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494 Congress on Rheology The second International Congress on Rheology will be held at Oxford from July 26 to 31, 1953, under the presidency of Sir Geoffrey Taylor, F.R.s. Further particulars may be had from Mr. G. W. Scott Blair, D.SC., the University, Reading. London College of Osteopathy A postgraduate course for registered medical practitioners to be held at the college will begin in October. Further particulars may be had from the secretary of the college, 25, Dorset Square, London, N.W.1. Pakistan Medical Association Pakistani doctors in this country have formed a United Kingdom branch of this society. The following office-bearers have been elected : president, Dr. S. D. Jouhar ; secretary and treasurer, Dr. M. Shaffi (19, Bernard Street, London, W.C.1); committee members, Dr. T. H. Moghul, Dr. A. M. Akram, Dr. K. Y. Ansari, Dr. Saif-ud-Din Ahmad, and Dr. Mohd Abdul Rashid. International Congress for Microbiology The sixth International Congress for Microbiology will be held in Rome from Sept. 6 to 12, 1953, under the presidency of Dr. V. Puntoni. Further particulars may be had from the secretariat of the congress, Istituto d’Igiene (G. Sanarelli), Citta Universitaria, Rome. Course on Rehabilitation in Scandinavia A group-training course on the Rehabilitation of the Adult Disabled is to be held in Sweden, Finland, and Denmark from Sept. 8 to Nov. 8. It has been organised by Dr. Harold Balme under the auspices of the United Nations, the World Health Organisation, and the International Labour Organisation. Controt of Medical Man-power Mr. A. Lawrence Abel has replaced Mr. J. B. Oldham as a representative of the Royal College of Surgeons on the Central Medical Recruitment Committee for England and Wales ; and Sir William Marshall has replaced Mr. Thomas Hunter as a representative of the Scottish Executive Councils’ Association on the Scottish Central Medical Recruitment Committee. Orphans’ Pensions and Children’s Allowances In view of the increase in the family allowance rate to 8s. a week, the Minister of National Insurance has made regula- tions (1952 S.I. no. 1559. H.M. Stationery Office. 3d.) adjusting benefits for children payable under the old Contri- butory Pensions Acts. People receiving an orphan’s pension or child’s allowance and having at least two children in the family should inquire from the local national insurance office whether they are eligible for an increase. The regulations do not affect orphans for whom a guardian’s allowance or industrial death benefit is in payment. Unusual Foods for Human Consumption The Nutrition Society is holding a conference on this subject at Bedford College, London, N.W.1, on Saturday, Oct. 18, at 10.15 A.M. The following papers are to be read: Seaweeds and their Value in Food-Stuffs (W. A. P. Black) ; Mushrooms and Toadstools (J. Ramsbottom) ; Insects as Food (W. S. Bristowe) ; Indigenous Foods of Central America (F. Aylward); Diet of Canadian Indians and Esquimeaux (H. M. Sinclair) ; Food of Australian Aborigines (G. H. Bourne) ; Protein in the Diet of the Isoko tribe of the Niger Delta (B. M. Nicol). Further particulars may be had from the programmes secretary, Mr. R. J. L. Allen, Monkhouse & Glasscock Ltd., Snowsfields, London, S.E.l. Present Problems in Nutrition Research The International Union of Nutrition Sciences is holding a symposium on this subject at Basle from Oct. 1 to 4. The speakers will include : Dr. J. Tremolieres (Paris), Prof. A. I. Virtanen (Helsinki), Dr. D. P. Cuthbertson (Aberdeen), Prof. E. Crasemann (Zurich), Prof. E. J. Bigwood (Brussels), Prof. K. Lang (Mainz), Prof. K. Bernhard (Basle), Prof. K. Thomas (Gottingen), Prof. O. Högl (Berne), Prof. E. Abramson (Tomteboda, Sweden), Mr. S. J. Folley, D sc., F.R.s. (Reading), Prof. A. B. L. Beznak (Birmingham), Mr. L. J. Harris, D.sc. (Cambridge), Prof. H. Dam (Copenhagen), Prof. H. D. Cremer (Mainz), Prof. V. Demole (Lausanne), Dr. W. R. Aykroyd (F.A.O., Rome), Prof. A. G. van Veen (F.A.O., Rome). Further information may be had from the secretariat, co Experieyztici, Verlag Birkhauser A.G., Basle, Elisabethenstrasse, 15, Switzerland. Medical Mycologists The committee on medical and veterinary mycopathologr of the International Association of Microbiologists has com- piled an international address list of medical mycologists. Copies (Is.) may be had from the Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew, Surrey. No. 2 (Br.) General Hospital The sixth reunion dinner of this hospital will be held at Simpson’s Restaurant, Strand, London, W.C.2, on Saturday. Oct. 4. Tickets may be had from Dr. J. H. Easton, 25. Biddenham Turn, Bedford. Graduated Beakers for Injectable Fluids A new British Standard has been published (B.S. 1847:1952, for graduated beakers for injectable fluids (for hospital use). This specifies graduated heat-resistant glass beakers of 50 ml., 100 ml., and 300 ml. capacity. Copies of the standard (price 2s.) may be obtained from the British Standards Institution, Sales Branch, 24, Victoria Street, London, S.W.I. King Edward’s Hospital Fund are now issuing a second edition of their series of catering circulars. The following are available : Use of the Meat Ration, Care of Catering Equipment, Layout and Design, Sources of Waste in Catering, and Rations and Rationing. The circulars are issued free to hospitals, and copies can also be obtained (Is. post free) from the offices of the Fund, 10, Old Jewry, London, E.C.2. During September Dr. Earl R. Loew, professor of physiology in Boston University School of Medicine, is acting as guest professor in the department of pharmacology and therapeutics, St. Andrews University Medical School, Dundee. Prof. Robert Cruickshank, Dr. Thomas Anderson, and Dr. W. C. Cockburn are visiting Yugoslavia during September, under the eegis of the World Health Organisation, to conduct refresher courses in the control of communicable diseases at the main medical centres there. The headquarters of the Ministry of National Insurance are now at 10, John Adam Street, London, W.C.2 (Telephone: Whitehall 9066). Appointments BARBER, J. M., M.D. Belf., nLB,.a.P. : consultant physician, Ardi Hospital, Newtownards and Bangor Hospital, Bangor. BATES, J. L., M.B. Lond., M.R.C.P., D.P.M., D.C.H. : asst. psychiatrist (s.H.nf.o.), Borocourt Institute for Mental Defectives, near Reading. BLTLSTRODE, J. C., M.R.C.S., D.M.R. : consultant radiologist, Princes. Elizabeth Hospital, Guernsey. DE FONSEKA, C. P., ",,1.B. Ceylon, F.R.c.s. : surgical registrar, Bath group of hospitals. EDGCUMBE, J. O. P., M.A., M.D. Camb. : consultant pathologist. Exeter clinical area. EDWARDS, C. H., M.R.C.P. : clinical asst. (part-time), department for nervous diseases, St. Mary’s Hospital, London. FITZMAURICE, W. J., M.B. Birm. : appointed factory doctor. Alcester district, Warwickshire. GUILD, Euphemia, M.B. Edin., D.P.H.: asst. school M.o., Hudtler-,- field. JONES, H. M., M.B. Lond., F.R.C.S., D.L.O. : part-time consultant in otolaryngology, Royal Eye and Ear Hospital, Bradford. MAITLAND, D. R., M.B. Edin., F.R.C.P.E., D.D.R. : consultant radio. logist, radiological department, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh MULHALL, P., M.B. Dubl. : asst. chest physician, Brecon and Radnorshire area, with clinical duties at Highland Moors Sanatorium and the Adelina Patti Hospital, near Swansea. SINCLAIR, W. BV., M.B. Glasg., D.P.H. : senior M.o. (schools), Fife. STEWART, 1. S., M.D. Leeds : consultant in pathology, hospital, in the Bingley, Keighley, Skipton and Settle group, with duties at the Hospital, Middleton-in-Wharfedale, and the Hospital. Grassington. ZALESKI, WITOLD, M.B. Polish School of Medicine, Edin.: aat. psychiatrist (S.H.M.O.), Pewsey Hospital for Mental Defectives. University College Hospital, London : GREAVES, D. P., M.B. Sheff., F.R.e.s., D.O.:M.S.: COBSUttM! ophthalmic surgeon. KI-1,TGDOM, L. G., M.B. Camb., F.R.C.S. : consultant E.N.T. surgeon POND, D. A., M.D. Camb., M.R.C.P., D.P.M. : consultant physician department of psychological medicine. East Anglian Regional Hospital Board : JUBY, H. B., M.B. Lond , D.L.o. : E.N.T. registrar, Norfolk asrv Xarwich Hospital. SUTTON, P. H., M.D., B.sc. Lond., M.R.c.p. : consultant ele,4 physician, Norwich area chest clinic. WORKMAN, J. M., B.M. Oxfd : senior registrar in chest medicine. Ipswich area chest clinic. The Tarns and Conditions of Service of Hospital UedicW ang Dental Staff apply to all N.H.S. hospita-I posts zre advertise, unka otherwise stated. Canrassing disqual-ifies, but candidates may normally ziszt the hospital by appointment.
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Congress on RheologyThe second International Congress on Rheology will be
held at Oxford from July 26 to 31, 1953, under the presidencyof Sir Geoffrey Taylor, F.R.s. Further particulars may be hadfrom Mr. G. W. Scott Blair, D.SC., the University, Reading.London College of OsteopathyA postgraduate course for registered medical practitioners
to be held at the college will begin in October. Further
particulars may be had from the secretary of the college,25, Dorset Square, London, N.W.1.Pakistan Medical Association
Pakistani doctors in this country have formed a UnitedKingdom branch of this society. The following office-bearershave been elected : president, Dr. S. D. Jouhar ; secretaryand treasurer, Dr. M. Shaffi (19, Bernard Street, London,W.C.1); committee members, Dr. T. H. Moghul, Dr. A. M.Akram, Dr. K. Y. Ansari, Dr. Saif-ud-Din Ahmad, andDr. Mohd Abdul Rashid.
International Congress for MicrobiologyThe sixth International Congress for Microbiology will
be held in Rome from Sept. 6 to 12, 1953, under the presidencyof Dr. V. Puntoni. Further particulars may be had fromthe secretariat of the congress, Istituto d’Igiene (G. Sanarelli),Citta Universitaria, Rome.Course on Rehabilitation in ScandinaviaA group-training course on the Rehabilitation of the
Adult Disabled is to be held in Sweden, Finland, and Denmarkfrom Sept. 8 to Nov. 8. It has been organised by Dr.Harold Balme under the auspices of the United Nations, theWorld Health Organisation, and the International LabourOrganisation.Controt of Medical Man-powerMr. A. Lawrence Abel has replaced Mr. J. B. Oldham as
a representative of the Royal College of Surgeons on theCentral Medical Recruitment Committee for England andWales ; and Sir William Marshall has replaced Mr. ThomasHunter as a representative of the Scottish Executive Councils’Association on the Scottish Central Medical RecruitmentCommittee.
Orphans’ Pensions and Children’s AllowancesIn view of the increase in the family allowance rate to 8s.
a week, the Minister of National Insurance has made regula-tions (1952 S.I. no. 1559. H.M. Stationery Office. 3d.)adjusting benefits for children payable under the old Contri-butory Pensions Acts. People receiving an orphan’s pensionor child’s allowance and having at least two children in thefamily should inquire from the local national insurance officewhether they are eligible for an increase. The regulations do notaffect orphans for whom a guardian’s allowance or industrialdeath benefit is in payment.Unusual Foods for Human ConsumptionThe Nutrition Society is holding a conference on this subject
at Bedford College, London, N.W.1, on Saturday, Oct. 18, at10.15 A.M. The following papers are to be read: Seaweeds andtheir Value in Food-Stuffs (W. A. P. Black) ; Mushrooms andToadstools (J. Ramsbottom) ; Insects as Food (W. S.Bristowe) ; Indigenous Foods of Central America (F. Aylward);Diet of Canadian Indians and Esquimeaux (H. M. Sinclair) ;Food of Australian Aborigines (G. H. Bourne) ; Protein inthe Diet of the Isoko tribe of the Niger Delta (B. M. Nicol).Further particulars may be had from the programmessecretary, Mr. R. J. L. Allen, Monkhouse & Glasscock Ltd.,Snowsfields, London, S.E.l.Present Problems in Nutrition ResearchThe International Union of Nutrition Sciences is holding a
symposium on this subject at Basle from Oct. 1 to 4. The
speakers will include : Dr. J. Tremolieres (Paris), Prof. A. I.Virtanen (Helsinki), Dr. D. P. Cuthbertson (Aberdeen),Prof. E. Crasemann (Zurich), Prof. E. J. Bigwood (Brussels),Prof. K. Lang (Mainz), Prof. K. Bernhard (Basle), Prof. K.Thomas (Gottingen), Prof. O. Högl (Berne), Prof. E. Abramson(Tomteboda, Sweden), Mr. S. J. Folley, D sc., F.R.s. (Reading),Prof. A. B. L. Beznak (Birmingham), Mr. L. J. Harris, D.sc.(Cambridge), Prof. H. Dam (Copenhagen), Prof. H. D. Cremer(Mainz), Prof. V. Demole (Lausanne), Dr. W. R. Aykroyd(F.A.O., Rome), Prof. A. G. van Veen (F.A.O., Rome).Further information may be had from the secretariat, coExperieyztici, Verlag Birkhauser A.G., Basle, Elisabethenstrasse,15, Switzerland.
Medical MycologistsThe committee on medical and veterinary mycopathologr
of the International Association of Microbiologists has com-piled an international address list of medical mycologists.Copies (Is.) may be had from the Commonwealth MycologicalInstitute, Kew, Surrey.No. 2 (Br.) General HospitalThe sixth reunion dinner of this hospital will be held at
Simpson’s Restaurant, Strand, London, W.C.2, on Saturday.Oct. 4. Tickets may be had from Dr. J. H. Easton, 25.Biddenham Turn, Bedford.
Graduated Beakers for Injectable FluidsA new British Standard has been published (B.S. 1847:1952,
for graduated beakers for injectable fluids (for hospital use).This specifies graduated heat-resistant glass beakers of 50ml., 100 ml., and 300 ml. capacity. Copies of the standard(price 2s.) may be obtained from the British StandardsInstitution, Sales Branch, 24, Victoria Street, London, S.W.I.
King Edward’s Hospital Fund are now issuing a secondedition of their series of catering circulars. The following areavailable : Use of the Meat Ration, Care of CateringEquipment, Layout and Design, Sources of Waste in Catering,and Rations and Rationing. The circulars are issued free tohospitals, and copies can also be obtained (Is. post free) fromthe offices of the Fund, 10, Old Jewry, London, E.C.2.
During September Dr. Earl R. Loew, professor of physiologyin Boston University School of Medicine, is acting as guest professorin the department of pharmacology and therapeutics, St. AndrewsUniversity Medical School, Dundee.
Prof. Robert Cruickshank, Dr. Thomas Anderson, and Dr. W. C.Cockburn are visiting Yugoslavia during September, under the eegisof the World Health Organisation, to conduct refresher courses inthe control of communicable diseases at the main medical centresthere.
The headquarters of the Ministry of National Insurance are nowat 10, John Adam Street, London, W.C.2 (Telephone: Whitehall9066).
AppointmentsBARBER, J. M., M.D. Belf., nLB,.a.P. : consultant physician, Ardi
Hospital, Newtownards and Bangor Hospital, Bangor.BATES, J. L., M.B. Lond., M.R.C.P., D.P.M., D.C.H. : asst. psychiatrist
(s.H.nf.o.), Borocourt Institute for Mental Defectives, near
Reading.BLTLSTRODE, J. C., M.R.C.S., D.M.R. : consultant radiologist, Princes.
Elizabeth Hospital, Guernsey.DE FONSEKA, C. P., ",,1.B. Ceylon, F.R.c.s. : surgical registrar, Bath
group of hospitals.EDGCUMBE, J. O. P., M.A., M.D. Camb. : consultant pathologist.
Exeter clinical area.EDWARDS, C. H., M.R.C.P. : clinical asst. (part-time), department for
nervous diseases, St. Mary’s Hospital, London.FITZMAURICE, W. J., M.B. Birm. : appointed factory doctor.
Alcester district, Warwickshire.GUILD, Euphemia, M.B. Edin., D.P.H.: asst. school M.o., Hudtler-,-
field.JONES, H. M., M.B. Lond., F.R.C.S., D.L.O. : part-time consultant in
otolaryngology, Royal Eye and Ear Hospital, Bradford.MAITLAND, D. R., M.B. Edin., F.R.C.P.E., D.D.R. : consultant radio.
logist, radiological department, Royal Infirmary, EdinburghMULHALL, P., M.B. Dubl. : asst. chest physician, Brecon and
Radnorshire area, with clinical duties at Highland MoorsSanatorium and the Adelina Patti Hospital, near Swansea.
SINCLAIR, W. BV., M.B. Glasg., D.P.H. : senior M.o. (schools), Fife.STEWART, 1. S., M.D. Leeds : consultant in pathology, hospital, in
the Bingley, Keighley, Skipton and Settle group, with dutiesat the Hospital, Middleton-in-Wharfedale, and the Hospital.Grassington.
ZALESKI, WITOLD, M.B. Polish School of Medicine, Edin.: aat.psychiatrist (S.H.M.O.), Pewsey Hospital for Mental Defectives.
University College Hospital, London :GREAVES, D. P., M.B. Sheff., F.R.e.s., D.O.:M.S.: COBSUttM!
ophthalmic surgeon. -
KI-1,TGDOM, L. G., M.B. Camb., F.R.C.S. : consultant E.N.T. surgeonPOND, D. A., M.D. Camb., M.R.C.P., D.P.M. : consultant physician
department of psychological medicine.
East Anglian Regional Hospital Board :JUBY, H. B., M.B. Lond , D.L.o. : E.N.T. registrar, Norfolk asrv
Xarwich Hospital.SUTTON, P. H., M.D., B.sc. Lond., M.R.c.p. : consultant ele,4
physician, Norwich area chest clinic.WORKMAN, J. M., B.M. Oxfd : senior registrar in chest medicine.
Ipswich area chest clinic.
The Tarns and Conditions of Service of Hospital UedicW angDental Staff apply to all N.H.S. hospita-I posts zre advertise, unkaotherwise stated. Canrassing disqual-ifies, but candidates may normallyziszt the hospital by appointment.
