UNITED STATES 



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ology and Psychiatry ; Obstetrics and Gynecol- 

 ogy; Ophthalmology; Orthopedic Surgery; 

 Otolaryngology; Pathology, Clinical Pathology, 

 and Blood Banking ; Pediatrics ; Physical Medi- 

 cine ; Preventive Medicine and Public Health ; 

 Radiology; Surgery; Urology. Sessions: 

 History of Medicine ; Public Relations. 



Purpose: To federate into one organization 

 the medical professional of the State of New 

 York ; to extend medical knowledge and advance 

 the science and art of medicine ; to promote 

 public health and enlighten public opinion 

 regarding problems of medicine and health. 



Membership: Active, members of component 

 county medical societies ; Junior, component 

 societies' junior members; Life, active members 

 who have reached seventy years of age, or are 

 permanently disabled, and are elected by the 

 House of Delegates of this Society ; Honorary, 

 distinguished physicians residing outside New 

 York State elected by House of Delegates of 

 this Society. Total membership 25,056. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Merit H. Cash Prize, 

 for best essay on such medical or surgical 

 subject as may be designated by a committtee 

 of this Society ; Lucien Howe Prize, for best 

 original contribution in form of essay to a branch 

 of surgery, preferably ophthalmology ; A. 

 Walter Suiter Prize, presented for lecture at 

 annual convention of this Society ; War Memor- 

 ial Fund, to assist in education of children of 

 United States veterans who died in World War 

 n, or as result of service connected disability 

 from World War H. 



Publications: New York State Journal of 

 Medicine, semimonthly, current volume : 60, 

 $7.50. Editor : Laurance D. Redway. News- 

 letter, monthly except August and September, 

 current volume : 8. 



Library: 200,000 volumes. Subject emphasis : 

 Medicine. 



904. Medical Society of the State of North 

 Carolina. 203 Capital Club Building, Raleigh, 

 N. C. President: Amos N. Johnson, Garland, 

 N. C. Term expires May 1961. Executive 

 Director: James T. Barnes. Term expires 

 May 1961. 



History: Organized and chartered 1799; re- 

 organized 1849; rechartered 1858. Sections: 

 Practice of Medicine, Anesthesia, Internal Medi- 

 cine, Neurology and Psychiatry, Obstetrics and 

 Gynecology, Ophthalmology and Otolaryngol- 

 ogy, Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Pathology, 

 Pediatrics, Public Health and Education, Radi- 

 ology, Surgery. Committees : Forty-three com- 

 mittees and student American Medical Associa- 

 tion chapters. 



Purpose: To bring the medical profession of 

 the State into one compact organization ; to 

 keep abreast of medical research ; to better 

 serve the public in prevention and cure of 

 disease and in prolonging life. 



Membership: Active members, 2,975, licensed 

 to practice medicine in North Carolina, and 

 members of component county medical societies ; 

 Honorary, 6, physicians distinguished for re- 

 search and contributions in field of medicine ; 

 Life, 251 ; Scientific, 2. Total membership 

 3,227. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: North Carolina Medical Jour- 

 nal, monthly, current volume: 21, $5. Editor: 

 W. M. Johnson, 300 South Hawthorne Road, 

 Winston- Salem, N. C. 



905. Medical Society of Virginia. 4205 Dover 

 Road, Richmond 21, Va. President: Allen 

 Barker, Medical Arts Building, Roanoke, Va. 

 Term expires October 1960. Executive Secre- 

 tary: Robert I. Howard. Term expires 

 October 1960. 



Plistory: Organized 1870; incorporated Jan- 

 uary 14, 1871. 



Purpose: To promote the science and art of 

 medicine, protection of public health, and bet- 

 terment of the medical profession. 



Membership: Active members, 2,700, physi- 

 cians practicing in Virginia who are members 

 of component societies ; Associate, 230, pre- 

 viously active members moving out of the 

 State. Total membership 2,930. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Virginia Medical Monthly, 

 current volume : 81, $2, free to members. 

 Editor : Harry J. Warthen. 



906. Memphis Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat 

 Society. Memphis Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat 

 Hospital, 1060 Madison Avenue, Memphis 4, 

 Tenn. Executive Secretary: W^illiam F. 

 Murrah, Jr., 1720 Exchange Building, Mem- 

 phis, Tenn. Term expires January 1961. 



History: Organized September 1915. 



Purpose: Presentation of interesting patients, 

 case reports, new instruments, and specimens. 



Membership: Physicians and specialists with 

 five years' experience in the diagnosis and 

 treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and 

 throat, or those having completed recognized 

 residency in ophthalmology or otolaryngology. 

 Total membership 32. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



907. Metallurgical Society of the American 

 Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Pe- 

 troleum Engineers. 29 West 39th Street, 

 New York 18, N. Y. President: C. C. Long, 



