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Technique of Medicat TeachingA conference course on this subject is to be held at the

London School of Hygiene, Keppel Street, W.C.1, on Fridayand Saturday, March 28 and 29. Further particulars will befound in our advertisement columns.

Tuberculosis Essay PrizeThe National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis

offers a prize of 100 guineas for an essay on the control oftuberculosis by a public-health medical officer. Further

particulars can be had from the secretary-general, N.A.P.T.Tavistock House North, Tavistock Square, London, W.C.I.

Association of Workers for Maladjusted ChildrenThe annual general meeting of the association will be held

in the rooms of the National Association for Mental Health,39, Queen Anne Street, London, W.1, on Saturday,* March 15,at 11 A.M. At 2 P.M. Mr. David Wills will open a discussionon the training of workers with maladjusted children.

C.M.F./M.E.F. DinnerThe C.M.F./M.E.F. Physicians’ seventh reunion dinner will

be held at Grosvenor House, London, W.1, on Saturday,April 5, with Dr. E. R. Boland in the chair. Further informa-tion may be had from Dr. A. Willcox, 66, Harley Street,London, W.I.

Malaria Control in the PhilippinesOn Feb. 16 a World Health Organisation team, led by

Dr. G. Sambasivan, began residual spraying in the Island ofMindoro, about 100 miles south of Manila. It is hoped thatprotection against malaria will be extended to more than50,000 people within eighteen months, when governmentteams will take over the project from the W.H.O. group.St. John Ambulance BrigadeThe Northern Surgeons’ Conference of the brigade will be

held at the Spa Hotel, Buxton, on Saturday and Sunday,April 26 and 27. Sir Harry Platt, Mr. R. Guy Pulvertaft,and Major Harold Stewart will speak. Further information canbe had from the conference secretary, St. John AmbulanceBrigade, 8, Grosvenor Crescent, London, S.W.I.

Advisory Council on AlcoholismThis council has been brought into being, under the chair-

manstip of Dr. T. A. Munro, with the primary aim of arousingpublic awareness of the problem of alcoholism. Informationcentres are to be established in London and elsewhere. Thehon. secretary is Mr. Forbes Cheston, 99, South Hill Park,London, N.W.3.

Employment of Older Men and WomenThe Minister of Labour and National Service has set up

a national advisory committee to advise him how to promotethe employment of older men and women. The chairmanis to be Sir Peter Bennett, parliamentary secretary to theMinistry, and the committee will include representatives ofthe Ministry of Health and the Department of Health forScotland. The interests of local authorities, of medicine,research, and social science, and of welfare organisations willalso be represented.

Congress of Military MedicineThe 14th International Congress of Military Medicine and

Pharmacy will be held in Montevideo, Uruguay, fromMarch 1 to 6, 1953. The main subjects chosen for discussionare : Military Medicine as a Specialty ; National Medical

Organisation in War ; Sanitary Services in War; First-aidTreatment of Burns and Wounds. Further information

mav be had from Direcei6n General del Servicio de SanidadMilitar, Avda. 8 de Octubre y Mariano Moreno, Montevideo,Uruguay.National Corporation for Old People

During 1950-51 the corporation has given over JE150,000to voluntary committees to be used for the benefit of oldpeople. During the four years of its existence the corporationhas made grants to 150 homes which accommodate nearly3000 old people. To show the need for an intermediate homebetween the- hospital and the homes provided by the localauthorities, the corporation has used funds provided by thepeople of South Africa to purchase and adapt two large houses,one near Belfast and one at Stanmore, Middlesex. When

open, these link homes will work in close conjunction withhospitals.

Blood-transfusion ConferenceA conference of medical and other workers on blood-trans-

fusion is to meet at the British Standards Institution, 28,Victoria Street, London, S.W.I, from March 3 to 5, to discussthe international standardisation of blood-transfusion equip-ment. The conference is being held under the auspices of theInternational Organisation for Standardisation, and 20nations are sending delegates. Observers have been invitedfrom the League of Red Cross Societies, the InternationalBlood Transfusion Society, the Permanent InternationalCommission for the Study of Medical Equipment, and theWorld Health Organisation. The chair will be taken by SirAlan Drury, F.R.S.

Prof. Dorothy Russell, director of the Bernhard Baron Instituteof Pathology at the London Hospital, is lecturing for the BritishCouncil in Malta between Feb. 27 and March 8.

Dr. Brock Chisholm, director-general of the World Health Organi.sation, left Geneva on Feb. 12 for a two-month trip to Pakistan,India, Ceylon, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Hong-Kong,Japan, Canada, the U.S.A., and England. Before returning toGeneva on April 25, Dr. Chisholm will attend the Health Congressof the Royal Sanitary Institute at Margate on April 22 and 23, andwill give an address at London University on April 24. During hisabsence from Geneva his place is being taken by Dr. Pierre Dorolle,deputy director-general.

AppointmentsBROooKs, D. M., M.A., M.B. N.U.I., F.R.C.S.L : consultant surgeon,

physiotherapy and rehabilitation departments, Royal NationalOrthopaedic Hospital, London.

CoNDiE, R. M., M.D. Edin. : factory doctor, Lasswade district,Midlothian.

GROSS, DÉSIRÉE, M.D. Leeds, D.P.H. : deputy M.o.H. for Ilford, andasst. county M.o.H. for Essex.

PARKINSON, T. J., M.B. St. And., D.c.H. : medical registrar, South.mead Hospital, Bristol.

STEWART, AUDREY, M.B. Manc., D.OBST. : asst. M.o.H. for maternityand child welfare, Portsmouth Public Health Department.

East-Anglian Regional Hospital Board :BARLOW, K. E., M.R.e.S., F.F.R. : consultant radiologist, East

Suffolk and Ipswich area.DENNESS, THOMAS, M.B.Lond., M.CH.ORTH. Lpool, F.R.C.S.:

consultant orthopaedic surgeon, East Suffolk and Ipswicharea.

PuGa, A. M., M.B. Glasg., D.T.M. & H. : consultant pathologist,hospitals in the Peterborough and King’s Lynn area.

SHOENBERG, ELISABETH, M.A. Camb., M.R.c.s. : registrar inpsychiatry, Fulbourn Mental Hospital, Fulbourn.

Liverpool Regional Hospital Board :FALK, SAMUEL, M.D. Mane., D.P.M. : consultant psychiatrist,

Rainhill Hospital.HELLER, G. C., M.D. Prague : asst. psychiatrist, Rainhill Hospital.O’FLANAGAN, P. M., L.R.C.P.I., D.P.M. : a,sst. psychiatrist, Winwick

Hospital.TASKER, R. G., M.A., M.B. Camb. : asst. pathologist, hospitals in

the Ormskirk area.WADDINGTON, J. K. B., M.B. Lpool, F.R.C.B.E.: consultant

surgeon, regional thoracic unit.WODZINSKI, A. J. J., M.D. Cracow : asst. pathologist, Walton

Hospital.

The Terms and Conditions of Service of Hospital Medical andDental Staff apply to all N.H.S. hospital posts we advertise, unlessotherwise stated. Canvassing disqualifies, but candidates may normallyvisit the hospital by appointment.

Births, Marriages, and Deaths

BIRTHS

ELLIOTT.—On Feb. 24, at Crowborough, the wife of Dr. JohnElliott, G.M.-a son.

HICKS.—On Feb. 16, at Hove, the wife of Dr. S. Leighton Hicks- a son.

JAMES.—On Feb. 19, at Stanborough, the wife of Dr. J. D. James- a son.

ORFORD SMITH.—On Feb, 15, in Birmingham, the wife of Dr. E. S.Orford Smith-a daughter.

PILSWORTH.—On Feb. 15, in London, the wife of Dr. W. L. F.Pilsworth-a son.

WEBB.—On Feb. 15, in London, the wife of Dr. Hughie Webb-a son.

DEATHS

ARMSTRONG.—On Feb. 19, at Braintree, Essex, John ThomasArmstrong, L.R.C.P.E.

CAMPBELL.—On Feb. 16, John Alexander Langford Campbell, O.B.E.,M.T). Lond., surgeon-captain, R.N. retd,

DAVIES.—On Feb. 20, at Towyn, Merioneth, John Alban Davies,L.M.S.S.A. ,

HOBBS.—On Feb. 21, at Caterham, John Hobbs, L.B.o.s.i., latemajor, R.A.M.C., aged 89.

LECKIE.—On Feb. 18, at Perth, Joseph Primrose Leckie, M.B. Edin.,F.R.C.P.E.

WELLS.—On Feb. 17, at Roydon. John Edmund Bishop Wells,M.R.C.s., major, R.A.M.C., T.F. retd.