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64i. American Association for the History of 

 Medicine, Inc. Smithsonian Institution, Wash- 

 ington 25, D. C. President: Chauncey D. 

 Leake, Ohio State University, Columbus 10, 

 Ohio. Term expires 1962. Secretary: John 

 B. Blake. Term expires 1961. 



History: Founded 1925; incorporated in New 

 York State as nonprofit membership corpora- 

 tion ; acts as United States and Canadian Sec- 

 tion of International Society of the History of 

 Medicine. Sections : Twenty-seven constituent 

 societies. Committees : Bibliography ; Teach- 

 ing of History of Medicine ; Research in Ameri- 

 can Medical History. 



Purpose: To encourage a high standard of 

 interest in the history of medicine, including 

 the history of public health, dentistry, pharmacy, 

 nursing, medical social work, and allied subjects. 



Membersliip: Active: requires residence in 

 the United States or Canada, and interest in 

 history of medicine. Active Members, 550; Non- 

 resident Members, 20 ; Honorary, 8 ; Constituent 

 Societies, 27. 



Meetings : Annual . 



Professional activities: William H. Welch 

 Medal, for contributions of outstanding schol- 

 arly merit in medical history ; William Osier 

 Medal, for student prize essay; Fielding H. 

 Garrison Lecture ; preparation of annual bibliog- 

 raphy in history of medicine in United States 

 and Canada. 



Publications: Bulletin of the History of Medi- 

 cine, bimonthly, current volume : 34, free to 

 members. Editor : Owsei Timken, Johns Hop- 

 kins School of Medicine, Baltimore 5, Md. 



65. American Association for the Study of 

 Neoplastic Diseases. President: Norman N. 

 Steinberg, Royal Oak, Mich. Term expires 

 July 1961. Executive Secretary: Bruce H. 

 Sisler, National Cancer Institute, Research 

 Grants Branch, Bethesda, Md. Term expires 

 July 1961. 



History: Organized in 1932 at Johns Hop- 

 kins University. 



Purpose: To bring together the pathologists, 

 radiologists, surgeons, and other members of 

 the specialties most concerned in the treatment 

 of neoplastic diseases ; to continue the study of 

 such diseases. 



Membership: Limited to individuals with de- 

 grees of doctor of medicine or doctor of dental 

 surgery, with an interest in the scientific study 

 of neoplasia. Total membership 160. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Maintains a tumor 

 registry; holds the Joseph Colt Bloodgood 

 Lecture annually. 



G6. American Association for the Surgery of 

 Trauma. President: Harrison L. McLaugh- 

 lin, 180 Fort Washington Avenue, New York 

 32, N. Y. Term begins October 1960. 



History: Organized June 14, 1938, at San 

 Francisco, Calif. 



Purpose: Cultivation and improvement of the 

 science and art of surgery of trauma and allied 

 sciences. 



Membership: Members of state or provincial 

 societies with ten years' practice limited to sur- 

 gery or allied specialties, certified by American 

 Board of Surgery or specialty board with which 

 identified, who are Fellows of American College 

 of Surgeons or of one of the Royal Colleges, 

 and have contributed to medical literature. 

 Active members, 250; Senior, 140; Honorary, 

 16. Total membership 406. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Journal of Surgery, bimonthly. 

 Editor : Charles G. Johnston, 1401 Rivard Street, 

 Detroit, Mich. 



67. American Association for Thoracic Surgery, 



308 Carondelet Building, 7730 Carondelet 

 Avenue, St. Louis 5, Mo. President: John H. 

 Gibbon, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. Term expires 

 April 1961. Secretary: Hiram T. Langston. 

 Term expires April 1961. 



History: Organized 1917 in New York City 

 at a meeting of the New York Society for 

 Thoracic Surgery. 



Purpose: To encourage and stimulate investi- 

 gation and study that will increase the knowledge 

 of intrathoracic physiology, pathology, and 

 therapy ; to correlate and disseminate such 

 knowledge. 



Membership: Active: individuals who have 

 been associate members, elected for distinction 

 in thoracic field or meritorious contribution to 

 knowledge pertaining to thoracic disease and 

 surgical treatment. Associate : individuals hav- 

 ing an active interest in thoracic disease as a 

 practitioner, teacher, or investigator. Senior : 

 individuals who have been active members for 

 not less than ten years, active members who have 

 passed the age of sixty or who have become 

 incapacitated by illness. Honorary : persons 

 who have rendered distinguished service to the 

 profession. Active, 271; Associate, 176; Sen- 

 ior, 86 ; Honorary, 9. Total membership 542. 



Meetings : Annual . 



Professional activities: Sponsorship and sup- 

 port of the Evarts A. Graham Memorial 

 Traveling Fellowship, open to young thoracic 

 surgeons from Europe, to bring a well trained 

 thoracic surgeon from abroad to this country 

 for additional experience and training in a 

 center of his choice. 



