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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



History: Founded in June 1949. Institute for 

 Research in Hypnosis incorporated 1957 as the 

 research and training branch. The American 

 Board of Clinical Hypnosis and its 3 sub-boards, 

 American Board of Medical Hypnosis, American 

 Board of Hypnosis in Dentistry, and American 

 Board of Examiners in Psychological Hypnosis, 

 were incorporated within the Institute in 1958. 

 In August 1959, the Society became the U. S. 

 Division of The International Society for Clini- 

 cal and Experimental Hypnosis, which has 

 twenty-four national divisions, and is an affiliate 

 of the World Federation for Mental Health. 



Purpose: To stimulate and support the pro- 

 fessional pursuit of research in the field and its 

 boundary areas ; to encourage cooperation 

 among members of professional and scientific 

 disciplines in regard to the utilization of 

 hypnosis in both research and practice ; to sup- 

 port communication by scientific meetings and 

 publications ; to establish standards of adequacy 

 and ethics for use of hypnosis ; to strive toward 

 the establishment of formal and standardized 

 training facilities for those who qualify. 



Membership: Associate, a doctorate in medi- 

 cine, dentistry, or psychology, an acceptable 

 initial training course, and utihzation of hypnosis 

 in practice or research at time of application ; 

 Full Member, same requirements as for Asso- 

 ciate membership and publication of a scientific 

 paper, or two years of significant experience 

 in the clinical uses of hypnosis ; Fellow, 

 recognition of exceptional service to the Society 

 or outstanding contribution to the field of scien- 

 tific hypnosis, bestowed by special action of the 

 Executive Council. Total membership 900. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Institute for Research 

 in Hypnosis, a non-profit foundation serving 

 as the training and research branch of the 

 Society, offering courses and workshops, grants- 

 in-aid to research, and publication of books and 

 monographs. 



Publications: International Journal, quarterly, 

 current volume : 8, $8. Editor : Milton V. Kline, 

 345 West 58th Street, New York 19, N. Y. 

 Newsletter, quarterly, current volume: 2. 



1321. Society for Economic Botany. New York 

 Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New York, 

 N. Y. President: Ernest Guenther, Fritzsche 

 Brothers, Inc., New York, N. Y. Term 

 expires 1961. Secretary: Quentin Jones, New 

 Crops Branch, U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture, Beltsville, Md. Term expires 1962. 



History: Founded July 1959 with 247 charter 

 members. Executive responsibility for Society 

 resides in Council of six, elected by the member- 

 ship. 



Purpose: To foster coordination and collabora- 

 tion, and to develop interdisciplinary channels 

 of communication among the various fields of 

 interest concerned with past, present, and future 

 uses of plants. 



Membership: Individual members: Annual, 

 persons interested in any aspect of economic 

 botany, 252; Life, 5; Patrons, 1. Institutional 

 members: Sustaining, 1. Total membership 259. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Publications: Economic Botany, quarterly, 

 current volume : 14, $6 to members, $8 to non- 

 members. Managing Editor : D. J. Rogers. 



1322. Society for Experimental Biology and 

 Medicine. President: Philip Bard, Depart- 

 ment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Johns 

 Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. Term 

 expires July 1961. Secretary: A. J. Goldforb, 

 City College of New York, New York, N. Y. 

 Term expires July 1961. 



History: Established February 25, 1903. Sec- 

 tions : New York, Western New York, South- 

 ern, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Pacific 

 Coast, Wisconsin, Cleveland, District of Colum- 

 bia, Southern California, Southwestern, Rocky 

 Mountain, Baltimore, Ohio Valley, Southeastern, 

 Maryland, Michigan, Northwest. 



Purpose: Cultivation of the experimental 

 method of investigation in the sciences of biology 

 and medicine. 



Membership: Open to any person who has 

 accomplished meritorious original investigation 

 in biology or medicine by the experimental 

 method. Total membership 3,411. 



Meetings: Each of nineteen sections holds 

 meetings during the academic year. 



Publications: Proceedings, monthly, current 

 volume: 103, $17, free to members. Editor: A. 

 J. Goldforb. 



1323. Society for Experimental Stress Analysis. 



P. O. Box 168, Cambridge 39, Mass. Presi- 

 dent: B. J. Lazan, Institute of Technology, 

 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. 

 Term expires October 1960. Executive Secre- 

 tary: W. M. Murray, Massachusetts Institute 

 of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. Term ex- 

 pires October 1960. 



History: Organized 1943. Sixteen local sec- 

 tions : Central Indiana, Chicago, Delaware 

 Valley, Hudson-Mohawk, Mid-Ohio, Milwau- 

 kee, New England, New York Metropolitan. 

 Northern California, Northern Ohio, Pittsburgh, 

 South Central, Southern Michigan, Southern 

 Ohio, Southwest, Washington Area. 



Purpose: To promote and encourage knowl- 

 edge pertaining to experimental stress analysis ; 

 to hold conferences, meetings, and symposia for 



