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Notes and News

APPROVED NAMES FOR DRUGS

THE British Pharmacopoeia Commission has issued thefollowing supplementary list of approved names.

Approved Name Other names

Aluminium Di[2-(4-chlorophenoxy)-2-methyl-clofibrate propionato]-hydroxyaluminium

Azalomycin A mixture of related antibiotics producedby Streptomyces hygroscopicus var.azalomyceticus

Betamethasone 21-Acetoxy-9a-fluoro-11&bgr;-hydroxy-16&bgr;-acibutate methyl-17-(2-methylpropionyloxy)-

pregna- l,4-diene-3,20-dione,’ GR2/541 ’

Butirosin sulphate A mixture of 04-(2,6-diamino-2,6-dideoxy-a-D-glucopyranosyl)- 05-(&bgr;- D-xylofuranosyl)- N1.{ 4-amino-2-hydroxybutyryl)-2-deoxystreptaminesulphate (1:2)(salt)dihydrate with 04-(2,6-diamino-2,6-dideoxy-a-D-gluco-pyranosyl)-O5-(&bgr;- D-ribofuranosyl)- N1-(4-amino-2-hydroxybutyryl)-2-deoxy-streptamine sulphate (1 :2)(salt)-dihydrate

Clemastine (+)-2-[2-(4-Chloro-a-methylbenzhydryl-oxy)ethyl]-1-methylpyrrolidine,

Tavegil’ is the hydrogen fumarateClobetasol 21-Chloro-9a-fluoro-11&bgr;,17a-dihydroxy-

16u-methylpregna-1,4-diene-3,-20-dione,

GR2/925 ’ is the 17-propionateClobetasone 21-Chloro-9a-fluoro-17a-hydroxy-16&bgr;-

methylpregna-1,4-diene-3,11,20-trione,‘ GR2/ 1214 ’ is the 17-butyrate

Clociguanil 4,6- Diamino-l-(3,4-dichlorobenzyloxy)-1,2-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-1,3,5-triazine,

BRL 50216’ is the hydrochlorideCyproterone 6-Chloro- 17a-hydroxy- o’,2a-methylene-

pregna-4,6-diene-3,20-dioneDiflumidone 3’-Benzoyldifluoromethanesulphon-

anilide

Doxybetasol 9 a- Fluoro-11&bgr;, 17a-dihydroxy-16&bgr;-methylpregna-l,4-diene-3,20-dione,

‘ GR2/443 ’ is the 17-propionateFluocinonide 2l-Acetoxy-6a,9a-difluoro-11&bgr;- hydroxy-

16 a, 17 a-isopropylidenedioxypregna-1,4-diene-3,20-dione,

Fluocinolone 16a,17a-acetonide 21-acetate, ’ Metosyn’

Flurbiprofen 2-(2-Fluorobiphenyl-4-yl)propionic acidFluspirilene 8-[4,4-Di-(4-nuorophenyl)butyl]-1-

phenyl-l,3,8-triazaspiro[4j5]decan-4-one

Iodinated glycerol A mixture of iodinated dimers of glycerol’

Organidin ’Mebendazole Methyl5-benzoylbenzirnidazol-2-

ylcarbamateMecobalamin a-(5,6-Dimethylbenzimidazol-2-yl)-

cobamide methylMiconazole 1-[2,4-Dichloro-&bgr;-(2,4-dichlorobenzyl-

oxy)-phenethyl]imidazoleMoxipraquine 8-(6-[4-(3-Hydroxybutyl)piperazin-1-yl]-

hexylamino)-6-methoxyquinoline.)’ 349C59 ’

Nafenopin 2-methyl-2-[4-(l,2,3,4-tetrahydro-l-naphthyl)-phenoxy]propionic acid

Nefopam 3,4,5,6-Tetrahydro-5-methyl-l-phenyl-1H-2,5-benzoxazocine

Penfluridol 4-(4-Chloro-3-trifluoromethylphenyl)-l-[4j4-di(4-nuorophenyl)butyl]piperidin-4-ol

Tofenacin N-Methyl-2-(2-methylbenzhydryloxy)-ethylamine,

‘ Elamol ’ is the hydrochloride

Approved Name Other names

Triamcinolone 21-(3,3-Dimethylbutyryloxy)-9a-fluoro-hexacetonide 11&bgr;-hydroxy-16a, 17 a-isopropylidene-

dioxypregna-1,4-diene-3,20-dione,‘ Aristospan ’, Lederspan ’

Cross-references for proprietary names are as follows:

Proprietary Name Approved name349C59 MoxipraquineAristospan Triamcinolone hexacetonideBRL 50216 ClociguanilElamol TofenacinGR2/443 DoxybetasolGR2/541 Betamethasone acibutate

GR2/925 ClobetasolGR2/1214 Clobetasone

Lederspan Triamcinolone hexacetonideMetosyn FluocinonideOrganidin Iodinated glycerolTavegil Clemastine

The following amendments have been made to thebooklet of approved names, August, 1970:

p. 16, under Carbolonium bromide, for ’ Hexacarbacholine ’read ’ Hexcarbacholine ’.

p. 37, Under Gentamicin read: Cidomycin, Garamycin, andGenticin are the sulphate.

p. 43, Under Isoxsuprine, add Vasodilan ’p. 45, Under Meberverine, delete Duphaspasmin ’.

The supplementary list, September, 1970, should beamended as follows:

Under Meprothixol, for "

tranquilliser " read " Analgesic;anti-inflammatory ".

University of OxfordThe degree of D.M. has been conferred on W. F. Michael.

University of LondonProf. William Brumfitt, foundation professor of path-

ology at Southampton University, has been appointed tothe chair of medical microbiology tenable at the RoyalFree Hospital School of Medicine.

Dr. C. A. C. Mims has been appointed to the chair ofmicrobiology tenable at Guy’s Hospital Medical School.

Dr. Mims, who is 46, graduated B.sc. in zoology from theUniversity of London in 1947, M.B. in 1952, and M.D. in 1963.He was for two years a demonstrator at the Middlesex Hospital,and held hospital clinical appointments in 1952-53 before

going to Uganda as a medical research officer at the VirusResearch Institute, Entebbe. Since 1956 he has worked in the

department of microbiology of the John Curtin School of MedicalResearch, Australian National University, as research fellow,then senior fellow, and finally professorial fellow. In 1963-64he was a Rockefeller travelling medical research fellow, and onsabbatical leave in 1969-70 he went to the Wistar Institute in

Philadelphia.

The title of professor of bacteriology has been conferredon Dr. A. A. Glynn in respect of his post at St. Mary’sHospital Medical School.

Dr. Glynn, who is 48, was educated at University CollegeHospital Medical School, graduating M.B. in 1946 and M.D. in1960. He became M.R.c.P. in 1954 and M.R.C.PATH. in 1964.He was house-physician at University College Hospital and thenin 1947-49 was assistant lecturer in the University of Sheffield.He spent a year as medical officer at Lancaster Moor Hospitaland a further year in the R.A.M.C. In 1952 he was house-

physician at the Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital, Taplow,and in 1952-54 medical registrar at St. Mary Abbot’s Hospital,London. He was appointed medical registrar in the rheumaticunit of the Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital in 1955,then in 1957 he became senior registrar at St. Mary’s Hospital,London. He was appointed lecturer in the University of London

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at St. Mary’s Hospital in 1958 and became reader in bacteriologyin 1967.

Dr. Winifred G. Nayler, D.sc., associate director, BakerInstitute and consultant physiologist, Alfred Hospital,Melbourne, has been appointed senior lecturer in cardiacmetabolism at the Institute of Cardiology.

The degree of M.D. has been conferred on J. A. Child.

University of SouthamptonDr. H. P. Rang has been appointed to the newly

established chair of pharmacology in the department ofphysiology and biochemistry.

Dr. Rang, who is 35, graduated in physiology from UniversityCollege, London, in 1957, and obtained the degree of M.SC.in pharmacology in 1958. In 1961 he graduated M.B. from theUniversity of London, and was then elected to the first J. H.Burn fellowship in pharmacology in the University of Oxford.He was awarded the degree of D.PHIL. from Oxford Universityin 1965, and in the same year was appointed lecturer in pharma-cology. He was elected fellow and tutor in physiology at LincolnCollege, Oxford, in 1966.

Dr. P. B. Guyer, consultant radiologist to the Southamp-ton University hospital group, has been appointed clinicalsub-dean in the Faculty of Medicine.

University of GlasgowProf. E. K. Cruickshank has been appointed to the new

chair of postgraduate medical education; he has also beenappointed dean of postgraduate medicine, in successionto Prof. C. M. Fleming.

Professor Cruickshank was educated at Aberdeen GrammarSchool and Aberdeen University, graduating M.B. with honoursin 1937 and M.D. with honours in 1948. After a year as a researchfellow in surgery at Harvard University, he was appointed assist-ant in the department of medicine at Aberdeen University.He joined the R.A.M.C. in 1940 and was posted to Singapore,where he was taken prisoner by the Japanese and held through-out the war. He was appointed lecturer in medicine at Aberdeenin 1945, and senior lecturer in 1948. In 1950 he was appointedto the chair of medicine in the University of the West Indiesat Kingston, Jamaica, where he has been since. He becameF.R.C.P. in 1955, and was appointed O.B.E. in 1961. He is a con-sultant to the World Health Organisation, and has travelledwidely in connection with medical education. He has pub-lished numerous papers on nutrition, neurological disorders, andother topics.

Computers in the N.H.S.The Secretary of State for Social Services, Sir Keith

Joseph, has decided that National Health Service regionalhospital board computer equipment should be standar-dised, in order to achieve compatibility of equipment andsystems. Since the Department of Health and Social

Security and most of the regional hospital boards alreadyhave computers in the ICL 1900 series, it has been decidedto standardise on these machines. Possibilities for stan-dardisation elsewhere in the N.H.S. will be consideredwhen the current review of computer utilisation in theN.H.S. has been completed.

N.H.S. Management StudyA steering committee to study the detailed arrangements

for managing the comprehensive services envisaged bythe Consultative Document on the reorganisation of theNational Health Service had its first meeting on Aug. 5.The steering committee (chairman, Sir Philip Rogers,permanent secretary in the Department of Health andSocial Security) will be aided by a study group which willbe assisted by management consultants and the resourcesof the Brunel University Hospital Organisation ResearchUnit.

Libel Action

The date for the hearing of the libel action being broughtby Mr. S. L. Drummond-Jackson, L.D.S., against theBritish Medical Association (as owners and publishers ofthe British Medical Journal) and the authors of a paperentitled Physiological Responses to Intermittent Metho-hexitone for Conservative Dentistry (Br. med. V. May 31,1969, p. 540) has been fixed for June 12, 1972. The hearingis expected to last several weeks. Last year the Court ofAppeal, with a dissenting judgment from the Master of theRolls, dismissed an interlocutory appeal by the B.M.A.against Mr. Justice Milmo’s refusal to strike out the

plaintiff’s statement of claim as disclosing no cause ofaction (see Br. med. J. Feb. 21, 1970, p. 509). Mr. Drum-mond-Jackson is a London dental surgeon and principalfounder of the Society for the Advancement of Anxsthesiain Dentistry.

N.H.S. Study on CollaborationThe Department of Health and Social Security has

set up a working-party to study the arrangements necessaryfor close collaboration between the local authorities and thenew health authorities when the reorganisation of localgovernment and of the National Health Service comesinto effect in April, 1974. The chairman of the workingparty, which held its first meeting on Aug. 3, is Mr.A. R. W. Bavin (deputy secretary, Department of Healthand Social Security).

A lecture on the effects of pulvinectomy (surgical ablationof the pulvinar) will be given by Dr. 1. S. Cooper (New York)on Thursday, Aug. 19, at 5.30 P.M. at the Institute of Neurology,The National Hospital, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG.

CORRIGENDA : Degeneration of the Autonomic Nervous

System.-In the article by Dr. Roger Bannister (July 24), inthe 12th line of the last paragraph (p. 179) " Vanderhaeghenet al. 21" " should have appeared in place of "Graham andOppenheimer 19 ".

In the obituary of Prof. F. A. H. Simmonds (Aug. 7, p. 324)the qualifications should have been M.A., M.D.Cantab., D.P.H.

Appointments

AICHROTH, P. M., M.B.Lond., F.R.C.S. : consultant orthopaedic surgeon,Westminster hospital group, London.

CROSBIE, J. D., M.B.Glasg., M.R.C.O.G. : consultant obstetrician andgynxcologist, Barnsley District General Hospital and MontaguHospital, Mexborough.

HATCHER, LUENA H., M.B.Lond., D.M.R.D.: consultant radiologist,Southend-on-Sea hospital group.

KERR, 1. H., M.B.Cantab., M.R.C.P., F.F.R., D.M.R.D.: consultant radio-logist, National Heart and Chest Hospitals, Brompton Hospital,London.

KNIGHT, R. K., M.B.Lond., M.R.C.P. : consultant physician, LondonChest Hospital.

McKELVIE, PETER, M.D.Manc., F.R.C.S., D.L.o.: consultant E.N.T.

surgeon, the London Hospital.*NELSON, S. D.,m.B.Belf.3M.R.C.PATH.,F.R.C.P.I.: COnsultantpathologist3

National Tissue Typing Reference Laboratory, Bristol.SEYMOUR, MARGARET W., M.B.Manc., D.P.H.: principal medical officer,

City of Nottingham.South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board:CORNEY, C. E., M.B.Lond., D.M.R.D.: consultant radiologist,

Chichester and Graylingwell hospital group.D’NETTO, PHYLLIS E., M.R.C.P.E., M.R.C.P.G. : consultant geriatrician,

Kingston and Long Grove hospital group.FuzzEY, G. J. J., M.B.Cantab., F.F.A. R.C.S.: consultant anxsthetist,

North West Surrey hospital group.KIRKHAM, J. S., M.B.Cantab., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.E. : consultant surgeon,

South West London hospital group and St. George’s Hospital.*Amended notice.