Transcribed by Roger Thomas

https://doi.org/10.36866/pn.108.21a

The Physiological Society’s Oxford Meeting,
7-8 July 1967

At the invitation of GL Brown, a meeting of The Society was held in the University Museum and in the Physiology Laboratory, Oxford, on the 7th and 8th July 1967.

The meeting is understood to have started at 11 am on Friday, with GL Brown in the chair, though at that time the Secretary and many members were the enforced guests of British Railways somewhere outside Didcot. A leisurely beginning, however, the first communication going four slides and two rings of the warning bell beyond its allotted span, allowed everyone to catch up. Six papers were heard before lunch, and again with GL Brown in the chair, a further nine after lunch. Paper 10 was withdrawn, with the result that later authors, secure in their faith in the chairman’s timing, were found wanting – or rather, could not be found. The confusion was resolved by taking paper 17 before paper 15, and postponing paper 6 until Saturday morning. Tea was followed by Demonstrations in the Physiology and Pharmacology departments. Demonstration 19 was withdrawn.

Members and guests were then entertained to sherry in Keble College, followed by a most excellent dinner there. After dinner, OF Hutter thanked GL Brown for an excellent meeting. As this was their chairman’s last meeting as head of the Oxford department, he wanted, on behalf of the whole Society, to express our very best wishes to GL in his new career as Principal of Hertford College. This was enthusiastically applauded by all. In his reply, GL Brown welcomed The Society and its guests, in particular Dr H Korn from Paris, who was an official guest of The Society.

He directed The Society’s thanks to those who had done most of the work, particularly his secretary Mrs Audrey Richards, and also to RH Kay for organising such a splendid lunch and dinner in Keble College. Though this would be his last opportunity of welcoming The Society as head of department, he hoped his new job would give him an opportunity of actually doing some physiology.

The meeting resumed at 10.00 am. on Saturday, when seven papers were heard before and the seven remaining after lunch. The meeting ended at 4 pm with tea.

Friday, 7 July
Lunch 120 – Tea 326 – Dinner 197

Saturday, 8 July
Lunch 146 – Tea 206