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University of GlasgowThe degree of M.D. has been conferred on Gordon

Gillespie (with commendation). The degree of PH.D. hasbeen conferred on David McCall.

Royal College of Obstetricians and GynaecologistsThe following have been admitted to the fellowship:Ad eundem.-Tassilo Antoine, H. C. Edwards, A. W. Liley.Arthur Bates, R. G. Blair, C. H. Brown, F. M. Bulwa, A. S. F.

Butcher, F. R. Clark, Haider Fahmy Daghistany, Margaret M. Downes,I. MacD. Duthie, G. H. Ellidge, Jack Eyton-Jones, William Gault,D. A. M. Gebbie, E. S. Grech, C. H. Hodge, Helena E. Hughes,Valentine M. Husband, E. G. Jonas, E. W. P. Jones, D. M. D. King,G. W. Korn, Wendy E. Lewington, 1. R. Macdonald, D. J. Mackay,Brian Measday, H. A. Milne, W. M. O’C. Moore, Jessie M. B. Muir-head, T. C. O’Connor, Okoronkwo Kesandu Ogan, J. F. O’Sullivan,W. J. O’Sullivan, A. C. C. Pinion, Hellen L. Reith, J. R. Saunders,S. A. Seligman, S. C. Simmons, Eleanor Tennant, R. McN. Thomson,A. W. G. Weir, P. P. Wium, Janet W. Worling (in person); R. M.Adler, David Barron, G. B. Batchelor, H. R. C. Benny, K. G. Bland,M. L. Bloom, Olga Bolitho, William Chanen, Probhat Kumar Choud-huri, Ho-Kei Chung, C. A. B. Clemetson, Michael Connaughton,R. P. de Bond, Tara Sankar Ghosh, C. J. Goosen, R. G. Harbison,Abubakr Mustapha Hassim, David Howell, Alice Hsiang-Lien Hsu,Sarah I. Jacob, Sarosh Framroze Jalnawalla, M. H. Jameson, C. A.Jones, A. J. Keane, Harry Leaver, Sukumar Mitra, S. W. F. Page,Doddana Goud Paranjothy, R. H. Philpott, C. C. Pretorius, G. W.Prueter, M. A. Pugh, Harry Rees, Mahmuda Said, Margaret Smith,W. A. Van Niekerk, N. W. F. Weir, V. T. White, C. G. Wilson, K. F. G.Wilson, Kathleen M. F. Worrall, R. S. Wurm (in absentia).

The following have been admitted to the membership:D. A. Abell, J. T. Barrett, B. W. Buttery, C. C. Fisher, M. E. Haver-

field, G. D. Henderson, 0. J. Horky, Soo Keat Khoo, A. R. Korda,F. M. McMahon, R. J. Pepperell, Douglas Reid, R. R. Sanders, I. J.Stewart, K. W. Waldron, F. E. Welch.

Faculty of OphthalmologistsThe following officers have been elected: Mr. E. C.

Zorab (president), Mr. J. R. Hudson, Mr. M. J. Roper-Hall (vice-presidents), Mr. J. E. Coates (honorary treasurer),Mr. Lorimer Fison (honorary secretary).

Institute of PsychiatryThe second Kenneth Cameron memorial lecture will

be given by Prof. E. James Anthony (California) on

Wednesday, July 28, at 5.30 P.M., at the institute, DeCrespigny Park, London S.E.5. The subject will be:bridging two worlds of research-the harvest and thehazard involved.

Family Planning AssociationSir John Peel has succeeded Lord Platt as president of

the Association.

Birthday HonoursThe following appointment was omitted from the list of

honours awarded to members of the medical professionpublished on June 19:O.B.E. (Civil)

Satya Saran Chatterjee, deputy chairman, North West Con-ciliation Committee, Race Relations Board, and consultant chestphysician, Baguley Hospital, Manchester.

Statutory Licensing of MedicinesThe first appointed day for the licensing of new medi-

cinal products under the Medicines Act, 1968, is to be

Sept. 1, 1971. On or after this day new medicinal productsbrought on to the market in the United Kingdom willrequire licences.

British Heart Foundation

The Foundation has made a grant of El 00,000 to estab-lish a British Heart Foundation chair of cardiology at theUniversity of Birmingham. Sir Melville Arnott, WilliamWithering professor of medicine at the university since1946, has been appointed to the new chair from Oct. 1,1971, to Sept. 30, 1974. He will relinquish his presentappointments.

L. H. Gray Memorial ConferenceThe fourth conference will be held on April 12-14,

1972, at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College,London. The aim of the meeting is to discuss measurableparameters in the blood vascular system, and the effects ofradiation on some of-them. Application to attend shouldbe made to Prof. Patricia J. Lindop, Department of Radi.ology, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College,Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ.

Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneAt the annual general meeting of the society Lieut,.

General Sir Robert Drew was elected president for 1971-73. The Manson medal was presented to Major-GeneralSir Gordon Covell; the Chalmers medal was awarded toDr. Ralph Lainson.

Community Care and PsychiatryA weekend seminar on community care and psychiatry

is being held on Sept. 24-26 at Liverpool University.Details may be had from Mr. J. M. Wilson, group secretary,Rainhill Hospital, Prescot, Lancashire L35 4PQ.

Diary of the WeekJULY 4 TO 10

Wednesday, 7thROYAL POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL, Hammersmith Hospital,

London W.122 P.M. Dr. M. G. Mucklow: Clinical Virology.2 P.M. Prof. H. Smith: Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenicity. :

INSTITUTE OF ORTHOPPEDICS, 234 Great Portland Street, London WIN 6AD

11 A.M. Dr. P. K. Thomas: Nerve Structure, Ultrastructure, andRepair.

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6 P.M. Sir Herbert Seddon: Management of Peripheral Nerve Injuries,8.15 P.M. Prof. J. 1. P. James: Management of the Crushed Hand.

Friday, 9thROYAL POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL

11 A.M. Dr. 0. H. Beahrs: Colon Surgery.

Pamphlets and ReportsSummary of Regulations for Postgraduate Diplomas

and of Courses of Instruction in Postgraduate Medicine1971. This most useful guide from the British Medical Associa-tion’s Personal Services Bureau is essential reading for those enter-ing the maze of postgraduate diplomas. For each of fifty-eightspecialties are listed diplomas, licensing bodies, frequency ofexaminations, requirements for entry, fees, and location anddetails about suitable courses. For some specialties there are courses but no diploma. Some of the courses listed are suitablefor non-medical graduates (e.g., those on medical demography, i

pharmacology, medical physics, and management). The guidelists the nine vocational training courses for general practice;these offer combined hospital and general-practice experience,but the total number of openings for trainees is limited. (Obtain-able from the Personal Services Bureau, British Medical Associa-tion, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP. 50p.) Motor Vehicle Accident Deaths in the United States,

1950-67. In the eighteen years of this survey nearly three-quarters of a million people were killed on roads in the UnitedStates, the rate per 100,000 fluctuating between 20’8 and 27.1per annum. The data are analysed by age, sex, race, State,mileage, and other factors. (Publ. Hlth Serv. Publ. no. 1000,series 20, no. 9. Obtainable from the superintendent of doçu’ments, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.20402. 50 cents.)World Health Statistics Annual 1967: vol. III, Healtb

Personnel and Hospital Establishments. (H.M. StationerOffice, American Public Health Association, Inc., and otherW.H.O. sales agents. E2.50,$8.25.)