SCIENCE CONFERENCE

The Indian Medical Association Annual Conference This association met at Hyderabad fiom !5th to 29th December, 1958. The membership of the association though including influential individuals is not keeping j)ace with the numeiica growth of the medical profession in t e country. The resolution passed in the open ses sion on 27th December included tie following items: (i) Amending t10 Indian Medical Council Act of 1933 s0 that the Medical Licentiates can be brought under the purview of the Act m the same schedule with others holding ic cognised medical qualifications ol 10 country and a common register main taiiied, (ii) provision for adequate rcpic dentation of the Indian Medical Associa tion on tli j Medical Council of India, (w? expediting of the amendments to t ie I)rugs Act 3940 on the lines recomnien e V the Anti-Spurious Drug Committee o the Indian Medical Association, witi view to putting a stop to the manufacture and sale of spurious and sub-stan ar drugs; and including of the disinfectan s in the purview of the Act, (iv) reopenin? ?f the Diploma Course in Tropical IV e 1 cine to Licentiates with immediate e ec ' (v) levying of a nominal and uniform ex cise duty 011 spiritous medicines so as to