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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Membership: Open to any licensed dentist 

 conducting an ethical practice in Cook, Lake, 

 or Du Page Counties. Total membership 3,682. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



Professional activities: Midwinter meeting. 



Publications: Fortnightly Review, $2.50, free 

 to members. Editor: Edward J. Sullivan, 1911 

 Central Street, Evanston, 111. 



514. Chicago Diabetes Association, Inc. 620 



North Michigan Avenue, Chicago 11, 111. 

 President: James B. Hurd, 679 North Michi- 

 gan Avenue, Chicago 11, 111. Term expires 

 February 1961. Executive Secretary: Eleanor 

 H. Dice. Term indefinite. 



History: Incorporated November 1948, in 

 Illinois. Affiliate of American Diabetes Associa- 

 tion, New York, N. Y. 



Purpose: To disseminate knowledge and in- 

 formation concerning diabetes mellitus to the 

 profession and public ; to conduct an annual 

 summer camp for diabetic children. 



Membership: Professional members, 166, 

 membership in Chicago Medical Society ; Lay, 

 250 ; Associate, members of allied professions, 

 34. Total membership 450. 



Meetings: Bi-monthly. 



Professional activities: Summer Cam]) for 

 Diabetic Children. 



515. Chicago Medical Society. 86 East Randolph 

 Street, Chicago 1, 111. President: Theodore 

 R. Van Dellen. Term expires June 30, 1961. 

 Secretary: Allison L. Burdick, Sr. Term ex- 

 pires June 30, 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 Mrs. E. A. Fraser. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1850; incorporated in 

 Illinois. Committees: Postgraduate; Clinical 

 Conference. 



Purpose: Cultivation of the science and art 

 of medicine, and professional intercourse among 

 members. 



Membership: Open to any physician who is 

 duly licensed and registered in Illinois, a gradu- 

 ate of a reputable medical school, resident in 

 Cook County or approved adjoining counties, 

 of good moral and professional standing, and a 

 citizen of the United States ; also, physicians 

 who are full time employees of the American 

 Medical Association headquarters ; or duly li- 

 censed physicians otherwise eligible but not 

 licensed in the State of Illinois, employed in an 

 allied medical activity not requiring licensure, 

 resident in Cook County, by special recommenda- 

 tion ; also, physicians serving as medical offi- 

 cers of the United States Army, United States 

 Navy, and the United States Public Health 

 Service, or serving full time in the Veterans 



Administration if engaged actively in their re- 

 spective service. Total membership 6,507. 



Meetings: Annual and monthly. 



Publications: Bulletin, weekly, $4. Editor: 

 Allison L. Burdick, Sr. 



516. Chicago Neurological Society. President: 

 Joseph p. Evans, 950 East 59th Street. Chi- 

 cago, 111. Term expires June 1961. Secre- 

 tary: Ernst Haase. 25 East Washington 

 Street, Chicago 2, 111. Term expires June 

 1961. 



History: Organized 1898. 



Purpose: To promote the study of neurology 

 in all its branches. 



Membership: Active Members, 94, chosen 

 from physicians and scientists who are interested 

 in the study of nervous and mental diseases, and 

 who are residents of Chicago and its immediate 

 area ; Associate Members, 7 ; Corresponding 

 Members, 17; Retired Members, 4. Total mem- 

 bership 118. 



Meetings: Monthly, October to May. 



517. Chicago Pathological Society. President: 

 Paul B. Szanto, Cook County Hospital, Chi- 

 cago 12, 111. Term expires June 1, 1961. 

 Secretary: Lester S. King, Illinois Masonic 

 Hospital, Chicago 14, 111. Term expires June 

 1, 1961. 



History: Founded 1878 as the West Chicago 

 Medical Society; present name adopted in 1881. 

 Since 1898 the Society has formed the pathology 

 section of the Chicago Medical Society. 



Purpose: The cultivation of the science and 

 art of medicine with special reference to path- 

 ology and morbid anatomy. 



Membership: Must have medical degree and 

 an interest in pathology. Active members, 

 195; Emeritus, 26. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



518. Chicago Roentgen Society. 5145 North 

 California Avenue, Chicago 25, 111. President: 

 George B. Cahill, 802 Burns Avenue, Floss- 

 moor, 111. Term expires April 1961. Secretary: 

 William F. Hutson. Term expires April 

 1962. 



History: Organized 1913, incorporated 1937. 

 Committees : Awards ; Blue Cross and Blue 

 Shield; City Code; Ethical Relations; History 

 of Radiology ; Hospital Physicians ; Member- 

 ship ; Nominating ; Nomination of Fellows of 

 Chicago Roentgen Society for F"eIlowship in 

 American College of Radiology ; Program ; 

 Reference ; Special Mviseum Exhibit. 



Purpose: To promote the study of radiology 

 in all its aspects ; to disseminate information ; to 



