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Notes and News

PROF. H. R. DEAN’S 80th BIRTHDAY

IT is seldom in these days that the occupant of a chair ina medical faculty of a university reaches the age of 80; butDr. H. R. Dean, professor of pathology in the University ofCambridge, achieved this distinction on Feb. 19. He is thelast of the Cambridge professors to hold his chair under the oldstatutes, by which there is no retiring age.The occasion was celebrated by the past, present, and honor-

an fellows of Trinity Hall, of which Professor Dean was masterfor 25 years until he retired in 1954, at a dinner-party onProfessor Dean’s birthday, during which a piece of silver waspresented to him by Sir Ivor Jennings, the master. The

birthday is also to be celebrated by Professor Dean’s colleaguesin the department of pathology at Cambridge at a dinner-partyat the end of February.

A MISSIONARY SURGEON

Sir Henry Holland graduated from Edinburgh Universityin 1899, and within a few months he set off to work in amissionary hospital on the North-West Frontier. During thenext fifty years he lived in India or Pakistan, and won inter-national fame as an ophthalmologist. But at no time was heever concerned to use this reputation to gain wealth. He livedquietly and modestly, and he continued to think his work asa preacher at least as important as his work as a surgeon.

His autobiography 1 describes some unusual aspects ofmedical practice. In this country it is difficult to picture apopulation with so much disease and so few doctors, or a hos-pital that held in a single day 200 eye operations, about halffor cataract. It is not surprising that ophthalmic surgeons camefrom all over the world to study Sir Henry’s technique and toacquire the confidence that came from the opportunity to dohundreds of cataract operations during a visit of a few weeks.

Sir Henry’s account of the Quetta earthquake disaster of1935, in which 20,000 people died in less than thirty seconds,is impressive. But the most remarkable thing about his bookis the spirit with which it is informed. When so many auto-biographies seem to be written to gain prestige for their

authors, Sir Henry’s modest style and the faith which has beenthe strength of his whole career are peculiarly refreshing.

University of LondonMr. G. L. Slack, senior lecturer in preventive dentistry in

the University of Liverpool, has been appointed to the chairof dental surgery at the London Hospital Medical College.The following degrees have been conferred:M.D.-A. S. Burgen, J. A. Dossett, J. L. Turk, D. L. Walker.M.S.—John Whitwell.

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Dr. W. A. J. Crane has been appointed sénior lecturer in

pathology and Dr. T. G. Kershaw lecturer in physiology.

University of EdinburghThe status of honorary lecturer in the department of surgical

scieace has been conferred on Dr. Willard E. Goodwin,professor of urology in the University of California.

Royal College of Physicians of LondonOn Tuesday and Thursday, March 10 and 12, at 5 P.M., at

the college, Pall Mall East, S.W.1, Dr. P. L. Mollison will givethe Oliver-Sharpey lectures. His subject will be blood-groupantibodies and red-cell destruction.

Royal College of Surgeons of EnglandFaculty of Ancœthetists.—On Wednesday, March 14, at

4 P.M., at the college, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, W.C.2,Dr. C. Laogton Hewer will give the Frederic Hewitt lecture.His subject will be Forty Years On.1. Doctor. By SIR HENRY HOLLAND. London: Hodder and1.

Soughton. 1958. Pp. 256. 25s.

University of DurhamDr. C. A. Green has been appointed to the chair of bacteri-

ology in the Newcastle division.Dr. Green, who is 50 years of age, is at present lecturer in this

department and clinical bacteriologist to the United Newcastle uponTyne Hospitals. He qualified from the University of Edinburgh in1932, and after holding an Empire Rheumatism Council researchscholarship he was appointed senior lecturer in bacteriology in theUniversity of Edinburgh. During the late war he served in theR.N.V.R. with the rank of surgeon commander. In 1941 he tookthe degrees of PH.D. and M.D. He took up his present post in 1947.His published work includes papers on hfemolytic streptococcalinfections, acute rheumatic fever, and the production of penicillin.

Mr. G. L. Howe has been appointed to the chair of oralsurgery.Mr. Howe is 34 years of age. In 1946 he qualified L.D.& R.cA

from the Royal Dental Hospital of London and, after completing hismilitary service he took the M.R.C.S. from the Middlesex Hospital in1954. After holding house-appointments at the Middlesex he becameregistrar in oral surgery at the Eastman Dental Hospital (Instituteof Dental Surgery) and obtained the F.D.S. R.C.S. in 1955. He wassenior registrar at the plastic and oral surgery centre at St. LawrenceHospital, Chepstow, before he returned to the Eastman DentalHospital to his present post of senior registrar in the oral surgerydepartment.

Royal College of Surgeons in IrelandAt a charter day dinner on Feb. 14 the honorary fellowship

of the college was conferred on Sir Ernest Finch and SirArchibald McIndoe. On Feb. 20 the fellowship was conferred on Gearoid Lynch.

Walter W. Wright LectureThis lecture has been established at the University of

Toronto in honour of Dr. Walter W. Wright, who is professoremeritus of ophthalmology. The first lecture will be given onFeb. 27 by Prof. Norman Ashton, who will speak on A NewApproach to the Problem of Diabetic Retinopathy.

Association of Psychiatric Social WorkersThe annual general meeting of this Association will be held on

Saturday, March 21, at 2.30 P.M. at the Overseas League, Hallof India, St. James’, London, S.W.I. Dr. Alexander Walk willgive a presidential address on the state of lunacy 1859-1959.

Association of Physicians of East AfricaThis Association will hold its annual conference in Kampala

from June 18 to 20. Further particulars may be had from thepresident, Dr. P. W. Hutton, P.O. Box 43, Nakasero Hospital,Kampala, Uganda.

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Nutrition SocietyOn Saturday, April 4, in Glasgow, the Scottish group of this

society will hold a symposium on obesity. Further particularsmay be had from Dr. J. Davidson, The Rowett ResearchInstitute, Bucksburn, Aberdeenshire.

European Association Against PoliomyelitisA meeting of this Association will be held in Munich from

Sept. 6 to 9. Further particulars may be had from Dr. W.Ritchie Russell, c/o Royal College of Physicians, 12, Pall MallEast, London, S.W.I.

International Congress on Irradiation of EndocrineOrgans

This congress will be held in Amsterdam from May 30 toJune 1. The speakers will include Dr. A. B. Wayte. Furtherparticulars may be had from Dr. J. M. van Went, Banstraat 30hoek de Lairessestraat, Amsterdam Z I, Holland.

Operation of Sterilising AutoclavesA symposium on this subject will be held at Brighton

Technical College School of Pharmacy, Richmond Terrace,Brighton, 7, on Saturday, May 9, at 10 A.M. The speakers willinclude Dr. J. C. Kelsey and Dr. J. H. Bowie. Further

particulars may be had from Dr. J. C. Parkin30n at the school

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Institute of Basic Medical SciencesThis institute will hold a course on genetics at the Royal

College of Surgeons of England, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London,W.C.2, from March 2 to 6. Lectures will be given daily at10 A.M. and 11.30 A-hc, and the speakers will be Mr. J. MaynardSmith, Prof. Charles Dent, Dr. Harry Harris, Prof. HansGruneberg, Prof. L. S. Penrose, and Dr. J. A. Fraser Roberts.Further particulars may be had from the secretary of theInstitute, Mr. W. F. Davis, at the Royal College of Surgeons.

British Society for the History of ScienceTo commemorate the centenary of the publication of the

Origin of Species a symposium on Darwin, Evolution, andModern Life will be held in the Wellcome Building, EustonRoad, London, N.W.1, on Saturday, March 14, at 10.15 A.M.The speakers will include Dr. E. Ashworth Underwood,president of the society, who will read a paper on Darwin andthe Doctors. Tickets (members 5s. 6d., non-members 10s. 6d.)may be had from the hon. secretary of the society, Ravensmead,Keston, Kent.

The University of Cambridge Postgraduate Medical School willhold a course on metabolic aspects of disease from April 9 to 11, atthe medical school, Tennis Court Road. Further particulars may behad from the secretary of the medical school.

The Faculty of Radiologists is arranging to hold postgraduatecou this autumn, starting in October. Further particulars will befound in’our advertisement columns.

D$. E. E. Pochin is to lecture on radioisotopes to Italian medicalschools by arrangement with the British Council from March 3 to 19.The price of the Joint Tuberculosis Council’s report on the ante-

natal and obstetric care of tuberculous patients (see Lancet, Feb. 14,1959, p. 354) is 9d.

The 1958 edition of the Medical and Dental Directory of theLondon Hospital has been published.

Mrs. Vera Colebrooke’s play Natural Causes, which deals witheuthanasia, will be given at the Arts Theatre, 6, Great NewportStreet, London, W.C.2, on March 16, at 7.30 P.M.

AppointmentsDAVY, B. W M.D. Lond., D.P.M., D.P.H.: consultant psychiatrist, United

Cambridge Hospitals.DALLBY, VBItw M., M.B. Lond., D.M.ILT.: consultant, radiotherapy depart-

ment, Royal MaI1Iden Hospital, London.GHOSH, S. K., M.B. Calonu: orthopædic registrar, King’s Lynn group of

hospitals.GROVES, H. J., M.B. Lond., F.R.C.S.: consultant surgeon, B.N.T. department,

Royal Free Hospital, London.POLLOCK, ILSB, M.D. Wurzburg, L.R.C.P.B.: pædiatric registrar, Jenny Lind

Children’s Hospital, Norwich.ROBERTS, D. P. W., M.B. Birm., D.OBST., D.P.H.: deputy M.O.H., Blackpool.Ross, A. 1., M.D. Bdin., D.P.H.: M.O.H. and principal school M.o., Bolton. SIMMONS, C. A., B.M. Oxon., F.R.C.S., M.ILC.O.G.: consultant gynæcologist,

Royal Marsden Hospital, London.THOMAS, D. F., M.B. N.U.!., P.I.C.S.: part-time consultant ortbopectic: 8U!’-

geon, Lincoln area hospitals.

South Western Regional Hospital Board:HEARTS, R. H., M.B. Lond., D.P.M.: assistant psychiatrist, Digby-Wouford-

Hospital, Exeter.PBNCHBOM, j. M., M.B. Leeds, D.P.M.: consultant psychiatrist, West

Cornwall dinical area.RODGER, WILLIAM, M.B. Cantab., D.P.M.: consuhant psychiatrist., Exeter

clinical area.

Welsh Regional Hospital Board :ANDIurws, J. D. B., M.D. Lond., D.P.Ii.: consultant geriatrician, Merthyf

and Aberdare, and Brecon and Radnor H.M.c. areas.JONES, E. M., M.Lc.s., D.P.H.: consultant psychiatrist/medical a-per-

intendent, Ely Hospital, Cardiff.JONES, J. G P., M.D. Lpool, M.R.C.P., D.C.H.: coosultant geriatriCi=36

Caernavon and Anglescy H.M.C. area.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths

DEATHSWILLIAM.—On Feb. 22, at Willndm General Hospital. Thomas Peane

WIMLLIAM, M.D., P.LC-P.. of 7. Corringham Road Wembley Parb6iddlesex 65.

Diary of the Week

MARCH 1 TO 7Monday, 2ndPOSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL, Ducane Road, W.124 P.M. Dr. Brian Ackner: Hysteria.

INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY, Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, S.E.55.30 P.M. Dr. W. S. Feldberg: Physiological Approach to the Probkrn

of Loss of Consciousness.UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREws4 P.M. (Department of Medicine, Dundee.) Dr. H. B. Goodall, Dr.

William Walker : The Megaloblastic Anæmias.

Tuesday, 3rdROYAL SOCIETY OP MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole Street, W.I

8 P.M. Pathology and Radiology. Dr. H. J. G. Bloom, Dr. R. H. Mole,Dr. A. Glucksmann: Changes Produced in Tissues by Irradianoo.

BRITISH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL FEDERATION5.30 P.M. (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Ktpptt

Street, W.C.I.) Prof. A. A. Miles: Mediaton of the VascularPhenomena of Inflammation.

ST. MARY’& HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, Paddington, W.25 P.M. Dr. Lars Bengtsson : Hormonal Control of Pregnancy and Labour

in the Human.INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, Lisle Street, W.C.2

5.30 P.M. Dr. A. W. Frankland: Allergy and Dermatology.INSTITUTE OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OToLOGY, 330, Gray’s Inn Road, W.C.1

5.30 P.M. Prof. F. C. Ormerod: Histochemistry of the Inner Ear.UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS

5 P.M. (Physiology Department, Dundee.) Dr. A. C. Turnbull: Investiga-tion of Uterine Contractility.

Wednesday, 4thROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE

5.15 P.M. History of Medicine. Lord Cohen of Birkenhead: Richard Caton{1842-1926 }-Pioneer Electrophysiologist.

POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL2 P.M. Dr. Robert White: Immune Cellular Reactions.

INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY5.30 P.M. Miss B. M. Partridge: New Cultural Techniques for the

Investigation of Pathogenic Fungi.INSTITUTE OF DISEASES OF THE CHEST, Brompton. S.W.3

5 P.M. Dr. F. J. Prime: Factors Limiting Exercise Tolerance.MIDLAND MEDICAL SOCIETY

8.15 P.M. (36, Harborne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, 15.) Mr. A. J. H.Rains: Life and Death of a Cholecystectomy.

MANCHBSTBR MEDICAL SOCIETY and LIVERPOOL MEDICAL INSTITUTION5 P.M. (Medical School, University of Manchester.) Mr. Philip Hnee,Dr. W. H. R. Cook, Dr. William Kulke: Current Trends in the

Management of Thyroid Disorders.UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS

4 P.M. (Department of Medicine, Dundee.) Dr. Goodall: HæmolyticAnæmia in Pregnancy.

Thursday, 5thROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE

5 P.M. Urrired Services. Surgeon Captain F. W. Baskerville, SurgeonLieutenant P. C. Barrington, Surgeon Lieut.-Commander 1. H.Colley, Surgeon Commander E. Boyd Martin: Aspects of NavalAviation Medicine.

8 P.M. Neurology. Sir Charles Symonds: Excitation and Inhibition iaEpilepsy. (Hughlings Jackson lecture.)

BRITISH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL FEDERATION5.30 P.M. (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.) Pnif.

D. F. Cappell: Iron Metabolism.INSTITUTE OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY

5.30 P.M. (Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, W.C.2.;Mr. Robert Brain: CEsophageal Replacement.

ALI’RBD ADLER MEDICAL Socurry8.15 P.M. (1, Wimpole Street, W.1.) Dr. A. Spencer Paterson: Use 0(

, Physical Methods in Psychotherapy.WEST LoNDON MEDico-CHiRURGicAL SOCIETY, West London Hospital, W.68 P.M. Prof. Alexander Haddow: Chemotherapy of Malignant Disease

Friday, 8thUMVEMITY OF LONDON

5.15 PJH. (University College, Gower Street, W.C.I.) Prof. J. Folch-(Harvard Medical School): Brain Lipoproteins and Proteodip.(First of two lectures.)

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE10.30 A.M. Orology. Prof. Horst Wullstein (Wurzburg): Fundamentals

and Tasks of Plastic Surgery in the Operations to Restore Healing. 2.30 P.M. Laryngology. Prof. D. V. Hubble, A4.r. Harold Zalin: Rc4**-

tory Catarrh in Children.5.30 P.M. Anœstherics. Dr. Andrew Doughty: Evaluation of Premedica-

tion in Children.POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL

10 A.M. Prof. A. W. Wilkinson: Principles in Neonatal Surgery4 P.M. Prof. W. S. Peart: Aspects of Carcinoidosis.

INSTITUTE OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY3.30 P.M. Dr. C. H. Edwards: Recent Advances Concerning Cerebral

Vascular Disease.JAMES YEARSLEY LECTURE

5.15 P.M. (1, Wimpole Street, W.I.) ) Dr. Karsten Kettd Hilberod Denmark): Surgery of the Facial Nerve in Atraumatic FPalsies.

ROYAL MEDICO-CHUtURGICAL SoaBTY OF GLASGOW8.30 P.M. (242, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2.) Dr. J. F. ChnfOt.

Dr. William Blair: Otitis Media.

Saturday, 7thINSTITUTE OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY

11.30 A.M. Professor Wullstein: Caliary Action of Living Membrane. (Film.)