCo-operation in Child Care. 25s.)

Registrar General’s Statistical Review of England and Walesfor the year 1967: part H, tables, population. (H.M. StationeryOffice. 30s.)

The 1970 Census and Vital and Health Statistics. This reportsummarises the plans for the 1970 Census in the United States, anddescribes some of the research and other projects for which the datamight be used. (Obtainable from the superintendent of documents,U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C., 20402, U.S.A.30 cents.)

Current Bibliography of Epidemiology. This is a monthlyguide to published work on epidemiology, preventive medicine, andpublic health taken from MEDLARS tapes at the National Library ofMedicine. The first number was published in January. (Obtainablefrom Subscription Office, CuBE, American Public Health Asso-ciation, 1740 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10019, U.S.A.$35 per year.)

Ballistocardiography and Cardiovascular Performance.The proceedings of the 13th annual meeting of the Ballistocardio-graph Society held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in May, 1968.

(Basle and New York: S. Karger. London: Academic Press. Sw. fr./DM 29;$6.95; 58s.)

Circulatory and Respiratory Mass Transport. A CibaFoundation symposium held in July, 1968. (London: J. & A. Chur-chill. 70s.)

The Inhibitory Pathways of the Central Nervous System.The ninth Sherrington Lecture, given at Liverpool Universityduring 1966 by John C. Eccles, State University of New York.(Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.)

The Release of Neural Transmitter Substances. The tenthSherrington Lecture, given at Liverpool University, during 1967,by Prof. Bernard Katz, University College London. (Liverpool:Liverpool University Press.)

International Virology I. The proceedings of the First Interna-tional Congress for Virology, held in Helsinki, in July, 1968. (Basleand New York: S. Karger. London: Academic Press. Sw. fr./DM74.20;$17.80; E7 9s.)

Symposium on Sports Medicine. The proceedings of a sym-posium held by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons inOklahoma City in August, 1967. (St. Louis: C. V. Mosby. London:Henry Kimpton.$15; E5 15s.)

Proceedings of Seminar on Filariasis and Immunology ofParasitic Infections and Laboratory Meeting. Tropical medi-cine and public health is one of the projects of the South-east AsianMinisters of Education Council (SEAMEC), and this regionalseminar was held, with the Council’s support, in Singapore in 1968.(Obtainable from the secretary-general, Central Coordinating Boardfor Tropical Medicine and Public Health of SEAMEC, 420/6Rajrithi Road, Bangkok, Thailand.$5.)

Nucleic Acid Metabolism Cell Differentiation and CancerGrowth. The proceedings of the Second International Symposiumfor Cellular Chemistry, held in Ohtsu, Japan, in October, 1966.(Oxford, New York, and Toronto: Pergamon. E8,$21.)

The Cardiff Diagnostic Classification. This is a revision,based on the International Classification of Diseases (1967), of amanual published in 1962. The revision has been done by thenomenclature committee of the British Psediatric Association. Paedia-tric conditions not listed in the I.C.D. list are handled by addingadditional digits to a basic code number. (Obtainable from thesecretary, British Psediatric Association, 30 Guilford Street, LondonW.C.1.)

Experiments with Man. The report of an Ecumenical Instituteheld in Bossey, Switzerland, in September, 1968. (Geneva and NewYork: World Council of Churches. Sw. fr./DM 5.80;$1.50; 10s. 6d.)