Calendar: 1966-1967 Page 410

Annual Report of the Delegacy lxxxv DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY Number of Students 2nd 257 Occasional Sc Special Pharmacology Sc Special Physiology Sc jam PLD Total 275 Results of Examinations For Second results see under Department of Anatomy Higher Degree Ph Johnson 'The spontaneous and drug-induced release of acetylcholine from the guinea-pig isolated ileum Departmental Notes Professor Brownlee lectured at the Karolinska Institute Stockholm on 'The significance of drug toxicity' and to the Danish Pharmaco- logical Society in Copenhagen on 'Sites of drug action in smooth muscle' in May 1965 He also acted as chairman of symposium on 'Vasodilator drugs' at the London Meeting of the International Society of Angiology in July 1965 He visited the University of Ibadan Nigeria as an examiner in June 1965 Dr Paterson was one of the joint organisers of an international symposium on 'Drug mechanisms in glaucoma' held in London in November 1964 The research interests of the department continued in modes of action of autonomic drugs Professor Brownlee and Dr Spriggs investigated the effects of central stimulants on the levels of endogenous physiologically active catecholamines in the central nervous system Other research interests were concerned with the influence of drugs on the uptake of catecholamines in vascular and tracheal smooth muscle Dr Paterson the characterization of sym- pathetic inhibitory receptors in the gut and the influence of teratogenic