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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



48. American Academy of Orthopaedic Sur- 

 geons, Inc. 29 East Madison Street, Chicago 

 29, 111. President: Hugh Smith, 869 Madison 

 Avenue, Memphis 3, Tenn. Term expires 

 January 1961. Executive Secretary: John K. 

 Hart. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1933; incorporated. 



Purpose: Advancement of all phases of 

 orthopaedic surgery. 



Membership: Members must have been gradu- 

 ates of medical school for seven years, practiced 

 othopaedic surgery for three years, and been 

 certified by American Board of Orthopaedic 

 Surgery. Active, 2,442 ; Associate, 7 ; Honorary, 

 34; Emeritus, 157; Corresponding, 37. Total 

 membership 2,677. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Kappa Delta Award 

 for research ; certificates are awarded for 

 scientific exhibits. 



Publications: Bulletin, quarterly. Editor: 

 William A. Larmon. 



History: Organized February 21, 1914; incor- 

 porated in Michigan. Committees : Mem- 

 bership ; Constitution and ByLaws ; Education ; 

 Research in Periodontology ; Nomenclature and 

 Classification ; Scientific Sessions ; Ethics. 



Purpose: To advance the art and science of 

 periodontology, and by its application to im- 

 prove and maintain public health. 



Membership: Requires affiliation with Ameri- 

 can Dental Association or a recognized dental 

 association, with periodontics as a major part of 

 practice. Active, 285 ; Associate, 304 ; Non- 

 Resident, 17; Academic, 17; Honorary, 10; 

 Fellows, 14; Retired, 11. Total membership 

 640. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Sponsoring Graduate 

 Workshop for Teachers in Periodontology, Uni- 

 versity of Minnesota, 1960. 



Publications: Journal of Periodontology, quar- 

 terly, $8, free to members. Editor : Maynard K. 

 Hine, 1121 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, 

 Ind. 



49. American Academy of Pediatrics. 1801 Hin- 

 man Avenue, Evanston, 111. President: Wil- 

 liam W. Belford, 420 Walnut Street, San 

 Diego 3, Calif. Term expires October 1960. 

 Executive Director: E. H. Christopherson. 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1930. Geographic Sec- 

 tions : Nine districts covering United States 

 and Canada ; District X covering Spanish- 

 speaking Latin America ; District XI covering 

 Brazil. Committees : Thirty scientific com- 

 mittees and five sections of the Academy, includ- 

 ing Allergy, Cardiology, Diseases of the Chest, 

 Military Pediatrics, and Surgery. 



Purpose: To foster and stimulate interest in 

 pediatrics and in all aspects of work for welfare 

 of children. 



Membership: Requires certification by Ameri- 

 can Board of Pediatrics, and other professional 

 qualifications. Total membership 6,270. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Residency fellowships 

 in pediatrics ; Mead Johnson Research Grants 

 in pediatrics ; Borden Award ; Mead Johnson 

 Awards for research in pediatrics. 



Publications: Pediatrics, monthly, current 

 volume: 25, $12. Editor: Charles D. May. 



50. American Academy of Periodontology. 



President: B. O. A. Thomas, 668 Homer 

 Avenue, Palo Alto, Calif. Term expires Octo- 

 ber 1961. Secretary: Clarke E. Chamberlain, 

 1101 North North Street, Peoria, 111. Term 

 expires October 1960. 



51. American Academy of Physical Medicine 

 and Rehabilitation. 30 North Michigan Ave- 

 nue, Chicago 2, 111. Executive Secretary: 

 Dorothea C. Augustin. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized September 1938 as Ameri- 

 can Society of Physical Therapy Physicians ; 

 name later changed to American Society of 

 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and, still 

 later, to present title. Committees : Advisory 

 for Advancement of Physical Medicine and 

 Rehabilitation ; Membership Nominating ; Sci- 

 entific Program. 



Purpose: To promote the art and science of 

 medicine and the betterment of public health 

 through understanding and utilization of func- 

 tions of physical medicine and rehabilitation. 



Membership: Active members, must be cer- 

 tificants of American Board of Physical Medi- 

 cine and Rehabilitation ; Senior, active members 

 for fifteen years and over sixty-five years of 

 age ; Corresponding, doctors of medicine from 

 countries other than the United States and 

 Canada with recognition, training, and experi- 

 ence comparable to Diplomates of American 

 Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ; 

 Honorary, for unusual contribution to this field 

 of medicine. Total membership approximately 

 300. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Seminars in physical 

 medicine, sponsored periodically through grants 

 by American Rehabilitation Foundation. 



Publications: Archives of Physical Medicine 

 and Rehabilitation, monthly, current volume: 41, 

 $8.50. Editor: Paul A. Nelson. 



