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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Brooklyn; Retired, regular members who have 

 passed their seventieth birthday; Honorary, 

 physicians who have been members of Kings 

 County or another medical society in New York 

 State for over fifty years and physicians and 

 others who have done outstanding work for the 

 Medical Society of the County of I<Jngs ; Cor- 

 responding, physicians who are members of a 

 county medical society in the United States, 

 physicians who are eligible for any other type 

 of membership in the Medical Society of the 

 County of Kings cannot become Corresponding 

 Members ; Associate, persons not licensed to 

 practice medicine in the State of New York, 

 but who are interested in the aims of the 

 Medical Society of the County of Kings and 

 who meet certain other requirements ; Student, 

 medical students either attending medical col- 

 lege in the County of Kings or those who are 

 attending medical school outside the County of 

 Kings and who reside in Brooklyn; Intern, 

 interns who are serving in a Brooklyn Hospital 

 approved for intern training, or who are serving 

 in a county hospital which is approved for 

 intern training, and who reside in Brooklyn ; 

 Resident, residents who are serving in a Brook- 

 lyn Hospital approved for Resident Training, 

 or who are serving in a County Hospital which 

 is approved for Resident Training, and who 

 reside in Brooklyn. 



Meetings: Annual; monthly October to May. 



Publications: Bulletin, monthly, current vol- 

 ume : 39. 



Library: 200,000 volumes. 



901. Medical Society of the County of New 

 York. 10 Columbus Circle, New York 19, 

 N. Y. President: Bernard J. Pisani, St. 

 Vincent's Hospital, 170 West 12th Street, 

 New York 11, N. Y. Term expires May 23, 

 1961. Executive Secretary: Robert D. Potter, 

 Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1794 as Medical Society 

 of the State of New York; incorporated 1806 

 under present title. The Society is a component 

 unit of the Medical Society of the State of 

 New York. 



Purpose: To aid in regulating practice of 

 medicine and surgery in New York County, 

 to secure enforcement of related laws, and to 

 assist in preservation of public health. 



Membership: Requires license to practice 

 medicine in State of New York and principal 

 office or residence in County of New York. 

 Active, Junior, Associate, and Life members. 

 Total membership 6,948. 



Meetings: Monthly, October through May. 



Publications: New York Medicine, semi- 

 monthly, $5, free to members. Editor : Robert 

 D. Potter. 



902. Medical Society of the District of Colum- 

 bia. 1718 M Street, N. W., Washington 6, 

 D. C. President: Victor R. Alfaro. Term 

 expires December 31, 1960. Executive Direc- 

 tor: Theodore Wiprud. Term indefinite. 



History: Chartered by Acts of Congress 

 February 16, 1819, July 7, 1838, and May 24, 

 1924. Successor, 1911, to Medical Society of 

 the District of Columbia, founded September 

 26, 1817, and Medical Association of the District 

 of Columbia, founded January 11, 1833. Sec- 

 tions : Allergy ; Anesthesiology ; Dermatology 

 and Syphilology ; Gastroenterology ; General 

 Practice ; Internal Medicine ; Neurology and 

 Psychiatry ; Ophthalmology, Otology, Rhinol- 

 ogy, and Laryngology ; Pathology and Labora- 

 tory Medicine ; Pediatrics ; Physical Medicine 

 and Rehabilitation ; Plastic Surgery ; Radiology. 



Purpose: To promote and disseminate medical 

 and surgical knowledge. 



Membership: Active members, 1,463, legally 

 qualified practitioners of medicine in the District 

 of Columbia ; Life, 67, active members on roll 

 forty years; Associate, 571, medical men not 

 eligible for active membership, or scientists 

 engaged in collateral lines of research ; Affiliate, 

 36, physicians otherwise eligible for active 

 membership in this Society, but with offices 

 outside its jurisdiction, and who are active 

 members of other constituent units of American 

 Medical Association ; Honorary, 29, persons who 

 deserve recognition for eminent contributions 

 to medical or collateral science, or for meritori- 

 ous service to the medical profession ; Resident- 

 Intern, 32, hospital interns or residents. United 

 States citizens, and not engaged in private 

 practice. Total membership 2,198. 



Meetings: Annual; monthly, October through 

 May. 



Professional activities: John Benjamin Nichols 

 Award, to a lay person or lay organization 

 for outstanding contribution to the health of the 

 community. 



Publications: Medical Annals of the District 

 of Columbia, monthly, current volume : 29, $4.50. 

 Editor: Wallace M. Yater. 



903. Medical Society of the State of New York. 



750 3rd Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. Presi- 

 dent: Norman S. Moore, 512 East State 

 Street, Ithaca, N. Y. Term expires May 1961. 

 Executive Director: Herbert T. Wagner. 

 Term indefinite. 



History : Organized 1807. Seventy commit- 

 tees and subcommittees. Sections : Allergy ; 

 Anesthesiology ; Chest Diseases ; Dermatology 

 and Syphilology ; Gastroenterology and Proc- 

 tology ; General Practice ; Industrial Medicine 

 and Surgery ; Legal Medicine ; Medicine ; Neur- 



