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Jean F. Smith, F. 1. Stewart, *I. A. Stewart, K. H. Sugars, S. A. G. Sykes,Marjorie M. Thomas, M. A. Too-Chung, A. R. Turner, Nwogu DanielUkegbu, J. W. Veitch, T. D. Wallb, Brian Watt, Mary Watt, MargaretWebb, R. P. Wilkinson, J. T. Woodings, Noel Wright.D.P.H.-Colin Brough, R. H. Brown, P. U. De La Motte, Ahangama

Vithanage Kingsley Vernon De Silva, Mohamed Azam Fazal, J. A. Hislop,Sadiq Janjua, Thomas Middlemiss, David Morris, Mohammed AbdulSalam Niazi, Catherine B. G. Sinclair, Gujjar Mal Singal, J. F. Taylor,Ratna Susanta Weerakone.D.M.R.D.-Solomon Bloch, Gordon Evison.D.M.S.A.-Abdullah Saleh Affara, Jorge Castellanos, A. G. Cheyne,

Abdul Halim Chowdhury, G. I. Forbes, D. H. Goold, Vicente Navarro,Omer Henoe Robles, Sotir Gligor Sotirovski.

Dip. Psychiat.-Nanoo Prabhakaran.D.T.M. & H.-Abdul Haseeb, Mohammed Fazlul Quader, Sanaullah

Qureshi, Mohammad Gulam Zulfukar, Zafar Shah Afridi, SheikhNesaruddin, Mian Badrud-Din, Anne F. Capey, Ganesh Chandra Dutt,Abdul Jamil, Wallace Kahugu, Hamidullah Khan Kazi, Abdul QayoomManghi, Eriyabu Geser Ngobi Muzira, Kandiah Kanapathi Pillai, SajjadHameed Qureshi, Shamsuddin Hassanali Rahimtoola, Kassim Ali Shah,Ravishankar Dhari Singh, Thounaojam Jogendra Singh.

* In absentia.

Dr. J. R. Taylor has been appointed a lecturer in anatomy.University of ManchesterDr. A. C. P. Campbell, Proctor professor of pathology and

pathological anatomy, is to succeed Prof. Walter Schlapp asdean of the Medical School. Professor Schlapp is retiring fromthe Brackenbury chair of physiology, together with his presentoffice as part-time dean.

University of Newcastle upon TyneMr. J. D. Simrnett has been appointed a lecturer in experi-

mental pathology and Dr. T. B. Stretton a lecturer in medicine.

Royal College of Obstetricians and GynaecologistsAt a meeting of council on July 24, the following officers

were elected:

President, Sir Hector MacLennan; vice-presidents, H. G. E.

Arthure, J. B. Blaikley; hon. treasurer, Sir John Peel; hon. secretary,T. L. T. Lewis; hon. librarian, A. L. Gunn; hon. curator of themuseum, R. A. Brews; assistant hon. curator, G. W. Garland;regional council hon. treasurers, S. Devenish Meares (Australia),G. J. Strean (Canada), K. D. Drayton (New Zealand), H. McK. G.Agnew (South Africa).The following were elected to the membership:D. R. Abramovich, W. S. Adam, T. K. Agble, D. R. Aickin, Syed Ershad

Ali, Madhusudan Biharilal Atit, J. M. Bader, Rabindra Nath Banerjee,Ivy Barua, Swarn Singh Basson, L. C. D. Beregha, W. R. S. Birrell, A. B.Byles, Stuart Campbell, Ajit Kumar Chakravarty, Sumati Changkakoti,Rudra Bahan Chatterjee, Abul Hasanat M. T. A. Chowdhury, F. B. A.Coker, J. A. Cooper, W. S. R. Craig, W. S. Crawford, G. I. Dudgeon,G. J. Dunstan, Benoy Bhusan Giri, K. F. Greene, V. J. Hartfield, GeoffreyHasenohr, B. S. Hill, W. R. Hutton, A. H. Imrie, Kurishingal BurleighJacob, Nafees Jahan, Madhu Jindal, Talaat Ahmed Kassaby, Muzaffar Khan,Sumedha Khanna, Balwant Singh Khehar, Fadil Saeed Abdel Lateef,Thye Chong Leow, A. C. W. Lewis, Leonora Shin-U-Lok, Mounir HalimLouka, James McGrath, C. A. Maley, Manotosh Mukherjee, Frances A.Musson, H. 0. Nicholson, Khin Nyunt, Sugna Vasudev Pandya, SisirKumar Panja, J. F. Pearson, Kabbinhitlu Meera Prabhu, Bimal Prakash,Iswaran Subrahmanyam Puvan, K. J. Rew, Patricia A. Roberts, Elise J.Robinson, Krishna Kumari Saharan, Nanita Sampson, Berel Sarzin,Wilfred Schubert, Faridon Setna, Vasant Mugatlul Shah, M. D. Simanowitz,M. J. Simcock, D. G. Simpson, Ismat Ibrahim Snobar, M. W. Somerville,E. W. W. Sonnendecker, R. H. Tipton, Elisabeth A. Tooth, 1. D. Truskett,W. A. Van Nierkerk, Gabriel Zipser.

New M.R.C. Research GroupsThe Medical Research Council are to provide the following

university institutions with support to set up research groups:University of Bristol-Research Group in Neurosecretion in the

department of pharmacology (Prof. H. Heller): research on theultrastructure and function of the hypothalamo-hypophysial system,and on the distribution and identification of neurosecretory productsand their actions and metabolism throughout the vertebrate phylum.

University of Edinburgh-Research Group on Bacterial EnzymeVariation in the department of molecular biology (Prof. M. R.Pollock): research on the enzymic basis of variation and adaptationin microorganisms.

St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School, London-Research Group onthe Structure and Biological Activities of Antibodies and ProteinAntigens in the department of immunology (Prof. R. R. Porter):research on the structure of antibodies and the means by which theirstructure enables them to combine specifically with antigens.

Dr. W. Briscoe, of New York, is to give a talk at the Royal FreeHospital, Gray’s Inn Road, London, W.C.1, on Wednesday, Aug. 4,at 5.15 P.M. His subject will be assessment of pulmonary function.

Prof. W. V. Mayneord is to be presented with the gold medalPro Meritis Protectione Contra Radiationem of the Royal SwedishAcademy of Science, at the International Congress of Radiologywhich is to take place in Rome in September.

Intra-uterine Contraception. Last October, at the secondinternational conference on intra-uterine contraception, sponsoredby the Population Council, biomedical scientists from all over theworld presented papers on experiments and problems relating tointra-uterine contraception. (International Congress series no. 86,Excerpta Medica Foundation. Obtainable in U.K. from ChandosHouse, 2, Queen Anne Street, London, W.I. 62s. 6d., includingpostage.)

Refrigerated Room Air-conditioners. A new British Standardfor refrigerated room air-conditioners (B.s. 3899) covers encasedassemblies suitable for use in all climates and designed for mountingin a window, through a wall, or as a console. The standard specifiesconstructional requirements for room air-conditioners, generally upto 3 ton-refrigeration (36,000 B.T.U./h) capacity. (B.S.I. Sales Branch,2, Park Street, London, W.I. 5s.)

Weight, Height, and Selected Body Dimensions of Adults:United States, 1960-62. This report from the United StatesNational Center for Health Statistics represents the first attemptmade there to obtain body-measurement data from a scientificallyselected cross-section of the adult population. (Washington, D.C.:P.H.S. publication no. 1000, series 11, no. 8. Obtainable from thesuperintendent of documents, U.S. Government Printing Office,Washington, D.C. 20402.$0.35.)

Scottish Health Services Council Report for 1964. This

report includes recommendations of the Council’s Standing CancerCommittee for a general cytology service for the prevention ofcervical cancer, particularly the need to train technicians in pathologydepartments where a cervical cytology service is already established.(H.M. Stationery Office. Is. 6d.)

Ionising Radiation and the Sterilisation of MedicalProducts: Proceedings of the First International Symposiumorganised by the Panel on Gamma and Electron Irradiation.This collection of papers, from a symposium held last year in London,covers theoretical and practical effects of radiation on medicalproducts. (London : Taylor and Francis. 25s.)

Index of Health: Mathematical Models. Dr. C. L. Chiangdescribes a single index for measuring population health status,based upon mathematical models describing the annual occurrenceof illness and death in a population. (P.H.S. publication no. 1000,series 2, no. 5. Obtainable from Superintendent of Documents,U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.$0.25.)

Films. This useful catalogue of films on instruction in first-aiddescribes the subject of each film, and gives details of where toobtain it. (St. John Ambulance Association, Priory House, St. John’sGate, Clerkenwell, London, E.C.I. 7s. 6d.)

Symposium on the Nerve Growth Factor. This symposiumdescribes some of the work of a group supported by grants from theNational Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, theUnited States Public Health Service, the National Science Founda-tion, and the American Cancer Society. (Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci.

1964, 118. Art. 3, pp. 147-232. Published by the Academy, 2, EastSixty-third Street, New York 21, N.Y.)

General Practice. A Young Fabian Group, consisting of twomedical practitioners and a psychologist, puts forward some sug-gestions for improvement. They regard domiciliary care, the

personal doctor, and 24-hour cover as the three essential features ofgeneral practice which must be retained; but they support thesuggestion for a regional health services centre which would integratethe work of the regional hospital board, the local health authorities,and the local executive councils. (Young Fabian Pamphlet 9.Obtainable from the Fabian Society, 11, Dartmouth Street, London,S.W.I. 3s. 3d.)

Findings on the Serologic Test for Syphilis in Adults:United States, 1960-62. Information obtained from physicalexamination of a nationwide probability sample of people aged18-79 indicates that the prevalence of syphilis is higher among menthan women, and among the Negro population than among thewhite. It is highest in the west, and lowest in the north-east of thecountry. (Washington, D.C.: P.H.S. publication no. 1000, series11-no. 8. Obtainable from the superintendent of documents, U.S.Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.$0.35.)

Pamphlets and Reports