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540 30 August 1969 News and Notes WHITTET, Craig Dunain Hospital, Inverness, epi- of the Brompton Hospital), Fulham Road, SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES OF demioldgy of alcoholism in the Highlands and Islands, £7,500 over three years, from funds pro- London S.W.3, on Fridays at 5 p.m. from LONDON vided by the Distillers Company Limited for 3 October to 5 December inclusive. L.M.S.S.A.-S. G. Taktak, A. M. Hasan, H. T. research into alcoholism. Abu-Zahra, K. G. A. M. Ghattas, L. S. Nakhla, Br Med J: first published as 10.1136/bmj.3.5669.540 on 30 August 1969. Downloaded from B. A. K. Al-Kazzaz, M. Amanullah, F. R. Akrawy, IX Congris National des Midecins de M. A. Shanif, W M. Umrani, A. F. M. S. Rahman, Strike by Ambulance Men M. M. Abdel Rahman, W. F. Abadir, J. Y. Hallac, Ambulance drivers withdrew services from Centres de Sante.-16-18 October. Details A. F M. Shamsul Alam, M. Impallomeni, D. B. from Secretariat, 3 rue de Stockholm, Albuquerque, 0. E. F. M. Fadl, M. Habboushe, 25 of London's 76 ambulance stations earlier G. Gordon, G. R. Tadross, F. S. Mina, M. A. B, this week, and the Federation of Ambulance Paris 8. El-Gothamy, A. A. Shihata, S. D. Sarkar, A. M. H Aboul-Ata, E. F. Sayegh, J. K. S. Wee, S. S. Personnel claimed that the strike action Michail, M. H. Rahman, A. R. I. Ahmed, Z. would be extended if its claims were not met. Symposium on Patient Monitoring.-24 Husain. October, Royal College of Surgeons of DIPLOMA IN MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE (CLINICAL).- The Federation was formed earlier this year G. J. Roberts, J. Chandra, D. G. Graig, D. M. and has not yet been recognized by the England. Details from Mr. J. S. S. Hesslegrave-Jackson, C. A. Houlder, M. 0. A STEWART, Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Malik, D. C. Marshall, P. H. Rajapakse, A. N. Greater London Council. Ambulance staff Redfern, C. M. H. Rotman, R. M. Salble, N. are officially represented by, the National Wigan, Lancashire. Saravanapavananthan, G. F. W. Swan, A. S. Wallace, W. J. B. White, D. Wright. Union of Public Employees, the Transport DIPLOMA IN MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE (PATHOLOGY). and General Workers' Union, the General Institute for the Study and Treatment of -J. Chandra. and Municipal Workers' Union, and the Delinquency.-Series of six lectures on the DIPLOMA IN INDUSTRIAL HEALTH.-V. A. Aazem, subject of " Drug Dependence," 8 October, L. B. Barnes, R. J. Blow, J. D. Desai, B. J. Confederation of Health Service Employees. Doughty, L. M. Fenton, F. Heyes, J. A. Kay, started 5 November, 3 December, 7 January, 4 Feb- E. 0. Longley, S. M. P. Seneviratne, M. S The present dispute when the G.L.C. ruary, 4 March, 7.30 p.m., Caxton Hall, Siddiqui, D. L. Smith, A. K. M. Taherul Islam, transferred the Federation's treasurer from W. S. Whitehead. the Brixton ambulance depot to the Oval " in London S.W. 1. Details from I.S.T.D., the interests of industrial peace." 8 Bourdon Street, London W.1. Correction People in the News Insulin and Corticoid Response *. Professor RUSSELL FRASER, professor of Societies and Lectures In the Preliminary Communication "Insulin For attending lectures marked * a fee is charged endocrinology at the Royal Postgraduate or a ticket is required. Applications should be and Corticoid Response to Intravenous Fructose Medical School, and Mr. A. L. EYRE-BROOK, made first to the institution concerned. in Relation to Glucose Tolerance," by J. M. senior orthopaedic surgeon to the United Aitken and M. G. Dunnigan, 2 August, p. 276, Tuesday, 2 September the fourth sentence of the second paragraph of Bristol Hospitals, are lecturing in Latin KINGSTON UPON THAMES MEDICAL CENTRE.-12.30 the Materials and Methods section should have America by arrangement with the British p.m., general practice seminar, Dr. M. Buchan: Giant Cell Arteritis; Dr. G. Steer: Differences in read, " One hundred and fifty minutes after the Council. 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