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of the United States or in a Province of Canada ; 

 of good moral character and high ethical and 

 professional standing. Total membership 2111 

 Meetings: Annual. 



124. American Board of Psychiatry and Neu- 

 rology, Inc. 102-110 2nd Avenue, S. W ., 

 Rochester, Minn. President: Francis M. 

 Forster, 1300 University Avenue, Madison 6, 

 Wis. Term expires December 10, 1960. 

 Executive Secretary-Treasurer: David A. 

 Boyd, Jr. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded in 1934 following confer- 

 ences of committees appointed by the American 

 Psychiatric Association, the American Neuro- 

 logical Association, and the Section on Nervous 

 and Mental Diseases of the American Medical 

 -Association. 



Purpose: To determine the competence of 

 specialists in psychiatry and in neurology ; to 

 arrange, control, and conduct investigations and 

 examinations to test the qualifications of volun- 

 tary candidates for certificates issued by the 

 Board ; to grant and issue certificates or other 

 recognition of special knowledge in the field of 

 psychiatry and neurology to successful volun- 

 tary applicants therefor ; to serve the public, 

 physicians, hospitals, and medical schools by 

 preparing lists of practitioners who shall have 

 been certified by the Board ; to consider and 

 advise as to any course of study and technical 

 training, and to diffuse any information cal- 

 culated to promote and ensure the fitness of 

 persons desirous of qualifying for a certificate of 

 qualifications to be issued thereby. 



Membership: Diplomates, 6,815, physician 

 duly licensed by law to practice medicine, of 

 acceptable ethical and professional standing, a 

 member of the American Medical Association, 

 satisfactory completion of adequate training in 

 psychiatry or neurology, or both, as a specialty. 



Meetings: Annual, in December; another 

 meeting in spring. 



125. American Board of Surgery, Inc. 1617 

 Pennsylvania Boulevard, Philadelphia 3, Pa. 

 President: J. Englebert Dunphy, University of 

 Oregon School of Medicine, Department of 

 Surgery, Portland 1, Ore. Term expires 

 August 31, 1961. Executive-Trcasxirer : John 

 B. Flick, 1617 Pennsylvania Boulevard, Phila- 

 delphia 3, Pa. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized January 9, 1937 by a 

 committee representative of certain national and 

 sectional surgical societies called together 

 through the initiative of the American Surgical 

 Association. 



Purpose: To conduct examinations of eligible 

 candidates who seek certification by the Board ; 



to issue certificates of qualification to all those 

 meeting the Board's requirements and satis- 

 factorily completing its examinations ; to im- 

 prove the opportunities for the training of 

 surgeons. 



Membership: Members, 18, one of whom is 

 nominated by the Board as Secretary-Treasurer. 

 The other seventeen are nominated as follows : 

 The American Surgical Association — 4 ; The 

 Section on Surgery of the American Medical 

 Association — 4 ; The American College of Sur- 

 geons — 4; The Southern Surgical Association 

 — 1 ; The Western Surgical Association — 1 ; The 

 Pacific Coast Surgical Association — 1 ; The 

 New England Surgical Society — 1 ; The Central 

 Surgical Association — 1. Term of membership 

 is six years, except for the Secretary-Treasurer 

 whose membership terminates with his office. 



Meetings: Annual. 



126. American Broncho-Esophagological Asso- 

 ciation. President: F. Johnson Putney, 1712 

 Locust Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. Term ex- 

 pires May 25, 1961. Secretary: Daniel C. 

 Baker, 903 Park Avenue, New York, N. Y. 

 Term expires May 25, 1961. 



History: Organized 1917 as Association of 

 American Peroral Endoscopists ; name changed 

 in 1921 to American Bronchoscopic Society, and 

 in 1939 to present title. 



Purpose: Promotion of knowledge of diseases 

 and injuries in respiratory and upper digestive 

 tracts, and advancement of the art of broncho- 

 esophagology. 



Membership: Active members, 177; Associate, 

 5 ; Corresponding, 49 ; Honorary, 7 ; Emeritus, 

 32. Membership by invitation only. Active 

 members must submit theses on subjects per- 

 taining to broncho-esophagology ; applicants 

 must be leaders or potential leaders in their 

 fields. Total membership 270. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Transactions, annual, free to 

 members. Editor : Stanton A. Friedberg, 122 

 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 111. 



127. American Bryological Society. President: 

 Roy F. Cain, University of Toronto, Canada. 

 Term expires August 1961. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: WiUiam A. Weber, University of 

 Colorado Museum, Boulder, Colo. Term ex- 

 pires December 1961. 



History: Organized January 1, 1898 as the 

 Sullivant Moss Chapter ; title changed April 

 1908 to SulHvant Moss Society; changed to 

 present title January 1949. 



Purpose: To promote interest in the study 

 of bryology and lichenology, to facilitate ex- 



