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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



E. Vincent Askey, 2210 West Third Street, 

 Los Angeles, Calif. Term expires June 1961. 

 Executive Vice President: F. J. L. Blasin- 

 game. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized in Philadelphia in May 

 1847, to raise the standards of medical education 

 in the United States, to combat medical quack- 

 ery, and to provide an exchange of postgraduate 

 medical educational ideas. Comprises 1.911 

 county and district medical societies and 53 

 state and territorial societies. Councils and 

 Committees : Committee on Cosmetics, Council 

 on Drugs, Committee on Pesticides, Committee on 

 Research, Committee on Toxicology, Council on 

 Foods and Nutrition, Council on Medical Educa- 

 tion and Hospitals, Council on Medical Physics, 

 Council on Mental Health, Department of In- 

 vestigation, Committee on Medicolegal Prob- 

 lems, Council on Legislative Activities, Judicial 

 Council, Council on Industrial Health, Council 

 on Medical Service, Council on National De- 

 fense, Council on Rural Health, Committee on 

 Rehabilitation, Council on Scientific Assembly. 

 Under Council on Scientific Assembly, 21 sec- 

 tions : anesthesiology ; dermatology and syphil- 

 ology ; diseases of the chest ; experimental medi- 

 cine and therapeutics ; gastro-enterology and 

 proctology ; general practice ; internal medicine ; 

 laryngology, otology, and rhinology ; military 

 medicine ; nervous and mental diseases ; ob- 

 stetrics and gynecology ; ophthalmology ; ortho- 

 pedic surgery ; pathology and physiology ; pedi- 

 atrics ; physical medicine and rehabilitation ; 

 preventive and industrial medicine and public 

 health ; radiology ; surgery, general and ad- 

 dominal ; urology. 



Purpose: To promote the art and science of 

 medicine and the betterment of public health. 



Membership: Physicians, licensed to practice 

 medicine. Total membership 176,000. 



Meetings: Semiannual : annual in spring, 

 clinical in fall. 



Professional activities: Distinguished Service 

 Award ; General Practitioner of the Year 

 Award. 



Publications : Journal, weekly, current volume : 

 172, $15. Editor: John H. 'Talbott. Today's 

 Health, monthly, current volume : 5, $3. Editor : 

 Kenneth Anderson. AMA News, biweekly, cur- 

 rent volume: 3, $3. Editor: James Reed. AMA 

 Journal of Diseases of Children, monthly, cur- 

 rent volume: 99, $8; Archives of Neurology, 

 monthly, current volume : 2, $8 ; Archives of 

 Psychiatry, monthly, current volume : 2, $8 ; 

 Archives of Dermatology, monthly, current 

 volume: 81, $8; Archives of Surgery, monthly, 

 current volume: 80, $8; Archives of Ophthal- 

 mology, monthly, current volume : 63, $8 ; 

 Archives of Otolaryngology, monthly current 

 volume: 71, $8; Archives of Pathology, month- 



ly, current volume : 69, $8 ; Archives of Internal 

 Medicine, monthly, current volume: 105, $8; 

 Archives of Industrial Health, monthly, cur- 

 rent volume: 21, $8. Editor: Gilbert Cooper. 



Library: Archive and Library, 6,000 vol- 

 umes on medicine, medical socioeconomics, medi- 

 cal history. 



225. American Medical Technologists, Inc., 



Suite 5-A, Bass Building. Enid, Okla. Presi- 

 dent: Hugh A. Woosley, 3824 Crest Court, 

 Elkhart, Ind. Term expires June 30, 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: E. W. Williams. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized 1939. 



Purpose: To elevate standards in the field 

 of medical technology ; to maintain constant 

 education in the field for members by means of 

 scientific seminars and conventions. 



Membership: Citizens of the United States, 

 Canada, or Pan- America ; graduates of approved 

 high school or equivalent ; graduates of a course 

 in medical technology and/or not less than 

 three years' experience in a clinical laboratory 

 under proper supervision ; must pass written 

 examination for certification. Total membership 

 11,000. 



Meetings: Annual, national convention and 

 five district conventions ; quarterly, State society 

 meetings. 



Professional activities: Sponsorship of State 

 society meetings at which time scientific semi- 

 nars are held. 



Publications: Journals, quarterly, $3, free to 

 members. Editor: E. W. Williams. 



226. American Medical Women's Association, 



Inc. 1790 Broadway, New York 19, N. Y. 

 President: Claire F. Ryder. Term expires 

 June 1961. Executive Director: Lillian T. 

 Majally. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized in Chicago in November 

 1915 as the Medical Women's National Associa- 

 tion. Incorporated in Illinois in 1916. The State 

 of incorporation was changed to New York in 

 February 1924. The name was changed to 

 American Medical Women's Association in 1937. 

 There are approximately 40 active branches 

 located throughout the LInited States and 

 Puerto Rico. Committees: Planning; Co- 

 ordinating; Archives; Constitution and By- 

 Laws ; Credentials ; Finance ; International Rela- 

 tions ; Lectureship; Legislative; Liaison with 

 American Women's Hospitals Service, Inc., and 

 Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania; 

 Medical Education and Practice; Membership; 

 Public Health; PubHcations ; Publicity and 

 Public Relations ; Resolutions ; Student Loans, 

 Fellowships, and Grants. 



