SURGEONS CONFER

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22045, 27 February 1935, Page 12

SURGEONS CONFER

CONGRESS !N MELBOURNE NEW ZEALAND REPRESENTED The College of Surgeons Building, recently erected on the site of the Old Model School, Melbourne, to serve as the headquarters of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, will be officially opened on Monday. The ceremony will be performed by the president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Sir Holburt Waring, who is visiting Australia expressly for tb is purpose.

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh will be represented at the opening by Mr. Henry Wade, surgeon to the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, while Mr. Donald' C. 4 Balfour, professor of surgery of the University of Minnesota, and chief of the surgical staff of the Mayo Clinic, will represent the American College of Surgeons. Oth<?r distinguished surgeons from England, Scotland, Canada, America and South Africa win also be present. In addition, there will be a congress of Australian and New Zealand surgeons extending over a week. At the congress many papers r of particular scientific interest wilt be read by visiting overseas surgeons. Important subjects Of general interest will also be considered, including the treatment of cancer, and the education of the medical man after graduation, especially in relation to surgeons * and hospital facilities. ■ v " ,