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Society of ChiropodistsThe annual convention of the society will take place on

April 26, 27, and 28, at Friends House, Euston Road, London,N.W.I. Sir Henry Cohen will open the convention, and otherspeakers will include Lord Amulree and Mr. T. T. Stamm.Association of French-speaking PaediatriciansThe association will hold its 13th congress at Algiers from

May 7 to 9. Further particulars may be had from theExpansion Scientifique Frangaise, 23, rue du Cherche-Midi,Paris, vi.

International Congress of GynaecologyTo celebrate their jubilee the French Society of Gynaecology,

in collaboration with UNESCO, are holding an internationalcongress at the Centre Marcellin-Berthelot, 28 bis. RueSt. Dominique, Paris, from June 23 to 29. Further informa-tion may be had from Dr. Maurice Fabre, secretary-general,1, rue Jules Lefebvre, Paris, ixe.

South African Minister of HealthDr. Karl Bremer has been appointed South African minister

of health and social welfare in succession to the late Dr. Stals.Dr. Bremer obtained his M.B. degree at Cape Town Universityin 1935 and his F.R.c.s. in 1938. On his appointment as ministerhe resigned from the presidency of the South AfricanMedical Council, an office which he had held for many years.

C.M.F./M.E.F. Physicians’ Reunion DinnerThis dinner will be held this year in the hall of the Royal

College of Physicians of Edinburgh on Saturday, May 12.

Any physician who served in these Commands during thewar should write to the Edinburgh secretary, Dr. R. W. D.Turner, 20, Warriston Crescent, Edinburgh.South Wales Medical Ex-Service Association

This association will hold their annual reunion dinner on

Saturday, March 3, at the Park Hotel, Cardiff, at 7.45 P.M.Colonel D. P. Holmes will be in the chair. Tickets (12s. 6d.)may be had from the hon. secretary, Mr. C. W. D. Lewis,surgical unit, Royal Infirmary, Cardiff.

The Minister’s ReceptionOn Friday last Mr. Hilary Marquand, the Minister of

Health, held a reception at the new office of his Ministryin Savile Row. The move from Whitehall, where the Ministry’spresent offices will be occupied by the Minister of LocalGovernment and Planning, is taking place gradually overthe next few weeks.

London Hostel for TuberculousAt the end of last year the Ministry of Health approved

in principle of the London County Council’s proposal to providehostel accommodation for people with tuberculosis who areinfectious but are unlikely to benefit by further sanatoriumtreatment and who have no suitable home of their own

(see Lancet, 1950, ii, 779). The L.C.C. announce that theyare now setting up a hostel of this kind for 35 men in Islington.World Health OrganisationJapan has applied for full membership in W.H.O. The

application has been placed on the agenda of the WorldHealth Assembly due to open on May 7 in Geneva. Accordingto the W.H.O. constitution, States not belonging to theUnited Nations can be admitted as members by simplemajority vote of the assembly. To date, 74 countries ’havejoined W.H.O. and one country, Southern Rhodesia, has beenadmitted as an associate member.

Mr. C. Price Thomas, under the auspices of the BritishMedical Association and the British Council, is spendingtwo weeks in Yugoslavia lecturing and giving demonstrationsof the surgical treatment of tuberculosis. He is accompaniedby Dr. Robert Machray and Mr. Peter Jones.The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

has issued the 7th edition of its booklet on First-Aid andFire Precautions. Copies may be obtained, price 6d., fromthe society, 105, Jermyn Street, London, S.W .1.CORRIGENDUM : Potassium Deficiency in Idiopathic Steator-

ceo.—Dr. Lubran and Dr. McAllen inform us that in the

report on the blood chemistry of their patient (Lancet,Feb. 10, p. 321) the figures for sodium should have been301 mg. (130-9 m.eq.), for calcium 7-6 mg. (3-8 m.eq.), andfor phosphorus 3-2 mg. (1-8 rn.eq.).

Diary of the WeekFEB. 25 TO MARCH 3

Monday, 26thUNIVERSITY OF LONDON

5.30 P.M. (London School of Hygiene, Keppel Street, W.C.I.)Prof. J. Engelbreth-Holm (Copenhagen) : Folic Acid andGrowth of Tumours, especially Rous Sarcoma.

INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, Judd Street, W.C.15.30 P.M. Mr. R. C. Davenport: Clinical Picture of the Normal

and Abnormal Macular Region.HUNTERIAN SOCIETY

8.30 P.M. (Mansion House, E.C.4.) Mr. William Tanner: TheMan John Hunter Rejected ; The Man John HunterSelected : Retrospect and Prospect. (Hunterian oration.)

Tuesday, 27thUNIVERSITY COLLEGE, Gower Street, W.C.1

5.15 P.M. Dr. McKeen Cattell (New York) : Observations on theMechanism of Action of the Digitalis Glycosides on CardiacMuscle.

BRITISH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL FEDERATION5.30 P.M. (London School of Hygiene.) Dr. J. R. Squire : Tissue

Reactions to Protein Sensitisation.INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY, The National Hospital, Queen Square,

W.C.15 P.M. Prof. H. Hyden (Gothenburgh) : Chemical Changes in

Nerve Cells with Respect to Function and Age.

Wednesday, 28thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, W.C.2

5 P.M. Dr. Ruth Bowden: Factors Influencing FunctionalRecovery of Peripheral Nerve Injuries in Men. (Hunterianlecture.)

INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY5.30 P.M. Dr. Norman Ashton : New Vessel Formation in the

Retina. ’

MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 11, Chandos Street, W.18.30 P.M. Dr. S. Cochrane Shanks: Influence of Radiology on the

Diagnosis of Abdominal Disease. (Second Lettsomianlecture.)

UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW4.30 P.M. (Chemistry Department.) Dr. H. P. Himsworth:

Nutritional Factors in Liver Disease. (Noah Morrislecture.)

Thursday, 1stBRITISH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL FEDERATION

5.30 P.M. Prof. T. McKeown : Congenital Malformations.INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, St. John’s Hospital, Lisle Street,

W.C.25 P.M. Dr. S. C. Gold : Eruptions of the Hands.

LIVERPOOL MEDICAL INSTITUTION, 114, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, 38 P.M. Prof. R. A. Willis : Diagnostic Errors in Tumour Cases.

UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS5 P.M. (Medical School, Small’s Wynd, Dundee.) Dr. H. P.

Himsworth : Nutritional Factors and Liver Injury.

Saturday, 3rdST. STEPHEN’S HOSPITAL, Fulham Road, S.W.10

10 A.M. Dr. W. Russell Brain, P.R.c.p. : Cervical Spondylosis.(Introductory address to a weekend course on therheumatic diseases.)

Births, Marriages, and DeathsBIRTHS

GLYN.-On Feb. 14, in London, the wife of Dr. John H. Glyn—a. son.

LISTER.-On Feb. 15, at Plymouth, the wife of Dr. H. K. N. Lister—a daughter.

MACKELLAR.-On Feb. 13, at Heckmondwike, the wife of Dr. JohnMacKellar—a daughter.

MANN.-On Feb. 6, in London, the wife of Dr. Trevor P. Mann-a son.

RODGERS.—On Feb. 9, the wife of Dr. W. B. Rodgers-a son.

MARRIAGESCALDER—REW.—On Feb. 10, at Appleshaw, Hants, Kenneth

Vassall Calder, M.B., to Cynthia Branfill Rew.JOHNSON—NOBLE.—On Feb. 10, at Newcastle upon Tyne, Gordon

Trevor Johnson, M.B., to Helen Margaret Noble, M.B.

DEATHSBRAYNE.—On Feb. 2, William Frederick Brayne, M.B. Edin.,

lieut.-colonel, ii.m.s. retd.BROWN.—On Feb. 14, in London, Henry Robert Brown, o.B.E.,

L.R.c.p.E., lieut.-colonel, i.M.s. retd.BROWN.—On Feb. 11, in London, William Armour Brown,M.B.Edin.,

F.R.C.S.E.BUCKLEY.-On Feb. 13, at Onchan, Isle of Man, Charles Herbert

Buckley, M.R.C.S., L.D.S., aged 85.COGHILL.-On Feb. 14, in London, Violet Alice Penrose Coghill,

M.B. Edin., aged 83.LoCKwooD.-On Feb. 13, at Worthing, Dora Elizabeth Lockwood,

L.R.C.P.E., aged 88.MAINPIRISE.—ON Feb. 16, at Aldershot, Cecil Wilmot Mainprise

D.S.O., major-general, A.M.S. retd.REWCASTLE.—On Feb. 18, Attracta Genevieve Rewcastle, o.B.E.,

M.B. N.U.I.