Reports of Meetings

The seventh post-war meeting of the Surgical Club of South West England ^vaS held at the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, Truro, on May 2nd and 3rd, 1952. On the Friday morning demonstration operations were performed by Mr. T. E. RutteR (Truro), Mr. S. R. Adlington (Falmouth) and Mr. C. B. O'Carroll (Falmouth), after which specimens and X-rays were discussed until lunch-time. During the afternoon four papers were read on: Tantalum gauze implant in the treatment of inguinal hernia, by Mr. G. F. Burnell (Truro); One hundred cases of gall-bladder diseases, Mr. J. R* White (Penzance); Acute gastric haemorrhage, Mr. T. Reid (Camborne-Redruth), and The management of carcinoma of the colon, Mr. S. R. Adlington (Falmouth). In the evening a cocktail party was given by the local surgeons at the Goonvrea Hotel and this was followed by the official dinner at Truro. On Saturday morning more operations were performed by Mr. T. Reid and Mr> J. R. White; afterwards papers were read by Mr. T. E. Rutter on Carcinoma of the bladder, and Mr. C. B. O'Carroll on Acute intestinal obstruction in the aged patient, both of which were followed by a lively discussion. The meeting was notable not only for the excellence of the official programme, but also for the beautiful spring weather and the two lunches kindly arranged by the West Cornwall Hospital Management Committee in the Nurses' Home of the Royal Cornwall Infirmary.