1430 BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 26 NOVEMBER 1977 Thursday, 1 December LONDON COMING EVENTS INSTITUTE OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY-At Royal MD-N McI Johnson. College of Surgeons of England, 5.30 pm, Professor ROYAI COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND Br Med J: first published as 10.1136/bmj.2.6099.1430 on 26 November 1977. Downloaded from Biochemical Society-Details of the 572nd J S Calnan: Reconstruction of irradiated tissue. ST MARY'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL-5.15 pm, At an ordinary meeting of the Council held on' 10 meeting, 15-16 December, London, and the 573rd Aleck Bourne lecture by Dr J Robinson: Experimental November with the president, Mr Reginald Murley, meeting, 4-6 January 1968, Hull, are now available fetal growth retardation. in the chair, the re-election of Lord Brock and the from the Society, 7 Warwick Court, High Holborn, Friday, 2 December election of Sir Hedley Atkins as chairman and deputy London WC1R 5DP. (Tel 01-242 1076.) chairman, respectively, of the Board of Trustees of the ONCOLOGY CLUB-At Royal Marsden Hospital, 6.30 pm, Hunterian Collection was noted. Nutrition Society-Details of two forthcoming Dr Terry Priestman: Gastrointestinal cancer. (Non The Hallett Prize was awarded to Timothy R Terrv members welcome.) and the Begley Prize was awarded to Bertil E Damato. meetings, 15 and 16 December, London, are now ROYAL FREE HoSPITAL-5 pm, Dr D L Wingate: The A diploma of Fellowship was granted to Aylwyn available from Dr M R Turner, Department of neurohumoral control of propulsion. Mannell. Physiology and Biochemistry, the University, ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF Southampton S09 3TU. EDINBURGH University of Glasgow-Course on terminal BMA NOTICES At a quarterly meeting of the College held on 3 Novem- ber with the president, Dr R F Robertson, in the chair, care, 23-27 January, Glasgow. Details from the Dr P F Bartley was elected Fellow of the College. Enrolment Secretary, Department of Extr:.mural Diary of Central Meetings and Adult Education, 57/61 Oakfield Avenue, ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND Glasgow G12 8LW. (Tel 041-229 8855 ext 394.) NOVEMBER SURGEONS OF GLASGOW 30 Wed BMA Council Executive, 10 am. At the annual meeting held on 7 November the folloxing Charing Cross Hospital Postgraduate Medical office-bearers were elected: Professor T Gibson (presi- Centre-Details of the programme December- DECEMBER dent); Dr Gavin B Shaw (visitor); I)r Norman MacKay January are now available from Mr Harold B 1 Thurs Central Committee for Hospital Medical (honorary secretarv); Mr Colin MacKay (honorary Holden, FRCS, Postgraduate Medical Centre, Services, 10 am. treasurer); Sir Charles Illingworth (honorary librarian); 1 Thurs General Purposes Subcommittee (GMSC), Sir Robert Wright (representative on the GMC(; Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, 10.30 am. Professor James Ireland (representative on the General London W6 8RF. (Tel 01-748 2050 ext 3037.) 2 Fri Executive Subcommittee (CCCM), 10.30 Dental Council); Dr C D Forbes, Dr H Conway, Pro- am. fessor M C Macnaughton, Dr R B Wilson, Dr R Hume, South Essex Postgraduate Medical Centre- 8 Thurs New Charter Working Group (GMSC), Dr Brian 0 Williams, Mr H I Tankel, Mr C W Imrie Details of the programme January-March 1978 are 10 am. (councillors). 8 Thurs Journal Committee 2.15 pm. now available from the Centre, Basildon Hospital, 13 Tues Scottish General Medical Services Nether Mayne, Basildon, Essex SS16 5NL. (Tel Committee (7 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edin- 0268 3911 ext 3360.) burgh EH3 7QP), 10.30 am. APPOINTMENTS 14 Wed Finance and General Purposes Committee, British Nuclear Medicine Society-6th Annual 10 am. 14 Wed Negotiating Subcommittee (CCHMS), 10 BIRMINGHAM ARE-A HEAITH AUTHORITY (TEACHING)- Scientific Meeting and 2nd Nuclear Medicine am. 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(7 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh EH3 NORTH-EAST THAMES RHA-The following consultants International Symposium on New Trends in 7QP), 2.30 pm. have been appointed-Dr B Klassnik (psychiatrist with 19 Mon Negotiating Subcommittee (CCCM), 10.30 a special interest in psychogeriatrics); Mr J V Harvey the Optimisation of the Working Environ- am. Kemble (plastic surgery). ment-16-19 May 1978, Istanbul. Details from 21 Wed BMA Council Executive, 10 am. the International Labour Office, CH-1211 Geneva 22, Switzerland. Corrections Society for Drug Research-Details and copies Division Meetings to be Held of of the programmes of two forthcoming meetings Memibers proposinig to attetnd mneetings narked * are Return to normal Argyll-Robertson are now available from Mrs J Young, Society for asked to notify in advance the honorary secretary pupils after treatment Drug Research, c/o Institute of Biology, 41 concerned. We regret that an error occurred in this paper by Queen's Gate, London SW7 5HU. 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