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Tour of CzechoslovakiaThe Czechoslovak authorities are extending a hospitable

welcome to a party of British doctors who will make a tourof the chief spas of that country, on the lines of a similar andvery successful one that was carried out between the twowars. On this occasion the party will leave London onMarch 20, returning on April 8. Only a limited number ofdoctors can be taken. Further details may be obtained fromMr. Henry Baerlein, Bath Club, 41, Brook Street, London, W.I.Medical Bookman" We have received a copy of the first number of this new

periodical, which is to be published monthly by MeEsrs. Harveyand Blythe, 6, Hanover Square, London, W.I (price 6d.). Thepublication hopes " to bring the reader into easy and

interesting contact with the medical publications of the wholeworld."

Retirement of Colonel HarrisonColonel L. W. Harrison, C.B., D.s.o., F.R.C.P.E., whose

retirement from the staff of the Ministry of Health isannounced, has been associated with the control of venerealdiseases in England and Wales for nearly half a century.He did pioneer work in devising aids to diagnosis, and playeda leading part in establishing the efficacy of

" 606." Early inthe first world war he commanded a venereal-disease militaryhospital in France, and later he was adviser to the WarOffice. In 1919 he was appointed adviser to the Ministry ofHealth, and from then until 1936 he was director of the V.D.department at St. Thomas’s Hospital. Last year he was

presented by the American Social Hygiene Association withthe William Freeman Snow medal-an annual award for" distinguished service to humanity."Deaths in the United States

During 1945 there were 1,401,719 deaths in the UnitedStates ; this was fewer than in either of the two precedingyears. Heart disease accounted for 30.3%, cancer for 12’7%,and vascular lesions of the brain for 9.2%. Accidental deathsnumbered 95,918, motor-vehicle accidents accounting for28,076 (compared with 24,282 in 1944). Deaths from infectiousdiseases were fewer than in 1944, with record low figures forpneumonia and influenza. Tuberculosis caused 52,916 deaths-fewer than in any previous year.Return to PracticeThe Central Medical War Committee announces that the

following have resumed civilian practice :Dr. T. G. REAH, 4, Spring Grove, Harrogate.Dr. N. LLOYD RusBY, 135, Harley Street, W.l.

Births, Marriages, and DeathsBIRTHS

BARNES.—On Dec. 30, at Andover, the wife of Dr. J. M. Barnes-a daughter.

ELLIOT-SMITH.—On Dec. 26, at Oxford, the wife of Mr. ArthurElliot-Smith, F.R.C.S.—a son.

ELMES.—On Dec. 25, at Lagos, Nigeria, the wife of Dr. B. G. T.Elmes, Colonial Medical Service-a son.

FINNEGAN.—On Jan. 2, at Purley, the wife of Dr. D. P. Finnegan—a son.

FLEMING.—On Dec. 26, at Bath, the wife of Dr. R. J. K. Fleming—a daughter.

HERFORD.-On Dec. 26, at Bristol, the wife of Dr. M. E. M. Herford—a daughter.

HESTER.-On Jan. 2, at St. Albans, the wife of Mr. K. H. C. Hester,F.R.C.S.—a daughter.

NAIRN.-On Jan. 5, at Liverpool, the wife of Dr. R. C. Nairn--a daughter.

PEILL.—On Dec. 23, at Whitchurch, Salop, the wife of Wing-Commander Ralph Peill, R.A.F.-a daughter.

POWELL.—On Dec. 26, at Lagos, Nigeria, the wife of Dr. H. J.Powell-a daughter.

WOOD.—On Dec. 27, in London, the wife of Dr. Paul Wood—a son.

MARRIAGES

BUCKLER—HAMILTON.—On Jan. 4, at Weybridge, FrederickRidsdale Buckler, M.R.c.s., to Iris May Hamilton.

ECKSTEIN—SAWARD.—On Dec. 28, in London, Friedrich MaxPeter Eckstein, M.B., to Beatrice Saward.

DEATHS

GIBSON.—On Dec. 28, at Haslemere, Surrey. Edwin Arthur Gibson,M.D. Glasg., aged 76.

SCOTT.—On Dec. 31, at Stagsden, Arthur Bodley Scott, M.R.C.S.,aged 61.

TRAILL.—On Jan. 1, at Bagshot, Cecil Grahame Traill, M.B. Edin.,aged 86.

WILKINSON.—On Dec. 28, at Newton Abbot, George TandyWilkinson, L.R.o.P.F., L.K.c.s.i., aged 87.

Arrangements in Scotland for Yellow-fever InoculationThe Department of Health for Scotland have arranged for

centres in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen where thoseintending to visit yellow-fever areas may obtain free inocula-tion. Additional centres are to be established at Dundee andInverness.

Reorganisation of Dover HospitalsBy an arrangement which came into effect on Jan. 1,

the Royal Victoria Hospital, Dover,- is dealing with surgicalconditions, while the county hospital is accepting medicalcases. The agreement, which is thought to be the first of itskind, includes the pooling of resources, so that medical,nursing, and medical-auxiliary stafxs will be interchangeable.Rutin Tablets

Rutin, a flavonal glucoside isolated from the flowers andleaves of buckwheat, has given promising results in thetreatment of capillary fragility associated with hypertension(see Lancet, 1946, ii, 16). Messrs. Allen and Hanburys Ltd.have now placed on the market tablets containing 20 mg. ofrutin, issued in bottles of 100 tablets. They note that rutin isless effective if vitamin-C deficiency is present, so care shouldbe taken to see that the patient has an adequate intake ofthat vitamin.

Diary of the WeekJAN. 12 TO 18

Monday, 13thMEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 11, Chandos Street, W.1

8 P.M. Pathological meeting.

Tuesday, 14thROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole Street, W.1

5 P.3,1. Experimental Medicine and Therapeutics. Dr. J. C.Waterlow: Nutritional Liver Disease in West IndianBabies. Dr. H. Heller, Dr. S. E. Dicker: Renal andHepatic Lesions in Relation to Dietary Deficiencies.

5.30 P.M. Psychiatry. Dr. James Tanner: Morphological Levelof the Personality.

EDINBURGH POSTGRADUATE BOARD FOR MEDICINE5 P.M. (Royal Infirmary) Prof. F. A. E. Crew, F.R.s. : Death in

the Blue Book.

Wednesday, 15thROYAL SANITARY INSTITUTE, 90, Buckingham Palace Road, S.’Y.1

2.30 P.M. Prof. R. H. Parry : Health Centres.BRITISH INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY, 32, Welbeek Street, W.1

5 P.M. Prof. W. V. Mayneord : Applications of Atomic Physicsin Medicine. (Third of six lectures.)

HARVEIAN SOCIETY OF LONDON8.15 P.M. (26, Portland Place. W.I.) Brigadier H. L. Glyn Hughes:

Normandy to the Baltic from a Medical Angle. (Presi-dential address.)

ROYAL FACULTY OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF GLASGOW, 242,St. Vincent Street

4 P.M. Mr. Geoffrey Keynes : Surgery of the Thymus Gland.

Thursday, 16thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’s Inn Fields,

W.C.25 P.M. Mr. R. H. Franklin : Congenital Atresia of the (Esophagus.

(Hunterian lecture.)ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE

5 P.M. Dermatology. Cases will be shown at 4 P.M.ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 26, Portland

Place, W.I8 P.M. Mr. R. C. Muirhead Thomson, D.SC.: Recent Knowledge

about Malaria Vectors in West Africa and their Control.BRITISH INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY ’

8 P.M. Mr. T. Holmes Sellors, Dr. D. Evan Bedford. Dr. J. DuncanWhite : Cardiac Radiology.

SOCIALIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATION7.30 P.M. (296, Vauxhall Bridge Road, S.W.I.) Dr. J. N. Morris:

Social Aspects of Juvenile Rheumatism.

Friday, 17thROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE

8 P.M. Obstetrics and Gynœcology. Mr. J. D. S. Flew, Prof. H. N.Lloyd, Dr. Peter Denham, Mr. G. F. Gibberd : Manage-ment of the Normal Third-stage Labour and of the Heemor-rhage Therein.

8 P.M. Radiology. Dr. Stanley Nowell: Tomography. Dr. A., Elkeles : Disseminated Ossified Nodules in the Lungs

associated with Mitral Stenosis.FACULTY OF RADIOLOGISTS

2.30 P.M. (Royal College of Surgeons.) Diagnosis section. Mr. J. J.Mason Brown : Arterial Injuries (with reference toArteriography in the Diagnosis).

LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL, Victoria Park, E.25 P.M. Dr. K. F. W. Hinson : Pathology of Solitary Tuberculous

Foci in Lung.

Saturday, 18thLONDON COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE

10.30 A.M. (Bonnington Hotel, Southampton Row, W.C.I.)Conference : Special Forms of Catering for the Aged,Invalids, and Infirm.