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University of LondonThe honorary degree of LL.D is to be conferred on Dame

Janet Vaughan in November.

University of BristolThe degree of M.D. has been awarded to:J. R. Clamp, B. P. Harrold, C. E. Polkey, M. A. Voyce, C. B. Williams.

University of ManchesterDr. B. F. Matthews has been appointed senior lecturer in

physiology and Mr. A. C. Crompton lecturer in obstetrics andgynaecology.

University of Newcastle upon TyneProf. G. A. Smart has been appointed dean of medicine.

University of AberdeenDr. D. H. Mellor has been appointed lecturer in child

health.

University of DundeeThe title of reader in industrial medicine has been conferred

on Dr. W. Taylor.

Faculty of OphthalmologistsThe following have been elected officers :Mr. A. G. Cross, president; Mr. S. J. H. Miller and Mr. A. G.

Palin, vice-presidents; Mr. E. C. Zorab, hon. treasurer ; Mr. J. R.Hudson, hon. secretary.

Medical Research CouncilDr. Oleg Jardetzky, director of the department of biophysics

and pharmacology, Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Labora-tories (New Jersey), has been appointed deputy director of theM.R.C. Molecular Pharmacology Research Unit in the Uni-versity Department of Pharmacology, Cambridge.

B.M.A. Courses on Film Production

The department of audio-visual communication of theBritish Medical Association is arranging a course (E4) on theproduction of short record and teaching films. It is to be heldon Saturday, Sept. 21, and repeated on Saturday, Oct. 19, atSt. Mary’s Hospital Medical School, London W.2. Appli-cations, specifying the date preferred, should be sent to thedepartment, B.M.A. House, Tavistock Square, London W.C.I.

Institute of Child HealthProf. A. B. Duhamel is to give an Alex Simpson Smith

lecture on Tuesday, July 2, at 5.30 P.M., at the institute, 30Guilford Street, London W.C.I. His subject will be internalanal sphincter physiopathology in children, and tickets may behad from the dean of the institute.

Society of Occupational MedicineThis society is to hold its annual provincial meeting from

July 8 to 12 in Cardiff. Registration forms may be had fromDr. J. R. Glover, senior lecturer in occupational medicine, theParade, Cardiff, CF2 3UJ.

Biosocial Aspects of RaceA symposium on this theme is to be held on Sept. 26 and 27

in the meeting rooms of the Zoological Society of London,Regent’s Park, N.W.I. Tickets may be had from the generalsecretary of the Eugenics Society at 69 Eccleston Square,London S.W.I.

The Hammersmith Postgraduate Association is bringing its recordsup to date and asks former members of the staff, postgraduate students,and research fellows of the Royal Postgraduate Medical School andHammersmith Hospital to write to Dr. M. C. Brain or Dr. M. D.Vickers, joint hon. secretaries of the Association, at HammersmithHospital, Ducane Road, London, W.12.

Major-General Alastair MacLennan has been appointed honoraryphysician to the Queen in succession to Brigadier M. F. H. Kelleher.

The Unilever inter-European fellowship in biochemistry for 1968has been awarded to Dr. Elsa Reiner (Zagreb).

Applications for James Picker postdoctoral fellowships and grants inradiology and nuclear medicine are invited by the National ResearchCouncil, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20418,U.S.A.

Schering A. G. Berlin invite entries of original work on endo-crinology for the Schoeller-Junkmann prize (SI500). Details maybe had from Prof. J. Zander, Universitats-Frauenklinik, 69 Heidel-berg, Voss-Strasse 9, Germany.A conference on the psychiatric problems of adolescents is to be

held at the University of York from Sept. 20 to 22. Details may behad from Dr. Ian Berg, 7 Stone Rings Close, Harrogate, Yorks.

The American Society for Colposcopy and Colpomicroscopy is tohold a clinical meeting in Houston, Texas, from Oct. 9 to 12. Details

may be had from Dr. J. E. Torres, department of obstetrics andgynecology, LSU Medical School, 1542 Tulane Avenue, NewOrleans, Louisiana 70112.

The British Obesity Association is to hold a symposium on Oct. 19at 1 Wimpole Street, London W.1, on medical and scientific aspects ofobesity. Details may be had from Dr. A. N. Howard, UniversityDepartment of Pathology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge.

A course is to be given by Dr. Marc Iselin in Rome from Nov. 18to 23 under the auspices of the Ligue Internationale pour la Sauve-garde de la Main. Details may be had from Miss M. Adjouri,secretariat de chirurgic, Hopital de Nanterre, 403 Avenue de la

République, 92 Nanterre, France.

A third edition of the Directory of Medical Libraries in the BritishIsles is m preparation. Librarians of medical libraries not already inthe directory should write to the librarian of the National Institutefor Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London N.W.7.

AppointmentsADAMS, A. P., M.B. Lond., F.F.A. R.C.S.: consultant anesthetist, United

Oxford Hospitals.AwDRY, P. N., M.B. Cantab., F.R.C.S. : consultant ophthalmologist, United

Oxford Hospitals.BAKER, HARVEY, .’I.D. Leeds, M.R.C.P.: physician, skin department, the

London Hospital.CocKER, JAMES. M.D. Cantab., M.C.PATH.: consultant pathologist, Derby

hospital group.DAYAN, A.D., M.B. Lond., M.R.c.p., M.C.PATH.: consultant neuropathologist,

the Hospital for Sick Cluldren, the Institute of Child Health, and theNational Hospitals for Nervous Diseases.

DENatAx, A. AM., M.B. Lond., M.R.C.P. : consultant rheumatologist, OxfordUniversity, and Oxford R.H.B.

DONALD, J. C., wing commander, M.B. Aberd., D-T.M. & H.: staff of D.G.M.S.,Ministry of Defence.

JEPSON, ANNE hi., M.B. Lund., D.p.H., D.C.H.: principal M.o., Hounslow.McEvoy, JOSEPH, M.D. Belf., M.R.c.p.: consultant in nephrology, Belfast

and South Belfast H.M.c.s.

MANN, C V., M.A., CH.M. Oxon., F.R.C.S.: consultant in general surgery,the London Hospital.

MARSHALL, R. D., M.B. Lond., F.F.A. R.C.S.: consultant anaisthetist,Northamptun area.

MORRISON, JEANNETTE B., L.R.C.P.E.: S.M.O., Southampton.PHALKE, I. M., li.13., D.M.R.E., D.M.Rt).: consultant radiologist, Princess

Margaret Hospital, Swindon.WILLIAMS, B. ’1’., M.B. Lond., D.P.li., D.P.M.: s.M.o., Northamptonshire.South Western Regional Hospital Board:BARKER, At. (., M H. St. And., M.R.C.p.E., D.P.M.: consultant psychia-

trist, Bristol clinical area.CLEMENT, J. A. I. T., M.B. Lond., F.F.A. R.C.S.: consultant anæsthetist,

Bristol clinical area.

CLOUGH, J. R., M.B. Lond., F.R.C.S.: consultant orthopaedic and traumaticsurgeon, Bristol clinical area-

ESPINER, H. J., CH.M. Brist., M.B. N.z., F.R.C.S.: consultant surgeon,Bristol clinical area.

GREENBAUM, RONALD, M.B. Mane., F.F.A. R.C.S., D.OBST. : consultantanaesthetist, Bristol clinical area.

HiLES, R. W., M.B. Brist., F.R.c.s., F.R.C.S.E.: consultant plastic surgeon,Bristol clinical area.

KiNGON, A. M., M.a.E, M.B. Lond., M.R.c.p.: consultant geriatrician,Weston-super-Mare district.

NOBLE, NAIZBY, F.R.c.o.G., p.R.c.s.H.: consultant obstetrician and gynæ-cologist, BX’est Cornwall chmcal area.

POLLARD, WALTER, M.B. Dubl., M.R.c.o.G.: consultant obstetrician andgynceculugist, Bath clinical area.