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proved schools. Conduct seminars on advances 

 in the field of laboratory medicine. 



Publications: The Filter, biannually, current 

 volume: 14, free. Editor: Betty Beine. 



1036. Nebraska State Medical Association. 1315 

 Sharp Building, Lincoln 8, Neb. President: 

 Fritz Teal, 2300 South 13th Street, Lincoln, 

 Neb. Term expires May 1, 1961. Executive 

 Secretary: M. C. Smith. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1868; incorporated 1919. 



Purpose: To promote the science and art of 

 medicine, elevate the standard of medical educa- 

 tion and promote public health. 



Membership: Active members, physicians who 

 are members of component societies ; Associate, 

 physicians serving as interns or residents in 

 hospitals, or physicians residing in Nebraska and 

 employed by the Federal Government ; Service, 

 regularly commissioned officers of the Armed 

 Services or United States Public Health Serv- 

 ice, or permanent medical officers of the Vet- 

 erans Administration and the Indian Service ; 

 Life; Honorary. Total membership 1,229. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Nebraska State Medical Jour- 

 nal, monthly, current volume : 45, $3.50. Editor : 

 George W. Covey. 



1037. Nebraska State Radiological Society, Inc. 



Nebraska Methodist Hospital, Omaha, Neb. 

 President: Shaun Gunderson, Clarkson Hos- 

 pital, Omaha, Neb. Term expires October 

 1960. Secretary-Treasurer : Ronald E. 

 Waggener. Term expires October 1960. 



History: Organized approximately 1930, in- 

 corporated September 28, 1950. 



Purpose: The promotion of post-graduate 

 education, public health and welfare as related 

 to the science and practice of radiology. 



Membership: Active, 36, Diplomates of the 

 American Board of Radiology ; Associate, 7, 

 residents in radiology or those devoting most 

 of their time to practice of radiology. 



Meetings: Monthly, October through May. 



1038. Neuropsychiatric Society of Virginia. 



Eastern State Hospital, Williamsburg, Va. 

 President: W. D. Buxton, University of Vir- 

 ginia Hospital, Charlottesville, Va. Term 

 expires 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : Howard 

 H. Ashbury. Term expires 1961. 



History: Organized May 18, 1935. District 

 Branch, American Psychiatric Association since 

 1956. 



Purpose: The advancement and the practice 

 of psychiatry. 



Membership: Membership in the American 



Psychiatric Association, resident of state of 

 Virginia, with the exception of Arlington and 

 Fairfax Counties and City of Alexandria. Ac- 

 tive, 91 ; Honorary, 8 ; Life, 2. Total member- 

 ship 101. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Publications: Newsletter, three times a year, 

 current volume: 2. Editor: Robert Gardner, 

 Lynchburg, Va. 



1039. Neurosurgical Society of America. Presi- 

 dent: Carl Graf, 344 Linwood Avenue, Buffalo 

 9, N. Y. Term expires March 1961. Secre- 

 tary: Raymond K. Thompson, 803 Cathedral 

 Street, Baltimore 1, Md. Term expires 1962. 



History: Organized and incorporated 1948 in 

 Illinois. 



Purpose: To disseminate information in the 

 field of neurosurgery and to stimulate and pro- 

 mote fellowship among young neurosurgeons. 



Membership: Members, 85, specialization in 

 the field of neurosurgery. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1040. Nevada Academy of General Practice. 



President: Roy Peters, 475 South Arlington 

 Street, Reno, Nev. Term expires May 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer : John M. Watson, 1845 

 Prater Way, Sparks, Nev. Term expires May 

 1961. 



History: Organized 1951. 



Purpose: To promote high standard of gen- 

 eral practice of medicine and post graduate 

 education. 



Membership: Requires approved medical 

 school diploma, one year of approved internship, 

 and three years of general practice. Total mem- 

 bership 47. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Consultant of the Year 

 award to outstanding Nevada specialist. 



1041. Nevada State Medical Association. Presi- 

 dent: Wesley W. Hall, 607 North Arlington 

 Avenue. Reno, Nev. Term expires August 

 1961. Executive Secretary: Nelson B. Neff, 

 P. O. Box 2790, Reno, Nev. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1904; incorporated 1938. 



Purpose: Organization and advancement of 

 medicine. 



Membership: Active members, 241, those 

 physicians who are actively engaged in the 

 practice of medicine ; Life, 5, physicians retired 

 from active practice and who have been members 

 in good standing for ten years ; Active Dues 

 Exempt, 1, those who are out of state because 

 of additional post-graduate training ; Honorary, 

 2, physicians within or outside the state elected 



