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THE Fourteenth International Veterinary Congress will take place in London during August 8-13, 1949, and the meetings will be held at the Central Hall, Westminster, and in Church House, Westminster, S.W.I. The Duke of Gloucester, who is the president of the Royal Veterinary College and Hospital of London, hopes to be able to open the Congress. As it is considered that the present world food situation is the most important scientific and practical question of the day, the programme of the Congress has been based on this theme. Every morning there will be a plenary session at which a paper will be presented by a leading authority on the veterinary profession's contribution to some aspect of world food production. Sectional meetings will be held in the afternoons, and the programme for these is designed to cover a wide range of subjects. The executive committee has been appointed as follows : President, Sir Daniel Cabot ; vice-president, Prof. J. B. Buxton; honorary secretary, Dr. W. R. Wool-driclge ; honorary treasurer, Mr. G. N. Gould ; general secretary, Mr. W. G. R. Oates. An exhibition of the latest instruments, appliances, drugs, disinfectants, books, etc., will be arranged near to the Central Hall. Social functions have been arranged for the evening of August 7, and during the week of August 15-20 excursions will be made to places and establishments of veterinary interest. Official invitations to the Congress have been issued by the Government of Great Britain to foreign, Commonwealth and Colonial Governments. Representation has been invited not only from government veterinary departments, but also from universities, veterinary schools and other interested bodies in every country. Persons desirous of attending the Congress should apply as early as possible, and all inquiries should be addressed to the Organising Secretary, Fourteenth International Veterinary Congress, 10 Red Lion Square, London, W.C.l.
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International Veterinary Congress. Nature 163, 205 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163205c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/163205c0