UNITED STATES 



321 



Membership: Physicians residing in above 

 named States or Province, with practice limited 

 to eye, ear, nose, and throat, who are members 

 of county societies and local eye, ear, nose, and 

 throat societies, and who have accomplished 

 American Board examinations ; Junior Mem- 

 bers given five years to accomplish American 

 Boards. Active Members, 723 ; Senior Members 

 42 ; Honorary Members, 35. Total membership 

 approximately 800. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Transactions, annual. Editor: 

 Earle H. McBain. 



1201. Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontists. 



2037 Irving Street, San Francisco 22, Calif. 

 President: E. Allen Bishop, 703 Cobb Build- 

 ing, Seattle, Wash. Term expires August 

 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : Warren A. 

 Kitchen. Term expires August 1961. 



History: Organized in 1913; three component 

 societies. Northern, Central and Southern. 



Purpose: To advance the art and science of 

 orthodontics and to promote better health. 



Membership: The exclusive practice of ortho- 

 dontics for five years, and completion of an 

 orthodontic course of 1,500 hours in an accredited 

 dental school, or a preceptorship of three years 

 under the supervision of the membership com- 

 mittee, meeting certain standards prescribed by 

 that committee. Total membership 515. 



Meetings: Biennial. 



Publications: Pacific Coast Bulletin, quar- 

 terly. Editor : William S. Smith. 



1202. Pacific Coast Surgical Association. Presi- 

 dent: Robert A. Scarborough, 490 Post Street, 

 San Francisco, Calif. Term expires February 

 22, 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Carleton 

 Mathewson, Jr., San Francisco-Stanford 

 Hospital, San Francisco 15, Calif. Term ex- 

 pires February 22, 1961. 



History: Organized April 11, 1925 in San 

 Francisco. 



Purpose: The advancement of surgery on the 

 Pacific Coast. 



Membership: Active, Senior and Honorary 

 Members, practice limited to surgery, an estab- 

 lished reputation as a practitioner, author, 

 teacher or original investigator, and recom- 

 mended by the Council. 



Meetings: Annual. 



1203. Pacific Northwest Dermatological Society, 

 Inc. President: Joyle Dahl, Medical Arts 

 Building, Portland, Oreg. Term expires May 

 1961. Secretary-Treasurer: Robert A. 

 Pommerening, 1118 9th Avenue, Seattle 1, 

 Wash. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized October 1939. Sections: 

 Oregon, Washington, British Columbia. 



Purpose: To further the interests of derma- 

 tology and syphilology. 



Membership: Active, 47, certified member of 

 American Board of Dermatology and Syphil- 

 ology, resident of Washington, Oregon, or 

 British Columbia for three years ; Honorary, 3 ; 

 Nonresident, 1. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



1204. Pacific Northwest Radiological Society. 



President: \\illiam Y. Burton, 242 Medical 

 Arts Building, Portland, Oreg. Term expires 

 May 14, 1961. Secretary: J. M. Burkey, 1116 

 Senaca Street, Seattle 1, Wash. Term ex- 

 pires May 14, 1961. 



History: Organized at Big Four, Washing- 

 ton in 1947. 



Purpose: To advance the art and science of 

 radiology in the Pacific Northwest. 



Mem,bership: Specialization in X-ray diag- 

 nosis and/or therapy by qualified physicians. 

 Total membership approximately 150. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Pacific Rocket Society. 



See Addenda, No. 1593. 



1205. Pacific Roentgen Society. 450 Sutter 

 Street, San Francisco, Calif. Chairman: 

 George Jacobson, 1200 North State Street, 

 Los Angeles, Calif. Term expires April, 1961. 

 Secretary-Treasurer : L. H. Garland. Term 

 expires April, 1961. 



History: Founded in 1933 by medical radiol- 

 ogists practicing in California. 



Purpose: The promotion of the public health 

 by improving the practice of medicine, through 

 better radiological service, and the adoption of 

 measures designed to solve problems concerning 

 the practice of radiology. 



Membership: Physicians specializing in radi- 

 ology, eligible to membership in the American 

 Medical Association and Diplomates of the 

 American Board of Radiology. Total member- 

 ship 418. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Bulletin, quarterly, current vol- 

 ume: 3, free. Editor: L. H. Garland. 



1206. Pacific Science Board. 2101 Constitution 

 Avenue, N.W., Washington 25, D. C. Chair- 

 man: Alexander Spoehr, Honolulu, Hawaii. 

 Term indefinite. Executive Director: Harold 

 J. Coolidge. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized by the National Acad- 

 emy of Sciences — National Research Council 



