COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25995, 24 December 1949, Page 6

COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY

DR. W. G. RICH APPOINTED TO COUNCIL

To keep the standard of radiology at a hign level, and by. the interchange of views and the reading of papers to spread knowledge of the subject, is the aim of the recently formed College of Radiology, Australia and New Zealand. Dr. W.-Gor-don Rich, who has just returned to Christchurch after attending the inaugural meeting of the college in Sydney, was appointed a member of the council. Dr. C. D. Costello, of Hastings, who was the only other New Zealander to attend the meet-

ing, was also appointed to the council. The college would be on a par with the colleges of surgeons and physicians, Dr. Rich said. It is hoped that a meeting of the

college will be held in New Zealand, possibly in 1953. Of great value were the symposiums held on various topics, such as cancer of the lung, in which radiologists, pathologists, physicians, and surgeons pooled their knowledge and experience. Such symposiums were particularly valuable for revising work. “These men were not afraid to come out and say they had made a mistake.” Dr. Rich said. “It takes a big man to be able to do that. It was sometimes found by a careful follow up of cases that the diagnosis in the first instance had not been entirely correct; or had not been made soon enough. Points which had been missed were then indicated to the gathering.” Dr. Rich said that very good work was being done in the accurate diagnosis of brain tumours by radiology. Dr. Rich spoke of the courteous service which he had received in shops, buses and taxis in Sydney. Shop

assistants appeared particularly anxious to be helpful to customers. Shops in Sydney were open on Saturday morning, which was a very busy shopping time. In King’s Cross he had found delicatessen shops open until 8 p.H), or later. Many jewellers, chemists and other shops did not close until after 6 p.m. Sydney shops had many goods that had not been seen in New Zealand for years, Dr. Rich said. Cigarettes of all kinds could be bought at any time of the evening in milk bars. Hotel accommodation was not expensive, Dr. Rich found. For what amounted to a small suite, with private bathroom in a comfortable private hotel, the charge was 29s a 1 day. Meals, however, at the bigger hotels, were often very expensive.