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University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Dr William Dunlop has been appointed senior lecturer inobstetrics and gynsecology, and Dr H. Ranasinghe has beenappointed senior lecturer in pathology.

University of Newcastle, New South Wales

The following foundation appointments have been made inthe new Faculty of Medicine: Dr R. M. Clarke, professor ofanatomy; Mr Charles Engel, associate professor in medicaleducation; Dr S. White, professor of human physiology; andDr G. M. Kellerman, professor of medical biochemistry.

Royal College of Surgeons of England

The annual meeting of fellows and members will be held at2.30 P.M. on Wednesday, Dec. 10. A symposium on teachingpostgraduate surgery will be held from 9.30 A.M. to 1 P.M. onthe same day, and at 4.30 P.M. Mr Ronald Raven will give aBradshaw lecture entitled Oncology-Attainment and Antici­pation. The symposium and lecture are open to all practi­tioners; details may be had from the secretary, Royal Collegeof Surgeons of England, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A3PN.

Royal College of Physicians ofEdinburgh

A conference on recent advances in medicine will be held onDec. 2 and 3 at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh,9 Queen Street, EH2 IJQ, and on Dec. 4 and 5 a symposiumon infections and infestations will be held at the College for theSt. Andrew's Day festival.

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Mr J. A. Ross has been elected president, and Prof. A. W.Wilkinson and Prof. F. J. Gillingham have been elected vice­presidents.

Inquiry into Preventive Medicine

The Social Services and Employment Sub-Committee of theHouse of Commons Expenditure Committee (chairman, MrsRenee Short) is embarking on an inquiry into preventive medi­cine, and would be glad to have the views of interested individ­uals and organisations. Submissions, in as brief a form as pos­sible, should be sent to the Clerk of the Sub-Committee, SocialServices and Employment Sub-Committee, House of Com­mons, London SWl.

British Association for Psychopharmacology

The next scientific meeting will be held on Nov. 6 at theRoyal Society of Medicine, London. Individual papers will bepresented on behavioural, experimental, and clinical aspects ofpsychopharmacology, and Prof. R. G. Grenell (Baltimore) willspeak on membranes, molecules, and memory. Non-membersmay attend as guests, and anyone wishing to do so should writeto the honorary secretary, Dr David Wheatley, 325 StainesRoad, Twickenham TW2 5AX.

Children's Hospital, Sheffield

The Children's Hospital, Sheffield, will celebrate its 100thanniversary next year, and will be holding scientific meetingsin the week July 3-9. Any doctors who have ever worked atthe hospital in the last forty years, and who would like toattend the celebrations but have not already received an invi­tation, should write to the secretary of the centenary com­mittee, Dr G. M. Steiner, Children's Hospital, Western Bank,SheffieldS10 2TH.

THE LANCET, OCTOBER 25,1975

International Index of Laboratory Animals

The third edition of this index lists the location of over 4000animal colonies throughout the world, and it is obtainablefrom the M.R.C. Laboratory Animals Centre, WoodmansterneRoad, Carshalton, Surrey SM5 4EF (price £2+postage andpacking).

Overseas Doctors' Language Problems

The Exeter Postgraduate Medical Institute with the Lan­guage Centre, University of Exeter, are to be the base for aone-year study of the language difficulties of overseas doctorsand possible remedies. The investigation is to be supported bythe Nuffield Foundation.

CORRIGENDUM: Simultaneous Investigation and Treatment of Sus­pected Acute Adrenal Insufficiency--The 4th line in the summary ofthe article by Dr Sheridan and Professor Mattingly (OCI. 11, p. 676)should have read"... with suspected acute adrenal insufficiency ... "

Diary of the Week

Ocr. 26 TO Nov. I

Monday, 27th

UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

5 P.M. (Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, Du CaneRoad, WI2). Prof. K. Frank Austen (Harvard): Molecular Basis ofSome Interactions between Mast Cells and Eosinophils.

MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY

8.30 P.M. (New Medical School). General Practice. Prof. John Marshall: TheManagement of Cerebral Ischemia.

Tuesday, 28th

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A3PN

5 P.M. Prof. R. A. Malt: Molecular Mechanisms of Compensatory RenalHypertrophy. (Arris and Gale Iecture.)

MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY5.30 P.M. (New Medical School). Psychiatry. Prof. W. H. Trethowan: Mad­

ness in Great Ones.

Wednesday, 29th

ROYAL COLLEGE OFPHYSICIANS, 11 S1. Andrew's Place, Regent's Park, LondonNWI4LE

5 P.M. Dr N. C. Oswald: Pulmonary Metastases. (Tudor Edwards lecturc.)BRITISH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAl. FEDERATION

1.15 ".M. (Channel 7, I.LEA Closed Circuit Television System.) Dr I. A.Carr: The Macrophage. (Repeated on Thursday at 12.15 P.M. andon Fridav at 1.15 P.M.)

INSTITUTE OF NEUROI~OGY, National Hospital, Queen Square, London \X'CIN3BG

6 P.M. Dr S. Moncada: The Mechanism of Analgesia of Aspirin-like Drugs.7 P.M. Dr Harold Merskey: Psychiatry and the Treatment of Pain. (Sandoz

Foundation lectures.)INSTITUTE OFORTHOPAEnJr..~, 234 Great Portland Street, London WIN 6AD

6 P.M. Dr S. S. Herman: Battered Babies.7 £>.M. Prof. C. E. Stroud: Orthopedic Problems in the Immigrant Population.

INSTIHITF. OFPSYCHIATRY, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AP5.30 P.M. Dr D. L. Davies: Alcoholism-A Sociomedical Approach.

NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HAl 3llJI £>.M. Mr Leslie Klenerman: Common Orthopedic Problems in Children.

RESEARCH DEFENCE SOCIETY5.30 P.M. (Royal Society of Medicine, I Wimpole Street, London WIM 8AE.1

Dr A. S. V. Burgeri, F.R.S.: Animals in Medical Progress. (StephenPaget lecture.)

UNIVERSITY OFDUNDEE1.30 P.M. (Ninewells Hospital.) Prof. F. P. Muldowney: The Diagnosis of

Recurrent Kidney Stones.

Thursday, 30th

ROYAL COLLEGE OFSURGEONS OF ENGLAND5 P.M. Sir Francis Avery Jones: The Norwich Schools of Surgery. (Thomas

Vicary lecture.)STMARV~S HOSPITAl. Mf.D1CAI. SC.HOOL, London \X'2

5.15 P.M. Mr R. M. L. Winston; Experiences in Fallopian-tube Transplan­tation. (Aleck Bourne lecture.)