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Ferguson Anderson, emeritus professor of geriatric medicine,University of Glasgow, looked forward to the 1982 United NationsWorld Assembly on ageing, and remarked that only 14 chairs ofgeriatric medicine existed in Britain. Ambitious doctors seekingkudos simply did not enter the specialty. For the old people whomanage to live independently of the social services, it is the extremeisolation2 which is perhaps the most horrifying aspect of old age. Inthe Third World, meanwhile, it is total lack of the necessities of lifewhich makes people old at 45.

APPROVED NAMES

Continued from April 18 issueApproved name Other names

Iotroxic acid 3,3’-(3,6,9-trioxaundecanedioyldi-imino-bis)2,4,6-tri-iodobenzoic acid). Radio-opaque substance (Schering);’Billiscopin’ is the meglumine salt.

Levonantradol (6S,6aR,9R,10aR)-5,6,6a,7,8,9,10,10a-Octahydro-9-hydroxy-6-methyl-3-[(1R)-1-methyl-4-phenylbutoxy]phenanthridin-1-yl acetate. Antzemetic;analgesic (Pfizer); CP-50,556-1 is the hydrochloride.

Menadiol 2-Methylnaphthalene-l,4-diol. Treatment ofhypoprothrombinaemia (Roche); ’Synkavit’ is thediphosphate tetrasodium salt.

Mesna Sodium 2-mercaptoethanesulphonate (BoehringerIngelheim).

Milenperone 5-chloro-1-[3-(4-p-fluorobenzoylipiperidino)=propyl]-1,3-dihydrobenzimidazol-2-one. Neuroleptic (Janssen);R 34009.

Nafazatrom 3-methyl-1-[2-(2-naphthyloxy)ethyl]-5-pyrazolone.Antithrombotic and thrombolytic (Bayer); BAY g 6575.

Naftifine (E)-cinnamyl(methyl)1-naphthylmethyl)amine.Antifungal (Sandoz); SN 105-843.

Oxmetidine 2-[2-(5-methylimidazol-4-ylmethylthio)-ethylamino]-5-piperonylpyrimidine-4(1H)-one. Histamine H,-receptor antagonist (Smith Kline & French); SK&F92994.

Pirenzepine 5,1 1-dihydro-11-(4-methylpiperazin-1-ylacetyl)-6Hpyrido[ 2,3-bl [ 1,4] =benzodiazepm-6-one. Treatment ofgastric ulcer (Boehringer Ingelheim) ; L-S 519 CL-2 isthe dihydrochlonde.

To be concluded ,

Junior Hospital Doctors and the Review BodyThe Hospital Junior Staff Committee of the British Medical Asso-

ciation is to seek prompt reactions from regional committees ofjunior doctors when the recommendations of the Review Body ondoctors’ and dentists’ pay, presented to the Prime Minister lastweek, are published. The regional meetings will be asked to considerwhat steps to take following the probable decision of the Govern-ment to hold doctors to within the 6% overall cash limits. Thecommittee has passed the following resolution: "The HJSC isdisturbed by reports m the press suggesting that the Governmentwill interfere with this year’s Review Body award. The juniors, whohave only this year returned to the Review Body system, can see noclear and compelling reasons for the Government to interfere withthe Review Body award and insist that it should be implemented infull". Dr Michael Rees, chairman of the HJSC said: "We are nottalking about industrial action, simply sounding out the views ofjunior staff to assist us in making policy at our annual conference inJune".

Trent Regional Health AuthorityDr Leonard Arthur, a consultant paediatrician, who has been

charged with the murder of a 3-day-old baby with Down syndrome,has been authorised to resume work at Derbyshire Children’s Hos-pital, provided that he does not treat newborn children, and that, ifso requested by a parent or guardian, he will refer the case to acolleague. A statement issued by the Medical Protection Societyincludes this passage: "We know that this decision will be welcomedby the many thousands of people and patients who have written towish him well and who regard him with affection and clearly holdhim in undiminished esteem".

2 Cry, and You Cry Alone Published by Help the Aged, price 50p.

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh will hold a symposium or.Emergencies in Surgery at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary or.May 1. Details may be obtained from Mr William Seright, Dumfries andGalloway Royal Infirmary, Bankend Road, Dumfries DG1 4AP.

A meeting organised by Prof. R. A. Gregory, Prof. 0. H. Peterson, and SirArnold Burgen on the Control of Secretion wil be held at the Royal Societyon May 28-29. Further information may be obtained from the Royal Society,6 Carlton House Terrace, London SWIY 5AG.

The 163rd meeting and 36th annual meeting of the Society for

Endocrinology will take place at the Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way,London WC1, on May 28-29. Further details may be obtained from Prof.L. H. Rees, Society for Endocrinology, 23 Richmond Hill, Bristol BS8 IEX

TheBritish Psycho-Analytical Society will hold a one-day course of lecturesand discussion on Self-destructive Acts: a Psycho-Analytic Approach atthe Institute of Psycho-Analysis, 63 New Cavendish Street, London WI, onJune 6. Application should be made to the Hon. Secretary at the Institute

A bicentenary symposium to mark the founding of the Montrose Asylumin 1781 will be held at Sunnyside Royal Hospital, Montrose, on June 23.Details are available from Dr K. M. G. Keddie, Sunnyside Royal Hospital,Montrose DD10 9JP, Angus, Scotland.

The British Leprosy Relief Association (LEPRA) is offering a prize ofup to L100 for an essay on either the in-vitro cultivation of the leprosy bacillusor leprosy and primary health care. Details may be obtained from Dr ColinMcDougall, Slade Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 7JH

Mr H. K. Basu has been elected president of the Indian Medical Associa-tion (Great Britain).

Diary of the Week

APRIL 26 TO MAY 2

Monday, 27thINSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, St John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, Lisle

Street, Leicester Square, London WC2H 7BJ4.45 P.M. Mr R. C. G. Russell: Some Surgical Aspects of Skin Disease

MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY, Coupland Building, University, ManchesterMI39PL

5.30 P.M. (Architecture Building) Mr P. D. Bird: Development of PanommcRadiography.

8.30 P.M. Dr D. H. Bunting: I am a Free Man on Sundays!

Tuesday, 28thLONDON MEDICAL GROUP

5.45 P.M. (St Mary’s Hospital, Praed Street, London W2) Symposium. -AlcoholismMANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY

5.30 P M. Dr J. Erulkar: Growing Pains.

Wednesday, 29thINSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY4.45 P.M. Dr C. L. H. L. Cameron: Virus Diseases of the Skin

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG5 P M. Prof. A. Masen: A New Look at Coronary Artery Disease

MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY5 P.M. Dr 1. Chanann: Some Aspects of Megaloblastic Anaemia.

UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE MEDICAL SCHOOL, Nmewells Hospital, DundeeDD I 9SY

12 P.M. Dr A. K. Tulloch’ Ophthalmology in My Time1 P.M. Dr A. S. Todd: Hepann.

Thursday, 30thST MARY’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG

5.15 P.M. Dr Tom Lind’ Reproductive Efficiency of the Diabenc MotherLONDON MEDICAL GROUP

5.45 P.M. (St Thomas’ Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London SEI) Sympostum-Alternatives to the GP: Phone-in, Confessional or Agony Column

CHRISTIAN MEDICAL FELLOWSHIP, Royal Commonwealth Society Hall, CravenStreet, London WC2

7.30 P.M. Mr Richard C. M. Cook: The Deformed Child-Who Cares?MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY

5 P.M. Prof. Ian Leck: Applications of Teratology.WEST OF SCOTLAND COMMITTEE FOR POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL

EDUCATION, Alison Hunter House, 6 Lancaster Crescent, GlasgowG)2 nRP

9.30 A.M Dr J. K. Davidson: Modern Radiology and Imaging Methods