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Royal Caroline Medico-Surgical Institute, Stockholm. Professor Crafoord Will Be Admitted at the Meeting of Council on Thursday, 13Th March THE EVOLUTION OF SAFETY IN PROSTATECTOMY MORSON, A. C. (1948) In Textbook of genito-urinary surgery. By H. P. Winsbury White. Edinburgh. Livingstone. p. 452. MORTENSEN, H. (1950) Proc. Urol. Soc. Aust. 4, 43. O'MALLEY, C. D., and SAUNDERS, J. B. DE C. M. (1952) Leonardo da Vinci on the human body. New York. Henry Schuman. p. 440. PAGE, B. H. (1952) Brit. med. J. 2, 1415. RICHES, E. W. (1949) Proc. Urol. Soc. Aust. 3, 39. (1950) British surgical practice, 7, 165. (1952) Practitioner 169, 388. ROWLANDS, R. P., and TURNER, P. (1915) The operations of surgery by W. H. A. Jacobson, 6th edition. London. Churchill 2, 685. SAUNDERS, J. B. DE C. M., and O.MALLEY, C. D. (1950) The illustrations from the works of Andreas Vesalius. Cleveland. World Publishing Co. p. 168, Plate 59, Fig. 23. SCHOLL, H. J. (1950) Quoted by Mortensen (loc. supra cit.). SMITH, J. (1938) Aust. N.Z. J. Surg. 8, 19. SQUIER, B. (1911) Surg. Gynec. Obstet. 13, 254. STOCKUM, W. J. VAN (1909) Zbl. Chir. 36, 41. THOMPSON, H. Quoted by Thomson-Walker (loc. infra cit.). THOMSON-WALKER, J. W. (1930) Trans. Med. Soc. Lond. 53, 143. VESALIUS, A. (1543) Quoted by Saunders and O'Malley (loc. supra cit.). VINCI, LEONARDO DA (15th century) Quoted by O'Malley and Saunders (loc. supra cit.). WELLS, C. (1953) In Modern trends in urology edited by E. W. Riches. London. Butterworth. p. 292. YOUNG, H. (1903) J. Amer. Med. Ass. 41, 999. HONORARY FELLOWSHIPS THE COUNCIL ANNOUNCES that the Honorary Fellowship of the College has been conferred on the following distinguished surgeons: PROFESSOR WARREN H. COLE, Professor of Surgery in the University of Illinois. PROFESSOR CLARENCE CRAFOORD, Professor of Thoracic Surgery in the University of Stockholm. PROFESSOR FRANCOIS L.-P. DE G. D'ALLAINES, Clinical Professor of Surgery in the University of Paris. PROFESSOR C. F. W. ILLINGWORTH, C.B.E., Regius Professor of Surgery in the University of Glasgow. DR. CHARLES W. MAYO, of the Mayo Clinic, Minnesota. PROFESSOR HERBERT OLIVECRONA, Professor of Neuro-surgery at the Royal Caroline Medico-Surgical Institute, Stockholm. Professor Crafoord will be admitted at the Meeting of Council on Thursday, 13th March. Professor Illingworth and Professor d'Allaines will be admitted at the Diploma Granting Ceremony in the Great Hall on 11th June. Professor Olivecrona will be admitted at the time of the meeting of the International Federation of Surgical Colleges in Sweden on 4th July. Professor Cole and Dr. Mayo will be admitted at the meeting of the Council on Thursday, 10th July. ANATOMICAL MUSEUM THE SPECIAL DISPLAY for the month of March consists of a demonstration of the artists of the Hunterian Museum (Part II). 177 16-2 RONALD BODLEY SCOTT fractures of the ribs or clavicles or with vertebral collapse. The physician sees them on account of obscure anaemia or renal failure. Diagnosis depends upon the demonstration of plasma-cell proliferation in the bone- marrow. In many there is a great increase in the serum globulin level and in the erythrocyte sedimentation rate. In about 60 per cent. the urine contains Bence-Jones protein. The radiological changes are often charac- teristic in the later stages (Figs. 8 and 9), but may be misleading at the onset. Simple osteoporosis of the spine is a common appearance (Fig. 10); or one vertebral body alone may show disease. Suspicion of hyperpara- thyroidism may be aroused by the bone changes and supported by an increase in the serum calcium figure; and an erroneous diagnosis of metastatic carcinoma is frequent. Treatment remains most unsatisfactory, although irradiation of solitary lesions is often followed by relief of pain and recalcification. The results of chemotherapy are disappointing. CONCLUSION This group of diseases-the reticuloses and the reticulosarcomata-is increasing in numerical importance. Their obstinate resistance to treat- ment, their inevitably fatal conclusion, and the many diagnostic and therapeutic problems they present account for the macabre fascination they exert upon workers in this field. In this brief and superficial survey I hope I have been able to show you something of the varied clinical forms the lymphomata may take and to point out the diagnostic pitfalls which await the surgeon who lacks at least a nodding acquaintance with them. REFERENCES ASHER, R. (1946) Lancet 1, 650. HARRISON, C. V. (1952) J. Path. Bact. 64, 513. JACKSON, H., JR., and PARKER, F., JR. (1947) Hodgkin's Disease and Allied Disorders. New York; Oxford University Press. LETTERER, E. (1924) Frankfurt Z. Path. 30, 377. LUMB, G. (1954) Tumours of Lymphoid Tissue. Edinburgh and London: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd. PULLINGER, B. D. (1932) Rose Research on Lymphadenoma, pp. 117-136. Bristol: J. Wright & Sons. ROBB-SMITH, A. H. T. (1938) J. Path. Bact. 47, 457. DONATIONS THE FOLLOWING GENEROUS donations have been received during the last month: £3,000 Mathilda Marks Kennedy Charitable Trust. Seven-year Covenant for £358 p.a. Marcus J. Sieff. Seven-year Covenant for £286 p.a. Michael D. Sieff. £250 The Harvey Tercentenary Congress. $100 Dr. Loyal Davis. Down House Fund: £1,000 The American Philosophical Society. £100 Josiah Wedgwood & Sons. 196 PRIMARY FELLOWSHIP EXAMINATION IN CEYLON AT THE PRIMARY Fellowship examination held in Ceylon in January 1958, Sir Cecil Wakeley and Professor J. W. S. Blacklock were the visiting Examiners. Forty-five candidates presented themselves of which eleven were successful. During the period of their visit, a special Convocation for the conferment ofdegrees was held in the University Theatre, Peradeniya, on 17th January, when the Chancellor of the University of Ceylon, His Excellency Sir Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke, conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, on the Rt. Hon. Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and the degree of Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa, on Sir Cecil Wakeley. The Rt. Hon. Harold Macmillan returning thanks for the Honorary Graduands. Left to right: Sir Cecil Wakeley, Sir Nicholas Attygalle (Vice-Chancellor), Sir Oliver Goonetilleke (Chancellor) and Mr. Macmillan'. APPOINTMENT OF FELLOWS AND MEMBERS TO CONSULTANT POSTS CALBERT INGLIS PHILLIPS, F.R.C.S. Part-time Consultant Ophthalmic Sur- geon to the United Bristol Hosnitals. ROBERT ELMER HORTON, M.B.E., F.R.C.S. Part-time Consultant Surgeon to the United Bristol Hospitals. The Editor is always glad to receive details of new appointments obtained by Fellows and Members, either through the Hospital Boards or direct. 212 JANUARY, 1958, MONTHLY DINNER THE MONTHLY DINNER on 8th January 1958 had an unusual feature in the appearance of Mr. Joe Davis in the Nuffield College to give a demon- stration of Billiards and Snooker on the Billiard Table recently presented to the College by Mr. Caryl Thain. The performance was marvellous to behold and raised in some minds the thought that possibly the super surgeon of the future will give fifteen years to mastering technique and judgment, as do billiards players, not being bothered meantime with theoretical knowledge and emerging at the end the perfect craftsman with corresponding mortality rate. Left to right (in the foreground): Professor G. J. Cunningham, the President, Professor Sir James Paterson Ross, Mr. Joe Davis and Mr. A. Dickson Wright. Opposition provided by Professor Cunningham and Sir Victor Negus was dealt with rather ruthlessly, although it was noticed that Sir Victor Negus's score was 50 per cent. better than Professor Cunningham's. In mitigation of Professor Cunningham it was observed that he had only three balls on the table while playing billiards, whereas Sir Victor had as many as twenty-four while playing snooker with the increased possibilities -arising therefrom. Following the billiards and snooker match, a series of trick shots caused great astonishment, the balls being commanded to the almost impossible by the skilled cue of the virtuoso. Mr. Joe Davis has earned our gratitude because he has raised at various snooker exhibitions £10,000 for the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. A.D.W. 218 BOOKS ADDED TO THE LIBRARY, OCTOBER-DECEMBER 1957 Surgery: COPE. Early diagnosis of the acute abdomen. 11th edition. Author's gift. EQUEN. Magnetic removal of foreign bodies. FLAVELL. An introduction to chest surgery. MOSELEY. The forequarter amputation. Author's gift. QUtNU. Nouvelle pratique chirurgicale illustrde, fasc. 10. Gift of Prof. R. Milnes Walker. ROB AND SMITH. Operative surgery, vol. 5. Gift of Mr. M. L. Formby (con- tinuation). TRUMBLE. Collected papers. Gift of Sir Cecil Wakeley. Anaesthesia PROCTOR. Anaesthesia and otolaryngology. Gift of Dr. R. Woolmer. Anatomy CAMPBELL. The respiratory muscles. Biochemistry and Endocrinology DODDS. Biochemical contributions to endocrinology. GAEBLER (editor). Symposium on enzymes. Gastroenterology ALVAREZ. Introduction to gastroenterology. Genetics GRUNEBERG. Genes in mammalian development. Haematology Lammerant. Le volume sanguin des poumons. Gift of Messrs. Christiaens, Brussels. WHITBY AND BRITTON. Diseases of the blood. 8th edition. Histology and Cytology HAM. Histology. 3rd edition. HEWER. Textbook of histology. 7th edition. GIESE. Cell physiology. Jurisprudence GLAISTER. Medical jurisprudence and toxicology. 10th edition. Pathology BARON. Essentials of chemical pathology. FLOREY. General pathology. 2nd edition. ROBBINS. Textbook of pathology. Physiology HOYLE. Comparative physiology of nervous control of muscular contraction. MCILWAIN. Chemotherapy and the central nervous system. Urology HANLEY. Recent advances in urology. Author's gift. Reference Books CAMBRIDGE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. Supplementary volume. MORTON. How to use a medical library. WEISS. Catalogue of ophthalmic instruments. Editor's gift. WORLD DIRECTORY OF MEDICAL SCHOOLS. 2nd edition. WORLD MEDICAL PERIODICALS. 2nd edition. Historic Texts ADAIR. Memoirs of Robert Adair. 1790. COSTE. Lettre sur l'embryogenie. (Early xix century.) Gift of Miss J. Dobson. GILL. The CHCl3 problem, vol. 1. Gift of Mr. Frankis Evans. MONRO. The anatomy of human bones. 5th edition. 1750. MOORE (ANN). The fasting woman of Tutbury. 3 pamphlets. 1809-1813.
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