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Medical Research Council

Mr M. C. Rossiter has been appointed head of the divisionof computing and statistics.He graduated in mathematics from Oxford University in 1958 and,

after a postgraduate year studying biometry, he was appointed to thescientific staff of the M.R.C. Pneumoconiosis unit, South Glamorgan.He is interested in the epidemiology of lung diseases associated withoccupational exposure to dust.

Department of Health and Social SecurityMr Clifford Gregory, formerly deputy chief physicist to the

Sheffield Regional Hospital Board, has become chief scientificofficer (Zuckerman). Mr Gregory, who joined the Ministry ofHealth in 1966, will have direct responsibility for relationshipswith regional scientific officers in the National Health Service.

Dr Gerard Vaughan, Minister of State for Health, has an-nounced the appointment of Mr Tim Rathbone, M.P. forLewes since 1974, as his Parliamentary Private Secretary. MrReg Prentice, Minister of State for Social Security, has ap-pointed Mr Cyril David Townsend, M.P. for Bexleyheath since1974, as his Parliamentary Private Secretary.

Health and Safety ExecutiveDr R. J. C. Harris, director of the former Microbiological

Research Establishment at Porton Down, is to advise theExecutive on microbiological hazards at work.

New Charity for Coronary Artery Disease

HEART (Heart Exploration and Research in Therapy Ltd)is a new charity which will support research into coronary-artery disease. Initially preference will be given to grant appli-cations covering the field of non-invasive diagnosis but appli-cations for funding for work in related areas of coronary-artery disease will also be considered, including applicationsfor grants for the purchase of capital equipment. Applicationforms may be obtained from the Secretary of HEART, 47Wimpole Street, London W1M 7DG.

Kensington & Chelsea A.H.A. (Teaching)Prof. Roger Dyson, of Keele University, has accepted an in-

vitation from the Authority to examine the state of labour rela-tions in the Westminster group of hospitals.

Dr A. M. Gordon, senior lecturer and honorary consultant at StMary’s Hospital Medical School, London, will succeed Dr J. E. O’N.Gillespie as medical director of The Retreat, York.

The annual meeting and dinner of the Cambridge Graduates Medi-cal Club will be held in St John’s College, Cambridge, on Friday, July13. Members wishing to attend should contact Dr 1. F. M. Buchanan,3 Trinity Street, Cambridge.

Grant Medical College in Bombay plans to celebrate the 200th an-niversary of the birth of its founder, Sir Robert Grant, on Jan. 15,1980. The bicentenary celebrations committee wish to collect funds torestore and convert the Victorian building of the College to house amuseum and library of historical records, and to support the publica-tion of the Journal of J.J. Group of Hospitals and Grant Medical Col-lege. Information may be obtained from Dr N. G. Talwalkar, 153 BHindoo Colony, Matunga, Bombay 19, India.

Correction

Uses and Abuses of Chlormethiazole.-The total average dose ofchlormethiazole, referred to in Dr S. K. Majumdar’s letter (May 19,p. 1093) should be 8 g.

Diary of the Week

JUNE 10 TO 16

Monday, llthINSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY, St. John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, Lisle

Street, Leicester Square, London WC2H 7BJ4.30 P.M. Dr D. Murray: Skin Lymphatics.

Tuesday, 12thUNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, Nuffield Centre, 71-75 Clarendon Road, Leeds LS2 9PL

5.30 P.M. Dr James Sammons (American Medical Association): Health Pn-orities in Western Society-Crucial Decisions.

Wednesday, 13thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A

3PN4.30 P.M. Miss J. Dobson: Remains of Ancient Man formerly in the Huntenan

Museum.

INSTITUTE OF ORTHOPEDICS, 234 Great Portland Street, London WIN 6AD6 P.M. Mr M. A. R. Freeman: Total Hip Replacement--Interposition Arthro-

plasty.7 P.M. Mr K. Hardings: Total Hip Replacement-Lateral Approach to the

Hip joint.INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY, de Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5

5.30 P.M. Dr M. Piercy: Syndromes oforganic Amnesia.NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ J

1 P.M. Dr R. Grenville-Mathers and Dr J. B. Clark: The Catarrhal and

Wheezy Child.ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1M 8AE

6.30 P.M. Prof. Moshe Prywes (Beersheva, Israel)’ Merging Medical Educa-tion and Medical Care.

8.15 P.M. Dr G. N. Marsh: The Primary Health Care Team. Where Now,Where Next? (Albert Wander lecture.)

Thursday, 14thROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND

5 P.M. Prof. J. F. Silva: An Electron Microscopic Study of Ischsemia of theFlexor Compartment.

HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH1 p.M.Prof. J. H. Menkes (Los Angeles): Treatment of Seizure Disorders.

Friday, 15thONCOLOGY CLUB, Demonstration Room, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham

Road, London SW36JJ.2.30-6 P.M. Half-day meeting.

Appointments

North East Thames Regional Health Authority:

BOWMAN, M., M.R.C.PSYCH.: consultant in mental illness, Enfield and HaringeyArea, Enfield District, Camden and Islington Area (Teaching), IslingtonDistrict.

CLARKE, C. R. A., M.R.C.P. : consultant in neurology, Essex Area, Basildon andThurrock District, Barking and Havering Area, Barking District, City andEast London Area (Teaching), City and Hackney District.

IBRAHIM, M. N., F.R.c.R.: consultant in radiology, Essex Area, Southend District.LITTLE, H. K., F.R.C.R.: consultant in radiology, Redbridge and Waltham Forest

Area, West Roding District.PATHMANANDAM, S., F.R.C.R.: consultant in radiology, Enfield and Hanngey

Area, Hanngey District.PUNNYADASA, H. D., F.R.C.R. : consultant in radiology, Essex Area, Chelmsford

District.

RIBEIRO, B. F., F.R.C.S. : consultant in surgery, Essex Area, Basildon and Thur-rock District.

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SHAH, B. D., F.R.C.R. : consultant in radiology, Essex Area, Southend District.SRIVATSA, S. R., F.R.C.R.: consultant in radiology, Barking and Havering Area,

Barking District.WEATHERSTONE, R., M.R.C.P. : consultant in medicine (special interest in thoracic

medicine), Barking and Havering Area, Barking and Havering Districts.ZvcH, Z., F.F.A.R.C.S.. consultant in anaesthetics, Essex Area, Harlow District.

West Midland Regional Health Authority, Birmingham Area(Teaching):KALE, V. R., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.R. : consultant in radiology, South Birmingham

Health District.

LIGHT, A. M., M.R.C.PATH. : consultant in histopathology and morbid anatomy,North and East Birmingham Health Districts.

O’NEILL, E., F.R.C.S. : consultant in ophthalmology, South Birmingham HealthDistrict.

TuBBS, 0. N., F R.C.S.: consultant in trauma and orthopaedic surgery, Centraland South Birmingham Health Districts.