Makerere Medical School: 50th anniversary.

I.N.S.E.R.M. and C.N.R.S. in France. If this description of British universites attracts, as I hope it will, French doctors to the United Kingdom, and they do not know how to make scientific contacts I would suggest that they attend the meetings of British scientific societies-whose quality reflects that of the universities. These societies are well organized, and among the most brilliant meetings one must mention those of the Royal Society, whose membership includes the most distinguished British scientists engaged in research. The Royal Society has no equivalent in France. At the end of this article, I seem mainly to have praised what I have seen. The charm of university campuses, the insular exoticism may explain my attitude. The search for bad points in the running of British medical faculties would show how far I am an anglophile. Research into some subjects, such as cellular physiology, cellular endocrinology, seem to be more active in France than in Great Britain. Others, like immunology, seem to have the same impetus. As a whole, nevertheless, the balance i,s by far favourable to the United Kingdom, where I should have liked to be a student. It would be interesting to have the opinion of the true fundamentalist -the mathematicians and physicists. If they agree with me it might be appropriate to suggest to the British Council that it arranges a U.K. visit for the leaders of French universities and perhaps also for the representatives of associations of French students.