836 Institute of Manpower Studies
A conference entitled
Living
with Death is
to
be held
at
Scargin
House, Yorkshire (a lay Christian community), on Oct. 21-23. Details may be had from the Bookings Secretary, Scargill House, Kettlewell,
The Institute has started a study of doctors’ career choices in hospital medicine and general practice and in other areas of medicine inside and outside the Government service. The study is sponsored by the Health Departments and has been approved by the British Medical Association. An important part of the study is a postal survey of 7500 doctors chosen to represent the views and experiences of doctors of all kinds all over Great Britain.
Skipton, N. Yorks. BD23 5HU.
Appointments Northern Regional Health Authority: ASHRAF, ALI, M.B. Dacca, M.R.C.P.E., M.R.C.P.G., D.T.M.&H.: consultant in genatric medici ne, South Tees health district, Cleveland area. BAIN, H. H., M.B. Edin., M.R.C.P. : consultant psediatric cardiologist, Newcastle
Gairdner Foundation International Awards Recipients of the awards (for outstanding contributions to medical science) for 1977 are: Dr K. Frank Austen (Boston), Sir Cyril Clarke (Liverpool), Prof Jean Dausset (Paris), Dr Henry G. Friesen (Manitoba), and Dr Victor A. McKusick
A.H.A.
(teaching).
R. K., M.B. Calcutta, F.R.C.S.E. : consultant in accident and gency, Sunderland health area. BRAY, R. J., M.B. Lond., F.F.A. R.C.S. : consultant anaesthetist, Newcastle
BANERJEE,
(Baltimore).
emer-
A.H.A.
(teaching). M.B. Lond., F.R.C.S. : consultant orthopsdic surgeon, Sunderland health area. BURKE, M. F., M.B. Durh., M.R.C.O.G., F.R.C.S. : consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, North Tyneside health area. CARTNER, ROSALIND, M.B. Madras, M.R.C.PATH., D.C.P. : consultant hzmatotogist, Durham health district, Durham area. DAWES, P. J. D. K., M.B. N’castle, F.R.C.R. : consultant radiotherapist, jointly to Regional Radiotherapy Service, Newcastle A.H.A. (teaching), and Northern Regional Health Authority. ELLIOTT, GWENDA N., M.B. Durh., F.F.A., R.c.s.: consultant anaesthetist, Eastern and Central Northumberland health area. ELLIOTT, JOAN, M.B. Durh., D.C.H., D.P.M. : consultant child psychiatrist, South Tyneside and Sunderland health area. ELLIOTT, R. W., M.D. Durh., M.R.C.P. : consultant nephrologist, Newcastle
BUCHANAN, J. M.,
Anglo-Soviet Joint Committee on Health Cooperation A Soviet delegation has been in London to review with officials from the Department of Health the agreement which was set up in 1975 to cover reciprocal health care and collaboration in research, which is now taking place on eye diseases, influenza, and everyday care. A protocol setting out plans for future work has been signed. An international symposium on genetic engineering will be held in Milan on March 29-31. Details may be had from Fondazione Giovanni Lorenzini, Via Monte Napoleone 23, 20121 Milan, Italy.
Diary
of the Week
OCT.
16
To
22
Tuesday, 18th INSTITUTE
OF
DERMATOLOGY, St. John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, Lisle Street, Leicester Square, London WC2H 7BJ
4.30 P.M. Dr Imrich Sarkany: Physiology of Itching. OF NEUROLOGY, National Hospital, Queen Square, London WCIN 3BG 5.30 P.M. Prof. J. C. Gautier (Paris): Cerebral Embolism. WESTMINSTER MEDICAL SCHOOL, 19 Horseferry Road, London SW1P P 2AR 5.15 P.M. Mr E. M. Thomas: The Diabetic Foot. INSTITUTE
Wednesday,
Surgery. WEST LONDON HOSPITAL, Hammersmith, W6 5.30 P.M. Mr J. D. Atwell: Changing Patterns in Psediatric (Alex Simpson Smith lecture.) RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY, Oxford 5 P.M. Prof. Sheila Sherlock: Chronic Hepatitis. ,
(teaching).
PHYSICIANS
OF
,
B.Sc., L’pool , F.R.C.S.E.: consultant orthopzLancaster and East Cumbria health districts, Lancashire and M.CH.
ORTH.,
dic surgeon, Cumbria health areas. FEINMANN, E. L., M.B. Manc., F.R.C.P. : consultant in general medicine, Sunderland health area. FERNANDES, T. J., M.B. Poona, F.R.C.S. : consultant orthopsdie surgeon, Northallerton and Darlington health districts, North Yorkshire and Durham health areas. GIBSON, G. J., M.D., B.sc. Lond., M.R.C.P. : consultant physician with responsibility for clinical pulmonary physiology, Newcastle A.H.A. (teaching). GILLIE, R. F., M.B. N’castle, F.R.C.S.E., D.o.: consultant ophthalmologist, Newcastle A.H.A. (teaching). GRANT, T. E., B.A. Manc., L.R.C.P.E., M.R.C.PSYCH., D.P.M. : consultant child psychiatrist, Sunderland and South Tyneside health area. GRIFFITHS, I. D., M.B. B.sc. Lond., M.R.C.P. : consultant rheumatologist, Newcastle A.H.A. (teaching). HARGRAVE, S. A., M.B. Aberd., F.F.A. R.C.S. : consultant anaesthetist, Newcastle A.H.A.
(teaching). M.B.
N’castle,
M.R.C.P. :
consultant
geriatrician, Newcastle
(teaching).
F.R.c.s., F.R.C.S.E., D.o.: consultant ophthalmologist, Newcastle A.H.A. (teaching). KINNEAR, W. F., M.B. St. And., D.O.M.S. : consultant ophthalmologist, Lancaster and East Cumbria health districts, Lancashire and Cumbria health
HowE, J. W., M.B. N’castle,
areas.
LESNA, MILENA,
M.D. Czechoslovakia, M.R.C.PATH., DIP. topathologist, Newcastle A.H.A. (teaching).
PATH.:
consultant his-
MAITRA, A. K., M.B. Calcutta, F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.E. : consultant in accident and emergency medicine, Newcastle A.H.A. (teaching). MANGION, PIO, M.D. Malta, M.R.C.P. : consultant rheumatologist, Durham and North West Durham health districts, Durham area. MUCKLE, D. S., M.S. N’castle, F.R.C.S. : consultant orthopaedic surgeon, Cleveland area, South and North Tees health districts, Cleveland area. MURRAY, B. J., M.B. Durh., M.R.C.O.G. : consultant obstetrician and gynaecolo-
gist, Sunderland health area.
Surgical Care.
Thursday, 20th LONDON, 11 St. Andrew’s Place, Regent’s
Park,NW14LE Dr H. P. Lambert: Rational Antimicrobial Drug Policies for Infections of Childhood. (Teal lecture.) LONDON HOSPITAL MEDICAL COLLEGE, Ashfield Street, London El 2AD 5.30 P.M. Prof. K. W. Cross: Investigating the New-Born-the Ethical Imperative. (Schorstein lecture.) ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG 5.15 P.M. Mr D. B. Paintin: Counselling in Legal Abortion. (Aleck Bourne lec-
5
A.H.A.
EMERY, I. H., M.B.
A.H.A.
INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY 6 P.M. Professor Gautier: Pathology of Cerebrovascular Disease. 7 P.M. Prof. John Marshall: Clinical Diagnosis of Cases of Stroke. INSTITUTE OF ORTHOPIEDICS, 234 Great Portland Street, London WIN 6AD 6 P.M. Dr R. N. Maini: Basic Concepts of Clinical Immunology. 7 P.M. Dr A. T. Richardson: The Use of Local Steroids. INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY, de Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 5.30 P.M. Dr J. D. Stephenson: The Neuropharmacological Basis for the Use oflmipramine in Enuresis. NORTHWlCK PARK HOSPITAL, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ 1 P.M. Mr Leslie Klenerman: Pain in the Knee. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Pond Street, Hampstead, London NW3 2QG 5 P.M. Prof. J. T. Galambos (Atlanta): The Metabolic Consequences of Shunt
OF
,
HARRIGAN, P.,
19th
ROYAL COLLEGE
’
P.M.
ture.) BRITISH INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY, 32 Welbeck Street, London W1M 7PG 7.15 P.M. Dr D. G. Gibson, Dr R. B. Pridie, Dr Stuart Campbell, Dr D. Cosgrove: Real-time Ultrasound. MANCHESTER MEDICAL SOCIETY. 5.30 P.M. (New Medical School.) Paediatrics. Prof. I. B. Houston: Renal Function Before and After Birth.
PAl, B. Y.,
M.S. Madras, F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.E. : consultant orthopaedic surgeon, South and North Tees health area, Cleveland area. PEARCE, SARAH, J., M.B. Cape Town, M.R.C.P.: consultant in chest and general medicine, Durham and N. W. Durham health districts, Durham area. PEEL, A. L. G., M.B. Cantab., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.E. : consultant general surgeon, North Tees health district, Cleveland area. REID, D. S., M.B. Glasg., M.R.C.P., M.R.C.P.G. : consultant cardiologist, Newcastle A.H.A. (teaching). ROBERTS, M. B. R., M.B. Dubl., M.R.C.P.I., D.C.H.: consultant paediatrician, West Cumbria health district, Cumbria area. SAMUEL, P. R., M.B. Edin., F.R.C.S.E.: consultant otolaryngologist, Sunderland, South Tyneside, and Durham health areas. SCHOFIELD, C. B. S., M.D. Durh., F.R.C.P.E., F.R.C.P.G. : consultant venereologist, Newcastle A.H.A. (teaching). SMITH, C. C., M.B. Durh., D.M.R.D.: consultant radiologist, Eastern and Central Northumberland health area. THORLEY, A. P., M.B. Cantab., M.R.C.PSYCH. : consultant psychiatrist (alcoholism and drug addiction), Newcastle A.H.A. (teaching). WILSON, R. G., M.B. Aberd., F.R.C.S.E. : consultant surgeon, Newcastle A.H.A.
(teaching). R. Y., M.B. W.Aust., F.R.C.S. : consultant Cumbria health district, Cumbria area.
WILSON,
general surgeon, South West