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than 1,000 volumes, receiving regularly not less 

 than twenty-five medical or allied scientific 

 serials of good standing, maintaining stated 

 regular hours, and in charge of qualified 

 attendants ; Active, 763, persons actively engaged 

 in library or bibliographical work in medical 

 or allied scientific fields, or who hold this 

 Association's Certificate of Medical Librarian- 

 ship; Associate, 106, persons interested in medi- 

 cal or allied scientific libraries; Sustaining, 4, 

 persons or organizations interested in support 

 of medical or allied scientific libraries ; Honor- 

 ary, 3, individuals who have made outstanding 

 contributions to advancement of the purposes of 

 this Association. Total membership 1,462. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Foreign Fellowships, 

 Scholarship Program for approved Medical 

 Library Courses, Exchange Program of Medical 

 Literature, Certification of Medical Librarians, 

 Marcia C. Noyes Award, Murray Gottlieb 

 Prize Essay Award. 



Publications : Bulletin, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume : 48, domestic $7, foreign $7.50. Editor : 

 Mrs. Mildred Crowe Langner, Jackson 

 Memorial Library, 1000 Northwest 17th Street, 

 Miami 2)6, Fla. Vital Notes on Medical Periodi- 

 cals, three annually, current volume : 8, $2. 

 Editor : William K. Beatty, Medical Library, 

 University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. 



898. Medical Society of Delaware. 1925 Lover- 

 ing Avenue, Wilmington 6, Del. President: 

 Lemuel C. McGee. Term expires October 

 1961. Executive Secretary: Lawrence C. 

 Morris, Jr. Term indefinite. 



History : Founded 1 776 ; incorporated Febru- 

 ary 1789. 



Purpose: To federate and bring into one 

 compact organization the entire medical pro- 

 fession of the state ; to extend medical knowledge 

 and advance medical science ; and to elevate the 

 standard of medical education. 



Membership: Open to members in good stand- 

 ing in the component county medical societies. 

 Total membership 430. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Delaware Medical Journal, 

 monthly, current volume : 32, $5. Editor : A. 

 Henry Clagett, Jr. 



899. Medical Society of NeM^ Jersey. P. O. Box 



904, Trenton 5, N. J. President: Jesse McCall, 

 9 Linwood Avenue, Newton, N. J. Term 

 expires May 1961. Executive Secretary: 

 Richard I. Nevin. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized July 23, 1766, this is the 

 oldest medical society in the United States ; 

 recognized by law 1783; incorporated by Act 



of Legislature 1790; second act of incorporation 

 1816 ; granted authority to confer degree of 

 Doctor of Medicine 1825; present charter issued 

 1864. Scientific Sections : Allergy, Anesthesi- 

 ology, Cardiovascular Diseases, Chest Diseases, 

 Clinical Pathology, Dermatology, Gastro-Enter- 

 ology and Proctology, General Practice, Medi- 

 cine, Metabolism, Neuropsychiatry, Obstetrics 

 and Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic 

 Surgery, Otolaryngology, Pediatrics, Radiology, 

 Rheumatism, Surgery, Urology. 



Purpose: Advancement of the profession and 

 promotion of the public good. 



Membership: Active, 6,304, members of com- 

 ponent county societies ; Associate, 308, physi- 

 cians who may be elected to active membership 

 after a period of probation, not longer than two 

 years; Emeritus, 119, physicians who have 

 been members of component societies for at 

 least twenty years, and who, by reason of age 

 or infirmity, have retired from active practice, 

 or members disabled in military service ; Honor- 

 ary, 3, physicians and surgeons of professional 

 distinction, or non-medical persons who have 

 rendered signal service to this Society or have 

 attained special eminence in scientific fields 

 other than medicine. Total membership 6,734. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Medical Student 

 Loan Fund, for New Jersey students ; Golden 

 Merit Awards, for physician-members in practice 

 fifty years. 



Publications: Journal, monthly, current vol- 

 ume : 57, $3. Editor : Henry A. Davidson. 

 Membership News Letter, monthly, current 

 volume: 123-134, $6.30. Editor: Richard I. 

 Nevin. Periodic News Letter, irregular, current 

 volume: 26. Editor: Richard I. Nevin. 



900. Medical Society of the County of Kings 

 and Academy of Medicine of Brooklyn, Inc. 



1313 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn 16, N. Y. 

 President: Irving M. Pallin, 555 Prospect 

 Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Term expires July 

 1961. Executive Secretary: Charles F. 

 McCarty. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1822. 



Purpose: To provide educational opportunities 

 for the medical profession of the community in 

 order that the highest possible standard of 

 practice may be attained ; to maintain a medical 

 library ; to diffuse among the people knowledge 

 of achievements of scientific medicine ; to aid 

 and conserve the public welfare by participating 

 in all proper civic enterprises ; and to fulfill the 

 duties of a county medical society and an acad- 

 emy of medicine to the profession and the public. 



Membership: Regular, physicians licensed to 

 practice in the State of New York, having 

 principal office in Brooklyn or residing in 



