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University of LondonAt recent examinations the following were successful

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Bi,(iii(,h I (medicínp).-Marg-aret D. l3al>cr, ITUiv. C’mll. ; andR. S. Lawrie, Middlesex.

Pnvrnch II (pathology).-,S. D. Elliott. LTniv. Coll. ; and HerbertSpencer, St. Mary’s.Branch IV (nzidtr;2fer nnd rUSNr8es of ivonien).-Mary Kane,

King’s Coll. and Cardiff ; Katttleen M. Itobinson, Roy. Free : and1. E. J. Thomas, Guy’s.Baranch V (hygiene).-Kathlcen lBf. Hart, Roy. li’ree.

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Branch I (surgery).—A. D. Le Vay, tniv. Coll.1)"Nt’R

Douglas Andrew, H. F. Francis, and J. J. Richmond.

National University of IrelandThe honorary degree of D.Sc. has been granted to Dr.

Gordon Holmes, F.R.S., and Dr. F. M. R. Walshe, ’’ in viewof their distinction as neurologists, and in recognition of theirvaluable contributions to medical literature," and to Prof.Ernest Hey Groves, " in view of his eminence as an orthopaedicsurgeon, and an internationally recognised authority on theliterature of his subject."The Minister of Health has made an order applying to the

Greater London evacuation areas the defence regulationwhich provides for the compulsory evacuation of childrensuffering in mind or body as a result of hostile attacks(Lancet, 1940, 2, 816). The areas to which the regulationnow applies are :The City of London ; the metropolitan boroughs of Battersea,

Bermondsey, Bethnal Green, Camberwell, Chelsea, Deptford,Finsbury, Fulham, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith, Hamp-stead. Holborn, Islington. Kensington, Lambeth, Lewisham,Paddington, Poplar, St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Shoreditch,Southwark, Stepney, Stoke Jsewington, Wandsworth. Westminsterand Woolwich ; the county boroughs of Croydon. East Ham andWest Ham ; the boroughs of Acton. Harking, Brentford andChiswick, Chingford, Ealing, Edmonton, Erith, Hornsey, Ilford,Leyton, Mitcham, Tottenham, Walthamstow, Wanstead andWoodford, Willesden and Wood Green and the urban district ofPenge ; and the evacuable parts of the boroughs of Barnes, Becken-ham, Bexley, Dagenham. Dartford, Gravesend and Wimbledon,and the urban districts of Crayford. Enfield, Hornchurch, Mertonand Ilorden, Northfleet, Swanscombe, Thurrock and WalthamHoly Cross.Dr. Allen Daley will take the chair when Lieut.-Colonel

F. C. Temple, M.Inst.C.E., addresses the Royal Society ofArts on the municipal manufacture of humus from habitationwastes. The meeting will be held on Jan. 29, at 1.45 P.M.,at the house of the society, John Adam Street, Adelphi,W.C.2. On Feb. 12 Mr. G. V. Jacks, deputy-director of theImperial Bureau of Soil Science, will speak on humus and thefarmer. On April 30, Dr. O. R. Tisdall will read a paper onthe general practitioner and scientific thought.On Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 2.30 P.3f., at 26, Portland Place,

London, W. 1, Sir Walter Langdon-Brown will deliver a Chad-wick lecture. He will speak on mental health in war-time.Further particulars may be had from the secretary of thetrust at 204k, Abbey House, Westminster, S.W.I.Mr. Somerville Hastings will be in the chair when the

Society for Cultural Relations with the U.S.S.R. meet at11, Chandos Street, London, W.1, on Jan. 31, at 2.15 P.M.Prof. F. Wood Jones, F.R.S., Dr. J. Lipetz and Dr. JoanMcMichael will open a discussion on medical theory andpractice in the Soviet Union.On Monday, Jan. 27, at 2 r.M., at the section of odontology

of the Royal Society of Medicine, Mr. A. H. McIndoe willread a paper on plastic surgery in relation to fractures of thefacial bones. On Tuesday, Jan. 28, at 2 P.M., at the sectionof medicine, Colonel Lionel Whitby and Dr. Janet Vaughanwill open a discussion on the therapeutic value of transfusionof derivatives of blood.The Royal Society of Edinburgh have appointed Messrs.

Oliver & Boyd (Tweeddale Court, Edinburgh) to be their

publishers. Copies of the transactions and prooeedings of theSociety will now be supplied by this firm.A meeting of the Medical Society of London will be held

at 11, Chandos Street, W.1, on Monday, Jan. 27, at 2.30 P.M.Mr. Zachary Cope will speak on latent shock ; Dr. Wilfred

Oakley on the use of delayed-action insulins in war-time ;and Mr. Eric Samuel on X-ray examination in relation to thetreatment of air-raid casualties.

George medals for gallantry during air-raids have beenawarded to the following medical men : Dr. Andre Bathfield,resident medical officer at the Royal Chest Hospital, London ;

Dr. H. N. Uregg, medical officer in the E.M.S. at Coventry ;and Dr. Robert Lindsay, medical ofticer in a oaaualty mobileunit at Folkestone.The telephone number of the Emergency Bed Service is

now BIShopsgate 8491.

FACTS FOR THE TAxED.-A thing that many a doctorlacks is knowledge about income-tax. All you who thinkyou pay too much-and legion is the name of such-arevehemently urged to look at Mr. A. L. Boyden’s book.For, coming, as he does, to you straight from the InlandRevenue, Boyden, if anyone, can say exactly what you’vegot to pay. Income Tax for Medical Practitioners.London : The Practitioner with Eyre and Spottiswoode.Pp. 147. 6s.

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Births, Marriages and DeathsBIRTHS

KEA’riNGE.—On Jan. 10, at Compton, Winchester, the wife ofMajor L. R. H. Keatinge, R.A.M.C.-a son.

MATTHEw.-On Jan. 15, at Inverness, the wife of Captain H. J. S.Matthew, R.A.M.C.-a son.

STEWART.-On Jan. 15, at Lymington, Hants, the wife of Dr.G. R. Shipley Stewart-a son.

TiLij.—On Jan. 9, at Witney, Oxon, the wife of Major A. S. Till,R.A.M.C.-a daughter.

MARRIAGESELLia—RussELL.—On Jan. 18, in London, Richard White Bernard

Ellis, F.R:C.P., to Audrey Eva Russell, M.B.GRANT-KINGHAM.-On Jan. 16, at Farnham, William Russell

Grant, M.R.C.S., Captain R.A.M.C., to Sheila Mary Kingham.HAR&REAVES—BERRY.—On Jan. 16, at Northwood, Anthony

Hargreaves, M.B., Flying Officer R.A.F.V.R., to Anna MarciaBerry. M.B.

HORTON—S’fERN.—On Jan. 18, in London, William Henry Horton,to Ruby Olive Stern, M.D.

MORRIS—SMITH.—On Jan. 4, Robert Morris, M.B., LieutenantR.A.M.C., son of Dr. R. A. Morris, of Harrogate, to DoreenSmith.

OLLERENSHAW—BLOUNT.—On Jan. 16, at Didsbury. Gerald JamesWatson Ollerenshaw, B.M., younger son of Mr. Robert Olleren-shaw, F.R.C.S., to Patricia Blount.

DEATHSARcHER.-On Jan. 13, at Littleham, Exmouth, Edmond Lewis

Archer, M.B. Durh., formerly of Moonta, South Australia,aged 91.

DICKINSON.-On Jan. 21, in London, Thomas Vincent Dickinson,M.D. Lond., M.R.C.P., aged 83 years.

FRASER.-On Jan. 17, at Harpenden, Herts, Hugh Fraser, M.B.Aberd.

HOLLAND.—On Jan. 16, Charles Thurstan Holland, Ch.M., LL.D.Lpool, F.R.C.S.

LEwis.-On Jan. 17, at Birkdale, Ernest William Lewis, M.D.Edin., F.R.C.S.E., J.P.

LoGAN.-On Jan. 13, at St. Anns, Carlisle, George Duncan Logan,M.D., aged 81 years.

McEwAN.-On Jan. 13, Thomas Lawson McEwan, M.B. St. And.,D.P.H., F.I.C., bacteriologist and pathologist to the countyof Devon.

NEWNHAM.—On Jan. 11, at Clifton, Bristol, William HarryChristopher Newnham, M.B. Camb., aged 84.

PAUL.-On Jan. 17, at Grayshott, Hindhead, Frank Thomas Paul,D.Sc., Ch.M. Lpool., F.R.C.S.

WILLIAMS.—On Jan. 16, suddenly, at Peterston-super-Ely,Glamorgan, George James Williams, M.D. Durh., formerlyof Haltwhistle, Northumberland, aged 76.

AppointmentsBRICE, HILDA, M.B. Mane. : R.-Af.0. at Leicester General HospitalCOLLS, MARGARET, M.R.C.S.: temp. M.O. at the Women’s Intern

ment’Camp, Isle of Man.GRANT, H. M., M.B. Edin., F.R.C.S.E.: surgical registrar at the

Bolingbroke Hospital, London.LINACRE, H. L., M.B. Sheff., D.A. : Mayo fellow in anesthetics at

the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton.MASON, M. L., M.R.C.S. : R.M.O. at King Edward Memorial

Hospital, Ealing.RICHARDS, D. A., M.B. : examining surgeon under the Factories

Act 1937 for Appleby, Westmorland.*SHARPE, WiLMAM, M.B. Glasg., D.P.H. : at Monsall Hospital, nr.

Manchester.STOTT, C. F., M.B. Mane. : * temp. asst. M.O.H. for Stoke

Newington.TEMPLE, L. J., M.R.C.S. : R.S.O. at the Kent and Canterbury

Hospital.THOMPSON, C. G. K., M.B. Edin., D.P.H. : deputy M.O.H. and

asst. T.O. for Gt. Yarmouth.Middlesex County Council-The following appointments are

announced: :CHAPPLE, C. F., M.B. Adelaide, F.R.C.S.E. : asst. R.S.O. at

Central Middlesex County Hospital ;BAIRD, R. C., M.R.C.S. : resident casualty officer at Redhill

County Hospital, Edgware ; andMCCLELLAND, MARGARET, M.B. Melb. : resident asst. M.O. at

Central Middlesex County Hospital.* Subject to confirmation.