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University of OxfordIn a congregation held on Oct. 14, the following degrees

were conferred :BM, BCh-Thomas Stapleton (in person) ; G. F. Bader, T. E. S.

Stowell, A. J. Watkin, C. E. Davies, Helen M. C. Morley (in absence).Theodore Williams Scholarship.-An examination for

this scholarship will be held in the Sir William DunnSchool of Pathology on Wednesday, Nov. 17, at 2 ?M. The

scholarship is open to any member of the uuivorsity, who onJune 30, 1943, had not exceeded twenty-six years of age andhad attended a course in general pathology and bacteriologyin the school either in 1942-43 or 1941-42. Candidates shouldinform the Professor of Pathology before Nov. 13.

University of CambridgeOn Oct. 15 the following degrees were conferred :MD.-M. J. Clow and A. L. Fawdry (by proxy) ; H. L. Hoffman

and B. L. F. Heydon.ME, B Chir.-M. C. Cross, Peter Unwin, M. M. Walker, P. A. O.

Wilson, A. J. Gray, E. N. M. Johnston, D. C. Sturdy, J. L. S.Smith, P. R. Swyer, C. O. Edwards and A. 1. MacLeod (byproxy); and W. V. Bowman.MB.-J. L. Potts and G. H. Ward (by proxy).

Royal College of Surgeons of EdinburghAt a meeting of the college held on Oct. 20, the following

office-bearers were elected for the ensuing year:President, Prof. R. W. Johnstone ; vice-president, Mr. J. W.

Struthers ; secretary and treasurer, Mr. K. Paterson Brown ;members of President’s Council, Mr. James Graham, Sir JohnFraser, Mr. A. Pirie Watson, Dr. G. Ewart Martin, Mr. FrancisJardine, and Mr. W. Quarry Wood ; representative on the GeneralMedical Council, Mr. Henry Wade ; convenor of museum com-mittee, Mr. W. Quarry Wood ; and librarian, Dr. Douglas Guthrie.The following were elected to the fellowship : .

William Cowell, MB DURH ; Evan Grifflths, M]3 LOND ; W. G.Holdsworth, MB MELB; A. M. Howard, MROS ; S. L. Mann, MBGLASG; A. G. C. Neill, MB EMN ; St. J. G. O’Connell, azs Nui;C. C. Slack, MB LPOOL ; and H. B. Young, MB GLASG.

Medical Casualties. The following casualties have been announced recently :Killed.-Captain H. G. Greeves, MB BKI.F., RAMO.Missing, presumed killed.-Surgeon Lieutenant P. H. Colver,

MT3 BIRM., RNVR.Wounded.-Captain J. H. F. Brotherston, MB EDIN., RAMC.

Prisoners of War in Japanese hands.-Flight-Lieutenant R. A.Cumming, MB ABERD., RAFVR, Flight-Lieutenant A. N. H. Peach,MB BRIST., RAFVR; and Flight-Lieutenant W. N. Riley, MRCS, RAFVR.

Four Years Plan for Children’s Nurseries ,=-

The Minister of Health has received a deputation from theNational Society of Children’s Nurseries on its four years’plan for nursery development after the war. The deputationwas headed by the chairman, Major C. H. Nathan, and in-cluded Lady Gunston, Mrs. W. H. Norton, Sir Bruce Bruce-Porter, Dr. Bjorkegren, Dr. Ursula Shelley, Miss EvelynPantin, Miss Alma Fox and Mrs. F. V. Enthoven. Mr.Brown promised to give full consideration to the society’srepresentations for postwar nurseries on an extended scale.

Royal Society of MedicineOn Tuesday, Nov. 2, at 2 FM, Mr. S. A. S. Malkin will deliver

his presidential address to the section of orthopaedics on thecontribution of orthopsedio surgery to hospital development.Afterwards Major R. Soto-Hall, USAMC, will speak on thetraining of an orthopaedic surgeon in the USA, and Prof. HarryPlatt on orthopedic surgery and the future. The section of

pathology will meet on the s’ame day at 4 PM, and there willbe a general meeting of fellows of the society at 4.30 PM. Atthe section of history of medicine on Nov. 3, at 2.30 PM, Dr.E. Ashworth Underwood will read a paper on Antoine Lavoi-sier and his predecessors in the field of respiration and meta-bolism. On the same day, at 5 PM, Sir James Walton willgive his presidential address to the section of surgery. He isto speak on injuries to the common bile-duct and SurgeonRear-Admiral G. Gordon-Taylor, Prof. G. Grey Turner andDr. E. R. Flint will open the discussion which is to follow. OnNov. 5, at 10.30 AM, Mr. T. B. Jobson is to give his presidential

address on the audibility of the radio voice and the discussionwill be opened by Mr. John Snagge and Mr. W. M. Mollison.At the section of anaesthetics at 2.30 PM on the same daySquadron-Leader B. G. B. Lucas will read a paper on pul-monary complications following simple hernia operations.The section of laryngology is meeting at the same hour whenMr. Mollison is giving his presidential address on pain inlaryngology. Afterwards Dr. Wilfred Harris, Captain

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A. G. M. Weddell and Mr. C. P. Wilson are to open thediscussion.

British Social Hygiene Council .

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On Monday, Nov. 1, at 3.30 rM, Sir Walter Langdon-Brown, the president of the council, is to give an addresson social biology and planning. The meeting will be heldat BMA House, Tavistock Square, London. W.C. 1.

Bristol MergerThe committee of management of the Bristol Aeroplane

Company Employees Hospital Fund and the council of theBristol Hospitals Fund (Inc.) have agreed (subject to ratifica-tion in accordance with their existing constitutions) to com-bine and merge their funds and interests and to set up a newamalgamated fund. The governing body of the new fundwill consist of the following representatives : 25 employeecontributors, 5 employer contributors, 2 from the Bristol andDistrict Divisional Hospitals Council, 7 from voluntaryhospitals, 2 from medical staffs, the chairman of the Bristolhealth committee, the Bristol MOH, 2 from the University of £Bristol, 2 from the Bristol Trades and Labour Council, and 1from the Bristol panel and local medical committee.

Medical HonoursThe following awards have been made to medical officers :OBE (military division).-Lieut.-Colonel H. W. Farrell, FRCSE,

IMS.

DSC.-Surgeon Lieutenant M. J. Hood, MB GLASG., RNVR.Hood was serving in a destroyer. While she was on convoy

escort duty last winter a signal was received from another escortship asking for medical attention for injured men. Icing conditionsmade it impossible to get seaboats away and the only alternativewas for one ship to go alongside the other. This was achieved, butowing to the wind and swell it was dangerous for both ships to remaintogether for more than a matter of seconds. As the vessels, bothof which were covered in ice, closed, Hood jumped from one ship tothe other. One slip might have cost him his own life. Then four30 hours he worked unceasingly among the wounded. His operat-ing-table was the table of the seamen’s mess-deck, and to help himto keep -a steady hand as the ship pitched and rolled, two ratingssupported the doctor as he worked.

AppointmentsCONNELL, J. S. M., FRCSE : surgeon to the gynaecological depart-

ment of the Walsall General Hospital.BRAMWELL, B. R., MD MANC., MRCP : medical referee for the collnty-

court districts of Downham Market, East Dereham, Fakenham,Holt, King’s Lynn, North Walsham, Norwich, Swaffham,Thetford and Wymondham (circuit No. 32).

JONES, A. M., MRCS: medical referee for the county-court districtsof Bangor, Conway, Llandudno and Colwyn Bay; and Llanrwst.

TERRY, ELSIE M., MD LOND. : asst. surgeon to the gynaecologicaldepartment of the Walsall General Hospital.

WALKER, M. M., MRCS: asst. M.O in Kingston Public Hospital,Jamaica.

Births, Marriages and DeathsBIRTHS

BOWEN.—On Oct. 17, at Barry, Glam., the wife of Mr. J. GlynBowen, FRCS—a daughter.

ILES.—On Oct. 15, at Cairo, the wife of Major J. D. H. Iles, RAMC,of Starcross, Devon-a son.

JACKSoN.-On Oct. 14, at Oxford, the wife of Lieutenant C. R. S.Jackson, RAMC—twin sons. ,

LANGMEAD.-On Oct. 22, the wife of Dr. L. B. Langmead, of Tun-bridge Wells-a son.

MALING.—On Oct. 22, at Kew, the wife of Lieutenant P. B. Maling,GM., RAMC-a son.

MARRIAGESDAWSON—HOGG.—On Oct. 23, in London, William Watson llawson,

MB, of Wantage, Berks. to Josephine Stuart Hogg.PAYNE—LOVELACE.—On Oct. 16, at Chichester, Cyril Ernest

Reginald Payne, surgeon lieutenant, RNVR, to Mary Lovelace,of Claygate, Surrey.

TATTERSALL—TOWNEND.—On Oct. 16, at Chiswick, WilliamHorrocks Tattersall, MB, of Blackburn, to Joan NovelloTownend.

WATERS—BLYTON.—On Oct. 20, Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters,FRCSE, to Enid Blyton.

WILLINGTON—MATHEWS.—On Oct. 11, in Dublin, Frederick LaneWillington, major RAMC, to Joan Mathews. ,

WILLMOTT—MANSFIELD.—On Oct. 20, at Cambridge, Leslie ArthurWillmott, captain RAMC, retd, to Helen Mary Mansfield.

DEATHSBATTEN.—On Oct. 22, at Hampstead, Rayner Derry Batten, MD

LOND., aged 85.JONES.-On. Oct. 21, at Bath, Philip Theodosius Jones, MRCS.MANN.-On Oct. 22, Fairman Rackham Mann, MRCS, surgeon

commander, RN retd, of Tasburgh, Norwich.PRITCHARD.—On Oct. 20, at Exmouth, Eric Pritchard, MD OXFD,

FRCP.

’The fact that goods made of raw materials in short supply owingto war conditions are advertised in this paper should not be takenas an indication that they are necessarily available for export.