Annals of the MBC - vol. 2 - n' 3 - September 1989

The scientific programme includes:
7th November
- Registration
- Opening ceremony
- Reception
8th November
- Panel:
Rehabilitation of burns sequelac
Topics
Kinesitherapy
Social, psychological and occupational aspects
Surgical approaches
- General Assembly of the MBC
9th November
- Panel:
Appropriate Regional Burns Care
Facilities in the Mediterranean Region
Topics
Existing facilities
Surgical
Hospital
Nursing
Civil Defence
- Conclusion
Congress site: Nile Hilton Hotel-Cairo
A very interesting and imaginative social programme for all participants has been arranged, including a visit to the Bazaar and Citadel, Sound and Light at the Pyramids, a visit to the Egyptian Museum and Coptic Cairo, a visit to the Pyramids and the Sphinx, a Trip to Ismailia and to the Suez Canal.
The organizing Committee proposes the following optional post-congress tours:
Option I Luxor and Aswan Q days, 2 nights) I I - 13
November
Option 11 Nile cruise (4 days, 3 nights) 11-14
November

For further information contact:
Mohamed Kadry M.D.
26 (A) Cherif Pacha Str. App. 213
Immobilia Building
Cairo I I I 11, Egypt

For further information contact:
Filesa S.L.
Padre Isla, 34-10 C
Tel. 224000/04
24002 LEON, SPAIN

The scientific programme includes:
Prevention
Biological Dressings
Nutritional Support
Rehabilitation
Pain management
Electrical injuries
Prevention of scars and contractures
Infection
Early wound excision and closure
Enzymatic and non-surgical debridement
Inhalation injury
Emergency care
School re-entry
Burn survivors

For further information contact:
Dr. John Boswick
2005 Franklin St. 660 Denver,
Colorado 80205 (303) 839-1694 U.S.A.

The British Burn Association has instituted a memorial essay to be awarded annually in memory of James Ellsworth Laing, Burn Surgeon, founder member of the British Burn Association and a former Editor of the Journal "Burns". There is a prize of up to f 500 for the winning essay.
The subject for the fifth essay is:

The essay should be confined to not more than 10 000 words and correspondingly less if up to 6 Figures and/or Tables are included. The substance of the essay should not already have been published since the winning essay will be published in "Burns". The essays will be assessed anonymously.
All persons interested in the problems associated with burning injury are eligible to submit an essay.
The deadline for submission of an essay (4 copies) is 31 December 1989. Completed essays and any queries should be sent to the Secretary of the British Burn Association:
Dr. J.C. Lawrence, Ph.D.
M.R.C. Burns Research Group
Accident Hospital
Birmingham B15 INA
England
The title and author(s) of the winning essay will be announced in March or April, 1990.