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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



732. Honolulu County Medical Society. 510 



South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Hawaii. 

 President: H. Q. Pang. Term expires Decem- 

 ber 1960. Executive Secretary: Richard M. 

 Kennedy. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1925. 



Purpose: To bring into one organization the 

 physicians of the City and County of Honolulu ; 

 to extend medical knowledge and advance medi- 

 cal science and to promote the betterment of 

 public health ; to elevate the standards of medical 

 education and practice by assisting in the support 

 of a medical library, and to foster the enactment 

 and enforcement of just medical laws; to pro- 

 mote friendly intercourse among physicians ; to 

 guard and foster the legitimate interests of 

 members of the medical profession and to protect 

 them against imposition ; to enlighten and direct 

 public opinion in regard to the problems of medi- 

 cine, so that the profession shall become more 

 capable and honorable within itself and more 

 useful to the public in the prevention and cure of 

 disease, and in prolonging and adding comfort 

 to life ; and with other county societies form 

 the Hawaii Medical Association, and through 

 it, with other State associations, to form and 

 maintain the American Medical Association. 



Membership: License to practice medicine in 

 Hawaii. Total membership 456. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



733- Honolulu General Surgical Society. Presi- 

 dent: Edward W. Boone, 1154 Bishop Street, 

 Honolulu, Hawaii. Term expires March 22, 

 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Frederick B. 

 Warshauer, 1136 Union Street, Honolulu 13, 

 Hawaii. Term expires March 22, 1961. 



History: Founded in 1941 as an outgrowth 

 of monthly meetings held in the office of Dr. 

 Grover Batten by several Honolulu practitioners 

 with a common interest in surgical problems. 

 Further meetings were suspended after the 

 December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. 

 Reactivated January 17, 1947. 



Purpose: To further knowledge of, and kindle 

 interest in, the specialty of general surgery 

 among members of this community ; to assist the 

 intern-resident training programs of local hos- 

 pitals. 



Membership: Regular, 21, licensed resident 

 physicians of Honolulu ; certification by the 

 American Board of Surgery, or Fellowship in 

 the American College of Surgeons, General 

 Surgical Section, or regular membership in 

 Pan-Pacific Surgical Association, General Sur- 

 gical Section, or satisfactory completion of 

 training requirements of the American Board of 

 Surgeons; Life, 2; Associate, 71. Total mem- 

 bership 94. 



Meetings: Bimonthly. 



734. Honolulu Obstetrical and Gynecological 

 Society. 510 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, 

 Hawaii. President: Sidney Fujita. Term 

 expires June 30, 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: 

 A. Mundt. Term expires June 30, 1961. 



History: Organized in 1947. 



Purpose: To further scientific and educational 

 interests in obstetrics and gynecology. 



Membership: Regular members, restrict prac- 

 tice to obstetrics-gynecology ; Associate mem- 

 bei's, all other physicians interested in obstetrics 

 and gynecology. Total membership approxi- 

 mately 50. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



735. Honolulu Pediatric Society. 226 North 

 Kuakini Street, Honolulu, Hawaii. President: 

 Harold Sexton, 1020 Ward Street, Honolulu, 

 Hawaii. Term expires October 31, 1960. 

 Secretary-Treasurer : Richard E. Ando, 1010 

 South King Street, Honolulu 14, Hawaii. 

 Term expires October 31, 1960. 



History: Organized in 1946. 



Purpose: To improve the practice of pediatrics 

 and improve the standards of infant and child 

 care ; and foster better understanding of children 

 in Hawaii. 



Membership: Active practice or research in 

 pediatrics in Honolulu. Total membership 42. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



Professional activities: Support of Kauikeolani 

 Children's Hospital Visiting Professor of 

 Pediatrics Program. 



736. Horticulture Society of New York, Inc. 



157 West 58th Street, New York 10, N. Y. 

 President: Charles D. Webster. Term ex- 

 pires January 1961. Secretary: Mrs. Herman 

 G. Place. Term expires January 1961. Execu- 

 tive Secretary: Richard B. Farnham. Term 

 expires January 1961. 



History: Organized 1900; incorporated 1902. 



Purpose: To collect and disseminate informa- 

 tion on topics relating to the culture and care of 

 plants, fruits, flowers, and vegetables ; and to 

 stimulate the knowledge and love of horticulture. 



Membership : Open to those persons interested 

 in horticulture. Classes of members : Annual, 

 Professional Gardners, Sustaining, Life, Pa- 

 trons, Benefactors. Total membership 5,000. 



Meetings: Monthly, except March, July, 

 August, and September. 



Library: About 18,000 volumes. 



737. Hospital Association of Hawaii. President: 

 Kent Longnecker, Leahi Hospital, 3675 

 Kilauea Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii. Term ex- 



