SUPPLEMENT TO THE BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL LONDON SATURD)AY JUNE 19 1954 CONIENTS Annual Meeting: Programme - -321 Medical Certificates for Service Men - 347 Agenda of Annual Representative Meeting 330 Patients Referred by Dentists for Penicillin Injections 347 Welfare Foods --340 A Comprehensive Service - 347 G.M.S. Committee --340 Central Consultants and Specialists Committee 348 Provisionally Registered House Officers - 341 Southem Branch Annual Meeting 349 Remuneration of Whole-time Medical and Dental Staff. N. L. Rowe, F.D.S.R.C.S., M.R.C.S., Reducing Waiting-time of Out-patients - 349 L.R.C.P. - -341 Correspondence 350 Major Accidents - -347 Association Notices- 352 British Medical Association ANNUAL MEETING-GLASGOW, JULY 1- 9, 1954 President-Elect: Emeritus Professor jr JOHN McNEE, D.S.O., M.D., D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.F.P.S. Joint General Secretaries: J. INGLIS CAMERON, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.F.P.S.; J. T. MCCUTCHEON, M.A., L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., L.R.F.P.S. Science Secretary: J. BASIL RENNIE, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.F.P.S. Deputy Science Secretary: A. W. KAY, M.D., Ch.M., F.R.C.S.Ed. Executive Officer: G. A. PECK, B.Sc., British Medical Association, Glasgow Regional Office, 234, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2. PROGRAMME The 122nd Annual Meeting of the British Medical Associa- A full social programme is being arranged, including a tion will be held in Glasgow from Thursday, July 1, to Civic Reception on Tuesday evening, July 6, and a Univer- Friday, July 9, 1954, inclusive. sity Reception on Wednesday evening, July 7. There will On the evening of Wednesday, June 30, there will be a also be a dance on Friday evening, July 9. Cocktail Party for Representatives and their Ladies, arranged Several special functions have been arranged for ladies by the Glasgow Division. accompanying members, including visits to Lcch Lomond, The Annual Representative Meeting will begin on Thurs- Lake of Menteith and Stirling Castle, the Burns Country, day, July 1, and continue on Friday, Saturday, and Monday. and Edinburgh. Also included among these is an all-day July 2, 3, and 5: excursion to Loch Katrine and the Trossachs. The Representatives' Dinner and Ladies' Dinner will take The usual golf competitions will take place, and there will place on Thursday, July 1, followed by a dance. be an additional medal competition at Old Prestwick Golf The Overseas Luncheon has been arranged for Friday. Course on Thursday, July 8, for those not eligible for the July 2. Treasurer's Cup competition. On Sunday, July 4, an all-day cruise on the Firth of Clyde The Overseas Conference will be held on the afternoon of has been planned, and this will be followed in the evening Wednesday, July 7, followed by a reception given by the by a concert, specially arranged by the B.B.C. Over-seas League; there will also be an "At Home" for The Adjourned Annual General Meeting and President's over seas visitors given by the Empire Medical Advisory Address will take place in the Kelvin Hall on the evenin- Bureau on Thursday, July 8. of Monday, July 5, and the President's Reception, which The Reception Room for Registration will be open in the follows, will be held in the Bute Hall, at the University. Kelvin Hall on Monday, July 5, at 9 a.m. The Annual Scientific Meeting and associated functions Three Plenary Scientific Sessions have been arranged as occupy the period from Tuesday morning, July 6, to the follows: Tuesday, July 6, at 9.30 a.m., subject "The Prob- evening of Friday, July 9. lem of Sleep"; Wednesday, July 7, at 3 p.m., subject " Food The Official Religious Service will be held in Glasgow and Disease"; Thursday, July 8, at 9.15 a.m., subject "The Cathedral on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 6, and the Problem of Pulmonarv Tuberculosis To-day." Roman Catholic Service will be held at St. Andrew's Seventeen Scientific Sections have been arranged, the meet- Cathedral at the same time. ings to take place on Wednesday morning, July 7, Thursday The Annual Dinner of the Association will be held in afternoon, July 8, and Friday morning and afternoon, July 9 the Central Hotel on Thursday, July 8. (details are given below). 2578 322 JuNE 19, 1954 ANNUAL MEETING: PROGRAMME SUPPLEMENT TO THE BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL The Scientific Exhibition will be held in the Kelvin Hall, the world-famous Clyde shipyards. Thereafter, in more and will be open daily from July 5 to 9. Demonstrations open waters, the ship will sail through Largs Channel, will be given at fixed advertised times and a wide field of between the two islands-the Cumbraes-and round the medical interests will be covered. For details see page 326. southernmost point of the Island of Bute. Turning north, The Annual Exhibition of Pharmaceutical Products, it will go through the Kyles of Bute, and return to the Instruments, Appliances, and Medical Publications will also mainland at Wemyss Bay, passing Toward Point on the be housed in the Kelvin Hall. The Exhibition will be open way. from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. from July 5 to 9 inclusive. For A special train will take visitors from Wemyss Bay back details of exhibitors see page 326. to the Central Station, Glasgow, for 6 p.m., in good time The Ladies' Club will be situated in the College Rooms. for the evening concert. University, and will be open throughout the Meeting. Lunch and afternoon tea will be provided on board ship. Inclusive ticket: 30s. Except for Representatives, for whom REGULATIONS REGARDING DRESS Cpecial arrangements are being made, early application is Academic Dress is to be worn at the President's Address, advisable. the President's Reception, the Official Religious Service, the HOTEL ACCOMMODATION Roman Catholic Service, the Civic Reception, and the Hotel accommodation in and around Glasgow is now University Reception. very fully booked up. Those who have difficulty in making Robes may be hired from Messrs. Ede and Ravenscroft, arrangements are advised to write direct to the Executive Ltd., 93, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.2, or, in the case of Officer, B.M.A. Glasgow Regional Office, 234, St. Vincent Glasgow graduates, from Messrs. Thomson, Son and Street, Glasgow, C.2, stating their exact requirements. Wright, Ltd., 173, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2. Early application is advised, as the supply of gowns is TRAVEL RESERVATIONS limited, and it is suggested that the gowns be sent to the Accommodation on trains and on aircraft between Lon- home address of the individual concerned. don and Glasgow during July is booked at a very early Evening Dress (Tails or Dinner Jacket), with Decorations, date. It is advisable to make reservations as soon as is to be worn at the President's Reception, Civic Reception, possible. University Reception, and Annual Dinner. Evening Dress without Decorations should be worn at the Representatives' ABERDEEN GRADUATES' DINNER Dinner, the Representatives' Dance, and the Dance in the 9. A dinner arranged by the Glasgow Aberdeen University Union on July Association will be held in the North British Hotel, Glas- REGISTRATION FEE gow. on Saturday, July 3, at 7.30 p.m. Tickets will be 25s. Members attending the Annual Meeting (other than (excluding wines). members of the Representative Body and overseas visitors) All Aberdeen graduates and their ladies attending the are required to pay a fee of one guinea towards the expenses Annual Represitative Meeting will be welcome. Those of the Meeting. The fee will be payable when members intending to be present should apply without any delay to register at the Reception Office. Mr. W. E. S. Thomson, 23, Thorn Drive, Bearsden, Glas- gow, for further information. TICKETS All tickets for functions up to Sunday, July 4, will be EDINBURGH GRADUATES' DINNER available for Representatives at the A.R.M. Inquiry Office The Edinburgh Graduates' Dinner will be held at the at the Bute Hall, University, on June 30, July 1, 2, and 3, Grosvenor Restaurant, 74, Gordon Street, Glasgow, on and for ladies at the Ladies' Club, the College Rooms, Saturday, July 3, at 7.30 for 8 p.m. It is hoped that all University. Edinburgh graduates and their ladies attending the Annual Tickets for all other functions after Sunday, July 4, will Representative Meeting will be able to be present. Tickets, be available from Monday, July 5, at the Reception Office, price 30s. each, inclusive of aperitifs, may be obtained from Kelvin Hall, or at the Ladies' Club. Dr. J. Cottrell, Flottergate House, Grimsby. BADGES GLASGOW GRADUATES' DINNER Members will not be admitted to Plenary Sessions, The Glasgow Graduates' Dinner will be held in the Scientific Sections, or Exhibitions unless wearing badges. Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, They should therefore visit the Reception Office, Kelvin 242, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2, on Saturday, July 3, Hall, on the first day of the Annual Meeting t`\ obtain at 7 for 7.30 p.m. The dinner is open to Glasgow graduates their handbook, badge, registration card, and tickets. and their ladies who are attending the Annual Representa- Officers of Scientific Sections and other office-holders tive Meeting. should inquire for special badges at the Reception Office. The cost is 30s. each, including aperitifs. Numbers are limited, and early application, with appropriate remittance. CAR PARKING should be made to Dr. J. C. Macarthur, Roadmeetings Windscreen labels may be obtained at the Reception House, Carluke, Lanarkshire. Offices, and members bringing their own cars are advised to use these labels to facilitate car parking.