180 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS Sir Eric Rideal, bI.B.E., F.R.S., being received by President R. H. Dobson and Mrs. Dobson at the Annual Dinner Dance. which was employed during the Second World War as a replacement fluid for natural human blood. The chemical engineer had followed with the notable feat of putting a difiqcult synthesis upon a commercial basis and thus making polyvinylpyrrolidone available for industries which could find employment for it. Mr. Greenfield gave interesting details of these developments. He also deprecated extravagant claims for PVP. Some of its applications had become established others he mentioned, were commended as worthy of careful examination by the cosmetic chemist. Members and Guests at the Annual Dinner Dance, January • 8th, l.ondon.

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