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University of SydneyProf. A. S. Truswell, head of the department of nutrition

and food science at Queen Elizabeth College, University ofLondon, has been appointed to the new Boden chair of humannutrition in the University of Sydney, Australia.

Policy in Medical Research

This is the title of the first Sir Henry Dale lecture, whichwill be given by Dr J. L. Gowans, F.R.S., now secretary of theMedical Research Council, at 4.30 P.M. on Monday, Feb. 6, atthe Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1.

The 29th general assembly of the International Union against theVenereal Diseases and the Treponematoses will be held in Leeds onMay 21-25; details may be had from Dr M. A. Waugh, Departmentof Genitourinary Medicine, General Infirmary, Leeds LS 1 3EX.

Diary of the Week

JAN. 22 To 28

Monday,23rdINSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, St. John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, Lisle

Street, Leicester Square, London WC2H 7BJ4.30 P.M. Dr M. F. Spittle: Radiotherapy of Benign Skin Disease.

MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY8.30 P.M. (New Medical School.) General Practice. Prof. A. J. Ellison: Some

Aspects of Unorthodox Methods of Healing.

Tuesday, 24thMANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY

5.30 P.M. (New Medical School.) Psychiatry. Prof. W. I. N. Kessel: In theMiddle of the Journey.

Wednesday, 25thINSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY

4.30 P.M. Dr P. D. Samman: Nail Formation and Growth.INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY, National Hospital, Queen Square, London WC1N

3BG6 P.M. Prof. L. Weiskrantz: Residual Vision after Striate Cortex Damage in

Man and Monkey.7 P.M. Dr J. C. Meadows: Higher Cerebral Disturbances of Vision.

INSTITUTE OF ORTHOPIEDICS, 234 Great Portland Street, London WIN 6AD6 P.M. Mr C. L. Colton: Cerebral Palsy-Upper-limb Surgery.7 P.M. Mr G. E. Fulford: Cerebral Palsy-Lower-limb Surgery.

INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY, de Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE55.30 P.M. Prof. H. J. Eysenck: The Conditioning Theory of Neurosis Revi-

sited.KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8RX

S P.M. Prof. Jan Stjernsward (Lausanne): The Role of Immunotherapy inBreast and Lung Cancer.

NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ1 P.M. Dr A. J. Levi: Jaundice in General Practice.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Pond Street, Hampstead, London NW3 2QGS P.M. Prof. R. F. Mahler: The Fat, the Bad, and the Ugly.

RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY, OxfordS P.M. Prof. L. G. Lajtha: Hierarchy and Interdependence--Cell Sociology of

HEemopoiesis.MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY ’

5 P.M. (New Medical School.) Sir Rodney Smith: The Patient with Cancer andhis Doctor. (Telford lecture.)

Thursday, 26thCHARING CROSS POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE, Fulham Palace Road, Lon-

don W6 8RF7.30 P.M. Dr J. T. Scott, Dr R. N. Maini, Dr F. Dudley Hart: Drug Selection

in the Treatment of Arthritis.MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY

2.30 P.M. (Postgraduate Medical Institute, Bolton.) Community Medicine. DrJ. M. Hill: Follow-up of l.U.D.-users in Manchester, 1967-73. DrDavid Robinson: The Eradication of Smallpox in South-East Asia.

Friday, 27thINSTITUTE OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY, 330/332 Gray’s Inn Road, London

WC1X8EE.5.30 P.M. Dr L. H. Capel: The Stuffy Nose, Allergic and Otherwise.

UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL, Ashton Street5 P.M. Dr J. C. Woodrow: Research and Early Management of Rheumatoid

Arthritis and Related Disorders.

Saturday, 28thUNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL

9 A.M. Mr F. H. Bedd9w: Surgical Management in Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Pain-a Necessity?This is the title of a conference (fee 10, students 2) to be

held by the London Medical Group, in conjunction with theSociety for the Study of Medical Ethics, at Charing Cross Hos-pital Medical School, London, on Feb. 10 and 11. Details maybe had from the Conference Secretary, London Medical

Group, Tavistock House North, Tavistock Square, LondonWC1H 9LG.

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The Society of Occupational Medicine will hold its annual provin-cial meeting at Churchill College, Cambridge, on July 10-14; thetheme will be food-from the field to the consumer. Details may behad from Dr J. L. Kearns, Robert Murray Associates, Quality House,Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1HP.An international conference on sedation, anoesthesia, and analgesia

in dentistry is to be held in London on July 13-16; details may be hadfrom the Secretary, Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia inDentistry, 53 Wimpole Street, London W1M 7DF.The second World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology

meeting will be held in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 17-21; details maybe had from the Administrative Secretariat, Second International

Congress of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, Suite 700, 1629 K StreetN.W., Washington, D.C. 20006, U.S.A.

AppointmentsLAWSON, R. A. M., M.B.Edin., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.E.: consultant cardiothoracic

surgeon, south district, Manchester A.H.A. (teaching).LEE, H. Y., M.B.Lond., M.R.C.P. : consultant physician with a special interest

and experience in diseases of the chest, Basildon and Thurrock district,Essex A.H.A., North East Thames R.H.A.

McNEAL, A. D., M.B.Lond., M.R.C.O.G. : consultant obstetrician and gynaecolo-gist, Isle of Wight A.H.A., Wessex R.H.A.

MALTBY, BARRIE, M.B.Leeds, F.R.C.S.E. : consultant orthopaedic surgeon, Cen-tral district, Manchester A.H.A. (teaching).

MUNSON, K. W., M.B.Lond., F.R.C.S.: consultant urological surgeon, Derbyarea, based at Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Trent R.H.A.

PERRY, J. D., M.B.Lond., M.R.C.P.: consultant rheumatologist, London Hospi-tal, City and East London A.H.A. (teaching).

PRITCHARD, JONATHAN, M.B.Cantab., M.R.C.P. : consultant/senior lecturer inpaediatric oncology, Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street,London.

SEBASTIANPILLAI, MARINA R., M.B.Ceylon, F.R.C.R., D.M.R.D.: consultant radio-logist, Haringey district, Enfield and Haringey A.H.A., North EastThames R.H.A.

SMITH, A. G., M.B.Cantab., M.R.C.P. : consultant dermatologist, North Staf-fordshire Hospital Centre, Stoke-on-Trent, and Stafford General Infirm-ary, Stafford.

STOTHER, 1. G., M.B.Cantab., F.R.C.S.E.: consultant orthopmdic surgeon,northern and eastern districts, Greater Glasgow Health Board, based atStobhill General Hospital.

TRAUB, N. E., M.B., B.sc.W’srand, M.R.C.PATH., D.C.P. : consultant hmmatolo-gist, Southend district, Essex A.H.A., North East Thames R.H.A.

YouNG, D. C., M.B., M.R.C.P. : consultant physician in geriatric medicine, southwestern district, Greater Glasgow Health Board, based at SouthernGeneral Hospital.

North West Thames Regional Health Authority:BLEND, D. M., M.B.Lond., M.R.C.PSYCH., D.P.M. : consultant child psychiatrist,

Child Guidance Service, Hertfordshire, Hoddesdon Child and FamilyPsychiatric Climc.

CAUSTON, J. A., M.B.Leeds, M.R.C.PSYCH., D.P.M.: consultant child psychiatrist,child and family psychiatric clinics, Parkway Health Centre, Queens-way Health Centre, and Queen Elizabeth II Hospital.

EL SAYED, T. F. E. B., M.B.Cairo, F.R.C.R., D.M.R.D.: consultant radiologist,South West Hertfordshire health district, Watford General Hospitaland Bushey and District Hospital.

HAMILTON, A. J., M.B.Lond., M.R.C.O.G., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.E. : consultantobstetrician and gynxcologist, South Bedfordshire health district atLuton and Dunstable Hospital.

KuMAR, H. C., M.B.Madras, F.R.C.S., D.L.O. : consultant E.N.T. surgeon, NorthWest Hertfordshire health district at St. Albans City Hospital andHemel Hempstead General Hospital.

PARSONS, D. C. S., M.B.Lond., F.R.C.S. : consultant surgeon, North Bedford-shire health district at Bedford General Hospital.

SALASA, M. H., M.B.Cape Town, M.R.C.PSYCH., D.P.M. : consultant psychi-atrist, Hill End and St. Albans City Hospitals.

STANLEY, N. N., M.D.Cantab., M.R.C.P. : consultant physician, North Bedford-shire health district at Lister Hospital and Hitchin Hospital and ChestClinic.

In accordance with information supplied by the South East Thames RegionalHealth Authority, we announced (Jan. 7, p. 56) that Mr D. M. DAVIES had beenappointed consultant plastic surgeon to the Tunbridge Wells district; Mr Davieshas in fact been appointed honorary senior registrar.