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age gathered round the defence force units and thedock areas in a dangerous and undesirable manner;another problem was to provide reasonable opportuni-ties for these girls to meet the men under supervisedconditions.

Dr. Otto May proposed a resolution urging thenecessity of immediate and comprehensive measures togive proper knowledge to adolescents and young adultsin order that the progress in the reduction of venerealdisease, brought about during the past twenty-fiveyears, should be maintained. Captain G. S. Elliston,M.P., in seconding the resolution, said that in thecircular on venereal diseases issued by the Ministryof Health the local authorities were recommended toconsider the employment of the expert services of thecouncil, but no word was said as to the cost involvednor was any encouragement given that local authori-ties could look for assistance to the Treasury. CaptainElliston said that the parliamentary committee ofthe council had decided to represent to the Ministerthat trained V.D. almoners were essential to theeffective working of the voluntary scheme of treat-ment, and would recommend as a war measure thatthey should be protected against the law of libel.

Dr. M. T. Morgan, medical officer for the Port ofLondon, referring to the dangers besetting the menof merchant ships at ports, said that these did notexist in London; where they did exist they should bedrastically dealt with in such a way as to avoid thenecessity of regimentation of the merchant navy. Thesuccess of treatment clinics depended almost entirelyon absolute secrecy, and the council should considerthis before urging the appointment of almoners. Dr.May, in reply, said that where almoners were

employed they seemed to be acting with great successand there was no trouble about breaches of confidence.The resolution was carried, and a further resolutionwas adopted expressing the council’s disappointmentat the lack of provision for Treasury assistance tolocal authorities in the Ministry of Health circular.

LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICALMEDICINE

THE annual report of the Incorporated LiverpoolSchool of Tropical Medicine for 1938-39 records steadyprogress. The number of students attending thecourses for the diplomas in Tropical Medicine andHygiene has risen to 61. Increased teaching and re-search demanded more space, and the remaining partof the architect’s original design is now being addedto the school building at a cost of £7000. It is hopedthat this extension will be completed early in 1940.In the department of tropical medicine investigationson the chemotherapy of protozoal infections haveproceeded actively with the cooperation of theMedical Research Council and Messrs. May andBaker ; experiments have also been conducted on theMachado reaction in South American trypano-somiasis. With a view to tracing the movements ofinsects the department of entomology has beenmaking experiments on the persistence of dye sub-stances in insects, and it is investigating the essentialfoodstuffs necessary for the growth of mosquitolarvae. The research laboratory in Sierra Leonecarried out a mosquito survey of the protectorate andanother survey in connexion with an outbreak ofsleeping sickness ; it has also experimented on theisolation of murine typhus from local wild rats.

NAVAL MEDICAL COMPASSIONATE FUND.-At thequarterly meeting of the directors of the fund, held onJan. 26, with Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir Percival Nicholls,the medical director-general of the Navy in the chair, thesum of £116 10s. was distributed among the severalapplicants.

NEW PREPARATIONSNEO-PEPSAC.—Cachets of a highly concentrated

and tasteless fraction of hog’s stomach have beenintroduced by Boots Pure Drug Co., Nottingham, as asuitable form in which to administer stomach sub-stances either alone or in addition to liver therapy incases of pernicious anaemia. The brand name Neo-pepsac has been adopted.

KAPILON.—Under this name Glaxo LaboratoriesLtd., Greenford, Middlesex, have introduced 1 c.cm.ampoules each containing 5 mg. of 2-methyl-l:4-naphthoquinone, an analogue of vitamin K whichappears to be about four times as potent as vitaminKI’ Good results in excessive bleeding during andafter operation on patients with obstructive jaundiceand in haemorrhage of the newborn have been re-ported after the administration of the compound.At present Kapilon is issued in ampoules suitable forinjection, but when necessary the contents of an

ampoule may be given by mouth.FERRÆMIA TABLETS.—The constituents of these

tablets, prepared by Wilcox, Jozeau and Co. Ltd. (74,White Lion Street, London, N.l),are ferrous sulphate,yeast, copper, and manganese. The copper, it issaid, catalyses the conversion of iron into haemoglobin,and the manganese is an adjuvant to copper in themobilisation of iron in the body. The tablets arechocolate coated, so that the possibility of loss ofefficiency by oxidation is avoided and the taste ofiron completely masked.

AppointmentsCuBiE, ALEXANDER, M.B. Glasg., D.P.H., assistant tuberculosis

officer for the North Riding of Yorkshire.GRAVESON, G. S., M.B.Camb., chief clinical assistant in the

department of clinical investigations at Manchester RoyalInfirmary.

LANGFORD, FRANK, M.B. Brist., F.R.C.S., D.P.H., deputy countymedical officer of health and deputy school medical officerfor East Sussex.

LEE, J. E. WiLSON, M.B. Glasg., senior assistant radiologist toSt. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington.

Examining Surgeon under the Factories Act, 1937 : Dr. R. D.BUCKNER (Newport district, Monmouthshire).

VacanciesAberdeen Royal Infirmary.—Res. med. reg., 200.Agricultural Research Council.-Bacteriologist, £750-£1000.Barbados General Hosp.-Radiologist, £800.Birminghant United Hosp.-H.S. to special depts. and res.

anxsthetist, at rate of 70.Bolingbroke Hosp., Wandsworth Common, S.W. ll.-Cas. 0., at

rate of £120.Central London :Throat, Vose and Ear Hosp., Gray’s Inn Road,

W.C.1.—Res. H.S., at rate of £75.Derbyshire County Council.-Jun. res. asst. M.O. for Derbyshire

County Sanatorium, .63 50.Essex County Hosp., Broomfield.—Sen. A.M.O., £550. Also third

A.M.O., £350.Grimsby County Borough.-Res. M.O. for Scartho Road

Infirmary, £350.Hampstead General Hosp., Hampstead, N.W.3.—H.S., at rate of

£100.Hampstead General Hosp., Haverstock Hill, N.w.3.—Res. cas.

surg. 0. for out-patient dept., at rate of £100.Manchester, Christie Hosp. and Holt Radium Institute,

Withington.-Sen. and jun. res. surg. O.’s, each at rateof £150.

Manchester, Duchess of York Hosp. for Babies.-Jun. res. M.O.,at rate of £75.

Manchester Royal Eye Hosp.-Jun. H.S., £120.Nottingham Children’s Hosp.-Res. H.P. and res. H.S., each

at rate of £150.Oswestry, Robert Jones and Angus Hunt Orthopcedic Hosp.-

R.S.O., 350.Portsmouth City.—R.M.O. and asst. M.O.H., £500.Royal Cancer Hosp., Fulham Road, S.W.3.—H.S., at rate of 9100.Royal National Orthopcedic Hosp.-H.S., at rate of £ 200.Sheffleld, Jessop Hosp. for TI’omen.-Res. M.O., at rate of £150.South London Hosp. for Ti’omen, Clapham Common, S.W.4.—

Dental surgeon, £25.Staffordshire County Council.-Asst. M.O. for maternity and

child welfare, 600.Staffordshire, Wolverhampton and Dudley Joint Board for

Tuberculosis.—Asst. tub. 0., £600.St. Helens County Borough.- Asst. M. O. for A. R.P., at rate of £600.Westminster Hosp., St. John’s Gardens, S.W.1.—Physician.Wolverhampton Royal Hosp.-Res. asst. pathologist and res

M.O., £200.Wrexham Borough.-Part-time asst. M.O. and asst. M.O.

for maternity and child welfare, £250.The Chief Inspector of Factories announces vacant appointments

for examining surgeons at Swanscombe, Kent ; Stromness,Orkney; and Deddington, Oxford.