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Medical Research Council Microbiology Research.—Annual report received from Dr. N. L. Edson. Publications : (a) " The Onset of Pneumonic Influenza in 1918 in Relation to the Wartime Use of Mustard Gas" (G. M. Richardson). New Zealand Medical Journal, 47, 1948, 4-16. (b) " The Effect of Physical Agents on Hydatid Scolex Viability " (L. B. Pastier). Submitted for publication overseas. (c) " An attempt to Produce Bacterial Agglutinins in Vitro " (L. B. Fastier). Submitted for publication overseas. (d) " Possible Fallacies in the Present Method of Sputum Examination in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis " (L. Kirschner). New Zealand Medical Journal, 46, 1947, 398-403. (e) ut The Diagnosis of Fungus Infection : An Investigation of 100 Cases " (M. J. Marples). New Zealand Medical Journal, 46, 1947, 422-427. Also illustrated pamphlet, " Beware of Hydatids," by the late Sir Louis Barnett. (Published by Department of Health.) Dental Research.—Reports submitted by Dr. J. P. Walsh and Dr. R. E. T. Hewat, Publications : (a) " Recent Advances in the Attack on Dental Caries " (J. P. Walsh). New Zealand Dental Journal, 43, 133-149. (b) " The Relative Susceptibility of Tooth Surfaces to Dental Caries and Other Comparative Studies " (J. P. Walsh and R. S. Smart.) New Zealand Dental Journal, 44, 17-35. (c) Paper in press : Interim report, " Field Studies on Dental Caries in New Zealand " (R. E. T. Hewat). Nutrition Research. —Annual reports received from Dr. J. Malcolm and Dr. Muriel E. Bell. Publication : " Protein in the Therapy of Medical and Surgery Cases " (Muriel E. Bell.) New Zealand Medical Journal, Aug., 1947, 254, 255-263. Thyroid Research. —Annual report made available by Sir Charles Hercus. Publications (a) " Studies on Experimental Goitre—Vlll: Thyroid Tumours in Rats Treated with Thiourea " (H. D. Purves and W. E. Griesbach). British Journal of Experimental Pathology, 1947, XXVIII, 46. (b) " Relative Activities of 1- and tZI-Thyroxine " (W. E. Griesbach, T. H. Kennedy, and H. D. Purves). Nature, 9th August, 1947. Clinical Medicine Research.—Annual report received from Professor F. H. Smirk. Publications : (1) " Thiocynate and Basal Blood Pressure " (K. S. Alstad). British Medical Journal, 1, 250 (1948).

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