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At the Graduation Ceremonial held in the M'Ewan Hall on

. Wednesday, 21st July 1937, Sir Thomas Holland

Edinburgh* conferred the following degrees : The Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws on Edwin Bramwell,

M.D., F.R.C.P. (Lond. and Edin.), formerly Professor of Clinical Medicine and President of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh.

Doctor of Medici7ie on William Melville Arnott, B.Sc., Scotland, M.B., Ch.B. (with Honours), 1931 (Gold Medal for Thesis) ; Frank

Ayrey, England, M.B., Ch.B., 1925 {Commended for Thesis) ;

James Colin Caird, Scotland, M.B., Ch.B., 1922 ; Adam Francis

Cowan, Scotland, M.B., Ch.B., 1934 (Commended for Thesis) ; Robert William Eason, South Africa, M.B., Ch.B., 1923 ; Alexander

Haddow, Scotland, M.B., Ch.B., 1929 (Gold Medal); Thomas Nicol Macgregor, Scotland, M.B., Ch.B., 1928 (Gold Medal) ;

Hugh Michael Denne Shepherd, Scotland, M.B., Ch.B., 1932

(Coinmended for Thesis) ; James Kirkwood Slater, Scotland, M.B., Ch.B., 1924 ; Ian Donald Sutherland, Scotland, M.B., Ch.B., 1932 ;

Robert Walmsley, Scotland, M.B., Ch.B., 1930 (Gold Medal) ;

Andrew Melville Watt, Scotland, M.B., Ch.B., 1931.

The Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery were conferred on 151 candidates. The following graduated with

Honours?James Norman Davidson, B.Sc., Scotland ; John Robert

Frank, England ; Alexander Duncan Gillanders, Scotland ; James Innes, Scotland; Robert Ainslie Jamieson, Scotland; Frederick Howard Robarts, Scotland; Nina Alexander Bernard Verity, England.

The Degree of Bachelor of Science, with Second Class Honours in Physiology, was conferred on John Wallace.

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The following Diplomas were awarded :?

In Public Health : Philip G. Barrow, M.B., Ch.B. ; Percival

L. F. de Livera, L.M.S. (Ceylon) (in absentia) ; Hermanus L. de

Waal, M.B., Ch.B.; Alan M. Fraser, L.R.C.P. (Ed.), L.R.C.S. (Ed.); Howard W. Hall, M.B., Ch.B. ; Noor Husain, M.B., B.S. (Punjab) (;in absetitia) ; Peter L. Lai-Fook, M.B., Ch.B. ; Edward A.

Lawrence, L.M.S. (Ceylon) ; Vincent P. McDonagh, M.B., Ch.B. ;

Iain F. MacKenzie, M.B., Ch.B. ; Vethanayagam D. Seevaretnam, L.R.C.P. (Ed.), L.R.C.S. (Ed.) ; Sandanam Sivalingam, L.R.C.P.

(Ed.), L.R.C.S. (Ed.) ; George F. Valentine, M.B., Ch.B. (in absentia) ; Agnes M. M. Hunter, M.B., Ch.B.

In Tropical Medicine and Hygiene : Keshorao B. Gore, M.B., B.S. (Bombay) (in absentia) ; Nasr S. Mohammed, L.R.C.P. (Ed.), L.R.C.S. (Ed.) ; William Happer, M.B., Ch.B. ; Ernest L. Lloyd, M.B., Ch.B. ; William Mackie, M.B., Ch.B. (Aberd.) ; William

Serle, M.B., Ch.B.

In Psychiatry: James Carson, M.B., Ch.B. (St Andrews) ;

Norman F. MacKenzie, M.B., Ch.B. ; James H. Patterson, M.B., Ch.B.

In Radiology: John G. McWhirter, M.B., Ch.B. (Glasg.) ;

Joseph R. Pierre, M.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.) (in absentia) ; Thomas Sprunt, M.B., Ch.B.

In Tropical Veterinary Medicine: William R. Wallace, M.R.C.V.S.

The Cameron Prize in Practical Therapeutics.?James Bertram

Collip, A.M., Ph.D., D.Sc., M.D., F.R.S., Awards of Professor of Biochemistry in McGill University,

BurLries,SPrizes. MontreaL In recognition of his many contri- butions to Endocrine Therapy, and in particular

his work on the Parathyroid Gland. Thesis Gold Medallists?

William Melville Arnott, B.Sc., M.D. ; Alexander Haddow, M.D. ;

Thomas Nicol MacGregor, M.D. ; Robert Walmsley, M.D. The

Ettles Scholarship and Leslie Gold Medal?azuarded to the most

distinguished graduate of the year: Frederick Howard Robarts, M.B., Ch.B. The Scottish Association for Medical Education of Women Prize?awarded to the most distinguished woman graduate of the year: Nina Alexander Bernard Verity, M.B., Ch.B. The

Mouat Scholarship in the Practice of Physic?James Innes, M.B., Ch.B. The Buchanan Scholarship in Midwifery and Gynecology? Robert Ainslie Jamieson, M.B., Ch.B. The James Scott Scholarship in Midwifery and Gynecology?John Robert Frank, M.B., Ch.B. The Conan Doyle Prize?Alexander Stadion, M.B., Ch.B. The

Dorothy Gilfillan Memorial Prize?Nina Alexander Bernard Verity, M.B., Ch.B. The Beaney Prize in Anatomy and Surgery?Robert

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Ainslie Jamieson, M.B., Ch.B. The Royal Victoria Hospital Tuber- culosis Trust Gold Medal?Elizabeth M'Callum, M.A., LL.B., M.B., Ch.B. The Annandale Gold Medal in Clinical Surgery?James Innes, M.B., Ch.B. The Murdoch Brown Silver Medal in Clinical

Medicine?James Parlane Baird, M.B., Ch.B. The Wightman Prize in Clinical Medicine?James Innes, M.B., Ch.B. The

Pattison Prize in Clinical Surgery?Andrew Wood Wilkinson, M.B., Ch.B. The Goodsir Memorial Fellowship?-Alexander Brown, M.B., ChB. The Freeland Barbour Fellowship?Alexander Irvine

Pirie, M.B., Ch.B. The Murchison Memorial Scholarship in Clinical

Aledicine?James Innes, M.B., Ch.B. The MlCosh Bursary?James Alexander Farfor, M.B., Ch.B. The Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize in Bacteriology?Scott Thomson, M.B., Ch.B. The Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize in Pathology?William Melville Arnott, B.Sc., M.D. The Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize in Therapeutics?Harold Scarborough, M.B., Ch.B. The Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize in Zoology?Cecil Alfred Green, M.B., Ch.B.; Scott Thomson, M.B., Ch.B. (jointly). The Lewis Cameron Post-Graduate Prize?Cecil Alfred Green, M.B., Ch.B. The Lewis Cameron Undergraduate Prize in Bacteriology?Kenneth Alexander Bisset, B.Sc. ; Maxwell

Gardiner (equal). The Wellcome Gold Medal and Prize in the

History of Medicine?John Waterston, B.A. The Cunningham Memorial Medal and Prize in Anatomy?Graham Malcolm Wilson. The Whiteside Bruce Bursary?John Raven Lauckner.

An Address was delivered to the new Graduates by the Promotor, Professor Sydney Smith, M.D., F.R.C.P. Ed.

A Quarterly Meeting of the College was held on Tuesday, 20th July, the President, Dr W. T. Ritchie,

Royal College of O.B.E., in the chair. Dr Francis Esmond

Physicians Reynolds (Glasgow) and Dr Charles Kelman of Edinburgh. Robertson (Edinburgh) were elected Fellows of

the College.

The following candidates were admitted Licentiates of the three

. Royal Scottish Corporations on 31st July 1937 :

rfiP t" F. E. Adams, E. Adler, G. R. Altmann, John

Qua 1 Anderson, Max Berg, Dietrich Bios, Louis A. P.

Cantin, Walter Carsten, J. P. Chapin, Koh C. Chee, Lewis G.

Cruikshank, Arthur Dzialoszynski, Herman Felsen, Paul Fleischmann, Ernst Friedmann, Adrian M. Gall, David L. Goldman, David L. C.

Greig, Isidore M. Greenberger, Adolf Hirsch, Paula Heimann, Wilfrid I. S. Hudleston, Frederick P. Hudson, Ahmed T. H. A.

Kader, Arnold M. Kallen, Alfaretta F. Keith, Jackson J. Kristal, Robert R. Levine, Hanns G. Liebmann, Kenneth M. Little, Benno

Lipschitz, Edward W. Lou-Hing, David M. Macdonald, Jack M. 617

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Mervis, Cecily C. Mitchell, John R. Moffat, Magnus J. Munro, Mahalakshmi K. Naidu, Beryl A. Peters, Ernst Rachwalsky, Harold L. Riner, Willie A. Rock, Robert W. Ross, Murray Rubin, Louis

Schaffer, Israel H. L. Shlefstein, Solomon Siegel, Charlotte B.

Sommer, Betty Spier, Frank B. Stephenson, William H. Suffield, William S. Thomson, Stephens P. Vosnides, Edward Weltman.

At a Meeting of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, held on 23rd July, Mr Henry Wade, C.M.G., President

Royal College of *n ^ the following who passed the Surgeons

requisite examinations were admitted Fellows of Edinburgh. TTT?

Winston E. Austen, M.D. Univ. Manitoba

1932 ; Warwick H. Beuly, M.B., B.S. Univ. Sydney 1935 ; Duncan

Ballantine, M.B., Ch.B. Univ. Edin. 1932 ; Edward E. Barnett, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond. 1929 ; Colattur R. Chari, M.B., B.S. Univ. Madras 1925 ; Martin M. Cruickshank, M.B., Ch.B. Univ. Aberdeen, M.D. 1925 ; Robert H. Dale, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond. 1934 ; Walter K. House, M.D. Univ. Manitoba 1931 ; John Harkness, L.R.C.P. & S. (Triple) 1925 ; Agnes J. Herring, M.B., Ch-.B. Univ. St Andrews 1933, M.D. 1935 ; Monte

Jackson, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond. 1923 ; Karl G. W. James, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond. 1929; Hayman I. Maister, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond. 1927 ; Archibald R. A. Marshall, M.B., Ch.B. Univ. New Zeal. 1930 ; Malcolm L. R. Morley, M.B., Ch.B. Univ. New Zeal. 1933 ; Meredith C. Moore, M.B., Ch.B. Univ. New Zeal. 1932 ; William F. McGladdery, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond. 1931 ; Margaret F. Proctor, M.B., Ch.B. Univ.

L'pool 1934 ; James C. Samis, M.D., C.M. Univ. Queens, Kingston, 1932 ; George I. Scott, M.B., Ch.B. Univ. Edin. 1933 ; Ivan H.

Smith, M.D. Univ. Ontario 1927 ; Samuel L. Strange, M.B., Ch.B. Univ. L'pool 1934.

In Professor C. H. Browning's Cameron Lecture, on pages 504 and ,, 5*4 ?f August number of the Journal, lines 34

Amn?Lep?cf and 11 respectively, read "styr^l" for "steryl " We regret this typographical error.