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120 Hellingly Hospital, Sussex Last July the first patients were taken into the new 60-bed unit for the investigation and treatment of early psychiatric illness which has been built for Hellingly Hospital (near Hailsham) two miles from the main building. It is called Amberstone Hospital, and patients are admitted on the recom- mendation of any member of the Hellingly consultant psychi- atric staff. Instead of having an official opening, Dr. David Rice (the medical superintendent) and his colleagues have held open days for the doctors of the neighbourhood, who were invited to meet the senior staff, discuss any subject in which they were interested, and see demonstrations of electrocon-- vulsion therapy. The unit will take 35 female and 25 male patients. Accommodation is in single rooms or in curtained cubicles in the 4-bed and 8-bed dormitories. The staff is mixed: one shift has a sister in charge (with a male staff nurse as second in charge) while the other shift has a charge male nurse with a female staff nurse as his first assistant. University of Liverpool On Wednesday, Jan. 20, at 8 P.M., at the Medical School, Ashton Street, Liverpool, Dr. W. H. Taylor will give the first of eight weekly lectures on biochemical aspects of disease. Tickets (E2 2s.) may be had from the director of extramural studies, 9, Abercromby Square, Liverpool, 7. University of London Dr. D. R. Newth, lecturer at University College, has been appointed to the chair of biology as applied to medicine at Middlesex Hospital Medical School. The degree of M.S. has been conferred on Gerald Keen. University of Glasgow Dr. W. M. Gibson has been appointed to the chair of dental prosthetics. Royal Statistical Society Frances Wood Prize ([50).-This prize is offered for an investigation, on statistical lines, of any problem which bears " directly or indirectly upon economic or social conditions ". Competitors must be under 35. Further particulars may be had from the honorary secretaries of the society, 21, Bentinck Street, London, W.1. The closing date for entries is Dec. 31. James Yearsley Lecture Mr. Ian Thorburn will deliver this’ lecture on Friday, March 4, at 5 P.M., at 1, Wimpole Street, London, W.1. His subject will be tympanoplastic surgery. Anglo-French Exchange Bursaries Short-term grants for work in France are offered again this year to British doctors and medical research workers by the Institut National d’Hygiene, Paris. Details and application forms can be had from Dr. G. E. W. Wolstenholme, Ciba Foundation, 41, Portland Place, London, W.1. The closing date is Jan. 31. Appeal to the Privy Council Dr. Kenneth Fox has lodged an appeal with the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council against the decision of the Disciplinary Committee of the General Medical Council to erase his name from the register. Dr. D. A. Buxton Hopkin, consultant anxsthetist at Charing Cross Hospital, London, has been appointed the first McDermott visiting professor of anesthesiology in the University of Texas. The appointment is for one year and Dr. Buxton Hopkin expects to take up the po"t early in April. On Wednesday, Jan. 13, at 5.30 P.M., at the Fountain Hospital, Tooting Grove. London. S.W.17, Prof. L. S. Penrose and Dr. P. E. Polan; wili speak on chromosomal abnormalities in the mentally retarded. At the rcauctt of the Government of Pakistan the British Govern- ment. under the auspices of the Colombo Plan, have asked Prof. Charks Wells and Prof. H. P. Gilding, as members of a Pakistan Commission. to report nn rhe health services organisation in Pakistan. Thcv ’’..--.: ’n January fnr a tour of three months. Diary of the Week JAN. 10 TO 16 Tuesday, 12th ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON, Pall Mall East, S.W.I 5 P.M. Dr. F. Ray Bettley: Effects of Soap on the Skin. (Watson Smith lecture.) ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole Street, W.1 8 P.M. Psychiarry. Dr. W. Grey Walter, Dr. W. Ross Ashby, Prof. H. Eysenck: Conditioning Theories and Their Therapeutic Applications. BRITISH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL FEDERATION 5.30 P.M. (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, W.C.1.) Prof. J. H. Dible: Pathology of Limb Ischsemia. ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, Paddington, W.2 5 P.M. Mr. Claude Taylor: Malignant Disease of the Uterus. WEST END HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY, 91, Dean Street, W.1 5.30 P.M. Dr. G. F. Swann: Plain X-ray Changes in the Skull. MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY 8 P.M. (Clinical Sciences Building, York Place, Manchester.) Surgery. Prof. A. M. Boyd: Self-inflicted Iniuries. LEEDS NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES COLLOQUIUM 5.15 P.M. (General Infirmary at Leeds.) Mr. T. P. S. Powell: Cortical Representation of Somatic Sensation. Wednesday, 13th POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF LONDON, Ducane Road, W.12 2 P.M. Dr. P. L. Mollison: Destruction of Red Cells by Immunological Mechanisms. INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, Lisle Street, W.C.2 5.30 P.M. Dr. Arthur Tickner: Serum Proteins in Skin Disease. INSTITUTE OF DISEASES OF THE CHEST, Brompton, S.W.3 5 P.M. Dr. E. H. Hudson: The Changing Face of Chest Disease. MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH 8.30 P.M. (18, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh.) Lord Kilbrandon: Common Interests. ROYAL FACULTY OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, 242, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow 5 P.M. Sir Gordon Gordon-Taylor: Mars and Aesculapius. (Fleming lecture.) Thursday, 14th ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON 5 P.M. Prof. J. W. Crofton: Tuberculosis Undefeated. (Marc Daniels lecture.) ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, W.C.2 5 P.M. Sir Walter Mercer: Some Edinburgh Pioneers in Orthopedic Surgery. (Robert Jones lecture.) BRITISH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL FEDERATION 5.30 P.M. (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.) Prof. H. L. Sheehan: Infarction. INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY 5.30 P.M. Dr. L. Forman: Cutaneous Manifestations of Visceral Malignancy. BRITISH INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY, 32, Welbeck Street, W.1 8 P.M. Dr. H. J. G. Bloom, Mr. D. M. Wallace, Mr. Robert Cox: Treat- ment of Carcinoma of the Bladder. ALFRED ADLER MEDICAL SOCIETY 8 P.M. (1, Wimpole Street, W.1.) Dr. Walter Schindler: Indications for Group Psychotherapy. Friday, 15th ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE 5.30 P.M. Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. Dr. N. S. Galbraith, Dr. J. C. McDonald, Flight-Lieutenant D. M. Miller, Dr. M. Patricia Jevons, Dr. J. D. Rycroft, Dr. R. E. 0. Williams: Carriers of Penicillin-resistant Staphylococci Outside Hospital. 8.15 P.M. Radiology. Dr. J. G. Stewart, Dr. Robert Gibb, Dr. K. S. Holmes, Dr. R. C. S. Pointon: Clinical Applications of Mega- voltage. POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF LONDON 10 A.M. Mr. R. W. Raven: Cancer Cell and Surgery. 4 P.M. Dr. J. F. Goodwin: Pulmonary Circulation in Heart-disease. FACULTY OF RADIOLOGISTS, 47, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, W.C.2 4.30 P.M. (Royal College of Surgeons.) Radiotherapy. Dr. J. S. Fulton, Dr. Richard Doll, Dr. F. Dudley Hart: A Critical Survey of the Value of Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitts. INSTITUTE OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY, 330, Gray’s Inn Road, W.C.1 5.30 P.M. Mr. Maxwell Ellis: Nasal Physiology and Pathology. INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY, National Hospital, Queen Square, W.C.1 4.30 P.M. Dr. P. K. Thomas: Clinical Applications of Electromyography. PLYMOUTH MEDICAL SOCIETY 8.30 P.M. (Freedom Fields.) Mr. R. V. Cooke: Bees in my Bonnet. Appointments BARTON, R. W. A. C., M.B.Lond., D.P.M.: physician-superintendent, Severalls Hospital, Colchester, Essex. CROSS, R. M. S., M.R.C.S. : ophthalmologist (S.H.M.O.), Petersfield school eye clinic. DANIK, J. J., Dipl. Lwow D.P.M.: consultant psychiatrist, Towers Hospital, Humberstone, Leicester. PLATT, J. W., B.M. Oxon., M.R.C.P., D.C.H. : consultant paediatrician, Cum- berland and North Westmorland area hospitals. STRAUSS, W. T., M.D. Hamburg, F.R.F.P.S. : consultant physician, Arbroath Infirmary and Dundee Royal Infirmary. Manchester Regional Hospital Board: CROSS, J. R., M.B. Birm., F.F.A. R.C.S.: part-time consultant anoesthetist, South Cheshire group of hospitals. HALNAK, K. E., M.D. Cantab., F.F.R., D.M.R.T.: consultant radiotherapist, Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Manchester. ROGERS, VINCENT, M.B. Lpool, D.M.R.D.: part-time consultant radiologist, Salford group of hospitals. SMITH, H. F., M.B. Manc., F.R.C.S. : consultant surgeon, Blackpool and Fylde group of hospitals.
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Hellingly Hospital, SussexLast July the first patients were taken into the new 60-bed
unit for the investigation and treatment of early psychiatricillness which has been built for Hellingly Hospital (nearHailsham) two miles from the main building. It is calledAmberstone Hospital, and patients are admitted on the recom-mendation of any member of the Hellingly consultant psychi-atric staff. Instead of having an official opening, Dr. DavidRice (the medical superintendent) and his colleagues have heldopen days for the doctors of the neighbourhood, who wereinvited to meet the senior staff, discuss any subject in whichthey were interested, and see demonstrations of electrocon--vulsion therapy.The unit will take 35 female and 25 male patients. Accommodation
is in single rooms or in curtained cubicles in the 4-bed and 8-beddormitories. The staff is mixed: one shift has a sister in charge(with a male staff nurse as second in charge) while the other shift hasa charge male nurse with a female staff nurse as his first assistant.
University of LiverpoolOn Wednesday, Jan. 20, at 8 P.M., at the Medical School,
Ashton Street, Liverpool, Dr. W. H. Taylor will give the firstof eight weekly lectures on biochemical aspects of disease.Tickets (E2 2s.) may be had from the director of extramuralstudies, 9, Abercromby Square, Liverpool, 7.
University of LondonDr. D. R. Newth, lecturer at University College, has been
appointed to the chair of biology as applied to medicine atMiddlesex Hospital Medical School.The degree of M.S. has been conferred on Gerald Keen.
University of GlasgowDr. W. M. Gibson has been appointed to the chair of dental
prosthetics.
Royal Statistical SocietyFrances Wood Prize ([50).-This prize is offered for an
investigation, on statistical lines, of any problem which bears" directly or indirectly upon economic or social conditions ".Competitors must be under 35. Further particulars may behad from the honorary secretaries of the society, 21, BentinckStreet, London, W.1. The closing date for entries is Dec. 31.
James Yearsley LectureMr. Ian Thorburn will deliver this’ lecture on Friday,
March 4, at 5 P.M., at 1, Wimpole Street, London, W.1. His
subject will be tympanoplastic surgery.
Anglo-French Exchange BursariesShort-term grants for work in France are offered again this
year to British doctors and medical research workers by theInstitut National d’Hygiene, Paris. Details and applicationforms can be had from Dr. G. E. W. Wolstenholme, CibaFoundation, 41, Portland Place, London, W.1. The closingdate is Jan. 31.
Appeal to the Privy CouncilDr. Kenneth Fox has lodged an appeal with the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council against the decision of theDisciplinary Committee of the General Medical Council toerase his name from the register.
Dr. D. A. Buxton Hopkin, consultant anxsthetist at CharingCross Hospital, London, has been appointed the first McDermottvisiting professor of anesthesiology in the University of Texas. Theappointment is for one year and Dr. Buxton Hopkin expects to takeup the po"t early in April.On Wednesday, Jan. 13, at 5.30 P.M., at the Fountain Hospital,
Tooting Grove. London. S.W.17, Prof. L. S. Penrose and Dr. P. E.Polan; wili speak on chromosomal abnormalities in the mentallyretarded.
At the rcauctt of the Government of Pakistan the British Govern-ment. under the auspices of the Colombo Plan, have asked Prof.Charks Wells and Prof. H. P. Gilding, as members of a PakistanCommission. to report nn rhe health services organisation in Pakistan.Thcv ’’..--.: ’n January fnr a tour of three months.
Diary of the Week
JAN. 10 TO 16Tuesday, 12thROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON, Pall Mall East, S.W.I
5 P.M. Dr. F. Ray Bettley: Effects of Soap on the Skin. (Watson Smithlecture.)
ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1, Wimpole Street, W.18 P.M. Psychiarry. Dr. W. Grey Walter, Dr. W. Ross Ashby, Prof. H.
Eysenck: Conditioning Theories and Their TherapeuticApplications.
BRITISH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL FEDERATION5.30 P.M. (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel
Street, W.C.1.) Prof. J. H. Dible: Pathology of Limb Ischsemia.ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, Paddington, W.2
5 P.M. Mr. Claude Taylor: Malignant Disease of the Uterus.WEST END HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY, 91, Dean
Street, W.15.30 P.M. Dr. G. F. Swann: Plain X-ray Changes in the Skull.
MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY8 P.M. (Clinical Sciences Building, York Place, Manchester.) Surgery.
Prof. A. M. Boyd: Self-inflicted Iniuries.LEEDS NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES COLLOQUIUM
5.15 P.M. (General Infirmary at Leeds.) Mr. T. P. S. Powell: CorticalRepresentation of Somatic Sensation.
Wednesday, 13thPOSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF LONDON, Ducane Road, W.12
2 P.M. Dr. P. L. Mollison: Destruction of Red Cells by ImmunologicalMechanisms.
INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, Lisle Street, W.C.25.30 P.M. Dr. Arthur Tickner: Serum Proteins in Skin Disease.
INSTITUTE OF DISEASES OF THE CHEST, Brompton, S.W.35 P.M. Dr. E. H. Hudson: The Changing Face of Chest Disease.
MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH8.30 P.M. (18, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh.) Lord Kilbrandon: Common
Interests.ROYAL FACULTY OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, 242, St. Vincent Street,
Glasgow5 P.M. Sir Gordon Gordon-Taylor: Mars and Aesculapius. (Fleming
lecture.)
Thursday, 14thROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON
5 P.M. Prof. J. W. Crofton: Tuberculosis Undefeated. (Marc Danielslecture.)
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, W.C.25 P.M. Sir Walter Mercer: Some Edinburgh Pioneers in Orthopedic
Surgery. (Robert Jones lecture.)BRITISH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL FEDERATION
5.30 P.M. (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.) Prof.H. L. Sheehan: Infarction.
INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY5.30 P.M. Dr. L. Forman: Cutaneous Manifestations of Visceral
Malignancy.BRITISH INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY, 32, Welbeck Street, W.1
8 P.M. Dr. H. J. G. Bloom, Mr. D. M. Wallace, Mr. Robert Cox: Treat-ment of Carcinoma of the Bladder.
ALFRED ADLER MEDICAL SOCIETY8 P.M. (1, Wimpole Street, W.1.) Dr. Walter Schindler: Indications for
Group Psychotherapy.Friday, 15thROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE
5.30 P.M. Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. Dr. N. S. Galbraith,Dr. J. C. McDonald, Flight-Lieutenant D. M. Miller, Dr. M.Patricia Jevons, Dr. J. D. Rycroft, Dr. R. E. 0. Williams: Carriersof Penicillin-resistant Staphylococci Outside Hospital.
8.15 P.M. Radiology. Dr. J. G. Stewart, Dr. Robert Gibb, Dr. K. S.Holmes, Dr. R. C. S. Pointon: Clinical Applications of Mega-voltage.
POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF LONDON10 A.M. Mr. R. W. Raven: Cancer Cell and Surgery.4 P.M. Dr. J. F. Goodwin: Pulmonary Circulation in Heart-disease.
FACULTY OF RADIOLOGISTS, 47, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, W.C.24.30 P.M. (Royal College of Surgeons.) Radiotherapy. Dr. J. S. Fulton,
Dr. Richard Doll, Dr. F. Dudley Hart: A Critical Survey of theValue of Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitts.
INSTITUTE OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY, 330, Gray’s Inn Road, W.C.15.30 P.M. Mr. Maxwell Ellis: Nasal Physiology and Pathology.
INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY, National Hospital, Queen Square, W.C.14.30 P.M. Dr. P. K. Thomas: Clinical Applications of Electromyography.
PLYMOUTH MEDICAL SOCIETY8.30 P.M. (Freedom Fields.) Mr. R. V. Cooke: Bees in my Bonnet.
AppointmentsBARTON, R. W. A. C., M.B.Lond., D.P.M.: physician-superintendent,
Severalls Hospital, Colchester, Essex.CROSS, R. M. S., M.R.C.S. : ophthalmologist (S.H.M.O.), Petersfield school
eye clinic.DANIK, J. J., Dipl. Lwow D.P.M.: consultant psychiatrist, Towers Hospital,
Humberstone, Leicester.PLATT, J. W., B.M. Oxon., M.R.C.P., D.C.H. : consultant paediatrician, Cum-
berland and North Westmorland area hospitals.STRAUSS, W. T., M.D. Hamburg, F.R.F.P.S. : consultant physician, Arbroath
Infirmary and Dundee Royal Infirmary.Manchester Regional Hospital Board:
CROSS, J. R., M.B. Birm., F.F.A. R.C.S.: part-time consultant anoesthetist,South Cheshire group of hospitals.
HALNAK, K. E., M.D. Cantab., F.F.R., D.M.R.T.: consultant radiotherapist,Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Manchester.
ROGERS, VINCENT, M.B. Lpool, D.M.R.D.: part-time consultant radiologist,Salford group of hospitals.
SMITH, H. F., M.B. Manc., F.R.C.S. : consultant surgeon, Blackpool andFylde group of hospitals.
