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Hamish Forbes, Amjad Deeb Ghanma, S. A. Hall, A. G. Harwood, B. H.Hogden, D. 1. Hughes-Davies, Ian Hughes Hallett, D. A. Jones, M. D.Judd, J. M. Kearney, R. J. W. Lambert, Wai-On Phoon, P. R. Richards,A. M. Robertson, Abdul Khalid Bin Sahan, Md. Shamsur Rahman,Malinee Wongsphanich.D.O.-Kyi Kyi Khine.

Royal College of Surgeons of EdinburghThis college is to hold a primary examination for the fellow-

ship in Dacca and in Hong Kong in the autumn. It is hopedthat the examiners will be:

Prof. G. I. Scott (president), Sir John Bruce, Sir James Cameron,Prof. D. E. C. Mekie, Prof. Robert Walmsley, Dr. A. A. Shivas,Prof. Robert Milnes Walker (representing the Royal College of

Surgeons of England), Mr. J. A. Ross (Secretary).

Royal College of Obstetricians and GynaecologistsAt a meeting of council on Jan. 29, with Sir Hector

MacLennan, the president, in the chair, Mr. E. A. Gerrardwas appointed to give the William Meredith Fletcher Shawmemorial lecture for 1966, and Prof. D. Fyfe Anderson theJ. Y. Simpson oration for 1966.The following were admitted to membership:L. C. D. Beregha, V. J. Hartfield, Samia Janjua.The following were elected to membership:Badrun Nesa Ahmed, Linus Nwachukwn Ajabor, Thummala Anasuya,

Zeenat Anwar, M. J. Armstrong, Rajni Chhotalal Arya, R. D. Atlay, PeterBaillie, Usha Bajaj, Clarice A. Baker, J. D. C. Baxandall, H. B. Begg, BarryBenster, J. M. Blair, A. M. Borten, Miriam Brennan, G. D. Burger,Alexander Chaitowitz, Timothy Chard, Tarun Kumar Chatterjee, SalilKumar Datta, Veena Balvantrai Desai, R. A. Diamond, B. P. Dillon,H. G. K. Douglas, M. K. Dunstan, Nirupoma Dutta, Iris M. Dwyer,Efiong Bassey Ekong, Ronald Ellis, Zaheda Fahmi, P. S. Firth, V. T.Flynn, R. C. Francis, J. T. Gallagher, R. K. Galloway, N. H. N. Gardner,M. 0. Grant, Rajakumar Gulasekharam, H. E. Gutowitz, Ikbal AbdelWahid Hamdy, K. W. Hancock, Margaret Hennigan, Joan P. Hill, J. N.Horsfall, Josephus Jacobus De Jager, A. L. Johnson, W. R. Jones, J. A.Jordan, Suraj Bali Kashyap, C. A. R. Lamont, Cherubal PathayappuraLeela, Liew Meng Leong, Rama Luthra, H. N. MacDonald, MahmoodSalhany Ma’at, C. D. Matthews, Sheila Mehta, Kunnath PathayapurayilSantunnikutty Menon, Patricia A. R. Miller, Jagabandhu Mitra, B. G.Mollison, H. M. Moorhouse, Biswanath Mukerjee, Sanat Kumar Mukherjee,Khin Myint Myint, Ranjani Nagaswami, D. T. O’Connor, J. G. Ogilvy,Mary P. O’Mahony, M. J. O’Neill, Hemalatha Shenoy Panchmal, S. E.Reid, J. A. Reilly, Jegathesan Sabaratnam, Jagjit Singh Sambhi, A. R.Sarbah-Yalley, Monty Schechter, Ghulam Nabi Sheikh, Kasem Abdelrah-man Shunner, J. M. Slater, Barbara Y. Stockhausen, R. E. D. Thwaites,Ekamen Udo Ukpong, M. C. Weavind, F. K. Weingartz, Ee Teck Yap,A. R. Zaidan.

Makerere University College, KampalaDr. A. G. Shaper has been appointed research professor in

cardiovascular diseases.

University College of Rhodesia and NyasalandProf. J. M. Mynors has been appointed to the chair of

surgery, and Prof. Reginald Lightwood to the chair of pxdia-trics at the new medical school.

Naval AppointmentSurgeon Rear-Admiral E. D. Caldwell has been appointed

medical director-general of the Navy and promoted to the rankof surgeon vice-admiral.

Joint Consultants CommitteeThis committee welcomed a proposal that a vacancy among

the 10 representatives of the British Medical Association’scentral consultants and specialists committee should be filledby a junior hospital doctor.At a meeting on Jan. 26, the Ministry of Health confirmed

that the Joint Consultants’ Committee remains the recognisednegotiating body with the Ministry (and with the managementside of the appropriate Whitley Council) on behalf of all gradesof medical and dental Staff in the hospital service.

British Congress on CrimeThis congress, organised by the British Society of Crimin-

ology, the Howard League for Penal Reform, and the Institutefor the Study and Treatment of Delinquency, is to take placeat University College London, Gower Street, W.C.1, fromMonday to Friday, Sept. 5 to 9. Subjects for discussion willbe crime and new developments in social control, crime andpersonality, and crime and society. Application may be madeto the Howard League, 6, Endsleigh Street, London, W.C.1.

Academy of Psychosomatic MedicineThis academy is to hold its first international congress in

Palma De Majorca, from Sept. 12 to 16. Details may be hadfrom Dr. Edwin Dunlop, 150, Emory Street, Attleboro, Mass.,02703, U.S.A.

Migraine TrustSince its formation last month this Trust has received 3

major donations:Sir Harold Samuel, chairman of Land Securities Investment Trust,

has given a 10-year covenant ofE10,000; Mr. C. H. Kleinwort E5000from the Cyril Kleinwort Charitable Settlement; and Parke, Davis& Company E1000.

Symposium on Drugs and Sensory FunctionsA symposium on this subject, arranged by the Co-ordinating

Committee for Symposia on Drug Action of the BiologicalCouncil, is to be held at the Royal College of Physicians ofLondon, 11, St. Andrews Place, Regent’s Park, N.W.1, onWednesday and Thursday, March 23 and 24. It will dealwith the effects of drugs on hearing, vision, taste, and smell.Application may be made to Dr. Andrew Herxheimer,department of pharmacology, University College, GowerStreet, London, W.C.l.

Institute of Animal Technicians

This institute is to hold a congress at the University Collegeof North Wales, Bangor, Caernarvonshire, on Thursday andFriday, March 31 and April 1. Subjects for discussion willinclude breeding and management of cats under laboratoryconditions, problems of poultry isolation, parasites found innewly imported animals, and teratogenic effects of drugs.Application may be made to Mrs. M. L. Mundy, 5, OuseBridge Drive, Carlton, Nottingham.

Lord Taylor has been appointed a member of the Harlow

Development Corporation.Dr. P. R. Elphick has been appointed registrar in anxsthetics at the

General Hospital, Bridgetown, Barbados. He has been in generalpractice at Lyndhurst, Hants, for two years.The National Council for the Unmarried Mother and Her Child

is to hold a conference at Caxton Hall, Westminster, London, S.W.l,on Thursday, March 10, at 10.30 A.M. The subject will be pregnancyin adolescence. Tickets may be had from the general secretary,N.C.U.M.C., 255, Kentish Town Road, London, N.W.5.

CORRIGENDUM: ’who Ministering Angel, 77:oM /"—In the last para-CORRIGENDUM: "No Ministering Angel, Thou !"-In the last para-graph of the letter by Dr. Gilsenan (Jan. 29, p. 268) " repression

should have read " regression ".

AppointmentsBLAIR, J. S. G., M.D., CH.M. St. And., F.R.C.S.E., D.OBST.: consultant surgeon,

Perth Royal Infirmary and Bridge of Earn Hospital.JAMES, PHILIP, B.M. Oxon., F.F.A. R.C.S., D.A.: consultant anesthetist, Isle of

Wight hospital group.LOWTHER, G. P., M.B. Brist., F.F.A. R.C.S., D.A., D.T.M. & H. : consultant

anaesthetist, Lincoln hospital group.SEATON, D. A., M.D. Glasg., M.R.C.P.E., M.R.C.P.G., D.OBST.: consultant

physician, Edinburgh southern hospital group.YouNG, G. B., M.B. Edin., F.R.C.S.E., F.F.R., D.M.R.D.: consultant radiologist,

Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh.

Western Regional Hospital Board, ScotlandANDERSON, J. M., CH.M. St. And., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.E. : consultant surgeon,

Glasgow Royal Infirmary.GREIG, KENNETH, M.D. Glasg., M.R.C.O.G. : consultant obstetrician and

gynxcologist, Thornhill Maternity Hospital, Johnstone.HoDGE, C. H., M.B. Glasg., F.R.C.S.E., M.R.C.O.G. : consultant obstetrician

and gynxcologist, Rankin Memorial Hospital.MENZIES, THOMAS, M.B. Aberd., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.E. : consultant surgeon,

Glasgow Royal Infirmary.SUTHERLAND, S. S., M.B. Aberd., D.P.M.: consultant psychiatrist, Woodilee

Hospital, Lenzie, and Stonyetts Hospital, Chryston.

Leeds Regional Hospital BoardBEGG, J. D., M.B. Glasg., M.R.C.O.G. : consultant obstetrician and gynx-

cologist, Staincliffe Hospital, Dewsbury.HARRIS, W. G., M.B. Lond., F.R.C.S. : consultant general surgeon, Hudders-

field hospitals.JAMES, J. L., M.B., B.SC. Brist., M.R.C.P., M.R.C.P.E. : consultant in general

medicine, Huddersfield hospitals.RICHARDSON, MARYON, M.B. Leeds, F.F.A. R.C.S., D.OBST.: consultant

thoracic anxsthetist, Killingbeck Hospital.