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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Publications: Student Medicine, quarterly, 

 current volume : 9, $5. Editor : Ralph W. Alex- 

 ander. Newsletter, quarterly, current volume : 3, 

 for members only. Editor : Edward Dvorak. 



134. American College of Allergists. 2160 Rand 

 Tower, Minneapolis 2, Minn. President: Giles 

 A. Koelsche, 200 1st Street, S. W., Rochester, 

 Minn. Term expires March 1961. F.xecutive 

 ] ice President: Eloi Bauers. 



History: Organized and incorporated No- 

 vember 23, 1942. Committees : Aerobiology, 

 Audio- Visual, Bronchopulmonary Physiologic 

 Therapy, Central Nervous System Allergy, 

 Dermatology, Entomology, New and Unused 

 Therapeutics, Ophtho-Otolaryngologic .\llergy, 

 Pediatric Allergy, Psychosomatic Allergy, Pub- 

 lic Education, Standardization, Technology. 



Purpose: The establishment of an organization 

 of qualified physicians and scientists to meet 

 for tlie purpose of promoting and advancing the 

 study and laboratory and clinical knowledge of 

 allergy ; to advance and maintain the highest 

 possible standards among those engaged in 

 practice ; to perpetuate the best traditions of 

 medicine and medical ethics ; to establish stand- 

 ards for the qualification and procedures for the 

 certification of physicians engaged in the spe- 

 cialty of allergy ; to maintain the dignity of this 

 specialty in its relation to public welfare ; to pro- 

 mote friendly intercourse and relationships be- 

 tween and among those engaged in the practice. 



Membership: Total membership, 1,164. Active 

 Fellows, elected or promoted from Associate 

 Fellows, must be certified by the Board of Ex- 

 aminers and meet qualifications of Credential 

 Committee and the Board of Regents. Associate 

 Fellows, subject to discretion of Board of Re- 

 gents, any physician applying allergy to his 

 practice and any scientist who contributes to the 

 advancement of knowledge. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Annual graduate in- 

 structional course. 



Publications: Annals of Allergy, monthly, 

 $10.50. Editor: E. A. Brown, 75 Bay State 

 Road, Boston 15, Mass. 



135. American College of Anesthesiologists, 

 Inc. 515 Busse Highway, Park Ridge, 111. 

 Executive Secretary: John W. Andes. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: In 1947 the Fellowship Committee of 

 the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Inc. 

 was reorganized as the American College of 

 Anesthesiologists, Inc., but remained a part of 

 the parent organization. 



Purpose: To certify qualifying members of 

 American Society of Anesthesiologists as Fel- 



lows of the College, denoting competence in 

 medical specialty of anesthesiology. 



Membership: Requires proof of competence 

 in specialty by written, oral, and practical 

 examinations ; one year's formal training or five 

 years' experience devoting fifty-one per cent of 

 time to anesthesiology. Total membership 1,991. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



136. American College of Apothecaries. Hamil- 

 ton Court, 39th and Chestnut Streets, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. President: Henry H. Gregg, 

 4954 France Avenue, South Minneapolis, 

 Minn. Term expires September 1961. Execu- 

 tive Secretary: Robert E. Abrams, 405 Lang- 

 ford Road, Broomall, Pa. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized May 10, 1940, in Rich- 

 mond, Va., and incorporated January 12, 1946, 

 in St. Louis, Mo. Divided into eight regions 

 similar to the Federal Reserve Districts. Com- 

 mittees : Standard committees on both scientific 

 and technical subjects. 



Purpose: To promote public health by coop- 

 eration with other public health professions in 

 rendering the best possible type of pharmaceut- 

 ical service and to disseminate helpful informa- 

 tion to the public concerning health matters. To 

 provide services which will aid its fellowship in 

 carrying out its purposes. 



Membership: Full Fellowship, 630, registered 

 pharmacist operating e.xclusive prescription 

 shop; Hospital Fellowship, 110, registered 

 pharmacist ; Associate Fellowship, 130, regis- 

 tered pharmacist ; Faculty Fellowship, 60, 

 registered pharmacist; Honorary Fellowship, 4, 

 at the discretion of the Board of Directors. 



Meetings: Annual, mid-year, and regional. 



Professional activities: Annual survey plus 

 other surveys either directly or by sponsoring 

 grants. 



Publications: Secretary's Newsletter, bi- 

 weekly. Editor : Robert E. Abrams. 



137. American College of Cardiology, Inc. Em- 

 pire State Building, New York 1, N. Y. 

 President: Louis F. Bishop, 141 East 55th 

 Street, New York 22, N. Y. Term expires 

 June 1, 1961. Executive Director: Philip 

 Reichert. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1949; incorporated in 

 District of Columbia. 



Purpose: To promote and advance the science 

 of cardiology and angiology ; to make available 

 free postgraduate training in the subjects; to 

 create cardiological centers for clinical treat- 

 ment and research in cardiovascular diseases ; 

 to publish information pertaining to the subjects. 



Membership: Full Fellowship requires cer- 

 tification by an appropriate American Board; 



