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justified further work, and a new and more portable model isbeing made, but Sir Ian Fraser stresses that this work is in itsearly stages and blind people must not expect any help fromthese devices in the near future. --

University of Cambridge. On Aug. 3 the following degrees were conferred :

MD.—W. R. Billington, C. M. Fletcher, M. I. A. Hunter,R. A. Shooter, K. W. Donald (by proxy).MB, B Chir.-N. K. Connolly, W. P. D. Ross, J. P. D. Mounsey,

C. J. H. Paget, F. S. Sinker, R. H. Whitworth. 0. G. Attenborough,R. E. B. Spencer, A. R. C. Butson, P. M. Jeavons, B. W. Pay.I. P. Williams. I. D. P.Wootton, A. R. Buckley, I. S. Hodgson-Jones,D. A. Pyke, M. G. Thorne, R. G. M. Longridge, William Waugh,A. M. H. Bennett, R. E. Church, J. M. Drew, J. W. B. Forshaw,J. B. Lawson, C. M. Monro, V. R. Pickles. David Wilkes, J. H. F.Wood, C. H. Kinder, A. J. Underwood-Whitney, J. M. Walshe,J. C. Sloper, James Crichton, A. G. Dingley, R. B. Wilson, J. A.Dew, P. F. Boreham, H. R. Mallows, J. R. Smythies, David Wilson,M. F. Bethell, R. A. Green, N. B. Malleson, J. R. Moffatt, K. M.N’lttall, 0. L. Wade, S. P. Wrightson, J. F. Fisher, A. D. Beard,Emeric Halász (by proxy) ; N. T. Welford, I. M. P. Dawson, D. G.Abrahams, G. R. E. Naylor, K. E. E. Read, D. A. W. Edwards,D. W. S. Sheldon (in person). -

University of LondonDr. John Yudkin has been appointed to the university chair

of physiology at King’s College of Household and SocialScience in succession to Prof. V. H. Mottram.

Dr. Yudkin took his B Sc at the University of London in 1929and his BA at the University of Cambridge two years later. In1935 he obtained his Ph D Camb., and after graduating in medicinein 1938 he became clinical assistant to medical outpatients at theLondon Hospital. He is also a fellow of the Royal Institute ofChemistry. He has held the medical research scholarship of theGrocers’ Company and the Benn W. Levy biochemical researchstudentship. In 1934 he was appointed supervisor in biochemistryand physiology at Christ’s’College and Emmanuel College, Cam-bridge.While working at the Dunn NTutritional Laboratories, with a

Halley Stewart research fellowship, he has published papers on thedehydrogenases of Bacterium coli and on the assessment of nutri-tional status. In 1943 Dr. Yudkin took his MD, and in the sameyear he joined the RAMC and is now serving in West Africa, wherehe has devised a method of estimating the concentration of mcpa-crine in the urine, and continues his investigations into nutritionaldeficiencies.

The title of reader in bacteriology in the University hasbeen conferred on Dr. J. C. Cruickshank in respect of his postat the London School of Hygiene.

University of LiverpoolAt recent examinations the following were successful:MD.—I. Ansell, H. Dakin. Bentley Phillips, G. O. Thomas,

P. H. Whitaker. .

Ch M.-L. McK. Crooks.Final Ecamination for MB, Ch B.-Beryl G. Anscombe, G.

Ansell, K. W. Baruch, B. Dover, Monica Drinkel, J. W. L. Edwards,P. Foster, B. R. Frisby, S. Gillis, L. Grimths, B. B. Harrison,D. C. R. Jones, J. T. W. Jones, P. R. B. Jones, R. V. Kinnish,M. Kirwan, Joyce R. Lewis, J. B. Roberts, Corris Venables,-H.Wickham, J. R. E. Wilson.

University of GlasgowDr. L. J. Davis, senior lecturer in the department of i-nedi-

cine in the University of Edinburgh, has been appointed to theMuirhead chair of medicine in the University of Glasgow.

Dr. Davis graduated MB at the University of Edinburgh in 1924after serving during the last war in the Naval Auxiliary Service as asurgeon lieutenant. He held the directorship of the governmentmedical laboratory at Bulawayo and the chair of pathology in theUniversity of Hong Kong before he returned to Edinburghto take uphis present appointment. He is also physician to the Universityteaching unit in the Edinburgh municipal hospitals. Dr. Davis tookhis MD with commendation in 1930 and was elected to the fellowshipof the Royal College of Physicians of London this year. His pub-lished work includes papers on refractory and hsemolytic anamias.

Return to Practice ,

The Central Medical War Committee announces that thefollowing have resumed civilian practice :

Mr. J. C. AINSWORTH-DAVIES, FRCS, 48, Wimpole Street, Wl.Dr. ERNEST BULMER, FRCp, 3, Arthur Road, Edgbaston, Birrning-ham.

Dr. W. D. JEANS. 17, University Road, Leicester.Dr. J. R. REES, FRCP, 116, Bickenhall Mansions, W1.Dr. G. DE M. RUDOLF, Sea Walls, Clevedon, Somerset.Mr. J. SHERNE, FRCB, 43, Park Square, Leeds, 1.Mr. F. A. R. STAMMERS, FRCS, 89, Harborne Road, Edgbaston,Birmingham 15.

Mr. R. SCOTT STEVENSON, FRCSE, 31, Harley Street, Wl.Dr. C. P. SYMONDS, FRCP. 87, Harley Street, Wl.Dr. SYDNEY TIBBLES, 2, Harley Street, Wi.Mr. W. E. TucEER. FRCS, 21. Grosvenor Square, Wl. -

Mr. A. HEDLEY WHYTE, FRCS, Moorfield House, Upper Claremont,.LNeweastle-on-Tyne.

Provisional Council for Mental Health

During the autumn the council is holding five courses of tenweekly lectures on the psychology of frustration and fulfilmentin adult life. The courses will take place at Sheffield on

Mondays at 6.30 rM, beginning on Oct. 1 ; at Leeds on Tues-days at 6.30 PM, beginning on Oct. 2 ; at Bradford on Wednes-days at 7 PM, beginning on Oct. 3 ; at Manchester on Thursdaysat 6.30 rM, beginning on Oct. 4 ; at Liverpool on Fridays at5.30 rM, beginning on Oct. 5. The lecturers will include Dr.Edward Glover, Dr. Lois Munro, Dr. R. G. Gordon, Dr. NoelHarris, Dr. Winifred Rushforth, Dr. J. A. Hadfield, and Dr.. H.Crichton-Miller. Tickets may be had from the secretary ofthe public relations department of the council, 39, QueenAnne Street, London, Wl.Ten weekly lectures on, human relationships in the modern

world will also be held at Bristol on Fridays at 6.30 PM,beginning on Oct. 12. The lecturers will include Dr. W. S.Maclay, Dr. Joyce Partridge, Dr. Emanuel Miller, Dr. Frank.Bodman, Dr. Tom Garland,,Dr. Hadfield, and Lieut-ColonelR. F. Barbour. Tickets may be had from the regional repre-sentative of the council, 2, Elton House, Rodney Place,Bristol, 8.

Tavistock Clinic

The clinic is moving from its war-time premises at WestfieldCollege on Aug. 27 to 2-4, Beaumont Street, London, Wl(formerly the Duchess Nursing Home). The clinic will beclosed from Aug. 23 to Sept. 10. Its pre-war premises inMalet Place, WCI, were destroyed by enemy action in 1941,and the new building is to be its permanent post-war home.

INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN ENGLAND AND WALES

WEEK ENDED AUG. 4

Notifications.—The following cases of infectious diseasewere notified during the week : smallpox, 0 ; scarletfever, 1232 ; whooping-cough, 1072 ; diphtheria, 360 ;paratyphoid, 3 ; typhoid, 7 ; measles (excluding rubella), °2190 ; pneumonia (primary or influenzal), 234 ; pucr-peral pyrexia, 145 ; cerebrospinal fever, 39 ; poliomyelitis,21 ; polio-encephalitis, 3 ; encephalitis lethargica, 0 ;dysentery, 324 ; ophthalmia neonatorum, 74. Nocase of cholera was notified during the week. There was1 case of typhus at Uckfield, Sussex.The number of service and civilian sick in the Infectious Hospitals

of the London County Council on Aug. 1 was 912. During theprevious week the following cases were admitted : scarlet fever, 51 ;diphtheria 20 ; measles, 19 - whooping-cough, 421.Birmingham reported 7 deaths from diarrhoea and enteritis.

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Deaths.-In 126 great towns there were no deathsfrom enteric fever, scarlet fever, or measles, 5 (2) fromwhooping-cough, 8 (0) from diphtheria, 53 (8) fromdiarrhoea and enteritis under two years, and 5 (0) frominfluenza. The figures in parentheses are those for Lon-don itself.

The number of stillbirths notified during the weekwas 200 (corresponding to a rate of 29 per thousandtotal births), including 11 in London.

AppointmentsColonial Service.-The following appointments are announced:

BROWN, J. S., MD EDIN., DTM andn, DMRE, specialist in radiology,Uganda.

COCHRANE, E., MD GLASG.: DMS, Aden.

COWAN, D. K., LRCPE, LDS : MO. Nigeria.DUNCAN, L. A., MRCS: MO, St. Helena.EVANS, H. S.,MRC8 : ADMS, Fiji.FORREST, S., bTB ABERD.: DDMS, Tanganyika.HoLnTris, G., MB DURH., MRCO& : specialist in midwifery and

gynœcology, Uganda.MCKENZIE, A., MB LOND., DTM and H: senior MO, Tanganyika.MACLEAN, G., MB GLASG., nTM : DMS, Trinidad.REID, J. R., MB : MO, Fiji.RoBi.Nso-N, P. B., MB DUBL., DTM, nra : DDMS, Uganda.SLADEN, F. J., MRCS, DTM and H : Senior MO, Falkland Islands.SNEATH, P. A. T., MD: DMS, Tanganyika.STEENSON, K. R., MB : MO (grade I), Fiji.TATE, JOYCE K., NIB ABERD.: asst. MO, Jamaica.WILLIAMSON, J., MB EDIN. : Senior MO, Tanganyika.YOUNG, W. A., BM OXFD, DTM & H : senior specialist in venereal

diseases, Tanganyika.