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An Argentine–British Medical Centre has been established in Buenos Aires, with the assistance of the British Council, to promote closer relations and to facilitate the exchange of information between the British and Argentine medical professions. The Centre has a Committee of Honour, the twenty-two Argentinian members of which include Prof. José Arce, Prof. Pedro Escudero, Prof. B. A. Houssay and Prof. Alfredo Sordelli. British representatives of various branches of medicine have been invited to join this Committee. On the Executive Committee are the president of the Centre (Prof. Dr. Mariano R. Castex), the director (Prof. Dr. Antonio Eqües), the. secretary (Dr. R. Castro O'Connor), an assistant secretary, three ordinary members, and two representatives of the British Hospital in Buenos Aires. The Centre's library contains a selection of the most important British medical journals and up-to-date text-books. When an inquiry cannot be answered on the spot, the Centre obtains, through the British Council, information, articles and books (or photostat copies) from Britain. Among the activities are distribution of the "British Medical Bulletin" (Spanish edition), supply of medical films, translations from English into Spanish and Spanish into English, and certain facilities for members wishing to subscribe to British medical journals, or buy British medical books. The facilities are available to medical men in the interior of Argentina, who, since they are not in a position to borrow original books and articles, are supplied with photostat copies.
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Argentine–British Medical Centre, Buenos Aires. Nature 156, 107–108 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156107c0
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