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officers. Depending upon the territory, such diseasesas malaria, yaws, leprosy, sleeping sickness, plague,yellow fever, cholera, and other conditions associatedwith the tropics are encountered, in addition to theusual diseases of temperate climates. An officer inthe Colonial Medical Service has special opportunitiesfor the practice of preventive medicine, and there is

ample scope for those interested in the clinical aspectsof disease or in field research. The medical serviceswill be considerably expanded in order to fulfil schemesfor raising health standards in all colonies. Full particularsof terms and conditions of service may be obtained fromthe Director of Recruitment, Colonial Office, 15, VictoriaStreet, London, S.W.I.

SOUTHERN RHODESIA MEDICAL SERVICE

THE government of Southern Rhodesia maintains amedical and public-health service with an establishmentof 19 whole-time administrative, specialist, or public-health officers and government medical officers. Therates of pay for the whole-time officers are :

In addition to the salary scales shown, there is a cost-of-living allowance varying from 278 to £ 15Q a year on asliding scale. Children’s allowances are also paid.Whole-time medical officers and the two senior govern-

ment medical officers are not permitted private practicebut are allowed consultant practice. Government medicalofficers, except those stationed at Salisbury or Bulawayo,are allowed private practice, the value of which variesfrom 2100 per annum upwards, according to the station.The duties of government medical officers include super-vision of the 15 government hospitals and 76 nativeclinics, and attendance on police, boarders in governmentschools, and prisoners. They also undertake medicolegalwork and public-health duties. Leave may be grantedat the rate of one-eighth of service, and may be takenin periods not exceeding 184 days at a time. Study leavemay also be granted. After two years’ service medicalofficers under the age of 45 can be appointed tothe fixed, establishment, and contribute to a pensionsscheme. The retiring age is 60. On appointment, govern-ment medical officers are usually stationed at Salisburyor Bulawayo, where they are paid an allowance of 2200per annum in compensation for not being allowed toundertake private practice. They. are usually requiredto do relieving duties at various out-stations untilappointment to a permanent post. Appointments inGreat Britain to the service are made through the HighCommissioner for Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia House,429, Strand, London, W.C.2, who will supply furtherdetails on request.

SUDAN MEDICAL SERVICE

HECRuiTMBNT from England of medical inspectors isart present in abeyance. It is possible that there will bevacancies in the near future for posts carrying with themcertain special duties, but no information about theterms of service and the experience required is at present

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MEDICAL MISSIONARY SERVICE

CHRISTIAN medical men and women who wish to offertheir services where the need is greatest will find oppor-tunities in medical missionary work. There are uni-versity medical schools, central and rural hospitals,and many opportunities for public-health work andresearch. Christian missions can claim to have givenChina a modern medical profession. In India andPakistan they have helped to maintain high ethical andprofessional standards, and have specialised in nursingeducation. In Africa and other primitive regions theyhave pioneered rural health services and the trainingof subordinate staff. All over the world the work isbecoming integrated with the government services thoughstill maintaining its identity. For undergraduate candi-dates for the service there are hostels in London andEdinburgh, and also various scholarships. At leasteighteen months or two years of resident appointmentsis advised for all, and special diplomas or higher degreesfor some. Special missionary training is also requiredby some societies. Service is for terms of from two tosix years according to the country and climate;, thereare opportunities for postgraduate study during furloughs.Offers for life service are expected, but short terms areconsidered. Salary is on a missionary subsistence basiswith allowances, free passages and quarters, and pensionprovision. There are schools for missionaries’ childrenat home and in many of the fields. Applications fromstudents or qualified men and women should be madeeither to the secretary of one of the denominational orinterdenominational missionary societies, or throughthe local branch of the Student Christian Movementor the Intervarsity Fellowship, or to the Chairman,Medical Advisory Board of the Conference of BritishMissionary Societies, Edinburgh House, 2, Eaton Gate,London, S.W.I.

Postgraduate Education

In London

The BRITISH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL FEDERATIONis a school of the University of London. It cooperateswith the Royal Colleges and other bodies in providing forpostgraduates in London, supplementing the provisionsat the undergraduate medical schools and teaching hos-pitals. The federation includes the Postgraduate MedicalSchool at Hammersmith Hospital, with its universitydepartments of general medicine, general surgery,obstetrics and gynaecology, and pathology, and institutesin the principal branches of medicine associated with thespecial hospitals. Appointments of the house-officerand registrar types in the hospitals and institutes providethe most valuable form of postgraduate education, andthere are opportunities for research by selected graduates.In addition to the Postgraduate Medical School, theinstitutes included in the federation are those of psy-chiatry, neurology, child health, ophthalmology, laryn-gology and otology, diseases of the chest, cardiology,orthopaedics, dermatology, urology, and dental surgery.These are in various stages of development, and thenumbers of students that can be admitted to the clinicalpractice of some of the hospitals are limited. At allthe institutes courses of instruction are given throughoutthe academic year; they are suitable for graduatesin the early stages of their specialist education and alsofor those who have completed their practical training.Two or more years of hospital work in general medicineand general surgery after graduation are normallyadvisable before commencing work in the special branches.The work at the institutes is of an advanced type and issufficiently comprehensive to enable graduates withsuitable practical experience to prepare for higherdegrees and diplomas. Emphasis is placed on clinical andlaboratory teaching, supplemented by lectures anddemonstrations.The Postgraduate Medical School of London is associated

with the Hammersmith Hospital, Ducane Road, W.12.The teaching in the clinical departments, based on ward work,is continuous and is supplemented by lectures during threeten-week sessions starting in January, April, and October.