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Lady Tata Memorial TrustThe trustees of this Trust invite applications for fellow-

ships, scholarships, and grants for research on leukaemia.Programmes of research on any aspect of malignant disease which

may throw light on problems of leukxmia will be considered, and thetrustees specially wish to encourage studies of the leuksemogenicviruses in mammals, the epidemiology and natural history of leuk-aemia, and the genetical and cytological aspects. The awards are opento investigators of any nationality, working either in their own institu-tions or in other centres abroad, in any country where payment can bemade. Further particulars and forms of application may be had fromthe secretary of the (European) scientific advisory committee of theTrust, Chester Beatty Research Institute, Fulham Road, London,S.W.3., and applications must be submitted before March 31.

British Institute of Radiology CongressThis congress will be held at the Central Hall and at Church

House, Westminster, London, S.W.1, from April 22 to 24under the presidency of Prof. C. B. Allsopp, D.sc. The pro-gramme will include sessions on blood-supply of tumours andon the new code of practice for hospitals. The Silvanus

Thompson lecture will be given by Dr. M. F. Perutz, who willspeak on X-ray analysis of proteins. Further particulars maybe had from the general secretary of the institute, 32, WelbeckStreet, W.1.

Royal Society of ArtsProf. Franz Bergel will give the William Jackson Pope

lecture at the society’s house, John Adam Street, Adelphi,London, W.C.2, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 2.30 P.M. His titlewill be Chemistry and the Art of Healing.

British Pharmaceutical Codex

Mr. H. G. Rolfe, F.R.I.C., has been appointed chairman of theCodex Revision Committee which has been re-formed to amendand revise the British Pharmaceutz’cal Codex 1963. Prof.Andrew Wilson, M.D., is a member of the committee.

International Congress of GastroenterologyThis congress will be held in Brussels from June 1 to 6.

Particulars may be had from Congres International de Gastro-Enterologie, Hotel de Societes Scientifiques, 43, rue des

Champs-Elysees, Bruxelles 5, Belgium.

European Conference on MicrocirculationThis conference will be held in Jerusalem from March 15

to 19, under the auspices of the Israel Academy of Sciencesand Humanities. Particulars may be had from Dr. Eli Davis,capillary research laboratory, Hadassah University Hospital,P.O. Box 499, Jerusalem, Israel.

Chicago Heart AssociationThis Association will hold an international symposium in

Chicago from March 25 to 27, 1965, on the heart and circula-tion in the newborn and infant. Further particulars may behad from Dr. D. E. Cassels, at the Association, 22, WestMadison Street, Chicago, Illinois.

International Journal of LeprosyDr. Esmond R. Long, emeritus professor of pathology, in

the University of Pennsylvania, has been appointed editor ofthis journal in succession to Dr. H. W. Wade, who founded itin 1933 and has been its editor ever since. The address of theeditorial office is: 1832, M St., N.W., Washington, D.C.,U.S.A. 20036.

An exhibition showing the background of the Royal Army MedicalCorps and present conditions for medical officers will be held atB.M.A. House, Tavistock Square, London, W.C.1, from Feb. 10

to 24.

A .S’6t’<se: List of British Medical Periodicals has been issued by theRoyal Society of Medicine and the British Council to help overseasreaders, booksellers, and librarians to choose British medical peri-odicals. It has been compiled by Mr. L. T. Morton, librarian of theNational Institute of Medical Research, in consultation with Mr. P.Wade, librarian of the society. Copies (5s. or Sl) can be orderedfrom the British Council, 59, New Oxford Street, London, W.C.l.

The number of requests for beds to the London Emergency BedService has continued to fall, and for the week ending Jan. 18 was1220. The yellow warning was cancelled on Jan. 15.Mr. Patrick Clarkson will report on the 1963 Texas burns seminar,

at a meeting to be held at the plastic, burns, and oral surgery centre,Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, at 8 P.M.On Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 8.30 P.M. at the North Middlesex Hospital,

Silver Street, London, N.18, Dr. Valerie Cowie will give a post.graduate lecture in psychological medicine. Her subject will begenetical aspects of mental subnormality.The Oxford Graduates Medical Club dinner will be held at the

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Sussex Place,London, N.W. 1, on Friday, Feb. 14, at 8 P.M. Tickets (45s.) maybehad from Mr. Leslie Le Quesne, Middlesex Hospital, W. 1.

Diary of the Week

JAN. 26 TO FEB. 1

Monday, 27thPOSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF LONDON, Ducane Road, W.12

4 P.M. Prof. D. H. Smyth: Intestinal Absorption of Protein.ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray’s Inn Road, W.C.1

8 P.M. (Anaesthetic department.) Dr. E. J. Ross: Anaesthesia forPhaeochromocytoma.

WESTMINSTER MEDICAL SCHOOL, Horseferry Road, S.W.15 P.M. Dr. L. G. Norman: Health Services in a Large Industrial

Organisation.MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY

9 P.M. (Medical School, University of Manchester.) Section of GeneralPractice. Mr. F. E. Stabler: Rewards and Encouragements inGynaecological Cancer.

Tuesday, 28thBRITISH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL FEDERATION

5.30 P.M. (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, KeppelStreet,W.C.1.) Prof. A. C. Dornhorst: Adrenergic Activity in Man.

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE, Millbank, S.W.1 15 P.M. Prof. Sheila Sherlock: Hepatitis.

ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY5 P.M. (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.) Mr. P. D.

Oldham: Trials and Errors.MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY

4.30 P.M. (Medical School, University of Manchester.) History of MedicineSection. Mr. D. Lloyd Griffiths: 100 Years Ago-Medicine andSurgery in the American Civil War.

Wednesday, 29thPOSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF LONDON

2 P.M. Prof. E. A. Uehlinger (Zurich) : Calcium from the Pathological-Anatomical Point of View.

INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, Lisle Street, W.C.25.30 P.M. Dr. E. Wilson Jones: Disorders of the Connective Tissue.

INSTITUTE OF DISEASES OF THE CHEST, Brompton, S.W.35 P.M. Mr. 0. S. Tubbs: Treatment of Bronchial Carcinoma.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL5.15 P.M. Dr. Ian Mackay (Melbourne): Autoimmunity and the Liver.

Thursday, 30thBRITISH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL FEDERATION

5.30 P.M. (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.) Dr.R.] J.Linden: Regulation of the Output of the Mammalian Heart.

INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY5.30 P.M. Dr. C. 0. Carter: Principles of Medical Genetics.

KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, Denmark Hill, S.E.54.30 P.M. Prof. R. A. McCance: Renal Function Before and After Birth.

(Wiltshire lecture.)ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, W.2

5 P.M. (Wright-Fleming Institute.) Dr. S. Cohen: ImmunologicalAspects of Pregnancy.

NUFFIELD ORTHOPEDIC CENTRE, Wingfield-Morris Orthopaedic Hospital,Oxford

8.30 P.M. Mr. T. H. Morgan: Trends in Hospital Design.UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS

5 P.M. (Queen’s College, Dundee.) Dr. Aubrey Leatham: CardiovascularSyncope, including Pacemaking.

UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN4.30 P.M. (University Medical Buildings, Foresterhill.) Dr. H. 1.

Munro: Production of Body Proteins.

Friday, 31stUNIVERSITY OF LONDON

5.30 P.M. (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.) ProfessorUehlinger: Interstitial Nephritis.

POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF LONDON10 A.M. Mr. T. L. Kennedy: Cancer of the Stomach.

INSTITUTE OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY, 330, Gray’s Inn Road, B!!’.C 13.30 P.M. Dr. D. A. Osborn: Disorders of the Blood in E.N.T Practice

MEDICAL SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF VENEREAL DISEASES7.30 P.M. (11, Chandos Street, W.1.) Dr. A. E. Wilkinson- Immuno-

fluorescent Techniques in the Diagnosis of Venereal Diseases.

Saturday, listMIDLAND THORACIC SOCIETY

3 P.M. (36, Harborne Road, Edgbaston.) Dr. Mary Barber: BronchitisExacerbations-Can the Bacteriologist Help ?