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3 Med. Sci. & L. 1 (1962)

handle is hein.journals/mdsclw3 and id is 1 raw text is: MEDICINE SCIENCE and the LAW Vol. 3 October 1962 No. x EDITORIAL IN this issue we publish in full, for the first time, the entire proceed- ings of the Third Annual Scientific Meeting of the Academy, which was held on July 27-29, 1962. Accordingly, this number is a Special Issue dealing with Hazards of the Road, which was the main subject of the Meeting, to which authorities on all aspects of the problem were invited. The Meeting was organised so as to allow the maximum time for discussion. Through the generosity of the British Insurance Association it was possible to make the papers contributed by the speakers available in the printed Programme before the Meeting began. Although at the end of the meeting it was clear that many problems remained unsolved, the programme seems to have been thought on the whole to have been a great success and the con- tributions of the highest. The Presidential Address by Sir Thomas Lund, the Secretary of The Law Society, in whose Hall the meeting took place, was of extreme importance and interest. It is published in full on pp. 401- 410. Its importance lies in the value of a comparative study which he had conducted into the practice in respect of expert testimony throughout the world. Moreover, it is of particular significance in view of the fact that at the moment there is a committee of the British Medical Association, Bar Council and the The Law Society considering this subject in relation to medical evidence. London was also the scene of another important meeting: the Third International Conference on Alcohol and Road Traffic which was held under the auspices of the British Medical Association. A report of the meeting will appear in a later issue. The international aspect of the problems of road accidents does not need stressing. It is imperative that the magnitude of this source of death, temporary and permanent incapacity and financial waste, which is indeed of international significance, is fully realised. Every contribution to the solution of the problem is valuable and we are sure that the I M.S.L. I

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