288 



SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



Membership: Doctor of Medicine degree, 

 membership in local medical society, diplomate 

 of the American Board of Radiology. Active 

 and Associate, 242 ; Non-Resident, 20 ; Honor- 

 ary, 5 ; Senior, 16. Total membership 283. 



Meetings: Monthly, October through May. 



Professional activities: George W. Holmes 

 Annual Lecture ; George W. Holmes Annual 

 Award. 



1053. New England Society of Anesthesiologists. 

 P. O. Box 81, Kenmore Station Post Office, 



Boston 15, Mass. President: Angus M. 

 Brooks, School Street, Concord, N. H. Term 

 expires September 1960. Executive Secretary: 

 Thomas K. Burnap, 10 Prospect Terrace, 

 Newtonville, Mass. Term expires February 

 1961. 



History: Organized May 4, 1938. 



Purpose: To advance the science and art of 

 anesthesiology ; to function primarily for educa- 

 tional purposes ; to improve the quality of anes- 

 thesia in New England. 



Membership: Active members, 261, doctors 

 of medicine, members of local medical society, 

 American Medical Association, or its equivalent, 

 whose practice and/or training has been de- 

 voted at least half-time to anesthesiology for 

 a period of two years; junior, 8, doctors of 

 medicine, graduates of accredited medical 

 schools, in training in anesthesiology ; honor- 

 ary, 6, persons who have rendered special serv- 

 ice to anesthesiology or allied branches of medi- 

 cine. Total membership 275. 



Meetings: Semi-annual, with annual meeting 

 in February. 



Professional activities: Horace E. Welles 

 Prize Essay. 



1054. New England Society of Pathologists. 



President: William Kaufmann, Springfield 

 Hospital, Springfield, Mass. Term expires 

 September 1961. Secretary: John M. Craig, 

 Boston Lying-in Hospital, Boston, Mass. 

 Term expires September 1962. 



History: Organized November 7, 1929, as 

 the Boston Pathological Society ; became the 

 New England Pathological Society on May 26, 

 1939 ; name changed to present title March 18, 

 1954. Sections : Connecticut, Rhode Island, 

 Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and 

 Maine. Committees : Hospital and Professional 

 Relations, Legislation and Public Health Affairs, 

 Autopsy, Technician Liaison, Cytology, Clinical 

 Pathology, Resident Workshops, Prize Path- 

 ology Essay. 



Purpose: To foster and maintain through edu- 

 cation and research the highest standards in 

 practice of pathology and clinical laboratory 



services ; to maintain the dignity and welfare of 

 pathology as a specialty. 



Membership: Regular members, 199, any phy- 

 sician, dentist, or veterinarian of good moral 

 character who is devoting himself primarily to 

 the practice and/or teaching of pathology in 

 New England ; Associates, 5, any physician, 

 dentist, veterinarian or medical scientist holding 

 a Ph. D. degree who expresses his interest in 

 pathology; juniors, 6, any physician of good 

 moral character who has completed one year of 

 training towards the qualifications of the Ameri- 

 can Board of Pathology. Total membership 

 210. 



Meetings: Five per year. 



Professional activities: Prize Pathology Essay 

 for medical students. Medical Technologist 

 Award. Workshops for technologists and path- 

 ologists in cytology, mycology and bacteriology. 



1055. New England Society of Psychiatry. 



President: W. Everett Glass, Taunton State 

 Hospital, Taunton, Mass. Term expires 1961. 

 Executive Secretary: Ruth M. Crossfield, 

 P. O. Box 50, Hathorne, Mass. Term expires 

 1961. 



History: Organized 1875 as New England 

 Psychological Society ; name changed to present 

 title March 26, 1907. 



Purpose: To maintain interest in psychiatry 

 by fostering research and bringing together psy- 

 chiatrists of New England. 



Membership: Limited to physicians specializ- 

 ing in psychiatry or with practice and interests 

 primarily psychiatric who are resident licensees 

 of New England States. Active members, 271 ; 

 Life, 72; Inactive, 3; Non-resident, 171. Total 

 membership 517. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Annual prizes for 

 original papers on psychiatric subjects. 



1056. New England Surgical Society. Presi- 

 dent: Welles A. Standish, 85 Jefferson Street, 

 Hartford, Conn. Term expires October 1960. 

 Executive Secretary: J. Gordon Scannell, 

 275 Charles Street, Boston, Mass. Term 

 indefinite. 



History: Organized January 1916. 



Purpose: To promote the science of surgery 

 and kindred arts and the welfare of the surgical 

 profession in New England. 



Membership: Active members, 162, must be 

 certified by appropriate surgical boards, mem- 

 bers, American College of Surgeons, and resi- 

 dents of New England; Senior, 112, active mem- 

 bers over sixty years of age ; Associate, 9, for- 

 mer active members who have left New England. 

 Total membership 283. 



