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Day HospitalsA symposium on this subject, organised by the department

of psychological medicine of the University of Liverpool, isto be held on Saturday, April 14. The speakers will be Dr.G. P. Egan, Dr. E. G. W. Cross, and Dr. Wilfred Fine. Furtherparticulars may be had from Dr. D. H. Miller at the depart-ment, 6, Abercromby Square, Liverpool, 7.Geriatric Conference in WalesOn Thursday, May 3, in the Temple of Peace and Health,

Cathays Park, Cardiff, the Welsh section of the British Geri-atrics Society is to hold a conference on the health and welfareof the elderly in Wales. The speakers will include Prof. JohnYudkin. Further particulars may be had from Dr. M. L.Insley, St. Woolos Hospital, Newport, Monmouthshire.

Significance of Selenium and Vitamin E in NutritionA symposium on this subject is to be held by the Scottish

group of the Nutrition Society on Saturday, April 14, at

1.45 P.M., in the department of biochemistry of the Universityof Glasgow. Further particulars may be had from the hon.secretary of the group, Dr. D. G. Armstrong, Hannah DairyResearch Institute, Ayr.

Design of Hospital LaboratoriesOn Friday, March 30, in the Wolfson Institute, Postgraduate

Medical School of London, Ducane Road, W.12, the Associa-tion of Clinical Biochemists is to hold a symposium on thissubject, with special reference to biochemistry. Further par-ticulars may be had from the hon. secretary, Mr. P. M. G.

Broughton, biochemistry laboratory, St. John’s Hospital,Chelmsford, Essex.

Royal Institute of Public Health and HygieneThe annual conference of this institute is to be held from

Oct. 10 to 12 at Eastbourne. The main theme of the conferencewill be the hazards of life. The speakers will include Prof.Alastair Frazer, Prof. John Yudkin, Prof. R. E. 0. Williams,Sir Brian Windeyer, Dr. A. R. Thompson, Dr. J. H. Sheldon,Prof. E. M. Backett, Dr. J. P. Bull, Dr. A. Buchanan Barbour,and Dr. L. G. Norman. Further particulars may be had fromthe Institute, 28, Portland Place, London, W.1.

The cross of chevalier of the Legion of Honour has been conferredon Sir Denis Browne.

At a meeting of the medical section of the Royal Statistical Societyon Tuesday, March 27, at 5.15 P.M., at the London School of Hygieneand Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, W.C.1, Dr. F. B. Leechwill speak on a national survey of brucellosis in dairy cows.At a meeting of the East London faculty of the College of General

Practitioners to be held on Tuesday, March 27, at 8.30 P.M., at theLondon Hospital Medical College, E.1, Dr. George Godber willspeak on professional relationships.At a meeting of the department of anxsthesia at Westminster

Hospital, St. John’s Gardens, London, S.W.1, on Tuesday, March27, at 8 P.M., Dr. Merel H. Harmel of the Kings County Hospital,Brooklyn, will speak on the effect of pH on the action of drugs.At the annual general meeting of the Association of Psychiatric

Social Workers, which is to be held on Saturday, March 31, at

2.30 P.M., at the Overseas League, Park Place, London, S.W.l,Mr. Christopher Mayhew, M.p., will speak on crime and mentalhealth-a layman’s view. Prof. Denis Hill will be in the chair.

A summer school in health physics (radiation protection), arrangedby Dr. H. D. Evans, is to be held in the department of chemicalengineering and chemical technology, Imperial College, London,S.W.7, from July 2 to 13. Further particulars may be had from theregistrar of the college.The spring dinner of the Wessex Rahere Club is to be held on

Saturday, April 14, at Sofroni’s Restaurant, Torquay. The hon.

secretary of the club is Mr. A. Daunt Bateman, 11, The Circus, Battle.

In connection with World Health Day on April 7, for which thetheme this year is to be the prevention of blindness, the RoyalCommonwealth Society for the Blind are issuing an illustrated

pamphlet entitled Eyes for Tomorrow. This contains statistical andother information issued by W.H.O. Copies of the pamphlet may behad from the society, 46, Victoria Street, London, S.W.I.

Diary of the Week

MARCH 18 To 24

Monday, 19thPOSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF LONDON, Ducane Road, W.12

4 P.M. Dr. R. 1. S. Bayliss: Treatment of (Edema.HUNTERIAN SOCIETY

7.30 P.M. (Talbot Restaurant, London Wall, E.C.2.) Mr. W. P. Cleland,Dr. B. G. B. Lucas: Cardiac and Respiratory Resuscitation.

Tuesday, 20thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, W.C.2

5 P.M. Mr. Cyril Shaldon: Dynamic Aspects of Portal Hypertension.(Hunterian lecture.)

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole Street, W.15.30 P.M. Pathology and Comparative Medicine. Dr. Alick Isaacs, Prof.

P. de Somer (Louvain), Dr. R. E. Sellers: Interferon.INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, Lisle Street, W.C.2

5.30 P.M. Dr. P. F. Borrie: Cutaneous Vascular Reactions.ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, W.2

5 P.M. (Wright-Fleming Institute.) Mr. Aleck Bourne: The Curette.

Wednesday, 21stROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND

4 P.M. Faculty of Awsthetists. Dr. Geoffrey Organe: Development ofIntravenous Anxsthesia. (Joseph Clover lecture.)

POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF LONDON2 P.M. Dr. G. P. Gladstone: From Observations on Staphylococcal

Immunity in Human Populations.INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY

5.30 P.M. Dr. J. A. Dudgeon: Virus Diseases Affecting the Skin. (Secondof two lectures.)

INSTITUTE OF DISEASES OF THE CHEST, Brompton, S.W.35 P.M. Dr. C. M. Fletcher: The Chest Physician and Epidemiology of

Chronic Respiratory Disease.ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray’s Inn Road, W.C.I.

5.15 P.M. Prof. E. G. L. Bywaters: Chronic Inflammatory Polyarthritis-Varieties and Possible Mechanisms.

HARVEIAN SOCIETY OF LONDON, 11, Chandos Street, W.18.15 P.M. Dr. M. M. Suzman (Johannesburg): Use of Long-term

Anticoagulants. (Harveian oration.)MIDLAND MEDICAL SOCIETY -

8.30 P.M. (Birmingham Medical Institute, 36, Harborne Road.) Ptof.J. W. Howie: Recent Advances in Chemotherapy.

Thursday, 22ndROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND

5 P.M. Dr. L. W. Proger: Specimens of Historic Interest. (ErasmusWilson demonstration.)

POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL5.30 P.M. Dr. Brian Barrett-Boyes (Auckland): Recent Developments in

Heart Lung By-pass.ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE

8 P.M. Urology. Mr. Bruce Torrance, Dr. Oliver Wrong, Dr. A. M.Joakes: Modern Tests of Renal Function.

LIVERPOOL MEDICAL INSTITUTION, 114, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, 38 P.M. Dr. R. R. Hughes, Dr. C. C. Ewing, Dr. J. V. Occleshaw: Carotid

Occlusion.

Friday, 23rdROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE

5 P.M. Pcediatrics. Prof. A. V. Neale: Respiratory Function in Childrenwith Special Reference to Asthma. (Presidential address.)

INSTITUTE OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY, 330, Gray’s Inn Road, W.C.I.5.30 P.M. Mr. E. J. Radley-Smith: Brain Abscess.

Appointments

DicK, D. A. L., M.B. Edin., F.F.R., D.M.R.T.: consultant in radiotherapy,Leeds regional radiotherapy service.

EASSON, E. C., M.D. Glasg., F.F.R., D.M.R.T.: consultant radiotherapist anddirector of the radiotherapy department, Christie Hospital and HoltRadium Institute, Manchester.

JONES, P. 0., M.B. Cantab., M.sc. Wales, F.R.I.C.: consultant pathologist inadministrative charge, Sefton General Hospital, Liverpool.

SHAW, D. L., M.B. Leeds, F.R.C.S.: consultant in general surgery, Bingley,Keighley, and Skipton area.

THOMAS, H. M., M.B. Lpool, D.P.H., D.C.H. : M.o.H., North Devon (Bideford,Holsworthy, Northam, and Torrington).

Wessex Regional Hospital Board:KNOTT, J. M. S., M.D. Cantab, M.R.C.P. : consultant physician in general

medicine, Portsmouth hospital group.MATTHEWS, P. C., M.B. Lond., D.C.H., D.P.M. : senior registrar in juvenile

psychiatry, regional adolescent psychiatric unit and St. James’sHospital, Portsmouth.

MIDDLETON, J. E., B.M. Oxon., M.R.C.P. : consultant pathologist,Southampton hospital group.

WILKINS, P. S. W., M.B. Birm., M.R.C.P., D.C.H. : consultant physician(geriatrics), Portsmouth hospital group.

YORSTON, M. B., M.B. Aberd., F.F.A. R.C.S., D.A.: consultant aneesthetist,Southampton hospital group.

CORRIGENDUM: Oral Contraception.-In our annotation last week(p. 524) the 1Oth line should have read: " contains both norethisteroneand an restrogen

" (not " both norethynodrel and an cestrogen ").