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Royal Australasian College of PhysiciansAt the annual meeting of the college held in Wellington,

New Zealand, in March, the following took office for 1956-58 :President, Dr. E. G. Sayers ; vice-presidents, Dr. Bruce Hunt,

Dr. C. H. Fitts, Dr. C. R. Burns ; censor-in-chief, Dr. T. M. Green-away ; honorary treasurer, Dr. W. P. MacCallum ; honorarysecretary, Dr. H. M. Rennie ; past president, Dr. C. G. McDonald.

The following were elected to the fellowship :Dr. A. J. Barnett, Dr. J. J. Billings, Dr. H. W. Garlick, Dr. D. R.

Gauld, Dr. E. A. North, and Dr. R. F. A. Strang (Victoria) ; Dr.S. P. Bellmaine, Dr. A. E. McGuinness, and Dr. R. B. Perkins(New South Wales) ; Dr. 0. Hirschfeld (Queensland) ; Dr. E. G.Saint (Western Australia); Dr. E. G. Sims and Dr. R. T. Binns(South Australia).The following, having satisfied the board of censors in New

Zealand, were admitted to membership :Dr. J. Apthorp, Dr. D. W. Beaven, Dr. M. I. Bostock, Dr.

D. S. P. Dickson, Dr. G. L. Glasgow, Dr. J. D. Sinclair, Dr. P.Fleischl, Dr. J. V. Hodge, Dr. M. J. A. McDonald, Dr. A. R.Stone, Dr. V. I. E. Whitehead, Dr. A. C. H. Wilkinson.

Dr. R. H. Black and Dr. H. M. Whyte of New South Waleswere admitted to membership under the special provisionsof article 37.

Institute of Diseases of the Chest, LondonClinical demonstrations are being given by Dr. F. P. Lee

Lander at the institute (in the grounds of the BromptonHospital, Fulham Road, S.W.3) on Fridays and will continuetill July 6. All the meetings are open to doctors without feeand will be held at 5 P.M.

Vital Statistics in PsychiatryThe Society for Visiting Scientists is holding a discussion

on this subject on Wednesday, April 25, at 7.30 P.M., at 5, OldBurlington Street, London, W.1. Prof. Aubrey Lewis willpreside, and the speakers will be Dr. Vera Norris, Prof. L. S.Penrose, F.R.S., and Dr. Peter Sainsbury.Service Appointments

Dr. F. C. Golding has been appointed honorary civil con-sultant in diagnostic radiology to the Royal Air Force.

Sir John Parkinson, on resigning his appointment as

civil consultant in cardiology, has been appointed honoraryconsultant in cardiology to the R.A.F.

Miss B. Nockolds, B.R.c., has been appointed matronin chief of the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval NursingService.

Cancer Consultation ClinicsFor twelve years the Royal Marsden Hospital has been

running joint cancer consultation clinics between physicians,surgeons, and radiotherapists in association with a group ofLondon hospitals including the Brompton Hospital forDiseases of the Chest ; the Chelsea Hospital for Women ;the Royal National Throat, Nose, and Ear Hospital; Moor-fields, Westminster, and Central Eye Hospitals ; the NationalHospital, Queen Square ; and St. Peter’s, St. Paul’s, andSt. Philip’s Hospital. Over 1000 new patients are now seeneach year. On Friday, May 11, an all-day meeting (10 A.M.-5 P.M.) is to be held at the Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln’sInn Fields, W.C.2, to report on the work of the group, andon the following morning there will be a demonstration at theRoyal Marsden Hospital. Programmes of the meeting maybe had from the House Governor, Royal Marsden Hospital,London, S.W.3.

Presentation to Sir Thomas FairbankSir Thomas Fairbank’s former house-surgeons at King’s

College Hospital, and other colleagues who worked withhim there and at the Hospital for Sick Children, GreatOrmond Street, have presented him with his portrait byMr. Maurice Codner, R.P. Proposing his health at an informaldinner held in London on April 14, Mr. Harold Edwardssaid that the reason for the presentation was not his worldrenown as an orthopaedic surgeon (though they were intenselyproud of him on this account) but their respect and affectionfor him as a leader and a friend. To those who had had the

good fortune to work for him during their formative yearshe had set a standard, both professional and ethical, whichhad been of incalculable benefit. The portrait was formallypresented by Dr. Alfred Mitchell, the oldest house-surgeonpresent, and Mr. H. L.-C. Wood, the present senior ortho-paedist to the King’s College Hospital. Dr. W. H. Scriventhen presented Lady Fairbank with a framed photographof the portrait, in recognition of her many kindnesses to theformer house-surgeons, both before and since Sir Thomas’sretirement.

Chelsea Clinical SocietyThe annual dinner of this society will be held at the

Rembrandt Hotel, Thurloe Place, S.W.7, on Tuesday, May 1,at 7.30 P.M. The Marquess of Salisbury will attend.

At the invitation of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Englandand Edinburgh and the British Council, Prof. Peter AndreevichKupriyanov, principal of surgery in the Kirov Military MedicalAcademy at Leningrad, Prof. Andrew Gregorievich Savinikh,principal of surgery at Tomsk Medical Institute, and Dr. D. D.Benediktov, director of the surgical clinic of the Second MoscowMedical Institute, are visiting this country from April 15 to May 5.CORRIGENDUM: Pulmonary Embolism and 5-hydroxytryptamine.-

In the second paragraph of Dr. Kenneth Carter’s letter last week(p. 446) the third sentence should begin : " Replacing one benzylgroup by a phenoxyisopropyl group results in n-phenoxyisopropyl,n-be-nzyl-p-chlorethylamine hydrochloride..."

Diary of the Week

APRIL 22 TO 28Monday, 23rdMANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY

9 P.M. (University of Manchester.) General Practice. Dr. H. P.Fay : Responsibilities in General Practice. (Presidentialaddress.)

Tuesday, 24thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’s Inn Fields,

W.C.23.45 P.M. Prof. R. J. Last : Pectoral Girdle. (Arnott

demonstration.)ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1. Wimpole Street, W.1

8 P.M. l1fedicine. Dr. J. G. Scadding, Dr. Peter Kerley, Dr,A. H. T. Robb-Smith, Mr. A. G. Cross : Sarcoidosis.

INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY, The National Hospital, Queen Square,W.C.I.

5 P.M. Dr. J. Richprdson (Toronto): Cerebral Anoxia landHypoglycaemia..

Wednesday, 25thROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE

5 P.M. Endocrinology. Dr. M. D. Alilne, Dr. Oliver Garrod,Dr. S. A. Simpson, Dr. J. F. Tait: Aldosterone.

INSTITUTE OF DISEASES OF THE CHEST, Brompton, S.W.35 P.M. Dr. F. J. Prime : Emphysema.

WEST LONDON MEDICO-CHIIR-URGICAL SOCIETY8.30 P.M. (Royal Society of Arts, John Adam Street, W.C.2.)

Sir Henry Cohen : Old English Silver and its MedicalUses. (Cavendish lecture.)

RESAL ASSOCIATION4.30 P.M. (Ciba Foundation, 41, Portland Place, W.1.) Dr. R.

Muerhcke : Renal Biopsies in the Nephrotic Syndrome.Dr. T. Freeman and Dr. A. M. Joekes : Nephrotic Pro-teinuria. Dr. Patricia Lindop: Renal Response toHypotensive Anaesthesia in the Aged.

POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL, Ducane Road, W.122 P.M. Dr. A. L. Woolf: Hydrocephalus.

BIRMINGHAM MEDICAL INSTITUTE, 154, Great Charles Street,Birmingham, 3

8 P.M. Psychiatry. Dr. J. L. Clegg, Dr. J. J. O’Reilly: TheAmsterdam Experiment.

Thursday, 26thROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE

8 P.M. Urology. Mr. J. Mason Brown, Dr. Ian Gordon, Mr. AshtonMiller, Mr. Innes Williams, Dr. D. Edwards : Urologyin Children.

POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL2 P.M. Prof. Dos Santos (Lisbon) : Treatment of the Small

Tuberculous Bladder.OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

9.45 A.M. (1, Wimpole Street, W.I.) Sir Stewart Duke-Elder,Mr. P. L. Blaxter, Mr. S. J. H. MiJler. Prof. G. P. Sourdille:Early Diagnosis of Glaucoma. (Opening of three-dayannual congress.)

NUFFIELD ORTHOPÆDIC CENTRE, Oxford8.30 P.M. Prof. J. Trueta : Vasculature of the Growing Head

of Femur.BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY

4 P.M. (Medical School) Dr. H. L. Kottmeier (Stockholm) :Radiation Treatment of Carcinoma of the Cervix. (Firstof two Ingleby lectures.)

Friday, 27thPOSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL

10 A.M. Sir Heneage Ogilvie : Elementary Errors in SurgicalDiagnosis.

ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL. Paddington, W.2, 5 P.M. Mr. S. G. Clayton : Placenta Prævia.INSTITUTE OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY, 330, Gray’s Inn Road.

W.C.l .

3.30 P.M. Miss Edith Whetnall : Management of Deafness inChildren.

MEDICAL SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF VENEREAL DISEASES7.30 P.M. (11, Chandos Street, W.1.) Mr. A. J. King: Intradermal

Tests in the Diagnosis of Lymphogranuloma Venereum.(Presidential address.)

BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY4 P.M. Dr. Kottmeier: The Radiumhemmet Experience in

Carcinoma of the Corpus. (Second of two Ingleby lectures.)

Saturday, 28thINSTITUTE OF ORTHOPÆDICS, 234, Great Portland Street, W.1

10 A.M. Mr. V. Logue : Spinal Tumours of Orthopaedic Interest.