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amount of clerical work was assuming formidableproportions, so much so that some dairymen had indi-cated their intention of ceasing to participate in thescheme.

MICROSCOPES WANTED

The Department of Health for Scotland has made anurgent appeal to doctors, scientific workers and otherswho can spare their microscopes to lend them for use inthe hospitals of the Emergency Medical Service. Thehospitals need microscopes with the ordinary low andhigh power objectives without mechanical stages as wellas instruments equipped with oil-immersion objectivesand mechanical stages. Sub-stage condensers are

desirable. Instruments which are lent will be returnedin good condition at the end of the war. Those which areoffered for sale should be fully described and the priceindicated.

AppointmentsALMOND, SiMON, M.D. Manc., M.R.C.P. : hon. asst. physician to the

Salford Royal Hospital.COLLINGWOOD, F. C., M.B. Brist. : M.O. at Gambia.DAY, MARY T., M.B. Lond.: temp. asst. M.O. (maternity and child

welfare) for Northampton.DAVIES, H. L., M.Ch. Lpool: surgical registrar at the Royal

Liverpool Children’s Hospital.DEBOVITCH, Louis, M.B. Sheff. : resident orthopaedic officer at

Grimsby and District Hospital.FIDDICK, T. L., L.D.S. Eng. : temp. asst. dental surgeon for Exeter.HAY, JANNETT C., M.D. Lpool: medical registrar at the Royal

Liverpool Children’s Hospital.LANE, R. E., M.B. Lond., F.R.C.P. : hon. physician to the Salford

Royal Hospital.THOMSON, M. L., M.D. Aberd., M.R.C.P. : hon. asst. physician to

the Salford Royal Hospital.WINTER, HARRY, M.D. Toronto : R.S.O. at the Coventry and

Warwickshire Hospital.WINNING, JOHN, L.R.C.P.E. : Asst. M.O. for Glasgow.

Births, Marriages and DeathsBIRTHS

CRoss.-On Oct. 11, at Petersfield, the wife of Mr. Alexander G.Cross, F.R.C.S.-a daughter.

DEAN.-On Oct. 6, at Newton Abbot, the wife of Surgeon Lieut.-Commander D. M. Dean, R.N.V.R., of King’s Lynn-a daughter.

GOADBY.-On Oct. 8, at Woking, the wife of Dr. H. K. Goadby-a daughter.

GUNNERY.-On Oct. 9, at Maidstone, the wife of Surgeon LieutenantOswald Gunnery, R.N.V.R.-a son.

HAMILToN.-On Oct. 8, at Blundellsands, Lanes, the wife ofMr. C. John K. Hamilton, F.R.C.S.-a daughter.

PORTER.-On Oct. 8, at Northampton, the wife of Dr. Hugh LachlanPorter, of Woodbridge-a son.

MARRIAGESBRIGGs-THURSTON.-On Oct. 5, at Ruislip, Geoffrey 0. A. Briggs,

M.B., elder son of Dr. J. A. Oswald Briggs, of Nottingham, toBetty Maisie Thurston.

DAViES—ERNEST.—On Oct. 5, at Cambridge, David VaughanDavies, M.B., to Ruby Bertha Ernest.

TuEQUET—HUNTER.—On Oct. 12, at Farnham, Pierre Turquet,M.R.O.S., Lieutenant, R.A.M.C., to Ellen Clare Hunter.

DEATHSFBANCis.—On Oct. 13, at Hastings, Alfred George Francis, O.B.E.,

M.B. Lond., F.R.C.S., F.S.A., aged 77.HEAD.-On Oct. 8, at Reading, Sir Henry Head, M.D. Camb.,

. F.R.C.P., F.R.S., aged 79.ROBINSON.—On Oct. 9, at Stanhope, co. Durham, William Robin-

son, M.D., D.Ch. Durh., F.R.C.S., J.P., aged 80.STRATaY.-On Oct. 12, at Birmingham, Frederic Rolph Lee

Strathy, M.D. Toronto, M.R.C.P.E., aged 91.WEBB.-On Oct. 7, at Hadley, Cheadle, Cheshire, Frank Webb,

M.R.C.S., D.P.H.

THE use of iron sulphate has been suggested (La7zcet,Sept. 14, p. 340) as a substitute for other iron salts whichdo not justify importation or manufacture in war-time.There is some doubt (Ibid, Sept. 21, p. 366) whetherferric salts are absorbed as such. Mr. H. W. Tomski,M.P.S., chemist to Damancy & Co. Ltd., writes about aprevalent belief that ferrous sulphate cannot be given inwatery solution because of its instability, and mentionsthe following formula which he has published (Pharma-ceut. J. 1939, 1, 239) for a stable liquid preparation :Ferrous sulphate 2-500 Essence of pineapple.. 0-125Copper sulphate .. 0-006 Oil of lemon.... 0-025Dilute sulphuric acid 2-000 Acid fuchsine 0-006Citric acid 0-200 Yellow dye (for acid) .. 0-050Lime juice 6-000 Chloroform water to 100-000Dextrose ....20.000An elixir has since been put on the market containing

gr. 3 of ferrous sulphate (approx. 39 mg. of metallic iron)to the ounce.

Medical News

University of Cambridge _

The titles of the degrees of M.B. and B.Chir. have beenconferred on M. K. Cole of Newnham College.University of Sheffield

Dr. F. T. Thorpe has been appointed temporary lecturer inmental diseases.

University of ManchesterDr. T. E. Barlow and Dr. Sidney Mottershead have been

appointed assistant lecturers in anatomy in the university.University of WalesAt a recent examination for the diploma in public health

Phyllis E. M. Bowen and Nancy G. Rogers satisfied theexaminers in part I.

Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandA quarterly meeting of the council was held on Oct. 10,

with Mr. Hugh Lett, the president, in the chair. Mr. H. A.Lane was admitted as a Macloghlin scholar and Mr. G. RDavies was nominated as the 48th Jenks scholar. A diplomaof fellowship was granted to W. S. Lewin (Univ. Coll.). The

posts of chief surgical officer, senior fellow in surgery, fellowsin surgery, and resident surgical officers at the Prince HenryHospital, Sydney, were recognised for the six months’

surgical practice required of candidates for the final examina-tion for the fellowship.Diplomas of membership were granted to the following :-S. M. Ali, J. F. Bourdillon, D. F. Cocks, R. V. Dent, G. B. Looks,

J. N. Malins, Mangadu Rathnavelu, Peter Smith, N. 0. B. Trapps,and P. D. Trevor-Roper.A licence in dental surgery was granted to R. A. Zorab.Diplomas in child health were granted, jointly with the

Royal College of Physicians, to the following :-A. J. W. Beard, Jack Fiddes, A. N. Ganguli, M. J. Parsonage,

Cicely Steer, and John Thomson.The Thomas Vicary lecture which was to have been delivered

by Dr. Arnold Chaplin on Nov. 14 has been postponed. Themuseum is closed but the library will remain open.

Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of GlasgowAt a meeting of the faculty on Oct. 7, with Mr. Roy Young,

the visitor, in the chair, the following were admitted to thefellowship :-

G. J. Aitken (Bellshill), J. D. Arthur (Slamannan), George BankolT(London), Alexander Brown (East Kilbride), William Clement(Glasgow), David Douglas (Glasgow), D. 0. Miln (Glasgow), D. H.Wallace (Renfrew).

British Homoeopathic AssociationThe annual meeting of this society will be held at the London

Homoeopathic Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London,W.C.1, on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 2.30 P.M.

West Indian Welfare Fund

Sir Rupert Briercliffe, formerly director of medical servicesin Nigeria, has been appointed medical adviser to this fund.

X-ray Therapy EquipmentAt the State Institute for the Study of Malignant Diseases

in Buffalo, New York, a million-volt X-ray therapy unit hasbeen placed in a new three-story wing which will provide bedsfor 78 patients and accommodation for the director, the staff,and the administrative offices. There are also examinationand treatment rooms attached to the X-ray and radiumdepartment.

Million-volt units are also installed in Memorial Hospital,New York City, and St. John’s Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio.Speaking of the new unit Dr. Edward Godfrey, Jr., statecommissioner of health said : "Unlike the less powerfulX-ray therapy equipment of only a few years ago whichrequired housing in a separate building, this new high-voltagemachine occupies a single room. With its half ton of protectivelead the entire unit weighs only about 4,000 pounds....The institute’s radiation equipment includes a 140,000-voltunit for intermediate therapy, one 400,000-volt outfit, three220,000-volt machines for deep X-ray therapy and 8 g. ofradium."

PHARMACEUTICAL SPECIALITIES (May & Baker) Ltd.,Dagenham, announce a reduction in the price of their productDagenan (M. & B. 693).