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865. Louisiana Societies of Anesthetists. Presi- 

 dent: Calvin Cranfield, Ear, Nose and Throat 

 Hospital, New Orleans, La. Term expires 

 November 1960. Executive Secretary: 

 Kenneth Bray, Veterans Administration Hos- 

 pital, New Orleans, La. Term expires No- 

 vember 1960. 



History: Founded 1948; a component society 

 of American Society of Anesthesiologists. 



Purpose: To further scientific aspects of anes- 

 thesiology. 



Membership: Doctor of Medicine degree, 

 license to practice medicine, member in good 

 standing of American Medical Association and 

 American Society of Anesthesiologists, practice 

 limited to anesthesiology, or related sciences. 

 Total membership 60. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



medical societies ; Associate, 16, physicians in 

 government agencies and services, or associate 

 members of component district and parish socie- 

 ties ; Intern-Resident, 96 ; Honorary, 5, members 

 who have rendered meritorious service to 

 organized medicine or contributed to advance- 

 ment of scientific medicine, or non-members 

 distinguished in medicine or the collateral 

 branches of medicine ; Military, 3 ; Inactive, 78, 

 physicians who have been in active practice and 

 members of long standing in the Society. Total 

 membership 2,600. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Walter Reed Memorial 

 Fund, award for thesis on tropical medicine; 

 fifty-year pins to members who have practiced 

 medicine for this period of time. 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume; 116, $4. Editor: P. H. Jones. 



866. Louisiana State Medical Society. 1430 

 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans 12, La. Presi- 

 dent: O. B. Owens, P. O. Box 672, Alexandria, 

 La. Term expires May 1961. Secretary- 

 Treasurer: C. Grenes Cole. Term expires May 

 1962. 



History: Organized January 14, 1878; incor- 

 porated June 5, 1903. Committees : Accredita- 

 tion of Hospitals ; Aid to Indigent Members ; 

 Alcoholism ; American Medical Education 

 Foundation ; Arrangements, Annual Meeting ; 

 Blood Banks ; Budget and Finance ; Cancer ; 

 Child Health ; Chronic Diseases ; Committees ; 

 Congressional Matters ; Diabetes ; Domicile ; 

 Federal Medical Services ; Gamma Globulin 

 and Salk Vaccine ; Geriatrics ; Historian ; 

 Hospitals ; Industrial Health ; Insurance ; 

 Journal ; Lectures for Colored Physicians ; 

 Liaison with Louisiana State Nurses Associa- 

 tion; Louisiana Organizations for State Legisla- 

 tion ; Maternal Welfare ; Mediation ; Medical 

 Defense ; Medical Education ; Medical and 

 Hospital Service in re-Insurance Contracts ; 

 Medical Testimony ; Mental Health ; National 

 Emergency Medical Service ; Neuropsychiatric 

 Service at Charity Hospitals ; Public Health of 

 the State of Louisiana ; Public Policy and Legis- 

 lation ; Rural and LIrban Health ; Scientific 

 Work ; State Department of Public Welfare ; 

 State Hospital Policies and Medical Indigency ; 

 Woman's Auxiliary and Council on Medical 

 Service and Public Relations. 



Purpose: To federate and bring into one 

 compact organization the eligible members of 

 the medical profession of the State ; to guard 

 and foster their material interests ; to enlighten 

 and direct public opinion in regard to the great 

 problems of state medicine. 



Membership: Active members, 2,402. active 

 members of component district and parish 



867. Louisiana State Pharmaceutical Associa- 

 tion. 315 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, 

 La. President: R. Lewis Rieger, Rieger 

 Pharmacies, Baton Rouge, La. Term expires 

 June 25. 1961. Executive Secretary: Miss 

 Joe Mary Cleaton. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1882. 



Purpose: To promote and improve the science 

 of pharmacy ; to unite fraternally all reputable 

 pharmacists of the State of Louisiana; to im- 

 prove and promote public health ; to foster and 

 encourage inter-professional relations ; to sup- 

 port a system of education and training in 

 science of pharmacy ; to develop, maintain and 

 enforce a code of ethics. 



Membership: Active, registered pharmacists; 

 Associate, connected with the profession of 

 pharmacy but not registered pharmacists. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: The Louisiana Pharmacist, 

 monthly, free. Editor: Richard Drown, Jr. 



868. Lubbock Geological Society. President: 

 Ben F. Baldwin, P. O. Box 268, Lubbock, 

 Tex. Term expires May 1961. Executive 

 Sccretarx: B. J. Talley, Term expires May 

 1961. 



History: Organized in 1953; member of the 

 Southwestern Federation of Geological Societies 

 and of the American Association of Petroleum 

 Geologists. 



Purpose: To promote the science of petroleum 

 geology and technology in West Texas ; to 

 promote and encourage professional cooperation 

 among geologists and associated scientists ; and 

 to foster the scientific spirit among its members. 



Membership: Open to any persons of integrity 

 and principle who are engaged or interested 



