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College news
College Evening
Jacksonian Prize
A College Evening (advanced discussion group for Fellows of the College) on 'Advanced breast cancer' will be held on Moniday 4th June I979 at 6 p.m. under the chairmanship of Professor Harold Ellis DM Mch FRCS. The programme will be as follows: 6.oo The use of hormones-Mr M Baum (King's College Hospital, London). 6.20 Cytotoxic drugs-Dr G L A Edelstyn (Northem Ircland Radiotherapy Centre, Belfast). 6.40 Radiotherapy-Dr K A Newton (Westminster Hospital, London). 7.oo Endocrine surgery-Mr G Westbury (Westminster Hospital, London). 7.30 Buffet supper. 8.30 to 9.30 Discussion. Fee of £4.50 includes buffet supper. Cash bar available. Applications for tickets (accompanied by cheque) to the Surgical Training Office before Wednesday 3Ist May I979.
The Council invite the submission of dissertations for the I979 award of the Jacksonian Prize, which consists of the sum of £52.50 and a bronze medal. The prize is open to Fellows and Members of the College, Fellows in Dental Surgery, and Fellows in the Faculty of Anaesthetists, and dissertations compiled by more than one applicant may be accepted if submitted by an eligible diplomate of the College. Disscrtations must be related to a practical subject in surgery, but a specific topic is not prescribed. In order to ensure that his or her subject will be within the scope of the regulations, however, each intending candidate must notify the Secretary of the subject proposed not less than six calendar months before the closing date for receipt of the dissertation. Dissertations must reach the Secretary of the College not later than 4 p.m. on 3Ist December 1979. Intending candidates are strongly advised to obtain the full regulations from the Secretary of the College. A note about this distinguished award appeared in the Annals for November I976 (p. 496). The prizewinning essays are displayed in the College Library.
Prophit Studentship in Cancer Research
Applications are invited for the above Studentship, tenable for one year in the first instance subject to annual renewal up to a maximum of three years in Deaths of Fellows, 1977-78 all. The funds available are £5000 a year, which may be applied to the Student's emoluments (in- In addition to those listed in previous issues the cluding employer's superannuation and social security following Fellows are known to have died during contributions) and research expenses according to 1977 or 1978: the circumstances of the appointment, which may FFARCS be full-time or part-time. The Studentship is avail- CHEATLE, Charles Alan able from Ist July I979 or such later date as may DALRYMPLE, David Gourlay FFARCS be agreed. DOUGAN, Leonard Richard FFARCS Applications should be submitted through the head of the department in which the applicant expects to EAST, John Alan FRCS work, indicating the nature and scope of the research FRANKLIN, Hugh Reginald William FFARCS project, the facilities available, and its probable duration. A full curriculum vitae should be pro- HUNTER, Anthony Frederick FRCS vided, including the applicant's present salary and superannuation scheme and the names of two persons KOK, Ordino Victor Steyn FFARCS to whom reference may be made. Applicants need McINTYRE, Edgeworth David FRCS not be medically qualified. Applications must reach the Assistant Secretary, OLVER, Lloyd Reath FRCS Royal College of Surgeons of England, 35/43 Lin- PATEL, Manibhai Ashabhai FRCS coln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PN not later than SAMARASINGHE, Flotence Doreen Rachel FFARCS ist June 1979.
FACULTY OF ANAESTHETISTS: ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 21xst MARCH 1979 Address by the President, Mr R S Murley 'Mr Dean, Members of the Faculty Board, Fellows, and Members, 'In welcoming you all here today may I say that, as usual, your Faculty has had a remarkably successful year in terms of the size and quality of its scientific meetings. Your labours in maintaining standards and in quality control have been as rigorous as ever. Your representatives have played a full and active part in visiting hospitals, in sitting on advisory appointment committees, and in refining your excellent examination system. Moreover, you have been
alert and active with the rest of us on the Joint Consultants Committee and on other national committees in holding back the growing tide of bureaucracy and Government intervention. 'In all these spheres your Faculty has done work of which its Fellows and Members can be proud. But it would be idle to pretend that the Faculty is not going through a difficult time, for this has also been a year in which differing views about the future of your specialty have led to needless discord and unhappiness. It is not for me as President to inter-
College news xene in this dispute in so far as it concerns your own Faculty and the future of your specialty. However, there are somc observations that I think it right to make on this occasion on behalf of the College as a
whole.
'The first thing I want to say is that your place in this College is assured for as long as you want it to be. Your surgical and dental colleagues are ready at all times to support you to the full in any matters that concem the advancement of the art and science of anaesthesia and in maintaining your standards of
practice. 'Let us be quite clear that the decision as to wAhether you continue to feel that your future lies here with this Royal College (where your authority and your ability to contribute to our corporate affairs can continue to grow, as it has over the past 30 years) or whether you eventually decide that only in separation from us can you satisfy your own as-
pirations, that is a decision for you. But I do urge every one of you, when you debate this issue, to do so with as much scrupulous attention to the facts as you would use when approaching a serious clinical or scientific problem. From documents that I have read and statements that I have heard I must tell you that there has sometimes been a regrettable lack of such scrupulous attention to facts. And the facts are not inaccessible to anyone prepared to take the trouble to find them out from the appropriate authoritative sources. It is not good enough, and it does no credit to your specialty, to allow the desire to promote a particular policy to suppress the obligation to investigate the evidence dispassionately and scientifically. Despite much that has been said or implied this College has emphatically not treated your Faculty dishonourably, nor has it treated you, its Fellows and Members, as second-class citizens; it has not misappropriated the funds that you have brought into the College, nor has it imposed on you sacrifices of space or resources that have not been borne equally, or even to a greater extent, by others. I know that the vast majority of you do not feel aggrieved, but it must be disturbing for you to hear or to read that you should be, and perhaps not to be very clear in your own minds what degree of truth
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there is in the criticisms that are made of the College both publicly and privately. That is why I want you to know that my own attitude to your Faculty, and that of my Council, is one of warm and genuine friendship and respect, as is appropriate to partners of long standing in a corporate body whose aims and ideals we hold in common. 'In that spirit I would like to pay a particular tribute to two of your Board Members who have rendered conspicuous service to the College as a whole. This, Mr Dean, will be your last Annual Meeting in office and I know that everybody here will wish to join me in thanking you for the dignified, scrupulously fair, and enormously conscientious way in which you have carried out your most difficult duties. Not simply by the dedication you have shown to the needs and demands of your Faculty but by the part, and the very full part, you have played in the deliberations of our committees and in the public functions of the College. You have won many friends for yourself and for your Faculty and have added considerably to the national and international prestige of your specialty. You and your charming and talented wife have thoroughly earned a rest from these demanding and arduous duties. 'This will also be the last occasion on which Gordon Robson will appear before you as a VicePresident of the College, since he will shortly complete his two years in office. History has a way of providing the occasion for men of outstanding ability to fulfil their potential and it was more than a happy chance that enabled Council to elect as its VicePresident in I977 a man especially well fitted to fill the place that the new Constitution then made possible. Mr Vice-President, your intimate knowledge of the College in every aspect of its work has made you an invaluable member of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential team which, with the two Deans, has perforce to take many vital decisions and lead Council in many important debates. Your support has been of great assistance to me, inside and outside the College, and your term of service as VicePresident will long be remembered with gratitude and admiration.'
Address by the Dean of the Faculty, Dr J E Riding 'Mr President, Fellows, and Members, 'Last year at this time I spoke at some length on the matter of the need to appreciate the fundamental importance of the preservation of the independence ofof colleges and faculties from outside control or interference. The address was later published in the Annals (September I978, p. 43i) and was noteworthy only in that, so far as I am able to judge, it made absolutely no impact on Fellows. Much as I would like to return to this theme, fur its importance is not now less, there is a topic of more immediate urgency that needs to be aired. 'I refer to the pressure to establish an independent college. I will say again what I have said before, that there is nothing intrinsically wrong, dishonourable, or disloyal about the holding of the view sincerely and honestly that an independent college of
acllegesand ofathe ltesfrvom ofuthesindepeont eor
anaesthetists is desirable at some time in the future or even that it is necessary now. But a campaign is being conducted by the Association of Anaesthetists and one must assume, with the assent of the maa an,oems sue.it h seto h of members of its Council which displays jority been distasteful features and which has distinctly the highly critical of this College and our Faculty. I feel that I owe it to this meeting of Fellows and Members to answer some at least of these criticisms. 'The initiative for the formation of the Faculty
had its roots in the Association and for this many hundreds of anaesthetists are grateful. It does not follow, however, that having taken the predominant role in that initiative 3o years ago it is the function of the Association today to press upon Fellows its views concerning the Faculty's future development. This is a matter for the elected Board of Faculty and its Fellows.
College news
College Evening
Jacksonian Prize
A College Evening (advanced discussion group for Fellows of the College) on 'Advanced breast cancer' will be held on Moniday 4th June I979 at 6 p.m. under the chairmanship of Professor Harold Ellis DM Mch FRCS. The programme will be as follows: 6.oo The use of hormones-Mr M Baum (King's College Hospital, London). 6.20 Cytotoxic drugs-Dr G L A Edelstyn (Northem Ircland Radiotherapy Centre, Belfast). 6.40 Radiotherapy-Dr K A Newton (Westminster Hospital, London). 7.oo Endocrine surgery-Mr G Westbury (Westminster Hospital, London). 7.30 Buffet supper. 8.30 to 9.30 Discussion. Fee of £4.50 includes buffet supper. Cash bar available. Applications for tickets (accompanied by cheque) to the Surgical Training Office before Wednesday 3Ist May I979.
The Council invite the submission of dissertations for the I979 award of the Jacksonian Prize, which consists of the sum of £52.50 and a bronze medal. The prize is open to Fellows and Members of the College, Fellows in Dental Surgery, and Fellows in the Faculty of Anaesthetists, and dissertations compiled by more than one applicant may be accepted if submitted by an eligible diplomate of the College. Disscrtations must be related to a practical subject in surgery, but a specific topic is not prescribed. In order to ensure that his or her subject will be within the scope of the regulations, however, each intending candidate must notify the Secretary of the subject proposed not less than six calendar months before the closing date for receipt of the dissertation. Dissertations must reach the Secretary of the College not later than 4 p.m. on 3Ist December 1979. Intending candidates are strongly advised to obtain the full regulations from the Secretary of the College. A note about this distinguished award appeared in the Annals for November I976 (p. 496). The prizewinning essays are displayed in the College Library.
Prophit Studentship in Cancer Research
Applications are invited for the above Studentship, tenable for one year in the first instance subject to annual renewal up to a maximum of three years in Deaths of Fellows, 1977-78 all. The funds available are £5000 a year, which may be applied to the Student's emoluments (in- In addition to those listed in previous issues the cluding employer's superannuation and social security following Fellows are known to have died during contributions) and research expenses according to 1977 or 1978: the circumstances of the appointment, which may FFARCS be full-time or part-time. The Studentship is avail- CHEATLE, Charles Alan able from Ist July I979 or such later date as may DALRYMPLE, David Gourlay FFARCS be agreed. DOUGAN, Leonard Richard FFARCS Applications should be submitted through the head of the department in which the applicant expects to EAST, John Alan FRCS work, indicating the nature and scope of the research FRANKLIN, Hugh Reginald William FFARCS project, the facilities available, and its probable duration. A full curriculum vitae should be pro- HUNTER, Anthony Frederick FRCS vided, including the applicant's present salary and superannuation scheme and the names of two persons KOK, Ordino Victor Steyn FFARCS to whom reference may be made. Applicants need McINTYRE, Edgeworth David FRCS not be medically qualified. Applications must reach the Assistant Secretary, OLVER, Lloyd Reath FRCS Royal College of Surgeons of England, 35/43 Lin- PATEL, Manibhai Ashabhai FRCS coln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PN not later than SAMARASINGHE, Flotence Doreen Rachel FFARCS ist June 1979.
FACULTY OF ANAESTHETISTS: ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 21xst MARCH 1979 Address by the President, Mr R S Murley 'Mr Dean, Members of the Faculty Board, Fellows, and Members, 'In welcoming you all here today may I say that, as usual, your Faculty has had a remarkably successful year in terms of the size and quality of its scientific meetings. Your labours in maintaining standards and in quality control have been as rigorous as ever. Your representatives have played a full and active part in visiting hospitals, in sitting on advisory appointment committees, and in refining your excellent examination system. Moreover, you have been
alert and active with the rest of us on the Joint Consultants Committee and on other national committees in holding back the growing tide of bureaucracy and Government intervention. 'In all these spheres your Faculty has done work of which its Fellows and Members can be proud. But it would be idle to pretend that the Faculty is not going through a difficult time, for this has also been a year in which differing views about the future of your specialty have led to needless discord and unhappiness. It is not for me as President to inter-
College news xene in this dispute in so far as it concerns your own Faculty and the future of your specialty. However, there are somc observations that I think it right to make on this occasion on behalf of the College as a
whole.
'The first thing I want to say is that your place in this College is assured for as long as you want it to be. Your surgical and dental colleagues are ready at all times to support you to the full in any matters that concem the advancement of the art and science of anaesthesia and in maintaining your standards of
practice. 'Let us be quite clear that the decision as to wAhether you continue to feel that your future lies here with this Royal College (where your authority and your ability to contribute to our corporate affairs can continue to grow, as it has over the past 30 years) or whether you eventually decide that only in separation from us can you satisfy your own as-
pirations, that is a decision for you. But I do urge every one of you, when you debate this issue, to do so with as much scrupulous attention to the facts as you would use when approaching a serious clinical or scientific problem. From documents that I have read and statements that I have heard I must tell you that there has sometimes been a regrettable lack of such scrupulous attention to facts. And the facts are not inaccessible to anyone prepared to take the trouble to find them out from the appropriate authoritative sources. It is not good enough, and it does no credit to your specialty, to allow the desire to promote a particular policy to suppress the obligation to investigate the evidence dispassionately and scientifically. Despite much that has been said or implied this College has emphatically not treated your Faculty dishonourably, nor has it treated you, its Fellows and Members, as second-class citizens; it has not misappropriated the funds that you have brought into the College, nor has it imposed on you sacrifices of space or resources that have not been borne equally, or even to a greater extent, by others. I know that the vast majority of you do not feel aggrieved, but it must be disturbing for you to hear or to read that you should be, and perhaps not to be very clear in your own minds what degree of truth
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there is in the criticisms that are made of the College both publicly and privately. That is why I want you to know that my own attitude to your Faculty, and that of my Council, is one of warm and genuine friendship and respect, as is appropriate to partners of long standing in a corporate body whose aims and ideals we hold in common. 'In that spirit I would like to pay a particular tribute to two of your Board Members who have rendered conspicuous service to the College as a whole. This, Mr Dean, will be your last Annual Meeting in office and I know that everybody here will wish to join me in thanking you for the dignified, scrupulously fair, and enormously conscientious way in which you have carried out your most difficult duties. Not simply by the dedication you have shown to the needs and demands of your Faculty but by the part, and the very full part, you have played in the deliberations of our committees and in the public functions of the College. You have won many friends for yourself and for your Faculty and have added considerably to the national and international prestige of your specialty. You and your charming and talented wife have thoroughly earned a rest from these demanding and arduous duties. 'This will also be the last occasion on which Gordon Robson will appear before you as a VicePresident of the College, since he will shortly complete his two years in office. History has a way of providing the occasion for men of outstanding ability to fulfil their potential and it was more than a happy chance that enabled Council to elect as its VicePresident in I977 a man especially well fitted to fill the place that the new Constitution then made possible. Mr Vice-President, your intimate knowledge of the College in every aspect of its work has made you an invaluable member of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential team which, with the two Deans, has perforce to take many vital decisions and lead Council in many important debates. Your support has been of great assistance to me, inside and outside the College, and your term of service as VicePresident will long be remembered with gratitude and admiration.'
Address by the Dean of the Faculty, Dr J E Riding 'Mr President, Fellows, and Members, 'Last year at this time I spoke at some length on the matter of the need to appreciate the fundamental importance of the preservation of the independence ofof colleges and faculties from outside control or interference. The address was later published in the Annals (September I978, p. 43i) and was noteworthy only in that, so far as I am able to judge, it made absolutely no impact on Fellows. Much as I would like to return to this theme, fur its importance is not now less, there is a topic of more immediate urgency that needs to be aired. 'I refer to the pressure to establish an independent college. I will say again what I have said before, that there is nothing intrinsically wrong, dishonourable, or disloyal about the holding of the view sincerely and honestly that an independent college of
acllegesand ofathe ltesfrvom ofuthesindepeont eor
anaesthetists is desirable at some time in the future or even that it is necessary now. But a campaign is being conducted by the Association of Anaesthetists and one must assume, with the assent of the maa an,oems sue.it h seto h of members of its Council which displays jority been distasteful features and which has distinctly the highly critical of this College and our Faculty. I feel that I owe it to this meeting of Fellows and Members to answer some at least of these criticisms. 'The initiative for the formation of the Faculty
had its roots in the Association and for this many hundreds of anaesthetists are grateful. It does not follow, however, that having taken the predominant role in that initiative 3o years ago it is the function of the Association today to press upon Fellows its views concerning the Faculty's future development. This is a matter for the elected Board of Faculty and its Fellows.
